Episode 244 < The Age of Heroes. (2) >
3.
When both armies retreated, the plain opened up, and abundant moonlight flowed through the open plain. Only the mountain peak in the very center of the plain blocked the moonlight.
Late at night, even the stars held their breath.
We walked under the shadow of the mountain peaks.
“If you go over there, are there poisonous snakes?”
Kim Yul nodded to my question.
“Yes.”
“Are you sure?”
“There is no doubt.”
Kim Yul looked down at his notebook and nodded. Dark starlight streamed down his silver hair. If we say that he has the authority of a veteran detective floating around his eyelids, is he really showing too much favoritism towards his family members?
“The locations of all barracks have been identified. The nobles prepared lodgings for the seven heroes in their secret location to try to hide them, but it wasn’t to the point where spirits like us couldn’t find them. Lord of the house. Trust me and trust the members of the memorial corps whom you assigned to me as subordinates.”
“okay.”
I nodded.
Kim Yul plays the role of Gayoung (家影) in our family, that is, the head of the intelligence department. Under Kim Yul, the memorial service unit that has been in control of Gangho’s information since the days of the Demonic Cult is assigned.
I can assure you that no matter what intelligence unit in this world comes, they will not be able to defeat our family.
“Goes.”
We entered the barracks of noble tribes to avoid the moonlight.
The road to the barracks was complicated and winding like a maze. There were tents pitched along the roadside, and between the tents, the noble tribes puffed away as if they were trying to relieve their fatigue from the battle… Ooh, pupububuuu… Huh, I snorted.
After crossing the maze of barracks and snoring, I finally found a barracks that looked a bit luxurious.
-Nyahahahaha!
-Cheers! Pour drinks here too!
That voice was clearly the one heard on the battlefield today.
As the red badge flew, it carried the voices and incense from inside the barracks.
‘That way.’
It was certain. This was the barracks where the seven noble heroes stayed, and the home base of the enemy army.
When I asked with my eyes, Kim Yul also answered by slowly nodding his head.
‘okay.’
Then there is no need to hesitate.
“I will be back.”
I stepped into the Viper’s barracks.
4.
The barracks where the seven noble heroes stayed were luxurious.
Red silk embroidered the barracks, and red-dyed sheep wool was laid out like a red carpet on the floor. There were many soft pillows here and there, so each of the seven noble heroes chose a pillow they liked and hugged it or laid their heads down.
And there was a drinking party going on.
“Pour it!”
“Drink it!”
“ha… Really, you guys like drinking so much. “It’s a well-known fact that excessive drinking is bad for your health, right?”
“Hehe. He can’t drink because of his injury, so he can’t believe he’s such a jerk. “You’re so annoying, Prosecutor Mukbit?”
“Ah, you already showed your ugly side once. “Well, that’s what I’m doing, so I’m not going to complain at all.”
The seven noble heroes chatted while giving and receiving cups.
“…….”
step.
They were all poisonous snakes.
“What are you really doing right now?” … ?”
As I muttered that without realizing it, the Seven Noble Heroes, that is, the Seven Serpents, fell asleep like the seven dwarfs who were fired by Snow White.
“W-What!?”
“It is the enemy!”
“Everyone—deploy the Seven Deadly Fortress!”
“Hey, wait… Anyway, you guys are full of blood.”
Now that all kinds of poisonous snakes have started providing blood-letting services, including a panicking poisonous snake, a poisonous snake showing caution, a poisonous snake that responds immediately, and a poisonous snake that calmly assesses the situation and intervenes, I felt like I was going crazy… .
“Oh, please be quiet!”
“hmm.”
In the end, when I spoke up, all the poisonous snakes cleared their throats in unison.
And Geomhee with red hair spoke as the representative.
“What is it, Death King?… . “What’s happening all of a sudden this late at night?”
“What’s going on? “I came to ask why the war broke out.”
“Reason for war?”
“yes. Didn’t you say you’d give me an answer after the fight? I have finished the fight. “Now please answer me.”
The seven vipers faced each other.
One of them answered while scratching the back of his head.
