Chapter 153 - EPISODE 153 – ROGUE MASTER (2) (2/2)

Cordelia quietly spoke before she turned around and threw a detonating cord at the same time.

Shwaaak!

Like a living snake again.

The detonating cord moved across the air and wrapped around the neck of a man who was about to ambush her. Cordelia then pulled the detonating cord and threw the man to the floor.

And she stared again.

Bang!

The man knocked himself out by slamming his head on the floor, and Cordelia began to think about the training of the Black Moon’s assassins.

But it was only for a moment.

The last secret door, located beyond the secret passage, burst open and a big man appeared.

“Kuoooo!”

The man loudly shouted and charged at Cordelia without saying anything else. Cordelia hurriedly tried to pull a new detonating cord, but the man was quicker than she expected.

He immediately lowered his posture as if he was crawling on the floor, and attempted a powerful tackle towards Cordelia’s slender waist.

Bang!

The man crashed into the wall with a loud sound.

Cordelia should have originally been caught by the man and slammed into the wall, screaming and vomiting blood, but that did not happen.

“Who are you trying to hug?!”

Having avoided the man’s tackle with Fairy Steps, Cordelia turned around and fired her magic while using the Spell’s Echo and Double Casting at the same time.

“4 consecutive <Freeze>!”

Shaa! Shaa! Shaa! Shaa!

Two <Freeze> spells froze both legs of the man to the floor and made his feet be bound to the floor.

This alone completely stopped the man’s movement, but Cordelia remained vigilant.

She had an expression of extreme disgust, but she couldn’t help it, so she clenched her fist and exerted her telekinetic power on a specific body part of the man.

“Aaaah!”

A body part where no amount of training could build up its defense.

The man fainted after screaming once, and the extremely disgusted Cordelia wiped her hands with her clothes before she stepped inside the secret door.

“Hello, Count Macan. This is Rogue Master, Pink Bomb.”

Cordelia slightly grabbed the hem of her skirt and bowed, and the real Count Macan stepped back and cursed.

“What Rogue Master bullsh*t! You’re not a thief! You’re a bombing wizard!”

“Well, it actually is like what you said.”

Cordelia shrugged before she moved her hands and threw the detonating cord. The detonating cord that was like a living snake moved with her telekinetic power and wrapped around Count Macan.

“Hey! Do you know who’s behind me?! The Lord Protector will not forgive you!”

“Yes, I know.”

“Yeah what?! Do my words sound ridiculous?!”

“Well…you don’t need to be awake because I know everything anyway, okay?”

“What?”

Cordelia kicked Count Macan in ‘that place’ instead of answering him, and Count Macan passed out without even being able to scream.

“Well…anyway, problem solved.”

She was a bit uncomfortable, but she still solved the problem.

Cordelia shrugged and began to pack the necessary items into the expansion bag.

Dangerous drugs and artworks that were known to be stolen or disappeared.

And even a secret ledger handwritten by Count Macan.

‘Did he say that this was the most important?’

She honestly questioned where and how they would use the ledger, but she took it because Jude was knowledgeable in this.

I did well on my own.

“Shall we go then?”

Cordelia lightly moved her hand as she took the bag and left the secret room.

Hearing that there were still loud sounds outside the window, she thought that Jude seemed to be doing well.

‘I have to quickly join him.’

Jude could have gotten hurt because of a mistake.

Cordelia urgently moved as she spread her angel wings and flew up. She stepped out of the 4th floor’s roof and looked at the ground.

The Count Macan imposter was hang like laundry on the wall, and most of the guards were gathered on the sides of the wall.

And a black wind blew from behind her.

“You’re here?”

“Oh, I’m here.”

Cordelia thought that she was worried for nothing, and felt a strange sense of relief before she immediately took out the Moon Crystal.

“I took the treasures of Count Macan!”

As if to match Cordelia’s cry, Jude took out several paintings from the bag and displayed it to everyone.

These were the treasures that they had informed in advance in their notice card.

“I thank Selene for allowing me to be a righteous thief again.”

Jude and Cordelia simultaneously bowed in a theatrical manner, and the moonlight shone like a spotlight to them.

Once the moonlight disappeared, it would be Mission Clear.

The second heist of the Rogue Master would be a huge success too.

But it was at that moment.

Cordelia suddenly turned her head to the side. Jude also noticed it a step later. He looked at the same place as Cordelia, and at that moment, an iron whip flew in with a snake-like movement.

At that moment.

Cordelia felt it with her senses.

Jude made his calculation.

So the two moved instead of relying on the Moon Crystal’s space leap.

Shwaaaaak!

Cordelia used her telekinetic power to twist the trajectory of the iron whip.

However, the iron whip flew too fast, and its power was also strong. She couldn’t twist it completely.

But that was enough. Jude grabbed Cordelia by the waist and moved forward. His Black Dragon’s Ascent further shook the already twisted trajectory of the iron whip.

Bababang!

The tip of the iron whip hit the roof.

Since it was filled with a strong energy, an explosion occurred, and the roof was broken. Cordelia then saw the owner of the iron whip – no, a very long and plain sword.

She was a beautiful woman with red hair the color of blood.

Cordelia knew her.

And so did Jude.

“Scarlet?!”

One of the future four great swordmasters.

She was the great granddaughter of the 5th Rogue Master and aimed to be the contemporary Rogue Master, but whichever route the player took, she would become a fierce enemy that they had to fight in the middle to late stages of the game.

She kicked the ground.

Thanks to the Rogue Master’s treasure, Wings of Speed, she narrowed the distance within a moment.

And Jude moved forward. He released a move from the Supreme Sun Divine Art instead of attacking or flying.

“The Sun’s Sphere!”

Jude had called it that even though it had a separate official name, and the attack’s effect was clear.

A tremendous amount of light flashed from Jude’s forehead in an instant.

The light was so intense that even the guards who saw it from a distance were blinded too.

“Ugh!”

Scarlet screamed as she rolled on the roof because she had faced the light from the front and was within a short distance from it.

Right after that.

Jude thought.

Why is Scarlet here?

Wasn’t she in the empire now?

And why did she attack us?

Did the appearance of a new Rogue Master provoke her?

In any case, those were questions for later.

It was not something he should think about for now.

“Don’t run away!”

Scarlet loudly shouted as she stood up. She immediately opened her eyes and looked straight ahead to verify if that attack was from magic.

She met eyes with Jude.

Not with Jude and Cordelia, but with Jude only.

“We’re not running away.”

A voice came from nearby right after she opened her eyes.

Scarlet hurriedly looked behind her but it was too late.

Cordelia used Gale Steps to get behind Scarlet as she wrapped the detonating bomb on Scarlet’s neck and whispered again.

“Why should we run away?”

We’re stronger than you.

You’re going to be one of the four great swordmasters in the future, but you’re not a great swordmaster now.

Moreover, this is a chance to get the remaining treasures of the Rogue Master!

Cordelia gazed at Scarlet’s red eyes with her blue eyes before she smiled. She pulled the detonating cord which choked Scarlet.