Untuk bergerak cepat ketika tak ada keraguan, atau dalam semangat untuk mencoba sementara ini, kelompok itu menyewa sebuah ruangan pertemuan di penginapan dan memutuskan untuk memulai pengobatan segera.
u201cHey, sebaiknya kita pertimbangkan sedikit lagi...u201d
Sharfi mencoba mengangkat topik ini, tapi meskipun Gecko,
u201cTidak pernah terlalu cepat.u201d
Katakan dan mendorong keputusan untuk melakukannya malam ini.
Sharfi sudah berada dalam keadaan seperti mimpi setelah mengambil anestesi umum yang tersedia di penginapan untuk pereda nyeri.
Dan setelah mengucap panjang, Rihya sudah siap untuk mengaktifkan sihirnya begitu ia mengucapkan kata pemicu.
Juga, meskipun belum jelas penggunaannya, air panas sudah disiapkan.
Itu karena pengetahuan medis Ryo yang ragu-ragu membutuhkan air panai untuk operasi, dan tentu saja, Ryo, Penyihir Water-Attribute, yang menyiapkan airnya.
Yang tersisa hanyalah Max yang harus bersiap untuk mengupas tatuannya.
Pisau yang akan digunakan sudah ditentukan.
Pisau yang digunakan untuk mengekstrak batu sihir... Well, meskipun berasal dari mayat, itu adalah pisau yang sama yang digunakan terakhir kali untuk mengupas tatu kutukan itu.
Max dipilih sebagai orang yang akan melakukan pengujian.
Pada dasarnya, Gecko, Abel, Rin, dan Warren, yang tidak terlibat dalam u300cperlakuanu300d ini, sedang mengawasi Sharfi yang telah dilentangkan dari jauh.
Warren mengangkat tamengnya, dan Rin sedang memandang kepala di antara tamengnya.
(Well, jika ini menjadi situasi di mana tameng diperlukan, kita mungkin tidak akan aman...)
Ryo melihat adegan itu dan menggeram dalam hatinya.
Max memperhatikan dengan cara menarik kulit Sharfi dan menge menekan otot-ototnya.
Di sampingnya, Ryo mulai menyebarkan film es di sekitar jantung Sharfi.
Termasuk jantung dan pembuluh darah di sekitarnya.
Di komik dan anime, akan ada pembuluh darah besar yang terhubung ke jantung ketika diambil.
Vena kava yang berjalan ke atas dan ke bawah, aorta yang memutar di sekitar arteri paru kiri dan kanan, tiga arteri karotis yang keluar dari aorta, dan akhirnya empat pembuluh darah paru kiri dan kanan.
Jika ia menutupi area itu untuk sejenak, ia tidak akan mati secara instan.
Di luar kematian instan, ada Rihya...
Ryo berpikir tentang hal itu dan menutupi jantungnya.
u201cFilm es, siap.u201d
Ryo memberi tahu Max.
u201cBaiklah. Gecko-san, aku mulai.u201d
u201cYa, silakan.u201d
Gecko memberikan izinkan.
Setelah sebuah napas, pisau Max menembang ke dada Sharfi. Lalu, tanpa ragu-ragu, ia memotong kulit dan daging.
Namun, ketika ia memotong sekitar seperempat dari yang direncanakan, tato itu berubah.
Desain tato itu adalah sebuah pedang yang menembang ke sebuah elang berkepala ganda, dan pedang itu bersinar.
Lalu, sebuah tombak batu terbentuk.
Sepertinya tombak batu itu akan menembang ke dada Sharfi.
u201cRyo!u201d
u201cTenang saja. Aku akan melindungi jantung Sharfi.u201d
Ryo dengan tenang menjawab panggilan Max.
Tato itu memiliki mekanisme untuk membunuh host jika mereka mencoba untuk mengupasnya.
Namun, u300cFilm esu300d ada untuk alasan itu.
Pisau Max memotong sekitar setengah seperti yang direncanakan.
Di antara waktu itu, tombak batu yang bertato terbentuk di jantung Sharfi dan bertabrakan dengan film es Ryo.
