Episode 82
After guiding them around the village, Silva invited Kang Jin-hyeok and Lucia to his house.
It goes without saying that it was not a place for a simple meal.
Kang Jin-hyeok, sitting across from Silva at the same table, waited for the other person to start talking first.
“You must be hungry, so eat quickly.”
Silva, who I expected to reveal his true feelings at any moment, did not say much, contrary to expectations.
After serving the prepared food, wait until Kang Jin-hyeok and Lucia finish eating.
Silva just looked at the two with a meaningful gaze.
‘I don’t think they’re trying to deceive me because my karma level is still the same… … .’
Kang Jin-hyeok had no intention of pursuing the issue unless it meant getting hit in the back of the head.
It seemed like there must be a good reason for taking so long.
But Lucia was different.
After filling her stomach, she drank all the goat milk Silva had given her in one gulp.
And as he put the cup down hard, he deliberately drew attention.
When Lucia met Silva’s eyes, she immediately opened her mouth.
“Why don’t you stop hesitating and just tell me what you want quickly?”
“Hmm… … .”
Silva’s hesitant and reserved speech did not suit Lucia’s temperament.
The subject who brought me here while giving off the impression that he had a favor to ask of me.
Lucia was shocked to see him suddenly hesitate now.
If Kang Jin-hyeok hadn’t stopped her, Lucia would have gotten up right away and almost grabbed Silva by the collar.
“If you have nothing to say, I’ll just leave.”
Only after seeing Lucia rise from her seat did Silva move his closed lips.
“Okay, I’ll tell you.”
“… … It should have happened a long time ago.”
As Lucia sat back down, Silva asked them both a question before speaking.
“Excuse me, are you two perhaps sent by the dragon?”
“Huh? Why a dragon all of a sudden?”
Lucia tilted her head as if she didn’t understand English.
No matter how much they thought about it, they couldn’t figure out what connection they had with the dragon.
“I asked because I thought the man smelled strange.”
Silva’s outstretched finger was aimed squarely at Kang Jin-hyeok.
Lucia frowned at that.
“You should have washed up before you went out.”
“What the hell are you talking about! That’s not my smell, it’s the smell of Yetis that get dumped in the van!”
As Kang Jin-hyeok and Lucia began to argue, Silva sighed and broke out in a cold sweat.
Silva struggled internally with whether he could really tell these people the truth.
“I don’t mean that kind of smell.”
“Then what does it smell like?”
“I was talking about something like the spirit that can only be felt from dragons or beings of that kind.”
“To him?”
Lucia was about to refute him by saying, “What nonsense are you talking about?” but then she remembered one fact.
“Oh, that’s right.”
Kang Jin-hyeok entered the Dragon Temple, passed the test there, and gained immense power.
Lucia now understood why Silva had asked if the dragon had sent him.
“I understand why you felt that way, but it’s not that important, so don’t worry about it.”
“No, that can’t be.”
Lucia, who was too lazy to explain, tried to mumble something, but Silva shook his head and said bluntly.
Then, Kang Jin-hyeok stepped in to replace the flustered Lucia.
“Why can’t I just let it go? Is there some connection?”
“Because what I want to ask you is related to dragons.”
Lucia’s eyes widened at the word dragon.
“You’re not asking us to catch a dragon, are you?”
“Rather than asking us to catch you, I would like you to explain our position a bit.”
“If that’s the case, then do it yourself. Why are you asking us to do it?”
“We don’t have the ability to get through the monster hordes on that mountain and get to the dragon’s nest.”
The village’s strong men are struggling to stop the invading monsters.
It was difficult for the village to recruit people to head to the dragon’s nest in a situation where each and every one was in need.
“Why do you need to go to the dragon? Are you being threatened or something?”
“I wasn’t threatened. However, things have been a mess around here since the dragon came.”
Originally, this area was a warm place where it rarely snowed even in winter.
It was after the dragon took up residence on the mountain that the mountain became covered in snow and monsters began to appear.
Silva asked Lucia and Kang Jin-hyeok to explain as such.
“Please, for our sake, I hope the dragon will move its nest to another place.”
“That’s funny. Do you think those guys care about other people’s business?”
Dragons have such strong pride that they consider all other species as inferior.
Even if I went to his face and explained the situation, it was obvious that what I would get in return would be a breath instead of a fart.
“Wouldn’t it be much better if you just moved?”
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“That can’t be.”
“Why?”
“Because this area is the only one uninfluenced by the Gavin Empire.”
Kang Jin-hyeok didn’t know what Silva meant when he heard him.
It was a natural reaction, considering that I had virtually no knowledge of this world.
“The Gavin Empire is the largest and most powerful nation on the continent of Gordon.”
Lucia noticed Kang Jin-hyeok’s circumstances and added an explanation.
“And they hate non-human races and use them as slaves.”
Perhaps that is why Silva and the others cannot move elsewhere.
After hearing Lucia’s explanation, Kang Jin-hyeok was able to understand the whole situation.
“I understand where you are coming from. If you leave here, you’re afraid of becoming a slave, but if you stay, the weather is too harsh and there are too many monsters, right?”
“Yes.”
It was a situation where I couldn’t go anywhere.
In that situation, the appearance of Kang Jin-hyeok and Lucia was a great opportunity for them.
Silva personally witnessed Kang Jin-hyeok’s skill, not only in blocking an arrow fired by his own son with his bare hands, but also in blocking a dagger with just one finger.
