
"If you're asking why we're here, of course we came to kill you, k*parat."
Gyu growled and controlled his Magic Beast to attack Kuro, but Kuro managed to dodge with minimal movement. Again and again and again. The scene turned into something funny.
Gyu's shoulders were suddenly held from behind.
"..Gyu, ..for some reason, you better forget about killing him now."
"Why are you saying that, Hana? After what he did to us, haven't we agreed to finish him off together?"
It may sound strange, but that's the truth.
As Illegal, carrying out assassination missions is not strange, but that does not mean that the mission must be carried out if the situation does not support or change.
In their case, West's assassination mission was canceled a month ago, but Kuro intentionally didn't tell them that and ended up making them do this and that.
If they are not angry, they are not human.
"..Yeah, I know that, ..but look at that? I think it's impossible to kill him with our current strength."
"....huh?"
Gyu then looked once more as Kuro dodged all the attacks with minimal movements even like playing with a big dog. And surprisingly, Kuro did it in a narrow hallway.
Hate to admit it, but Gyu knows the limits of her powers. They are currently unable to kill Kuro.
"...kuh. ki.we can still kill him if we combine forces."
"Stop joking and stop attacking him. I want to kill him too, but if we make him an enemy, we'll die first."
"..."
With an annoyed face, Gyu called back Darwz and stopped attacking Kuro. He was still not satisfied because he did not manage to scratch Kuro even a little.
After confirming no further ill intentions, Kuro approached towards them. With a scary smile.
"..fuuh.if you really seriously attack me, I might kill you. Thank goodness you made the right decision."
The three knew Kuro was not kidding. The person before them currently possessed a strength that they could not have expected even though he was an ordinary person.
Killing dozens of cyborgs alone is the most readily visible evidence.
"Ughh. I'm sorry, but we do want to kill you right now. You deserve to kill for what you did. I think you know this the most." Say Stella with crossed hands.
Stella then looked around and let out a small sigh.
"I thought you were no ordinary person. They sent you for this reason.."
Kuro smiled. He's not trying to argue with her.
"So you already know my true mission. Fuf uf. that's right. My mission is as an information gatherer, but at the same time I am an executor. My code name is Reaper699. Hello to you."
Upon hearing the name, his third eyes widened in shock. Their bodies were trembling with terrified expressions. Hana even took a step back.
"Ja-don't joke. You're apparently."
Gyu showed a paranoid face that she had never shown before.
But given everything that has happened, everything now makes sense. The young man who was in front of them was not a random person.
Reaper699 was the code of the most dangerous Shadow Knight members. Deceiving, deceiving, even manipulating them easily. And of course, kill them.
One thing they did not expect, they had the intention of killing such a person. Isn't that the same as taking a life?
"..what.... are you right...?"
"Do I have a reason to lie to you?" kuro asked while glancing with a sharp look.
It was then that the three replied with a head bob while sweating coldly like fear. Indeed indeed.
Kuro's eyes exuded a powerful killing aura. He was like a god of death to them.
"All right, now what do you want to do? I'll let you guys just so long as you don't bother me."
"Err. We plan to kill you...."
"....Hm?"
"..but we don't want to do it anymore. Right, Gyu, Stella."
Both nodded compactly.
"See. We really don't want to do it anymore."
Kuro's gaze was still cold. He even wanted to kill them. Kuro right now is not the Kuro they used to know.
But suddenly Kuro smiled like a child.
"Oh. so. Now go and don't bother me. Understood?"
"Eh?"
Kuro then left by running in a different direction. After a while they heard gunshots and screams. They knew there was a massacre in front of them.
Meanwhile the three were dumbstruck by what had happened with the murderous figure in front of them.
"...Um..."
"I knew. Don't say anything Gyu."
"....haaa.."
At that time they had the same thought.
[[[....Give me a break.]]].
After all that happened, it was very natural that their body and mental were exhausted. Very exhausted. And don't forget they almost made a big mistake so they almost got them killed.
But there was a problem they had to think about first.
