How to Survive as a Player Chapter 185

#185

“Yes, just be patient. “It’s just around the corner.”

It was good news. It had already been three days since I had not been able to sleep properly due to the rattling noise and movement of the carriage. The only thing he washed during that time was stopping at the lake once and getting his hands and feet wet.

“Isn’t there a status badge or something like that here?”

If it doesn’t work out, I’ll put money into it, but the priority was to resolve it without causing any noise. As if reading Se-hyeon’s thoughts, Eun-cheong, who was sharpening something in the corner of the carriage every night, took out something from his leather pouch.

It was a square depression made of wood. Inside the square plaque, which was more elaborate than expected, were engraved letters that Sehyun could not read.

“This is a card commonly used by mercenaries. “It is a low-level mercenary card, but it can be used in place of a status card.”

“It was made with great precision. “I think this is possible.”

Pen hurried down and turned the wooden paddle around, then nodded and answered. Euncheong handed two of them to Sehyeon and Ruhak.

“What about the tramps?”

“Most vagrants have no way to prove their identity. It would be difficult for any village to accept it. Temporary entry is possible under the condition that a guard is attached, but all you can do is buy daily necessities or look for pastimes. Even then, entry is completely prohibited at night.”

They said that they had to live outside the gatehouse and find things to do and eat. It would be difficult for children and the elderly to run out of pastimes, so most men and women would go inside and look for work.

They said that I had to break up with my child here too.

When the carriage stopped just in time, Sehyeon gave up his thoughts and got up. He heard a cry outside telling him they had arrived in the village.

“here… “A village?”

I thought of the village as just an evolutionary stage of the village that Ellix had imagined, but the village was considerably larger than I expected. It was irrelevant even if it was considered a huge city. The wall surrounding the gatehouse was incredibly high, and the line to enter the village was quite long.

Most of the line were mercenaries carrying weapons, while the rest were large-scale merchants or individual porters.

“It is the third largest city within the Behia Empire. The territory of Benelia is rich in supplies and troops. In addition, it is also a place where the scale of trade centered on merchants is also large.”

“… Ruhak, aren’t you familiar with your face?”

“If it were the Heavenly Gold Tribe, it would have been similar.”

Ruhak answered indifferently. He did not know what those words meant.

When the tribe changed, the vassals were divided into those who changed color and those who did not. Silver and blue pens did not change color, but Muan and Ruhak were different.

They both absorbed too much of the black attribute, which caused their hair and eyes to turn black. It was a change that usually happened to people with golden hair.

Ruhak was originally a man with blonde hair and golden eyes. And now the only trace of his past left was one eye of a different color.

“But just in case, let’s change it.”

“Sure.”

As soon as the pleasant words were over, Muan cast a skill on Ruhak. Odd Eye’s eyes darkened and his striking expression became ordinary. However, his sharp eyes were still the same, so much so that I could recognize him as Ruhak at a glance.

“Then, for the last time, I… .”

I was thinking of going to say goodbye to my child for the last time. However, before he could finish speaking, footsteps were heard behind Sehyeon.

When I put my hood down and looked back, I saw a child standing quite far away. The child just looked at Sehyeon without moving anything. But soon he opened his tightly shut mouth.

“I don’t know.”

It was my first time. The child opened his mouth. It wasn’t a small sound. When Sehyun didn’t say anything, the child spoke again.

“I don’t know how old you are.”

Leaving only those words, the child turned his back as if running away. That was our last conversation and greeting. Only after a while did Sehyun realize that this was the answer to the first question he had asked the child.

[How old are you, baby?]

The child remembered those words. The answer might have been the child’s own greeting.

Sehyeon watched the child walking away, and only when the child disappeared did he turn around and walk towards the gatehouse.

I wanted to hug her once, but in the end, we broke up without even holding one’s hand until the end. She actually wanted to be taken. The reason she couldn’t do that was because she had drawn the line that this was the end of Pen’s view of her child. From this point on, it was a life that the child had to experience entirely. Just like the pen did.

Still, I’ll give you something.

The regret soon disappeared as the gateway was revealed right in front of us. The gate of the gate where Sehyun was standing in line was the gate through which mercenaries and individual merchants entered and exited.

The gate of the gateway was divided into three doors. The largest door, the door through which nobles pass, and the next largest door through which upper classmen pass. And finally, a small door through which mercenaries, private merchants, and ordinary people enter and exit.

