Episode 38
The Holy Empire of Gatren.
It is a huge country called an empire, the only one of its kind on the continent.
The Gatren Empire has one unique feature that sets it apart from other nations.
This means that it has a political system of unity between religion and state.
The Deusis Church has the largest religious presence on the continent.
The Pope of the Deusis Cult is the Emperor who will soon rule the Gatren Empire.
An empire ruled by the Pope.
That’s why people called the Gatren Empire the Holy Empire.
The deepest place in Gratiam, the capital of the Gatren Empire.
Where the Pope was worshipping God, an old man was kneeling with his eyes closed.
“Welcome, Cardinal Elrond.”
The old man opened his eyes and said.
He slowly got up from his seat.
A golden crown on a pure white robe shone in the dim light.
“You have completed your mission.”
Likewise, the man in white robes bowed his head.
“Yes. As the Pope said, I have found out the whereabouts of the next Saint Abelson Mariet.”
The old man’s true identity was none other than Orban IV, the Emperor of the Holy Empire Gatren and the Pope of the Cult of Deusis.
The Pope was delighted to learn that he had learned the location of the next Saint Abelson Marriott.
“Oh, where is the saint?” “The black giant.”
The Pope’s eyes widen slightly at the mention of the black giant.
“Black giant. Black giant…”
The Pope muttered the same words as if he was thinking about something.
“If it’s a black giant, isn’t it where a gluttonous witch resides?”
A witch obsessed with gluttony.
Commonly known as a gourmet.
That was what humans meant by the 3rd Corps Commander Hemis.
“My heart aches. How did the next saint end up in such a strange place…”
“I have no face.”
“No. It is not something for which Cardinal Elrond should apologize. Rather, I am grateful to the Cardinal. It must not have been easy to obtain the information.”
A kind smile appeared on the Pope’s face.
Cardinal Elrond bowed his head and continued speaking.
“Your Holiness, what will you do?”
The Pope closed his eyes for a moment to think in response to the cardinal’s question, then opened his mouth.
“In the hundreds of years of war history, there have only been a handful of instances where humans have set foot on a black giant.”
Humans and Demons
More than five hundred years have passed since the war broke out between them.
In that long time, humans have only occupied the black giants three times.
“Even that was at a time when there were no gourmets.”
Even those three moments were when Hemis was away.
In other words, while Hemis existed, humans never once succeeded in conquering a black giant.
“It would be foolhardy to send an army to rescue the next saint.”
“yes…”
“Has there been any contact from the Demon King’s army?” “Not yet.”
If they kidnapped the next saint, there must be a good reason.
However, the Demon King’s army did not make any demands, and it was unclear what they were thinking.
“Hmm, then I guess we have no choice but to send a rescue team.” “You mean a rescue team…?”
The Pope nodded.
“I must call Lord Oseld.”
Oseld Gefen.
It was the name of a hero hidden in the shadows of the Holy Empire.
***
“Gweeeeeeek!”
“Stay still! I’ll be right there!”
The giant demon screamed.
Choi Hyun-seok ran hurriedly holding a huge kitchen knife.
Kwajik!
A kitchen knife is stuck into the neck of the struggling demon.
Even with his neck half cut off, the demon still struggled.
“This guy is so energetic!”
Choi Hyun-seok struck down the kitchen knife again.
Finally, the demon’s head falls off.
The light slowly faded from the ominous red eyes.
‘It feels a bit awkward to put magic power into a weapon.’
Maybe because I always fought by moving my body, I never got used to handling weapons.
‘Do I really have to hit it with my body?’
It was when Choi Hyun-seok was seriously thinking about using weapons.
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[Level up!]
The long-awaited alarm went off.
“Good. Very good!”
It doesn’t seem like that much time has passed, but I’ve already leveled up 10 times.
He immediately checked the status window and raised his ability level.
▫Name: Choi Hyun-seok
▫Title: Reserve Warrior
▫Level: 224
·Strength: 86
· Agility: 86
· Stamina: 86
· Horsepower: 86
·Charisma: 39
·Bonus Points: –
▫Warrior Points: 450
▫Abilities: Pickaxe (C), Leadership (D), Cooking (F), Magic Power Management (D)▫Skills: Raidrun-style fighting techniques
Level 2 uploaded yesterday and level 10 uploaded today.
A total of 12 levels have been raised, making it level 224.
Additionally, charisma has also increased considerably.
‘Charisma has been rising these days.’
The growth rate of charisma, which cannot be invested in points, was quite steep.
The ability value has already increased by 5 points compared to a few days ago.
Choi Hyun-seok looked at the cooks with a satisfied smile.
“Good job everyone! Let’s stop here for today.”
The gathered cooks lay down on the floor.