"... We'd better take a break. How's it?"
Gyu and Stella agree.
They then went into a special room, but they found something unexpected. Bodies were scattered, but one of the bodies was their former target, West.
All the bodies are in terrible condition. No doubt only Kuro can do this.
But after looking closely, they realized some peculiarities.
"Stella, Hannah..."
"Yes.. Kuro didn't kill West."
The body in the room was mostly cut off by a sharp object, but only West was shot with a bullet through his head. This is not Kuro's doing.
"The Cruzx's body isn't here either.."
Cruzx, West's bodyguard, couldn't have let West die so easily. If it is matched with the time and events that occur now, then the situation is right beyond their expectations.
Surprisingly, Kuro seemed to have predicted this. This allegation was reinforced by the timing of West's murder.
"I thought he was different. His information and predictions are much different from the people we've met."
"..but Stella, even though she's a Witch Reaper, I'm not sure she'll survive this situation. Besides what exactly is going on here?"
"..."
The information they get is so little that they don't know what's really going on, but that doesn't mean they don't have a clue at all.
Stella put her hand on her chin. He is thinking and concentrating.
(Think. If all this time our mission was a test, then from the beginning Kuro already knew that the enemy would attack.)
But Stella denied the possibility.
(No. None of this fits with the culprit behind all of this. ...Mivas.)
Mivas is a person who repeatedly became a committee in charity events held every year. If Mivas was the leader of the group that attacked them now, then this should have been prevented.
The other problem is their enemy which is mostly Cyborg. In other words, not a witch. They are just human beings who are strengthened with the help of advanced technology. Cyborg is not a strange thing in this day and age, but the question is-
Why should Cyborg?
"...."
Stella looks at the cyborg corpse and composes her tricks. He looked carefully at the iron skeleton that formed the human body.
"What are you doing Stella?" ask Gyu.
She was confused by what Stella did.
"I'm looking for a symbol or arguably the Cyborg serial number that we're dealing with."
"Hm?"
"You know the original purpose of Cyborg technology, right?"
"of course. Cyborg technology was originally intended for witches who failed to obtain first aid and were disabled. But not only witches, cyborg technology is also meant for ordinary people."
"But for now cyborg technology is more intended for the military. Honestly, I think that's where they started doing their tech research." Connect Gyu with a cetus tone.
Pekataan Gyu seems to say that the technology is just a new model weapon. Unfortunately that's the truth. Their enemy is one of the proofs of Gyu's words.
"What does this have to do with it, Stella?"
"I know cyborg technology isn't much of an alchemist can do this well. And only certain alchemists could modify the human body up to this stage, in other words.."
"Ah.we can find anyone involved in this incident. That's what you mean?"
"...i don't want to say that, but we have to find a clue we can use against them."
The three then nodded along with the sign as well as the decision made together. Actually they don't want to get involved, but they've made a choice. The choice made was not as illegal, but as someone who wanted to help.
Meanwhile Kuro was in the hall where the party was taking place. He hid in the air vents by observing from the small holes he made. A gripping atmosphere could be seen, but there was something that caught Kuro's attention.
For some reason, Mivas was looking for something. Or you could say someone who wasn't there.
"...."
Kuro then notices every hostage. Most were indeed important people or nobles who had a lot of influence, but Mivas and his men did not really care about them.
Kuro could tell the enemy's goal was not money. If they wanted money, they would have forced the important people to give some money, but they didn't.
Suddenly the sound of gunfire was heard. At the same time a loud scream was heard from a woman.
Kuro observed and he could see one of the hostages killed with dozens of bullets piercing through his blood and flesh. The first victim was a rich man who was known to be kind, but Kuro didn't care about it. He's more interested in why Mivas' men killed him.
Gunfire was heard again, but this time it was Mivas' men who were shot right between his two eyes. The one who did that was of course Mivas.
"Tch.. Is there anyone here who can hear my orders not to kill recklessly? If anyone does it again I'll gladly kill you with my own hands."
