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Davian, Latia, Karin.
Latia's attendant Jina and three trustworthy individuals she brought.
Seven people on this side in total.
Four people moving through the darkness.
In terms of numbers, Davian's side has the upper hand.
According to Latia, her attendant Jina has been professionally trained as an assassin since childhood.
The family head was particularly concerned that there might be forces trying to harm Latia, who is a candidate to be the next family head, so he specially assigned her as a close confidante.
An assassin placed to protect Latia from assassins.
The family head of the Meridiem family chose her directly, so there is no need to doubt her skills.
Gathered together on the hill right now, even Davian might be instantly killed by a single strike if Jina decided to harm him.
Perhaps.
There might not be time to call Glacie.
That is what a professional assassin is.
Davian called out in a low voice.
"Glacie."
Space opened up.
Swish!
Jina's chain sword pierced into the air.
Although the chain sword bends flexibly, the movement of the sword's tip is fast and clear.
Crack!
Jina's chain sword froze in the air as it was.
Glacie, who came out of the opened space, looked at Jina.
"Oh, you scared me. What? Who's this?"
Surprised, Jina dropped the chain sword frozen in the air and stood in front of Latia.
She put her hand inside her skirt and took out a dagger strapped to her thigh.
Both eyes fixed on the fist-sized Glacie floating in the air.
The small fairy floating in the air fluttered snowflakes and turned into a human form.
Tap, tap.
A beautiful woman wearing sky-blue clothes, Glacie, walked next to Davian.
"Did you call me to kill her? Davian."
"Not that one."
"I see. It didn't seem like she was trying to harm you. But how is she reacting so fast? She might be faster than Mons? Well, speed isn't everything though."
"She's Latia's attendant."
Glacie turned her head and looked at Jina and Latia.
"Pretty Latia, hello. You've become even prettier."
Latia lowered her head and greeted her with a dazed expression.
"Hello."
"Davian is going around with amazing people, and you're going around with attendants like this? Is this a trend these days?"
Latia patted Jina on the back.
"Relax, Jina. She's on our side. The ice spirit Glacie."
Only then did Jina lower the arm holding the dagger.
Latia asked.
"Davian, why did you suddenly call Glacie...?"
"They're here to assassinate the head of the Meridiem family. Do you think we can handle them on our own?"
Latia's head spun.
Only then did she grasp the situation.
Davian was right.
She had rushed here without thinking when she heard that there were people trying to harm her father.
The opponents were assassins trying to assassinate the head of the Meridiem family.
No matter how strong Latia had become.
No matter how amazing Davian was, beyond the academy level.
Depending on who the opponent was, they might not even be considered toys yet.
"Was this the plan from the beginning?"
"Of course. Otherwise, we should have told the family head. How could we stop those people on our own?"
If the people sent by the Marino Empire to kill Davian were pyramids.
The assassins coming are like a shark.
Use a chicken-killing knife to kill chickens, and a cow-killing knife to kill cows.
Besides, the opponent is the head of the Meridiem family.
Glacie turned her head and looked down the hill.
"Did you call me because of them?"
"Yes. Please help me."
Glacie smiled brightly and clapped her hands.
"Is this the first time? You're calling me to help before you even fight, Davian."
"You said you'd show up whenever I needed you."
"Of course. Unless I'm in a particularly impossible situation, I'll always come and help. So, shall I go and kill them all? No. There's no need to go all the way there. Shall I kill them all here now?"
"No."
Glacie, who was excitedly measuring the distance to the people coming up below, turned her head.
"No?"
"Yeah. We're going to fight."
"Then what about me?"
"Help me if I or Latia are in danger."
"Is there a need for that? We can just kill them all now. There's even a guy among them running who I can't sense yet. They're no match for you."
"No. We have to get a confession."
Glacie tilted her head.
"Aren't they going to kill someone? Then why didn't you wait for them there instead of here? There would be no need for a confession."
"Then we might not be able to find out who ordered it."
"Can you find out now?"
"Because they're coming together."
"The one who ordered it is coming with them? I don't know what's going on, but it's complicated."
Davian nodded.
The reason why he was deliberately waiting for the guys outside the family space.
To open the door to the family space, you need the body of a family member or a separately approved person.
If not, you have to break down the door, which would obviously cause a commotion before you even reach the family head's location.
Surely the mastermind behind this is coming with them.
The mastermind Jina revealed yesterday.
Jina opened her mouth.
"If we delay any longer, we won't be able to surround them."
"Let's go."
Davian, Latia, Karin, and Glacie blocked the front.
Four people, including Jina, blocked the rear.
As soon as they started moving, the magical device Latia had brought stopped working.
The figure moving in the darkness immediately noticed the presence and looked up at the hill.
One of the masked people shouted in a flustered voice.
He was wearing black clothes, but his attire was subtly different from the other three.
"Has the plan been exposed!"
"You said you were keeping it a secret. Disappointing."
"What should we do? We should retreat for now!"
