I'm the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 77

Chapter 77
Gaining a Nickname!
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Belatedly coming to my senses and trying to escape, I ended up sitting at a table with a dumbfounded “uh uh uh?” as people pushed in from behind.

As soon as I sat down, the inn door roughly closed, and the assembly began in a heavy atmosphere.

It was clearly not a situation where I could leave immediately, so I gestured to Jess and Iris to stay quiet, then rolled my eyes to grasp the situation.

“This Black Assembly has carefully selected only those with proven skills. That’s how dangerous this mission is and how high the reward will be.”

Everyone gathered in the inn listened attentively to the words of the man wearing a black robe. The man continued to speak, exuding a heavy atmosphere.

I listened to the man’s words for a while and organized the information in my head.

‘So… the Black Assembly is a bizarre gathering created by a place called Leviathan to secretly gather strong mercenaries. The goal of this gathering is to wipe out an organization called Nest that has taken over the western lands.’

I figured the boss of Leviathan must be someone severely afflicted with eighth-grader syndrome like our household’s demonic sword. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have set the condition that only those wearing black robes can participate in the assembly.

‘The humans in black robes gathered at the inn… they look extremely suspicious, like all the information will leak out. On top of that, the fact that we, who have no relation at all, are sitting here means the assembly is being conducted in a very sloppy manner.’

As my thoughts reached that point, everyone here became pathetic.

‘Did no one really think this gathering is strange? Or are only stupid people gathered here?’

While I was having such thoughts.

“Hachoo!”

Due to the dust floating around from the lack of proper ventilation, Jess let out a cute sneeze. At the same time, Jess’s robe hood fell back.

“Wh-what the!”

“That guy took off his robe…”

“More than that.. was there such a guy among the mercenaries?”

The bright red hair and beastman ears instantly captured attention. I hurriedly put Jess’s hood back on and observed the surrounding atmosphere.

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“Just some brat with a face I’ve never seen before…”

At the whispered words of the man who had been speaking loudly as a representative, the atmosphere inside the inn sank heavily. Sensing the unusual atmosphere, I quietly summoned the demonic sword.

No, I tried to summon it.

Chwaareuk -..

The pattern on the back of my hand shone brightly, and a brilliant red blood resembling the color of wine shot up into the air. The blood that rose up, captivating others’ gazes to the point of feeling like a work of art, soon gorgeously transformed into the shape of a sword and fell into my hand.

[This one has arrived!]

I covered my face with my empty hand and let out a low sigh. The thought that I was doomed filled my head. At that moment.

“…! My apologies for this.”

“…?”

“I should have recognized you right away from your white hair and the pattern on the back of your hand. I made a mistake because the information was slow.”

At the sudden words, I lifted my head and looked at the man spouting nonsense. The atmosphere inside the inn stirred.

“Does he know that bastard?”

“Ah -, those who can read must have seen it in passing. The story of the white-haired gladiator who slaughtered dozens, hundreds of monsters in the arena, the one called the ‘Slaughterer’ in the newspaper is that guy.”

“….Ah!”

As soon as he finished speaking, exclamations of admiration burst out from here and there. It was the reaction of those who could read.

Those who couldn’t understand the situation also belatedly let out exclamations and formed an understanding atmosphere after hearing explanations from others.

“The redhead next to him must be the Red Queen.”

“…??”

‘What, a queen?’
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I was so dumbfounded that my throat was blocked, unable to throw out a question. Even without asking a question, they began to ramble among themselves, listing information about the Red Queen.

“…! I heard she cleared out all the beast arenas…”

“Even that terrifying Ashelican had its throat torn out in an instant…”

Ominous stories poured out from all over. I looked at Jess with a doubtful feeling. Jess was scratching the back of her head with a “hehe” expression.

Seeing her face like a puppy that pooped, I thought, ‘It doesn’t seem like it.’

“The remaining one must be the ‘Berserker.'”

At the words said while looking towards Iris, I finally came to a conclusion. This is just a crazy eighth-grader syndrome gathering. Otherwise, there’s no way they could utter nicknames like Slaughterer, Red Queen, and Berserker.

‘Ah, no? Could this possibly be the culture of the dark fantasy world?’

Confusion came as fully grown adults were saying such things with serious faces.

“If you three participate in the Black Assembly, we can consider this fight’s victory guaranteed.”

“Keh heh heh… things will become even easier.”

“Hey! Welcome!”

I didn’t know what was going on, but at least it seemed we had escaped from a dangerous situation, so a sigh of relief was let out.

“Then let me finish the explanation. The one we need to target is the boss of the Nest organization, a guy named ‘Noah.'”

‘Huh…?’

My eyes widened at the familiar name that came right after the relief.

“The executives under him are ‘Nero,’ ‘Lily,’ ‘Koan’…”

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As I heard the words pouring out one after another, my pupils began to dilate. All of them, all of them… were the names of the children who had been with me.

