<2 roles for 1 person and the chaotic Demon World (7)>
After Raon shot the white yong into the air…
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
Cale looked up at the wind.
North, South, East, and West.
The breeze was blowing in from all directions.
‘Three to the East!’
‘One in the 5 o’clock direction!’
‘Three from the Northwest!’
‘One in the 7 o’clock direction!’
‘Three from the Southeast!’
The wind elementals continued to bring information.
Flap, flap.
Cale’s clothes fluttered in the wind.
“A lot have gathered.”
Sui Khan.
To capture one person-
“There’s around twenty of them spread out-”
Quite a lot of them were heading toward Cale right now.
And within those people-
“One should be the team leader while the other is probably their leader.”
There was someone he needed to save and someone he needed to fool.
“Describe the ones in the 5 o’clock and 7 o’clock directions.”
The rest were moving in groups of three while just those two were by themselves.
He was certain one would be team leader Lee Soo Hyuk while the other was the leader of the search team.
‘Even if the team leader is injured and his body is that of a child, regular people won’t be able to capture him.’
That was probably the reason the leader of the search team had them move in groups of three.
‘And he himself moves alone.’
The meaning behind it was simple.
“He’s at least strong enough to handle the injured Sui Khan.”
Cale slowly started to walk.
‘It’s obvious to know why the team leader is hurt.’
Even if there were two Holy Knights at Choi Jung Soo’s level, the stealthily tracking Sui Khan was skilled enough not to get caught.
But for him to have been noticed-
‘He got angry and could not control himself.’
It was clear to Cale that team leader Lee Soo Hyuk saw something so unbelievable that it made him angry to the point he lost his calm and revealed his murderous intent.
Or revealed his presence.
That would have led to being noticed by the enemies, injured by them, and being forced on the run.
‘It was always like that.’
Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk had caused a lot of issues in the past.
Despite looking calm and collected, despite acting as if everything was annoying, he had the greatest flame in his heart.
‘That was why there was nobody who could take his place.’
Kim Rok Soo had tried to carry on Lee Soo Hyuk’s legacy but he could not become like Lee Soo Hyuk.
He just received the terrible nickname of being cold-blooded.
He was not seen as a hero like Lee Soo Hyuk.
‘Not that I wanted to be seen that way.’
Cale looked up at the sky.
As the sunset and the sky became dyed dark blue…
“It’s been a while.”
It had been a long time since he had to cover Lee Soo Hyuk’s ass like this.
‘I’ll have to start moving to take care of Choi Jung Soo’s role too.’
Since Choi Jung Soo was not here, he had to play both parts.
“No.”
‘Now I have more allies than just Choi Jung Soo.’
He had so many people to take care of things with him.
Cale chuckled.
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
He then paid attention to the wind again.
‘The person in the 5 o’clock direction is young!’
‘7 o’clock is a middle-aged man.’
Step.
He turned toward the 7 o’clock direction.
‘I think everybody will arrive within 10 minutes!’
As he listened to the voices of the wind elementals…
“On and Hong. I leave it to you.”
He didn’t hear On and Hong’s answer.
He didn’t hear a meow or even their footsteps as they moved.
The two children had gotten even more skilled while Cale was away.
Smile.
The corners of Cale’s lips curled up.
“Things really are different.”
It was truly different from the past.
He thought about how he was living as Cale Henituse now and turned to look at the side.
The forest covered in darkness…
He could not see anything through the shadows.
“Clopeh. You know what to do, right?”
“Yes, Cale-nim.”
He heard Clopeh’s answer from the shadows.
Clopeh revealed himself in the shadows and bowed before disappearing again.
It was hard to tell him apart from the shadow, potentially because of his hair being dyed black.
Clopeh Sekka, the man who was so adamant about revealing himself and becoming a legend as the Guardian Knight in the past…
That guy now preferred to stealthily hide in the shadows.
“…….”
Clopeh watched Clopeh move away for a bit before starting to walk.
His face looked extremely cold now.
