2nd Rank Has Returned

The Darkness Hidden by the Returner-1

About an hour and a half before the knight of darkness and the young girl of the archmage collide in the entertainment district of Alleo.

“…no matter how much you think about it, you can’t just spend it in a entertainment district.”

Darkness Chris Reinhardt was following Aria and Leonardo in the entertainment district.

This was at the request of the owner, Gladio, but as Chris, she had no choice but to worry about the two young knights being stained by this entertainment district.

“… just thinking about it is terrifying.”

He himself had been to the entertainment district once before for a trial.

Of course, rather than to enjoy the nightlife, he heard rumors that the items he was looking for were on the auction house, and also to experience the harsh society as a cold city knight.

‘…just thinking about that time is like a nightmare.;’

Thinking of wasting money on ‘Power Stone’ or ‘Germanium Amulet’, which are said to have magical energy that does not exist, or having a big duel after wasting money by fishing with a hogu by a gambler without one ear and Tazza, who has the appearance of a cygnus. I still got goosebumps.

‘…it must have been broken here…’

“I didn’t know Reinhardt’s Darkness was enjoying such an insidious hobby. amazing.”

Paang!!

Chris raised his hand at the sudden voice. Even though it wasn’t clenched in a fist, the hand that hit the shield made an almost mace-like impact sound.

“This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone break two layers of shields in surprise.”

Even so, the woman of the Archmage, who was not hurt, laughed and ridiculed Chris. in the eyes

“…Is the previous rudeness not enough? Eileen Temperius.”

Likewise, Eileen was displeased with Chris, and as he took a vigilant stance, he grabbed the handle of the sword from the scabbard.

“If you really ask if it’s not enough, yes. But I want to tell a more interesting story.”

“I wonder if there is anything more interesting to you than scratching inside a person.”

It was a scene of provocations against each other going back and forth, and a violent discussion as if watching a sports trash talk.

“Of course it is. Is it my junior you are following?”

“I’m still scratching my stomach. And it’s not a follow-up, it’s a bodyguard.”

“Guardian, I think Leonardo has better experience and judgment than you.”

While he was convinced of that, Chris pulled out [Alter Blade].

“If you have a talent for praising others while disparaging them, it’s a talent.”

“Thanks for the compliment, but I was just stating the truth.”

Eileen sat down on a pile of boxes, bewitchingly, as if she was putting Chris’ medicine.

“Obviously, I heard that you said you lost when you had a match even with the users?”

It was Eileen, who had already understood the situation through small chatter between the users. With that little information, Chris’ thought circuit didn’t make any sense at all, but at least he knew he was defeated.

“…it has only served as a foundation for growth. To use it in such a mockery way, is it a concept that a sorcerer who can only understand and understand cannot understand?”

To be honest, I did it a little bit sincerely, but it was just a battle, and it wasn’t a life-and-death duel.

Therefore, he was never defeated.

“Ha… ha ha ha ha ha…!”

Eileen then smiled at Chris. It wasn’t even a ridicule of ridicule, it was a laugh that came out of sincerity.

“…what’s funny?”

Could it be that he was showing a little bit of pretentiousness?

“You really think so? Was it you who looked at me?”

“Like I sincerely did…”

“If Leonardo is serious, two weeks is enough to annihilate a group. Even if it were Reinhardt.”

At Eileen’s words, Chris was silent for a moment. It was because the language ability to respond was temporarily paralyzed by explaining so simply a story that would be too far-fetched.

“…what do you mean?”

Chris asked to make sure he didn’t understand before getting angry.

“Oh, you want to deny it? Reinhardt doesn’t break down that easily.”

“…do you think it makes sense before that? No matter how talented you are, an individual can destroy a group…”

At the word “individual”, Eileen laughed again. This was undoubtedly a laugh.

“Hey, I see now. Did you control a lot of that even in the media, and then hide it from your family?”

“What the hell…”

“For about four years, 46 demons, 63 warlocks, and narcotics and kidnapping criminals are hard to even count. Who do you think was the one who destroyed the organizations of the afterlife, including them, four times?”

Eileen couldn’t believe it even thinking about it now.

Such an overwhelmingly unusual success rate.

And at the same time, even the processes that followed them and drove them to ruin.

But on the contrary, I had to believe it.

Because he engraved all those crazy processes with his own two eyes while working side by side.

“…that… maybe…”

“I wonder if it’s dull to notice, or if Leonardo is hiding it too much. For now, think of it as the latter.”

Leonardo’s brief visit to the Tower was not just for studying and honing his magic.

“First of all, since we can’t talk for a long time here, how about having them move?”

“I am under no obligation to obey your opinion.”

“Then would you like to join Leo’s party? I don’t care.”

Eileen looked at her with a relaxed smile. From Chris’ point of view, Eileen didn’t like it at all.

‘…I will definitely kill you.’

It was Chris who wanted to avoid having his and Eileen’s limbs torn by the holy sword.

“But I can choose to overpower you and go…”

“Oh, and if you follow me, I’ll give you the pendant of Helsing, the legendary vampire hunter that I accidentally got at an auction here. I was researching a magic for a great vampire, but it doesn’t seem to have any meaningful magic on it. so…”

If you think about it, just by not meeting Eileen would be enough to fulfill your duty of security. As Eileen said, Leo was also a person who did not need bodyguards from the beginning.

