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Cale, being a good servant, jumped up from his seat.
“Oh, our-”
Our crown prince and Miss Rosalyn!
But he couldn’t continue speaking.
-Human, the crown prince and Rosalyn look a bit careless.
Yes, it’s true.
‘What is that dirty clothing?’
Alberu and Rosalyn were approaching with a dirty appearance, so much so that even Cale and Choi Han would call them “brother” and “sister.”
“I’m hungry.”
“I’m very hungry.”
And instead of greeting them, the first thing they said when they saw each other.
“Hmm.”
Cale’s face turned expressionless.
“But it doesn’t suit you.”
And at the words that the crown prince said to Cale bluntly, looking at his hair and eyes, his blonde hair and blue eyes.
“Hmm.”
Cale’s face became even more expressionless and wrinkled in disgust.
The two who were looking at each other had different appearances, but both had blonde hair and blue eyes, so anyone could think they were real siblings.
“Well, anyway, take a seat.”
The moment Cale opened his mouth with an expressionless face.
“Ugh!”
A groan came out of Cale’s mouth.
Kwaaang-!
A loud crash echoed.
‘Ugh!’
Cale fell face-first onto the dining table.
The entity that had knocked him down was-
‘…Choi Han!’
It was Choi Han.
Choi Han jumped up to protect Cale’s back, but he bumped into him and Cale fell onto the table.
‘What? What’s going on?’
Cale wanted to see the situation, but.
-Human, you were almost stabbed in the back!
At Raon’s words, he-
‘Stay still.’
He simply stayed face-down on the table.
Bang! Kwang!
Consecutive sounds were heard.
Crack! Crackle!
The sound of the ceiling collapsing was also heard.
What’s going on?
-Human, just stay still and let Choi Han protect you!
Cale readily accepted Raon’s advice for the first time in a long time.
“Ugh!”
The moment someone’s groan was heard.
“Ugh!”
“Ugh!”
Then two more were heard.
‘Wasn’t it just one assassin?’
Cale’s eyes widened.
‘Why didn’t anyone tell me there were several?’
Cale was a little scared. In fact, it wasn’t just that.
Hic!
“Ugh.”
On the second floor. Everyone who was sitting at some tables, including Cale, his group, Phantom Sword, and the Knight of Abundance, gasped or flinched.
Swish-!
A dagger flew, cutting through the wind towards one of them.
“!”
The dagger flew so fast that he couldn’t even scream.
Thang!
The dagger changed direction slightly.
“…!”
The warrior’s eyes turned to the person in front of him.
The blonde knight wielded his lance slightly and blocked the dagger.
“Gra, thanks-”
The handsome knight smiled at him with a bright smile. It seemed like he was shining.
“You’re welcome.”
Of course, he was dirty.
“Ugh.”
“…Ugh!”
A total of five assassins were rolling on the floor of the dining room.
“…….”
Phantom Sword looked at the five and then moved his gaze.
“…….”
Kim Haeil.
The Heavenly Demon was still sitting.
But five of the chopsticks that were in the chopstick container had disappeared.
‘The moment Kim Haeil’s servant got up to greet those who were approaching.’
Daggers flew everywhere on the second floor.
Daggers flew from the ceiling, the floor, the windows.
‘The bodyguard and the lance-wielding warrior blocked all the daggers.’
The bodyguard and the lance-wielding warrior blocked all the daggers with ease.
---!
There was no sound, not even the sound of the wind.
An afterimage that could only be seen by someone like Phantom Sword.
‘Yes, it was an afterimage.’
Even Phantom Sword hadn’t seen the clear image.
Simply, whenever Kim Haeil moved his hand, a blurry afterimage appeared, and something was stuck in the assassins’ bodies.
He realized that they were five chopsticks after everything was over.
‘Moreover, they are pressure points.’
The chopsticks were stuck in lethal pressure points.
‘…Is it possible to use daggers like that?’
Phantom Sword felt a chill.
Kim Haeil.
That guy.
No, who is that person?
At first, he thought it was a former master in the underground of the Five Great Factions.
Although he looked young, his actual age could be older.
‘No, it’s not like that.’
The Five Great Factions.
It’s something beyond that.
‘Is he the secret heir of the Kingdom of Lan?’
No.
It can’t be.
According to the information Phantom Sword had, the current Queen Tamahi didn’t have the ability for that.
‘Who are you?’
Kim Haeil, who are you?
Phantom Sword wanted to ask, but he couldn’t.
“…”
Because he was a stranger.
In this Kingdom of Lan, it wasn’t strange to die in a fight at any time and place.
