Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 456

456. Kaya’s Breath (5)

Pi-pi-ik-!

A small whistle spreads through the air.

It was a faint noise barely above the human hearing frequency, but it was a signal that could be clearly detected by assassins at close range.

The assassins who heard the sound all changed direction and began to flock. This had happened several times since before.

‘shit… … !’

Number 21 bit his lip. He hasn’t even really dug in yet, but it’s already like he’s being cornered by them.

I was confident that it wasn’t an ‘Auror concealment’ that would easily be detected, but who on earth is informing them of our location?

‘Plus, there are more people than I thought. I should have taken into account that most of them were using Auror cloaking!’

It was a disaster. If we keep going like this, rather than taking out all of them, we will be trapped in a siege and face a counterattack.

But at that time, the sound of a whistle was heard again right next to No. 21.

Pick – pick – pick!

The problem is that the person blowing the whistle is not the assassins, but the intruder himself.

‘omg!’

Number 21 was scared and snatched the whistle from Prince Mores.

‘What on earth is this?! Are you going to tell them our location out loud?’

Why do you always find yourself searching through the arms of dead assassins? If I had known he was going to blow his whistle like this, I would have stopped him a long time ago!

‘are you okay.’

However, the prince who actually had the accident had a carefree face.

‘I roughly analyzed the signals they exchanged, and it doesn’t seem like their encryption system is that complicated. For example, I think it starts with the direction, but it’s roughly like ‘Follow me’.

‘Oh, put it away!’

Number 21 got angry at the prince who suddenly hummed a strange rhythm in an urgent situation.

‘You’re not telling me nonsense that you figured out their encryption system by just listening to a few signals, right?’

In the history of political strife, which has resulted in countless clashes between assassination groups, why was there no attempt to figure out the other side’s code first?

No. 21 also received detailed training in [Oberon’s Hand] about the development process of codes and how to decipher them.

However, no matter how simple the structure is, it is mathematically impossible to understand the entire and ever-changing encryption system with only some regularities.

‘That’s true, but… … .’

However, Prince Mores still confidently turns to the center of the village. He didn’t seem to worry that his actions were wrong.

‘At least I can remember exactly when, where, and what signal they sent.’

‘… I beg your pardon?’

‘It means that you can reproduce signals you have already heard in the same way. Just wait and see. ‘Because soon there will be trouble among them.’

‘… … ?’

Number 21 was in doubt, but after a while, something really strange happened. As if they had made an appointment, the assassins who had been flocking this way changed direction and began to gather near the entrance to the village!

‘Come on, let’s go!’

The prince and No. 21, lightly hitting the ground, were able to bypass the broken buildings and successfully occupy the back of the assassins again.

Thin daggers that meet almost no air resistance are shot out –

“Tsk!”

“Gagging!”

Once again, assassin Sernot becomes famous.

After killing as many assassins as possible in a split second, they quickly slipped into the shadows of the building before their location could be identified.

‘Haha! Look. ‘What did I say?’

The prince’s cheerfully whispering face looks unusually innocent.

‘… … .’

Number 21 closed his mouth and quietly followed him. She was possessed by a strange feeling, as if she were possessed by something.

Piiiiii-!

At that time, the long, drawn-out whistle sound was heard once again.

This time, I was able to guess the meaning of number 21 without difficulty. It was a pure warning sound that completely ignored the signal system, which was quite different from before.

“Oh my.”

Prince Mores pulled out the last remaining stilettos with a slightly helpless expression.

“The response is faster than expected, right? I guess there’s a great guy over there. Still, I thought I could use it a few more times, but it’s a bit disappointing.”

As he said, from then on the whistle was no longer heard. Instead, only the individual movements of the assassins pursuing their presence can be felt.

Well, by now they had gone too far into the center of the village to completely hide their presence with Aura concealment.

The assassin who suddenly popped his head out from the alley across from me-

“100 million?”

He falls backwards after being hit by a stiletto thrown by the prince. It was a terrifying throwing technique that hit the vital spot between the eyes.

Whick!

As if that was a signal, two assassins came out one after another from the front and back.

While one was swinging a dagger at the prince’s neck from the right, the other one, who was a little away, fired his weapon at the opposite side, that is, at the prince’s left shoulder.

Even if you dodge the first attack by luck, the evasion will ensure that the second attack hits.

“I… … !”

Number 21 thought that the prince would never escape. But at that moment, something amazing happened right before my eyes.

