Episode 109
Episode 109
The ‘Hunter in the Fog’ had great notoriety in the area. The reason it is in past tense is because Jeron removed it. He cut off his head and burned it in samadhi evolution, on the off chance that he would be resurrected again. He left no ashes behind. There will be no resurrection of ‘Hunter in the Fog’.
But the only people who knew that fact were Jeron and Erdin.
‘I see.’
Jeron thought after reading Erdin’s eyes.
What the general manager knew was really nothing.
I fought the ‘Hunter in the Fog’ but was almost defeated, and then a person wearing a mask appeared and disappeared with him. Conversely, it can be seen that Jeron had the ability to fight the ‘Hunter in the Mist’, even if only briefly.
As the general manager, he wants to hold on to skilled mercenaries as long as possible because he doesn’t know when the ‘Hunter in the Mist’ will reappear.
In the mercenary world, skill is money.
Although I don’t know Jeron’s exact skill level, it means that the level of treatment that can be treated as best as possible under the current situation is grade A+.
“hmm.”
“If you think it’s not enough, try something other than money… … .”
“no. “It’s not about money.”
The general manager realized that being ambiguous wasn’t really about money.
“Then what is your problem? “I will do my best to accommodate you if I can.”
“I don’t mind taking the money as is, so is there a way to quickly raise my mercenary level?”
“… … ?”
“… … ?”
“Is that really enough?”
“yes.”
“Thank you very much. You even consider the circumstances of our superiors! “I think I had a huge misunderstanding all this time.”
The general manager stood up, grabbed Jeron’s hand, and said.
It was an expression filled with emotion.
Jeron quickly asked Erdin with his eyes.
‘What?’
‘I don’t know either.’
‘Was there something you didn’t know?’
‘When did I ever work as a mercenary?’
The conversation was exchanged with eyes.
Jeron, who thought he must have said something wrong, tried to talk to the general manager again, but before he knew it, he had let go of Jeron’s hand and was walking away.
“What on earth happened?”
“Iknow, right.”
* * *
I arrived in the city a few days later.
Jeron and Erdin went to the mercenary guild with the general manager.
“Special recommendation letter?”
“yes. One of the ways to increase your mercenary level is the special recommendation letter at the top. Oh, of course, I’m not saying that there is no grade review. “Mercenaries who have received a special letter of recommendation are given the opportunity to be evaluated regardless of their performance.”
The general manager smiled warmly and answered.
Jeron twitched his cheek slightly. When I was purchasing information about the Bahur Bandits, the mercenary guild branch leader there did not tell me this. You might think he may have forgotten, but I couldn’t help but think he didn’t do it on purpose. That’s because I received the request for upper guard escort from there.
‘We’ll see later.’
Jeron, who vowed revenge in his heart, underwent a grade review.
Of course, I passed.
Erdin also took the grade examination and passed, as expected.
“You two have now officially become Class A and Class B mercenaries.”
“It’s a bit disappointing.”
“The rule is that you can only go up one level… … .”
When the general manager looked apologetic, Jeron waved his hand and said it was okay.
In fact, it is extremely fast for him to become an A rank in less than a few months after working as a mercenary. He is skilled, but he must also have track records.
Performance does not simply mean the success of a request. If you successfully receive 10 or more requests of the same grade, the client will evaluate the mercenary.
Simply put, it is satisfaction.
If the number is low, it is not included in performance.
‘Ah, thinking about it again makes me angry again.’
I also learned the above fact this time. I didn’t think it was intentionally omitted for no reason. I definitely plan to go back and get revenge.
At that time, someone somewhere was sneezing.
“Hitch! Hitch!”
“Branch manager, have you caught a cold?”
“Ah… Hitch!”
“The weather is getting chilly these days, so be careful.”
“Hitch! … “I guess that’s the way it should be.”
“Wipe your nose. “I’m holding back like no other.”
* * *
Surprisingly, the top escort request ended peacefully.
It wasn’t a surprise to Jeron, but the general manager thought differently.
‘It’s thanks to that mercenary.’
A mercenary named Aaron-Zeron who fought against the ‘Hunter in the Mist’.
No matter who the person wearing the mask was, in the eyes of the general manager, Jeron was a real treasure.
‘I think it would be good to go on the next trip together.’
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The general manager felt a sense of regret.
At first, I thought he was a spy for another top company, but it turned out to be a piece of luck.
The top wanted to hire on its own, but it didn’t have that level of authority.
In fact, a special recommendation letter was the greatest authority a general manager could exercise.
This was possible after recently receiving trust from the owners of the merchant.
‘It’s unfortunate, but I have no choice but to promise for later.’
The general manager approached Jeron with tears in his eyes.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“no.”
“If you ever come to Astrangyeong, please come by.”
“Thank you just for your words.”
“This is absolutely not a lie.”
The general manager said with a straight face.
Jeron looked at this person blankly, wondering why he was like that.
* * *
“hmm.”
Xeron looked around the city of Margrave Bahamut.
The structure of the city was unique.
The exact structure can only be seen from the sky, but I can vaguely feel that it is a structure specialized for war. It was close to the form of Mercury, which provided immediate evacuation and optimal defense against siege when war broke out.
Since a margrave refers to the lord of a fief whose territory borders another country, it was natural for the city to have this structure, but the condition of the walls and buildings was clean, as if they had been rebuilt relatively recently.
