263. Change, change, change.
The continent’s leading strategists, military leaders, and commanders wanted to create something like a magic unit.
So, I wanted to gather wizards and sublimate them into a military group under my command.
“If we gather wizards and form an army, it could become a military group comparable to the Knights!”
The first idiot who came up with this idea was true to his word.
He traveled around the continent, gathering people who could chew spells, and promised them many things.
Everything from location and material support to the magicians’ secret wishes.
Dozens of wizards gathered together and became one group.
That’s how the devil’s womb was born.
Of course, I didn’t name it something like Devil’s Womb from the beginning.
“Let’s call it the Tower of Wisdom.”
I heard it was called that, but later historians named it the Devil’s Womb.
Why?
The wizards got together and did something, and a devil and twelve Balrogs came out of it, so it was a natural name.
Nameless, at least the humans of the time could not afford to give him a name, so he was called the Nameless Devil, swept through three surrounding territories, created an undead army, and earned himself the title of father of the dead.
The twelve Balrogs who served him also fought, as their name suggests, as monsters born for battle, fighting, and war.
Although it is not a myth, it is something that happened somewhere between legend and history.
The devil still exists.
In the end, a group of knights from all over the continent set out to drive out the devil, nicknamed ‘the father of the dead, the last door of the life’ or ‘the door that ends life.’
So the devil fought and fought again before retreating to the demonic realm.
That is the history of how the devil, the father of death, coiled himself deep within the demon world.
[Because it has an eternal, immortal body and spirit, the devil can never be killed by human hands.]
This is what they used to refer to the devil.
It would be nice if a lesson was learned from this, but there were many people who attempted to organize wizards afterwards.
They say there are some people who are successful, but… The ending wasn’t all beautiful.
Rebellion or spell runaway, wizards killing each other even though no one told them to kill each other from now on.
“They are an uncontrollable source of anxiety.”
Later, the empire informally referred to wizards as wizards, and there was a period of witch hunts and suppression of magic.
Nowadays, when most people see witches, they look down on them, are afraid, and are also in awe.
The way we look at wizards is also the same.
What is the lesson learned here?
‘Wizards are capricious, unruly, and troublemakers who don’t know where to turn.’
Nevertheless, there were some who secretly became friends with wizards or established themselves as court wizards in the kingdom.
The general consensus is that it is close to a transactional relationship.
Encred thought to himself and looked at Esther.
I arrived with a fairy company commander after soaking a Frog, but it was still unconscious.
And then there was Esther.
This leopard just stared at itself, wondering what it was dissatisfied with.
I am dissatisfied.
I felt it even without saying it.
The sixth sense and intuition spoke as the five senses were mixed and combined to form new eyes.
‘Why him?’
“Ohh.”
Just before parting ways, the fairy company commander let out an inexplicable exclamation.
“See you later, Onion fiancé. “I pray for the day when I can peel off your skin again and again and see you naked.”
Why are you making that wish to me?
I had doubts about Encred, but in the first place, he was not a being capable of conversation using common sense.
“Please go in.”
I roughly sent it back.
He also said that he would do the interrogation of Proc together, and that he knew that as well.
Back at the barracks, Ester kept looking at me strangely, and I remembered the history of a wizard having an accident.
Isn’t this a witch who doesn’t know what she’s going to do?
“why?”
So I asked.
In other words, rather than ruining the relationship, ask out loud. That was Encred.
I think about it again and again, but she is a witch.
A witch who can even transform into a leopard.
For some reason, a witch prefers to be a leopard rather than a human.
This was a misunderstanding.
Esther is forced to maintain her leopard body through a curse, not because she likes it.
Well, everything has a front and a back, and if there is a good side, there is also a bad side.
The curse of becoming a sign language is not necessarily a bad thing.
For a genius witch who had been living in the world of spells even before her hair grew thick, extracting something useful from the curse was easy.
Of course, all of this came from the man in front of me.
‘why.’
At first there were only doubts.
As I was held in the man’s arms, the power of my curse faded. If the curse is a skein of thread, the twisted and twisted skein is like being unraveled on its own.
If I cut it with force, my world will be polluted and ruined, but if I find the starting point and unravel it slowly, there is no such risk.
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The man was the kind of person who could easily unravel the thread of a curse.
Because of that, she was here, falling asleep and waking up in that man’s arms.
‘why?’
The questions continued. To a witch, these questions were poisonous.
That’s why I had to dig into it.
I had to think about it over and over again. Because that is the correct answer.
Of course, there was a lot to worry about as well as a lot to do.
I also modified the summoning body that I first placed in the spell world, and also acquired various items to extend the period of transformation into a human body.
It’s true that it’s still not enough, but as long as they don’t catch even one of the pension masters, they’ve got everything they can get.
Afterwards, there was a process of refining my world of orders.
I can’t be stupid enough to fall for this kind of curse again.
Esther also had a purpose.
What to do after overcoming the curse. There were two main things.
One is revenge.
He had to go and put a flaming arrow in the head of the bastard who did this to him.
