How to Survive as a Genius Spy in the Game Chapter 225 - Bodyguard Knight (4)

“Ah, Your Majesty. I have something to tell you.”

If Rudehrn was returning, it was clear that the internal reorganization of the empire would happen quickly. They were already moving busily.

I needed to speak in advance to help Erendil establish her next plan.

“Go ahead.”

“Do you know much about the news from the southwest and the western archipelago?”

Erendil furrowed her brow as if something had occurred to her.

“I don’t know much. Since becoming emperor, I’ve been busy looking after the empire’s internal affairs, but I’ve heard they’ve been undergoing tremendous changes recently.”

Yes, I thought that even if the empire was in turmoil internally, they would know at least that much.

Erendil tilted her head.

“But why are you suddenly bringing up the southwest and the archipelago?”

“There are people there who have connections with me. And they will be helpful to Your Majesty.”

Erendil, who had been looking at me with a puzzled face, opened her eyes wide.

“Come to think of it, the wave of changes in the southwest and west occurred when you were away from the empire. Did you have a hand in it?”

“That’s right. Have you also heard about Lu Anuma’s Sword and the ruler of the western archipelago?”

“I’ve heard the names. I hear the intelligence agency is keeping an eye on them.”

“They are all people who received my help. If Your Majesty wishes, I can contact them and you can use them effectively. Of course, since they are on equal terms with me…”

“I understand what you’re saying. If there’s something coming, there should be something going.”

Erendil nodded as if it were obvious.

“Hanut said we should carefully examine that area after stabilizing the empire, but if what you say is true, we won’t have to worry too much.”

“Yes. They won’t become Your Majesty’s enemies.”

In fact, Casmak Rodri knew I was on Haisen’s side and had cooperated with them before, but it doesn’t matter much.

Casmak values his friendship with me more deeply than Haisen.

And now that Erendil has become emperor, Haisen won’t care about such trivial things.

Because what the emperor can give to Haisen is much greater.

“It’s surprising how you always help me. When did you start thinking about that side? No, I’m curious how you managed to do it.”

I explained as briefly as possible, summing it up in a few words. Of course, not all the details could be included.

Still, I could make her understand the situation to some extent. For example, the story of creating the sandstorm.

“To realize the great shaman’s prophecy, you really are extraordinary. You think differently from others.”

“I’ll tell you more details when I return.”

Erendil nodded too. Anyway, making direct contact wasn’t immediately necessary.

“Do so. Huh, it’s still surprising to think about it. To exert that much influence in the western archipelago and southwest during the year you were away from me.”

Even after the conversation ended, Erendil couldn’t hide her admiration.

“The more I see, the more I think obtaining you was my greatest blessing.”

“You flatter me.”

“Flatter? In my opinion, even these words fall far short.”

“I’m glad I could be of help to Your Majesty.”

Just then, someone knocked on the door from outside.

“Your Majesty, preparations to open the armory are complete.”

The imperial armory. Although it’s called an armory, it’s essentially a treasure vault. What’s inside is worth more than any ordinary treasure.

I know that the entrance is made of barriers set up by Archmages. Minteron’s disciple and an Archmage stand guard.

“Go quickly, it must be urgent for you too. I regret that I can’t go with you due to a schedule soon.”

Erendil seemed genuinely regretful. I shook my head to indicate it was fine.

“Not at all. I can’t trouble Your Majesty. Then, I’ll take my leave.”

***

The armory was underground. The magic hanging around the entrance was so complex that it was beyond my level of understanding.

At a glance, it looked almost impossible to break in. The door was just a circular wall. There was no lock, keyhole, or handle.

Even in the game, when Rina robbed the imperial palace, it wasn’t this armory. It was above this.

Anyway, at the Archmage’s gesture who was waiting for me, I felt the magic in front of the door being lifted.

The circular door split into three pieces and disappeared into the wall beside it. It was structured to open only by magic.

I was able to enter the room under the gaze of Minteron’s disciple and the Archmage.

“My lord, Her Majesty has permitted you to take any item. Please use it freely. However, we would appreciate it if you remember the location of the items you bring.”

I felt the door closing behind me. As befitting its name as the imperial armory, I was in awe as soon as I entered.

In fact, it was too vast to be called a room.

I turned my gaze around. Swords, daggers, axes, bows, staffs. All kinds of weapons were on display.

Of course, there weren’t just weapons. There were also various accessories and armor that clearly contained magical power.

‘It’s a bit complicated.’

But they weren’t arranged by type. Although they were neatly displayed…

It would take quite some time to look at each one.

There were a few that caught my eye immediately. Merevon’s halberd and the Bloodstained One’s double-bladed axe were among them.

I remembered seeing those in the game.

Of course, I didn’t need to take them since I wouldn’t use them. Hmm, come to think of it, it was a bit ambiguous.

I had high expectations, but in fact, most of what I remembered were weapons.

‘It’s not like many things from the armory were shown.’

Since I use a sword, other weapons don’t matter. And I would only use a sword briefly until Moonlight was repaired.

Well, let’s just take a quick look around for now.

Anyway, if I ask Erendil, I can come back and look carefully whenever I have time.

Denif is the priority now. The dragon carriage should be ready by now, so I was planning to just grab a light sword and leave.

I looked mainly at swords. Even among long swords, each sword had different specifications.

I didn’t bother looking at two-handed swords. I just gripped each sword one by one as I felt like it.

They were all excellent weapons and there were a few famous swords, but nothing felt quite right.

‘I’m glad I left Moonlight for repair.’

After looking around for about 5 minutes, I picked up a simple-looking sword. It wasn’t a famous sword nor was it flashy.

