Chapter 84. The Black Fang Guild Master's Past

"Huff, huff!"

The guild master of the Black Fang was frantically fleeing through a secret passage.

He didn't know what was going on, but seeing that the guild members who had gone outside hadn't returned, the situation was obvious.

The location of the Black Fang had been discovered.

As an assassin's guild that took people's lives, they had to be prepared for annihilation if their base was discovered.

It was because there were many who would go through fire and water to avenge their lost families.

The guild master had always prepared for such a situation.

He had cast illusion magic on the guild building and even spent a lot of money on defensive magic.

He had also installed an alarm magic so that he could escape immediately if anything happened.

The secret passage was also one of the countermeasures he had prepared.

Although he was the guild master of the Black Fang, he had never received proper assassination training. That's why he needed more means to protect himself.

Of course, this didn't mean he could prevent everything.

'It reminds me of the old days.'

Over a decade ago, the Black Fang guild had once collapsed.

By a single person.

The guild master had seen the guild he was a part of disappear overnight. It was the result of a single betrayal.

To avoid such a thing, he had brought orphans into the guild and trained them not to disobey his orders.

Not only that, but he had also placed a curse magic to eliminate any possibility of betrayal.

Even so, in the face of such a sudden attack, he had no choice but to flee.

"Huff, there's nothing following behind, right?"

"I don't feel any such presence."

The guild master only slowed his pace after asking the guild members he had brought along to protect him about the situation.

He was so out of breath that he couldn't run anymore.

In his hand was a bundle containing money and valuables. It was his entire fortune, which he had not forgotten to take even in the urgent situation of fleeing.

He turned around to check if he had dropped anything and then moved on. The guild members left behind in the base were not even in his mind.

He only thought about how he could get out alive.

It was then.

The back of his head began to sting.

'What is it?'

The back of his head tingled as if someone was watching from behind.

He had definitely looked back just a moment ago and there was nothing...

Sizzle!

"Aaaah!"

The stinging in the back of his head was not a delusion.

A beam of light was really striking the back of the guild master's head.

"Ugh!"

The guild master screamed and jumped at the light element magic that was burning the back of his head.

"What on earth is this!"

Then he saw someone appearing from the other side of the secret passage.

It was Radel's group, who had chased after the guild master.

The beam of light that was extending as if to pierce through the guild master's head was starting from Radel's staff.

"Huh? It works."

Radel was amazed to see the light extending from his staff strike the guild master accurately. It was magic he had used to light up the dark passage, but to think it would display such an unexpected true value.

'Did my magic power increase a little?'

As he had promoted his Hayden-style mana training method, his magic power had also increased a little, and the duration was different from when he had used light element magic before.

'It's good that my magic power has increased. It's even piercing the guild master's head.'

It seemed that the person whose head was being pierced was the guild master.

The people near him immediately took a fighting stance as soon as they saw Radel's group.

They were undoubtedly the remaining guild members who were missing when he had counted them earlier.

'I have to catch them all here.'

* * *

"Oh, I'm sorry."

When Radel meekly apologized, the guild master went berserk, touching the back of his burnt head.

"You son of a bitch? Who are you!"

Looking at the face revealed by the light magic, he was still a young brat.

He was probably only eighteen.

For such a young brat to carelessly use dangerous magic anywhere!

The guild master, who had roughly confirmed Radel's age, became arrogant.

"Who told you to use this kind of magic in such a narrow place?!"

Radel's eyes showed a hint of interest at that.

He was the one fleeing, yet he was the first person he had seen who was this arrogant.

He thought that you had to be that shameless to do bad things.

Radel decided to be shameless to the guild master as well.

"Actually, I'm not sorry. I'm not one to feel sorry for evil people."

"What?"

Look at this guy.

The guild master's eyes quickly scanned Radel from head to toe.

'Golden eyes?'

He had thought he wasn't an ordinary guy, but seeing the color of his eyes, he was indeed a royal.

He could immediately recall that the target of this request was the 8th Prince.

Golden eyes, golden hair.

It was undoubtedly the 8th Prince that Tunia had gone to take care of.

Come to think of it, Tunia had been struggling without completing her mission, which was unusual for her.

He had wondered why it was taking so long to kill a single 8th Prince who had no particular abilities, but she had joined hands with the target she was supposed to kill.

The guild master ground his teeth as he looked at Tunia, who was standing behind Radel.

"You betrayed me...!"

If Tunia had appeared at the guild with her assassination target, her intention was obvious.

However, Tunia faced the guild master's anger and answered calmly.

"I just want to quit this job, father."

"Quit this? Who are you to quit without my permission!"

The guild master's small eyes were overturned with anger.

He had cherished Tunia in his own way, as she had the deep trust of the guild members and had handled the guild's major and minor affairs without complaint in his place.

That's why he had even placed her in the position of successor, but he was so annoyed with Tunia for daring to defy him.

