36 - an elite unit








 Schneidal fled back to his mansion in the capital.

 After a struggle between Tiahrietta and the black man Shiva, both of whom had disappeared from the laboratory, he ran outside as soon as Porcos released him from his bonds. From that point on, he was alone and uncontrolled.



 Without answering the calls of the maids, Schneidal runs to his room.



"d*mn! d*mn, d*mn, d*mn, d*mn!"



 The room was quickly turned into a mess, with the finest furnishings being thrown about. Still, his anger was not satisfied.

 The humiliation and shame he had suffered in the last three days was something he had never experienced and would never experience again.



 His right shoulder tingles.

 Tomorrow morning the mysterious bondage will be broken. There was no guarantee that the man would keep his word, but for Schneidal it was a small matter (・・・・・).



"Tomorrow, when ......"



 He cowered to the floor and shivered.



 He had applied for a duel but withdrew it on the same day. The whole school would hear about it. He was confident that he could cover up the word of a small, powerless professor in a small laboratory, but Harte Semphis, the person involved, was in trouble.



 He is the son of a frontier count who was recommended by the king. They are almost equal in terms of family background.

 Even if he could just barely get into a debate about what he said or did not say, he was at a disadvantage since the fact that he had been injured two days before was already known to the public.



 He was now in disgrace, having been wronged by a new student, and now he was in disgrace of having to withdraw from the duel.



"Unforgivable. ....... It cannot be forgiven. ......



 The monarchy will be overthrown, the queen will be exterminated, and a new nation will be established. He will accomplish this in his father's time and he will be the next king.

 To do so, he has joined a shady religion. They are a group of skilled men who seduce the queen and extort money from her. The plan was going well with them. .......



"We can't afford to stumble here!"



 Schneidal smiled a crooked smile.

 We can't just stand by and do as we please. His guts began to boil as he obeyed the hateful professor's words, but he couldn't stop now.



"First of all, those four..."



 If all the witnesses are erased, no one will know of the disgrace.

 No matter what the black man from who-knows-where says.



 He'll show up anyway, asking questions about the whereabouts of the four men. And when he does, the Hafen family will return the favor with their best men.



Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!



 Schneidal immediately sprang into action--.











 An old Western-style house in a secluded part of the Royal Grunfeld Academy of Magic.

 Around it, a number of shadows were scattered in the darkness.



 Soon, ten people gather in the woods near the main gate.



"Report on the current situation."



 The commander gives the order. They all wore similar black robes and hoods pulled over their eyes.



"There are only four of them in the building. They had gathered in a conference room in the center of the south side of the second floor and were having a banquet. Three of them were drunk in the same room due to heavy drinking. The remaining one, Hurt Semphis, had just fallen asleep on the sofa there.



"Okay. We're all clear, right?



"Ha. The five of us have finished constructing three layers of soundproofing and intrusion detection wards with different attributes.



"Good. Let's finalize the operation.



 The raiding party will be divided into three groups.

 Six men enter the building, split up inside, and go up the two staircases to the second floor. As soon as each of them enters through the two conference room doors, the four outside rush in through the windows.



 They kill the sleeping victims in one fell swoop, and the bodies are carried out. The five warders then erase all evidence such as blood traces, and pretend that the four targets have disappeared without a trace.



 Four missing persons at the same time would cause a commotion.

 The first person to be suspected is Schneidal, who has caused the most recent trouble.



 Even taking this into consideration, as long as they don't leave any evidence of the murders, they will have any excuse they can think of.



Then let's begin the operation.



 At the captain's signal, four of them ran to the south side of the pavilion, outside the room where Hurt and the others were sleeping. The remaining six proceeded to the main entrance.



"What did they do to the little boy, anyway?



 One of the members spilled the beans. Another member responded.



"Well, I don't know. But it seems to be a matter of honor for the Hafen family.



"Two teachers and two students. Why are we doing this ......?"



"Don't waste your breath. We are only to do what we are ordered to do.



 The captain chided him in a casual manner, but inwardly, he felt the same way.

 I was not told the details of the situation. However, he had heard that Schneidal had caused trouble with a new student.

 The most elite of the Hafen family's elite had been sent to do the dirty work of assassination to clean up the mess caused by a child's quarrel. They had been trained to face the Princess Flash.



