The Birth of the Savior
– Only I will follow the Glow.
As a shaman and as a wife.
Book 4-6.1
The Claw Brigade was excited. They managed to not lose a single person in the last few days. In addition, they currently had the best results of all of the assassin brigades gathered for this mission. The reward they would get at the end of this was already very large.
There were more warriors on night patrol and the atmosphere had become much more serious, but the assassins of the Claw Brigade were pros. No matter how many warriors there were, the area was so large that as long as they were a bit careful, there was no way to find them. In addition, they were in an open area with no walls. There were no obstacles to enter from any direction.
The other brigades were failing and dying every so often, but that was purely because their skills were lacking.
Even the Claw Brigade sent ten people to hide but only had one or two assassins who felt like they had a hundred percent success rate actually infiltrate the paoes. But that was enough. The important thing was that they were instilling fear in the workers.
Even today, one of the Claw Brigade assassins managed to successfully infiltrate and complete their mission before making their escape.
“Anyways, how long do we have to be here for?”
One of the assassins started to grumble. It made sense. Since they had to rest without any signs of their existence, it was hard for these assassins to survive the desert during the day. It was fine to live underground one or two days, but they were definitely getting worn out the longer they were there.
“It should not be much longer. The number of workers are slowly going down.”
One of the other assassisn tried to console the grumbling assassin and started to quicken their pace. Today’s mission would be over if they can make it to where the pirmas were hidden.
“I don’t have a good feeling about today.”
The leader of the Claw Brigade started to frown after getting a bad feeling.
“Leader, you must be getting more sensitive.”
As one of the assassins responded while laughing, the leader of the Claw nodded his head.
“You might be right. Either that, or I may just be worried because things are going too well. Anyways, let’s head back.”
The leader started to walk faster and the ten or so assassins quickly followed behind them.
After walking about thirty minutes to reach the location of their hidden pirmas, the Claw Brigade removed the camouflage cloth that was hiding the pirmas and started to get on.
They then traveled another two hours to arrive at the gathering location of the Black Knife assassins.
The man who became the new master of the Black Knife verified the Claw Brigade’s success with satisfaction. Soon after, the other assassin brigades started to return as well.
The Claw leader smiled at the fact that only the Claw successfully managed to assassinate some workers again today. They were just at a different level.
“Good work Claw. As for the rest of you, do not feel too depressed. It is not something we need to absolutely succeed in and the number of enemies to kill is not determined either. The goal is to instill fear.”
The guild master said this to the gathered assassins every day. None of them questioned it as they believed that the master’s plan was right and because they all valued their lives very much.
“Tomorrow, we will have to move our base further away. The barbarians’ patrol is starting to reach this area.”
Once everyone nodded their heads, Master ordered them to rest. The close to one hundred assassins all returned to their location and started to camouflage themselves. Since it was hard to deal with the heat of the desert sun, the majority of them dug deep caves and just camouflaged the entrance.
Once he personally checked that everyone was camouflaged properly, Master hid himself in a cave a bit further away.
Just like that, the Master of the Black Knife could relax knowing that they managed to safely make it through another day.
“How could you do something so stupid and tell someone to take their own life?!”
Violet looked toward Yulian with confusion as Yulian started to shout at her.
“Didn’t I tell you in the beginning? If someone on either side speaks the test will end. If you do not want it to end, you need to kill that person. Is the Glow angry because I am not personally killing him? If that is the case, I will kill him myself.”
Violet picked up the sosoonta that Yulian had flicked into the air before falling back down.
“That is not what I mean.”
“Then just what is the problem? I do not believe that you have shown us the will of the savior yet. Actually, shouldn’t the Glow just sit back and watch? This is all so that you can become the savior.”
“You’re telling me the savior needs to just watch people die?”
Violet nodded her head at Yulian’s question.
“You need to do so if the need arises. There are bound to be sacrifices that need to be made to get results.”
“So you are saying you will definitely kill that boy?”
Violet responded without any hesitation.
“Of course. That is part of the test.”
Yulian was at a loss for words. He did hear the conditions in the beginning, but he had not paid much attention to it. He just considered that the test would be over if someone spoke as he had no plans of killing anyone.