The prince deflected the dagger with a slight twist of his head and minimal movement, then spun his body around based on inertia and violently kicked the stiletto that flew from behind. It was a movement like a ghost.

“Huh?”

The stiletto, whose trajectory had been greatly distorted, absurdly stuck in the heart of the assassin who came swinging the dagger.

“… … !”

The guy’s eyes widen and he looks down at his chest in disbelief.

But at that time, the prince was already shooting backwards, leaving the guy alone.

Quick!

The sound of a nutcracker swinging with a scabbard shattering the assassin’s arm bone rings out.

Before the guy, who haphazardly raised his arm to block the attack, could control his body that was staggering from shock-

Wow!

The nutcracker flew sideways again and sharply rammed the assassin’s neck into the wall of the building.

Shut up… … .

With the strange sound of the wind being knocked out, the assassin’s eyes turn white. Judging by the way the nape of the neck swelled up in an instant, the carotid artery must have been ruptured from the inside and the cervical vertebrae were crushed to powder.

That wasn’t the end. Before the assassin’s lifeless body fell completely to the side, the prince gently stole several stilettos from the assassin’s arms.

The series of processes continued so quickly and smoothly that No. 21 could not easily accept the sight even after seeing it with his own two eyes.

‘… wait for a sec. But why are all the attacks suddenly focused on him?’

As he cut off the head of an assassin creeping out of a nearby hut, No. 21 looked back at the prince with a puzzled expression.

Meanwhile, the prince was steadily reducing the number of assassins by firing stolen stilettos here and there.

Then, Number 21 was greatly embarrassed when he realized belatedly that Prince Mores was no longer using Auror concealment.

‘Could it be that they did that on purpose?’

Rather than going out and defeating them one by one, are you trying to save time by making the opponent run this way?

‘But they are well-trained assassins. Once he realizes the difference in skill between him and me, he will no longer show himself as honestly as he did before.’

It was as expected in No. 21.

Fit fit fit!

When their location was determined, sharp stilettos rained down from the sky. The assassins gathered on top of the building all fired daggers downward.

Number 21 quickly lowered himself using the collapsed wall as cover.

‘… … !’

Then, he realized that the prince was standing in the middle of the alley where the daggers were flying, and he panicked.

‘What are you doing now?!’

Bub bub bub!

The stilettos flew violently toward a small target, and they all stuck like thorns in one person’s body. Not exactly the prince, but over the corpse of a comrade whom the prince had dragged up.

Although he had a slim figure typical of an assassin, it was not enough for a young boy to hide himself.

‘I… … !’

Eventually, when the pouring rain stopped-

Sigh.

Prince Mores lightly twisted the corner of his mouth and leisurely retrieved the stilettos that had been gathered in one place. He looked satisfied, like a farmer harvesting fully grown crops.

After gathering the weapons, he lightly winked at No. 21.

‘Then I go first.’

‘yes? Lowering! Lowering? for a moment… … !’

Number 21, who belatedly understood the meaning, waved his arms urgently, but the prince had already started running, holding the assassin’s body up like a shield.

Strength that cannot be attributed to a boy who has not yet grown up. It was proof that he was already naturally flowing his aura into the muscles of his entire body.

Papapot!

A shower of rain falls mercilessly again. Prince Mores, who boldly jumped into the middle of it, threw his tattered shield as soon as he reached the guys’ blind spot, under the half-broken eaves. Then, with his lighter body, he kicked the wall and soared upward and upward.

Wow! Ugh! Ugh!

Not long after the prince disappeared beyond the roof, short messages were heard from overhead again. At some point, the rain falling on my head completely stopped.

‘… … .’

Number 21 slowly got up and watched in fascination the prince’s action unfolding on the roof. Under the bright moonlight, those rough yet simple movements performed solely for the purpose of killing.

‘… ‘It’s like him.’

At the same time, No. 21 began to face reality properly, feeling the clear gap that existed between the memories engraved in his mind and the present scene.

‘But also, it’s completely different.’

Perhaps he had been equating Prince Mores with someone he knew well. That was probably why he was unable to resist unreasonable instructions and was helplessly swayed by his actions.

However, when the prince began to demonstrate his skills in an open area, it was only then that the fighting styles of the two completely different men could be properly compared.

As if I had poured cold water on it, my mind gradually became clearer.

‘Bart, Your Majesty would never have moved in that way… … .’

