Chapter 50
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 50
Chapter Title: An Unscheduled Event (4)
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Remina and Luem found themselves in a situation where they literally had to fight for survival.
Three members of the group, excluding Dwork, were pressing Remina and Luem hard.
Luem swung his claymore with great force.
It wasnt to inflict fatal wounds on them.
It was to keep them at bay and prevent them from approaching Remina and Luem.
In fact, they stepped back a few paces and watched Luems movements closely.
A claymore was a fairly heavy sword for a teenage boy to wield.
Nevertheless, Luem used his well-trained muscles to swing the claymore as lightly as if it were a rapier.
Whenever a gap appeared in Luems attacks, Remina covered it perfectly.
And just like that, a formation for the two of them was complete.
Dwork clicked his tongue inwardly.
Aker, that guy.
Roin was one thing.
But Remina and Luems skills were no joke either.
If he had known it would be like this, he should have brought more members.
Such regrets kept swirling in Dworks mind.
Dwork signaled the mage with hand gestures.
The female mage nodded and began erecting stone walls around them.
It was to keep Roin from approaching.
Assassinate the target before Roin joins them.
In the end, Dwork decided to step in himself.
Shring!
Dwork drew the two swords he had fixed to his back.
Remina had never faced a dual-wielding swordsman before.
Moreover, someone who carried out assassination missions like this would at least have decent one-on-one skills.
.
Reminas eyes narrowed.
She had to watch every single one of Dworks movements from start to finish.
That was the only way to dodge his strikes.
The most important thing was the movement of his feet.
Dwork stepped forward slightly with his right foot and shifted his center of gravity forward, then lunged straight ahead using the momentum.
To disrupt Dworks advance, Remina thrust her sword at him.
A straight thrust like this covered a wider attack range than a wide horizontal swing.
However, as if he had anticipated Reminas move, Dwork knocked her sword away with the blade in his left hand.
His right sword aimed for Reminas head.
Whoosh!
Remina pulled her head back and barely deflected Dworks strike.
But it was far too close to feel relieved.
And besides.
Its not over yet!
This was only the beginning.
Now Dwork swung his left sword.
The switch between offense and defense was incredibly fast.
For Remina, who was merely a junior knight, it was a bit much to keep up with Dworks tempo.
It wasnt just the speed.
The difference in strength is too obvious!
Remina was, at best, a teenage girl.
Her opponent was a sturdy adult male who looked to be at least mid-twenties.
The gap was impossible to ignore.
If a contest of strength wasnt even feasible, she needed a style focused on technique.
But Dwork was superior in speed and experience as well.
Remina was in no position to do anything.
All she could do was endure.
Lady Remina!
Luem tried to move to help Remina, but
Where do you think youre going!
The other assassins blocked him.
Their goal was Remina alone, after all.
Eliminate her, and then the witnesses Luem and Roin, and the mission was complete.
Dwork had already factored all that into his calculations.
But the world sometimes flows in a direction completely opposite to what one intends.
And it was the same now.
Rumble rumble rumble!
The stone walls erected by magic crumbled in an instant.
As the dust settled, a boys figure slowly emerged.
Roin clenched and unclenched his fist as he glared sharply at Dwork and the assassins.
Leaving me out and having fun without me? Thatd make me feel left out.
It was the moment the partys protagonist made his entrance.
Tch.
Dwork clicked his tongue briefly.
The unwanted situation had arrived.
Remina and Luem had held out far better than expected.
And Roin had arrived sooner than anticipated.
The mage and two assassins switched their target to Roin.
They had to eliminate not just Remina, but Roin and Luem who had witnessed the scene anyway.
It was merely a change in order.
The mage slammed her palm hard against the ground.
Then, as she lifted the hand she had slammed down, a golems head began to emerge.
Starting from the head, then the torso, arms, and legs.
Just like the snake summons Roin had taken out earlier, it swallowed the surrounding dirt and rocks, gradually increasing its size.
Before the clay golem could fully form, Roin tried to strike first.
But the two assassins interfered with him.
A male assassin aimed a poisoned dagger at Roins face.
Roins brow furrowed.
He struck the male assassins lower jaw with his left fist.
Crack!
With a crisp sound, the mans body lifted high into the air.
Dont aim for the face. It pisses me off.
He could tolerate anything else, but not attacks targeting his face.
The male assassin lost consciousness from a single blow before he could even swing his sword properly.
The other assassins gulped.
These were veterans who underwent extreme training multiple times a day for assassination missions.
Yet Roin subdued one effortlessly with a single punch.
But this wasnt the end.
The other man snapped to his senses and threw hidden weapons at Roin.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh!
Clang clang clang clang clang!
But Roin deflected all the projectiles with his sword.
It was incredible reflexes.
Roin picked up one of the fallen projectiles and threw it back at the assassin.
Whip!
