"So you are him, I assume?"

Nero turned around and replied "Yeah.. And who are you?"

Crusch stepped forward and said "My name is Crusch, I am a Royale candidate. This is Wilhelm, my bodyguard."

Wilhelm nodded in approval.

"I've been wanting to meet you, to see what kind of person you are."

She silently observed him.

He was wearing some strange clothes.

Well toned muscles were clearly present since his shirt was almost destroyed.

He also had something underneath. It looked like some stabilizers for injuries.

His Brown hair spiked up.

But more importantly, his face.. Looked scary.

I can't make an eye contact with him. The way he looks at me is uncomfortable.

She shuddered.

"Oh. Is that so.. The name is Nero.. So, you are another royale candidate.. This is becoming a pain in the ass." said Nero.

"Hm? Another one?" asked Ferris.

"Yeah.. So far, I've met 2 of them, so this is the third one. But ey.. Are all candidates beautiful women?" asked Nero.

Hell... I agree that that dumb elf is beautiful, but she is beyond dumb. No way in hell am I gonna compliment her.

"B-Beautiful." Crusch looked lost.

Ferris grabbed her hands and said "Good for you Crusch nyaa. I've always told you that you look good but you never listened nyaa..." sighed Ferris.

"Also, you are wearing a male clothes, is that right?" asked Nero.

She put her hands on her breasts and said "Y-Yeah.. Why would you care. I like male clothes more. They are more comfortable than our clothes."

Nero shrugged and said "Nah I don't mind. I think it's cute."

Crusch got hit by another blow. "W-What...C-Cute?! How can you think it's cute! It is supposed to be dangerously looking and intimidating! That's why I am not wearing a dress, but an uniform, making it feel like I am in the battle mode all the time!"

"Oh. To me, it looks cute. When a male wears female clothes it's weird, but if a beautiful female wears male clothes, it's alluring and cute." replied Nero.

Ferris and Wilhelm couldn't restrain themselves anymore and started laughing.

"Good for you Crusch nyaa. Finally someone that isn't intimidated by you nyaa."

"This young man sure is something else haha. To have the nerve to tease our Crusch sama. Well done young man. It's been a while since I've laughed so much."

Crusch got embarrassed and her ears turned red. She quickly hid behind Wilhelm, as not to be seen by anyone.

"Well, I am glad that you laughed, but I wasn't kidding." said Nero with a straight face.

Wilhelm smiled and said "That's good young man. I wish you luck haha."

"C-Can we move already? The merchants are waiting for us, and I don't want them to wait that long." replied the still embarrassed Crusch.

"Where are those merchants?" asked Nero.

"Oh, they are down the hill nyaa. I just hope that they are okay nyaa. I don't want them to get attacked by some stray demon beast nyaa." said Ferris.

"That would be a problem.. Let's hurry!"

"""Right"""

................

Merchants are greedy by nature. No matter how much money you offer them, if someone else offers more, you will get betrayed.

The situation is in my favor, once I convince them, my plan would be a success.

I've already called the assassins guild, they will definitely want an item of that caliber. To turn invisible? That's every assassins dream.

"Guys. I've got a great plan. We will be rich in no time."

"What are you planning Arnold? I know that your plans always work, but I don't think we can defeat them all by ourselves. They have Wilhelm, one of the Sword saints, Ferris the best healer in the country, and that bitch Karsten, she has the divine protection of the wind.. I would love to ravage her so badly." said one of the merchants.

"I agree, but this time, I have called people from the assassins guild.

I told them about the item, and they gladly accepted. They should arrive in a few minutes. I also told them about the enemy power, and they said, that they will send an appropriate fighting force." replied Arnold.

"Guys, we shouldn't do this. We are merchants, not bandits. It's against the merchant's code." said the merchant youth.

"Otto, you were always so naive. Merchants are worse than any kind of beast or bandits. They only want profit. No matter what. Remember this well." said Arnold as he threw a rope to other merchants.

"Tie him up. Don't let him use his divine protection."

Otto looked shocked "How do you know I have a protection? I didn't tell anyone."

After getting tied up. Otto tried to use his divine protection, but he couldn't.

"Why doesn't it work."

"Oh that's because, this is a special type of a rope. That can seal all protections."

"What!?"

"Once we deal with Wilhelm, We will use this on Ferris and Karsten, and they will be ours to play with." a disgusting smile appeared on the Arnold's face.

"Also, About how I knew that you had a divine protection."

Arnold came closer and put his eyepatch down, revealing a golden pupil.

"What is that?!" Otto demanded an answer.

"That, is my divine protection. The protection of an all seeing eye, I can see weaknesses of everyone and their basic strength in a form of a numerical value, which is perfect for every merchant."

Now. Let's prepare for a fight.

...

Not far away from them, A duo was approaching at an insane speed.

"Ne ne. What do you think about our mission Liz?" asked the little girl.

"Hmm. I think this might be a trap for our association. They probably wanted us to send our strongest fighters, so that they could trap us and kill most of us in a single swoop." replied Liz.

"Then why are we going in a duo?! I don't want to die yet! Are they sending us to die!? What is Mama thinking?! " Asked the agitated little girl.

