How to Live as a Knight After the Ending - Chapter 121



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Episode 121. Undercover Infiltration (1)

‘The connection to Arlo has been lost?’

Philecchia, who was in charge of watching over Ossian along with Arlo, was greatly embarrassed.

As enhanced humans specialized in surveillance, they could exchange bio-signals with each other, enabling them to communicate from a distance.

But just now, Philecchia felt Arlo’s signal disappear.

Even if the guy didn’t want to send a signal, a very small signal had to be maintained.

But it has completely disappeared.

‘Arlo is dead.’

Philecia’s eyes trembled greatly.

‘How on earth? No matter how good we are at infiltration and surveillance, we’re still enhanced humans.’

Compared to other enhanced humans specialized in combat, they are relatively weak, but they are also strong enough to kill normal humans with their bare hands.

No matter how much I let my guard down, I couldn’t die without even sending a signal to request help.

Did he get caught? That probably wasn’t the case. Rather, Philecchia thought Arlo had overdone it.

‘You damn Arlo! I told you to be careful!’

Philecia ground her teeth.

Considering Arlo’s usually arrogant and self-willed personality, he must have done it without consulting anyone.

‘However, I have obtained information that there is a strong entity on the other side that can kill a beta-class infiltration entity in one go.’

Even after Arlo’s death, Philecchia did not feel particularly sad.

Rather, I decided to be somewhat satisfied with obtaining ‘data’.

It’s not that we didn’t have any affection for each other, but since he was a guy I didn’t like, I didn’t shed any tears over his death.

‘What should I do? Should I just keep watching for now? Or should I step back and ask for support?’

First, Philekia sent a bio-signal to the other enhanced humans.

[It’s me. Philecchia. As you all know, Arlo was hit.]

[What the hell did that guy do?]

[It’s truly a disgrace to our team. A disgrace.]

The undercover team that monitors and follows operates as a team of four people.

The other two also felt Arlo’s death, so Philecchia got straight to the point.

[What are you going to do? Should I continue like this? Or should I back off?]

[Isn’t it right to step back? If the other party killed Arlo, then they must have noticed the presence of the Watcher.]

[That’s because Arlo is being retarded and careless. How can he find us while we’re hiding? If we back off like this, the researcher will be really happy.]

While the two augmented humans with different personalities were arguing, Philecia was troubled.

She also thought that, if we were to be exact, it would be right to step down.

But if we let it go like this, we didn’t really get anything out of it except the information that there was a strong opponent on the other side.

‘So I was watching the whole time.’

Philecchia stared at the empty space between the buildings connected to the back door of the Violet Fox.

There, shirtless men were seen training hard.

Those guys seemed to know Ossian, so I kept watching them, but they didn’t seem particularly important.

‘No, wait.’

Philecchia felt a prickle in the back of her head.

One of the people who had been seen in the empty lot just a moment ago had disappeared.

‘wherever?’

He exchanged conversations with other colleagues, but his eyes were always focused on that empty space.

If it had moved somewhere, the visual information would have definitely picked it up.

And yet you missed it? That meant something had happened.

Just like right now.

“Who are you?”

“… … .”

Asmer’s voice is heard from behind.

Phileckia’s whole body became stiff.

‘I was caught?’

I didn’t notice the discomfort at all until the other person spoke to me.

Arlo thought she had let her guard down, but now she wasn’t letting her guard down at all.

And yet this result.

“Well, if you don’t want to answer, then don’t worry. Since you’re secretly peeking at me, I’m sure you don’t have good intentions.”

“Now, wait a minute! I just thought you guys were interesting!”

Philecia protested desperately, her voice trembling like that of a frightened woman.

It was a strategy to appeal to the other person’s sympathy.

“Is that strange? What’s strange about that?”

Asmer, on the other hand, only responded to the word ‘amazing’.

“Well, that’s true. Everyone is making such a lot of noise, and lifting and lowering heavy things.”

“Why is that so strange? That’s normal.”

“yes?”

Philecchia wondered what on earth this crazy guy was talking about.

