[EP.22] Outside the walls of Mars
A walled village on the border of Staron Kingdom.
Crasch got off the carriage and faced a slightly annoying situation.
“Go away kid. “It’s bad luck for a child to get involved somewhere.”
This was because they were arguing with the person who was guiding the broker who would secretly hand over the castle walls.
“No, you’re giving me money?”
Even from Krasch’s perspective, the current situation was absolutely absurd.
Even though the person who was supposed to introduce him to the broker offered money, he never did so because he was a child.
“Ha, kid. “You don’t know what it’s like outside the walls, do you?”
Then the man also looked at Krasch with tired eyes.
“The road officially connected between the Empire and Staron Kingdom is safe to clean up the world’s erosion every day.”
That was a story everyone knew.
The official road is often seen as the road taken by merchants and travelers.
On the other hand, most people who use these back roads are criminals or people who need to hide their identities.
“But on roads that are not official roads, the world’s erosion has grown arbitrarily. And brokers guide us on how to avoid that world erosion as much as possible.”
He said that and glared at Krashu.
“by the way. “World erosion is something that even the most courageous people often get scared of, right?”
The erosion of the world basically creates a feeling of rejection in people.
In fact, it was like a desire for survival.
The imprint that you should not enter dangerous places is deeply engraved in your body.
“Even grown adults are like that, so what do you think will happen if a little kid like you gets into a state of panic? “The brokers who guided you will also be searched.”
Krasch could not bear to deny it after hearing what followed.
There was no reason for them to take that level of risk, no matter how much money they were paid.
‘In the end, this appearance is the problem.’
It’s good to be young.
Because the training is good and there is no curse.
However, this appearance always caused troublesome things.
“I guess the purpose is to participate in the Imperial Martial Arts Competition. “I don’t know what it is, but it’s better to use the official route.”
“Do you not know that I came here because I am not allowed to use that official route?”
“whatever. “I don’t plan on guiding you anyway, so do it yourself.”
After saying that, he turned around and walked away.
Krasch, who was looking at that scene, was about to give it a squeeze but held back.
‘Damn it, I can’t believe I’m being treated like this after going all the way to Geumyeok.’
I had no idea that regression would have such a disadvantage.
“What are we going to do?”
Crimson Garden, who was just watching without any intention of helping, asked.
Apparently, she found it fun to watch this situation.
“Crimson Garden, isn’t there something magical? “Something like magic that turns you into an adult.”
“Is there such a thing? “It would be possible if you covered yourself with human skin.”
You say horrible things so casually.
Krashu cupped his forehead with his hand, feeling that she was once again the destroyer of the world.
“Hey, honey.”
At that moment, Krasch was thinking about what to do.
He turned his head to the voice that seemed to be calling him.
Standing there was a woman in her mid-20s with short hair.
She looked at Krasch and smiled.
“Do you want to go outside the castle walls?”
“however.”
When Krasch answered bluntly, she lowered her posture.
Even though it was winter, she was wearing only a thin t-shirt underneath her coat, leaving her bare toes exposed.
“If that’s the case, do you think your sister could help you?”
“Are you a broker?”
“Not a broker, but a merchant who sells goods.”
Krasch heard those words, and after a while, he realized what she meant.
“Are you saying you’re going to hide it among the items and take it?”
“Yes, brokers have no reason to check the goods. “Most of the things we move here are of that type.”
It’s not a bad suggestion.
“What is the price?”
“Ten times what you would pay the broker.”
She immediately put forward ridiculous conditions.
He is truly a merchant.
This price must have been set with the possibility of bargaining in mind.
But Krasch also had other ideas.
“Only accept the money given to the broker.”
“Huh, then you’re not going to give your sister a ride? “The kid can’t go outside the castle walls.”
“I will act as your escort instead.”
After hearing that, she blinked.
Then he covered his mouth and laughed as if wondering what that meant.
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“Isn’t he thinking too highly of his own skills?”
Krasch rummaged through his pockets.
Originally, I didn’t plan on writing it because it was annoying, but looking at the situation, I thought it would be right to bring it up.
At that moment, the woman’s eyes turned to Krasch’s hand.
What was in Krasch’s hand was none other than a badge with Valheim’s emblem engraved on it.