Whether it was his time as Kim Rok Soo or as Cale…
He hated seeing his people getting hurt.
He heard Raon’s voice at that moment.
– Human, are we destroying everything?
Cale flinched.
– Hehe. Human, I’m just kidding! I know this is not the time to destroy things!
As Raon mischievously answered…
“We will destroy some things.”
As Cale nonchalantly answered…
– Oh!
Raon was shocked.
Cale didn’t care and leisurely started walking.
It would make no sense for a wanderer who was the subordinate of the Third Emperor to rush or hide when going to meet a mere Holy Knight.
Smirk.
One corner of Cale’s lips twisted up.
* * *
“Leader-nim.”
High-Grade Holy Knight Sutton, the leader of the search team, met three of his subordinates.
“Are you moving after seeing that signal in the sky?”
“Yes sir.”
A day and a half.
That was how long Sutton had been chasing after this single intruder.
Shaaaaaaaaaaa-
He raised his head toward the breeze and sniffed.
“I don’t smell any blood yet.”
He was wearing an outfit that did not suit his name as a Holy Knight. His outfit seemed more like a ranger than a knight.
The leather armor-clad man looked around.
“Everybody is coming in this direction.”
He perked his ears and could tell that the forest was loud.
The squads that had stealthily spread out to chase after the intruder were all coming this way because of the signal. No matter how careful they were being, it couldn’t help but be heard.
“Sir Paul. You take the other two with you and return to HQ.”
“Do we need to report on the current situation?”
“Yes.”
He took another breath.
“I don’t smell any blood yet, but…”
For some reason…
“I think we will smell blood soon.”
Paul and the other two Holy Knights’ faces stiffened after hearing Sutton’s comment.
Sutton.
He was one of the Holy Knights of the Church of the God of Chaos who had a peculiar ability. He had been talented at sniffing the scent of blood since birth.
That was the reason he was given the nickname, Blood Tracker.
‘The leader has already sniffed the scent of the intruder once so he should find that bastard as long as he is in the forest.’
Paul lowered his head and answered.
“Then the three of us will return to HQ.”
“Yeah. I’m sure HQ saw the signal flare as well so they should send more people.”
Paul flinched before asking.
“…Leader-nim, you think we will need more people?”
“After all this time, we have yet to capture a lone intruder. No matter how wide this forest is, it is not that wide.”
They were unable to catch this intruder despite dispatching around 20 Holy Knights.
He had sniffed the bastard’s blood a few times but never managed to capture him.
Sutton was a cautious person.
“The Grand vision is near. HQ should be well aware of how annoying it would be if an intruder infiltrated the palace while we are proceeding with it. Based on how the intruder’s allies have shown up, it only makes sense for them to send reinforcements.”
“Mm.”
Paul did not know what to say.
Because the Holy Knights were currently very busy with that ‘grand vision’ so near. Even twenty was sent only because this was an urgent situation, so Paul thought it might be difficult to send more.
“If things don’t work out, go to Sir Trill.”
“!”
Paul flinched and his body started shaking.
“Sir Trill is the one who injured the intruder so he should be willing to step up.”
Trill was someone who had gone past the High-grade Holy Knight and reached the level of the Highest-grade Holy Knight.
While Sutton was one of the top three High-grade Holy Knights, Trill was one of the top three Highest-grade Holy Knights, someone Sutton could never imagine defeating.
“…Yes, leader-nim. I understand.”
Paul realized the severity of the situation after seeing the cautious Sutton even bringing up Sir Trill.
He hurried.
“I will head over right away.”
“Yeah. Before any other variables arise-”
Sutton suddenly stopped talking.
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
A breeze was blowing by.
Sutton raised his head to face the breeze.
He then sniffed around.
“…Shit.”
The scent was weird.
This was not the scent of the forest.
A weird scent was blowing this way.
‘East?’
No.
‘The West?’
No.
It was also not North or South.
‘All directions!’
The scent was flowing from all directions.
