The Condenser I swing down pierces into Puffy’s—shadow. I notice the 「What is this person doing?」 looks from everyone around, but I pretend not to notice. Within ten seconds, the shadow loses its original form and melts.
「What…!」
Eris Papa lets out a shocked voice. The amorphous shadow rises from the ground and becomes solid. It eventually takes human form, transforming into an elderly man who falls face down. I take no chances and firmly restrain him with light magic. This is the last of the seven assassins. He was a particularly troublesome enemy whose presence was difficult to sense.
「This person was probably Darkness Hound’s final measure. The moment we lowered our guard thinking everything was over, he would leap out from the shadows to kill the target (Princess Puffy), and perhaps afterward, he might have escaped through the shadows.」
「How could this…!」
The Knight Commander grits his teeth. If Talisman Sena and I hadn’t been here, at the very least Puffy would have been in danger—there was no point in him blaming himself. Just then, the assassin who had been knocked unconscious by Talisman Sena woke up.
「I never thought you’d come here too—Number Domain Zero.」
The assassin laughed, 「Heheh.」 Number this, Zero that—I almost want to spend an hour interrogating him about whether he’s not embarrassed by such things.
「And what’s more, for you to be defeated like this, I couldn’t have predicted it. It’s like a bad dream. To think there was an even greater monster than you…」
While the assassin is rambling with a face like a blue-ray disc, Eris Papa is trembling with regret, and there’s a lot to catch up on with Puffy, Siesta, and the old Chancellor. However,
「Knight Commander, these restraints will absolutely not come undone, but there’s a risk they might escape through other means. So I’ll leave the cleanup to you. I still have things I need to do.」
I climb the stairs and, once out of their sight, leap to the next location using the miniaturized Crane’s Guidance.
◇◇◇
Around the same time the royal castle was attacked, two individuals came to the Masquerade marquis family that Anon and his team were protecting. To say they 「came」 is a mild expression, but it’s not an exaggeration. The two of them entered the Masquerade marquis family’s manor directly from the front.
Not that they were being fair and square—they simply didn’t consider the enemies that would stand in their way as any threat at all. In other words, as a result of their ultimate disrespect, they stormed straight into the assassination target’s residence.
The two assassins, not caring whether they were discovered or not, chatted noisily as they approached the manor, paying no attention to the sounds they made, and eliminated the guards stationed at the entrance. Noticing the noise, several renowned adventurers and mercenaries gathered at the manor leaped out in front of the assassins.
Of course, no one could have predicted that the attack would involve only two people, and naturally, they were cautious about other assassins, with forces including Anon and his team deployed inside the manor. However, for them, things like the number of enemies or where they were positioned were mere trifles. They didn’t mind if their faces were seen. After all, everyone who saw their faces would die here—
「Hey, brother! Today’s a big haul too!」
「Yes, Wiz, just as expected! Another fun, fun night is starting!」
They let out cries of joy. Two more guardians of the manor leaped at them from ahead. But it was futile. One of the two Unknown individuals, the one called Wiz, waved a staff, and the two guardians vanished as if they had never existed. Behind them, someone who had been chanting finally managed to—
「You monsters!! Take this!! Fire Lance!」
—cast an intermediate-level spell. But once again, Wiz waved the staff, and—
「UOOOAAAHHH!」
—along with the lance of fire, the mage also disappeared.
The two didn’t stop chatting during all this. They continued walking steadily through the manor. They immediately eliminated any guardians who appeared. That’s all they did. After they had eliminated about ten people,
「Hmm…」
Something impacted the neck of the one known as Unknown’s brother. The source of the impact was a bullet that could pierce even giant magical beasts.
「Who could that be?」
「Brother, what’s wrong?」
Despite the extremely lethal special bullets, there was no sign of damage.
「I was ambushed. You be careful too.」
「Okey-dokey, brother!」
The person wielding magical guns loaded with special bullets in both hands observes the assassins. Then, without revealing themselves or making a sound, they race at divine speed and shower the two assassins with bullets like a storm of hail.