Kiri Kiri Kiri
Seharusnya ini adalah tabrakan es dan batu, tapi suara menggosokkan logam bergema di ruangan konferensi.
(Thoraxnya cukup hancur, tapi tidak bisa dihindari... Aku harap Rihya bisa melakukan sesuatu tentang itu.)
Jantung dilindungi, tapi tulang rusuk di luarnya menjadi korban tombak batu.
Namun, saat itulah masalah lain muncul.
(Apa? Ada orang yang datang dengan cepat dari luar?)
Ryo merespons pada u2605u2605 <Passive Sonar> yang dia letakkan.
u201cMereka datang dari jendela!u201d
Ryo memberi peringatan keras sehingga Gecko dan Abel yang melihat dari jauh bisa mendengar.
u201cLindungi Gecko, Abel. Mungkin ada seseorang yang mengincar hidup Gecko.u201d
u201cSisa ke padaku!u201d
Abel sedikit ragu, tapi ia mengerti bahwa ini bukan situasi untuk bertanya.
u300cIce Wall 10-lapis kemasanu300d
Ryo membungkus Sharfi serta Max, Rihya, dan dirinya yang sedang berdiri di sekitar Sharfi.
Saat itu, tiga orang melompat melalui tiga jendela terbuka.
u201cHitam dari ujung ke ujung...u201d
Rihya berbisik ketika ia melihat tiga orang yang melompat.
Dua dari tiga orang itu berlari ke arah Gecko sementara satu tersisa mengarah ke Sharfi.
u201cGecko-san!u201d
Max berteriak sambil memegang pisau di dada Sharfi.
u201cGecko-san, biarkan saja pada Abel dan para nya. Mari kita fokus pada mengupas tato.u201d
u201cB-bener.u201d
Lalu Max beralih ke Sharfi dan mulai memindahkan pisau lagi.
Tiga orang jahat itu terpisah, tapi aksi yang mereka lakukan sama.
Mereka mengeluarkan sesuatu yang sebesar bola pingpong dari dada mereka dan melemparnya ke lantai.
Tapi itu adalah sesuatu yang orang-orang dari karavana Gecko telah lihat beberapa waktu yang lalu.
u201cKabur!u201d
Ya, itu adalah grenade asap yang digunakan Sharfi ketika ia menyerang karavana.
u201cAngin, pusatkan di telapku. <Badai>u201d
Rin mengeluarkan Sihir Angin.
Asap yang tersebar di ruangan dikumpulkan oleh mantra Rin dan ditarik keluar melalui jendela yang retak.
(Seperti yang diharapkan, penghakapan Rin cepat.)
Ryo yang melihat itu merasa terkesan jujur.
Ryo mengusir asap di lantai dengan <Squall>, tapi Rin, seorang Penyihir Atribut Angin, memilih cara untuk mengeksekusi dengan <Badai>.
Penghakapan dan aksi cepat yang benar. Itu menentukan kehidupan dan kematian.
(Tapi serangan asap juga dilakukan oleh Sharfi. Apa ini giliran klasik asasin?)
Ryo tersenyum dalam hatinya.
Tentu saja ini efektif, tapi jika seseorang seperti Ryo atau Rin ada di sekitar, ini akan dengan mudah dinegosiasikan...
Tentu saja, mereka mungkin telah bersiap untuk Renungan B...
Namun, u300cPedang Crimsonu300d tidak sembarangan untuk membiarkan mereka mengeksekusi Renungan B.
Saat asap dikumpulkan dalam Badai, Abel sudah menendang lantai dan membelok ke salah satu penyerang.
Penyerang yang tertembak berhasil mempertahankan diri dengan sebuah pisau tajam, tapi dengan aliran slash kedua, lengan terputus, dan dengan slash ketiga dari bahu, ia ditendang dan tewas...
Dan serangan penyerang lain pun sepenuhnya dicegah oleh Pembawa Tameng Warren.
Dia membeli waktu, dan saat itu, Abel yang telah membunuh yang pertama dan mendekat dari belakang, memenggal penyerang dengan satu slash.
Jika mereka berhasil membuat kabur, dan jika ini adalah pertarungan di ruang terbatas kecil ruangan konferensi, para asasin mungkin bisa menggunakan kekuatan yang signifikan.
