Bad Born Blood Chapter 305

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Maria Oganov was a cold-hearted woman. Even though her two children had died right before her eyes, she recognized the cruel reality and acted accordingly.

‘I have to be organized to survive as the leader of a wandering group.’

If the leader gets emotional, the whole group falls apart. If she had gotten emotional here, being shaken by the death of her child, Crawler Sariel would have died too.

Although she may have seemed like a cruel mother to others, Maria was handling things appropriately.

Woohoo.

The masked Quilia would be moving without any sign of presence. Her presence would have disappeared, as if she were in another dimension.

Quilia went out to scout out the culprit who attacked Uriel and Raphael.

In the meantime, I spoke to Maria.

“Maria, what is the smell that Sariel is sensitive to?”

“It’s my ‘body odor.’ I put it in a capsule.”

I frowned and accelerated my thinking.

“Have you lost anything of your belongings recently? A handkerchief, underwear… … things like that.”

Maria blinked and gritted her teeth.

“fu*k! I once gave my underwear to a pros**tute I met at a bar who wanted it.”

“That was a stupid thing to do.”

I shot back. Maria also touched her forehead where the veins were.

“There were more than one or two of those bastards, and that was before the auction house raid… … Ha, stop it. Excuses are ugly. I fell into the trap like an idiot.”

Maria aimed her gun at the building. She wasn’t surprised to see Quilia disappear as if she were invisible.

‘Maria must know that the high priests and warriors of Kora use strange techniques.’

Quilia must have approached the building by now. I waited quietly for her communication.

-Luke, you must retreat. I will explain later.

Quilia was not an emotionless machine. She just had extremely restrained emotions.

‘awe.’

A faint emotion could be heard even over the phone.

‘And Quilia knows who is in that building.’

If you didn’t know, you wouldn’t have said run away out of the blue.

‘Someone that would tell Quilia to run away.’

It must be a being associated with Korana Arcane.

“Back away slowly. And explain what you saw.”

-I can’t say.

“I guess it has something to do with Cora.”

I dug in sharply, and Quilia remained silent. I continued to question her.

“If you are attacked while retreating, you must know your enemy to deal with it. There is no situation more disadvantageous than being surprised by an unknown enemy. Any trained warrior will understand what I mean.”

Quilia’s loyalty would be to her parish priest, not to the church in her home country. The parish priest is in a position to resist orders from the home country.

If Quilia were someone who was completely loyal to the religious order in his home country, the parish priest would not have her as his confidant.

‘For Quilia, the parish priest’s interests come first.’

I got what I wanted by poking at other people’s thoughts and hearts. This is Kinuan’s way.

Quilia’s voice flowed out of the communicator, confirming my guess.

-This is Cora’s ‘Assassin’.

“Assassins? That kind of organization… … Well, it would be an irregular organization. What about combat power? In terms of the Paladins or Royal Guards.”

I am a former senior military officer. I know about other countries’ foreign special forces. What I don’t know means it is an irregular organization.

Any country has irregular military organizations, because running a country is not always done legally and cleanly.

-Assassins have the upper hand in small-scale combat. They are particularly suited to this type of irregular warfare. They will be more difficult to deal with.

“It’s just a difference in roles, but you’re saying that he’s not a top fighter. Quillia, don’t come this way and continue your reconnaissance. Tell me everything about him, including his weapons and abilities. I’ll see him through your words. We’re the ones attacking.”

Quilia may not like my decision, but the decision is mine.

-… … I see. He’s currently looking around. He’s checking for other threats. He’s not leaving, so I guess he’s going to look around here more. It doesn’t look like he’s been here long.

I took to heart every word Quilia said. I created a simulation in my head of what I was seeing on the scene.

-The catalyst is a ring. He wears a ring on each finger. It seems to act as some sort of Force power recharger, and two of the rings have a diminished glow.

It must be because he used his powers on Raphael and Uriel.

Quilia’s report was sharp. It gave me the information I needed quickly.

Just as Quilia was about to report something more, a blue light flashed inside the building.

Ter- Huh!

Then, an explosion occurred.

‘Quilia was attacked.’

There was static on Quilia’s communications. There was no time to check if she was okay or not.

The cognitive distortion ability is not a perfect concealment. It can be destroyed by various means. The Force seems to have a variety of uses.

“Maria, turn left and shoot over the broken wall. Get some attention. You have to avenge your child, right?”

I gave Maria a dangerous role. I don’t know for sure what the enemy’s Force ability is. And its range is also undetermined.

“I’ll do as I’m told, but if my head explodes, take responsibility for Sariel and send him home. He’s a worthless son who gets easily taken advantage of by others.”

“I promise. Unless I die.”

Maria nodded and took a detour with her sniper rifle.

I calmly increased the output of my body while regulating my breathing.

“Quilia, are you listening? Attack anything that moves to get its attention.”

I said it over the phone.

Ka-Ang!

A sharp friction sound spread through the building. Quilia had managed to move.

bang!

Maria also fired almost simultaneously. The gunshot was loud, as if she had changed the ammunition type to a high-power type.

‘Excellent.’

For a hastily put together squad, they worked well together.

Quilia and Maria did as I instructed. Now it’s my turn, and if they fail, it’s my fault.