Still, it was a waste to throw away Tunia's skills just like that.

It was by no means an easy task to raise a first-class assassin of that level.

And Tunia's cautious personality was also easy to handle.

The more he thought about it, the more he had to lose.

The guild master suppressed his anger and proposed to Tunia.

"If you kill that prince now and come back, I'll pretend this never happened."

"And after that, I'll have to go on the next assassination."

"What do you think an assassin does if not assassinate!"

The guild master felt frustrated.

He had raised her to be an assassin, so where did she get such strange ideas!

"What's wrong with living by killing people? Everyone dies anyway."

"That's your opinion, father. My opinion is different."

Tunia added with a cold expression.

"If you like killing people so much, you can do it yourself, father."

"You!"

He had tried to give her one last chance, but the guild master could no longer hide his anger at Tunia, who was speaking so insolently.

He raised his hand to activate the curse magic on Tunia's tattoo.

"That's enough."

At that moment, someone stood in front of Tunia.

* * *

"Do you remember me, Kasho?"

The guild master of the Black Fang, Kasho, looked at the man who called his old name.

He was the man who had destroyed the Black Fang a long time ago and disappeared.

Although he had changed a lot from his old appearance, it was definitely him.

For him to appear here again!

The guild master was so surprised that he pointed a finger at Pirenzo.

"You, you're Pirenzo?"

Over a decade ago, a forgotten past came to mind.

When Kasho was a handyman in charge of chores for the Black Fang, Pirenzo was an outstanding assassin who was on his way to becoming the successor of the Black Fang at the young age of fifteen.

The guild master had never forgotten Pirenzo's eyes, which were always full of killing intent even at a young age.

"Yes, it's me."

As soon as Pirenzo saw the guild master's face, he could guess what had happened.

Kasho, who had been ignored by the members of the organization because he had no skill in killing people.

When Pirenzo had killed the former guild master of the Black Fang and all the other guild members who had stood in his way, something had caught his eye.

'P-please just spare my life.'

It was the janitor, Kasho, who was hiding in a corner and trembling.

He had begged Pirenzo with a face covered in tears and snot.

'If you just spare my life, I will live without forgetting your kindness.'

The only reason Pirenzo had spared Kasho back then was one.

It was because he had never shed blood as a handyman who did chores as the organization ordered.

He had never thought that he would be tormenting the guild members in the same way as the former guild master.

"Why on earth did you create this damn guild again? I'm sure I didn't spare you for this."

When Pirenzo asked with a cool expression, Kasho laughed vilely, as if he had never been surprised.

Come to think of it, there was no need for him to be afraid of Pirenzo anymore.

Although he was nothing back then as a janitor, wasn't he now a respectable guild master with guild members under him?

Thanks to Pirenzo thoroughly destroying the Black Fang and leaving, Kasho was able to learn the curse magic by rummaging through the dead guild master's room.

In a way, Pirenzo was his benefactor.

"Why are you angry, Pirenzo? I'm so grateful to you."

"Grateful?"

"Yes, thanks to you, I was able to gain power. It's not such a big sin to learn the curse magic left behind by the dead guild master, is it?"

At Kasho's words, Pirenzo's expression soured even more.

"I took in homeless children and gave them a living. What's wrong with that?"

Pirenzo regretted not having killed that guy back then.

At the very least, he should have burned the guild master's room to ashes!

Kasho chuckled at Pirenzo.

"Thanks to you, I'm living a new life. Do you know how I've lived until now? I'm living a better life than you now!"

And so, as Kasho was about to talk about his life with joy.

"Wait a minute."

Radel raised his hand and cut off Kasho's words.

"I'm not very curious about your life. We're in the middle of a practical and have left without permission, so we don't have time."

Radel said nonchalantly and looked back at Pirenzo.

"Right, Professor?"

"What? Ah, yes. That's right."

Hearing Pirenzo's answer, Radel shrugged at Kasho as if to say, see?

There was no time to listen to the long-winded life story of a villain here.

"Then we'll do what we have to do now. Armandy, Gusto. Let's go."

Radel called Armandy and Gusto and drew his sword.

Although he had called the two of them, Radel, who had rushed out before them, quickly approached and knocked down the assassins who were protecting the guild master.

"Wait, ugh!"

It had happened in a flash.

Armandy had also caught one guild member in a daze, and Gusto had also subdued the rest.

Before Kasho could do anything, all the remaining guild members who were protecting him had fallen to the ground and were being tied up by Radel's hands.

'What is this?'

Kasho was dumbfounded.

He had thought that his aura was strange when he first appeared, but he had dismissed it as the arrogance unique to royalty.

But that wasn't it.

That guy was definitely a madman.

Radel, who had caught the guild members, was now humming and tying their limbs.

'Did I mess with someone I shouldn't have...?'

Kasho suddenly trembled at the chilling feeling.