“Isn’t there a problem with forcing them to speak and then killing them?”
“That is the test. In addition, I believed that I could strengthen the Glow’s will by showing you the strength of our Shire. Aren’t you envious of our Shire’s strength? If you pass the Savior’s Test, all of this will be yours.”
“That’s incomprehensible……”
Yulian could not finish his sentence. He knew that there needed to be sacrifices. However, that was not a term used for a situation like this. A warrior fighting for his family and tribe puts their life on the line during wars. The deaths of the warriors in battle is where the word sacrifice can be used. You cannot call something like this a sacrifice.
“Is it really a sacrifice if a third party decides the person’s life and it is not their own free will?”
As Yulian asked in a still angry voice, Violet looked toward the children before responding.
“They all have their own wills and choose to follow my orders. Do you think that their wills are significantly lacking compared to the wills of warriors? Our Shire has a very small population. Thanks to that, we do not take our lives lightly. Our Shire definitely has at least, if not more pride than any other tribe.”
Yulian could feel himself getting angry at her stern words.
“How could such a person order a boy who has not even completed his coming-of-age ceremony to kill themselves? How could you give such an incomprehensible command?”
“That is the life of a Shirean. The Glow has not become the savior yet and has no authority to tell us to do this or that. Become the savior. I will loyally carry out your orders once you become the savior. Even this test was given because the Glow has enough clout to be permitted to take the test.”
Violet approached the child once more. The moment she tried to put the sword to his neck, Yulian shouted once more toward her.
“Stop! If the person receiving the test chooses to look past the opponent’s mistake, it will not be a problem. I will continue to test so leave the boy alone.”
“Then you will never ever pass this test.”
“I am the one taking the test. So leave it alone.”
“If that is the Glow’s decision, then I will do so. However, the Glow may overlook it but I will not do the same. Please make sure to practice caution.”
“Hmph.”
Yulian snorted at Violet’s words and turned around to head toward his residence.
The Red Storm followed after Yulian and Tuma Takaka thought about something for a moment before following right next to Yulian.
As Yulian was sitting in his residence still completely angered, Tuma Takaka tapped on Yulian’s shoulder.
“Their abilities may be great, but what is this extremely terrible Savior’s Test? I even question whether they really are the same Shire tribe that Tuma Takaka-nim talked about.”
As Yulian vented his frustrations to Tuma Takaka, Tuma Takaka started to smile before sitting down and writing something on the table with his finger.
Glow, isn’t something weird?
“What do you mean?”
Tuma Takaka started to write again.
Isn’t it weird that Violet said the test will not end until everyone is dead? If they verify your will that way, it will take very long and the entire Shire tribe will perish.
Yulian nodded his head. There really were quite a few questionable components to this test.
“But I cannot say anything because she claims this is their method.”
We need to find out exactly how they verify your will. That is the most urgent order of business.
“Do you have any good ideas?”
I’m not sure. The Savior’s Test is something only the Grand Elder can know about. I know nothing about it. But I’m sure she is also hoping for this test to not continue much longer.
“You might be right. She might be waiting for me to just back out on my own. If that is her plan, she might end up succeeding. I am currently debating whether we really need to have the Shire be a part of our Pareia.”
Tuma Takaka quickly shook his head.
I don’t think so. The savior is someone the Shire has desperately been waiting for. Even the past past Glow was sent back because he did not have the qualifications to take the Savior’s Test. I’m sure she is also hoping for the Glow to actually be the savior.
“Hmm, I do not believe that but I will try a bit harder as Tuma Takaka-nim mentioned. But if I still feel like nothing will come of it, I will give up on the Shire and return.”
Yulian thought for a moment before continuing on.
“This is an important time for Pareia right now. I cannot waste many days, or months doing nothing in the Shire.”
Tuma Takaka did not seem to want to suggest anything more.
Truthfully speaking, Tuma Takaka also believed that the Shire was strong but that Yulian could probably unify the desert even without their help.
He just thought that if the Shire helped them, Yulian could unify the desert a bit easier with less sacrifices.
Furthermore, it would be great for the savior to show up, however, the savior is also the precursor for the twisting of the world. After thinking that far, Tuma Takaka had no more desire to aggressively push Yulian to continue to test.
