Chapter 4 (1/2)

The Traitor of the Hero Party

Chapter 4 An easy job

After seeing everyone go off into their rooms or their homes, Hak again entered the deserted back alley.

It was as if he was asking to get beaten by those thugs at this point.

”I see, I see. So the work in the capital is over today, eh?”

They said as if they were reluctant to part but their face was nothing of the sort — a face with a big smile.

However, that too, was over now.

The atmosphere changed. The gently flowing atmosphere suddenly became tightly tense.

The smile from Hak's face disappeared and his eyes became narrow.

When his expression changed to a sharp one, the atmosphere around him also changed from an that of an unreliable guy to a sharp knife.

”It saves me all the trouble when you change target to me like this.”

It seemed like he was talking to himself.

”All this time after the hero party returned to the capital, day after day, you tried to a.s.sa.s.sinate them but it's a shame they were all crushed by me, huh?”

He knew that provocation won't work against these people but still he tried nevertheless.

However, the people surrounding did not do anything.

Yes, surrounding Hak, there were people, probably the a.s.sa.s.sins the Empire had sent.

These few days, Hak had been continuing to fight these people from the shadows but the only people who were aware of that was Hak and the people surrounding him now.

The society's evaluation of Hak was low. And in fact, his evaluation from the hero party was also low.

Of course, these a.s.sa.s.sins also thought of him to be worthless.

However, after entering the capital, already 6 of these skilled a.s.sa.s.sins were killed by Hak.

”Well, to be frank, guys like you can't really beat anyone in the hero party anyway. But they are… softies whose job is to hunt demons and monsters. So this is my job.”

A magic circle formed beneath his feet.

He didn't show any signs of using magic and as such, the a.s.sa.s.sins were taken aback.

Firstly, it is crucial to not let a magician use magic in battle. To do that, one needs to attack before the magic circle appears.

The circle was already completed but the all the a.s.sa.s.sins jumped out to attack Hak at once before it was put into action.

To them, Hak said,

”This, is just a magic circle which emits light and does not really have any meaning. It's just, a bait to draw you fools out.”

At that moment, they realized. That they would not be able to return home alive anymore.

That they would die there.

Their vision became distorted.

They could feel their body falling but — it somehow felt strange.

It was indeed falling down. Just half of the head, though.

Leaving everything under the nose, the upper part fell.

They did not know what had happened but they knew half of their heads were severed with something sharp and at that moment, the men lost their consciousness.