The Prince’s Nanny, Her Specialty Is Assassination - Chapter 194

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Chapter 194. Those Who Share the Same Will (7)

“They all disappeared?”

The Mercenary Captain shouted angrily.

“What kind of bullshit is that supposed to mean?”

The Subordinate scratched his disheveled hair with a troubled expression.

“We lost contact with the guys who went to the village where The Prophet’s group was supposed to be, so we hurriedly sent a follow-up team, but no one was there. The monsters they brought with them also vanished without a trace.”

“Are you saying they all died?”

“We thought so too, but we’re not certain.”

“Not certain?”

“Not a single corpse of our people was found. No monster carcasses either.”

“Wait, we sent dozens of people, not just one, and there are no survivors and no bodies?”

If they had fled after fighting, survivors should have appeared eventually, and if they died fighting, at least one corpse should have been found.

“Then what about our targets? Did they all disappear too?”

“The Prophet and The Protector were staying in the village, but when they saw the people we sent again, they ran away. We’re currently pursuing them.”

“What about that bastard?”

“We’re not sure where he went…”

“This is driving me crazy, shit.”

The Mercenary Captain swept back his few remaining strands of hair.

‘Ian, that bastard is going to be furious again.’

He had threatened quite seriously that this time they absolutely had to either kill The 3rd Prince or make him unable to recover.

“If I tell him we failed again this time, with that damn temper of his, who knows what kind of tantrum he’ll throw.”

The Subordinate watched The Mercenary Captain’s mood.

“You mean The Angel?”

“Yeah. That guy.”

What angel.

He’s such a cruel bastard that even demons would stick out their tongues and run away.

“Tsk, just because that human butcher washed his hands clean, look how he pretends to be so noble.”

The Mercenary Captain clicked his tongue with an unpleasant expression.

He had known Ian from a very long time ago.

It wasn’t that strange for there to be connections between mercenaries and assassins.

‘Since he brought both The Marquis of Redcliff’s and The Holy Kingdom’s requests at once, I thought we could make some good money this time.’

Whether they were unlucky, or whether their target’s luck was just too good.

Unfortunately, operations with Ian kept failing repeatedly.

‘Last time we couldn’t force the operation because of The 1st Prince.’

The original target was Prince Edwin, The 3rd Prince, all along.

In case they missed him, they even brainwashed the monsters to kill all humans with blonde hair and blue eyes.

‘If it weren’t for that bastard Count Crowner, we could have taken out both The 1st Prince and The 3rd Prince at once.’

Count Crowner, who was at the front of the procession, went absolutely crazy when he heard The 1st Prince had disappeared.

On top of that, The King of Adamant himself stepped forward and deployed knights to eliminate the monsters and find The 3rd Prince.

‘So we had no choice but to retreat without even sending a pursuit team.’

So this time, they put tremendous effort into making the request succeed.

Not only did they procure monsters that only inhabit the south to scatter the extermination forces, but they also deployed variant monsters and mercenaries everywhere.

‘I thought we could definitely capture him this time.’

He clearly saw The 3rd Prince’s group fleeing toward the point where variant monsters and mercenaries were waiting.

They already knew that the next Emperor and The Protector knight were hiding in the village they were heading to.

That’s why they deliberately didn’t deploy even more variant monsters and mercenaries.

‘How the hell did they escape?’

The Mercenary Captain frowned in complete bewilderment.

‘I have no idea what the reason could be.’

The next Emperor and The Protector knight aside, losing The 3rd Prince as well was incomprehensible.

‘Did The Emperor and The Protector knight help them? Even if The Protector knight is capable, it shouldn’t have been a leisurely enough situation to protect The 3rd Prince’s group as well.’

Moreover, he had heard that the knights of Gloria 3rd Knight Order led by The 3rd Prince weren’t overwhelmingly skilled in swordsmanship either.

‘Am I missing something?’

The Mercenary Captain tapped his knee with his finger.

‘Don’t tell me that bastard Ian is trying to pocket all the commission money himself?’

There was no loyalty in a relationship bound purely by money.

“Go report to that guy for now. Tell him this operation was a failure.”

He wanted to quit right away, but pulling out now would be a loss.

“And also tell him that The 3rd Prince seems to have a hidden trump card.”

“A hidden trump card?”

“Yeah. Otherwise, how could that young brat have broken through our encirclement and escaped?”

The Mercenary Captain stood up with a furrowed brow.

“I don’t know what it is, but there’s definitely a very powerful trump card behind him.”

