A Certain Reincarnated Person
"Got anything to say for yourself, Vier-chan?..."
"Mhm!..."
Our group is now camping at night near the border of the second layer, the rocky terrain, and the third layer, the old ruins, inside the Concrete_Jungle Dungeon.
Right now, Mifumi-sama and Felin are harshly scolding me while I'm on my knees begging for forgiveness.
"Please forgive, Mifumi-sama, Felin..."
It was for the reason of how I threatened... I mean treated Mr. Mikael lately this afternoon.
"What happened to your promise of not indiscriminately firing your Magic_Item gun towards other people?!"
Mifumi-sama reminded me of the condition made by the Magic Association and Misaki-sensei in regards to getting my license as a Craftsmaster and allowing me to make and use my Magic_Item guns.
Regardless of the fact that my Magic_Item guns like the Double-Barrel_Shotgun can be lethal depending on what kind of bullet I used and how powerful was the Explosion spell I engraved at the bullet case, they don't want the fact that I could just go rampaging around the town and shooting people with the non-lethal paint bullets that I made.
Not that I ever had that fun... I mean crazy idea before...
"You can't go around shooting paintball like you did before!"
"Ugh!..."
"I want to play with paintball again, Mifumi-sama."
"We can't, Felin. We're not at our town and the outpost town's Guards will probably get mad at us."
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"Besides, even if he was suspicious, aiming your Magic_Item gun and intentionally trying to injure Mr. Mikael is way out of the line!"
Mifumi-sama and Felin's harsh scolding continues...
"It was all a warning shot though..."
"The second and onwards are definitely not!"
For Mifumi-sama's side, attacking Mr. Mikael was the wrong call. Since he already showed us his Guild card along with the information engraved on it which will only appear if the true owner of the card is pouring Mana on it, there's no doubt that he was really Mr. Mikael.
However, that Guild card can also be fake.
If there's really no way to bypass the credibility of Guild cards, then smuggling and illegal transactions will unlikely happen inside of a town.
Explaining my side to Felin and Mifumi-sama should release me from this hour of kneeling which made my legs get numbs for a few minutes already. Not that I'm gonna give a hint of that to Mifumi-sama and Felin.
"Well, I guess you have a point, Vier-chan."
"Then is my punishment over now?"
"Ehh?... That was just a scolding. Your real punishment is just starting... Felin!"
"Mhm!..."
"Wait, wait, wait!... Please don't poke my legs... GYAAAAAH!!!..."
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***POV - A Certain Reincarnated Person***
It all started with two target notices posted at the Assassins' Guild.
In the darkest alley hidden in the depths of the Adventurers Outpost Town, two target notices were posted about a week ago.
The first one was a kill order that targeted a young girl with characteristics of a black-haired Half-Elf.
The second target notice was a capture order for a black cat-like Beast-kin kid.
Both target notices have a huge reward. 10 large Mithril coins for each of those kids.
I don't know who posted this absurd target notice but it is not like I care... Aside from that incredible amount of money which will be enough to live like a Noble for more than a year, I'm only doing Assassination request for the pleasure of killing.
"10 large Mithril coins is enough. I don't need the other half."
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The only information about the two targets provided along with the target notices was that they would arrive at the Floating Island of Liber to take the Adventurers' Academy Entrance Exam which will be held inside the Concrete_Jungle Dungeon.
What a favorable circumstances!
Inside the Dungeon, it's unlikely to have any interference as I hurt and torture those kids to my heart's content. And at the end, kill them all as I look at their desperate face.
For that wonderful idea to happen I acquired the help of four newbie Assassins who were also Iron_Rank Adventurers.
I killed their fourth member and lied to the other three about the safety of their friend for them to include me as their temporary member and help me get into the entrance exam.
Then after I enjoyed murdering the Guild's staff named Mikael with the help of those three morons, I finally decided to dispose of their group as I take the pleasure of killing them.
With only the Guild's staff guarding that group of kids blocking my way, I can almost reach them and feel their blood on my fingers.
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"Tsk!!!... Those kids are quite troublesome. Especially that crazy gun maniac kid!..."
Who would have thought that one of them has a weapon like those guns that I see in my dreams? I never thought that the method of making and using guns also existed in this world.
What is more troublesome is that they have a Reincarnated person in their group!.. There would be no way that I could approach those kids without them noticing my presence!
But it's not like I don't have any choice left.
'I'm gonna hurt, torture, and kill those kids tonight no matter what it takes!... Pfft!... Hahaha!..."
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I made camp tonight to sleep while I lay in wait for the night to reach its peak.
By that time, two of those kids will be asleep with only one remaining in watch, which can be easily dealt with.
Then as my consciousness fades into nothingness, the vision of my unusual dreams starts to appear.
It was a vision of Memories. A display of events that shows hundreds of victims killed and murdered.
It was a vision of Knowledge. Skills trained and nurtured to hurt and torture those victims.
It was a vision of Emotions. A feeling that drowned me into an incredible amount of pleasure.
A pleasure from dominating the weakest, the most innocent, and the desperate.
A pleasure that doesn't deserve to be felt only in my dreams.
A pleasure that I would rather feel with my own hands while being awake...
[Ehh~... So that's the kind of Soul_Ember you got... Pfft~... It really is Disgusting... Hahaha~...]
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"ARGHHH!!!..."
...Huff!...Huff!...Huff!...
What was that? Something that should not be there appeared in my dream.
"What kind of horrifying image is that?"
[Sheesh... Being described as horrifying... That is really rude coming from a disgusting Soul_Ember like yours...]
"What?... Who are you?!... Show yourself, coward!"
Wherever that horrifying voice was coming from, it was coming from a dangerous person who was hiding behind the shadows of the night.
Damn it!... I never felt so scared in my life.
"What exactly is happening?..."
[So you really can't feel our presence if I'm the one in control... That is definitely interesting...]
What was that about?... What presence?... Who's in control of what?...
[Well, I don't have a lot of time on my hands... So let's start dealing with this disgusting thrash... Pfft~... Hahaha~...]
Silence engulfed my surroundings after that horrifying laugh quietly disappeared at the cover of the night.
Then the unbearable silence made the darkness of my surroundings even darker than any dark alley that I have seen in my life.
And to my surprise, that darkness scared me.
My whole body is trembling.
My trembling hands didn't have any courage to draw my swords.
My trembling feet take a step backward, another step backward, and another step backward.
Then my trembling back hit a wall of rock that jolted my mind into realizing an unbearable fact.
Just now, my whole being was telling me to run away and escape like a coward.
"Screw it!!!... Don't underestimate me, you coward!... I'm the one who will murder you!... I'm the one who will kill..."
...BANG!...