“The executives mentioned above must be captured alive.”

Saying so, he began to attach portraits one by one to the bulletin board on the wall. Although they had grown a little more than I remembered, they were definitely the faces I had been searching for.
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“The boss of Nest, being a brat, can’t stand his subordinates being in a miserable state, so if it’s difficult to capture the executives, it’s fine to directly kill them in front of the boss of Nest. There’s nothing easier to deal with than an enemy who’s excited.”

Light laughter spread at those words. Feeling my expression turning icy cold, I put strength into the hand holding the demonic sword.

“Grrr…”

At that moment, I heard Jess’s low growl. Turning my head, I saw Jess glaring at the rambling man with her teeth bared.

‘It’s difficult to handle it without Jess or Iris getting hurt because there are too many of them.’

Rationally, the right answer is to leave this place immediately. But the excitement didn’t easily subside.

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‘…When did I become so attached to them?’

I burst into laughter and looked towards Iris. Iris must have been staring at my face the whole time, as our eyes met immediately. Iris crept up next to me and whispered.

“Do whatever you want, brother. I will always be by your side.”

“…”

Instead, my hand loosened at the words filled with trust and faith. The sense of responsibility to take care of Iris and Jess created hesitation.

“…There’s no one stronger than us here.”

“Ah.”

Iris playfully whispered while covering the back of my hand. Hearing those words, my energy drained away, and laughter flowed out. There was no basis for her words, but somehow, I believed them. Or maybe I wanted to believe that.

That even if I caused trouble here, no one would get hurt.

Thud!

As I finished organizing my thoughts, I abruptly stood up from my seat. Jess sniffed her ears and nose, then swiftly turned her head towards me. The hood was pulled off again due to the reaction.

“…Do you have something to say?”

The man who had been talking about the plan for a while expressed doubt while looking at me. Without a word, I held the demonic sword, which had turned into a dagger, in reverse and stabbed it into the table. The demonic sword smoothly pierced the table as if cutting tofu.

I spoke while looking at the man.

“Blood Wave.”

The moment I chanted the short spell, red blood spread out from the blade of the demonic sword, following the table and reaching the floor as if a shadow was spreading.
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In an instant, the interior space of the inn was dyed in the color of blood. Not stopping there, the blood rose up, sloshing around the ankles. The fishy scent of blood seemed to numb the nose.

“Wh-what is this….”

Chwaaaak -.

The sound of waves came from somewhere, and the interior space of the inn was instantly engulfed in blood.

“Kuh-heok…!”

“Kkaak!”
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“W-wait, spare…”

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Chwaaaak -…

The sound of waves or the sound of flesh being sliced, indistinguishable, resounded throughout the inn.

A hemisphere-shaped barrier was created centered on the table where the sword was stabbed, so we received no damage.

Nothing was left in the place where the waves had swept through. Not even bone fragments.

Chwaaaak, churureuttt!

The sound of waves rang out once more, and the blood was instantly sucked into the demonic sword. The world that had lost its color gradually returned to its original hues, and only four people remained inside the inn.

Me, Iris, Jess, and -… only the man presumed to be the representative of the Black Assembly was still breathing. The rest had turned into a handful of blood, leaving no trace behind.

“Hi-hiiik..”

Thanks to my will, the man didn’t die, but he was in a state of having been submerged in and emerged from the waves of blood. Completely terrified by what he had seen and experienced, he was soaking his pants.

Frowning at the piercing smell, I approached the man.

“Hey.”
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“Heek!”

Not wanting to use honorifics towards a bastard threatening my companions, I called out to him informally, and he reacted as if having a seizure, trying to back away. I squatted down while holding the demonic sword.

“If you keep running away, I’ll stab this into the floor?”

“Aa-aaak! No..! No way! Pl-please don’t send me to such a terrible hell! J-just kill me! Kill me!”

The man shook his head violently with a face pale from fright. At this point, I was a little curious about what kind of experience he had inside.

Gently setting aside the question, I spoke with a smile.

“If you tell me everything you know, I’ll let you live.”

Only after spitting out those words did I think I might have been too villain-like, but I decided to worry about that later. What was important now was the safety of the children, including Noah.

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“So -… a white-haired man who sliced up the orc unit of the Vian organization at the western inn participated in the Black Assembly, and afterwards, the Black Assembly vanished without a trace… is that what you’re saying?”

“Y-yes, yes…”

“A man with white hair…”

A man looked down at the newspaper with fierce eyes. The worn-out newspaper contained a picture of the arena turned into a sea of blood and the contents about Lian, who had massacred dozens and hundreds of monsters.

“…Was the Slaughterer behind Nest? No, no. In this case, the Slaughterer would be Nest’s hunting dog.”

Tsk.

The man clicked his tongue and muttered.

“Things have become bothersome.”

Without even knowing it himself, Lian had gained the nickname ‘Nest’s Hunting Dog.’

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