Overlord (book 1)

Watching the men around him, the man softly exhaled. Once all the men dispersed it would be

difficult to grasp all of their movements. But he had complete faith in his flawless cage.

With the success of his task within his grasp, the captain of the Sunlight Scripture, Nigan

Goodrich Luin, felt at ease in his heart.

Those in the Sunlight Scripture weren’t experts in covert or outfield operations, and as a result

they missed four other opportunities. Everytime they chased after Gazef and his group of

knights, they always had be very vigilant to avoid being detected. If they missed this opportunity

as well, their days of constant pursuit would continue without a doubt.

"Next time… I should ask the other teams for help and push the responsibility onto them."

Someone then replied to Nigan’s complaint.

"That’s right, our expertise is extermination after all."

The person answering was one of the team members who had stayed behind to protect Nigan.

"Looking at it, our task this time seems to be quite unusual. This is clearly an important

assignment; it wouldn’t be strange if we were to enlist the help of the Windflower…"

"You’re correct. Although I do not understand the reason we were deployed this time, it’s

nonetheless quite a useful experience. To infiltrate the enemy ranks is indeed good training. No,

perhaps this was the ultimate objective."

Although that was what he said, it was clear to Nigan that accepting a similar task in the future

would be troublesome.

This time his task was "To assassinate the Kingdom’s strongest warrior, the one unmatched

even in the neighboring countries, Gazef Strolonoff."

Generally speaking, this didn’t seem like a task well-suited for the Sunlight Scripture, but rather

one for the Black Scripture, which had fighters possessing strength of a heroic Level. But this

time, nothing could be done about the situation.

Nigan knew the true reason the other groups couldn’t assist them, but he wasn’t allowed to tell

his subordinates because that information was classified.

The Black Scripture had to deal with the upcoming resurrection of the Dragon King of Ruin, and

were now protecting the divine artifact [Kei Seke Coke]. The Windflower Scripture was also

using all its strength to chase after the traitor who stole the Miko Princess’ divine artifact, thus they had no forces left to assist him.

Nigan unconsciously stroked the scar on his face, vividly remembering the only time he had to

flee like a coward. His mind recalled the face of the woman who carried the pitch-black,

magically created sword that caused this scar.

In most circumstances, one could completely cure any wound without leaving a scar just by

using magic, but Nigan deliberately left these scars as a reminder of his defeat.

"... Damn that Blue Rose."

Nigan detested the fact that Blue Rose and Gazef were both from the Kingdom. Nor could he

forgive Blue Rose for being a priestess who served a different god. And there was the fact that

she stopped Nigan’s attempt to destroy a demi-human village. She was also the type of person

Nigan loathed most, both merciful and foolish.

"... The weak must look for many methods of self-protection if they want to survive. To not even know that, how stupid."

Noticing the suppressed anger in the artificial looking eyes of his leader, one of his subordinates

quickly interrupted:

"Bu-, but the Kingdom is truly stupid."

Nigan did not answer, but he agreed with that statement.

Gazef was strong, so they had to weaken him by stripping him of his equipment.

The Kingdom was split into two factions, the King and the Nobility, who were constantly

competing for political power. As long as they were able to get rid of Gazef, the King’s pivotal

piece, the nobles would be able to move easily. Even if this mission was issued due to the

influence of foreign spies, it wouldn't be surprising for the higher-ups of the Kingdom to support

this assassination mission.

Since Gazef was just a simple commoner who had raised through the ranks using his superior

swordsmanship, he was hated by the nobles.

And that was how the situation ended up like this.

The kingdom’s champion, kil ed by his own people.

Nigan considered all this as really stupid behavior.

Although they─the people of the Silian Theocracy─ were divided into six different religious

factions, they would cooperate readily whenever the need arose.

One reason was their collective respect for each other’s god. Another reason was their

knowledge of other races and demonic beings in this world that weren’t human. It would be very

dangerous if they weren’t united.

"...It’s important that everyone follows the same teachings and walks the same road. Humans

shouldn’t fight with each other; we should work together to pave a road for the future."

Gazef will be sacrificed to achieve this goal.

"... Do we have the ability to get rid of him?"

Nigan didn’t laugh at his subordinate’s anxiety.

The target this time was the Knight-Captain of the Kingdom——The strongest warrior of the

neighboring kingdoms, Gazef Strolonoff.