Reclaiming the Demon’s Curse - Chapter 165

Cyril already investigated the place but it was so heavily protected that there was no way for him to infiltrate except for forcefully attacking it or using Xagan’s ability.

During his investigation, he found out that the Nine Crows or nine core Awakened of the guild is currently in the building and having some sort of yearly event.

He heard that they weren’t normally staying in this place as they are in various lands owned by their guild.

His timing wasn’t good but he can’t wait for too long so he has to make a move. He has no idea how long will they stay there in the first place.

Soon, Cyril learned from Xagan that within the building there is a total of 18 Entrance Crystals and 5 of them have enormous Energy meaning that they are at the High-Class.

“Aside from them, I also have information about the other Entrance Crystals. I used a 10-kilometer search after all. Would you like to hear them?”

The demon asked.

Cyril wasn’t too interested in them but he decided to listen in order not to waste the days he spent on the search.

“I found 21 other Entrance Crystals. This city is quite a decent one, huh. Listen to me or record it on your notes.”

“Sure, sure… If something caught my attention I won’t forget them easily anyway.”

“Fine…”

Xagan then mentioned to him all the locations of the Entrance Crystals. Cyril asked several questions as well to confirm their exact position.

Unfortunately, Xagan can’t do something like transferring knowledge directly into his mind without paying a price so he has to listen and take notes all the time.

“Would you like another serving, sir?”

One of the waiters suddenly interrupted his silent conversation with Xagan.

Cyril noticed that his cup of tea has been empty for a while now so the waiter already approached him. He nodded at the kind waiter and continued speaking with Xagan using their mysterious connection.

After being served, Cyril continued drinking his tea but he suddenly felt something wrong!

He started feeling dizzy which shouldn’t be happening! He’s healthy and as strong as a horse!

He looked at the cup of tea and realized that it must’ve been drugged or something.

‘Crap! Asta already told me to be careful… Am I about to be kidnapped and have my organs sold?’ Cyril thought as he recalled the news he heard in his previous life.

Umph!

He decisively bit his lower lip to stay awake and used his Dimensional Storage Space to pull out a Lesser Healing Potion.

Gulp!

As soon as he drank the potion, his dizziness disappeared and he quickly wrapped himself with an A-Rank Aura.

He looked around his surroundings and realized that the waiter who served him just now has already disappeared!

The man probably noticed that he managed to take out some antidote to heal himself back and immediately flee without any hesitation.

‘Tsk… I still underestimated how dangerous this place was.’

‘Gahaha! Do you want to hunt him down? I can find that guy for only 5 days, you know?’ Xagan laughed at his predicament.

‘Oh? It’s quite cheap?’

‘That’s right… He got too close and he left quite some scent after all. Wherever he goes, I can easily find him.’

Xagan answered proudly. It seems that the price for human search is different if the target was someone that the demon had seen before.

‘That’s good to know. However, I can’t get involved too much and create a scene. I might even be targeted by Asta’s group if that happened.’ Cyril sighed as he decided to let the man escape for now.

If he has some time after, he would consider checking on that guy so they would no longer have any more innocent victims whatever crimes they are involved with.

‘Oh? Are you sure about that? You’re not an impulsive fellow, eh?’

‘Of course, not! Or at least, I try not to be impulsive again. I’m not young, you know?’ Cyril retorted after noticing that Xagan was looking down on him.

Anyway, he decided to leave the place just in case someone is observing him without his knowledge. He wanted to smash the head of that man disguising as waiter but it had to wait for now.

‘I guess I should use my Mask’s second form, huh.’

Cyril’s Identity Shroud Mask has four different appearances that he can use.

The one he’s using right now is the middle-aged man or what he named Shroud and revealed to the public as an S-Rank Awakened.

He decided to use it here since he knows that this appearance wasn’t that known in this country in the first place.

‘Or maybe not? Perhaps I was targeted since someone recognized me? Then that would explain why the waiter immediately run for his life. He probably didn’t dare to confront an S-Rank Awakened head-on. That actually makes sense…’

Cyril thought as he somehow connected the dots.

Well, he’s not a hundred percent sure but that could explain a lot of things.

Soon, Cyril entered a busy restaurant shop and used its comfort room. When he came out, he already has a new appearance and different clothes.

He now appears to be a freshly graduated young man who seemed to be looking for a job.

‘Light brown eyes, short brown hair, and pale skin. I wonder what name I’ll use for this appearance. I’m too handsome in this form…’ Cyril thought after he observed his pretty face.

He’s currently wearing a black suit and carrying a thin attache case as his prop.

After thinking for a while, Cyril decided on a name for this character.

‘Mitsuo. An S-Rank Awakened that will infiltrate the Nine Crows Guild and take their High-Class Entrance Crystal. That shouldn’t sound bad…’

Cyril thought of using a name of an actor he knows.

Anyway, it will only happen someone managed to get his name. He might even just be named randomly if he did his mission really well and no one connected it to him.

“It’s getting dark. I should start…” Cyril muttered.

As he decided to make his move…

He went to the back alley of the Nine Crow Guild’s building and took out his staff where no one is looking.

Conqueror’s Domain!

He activated the first ability of his S-Rank Artifact and it consumed a quarter of his Aura!

Crush!

Using his mind, he controlled his Domain to destroy the Defensive Arrays surrounding the buildings!

Ring! Ring! Ring!

An alarm immediately set off alerting everyone in the building about the attack!

Cyril then felt the presence of various Awakened trying to forcefully destroy his Domain using their Artifacts.

‘Hmph! You need to bring out another Rank-S Artifact if you want to compete against me!’

He continued pressuring the Nine Crows Guild as he slowly controlled his Domain to target a specific room on the third floor of the building.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Defensive Arrays could no longer hold from defending and soon collapsed with their cores creating a small explosion due to overload.

“What’s going on?!”

“Who’s attacking us?”

“Where’s the Nine Crows? Are they still having a meeting?”

“They should’ve been alerted by now and going down here.”

“They’re on the ninth floor. Be patient!”

The guild members did their best to survive inside the unknown magic field they were in. They do have defensive Artifacts but they aren’t at the level where they could ignore the Domain Magic. At the very least, it is enough for them to survive.

Rrrriiiinngg!

A different alarm was suddenly triggered making most of the members of the guild nervous!

[ The third floor’s Defensive Barriers has been breached! This is bad! I think someone wanted to steal our Artifacts Collection! Anyone who can move must rush to the vault immediately! ]

Someone finally contacted everyone using the building’s intercom.

They could finally monitor what going on with their help.

However, as they were all trying to do their best to move, the pressure suddenly vanished making them all out of balance as they dropped to the floor.

[ Three Crows have finally settled the problem on the Third Floor. The attacker must’ve fled already. Every guild member must secure the perimeter as quickly as possible! The Crows will lead a team to investigate outside. ]

Hearing the announcement, many of them sighed in relief. It seems the attempt to steal something in their vault has failed.

“I wonder which of the Crows acted this time?”

“Ha! Does it even matter! As long as they make their move, our guild is unstoppable.”

“But who would attack our guild? Was it the Divine Sword Guild?”

“Though they have a grudge on us, it shouldn’t be to the point of declaring a war.”

They started guessing what truly happened but none of them was right.

‘They’re better than what I expected… However, it’s still manageable.’ Cyril mused after keeping his Conqueror Staff inside his Storage Space.

He has been observing the guild’s reaction to his attack the whole time! That’s right! This “failed” attack was just one of his plans to see the extent of their abilities and how they would deal with his Rank-S Artifact.