Episode 147
The problem of entering the city was solved in an unexpected way.
“Even if we’re bandits, is it possible for us to enter the city?” “It’s impossible. The guards wouldn’t let us in…”
Choi Hyun-seok slammed his fist into the wall.
Kwaaaa!
The walls made of thick logs are gone.
It wasn’t just a little bit broken, one whole wall was blown away.
The bandit leader shut his mouth with an expression like a surprised cat.
“If it doesn’t work, make it work.”
“…”
“If you want to keep that useless head of yours, think about it. Do you know what I mean?”
The bandit leader nodded repeatedly, sweat dripping down his face.
‘그 개새끼들… 어디서 이런 괴물을 데려와선!’
Just 10 minutes ago.
The men who had gone out to scout the surrounding area picked up a beggar.
But that beggar was no ordinary beggar.
In an instant, he defeats all of Sanchae’s subordinates and asks to be quietly taken into the city.
“Quickly. I’m not the type of person who has that much free time.”
Choi Hyun-seok said, tapping his bare wrist.
“Time flies!”
“Father, there are some men among your subordinates who are acquainted with the city guards!”
“so?”
“If you just slip them some money, they’ll let you in quietly!”
Only then did a smile appear on Choi Hyun-seok’s face.
“Yeah! You can do it! Why do you always say no?”
“ha ha ha…!”
“Then let’s leave right away, ah! before that.”
Choi Hyun-seok suddenly seemed to remember something and held out his hand.
“Let me borrow some clothes to wear.”
“Yes! I understand.”
“And I’m running out of money for travel expenses. I wish you’d help me out with some charity.”
“that…”
The boss rolls his eyes here and there.
Choi Hyun-seok’s forehead wrinkled at her avoiding the answer.
“When we die, we go empty-handed.”
“yes?”
“What this means is that once you lose, money and everything else is useless.”
“ah…”
The leader had no choice but to hold back tears and give up his entire fortune of 10 gold pieces.
‘What a punk…!’
He vowed to move the mountain vegetables as soon as this work was over.
***
“Thank you all for your help.”
Choi Hyun-seok said with a smile.
Five men stood in front of him with tearful faces.
They were bandits who had become penniless after bribing the guards and supplementing Choi Hyun-seok’s travel expenses.
“Can we go now…?”
One of the bandits said, observing the situation.
Not only did he get beaten up, he also had everything he owned taken away.
I didn’t want to be associated with Choi Hyun-seok anymore.
“Hmm, thanks for helping, but I don’t know my way around here very well…”
Choi Hyun-seok gave a secret look.
Then the bandits pushed a man.
“When it comes to urban geography, Norrisman is a real expert here!” “Of course! He’s from here, so he’s a great fit! Hahaha!”
The man who stood out alone looked at his colleague with resentful eyes.
It was clear from the atmosphere that he was the youngest.
Choi Hyun-seok clicked his tongue.
“Tch, you disloyal kids.”
“…”
“Okay, then go.”
“I, sir. I will guide you…”
They thought Choi Hyun-seok was a knight and asked cautiously.
“I’ll let you off this time. But you have to be a good person from now on.”
“Of course!”
“thank you!”
The bandits, finally freed from the warrior, bowed their heads repeatedly and left.
Choi Hyun-seok smiled with satisfaction as he looked at the bandits who were already far away and running so fast.
“Whoa! It was rewarding. Today, I rehabilitated some corrupt criminals.” “Who is rehabilitating whom?”
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Rachel put her head out from under his bosom.
“Why are you arguing again?” “Rachel sometimes wonders. Is the warrior really a warrior?” “The doubts are in your head. What are you complaining about when you have done good deeds that are the epitome of a warrior?” “Huh? I have no complaints at all. I got money!”
“…”
“Just macarons
I just thought that if I bought you just one, you would be reborn as a true warrior…!” “Macaron
Same thing. Find out where Mr. Abelson is.”
“Tch.”
Rachel clicked her tongue and began to sense Abelson’s location.
“Umm, my current location is…”
Rachel narrowed her eyes.
“Hey, why is it like this?”
“What’s the problem?”
“He’s here now?” “Mr. Abelson is here?” “Yes. He’s heading that way now.”