With such amazing skills, I thought it would be possible to even get to the dragon’s nest.
The reason I couldn’t bring it up easily was because I was suspicious that they might be from the Gavin Empire or people sent by the dragon.
Silva decided that, even though he was suspicious, he had no choice but to trust them for now.
Rather than slowly deteriorate in the cold or be captured and become a slave, I wanted to take a chance on this luck.
“If you grant our request, we will give you the treasure we have been protecting.”
“What is that?”
“It’s a secret. It’s such a precious item that I can’t show it to you easily.”
“You’re not lying, are you?”
Lucia provoked Silva with words while glancing at Kang Jin-hyeok.
Kang Jin-hyeok shook his head slightly to indicate that it was not a lie.
Silva’s words about hiding the treasure were true, as his karma level did not increase by even one degree.
“I can’t help it if you’re suspicious. It’s a really valuable item, so you don’t have to worry about compensation.”
“Huh~ I guess you’re confident since you say that.”
“Of course.”
Although it was an heirloom passed down through generations, Silva did not mind risking it to save his life.
Lucia decided to accept Silva’s request after seeing his sincerity.
Kang Jin-hyeok’s opinion was not included in that decision.
* * *
The Pantheon guild master’s office had become Seo Sang-ho’s office.
Because of Kang Jin-hyeok, who had no idea where he had gotten lost, Seo Sang-ho had to endure a murderous workload again today without even having time to recuperate.
As the number of bottles of Park X-ssi piled up on the desk increased, Seo Sang-ho’s sighs also increased.
If it were my guild, I would have just dealt with it roughly and left it to the person below me.
It was a guild created by people who owed their lives to me, so I couldn’t use tricks.
“If this keeps up, I’m really going to die… … .”
Seo Sang-ho checked the last payment on his desk, then leaned back in his chair and stretched.
When someone knocked on the guild master’s office door, Seo Sang-ho quickly corrected his posture.
“A guest has arrived.”
“Tell them to come in.”
The person who came through the door that Lee Hye-na opened was someone far removed from Seo Sang-ho’s expectations.
Seo Sang-ho, who saw the other person’s face, almost got up from his seat without thinking.
“Who is this? Is this someone sent by the association?”
“It wasn’t the association that asked me to come here.”
Cheon Sang-ho, who revealed that he had come of his own free will, looked around as if searching for something.
“Where is the guild master here?”
“I don’t know either. I only heard that he left to practice, but I didn’t hear where he was going.”
“Training… … Then I shouldn’t disturb you.”
Cheon Sang-ho turned his back without any hesitation and tried to leave the guild leader’s office.
“Hey, just a minute.”
Seo Sang-ho quickly called Cheon Sang-ho over before he could go out.
“You should tell me why you came. It means that your coming here is not an ordinary matter.”
“It’s no use telling you this.”
Seo Sang-ho, whose pride was momentarily hurt, patiently suppressed his surging emotions.
Objectively speaking, it is true that my skills are far inferior to Cheon Sang-ho’s.
“It’s fate that we have the same ‘mutual’. How about we be a little more friendly?”
“The Chinese characters used will be different.”
Seo Sang-ho was a man of great skill and a man of great breadth. Cheon Sang-ho was always a man of great skill and a man of great goodness.
Although the names were the same, the meanings were completely different.
“I was always dissatisfied because the names were similar even though the meanings were different.”
It just so happens that the nobleman with the different last name is the industry’s number one hunter with incredible status and skills.
Seo Sang-ho had to become the unwanted subject of that comparison.
“So you’re saying I should take responsibility?”
“That’s not it. I think we need to speak more gently. When the guild leader returns, I can relay your message.”
“That’s true too.”
Cheon Sang-ho, convinced by Seo Sang-ho’s words, took the USB out of his bosom and placed it on the desk.
“This is information on a new type of monster that recently appeared in the Middle East.”
After hearing Cheon Sang-ho’s words, Seo Sang-ho’s expression hardened.
“That monster that all the S-class hunters on that side couldn’t fight against?”
“Yeah. I think we need to get support from here too, but if possible, I’d like to borrow Kang Jin-hyeok’s strength.”
“You said the association didn’t ask you to come here?”
“Yes. I just came here because I wanted to go. It has nothing to do with the association.”
“You wanted to form a team and catch monsters?”
If it hadn’t been said directly by the person concerned, Seo Sang-ho would have dismissed it as mere nonsense.
“You volunteered to join the association because you thought it would be better to work alone, so now you’re here?”
“Is that such a strange thing?”
“It’s so amazing, it’s like a scoop. If I told the reporters, they’d immediately make it on the front page of the newspaper.”
The moment Cheon Sang-ho heard the word reporter, his expression crumpled.
“Don’t tell the reporters. I hate loud noises.”
“Of course. I don’t intend to go around talking about such important things.”
The emergence of a new type of monster in the Middle East was such a major event that the World Alliance had to step in and control information.
Seo Sang-ho had no intention of sharing such information with other guilds.
“When Kang Jin-hyeok comes back, can I show him this information you gave me?”
“Okay. I’d like an answer within two weeks. I can’t wait any longer than that.”
“If you come back before then.”
Kang Jin-hyeok didn’t even bring his cell phone with him, so we couldn’t contact him at all.
I’m not worried because I’m not the kind of person who’d go somewhere and get beaten to death, but it’s so inconvenient not being able to report something like this when it happens.