Although he was in a game, Phantom Sword lived as if it were real.
Clack.
At that moment, someone got up from their seat.
“!”
Phantom Sword’s eyebrows rose slightly.
‘The Knight of Abundance.’
She got up suddenly.
“Hmm.”
Phantom Sword immediately realized the reason.
The Knight of Abundance.
Someone who was treated as a foreigner, someone who found it very difficult to become a ranker in this New World, where holy-type users were very rare, and who had reached rank 12 as a paladin.
She had a reason to be like that.
“How dare you-”
The Knight of Abundance. Her eyes went wild.
‘Oh!’
Cale, who had crouched slightly and turned to look at the Knight of Abundance, was surprised.
‘Her eyes!’
-Human, that knight is really crazy!
Literally, her eyes were crazy. Well, to be exact, they were changed. The position of the sclera and the iris gradually changed, and a golden glow appeared in her eyes.
“How dare you draw a sword and show blood in such a precious and sacred place where food is eaten!”
Thump.
She knelt down and picked up the plate that had fallen to the ground due to the commotion. She picked up the food, placed it carefully on the ground, and gestured. It was probably a prayer of the Order of Abundance.
“…”
“…”
A strange atmosphere spread. The assassins seemed to have calmed down a bit, looking around. Of course, while enduring the pain.
“In essence, food is a precious place where the fruits of all abundance are harvested.”
The real guests were also looking around.
“Those who interfere with this do not know the value of abundance. Have mercy on them.”
The waiter and the owner, who had gone up to the second floor in shock, held their breath, not knowing what to do.
The Knight of Abundance’s action seemed sacred.
While even Kim Haeil was watching this in silence.
‘Now is the time.’
One of the assassins tried to sneak away.
At that moment.
The Knight of Abundance opened her mouth.
She smiled widely.
She had made a prayer a moment ago.
In essence, food is a precious place where the fruits of all abundance are harvested. Those who interfere with this do not know the value of abundance. Have mercy on them.
She said with a smile.
“Oh, God of Abundance. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to execute them.”
Hmm!
Cale’s eyes widened.
-Human, she’s really crazy!
Raon thought the same thing as Cale.
Swoosh.
The Knight of Abundance drew her sword quickly and swung it.
It was at that moment...
“Enough.”
The Heavenly Demon said.
Clang!
The Knight of Abundance’s sword was blocked.
“…….”
Her eyes, where the smile had suddenly disappeared, turned towards Choi Han, who was standing with an indifferent expression.
‘A good move.’
Phantom Sword marveled.
That simple movement.
The bodyguard’s sword contained the profound principles of Wu.
‘But it will be difficult to stop that crazy woman.’
The Knight of Abundance. In other words, the madness of Abundance. No word was found more terrible than fanatic, so she simply considered herself a fanatic.
“…”
Her eyes turned to the Heavenly Demon, who was still sitting behind Choi Han.
He was sitting in the chair, smiling calmly.
A relaxed voice, but with a strange heaviness, came out of his mouth.
“They are mine now.”
He was referring to the assassins.
“You have no right to execute them.”
Hmm.
Cale flinched and quickly got up from the ground.
‘He’s angry.’
The Heavenly Demon, that guy, is upset now.
-Human, it seems like the Heavenly Demon is angry. Why?
Raon didn’t know the reason, but Cale did. The Knight of Abundance opened her mouth.
“I know the reason why the assassins came is because of you. But this is not my will, it is to follow the will of the great God of Abundance. Therefore, do not stop it.”
She said firmly.
“It is the will of God.”
Oh.
Cale closed his eyes tightly and then opened them, looking at the Heavenly Demon.
‘He’s even angrier.’
The reason was clear.
The Heavenly Demon shook his head. His long hair, soft as silk, moved, but his words were not gentle at all.
“That cannot be done.”
The Heavenly Demon was silently angry.
“I told you.”
The Heavenly Demon was the living God of the Demon Cult.
“They are mine now.”
The Heavenly Demon’s gaze turned to the Knight of Abundance.
The moment their eyes met...
‘!’
The Knight of Abundance felt a chill. She felt her whole body stiffen.
As if-
‘Yes.’
A God was warning her.
The assassins couldn’t even move.
Because they were being watched by the blonde lance-wielding warrior and the bodyguard who were in front of her.
The Knight of Abundance opened her mouth.
“The will of God-”
It must never be broken.
She tried to continue speaking.
But someone spoke at the same time as her.
“Oh, our Young Master!”
Someone stood between them and blocked their gazes.
