The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All - Chapter 74

Episode 74 Emilia Rose (1)

“Is it trustworthy?”

“How can we trust each other if we haven’t even seen each other’s faces? “Skill is trust.”

“I guess there was no mercenary other than Jeong Seon-gyu that Lee Ye-rin praised so hard?”

“Even though that picky woman filtered it, if it’s this much of a compliment, you can trust it.”

Kim Soo-kyung nodded.

It has been a long time since I became acquainted with Lee Ye-rin. She was not one to add unnecessary words.

Nevertheless, he only had good things to say about Kanghu from beginning to end. Without rhetoric.

If so, there would be no need to be suspicious and scratch it to make a crust.

However, there was only one thing that bothered Kim Soo-kyung.

As an assassin-type hunter, you have to fight in very close combat, but I was wondering if you could hold out on the front line.

Like it or not, in the end, it is Kang-hu who has to put his body closest to Jeon Jong-du.

It was like the inevitable fate of assassin hunters. You can’t eat someone’s life from afar.

“I hope time passes quickly.”

I was already excited.

Even though I’ve never seen his face before, I was looking forward to it.

It was curiosity about the ability to cleanly blow off the left arm of Ulsan’s butcher Gong Tae-su.

* * *

“It’s still a little better here.”

Kang Hu arrived near the entrance to Hongcheon Liberation District and leisurely looked around.

Unlike Gimcheon Liberation-gu, where there was an acrid smell of burning narcotic candles right from the entrance.

Hongcheon Liberation District was filled with the scent of acacia flowers planted as street trees.

Moreover, even though it was late at night, the street lights were well maintained, so everything around was bright.

The strange thing is that there should usually be a noisy atmosphere at the entrance, whether it’s a small fight or a fight.

It was as if something had happened and not a single ant baby was visible.

Rather than saying that there were no people to begin with, it felt like people were being drawn by something and had gone somewhere.

However, considering that there was no bloody smell or intense flow of mana, it did not seem to be a ‘battle’.

Following the trail was easy.

The remaining heat and mana flow were eventually condensed to a single point.

At the place where he arrived, there was someone who Kang-hu had never expected.

A female hunter was seen surrounded by numerous hunters and being bombarded with autographs.

‘Emilia Rose?’

Kang-hu recognized her right away.

Amber eyes.

Long silver gray hair with lots of C curls and waves at the ends.

Here, he wore a shirt and straight pants that matched the all-black dress code.

In the original work, she was a named hunter designed under the name Emilia Rose.

It was an unforgettable image all the more because the bridge of the nose seen from the side was sharp as if it could cut through anything.

‘There is no answer from the constellation information.’

Ganghu clicked his tongue when he saw the list of scanned constellation information.

By simple comparison, it was the same as the number of constellations held by Jang Si-hwan. There are 30 constellations together.

Of course, the reason I had clear memories of her was not just because there were many constellations.

‘Because there are thirteen stars.’

Because of her future.

Currently, there are a total of four thirteen stars that Kang-hoo has met in person or heard about through news.

Sihwan Jang. Chae Gwan-hyung. Yu Cheonghwa. Casey Rex. A fifth person is now being added here.

Of course, it is unclear whether Emilia Rose belongs to the Thirteen Stars at this point.

This is because the point in which it appears in earnest in the original work is much later than now.

In any case, it was a strange feeling to come face to face with a potential enemy.

‘Mental world. Magic world. In addition, thanks to the constellation ability, verbal communication is possible not only with humans but also with animals and plants.’

This is Emilia’s characteristic.

For her, there are no barriers to communication. The main constellation enables the exchange of all emotions and languages.

The reason she is scary actually lies elsewhere.

It means planting thoughts and beliefs without the other person knowing. Very secretly and cleverly.

In the original work, many enemies were dealt with in this way without the thirteen stars having to step forward directly. Cowardly.

Is that why?

At this place now, there were quite a few hunters who were intoxicated by her charm and temptation.

There are quite a few hunters who seem ready to end their lives without any regrets if instructed to commit suicide.

Kaduk.

Kanghu chewed a piece of solarium he took out of his pocket.

This is to prevent Emilia from being mentally overpowered by any chance.

The method of avoiding her mind control itself is not difficult.

First of all, there is an unpleasant feeling that occurs before being mentally controlled, like a premonition.

If you just find a way to naturally escape from that feeling, you will be able to open your eyes and not suffer.

The problem is that Emilia uses the charm skill invisibly here.

The energy of fascination scattered in all directions acts as a powerful force, especially for the opposite sex.

Like a male praying mantis that mates with a female even though he knows he will die, he loses his reason.

“Emilia…. amazing….”

“If I give you this item, can I at least get an autograph?”

“If I just hold your hand once, I don’t think I’ll ever have a wish. “I think it would be better to die, but…”

There were already a lot of hunters saying crazy things.

Emilia seemed to enjoy that response as well, heightening her desire with a haughty look in her eyes.

Meanwhile, Ganghu and Emilia’s gazes intersected at one point.

Since there are so many people, it is natural for our eyes to meet and then pass away.

For some reason, Emilia did not move for a long time while looking at herself.

