The Vampire Is an Academy Honor Student

Chapter 039. The King of Knights (3)

I don’t know through what process the order to assassinate Yuriel came down, but this is a very serious problem.

This is because the current Yuriel does not have the strength to overcome this threat on her own.

‘But as long as I can safely return to the kingdom, it’s fine.’

Because Hwaran is dead.

Of course, the number of demons who survived is far greater than the number of demons who died at that time, but they cannot recover their organizational power in a short period of time after losing their heads.

“I don’t even know where the Dark Elves are.”

“… Uhm?”

“They only monitor the movements of swordsmen and high elves from a distance, but nothing more.”

Are you saying they weren’t the subjects of the assassination?

“yes. Assassinations are carried out by us.”

“Why?”

I narrowed my brows in wonder and asked.

Of course, it’s important to keep an eye on those who can become variables, but in the end, isn’t Uriel the target?

Why do they let those who are less capable than themselves do it themselves?

“That’s probably because the risk of getting caught is different.”

“ah.”

I could understand right away.

‘They don’t want to find out about their existence.’

When I think about it, it is a reasonable decision.

Because when the assassination fails, the weight of uncovering the existence of a monster and the existence of an ordinary human assassin will be different.

‘then… .’

When they step out, it will be when the water cannons under them fail or when a major problem that cannot be solved on their own arises.

‘… I have to call him.’

You have to keep your eyes on the other side.

Calling out like this will direct the eyes of the Dark Elves outward and make Yuriel safe.

After coming up with a specific method, I told number 33.

“Go back at once. You act as usual.”

“All right.”

“again.”

“… I get it.”

“again.”

“I get it.”

Together with Number 33, I quietly climbed over the wall and out of the premises.

As we head back to the place where we were supposed to meet, numbers 4, 7, and 21, who we found coming, approach.

After stroking it as if checking the dagger in his sleeve, he looked around.

‘… It stands out a bit.’

Now it’s night, so it’s okay, but during the day, it was a bit conspicuous.

A bad place to work.

“hmm… .”

After thinking about it for a while, I sent a thought to number 33.

[Can you do some acting?]

“… !!”

He was startled by the voice in his head and looked around.

[I need to move the location.]

* * *

Number 33 was the god of acting.

I thought I was quite brazen, but he was worse than me.

“The matter is serious… ! Just in case, to a quiet place… .”

“Is that enough?”

“That’s about it.”

Even though I just nodded from the side without doing anything, the matter was resolved on its own.

Thanks to that, things went the way we wanted them to.

“so. What are you talking about even after moving places?”

After arriving at the dead end of a moldy alleyway, Number 4 looked around the shady surroundings and said,

There was a look of annoyance on his face, but there was no sign of doubt.

“Please take a look at this.”

“map?”

“yes.”

“Come closer.”

He approached slowly and put his hand in his chest.

When I grabbed the dagger without anyone knowing, and the distance got closer.

He waved his arm at number 21, who had reached out this way.

Boo-wook!

The silver sword light flashed, and at the same time, there was a sound of tough leather being cut.

“… ?!?”

Fuhwaak!!

Blood gushed from the smooth cross section.

When I pushed my chest, the corpse lost its head and slowly fell backwards.

“Wh-what!!?”

“dare! Is it a betrayal?!”

Still, the reaction of the two was very fast, even though they were single-digit assassins.

He drew his sword in an instant and rushed at it while generating mana.

‘Hoo.’

He is quicker than expected and has excellent judgment.

If he didn’t have a criminal record, he was at a level enough to stare at the article.

but.

“Will that work?”

“… !?”

It was me who dealt with 100 demons alone with Noah.

After going through that, the pincer attack between the two didn’t feel scary at all.

‘after.’

Kill as many signs as possible.

Took!

lightly kicked the ground.

He lowered his stance to the point where he could touch the ground and dug into the arms of number 7 running ahead.

“What?!”

He lost sight of me for an instant.

And with that the battle was over.

Pipipipit!

The dagger quickly reciprocated through the heart of number 7 and pierced the wind hole.

“die-!!”

I pushed down number 7, who died instantly, and at the same time raised the chin of number 4, which was chasing me slightly from behind.

Quadduk!

“Keep entanglement!!!”

Fragments of teeth splatter in all directions.

The guy whose jaw was smashed opened his eyes and staggered as if he had read his mind for a moment.

“Big… .”

“oh?”

But he didn’t fall.

As if proving that it wasn’t number 4 for nothing, I quickly came to my senses and gave my body strength to go back.

“It’s crazy.”

Nothing will change.

“I should have just died gracefully.”

Then it would have hurt less.

I swung my dagger lightly as I watched the guy staring at me with bloodshot eyes while drooling.

The wind blows silently

rattle!

For an instant, the boy’s movements stopped like a puppet with a string cut off.

“ah… ?”

Realizing what had happened a little later, he fumbled for the nape of his neck.

Soon, a solid red line was drawn around the empty neck.

blood flows slowly

“Who are you… .”

He looked at me with an indescribable expression and opened his mouth.

Took.

Before he could finish his words, his neck separated from his torso and rolled across the moldy floor.

“… … .”

Drop, drop… .

