Vol. 1 - Ch. 60 - Nobody Move!

“Should I turn left at the next intersection? Or should I turn right? Or should I just keep going straight?”

As he felt the lazy Lico’s tail lazily swaying behind him, Griffin continued moving forward along the narrow path.

Every time he took a step, he tossed a copper coin onto the ground beneath his feet.

Although he was carrying a burning brazier in his hands and had a lazy snake wrapped in a blanket on his back, the enhancement from his battle aura allowed him to move at an astonishing speed.

For some reason, Griffin’s blood was surging violently.

Why was he so unusually excited?

In reality, it was nothing more than the combined effects of intense movement, the warmth from the brazier, and the blanket wrapped around Liko.

However, Griffin himself was completely unaware of the true reason.

At that moment, his mind was occupied entirely by a certain instinct—a sharp instinct forged through countless battles.

That instinct was telling him that a battle awaited him ahead.

If that bastard was involved, then he would definitely have anticipated the existence of troublesome variables like Lord Lynn.

Therefore, he must have prepared himself to overturn everything at any moment.

Griffin gritted his teeth.

Whenever he thought of that detestable face, he felt an uncontrollable urge to tear apart everything before him.

Ever since signing the contract with Lynn, he had appeared as calm and composed as always.

But in reality, the flames of hatred burning within him were like deadly poison, continuously corroding his seemingly peaceful heart.

He could not accept a world where his enemy was still alive.

Therefore, even if his body was torn apart, even if his entire body was covered in countless wounds, he would continue fighting until his final breath.

Even if only his head and neck remained capable of moving, he would still bite through that bastard’s throat.

Carrying the slight dizziness brought about by his fury, Griffin turned around the corner.

Just as he was preparing to accelerate once again, a flash of cold light suddenly appeared in the distance within his bloodshot vision.

Under his focused gaze, there was only a single crossbow bolt.

It tore through the air at incredible speed, roaring as it carried a powerful surge of battle aura.

Griffin wanted to dodge.

However, he quickly realized that it was extremely difficult.

This was a carefully calculated attack.

The enemy had already predicted the brief moment when he slowed down before accelerating again and had aimed precisely at that opening.

A crossbow bolt carrying battle aura no weaker than his own was impossible to completely evade.

Griffin made his decision instantly.

He abandoned the idea of dodging sideways.

There was simply no time, and attempting to do so would only cause the crossbow bolt to create an even more fatal penetrating wound from the side.

Instead, he forcefully stopped his movement and shifted his body, intending to use his waist to avoid his vital organs and take the attack.

Clang!

The sound of metal colliding rang out.

Griffin’s eyes widened in shock.

A tail covered in black scales had extended from beneath his armpit, accurately blocking the incoming crossbow bolt with its tip.

“So troublesome… Can you send me back first…?”

Liko’s sleepy voice came from behind him.

“Otherwise, if you die… I’ll only be able to sleep on the ground…”

“Before I kill that bastard, I won’t die. Don’t worry.”

Of course, Griffin could not return.

He still had to catch up with the assassin who had delivered the message and interfere with Baron Rose’s arrangements as much as possible.

“Come on! My former comrades from the Blood Serpent Society!”

He shouted in a low voice and immediately charged toward the direction where the crossbow bolt had come from.

At the same time, he moved in an unpredictable manner, preventing his opponent from locking onto him and firing another shot.

The opponent’s skill with a crossbow proved that he was most likely a long-range attacker.

That meant close combat would be Griffin’s advantage.

Griffin did not know how many more pieces like himself that bastard still had hidden in his hands.

But there was one thing he was absolutely certain of—

He would never be weaker than them!

With a practiced twist of his wrist, several throwing knives instantly appeared in his palm.

After coating them with battle aura, he threw them out.

The blades flew along strange and unpredictable trajectories, sealing off every possible direction his opponent could use to evade.

However, the response Griffin received was—

“Stop joking around! Blood Serpent’s dog!”

A beast-like roar erupted through the night.

A massive figure wearing a black robe suddenly emerged from the shadows hidden beneath the darkness of the sky.