An unpleasant feeling overtook his mind, but Kang-hu was able to easily shake off mental control.

It wasn’t a difficult task for Kang-hu, who knew how to avoid it well. The problem is that you suffer because you don’t know.

Emilia walked towards Ganghu with her gaze fixed.

Takkak. Takkak.

The black flat shoes worn to match the color of the clothes made a unique footsteps, heightening the tension.

【This guy is full of very toxic constellations. From one to ten, only demons were there.】

At that time, the Dimension Stealer recognized the face of the constellation that Emilia had contracted with and spoke coldly.

After hearing her words, I looked again.

Indeed, there were contracts with constellations that were much more vicious than the constellations with which Jang Si-hwan and Chae Gwan-hyeong had contracts.

Contracts with constellations usually follow the tendencies and instincts of the hunter who contracts.

If you are a named hunter like Emilia, it is easy to contract with a constellation of your desired disposition.

Rather than being an innocent lamb being dragged by the devil, he is being molded to become the devil himself.

“excuse me? “Excuse me, but can we talk?”

“Wow, what is that Hunter, Emilia suddenly went and talked to him directly?”

“What is he?”

“After all, you have to look at the face first. “I guess Emilia doesn’t want to talk to squids like us.”

“I don’t know who it is, but it looks pretty neat.”

When Emilia spoke directly to Kanghu, his envious eyes pierced like a knife.

In the first place, Ganghu didn’t care about other people’s opinions, so he didn’t pay any attention to anyone other than Emilia.

Ganghu asked back.

“What’s your business?”

“If it’s okay, how about a drink? “There’s some pretty good alcohol in the room I’m staying in.”

“Wow… crazy.”

It’s not just a conversation request or a date proposal, it’s like inviting a man to your room!

A look close to resentment fell on Kang Hu.

‘It doesn’t seem like a manipulative act.’

In any case, it would have been figured out through an invisible search a while ago that mind control wasn’t working.

It didn’t seem like he was trying to do something obvious.

Even if you have other plans, there are many ways to get out of the scene anyway.

Even if you just use teleportation right now, it’s not a problem to immediately escape to the save point.

‘Face painting. ‘It’ll be fine.’

Ganghu looked at Emilia and nodded.

call.

It didn’t seem like there was any harm to him in being alone with her. I don’t know why you want to go out drinking.

* * *

Although Liberated Area is generally called a dangerous place, there are bound to be places that are private and safe.

Therefore, the Phoenix Hotel where Emilia was staying was safer than anywhere else even though it was in the liberation zone.

Since it was a hotel directly managed by Kenax, a management organization that manages the entire liberated area, security was top notch.

No one was allowed to touch this place carelessly because if they did so, they would be subject to extermination in the liberated area.

While following Emilia, Kanghu paid attention to only one thing.

It was a detection that there was an area where all skills and abilities were suppressed.

This is because it is possible to create a suppression zone at any time by using a lot of magic stones.

It was easy for Ganghu, who could sensitively sense the flow of mana, to observe that flow.

Fortunately, there was no sign of a trap the entire way. It seemed like Emilia had no intention of doing that in the first place.

This is how she entered the space.

Although I expected it, it was the penthouse on the top floor of the Phoenix Hotel.

As soon as she came in, she poured whiskey into an antique-looking glass that had been cleaned well in advance.

“It’s Shackleton’s whiskey.”

“You mean commemorative?”

“It can’t be. “This is the whiskey that Ernest Shackleton, who went on an Antarctic expedition in 1907, buried at the base camp.”

“You mean that McKinlay whiskey?”

“that’s right. “That whiskey.”

I had expected it from the beginning when Emilia started crying, but when it became a reality, my fingertips were shaking quite a bit.

If it is an actual whiskey, not a commemorative one, it is either 1896 or 1897.

Even if you think of the latter, you are drinking whiskey with a long history that is well over 125 years old.

This glass of whiskey was not something to be compared in terms of money, but rather a meaningful whiskey in the time itself.

Emilia filled a glass with plenty of whiskey and held it out to Kanghu.

A pleasant musk scent followed my bronzed wrists, the sleeves of my shirt rolled up.

Emilia continued speaking.

“That way.”

“This is Jeong Seon-gyu.”

“great. Mr. Seongyu. “Do you not know who I am?”

“I know. “It’s a name you’ll always hear when you start your life as a hunter.”

“But don’t you find me fascinating?”

“Do I really have to be amazed?”

Ganghu asked back.

Hunters called Named have something like a strange ‘pride’.

If you don’t look at yourself with surprise, emotion, or respect, you’ll think it’s strange.

That was why Jang Si-hwan was interested in Kang-hoo’s dull reaction the other day.

I’m famous and you pretend not to know? You really don’t know me? It’s such a strange stimulation of pride.

“It’s nothing like that.”

“In the end, we are both just the same hunter. “I don’t think there’s anything special about you.”

“Tsk.”

Emilia burst out laughing at the sharp, bone-chilling bite that she had never heard before.

What can I say?

Do you feel like you are the first person to treat me like this? There was no break in Kang-hu’s words.