The second is different, but the ultimate goal is to learn magic.
‘The world must be ruled by magic.’
Creating a new world through spells.
Even if there comes a time of destruction in the meantime, when thousands of humans and other races die, the country collapses, the land rots, and the lake turns black.
‘If you have to do it, do it.’
Since when was this a goal you had?
Was it the time when she was called the Fire Witch?
Or was it the time when he was called the Blue-Eyed Sage?
Anyway, this is the intention I have had since then.
The world will be reorganized through magic, spells, and mystery.
Cry.
While Ester was thinking, she showed her fangs without realizing it.
Despite that, the man didn’t care and raised his hand and stroked his head.
“Are you upset?”
However, I didn’t really like the tone, so I bit his hand slightly.
It may be painful, but the blue eyes visible through the black hair just smile.
“It hurts, kid.”
I still didn’t like the way he spoke, but I decided to do it.
Looking at that smiling face, I don’t think I’ll be angry.
It looks really pretty.
Inside Esther, there was a very big and bold will and intention to turn the world upside down.
I embraced it and raised it. That has been the case until now, but recently my thoughts have begun to change.
This is the first change in over a hundred years.
If the curse was the beginning of change, this man is the end.
‘why?’
Why do I find myself rooting for this man when I see him?
Why would you want to see the future of interest?
Why do you want to help?
Why is it fun to watch the sword wielded by this person?
While I was thinking a lot, the man left for the neighboring estate, and although I thought he would return soon, he did not come even after a few days.
It was annoying to go look for it, and it was also annoying to wait for it.
I needed a man’s embrace. I had to suppress the curse again. But Esther organized her thoughts first.
‘In the world of spells, idle thoughts are poison.’
It could have been a very scary poison.
A poison that affects the mind is more dangerous than a poison that harms the body. This was a fact proven by countless wizards.
When I was clearing away the poison in my heart and needed youthful energy in the man’s arms again, only then did the man secretly return.
Then he left again without looking or seeing himself.
I heard that Frock is here, so why does he look like he came from playing with a nerd?
‘Why do you want to hit me?’
Esther didn’t know why she was doing this, but she didn’t worry too much about it.
Next time something like this happens again, I will do whatever I feel like.
She is a witch, a wizard.
These are inherently arbitrary things. They are selfish explorers of the unknown who put their own world first.
It may have been natural that the man in front of her entered into her desire to explore.
‘How can they do that?’
I have met and seen dozens or hundreds of people who claim to use swords.
Among them, this is the first person like this.
Even if you think about it since the time when she was first called a witch, she is a great person who has never been seen before.
How could you not be interested?
“Do you want to go see the market? “I took a quick look and saw that they were selling a lot of things.”
Esther stood up at those words.
I have eliminated the poison that entered my spell world.
‘As you wish.’
She decided to do so.
Encred took Ester, who was pouting, into his arms when she woke up.
“Are you going to the market? “Then let’s go together.”
“What about that frock?”
“I don’t know what I ate, but I’m still in a raw state. “That medicine is strong.”
“Did you find out what it was?”
As I walked out, taking Esther in my arms, I saw Rem beating up Dunbakkel.
I also saw Audin and Teresa sitting in a corner.
Should we take them too?
I thought about that and asked, but everyone shook their heads.
“I am seeking an answer to the question the Lord has given me.”
Audin is bullshit.
“Former wanderer Theresa, it’s time to toughen up. For the next sparring.”
Teresa, who was as serious about training as she was, was literally drenched in sweat.
“I’m busy. A little nosh alone. Well, what if I don’t have it? I can’t even go to the market alone, so what’s going on? “If anyone sees me, they might think I’m the father.”
Crazy Rem bastard.
Instead of emphasizing that he was older, Encred looked at Dunbakkel intently.
“Take a hit. can do.”
And when he cheered, the prisoner’s eyes burned like never before.
“I will serve you.”
“huh? “You’re crazy, let’s have a really fun training today.”
Rem had a smile on her face when she saw that. It seemed exciting to see the opponent show his will to fight.
He’s always crazy.
Saxony was nowhere to be seen, and since Ragna was wielding his sword and swinging it here and there on rare occasions, there was no way to interfere.
This is the path to the market.
I bought some seasoned beef jerky, which Esther likes to eat, and some marmalade.
It is said that they brought a few bread artisans from Martai this time, so there would be plenty to eat and see.
No, that wasn’t all.
Before, I didn’t know because I was rushing back and forth and just glanced at it.
“Don’t you think something has changed a lot?”
Encred said, scratching behind Ester’s ears with his fingers.
Esther, in her arms, puffed out her chest and purred happily.
Kreis nonchalantly answered his captain’s words.
“I mean.”
changed.
I haven’t looked closely at the bottom of the market so far.
“That Marcus, um, he was really crazy.”
It was a well-meaning statement. Kreis briefly summarized what he heard and saw.
“He was using Crona like crazy like a colt with a fire in his tail.”
The sunlight from overhead fell on a cloudless sky. It was really nice weather for a northern winter.