Facing the charging Griffin, the figure did not dodge at all.

As a result, all of the throwing knives failed to achieve anything.

“My subordinates recognized you! Back then, Her Highness Aina had no one accompanying her, which allowed you to escape!”

“But this time, you and that snake will both be torn apart by me!”

The furious roar, resembling the howl of a tiger, rushed toward him.

Griffin’s pupils suddenly contracted.

Looking at the towering figure raising a massive clawed hand, and staring into those eyes filled with the domineering aura of the ruler of all beasts—

He realized a small problem.

‘Oh no…’ 

It seemed like he had made a slight miscalculation.

The opponent was not an assassin from the Blood Serpent Society.

He was an incredibly powerful tiger-type beastman.

Griffin only had enough time to raise both arms and block in front of himself.

The next moment, a terrifying force struck him.

Although the wrist guards hidden beneath his clothes, which contained his throwing knives, successfully blocked the claws from tearing into him, the overwhelming impact still sent him flying backward.

If Liko had not used her spring-like tail to support the wall behind him, he would probably have been slammed into it.

It was not that he would necessarily have suffered serious injuries.

However, he would have undoubtedly fallen into the opponent’s rhythm.

No good. Although the battle aura strength between us seems to be about the same, the difference in physical ability is far too great.

Moreover, we aren’t even enemies in the first place… but the other side clearly doesn’t understand that.

“Keep watch around here. After waiting for so long, the Blood Serpent Society has finally revealed themselves and begun their operation. There must be others nearby.”

The tiger beastman growled before preparing to charge toward Griffin and Lico once again.

Griffin’s expression darkened.

Although he did not want to fight, the opponent clearly had no intention of giving them any chance to catch their breath or explain themselves.

In fact, this guy was already interfering with his revenge.

Since that was the case, there was only one option left—

A fight to the death!

“My blanket… and my brazier… Hmm, I’m a little angry…”

Because of the earlier attack, the brazier in Griffin’s hand and the blanket wrapped around Liko had both fallen to the ground.

As a result, Liko slowly opened her gloomy eyelids, revealing a pair of chilling snake-like pupils.

“I said stop, stop! Harmony is the most important thing! Nobody move!”

At that moment, a voice suddenly rang out.

Everyone who heard it raised their heads and looked over.

Then, they saw a figure rushing toward them with his hands full of copper coins.

It was none other than Lynn, who had followed the trail of copper coins Griffin had scattered along the way and hurried over at full speed.

A moment later, several figures dressed in black robes chased after him from behind and tackled him to the ground.

“Lord Fenrir, this guy is way too fast when he’s running on the ground. We couldn’t catch up with him at all.”

They wiped the sweat from their foreheads and spoke while gasping for breath.

“It’s you…”

The tiger beastman named Fenrir immediately revealed an even stronger killing intent in his eyes.

However, he ultimately restrained himself.

“His Highness said that he is our hunting dog. Let him go.”

Lynn, who had been tightly protecting the copper coins in his arms, immediately stood up and carefully stuffed them into his pockets.

After completing this extremely important task, he finally turned around.

With exaggerated gestures, he began explaining Griffin and Liko’s current situation to Fenrir and the others.

“…So, in short, they are no longer considered a threat.”

As he continued speaking, Lynn’s voice gradually weakened.

The reason was simple.

This entire situation was just too absurd.

“You mean two assassins, one of whom is even from the snake race, betrayed their organization simply because of love and laziness?”

Although Lynn had tried his best to make his explanation sound more reasonable through the art of language, Fenrir’s expression clearly showed one thing:

Do you actually believe what you’re saying?

Even though Lynn had repeatedly emphasized that tracking down the assassins who had escaped from the Viscount’s mansion was an extremely urgent matter, this tiger beastman—who had personally witnessed Lynn’s earth-shattering “water attack”—clearly had no intention of blindly following his orders.

What should he do?

Just as Lynn began thinking of a solution, suddenly.

A series of enormous roars erupted from various locations throughout White Pine City.

Roar!

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