“Excuse me, it’s ordinary.”

“No. I made a mistake. I will correct it.”

“Ah, as expected.”

“That is not an ordinary thing. It is a very beautiful and noble act.”

“… … .”

Philecia thought to herself that something terrible was happening.

This guy, if I get caught, I’ll get caught by a really crazy guy.

Whether or not Filecchia thought so, Asmer preached his philosophy of chivalry.

“The path of asceticism to refine the body to become a knight. Washing away the dirt engraved in the world’s storms, and creating only the pure and strong body of a knight. How beautiful it is! But is that strange?”

“That, that… … get lost!”

Filecchia pretended to stutter and then took advantage of Asmer’s weakness to launch a surprise attack.

She didn’t need a weapon. Her fingers, which were genetically engineered and enhanced, already had sharp claws like those of an animal.

The moment when the claws that could even tear a thin sheet of iron aim for Asmer’s carotid artery.

Philecia’s vision swung to the side.

‘Huh?’

There was no voice. Philecchia could see her headless body in the spinning world.

Asmer’s sword was faster at cutting off a neck than swinging a claw.

“Hmm. As expected, you are a man of sinister thoughts. I was thinking of preaching the greatness of knighthood for once.”

Asmer turned her back as if she felt regret.

*

Even Philecia was dead. The two enhanced humans, aware of this fact, had to make a decision.

If two people were treated so pointlessly, then there really was something going on.

[Maybe our location has been specified as well.]

[You know? We’re going to split up. Let’s see each other if we can live.]

The two were torn apart as if they had planned it themselves.

If even just one of them arrived safely, that would be good. Of course, each of them secretly hoped that it would be them.

But they were overlooking one option.

That means both of them might not be able to go back.

Phew!

A bullet flew into the forehead of a reinforced human who was running quickly through the alley.

Although he was able to deflect basic pistol shots because his bones were stronger than a human’s, he was unable to stop sniper rifles using special bullets.

“Finish cleaning.”

Lorraine Fonck raised her gun. The distance between her fleeing augmented beings was nearly 500 meters, but she shot him between the eyes without a scope.

“This side is finished. What about there?”

Lorraine transmitted a signal to the signalman.

Then Dioranne’s voice rang out.

[This side is also chasing. It will be over soon.]

The voice of the bewildered enhanced human was heard beyond the signal, wondering if that statement was true.

And then the merciless brawl that followed.

It was different from when I subdued the runaway wizard the other day. Back then, I had to be careful not to kill him, so I just handled him appropriately, but now there was no need to do that.

“Well, I guess I don’t have to look at the results.”

No matter how enhanced a human is, he is no match for Dioran.

Because Dioranne was ‘that kind of’ being from the beginning.

‘Is that a reinforced human? This is annoying.’

Have you ever had any recent encounters with enhanced humans? Lorraine thought for a moment before answering.

Ossian said he fought them at the ancient ruins. However, he killed them all, so how did he come looking for the culprit?

‘Well, it looks like they’re not planning to do anything right away since they’re just watching instead of coming in right away.’

More importantly, where is Ossian, the mastermind behind all this, and what is he doing?

*

Ossian wanted to get started on the accepted commission right away.

But from the start it was blocked by realistic obstacles.

“Only those with permission can enter the Magic Academy, but I don’t know if I can actually get in.”

Thalia did leave a personal beacon behind with instructions to contact her if she needed any help.

But I didn’t feel like contacting him right away.

‘First of all, it would be right to sneak into the Grand Cloister.’

You may be able to enter through the main gate, but as an outside guest, your space to move will be limited.

As expected of a prestigious magic academy, the Grand Cloister boasted a very large grounds. That meant that Ossian had a lot to explore.

‘In order to move around there freely, it would be right to work as a servant.’

Even if it is a magic academy, it is not that there are no servants inside.

From janitors and dormitory supervisors to cafeteria cooks and people selling things at the store.

A variety of people were doing their own things there.

There was just a problem.

The procedure for entering the academy as a staff member was complicated.

