Chapter 371

Chapter 371

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“I am a knight named Yad of the Imperial Knights.”

“I see, I see.”

“I’ll take my leave then.”

Ming Hu bowed his head in greeting to Alkan, then walked out of the office.

“Let’s go.

After leaving his office, Ming Hu walked out of the imperial palace and began to walk in the direction of the outskirts of the city. After a while, Ming Hu was able to reach the outskirts.

“This is the location of…”

Arriving at the outlying area, Ming Hu opened his inventory and pulled out a map to see where he was.

“Here.”

After confirming his current location, Myung-Hoo then navigated the path to the red dot where Bloody’s branch is located.

“Turn left at the third intersection.”

Bloody’s branch was located not too far from where Ming Hu was now. Ming Hu studied the map and began to walk slowly.

Jab!

After a while, Ming Hu stopped walking.

“This is the place.

Ming Hu stopped walking and looked away from the map to look ahead. Ahead of him stood a large, solid-looking building.

“Bloody Helioca Branch.

If the map was to be believed, this was the building of the Bloody’s Helioca branch. Ming Hu checked the map and the surrounding buildings once more, wondering if he had come to the wrong place.

“You’ve come to the right place.

Ming Hu opened his inventory and placed the map in it. Then, with a grin on his face, he strode into the building of Bloody’s Helioca branch.

Profit

[You have entered the Assassins’ Guild Bloody – Helioca Chapter].

As I opened the door and stepped inside, a message appeared.

“Who are you?”

At the same time, a man appeared in front of Ming Hu, blocking his path, and asked him, “What is it? Ming Hu looked around and opened his mouth to answer the man’s question.

“This is the Helioca chapter of the Bloody Guild, right?”

“…Yes?”

The man in front of him looked a little surprised at Myung-hoo’s question, and then quickly opened his mouth to answer with a look of confusion.

“I don’t know what that is, but it’s not here.”

“Haha.”

Ming Hu laughed out loud at the man’s denial. It was on the map, and the message had confirmed it. The man’s words were false.

“…”

The man’s expression hardened slightly at the sound of Ming Hu’s laughter. Then he quickly pulled a small dagger from his sleeve and swung it at Ming Hu.

Whip

Of course, the moment the man’s expression hardened, Ming Hu, who had already made up his mind, easily dodged the flying dagger.

“Hmm, I don’t know how you got here, but you’re done for today.”

When Ming Hu dodged the attack, the man snorted and stepped back, saying.

Whiz, whiz, whiz

Was the man’s retreat a sign? As soon as the man stepped back, a huge number of memorizations started flying from all directions.

“Blood Wave”

Ming Hu cast Blood Wave as he watched the flying memorization. Then he began to walk slowly.

[You have been struck by a superior paralyzing needle].

[Spit bounced off].

[does not faint].

The memorization hit and a message appeared. As expected, the memorization was not doing any damage to Ming Hu.

“Bam!”

“Crack!”

[You have killed guild member ‘Korem’ from the assassin’s guild Bloody].

[Only prestige 2 will increase].

[You have killed ‘Partha’, a member of the assassin’s guild Bloody].

[Only prestige 2 will increase].

Then I started getting messages saying that guild members who stepped into the range of the blood wave died. Since I had a quest to kill the branch leader, I didn’t receive a message that I had entered hostilities when I was attacked.

“Crack!”

“Crack!”

Hearing the screams of the Bloody Guild members, Ming Hu opened the quest window.

The clue you found in Arhan’s room, the assassin’s guild ‘Bloody’ was the one who kidnapped Revil. Visit the Bloody’s branch in the Helioca Empire!

[Heliocar Empire Branch Chief: 0/1].

“Where is it.

Ming Hu came here because of a quest.

“I need to get the branch manager.

Killing guild members does not complete the quest. The quest is only completed by killing the Branch Leader, who will be here.

“That’s a scream worthy of a movie.

The screams were never loud, but the branch manager never showed up.

“I’m pretty sure I’m here because the quest hasn’t changed.

If you had run away, the quest would have changed.

“If you go inward, will it come out?

Ming Hu turned his head and looked inward, then closed the quest window and began walking backward.

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Arhan, 1st Deputy Knightmaster of the Imperial Palace Knights and head of the Helioca Empire branch of the Assassin’s Guild Bloody, was currently pacing around the room with a bewildered expression on his face.

“Where did it go?

The reason Arhan was walking around was because of one object.

“What the hell…

No matter how much I looked, I couldn’t find what I was looking for.

‘I shouldn’t have that…’

It was vital, no, more important than life itself.

“Did he spill it on the imperial palace?

Arhan frowned at the sudden thought.

“It’s possible.

They fled the palace in such haste. The possibilities were endless.

“What do I do?

I didn’t know if I should go back to the palace to find it or not.

“If you go on vacation and come back, they might be suspicious.