“It’s hard… Why do I have to go through all this trouble…” “Kalkun here is dead! Can I eat him for dinner!?” “I, Kalkun, am still alive! You idiot!”
Leaving the noisy cooks behind.
Ten platoon leaders gathered in front of Choi Hyeon-seok.
“You guys have had a hard time too.”
The platoon leaders looked at Choi Hyeon-seok with ominous eyes.
“Meat. I want to eat meat.” “I’m first. Give me the meat!” “I’m first! The meat is mine!”
The atmosphere was such that if the meat wasn’t handed over immediately, there would be bloodshed.
Choi Hyun-seok raised his hand to calm the platoon leaders.
“Wait a minute. The party is just starting.”
We caught quite a few demons, so there was plenty of meat.
However, Choi Hyun-seok was alone.
He couldn’t cook all the meat for 200 cooks by himself.
“First, light a fire!”
“Wow!”
The cooks began to gather firewood, shouting.
Soon, a mountain of firewood was piled up, and the smell of grilling meat began to rise from everywhere.
“You. What’s your name?”
“It’s Wolfken.”
As promised, Choi Hyun-seok planned to personally grill meat for the platoon that caught the most demons.
“Your platoon is first class. I will cook the meat for you myself, so wait.”
“Eww!”
Squadron Leader Wolfken roared in victory.
The other platoon leaders looked at him with envy for a moment, but soon looked away.
“There’s no need to be jealous. There’s plenty of meat here too.”
Since there was meat right in front of me, I thought it would be okay if I didn’t eat what Choi Hyun-seok cooked himself.
“It’s delicious! I’m glad I became a chef!” “I want to send some meat to Mom and Dad! Tell them to hide it at home and when I get back, I’ll eat it all!”
In fact, ordinary cooks ate meat with the happiest expressions on their faces.
But the platoon leaders didn’t.
“Khwaaah! Thud thud! This is it! This is it!”
On one side, the Wolfken platoon is eating meat that Choi Hyun-seok himself has grilled.
My eyes kept going in that direction.
‘Meat is delicious, but… meat cooked by the chef is even more delicious.’
Those who have already tasted the right amount of MSG and juicy meat are convinced.
‘Tomorrow I will be first.’
It doesn’t matter how many of my subordinates die.
I vowed to myself that I would catch the devil and eat the meat that Choi Hyun-seok had grilled.
“Everyone worked hard today. Now get some rest and let’s eat meat again tomorrow!”
“Wow!”
Morale, which had hit rock bottom the day before, soared to new heights.
About 30 cooks died today, but no one cared.
‘I need to recruit more cooks before I go hunting tomorrow.’
Choi Hyun-seok returned to the kitchen, wondering where to fill the shortage of soldiers.
***
“Gollum!”
As soon as he arrived at the kitchen, Choi Hyun-seok looked for Galum.
From inside the kitchen, Galum came running out, out of breath.
“Yes! Here it is.” “Did you check the fish you caught today?” “Yes. It’s in pretty good condition this time.” “Of course! Someone caught it.”
Fortunately, there were no Usaru on the hunt today.
That is why the situation of the devil becoming a scapegoat did not occur.
“The executives’ meal will start today, so prepare in advance.”
“yes!”
“You have to make sure it’s done properly because if something happens, you’ll be responsible.”
“yes?”
Galum opened his eyes wide and looked at Choi Hyun-seok.
“What are you staring at? I’m the chef, so I hunt. You’re the assistant chef, so you cook. We decided to take on these roles, right?”
Gallum was wronged.
‘When did you ever say that!?’
Not only did I become an unwilling manager, I also had to take responsibility when things went wrong.
I just couldn’t stand this.
Gallum mustered up his courage.
“I’ve never heard of such a thing…” “Huh? That’s strange. I’m sure you said you understood.”
Choi Hyun-seok’s face gradually began to distort into an ominous look.
He pressed his face close to Galum’s.
“You really don’t remember?”
“…”
“Don’t you remember? Think about it carefully.” “Ah… I think I remember…” “Do you think I do? Are you sure you remember? Yes?”
“I remembered.”
“Really? Hahaha!”
Only then did Choi Hyun-seok’s face brighten.
‘That’s not even a human. It’s a dog…’
Even though it’s unfair, there’s nothing I can do.
Because the law was far away and the low kick was close.
Cheeeee…!
After a while.
Choi Hyun-seok was diligently grilling meat on one side of the kitchen.
“Okay! Perfect!”
Carefully place the cooked meat on a plate.
He looked at Galum.
“Then I will trust and leave it to you, Gollum! I am busy, so I will leave now!”
“yes…”
Galum sighed as he watched the human chef walk away.
“I don’t know what the Demon King is doing instead of capturing people like that…”
***
“Hmmmm~”
Choi Hyun-seok was humming a song and heading somewhere.