“Oh, that’s definitely possible.”

An unexpected answer came from Ronan.

“Is it possible?”

“Have you forgotten? This city is Tirna. It is safe to say that there is almost nothing here that money cannot buy.”

“So, you’re saying that I can just buy a fake identity with money?”

“Or you can just make it.”

“Then I guess I can use disguise items or artifacts.”

“Oh, I don’t recommend that. The Grand Cloister Academy has a magic item detector at the entrance. If you use a disguise item, you’ll be caught right away.”

“It’s not about using magic power, it’s about using pure hands.”

“I can easily get you some ID. However, I recommend that you do not go in without it.”

“Why?”

At that moment, Ena, who was just coming out of the kitchen after finishing her work, spoke up.

“It’s so obvious.”

“You noticed it?”

“Mr. Ossian, think about it. If someone who looks so flashy and charismatic were to enter the office wearing a shabby uniform, what would people think?”

“… … .”

Yes, that was the problem.

Ossian’s appearance was, frankly, too striking.

Doing something like a janitor with a face like that? Anyone who sees it will find it suspicious.

“If it’s that appearance, it would be okay to dress up a little and pretend to be a wizard… … No, that won’t work.”

“Why is that?”

“You’re so sturdy for a wizard.”

That’s right. Ossian’s physique was that of a well-trained knight.

No matter how much he dressed like a wizard, he couldn’t hide the aura that came from his physique.

Besides, if you lie and say you’re a wizard when you don’t know how to use magic, you won’t be able to handle the consequences if you get caught.

The status of an employee or internal staff member was just right.

“… … Well, I didn’t really like the idea of ??becoming a wizard either.”

Ossian, who originally couldn’t do it, but speaks as if he couldn’t do it.

In fact, in one corner of my heart, there was a part of me that ‘wanted to become a magician’.

Ossian tried hard to deny it.

“It’s quite difficult. Even if you create a fake identity, you won’t be able to enter or exit. Disguise items and artifacts won’t work either.”

“Yes? Just do it.”

Enaga asked what that meant.

Ossian and Ronan looked at Ena with questioning eyes.

“That’s possible?”

“Haha. Miss Ena. Disguise isn’t as easy as it sounds.”

Even people who are not familiar with that area know that disguise is difficult.

Especially in Ossian’s case, because the fetus was so alive, it was not easy to erase it even with a disguise.

Just as no matter how much you paint over a masterpiece, you can never completely hide its artistic value.

“hmm.”

Anna stared intently at Ossian’s face for a moment and then said.

“Will that work?”

“Is it possible?”

“Is that true?”

“Yes. I think it’s worth a try. Even though I look like this, I’m good at disguising myself.”

Ossian and Ronan were silent.

Ena, who knows how to cook, clean, do all kinds of odd jobs, drive, and operate heavy equipment, now has ‘disguise’ added to her resume.

“Oh, of course, I was a fugitive outside. In order to escape without being caught, I had to be good at things like this.”

“Oh, then what.”

“That makes perfect sense.”

Yeah, I could understand that because I was experienced.

Anna took some makeup tools from somewhere for a moment, then stroked Ossian’s hair here and there, and lightly applied makeup to his face with the tools.

And finally, when he put on the glasses, Ossian’s image changed completely.

I made my hair look like it was deliberately unkempt and added a little bit of dye to it.

The face was also shaded to create a gloomy, tired look.

And the glasses look like they have a high prescription.

When I did that, people looked completely different.

Ossian also looked at his face with a hand mirror that Ena had brought him, as if it was a surprise.

Then suddenly an idea occurred to me.

“But with your ability, wouldn’t you be able to change my appearance through illusions?”

“What if I get caught by the magic detector?”

“Witchcraft won’t react to magic detectors.”

Ossian’s observation was sharp.

Anna avoided Ossian’s gaze and muttered an excuse.

“I just want to try it once, don’t you? It looks fun.”

“… … .”

“Okay, let’s try some more!”

Anna pushed the makeup brush in as if she had finally found a fun toy.