Mivas then approached the hostages with a look of intimidation. All the hostages were frightened, but Mivas enjoyed their expressions.
"Are you afraid of death? Hm.. if you love your life, can anyone tell you where you hid the 'key?"
All the hostages were silent to the question. The reason is very simple.
"Ha. can you be honest? Just so you know we have an informant who has evidence that one of you is hiding the 'key' we've been looking for. The key that will make our goal, White Sun materialize."
"What do you really want?" ask one of the parents. "We don't understand what 'key' you want. Even if you kill us, you won't get it because we didn't have it in the first place."
Hearing that, Mivas smiled slightly. He called out his magic name.
"Marina, come and freeze the world with your light."
Mivas' magic figure began to show his figure. A beautiful woman with beautiful hair. Part of the girl's body was a fish. Yep. Magic beast Mivas is a mermaid.
The figure of the Mivas magic beast could be said to be special among all magic beasts. In other words, it was most likely that the Mivas magic beast had special powers.
"Maybe you really don't know what the 'key' is, but that doesn't mean either one of you doesn't know."
Mivas smiled like a demon. At the same time a golden harp appeared in Marina's hand.
"..Armed Beasts?"
Armed Beasts. A term for a magic beast that has a magic weapon.
"Originally you know, even if you say you don't know about the 'key', but that doesn't mean we have no way to get you to say it. And I don't think it's too late to say that."
Marina starts playing her harp and that's when the water droplets start to gather and form a small ball.
"..i hope you're not dead. Don't get me wrong, I warned you. Aren't I kind enough?"
After that all that was heard were screams and cries.
Kuro is no longer in his place. He moved quickly to find something important, the 'key' that someone was carrying.
"White Sun and 'Key'. What's really going on here."
Kuro doesn't even know. Maybe they will face an enemy they did not imagine before.
"!"
Booms! Kuro's body received a crushing blow and bounced through 3 layers of walls before finally stopping by using his sword as a restraint.
"God.."
Fresh blood spewed Kuro.
The figure that attacked him finally showed his figure from behind the dust that was slowly starting to disappear.
"Cruzx Fellias."
A magic aura enveloped Cruzx's body. The aura was slowly centered towards his two arms which were now shiny like hard metal.
That's Cruzx magic.
"....."
In an instant, the two clashed against each other. The battle between Cruzx and Kuro begins.
At the same time, Hana and her two friends are now moving towards where the hostages are. But the enemy always confronted them and they had no choice but to fight.
They are back against dozens of cyborgs who are armed with fire. In a way that is arguably quite cruel.
However, this does not mean that they underestimate the enemy. The three must also be careful so that they do not run out of mana and make it impossible to fight back.
They finally decided to rest after killing so many enemies. The dressing room is where they are at the moment.
"Ha... Why are there so many of them? Is not the enemy only in the tens."
"I have the same opinion as you, Hannah."
The only one who looks calm is Stella. He thought about something more than complained.
Of the two, Stella did not fight on the front lines, but that did not mean she was silent.
"...maybe they set up a teleportation magic somewhere in this building. With it they could increase the number of troops as much as they needed. And given that alchemists are involved in this, I wouldn't be surprised if they had 1000 more cyborgs."
Stella's words are not a pleasant thing to hear.
"I don't understand why such a famous alchemist is helping criminals?"
"That's not a problem we should think about. But if Crysto helped them, he must have had a reason or he could have been threatened. We don't know for sure about it."
Crysto Guari is one of the famous achemists with his creation that managed to help the crowd, especially ordinary people. Some of his works were mechanical hands and feet devoted to the disabled.
With a work that could match the original body parts, it was no wonder that he was quite famous.
And that's why the cyborg technology they're dealing with isn't surprising if the alchemist's masterpiece.
"...we must know the enemy's purpose first." Stella. "If we make a move without doing a plan, it will only get us killed. Besides, we still don't know why no Knights came. The enemy must have done all the plans well."
Stella took something from inside her chest crack. His underwear is exactly his.