Red blood flowed down the blade of the dagger and dripped onto the floor.

Because the surroundings were quiet, the sound resonated exceptionally loudly in my ears.

I looked at the dead people with my eyes wide open.

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‘Come to think of it, is this the first time I’ve killed a person?’

Although he has killed demons, this is the first time he has killed a pure human without a single drop of monster blood.

Even when I realized that, I was surprisingly unmoved.

Rather, my heart was beating faster than usual, and I was a little excited.

“… … .”

Is it dangerous?

I asked myself, and as a result of pondering, I got the answer that it is not.

Because this time I recognized my change right away.

If so, you can deal with it well enough.

I closed my eyes and opened them.

The pulse, which had been speeding up little by little with just that, regained its normal speed.

“after.”

I wiped the bloody daggers on the clothes worn by the corpses.

The body was then properly scattered.

‘Three people won’t be enough.’

With this, the Dark Elves could not be stimulated.

Even though they don’t know how many regular killers there are, there’s no way they’ll respond by saying that only three died.

But what if that number easily goes beyond the tens?

A response will inevitably come.

As I moved out of the alley, I said to number 33, who was quietly following me.

“You will live a little longer.”

Seeing his acting earlier, he seems to be able to use it a bit more.

So originally, I was going to kill him right away, but I decided to put it off until later.

“thank you.”

“… This is a funny guy.”

In the end, it means killing them later, but how can such a reaction come out?

The creepy part is that it’s not acting.

“… … .”

I checked the time through the clock tower in the distance.

two in the morning.

There are still about 3 hours to spare before dawn.

“closely.”

“yes.”

“Break this.”

hook, hook!

He took out his dagger and cut the body of number 33 as he got closer.

I made it look like I barely survived after being attacked by someone like that.

“Keuk… .”

“Now I will tell you what to do.”

“… Please tell me.”

He gritted his teeth and said to the guy who was enduring the pain.

“Cheat the other assassins and lure them in.”

“All right.”

Blood dripping, Number 33 hid herself in the darkness and disappeared.

“… … .”

A lonely alley that smells of blood.

I calmly erased my presence and waited for the opponent to bite the bait.

* * *

The time when dawn comes.

Sensing the sense that the energy that was filled with it was gradually disappearing, he decapitated the last remaining killer.

“Sah, live… !”

“no.”

Spaw!

Tok, degur.

I slashed my throat cleanly and leaned my back against the bloodless part of the wall.

In front of them, things that were supposed to be assassins were strewn about and the floor was soaked red with blood.

“… Until here.”

It’s time to slowly dawn.

After making sure there wasn’t a drop of blood on his clothes, he put the dagger into his bosom.

“Take care of your wounds and stay as usual until I call you back.”

“All right.”

“Oh, and did I mention that power was supplied from outside? Find out what it is, if possible.”

“yes.”

At first, I didn’t intend to do this, but seeing the acting ability of No. 33, it seemed possible.

So I gave the instructions and hurried back to my inn before dawn.

The location of the guard was known through the information gathered by the assassins, so it was easy to return.

“Whoa.”

When I got to my room, I took off my clothes and filled the bathtub with water.

sniff sniff.

“Ugh.”

The clothes that smelled strongly of blood were also immediately thrown into the bathtub.

After removing the smell of blood from the night, I changed into new, dry clothes.

‘Are you going to respond?

As much as possible, it was noticeable, but I wasn’t sure if the Dark Elves would react to this extent.

‘Well, you’ll know when you wake up.’

Outside, when the schedule for the second day of the King of Knights was starting.

“now.”

I drew the blackout curtains and immediately went to sleep.

* * *

“… what?”

Gunne, who was sitting quietly listening to the report, inadvertently asked a question that could not be overlooked.

“dead body?”

“That’s right.”

“Did the swordsman come out?”

“no. Movements of the swordsmen and high elves have not been found.”

“… … .”

The killers were not demons, but they were all equipped with the level of low-ranking knights.

Didn’t the Sword Master come forward, and dozens of people like that died overnight?

‘… what?’

Gunne’s eyebrows twitched as he felt something very uncomfortable.

“Can you guess the culprit?”

“That is difficult. The opponent left very few traces.”

But I did find out one thing.

“What is it?”

“The scars on the corpses are all similar.”

that there is only one opponent.

A strong man who overwhelms the killers went on a rampage all night.

After thinking for a while, Gunne asked.

“Is the reconnaissance over?”

“yes. Fortunately, I was able to survive and escape successfully.”

“Right.”

Dozens of assassins were killed, but he didn’t look too embarrassed.

‘I can see where the information leaked.’

I just thought that some idiot made a mistake and got caught by the tail.

Since the information is safe, there will be no major setbacks to the plan.

“Ignore this incident for now and proceed with the plan.”

“Aren’t you going to catch him?”

“I’ll watch it for now.”

Due to the nature of the original assassination organization, there are many enemies.

No evidence has been found to identify one of them, but putting in manpower is like pouring water into a bottomless dock.

“But if something like this happens again… .”

“At that time.”

The expression on Gunne’s face immediately turned cold.

No matter what, the meaning is different from the second time onwards.

“At that time, I will have to kill him at all costs.”