Phantasm Deliverance

A New Life IV

Nigun said that, but he was very clear that another mission of this nature would be very unlikely.

The second set of orders he had been given was to "assassinate the greatest warrior of the Kingdom, the man famed in the surrounding countries for his matchless might, Gazef Stronoff."

That was not the sort of task which would usually be assigned to the Sunlight Scripture. Instead, it would have been the province of the Theocracy's most powerful special operations unit, the Black Scripture, whose members wielded the power of heroes. However, it was not possible currently.

The reason was top secret, so he could not tell his subordinates, but Nigun knew the truth.

The Black Scripture was protecting the holy relic Downfall of Castle and Country in preparation against the resurrection of the Catastrophe Dragon Lord, while the Windflower Scripture was busy chasing the traitor who had made off with a relic of the Miko Princesses'. Neither of them had the free time to help them.

Nigun unconsciously felt the scar on his cheek.

He remembered the only time in the past where he had been forced to flee and forfeit a mission. The face of that girl with the jet-black demonic sword rose in his mind. Magic could have easily healed the wound without leaving a mark, but he had purposely left the scar to engrave the lesson of that humiliating defeat into his heart.

That damnable Blue Rose.

The members of Blue Rose were citizens of the Kingdom, just like Gazef. Their priestess was the one who drew his ire. Besides the fact that she was an infidel who worshiped another god, she had stopped Nigun while he was planning to attack demihumans, and even believed that she was on the side of justice in doing so. Justice. For defending demihumans.

Disgusting. Blasphemy.

He'd show her.

Oh, yes, he'd show her... The next time the two met, that woman had better be prepared. He would correct her way of thinking by using any means necessary...

The Kingdom was divided into the Noble and the Royal factions. Since they were opposed to Gazef, a prominent figure in the Royal faction, the Noble faction was easily led to take political action to eliminate him. They did not even pause to consider the consequences of siding with a foreign nation just to harass one of their largest assets.

Gazef was a commoner who had risen to his current station through his talent, and so the nobles despised him.

And that had led to the current situation.

The Kingdom's trump card would soon be lost by their own hands.

Nigun was truly stupefied that the Nobles would hire their own mercenaries to slaughter villages in their own country to draw Gazef out. The fact that these mercenaries worked under Nigun to massacre hundreds of innocent citizens just for political gain...

The Kingdom was every bit as stupid as the Blue Rose.

They—the Slane Theocracy—might be divided into six sects, but whenever they needed to act, they did so as one.

One reason for that was that everyone respected each other's gods. The other was because everyone knew that there were many inhuman tribes and monsters in this world, and that they would be in danger if they did not work together.

Which is why everyone should walk the path of the righteous teachings together. Humanity should not fight amongst itself, but work hand in hand to bring about a better and brighter future.

Gazef would be the sacrifice for that.

"Can we kill him?" one of his subordinates quietly asked.