Back to the world (2)
At the nobleman’s order to cut off his neck, a knight approached with his sword drawn. If Harang had been a violent scoundrel, he would have cut off the knight’s wrist or neck and threatened the nobleman, but Harang did not do that.
“Commoners, do not dare to stop what nobles are doing. Let them learn a lesson by sacrificing their lives.”
“… … .”
How can one learn a lesson by risking one’s life? Harang was dumbfounded, but he pulled out his sword anyway.
Then the guys panic.
“Wow, a commoner dares to draw his sword in front of a noble… … .”
“You really are crazy!”
This is a mining town located at the southwestern tip of the continent. In a word, it is rural. If we were to compare it to South Korea, it would be like a remote mountain village in Chungcheongnam-do.
Of course, there were many small villages in Chungcheong Province with less than 20 houses per village, but this mining village had a fairly large population.
‘They say that the further you go into the countryside, the more aristocracy there becomes.’
The nobles of the Central Continent were naturally arrogant. Their power was sky-high, and the nobles who had a certain degree of fame could bring down birds flying by with just a sneeze.
But they lived with more nobles. Look here, look there, look there. Since they were mainly active in densely populated cities, they had more opportunities to work with nobles than with commoners.
It served as a restraint for the great nobles of the central continent, preventing them from revealing their status and abusing their power wherever they went.
What would happen if the person you were ignoring turned out to be the child of a super-rich noble? Your entire family would be torn apart.
Perhaps because of this atmosphere, the nobles filled themselves with ‘nobility.’
There may be many who are not like that, but the nobles of the central continent may be arrogant, but they do not carelessly ignore others or try to kill commoners out of the blue.
A noble is someone who knows how to embrace everything, and a noble is someone who stands above all people.
As a being who looks up to the world, we must take a step back and be tolerant of everything.
Such an aristocratic society was created. As far as Harang knew, of all the people he had met so far, Ailka Wilzed had the most aristocratic aura.
‘Is it because I live in a rural village that I have no way of getting along with other nobles?’
Because of that, he, who grew up as a noble, reigns as a king in this area. Everyone except him is a commoner and an insignificant being, so it has become only natural for him to decide who to kill.
Perhaps the author has killed countless commoners for various reasons.
‘knave.’
Thinking so, Harang hesitated as he tried to grab his sword.
Is it a bad thing for a noble to cut off the neck of a commoner? Harang thought for a moment.
On Earth, if a human kills another human, they are considered evil, no matter what the reason.
Even if an ordinary person kills a murderer, he is judged as ‘evil’ and is judged by the law.
But this world is not like that.
It was a world where it was ‘normal’ for nobles to treat commoners poorly and trample on their lives at will. In such a world, is it really right for Harang to spread the value of ‘all people are equal’?
‘… … It’s not like there weren’t games with this kind of content in my past life.’
Because Harang has played so many games, he has also played a few games where an ordinary Earthling is dropped into another world.
Most stories feature a protagonist who doesn’t understand the aristocratic society, but eventually becomes strong enough to overthrow the aristocrats who treat the commoners poorly, and go through a kind of democratization process of making the world equal for everyone.
But even that kind of democracy was ultimately about equality and peace only when viewed from the perspective of the 21st century Earth.
To the people of this world, this aristocratic society is so natural, but would it be right to suddenly draw your sword and say that everyone is equal?
Even Harang was born into the world’s greatest noble family, Kaladan.
‘… … The fact that I am even having these worries means that I am already too immersed in this world’s way of thinking?’
He wanted to deny it to himself. He had never thought of living like an aristocrat. He tried to treat everyone equally.
But that’s not going to work out.
Born as a Caladan, the highest and most noble noble in the world, at some point he began to take it for granted that he would be treated poorly by those below him.
Yes, that’s right.
Harang also eventually adapted to the status of Kaladan and the aristocratic society after living here for over ten years.
He had never, in his entire life, ever thought that aristocratic society was bad, and he had never had time to think about it.
That’s probably because he doesn’t understand the lives of common people at all.
The reason why he was able to realize and think about these facts was probably because he had previously worked as a ‘commoner magician, Days’. At that time, Harang felt the extreme of aristocratic society.
“You, you dare draw your sword in front of the nobles, and the price you will pay will be severe. After you are beheaded, I will find your blood relatives and exterminate them all!”
The knight who said this swung his sword and cut off Harang’s head.
Kyaang!!
“… … Huh!”
However, the black sword reached Harang’s neck, but it did not touch even a hair, and instead made a loud noise as if it had struck steel.
Only then did the knight take a step back, sweating profusely.
“What are you doing! I said, cut off his neck!”
“… … .”
