Chapter 293

Chapter 293

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The Office of Amurat, Emperor of the Aman Empire

“Hmmm.”

The Emperor Amurat, the master of his office, sits at his desk, staring straight ahead, and curses under his breath. A woman sits in front of him.

“…”

The woman said nothing, merely staring at Amurat with an expression that showed no emotion.

“16 and 17 were hit at the same time?”

When the woman was silent, Amurat finally opened his mouth and asked her.

“…Yes.”

At Amurat’s question, the woman paused for a moment, then nodded.

“I did both at the same time…”

His words trailed off, and Amurat was lost in thought again. But it didn’t take him long to finish his thought, and he spoke.

“How many issues do you have to do before you can do 16 and 17 at the same time?”

“You can do 16 and 17 at the same time if you’re around 10, but if you’re doing something like this, where there’s not even a trace of it, you need to be around 8.”

“Hmmm.”

At the woman’s words, Amurat cleared his throat again and pondered.

“…””…”

Silence settled over the room. Unlike the first time, when she had shown no emotion, the woman looked at Amurat with a slightly uneasy expression and began to wait for him to speak.

“Rivienne.”

Amurat spoke up as he finished his thought.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Rivienne, who had been waiting for Amurat to speak anyway, quickly opened her mouth to answer Amurat’s call.

“How many issues do you think you have to send before you can assassinate him with certainty?”

“…”

When asked by Amirat, Rivienne couldn’t answer right away.

“I didn’t know what the level was…

The target of the assassination, Ming Hu, was irrelevant. The problem was the secret escort. We don’t know what level the secret escort was. What we do know is that the level of the secret escort was at least equivalent to a No. 9.

“It could be better.

In other words, the secret escort could be even better than No. 9, and for that reason, Rivienne couldn’t give a quick answer.

“If I send someone to…

But he couldn’t say he hadn’t figured it out, and he couldn’t say no, either. Rivienne wondered how many issues she would have to send before she could be sure of the assassination.

“Yeah, if it was him…

“It’s…”

Finishing her thoughts, Rivienne looked at Amurat, who was waiting for her to speak, and opened her mouth.

“I think five issues should be enough.”

“Five? Five is good enough?”

Amurat replied, a little surprised. His reaction was understandable; No. 5’s power was no match for the Knight Captains. If assassinated, No. 5 could easily kill the knight captains. In response to Amurat’s surprise, Rivienne began to answer.

“Yes, No. 16 and No. 17 were killed at the same time, and killing them both at the same time is something No. 10 can do, but there’s no trace of it, so I’d say it’s at least on par with No. 9, but that’s just the minimum. It could be even stronger than No. 9.”

“Hmmm, I see.”

Amirat nodded in agreement with Rivienne’s answer.

“Five is still on a mission, right?”

Amrat asked.

“Yes.”

Rivienne nodded in response to Amirat’s question, then continued.

“Do you want me back?”

The Fifth was on a very important mission, but it was given to her by the Emperor, which meant she could return whenever he wanted.

“You’d better kill the secret escort, too, right?”

Amurat asked again. Rivienne paused for a moment, unsure of how to respond, then opened her mouth to speak.

“Yes.”

It was a secret bodyguard of the rival Helioca Empire. If not killed now, it was likely to return as a major threat in the future.

“Hmmm.”

Amurat cleared his throat again, lost in thought.

“How do I…

I was torn.

“That’s important, but…

The mission currently being carried out by No. 5 was quite an important one. As big as it was, the assassination didn’t compare to what the V was doing now.

“But…

Given the importance of the mission, No. 5 should not have been brought back. We had to keep it flying. My head made sense, but my heart was the problem.

“Revill, the bastard.

Amurat’s face hardened. Slowly, anger began to creep into Amurat’s expression.

“…”

Rivienne swallowed hard at the look of anger on Amurat’s face.

That was the moment.

Smart

“Your Majesty, this is Redian.”

A knock sounded on the door, followed by a voice from outside, and at the same time, the anger vanished from Amurat’s expression, and Rivienne breathed a sigh of relief.

“…Come in.”

Then Amrat said.

Profit

The door opened and Redian, a middle-aged man in his late 40s, stepped into the office. In his hands, he held a thick stack of papers.

“Huh.”

A reflexive sigh escaped Amurat’s lips as he looked at the papers.

