Chapter 581 – 574 the Road to Palatum
Karax’s assassins are few in number. It is smaller than other rival assassin groups, of course, than any other assassin group in the past.
It was because, unlike other places where they expanded their power through point organizations, received and managed requests, and kidnapped ignorant children and raised them as assassins, Karax’s assassins insisted on the traditional way of expanding their power.
The traditional method is that when an assassin finds a child with qualities while on a mission and is conducting external activities, he attracts them to the group in the most moderate way possible.
The main method is to buy a child in the case of an underdeveloped village or village, or to bring a child as compensation through material support.
The children thus gathered are trained in a variety of fields, from assassination to espionage and espionage, in secret locations that few people know even within Karax’s Assassins.
When a trained child stands out in a specific field, it is separated and moved to the secondary training ground, where it undergoes a systematic specialization process, where it undergoes mental and personality verification to see if the target is suitable for Karax.
At this time, the fact that the children know that it is not an assassin training, but a special forces fostering education in a certain city is a differentiating point from other assassin groups.
He also serves as a sort of broker to enlist trainees in the military with whom they have connections under the pretext of graduation if they believe that they do not fit in with assassins at all.
In this way, at most two people a year would be given the official title of Assassin of Karax. Usually, there is only one person, and there are cases in which no one appears.
The case of Ayoung, who went to Karax’s stronghold as soon as she was picked up as a child, is an unusual case. That’s why Ayoung’s qualities were very good.
After going through personality tests with a small number of elites and overcoming several crises, Karax developed a tendency like a community of destiny.
The sense of family has grown stronger.
Because of this, there are not a few cases where they make the heartless choice of giving up their own lives for the sake of their families or disposing of their colleagues in danger to save the rest of their families.
And it was only natural for Ayoung to take care of Irea, the only three advanced canines in Karax.
Even if she comes and kills her, her current messed up situation will not be resolved, and her brother, who is her husband, has allowed her to live.
=Ireah, listen up?=
Irea, her consciousness flickering like her fluorescent lamp was coming on, came to her senses when Mount Heathrond slowly began to reveal its snow-capped head in the middle of the horizon.
=… This is…….=
Ireah, who regained her senses, complained of her headache in her jumbled memories for a moment, but when she saw Ayeong looking down at her from above, she understood her situation, albeit roughly.
Her left breast, which had her self-destruct spell engraved on it, was snipped away. And that Ayoung, who should only be observed from afar, is standing in front of her, and that the target of her quest exists undisturbed near her carriage parked beyond her.
It must mean that she failed her mission.
But why…….
=Why am I alive?=
= Thanks to Seongjenim’s magnanimity and benevolence? The worst situation I’ve been talking about has become a reality.=
=…… !=
Seeing the sad-looking beauty close her eyes tightly, Ah-young giggled and slapped her on the shoulder.
= It’s a joke. It’s a joke. The assassination failed, but the work went well, so my family and my sister are safe.=
= Make sense. I tried to assassinate Seongje, but failed. But it will be alright…… Ugh.=
Irea, pressing her chest against her sudden heart attack, let out her small moan.
Ayeong hung her healing on Ireah’s heart and told her.
= Of course, I’m not very fine. By now, the base would have been moved to a temporary safe house, all training grounds would have been closed, and all trainees would have been released. My assets must have been cut in half because I was hastily disposing of them, and I am no longer my next molar. It will take over 30 years just to repair this damage.=
= You…… It’s not a molar…… ?=
= Yes. I, Hwanin oppa, became a slave? In return, my brother promised to spare his family. =
=…….=
Ireah covered her face with both of her hands at the sight of Ayoung talking darkly with a clear smile on her face.
Because of me. It wouldn’t have happened like this if the self-destruct technique had been activated and melted so that her identity would not be revealed.
Because she failed her request and was unable to commit suicide, Ayoung, who was one of the top five assassins of Karax, was enslaved and Karax was shrunk into disgrace.
It’s been 30 years, and if word spreads that Karax has become like this, the assassins of Nassarat and the fangs of the Savior will do all kinds of sabotage and assassination to ensure that they never regain their power.