The knight was trembling without even being able to answer. Harang roughly estimated the knight in front of him, and he was estimated to be the most skilled in this place. But there was someone in front of him who he couldn’t even swing his sword at and cut off?
It’s not just a difference in skill between 1 and 2 stars. If the difference in skill is that big, you should avoid the sword.
An overwhelming strength that makes you treat your opponent’s attacks as if they were mosquitoes.
‘That man… … has at least 8-star strength, or more… … .’
Even if he’s an 8-star knight, if you swing your sword, he’ll still pretend to dodge. The wound won’t be severe, but he’ll still get cut a little.
But what on earth is that handsome man? His black hair, tied tightly behind his neck and flowing down, was unusually messy.
“No, I can’t… I can’t.”
The nobleman became angry as the knight spoke with a trembling voice.
“What? This guy, that guy! I don’t like any of them! Get out of the way! I’ll cut them down myself!”
A noble who has no choice but to step forward himself.
Harang, who had examined his pattern, could tell that it was a family he did not remember. However, there was nothing to be afraid of even if he had no memories. There was no family greater than the Kaladan in this world.
“Anyway, you go back and be punished by me personally… … Hah!”
The nobleman, who had raised his sword saying that he would cut it himself, froze in his position as he was about to swing his sword after seeing Harang’s calm gaze.
I’m sweating profusely.
‘what……?’
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The nobleman felt as if he had fallen into an endless abyss of darkness.
The man in front of me seemed to tower high like a huge mountain.
An overwhelming sense of distance. It seems so far away, even though it’s just a step closer, that it seems unreachable.
“ha…….”
Harang sighed and took up his iron sword.
“Enough. Tell your wizards to stop breaking the barrier.”
“Ah, ahh… ahhh… … .”
If you still don’t understand even after saying this, Harang wanted to threaten you.
He had been living as a country nobleman and probably thought he was a king, so I thought it was right to bring him to his senses.
Thud! But contrary to Harang’s expectations, the nobleman knelt down.
“I didn’t know you! Please forgive me!!”
“Your Majesty, Your Highness!”
When the man knelt down, the nobles were embarrassed and tried to raise him up, but he became angry instead.
“You idiots! The person in front of you is a hermit! Behave yourself!”
“Ugh, what a hermit… … master!”
The knights all knelt down.
‘There’s no need to go this far.’
It was fortunate that the nobleman was not completely clueless.
“What is your name?”
“I am Padion, the third son of the Talbion family! I am in charge of the area near the Stone Mining Village!”
This is the first time I’ve heard of this family.
“Please order the boundary work to stop.”
“Yes! Listen, stop working right now! Didn’t you hear what this guy said?”
“That, that… … .”
All the wizards looked puzzled.
“Actually… … I couldn’t even touch the barrier.”
The wizards’ faces were pale. They seemed ashamed that their lack of ability had been revealed. However, Padion let out a sigh of relief, as if it was all for the better. What would have happened if they had touched the barrier and offended the master in front of them?
His father always urged him to do so.
‘Be on your guard even if a stranger comes by occasionally! There are many hidden masters in the world! Do not carelessly ignore them, even if they are elderly or children!’
Padion was certain that the man before his eyes was the reclusive master.
‘He looks like he’s in his 20s, but he’s definitely over half a century old. Otherwise, his spirit and skills wouldn’t make sense!’
While he was thinking like that, the wizards blurted out words that were like a bolt from the blue.
“Besides, actually… … there was already a hole in the barrier. So there’s nothing we can do.”
“Wh, what!”
As Harang frowned, the wizards shook their heads from side to side.
“We didn’t dismantle the barrier! Seriously! We didn’t even know what this barrier was!”
And then the wizards fall to the floor.
As soon as the fact that the man in front of them was strong was revealed, those arrogant faces disappeared, and only a cowardly expression took over.
“Did you say there was already a hole in the boundary?”
“Yes, yes… … That’s right. According to our inspection just now, the barrier was already lifted a long time ago. Right now, that cave only looks like it’s sealed off tightly on the outside, but it’s a completely open hole!”
Only then was Harang able to use the Morning Star Eye and see the state of the barrier.
There was a hole in the middle.
As if someone had forced their way through.
“Hmm… … A being that can break through the ‘Eight Worshippers of Valiten’? That’s definitely a barrier that your level cannot break.”
The wizards lowered their heads as if their pride had been hurt. In fact, they felt despair as soon as they saw the barrier. Padion had excitedly run to break through this barrier, but the wizards had no confidence in breaking it! They couldn’t even properly identify its identity.
‘But… … How did that person immediately figure out the identity of the barrier?’
Even the most brilliant wizard would have to spend a long time looking at the barrier to figure out its true identity. If the barrier could be identified at a glance, all the barriers in the world would be riddled with holes.