“Write. Well, it’s a war for supremacy.”
“A war for supremacy?”
“okay. The designated tribe you lead and the noble tribe I lead. “At first glance, the properties overlap, right?”
I thought about it.
They are both a race with a lot of muscles, and they are a race that really likes fighting.
“It’s been a while since we’ve been talking about the revival of art, the discovery of the New World, etc., but two lions can’t live in the same plain like that forever, right? So, let the king of the noble tribe decide between the two s*xes to the head of the council of the designated tribe! “I sent a personal letter saying this.”
I was dumbfounded.
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“no. What are the two lions… . “Didn’t you go crazy during the Holy Land War?”
“mind! “Don’t you know the three editions?”
“I don’t know… I don’t want to know. No, anyway. “Is that why the war broke out?”
“It is true that the reason for actually killing each other is to break the spirit, but what can we do? “It happened with mutual consent.”
As he spoke, Geomhee sharpened his sword on the whetstone. Every time the blade and whetstone brushed against each other, the hem of the clothes fluttered, giving off a fragrant rose scent.
However, it was a poisonous snake.
“Yes. What can we do about something that happened because we agreed to it? “Can’t you understand it if you think of it as a collective version of life and death?”
A slim, tall woman shrugged her shoulders in response to Geomhee’s words. Her sharp eyes made the night air tremble.
However, it was a poisonous snake.
“In short, what is happening now is a ‘duel war’ with the pride of both races at stake! “We have no right to tear it down and stop it because it doesn’t look good!”
A girl with pigtails said while chewing on an apple. The lively meal scene, which did not match her small body, created a gap and was very cute.
However, it was a poisonous snake… Let’s stop.
“… is it so. I understand the situation. Then why did you possess seven people at the same time? “I’m dying of distraction.”
“hmm. “The reason is simple.”
This time the sharp young man answered.
Since entering the barracks, the young man had simply been standing with his back against the pillar. Maybe it was my mood, but even the angle covered in the shadows looked perfect.
“It is much more powerful to possess multiple people than to possess one person. It’s easy to hold power. Our seven heroes are the leaders of the noble race. In this way, you can lead the entire noble race in the way you want.”
The other seven heroes nodded one after another at those calm words.
“In other words, this is a measure to lead this war to our advantage.”
“Is this an appropriate judgment as a god leading a race?”
“Ah, that’s because there are 7 heroes for that.”
It was an amazing sight, but I didn’t pay any attention to it.
He sighed and said.
“So, do you plan to continue participating in the war? “With seven people?”
“okay. Is there a problem?”
I bit my lower lip.
And said.
“Putting the problem aside, I have a proposal.”
“proposal? which?”
“Please surrender in this war.”
At my words, the smiles disappeared from the lips of all the vipers who had been giggling playfully until now.
At the same time, a tearing, raging murderous force burst out.
5.
It was impossible to erase the sense of humor when the seven poisonous snakes acted individually, appealing to their characters. The more thorough I was with the character, the more ridiculous it became.
However, now that all the characters have been abandoned and expressions have become expressionless, it is no longer funny that seven people with different appearances act according to one will. Rather, it was bizarre.
“Surrender? why?”
I spoke to all those vipers.
“I now know why the two races fight. “We also knew that we had no power to stop it.”
“ok. however?”
“And beyond that, I understand what you mean when you say, ‘If one side wins overwhelmingly, the damage will be minimal.’”
If the fight is going to happen anyway and it cannot be stopped, as the Viper says, it will be less damaging if one side wins by a landslide.
“And to continue the same logic, the least damaging path would be for one side to surrender altogether. That’s why I’m telling you this.”
“Oh. “Is this guy who knows how to talk nonsense?”
The seven poisonous snakes hissed and spat at the same time.
“How about this, Death King? You, not our people, are surrendering. Then what is this? The conclusion is opposite, but the result is the same, right? “Then wouldn’t it be okay to do that?”
“Cheonmumunju. “I am saying this seriously.”
“I’m being serious here too, you bastard. Or does it look like I’m joking right now?”
Seven pairs of eyes were aimed at me like sharp swords.