Namun, mereka adalah lawan dari u300cCrimson Swordu300d, grup petualang kelas B.
Dua asasin dengan mudah dibuah, menunjukkan bahwa mereka tidak berbahaya sama sekali.
Karena itu, penyerang yang menuju ke Sharfi sendirian tersangkut dalam kotak es tanpa kesempatan untuk menyentuh dinding es...
u201cBiarlah sedikit lagi. Tahanlah, Sharfi.u201d
Max memotong dada Sharfi sambil memanggilnya.
Jika ada seseorang yang tidak tahu situasinya melihatnya, ini akan terlihat aneh.
Apalagi, ada mayat dua penyerang dan seorang pengenalan berbaluta hitam yang terjebak dalam es.
Tapi Max tidak bisa memikirkan hal-hal itu.
Tombak batu belum pernah memberhentikan targetnya pada jantung saat penyerang sedang menyerang.
Ini adalah persaingan antara tombak batu dan Max.
Dan akhirnya...
u201cBaiklah, aku berhasil mengeluarkannya.u201d
u300cKotak esu300d
Di saat yang sama, Max mengeluarkannya, Ryo menutupi daging yang bertato dengan tombak batu dalam kotak es.
u300c<Extra heal>u300d
Setelah memastikan, Rihya mengaktifkan Extra Heal pada dada Sharfi yang sudah sangat hancur bahkan jantungnya terlihat.
Itu adalah salah satu dari kekuatan terkuat Sihir Penyembuhan yang dikatakan bisa memperbaiki bahkan anggota tubuh yang hilang.
Hanya sedikit imam di negeri ini yang bisa menggunakannya.
Ryo tidak tahu mengapa Rihya bisa.
Dia tidak tahu, tapi dia pikir itu luar biasa.
Lalu, dengan efek yang luar biasa, otot-otot dan pembuluh darah tumbuh kembali, dan akhirnya kulit terbentuk di atas luka itu.
Kulit yang baru terbentuk tidak memiliki tato.
Rihya memeriksa nadi Sharfi dan melaporkan kepada Gecko bahwa tidak ada komplikasi.
Setelah menerima laporan itu, Gecko terlihat sangat ringan.
u201cRyo, orang-orang berbalut hitam ini...?u201d
u201cYa. Mereka milik u300cCultu300d yang Sharfi miliki.u201d
Ryo mengangguk dan menjawab pertanyaan Abel.
u201cSebuah kultus yang hidup dari pembunuhan...u201d
u201cOrde Pembunuh!u201d
Rin mengakui bisikan Rihya.
u201cYa, u300cOrde Pembunuhu300d... lebih seperti legenda daripada rumor...u201d
Rihya mengomentari sambil memikirkan sendiri.
(Sehatnya juga di dunia ini... Orde Pembunuh)
Ryo agak teruja.
Saat berbicara tentang asasin di Bumi, Hassan-i Sabbah muncul di pikiran.
Pendiri Orde Pembunuh, yang juga dikenal sebagai Orang Tua Gunung.
Tentu saja, ia adalah seorang yang nyata, yang dikelilingi banyak anekdot dan legenda.
Ada catatan tentang kematiannya di Alamut Castle, di bagian barat laut Iran, pada 23 Mei 1124.
Salah satu anekdotnya menggambarkan hubungannya dengan Nizam al-Mulk.
Ini ditulis oleh Hamdallah Mustawfi Qazvini, seorang sejarawan Parsi dari era Ilkhanate.
Dia menggambarkannya dalam u300cExcerpt Historyu300d.
Ketika Hassan-i Sabbah sedang melayani Raja kedua Kekaisaran Seljuk, Alp Arslan, Kepala Negaranya pada saat itu adalah Nizam al-Mulk.
Kekaisaran Seljuk, yang diciptakan oleh Raja pertama Tughril Beg, mencapai wilayah terbesarnya saat Raja kedua Alp Arslan dan Kepala Negaranya Nizam al-Muruk, dan mencapai puncaknya pada generasi ketiga.
