Chapter7. I protect mine strictly. (2)
Oh, that’s pretty cool.
He seemed to immediately recognize Black Star’s identity. He certainly seemed more experienced than the security guard from earlier.
‘I guess I can solve the business I came here for.’
I thought there would be only people who knew nothing about monsters because it was a remote area, but it was an unexpected harvest.
“Yeah. I rode it all the way here.”
I said yes briefly and then asked.
“Is there something wrong?”
A deep smile spread at the end of the question.
“…….”
The guard captain looked at my face and slowly blinked like a toad. Then suddenly he came to his senses and spoke.
“Oh, no! The horse looks so strong and courageous!”
“hmm.”
“It really fits Abel’s reputation well!”
… … Isn’t that an insult?
The guard captain was rubbing his hands together busily, as if he knew what I was thinking.
“So what are your plans after this? Are you planning on staying here?”
“I plan to.”
I tied Black Star’s reins tightly to the pole.
“You can’t break this, okay?”
“Pureung.”
Black Star looked around a little dissatisfied, but eventually calmly stayed in his seat.
The guard captain looked at the scene with a pitiful face. I felt like I was praying for that pillar to be safe.
“Please come inside. Your lord is waiting for you.”
“for a moment.”
I untied the sack tied to the saddle. As I held it up with one hand, the guard captain held out both hands.
“I will take it. Give it to me.”
“Oh, do you want to?”
I laughed and handed him the sack. After making sure he had a good grip on the top of the sack, he let go.
“What?”
With the guard captain’s cries,
thud!
The sack landed on the floor.
“Oh my gosh.”
The guard captain held his waist and groaned. It was because he applied a lot of force in the moment to keep his sack from falling on the floor.
Nevertheless, I ended up missing the sack on the floor.
“No, what on earth is inside…?”
“That’s what I came here for.”
I answered and picked up the sack he had let go with one hand. The guard captain looked at the sack rising so lightly with a puzzled face.
“Is this the monster Everett mentioned…?”
Everett, are you referring to the security guard from earlier? I guess I explained the situation well in that short amount of time.
Instead of a friendly explanation, I responded bluntly.
“I think it’s too heavy for you to lift. I’ll just carry it.”
The guard captain hesitated for a moment and then opened the door to the hall.
“Please eat inside.”
The interior of the building could not be said to be luxurious, but it was neatly and comfortably decorated.
“This way.”
The innermost room of the building. When I entered there, I saw a man sitting at a desk.
“Welcome.”
I was greeted by an old man with a wrinkled face that had not escaped the passage of time and a salt-water beard on top.
“Welcome to Bezerk Territory.”
Lord Marco Medici.
He was the lord who ruled this Bezerk territory, and he was a man who was about to be robbed by me.
I walked over and sat down on the chair in front of the desk.
“…….”
Marco’s beard twitched when he saw me sit down first, even though I hadn’t even told him to sit down yet.
thud!
I put the sack down next to the chair and crossed one leg.
“Thank you for the welcome.”
Marco’s face distorted unsightly.
It must not be a good feeling to see a young guy speaking informally to you from the first time you meet him.
However, he is the son of the chief of a rural village that is inscribed on the map and the lord who rules a huge territory in the western part of the empire.
There was a huge gap between them that could not be bridged.
‘And in a few minutes, you’ll be crying in front of me.’
I wondered what his beard would look like later, as it was trembling with anger.
I looked at Marco with a leisurely smile.
“……So, what brought you to our territory?”
Finally, Marco changed the topic. Without raising any objection to my careless attitude.
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‘I knew it.’
This is class and power. Absolute power that defies age.
“According to what Everett said, it’s related to monsters.”
The security captain standing next to him explained on his behalf. I narrowed it down from his explanation.
“To be exact, it’s a business related to bounties.”
“prize?”
Marco’s eyes were alert as he asked the question.
“Yes. For example,”
As soon as I finished speaking, I unzipped the bag.
“omg!”
The guard captain and Marco leaned back,
bang!
The monster’s head was taken out of the bag and thrown onto the desk.
“Halpas.”
“…….”
“It’s a huge monster with the body of a lion, the wings of an eagle, and the face of a snake.”
I pointed to Halfas’s teeth.
“The long protruding fangs here are the symbol of Halfas.”
The guard captain nodded heavily. He clearly seemed to know a lot about monsters.
“Well, how did you kill this guy?”
He asked, unable to contain his curiosity.
“I heard that when its wings are fully spread out, it is as tall as a person. Moreover, it flies in the sky and spins around, and only comes down when it is needed to snatch food, right? I heard that’s why it is very difficult to catch.”
“Well, that’s true.”
I crossed my legs even deeper and raised the corners of my mouth.
“It’s no big deal to me, right?”
Because there is a requiem.
The fight between me and the monster that took place in the mountain was so bland that it could hardly be called a battle.
As soon as the monsters approached me, their vitality was taken away and they turned into dried out corpses.
