Alimo (3)
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Before leaving the fortress, Rey greeted the knights who had agreed to accompany him again.
A relatively tall knight introduced himself first.
“Call me Bang.”
It wasn’t his real name.
The new designation was short and concise as it was entered to perform a mission in a hazardous area.
said the knight next to Bang.
“Call me Carl.”
“…”
Rey, who was silent for a moment, looked out the window.
Over the twilight sunset, the face of Carl, whom I had met as a child, gleamed.
Lipa is now full of spirit, but Ray was worried about whether he would have caught a decent man while I was away.
When Lipa finds a good husband and starts a family, Karl can leave safely.
“…Rei-sama?”
Ray, who had come to his senses after hearing Bang’s call, responded belatedly.
“Ah, well, swords aren’t great, so let’s do it with a jet.”
“…all right.”
Jet, whose name suddenly changed from Carl to Jet, nodded.
Rey scratched her head and pointed to herself.
“Shall I… ‘Leon’ or something like that?”
“Yes, you do.”
Rey, who agreed to Luna’s pseudonym to be ‘Lun’, looked back at Bang and Jet.
The two knights were assistants and watchers.
It would certainly be helpful, but it was difficult for Luna to reveal her power when the two of them were around.
‘If the opportunity arises, it would be better to separate them in moderation.’
don’t kill
If the two of them had a problem, Ernst would be suspicious, and Rey never enjoyed killing people.
After greeting each other, Ray and the knights brought the equipment to be used in Alimo.
Among the equipment Ernst had prepared, there was also a staff whose blade popped out when turned.
After checking the status of the staff, Rey gave Luna a robe-shaped artifact with a protective function.
“Come on, Luna. You can get a few more, so if you want to improve it, try it.”
Luna nodded without a word.
Bang gave Ray advice as he put a bundle of sharp, tough threads in his arms.
“Even if it’s the Empire’s spies, you shouldn’t trust it completely.”
“Yes, I’ll be careful.”
Intelligence units dispatched to other countries were unable to monitor in real time from the central location.
It was not easy to change members.
Therefore, it was very difficult for the Empire to lead, punish, or restrain the spies as they wished.
The fact that the spies were operating somehow proved the power of the empire, but the risk of being hit in the head by the spies could not be ignored.
“Well… I’ll take care of you anyway. Bang, Jet.”
“Once you cross the warp gate, omit the honorific title completely. Leon-nim is our superior position.”
Time passed, and just before leaving, Rey said goodbye to those who would remain in the fortress.
Alessia whined and Karen bit her ear.
Yohana waved her hand even though her mouth was ticking.
After saying goodbye to the others, Rey left the fortress with Bang, Jet, and Luna.
Rey’s party went straight to the wagon and headed for the warp gate.
The warp gate that existed near the ecliptic differed in size from that of the Frislan family fortress.
In front of the gigantic Warp Gate, Imperial officials and their assistants lined up for the meeting with Alimo.
Rey’s party waited, holding their breath, in the wagon, where the Empire’s bounty from Alimo was supposed to be loaded.
In time, warpgates were opened from both the Empire and Alimo.
A large procession sent by the Empire to Alimo proceeded to the Warpgate.
“…”
With her eyes closed, Luna felt the operation of the highest artifacts created by the science of magic.
In what form the essence of space-based magic was perfectly demonstrated, Luna analyzed and remembered the flow step by step.
Tsu-!
The wagon with Rey’s party passed through the Warp Gate.
Rey felt the sky suddenly darkened.
Rei’s party arrived at Alimo, which is located far east of the ecliptic.
For a moment, the surroundings became noisy.
While everyone in the carriage held their breath, Rey put her ear to the wall.
‘Is it a gateway?’
The gateway built by Alimo is a fortress to protect the Warpgate from external enemies and annihilate it when an unauthorized presence appears in the Warpgate.
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No matter how much the procession of the Empire, they could not go out of the gate without any verification.
The identification process was going to be going on for a while now.
Then someone knocked on the floor of the carriage.
Tok! Tododog! Todok! Tok!
When the promised signal sounded, Ray’s party put on their wetsuits and opened the lower part of the carriage.
When I opened the lower part of the wagon, I saw that the ground had been dug deep.
A sewer pipe for treating sewage was passing under the deeply dug ground.
At the top of the sewer pipe, there was a hole through which a single person could pass, and Bang, Jet, Ray, and Luna rushed into the hole in turn.
with a splash…!