Rachel raised her hand and pointed to one side.
There were houses and shops lined up there, but Abelson was nowhere to be seen.
“Huh? It’s getting further and further away!” “Stop talking nonsense and check properly.” “Huh? I said it’s true!?”
If you look again, Abelson is not in the direction Rachel pointed.
It’s so early in the morning that there aren’t many people out, so there’s no way you’d mistake it.
“This is strange. This can’t be happening…”
Rachel continued to tilt her head.
When I looked at it with magic, it was clear that Abelson had passed this place and was moving towards the other side, but it was strange because I couldn’t see anything.
At that moment, Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes lit up.
“Rahel. Can you sense the height?”
“How high?”
“When you tell directions, do you also tell if it’s up or down?” “No, that’s not it. Oh, no!”
Rachel’s eyes opened wide as if she noticed something.
Choi Hyun-seok nodded and pointed down.
“Yeah. It’s the floor.”
Abelson was moving underground.
***
“Is this the end…”
Finally, the end of the long passage appeared.
A staircase appeared.
A mentally exhausting situation where you have to walk through a passage where you can’t see anything.
Abelson struggled up the stairs and opened the ceiling that blocked the view above.
Rattling, rattling!
It doesn’t open properly because there’s something blocking the ceiling.
With a little more force, the door opened with a squeak and dirt poured out.
“Phuhu! Phew!”
Abelson came up to the surface, dusting himself off.
Looking around, it was a forest located a little bit away from the city.
Abelson closed the passageway and sighed.
‘Bishop…’
With the help of Bishop Tranio, he managed to escape the city.
Now that day is dawning, what will happen to the bishop when it becomes known that he has escaped?
Even if there is no evidence, you cannot avoid being held accountable.
Abelson clenched his fist.
‘Let’s focus on surviving first.’
Even if you escape the city, you’re not completely out of their clutches.
They’ll definitely find the passage, and you never know when a pursuer might catch up.
‘If you run away, Choi Hyun-seok will come looking for you.’
In fact, Abelson knew that he had a tracking spell placed on him.
It’s not like Rachel hid the existence of magic.
The reason Abelson was able to follow them confidently without running away was partly due to his confidence in tracking magic.
“The injury was serious, so it might be difficult right now, but if you just hold on for a few days… .”
“Mr. Abelson!”
“uh…?”
When I looked back, I saw Choi Hyun-seok running towards me, out of breath.
“how…?”
“I was late because I got a little lost along the way. I had already entered the city.”
“ah…”
Choi Hyun-seok was moving several times faster than she expected.
I’ve seen it a few times, but it’s really a monster of resilience.
At that moment, Choi Hyun-seok grabbed her wrist and pulled her away.
“There’s no time for this. Let’s go!” “What’s going on?” “There are some guys hiding around here. I think they knew Mr. Abelson would show up here.”
“yes…?”
Abelson was astonished.
‘Surveillance? That can’t be…’
He himself had just escaped from the city.
It was also moved the shortest way through an underground passage.
Even if she was discovered as soon as she escaped the city, it makes no sense that she would already be under surveillance here.
There is only one possible way.
‘I knew I would show up here and was waiting in advance…’
That means everything is a trap.
“Let’s get moving. The encirclement hasn’t been formed yet, so we should be able to break through.”
“all right.”
Just when Choi Hyun-seok and Abelson were about to move again.
“It’s already too late.”
A man walked out of the forest.
Abelson bit his lip as he looked at him.
“Corcan…”
He was the hunting dog of the Holy Empire.
***
The hunting dog Korkan had anticipated everything from the beginning.
‘Tonight, Abelson Marriott will definitely attempt to escape.’
The moment she leaves the city, her chances of successfully escaping decrease significantly.
Since we don’t know when we’ll be transferred, we’ll definitely try to escape today.
Here the hunting dog Korkan thought.
‘Maybe this is a chance to find out Choi Hyun-seok’s location.’
Choi Hyun-seok was definitely with Abelson.
I could be sure of this after seeing the traces of the battle that had taken place in the village.
The reason he is not seen at the moment is most likely because he is recovering from an injury.