He muttered while looking at The Dark Forest Below the Cliff.

“…A very powerful trump card indeed.”

* * *

Under Adamant’s flag fluttering in the wind.

All of Adamant’s knights were gathered there.

“My goodness, The 3rd Prince!”

The one who greeted us was Oliver, The King of Adamant’s aide.

“You’re safe!”

“I’m glad you’re safe too, Oliver.”

“Yes, what a relief! What a relief! I’m so glad Prince Edwin is safe!”

Oliver was examining Edwin when he suddenly whipped his head toward me.

It was such a quick movement that I worried he might get a crick in his neck from turning so suddenly.

“Kayl! What about Kayl! You’re not seriously injured anywhere, are you?”

Why is he suddenly using honorifics.

I looked at Oliver with suspicious eyes.

Edwin also looked puzzled, finding his attitude strange.

“…I’m fine too.”

“Really? You’re really okay?”

“Yes. I’m really fine.”

I gave a short reply and then frowned.

Because I was now properly noticing the state of Oliver and the other knights.

“But why do you all look like that?”

None of them wore intact armor.

Even Oliver was covered in scratches all over his body, and the cloak draped over his shoulder was tattered and losing its shape.

“Did the monsters do this to you?”

I had been expecting this since we confirmed that the extermination forces were scattered and mercenaries were controlling variant monsters.

That other extermination forces would also be attacked by variant monsters like us.

‘But I didn’t expect them to push Adamant’s knights this far.’

Adamant’s knights were veterans of monster extermination.

They should have been able to block most monster attacks.

“Oliver, did you also…”

“The monsters aren’t the problem right now!”

“Excuse me?”

“Please help us!”

Oliver suddenly grabbed both my hands and lifted them while sobbing.

He shouted once more at my bewildered face.

“Please stop our Prince!”

* * *

Gurrrrgle.

The monster’s bodily fluids and entrails spilled from where the sword had cut.

It was a nauseating sight just to look at, but the person standing beneath it didn’t even flinch.

“My lord! Prince Kaiden!”

Aurel shouted.

But his lord just kept charging forward as if he couldn’t hear his cries.

“That’s enough! Please stop!”

Just how many more would he have to kill before his anger was satisfied?

Aurel looked down at the mercenaries’ corpses scattered at his feet and frowned.

‘Stupid fools.’

They should have considered who they were provoking.

He recalled the mercenaries who had been running their mouths just moments ago.

– We don’t intend to kill you, so don’t worry. We just plan to tie you up a little.

Right after the flying nightmares suddenly turned to flames and disappeared.

Countless monsters appeared before the Adamant Extermination Force.

Behind them stood mercenaries with their faces half-covered.

– We’re after someone else anyway. Once we finish hunting over there, we’ll quietly withdraw.

Perhaps it was because they had mutant monsters by their side.

The bastards seemed to have lost all fear even with the Knight King right before their eyes.

– It probably won’t take long. Getting rid of that mangy prince is nothing.

The mercenaries probably didn’t know.

That by uttering words they should never have spoken, they had hastened their own deaths.

‘Why did they have to call him a mangy prince.’

The moment Kaiden realized his hidden nephew was in danger, he began to rampage.

‘I thought he’d stop after just taking out the mutant monsters and the mercenaries in front.’

It was a one-sided massacre.

Kaiden continued pursuing even the fleeing mercenaries.

At first, I thought he was trying to capture them to investigate their backers, but that wasn’t it.

My lord killed every single mercenary who begged for their lives with a single stroke.

As if they were no different from monsters.

‘This is all I can do right now.’

Aurel frowned as he cast calming magic on Kaiden.

He also fired flame magic repeatedly at the small monsters charging at Kaiden.

But his advance was too fast to keep up with.

‘This is driving me crazy. It’s not like I can physically restrain my lord.’

Kaiden swinging his magic-infused sword at full power was a disaster incarnate.

Getting too close carelessly might get him caught up in the sword strikes and killed.

“Wait, but Oliver, that bastard should hurry up and follow after finishing off all the monsters chasing from behind! Do you think our lord will obediently return just because we sent a rally signal?”

“Are you saying His Highness isn’t in his right mind enough to hear the rally signal?”

“Waah, you scared me!”

Aurel jumped at the voice that came from right behind him.

Then he opened his eyes wide when he saw who had appeared beside him.

“You are…”

Someone with black hair and strange green eyes.

It was none other than Kayl, the 3rd Prince’s guard.

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