Episode 207
EPISODE.104
Puuuuuu-.
With the magnificent sound of the horn, the bow slowly reached the dock.
Clap, clap, clap.
The sound of the anchor being lowered was loud, and Russell’s eyes lit up among the people preparing to disembark one by one.
‘This is the empire… … .’
Among them, the port city of ‘Aiga’.
This is the land of the empire that I set foot on for the first time in my life.
There was a time when I was burning with hatred, thinking that my father’s enemy was in the empire.
Recalling that time, Russell smiled bitterly.
Of course, if you ask me if my current evaluation of the empire has improved, I can firmly answer that it is not.
It has to be that way.
Endymion and the Britannia Empire had a long-standing enmity.
There was an emotional rift between the two countries that had been fighting for over hundreds of years.
This deep-rooted difference of opinion went beyond simple emotions and was instilled into ideology and education over the generations.
‘Just as people in their own country frown when they say it’s an empire, the people of the empire probably do the same.’
It was then.
Muyaho quietly approached Russell’s side and kissed the panoramic view of the empire.
[Hmmmm. c*ck. Speaking of an empire, I thought it would be completely different from a kingdom, but well. There is nothing particularly different.]
Where did this come from again? It was while biting into a huge piece of meat pie.
When she saw Russell’s gaze turn to the meat pie, she quickly swallowed what she was chewing and asked back.
[Mumble. Why are you looking at me like that? I took it from the ship’s dining compartment, and if the male wants to eat it too… … Ha, ha, would you like a bite?]
Russell laughed softly at the voice that clearly showed that he didn’t want to give it to anyone.
I’m not even hungry.
[it’s okay. and… … .]
[…] … ?]
[Isn’t the place where people live all roughly the same?]
Since you were born and raised in Endymion, there is bound to be hostility toward the empire.
However, that does not mean it was hostility toward innocent people.
Muyaho stuffed the meat pie into his mouth as if he wasn’t sure about Russell’s calm answer.
[More than that, the continent is really nice. c*ck. Kyahahaha. Even though I’ve been eating new menu items for half a year, I don’t get tired of them and the food keeps coming out delicious.]
[I can’t believe you’re satisfied. Fortunately, the.]
I didn’t expect that it would be food culture.
‘Well, is it worth it?’
Most of the food I ate when I went to the Kuril Islands was either very simply seasoned or had flavors added using leaves or smoke… … .
Meanwhile, all preparations for disembarkation were completed, and the two people slowly got off the ship.
widely-.
‘Port city Aiga.’
Literally, Aiga was one of the first cities you could enter upon disembarking from the empire’s port.
It was also one of the few cities where outsiders could travel around without any special ID checks.
‘Is it because it is used as a window for trade?’
One of the characteristics of Aiga is that it is surrounded by huge walls on all sides except the sea.
‘The child can move around freely inside, but outside. I guess they will thoroughly check anything entering the mainland of the empire.’
It wasn’t a strange thing. Endymion also had a system that was not much different from this.
“Dongtoin (東土人)?”
The soldier who was checking Russell and Muyaho’s identification cards tilted his head.
“What happens to the Dongto people all the way to the south?”
“Although we are from the same region, it has already been two years since we left the north. Actually, I was doing a small business in the Akhain merchant country, but this time, my wife and I came to the empire for a brief tour to celebrate our 4th anniversary.”
“Hmm, it’s our 4th wedding anniversary… … .”
After hearing Russell’s fluent reply, the soldier fiddled with his identification card for a moment, and then he secretly stared at Russell with eyes that showed something he was hoping for.
‘no way… … ?’
One way or another, it was an empire. So, I prepared a counterfeit identity card, thinking that it would ensure some degree of security.
But you want a bribe.
‘They say the emperor is bedridden and the princes are fighting for power…’ … .’
I never thought the impact would reach here. Realizing first-hand that the civil war in the empire was worse than he had thought, Russell took out two silver coins from his pocket and placed them in his hand.
“It may be a bit weak, but this is my sincerity.”
“Uh, hehe. “Everything like this.”
Then he raises his voice and shouts.
“Pass!”
Of course, if one’s identity was uncertain, one would not have been able to pass through the gates simply through bribery.
This is proof that Dalton did his job well.
‘No matter how much you want the money in front of you, it is not a large amount of money that you should risk your life for.’
After passing through the gate like that.
“So what are you going to do now? c*ck. “What are your next plans?”
When Muyaho asked, Russell first took out a map and unfolded it.
“For now, this is where we will go.”
“hmm… … Do, ni, t, wilderness?”
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Muyaho’s eyes were spinning as he stuttered to read the name of the terrain.
“Hey… … .”
She remembered the road by looking at the mountains, the positions of the trees, and the impressions of the rocks.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that he is virtually ignorant of the Dokdo Act.
“If you move at full speed, it won’t take long, but if you move at a moderately fast speed to avoid other people’s eyes, it will take about 20 days.”
“ah. hmm. Right. Twenty days… … .”
At Russell’s explanation, she looked up from the map and nodded.
“And the move… … “I plan to use the mountains and forests rather than the main road. Is that okay?”
If there was a well-established carriage station system, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to use it nearby, but that wasn’t something Endymion was proud of.