Everyone who lives in Staron knows the pattern of Valheim.
As evidence, the woman’s body stiffened.
But the real reason she froze was none other than the pale blue light that leaked from the Valheim pattern.
Everyone who lives in Staron has heard of that blue light at least once.
In particular, we know in detail about criminals to whom the Sword of Valheim can be directed at any time.
A blue light that only comes out when held by a Valheim direct lineage.
That was Valheim’s special identification card.
“Uh, huh?”
The moment she said something embarrassing, Krashu suddenly raised his hand and covered her mouth.
Crashu, with his mouth filled with pressure and his eyes filled with the Valheim symbol, slightly lifted his hood and brightened his bright blue eyes.
The blue eyes and black hair of Valheim’s blood gave her even more confidence.
“Do you understand now?”
She nodded eagerly with a pale face.
From the moment Krasch covered her mouth, she was pinned down by his force.
“It’s okay if you tell other people. Even if I tell you, there will be no benefit to you. “Because I wouldn’t believe it in the first place.”
There is no reason for the people of Valheim to use this path instead of using the official path.
When Krasch took his hand away from her mouth, she quickly turned around with a prickly expression on her face.
“Let’s go!”
Krasch’s skills were already confirmed when he possessed the Valheim emblem.
To be exact, she probably isn’t even looking to act as an escort.
They probably decided that it would be better to just take money and burn Krashu rather than cause a spark to fly for no reason.
‘I like it because it’s like a merchant.’
Isn’t it easy to communicate because your brain is sharp?
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As he followed the woman, Krasch arrived at a large carriage after a while.
The carriage with its iron bars was covered with a black curtain.
And what was inside was none other than an erosion species.
It appears that she was a merchant who caught invasive species and sold them illegally.
If you’re stuck among eroding species, brokers won’t be able to see you.
They are all asleep using sleep magic, so there is no danger.
“Speak after the broker’s instructions.”
Krasch dug into his pocket and handed out some money to give to the broker.
She quickly took the money and opened the cage door.
“Well, let’s go in.”
Krasch trudged inside, and the woman locked the cage door and closed it again.
Meanwhile, Krasch roughly sat down.
Then Crimson Garden landed on the floor of the carriage.
“There are quite a few guys that are hard to see.”
“That’s how you get paid.”
Krasch looked at the eroded species with a very disapproving expression.
The erosive species here are all those that cause hallucinations and auditory hallucinations, so-called narcotic erosive species.
“Something that is not sane.”
Krasch leaned against the wall, thinking that those who enjoyed pleasure by exploiting the drug world would never understand.
Meanwhile, the carriage began to move with a rattling sound.
When I saw the body leaning inside the carriage, it seemed like I was going down to the basement.
It must be a back road that passes by the castle walls.
A few hours passed as Krasch waited quietly.
There was a brief sound of talking outside, and a moment later, footsteps were heard in this direction.
Crash-
And soon the sound of an iron door opening rang out.
When Krashu walked out, the merchant woman he had seen earlier was standing there.
“What about the broker?”
“I went back. “The directions end here.”
As for the rest, take care of it.
As Krasch lightly got off the carriage, the emerald sky began to shine in his eyes.
Unlike Staron, the sky has changed due to the effects of world erosion.
The sky was not that strange to Krasch.
And it was proof that the sky was none other than outside the border.
‘There’s nothing to worry about as long as it’s red.’
Crasch took his eyes off the sky and looked back at the merchant woman.
“By the way, where are you going? For your information, I am an empire.”
Krasch said that and smiled.
The woman, who realized the meaning of the smile, responded with a prickly expression.
“Well, I am also an empire.”
Wherever her destination was, it was none of my business.
This was because Krashu was the Empire, and at that point, the place she was headed to was the Empire.
“good. “Let’s go.”
Krasch said that and walked to the front of the carriage.
Then, he lightly climbed into the coach seat and the woman reluctantly sat down next to him.
While she started moving her horse again, Krasch looked around.
It seemed like she was the only one in the carriage, except for the eroded species.
“Are you not looking for another escort?”
“Oh, yes, I also did some work as an erosion hunter. Even so, he is quite capable. How can we deal with the erosion of the two-star world?”