But this one felt the best in my hand. There were many swords, but it would be a waste of time to examine each one.

Still, it was quite a good quality sword. It would be enough if I wasn’t going to fight a devil or Sword Master anyway.

I was about to turn around with the sword when something caught my eye in a corner of my vision.

There was nothing on the display stand where accessories should be. There was only a small red cushion.

It was clearly a place where something should have existed originally.

‘This place shouldn’t be vulnerable to thieves, what’s going on?’

There are no empty display stands in the imperial armory. When something is taken out, they remove the display stand.

That’s also why they asked me to remember the location of the items I take.

I approached it. Nothing was visible to the eye. I thought it might be invisible, but my senses didn’t detect anything either.

Suddenly, as if possessed, I reached out my hand. My fingertips touched the cushion. There really was nothing there. Did the manager make a mistake?

That’s when it happened. For a moment, even though my eyes were open, an amulet appeared in the empty space.

At the end of a silver chain hung a blue-green jewel with some kind of pattern engraved on it. I opened my mouth. It was an amulet I knew.

‘The Amulet of the Season That Doesn’t Exist.’

Ah, so this was here.

I had seen it once in the game. It was when the 3rd prince became emperor. I thought he had just gotten lucky and obtained it somewhere since it only appeared that one time.

It didn’t appear when other princes became emperor, so I didn’t think it would be in the armory.

I picked up the amulet.

‘This has value beyond imagination.’

I don’t know exactly how to use it. However, the wearer can briefly conceal their presence in this reality.

I heard they disappear into a place where a season that doesn’t exist in this world exists.

I hadn’t experienced it with my character, but the 3rd prince survived quite long with this amulet.

Until Chenarus, the capital of the empire, was destroyed and the devil worshippers occupied more than half of the continent, until I gave up on that save file, the 3rd prince was on the run with this amulet.

‘If I had this earlier…’

I felt a bit of regret, thinking I could have easily escaped from the devil’s pursuit.

Of course, I was glad to have obtained it even now.

When I try to infiltrate the north again, I can create a means to escape at any time.

Of course, I thought I would have to actually use it to know properly. I don’t know what penalties there might be.

The 3rd prince who used this in the game seemed to have lost his mind.

Of course, the 3rd prince wasn’t in his right mind to begin with, and it could have been because he saw the empire collapse before his eyes…

I put the amulet in my pocket. Checking it can wait. For now, I had to go rescue Denif.

***

The dragon carriage crosses the sky. Three days have passed since leaving the capital. I’ve just arrived in the airspace near the north.

Now I have to find Denif. I thought it wouldn’t be easy. I don’t know what route he might have taken.

The continent is vast. Even with a dragon carriage, finding one person in this vast land is difficult.

Moreover, I had to consider the possibility of missing each other during the search.

Denif might come looking from another direction in places we’ve already passed.

‘Well, at least I have winds.’

I should be able to search an expanded range more easily than just looking with my eyes.

I inferred Denif’s escape route from the sky. Thinking about what I learned when I was young…

Denif probably didn’t head south immediately. Since I moved south, he likely turned east or west to divert attention.

The west borders the north, so he probably headed towards the eastern mountains.

But I didn’t think he would have gone deep into the mountains. He’s more likely to have moved south along the front of the mountains. Let’s go that way first.

If I don’t sense any traces, I’ll have to think again then.

Since it wouldn’t be good for the dragon carriage to be seen in lands full of devil worshippers, we were flying at a high altitude.

The winds were searching below instead. After flying southeast for a few hours like that…

‘Huh?’

As the sun was setting, I sensed a few presences on the ground ahead. As the dragon moved forward, the number increased.

I hurriedly spoke.

“Sir! Reduce speed.”

“Yes.”

The dragon rider hastily slowed down. Now I could sense over 40 people on the ground below.

They were definitely devil worshippers. The way they were gathering looked like an encirclement. It seemed we had come to the right place.

I’m not sure if it’s good luck or bad luck. We could find Denif right away, but the situation didn’t look good.

I thought the devil who lost me might have decided not to give up on Denif who was with me.

Unlike me who uses winds, they probably guessed Denif would travel by land.

When they didn’t know we were flying, those who were preparing to stop us were probably mobilized to search for Denif.

As the dragon moved forward, I could quickly sense people fighting under the area of winds.

But there were two people resisting the majority.

‘What? Two people?’

For a moment I wondered if it wasn’t Denif, but the height and appearance of the person felt through winds was similar to Denif.

Did he meet someone in the meantime? Someone from Haisen? I needed to check.

When I tapped the wrist of the person presumed to be Denif with winds, that person raised his fist to the sky.

The agreed signal, it was definitely Denif.

“Wait a moment!”

I shouted just that and immediately jumped from the sky. Helping was the urgent priority.

A steep dive with my head towards the ground. Winds assist my body. The ground approaches rapidly.

I pushed away the enemies near Denif with a strong gust. Then I landed while resisting gravity with winds. Because I had accelerated, I bent my knees to reduce the impact.

An unfamiliar voice was heard.

“Oh, what’s this? Judging by how you appeared, you’re an ally, your friend?”

It was the voice of another person. Denif laughed.

“Of course, he’s my friend. I knew he’d come.”

I looked at Denif. His face didn’t look good, as if he had suffered a bit while I was gone.

And next to him…

‘Oh damn.’

Mondegreen’s first disciple. The person who would become the Casanova Sword Master was there with him.

No, he clearly said he was going to the west to shake him off, why the hell is this guy here? The extremely handsome man smiled brightly saying, “Ah.”

“Are you perhaps that friend the master mentioned?”