Chapter 294

Chapter 294

After leaving the room, No. 6 ran constantly, his nerves on edge. He didn’t have a destination in mind, just the best place to run.

“Yes, here.

Soon arriving at a clearing, No. 6 slowed down after checking out the surrounding terrain, and then, as if in anticipation, jumped and climbed into a tree.

Once up in the tree, No. 6 began to pace back and forth, keeping a watchful eye on his surroundings, but after some time had passed, he could only frown.

‘What the… Didn’t you follow me?

I didn’t feel a thing.

“Was I… too fast?

I wondered if I had missed myself. I thought to myself.

‘I think so…’

The idea was soon confirmed, and No. 6 descended from the tree, looking in the direction of the buildings housing the nobility of the Helioca Empire.

“But… what happened?

Now that I think about it, there was something that didn’t make sense.

‘It certainly wasn’t.’

You saw the target of your assassination, Ming Hu, enter the room, but you didn’t see him when you checked.

“It says it went somewhere…

It was not hiding. If he was hiding, he couldn’t have been found, which means he moved somewhere other than the room.

“It’s not scrolling.

You were not transported to a warp scroll. Magic items like the Warp Scroll generate mana waves when used. I didn’t feel any mana waves.

‘They couldn’t have renovated the building…’

This was the Aman Empire, and the building belonged to the Aman Empire. Furthermore, it is unlikely that the building would have been modified due to time.

“…how.

What the hell happened? No. 6 began to pace, pondering how Ming Hu had managed to make the move without him noticing.

* * * * *

“You’re up, huh?”

After logging out and waking up from a honeyed sleep, Myung-Hoo was now on the phone with Delay.

“Ah~ I’ll be online first then. Okay. See you later!”

Ending the call, Ming Hu set his cell phone down on his desk and looked at the capsule.

“You should be regenerated by now, right?”

Before I logged out, there were no assassins, but now that it’s been a while, I suspect there are.

Jumbled

Ming Hu walked over and entered the capsule, and immediately accessed the Legend.

Sigh

Once connected, Ming Hu turned his head to look around as soon as he could see.

‘Not here for now’

To his relief or dismay, there was no assassin in sight. Ming Hu began to move from room to room in search of the assassin, and when he had checked every room, he frowned slightly.

“No?

I checked every room, but the assassin was nowhere to be seen.

“Regen didn’t work?

I figured there would be one by now.

“Is the delay over as they say?

The single-digit assassin hasn’t come yet, so I thought it wouldn’t be the end, but on second thought, it doesn’t have to be.

That was the moment.

Smart

“…!”

A knock at the door made Ming Hu turn around and look at the door. As he stared at the door, Ming Hu thought back to the time when 16 and 17 tried to sneak in.

“You can’t be serious…

Ming Hu started toward the door with an incredulous look on his face.

Smart

“My lord?”

But a second knock on the door and a voice stopped him in his tracks.

“Mr. Revill…

The voice knocking on the door was none other than Revil. Thinking it might be an assassin, Ming Hu walked back to the door and opened it with a regretful expression.

Profit

“You’re here.”

“Yeah, that just happened, ha ha.”

Ming Hu smiled in response to Revil’s words. At Ming Hu’s words, Revil smiled back and opened his mouth to speak.

“The dueling tournament is about to start, and I was wondering when you’d like to go…”

Revil looked at Ming Hu with a faint smile.

“…”

Ming Hu was silent for a moment at Revill’s words.

‘Delay should be online soon…’

Delay hasn’t connected yet, and I’m a little nervous about going first when Delay says he’ll connect soon.

“Delay is getting ready, so I’ll be there soon.”

Eventually, Ming Hu decided to wait and opened his mouth to speak.

“Oh, well, I’ll be there first then.”

“Yes, I’ll be right behind you.”

“Well…”

Revil bowed his head slightly to Myung Hu, then turned and began walking away. Ming Hu closed the door behind him, turned around and looked around the room, then opened the quest window to see the quest.

Amurat, Emperor of the Aman Empire, holds a deep grudge against Revil. Although circumstances prevent him from killing Revil, Amurat hates him enough to want to, and he will take this opportunity to harm some of those who came with him. Survive until you return to the Helioca Empire!