Sutton knew that this scent he was getting, this eccentric ability of his was similar to an instinct.
‘Danger.’
He used this scent to detect danger.
He was great at sniffing out an opponent’s blood while tracking someone as well, but… This kind of scent-
“It’s not just one or two people-”
It wasn’t just one or two of the intruder’s allies who had come to the forest.
He could feel the danger flowing from all directions.
He got chills all over his body.
Getting closer and closer-
He could feel that a great danger was approaching based on how the scent seemed to be spreading throughout the forest.
It was an extremely stealthy and silent danger.
What could it be?
Sir Sutton immediately ordered Paul.
“Head to HQ immediately!”
“Yes sir!”
Paul realized the severity of the situation and urged his subordinates.
His subordinates were too flustered at this situation.
Because the forest was too calm.
But Paul, as someone who knew about Leader Sutton’s ability, hurried.
He knew that danger would soon arrive.
And at the same time…
At the opposite side of the forest from Sutton…
“Hmm?”
The leader of the groups of three Holy Knights stopped moving.
“Halt.”
He raised his hand to stop the others and looked forward.
Someone was slowly walking out of the darkness of the forest.
This person was walking extremely confidently and leisurely.
“Who goes there?!”
The black-haired man leisurely walked out without reacting to the squad leader’s shout.
Clang.
This man had his sword pointed down.
“The first sacrifice.”
As the black-haired man, Clopeh Sekka, smiled and said that…
“!”
“!!”
“……!”
The three enemies felt chills down their spines.
Clopeh had learned how to use dead mana into a presence thanks to teachings from the Heavenly Demon and Choi Han.
It was different from aura.
But it was similar to aura.
It was similar to the shadow of light.
The force of a swordsman who could control that power…
The moment the murderous intent filled the area…
“…Fog……!”
Fog rushed in from behind the black-haired man.
It felt like a wave trying to drown the forest.
But it wasn’t as rough as a wave.
It was silent and stealthy.
But the fog that instantly rushed in like a wave tried to attack them.
“Run!”
The squad leader quickly made a judgment but the fog was faster than them.
A Holy Knight, who had turned around and started running as soon as the squad leader shouted, fell forward.
“Ugh……!”
It was a paralyzing poison.
“… Ah……!”
He suddenly got very sleepy as well.
But it was not a peaceful slumber, this desire to sleep that suddenly came to him in this scary place covered in fog made him think of death.
“……!”
“Ugh-!”
“N, no-”
As the three Holy Knights fell on the ground and tried their best to resist the paralysis or sleep…
Step, step.
The black-haired swordsman slowly walked past them.
“Pfft.”
The squad leader could see the man looking down at him and chuckling.
The man looked at the squad leader as if he was looking at a rock before continuing to walk.
“Oo-”
The squad leader could not hold out any longer and closed his eyes.
Darkness swept over him.
Sleep tried to take control of him.
His eyes would not open no matter how hard he tried.
However, he was not yet asleep.
Despite his eyes being closed and being unable to see, he could hear.
He heard a low voice.
“They dare to betray us-”
The black-haired swordsman’s extremely cold voice that was full of scorn…
The squad leader finally fell asleep after hearing those words.
‘I will make sure-’
He would make sure to remember those words and inform the others.
He desperately firmed his resolve as he fell asleep.
Unfortunately, there was something he did not know.
“…….”
Clopeh was staring at the squad leader who had fully lost consciousness now.
Rustle.
He felt someone purposely reveal their presence.
Within the darkness…
He saw the clear eyes of a silver cat.
Then a red cat appeared behind her.
Clopeh nodded his head and started walking.
The poisonous fog was spreading throughout the entire forest.
Step step.
Unlike Clopeh, who was purposely making noise as he moved, the poisonous fog silently and stealthily spread throughout the forest like On and Hong.
“…….”
Clopeh started to smile.
Pretending to be the Third Emperor’s subordinate.
This was quite entertaining.
* * *
The fog started to spread in the 7 o’clock direction last.
