Volume 2 - CH 390

9-24. Unfavourable Situation

A loud noise could be heard from outside.

Thinking that this was no longer going to work as planned, Uchikage chuckled and scratched his cheek.

From the sound, he guessed that it was the earth spirit.

He thought that Ouren must have done something wrong.

However, there was no problem on his side.

Before the sound could be heard, all the guards in the mansion had been successfully incapacitated.

From the Uchikage’s point of view, this level of opponent was nothing more than a small squad of soldiers.

There was no need to even use his rake.

He wonders if the quality of the soldiers in the Vulpan Kingdom is okay.

“Wheeeze……wheeze……. U-Uchikage-san,…… too fast,……”

“You can take your time now. We are done over here.”

“Yes,…….”

The three people who had lifted their invisibility appeared behind him, breathing heavily.

It seems that it was all they could do just to keep up with him, but he was a little impressed with how well they could match his speed.

Although he didn’t use his Kijin herculean legs.

At least all of them were present.

All that remained was to save Prince Kreis.

Remembering the floor plan that Ouren had created for them, he started walking toward the far end of the second floor of the mansion.

The other three followed with unsteady steps.

After walking through the corridor, they stopped.

A dark medium appeared at his feet and made him enter the room where Prince Kreis was supposed to be.

He was sure that he had said there were six guards there.

He was sure of the information, and there were full-armed guards in the room, looking bored.

No time to observe them, so he immediately fed them to the dark medium.

A few guards seemed surprised that some of them vanished in an instant, but he didn’t let them make a sound because before they understood what was going on, they were eaten.

It is now safe.

He put his hand on the door and opened it.

“Prince Kreis!”

“Zzz…..”

“He-, asleep. ……?”

He’s sleeping in a restrained state.

That was disconcerting, but it was probably inevitable at this time of night.

It would be funny to expect him to be awake.

Shadow Eye releases Prince Kreis from his restraints.

“Kreis, come on.”

“I know. ……”

“…… hmm? Your name is also Kreis?”

“Were you not much curious about us, Uchikage-san?”

“Sorry, …….”

That’s part of it, but he was just wondering if it’s okay to ask the individual names of those who belong to the covert forces.

He was also in that position in the Zenki-village.

It seems such things made him cautious in a different way.

During this conversation, the restraints were being undone, and Prince Kreis was finally released.

However, Shadow Eye looked at the mark engraved on Prince Kreis’s hand and made a bitter face.

A slave mark.

That was what was engraved on Prince Kreis.

Tiara looks at Vid with a serious look on her face.

“Vid …….”

“This is bad. …… Where is the contractor ……?”

This was something they had feared might happen.

The other side will not stop at just capturing and holding them hostage.

“Do you want me to take out all the people in this house?”

“That’s a very impressive thing to say. ……”

“Is there any other way to break it?”

“You can probably go to a slave trader, but I’m sure they’ll ask for …… a good price for it and a good reason.”

“We don’t have time for that. ……”

Besides, they don’t even know where the slave traders are.

The fastest way to remove it would still be to find the master.

As long as they don’t know where he is, it might be difficult to manage Prince Kreis’s slave mark in the Vulpan Kingdom.

“What will happen if we take him as he is?”

“If Prince Kreis has given orders not to leave this place ……. I expect he will be in great pain the moment he steps out of the room.”

“Is there any chance that the master will find us here?”

“No. …… I guess. It’s not that flexible.”

“Do you think it would be difficult to lure him out ……?”

They tried to think of a solution, but no good idea came to mind.

Since this kind of thing is not a curse, the purification and sanctification of Ouren would be meaningless, and Uchikage pondered his head again.

He wondered if there was any way to break through this situation.

It was risky to even take him out.

It would be a big mess in the morning when the fallen guards were discovered.

“……No, it’s too late for that. ……”

With the sound coming from far away, it seems that the people who would have been sleeping are beginning to get up and evacuate.

If this happens, there is nothing else to do but to take advantage of the chaos and run away.

However, Prince Kreis came to mind.

If they can’t get him out, they can’t escape.

“Should we wait ……?”

“Will waiting do anything?”

“I don’t know. But in this chaos, the enemy must be on the move.”

“That would be extremely difficult.”

“Well, I’m counting on Shadow Eye’s intelligence-gathering abilities.”

The three of them sighed, thinking that this was a reckless attempt.

But that is exactly what they must do.

They assimilated into the shadows and went outside to observe the enemy’s movements.