Chapter 244

“Damn.
Lank couldn’t help but frown as the end approached.
‘It certainly didn’t dig into the flesh.
The first time he attacked Ming Hu, he stabbed him in the neck, but the metal didn’t dig into his throat, instead it just popped out.
‘If only I had a weapon…’
I was so disappointed. All he had at his disposal was a small iron claw. Of course, Lank had the ability to kill with a small iron, but only if the target was a normal human.
‘…There is no way to kill it. Then…’
There was no way to kill Ming Hu at this point. Rank turned his gaze away from Ming Hu and looked behind him.
‘…after’
Checking behind him, Rank could only sigh inwardly. He couldn’t kill them, so he had to flee, but in front of the entrance stood the Lapid who had captured them, and beside him, John was watching the situation with a grim smile.
That was the moment.
“Moving Strike.”
Ming Hu, who was approaching Lank, used a Moving Strike. Of course, Lank wasn’t the target of the move; it was No. 10 in the center.
“…!”
Moving forward to TEN’s front with a moving strike, Ming Hu extended his fist into TEN’s abdomen, who looked at him with an expression that was half panic and half surprise.
Puck!
Then Ming Hu’s fist slammed into No. 10’s abdomen.
“Billion!”
Under Ming Hu’s attack, No. 10 screamed and began to fall slowly backward. As Ming Hu watched him fall, he continued to shout, “You’re dead.
“Life Explosion!”
Woohoo!
With the shout, a wave began to spread out from Ming Hu’s body.
“Billion!”
“Bam!”
“Huh!”
“Ta-da!”
The wave spread quickly, and assassins touched by the wave began to fall, but not all of them were taken down by it.
“What the…!”
Lank, who was the farthest away from Ming Hu because he was in the front, saw the wave and immediately ducked backwards to avoid death. But Lank’s expression was not good. He looked back and forth between his men and Ming Hu, who had fallen in a panic.
Sigh
At Rank’s muttering, Ming Hu turned and looked at Rank, his mouth open in mild surprise.
“Bloody explosion.”
“…crack!”
Right after Ming Hu’s words, the skill was triggered, and the bewildered-looking Rank flinched violently, a trickle of blood spewing from the corner of his mouth as he slowly began to collapse.
“…”
“…”
Jon was speechless as nine of the assassins, including Rank, were killed in an instant, and so was the Butler.
“Hehe, Dad, you look great!”
Except for Rafid, of course. Lafydd grinned broadly and cried out. Lafide’s shout made Ming Hu smile, and he looked at the bodies lying on the ground.
“Will it fade away naturally?
The corpses of monsters will naturally disappear over time. This is also true for NPC corpses, but not all corpses disappear naturally; in certain cases, they can last for days and days.
“Do I need to catch up?
I wasn’t sure, but it seemed like it wasn’t going to go away naturally now. We’d have to clean up the mess ourselves.
Sigh
Deciding to clean up the mess himself, Ming Hu raised his head, looked at the chief butler, and opened his mouth to speak.
“Mr. Butler, could you please clean up after these?”
“…Ah! Yes!”
The butler, who had been staring at the corpse in a daze, was roused by Ming Hu’s words and nodded. At the butler’s response, Ming Hu resumed walking and approached John.
Sigh
He held out his hand and said.
“Give.”
“…Oh, here it is.”
John was puzzled when Ming Hu extended his hand, but soon understood what he meant and handed over the assassins’ leader, Drek, which he was holding. After handing Drek over to Ming Hu, John carefully opened his mouth to speak.
“Do you mind if I ask what you’re going to do?”
“…Hmm.”
John’s words made Ming Hu ponder what to do.
“You’re going to… go there, right?
At first, I thought about taking Drek to see Duke Hiden, but now that I think about it, I don’t think it would do anything special; it would only serve to alert him.
“If you don’t have a plan in mind…”
When Ming Hu didn’t say anything, John opened his mouth to speak.