The object taken by Stella was very small not even to the size of a fly, but the three knew it was not an ordinary object.
"Where did you get that Isectmera, Stella?"
Stella smiled a little.
"From the hotel room we stayed in. You don't think that pervert would leave us unattended, do you?"
"...."
"....which is true."
For some reason Hana and Gyu wanted to explode. They have an additional reason to kill Kuro.
Rather than being cruel, in their eyes Kuro was nothing more than a pervert.
"I caught them and then reprogrammed them so I could control them with my magic. For now, I'll spread them all out to see everything that's going on. After that we will make a plan to overcome this."
Hana smiled slightly.
"Well, is there anything funny?"
Hana shook her head with a happy smile.
"No, .just I think we've changed."
Stella and Gyu glanced at each other. They didn't know what Hana meant at first, but they remembered everything they had been through.
"..yes. If we were then, we would attack without a proper plan and act on our own, but we are now united as a true team."
None of that would have happened if they hadn't met a young man named Kuro aka the Witch Reaper.
Of course they won't admit that. It was the same as lowering their self-esteem.
"Let's make him regret that he's been humbling us all along."
"We proved without him we can still carry out the mission perfectly."
"We are not the ones who will lose without him."
They smiled and showed the same look. Stares with determination that became their strength to achieve victory.
The look they did not have would now be their light in battle.
"...now go. We're waiting for you..."
Stella controlled the Insectmera in her hands. Dozens of insectmera slowly flew spread out in all directions and passed through small gaps.
Stella closed her eyes for a moment and concentrated. He needs a lot of concentration in order to be able to control well all the insectmera.
Dozens of small panels then appeared in front of Stella. All of the panels show pictures taken by each insectemera. One of them took a picture that was in front of the door where they were.
"I'm going to spread them to all corners of this place. You guys help me keep an eye out for anything suspicious."
With the help of his two best friends, they slowly get the information they need.
The first information is the condition of the hostages who are mostly dying and look almost dead. One of the hostages didn't move like something happened to him. His body convulsed and eventually fell to the floor.
Water came out of the mouth and all the heads of the hostages. The water then gathered around a mermaid magic beast. And for some reason Mivas looks disappointed.
"Key?"
"Stella, what does that mean?"
"I don't know either, but that might be the real enemy's goal. If it's true, we'd better get that 'key' before they."
Hana nods her head in agreement, while Gyu still looks at the screen meticulously.
"? was?Hey.. do you remember the royals we met before the party?"
"of course. Is there a problem with that, Gyu."
"I found him he was hiding with his wife. I think it has something to do with the key they're looking for."
"!"
Stella slowly realized the pieces were starting to form.
"Gyu, Hana I think we should act quickly. For some reason I have a feeling that we can't get what they want. Gyu, can you go to the man and his wife?"
"of course. You want me to help him, right?"
"I also want you to get information about the key the enemy is looking for. It is likely that the enemy has not found it because from the beginning it was not among the hostages. It might not be good to let those nobles fall victim, but as long as they're not dead, they can be saved."
With healing magic and technology now, healing could be said to be easy to do.
"In the meantime, Hana, about the hostages, I'll leave everything to you. But don't be rash, we still don't know how strong the enemy is. If you can just observe the enemy's movements. If it's time to attack, we'll attack at the right time."
"All right, but what are you gonna do?"
Hana shows one of the panels and raises it.
"As you can see, I found the teleportation gate they were using. If we don't do something, maybe this place will be full of cyborgs. That kind of thing is my forte anyway."
The three then went out and split towards their respective destinations with guided by Stella.
Hana quickly arrived and hid. He also did not forget to hide his mana pressure so that it is not easily known to the enemy. All he does is watch.
[I'm in a position.]
[Hana, remember what I said earlier. What about you, Gyu]
[I'm here soon, but I still haven't seen them. Darwv!]
Moments after Gyu called out her magic name, an eruption of gunfire sounded a sign the fight had taken place at Gyu's place. Stella can see the fierce battle with the insectmera that Gyu is with.
