Chapter 03 - Buffalo

[Nuoooo! I’m rushing forward!]

A few minutes after eliminating the target, I heard a familiar voice.

[Wow! It’s all over! As expected from my Aniki! Finishing the job too fast!]

Breaking the stone wall, a strong man with a big head appeared in front of me.

The man’s name is Sajji.

He is a wizard who lives in the same shadow world as me, and is a junior member of the wizard guild, 《Nameless》 .

He was codenamed “Buffalo, The Enraged Bull” by the organization because of his strength and behavior at work.

[It’s going to be a nuisance when the reinforcements arrive. Let’s go!]

[Ah, certainly!]

Sajji responded strongly, and started following me.

The dark City of Parakenos is a place that gets very busy, even at night, which is sometimes called the 《City of the Without Night》 .

It doesn’t matter what race, nationality, age or sex you are.

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This is a dark city, where you are living, all kinds of living beings.

We jump from roof to roof, this way we are not caught by the street lights.

[Hum, Aniki! Can I ask you something I’ve been thinking about for a long time?]

[Yes, I don’t mind.]

[Why do you use firearms in your jobs? If I’m a wizard like Aniki, it’s obviously faster if I use magic to kill him!]

A firearm.

People who can use magic have a tendency to despise firearms, calling them “the weapons of ordinary people” .

It’s true that magic is more convenient.

It can be used by your own body, and if you train it, you can launch attacks with much more power than a firearm.

[Simply put, I don’t want to leave any possible trace on the scene.]

[What do you mean?]

[When magic is used, it will leave a residue of magical power behind, right? Magical power is a mass of personal information. I don’t want to leave as much in the scene as possible.]

It was a long time ago that the style of murder that depended on magic was accepted.

Currently, several techniques are being researched and developed with the purpose of killing sorcerers.

The skills required of assassins are increasing every year.

[Hm, it seems that while we were talking, they reached us.]

The magical power around them has stagnated, and a unique sound of magic stone being burned has resounded.

Flying in the night sky of the dark city, and blocking the moonlight, was a magical weapon that imitated the shape of a bird.

[Gosh, what the hell is that? Huh!?]

Really.

Looks like it’s the first Sajji saw this thing.

[An unmanned tracker, also known as MK02, he relies on the traces of magical power to track his target wherever he goes or is. It’s a state-of-the-art magical weapon.]

I’m not stupid to leave traces of my own magical power on site.

It’s probable that he followed the trace of the magical power that Sajji left behind.

[I don’t know what it is, but it doesn’t matter if I can bring it down.]

Sajji answered arrogantly, and cast his favorite fire spell into the sky.

[Burning Bullet!]

Hmm. His power is reasonable.

He has what it takes to be a member of 《Nameless》 at such a young age.

However….

The spell cast by Sajji was avoided the next moment.

[It is useless. He is chasing us through feeling our magic power. There’s no way you could hit him, even if you attacked him normally.]

The tricky part about this weapon is that it can detect the magical power of the target, and thus avoid any kind of magical attack.

[Ehhhh…!? So, how do we beat it?!]

That’s right.

There are several ways to take this thing down, but the quickest way is to take advantage of its habits.

This is the only way to do it without getting tired.

[Ah, Aniki… What the hell is…?]

While Sajji was confused behind me, I raised my right hand towards the night sky.

Without stopping, I fired eight bullets into the air together.

I would say the distance to the target would be about 100 meters.

The first two shots were bullets that were strengthened with magical power.

These were fired for the purpose of guiding the enemy’s movements.

The remaining six tiror are the real purpose made of normal bullets.

While this weapon is sensitive to attacks by magical power, at the same time it is insensitive to other types of attacks.

A moment later, there is the sound of an explosion.

Having guided the target efficiently, I managed to eliminate six weapons at the same time.

[How about that? I think ordinary people’s weapons are not useless, right?]

I mumbled to myself while staring at the magical weapon that was falling into flames.

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