Chapter 02 - Your Daily Life as a Shadow Wizard

A dream. I had a dream that I had lost a long time ago.

It had been ten years since I, Ars Wilzard, started working as a wizard in the world of shadows.

If my father hadn’t caught me that day, I’m sure I would have died under that cold weather.

[Ah! Don’t come! Stay away from me!]

It didn’t matter the time or place.

The place stained with the smell of smoke and blood is where I work.

Like a machine, I pull the trigger of my gun and keep shooting bullets into the body of the enemy wizard.

[Hey! Somebody make this guy stop it!]

[Are you kidding me…? How are we gonna do that!]

My father gave me a new way of life, which is killing people whose faces and names I don’t know, as he ordered

This is the city of darkness • 《Parakenos》

The mission of the Guild of Magicians 《Nameless》 is to protect the safety of this city, where the dark desires of humans revolve around.

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[Hmph. I never thought I would be trapped so quickly.]

After expelling the guards, I reached the deepest part of the enemy hiding place, and found the man who was my target this time.

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Gregory Scanner • 38 years old • Man

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He is a two-star nobleman, and is involved in illegal human trafficking.

He has been arrested four times before, but in each case he has been released for accumulating a large amount of taxes paid.

He is a bad person who cannot be tried by the law.

Someone who has more than enough motive to be a target of my organization.

[I’ve heard about you. You’re the Night Hawk, the Death Bird, right?]

The man spoke, even when he sat on the couch and lit a cigarette in his mouth.

[A bird that never leaves a trace. He is called that because he is terribly fast, and quieter than anyone else, and can complete the job. He’s a killer with the ‘Royal Decree’.]

He is a man who speaks eloquently.

I don’t like to be called by the name of Night Hawk, the Bird of Death.

It’s not that I’m consciously killing them in silence.

But when people started calling me that, I was trying to do my best at work at that time.

Besides, the real great killers are those who perform their jobs without anyone knowing.

As soon as even he got a name on the streets and became famous, his skills as a killer would still be immature.

[Well, blame my bad luck, since the Night Bird appeared, no chance to escape. Use your skills, kill me at once. ]

This man, he is a great actor.

From the moment I entered this room, I always felt uncomfortable.

For a nobleman being pursued by an organization, the security around the area is very weak.

It was as if from the beginning, his goal was to attract him to this room.

[Kakaka! Did you think I was going to say that? Fuck you! You bastard!]

It’s exactly as I suspected, there were people hiding in the dark.

They seem to have disguised their presence very well, but they were unable to hide the murderous intention that emanated from them.

Activating assigned spell — 《Strengthening Resistance》

I decided to use it as a simple shield, letting magic power flow in the jacket I was wearing.

The jacket that was provided to me by the organization is special.

The black coat, which was woven with many feathers from the wings of the rare Gryphon creature, is perfect in terms of strength and allows the magical power to flow well.

[That way they won’t make it a mess!]

A storm of beauties was fired from all sides, and they flew into my body.

I quickly took off my coat and along with the mask I was wearing, and decided to dodge the bullets casually.

[Gahaha! I did it! The legendary 《Murderer》 was killed by me, this will make my name famous in this world.]

I get it.

I thought I was getting in too easily, so that was the reason.

But it’s a shame.

If he fell into a trap of this level, then he couldn’t survive in the shadow world for 10 years.

[Aagh! Puffer! Guffaw!]

Having avoided the enemy’s attack, I began to counterattack with the gun in my hand.

He doesn’t need any extravagant magic to kill a human being.

If he hits a 9mm lead ball in the face, most humans will die instantly.

[Haa… No way… Why…]

As the white smoke diminished and the vision became clearer, I saw that the man’s face was distorted with despair.

The trapped man seemed to have begun his final resistance with the gun he had hidden under his table.

However, if you have already been pushed to this point, this would serious a senseless resistance.

[Damn! Damn, ahhhhh!]

The bullets fired in the dark cloud, are sucked through the wall, without being able to hit my body.

And that’s it.

I approach and kick the man’s gun, I point the barrel of my gun towards his forehead.

[You are still a child…!?]

The man who saw my face up close, had let those words slip in the end.

It was bad, but I am still just a child.

I’ve been doing this job since I was five years old.

I don’t blame them for the difference between my real age and my imagined age, that is inevitable.

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