[Gyu, finish them all.]
[I'll do it even if you don't tell me to. Darwz, [Gem Arrow!!]
In response to Gyu's command, the wolf-shaped magic beast shot scales all over her body towards Cyborg. Of course, it was mostly ineffective because the enemy consisted of metal made specifically to withstand magic attacks, but that was enough.
All Gyu needs is a diversion. And after that all he did was concentrate the mana on his fingertips and shoot it like a bullet towards the enemy's head.
The enemy died and eventually fell with a hollow head.
"Aerogem Bulletin. It's time to be self-conscious, you trash."
Gyu then glanced towards Selisa and Jaco. Selisa's condition looks fine with two firearms in both hands. That weapon is not magic arm. And that's when Gyu realized why she didn't feel any pressure from Selisa.
At first he thought Selisa could suppress the pressure of mana belonging to him because she was an Assassin, but the truth was simpler than it seemed.
(Ordinary person.kah.).
Gyu then approached, but that was when Selisa pointed a gun at him. Selisa pressed the trigger and the sound of an eruption was heard.
At the same time, Stella arrived at the basement used as a teleportation gate. But he can't be rash. He was not the type of magician who fought on the front lines and was more of a support type.
His magic arm form also could not be used in a direct fight. Although he has special abilities, but he can't use them for things that are not so important.
(I can't give up. For now I have to try to stay calm.)
The first thing Stella did was to look closely at what was happening. He controlled the insectemera to look at the teleportation gate in detail.
For now the teleportation gate was still functioning properly and some people came out within a certain period of time. They are all cyborgs. This certainly makes how many cyborgs White Sun has or can you say Mivas's men?
"...."
In the fight increase the number to face the enemy is a natural thing. A little bit of great power will be reduced if faced with a large number of enemies and will result in victory even though it takes time and casualties in large numbers.
but is that tactic worth using for this fight?
(.could the White Sun prepare a large army to guard.or .)
Make sure everything goes well and nothing gets in the way?
(in other words their goal of taking the key is absolute and there is no second chance for them. If it's like that they'll do anything.)
Stella gets a bad feeling, but that's when she gets distracted by a shocking sight.
From the teleportation gate appeared a large mechanical hand and slowly the figure came out from the teleportation gate. A cyborg is human, but it cannot be called a human. The figure was more precisely a monster-shaped cyborg.
"!?"
Monster-shaped cyborgs are common in the wizarding world, but when it comes to weapons, they can be divided into two. Dangerous and very dangerous.
That monster-shaped cyborg was one of the most dangerous and worst. Cyborgs are made of only a few and possess a powerful destructive power.
(Why can they have Chaos Machina? Shouldn't that weapon be sealed?)
200 Years ago, the Houou empire fought with other countries that wanted to rule the territory of the Houou empire. At that time the enemy uses a machine with a powerful destructive force. The engine was Chaos Machina.
From the existing history books, Chaos Machina had been mostly destroyed, but the rest of them were still there and sealed somewhere.
Chaos Machina is still a conversation because the way they are made is still a mystery.
And why Stella knew that the monster was one of them is a symbol on the chest in the form of a crystal ball bitten by a demon.
Stella broke out in a cold sweat. He realized the situation was more dangerous than they had expected.
(If they use that monster, this city will.).
Getting off the map is not impossible.
(.but why did they use that weapon? They must have realized the risk.)
While thinking that, Chaos Machina stared at him. That's not a good sign.
From Chaos Machina's back came a large cannon aimed at him. The light began to gather a sign of being replenished energy.
"Tch! Damnit. I didn't think the monster could see me!"
The light shot right at Stella. The light smashed through the wall to the outside of the building and destroyed one of the buildings to the ground.
Alarms are heard from all over. It was an evacuation order that automatically appeared in case of enemy attacks and other crimes.
Inside the panic, a loud roar sounded throughout.
A roar that was more like a sign of a nightmare had just begun.