= It’s because of me. Because of me…… I should have rejected the wolf’s fangs as you said, even if it meant setting a bad precedent. Because I wanted to accept that request…….=
= No. Two generations ago, the molar passed the wolf’s molar to the Elwidris family, so why is it the older sister’s fault?
=…….=
Irea, who vomited out her negative thoughts and her mind with a long sigh, tried to hide her gloomy face.
She shouldn’t look like this in front of her child who has gone away to cover up her own failures. At least for now…….
While Ireah was holding her heart, Ahyoung poked at the top of her one remaining breast.
= Older sister. Check the status of the emergency communication mage. Are you okay?=
= Oh, yes. …… Are you okay. I’m starting.=
= I’m glad It seems that he was safe because he received a shockwave from his back while lying on his stomach. My madogi was smashed and I couldn’t even reach her big teeth. Hwanin oppa’s attack hit him from the front, but did you think his bones would be crushed and crushed?
= How can you say that? Was Sungje-nim like that?=
= It was a quest that would 100% fail. Anyway, it’s been a week, so I wonder if there’s any contact left, but I have to. Send a signal.=
Nodding her head, Irea put her hand on her chest and applied the designated pressure with her phasing power.
The body-implanted communication magician, which cannot be activated unless it is the person involved, is activated by the signal…….
[Irea? How are you alive?]
=…… Still connected.=
A group of Karax’s retired assassins, Karax’s head, the teeth and signals of the Round Table followed.
“Rejection.”
[I’ve been prepared for this situation ever since I received your assassination request. And in this situation, I have no intention of making Ayeong her sacrifice to save her life.]
Hearing her big teeth, Ah-young, who was frowning on her, screamed.
= Kid. Big teeth What are you talking about now! Because I accept! I’m fine!=
[Kid, shut up. …… It was according to him that we did not close this network of contacts. I thought that if Ayeong was caught by you, she wouldn’t contact me through this line.]
=Big teeth!=
He yelled again, but Big Tooth didn’t respond and continued talking to Hwanin.
[I’ve learned enough about what a great person you are through the research for the past week. If you wanted to, you’d have enough power to take the lives of all of us……. That’s why you can’t give Ayoung as a slave.]
=Oh, I’m quitting being an assassin! Since I’m leaving Karax, then it has nothing to do with you! Hwanin oppa, I…… !=
“Be quite.”
Hwanin grabbed Ayoung by the scruff of her neck and pushed it aside while groaning quietly.
“If someone who does not know the circumstances sees it, they will think that this side is the perpetrator and that side is the victim.”
[… I have nothing to say about that. Our karak…….]
“If you don’t have anything to say, shut up. Listening to it makes my ears feel dirty.”
[…….]
“I don’t know what you think, but don’t get me wrong.”
Hwanin’s unresolved anger mixes with murder and fills the surroundings.
“This is a decision, not a suggestion, and there is only one ending if you don’t accept it. These two will die on the spot, and I will postpone all schedules and find those who stayed even for a moment under the name of Karax’s Assassin and kill them all.”
=Ugh, oppa.=
For the past week, Ah-yeong had been working hard as the lowest ranking member of Hwan-in’s group, without really thinking about her thoughts or wandering.
A-yeong, who was bright and outgoing by nature, was recognized for her sincerity and instantly fell in love with Anne and Yu Lepa, and her white dragon also came to recognize her to some extent.
Isilite is also acting indifferently, but after a month, she seems to accept Ah-yeong.
That’s why Hwanin liked Ahyeong quite a bit.
However, if Ayeong was released from her hands in this way, Hwanin was willing to waste several months before killing the elder of El Widris.
The method and means have already been conceived. It is most efficient to use the same dog to chase a runaway dog.
Hwanin gives the final sentence to the large teeth in the crystal ball that Ireah is supporting with her two hands.
“If you take my words as mere bluff, try it somewhere.”
[That said…….]
-Puck.
As she tried to speak, her head snapped to the right, and the large teeth disappeared under the screen of the Sreuk Crystal Ball.
His disappearing place is taken by a troubled expression of a mature beauty with pink hair and black feather wings on her head.
[Big teeth…… Not anymore Gamyu, you declare that the Big Tooth has been disqualified from this time due to the passing of the agenda of the emergency roundtable. It is revealed that 80% of the 12 seats agreed with the approval of 10 seats, excluding two who were not present.]