Cutting off the heads from the corpses lined up on the floor was easier than lying down and eating soup.
“Shh, it’s easy…?”
The guard captain looked at me with an expression of disbelief. His eyes swept over the long sword hanging on my waist.
“With that sword…?”
Instead of affirming, I chose ambiguous silence.
Hanging on my waist was the sword I used to fight Diego at the restaurant. And of course, it was impossible to cut down all the monsters with this sword.
‘If you just cut off your head, you won’t know.’
He only smiled faintly, hiding his true feelings.
“…….”
The guard captain and Lord Marco exchanged anxious glances. Their eyes glanced at the monster heads filled in the bag.
“Hmm, this is indeed a dance worthy of Diego Kindreal’s only son.”
Lord Marco spoke boldly. Well, it didn’t do much good because my philtrum was shaking slightly.
“So, what bounty are you talking about?”
Lord Marco gave a vague look in his eyes as if he had no idea.
Oh, you’re going to pretend you don’t know?
“There must be a notice from a long time ago. About a monster that came down from the western mountains.”
“Well, as you get older, even things that happened yesterday become blurry.”
“Really? Then I guess I need some help.”
I grinned and started speaking in a book-reading tone.
“Overview. The above monster uses the western mountains as its main habitat, and has a habit of eating corpses, so it often attacks private homes.”
Lord Marco’s face hardened.
“The name of the monster is Halfas. Its body length is approximately 2 meters, and it has the face of a snake, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle.”
“…….”
“Because it threatens the peace and safety of the people of the empire, I order it to be killed immediately upon discovery.”
After speaking, I placed my clasped hands on my knees.
“There must have been a notice like this sent down. It had the imperial seal stamped on it.”
At that moment, Lord Marco’s eyes secretly turned to my side. It was only a moment, but it couldn’t escape my vision.
‘It looks like it’s in the drawer over there.’
I asked slowly, guessing in my mind.
“There must have been a bounty awarded to the person who killed the monster. Isn’t that right?”
“Well, that… I don’t remember even if I heard it.”
Lord Marco continued to remain oblivious, as if he had decided to hold off until the end. The guard captain standing next to him turned his back and looked the other way.
I laughed out loud.
‘You’ve already swallowed it.’
The western mountain range is very deep and rugged, so people and even monsters can easily get lost.
However, it often happened that passers-by were attacked by monsters. So the empire placed a wanted order on this place, the only territory near the western mountain range.
‘There must have been more than ten official documents sent so far.’
It was something worth being greedy about. When has a rural village chief ever held such a large amount of money in his hands?
Additionally, due to its location, Bezerk territory receives few visitors. If you add the condition of hunting monsters, the probability becomes extremely low.
A huge bounty that no one has been accepting for years.
‘So it would have been easier to handle.’
I was expecting it. And because of that, I would be able to wield them more easily.
“So you’re saying the official letter didn’t arrive?”
Lord Marco nodded calmly to my question.
“I guess so. Robert, do you remember?”
“Um… no, I’ve never seen it either.”
“That said, it looks like the official document is missing.”
“Oh my. It looks like the imperial family made a mistake. This is a big deal.”
“That’s right. I didn’t even know that such an official document existed.”
The two embezzlers giving and receiving was like a play.
Ah, that’s how it comes out.
“okay?”
I twisted the corners of my mouth into a smile and then stood up. He walked to the side with long strides and opened the dresser.
“What are you doing now…!”
Despite the guard captain’s dissuasion, I completely tore off one side of the drawer.
Lord Marco’s eyes rolled over.
“What a rude thing to do!”
But the moment I turned over the drawer on Lord Marco’s desk,
Wow.
The documents that had been lying dormant inside poured out. At the same time, Lord Marco’s mouth fell shut.
“Hmm.”
fluttering.
I picked one of them up and shook it slightly.
“It was in here?”
“No, that, that.”
Lord Marco looked back and forth between me and the documents and fumbled.
‘How did you know that was it?’
It was a face that denied reality.
“Then shall we do it like this?”
I threw the documents down on the desk and sat back down in my chair. Then he sat with his legs crossed in an arrogant posture.
“I’m planning to rest at this estate for a day.”
“…….”
“In the meantime, try to raise the bounty somehow.”
Lord Marco took a short breath.
“What is that all of a sudden….”
“Stop pretending. I know you did it all.”
I extended my fingers towards him.
“There are a total of 15 official documents here. The total bounty is 500,000 gold.”
After Cain, the main character of the original work, wipes out the monsters in the western mountains, uncovering the corruption of this territory was one of the most famous cider scenes in the original work.
‘There’s no law saying I can’t recreate that scene, right?’
A bitter smile appeared on his lips.
“If it is not ready by the time I leave here, you will have to prepare to incur the wrath of His Majesty the Emperor.”
“Woe, Your Majesty?”
When an unexpected word appeared, Lord Marco’s eyes widened.
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