Chapter 153 - EPISODE 153 – ROGUE MASTER (2) (1/2)
Terms used in this chapter:
Lulupi, Lulupang, Luluyap – a reference to Saint Tail again, but only for the Korean dub. These are the lines Saint Tail says when she magically transforms in the Korean dub. The English and Japanese dubs have Saint Tail only saying ‘one, two, three.’
Mission Clear – a line usually seen in games when you’ve completed a given mission or goal.
Lloyd, a 23 year old man working as a guard for the royal capital, stared at the night sky in a daze.
He had no choice but to do that.
The moonlight illuminated the night sky.
And an angel descended as she headed for the roof.
The angel was real and not a metaphor.
A beautiful and pretty woman who could only be seen in fantasies and dreams had widely spread her wings of light.
Therefore, Lloyd and the other 40 members of the Royal Capital Guard, the 30 private guards of Count Macan, and the 30 armed personnel sent by the Black Moon, all looked at the angel.
None of them thought of sounding the alarm or shouting.
A few seconds passed.
The angel finally landed on the roof and brightly smiled, and even though half of her face was covered by a black butterfly mask, Lloyd unknowingly blushed and was entranced.
And it wasn’t just Lloyd.
Everyone present regardless of age or sex were fascinated by the beauty of the angel for some time.
‘Wha-what’s wrong with them?’
Cordelia was rather embarrassed and blinked her eyes, and the only one who could answer her, Jude, was hugging her from behind so she couldn’t make eye contact with him.
So Cordelia decided to just act instead of worrying about it.
“Lulupi, Lulupang.”
As she recited the strange chant Jude taught her, Cordelia widely spread out her arms and transformed into a witch instead of an angel. She used her telekinetic power to scatter dozens of pink dynamite in the air.
The dynamite flew in all directions.
Only then did Lloyd and the guards came to their senses.
“Eh?”
“Ah?”
“Ah?!”
They belatedly screamed, but it was too late. Cordelia cheerfully smiled and said the last chant.
“Lulu~yap!”
And she flicked her fingers.
The dynamites ignited at the same time.
“Dodge!”
“Get down!”
Some of the royal capital guards who had guarded the mansion of the first victim, Viscountess Venus, shouted as quick as lightning. And the sound of a real lightning swallowed up all their cries.
Babababababang!
A series of explosions rang as one.
Pink smoke engulfed the entire mansion of Count Macan.
And a huge bang sounded again.
The roar this time was created by Jude’s skill and not from the dynamites.
Baaaaaaaaaang!
When Jude’s fist hit the roof, dozens of cracks appeared like a spider’s web.
Cordelia jumped back and Jude clenched his fist again. He struck the center of the cracks!
Baaang!
There was a roar.
The cracks broke and a hole of with a diameter of 3 meters was created on the roof, but it did not stop there.
The energy of the black dragon from Jude’s fist pierced through the 4th floor.
Baaaang! Baaaaang! Baaaang!
It pierced through the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st floors!
After the energy of the black dragon broke through the floors, Jude and Cordelia passed through the 4th floor and landed on the 3rd floor.
They raised their heads and widely smiled.
“Good evening?”
“Nice to meet you.”
They greeted those who stood on the third floor.
Nine knights equipped with splendid armor were with a typical potbellied noble dressed in very luxurious clothes.
“Get them!”
The potbellied noble, Count Macan, cried out, and the knights drew their swords at once. But Jude created a golden whirlwind.
Twenty-Four Gale Steps.
The whirlwind formed.
Bang!
Jude disappeared.
He became a gale that swept through the knights, and thunderous sounds filled the room.
Babababang!
Thunder roared.
Seven knights collapsed in one lightning strike. The two remaining knights failed to properly respond to the scene that happened so quickly, and Jude disappeared again. In an instant, he was behind the knights and poured out attacks on them.
“Ack!”
The two knights fell without even being able to scream properly.
Count Macan was so surprised that he stepped back, and Cordelia opened the door with telekinesis.
She threw dynamites as she looked at the large hallway and the guards there.
And Luluyap.
Baaang! Baaaang! Baaang!
The dynamites this time had explosive power unlike the previous ones that were close to smoke bombs.
The ceiling and walls of the hallway collapsed at the force of the terrifying explosion, and left the room with Count Macan in it isolated from the mansion.
“Problem solved.”
Reinforcements would never come through the hallway since the hallway was now gone.
The satisfied Cordelia made a V-sign while Jude thought that Cordelia was right.
“You’re a real rogue. Not a thief.”
An armed robbery.
No, he thought that she was a terrorist at this point.
“Hello, Count Macan.”
“Eeek! Eek!”
As Cordelia waved her hand to say hello, Count Macan stepped back and fell on his butt. And Jude spoke.
“He’s an imposter.”
“He is?”
A double who pretended to be Count Macan.
The real Count Macan was elsewhere, and Jude knew where that place was.
“Praise be to JudeWiki.”
When Cordelia cheerfully said that, Jude smiled and then punched the stomach of the trembling Count Macan imposter to knock him out.
“See you later.”
“Take care of yourself.”
“You too.”
Jude grinned as he carried the Count Macan imposter on his shoulders and then went out of the window.
It was to give Cordelia enough time.
“The count has been kidnapped!”
“Get him!”
“Shoot the arrows! The arrows!”
Cordelia ignored the loud sounds outside the window and moved the books on the bookshelf as Jude had told her.
Pull the red book at the top and the blue book in the middle.
“Bingo.”
Cordelia suddenly spoke what Jude habitually said, and she took a step back as the bookshelf opened with a mechanical sound, revealing a secret door.
“Count Macan! I came to pick up the things that I notified you about!”
Cordelia loudly shouted towards the inside of the room before she stepped in. As soon as she entered the dark room, she left everything to her instincts.
Gale Steps.
The Bayer family’s footwork techniques that she learned from Jude.
Cordelia’s body seemed to lean sideways as if she was falling, but she moved like the wind. She easily dodged the sword aiming for the top of her head and threw the detonating cord from her waist at the same time.
Shwaaak!
The detonating cord moved like a living snake and wrapped itself around the neck and torso of the man who had slashed at her.
The man was probably an assassin from the Black Moon.
Dressed in black clothes, the man moved his hand to remove the detonating cord, but Cordelia pushed away the man with telekinesis and shook her head. She pulled out a short detonating cord and threw it high so that the man could see it before she triggered the ignition spell.
Baaang!
The detonating cord exploded in the air.
The firepower was not that strong, but it was still an explosion.
Cordelia looked at the detonating cord around the man’s neck and torso, and the man understood it. He calmly put down his sword and knocked himself out by hitting his head against the wall.
“I like smart men.”