[Elmine, the old man has passed out already…….]
[Still, declarations and procedures are important. Louie? Can you take this burn and put it over there?]
[Yes.]
Ah-yeong, who was looking into the crystal ball with Hwan-in with her dazed face, comes to her senses belatedly and clings to her crystal ball.
=Elmi sister!=
[Yes~ My puppy, I’m glad it’s okay. Irea also looks healthier than I thought. Could you clear your head a bit more than that? You haven’t finished an important conversation with Seongje-nim yet.]
= Huh? Yup.=
Ah-young, who looked back at Hwan-in to the extent that her lavender-colored bobbed hair fluttered, crawled to the side of her and avoided her.
Elmine, who met the gaze of the indifferent Hwanin, politely bowed her back and opened her mouth.
[I apologize for showing disgraceful things to His Eminence, the famous and brilliant Holy Emperor. The former big tooth was removed from his position and the second tooth, Elmine, took over temporarily before the new big tooth was elected.]
Seeing that, Hwanin did not change his expression or complexion and retorted with cold words.
=This is not even a funny skit.=
[I will endure even if you criticize and sell it as something. Even though he showed generosity once, he’s a fool who tried to kick that mercy.]
However, Elmine had a little more to say.
[Jeondae Big Tooth was a man who had led Karax meaningfully for decades with his no-nonsense and stubborn personality. However, the current situation is an unprecedented crisis. It is a time when flexible thinking is needed rather than rigidity……. We, the Assassin of Karax, are ashamed to speak, but we earnestly ask His Majesty the Holy Emperor to show mercy once again.]
“Don’t you think mercy is enough once?”
[This is a fair statement. If you allow it, I would like to bow down at your feet and apologize to the Holy Emperor, all of the 12 teeth. If you wish, we will also offer our supply and demand, so please guarantee the lives of the delicate children who did not participate in the murder.]
Hwanin thought it was good. If I’m wrong, it’ll be my chance to cut off Karax’s head.
“Good night. At the current rate, it will enter Palatum, the capital of Hethrond, in three days. Then continue the story It’s over when it’s late.”
Hwanin waved her hand once without listening to the answer of Elmine, and Irea immediately cut off her phase power flowing into her crystal ball and terminated her communication.
Hwan-in, who looked at A-young, who was sullen, and Ire-a, who was standing like a mannequin with an expressionless expression, said in a dry tone that did not contain any ridicule or sarcasm from her.
“It’s like buying punishment and drinking it.”
=Really……. I was at odds with Irea because it was blocked from before, but he kicks the shitball like this. I can’t live…….=
The women of Hwanin couldn’t help but shed a small laugh even in the midst of their anger, as they looked like a farmer who ruined the crop for the year.
Tragedy is a comedy when viewed from a distance, but that devastated figure is a comedy when viewed up close.
The appearance of a fleur tribe girl who was as beautiful as Anne, as she seemed to be, sitting down and talking facelessly like that.
However, unlike the girls, Hwanin, who couldn’t catch the point of her laughter, just looked at her for a while and turned her body away.
Quite a bit of a bad look.
=Ehh.=
Anne, who was standing still with her arms crossed, shook her head slightly as she looked at the back of her phantom and Isilite following him.
It’s like buying a punishment liquor and drinking it like he said.
However, as Anne was reluctant to let Ah-young, whom she liked, die within a few days, she approached Ah-young, who seemed stunned, and gave her advice.
=This is what happened, but don’t think about it. If you do the same in the future as you did during the week, the sword will not kill you.=
=But it’s meaningless for my family to die and only me to live?=
Anne stroked her hair and gave her a wry smile.
=It’s not the head of a white wolf, but if a woman from the Korean tribe comes and thinks she’s dead, it means that the worst thing you think won’t happen.=
= Woo. Hwanin oppa’s life was real…… Will it really be okay? Throwing their heads off and chasing the remaining survivors just because they said they came here…….=
= That’s right, she’s a woman named Elmine, right? =
Ah-yeong, who had let out a sigh at Anne’s explanation, suddenly began to struggle with her limbs like a fussy child.
