On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 270

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 270

 

How Should I Repay This Kindness

 

Gilbert immediately drew up his mana.

 

And was shocked.

 

‘It absorbs mana like this?’

 

If a normal sword felt like it held mana, this felt like it was completely soaking it up.

 

A monster that seemed like it would suck up all his mana if left alone!

 

Even though its size and area were incomparable to a normal sword, being just a dagger.

 

‘How does Boss manage to swing such a sword with that much mana in it?’

 

During his Crow days.

 

Gilbert had secretly tried to sense Ziel’s mana before.

 

He had been confused then.

 

He couldn’t find any mana in Ziel’s body.

 

Recalling that moment, Gilbert could finally understand.

 

‘Boss’s mana is on a completely different level, so I couldn’t sense it!’

 

To be precise, he had misunderstood.

 

It didn’t matter anyway.

 

Gilbert’s misunderstandings had already accumulated beyond the point of no return.

 

“Boss, but this… the mana doesn’t show on the outside?”

 

“I added concealment. When you use that dagger, opponents won’t be able to tell if you’re using mana.”

 

“Oh.”

 

“There’s one exceptional situation.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“If you tell them, they’ll know. So watch your words.”

 

“…”

 

Boss had a tendency to say obvious things with a serious tone.

 

‘Well, anyway.’

 

Gilbert infused only a manageable amount of mana into the sword and took a deep breath.

 

‘Cut it in one strike.’

 

Even so, it was an iron door that was practically solid.

 

He’d probably need to cut it two or three times, right?

 

-He thought as he swung the dagger.

 

Swoosh.

 

A sound that couldn’t possibly be from cutting an iron door.

 

To cut an object with this density, he should need powerful force or feel resistance…

 

But there was none.

 

“Crazy.”

 

It just got cut.

 

It wasn’t as cleanly severed in two like Boss had done, but to think it would sink into the thick iron door without resistance and split it like that.

 

“What kind of ridiculous…”

 

Amid his mixed admiration and astonishment, Ziel sounded disappointed from behind.

 

“I thought you’d cut all the way through in one go.”

 

“Ah.”

 

“Try harder. You used too little mana.”

 

“Use even more than this…?”

 

“If you distribute it efficiently, you can cut it with less mana than now. But your skill level is lacking, so practice.”

 

“Yes, Boss.”

 

Ziel handled the rest.

 

Bang!

 

He kicked it.

 

The lower part of the door, which had a long diagonal gash, flew inside.

 

‘Would Kelvin have been able to do it?’

 

Come to think of it, what was that guy doing right now?

 

Was he sad that they left him behind?

 

“Going in.”

 

Gilbert erased thoughts of Kelvin without regret and followed behind Ziel.

 

Then came Ziel’s voice.

 

“Get ready.”

 

“Huh? For what…”

 

Boom!

 

An explosion followed.

 

A powerful impact burst right in front of them.

 

However, the shockwave didn’t sweep over Ziel and Gilbert.

 

The moment it exploded, both reflexively threw themselves aside.

 

‘I, I’m alive.’

 

Without the training he’d received from Boss, he would have been seriously injured.

 

‘Is it magic?’

 

Whoosh!

 

A follow-up attack came.

 

This time it was aimed at Ziel.

 

Space rippled, then shot straight toward Ziel.

 

“Boss!”

 

Clang!

 

Of course, there was no problem.

 

He deflected it.

 

However, Ziel hesitated and stepped back slightly.

 

It was the first time Gilbert had seen such a sight.

 

‘Making Boss retreat?’

 

Could it be secret arts?

 

Or magic more powerful than that?

 

As anxiety crept up, Gilbert quickly assessed the situation.

 

He needed to be helpful.

 

First, this place was bright.

 

Though not as much as the space they’d just been in, it was quite spacious, and he could see quite a bit of cover and equipment of unknown purpose.

 

And even doors in the walls.

 

‘Are people captured in one of those places?’

 

But first, he needed to identify the opponent.

 

The enemy’s face was hidden by quite disheveled hair, but he held a wand in his hand.

 

A mage, as expected.

 

Gilbert decided to approach from behind.

 

Though Boss hadn’t taught him how to deal with mages, he knew mages’ weaknesses.

 

‘Strike in one blow from an unseen gap.’

 

But just as Gilbert was about to move.

 

“There are invisible traps starting five steps ahead. Be careful, Gilbert.”

 

Ziel kindly advised him in the midst of all this.

 

He had time to give advice in the middle of that?

 

Clang!

 

Another attack flew in!

 

This time he pulled stones from the ground and hurled them.

 

But this time, Ziel didn’t retreat and raised his sword-

 

Clang, clang clang!

 

He deflected them all.

 

It looked like dozens of them had been thrown!

