Episode 128
Clang-!
There was a sharp noise as the glasses clinked.
The servant had blood streaming down his forehead and couldn’t open his eyes properly, perhaps because of the flying shrapnel.
It was a situation where help was needed, but no one stepped forward.
Everyone was busy looking around with their heads bowed.
Because the one who threw the glass was none other than the lord of Kiton, Peros Gelion.
“What the hell is going on!? What is happening!”
There was a reason why Peros was acting so wild.
An unbelievable incident that occurred in one’s own territory.
It was such an absurd thing that I was so angry and even shocked.
“Half of the funds disappeared overnight! Is that even possible!? If you have a mouth, speak up!”
The term ‘funding source’ is a euphemism for ‘criminal organization’.
As Peros said, Kiton was suffering from an untimely war on crime.
Just one day.
In one night, a third of Keaton’s criminal organization was wiped out.
It wasn’t just a simple criminal organization, but a kind of financial network that had direct or indirect ties to the lord.
Ferros was already on edge due to the collapse of Arken, the largest organization. So, when something like this happened, he was going crazy.
“This is something that just two guys did? Do you think it makes sense!?” “… It seems like there are other forces supporting them.”
“Chief Gibson answered cautiously.
“Where are they! Where on earth are they moving! No-Fault? Bloor? Adenata? Or is it an invasion from another country!?” “It can’t be another territory or another country. They have nothing to gain by eliminating criminal organizations.” “Then what? All that’s left are the demons, and which of the demons with nothing better to do is pretend to be heroes!?”
“…”
“If you have a mouth, speak!”
Chief Chamberlain Gibson bowed his head.
What can I say in this situation?
Perros, who had been glaring at the attendant, turned his head nervously.
“Holkman! Where is Lord Holkman, the commander of the knights?”
“Waiting.”
“Wait? Wait!? What are you doing stuck here in this situation! Tell them to come in right now!”
A few minutes after Peros’ order was given, Holkman came in.
“Sir Holkman. What the hell is going on!? Why are these guys who you said you caught still acting like this?” “If you just give us a little more time…” “Time? What were you doing while those guys were out all night robbing the money source? Where on earth did you spend all that precious time?”
The veins on Perros’ neck stood out and his face turned red.
At this rate, I feel like I might actually pass out from high blood pressure before Choi Hyun-seok even steps forward.
“Will things get better if you just keep quiet? Speak up! Speak up!”
“sorry…”
All Holk could do was bow his head.
In fact, the one who is most embarrassed here is Holkman himself.
‘I followed the Lord’s lead and what on earth are you doing?’
I woke up to find that a third of the criminal organization in Yeongji had been blown away.
This is not what Holkman wanted.
In the first place, he has no interest in cracking down on criminal organizations.
No, rather, he wants to save the criminal organization.
‘If you want to make money by putting a puppet lord in the future, you need a shady organization. What are you going to do by rooting out those guys!’
How could one not feel frustrated when the precious source of income that would fill one’s stomach in the future is dying?
“Right now… Go out there and catch those guys.”
“yes.”
“The time Kyung spoke of. I’ll give you just one more day.” “I’ll keep that in mind.”
Peros clenched his teeth as he watched Holkman’s back as he ran away.
“How much money did I spend? You’re acting like an incompetent old man…!”
Perros vowed that once this was over, he would finish off Holkman.
We will bring in a younger and more capable person and place him in the position of Commander of the Knights.
“Whew, this isn’t the time.”
Feros, catching his breath, turned his gaze to the attendant.
“Gibson. Contact the Mercenary Guild immediately.” “The Mercenary Guild?” “Yes. I need to see the guild leader.”
We can’t just wait around and trust the incompetent Holkman.
We’ll have to come up with some different numbers.
‘It’ll cost money… but if mercenaries come forward, it’ll be sure.’
The mercenary guild, the greatest power in the Kiton Territory.
If they step forward, they’ll catch them much faster than an old guy like Holkman.
It costs a lot of money, but it doesn’t matter.