Tentu saja Alp Arslan dan Nizam al-Mulk adalah orang-orang yang luar biasa.
Sekarang, suatu ketika Hassan Sabbah menerima perintah dari Alp Arslan untuk mengumpulkan laporan pengeluaran di seluruh Kekaisaran.
Tapi ini adalah pekerjaan yang sangat sulit karena harus selesai dalam 40 hari seperti yang diminta oleh Kepala Negara Nizam al-Mulk, yang biasanya membutuhkan setahun.
Tapi Hassan Sabbah melakukannya.
Kepala Negara yang terganggu Nizam al-Muluk mengacaukan isi laporan di pagi hari saat Hassan-i Sabbah melaporkan ke Alp Arslan.
Karena itu, Hassan-i Sabbah gagal menjawab pertanyaan Alp Arslan, dan kehormatannya hilang.
Tentu saja, Kepala Negara Nizam al-Mulk menambahkan pukulan lebih lanjut.
Akibatnya, Hassan Sabbah dikucilkan dari pengadilan.
Setelah itu, Hassan Sabbah
To move with haste when there were no doubts, or in the spirit of trying for the time being, the group rented a meeting room at the inn and decided to start treatment immediately.
“Hey, shouldn’t we consider it a little more carefully ...”
Sharfi tried to broach the subject, but even Gecko,
“It’s never too early.”
Said and urged the decision to conduct it tonight.
Sharfi was already in a dream-like state after taking the general anesthetic for pain relief that was available at the inn.
And after a long chant, Rihya was ready to activate her magic the moment she said the trigger word.
Also, although there was no clear use for it yet, hot water was prepared.
It was due to Ryo’s doubtful medical knowledge that hot water was needed for surgery, and of course, Ryo, the Water-Attribute Magician, prepared it.
All that was left was for Max to prepare to peel the tattoo off.
The knife to use was decided.
A knife used to extract magic stones ... Well, even though it was from a corpse, it was the same knife used last time to strip off that curse tattoo.
Max was chosen as the one to conduct the test.
Basically, Gecko, Abel, Rin, and Warren, who were not involved in this 『treatment』, were watching the laid-down Sharfi from a distance.
Warren held his shield up, and Rin was peeking her head out from behind it.
(Well, if it becomes a situation where a shield is needed, we probably won’t be safe ...)
Ryo saw that scene and grumbled in his heart.
Max was taking note by pulling on Sharfi’s skin and pressing on his muscles.
Next to him, Ryo began to spread the ice film around Sharfi’s heart.
Including the heart and the blood vessels around it.
In comics and anime, there would be large blood vessels connected to the heart when it is taken out.
Vena cava that runs up and down, aorta that wraps around the left and right pulmonary arteries, three carotid arteries that exit from the aorta, and finally four left and right pulmonary veins.
If he covers that area for a short time, he won’t die instantly.
Apart from instant death, Rihya was there ...
Ryo thought to himself and enclosed the heart.
“Ice film, ready.”
Ryo informed Max.
“Okay. Gecko-san, I’ll start.”
“Yes, please.”
Gecko granted permission.
After a breath, Max’s knife pierced Sharfi’s chest. Then, without hesitation, he cut through the skin and flesh.
However, when he cut about a quarter of what he had planned, the tattoo changed.
The design of the tattoo was a sword that pierced a double-headed eagle, and the sword shined.
Then, a stone spear formed.
It looked like the stone spear would pierce Sharfi’s chest.
“Ryo!”
“It’s okay. I will protect Sharfi’s heart.”
Ryo calmly answered Max’s call.
The tattoo had a mechanism to kill the host if they attempted to remove it.
However, the 『Ice film』 was there for that reason.
Max’s knife cut through about half as planned.
Meanwhile, the tattooed stone spear formed at Sharfi’s heart and collided with Ryo’s ice film.
Kiri Kiri Kiri
It was supposed to be a collision of ice and stone, but the sound of scraping metal echoed in the conference room.
(The ribs have been crushed quite a bit, but it can’t be helped ... I hope Rihya will be able to do something about it.)
The heart was protected, but the ribs outside it were the victims of the stone spear.
