NOVEL NEXT Chapter 69 Benimaru's Goal
'Ahhhhhh~' Benimaru let out a deep sigh in his mind and calmly thought things through. 'Well, let's find the loopholes once again.'
Every mission the system had issued to Benimaru had some kind of loophole in it, and he was sure of it after seeing it for multiple times.
'Kill half the forces….' Benimaru squinted his eyes as he felt this condition was a bit tricky and vague. 'Will it be complete if I kill half the population of the city or kill half the overall strength of the city? Does the church even count as the city's forces? They feel like a separate entity. I guess I will have to check it out by talking to some higher-ups. If they are, then it would be better for me, I do not want to harm Arash. I owe him for taking care of my daughter, and I do not want to have the resentment of my daughter.'
Then he shifted to the second condition, which made him raise his eyebrows as he instantly found some things. 'Leave behind our names after doing the deeds. That is some movie villain thing, and stupid too. Why would you let anyone know who you are? It would just bring everyone's focus on you.'
Benimaru couldn't help but shake his head when thinking about this. As an assassin, it always baffled him when he watched the villains in movies and TV shows reveal anything about them when meeting with the protagonist or his group. But he knew it was for an information dump for the audience, to let them know who the heroes would be facing.
'Well, forget about it. That is fictional anyway, but we are talking about an AI system helping in a magical world; who am I to complain about that? Hmmm…fiction….characters…' Thinking about this, something popped into his mind. He remembered he had done some over-the-top stuff when making his generals, but that sure did work and made them in awe of him.
Benimaru rubbed his chin as his eyes lit up. 'Hmmm…this can work too. I can come with fake names and hide our faces. Not only that, we can show our true form, making people assume the ones who did it were demons. That would help us freely roam in human form.'
A smile appeared on his face as he felt excitement in his heart. 'I don't know why I am feeling this, but it looks like the childish side that I wasn't able to enjoy might be coming out.'
"Benimaru." Suddenly, Ravenna's call brought him back from his daydream. He looked ahead and saw Ravenna and Fiain looking at him with weird gazes.
"Cough." Benimaru faked a cough to bring their composure back. "What do you want, Ravenna?"
Ravenna did have her normal face now, but there was still the weird gaze hidden behind her eyes. "Why were you laughing by yourself?"
Fiain also nodded her head, expressing her doubt too.
Benimaru decided to put on an act because he couldn't tell them about his childishness. He brought back his big smile on his face, and he said it with a bit of arrogance. "I was thinking of our future. How we will rule the market and slowly conquer the city in the shadows."
"Oh~" Ravenna and Fiain both nodded their heads in understandment. But then something clicked in Ravenna's mind. "Speaking of that, what is our main goal in going into the city?"
The reason why Ravenna said that was because she knew Benimaru always had an end goal in his mind when going into a designated place. The other thing he would do was just think of any bonus rewards that he could think of.
Benimaru went silent for a second. 'She really does know me well.'
Like just earlier, Benimaru again put on an act. Raising his finger and wiggling it left and right, he said. "I can't tell you now. But don't worry, you will know it when the time comes."
"Okay," Shrugging her shoulders, Ravenna returned to chat with Fiain, as she knew asking further wouldn't do anything. Also, she had some guesses in her mind about what it might be—most probably related to the church.
Benimaru let out a soft sigh of relief, seeing them return to doing their usual stuff. The end goal of Benimaru in Migotanie City was something very private. He didn't want anyone to know about it.
Afterwards, Benimaru decided to cultivate, as he had nothing to plan about and it would take some time to arrive, so he might as well cultivate and make use of this time.
One hour passed by in the blink of an eye.
Benimaru had left his base early in the morning — if measured by clock, then it was approximately 10 AM — to arrive in the city fast and in time, keeping in mind if something bad might happen on the road.
Benimaru opened his eyes and spread his senses forward to see the city ahead of them.
'Glad we arrived in time.' Benimaru felt the anxiousness in his heart finally lift. Another reason he wanted to come fast was because the Chief of Commerce would only be available until the sun rose above their heads, which meant until noon. Also, there were many others who had meetings with them, and there was no serial, so the early bird gets the worm.
Benimaru's carriages slowly crept toward the main entrance after lining up with others.
However, they didn't enter immediately, as the guards would check up on them first.
Knock Knock
The sound of someone knocking on Benimaru's carriage's door entered their ears. Benimaru opened the window and saw a guard clad in shiny silver armor standing before them. His head and face were covered by the helmet, so Benimaru wasn't able to see his appearance, which Benimaru didn't care about in the first place.
The guard wanted to ask something but suddenly felt an unknown horror when his eyes met with Benimaru and the other two girls.