‘!’
Another strange glow appeared in the Knight of Abundance’s eyes.
It was the blonde servant.
He quickly stepped in and, with a voice that didn’t match his face at all, said with a mocking smile.
“Yes, yes. They are the guys who tried to kill us, so we should take care of them.”
Cale turned his back on the Knight of Abundance and said in a kind voice. But Cale’s face, who was looking at the Heavenly Demon, was unpleasant.
‘Just let it go?’
The Heavenly Demon, who understood that look, smiled and turned his head. Cale quickly turned around and approached the Knight of Abundance.
“If it is not necessary for Miss to execute the will of God, we will do it instead.”
“Shouldn’t we find out who is behind all of this, at least those who tried to kill us?”
Cale smiled kindly and looked around. Everyone seemed to agree.
It was true.
“And if there is more bloodshed here, wouldn’t it be a disgrace to those who have to eat here today?”
The waiter and the owner nodded vigorously.
“We will fulfill the will of the God of Abundance.”
“…”
She didn’t answer. If she had been carried away by something like this, she wouldn’t have been called a fanatic.
‘Impossible.’
Phantom Sword shook his head.
That servant can’t stop the Knight of Abundance.
He looked around.
There were many people in this place, besides the civilians, who had come to explore.
This fanatic also knew this, and she wouldn’t yield.
“Knight. If you don’t trust us, we will hand them over later. Couldn’t you execute the will of the God of Abundance at that time?”
That was the line Cale thought the Heavenly Demon could concede to the most. However, most people knew that the Knight of Abundance would reject those words.
Hadn’t that happened before?
She never yielded.
“You-”
At that moment, she opened her mouth.
“Who are you?”
A strange silence spread.
‘Hmm?’
Phantom Sword’s gaze turned from the Knight of Abundance to the servant.
Servant?
Although that guy also seemed extraordinary.
“I am the servant of our Young Master.”
Cale smiled widely. But he was scared inside.
‘Did she realize I’m the Most Evil One?’
Cale felt uncomfortable with the Knight of Abundance, who was a holy-type ranker.
If it was discovered that he was the Most Evil One here, it would be a problem.
“I smell something in you-”
The moment the Knight of Abundance opened her mouth, a phrase came to her mind.
-Enough.
A cold voice pointed it out.
Like a dagger.
Then, that voice reached everyone’s ears.
“Take care of them.”
The Heavenly Demon gave instructions to Choi Han. Choi Han, without saying a word, knocked out the five assassins.
One by one.
The Knight of Abundance watched this intently and then opened her mouth.
“I will accept your will.”
She said that looking directly at Cale.
‘Hmm.’
Why is she doing this?
Cale felt an inexplicable sense of unease.
‘Did she realize?’
Is she about to kill me?
While he was scared. The Knight of Abundance got up from her seat without saying a word and went to her place. And she started eating again. With a devout expression. However, before taking the food with the spoon and bringing it to her mouth, she looked at Cale, who was staring at her, among the people who were looking around in a daze, and said.
“The Earth is the beginning of everything. The Trees that grow on it bear fruit. Everything is the will of Abundance.”
And she continued eating with a devout expression.
-Cale, Cale! Did they find out about us?
Super Rock said in surprise.
-I am the tree.
The Glutton Priestess said casually, with a slow tone.
-I see. It seems like she realized about me and the Glutton. How?
While Super Rock was surprised and the Glutton was calm.
Cale felt relieved.
‘What? I thought they had discovered me as the hidden boss.’
Although he didn’t know why, the Knight of Abundance seemed to have recognized some of the ancient powers that Cale possessed.
And that was true.
‘…It’s refreshing.’
In fact, she had come here following Cale.
The pure scent of the earth.
The fresh aroma of the trees.
The clear eyes of someone who contains them.
She had followed Cale as if hypnotized.
‘Who will it be?’
Earth and trees. They were entities that could not be missing in the Order of Abundance.
‘It’s not an Elementalist.’
It’s not simply that.
‘Something more fundamental-’
Something more fundamental.
Something more primordial...
“…….”
She stopped her food for a moment. And she found the answer.
‘…Nature.’
Yes, she smells the aroma of nature in that person. The purest and most beautiful form.
The Knight of Abundance continued eating as if nothing had happened, but her atmosphere sank deeper. The Knight of Abundance, who was about to look at Cale, stopped.
“…”
“…”
The Heavenly Demon was staring intently at the Knight of Abundance.
‘Enough.’
She remembered the warning he had sent her.
The Knight of Abundance looked away and continued eating.