‘It seems that the Margrave of Bahamut cares a lot about national defense.’
It would be correct to say that we have no choice but to worry about the Bahur bandits. It’s been almost half a year since they failed to subdue them, so they must still be on edge.
‘What happened to the second punitive force?’
The reason Jeron wanted to raise his mercenary level was to participate in the second subjugation team of the Bahur Bandits.
It is possible to participate in the second punitive force as a B-grade mercenary, but there is a high probability that the location where they will be deployed is not good.
To put it bluntly, it means that they are treated as meat shields.
‘It’s uncomfortable to even act on.’
The more attention there is, the more difficult it is for Geron to act.
Some people may think that since they have strong power, they will try to recruit them first, but that is a happy imagination circuit that only appears in novels.
If a person whose identity is unknown has strong power, it is usually thought of as a secret weapon raised by some power or country, or as a threat to the country.
In particular, if it is a secret weapon developed by a specific force or a single country, the brainwashing process has been completed and appeasement does not work, so the best way is to eliminate it in advance.
Even if the truth is revealed, there is no way it will be believed, so it is best to be careful.
‘Would it be okay if I recovered all my past martial arts skills?’
I thought about it for a while, but I wasn’t sure.
I’ve thought about this often since I met this guy named ‘Hunter in the Fog.’
I asked myself whether I would be able to stand alone as a demon warrior like the martial arts warriors if I regained my martial arts skills of the past. But he wasn’t as sure as he is now.
It’s not that I don’t have confidence.
I wasn’t sure because I didn’t know about the mysteries of this world.
‘Munchkin is not completed from scratch.’
Since everything is known, it is possible to exploit and destroy it.
We need to know about the mysteries of this world.
The reason why we chose the Fallen Empire as our top travel destination.
“Ancient elf ruins.”
This is because the place Rohan told me about is in the Fallen Empire.
It wasn’t even far from the Margrave of Bahamut’s territory.
“There’s something I need to take care of first.”
Jeron went to the mercenary guild.
I looked through the quests that can be received as a grade A mercenary.
One of them.
“Named monster ‘Lightning in the Sky’!”
I planned to slowly approach the mysteries of the world.
* * *
“Our cutie Nero.”
[…] … ?]
Nero opens his eyes and looks up.
The look in their eyes asks why they called me.
“This hyung is a cat can… no. no. “I’m going to buy you something delicious, so can I ask you a few questions?”
[…] … .]
When I read his eyes, he told me to stop yelling and not be a bother.
After thinking for a moment, Jeron decided to take the lead.
“I’ll give you some strength.”
[You insignificant human. What are you curious about?]
This works.
Well, sometimes, when I shared my strength with him, he was happy like a dog and would wag his tail.
He’s such an insignificant and cute guy.
“I was just saying this a long time ago, but why did the mythical era come to an end?”
[that… … .]
“Jeron!”
Erdin bursts open the door and comes in.
As a result, the conversation stopped and Jeron felt a strange sense of déjà vu.
‘I think something similar happened before?’
I remember having this conversation back then.
Jeron asked, widening his narrowed eyebrows.
“What’s going on?”
“You know, ‘Lightning in the Sky’!”
It was a named monster that I was going to hunt two days later. I was curious why the story suddenly came out, but I waited for Erdin to speak.
Soon after hearing what he said, Jeron stood up straight away.
“They said it was captured a little while ago!”
“what? “Who is my prey?!”
“I am Duke Furion, the Auror Master of the Fallen Empire!”
“… … !”
“There is a corpse of ‘Lightning in the Sky’ outside right now… … “You’re already gone?”
Erdin was left alone and embarrassed.
* * *
As the news spread that ‘Lightning in the Sky’ had been captured, many people gathered.
In fact, most of the people, both mothers and daughters, were more interested in Duke Furion than in ‘Lightning in the Sky’. This is because he was one of the five Auror Masters held by the Fallen Empire.
He was also the only survivor of the Bahur bandits’ suppression team.
Duke Furion, who had been concentrating on recovery for the past six months and had not been active externally, suddenly launched an attack on ‘Lightning in the Sky’ and succeeded.
It was impossible not to get people interested.
Of course, Geron did not have much interest in Duke Furion.
‘But it’s different now!’
Because ‘Lightning in the Sky’ was Jeron’s favorite hunt.
When I went out to the square, there was a huge crowd of people gathered.
Even if I jumped high, I couldn’t see ‘Lightning in the Sky’ and Duke Furion. I looked around for a moment and saw a tall building. It was a bell tower that told the time.
As I quickly climbed up with my divine magic, I saw the huge corpse of ‘Lightning in the Sky’.
‘Lightning in the Sky’ was Wyvern.
Normally, a wyvern can grow up to 10m in length when it spreads its wings, but ‘Lightning in the Sky’, as befits its name, reached 20m, twice the size. Drake, a higher species of wyvern, is said to grow up to 20 meters depending on the species, so the ‘Lightning in the Sky’ is truly ridiculously large.
Moreover, being called a name means using mana.
The attribute of mana used by ‘Lightning in the Sky’ was thunder.
It glides with mana wrapped around its body, so fast that the eyes cannot follow it, and it spews out lightning so powerful that its body tissues collapse from its mouth.
So it was one of the names that it was difficult to find a way to attack.
“Is that Duke Furion?”
Jeron muttered as he looked at the old man standing in front of ‘Lightning in the Sky’.
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