Scum-lesse Oblige, I Have Been Reincarnated as a Scum Villain in an 18+ Game World, and I Absolutely Want to Grasp the Mob Life with the Power of My Knowledge of the Original Story - Chapter 24

Free Labour

“I-I don’t really understand, but just go! Run! Get out of the village!”

Ignoring the villagers who are escaping in a hurry, the black robed men gradually approach Enrique, maintaining a certain distance.

There are easily more than 40 of them surrounding Enrique—

Before he knew it, the black robed men have completely surrounded Enrique.

They surround Enrique in a formation like a cage.

A cage that never lets the prey escape.

“Hmm, you’ve decided to take care of me first before the commotion around us. Not a bad decision.”

Enrique says so calmly, waiting the black robed men surrounding him in silence.

Of course, Enrique isn’t letting his guard down.

Enrique is calmly thinking.

Perfectly trained movements, great coordination.

What’s more,

“Hey, hey, you even have someone who can use magic? If you specialize in assassination, does that mean you have [Wind] Magic?”

They stay silent, not saying anything back to Enrique.

“Hmm, I see.”

With the sense he honed during his time as an adventurer, Enrique can understand the strength of this group to some extent.

‘These guys, seems to be in A-rank—no, when they are in a group like this, they might even be S-ranked.’

Enrique thought to himself.

He is observing them carefully, getting all of the information he can get from their movements.

“The person who is organizing this attack is hiding in Lyon, and you guys are the main force…”

Enrique starts to count with his fingers.

“And then, there’s a strong one waiting at the hideout, huh?”

Enrique can smell the lingering traces of strong magical powers.

Somewhere not far from the village, there is someone quite formidable.

That person is probably as strong as Enrique himself.

Suddenly, Enrique realized something.

“Ah, so that’s what Genesis meant when he said he has something else to take care of.”

He looks up at the sky and mutters so to himself.

‘So that’s what he meant. Young lord is going to rescue the girl, meanwhile I’ll take care of these guys.’

However,

“Hah…”

Enrique let out a big sigh.

Even though Enrique is entrusted by Genesis to save the village, honestly, it’s still quite a hassle.

Enrique is dealing with an S-rank opponent, but he is doing this for free.

‘Free Labour’

That is the second most hated phrase for Enrique in this world.

Normally, there is no way that he would get involved in such a troublesome matter like this.

But,

“Seeing you guys pisses me off.”

Enrique says so as he looks around.

The cause of Enrique’s anger is simple and straightforward.

“—why are you guys attacking a village like this?”

Enrique is by no means a saint.

He is the complete opposite type from those knights who want to ‘protect peace’ and ‘save people’.

He doesn’t care what happens to the weak.

However,

“If you really want to fight, just go to the dungeon. Monster hunting is fine too. Adventurers put their lives on the line. The guild is open 24/7. Yet, you chose to attack this village. It pisses me off.”

Enrique closes his eyes and takes a deep breath.

Enrique can’t stand one thing, only that one thing.

“—with that level of strength, you decided to attack this small village. You filthy underground guild.”

As Enrique says so, a burning sensation runs through his skin.

It’s Enrique’s magical power.

The men enter a combat stance.

They must have sensed the magical power emanating from Enrique’s body.

“…tch!”

Suddenly, three of them at the front closed in on Enrique.

The three of them attacks Enrique from different directions.

Swift and powerful slashes.

That lethal blow swiftly cut down the foolish adventurer who recklessly barged in without reading the situation.

…or that’s what supposed to happen.

Enrique casually swings his sword.

Just with that,

“What the…!!”

The previously composed group, which had been moving calmly, is now shaken.

Before they knew it, they have fallen before Enrique.

“Life is truly mysterious, isn’t it?”

Enrique sighs.

“Without any intention of taking on any disciples and never even considering serving someone, here I am, working for free on someone’s orders. Life truly works in mysterious ways.”

Enrique holds up his sword.

“—now then, shall we?”

With those words, Enrique emanate even stronger magical powers around him.

It is a magical power so violent raging uncontrollably.

A magical power so aggressive that makes you want to run away immediately.

“What—”

Enrique grins ferociously at the men who are starting to panic.

“—ah, don’t worry. I don’t have the skill to convert magical power into magic. I’m not that talented in magic. All I can do is channel my magical power to enhance my body.”

However, it seems the men have clearly begun to realize that…

They are the ones being cornered.

“…damn it!!”

The men start to chant magic spells.

The next moment, dazzling array of lights bloom in front of Enrique’s eyes.

“Reinforcement Enchantment, huh?”

‘Reinforcement Enchantment.’

All Enrique did is simply channelling his magical powers into his body.

‘Reinforcement Enchantment’ is practically the same thing that Enrique did, however it is much more effective.

That’s why, when the opponent starts to enchant the ‘Reinforcement Enchantment’ spell, you should immediately interrupt the spell.

However, for some reason, Enrique doesn’t move.

On the contrary, he is waiting for the opponent.

Soon, it seems that the men have finished their preparations.

“Hey, your Reinforcement Enchantment spell is not bad at all. Did you seriously go to an academy or something?”

Those men stay silent, not responding to Enrique’s words.

“Oh well.”

Enrique says so as he scans the men.

“As a souvenir for the afterlife, I’ll tell you. My name is Enrique. Also, I’ve got a ton of plans after this.”

Saying so, Enrique grins ferociously.

“—come on. Let’s get this over with. Let’s play.”

In an instant, the men lunged at him.

The slashing attacks coming from all directions would be imperceptible to the untrained eye.

Enhanced by the ‘Reinforcement Enchantment’ spell, the slashing attacks should tear Enrique’s body apart—

“Weaklings. I can’t even call this a warm-up exercise.”

Not even bothering to dodge their attacks, Enrique split the skull of the man in front of him in half.

Author’s Note

Men in black robeàThey are relatively strong, but they are just unlucky to meet Enrique.