‘It would be a bad idea to stop Abelson’s escape here and send him to the capital.’
If we take Abelson to the capital and interrogate him, we might be able to extract a confession.
Because the capital is full of experts in that field.
However, this is not a good option.
First of all, you get to share your credit with others.
Crucially, there was no guarantee that Choi Hyun-seok would be caught that way.
I didn’t know how long it would take to get a confession and get the pursuit team back together.
‘If we make Abelson escape and lead him to meet Choi Hyun-seok, we can catch them all at once.’
When I thought about it this far.
Korkan faced a problem.
‘How do we release Abelson naturally?’
Abelson is not stupid.
A suspicious person.
If I had suddenly released him, he might have noticed my intentions.
Just when my worries were deepening, help came from an unexpected place.
“The bishop’s actions are suspicious.” “Bishop Tranius?”
“Yes. I heard that they are secretly obtaining sleeping pills.”
Korkan smiled at his subordinate’s report.
‘I put someone there because he seemed to be friendly with Abelson, but he quickly revealed his true colors.’
Bishop Tranio may have been moving cautiously, but the local church had long since fallen into Korkan’s hands.
It was thanks to Bishop Fogal, who was appointed as the next parish priest.
Bishop Fogal was a man of great ambition.
He knelt down as if he would give up everything, even his liver and gall, to look good to Korkan, who was practically the Pope’s subordinate.
In addition, as Bishop Tranio’s retirement approached, he was losing support within the diocese.
As a result, it was quite easy to seize the sect and keep Bishop Tranio under surveillance.
“Good. Help the bishop without letting anyone know.” “You mean help the bishop…?” “Yes. Get hold of the sleeping pills, and help Abelson escape. But you have to do it without him noticing. Do you understand what I mean?”
“yes.”
“By the way, it’s a sleeping pill… I know what you’re going to do with it, but how are you planning on running away?”
Korkan, who had been tapping the armrest, suddenly snapped his fingers.
“Is there an underground passage here?” “I’ll check.”
It was common for a cellar or underground passage to be created beneath the chapel for evacuation purposes.
Korkan ordered to check just in case.
As he had expected, there was a fairly large shelter extending out of the city.
“Things are going so smoothly.”
Bishop Tranio lets Abelson escape.
This side waits in advance and carefully follows behind Abelson as he runs away.
If you do that, Abelson will automatically tell you Choi Hyun-seok’s location.
‘I want to cast a simple tracking spell, but there’s a high chance of being discovered. I guess I’ll have to use a classic method.’
It’s a bit annoying to have to keep your distance from Abelson and follow him carefully, but it doesn’t matter.
In the first place, Korkan was an expert in this kind of thing, so it wasn’t particularly difficult.
“That’s what I thought.”
Korkan’s prediction was wrong.
Choi Hyun-seok was already here.
“I thought you were already here.”
It’s an unexpected harvest.
This way, there is no need to bother tracking and waiting.
He stroked his chin while looking at Choi Hyun-seok.
“I expected you to be injured, was I mistaken?”
“…”
“Well, it doesn’t matter.”
Korkan drew his sword.
“Thank you for saving me time. I’m sure His Holiness will be very pleased.”
“I just ask… one thing.”
Abelson said.
She had a dark expression on her face.
“Did Bishop Tranius also deceive me along with you…?” “Bishop Tranius? Oh, I see. You couldn’t possibly not know. How was the escape discovered?”
“Please answer.”
For a moment, the corners of Korkan’s mouth twitched.
“Bishop Tranius. No, he is no longer a bishop.”
“…”
“Tranio, in collusion with the traitor Abelson Marriott, was stripped of his episcopacy and his head was hung in the street.”
“you…!”
Just then, Abelson opened his eyes wide and was about to jump out.
Choi Hyun-seok stood between the two.
“Okay. That’s it.”
He handed the Bobo he had in his arms to Abelson and then looked back at Korkan.
“Looking at the situation, it looks like that guy over there is trash. Is that right?”
Abelson nodded silently.
Then a bright smile appears on Choi Hyun-seok’s face.
“Leave this to me. I’m an expert in trash disposal and criminal rehabilitation!”
Now it was time for the recycling experts to step in.