 

And he even had the leisure to speak to Gilbert.

 

“Haven’t found it yet?”

 

“I-I’m going!”

 

Why was this happening.

 

Why did fighting an enemy feel like taking an exam.

 

“Found it!”

 

“There are two more next to it.”

 

“Ah.”

 

Ziel blocked another incoming attack while kindly informing him.

 

It seemed like he was doing it on purpose somehow.

 

‘If it’s the Boss, he could just circle around and attack to end it, right?’

 

Could it be that he’s giving me a chance!

 

‘Good. I’ll try.’

 

Gilbert examined the ground.

 

And advanced while avoiding suspicious spots.

 

“Well done. This time, watch out for the left.”

 

Was the Boss looking at the enemy.

 

Or was he looking at me.

 

Either way, I had to meet his expectations.

 

“Found another one!”

 

Advancing step by step like that, the enemy had gotten close before he knew it!

 

After glancing at them once, the enemy clearly looked flustered.

 

Judging by how he was looking sideways, he was definitely trying to escape in that direction.

 

Gilbert threw himself in that direction first to block the escape route.

 

“You can’t go. The Boss gave me a chance.”

 

But then.

 

Thwack!

 

Ziel charged and struck the back of his head, ending the situation.

 

“…Weren’t you giving me a chance?”

 

“If it were you, you couldn’t have blocked the magic that was just about to be cast.”

 

“Ah.”

 

Ziel’s praise reached Gilbert’s dejected ears.

 

“But you did well. Your vision has improved. If you observe carefully, you’ll be able to move faster next time.”

 

“Thank you, Boss!”

 

“Mm.”

 

The situation was resolved too anticlimactically.

 

It was actually a bit disappointing.

 

They had faced a mage who had drilled holes in the giant trees above, occupied this space below, and even made the Boss retreat…

 

‘Was it a bad matchup, or rather, a bad opponent?’

 

Mages are naturally vulnerable to assassins without thorough preparation.

 

The problem was that even with preparation, it wouldn’t have worked against the Boss!

 

“Still, that was quite a strong opponent.”

 

“6th Circle.”

 

“What? Why would such a mage be here…”

 

6th Circle.

 

In terms of knights, that would be Master level, but they’re so rare that direct comparison is difficult.

 

There are only 3 of them in the entire Empire!

 

Every citizen of the Empire knows their names.

 

Unlike Mortis, whose every move gets reported, but the emergence of a new 6th Circle mage always becomes a hot topic.

 

‘One is in the Imperial Palace… one is in the Western Region, and the other one was missing?’

 

“I don’t know. We’ll have to find out from now on.”

 

Only then did Gilbert examine this space more carefully.

 

“This place is extremely… artificial.”

 

“Right. This place was made entirely by human hands.”

 

Creating such a space by digging underground would be quite, no, very difficult.

 

‘Not just any mage?’

 

According to the Boss, 6th Circle.

 

Someone of that level should be living lavishly with tremendous treatment from the Imperial Palace, so why would they be staying in the underground of Osu Island like this?

 

“Could it be related to the experiments that supposedly took place on Osu Island?”

 

“It might be. First, let’s deal with the source of the waves.”

 

“Yes, Boss.”

 

The purpose of finding this place wasn’t originally for this mage or to discover a secret space.

 

It was to eliminate the threat to the students by dealing with the source of the increasingly strong waves.

 

“Over there.”

 

This space had several doors, but Ziel pointed to exactly one location.

 

“There’s something inside here.”

 

Gilbert imagined various possibilities.

 

If it was a force making the already strange climate even more serious, it must surely be something tremendous.

 

‘A mana concentrate? Or some kind of artifact?’

 

Whatever it was, it was definitely dangerous.

 

‘But it should be fine since it’s the Boss, right?’

 

But with the Boss, there would be no problem.

 

Wasn’t he the person who lightly deflected and blocked a 6th Circle mage’s magic and knocked him unconscious in an instant?

 

“But that mage, he’s really 6th Circle, right?”

 

“Correct. The level of mana I can sense is 6th Circle.”

 

“…But there was no one that young among the 6th Circle mages.”

 

Gilbert glanced at the unconscious mage.

 

The face revealed when the hood came off was quite young.

 

He focused on the door again for now.

 

“It’s sealed.”

 

Of course, it wasn’t a door that would open easily.

 

It seemed measures had been taken for security or safety.

 

“A 6th Circle mage’s seal would be complicated.”

 

“Usually that’s the case. Only they know the formula.”

 

“Hmm. Should we wake him up?”

 

“No. There’s no need for that.”

 

“As expected, Boss, you can solve it like the vault at Siren Mansion last time!”

 

“No.”

 

Slice.

 

“Just cut it.”

 

“Ah.”

 

“Mana seals are useless before such sharpness.”