Rey, who was seated in a sewer pipe flowing with rotten water, caught Luna, who fell after him.
Rey brought the upper iron plate of the sewer pipe that had fallen under her feet to the hole and welded it roughly with magic.
Complete darkness fell on the sewer pipe as the hole was welded.
It was up to others to covert the ditch above the sewer pipe and refill the empty wagon.
‘Big…’
Rey, who was lying on her stomach to crawl down the sewer pipe, swallowed a groan.
The stench was terrific.
The air was so polluted that the average person would immediately faint even if they took a small breath.
Compared to the stench here, the smell from the crotch of Yohana’s long-wearing training suit could be called the scent of flowers.
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Now was the time to focus.
Wrath!
The spy who had sent a signal by tapping the lower part of the carriage a while ago pulled out a flashing artifact and shook it.
It meant to follow.
Following the crawling agent, Rey’s party also began to crawl through the filth mixed with filth.
As he moved forward, literally drenched in shit, Rey bit his teeth.
It was not in vain for the knights to pierce their heads in the intestines of monsters or to receive the training that special forces from their previous lives got them in the dung water.
Rey was worried about Luna, who received little physical training, but Luna unexpectedly followed Rey well.
“…”
The secretly advancing spy at the forefront shook the luminescent artifact up and down.
It meant that there was a barrier right in front.
Since it was a sewer where rats and bugs roamed, the barrier did not detect all living things and send a warning to the wizard.
In order to pass that way, the volume of living things had to be small, the amount of mana they had had to be small, and they had to pass quickly.
ooh-!
The agent activated the elongated artifact prepared in advance.
It was an artifact that temporarily distorted the barrier, making the volume of the object passing through it much smaller.
The spy twirled his fingers around his heart and then quickly crossed the crawling barrier.
Bang, Jet, and Ray forcibly stopped the movement of the core before moving forward.
Rey, who had passed the barrier, bent over for a moment and grabbed Luna’s hand and pulled it out.
The spy who looked very pathetic about it crawled ahead again.
Everyone could barely breathe, and after making their way, they arrived at a place where the light was leaking.
As the agent tapped the upper part of the sewer to the beat, another agent who was waiting opened the iron plate.
The iron plate opened and the starlight poured out even stronger.
“Whew, whoops…”
Rey took a deep breath after coming out of the hole.
After a short rest.
Rey’s party and agents welded the sewer hole, covered the ground, and took off their tarps to seal it.
After finishing the process, the agent gestured to the wagon that the agent had prepared.
It meant come on.
Rei’s party got into the dark carriage’s luggage compartment.
The wagon soon entered the city. Even without looking out, I could tell by the roaring noise I could hear.
‘It’s not the capital of Alimo…it’s a nearby city.’
The warp gate passed this time was installed near the capital of Alimo.
As it was near the capital of a country, the surrounding cities were also developed. Even though it was a rural area compared to the emperor.
“Hey!”
“…!”
Outside, someone forced the carriage to stop.
Bang and Jet clenched their swords, raising the tension.
The coachman who was pulling the wagon asked the guard who stopped the wagon.
“Why?”
“It’s nothing else, the drink I gave you last time was pretty good.”
The guards giggled, referring to the fact that the driver’s organization had received several bottles of smuggled alcohol.
After a good match, the coachman gave the guard a few pennies.
The guards assumed that there were ‘contraband goods’ in the coachman’s carriage, as usual, but as was customary, he sent only a moderate amount of pocket money.
The wagon moved again.
As the carriage was passing through a busy alleyway, the door opened slightly.
The agent pointed his finger at the ground. It sounded like it was coming down.
Tuk…!
Everyone jumped out of the carriage without a sound.
The carriage drove through the alley without stopping, as if nothing had happened.
Meanwhile, Ray and his party went down the underground stairs hidden between the alleys.
With Aftel’s help, Rey was able to see that this place was covered by a carefully crafted surveillance and sound barrier.
The spy who guided the way opened the seemingly ordinary wooden door.
When the door opened, the secret service hideout, which was decorated like a bar, was revealed.
“Arrived.”
The secret agent, who had been silent from the gate, spoke for the first time.
A man who was sipping a drink in a position where a bartender would have stood, raised his hand.
“Hello. Welcome to Flutter.”
Fluttering was the name of a city located near the capital of Alimo.
