Vol 8 Chapter 7 (1/2)
ACT 7 Salrin’s Towers
“Y-you……”
So his chest which was soaked with bloodHe breathed roughly while looking at the dozen bodies around him Theblack clothes……death for an assassin wasn’t peaceful They had killed othersThey were prepared for their deathsDeath to them was just an ordinary part of their lives But the death reflected in his eyes was different Until now, he had believed that the 20 s Betrayal! Since they lived in the darkness together, it was rare for them to betray each other The man lifted his head and bared his teeth
“You filthy traitors, aren’t you ashaht live in the darkness but we have our own pride We are descendants of the great Hero Salrin, a Master assassin Did you guys forget that while following Nabein?”
“We did not forget It would be iet”
“That is e cannot accept a foreigner as the leader”
“We will strike you all down to defend the pride of the clan”
“………Is that so?”
Theeyes The assassins flinched while the man opened his mouth
“The Elders would always say itAlthough we live in the darkness, we shouldn’t let the darkness inhabit our hearts Although we cannot reach it, we should always strive towards the light Until the day that we regain our nauys have stained your hands with your brothers’ blood and have become dark Pitiful”
“Shut up, the Elders are forcing us to do this!”
“Haven’t you grasped the situation yet?”
“Answer, nulory of a new Dark Brothers or die thanks to the pitiful delusion of the past?”
“It is nonsense!”
The man snorted and raised his neck
“If you fear death then you’re already not a Dark Brother”
“……It was impossible”
The assassins simultaneously lifted their swords At that moment a loud yell came from a dark hallway
“Dark blade!”
A sharp sword cut through the darkness The assassin as hit by the sword received an extravagant aeThe assassins simultaneously turned their bodies There werefrom the hallway on the other side The only people in Salrin’s Towers should be masked assassins in black clothesBut these people were dressedno armour Yes, it was Ark and the rehabilitation e Of course, the assassins didn’t know their identities so the obvious question was asked
“Who are you?”
“We’re Shambala’s friends!”
“What?”
The assassins flinched and raised their sword in unison Then Ark smiled and spoke to JusticeMan
“Did you see? The ones who lifted their swords are the enemy”
“Handle all of them except for the injured assassin”
JusticeMan lowered his upper body and using explosive acceleration, he approached the assassins The surprised assassin brandished his sword But JusticeMan just rotated to the side and grasped the assassin’s shoulderNo, with just his grip he threw the assassin across the room and the assassin became stuck in the wall
“Phew, that old geezer is quite furious”
“Are you already stronger than were you were on active duty?”
“The Tiger of the SWAT team has been revived”
The rehabilitation members marvelled over the scene When the level increased then it was natural to becohtly different JusticeMan was once the feared Tiger of the SWAT teah he did not talk about it, there were few people that could beat hiht However, his skills had becoht that he could never return to that condition……JusticeMan keenly sensed that it could not be revived In reality, his strength and speed had decreased due to ageBut he could coth with his stats in New World And his experience and practical sense could be converted into combat power
“Now, bring it on!”
JusticeMan threw the assassins like they were fish
“We can’t be defeated by such an old geezer!”
“We were still active until recently!”
“Hahaha, let me see your skills!”
“Today I’ll catch them Beep-and-beep- bastards!”
The rehabilitation members ran up to the assassins
Syu, pepepepek!
Tazza has aer’ to throw 5 daggers siloves and crushed the faces of the assassinsThe assassins tried to take control of the battle using their swift movements, but they stiffened thanks to Hae Gyeol-sa’s ‘Inti
“My hometown is on a faraway mountain, where apricot blossoms and azalea flowers bloom……”
Once Roco began to sing, the assassins’ movements immediately slowed down
Roco’s registered song ‘My Hometoas played
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In the meantiained a new ability So Roco was able to select a suitable song and save it as a skill
The effects varied depending on the nature of the song For exa anyone with the chaotic status lose their fighting spirit
“da death everyday……until when do I have to live like this?”