Anyway, you can save money anytime.
Once this matter is resolved, taxes will be raised and criminal organizations will be supported again.
On a bigger scale than ever before!
Then you can earn much more money than you do now.
“Our priority right now is to catch them.”
Peros muttered with gleaming eyes.
“Don’t think you’ll die gracefully…”
Peros’s face, full of poison, looked just like that of a poisonous toad.
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***
“Wow, these guys have a lot planned out.”
A bright smile bloomed on Choi Hyun-seok’s face.
The amount of money raised from taking down a criminal organization overnight was beyond expectations.
“Hero! If we keep doing this, we’ll really become rich!” “Kuuuuu! We’re so rich!” “Hero! Hero! When are you going to buy me macarons!?” “Just wait a minute! I’ll buy you a house made of macarons!” “Kuuuuu! Hero is the best!”
Choi Hyun-seok and Rachel were more excited than ever.
After leaving the Demon King’s Army, he was a warrior and a dedicated fairy with the highest job satisfaction.
“Khwaaak! Kwahak!”
“Bobo, eat slowly. If you eat slowly, you’ll get sick.”
“Wow!”
Bobo was also excited.
After busting a criminal organization and filling his stomach without any regrets, his stomach was completely swollen in just one day.
“Remember!”
As I trimmed the white skull popped out.
Dorrrrrr…
A skull rolling across the floor came to a stop at a woman’s feet.
The woman’s eyes, looking down at the skull, were trembling without mercy.
“This isn’t it…”
Her true identity is Belle.
The woman who first disguised herself as the owner’s daughter at the Warrior’s Shelter Inn.
She had been beaten by Choi Hyun-seok and collapsed on the verge of death, but was restored to health by Abelson’s healing.
Of course, the cure is only superficial.
Belle’s mind was more worn out than ever.
“Hey, you crazy guys… These guys are crazy… crazy…”
Belle muttered in a terrified voice.
The sights she saw last night were shocking.
“Please… save me!” “Have you ever saved someone who was begging to be saved?”
“that…”
“Don’t blame me. That’s just how the world is, man.”
Kwajik!
Another one dies.
No matter how I looked at it, the sight of someone’s head being crushed by a simple punch was difficult to adapt to.
So much so that I started to wonder if this was a dream or reality.
“It looks like things are starting to get organized here, so should we move?”
The mastermind behind all these incidents, warrior Choi Hyun-seok, was unharmed.
His mental and physical strength are so well-trained that he can enjoy eating tripe while watching a gore movie with gushing intestines.
It was a mentality that had reached a level that could never be achieved by someone who had only worked for a short time in a criminal organization.
In the first place, I was in a group where if a colleague died, they would make dinner that night, so what more is there to say?
“Sir, won’t they be following us now?” “Hmm, I guess so. It’s still morning, so I think we can run one more time.” “A long tail will get stepped on.” “Well, even Mr. Abelson is getting tired now…”
Abelson shook his head at Choi Hyun-seok’s words.
“Don’t worry about me.” “Yes? Are you okay? I was running around all night though…” “I’m in great condition.”
Abelson said with a bright smile.
It was too dazzling a smile to be a smile made while covered in blood and holding a mace.
“Hmm, let’s get the money first. We’ll decide whether or not we want to go for another gamble before we leave.”
“yes!”
Choi Hyun-seok and Rachel collected the money that was scattered here and there.
“bell!”
“yes yes!?”
“What happened to the idea of putting people on the Mercenary Guild side?”
Suddenly, Choi Hyun-seok rang the bell.
Belle was a woman who had been involved in a criminal organization since she was young.
Thanks to that, I had a very good idea of how the dark side of this city worked.
The fact that Choi Hyun-seok was able to attack only organizations with ties to Yeongju in a short period of time was all thanks to Bell’s help.
Choi Hyun-seok gave a new order to Bell.
The idea is to plant an informant in the mercenary guild.
“It was a success…”
“Oh, in that short time? You were a capable person.” “Because the amount was so large…”
Bell answered honestly.