“Sir Paul, hurry!”
Sutton got chills down his entire body from the scent getting thicker, no, the danger signal getting stronger.
He was telling Sir Paul to rush while taking a step to quickly head toward the direction of the signal flare.
Ooooo–
The God of Chaos’ Divine Power, a grey aura, formed at the tip of his feet.
He heard Sir Paul leaving and opened his mouth to say one last thing.
“I will go find the source of the scent-”
But he stopped talking.
“!”
Within the darkness…
He could see someone slowly walking toward him.
‘What is going on?’
He had not smelled anything.
He had not sensed any danger.
‘Why?’
He had not noticed this man approaching through the scent that covered the forest.
‘This should not happen unless he’s just a regular person!’
Sir Sutton could not get a danger signal or scent from someone who was no threat to him.
‘Ah, he looks feeble-’
When he could see the person more clearly, Sutton realized why he did not sense this feeble looking person, before-
“Mm!”
He was unable to stop his whole body from shaking.
“Ugh!”
He had to squeeze his nose closed.
This black-haired man…
He could not see the man’s eyes because he was covered by the shadow of the forest and he just looked dark.
The moment the man looked at Sutton…
“Ugh!”
He smelled an intense stench of blood.
His whole body started shaking.
Drip.
His nose started to bleed.
He could not even smell anything anymore.
‘The only time something like this happened was with a Highest-grade Holy Knight……!’
It was only during the time he faced the leader of the Holy Knights of the Church of the God of Chaos.
‘No.’
Was it worse than that time?
Because-
‘I can’t smell anything at all.’
He felt like he would suffocate from the stench of blood.
It felt like his sense of smell would disappear.
“Oo, ah-”
“Oo-”
He could hear his three subordinates behind him plop down on the ground or groan.
This omnipotent aura that gave him chills all over his body…
‘This is different.’
It made him think of the power of the God of Chaos but it was different.
IT was truly different.
But it was omnipotent and scary.
Step step.
The man leisurely walked out before asking Sir Sutton a question.
“Why did you betray us?”
Looking for the intruder…
Asking for Sutton’s identity…
It wasn’t anything like that.
This man just asked why they betrayed him.
‘What?’
As Sutton was confused…
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
He heard a noise slightly different from the wind.
‘…Water?’
It was the sound of waves.
The moment Sutton realized it…
– You need me to make an arrow like a snake?
‘Yeah. A snake and not a yong.’
Cale gave a short answer to the Sky Eating Water as he recalled information Choi Jung Gun gave him.
‘How was the Third Emperor’s power?’
The third strongest individual in the Five Colors Bloods.
Cale was curious about that person’s power.
The unique power that wanderers had, which was similar to his own ancient powers, was something Cale was curious about and had to understand.
‘Mm. His power-’
Choi Jung Gun had answered about the Third Emperor’s power.
‘Water Dragon.’
It was a Water Dragon.
Choi Jung Gun had then added on.
‘And one of his subordinates was a snake. A water snake.’
Smile.
The corners of Cale’s lips curled up.
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-
A pair of water snakes curled up behind Cale’s back and shot up into the sky.
These two water snakes-
“Only death remains for traitors.”
Were shot toward Sutton at Cale’s orders.
– Human, I think you are fooling them!
He heard Raon’s entertained voice.
And at the same time…
“Huff. Huff.”
Sui Khan peacefully gathered his breath.
He did not run with urgency.
“Haha-! The kiddos are here too.”
He saw the fog covering the forest.
It was spreading everywhere in the forest except in his direction.
The fog covering the forest allowed him to catch his breath for the first time in a long while.
He could not help but smile.
It was the same for Cale.
“Water snake… Third Emperor……!”
He was smiling because Sir Sutton immediately ‘figured out his identity.’
“Pfft.”
He openly sneered.
– Hehe! You fooled him!
Raon also laughed with excitement.
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Translator’s Comments
Raon always gets so excited to see Cale fooling people.
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