The Game of the Greatest Black Mage-Chapter 170

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Chapter 170

The sewer system of Ninyaru, City of the Labyrinth Troupe, was divided into two types.

There was the Old Sewer, which had existed since the city was first built long ago.

And then there was the New Sewer, built after renovation work.

The currently used system was the New Sewer; the Old Sewer was no longer in use and had become deserted.

Furthermore, with no one managing it, it had become the most desolate place in the otherwise glamorous city of Ninyaru.

And the place Seonghyun had arrived at was none other than this Old Sewer.

The entrance to the sewer was enormous, appearing to be at least 10 meters in diameter.

Seeing it, Seonghyun smiled.

‘This is it.’

He had found the right place.

The memories had shown a sewer-like exterior, so he had been worried about the smell and unsanitary conditions, but thankfully, since it had been out of use for a long time, that wasn't the case.

And Serphina, for one, was relieved.

In any case, after surveying his surroundings, Seonghyun was about to take the lead.

Helena looked at him strangely and asked,

“What kind of master walks ahead of their familiars?”

“Hmm, is that so?”

“It is, indeed. Allow us to take the lead.”

“Hmph, it is more efficient to put the vanguard at the front.”

-Khahaha! I shall take the lead.

-M-Me too.

All the familiars advised Seonghyun against it.

If Seonghyun insisted, they would all acquiesce, but he didn't push it.

He nodded in agreement.

Balthar, who could be called the current tank, took the lead, with the all-rounder Fiora standing beside him.

Nocturnium was positioned right behind them, and at the very back stood the ranged attackers: Seonghyun, Helena, and Serphina.

Once they were in a perfect formation, everyone entered the Old Sewer with a sense of satisfaction.

The structure was like a giant cave where sounds should have echoed, but strangely, their sounds did not echo at all.

When Seonghyun found this strange, Serphina explained.

“It's one of my skills.”

From what she explained, it was a skill that used wind to block out sound. It seemed quite useful.

As Seonghyun was thinking this while walking based on his memories, he came to a stop.

Following his lead, all the familiars stopped and looked at him.

The reason he stopped?

[You have cleared the Hidden Chain Quest, 『The Spy from Basilica』!]

[You have acquired a huge amount of experience!]

[Level Up!] x2

[You have reached Level 139.]

[An event scene will now play before the next chain quest is generated.]

Because an event scene suddenly started playing, he had no choice but to stop for a moment.

Just like any other event scene, he couldn't move a single finger.

However, there was something a little different.

Seonghyun's point of view began to rise, until it reached an angle looking down from near the ceiling.

‘Oh?’

It was an event scene he had experienced before.

Unlike the typical raid boss event scenes, this one seemed to show a past event that had occurred in this location.

Wasn't it the same with Fiora and Nocturnium?

As Seonghyun thought this and waited for a moment, the sound of footsteps echoed through the sewer.

It was audible, but incredibly faint.

Just as you'd expect from an assassin.

Along with the barely audible sound, someone appeared.

Tssssss, sssss.

Had he decided there was no longer a need to hide?

It was the beastkin with the head of a snake, dragging the bleeding Pol behind him.

He acted boldly, as if certain no one would find him down in the sewer.

The snake beastkin dragged Pol to a corner of the sewer, sat him up, and began asking various questions while torturing him.

It was a rather gruesome scene, but since he had already seen it in the memories, Seonghyun watched without looking away.

There might be a clue he had missed.

As he observed the scene, he was able to understand the snake beastkin's objective.

“What is the strength of the knight order that protects the city?”

“Keol-keok, ho, hohoho, d-do you think I would tell you…”

Despite the repeated torture, Pol did not yield and refused to answer until the end.

The snake beastkin should have grown impatient, but he continued his work dryly, like an emotionless machine.

He would torture, then ask a question.

After repeating this process over and over, Pol, whose spirit seemed about to break, finally died.

“...Another failure.”

He said it as if it were a shame, but his voice contained no such emotion.

And he muttered.

“I'll have to find a new source of information.”

After saying that, the snake beastkin left.

That was where the event scene ended.

There were several things he could ascertain from watching this.

First, the enemy's objective was information.

He wanted to gauge the strength of the Black Knights who protected this city.

Was he planning an invasion?

Another piece of information was that the spy had left this place and had not yet returned.

In other words.

‘I can launch a surprise attack.’

He could gain a very advantageous position.

Since Seonghyun had erased his tracks and sounds upon entering, a surprise attack was definitely possible.

At this rate, he should be able to capture him quite easily.

As Seonghyun was thinking this, a system message appeared.

[You have reached a crossroads.]

[You may now make a choice!]

[1. Wait here for the spy from Basilica to return and launch a surprise attack.]

[2. Call the Black Knights before he returns.]

[The direction, content, and rewards of the quest will change depending on your choice.]

Warning

The spy from Basilica is a Hidden Raid Boss.

It is extremely difficult to clear alone.

‘Oho.’

To think the spy was a Hidden Raid Boss.

Seonghyun smiled at the sight.

An extremely difficult challenge to clear alone.

There were several things Seonghyun had learned while playing this game so far.

One of them was the fact that the higher the difficulty, the more generous the rewards.

Didn't the system message say as much?

That the direction, content, and 'rewards' would change depending on the choice.

It was only natural that the rewards would increase if he chose the harder option and cleared it.

For Seonghyun, there was only one choice.

“I choose option 1.”

The system immediately responded to Seonghyun's choice.

[You have selected option 1.]

[The next quest, 『Sibren, the Spy from Basilica』 has been generated.]

The quest continued.

The objective for 'Sibren, the Spy from Basilica' was simple.