After a long time, my shoulders feel heavy.

I leapt as if I was releasing a bowstring, pressing down on the ground. In an instant, the building that had been far away became closer.

The broken wall was covered in a haze of Force Aura. The stench of death from the corpses of Raphael and Uriel stung my nose.

I deliberately rushed into a windowless wall. I couldn’t see the enemy, but the enemy couldn’t see me either.

However, I know the internal structure of the building, the appearance of the thing, and its location through Quilia’s report.

Kwa- Support!

I stretched out my leg and kicked the wall. The concrete structure crumbled, exposing the steel frame.

Crunch!

I opened the way by pushing the steel frame with my shoulder and crunching it.

Gurrrrrr!

I crashed through the wall like a shell. And then I saw ‘Korra’s Assassins’.

He looked like an extremely ordinary man. His impression was so vague that even if you saw him on the street, you probably wouldn’t remember him. He was bare-handed and unarmed, so it was easy to let your guard down.

‘This is why Force abilities are scary. They look like normal people.’

Force users can use non-weapon-like items, including trinkets, as catalysts.

I thought I was unarmed, but if I suddenly use my Force powers, I’d be a terrible assassin just thinking about it.

Tingling.

I felt the hairs on my head stand on end. Korra’s assassin also looked at me, extending his ringed finger.

‘The catalyst ring is glowing.’

Force abilities have a series of orders and rules. If you watch and predict their movements, you can even avoid Force attacks. And this fits my specialty, Archie’s Victima’s fighting style.

Kilik!

I landed on one foot and twisted my body roughly. It was a bold move, enough to twist my back.

Pee- whoosh!

A Force projectile erupted from the assassin’s fingers like a bullet. It passed right where my head had been.

‘It’s a triumph of experience.’

I’ve seen Force users a few times. Don’t be confused by their abilities. All the combat gear, swords, and guns are just transformed into Force abilities.

I was precariously balancing in a collapsing position.

Then he pulled the trigger of the preheated shock pistol, Ruina.

Ter- Huh!

The Assassin deployed a force curtain to cancel out the concussion bullets.

Woohoo!

The Force curtain glowed translucently from the aftershock of the impact grenade’s explosion.

‘I thought it wouldn’t work anyway.’

My vision was blurred by the repeated explosions and the dust from the building debris. I watched the bastard’s ring shining through the clouds.

‘One, two, three.’

I kicked the floor and soared up to the ceiling, counting numbers in my head.

I spun around in the air and was stuck upside down on the ceiling as if there was no gravity.

Ter- Huh!

A force explosion occurred where I had just been standing.

‘A force ability focused on intuitive attacks.’

I pulled out the Graken Boot and held it so that the blade was pointing downwards. Today is the day when Graken Boots, not Crucis, come into play.

I kicked the ceiling until it broke and clung to the assassin. I was finally close enough to his nose.

The assassins were bare-handed, probably to disguise themselves as ordinary citizens.

Wheein!

The bastard’s ring glowed with the Force. But it was too late. No matter how powerful the cannon was, it was meaningless if it couldn’t fire.

Whirl! Kick!

I quickly swung my Graken Boots while pulling at his arm.

A white trail flashed several times as if it was scratching at the bastard’s hand.

Thud!

All ten fingers were cut off simultaneously and fell to the floor.

Ugh!

I reached out with my left hand and put it into the assassin’s mouth and pulled down. His jawbone shattered and his lower body dangled.

If this happens, self-harm will be impossible, and communication and reporting will be impossible.

Then I quickly struck his knees and elbows with my hands and feet.

The bastard’s joints were shattered and broken, shaking as if a thread had snapped. His limbs, with their joints no longer able to hold him in place, were twisted and bent.

Whoosh!

I turned around and pinned his back with my foot, then shoved my Graken boot into the back of his head. If he did anything stupid, I would immediately stab him with my blade.

The neutralization and suppression are over.

I took a deep breath and looked around.

Woohoo.

Quilia’s figure, which had been obscured by cognitive distortion, blinked dimly and then was revealed. She had suffered minor and major injuries from the Force blast, but her life seemed to be in no danger.

“Can you move?”

I asked Quilia.

“He hit his head and has a concussion, but he will recover soon.”

Quilia struggled to her feet, holding onto the wall.

“Kreuk, kkud, yup.”

The assassin muttered something through his dislocated jaw.

“Can I get some information from this guy?”

“It must be hard. If his jaw was intact, he would have killed himself with the poison planted in his molars.”

“You know very well.”

“I almost became an assassin too. I received half of my combat training from you. I’m not the type to open my mouth, so it would be best to kill me right away.”

“There’s a reason I subdued him. It would be better for Maria to kill him, not me. He’s the enemy of his children, so he’d want to kill him himself. This way, I could also pay off Maria’s debt at the same time.”

I saw Maria and Sariel walking towards me from beyond the broken wall.

Quilia came to my side with difficulty.

“This is my first time working with you, but I’m amazed at how you did all those calculations in a split second. It’s like… … .”

I know very well what the rumors are about. Quilia must have seen what he did.

“… …Like Kinuan?”

Quilia nodded at my words.