Ray looked at his opponent.
“Are you the branch manager here?”
“Um… I’m not that tall, I’d like to be a deputy general manager. Call me Comet. What about that one?”
Ray looked around without answering the question.
There was a bottle of wine on the table, there was a musty smell of cigarettes, and there were traces of playing cards.
Ray patted his chin and asked Comet.
“…Has any progress been made on the investigation into the Ultra Guardian?”
“It’s still going on. It’s late, so we’ll talk about work tomorrow. I’m going to clean up my body a bit.”
The stench of Rey’s gang from the sewer still lingered, so the spies in the hideout burst into laughter.
Rey looked at Comet silently and opened her mouth again.
“Collect the research data and share it with us. It doesn’t matter if it’s insufficient.”
“You have to wash up first, so why are you so anxious, our wizard yangban?”
Comet giggled and looked around Rey’s party.
Two 3 circle wizards. Two expert-level knights.
It wasn’t an opponent to be underestimated, but it wasn’t a great power either.
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Neither of them belonged to the intelligence agency, so Comet decided that the Empire didn’t take the matter of the Ult Guardi seriously.
In a nutshell, it wasn’t a bad decision.
“…”
Comet looked around Rey’s party and made eye contact with Bang.
Comet read contempt, anger, and ridicule from Bang’s eyes.
When Comet, slightly displeased, turned his head back to Rey, Rey was pointing the staff at Comet.
It was an obvious threat.
Kahn!!
A woman belonging to the spy squad, using the pseudonym ‘Rachel’, quickly beat Rey’s staff.
Rey, who had missed the wand, frowned and ran towards Rachel with her bare hands.
Rachel said Ray was funny.
At the most, what does a magician who needs help from the 3rd circle and staff believe in it?
Rachel was careful about the manifestation of magic and swung her sword moderately.
I was planning to cut my shoulder deep, but Rey’s right hand grabbed Rachel’s blade as it was being swung.
Damn-!
“?!”
The density of mana in the center of the sword held in Rey’s hand rapidly increased.
Before Rachel could react, the blade broke and bounced off the side.
Rachel saw the broken blade slammed into the shoulder of an espionage comrade.
That was the last scene Rachel remembered exactly.
Aww!!!!
Suddenly, Ray grabbed Rachel’s back and nailed Rachel’s face to the wooden shelf.
Ray grabbed Rachel by the back of her head and slid it to the side.
Rough shards of wood pierced Rachel’s skin with ease.
Seeing this, a large spy rushed at Rey.
However, before the size could reach Rey, two wind spirits in the form of wolves appeared.
Aww!!!
“Okay…!!!”
The giant rolled on the floor with the spirit biting his shoulder and leg.
Kaga River!!
Knives were pulled from all over the place.
Just as the fight was about to start, Comet raised his hand.
The agents flinched as they looked at Comet.
Meanwhile, Ray nervously ripped pieces of wood and flesh from Rachel’s nearly fainted face.
“damn…”
Rey, who wiped off his blood-stained hands as if they were dirty, smashed Rachel’s head with a potion bottle in his arms.
Kaang!!!
Rachel, covered in potions, collapsed on the floor. He didn’t even move, as if he had passed out completely.
Rey licked her tongue with annoyed face and sat down on the chair in front of the long table.
“Hey.”
Rey dragged the two glasses that were near Comet in front of him.
After the magic appeared, some thick ice was created in the air and fell into the glass.
Rey this time grabbed the bottle that was close to Comet in her hand.
“I didn’t come here to kill time with you guys.”
After shaking the bottle a few times, Ray poured the wine into the glass.
“I didn’t come to inspect you guys. I’m not interested in where the more expensive alcohol and cigarettes came from. Do you understand?”
The two glasses were full.
Rey pushed a glass of wine towards Comet.
“I just need to find the Ultra Guardian and take him. All I need to do is catch him. And I’m leaving here.”
Rei put the glass to her mouth, then threw it against the wall as hard as she could to figure out what was wrong.
Break!!
The glass shattered and shards of alcohol and glass rolled on the floor.
Rey shook her head and looked at Comet.
“If you cooperate at least, I won’t care what kind of plot you’re working on here, so give me the information you researched about him. Did you find out anything?”
“…”
Comet, who looked at Rey silently, grabbed the glass that had slipped in front of him.
The ice in the glass vibrated and made a clear sound .