→ Force the Hidden Raid Boss Sibren to his second phase, then subdue him without killing him.

Fighting a Hidden Raid Boss was easy enough.

But subduing him without killing him.

That was certainly difficult.

But wasn't that what made it fun?

Seonghyun nodded and spoke to his familiars.

“Can you subdue him without killing him?”

It was a very difficult question.

However, the familiars present simply tilted their heads.

-Khahaha!!! They say capturing is harder than killing, but do not worry, Lord. It is an exceedingly simple task.

-Hueh? I-It's easy.

“If it is the Lord's command, we shall accomplish anything.”

“Hmph~ Capturing him might actually be easier~”

“Isn't Seonghyun underestimating us a little?”

Every single one of the familiars gave a confident reply.

Seonghyun nodded at their response, as if he had expected nothing less.

Then again, with this much power, it would be ridiculous if they couldn't even capture him.

Unlike the black puma's expectations, Seonghyun accepted the task with ease.

But just then, Helena blinked her eyes and said,

“Seonghyun?”

“Yeah?”

Wondering what she had to say, Seonghyun listened to Helena.

Helena explained one of her skills.

After hearing it, Seonghyun was surprised.

“Y-You can do something like that?”

The previously nonchalant Seonghyun was shocked.

Helena had clearly said it like it was nothing special, but…

‘This is huge.’

With this, it seemed he could capture the guy with incredible ease.

Having made that judgment, Seonghyun waited for him in the sewer.

Not much time had passed when…

Tsssk, sssk. Tabak, tabak.

The faint sound of something dragging on the ground and the guy's footsteps echoed through the area.

Hearing it, Seonghyun smiled slightly and thought,

‘Well then, shall we begin?’

It was also a chance to test out that skill Helena had mentioned.

6.

Sibren, the spy from Basilica.

He was an outstanding assassin and spy, raised by Basilica over many long years.

A high-ranking assassin who had for a long time assassinated cat merchants, outsiders, and various other residents in the labyrinth.

But even for him, acting as a spy in Ninyaru was no easy task.

So much so that he thought simple assassination was far easier.

Just penetrating the city wasn't easy, and abducting the Merchant Managers while erasing his tracks afterward was also a difficult job.

But despite all that, Sibren had always carried out his work nonchalantly.

Because that was the meaning of his existence.

It was the same this time.

“Ba-, Basilica…” muttered the Merchant Manager, having just barely woken up after fainting.

But Sibren said nothing, dryly dragging the Merchant Manager towards the interrogation room.

As he was dragging him along, he felt a sense of unease in the sewer and looked around.

“...”

It was clean.

Too clean, without a single trace.

But one single trace remained.

‘The warmth is high.’

Was it a difference of only one degree?

No, perhaps it wasn't even that much.

However, as a poikilothermic snake beastkin, he could feel a sense of unease even from such a small change.

Did someone come in?

Or was it some other environmental factor?

Since there were no traces, he didn't have to consider the possibility that someone had entered.

However, Sibren, who had been raised to be a perfect spy and assassin, could not afford to be careless even with such small factors.

And so, the moment he raised his guard.

Sssssss!

The ground beneath Sibren's feet was dyed in darkness.

“...”

An aura darker than a normal shadow, deeper than darkness, and blacker than jet-black.

An abyss formed there and reached out for him.

He tried to avoid it, but he could not.

Sibren was caught in the grip of the abyss, unable to move an inch.

At that moment, a small girl who looked half like a slime shot out like an arrow.

‘An enemy?’

As Sibren made that judgment and tried to break free from the abyss's grasp...

[Movement sealed for 3 seconds by the Grip of the Abyss.]

[Hidden Raid Boss, 『Sibren, the Spy from Basilica』 attempts to resist.]

[This is an irresistible skill.]

He could not resist.

In that state, the small girl who had appeared, Fiora, grabbed the other Merchant Manager that Sibren had been dragging and escaped from the spot.

Simultaneously, the crimson demon, Balthar, leaped out, gripping and swinging his greatsword.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaah———!!!

It was hard for Sibren to avoid taking damage from the blow, which was swung with the force to tear him apart rather than cut him.

Because his entire body was restrained.

He took a direct hit.

But Sibren's hard scales blocked it.

However, his stealth suit was torn to shreds, exposing his upper body.

Some of the scales, which were packed as densely as armor, seemed to have been torn off, as they clattered to the floor.

-Hoh? You're a tough one.

Even Balthar was slightly impressed.

Seeing their appearance, so different from the residents of this place, Sibren made a quick judgment.

‘They are not residents of this city.’

He couldn't identify them.

A demon and a slime.

Weren't they two beings that were hard to associate with each other?

But because of that, he was able to identify the enemy.

‘Outsiders.’

Quickly turning his mind, he deduced the enemies were outsiders, or beings summoned by an outsider, and surveyed his surroundings.

Were they in perfect stealth?

He couldn't see them, even with his vision that could perceive warmth.

Watching Sibren, who was scanning his surroundings and thinking hard, Balthar charged again.

Kaaaang!!!

Balthar's kick-off created cracks in the old sewer floor, leaving deep footprints.

A vibration strong enough to collapse the entire area rang out as Balthar shot forward like a cannonball.

Leaving a crimson afterimage like a line in the air, Balthar shot forward, imbuing his greatsword with a crimson aura and swinging the sword energy at Sibren.

Sreung.

Sibren blocked Balthar's sword energy with two daggers drawn from his waist.

Kagagagagagaga——!!!

The greatsword and the two daggers clashed, collapsing the ground around them and creating a fierce shower of sparks.

Seeing it, a long arc formed on Balthar's lips as he spoke.

-You're more useful than I thought!

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