However, at that time, more problems emerged.
(What? People are coming here in a straight line at a considerable speed?)
Ryo responded to the ★ ★ <Passive sonar> that he had put out.
“Somebody is coming from the window!”
Ryo gave a loud warning so that Gecko and Abel who were looking from a distance away could hear.
“Protect Gecko, Abel. It may be someone who is aiming for Gecko’s life.”
“Leave it to me!”
Abel had some doubts, but he understood that he was not in the situation to ask such a question.
“<Ice Wall 10-layer package>”
Ryo surrounded Sharfi as well as Max, Rihya, and himself who were all standing around Sharfi.
At that moment, people jumped in through the three open windows.
“Black from head to toe ...”
Rihya murmured when she saw the three people who jumped in.
Two of the three ran toward Gecko while the remaining one aimed for Sharfi.
“Gecko-san!”
Max shouted with a knife in Sharfi’s chest.
“Gecko-san, it’s okay to leave it to Abel and his party. Let’s concentrate on stripping the tattoo.”
“O-okay.”
Then Max turned to Sharfi and started moving his knife again.
The three thieves were separated, but the actions they took were the same.
They took out a fist-sized item from their bosom and threw it on the floor.
But that was something the people from Gecko’s caravan had seen a while back.
“Smokescreen!”
Yes, it was the smoke grenade that Sharfi used when he attacked the caravan.
“Wind, swirl in my palm. <Tornado>”
Rin cast Wind Magic.
The smoke that had spread in the room was collected by Rin’s spell and exhausted to the outside through a broken window.
(As expected, Rin’s judgment is quick.)
Ryo was honestly impressed.
Ryo knocked the smoke down to the ground with <Squall>, but Rin, a Wind-Attribute Magician, chose the method of carrying it out with <Tornado>.
Correct and quick judgment and action. That determines life and death.
(But the smokescreen attack was also done by Sharfi. I wonder if it is a classic assassin’s ploy?)
Ryo smiled in his heart.
It was certainly effective, but if someone like Ryo or Rin were around, it would be easily nullified ...
Of course, they probably prepared for Plan B ...
However, the 『Crimson Sword』 was not so naive as to allow them to execute Plan B.
The moment the smoke was collected in the Tornado, Abel had already kicked the floor and was slashing at one of the assailants.
The slashed assailant managed to defend against the blow with a dagger he held in his opposite hand, but with a flowing second slash, his arm was cut off, and with a third diagonal slash from the shoulder, he was struck and died ...
And the attack of the other assailant was completely prevented by the Shield-bearer Warren.
As he bought time that way, Abel, who had cut down the first one and approached from behind, beheaded the assailant with one slash.
If they succeeded in setting up a smokescreen, and if it was a battle in the limited space of that small conference room, the assassins might have been able to exert considerable power.
However, their opponent was the B-rank party 『Crimson Sword』.
The two assassins were easily disposed of, indicating that they were not a threat at all.
Incidentally, the assailant who headed for Sharfi alone was trapped in an ice coffin without even a chance to touch the ice wall ...
“A little more. Endure it Sharfi.”
Max sliced through his chest with a knife as he called out.
If anyone who didn’t know the situation saw it, it would have been a strange sight.
Moreover, there were the bodies of two assailants and a man in black who were encased in ice.
But Max couldn’t afford to think about that.
The stone spear hadn’t given up on aiming for the heart while the assailants were attacking.
It was a competition between the stone spear and Max.
And finally ...
“Okay, I cut it out.”
“<Ice coffin>”
At the same time Max removed it, Ryo enclosed the tattooed flesh with a stone spear in an Ice coffin.
“<Extra heal>”
After confirming that, Rihya activated an Extra Heal on Sharfi’s chest, which was heavily gorged out that even the heart was visible.
That was one of the strongest Healing magic that was said to repair even lost limbs.
Only a few priests in the country could use it.
Ryo didn’t know why Rihya could.
He didn’t know, but he thought it was great that she could.
Then, with outstanding effect, the muscles and blood vessels regenerated, and finally, skin formed over the former wound.
The newly formed skin had no tattoos.