Quest Difficulty: A

Quest Reward: ???

Unable to refuse quests, losing nobility upon death

The assassin never came. It could have been the end, as Delay had said.

‘I don’t think it’s over…’

But Ming Hu didn’t think that was the end of the story.

‘Single digit…’

I didn’t know for sure, but I had a strong feeling that single-digit assassins were coming.

“Let’s not bother.

Whether the assassin came or not, Ming Hu decided to ignore it and turned his attention back to checking out the other quests.

“That’s a lot of money.

The Quests window showed more quests than he expected. Ming Hu once again checked the quests he had received.

‘Traveling, finding Darus, proposing Refurem, surviving the Imperial Palace…’

I had a total of five quests listed in the Quests window, including the “Survive the Imperial Palace” one I checked earlier.

“Hmm.

Ming Hu, who had been checking the quests one by one, smiled.

The Empire of Aman, the Kingdom of Yarad, and most other nations are participating in the Dueling Tournament, and Revil hopes you’ll do well and bring honor to the Empire. Enter the tournament and do well!

Quest Difficulty: A

Quest Reward: Helioca Merit ??? (Depends on your performance in duels).

The reason for Ming Hu’s smile was his most recent quest, ‘For the Honor of the Empire’. To be fair, it wasn’t the quest that made him smile, but the rewards of a dueling tournament that was tied to the quest.

“Elixir…

The runner-up prize in the dueling tournament was the elixir that Ming Hu so desperately wanted, and not just one or two, but a large quantity. We don’t know exactly how many, but it was a great deal in the Empire.

Siaak

Just as Ming Hu was smiling as he remembered the elixir, Jie Yi connected.

“Minghu!”

At Jie’s call, Ming Hu closed the quest window. Then he asked Liu Bei

“Shall we go?”

“Yes!”

She smiled and nodded in response to Ming Hu’s question, not prepared to do anything differently if it were real. Ming Hu turned back to open the door at her answer and began to walk with her to the party.

“Were there any assassins?”

“No, I didn’t.”

Jian Chen looked at Ming Hu curiously. Ming Hu shook his head and replied with a question. After chatting for a while, Ming Hu and Jie Li soon arrived at the castle where the party was being held.

“Have a great time.”

Upon arriving at the castle, Ming Hu approached the knight guarding the entrance and showed him the invitation, and upon hearing the knight’s greeting, Ming Hu and Jie Li entered the castle.

“So you’re going to the stadium then?”

“Yeah, I’m sure Mr. Revill will be there.”

“Heh, you have a game today, right?”

“Uh, twice.”

Once inside the castle, Ming Hu and Jiayi began talking again as they walked to the arena where the dueling tournament was being held.

“Huh.”

“Wow”

Arriving at the stadium shortly thereafter, Minghu and Delay could not help but marvel at the stadium and its surroundings.

“That’s really nice.”

“I see, it’s the imperial palace after all, isn’t it?”

The stadium and the bleachers were very well made, especially the bleachers, which I thought were too good to be wasted.

“My lord, here you go!”

Ming Hu was looking at the stadium and the bleachers in admiration when Revil’s voice rang in his ears, and he turned his head to look toward the source of the voice. Revil was waving from the bleachers directly in front of the stadium, and the flag of the Helioca Empire was flying next to the bleachers, which must have been the Helioca Empire’s bleachers.

“There it is.”

“It’s like premium class!”

Ming Hu and Delay walked toward the Helioca Empire’s bleachers, where Revil was waving.

“Welcome, Count.”

“I hear you’ve entered a contest, and I’m sure you’ll win, Count.”

In the bleachers, the imperial nobles who had come with him were already seated. Ming Hu smiled in response to the nobles’ remarks, and then, with a delay, walked over to an unoccupied seat at the front and sat down.

‘Here we go.

Above the arena stood a knight, who appeared to be the moderator, holding a piece of paper, and at either end of the arena stood two nobles, who appeared to be the contestants.

“…what is it?

But soon, Ming Hu had to shake his head.

“Why are you looking at me?

Of the two nobles in line, the one on the left looked at Ming Hu with a smile. It wasn’t just a smile. It was a very unpleasant smile.