Unlike Roin, who had deflected dozens, the assassin couldnt even block the single one he threw.
It was too fast to react to.
Thud!
The projectile embedded deeply in the assassins side.
The moment it touched his skin, the assassins flesh began to burn away.
Arghhhh!!!
The man writhed in agony, unable to withstand the poisons energy.
But it was only for a moment.
The poison rapidly spread through his body, claiming his life.
Even so, Roin showed not a shred of pity.
These were people who had drawn their swords to kill him, Remina, and Luem.
If he wanted to survive, he had to kill them in turn.
Moreover, he wasnt some saintly gentleman who would let enemies who bared their fangs at him go free.
Having subdued two men in an instant, Roin headed for his next target.
The mage is the one to take out!
He couldnt keep giving her time to cast.
That would only lead to more trouble.
The clay golem spread its arms wide to crush Roin flat.
Roin didnt even think of dodging.
He simply
Whoosh whoosh whoosh
swung his sword a few times, and
Crack crack crack crack
the blue flames of the aura blade that flowed along his sword path shattered the clay golems arms into dozens, hundreds of pieces.
The clay golem disintegrated into small pebbles.
The mage couldnt hide her bewilderment.
Even a golem made of dirt and stone gained increased durability once infused with mana and formed.
It was nowhere near the level to be pitifully sliced by an aura blade.
But in front of Roin, such things were meaningless.
Whew.
Roin let out a long breath.
He gripped his sword with both hands and raised it overhead.
Then he swung it down strongly in a vertical arc.
Sword energy followed the blades trajectory.
The sword energy perfectly bisected the clay golem, which was left with only its torso, straight down the middle.
Not content with destroying the clay golem, it flew toward the mage positioned behind it.
Guh!
The mage hurriedly deployed a mana barrier.
However, even the barrier couldnt fully block Roins sword energy.
Seeing cracks form in the barrier, the mage was horrified and desperately threw herself aside.
The sword energy that completely shattered the barrier embedded itself where the mage had stood moments ago and dissipated.
If she had been even a little slower, she might have shared the clay golems fate.
To finish off the mage, Roin began to move.
As he was about to step over the clay golems remains.
!
He sensed Dwork charging at him at high speed and raised his sword.
Roins sword clashed head-on with Dworks.
Clang!
Dwork tried to overpower Roin with strength, but
Guh! Losing in strength to this filthy handsome brat who looks like a parasite?!
Instead, Dwork was pushed back.
It was too much to attribute to a boys strength.
The boy possessed overwhelming power beyond anyone Dwork had faced before.
Judging that he might lose in a battle of strength, Dwork changed his approach.
He attacked Roin from different directions with his twin swords.
A person cant focus on two places at once.
When attacks come simultaneously like this, one side inevitably shows a gap.
However, Roin had no gaps to exploit.
Defense, evasion.
Roin chose neither.
Only
Attack.
Roin didnt retreat but instead aimed his sword at Dworks neck.
Which would be the fatal blow?
It was obvious.
Dwork grimaced and pulled back.
Dwork had withdrawn his sword first.
Roin smiled at him.
It was a mocking grin.
Losing to a kid? Your assassin credentials must be weeping.
.
He had provoked Dwork on purpose to rile him up.
But Dwork didnt fall for Roins schemes so easily.
Kaidi!
At Dworks shout and hand signal, the female mage, Kaidi, immediately began casting another spell.
Roin wasnt about to just watch.
The moment he moved to stop Kaidi from casting any further.
Dwork and the remaining assassin threw something onto the ground.
Boom! Bang!
Smoke filled the area.
Roin covered his mouth with his sleeve.
In case it might be poison mist.
No poison, seems like. Smoke bombs, then.
The smoke was focused on obscuring vision.
After the smoke cleared.
Dwork, Kaidi, and the remaining assassins had vanished in an instant.
They ran.
Rather than the relief of surviving the assassins, the fact that Dworks group had escaped hit him harder.
Roins expression wasnt bright.
After the assassins disappeared.
Morning sunlight began to enter the pitch-black darkness that had enveloped Screaming Valley.
And just like that, Screaming Valley regained its peace as if nothing had happened.
Roin checked on Reminas condition.
Anywhere hurt?
The screams that had tormented them all night were gone without a trace.
Thanks to that, Remina could hear Roin clearly.
Im fine. You?
Im unscathed.
Despite all the action, Roin didnt have a single scratch.
Because of the facial wound hed gotten from the tactical golems last time, Roin had to fight cautiously even now.
Luem joined them belatedly.
What on earth were those guys?
Roin replied with a nonchalant expression.
Who knows. We can ask them directly from now on.
Huh? Didnt they run away?
No, not everyone had escaped successfully.
Look over there.
Remina and Luem turned their heads in the direction Roin pointed.
The man who had been knocked out cold with a single punch was still there.