So, receiving Helsing’s necklace, which is no less than a role model, was the reason why it was a bonus.

He was drawn into Eileen in order to understand a little of the past that Leo had hidden, but he was not greedy for the necklace of the vampire hunter he absolutely respected.

***

It was about six months after Leonardo arrived at the tower.

‘Are you asking for a job as a magic executioner?’

It was the first request that Leonardo, who did not show his face at social gatherings or parties, silently stayed in the library and practice room, continued to learn magic formulas, and devoted himself to magic training, personally visited Eileen.

‘I’ve heard that the Temperius Gaen has the power to give you the power to sum up. Is it possible?’

If there was a magic executor, a heretic inquisitor in the temple, there was a magic executor in magic.

He was a wizard-type executioner established by the Public Security Bureau due to the controversy that many warlocks were produced in the Magic Tower.

Externally, catching the black magician emitted from the Magic Tower was because the wizard with the same concept had an advantage, but internally, it was to calm the controversy over the black magic of the Magic Tower and create a legal exile to put other wizards in check. .

It didn’t make any sense at all to entrust this job with common sense.

To entrust such a task to a young boy who had just passed his mid-teens was almost like telling him to die.

‘It is possible, but there are conditions.’

However, Eileen decided to trust Leo first. Anyway, from Leo’s point of view, there was no useful right, and it was because it was a job that placental wizards avoided.

‘If you belong to our family, you will be treated better…’

‘Then let’s look elsewhere.’

In the end, Eileen entrusted the task to Leo. It was true that there was a shortage of manpower and a lot of waste, and it was because Eileen had judged that it would be close to a job experience sensibly.

‘Here is the report.’

And seeing the names of the warlocks and demons who were successfully arrested and killed on page 10, Eileen did not give any work at all, but informally hired Leo as a magic executioner.

“…you didn’t tell us that?”

“I was surprised too. It was as if Leo’s words were reported to the family on a top-secret mission. Still, it’s a little frightening to think that he didn’t give a definitive answer.”

Come to think of it, whenever Rios comes to the tower, he eats strange noises with his eyes wide, so Eileen’s eyes were also mistaken for being an insider hiding the inside of the thread.

“Even after doing something like that, why has he never been in the media…”

“It was also Leonardo’s judgment.”

The warlocks, demons, and organizations that Leonardo caught were a vicious criminal who caused damage nationwide.

Probably, just being successful in arresting and killing someone was recognized as an achievement, so it was basically an opportunity to build up a network of people and gain status.

But Leo

-About me, keep it a secret or put it in the article only with whom I collaborated.

Most of the contributions were attributed to others, or the strategy was to obtain minimal compensation by secretly processing them.

Obviously, the amount received was a huge sum, but considering Leo’s intelligence and resourcefulness, it would have been possible to accumulate more honor and wealth.

“…you think ‘why’?”

“…that…”

Even Chris didn’t understand.

If you make such an achievement, even the humblest person will be proud of it.

It didn’t make sense no matter how much I thought about hiding it from my side.

-If my name is sold, it is difficult to track down, and there is a strong possibility that those who have a grudge against me will attack my family. In addition, since this behavior is close to my own dogma, it is more likely to cause more harm than good to the family, so we want to hide it.

Chris was so absurd that he clenched his mouth to judge the situation. So, externally, Leonardo was an outstanding student of Magic Tower, and internally, he was a magician who defeated more than 100 warlocks and demons.

“The process I caught was almost insane.”

There was a warlock in the village who transformed various mosquitoes into vampires and turned the entire designated area into ghouls.

Of course, it was deliberate, and it was natural to be attacked by mosquitoes as soon as they approached, and even if they sniped, it was a problem if the person died and the vampire mosquitoes spread throughout the area.

“How do you think you would have caught it?”

“…that…”

“I was also surprised when I saw the report.”

Following him, Leonardo injected poison into his body. The average person would die if they were weak, and even if it was okay, it would have side effects.

If Leonardo had not developed resistance to the poison in advance, and had not come up with a cure and a special way to withstand the poison, it would have been a poison that would have adverse effects on the body.

“And he sprayed a compress of carbon dioxide frozen around him.”

Therefore, of course, vampires flock to Leo. However, none of the vampires killed Leo, and conversely, all the vampires died on the spot.

“If you drink poison dissolved in your own blood, small insects will die instantly.”

Even more so, if it was an insect with vampire characteristics, that was the content of Leo’s report.

“So the great of the warlocks was captured. The principle is simple, but isn’t it rather shocking?”

In Eileen’s eyes, from the point of directly ingesting poison and defeating the enemy, it was like crazy.

“Is that all?”

Everything else was nonsensical.

For sniping in bad weather, holding the bowstring while looking at the target for 24 hours,

It is said that Mine, who has magical eyes that forcibly stiffens the opponent, forcibly moved and moved the black stone by making it look like an Iron Maiden.

A sweeping method that went beyond awe and even grotesque.

Upon hearing this, Chris realized.

“Did you understand how I feel about this?”

Even with such a talented person, Reinhardt entrusted Leo with the job.

“Did you say it was rude? don’t apologize But I can’t withdraw. It was really unpleasant for me to treat such a talented person that way.”

In Eileen’s eyes, Leonardo was just a precious existence to remain as an exclusive knight.