‘In that case, it would be better to move in a straight line at a slightly higher speed.’
Muyaho raised the corners of his mouth and grinned at Russell’s question.
“hey. c*ck. “Who do you think this body is?”
She is the Beast King Muyaho.
Although not as strong as the elves, the beast people were also a race that lived based on forests and mountains.
That’s how the travel route is decided.
Russell and Muyaho, the two people walked slowly.
.
.
Even though they entered the empire, it doesn’t mean that anything special happened.
The two were ordinary travelers, and most of their travel took place through mountain paths that were not traveled by many people.
Most of what I encountered were low-level monsters, not people. When the sun rises, they start moving, and at midnight, they prepare to sleep out for a few days.
It was three days after entering the empire that Muyaho sensed something unusual.
“hmm?”
She was walking through the grass with her luggage on her back, saying it was good, but suddenly stopped.
Then, he wrinkled the tip of his nose and frowned between his eyebrows.
“It smells like a corpse. c*ck.”
“A corpse?”
Russell’s senses became much more active than before as he reached the level of a superhuman, but their level was not comparable to that of Muyaho.
Moreover, Muyaho is a beastman tribe.
It was natural that his sense of smell was several times superior to Russell’s.
“okay. “It smells like a lot of dead bodies.”
“Isn’t there a cemetery nearby?”
Because villages were not always created adjacent to cities. A village of herbalists, woodcutter, etc.
There were many villages growing up in the middle of the mountains, and it would not be surprising if there were cemeteries nearby that had been used for generations.
Muyaho shook his head in response to Russell’s answer.
“It doesn’t smell like graveyard dirt or graveyard evening primroses. Rather, it feels like the smell of human life is being overtaken by the strong smell of corpses.”
“hmm.”
Even just hearing the story, I could tell that it was not an ordinary incident.
But this is imperial territory.
‘I don’t want to make a fuss by going there.’
That’s why Russell asked.
“Which direction is the smell flowing from?”
“Straight. If we keep going in the same direction we’re going… … .”
If this happens, I’m not the one to go and make a fuss… … .
Russell sighed, remembering what Muyaho had said about the strong smell of corpses mixed in with the smell of people.
“I just take a look at what’s going on as I pass by.”
“huh. c*ck.”
.
.
After a while.
What Russell encountered was a village of loggers with several small lumber yards.
No, more accurately, it should be said that it was a village of loggers.
‘Undead.’
Monsters that can’t die and move around.
It wasn’t just one or two undead, it was dozens of undead.
Crack, clack, clack, clack—.
Dozens of skeletons with magnificent skeletons wander around the village, clutching axes that appear to have been used by them in life.
Rattling rattling.
Several small ghouls, who appear to have once been children, run through the alleys with slow, shaky steps.
Some of the dogs had become ghosts and were gnawing at the walls of the wooden house or the dining table.
Squeak, squeak.
In addition, there are many undead who appear to be members of the logger family.
“like… … .”
Muyaho muttered in a deeply subdued voice at the sight.
“It seems like corpses are living in a village.”
As the saying goes, it was as if the entire village had been turned into undead.
It is said that sometimes, when a singularity of magic occurs in a place such as a cemetery, undead can naturally appear, but this number was too much.
The appearance of such a large number of undead.
Turning an entire village into undead!
‘It’s absolutely impossible without falling into the hands of cultists.’
“With this… … , Don’t think this is the end!”
“The darkness is not over yet, and even greater darkness remains. The day when the continent is covered in blood and darkness. The end is for you… … .”
Was it simply because of my mood?
Otherwise, Russell clicked his tongue, perhaps because the word cultist stimulated his memory, or because an annoying last word came to mind.
Of course, I couldn’t conclude that the cultist who created this small town was related to them.
However, even so, a cultist is a cultist.
Moreover, wasn’t he in the midst of discovering that his father’s death was a result of the machinations of cult members?
“It would be best to sort out the situation first. Muyaho.”
Now that it had come to this point, I couldn’t just pass it by.
“Even though they are dead, not a single one of them would have wanted a life like this. so… … .”
After finishing his thoughts, Russell sighed and raised his magic power.
“… … “We need to make it peaceful.”
Woooooo-.
As if representing Russell’s mood, the surrounding wind howled sadly.
Wraaralalak-.
At the same time, the vortices that arose in various places transformed into the shape of arrows.
Shock Bolt is a mid- to low-level wind magic that sends a shock wave over the rotation of the wind.
If it hits, it will be able to shatter the head of a low-level undead in an instant.
As if he wanted to sort it out in an instant,
A green window appeared in front of Russell’s eyes as he loaded dozens of wind bullets with a single breath.
[Mission-Ⅰ]
A requiem for the undead village.
It was literally an instant for the entire village of lumberjacks, who were living normally, to become undead.
Pay tribute to the village where the disaster occurred.
[compensation]
Lesser Magic Stone (Edible) x2
‘mission?’
As the difficulty level is not difficult, the reward may be high. But ‘Mission-Ⅰ’.
‘There’s another mission that continues from here?’
Russell’s eyes sank coldly as he realized something was unusual.
wizard who swallowed a dragon