The number of people wandering around the market was several times greater than before, and the inns were bursting into flames.
Barnes’ Pumpkin Soup Inn was in the process of expansion. A worker was seen carrying lumber and stones.
It wasn’t something that only happened at that inn.
The streets, gates, walls, and various buildings were all crowded. Working people crowded around.
“I took a peek… … .”
After listening to Kreis, what Battalion Commander Marcus did was like a picture.
* * *
“Let’s raise the watchtower a little more.”
“yes?”
“Oh, let’s dig a moat in front of the inner castle gate.”
“… … We don’t have enough manpower. And we don’t have a separate outer wall.”
“I have to make it. one.”
Marcus was not offended by the lieutenant’s words.
He had a lot of experience, and he didn’t think everyone around him was smart.
‘It’s strange if there are only people like Encred in the world.’
In fact, most humans are stupid. It’s stupid. Marcus knew that well.
So I didn’t need to explain it.
“Send out the troops from the barracks.”
“to?”
“Are there a lot of mercenaries coming from outside? “Hire them all, hire them and make them shovel.”
It started in one corner of the office. Marcus’s will was clear and his direction was also firm.
No disagreement was entertained.
“Raise the watchtower.”
Construction of the moat and watchtower was carried out simultaneously.
The slums on the outskirts of the territory were demolished.
And they hired all the poor people and used them as workers.
“From now on, those who do not work will neither eat nor sleep.”
Those guys attacking me in the meantime? How dare you?
Now, a single word from the Border Guard Battalion Commander can make even the birds of the sky drop. Even if a dragon flies, it is enough to remove at least one scale.
Every battlefield with Encred gave him strength.
Above all, as it has recently developed into a trading territory, taxes within the territory have increased rapidly.
In other words, it was the process of the estate becoming wealthy.
Marcus had some money in his back pocket, but he put most of it into investments.
They dug a moat, but instead of doing something crazy like pouring water into it, they just dug it deep.
It was sufficient to prevent vehicles or close siege weapons from approaching.
It was enough to just bring in the water later.
A few more wells were also dug. This started right away.
This was done before there were too many people. As the population increases, water and food issues must first be solved. Marcus did just that.
After that, it continued to move without mercy.
“Train archers. “If there is a mercenary who can shoot an arrow, hire him and persuade him to join the army.”
A bold talent training strategy was also included.
“He won’t come unless I hire him along with the mercenary corps he leads… … .”
“Bring everyone. “Give me the gold coin.”
All that was left was gold coins. Ate Martai, and previously won the fight against Azpen.
It has become a safe zone where there is no need to worry about an immediate attack from Azpen.
So naturally, merchants and merchants gathered together.
A mercenary force to guard it entered the territory.
Therefore Crona turned. It was an instant for the owner of the estate at the center to become a wealthy man.
Training radical archers.
There are warhorses trained there.
Two watchtowers and expansion of defense facilities.
I used Crona as I had it.
Additionally, there was no shortage of talent.
“Aren’t there some people left after being broken by Encred?”
There were a lot of guys like that.
The guy who attacked after hearing the rumor and then sat down.
The guy who got scared when he saw the fight and stayed silent.
There were more people left than those who left.
These are people who would cause problems with public order or cause accidents.
“Get them all.”
made slaves of gold coins.
First, I gave Crona a hand and took him inside.
It was natural to increase the barracks.
This has already started. However, it is not possible to do everything from here.
“Contact the northern battalion.”
Originally, the Border Guard standing army consisted of two battalions.
The other went out and built a barracks in a place stationed in front of Azpen.
They were about to lay the foundation stone to start a new territory.
As far as the gold coins went, Marcus did everything he could.
He was an outstanding administrator, politician, and resourceful man who made Kreis shake his head in admiration.
“So now it’s done.”
The number of watchtowers increased to 16, and countless arrows were purchased while the castle walls were being repaired and a moat was built.
Instead of a wooden bow, I bought a square bow.
In fact, he intended to use every single coin he earned for the defense and development of his territory.
“Someone must have died?”
Encred asked, imagining what might have happened in Marcus’ office.
Things don’t get done just because you ask them to. Below that, there are one or two administrative tasks that need to be processed and organized.
Kreis nodded.
“Of course. It is said that the heavy armored infantry company commander collapsed two days ago. Even the nobles who could at least care about numbers and people were already on the verge of being divided.”
Marcus’ organ.
Neither Encred nor Chrys knew it, but that guy’s specialty was working with people.
He faithfully saved his organs.
He was once called “Millstone Marcus” within the family and displayed his talents to his heart’s content.
The territory called Border Guard was literally changing dazzlingly every day.
It may be surprising, but it was also a natural order.
This is what happened when people, Crona, and people with abilities met.
When Encred looked around the changed market, there were a lot of people.
And among them, there was a guy who stabbed me in the stomach with a knife.
Encred felt the blade coming in suddenly and grabbed his wrist.
Esther half-opened her eyes.
In front of him was a hunchback that appeared to be crouching.
He was an assassin.
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