I am.
“I just want to reduce the damage as much as possible.”
“ok. In that case, Death King Ni needs to surrender. Understand?”
“I can’t do that.”
I sighed and confessed it in an honest manner.
“The children I lead… The designated tribes have a strange political system. It is easy to come together, but it is difficult. And in this case, it’s very difficult.”
The viper’s once blazing attitude shrank a little.
I continued talking.
“In order for me to make the children surrender, I must first possess the strongest child among the children present. The child must agree to my possession. Next, we must propose an agenda of surrendering to the noble people, and beat up all those who oppose that agenda.”
And to this agenda of ‘unconditional surrender’, almost all of the designated tribe fighters who participated in the war will express their opposition.
The probability that the person who responds to my possession will be strong enough to defeat them all is infinitely close to zero.
“But Cheon Mu-mun-ju. “Isn’t it possible for you to more easily bring together the opinions of noble people?”
I looked around at the seven poisonous snakes one after another.
“You just said this. ‘The entire noble race moves according to their will.’ It is faster for you to persuade a noble tribe than for me to persuade a designated tribe. That’s why I’m asking you to do it.”
“…….”
“Please, Cheon Mumunju. Please listen to me just once. I will pay the price without regrets. Don’t you want the species you lead to die further? so… .”
“Our kids,”
Suddenly, the viper interrupted me.
“I lost too much.”
The life that was floating in the seven pairs of eyes had subsided.
But that will was burning so quietly.
“Heretic Questioner, I lost to those damn snails. “Before he was ten years old, his horn was broken and he was whipped and used as a slave.”
Before I returned, there was a story like this in the tower.
“What about after that? The Holy Land Allied Forces gathered to wash away their anger. The noble people were at the forefront. But to your kind that suddenly pops up, yes. “Like you said, I completely screwed it up.”
The person who saved the most people in the tower is the Alchemy Lord.
The person who kills the most people in the tower is Mansinjeonju.
“The noble people were extremely proud. “Even when other races were having a blast with the revival of art and all that, we quietly hid and developed our strength.”
The most feared person in the tower is the Black Dragon Lord, and the most noble person in the tower is the Holy Knight.
“But it backfired again. In the end, I was left behind even in the discovery of the New World.”
However, among the same guild members—the person who is most respected by his own people is Cheon Mu-munju.
There was such a story.
“Our kids have lost too, too much. “All I did was lose.”
And, it was currently in progress.
“But are you telling those kids to surrender again?”
“…….”
“can not do it. “That is truly impossible.”
I understood what the viper said. My suggestion was certainly harsh.
However, I clenched my fists.
“In the end, we will lose again.”
“Because of that big guy called Uburka? “You brought it in.”
“It’s a situation where you have to win overwhelmingly to cause minimal damage. “If Uburka pulls out a mountain and throws it, your children and our children will die far less than if the seven of you ran rampant on the front line and slaughtered our children.”
I looked straight at the poisonous snake and said.
But the seven poisonous snakes snorted at the same time.
“Death King. “Are you looking at me so disrespectfully?”
“Even the noble hero you possessed couldn’t even approach me. “It would be the same even if seven people ran in at the same time.”
“It did. But… “Do you think I haven’t done anything?”
The seven heroes of the noble tribe, the seven poisonous snakes, looked at me with crooked smiles.
I frowned.
“What are those measures?”
“Uh huh. Where are you going to hear spoilers? . A trump card that can turn that pure white muscle pig into first-class pork… “Just say it.”
“…No matter how much you bluff, reality will not change, Cheon Mu-munju.”
“why. Are you scared? Then, why don’t you give it a go?”
indeed.
Now that I am in the position of hearing this, I think I know how the people who heard this from me feel.
I’m pissed.
“In the end, you can’t surrender.”
“yes. “Just as you cannot surrender, this side ‘cannot’ surrender.”
“I’ll see you on the battlefield.”
“I guess so.”
The seven vipers and I looked at each other and spoke at the same time.
“tomorrow.”
“tomorrow.”
Negotiations have collapsed.
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