"Don't worry, they only asked us to confirm whether the item is real, we will scout this place and check out the perimeter to confirm whether this is a trap or not. We won't engage. Although Mama told me to kill all of them if the item is proven to be false, but I don't want to engage the Sword Saint at any cost. He could probably kill us in a few seconds. These fools think that when he is old he is already weak."

"Okay Liz, let's move on."

"Stop calling me Liz, it's uncomfortable. Just call me Elsa already." she said as she smiled.

After a few minutes, they arrived at the place.

"Look Liz, There they are. What do we do?"

"Let′s wait for a while. Hm..Someone is coming." said Elsa as she watched the commotion.

"I see them, they are the reported Crusch party, but who is the one behind them?"

"The one behind them? Oh.. hahaha" Elsa started laughing.

"Why are you laughing?

"Your new boyfriend has arrived haha." laughed elsa.

"You mean..He is the reason you don′t have a 100% success anymore?"

"Exactly. Let′s watch for a while hehe."

...

"Oh, there they are. We made it everyone." said Crusch.

Nero looked around, staring at everyone's face.

These people aren't allies at all. They are practically spreading their hatred all over us. Weren't they supposed to be merchants? What is up with this bloodlust.

"Oi. Why do they look so hostile? Did you do anything to anger them?"

"I don′t remember doing something like that. I treat my people with utmost care."

Arnold was prepared for everything, his eye already told him everything he needed to know.

Name: Crusch Karsten

Titles: Justice Bringer, Truth Finder

Age: 20

Level: 30

Power: 2000

Magic Power: 4000

Abilities: Lie detector, Wind magic, Skilled Swordsman.

Divine Protections: Divine Protection Of Wind Indication- grants skills to control wind.

Weaknesses: Fire, Calling her cute, rope of divine antiprotection.

Killer moves: One Blow, A Hundred Felled- Her strongest attack, invisible wind blade cutting through almost anything. Unlimited range.

Basic Information about individual: A proud person by nature, strong willed. One of the royale selection candidates. Likes to wear male clothes. Loves being called cute but doesn′t want to admit it.

Name: Wilhelm Van Astrea

Titles: Sword Demon, Sword Saint

Age: 61

Level: 90

Power: 9400

Magic Power: 500

Abilities: Grandmaster Swordsman

Divine Protections: None

Weaknesses: Old age, Old wound on his chest, Talking about his wife.

Killer moves:

Numbing Melting Slash- A skill powerful enough, to melt corundum. Certain death.

Brutal Blood Launch- User uses his own blood on his blade, causing it to gain conscience. Raises his power considerably.

Basic Information about individual:

One of the Sword Saints. He desires to kill the White Whale and to gain revenge for his dead wife.

Loyal to Crusch.

Name: Ferris Argyle

Age: 19

Level: 24

Power: 200

Magic Power: 9800

Abilities:

Highly skilled at Water Magic,

Immortal King's Sacrament- can regenerate from any kind of injury, as long as she doesn′t die, Skilled healer

Divine Protections: Divine Protection Of Water

Weaknesses: Nero, Frail body

Killer moves: Separate- Once she touches her opponent, with enough magic power, she can reverse or seperate all of your bones and muscles in your body.

Basic Information about individual:

Want′s to start family, loyal to Crusch, Likes Nero.

"Everything is going according to the plan haha" said Arnold as he looked around.

I initially wanted to deal with them with our original number, but just in case, I′ve called for help on our way here, and about 50 soldiers were following us secretly all this time.

"Team A. Circle around the enemy. Cut off their escape."

"Team B. Use the summoning circle."

"Team C. Prepare your bows."

"Team D. Prepare your shields. Your enemy is a Sword Saint."

Wait..Who the hell is this guy?!

An extra person could be seen walking behind Crusch. His look was frightening.

"Tch.. They brought help, INFO!"

Name: ??? [Nero]

Titles: Lolicon, The Grandmaster Of Taekwondo

Race: ??? [Human]

Age: 17

Level: 489

Power: ??? - Certain death.

Magic Power: None

Abilities:

Grand Master Of Taekwondo martial art [10th dan]- Insane Power from kicks, avoid them no matter what.

Divine Protections: None.

Extra Authority---- The Authority of Envy - Satella, The Witch Of Envy- No matter how many times he dies, he can revive and continue fighting, has a ghost form in which he can fight as well.

[Shared With Natsuki Subaru]

Weaknesses: None.

Killer moves:

The 8 Curse Kicks - No info.

Basic Information about individual:

He lost a part of his memories.

"What the...The Witch Of Envy...Oh no...I need to run, fast!"

Who would have thought that someone that strong still lived.

Arnold ran away with his full speed, leaving everyone else speechless.

"Wait. Why did he leave us?! What do we do? Do we cancel the operation?"

"I don′t know, this has never happened before. It′s money we are talking about... he would never leave, Unless...He saw something with his divine protection." murmured the man.

"Shit, does that mean, that we won′t be able to win even with the assassins guild?"

"Don′t give up. No one is to leave combat. Just rush them."

"Hm.. Crusch? What the hell is this? A Coup d'état?"

"I don′t get it either. Well.. It looks like we have to fight."