 

Indeed, when something doesn’t work out, you should consider whether there’s insufficient force.

 

“Won’t forcibly breaking the seal cause problems inside?”

 

“Devices that seal such powerful forces conversely require stability.”

 

“I see.”

 

It seemed that because the power inside was too strong, they couldn’t carelessly install anything additional.

 

Scrape.

 

Ziel immediately cut through the door.

 

At the same time, mana burst out in all directions and the seal was broken.

 

Naturally, Ziel stepped inside without batting an eye.

 

“This is it.”

 

The scene inside was spectacular in many ways.

 

Complex magical experimental equipment was arranged in what seemed chaotic yet orderly fashion, and devices for creating something were also visible.

 

But the most surprising thing was the massive glass dome that existed at the center of all this.

 

All those countless experimental instruments and equipment were connected to that glass dome…

 

“Boss, this is…”

 

“The source of the waves.”

 

Inside that glass dome was a sphere emitting indescribably intense light.

 

But Gilbert still couldn’t feel anything.

 

It felt like looking at magic stone lighting with very high luminosity.

 

No, if it was magic stone lighting with this level of luminosity, there should be something felt from the magic stone, but he felt nothing from this.

 

“I really can’t feel anything at all, Boss.”

 

“It conceals all the mana flowing outside. Probably that device.”

 

Ziel wasn’t as knowledgeable about magic as a mage.

 

However, Ziel possessed breathing techniques and eyes that could see through mana flow.

 

‘But how does Boss know? He said it was concealed?’

 

Ziel also possessed powerful ki sensing derived from the Polar Night Breathing Technique.

 

That was all.

 

“This power has grown stronger and made the climate even more abnormal, is that what you’re saying.”

 

“That’s right.”

 

Ziel speculated one fact.

 

“Maybe Osu Island became abnormal due to the existence of this power in the first place.”

 

“The… experiment, you mean? The one that happened before?”

 

“Yes. I don’t know yet if it’s a product of that experiment. But it’s certain that the current problems arose from the waves flowing out of this power.”

 

“Then we need to eliminate it.”

 

“Yes. We eliminate it.”

 

Ziel first checked the surrounding mana flow.

 

Mana formed from equipment of unknown purpose was converging on that glass dome, amplifying the power.

 

He wasn’t curious about the purpose of that power.

 

What mattered was that it was threatening the students.

 

Ziel approached the place where the mana connected to the glass dome was strongest in intensity.

 

And cut through it entirely.

 

Scrape.

 

The equipment split lightly like butter along the sword’s trajectory and was cut in half.

 

“The performance is really insane…”

 

Gilbert looked at the gifted dagger and then back at the equipment that had just been severed.

 

‘I don’t think I could do that yet.’

 

Even with similar tools, the power varies drastically depending on the user.

 

It seemed like exactly the right saying for this situation.

 

Of course, it was also because the craftsman wielding the tool was exceptionally skilled.

 

“How is it, Boss?”

 

“The mana flowing to the glass dome has decreased by 15%. I’ll continue.”

 

Then Ziel destroyed the second and third equipment, rapidly reducing the amount of mana flowing to the glass dome.

 

And when it was about half done.

 

“This should be enough.”

 

“Oh, is it done?”

 

“Yes. It’s similar to the level when we first entered this island. I’ve reduced it by about half.”

 

“So it had increased to twice the original amount…”

 

A power that looked dangerous just by looking at it had increased twofold?

 

“But you’re not destroying more?”

 

“Our purpose is restoration. Since the practical training is in progress, I won’t interfere further.”

 

He was truly a remarkable person.

 

If it were someone else, they would have thought of completely eliminating the threat, uncovering the secrets of this island, or come up with various other additional purposes.

 

But Boss had just one thing.

 

He moved thinking only of the students’ safety.

 

‘Should I say it’s admirable… or should I say it’s amazing.’

 

Both seemed to be the same anyway.

 

Of course, he wasn’t someone who would leave loose ends.

 

“Gilbert, bring that mage from earlier.”

 

“Yes, Boss.”

 

Indeed, interrogation should follow such matters.

 

A moment later.

 

The unconscious mage was placed before Ziel.

 

When Ziel touched near the neck to wake him, the guy startled and his eyes trembled.

 

However, he couldn’t move.

 

“Tell me who you are and what you were doing here.”

 

“…”

 

But a rather strange question flowed out.

 

“D-did you guys just reduce that power?”

 

Ziel glanced back and nodded.

 

“That’s right.”

 

The words that followed were quite bewildering.

 

“How did you manage that… Thank you, thank you! How can I ever repay this kindness…”

 

“…?”

 

The person being captured and interrogated was expressing gratitude.

 

Unable to move his body, only opening and closing his mouth.

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