Then Rachel suddenly appeared and shouted in his ear.
“Hero!!!”
“Surprise! Turn on your blinkers and come in!”
I was so surprised that I almost spilled the plate.
“I almost spilled the precious food!”
Choi Hyun-seok said with a glaring look.
But Rachel didn’t seem to care at all.
There was something he didn’t like so much that he crossed his arms and stuck his mouth out like a duck.
“Hero! Where are you going now?”
“Why do you ask that?”
“Again! Again! Are we going to that saint named Abelson or something!?”
Choi Hyun-seok made a stinging expression at Rachel’s words.
It hit the nail on the head.
“T-But why? What’s the problem!?” “Hero! Right now is the time to be leisurely dating!? We need to get stronger quickly and escape the Demon King’s army!” “Ahem! I know that too. You saw how hard I train every day.” “That’s not enough. Go train right now!” “I’ll just give you this and then I can train.” “No! You have to go right now!” “I’ll just give you this and then I can go.” “I told you to hurry and go train!!!” “I told you to just give me this and then I can go!!!”
“song!”
“no!”
“go!”
“I don’t like it!”
The conversation went from childish to almost childish.
I think that even if kindergarteners were to argue these days, it would be at a higher level than that.
“Don’t worry. I’m just going to talk for a bit.”
In the end, the winner was Choi Hyun-seok.
Anyway, Rachel is subordinate to Choi Hyun-seok.
My head was going to go, but my hands and feet couldn’t resist.
Rachel looked resentful.
“Iiyik…! The warrior is possessed and neglecting his training! That woman is clearly a witch, not a saint!”
Choi Hyun-seok ignored Rachel, who was grumbling behind him, and continued walking.
“We have to go quickly before the meat gets cold.”
Soon it will be time for the meat to rest properly.
If possible, I wanted to let Abelson eat the meat when it was at its most delicious.
Bang!
Choi Hyun-seok stopped walking down the street.
“hmm?”
There was a red liquid pooling on the floor.
“blood…?”
As I was thinking about it, a metallic, blood-like smell was rising.
‘What’s going on?’
Choi Hyun-seok instinctively hid his presence.
Move carefully down the hallway.
‘The soldiers are all dead.’
Soldiers lay bleeding all over the hallway.
‘All of them were decapitated with one blow.’
There was no sign of combat, as if there was no resistance.
Some of them even had such calm expressions on their faces that they seemed to have ended their lives without even realizing that their throats had been cut off.
‘It’s dangerous.’
A sudden outbreak of bloodshed.
Choi Hyun-seok intuitively felt that this was related to Abelson.
The footsteps gradually became faster.
‘It’s okay. There are some cow heads in front of Mr. Abelson’s room…’
The guards guarding Abelson’s room are Raidrun’s direct subordinates.
According to previous combat power measurements, their combat power is over 40,000.
These strong men take turns guarding Abelson’s room 24 hours a day.
There is no way there will be a problem.
‘It’ll be okay…’
Even though I kept thinking about it, for some reason my anxiety only grew deeper.
‘We’ll be there soon.’
Now, just turn the corner and you’ll find yourself in Abelson’s room.
Choi Hyun-seok crossed the hallway, almost running.
Finally arriving at the room, Choi Hyun-seok flung the door open.
“Mr. Abelson! Are you okay…?”
Choi Hyun-seok, who had been shouting, suddenly stopped.
In Abelson’s room stood a man he had never seen before.
A beautiful appearance that makes her look like she’s in her 30s.
At the man’s feet lay the decapitated remains of Raidrun’s men.
Red blood flowed down the pure white sword he was holding.
“human being?”
The man looked at Choi Hyun-seok with a puzzled look.
“Why is there a human here?” “I don’t think that’s important right now.”
Choi Hyun-seok gritted his teeth.
“No. It’s quite important to me. Who are you to be in this black giant? Are you not a human but a demon?” “Shut up. Get that hand away from me.”
Choi Hyun-seok spoke as if he was chewing and spitting it out.
His eyes were fixed on one spot.
“Ugh… Ugh…!”
Dangling in the air with a man holding her by the collar
Abelson hanging.
She was groaning in pain, as if she was having trouble breathing.
“Oh, are you talking about our next saint?”
The man looked at Abelson and smirked.
“Don’t worry. I plan to take you with me intact. I can’t let your precious body get hurt.”
Choi Hyun-seok doesn’t know who the man is.
What is certain is that he is related to Abelson.
And as for Choi Hyun-seok, he is so strong that he cannot be approached.
But it doesn’t matter who the man is.
There is only one thing that matters now.
That man is an obstacle blocking love.
“손 치우라고 개새끼야!”
Choi Hyun-seok threw down the plate and started running.