"Retreat after coming all the way here? And seeing that they're guarding the path, isn't the plan already exposed?"
While the masked man hesitated without readily answering.
The faceless man drew his sword.
The blade was painted black so that it would not reflect light.
"Since it's come to this. We'll kill them all and go straight to where the family head is."
"Wh, what? This is the middle of the family... Keheok!"
The faceless man grabbed the masked man's neck.
"It seems you still think of me as an assassin hired by you. Listen carefully. I make all the decisions. You just have to open the door to the family head's room."
"I... I understand, please let go."
The faceless man released the masked man's neck.
"Listen carefully. Today, the head of the Meridiem family will die. Anyone who blocks the way will also die. And. If you don't keep the promise you made with us afterwards, you and your family will end up just like the current family head."
The masked man regretted bringing in too much power.
But it was already spilled water.
He couldn't take it back now.
"I understand."
The faceless man gestured to the two masked men standing behind him at precise intervals.
"Attack. Start with the ones blocking the front."
Whoosh!
The two masked men drew their black-painted swords and leaped forward.
There was a boy who looked to be just seventeen years old there.
Davian Naone was running down.
'Fast!'
The two masked men suddenly rushing towards him.
Their movements were unusual.
Glacie, who had turned back into a small fairy and was sitting on Davian's shoulder, asked.
"Can you handle it alone? They're weaker than the one standing far away, but the two who are rushing now are also not ordinary."
"Why alone."
Swish!
A wind elemental spell split the air from behind Davian.
The wind elemental magic that barely brushed past Davian was shot accurately into one of the masked men.
Whoosh.
The masked man easily deflected the wind elemental magic by lightly wielding his sword.
The wind elemental magic that can be launched the farthest and fastest.
But it also has disadvantages as well as advantages.
It is definitely weaker than fire elemental magic, which has explosiveness.
But.
It was enough to support Davian from behind.
Soon after, Davian's ice sword and the guys' swords collided.
'It's not normal swordsmanship.'
The two masked men's swords were completely different from the swordsmanship Davian had experienced so far.
The swords of assassins.
They did not wear Aura or show off overwhelming power.
But the speed was so fast and the sword paths were erratic.
Sometimes they thrust straight in, sometimes they curved sideways.
Sometimes they collided with Davian's sword, and sometimes they suddenly withdrew their strength and stabbed somewhere else.
They seemed to be cooperating in an attack, but suddenly they moved separately.
'If I was alone, it would have been difficult to deal with them with swordsmanship alone.'
But behind Davian were two strong dealers.
Even in the midst of a fierce battle, if they were even slightly distanced from Davian, they would accurately fire magic at the enemy's body.
Davian turned his head and looked down the hill.
Four warriors, led by Jina, were fighting one person.
It was a four-on-one situation, but they showed no signs of being pushed back.
Rather, there was even a sense of ease in their movements.
'Jina can't be an ordinary person.'
Jina, who even Glacie was amazed by her reaction speed.
But the man fighting four-on-one.
His left hand was still behind his back.
If it stayed like this.
Everyone would be defeated.
'That guy is the real deal. Then the one standing still next to him is from the Meridiem family.'
Clang!
There was no time to keep his eyes on that side for long.
The skills of the two assassins on this side were also not ordinary.
There was no time.
"Glacie, help me."
Glacie chuckled.
She seemed very excited today.
Was she so happy that I asked for help.
While he was thinking that.
Crack, crack.
Dozens of ice spikes pierced the bodies of the two assassins.
It happened in an instant.
The two assassins couldn't even scream and just sagged.
They couldn't even fall to the ground with ice spikes piercing their entire bodies.
"Huh."
Karin's gasping sound could be heard from behind.
Davian started running down the hill.
"Glacie. We have to capture the two guys down there alive. You can't kill them like this."
"Just keep them alive?"
"Yeah."
Glacie pointed to the man fighting Jina's group.
"But are you going to fight that guy too?"
She knew well.
"Yeah. The stronger the opponent, the more I have to fight them at least once. This kind of opportunity isn't common."
"Amazing, Davian."
"What?"
"Just. Amazing. You always try to overcome with your own strength. You don't get scared or run away no matter how strong an opponent appears. You know he's really strong, right?"
"I know."
Avoid if they are strong.
Turn away if it is difficult.
Hide if it is scary.
Then you can't graduate.
"It's an opportunity to get stronger, so I can't just throw it away. I have to fight him once. How do assassins of that level fight."
"That's right. That's why you became so incredibly strong in just one year. Davian, my friend. Go and fight him. I don't think you can win though."
"I have to do as much as I can. Practical experience is the best training."
"Good. I'm here, so don't worry and have a go. Davian Naone."
Davian came down the hill.
The masked man standing still threw a fireball at Davian.
It contained quite a bit of magic, as if he had prepared it in advance.
Davian could see the power of the fireball at a glance.
'I can't block it.'
Overwhelming power.
He knew who she was from Jina.
As expected, she was the second daughter of the former head of the Meridiem family and the current head's younger sister.
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