 They are now to be trained to face Princess Flash. They are to do their job perfectly, and then to throw the four dead bodies of their targets at the idiot son to relieve their resentment.



 As the captain paces with a lecherous grin on his face...



"Ow!"

"What the hell?"



 The member who had been ahead of us stopped.



"What's wrong?"



"It's ...... something like an invisible wall, and I can't go on."



 The captain tilts his head and reaches out his hand to touch the void.



"......Yes, there is something there."






 Something hard, like a wall. You pound your fist on it as if you were knocking on a door, but there is no sound.



 We split up, looking for a gap.



"This one doesn't work either. I can't get to the building.



They've got the place completely surrounded.



 They meet up with the intruders through the window.

 The captain jumps up with self-enforcement and leaps over the two-story building.



Upstairs, too.



 Invisible walls were also stretched across the roof, leaving no gaps.



A mithril knife wouldn't even touch it.



 Then, I shot out magic at the target, even though the target was aware of it, but it all bounced back.



"What is this? Is it magic ......?"



"One of the targets is a level 30+ who is well-versed in ancient magic. It is possible that he may be manipulating magic outside of our common sense. ......"



 Even if so, how could they maintain their defenses in their sleep, which the elite troops trained to fight against the Flash Princess could not even touch?



 They were not informed.

 They knew nothing of the black warrior who had cast a mysterious spell on Schneidal.



Captain, what do we do?



"...... have no choice. Gather those who maintain the wards. We'll all pour maximum magic on them and break through, then attack through the windows to complete the operation."



"Understood--what ......?"



 One of the men was about to turn on his heel when his eyes widened in surprise.

 I follow his gaze.



 Five of the warders were just about to call out to him,



 

 --Floating upside down.



 

 They were all crying out as if possessed by fear, but no voices could be heard. Their arms and legs were frozen in strange poses, and only their mouths were moving impatiently.



"This is five. That's ten. That's all of them."



 Strange voices, which sounded like a series of overlapping voices, came from the upside-down companions.



 A strange man, jet black all over and seemingly dissolving in the darkness, was also floating. He was posed as if he were sitting on a chair, and he floated through the air.



"I didn't feel a stirring, and I didn't think anyone would go near such a remote place, but it's a good thing I did, just in case," he said. So, who are you guys?"



 The ostentatious tone of his voice seemed somewhat theatrical.



 The captain had no idea who this man was or what he was doing.

 The only thing that is clear is that the man is engaged in hostile activities. That was enough.



"Spread out! Take him into custody!



 We take them alive and question them.

 The captain's judgment was quick, and the men understood quickly. They surrounded the man before each could see the other's movements. Two men with flying magic deployed overhead.



 We will not let him escape.

 With the common understanding that the first step would be to sever his limbs, they attacked him from the left, right, behind, and even from above, each with a different attribute. But--.



"I still can't get an answer. Good grief!



 Every single one of them disappeared in a burst around the man.



"When you attack, you create an opening. Just like those bandits.



 Immediately after these murmurs were heard, there was a general gasp of astonishment.



 All the men were frozen from the neck down, unable to move.



"Captain! I can't shoot magic with this!"



 At the sound of the plaintive cries, the captain retreated a step or two.



"What the hell is going on? What the ......?



 My back hits an invisible wall. And then, deeper and deeper into the wall.



"Now, I'd like to ask you who you are and what you're doing here, but ...... you're not going to answer me, are you?"



 Then, the man shook one hand in the air.



 A number of translucent plate-like objects appear. There, their own images were reflected.






 Word for word, I can hear the words that one of the members of the team had just said.



"Hmm. Are you related to the Hafen family? But this doesn't tell me much. Let's take it back further."



 One of the plates of something floating in the void reflects the time when they were gathered in the woods.



"Zoom in. And volume up!"



 The situation in the woods is magnified and the voices become louder.

 It was the scene of a final check of the operation.



"Kill and carry the body....... "and make it look like they're missing."



 The tone of his voice drops a notch.






"Are you really saying this? Why would you go that far? I'm sure your pride was shattered, but... This was Schneidal's order, wasn't it?"



 His tone broke. It was frightening.



"I really don't know. And the fact that you guys are following orders when you don't seem to know the details of what's going on. Don't you have any remorse?"



 A shiver of fear ran down my spine, right after that.



"No wonder. I guess I'll have to ask him why. Come on, you guys."



 My vision went dark.