READ NOVEL ONLINE Chapter 48
48. You Too
It was—too sudden, too abrupt a murder.
I stared blankly at the slain adventurer.
“That was clearly a pretext. I can kill him, right?”
The voice echoed again.
“Murderous Intent Reload”
Where is it!?
From where exactly—.
“[Bullet]”
In the next instant, a red light sphere appeared in the empty space.
The light sphere slid through the air, heading for one of the adventurers.
“D-damn it!”
The adventurer drew his sword to strike down the light sphere.
But the sphere slipped through the blade and was absorbed into his chest.
“Ugh…ah…”
The man’s face contorted in agony.
He quickly collapsed, just like the man before him—dead.
Then,
“[Reload—]”
No, not again!?
Another red light sphere aimed at the next man.
“D-damn it!”
The man, seemingly a mage, tried to intercept the sphere with a spell.
But the sphere slipped through the spell and hit him.
Another one was killed.
Neither sword nor magic could stop it.
“H-help…!”
The last one, his face twisted in fear, tried to run.
“Save—”
His plea was in vain; he too was killed by the fourth light sphere that appeared.
In just a few minutes,
All the adventurers who had picked a fight with Lilith were down.
They were all dead.
They were unpleasant people, but…
Still, seeing them killed in front of me was shocking.
“W-what is going on here!?”
“This is terrible…”
Lilith and Alice looked around, their faces pale.
“Could this be—”
Meriel muttered with a stern expression.
I also looked around, trying to find the culprit.
The crowd of adventurers and onlookers had grown larger.
One of them met my gaze.
A slender man.
With spiky red hair and cool eyes.
His features were rugged, giving a wild impression, but he could still be called handsome.
“What… is this guy…!?”
My throat went dry.
Just making eye contact sent chills down my spine.
Yes, it was the same strange chill I felt earlier.
His eyes locked on me—there was something red glowing in his right eye.
“That’s—!”
I groaned softly.
A pattern like a blazing flame.
Suddenly, a burning sensation surged through me.
My energy and strength felt intensely activated.
Something inside me resonated with him.
—Come.
The man seemed to convey with his gaze.
He left the crowd and walked away quickly.
“W-wait—”
I chased after him almost instinctively.
“Halt! Where are you going!?”
I had no time to answer the flustered Lilith as I ran.
The figure disappeared into an alley.
I followed and—,
“Hey there.”
It was the man from earlier.
“You’ve got it too, that power.”
He smirked.
Because of his handsome features, his smile looked unnervingly frivolous.
“I saw it when you blew away the adventurers. The Crest of God.”
Was he talking about the angelic pattern that appears when I activate my skill?
“You’ve been silent for a while now. Are you not much of a talker? Or do you think you can’t openly discuss your skills? Don’t worry.”
He kept grinning,
“It’s just you and me here. I guess that if we’re both skill users, talking won’t harm us.”
“So, you also have a godly skill…”
I swallowed hard.
I just mentioned the godly skill, but I didn’t feel any discomfort like before.
“I knew it… So, we can talk freely.”
His smile widened.
The same red pattern glowed in his right eye.
“Since we met, let’s get to know each other. I’m Gregorio Lava. Just arrived in the capital looking for a job.”
“I’m Hart Leever. I’m an adventurer.”
Since he introduced himself, I did the same.
My voice was tense with nervousness.
“Ah, I figured out your profession from the earlier scene. I’m envious of a popular adventurer. I came all the way from Miles City to the capital for work. Had some trouble over there, haha.”
Gregorio kept grinning for some reason.
“Well, since we met, let’s get along, Hart.”
To be honest, I felt a primal aversion.
“From today, we’re friends.”
Friends, he said.
But after killing those adventurers so casually, Gregorio seemed unfazed.
Not someone I could easily befriend.
“—[Reload]”
“What…?”
The red pattern appeared in Gregorio’s eye again.
The suddenness made my mind go blank.
What’s he doing—.
[I heard there have been many stabbing incidents in the capital recently]
[Not long ago, there were also many disappearances near Miles City]
I recalled my conversation with Lilith and the others.
At the same time, Gregorio’s words.
[I came all the way from Miles City to the capital for work. Had some trouble over there, haha]
Connecting the two conversations, I reached one conclusion.
Could he be—.
“[Bullet]”
A red light sphere appeared in front of me.
The ‘death’ skill that killed the adventurers with a touch.
“Sorry to say goodbye just after becoming friends.”
Gregorio laughed joyfully.
So casually.
So naturally.
So coldly.
So mercilessly.
So freely.
Could he really kill people like this—.
“Repel!”
I shouted reflexively.
A burst of multicolored light appeared and deflected the red sphere.