“Wah, I suddenly feel like seeing my mother who passed away”
After the skill was used, the assassins immediately murmured with melancholy voices It was like a scene where the criinning, the Minstrel e character after raising it Although the skill affected the chaotic characters, it didn’t make them surrender But JusticeMan and the rehabilitation members couldn’t be compared to before
Even when they learned certain odd skills, it was still useful on the battlefieldThe experience of the siege in Nagaran was also carved into their flesh and bonesIn addition, they also spent a while in the secret dungeon……no, they also raised their variety of skills by a lotWas that all? Ark also painstakingly cooked food and raised their statsEven though they were only level 140, it wasn’t hard for theainst the assassins
‘Now Hyungs have found a way to integrate their battle style perfectly’
Ark looked at the rehabilitation members warmly Of course, Ark didn’t play around either
“Riposte!”
Ark immediately deflected the assassin’s attack It was his counterattack skill, Riposte! The assassin was pushed back and fell down like a bowling pin
“There’s no time I must act quickly Snake, one sword!”
Ark exploded the sword using Blade Storments tore into the assassins like the claws of ahook bats But the assassins weren’t as easily defeated as the hook bats
“Ugh, u-unbelievable……!”
Through the swirl of debris so their swords They wanted to deal critical hits to Ark before they collapsed However, Ark’s body slid back before the swords even reached him He used the option from the Wind Spirits’ Boots, Slide!
“What, what the?”
Thanks to that, the assassins collapsed in vain One end of Ark’s mouth lifted
“Slide kick!”
He did a high spinning kick before sliding back!
“W-what’s this nonsense……gag!”
An assassin received the kick on his upper right temple and collapsed Ark allowed JusticeMan and the rehabilitationassassins
“Okay, this is good enough”
The rehabilitation members spoke in a confident voice In the old days, they wouldn’t have been able to handle 3~4 assassins so it was a big development
“Huhuhu, it orth al to raise the level”
The opponent who didn’t have enough poas beaten Of course, this also applied to reality However, in reality it could take a few th In New World, they could becoer fasterIt was the reason why RPGs were the ames
“…………Who on earth are you?”
The injured man asked in a confused voice Ark was already a little bit aware of the situation
“Are you an Elder?”
“Elder? How do you know about what’s happening here?”
“Like I said, we came to help Shambala”
“Shambala……Leader? To help the Leader?”
The man said with a surprised expression
“If the Leader is called Shambala then yes There’s no time to explain We happened to find out by chance that Shao since we don’t know the geography of this place Could you help us?”
The man looked at them suspiciously The Dark Brothers’ headquarters, Salrin’s Toas coe foreigners suddenly appeared and said they would helpIt wasn’t easy to believe such words Ark also guessed what he was thinking, but in such a situation if wasn’t possible to ely entangled, Ark and the Dark Brothers still had a hostile relationshi+p Ark conte his arm
“I’nize this?”
“That……was on the Leader’s wrist……Gladiator’s Honour?”
“That’s right Only two people have earned this Shambala and I”
“Then you……?”
“I’m Dark Wolf who paired up with Shambala at the Evil Silrion”
“Dark Wolf!”
The man looked at Ark with shocked eyes The whole world has heard Dark Wolf’s name, and that included the Dark BrothersAnd the fact that an iteed to thean to believe Ark
“What is the situation?”
“……It isn’t good”
The hed and replied
“Those who left the Dark Brothers knew about this opportunity and left some plans in place……In addition, a number of Brothers collapsed because of a surprise attack by traitors”
“Shambala?”
“Leader is still safe and sound No matter how many elite people they have, they can’t all enter Jaeri we can hold out………”
“Jaerim Tower?”
“It is where the ceremony took place”
“Could you show the way?”