Surprisingly, you were quite talented.
If you look at it simply, it might be similar to yourself.
“In the first place, it is easier to just run away from 3 stars, and even if you hire someone, it costs more. So I’m traveling alone. “The problem is the bandits, but you rarely encounter crazy people living outside the walls, right?”
When she said yes, Krasch also thought so.
“Hey, Balheim, what is your name?”
At that moment, she asked a question as if she was a little bored.
Seeing her like that, Crashu let out a laugh.
“If we introduce our names, wouldn’t it be good for both parties?”
“Well, that’s right! Let’s not introduce ourselves. Hey!”
She rode her horse quickly, as if she didn’t want to cause trouble.
Krasch, who had a comfortable trip thanks to this, leaned back against the backrest.
‘I hope some world erosion occurs along the way.’
The merchant woman wished for something that would never happen.
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Tap, tap, tap!
It has been ten days since the carriage journey outside the border began.
The merchant woman seemed to have done this once or twice, choosing only the path that was free from erosion.
Thanks to this, Krasch was only devoting his time to Auror training, receiving advice from Crimson Garden.
Although I had set aside plenty of time to travel to the empire.
If there was a world erosion on the way, I would stop by, but I didn’t have enough time to go find it.
‘I can do it on the way back.’
So Krasch didn’t worry and trained leisurely.
Meanwhile, night had already fallen.
While Krasch used the blanket the merchant woman gave her, the merchant woman attached a bell to the end of the carriage.
It was a bell that rang immediately when something approached.
“How much longer do we have left?”
“If this continues, there are about 5 days left. This time, we are going quietly without any erosion of the world. Is it thanks to Valheim-nim’s presence?”
The merchant woman smiled and farted loudly.
Over the past ten days, she had been uncomfortable with Krasch at first.
However, when she noticed Krasch’s personality, she realized that he was a more generous person than she thought.
“Valheim would be nice. “If you are born in Valheim, it seems like you have the world.”
So, he spoke to me in this way.
“Is the world that small? “I didn’t know the world was so small.”
“Hey, maybe you’re too young to feel it right now? Ordinary people worry about just eating three meals a day. “Valheim, you don’t have to worry about that.”
That is certainly true.
However, there is one clear difference between nobles and commoners.
“Yeah, nobles don’t worry about that. But you probably don’t know us, just as we don’t know you.”
Krasch looked outside at the lawless area.
The nation is what was achieved by overcoming the erosion of the world in that empty plain.
And it is nobility that maintains that.
Many people forget that.
Even nobles.
This is because among the nobles, there are quite a few people who neglect their duties and only commit trash.
‘If you think it’s peaceful, there must be a power struggle.’
When that peace is broken, the first to die are those who only chased that power.
“Hehe, really? Then I want to become a noble too. “Shall we make a reservation for Balheim’s wedding in advance?”
What is a woman in her mid-20s talking about?
“I have a fiance.”
“Uh, really? “It would be really cute if you were Valheim’s fiancé.”
“Is it cute?”
Krasch thought of Bianca for a moment.
Krasch knows that she will grow up to be a very beautiful woman.
In fact, there was a time when she got caught up in trouble because she was her fiancé due to people being fascinated by her looks.
So, in terms of appearance, he was superior to everyone else.
‘If you say it’s cute.’
Certainly, the way it followed me around like a chick might have been cute.
“Maybe so.”
“Puh-huh, unlike his appearance, he looks like an adult, but he also has a childlike side. “You’ve never experienced anything like love, right?”
“I’m sorry, but I tried.”
Krashu said that and stood up, leaving behind his blanket.
“It was a love that ended the moment I tried.”
Krasch’s gaze turned outward.
The moment the merchant woman saw this and questioned it, Crimson Garden in the sky cried and cried.
“I guess it’s time to get to work.”
“this.”
Jingling jingling!
At the same time, the bell she had hung began to ring.
Belatedly, the merchant woman also stood up, taking out a weapon.
Beyond the pitch-black forest, I saw a black liquid walking towards me as if it had become a person.
The problem was that there was more than one number.
“It’s a lawless zone.”
A symptom that occurs when the owner of world erosion is not properly purified even if killed.
One of them was the Black Humans.
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