It wasn’t because his own abilities were outstanding, but because Choi Hyun-seok gave him too much money.
How could I fail when I only spent twenty gold coins to find out about the mercenary guild’s movements?
“A world where money can buy everything is the best!”
Choi Hyun-seok smiled happily.
While experiencing this world, Choi Hyun-seok realized several things.
In the Demon King’s Army, there is nothing that cannot be done with fists.
In human society, there is nothing that money cannot do.
Is it true that people are all the same no matter where they live?
It was funny and bitter that the truth that ‘Money can buy everything!’ was the same on Earth and in another world.
“Now that we’ve packed everything, let’s get going quickly.”
The group finally gathered all the money and hurried out.
At that moment, a group of guards encountered the group.
“It’s them! Catch them!”
Choi Hyun-seok turned around and ran.
“Get out! Don’t kill the guard!” “Eight! Eat this!”
Rachel sprinkled ice on the floor.
“Huh? Why is it like this!?”
“Ouch!”
The guards who were chasing him in a hurry slip and fall.
Rachel started jumping around as she watched the scene.
“Hehe! Warrior! This is so much fun!” “Okay, come quickly!”
Although he seemed to be urging on the outside, the warrior had a deep smile on his face like a dedicated fairy.
***
The streets were deserted.
Armed soldiers stand guard everywhere along the street with their eyes wide open.
The residents cowered in fear that sparks might fly.
Even the mercenaries who are always running around making a fuss are barely visible.
Thanks to that, the streets were quiet, but it was a calm like the calm before a storm.
A tense atmosphere hung over Keaton.
“I don’t understand…”
Moldve, the leader of the Mercenary Guild, was looking down at the street with his brows furrowed.
“What on earth were you thinking when you did this?”
Moldov also knew very well what was happening in Kiton.
Even though he was a criminal working in the shadows, he couldn’t have been unaware of the hundreds of people who died or were injured in a single day.
Moreover, among the victims(?) there were many mercenaries belonging to the guild.
“How many guild members were hit?” “A total of twenty-eight. Three gold. Seven silver. Eighteen iron.”
“Phew…”
Moldova let out a deep sigh.
It doesn’t matter how many Irons die, but the death of Gold and Silver is a very painful loss.
One of the criteria for becoming Silver is whether you can handle magic.
In other words, the conditions for becoming a knight were the same.
If Silver is above the threshold of a knight, Gold is equipped with the power of a knight.
Ten people, including a precious resource, died.
“Young Master… What on earth are you thinking?”
Moldov believed that this incident was the work of Lord Peros.
It was an extremely rational and obvious reasoning.
Because there was no one else in this realm who could do such a thing.
“The city guard is fine, right?” “Yes. It looks like a few people are injured, but no one is dead.”
The fact that not a single city guard was killed in the chaos only increased the suspicion.
‘The lord is using external forces to organize Keaton.’
Now, they are cutting out the rotten parts of the criminal organization that grew up as one with Kiton.
And that too by hiring outside swordsmen.
This was like putting a leash around my neck.
Honestly, I didn’t want to care what happened to Lord Moldveya, but I couldn’t.
It seemed that the mercenary guild was also included among the rotten parts that the lord was trying to get rid of.
“Is the lord really crazy? How can he do this without being crazy?”
What on earth are you thinking?
How dare you touch the mercenary guild.
A moderately large nobleman
The lords of the clans and great estates do not touch the mercenary guilds.
This is because the mercenary guilds of each city are organically connected and form a huge alliance.
Because its scale extended beyond the national level to other countries, it was an unwritten rule not to touch the mercenary guild.
But a mere lord like Kiton was trying to break that rule.
“Guild Master. The lord sent someone.”
“what?”
“I would like to meet the guild leader in person and talk to him.”
Moldova chuckled.
“Then that’s right.”
It’s clear that there was some misunderstanding.
Or are you trying to apologize now?
In any case, Moldova made a promise.
This time, I’m going to make sure I get a good deal from Lord Peros.