Rihya took Sharfi’s pulse and informed Gecko that there were no complications.
Upon receiving the report, Gecko looked visibly relieved.
“Ryo, these guys in black ...?”
“Yes. They belong to the 『Cult』 that Sharfi belonged to.”
Ryo nodded and answered Abel’s question.
“A cult whose livelihood is assassination ...”
“The Order of Assassins!”
Rin acknowledged Rihya’s mutter.
“Yes, the 『Order of Assassins』 ... it’s more like a legend than a rumor ...”
Rihya commented as she thought to herself.
(So it’s in this world too ... the Order of Assassins)
Ryo was a little excited.
When speaking of assassins on Earth, Hassan-i Sabbah comes to mind.
The founder of the Order of Assassins, also known as the Old Man of the Mountain.
Of course, he was a real person, colored by many anecdotes and legends.
There were records of his death at Alamut Castle in the Midwestern part of Iran on May 23, 1124.
One of his anecdotes describes his relationship with Nizam al-Mulk.
It was written by Hamdallah Mustawfi Qazvini, a Persian historian of the Ilkhanate era.
He described him in the 『Excerpt History』.
When Hassan-i Sabbah was serving the Seljuk empire’s second monarch, Alp Arslan, the Chancellor then was Nizam al-Mulk.
The Seljuk Empire, created by the first monarch Tughril Beg, reached its largest territory during the time of the second monarch Alp Arslan and the Chancellor Nizam al-Muruk, and reached its peak in the third generation.
There was no doubt that Alp Arslan and Nizam al-Mulk were excellent.
Now, at one point Hassan Sabbah was ordered by Alp Arslan to compile spending reports across the Empire.
But it was a very difficult task to do in 40 days as Chancellor Nizam al-Mulk requested, as it would typically take a year.
But Hassan Sabbah did it.
The vexed Chancellor Nizam al-Mulk messed up the contents of the report the morning of Hassan-i Sabbah’s report to Alp Arslan.
Because of that, Hassan-i Sabbah failed to answer Alp Arslan’s questions, and his honor was lost.
Of course, Chancellor Nizam al-Mulk added further blows to the situation.
As a result, Hassan Sabbah was ousted from the court.
After that, Hassan Sabbah organized the Order of Assassins.
Chancellor Nizam al-Mulk was a celebrity that appeared in high school world history textbooks, and his 『Nezamiyeh Academy』 was a frequent phrase that always appeared in regular tests.
A famous individual as that, Chancellor Nizam al-Mulk, ended up assassinated in 1092.
Who on earth assassinated him ...
(Eh? Wasn’t the national emblem of the Seljuk empire a double-headed eagle ...? Sharfi’s tattoo is a sword that pierces a double-headed eagle ... is this a coincidence?)
There were many royal families and countries in history that had the 『Double-headed eagle』 as their coat of arms or national emblem.
Whether it was the Holy Roman Empire or the House of Romanov in Russia, it was a design that had been common since ancient times.
Ryo’s knowledge was, of course, knowledge from Earth, but of course, he thought that there might be some royal families and countries that used the design of 『Double-headed Eagle』 on 『Phi』.
It might be a coincidence ...
But if it wasn’t a coincidence ... that was a big deal.
Because that meant that reincarnated people were involved.
(Well, there’s nothing I can do about it thinking about it now. Let’s ask Sharfi after he wakes up.)
After all, Ryo had already confirmed the existence of other reincarnated people due to the curry, cafes, and crepes.
The only question was, ‘Are they still alive?’ and to be honest, it didn’t matter to him if they were.
Ryo considered most matters half-mindedly.
Sharfi, who was asleep, was taken to Ryo and Ra’s room for the time being.
Ra, who was guarding the caravan and the others, seemed to have been waiting with excitement.
Because Gecko ordered him to ‘Never leave here and protect them’, he couldn’t move even if there was a scuffle.
However, Ra trusted Abel more than anyone else.
When he heard that Abel and his colleagues had defeated the assassins, Ryo saw him praising them happily as if it was himself.
Abel and his party were thanked by Gecko and he promised to transfer the rewards to their guild account, along with the rewards for their protection.
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