Them.
It seems like I should find out more about them.
She felt that the God of Abundance was asking her to do so.
And at that moment...
Choi Han said he would go to get rid of the assassins with Alberu, and then the Heavenly Demon told Cale to sit down.
‘Why?’
When Cale’s gaze turned to the Heavenly Demon with disapproval.
Two voices were heard.
-Human, the guy who looks like our grandpa Ron hasn’t moved!
-Those assassins are decoys.
Raon. And the Heavenly Demon.
‘What?’
Cale was surprised, but then he understood.
‘Well, Raon said he looked like Ron.’
He wouldn’t simply say he looked like Ron because he was an assassin.
He would have to have Ron’s ability to say that.
-We left him on purpose.
It was at that moment.
Someone appeared in the window of the second floor.
Meow!
It was Hong.
For others, he was a cat, but out of the three, Hong, not On, appeared on the roof of the inn. On must be taking care of Eden Miru.
Snick.
Cale realized the situation.
“Did they find them too?”
Meow!
Hong answered cheerfully. He hit the window frame with his paws. As if he was asking him to leave it to him.
“Raon, you go too.”
Raon didn’t miss the small phrase Cale said.
“We, hmm. Sir servant?”
His gaze moved slightly.
It was Rosalyn.
Cale understood the intention.
“Could I ask you a favor? You must be tired.”
“A walk is light.”
Rosalyn decided to go as Raon and Hong’s guardian.
“Go for a walk and then we will continue talking.”
“I hope you have a peaceful walk.”
Cale’s words meant that they shouldn’t go too far.
“Of course.”
Rosalyn understood perfectly, got up from her seat, and went to the first floor.
-We’re going. The Heavenly Demon will protect us!
Meow!
Hong and Raon disappeared behind her.
Cale, who remained, looked at the Heavenly Demon. The Heavenly Demon responded to that gaze by sending him a telepathic message.
-If they try to end our lives, should we find out who is behind all of this?
Cale agreed, of course.
* * *
At that moment.
A woman who was hiding in a window of the building across the street from the inn, watching the inside of the inn, couldn’t help but groan.
“Ugh!”
Drizzle.
Blood was running down her eyes.
An elder approached her, who was dressed as an assassin.
“Honey, what’s wrong?”
This woman was a valuable person in Dark Abyss.
Because she had a special ability.
She was an evaluator.
Like a prophecy, she could see the essence of her opponent.
“Ugh! Ugh!”
The elder had never seen this woman spit blood.
“Are you alright? Should I call a doctor?”
The elder was also an assassin and was hiding, but this woman was his priority.
Because she was like his granddaughter, whom he loved and cared for very much.
“Ugh! Ugh! No, no.”
The woman, who finally caught her breath, looked at the elder and said.
“Master. We must go to the leader immediately.”
Her voice trembled.
“Why, why?”
The elder had never seen his disciple do that.
Black Death, one of the six branches of Dark Abyss.
The elder’s only disciple, who led the assassins, and a precious girl like his granddaughter.
The woman, who would become the next leader of Black Death, continued speaking without stopping.
“The decoys are not the problem. The Wanderer’s threat is not the problem. They must have already discovered us!”
“What? If they had discovered us, we should run away! If we go to the leader, our identity will be discovered!”
“No, now, you know. Anyway, we have to go to the leader. We have to tell him who attacked us!”
The woman, who was talking nonsense, said urgently.
Flash.
She opened her eyes, which she had kept closed.
Her eyes, from which blood tears were flowing, were clear and bright.
“It’s an evil!”
“What?”
“The Most Evil…!”
She had seen something truly horrible. She couldn’t even understand what she had seen. However, she had seen something clearly.
“It’s a hell we can’t approach.”
Someone who is at the top of hell.
“The one who rules a hell has arrived!”
The woman’s body trembled, and the elder was finally able to speak.
“…Is Kim Haeil an evil from hell?”
Kim Haeil, the one who passed the exam the fastest.
They had come to send decoys to kill him under the orders of the leader of Dark Abyss.
But now, the decoys were no longer the problem.
The elder could see his disciple shaking her head immediately.
“No! It’s not him!”
What?
It’s not Kim Haeil?
“The servant!”
The servant?
The elder thought of the blonde servant.
“The servant-”
She trembled.
“The Most Evil. An entity that is worshipped by evil.”
Something truly horrible had appeared in the Kingdom of Lan.
She couldn’t hide her trembling.
* * *
“Oh, Young Master, it’s delicious!”
And that evil was enjoying his noodles with lots of meat.