Arhan was currently on vacation. He’d taken the leave to sell his father, who didn’t exist, and if he went back now, he’d be suspected, and worse, it wouldn’t be easy to get back out.

“I can’t not go…

But I had no choice but to go.

That was the moment.

“Bam!”

“Crack!”

Arhan was contemplating whether to go or not when the screams began to echo.

“…?”

The screams in his ears caused Arhan to turn to the door, a questioning look on his face.

“What…

Why did I suddenly hear a screaming sweet horse?

“To the emperor?

Arhan shook his head at the thought that followed, wondering if his missing item had fallen into the Emperor’s water.

‘No, even if I got that, I wouldn’t know where the branches are.’

Even if the lost item ended up in the hands of the emperor, the location of the branch would not be known.

“Boom!”

“Huh!”

“Then…

So what is this screaming about?

“Crack!”

“Hmph!”

Arhan stopped thinking as the screams continued. All that mattered now was that he could hear the screams.

Sigh

Arhan turned his head and saw his armor hanging on the wall.

“I don’t know who this guy is, but I’m going to have to clean him up.

I don’t know who broke in, but if they did, it meant that the location of the branch was known to someone, and we had to kill them as quickly as possible and then clean up the place.

Jumbled

Arhan walked over and began to put on each of the armor pieces on the wall, and when he was done, the door opened and someone walked in.

“Branch Manager, we’re in trouble!”

Into the room walked Laros, the deputy director, who was directly under Arhan, the branch director. Laros was looking very puzzled, and Arhan saw the look on his face and asked, “What is it?

“How many people did they break in?”

“Well…”

Laros trailed off at Arhan’s question. Then he opened his mouth to answer.

“One person.”

“…?”

Arhan shook his head, closing Laroth’s reply.

“Did I hear you wrong?

Arhan asked again if he had misheard.

“How many?”

“One person.”

“…”

But Laros’s answer didn’t change. He hadn’t misheard. After a moment of silence at the mention of one, Arhan regained his composure and spoke again.

“Who is this?”

“We can’t be sure, but it’s believed to be the late Count.”

“Count Minghu!”

Laros’s words surprised Arhan.

“Then…

Arhan knew Ming Hu very well. No, from Arhan’s point of view, it was impossible not to know.

“But how did he?

I had one question. How did Ming Hu get here? Arhan couldn’t understand how Ming Hu knew the location of the branch.

“How do I do that?”

Laros asked.

“Wait a minute…

Arhan was lost in thought, but the moment he heard Laroth’s question, he came up with a very strange plan.

“What if this place itself disappeared?

It was the Guildmaster at the headquarters who could be held accountable for the missing items, but what if the place itself disappeared? What if the person who should be held accountable died?

“Yeah, if you do that…

Arhan finished formulating his plan and looked at Laroth with a smirk.

“You’re the Earl of Minghu, who was at the top of my list for elimination anyway. It’s good that you came here alone. You will kill Count Minghu today.”

“But he’s…”

Laros started to say something at Arhan’s words, but Arhan’s frown forced him to shut up, unable to finish his sentence.

“I see.”

Finally, Laros nodded and turned back to prepare, and Arhan, who had waited for the moment Laros turned back, made his move.

Poof!

“…!”

Turning back, Laroth was forced to stop in his tracks as soon as he took a step. He looked down to see a sword piercing his chest, a sword with a very sharp point, and he knew whose sword it was.

“Uh, why…”

“Sorry.”

Arhan drew his sword in response to Laroth’s words.

whisk

He pulled the sword out, and Laroth fell forward. Arhan smiled bitterly at the flinching Laroth and plunged the blade back into his back.

Poof!

“It’s the only way I can survive.”

Arhan did not want to die, but if he followed his plan, he would live. Arhan drew his sword when Laroth was no longer moving, then pulled the scroll from his arms and tore it open.

Siaak

A bright light emanated from the scroll, filling the room.

“It also hid the memory of the space.

Even if the Archmage came, he would not be able to read the memories in the space. Arhan looked out of the room and thought.

‘If it’s Count Ming Hu, all the guilds in the branch will die.

They were all going to die. No, judging by the screams, they might already be dead.

“We need to get moving.

Arhan quickly walked over to the wall where the armor was hanging and activated the device, moving the wall to open the safe.

“I never thought I’d use this.

Inside the vault were ledgers, tons of gold, and a corpse. The corpse had the exact same appearance and build as Arhan. Arhan took the corpse out of the vault and laid it on the floor. He closed the vault and swung his sword at the corpse, creating a wound.

“Now all we have to do is get out of here alive.

Now all that was left was to get out of here safely, Arhan thought as he looked at the corpse.

Thrrrr

Arhan’s figure slowly began to fade away.

‘If it’s my stealth. No problem.’

Perfectly concealed, Arhan walked slowly out the door.