To Be a Power in the Shadows! Chapter 175

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Goldoh, who was a member of the secret team, was searching for Rajta Count's treasure .

“I haven't found anything . What about you?”

“Me neither . So the treasure is in the warehouse upstairs?”

Goldoh and Quinton looked at the end of the corridor, lighting up the stairs above with torches .

“Find the treasure quickly! If all of the people outside are killed, we'll be killed soon!”

Tulpicano reproached them with a worried look .

“Mr . Tulpicano, don't worry . We still have time . ”

Goldoh climbed the stairs while trying to calm Tulpicano down .

Quinton and Tulpicano followed him . They found a door which was similar to that of a warehouse's .

“What's wrong with you?”

“Get out of my way . ”

“Sorry, go to hell . ”

The guard noticing the intruders drew out his sword, but he was knocked unconscious by Goldoh and Quinton quickly .

“What should we do without keys?”

“It doesn't matter . We can tear the door in two . ”

With the golden magic twining his body, Goldoh tore up the iron gate .

“What is it?”

However, there wasn't any treasure behind the door .

That thing was just like a part of a creature .

“Are these fingers?”

The shrunken black thing was a long claw with sharp nails on its fingertips .

But it was much bigger than a human being's hand . Maybe it was thicker than Goldoh's arm .

The claw that looked like a monster's was fixed on the platform of the spacious warehouse .

“Where is the treasure? I don't want this disgusting thing . ”

Tulpicano kicked down the platform, walking back and forth in the warehouse .

“Where's my treasure? Where is it?”

“Mr . Tulpicano, you are too loud…”

“Shut up! You only need to use my method to find the treasure . Find out where the treasure is . ”

Tulpicano stopped suddenly .

His big belly was impaled on the shrunken claw .

“Mr . Tulpicano!”

“Damn it!”

As Tulpicano's salves, Goldoh and Quinton took action immediately to protect him no matter what they were willing to do .

However, Tulpicano died after his mouth spurted blood .

Then Goldoh . Kinmekki and Quinton stopped their action, looking down at Tulpicano's body and the black claw . After impaling Tulpicano's belly, the black claw began to suck his corpse, as if to drain his blood .

“What is that?”

“I don't know . But we'd better not step in… let's retreat!”

Tulpicano was dead . And they did not find the treasure .

There was no need to stay here anymore .

“Sorry, since you saw this, I won't let you go!”

Just then, they heard a low voice behind them .

“Who!?”

“You are — Rajta Count !?”

“Oh? Do you know me?”

Standing behind them was the city owner, Rajta Count .

At first glance, he looked like a common middle-aged aristocrat . But he was firm and erect, no no flab on his body . His sharp gaze was fixed on Quinton and Goldoh . Kinmekki .

“Quinton, be careful . ”

“Goldoh . Kinmekki, I know . ”

They carefully kept a distance from Rajta Count . But the door was just behind him .

“You have troubled me . If it were not because of you, I just needed to hand it over to the cult . ”

“Cult⋯⋯? What the hell is going on? What exactly is this claw?”

“Fu… there is no doubt that this is the treasure you are looking for . ”

“Do you even say that this is a treasure?”

“For people who know its value, it is . Well, so much for chat . ”

Rajta Count drew his sword at his waist . His sword was for real combat, not the kind used for performance .

“—— you will be the sacrifice offerings for the Order of Diabolos!”

Then, the wind blew .

“Gaha?!”

“Guaaaa!”

Blood was spurting from Quinton' and Goldoh . Kinmekki's body .

They felt weak at their knees, then kneeling down .

“Oh – you are still alive?”

The two men who had suffered a lightning strike from Rajta Count struggled to react .

Goldoh . Kinmekki sensed the danger and leapt backwards, and Quinton moved his body away with intuition .

That was how they saved their lives .

However, only two of them survived . All other members of the secret team who sneaked in the castle together with them were dead .

“Q… Quinton, are you okay?”

“Alright… Still alive…”

But their wounds were very deep .

Even though they raised swords, it seemed they couldn't defend against the next attack .

“I belittled you a little… No, it's my mistake, I'm a little rusty at fighting . Whatever it is, the next round is over . ”

As Rajta Count raised his sword again, their faces contorted .

“Damn, we got rid of the slave identity the hard way…”

“I thought it's a good idea to open a dojo…”

At the moment, outside burst great magical power .

“What?!”

“What is it?!!”

“How powerful it is!”

Through a little window, they looked up at the night sky .

There was a tremendous black rose in the air .

“Is that a rose…?”

“It's a magical rose, which is constituted by condensed magic power… ”

“Why is the [Black Rose]?! It's impossible, how could it be?!”

Rajta Count was almost twice as shocked as Goldoh and Quinton .

Rajta Count widened his eyes staring at the [Black Rose], which was unusual in every term .

“Impossible! Why? The key doesn't still-”

Then the black rose floating in the night sky broke into pieces .

The petals of the broken rose fluttered down and landed beside Goldoh and Quinton .

The petals touched their right hands and carved two black petal-shaped marks .

“What is this…?”

“My wound is healed-“

When they touched the petals, the magic power began to emanate from petals and their serious wounds were healed in an instant .

“Strength is overflowing…”

“What is this power…?”

The black magic power constantly gushed out from Goldoh's and Quinton's bodies, like the sun emits heat .

“This… This is the power of the [Black Rose] in the legend!! Such a powerful magic power, I can only kill you two here!!”

The count, driven by anxiety, launched an attack at them .

Chapter end