“Do you mind if I take care of it?”
“…?”
John’s words left Ming Hu puzzled. Or, more precisely, he didn’t understand what John was saying.
“Process?”
Myung-Hoo questioned, and John looked at Drek with a wry smile, then back at Myung-Hoo with a fierce expression, and began to answer Myung-Hoo’s question.
“Yes, if you’ll hand him over to me. I will make sure that Duke Hiden never does anything like this again.”
* * * * *
In the Kaiser’s mansion on the estate of Surea, the current owner, Viscount Kaiser, and his friends, each of whom possesses a source of strength, agility, and wisdom, are gathered to talk.
“So… the imperial palace barged in as soon as you started working?”
“Yeah.”
Demetrius replied to the Kaiser with a look of regret. But Demetos was not the only one who looked disappointed. The faces of Magan the Warrior, the source of Agility, and Dobrak the Wizard, the source of Stamina, showed not a hint of regret. Instead, they were smiling.
“That’s why I told you not to slack off.”
Magan said to Demetrius with a smile.
“…”
Sighing heavily, Demetos frowned at Magan’s words. But it was true, and he couldn’t argue with it. Demetos’s mood darkened even more. The Kaiser smirked at Demetrius’s reaction, and opened his mouth again.
“What happened to that?”
“…?”
At Kaiser’s words, Demetrius looked at Kaiser with a look that said, “What are you talking about?” Then Kaiser continued.
“The Duke of Hiden.”
“Oh, the Assassin’s Guild?”
Demetos nodded in understanding at the Kaiser’s next words and smiled broadly.
“We’re almost there. I think I’ll be in the Duke of Hiden’s service soon enough.”
The Kaiser smiled with satisfaction at Demetrius’ words.
Sigh
Then he turned and looked at Magan. Magan opened his mouth to speak as soon as Kaiser looked at him.
“I’m still a long way off, Duke Doren… I’m not the First Duke for nothing. No matter how fast you are. No. I don’t know how long it will take.”
“Let me know if you need anything.”
The Kaiser nodded, as if he had already expected it. Then he looked at Dobrak one last time.
“Three days later, I’m meeting Duke Remus. I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I think it’s going to be good.”
Dobrak’s words brought another satisfied smile to the Kaiser’s face.
“Oh, right!”
Suddenly, a thought struck the Kaiser, and he rose from his seat, walked over to his desk, opened a drawer, and pulled out a small envelope.
Jumbled
Pulling out the envelope, Kaiser returned to his seat and held it out to Demetrius.
“…?”
Demetos took the envelope with a puzzled expression and looked at the Kaiser with a look that said, “What is this?” and the Kaiser smiled and said, “I’m sorry.
“Please.”
“…?”
At the Kaiser’s words, Demetos opened the envelope and pulled out the paper. He began to read the words on the paper.
“…?”
As Demetos read, a puzzled look crossed his face.
Sigh
When Demetrius had finished reading the paper, he put it down and turned to face the Kaiser.
“Is this… is this related to that old man I saw at the palace?”
“Yes.”
Demetus asked, and Kaiser nodded.
“Is this real?”
“Maybe…?”
At Kaiser’s comment that he wasn’t sure, Demetos muttered, going back to reading the words on the paper.
“This is awesome.”
“What’s wrong?”
Magan asked, intrigued by the conversation between Kaiser and Demetos.
“Let me see.”
In response to Magan’s question, Demetos handed the paper to Magan. Magan quickly took the paper and began to read.
“What are you going to do about that?”
Handing Magan a piece of paper, Demetus turned back to the Kaiser and spoke.
“What?”
“A user named Minghu.”
“Oh. Let’s wait and see. It’s a bit of a situation right now.”
“Got it.”
Demetos nodded in response to the Kaiser’s words. Then he looked back at Magan. Magan was reading the text with a surprised expression on his face.
Sigh
When he finished, Magan put the paper down and muttered something in disbelief.
“Secret Night, huh.”