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Chapter 289
○○○
The Condenser I swing down pierces into Puffy’s—shadow. I notice the 「What is this person doing?」 looks from everyone around, but I pretend not to notice. Within ten seconds, the shadow loses its original form and melts.
「What…!」
Eris Papa lets out a shocked voice.
The amorphous shadow rises from the ground and becomes solid.
It eventually takes human form, transforming into an elderly man who falls face down. I take no chances and firmly restrain him with light magic.
This is the last of the seven assassins.
He was a particularly troublesome enemy whose presence was difficult to sense.
「This person was probably Darkness Hound’s final measure. The moment we lowered our guard thinking everything was over, he would leap out from the shadows to kill the target (Princess Puffy), and perhaps afterward, he might have escaped through the shadows.」
「How could this…!」
The Knight Commander grits his teeth.
If Talisman Sena and I hadn’t been here, at the very least Puffy would have been in danger—there was no point in him blaming himself.
Just then, the assassin who had been knocked unconscious by Talisman Sena woke up.
「I never thought you’d come here too—Number Domain Zero.」
The assassin laughed, 「Heheh.」
Number this, Zero that—I almost want to spend an hour interrogating him about whether he’s not embarrassed by such things.
「And what’s more, for you to be defeated like this, I couldn’t have predicted it. It’s like a bad dream. To think there was an even greater monster than you…」
While the assassin is rambling with a face like a blue-ray disc, Eris Papa is trembling with regret, and there’s a lot to catch up on with Puffy, Siesta, and the old Chancellor. However,
「Knight Commander, these restraints will absolutely not come undone, but there’s a risk they might escape through other means. So I’ll leave the cleanup to you. I still have things I need to do.」
I climb the stairs and, once out of their sight, leap to the next location using the miniaturized Crane’s Guidance.
◇◇◇
Around the same time the royal castle was attacked, two individuals came to the Masquerade marquis family that Anon and his team were protecting. To say they 「came」 is a mild expression, but it’s not an exaggeration. The two of them entered the Masquerade marquis family’s manor directly from the front.
Not that they were being fair and square—they simply didn’t consider the enemies that would stand in their way as any threat at all.
In other words, as a result of their ultimate disrespect, they stormed straight into the assassination target’s residence.
The two assassins, not caring whether they were discovered or not, chatted noisily as they approached the manor, paying no attention to the sounds they made, and eliminated the guards stationed at the entrance. Noticing the noise, several renowned adventurers and mercenaries gathered at the manor leaped out in front of the assassins.
Of course, no one could have predicted that the attack would involve only two people, and naturally, they were cautious about other assassins, with forces including Anon and his team deployed inside the manor.
However, for them, things like the number of enemies or where they were positioned were mere trifles.
They didn’t mind if their faces were seen. After all, everyone who saw their faces would die here—
「Hey, brother! Today’s a big haul too!」
「Yes, Wiz, just as expected! Another fun, fun night is starting!」
They let out cries of joy. Two more guardians of the manor leaped at them from ahead. But it was futile. One of the two Unknown individuals, the one called Wiz, waved a staff, and the two guardians vanished as if they had never existed.
Behind them, someone who had been chanting finally managed to—
「You monsters!! Take this!! Fire Lance!」
—cast an intermediate-level spell. But once again, Wiz waved the staff, and—
「UOOOAAAHHH!」
—along with the lance of fire, the mage also disappeared.
The two didn’t stop chatting during all this. They continued walking steadily through the manor. They immediately eliminated any guardians who appeared. That’s all they did. After they had eliminated about ten people,
「Hmm…」
Something impacted the neck of the one known as Unknown’s brother. The source of the impact was a bullet that could pierce even giant magical beasts.
「Who could that be?」
「Brother, what’s wrong?」
Despite the extremely lethal special bullets, there was no sign of damage.
「I was ambushed. You be careful too.」
「Okey-dokey, brother!」
The person wielding magical guns loaded with special bullets in both hands observes the assassins. Then, without revealing themselves or making a sound, they race at divine speed and shower the two assassins with bullets like a storm of hail.
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