“………Of course”
Roco treated the man’s injuries
“Come on, follow me I’m called number 358”
According to the man’s words, only people in a special position were allowed to have naive them a name was the Master assassin Since there hadn’t been one for hundreds of years, the Dark Brothers were just called by numbers
“Once Leader conquered all the trials and becaive us our namesThat is the wish of all the brothers And finally a leader appeared after hundreds of years but Nabein……”
In the et the role of an NPC Although Ark didn’t ask, he still gave away some information on the Dark Brothers Of course Ark wasn’t interested However, the rehabilitation azes
“Doesn’t it seem just like Nam-ssi?”
“It must not be very pleasant to be called numbers”
“It is just like a prison guard, calling the prisoners by number”
“Number 358……I somehow feel a sense of empathy with him”
“Come on, we can talk later so hurry up”
“I know”
Ark’s party exited the baseined the assassins’ headquarters as a glooeous tower made of obsidian
‘It isn’t possible to see this from outside’
When he looked through the , he saw the cliffs surrounding it like a folding screen The forces of nature completely concealed the three towers that stretched up several h
Yaksok Tower, Jaerim Tower and Gyeolsok Tower These three toere secretly concealed by the Dark Brothers for hundreds of years, and were collectively known as Salrin’s Towers The place Ark’s party entered was Gyeolsok’s Tower
Anyway, the top of Salrin’s Toere engulfed in confusion Nuh the open beehive s If the assassins fell then it was a horrible scene with blood splattering
‘Since they’re dressed the same, I don’t knohat the situation is’
“Is the situation bad?”
“Yes”
Number 358 moaned and pointed towards the centre tower
“That is the top of Jaerim Tohere the ceremony was supposed to be held The Elders and Leader are there”
A long battle was unfolding on top of Jaerirasp the battle situation
“Summon Demon, Dedric! Check the top of the tower!”
“Understood!”
Dedric flew quickly across the sky After a while, Dedric ca on in Jaerim Tower
“Everybody is wearing the saIt is confir Shambala in the tower But he hasn’t been captured yet……it seeerous?”
“Alan!”
Ark grohile nuloomy expression
“You know Alan?”
“Yes, I actually knew about this because I was chasing after him”
“That’s right I don’t kno he appeared here but their abilities rose thanks to him We had no time to prepare before Alan had already entered Jaerim Tower”
“Are there any troops supporting the Elders?”
“The Elders’ troops have all been dispatched to patrol the outskirts The Elders never ie If they came then the problem would be settled……Nabein is the elder that knows the most about Salrin’s Towers Thanks to the surprise attack, it would take some time for the troops to reach here”
“So for the moment we can’t expect any help”
“Yes”
“Then there is no time for this”
“We can’t allow Alan to do what he wants!”
JusticeMan and the rehabilitation uide Ark was the perfect choice No matter what the appearance, Salrin’s Toas still the hiding place of assassins In contrast to the outside, the interior was a complex maze Ark and his companions arrived so late because of that It took the the secret passage In addition, they came to help but the Dark Brothers were chaotic NPCs Ark couldn’t tell as on Alan’s side because they looked identicalBut with nu theroup of assassins fighting, number 358 shouted
“All the followers of Salrin rip one sleeve off!”
So tore off their sleeve
“The targets are those without ripped sleeves!”
“Well, that is convenient Let’s go!”
JusticeMan and the rehabilitation h the assassins with shredded sleeves were losing, when Ark’s party joined the situation ied They rushed forward like a wolf pack The 10 of them used their various skills and easily took care of the assassins Once the battle was over, the assassins with ripped sleeves approached
“Huk huk huk, nuners?”
Nu the assassins
“They’re friends of Leader and have come to help”
“The Leader?”
When the situation was explained the assassins immediately lost their wariness They probably would’ve been attacked if number 358 wasn’t there
“They’re skilful, just like e expect froh it is shameful, ill receive your help”
“Wait”