Tsk tsk tsk

“Here are the documents you’ll need to pay and the documents you’ll need to see.”

Setting the papers down on his desk, Redian said, sorting them into two categories.

“Okay.”

At Redian’s words, Amurat reached out and pushed aside the papers to be paid and picked up the one he needed to read.

“Hmm?”

Not long after reading the paperwork, a murmur of disbelief escaped Amrat’s lips.

“…?”

“…?”

Amurat’s silence caused Rivian, who was sitting, and Redian, who was standing, to look at Amurat with questioning eyes.

“Is there a problem…?”

Redian returned with the papers and asked Amurat.

“Is this real?”

Redian asked, and Amirat said.

“…Ah, the roster for this duel, yes, that’s right. Any problems?”

Realizing he was referring to the paperwork, Redian nodded.

“No.”

At Redian’s words, Amurat turned his attention back to the papers, and smiled wryly. Soon, having checked all the papers, Amurat turned to Redian and said, “I’m sorry.

“I’ll check the payment documents and call you later.”

“Okay, then…”

At Amurat’s words, Redian bowed his head in acknowledgment, then turned and walked back the way he’d come.

“I don’t have to call number 5.”

When Redian left, Amurat looked at Rivian and smiled, then opened his mouth to speak.

“…?”

You don’t need to call them? Rivienne looked at Amurat with a puzzled expression. Amurat continued.

“I heard he’s competing in this dueling tournament.”

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“So you’re going to abstain because of the runner-up?”

Jie asked. Ming Hu nodded in agreement with Jie’s question.

“Yes.”

He didn’t need to win. For Ming Hu, a rejuvenating runner-up finish was far more valuable than a championship.

“It’s the elixir, isn’t it?”

“Ha-ha-ha.”

At the delay that followed, Ming Hu simply smiled.

Profit

Talking like that, Myung-hoo and Ji-yeon were soon able to reach the room, and Myung-hoo opened the door and let them in.

Sigh

Entering the room, Ming Hu looked around to make sure there were no assassins present.

“None.

There were no assassins immediately in sight.

“No?”

“Yeah, I’ll take a look around the room.”

But just because you couldn’t see them didn’t mean there weren’t any assassins. There were still rooms left. Ming Hu began to walk quickly, checking the rooms.

“I thought there would be…

After looking around the last room, Myung-Hoo realized that there were no assassins, and with a slightly disappointed look on his face, he walked out of the room and approached Ji-Yeon.

“No?”

“Yeah, I don’t think it’s been regenerated yet.”

Considering the time the assassins showed up, there should have been an assassin by now.

“Isn’t that it?”

Ming Hu’s words were answered by Jiayi. We’ve already captured four assassins. He had a point, but Ming shook his head.

“It won’t be the end.”

It wasn’t a sure thing, but it was likely not the end.

“…?”

“Because the single-digit assassins aren’t here yet.”

The first assassin to arrive was number 37, the next was number 32, and the next two were number 16 and 17. We have yet to see a single-digit assassin. Of course, single-digit assassins were only to be expected.

“Maybe when I’m online later.

I’d find out later when I logged in.

“Oh, I see.”

Ming Hu stopped thinking and opened his mouth to speak when he saw Jie Jie nodding his head in realization of his words.

“I’ll call you.”

“Yes!”

Jie smiled broadly at Ming Hu’s words, logged out, and disappeared from the room. Ming Hu followed suit and logged out as soon as Jie Jie logged out.

Smart

Soon after Ming Hu and Jie Jin logged out, there was a knock on the door, but the owners of the room, Ming Hu and Jie Jin, had logged out and were not present. There was no way they could have answered the knock.

Smart

Once again there was a knock on the door, but as before, no voice answered.

Profit

The door slowly opened. A man walked through the door and into the room.

“Is he asleep already?

The man who entered the room turned out to be No. 6. Worried that he might have fallen asleep and not responded to the knock, he walked quickly and began checking the rooms.

‘…what, where did you go?’

Soon, after checking the last room, No. 6 came out into the living room with a puzzled look on his face.

“I saw you go in there…

I entered the room. I looked with both eyes, but strangely, I didn’t see anyone who should be here.

“You can’t be…

Puzzled, No. 6 quickly looked around as a thought struck him.

“Trap?

The trap was obvious. I couldn’t explain this situation otherwise.

“Damn.

No. 6 quickly ran out the door, frowning and wary of his surroundings.