“next.”

“Show me your cards.”

Sehyeon’s turn came quickly. Sehyeon handed the wooden paddle he was carrying in his arms to the gatekeeper. One of the gatekeepers who saw the card looked Sehyun up and down, then glanced at Ruhak and the heroes standing behind Sehyeon and asked.

“Are you from the same group?”

“Yes, that’s true, but… . “Is there a problem?”

“That doesn’t sound suspicious. Judging by their appearance, they do not appear to be mercenaries. What brought you here?”

In fact, you could tell just by looking at the back what the mercenaries were like. I also agreed that the shape stands out. Just looking at Euncheong, he was wearing a level of armor that a mere mercenary could not wear.

Sehyeon looked at them indifferently and then belatedly smiled.

“That’s our mercenary. I dressed up like this because I had to escort a strict nobleman. I stopped by here a month ago, don’t you remember? You even shook my hand at that time. “Like this.”

Sehyun passed the jewels in her hands into the men’s hands, pretending to shake hands. The gatekeepers, wondering what was going on, looked at the red gemstone in their hands and immediately began to clear their throats.

“Hum hum, I seem to remember that too.”

“Hmm, I remember seeing that book. Come in. “Well, don’t act too conspicuously.”

“Yes, see you next time.”

Sehyun passed the door with a smile on her face after passing the gatekeeper who made way for her. The smile disappeared as soon as I took a few steps.

“There’s nothing better than money.”

When I shook my hands away from the gatekeepers and looked ahead, the first thing I noticed was the noisy street. No, it was more accurate to say it was messy. The air was heavy and the atmosphere was solemn.

Mercenaries armed with weapons were active on every street. Armed soldiers could sometimes be seen walking the streets in teams.

“Is the atmosphere here really like this?”

Sehyeon quietly asked Ruhak next to him. Beyond the square where the mercenaries walked, the magnificent Yeongju Castle was located in a landscape surrounded by mountains.

The castle was more elaborate and stern than anything I had seen in Elix. But something was different. When I narrowed my eyes, I saw something floating around the castle. Before I could figure out what it was, I heard an answer.

“Good luck.”

It was said that there was a hint of war coming from somewhere. Sehyun just dug into the streets. As I walked slowly and looked around, the market itself was bustling with activity. The most crowded place was the place selling armor and weapons.

“Let’s tear apart now, gather some information, and meet you at the square in an hour. Ruhak, you are coming with me.”

“yes.”

Euncheong, Muan, and Pen answered at the same time. Immediately after answering, the three people ran away at high speed. He cleverly infiltrated the crowd of people without being noticed and began to gather information.

Sehyeon also moved towards the square. However, along the way, my wrist was grabbed by Ruhak’s hand and I was taken as if I was being dragged somewhere.

The place they arrived at, dragged by Ruhak’s hands, was inside a building where mercenaries were going in and out while it was on fire. He couldn’t know for sure because he couldn’t read, but Sehyun thought it was roughly a mercenary office.

bang-!

“Ah, I asked you to move to the 1st Division! “I supported the front line, so why are they putting me in the rear?!”

“I clearly told you that it was not possible because it was not rated. “Get your promotion first.”

“Who is this bastard ignoring now?”

There seemed to be no quiet time inside the building with all the swearing and shouting. The place where Ruhak stopped was the waiting area. This is the place where you can best hear the information coming out amid harsh swear words.

Sehyun listened quietly, then found an empty counter seat and walked towards it, leaving Ruhak behind. He didn’t forget to press down on his robe.

“Could you show me the mercenary badge first?”

The employee turned over the documents with a grumpy expression and made a polite remark. Sehyun took out the mercenary badge that Euncheong had given her and placed it on the table. The employee who was flipping through the documents saw this and immediately snorted and made a sarcastic comment.

“D-class is not managed here?”

“Then where should I go?”

“You have to find out for yourself.”

The employee half-heartedly pushed away the mercenary card and turned away while holding the application documents. Sehyun looked at his back, took out something, put it in his hand, and tapped the table again. The employee glanced back, and his gaze fell on the jewel in Sehyeon’s hand.

The employee glanced around for a moment, cleared his throat, and approached Sehyun again.

“First of all, let me tell you, I can’t give you anything above your grade.”

“Then let me ask you a few questions.”

“What are you curious about?”

“Why have so many mercenaries gathered here?”