= Oh really! Before she came out, she should have killed that uncle before coming out.
= Ayoung…….=
Embarrassed by her sudden sigh, Ireah held out her hand, but Ayoung did not hold it and screamed at Ireah in her arms.
= The same goes for Irea! What’s this! It happened because Uncle Gamyu and you insisted so much, so why am I the only one who has to suffer so much! Aww~!=
= I’m sorry…….=
Ah-yeong lies down on the grass and screams, and Irea looks down at Ah-yeong and dies.
The words of a family-like relationship must be true when you look at the communication from a while ago. What that means is that he did not lose his honesty while working as an assassin. The image Ah-young has shown up to this point also means that she is honest.
Anne, who was watching Ah-yeong’s live herd, noticed Baek Ryogang tilting her head and asked.
= Kang, what’s wrong? Did you feel anything strange?=
= Yes? No, I think I saw that Elmire somewhere.=
= Hmm…… ?=
Seeing that Anne also tilted her head, Bai Lijiang brushed up her side glittering blue hair and turned her head to point at his ear.
=Join tribe women have feather ears attached here like women from other tribes. But earlier, the assassin named Elmine was attached to this side, near the top of the head.
= It was. Is there a reason for such a difference?=
=Yes. The winged ears on her head are proof that the blood of angels in the past has been manifested beyond generations.
= Angel? There was a reason for that.=
= Such a woman of the Join tribe is treated and raised with respect by her bloodline. Because she is usually bound to awaken her extraordinary abilities. But what happened to the assassin……. Mmm, she must have been somewhere, but where was she…… Was it the Auris family… ? The Hortondo family…….=
Deep in thought, I forgot this side and mumbled Baeknyeogang.
Anne looked back at Yurpa without interfering with her thoughts. She also looks like she is staring at the ground, as if she is thinking of a magic tool in her head.
Ah-young sticks to Ire-ah and bullies her, but seeing her energetic nephew bullying her aunt.
Anne, who was scratching her head, moved her steps toward where he was, thinking that she too would relieve her Hwanin’s feelings.
After moving another day along the road, Hwanin and his party were able to see Palatum, the capital city, slowly appearing.
It is not a mountain range, but a huge mountain with an altitude of about 4,000m and two smaller mountains attached to each other.
Taking out her telescope and looking at Mount Heathrond, Yurpa burst into admiration when she discovered the architecture that can be seen everywhere on the lofty peaks in the shape of a gentle mountain.
= Wow, what is that? Is a whole mountain a city?=
= Yes. All Flavians have wings. Flavians live in the highlands and other tribes live in the lowlands because they are not greatly affected by the difference in altitude.=
At Anne’s explanation, Baek Ryeo-gang also admires a little.
= I still have two more days to go to Palatum, but if it looks like that…… It means that the mountain is very big.=
=It takes several weeks to tour the entire mountain on two legs. And even though it’s the capital, how should I say, I couldn’t see any city on the way here?=
=Yes. Usually, there are large and small towns or cities near the capital, but I thought it was strange that I couldn’t see them.=
=The reason is because of the characteristics of Palatum, the capital city. It is a city made up of cities. As far as I know, five cities are clustered on Mount Heathrond.=
=It could be because Mount Heathrond is big.=
Baekryeogang’s eyes turn to Mount Heathrond again.
Dense trees growing all over the mountain, between them white buildings that are managed smoothly like a sky garden.
Even from a distance, you can see that the city is very sophisticated and beautiful.
‘Is the magnificent castle built on the ice cap a royal palace? … ? It would be inconvenient to live in a place like that, so why did they build a castle there?’
The peak in the form of Table Mountain that caught Baekryeogang’s attention, and the shape of the spiky castle built there, made her wonder, but she interpreted it on her own.
They say the Flavians have a morbid fondness for high places.
A foreign land to step on for the first time. Since that place was Palatum, which is said to be as beautiful as the Passage, the capital of Merianol, Baekryeogang could not control his pounding heart.
Baek Ryeo-gang’s gaze turned to the wagon connected to the back of the carriage.
‘I’m sorry to Hwanin-nim, but…….’
At least until we reach Palatum, we should enjoy this excitement.