However, that doesn’t mean that the man is lying and bluffing. The wizards struggled for a long time and barely managed to approach the edge of the barrier’s true identity, and based on that information, they were able to determine with certainty that it was a ‘belonging’ barrier.
‘The Eight Wicked Swords of Valiten are definitely the pinnacle of the soul binding barrier magic… … It was only natural that we couldn’t grasp them with our level of skill.’
While the wizards were relieved, Harang felt strangely ominous.
‘It’s a recently opened hole.’
In other words, the imprisoned soul may have been released a long time ago.
Even though the barrier itself is old, it wouldn’t have been easy to kneel down, which is strange.
As time passed, ghosts that could not eat their grudges became weaker and weaker, and even if the barrier became weaker, the weakening would be faster, so in most cases, they would become Buddhas on the spot.
No matter how powerful a ghost is, if there is no target to release its vengeance, it is normal for its very existence to disappear.
But you were strong enough to break through the barrier?
‘If it’s capable of using even the barrier of Valiten, it’s possible that it’s a terrible spirit that could easily bring despair to a country.’
I don’t know what was inside, but if it had escaped, there would be no way this mining town could remain here.
Because of that influence, this place would have been a land of death for a long time.
That is, the ghost inside broke through the barrier, but did not escape.
‘What is the reason?’
Harang thought differently.
This sealed barrier was ultimately where Harang’s quest reward was sleeping. So, whatever was inside was unlikely to harm Harang, right?
It turns out he’s a good ghost… or something…
‘… … No. If he had been a good ghost to begin with, he would not have set up such a large-scale barrier. Since he is going to receive the quest reward, it is more likely that he would want to check how this barrier is preserved.’
The being he thought was Kaladan, who was giving quests from the sky, seemed unable to freely observe the world.
I could only see the world through Harang’s actions, or through something related to Harang.
Harang said to Padion.
“You guys should go back. It’s dangerous here, so I’ll go alone.”
“Is that so?”
Padion had a regretful expression, but he trembled at the thought that if Harang changed his mind, he might die. He kept thinking about himself yelling at Harang just now, saying, “I’m going to cut off that bastard’s neck.” Harang quickly forgot about his rudeness, but he couldn’t forget the person who had hurt him.
“Okay! Then let’s go back right away! Listen, we’re preparing to withdraw!”
“Yes, yep!”
While Padion was quickly preparing to withdraw, Harang asked.
“But why did you suddenly come to this mine? Have you heard any news from anywhere?”
“Ah, that’s… … Our ancestors have said for a long time that something very precious is sleeping here. They said that a ghost guards it.”
“You mean you suddenly remembered it now?”
“No! That’s not it… … Actually, a really pretty woman came to me recently and asked me about the mine. I heard she was a psychic and her job was to hunt ghosts. I overheard her talking to my brothers at the time… … .”
In other words, the ownership of this mine itself belongs to the foolish noble in front of him, but he heard about this treasure for the first time because the psychic visited him this time.
‘Psychic?’
Suddenly, an idea occurred to him, so he strengthened his Morning Star Eye and examined the barrier carefully.
‘this…….’
His expression became distorted.
‘I was wondering why there was a hole recently, and it turned out that the barrier was breached from the outside.’
There are different types of barriers.
A barrier that blocks intrusion from the outside and confines the inside.
The barrier that prevents intrusion from the outside can be freely entered or easily broken from the inside.
The opposite is also true. The barrier that prevents anyone from coming out from the inside is ‘relatively’ easy to break from the outside. The outside is also heavily guarded so that no one can break it, but compared to the reputation of the barrier, it can still be broken a little easily.
Even though it was such an old barrier, it wasn’t impossible for a skilled sorcerer to easily break it.
That is, a mysterious woman came and broke through this barrier and is now inside… … .
‘It’s dangerous.’
Judging from the fact that the ghost still has some strange energy left, the ghost must not have been completely destroyed. If the author, a psychic, visited the ghost and got angry, and the ghost escaped, a great disaster could occur.
“I have changed my mind. Padion, I have an important mission for you.”
“Yes, yes! Just say the word!”
“Evacuate the mining town immediately. Run to a distance of at least three mountain peaks away and wait. Things are going to get bad here.”
“That, that kind of… … .”
“Listen to me, or we will all die.”
Harang’s words meant, “You will all die to ghosts,” but Padion understood them to mean, “I will kill you.”
“Yes! I will do it right away!”
As Padion led the knights down the mine, Harang calmed his gaze and entered the mine’s barrier.
‘I don’t know who got inside, but they must have caused a huge accident.’
Hehehehe!
Kkihihihi… … .
Hahahahaha!!
As soon as he entered the room, Harang broke out in a cold sweat at the sound of the earwax.
‘This might not be as easy as I thought.’