Nevertheless, it is a well-known fact that the appearances the prince shows now are just as amazing as the boy mercenaries in his memories.

Is there any other irony like this, to feel that two people are actually similar despite their obvious differences?

Talent, or lineage. Perhaps even more fundamental than that, something essential to human beings that cannot be imitated on one’s own.

Number 21, who now had to face the vast gap between them and himself, became very confused.

* * *

Fit fit!

Stilettos fly out of nowhere again.

However, unlike the first time, the attack was noticeably weaker.

While Prince Mores lightly swatted them away, Number 21, who had identified the direction, quickly rushed in and plunged a dagger into the man’s neck.

“Pfft… … !”

No. 21 sighed, kicking the assassin who was collapsing without even being able to finish it.

‘I think I’ve sorted out most of it now… … .’

Prince Mores must have thought so too, no longer paying attention to his surroundings and starting to walk straight towards a building. It was the very building from which a large number of assassins first poured out.

Following him, No. 21 once again had this question.

‘Where on earth did you learn how to fight like that?’

As far as he knew, Prince Mores had learned the standard swordsmanship of the Imperial Knights like any other noble family’s son. It can also be seen as a typical training course for knights.

However, no matter how you look at it, its rough and free-spirited fighting style and its wide perspective of utilizing surrounding objects were far from ordinary knights.

‘It’s not just that. I also have a firm grasp of my strength and am moving with this in mind.’

There is only one thing that can explain all these mysteries. Compared to his age, he has a lot of practical experience.

‘But how can that be? Wasn’t it just a flower grown in the imperial palace?’

But as if reading his mind, the prince turned around and lightly opened his mouth.

“By the way, I saw it again, number 21. “You have a lot of practical experience for your age, right?”

“… yes?”

“It’s a compliment. “I thought you were a kid, but your skills are quite good, right?”

“… … .”

Number 21 was absurd. Isn’t that really what he wants to say? What kind of joke is that, as if an older senior is praising a younger student?

However, that appearance also reminds me of the boy mercenary I once was, who was particularly mature.

Wow.

Number 21, who was offended for no reason, responded crookedly.

“… “You’re a brat, is that what you’re saying?”

“what? “Your gaze has suddenly become very disrespectful?”

“Is that possible?”

The two bickered and entered the building.

“I no longer feel any suspicious signs of popularity. “How about we take a quick look around and return to Tere?”

The prince shook his head at No. 21’s suggestion.

“huh? no. “Still, I’ll wait here a little longer.”

“Why?

“Well, I don’t have a very good feeling… … .”

As No. 21’s eyes narrowed, the prince grumbled with a sullen expression.

“Tsk! “It doesn’t work anymore.”

It was absurd. When did he realize that he was particularly weak to that word?

No. 21 came to his senses.

“That is something that should never be said. “I can’t stand by and watch any more deviations, so let’s go back to Tere.”

“So you said your attitude suddenly became profane.”

“You must be mistaken. “I am only concerned about your safety.”

“I don’t think that’s true?”

Prince Mores, who was responding like that, suddenly stopped walking and frowned. An expression that seems unclear about something.

“Why are you doing that?”

Number 21, who had already acknowledged that the prince’s acumen was superior to his own, asked nervously.

“Actually, there has been something that has been bothering me ever since.”

The boy whispered quietly, his voice quiet.

“You can hear whistles all over the village, and although there are guys who respond to the signals, the person blowing them is particularly vague.”

“… … .”

“It was definitely not an ordinary skill. But so far, I haven’t met anyone that great here?”

At that moment, No. 21 felt a shiver run down his spine.

Does this mean that the assassin so mysterious that he even eluded the prince’s spirit is still hanging around here?

“Then the last time you sensed him was…” … .”

This was when No. 21 had just asked a question.

Kwasik!

Suddenly, the thin wooden wall broke, and someone’s new body shot out like lightning. Another assassin wearing a black stealth suit.

“… … !”

Before No. 21 could even follow him with his eyes-

visor!

Before I knew it, the nutcracker pulled out of the scabbard collided with the sword he was swinging, and white sparks flew out. It was a reaction as if he had been waiting.

“haha! “I knew you would show up sooner or later, but-”

Device Geek-

The prince, who had been struggling with the bastard for a moment, twisted the corners of his mouth and let out a wild laugh.

“Why are you so scared to say something? “Don’t you often hear people say you don’t have enough patience?”

fantasy,