Chapter 63: Time Has Stopped (3)

Chapter 63: Time Has Stopped (3)

Lucion paused on the main road and looked back.

When the knight made eye contact with him, he naturally hid out of sight.

Carson must have ordered him not to take his eyes off Lucion.

[24 seconds left.]

[19 seconds left.]

In line with the decreasing seconds, Lucion smiled at the knight and then moved along the main road again.

Hume also naturally fastened his pace and got closer to Lucion.

[Run!]

Lucion ran forward at Russell’s word.

While the knight flinched for a moment, one, two, and three carriages came in at the same time from the alley to clear the way.

“Please make way for the 4 o’clock march event!”

Another carriage came in behind the screaming man, and the soldiers got off and began to control the road.

“Hey, no. This road is now off limits until the end of the event.”

The soldiers blocked the knight who tried to chase Lucion.

“Get out of my way, please. I’m escorting someone now.”

The knight didn’t panic and showed the Cronia pattern engraved on the sword.

As soon as the soldier saw the Cronia pattern, he asked urgently.

“By any chance... are you escorting the Saint?”

When the knight quietly raised his finger, the soldier was startled and gave instructions to the other soldiers.

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“I’m sorry about this. Keep going.”

“Thank you.”

The knight nodded to the soldier and quickly crossed the main road.

But Lucion was nowhere to be seen.

The knight kneeled on one knee and examined the footprints.

Footprints dug a little deeper and continued to the left.

‘It smells.’

Lucion smelled of unique medicine because of his broken arm.

-Don’t take your eyes off Lucion no matter what.

The knight entered the alley, recalling Carson’s words.

The smell disappeared here.

As if he had disappeared from here into the sky.

The knight’s face turned white.

* * *

[Here is fine.]

Lucion, who moved to a place four blocks away through shadow movement, was relieved by Russell’s words.

‘I shook him off for now.’

Lucion chose an alley where there were no people, changed his hood and shoes, and lastly put on a mask.

“Hume. You’re....”

“I’m ready.”

Hume had already turned into a girl.

‘I wish there is something that can change my appearance right away with just a press of a button.’

Lucion was very envious of Hume.

The clothes and masks were all cumbersome, and it was difficult to change clothes.

But there wasn’t much to do left.

After completing this task, he could comfortably grow the organization and tread lightly on those who were blocking his path in the future.

‘The red thread...’

Lucion thought of Heint and immediately shook his head.

He decided to postpone thinking about the red thread for now.

All he had to do now was kill those three.

—Lucion. Ratta did a good job this time, right? Ratta didn’t use a lot of darkness this time

Ratta clung to Lucion’s legs and stomped her front paws to ask for a compliment.

When he was sick, Ratta spent her own time playing and using shadow movement to the fullest.

Just as Ratta said, the consumption of darkness had definitely decreased a little bit.

“Well done.”

As Lucion stroked her, Ratta smiled bashfully and touched Lucion’s shadow.

—We have to do it one more time, right? Ratta is going to go into the shadow this time and try using shoong.

“That’s a good idea.”

Lucion was also curious, so he didn’t stop Ratta.

—Hehe. Right?

After Ratta entered Lucion’s shadow, she diligently moved to the target location.

A party involving three men was held at a count’s villa.

Since it was a place where nobles gathered, there would be knights and wizards, and maybe even a magician or a barrier magician attached to them.

‘Well, first of all...’

Lucion stopped near the villa and looked at Russell.

Without having the time to hear Ratta’s voice of joy, Lucion instructed Hume to lock the door with his hands.

Hume checked the door that had been locked from the beginning and returned to Lucion.

[The door is originally locked. See, it’s really sloppy.]

Russell grinned.

‘Isn’t it the three of them who locked the door here? So that nobody hears them.’

Lucion pricked up his ears calmly.

“What can I say? Devia got caught, so I’m telling you to be careful not to provoke Cronia for the time being, be careful with your mouth and your actions. Really, that unlucky child.”

Judging by the female voice, she seemed to be Marquis Orion Gitran.

“Honestly... Don’t you want to quit at this point?”

It was a man’s voice, but it wasn’t the voice of Viscount Therem.

‘All that’s left is Count Dortor Sofran.’

“Come again?”

Orion snorted.

“If she opens her mouth, we’re done. Devia Jeven, did you all forget that the Jeven family collapsed in an instant because of that bitch?”

Therem’s voice rose at Orion’s blunt words.

“Yes, madam. Cronia has enough power to do that.”

“So, Dortor, you should be especially careful. I have a client who does direct business with Cronia.”

“...Madam. Ha. Is there anything I can do about them?”

Dortor spoke to Orion with a pleading tone.

Tak!

He heard the sound of hitting the table.

“I don’t know his name or face, so what can I do? If I knew who he is, I would have killed him without a single rat or a bird knowing. I am the one who is most frustrated about this.”

Orion’s voice rose.

“Madam.”

Then, Terrem spoke quietly.

“Say it.”

“That...For a brief moment before, I saw a cross scar on the back of his hand.”

“Cross scar?”

‘Cross scar...?’

Following Orion’s voice, the corners of Lucion’s mouth twitched.

He already got a piece of information.

“Yes. When he stepped back from the last meeting, I saw his hand briefly coming out of the screen.”

“Why do you only say that now?”

Orion rebuked Therem.

Tak.

He could hear the sound of putting down the teacup.

“If you had said it sooner, I would have recognized him earlier. Cross scar... Cross scar.”

Lucion concentrated on the words that focused on something.

Maybe she knew about the cross scar.

“Do you know anyone?”

Dortor asked.

“The scope is too wide, it is rare to see a man without scars among the noble knights. As far as I know...”

Suddenly Orion stopped talking.

No matter how long Lucion waited, no words could be heard anymore. It was strange.

‘Is someone here?’

Lucion’s eyes widened rapidly.

‘What the...’

When Lucion saw the butterfly flying near him stopped, he immediately looked at Russell, Ratta, and Hume as well.

‘It’s stopped?’

All of them showed no movement as if time had stopped.

The world stopped just like the first time he had obtained the thread of fate.

‘What the hell is this...’

Lucion stopped thinking for a moment.

It was different.

He felt something ominous and dark, different from that time.

Clack.

Then, letters appeared and disappeared as quickly just like back when he had obtained the thread.

– He’s coming.

Clack.

– Stay still.

Even the shape of the squiggly letters looked unstable as if they were about to die.

Screech.

He heard a door opening somewhere.

In an instant, cold sweats began to trickle down Lucion’s body.

The sound was heard from right above.