Episode 274
The Paladin said as he absconded from the 34th floor.
『If you have to pick one person, let it be me.』
“Okay.”
『I’m just saying this now, but I don’t necessarily want the Saegi tribe to take hegemony over the continent. It is enough to just block it and survive.』
Did the paladin lie to me, or was he acting?
I don’t think so.
The Holy Knight probably agreed after hearing the [Gongja Kim test plan] from the Count, but rather than participating in the test because he was suspicious of me, he probably participated in it because he trusted me.
『I leave it to you. Confucius.』
I just didn’t tell the whole truth.
Paladin.
Patricia has almost always been that kind of person.
“I didn’t expect you to fail.”
The paladin stroked the back of the cat in his arms.
“The problem depends on how to control failure.”
“Control?”
“There is no way that the designated tribe would not discriminate against the fairy tribe. Conflicts inevitably arise. And it doesn’t disappear just because you suture it once. Gongja Kim. Even if you sew up the wounds of conflict, they will open again as the years go by. so… … .”
The paladin chuckled.
“I thought you might be a little frustrated.”
“…….”
“I never thought I would introduce a new art to the fairies. I couldn’t imagine it. What a bloody drama! Isn’t that right, Count? Neither you nor we have ever thought of such a side road!”
The paladin’s touch became slightly more intense. The Count’s cat cried, “Maa, maa,” while stroking and performing the magic trick.
“what. Wow, it was a very good move to select the fairies as the restorers of the blood drama. Blood flower play is a type of stage art, but it is not an ordinary performance. However, even though it uses aurors, it is not a martial art. Art and martial art. Martial art and art. It’s literally a martial art. … … But vice-captain, your handling is a bit burdensome… … .”
“People discriminate and despise everything! “It is impossible to suture that discrimination and contempt!”
Pat pat pat.
As if he couldn’t hear the count’s complaints, the paladin began to get excited.
“But there are two points at which people strangely and willingly give up their contempt. It is strength and beauty. “Physical strength prevents people from being physically attacked, and aesthetic beauty allows people to open their hearts!”
“Vice-captain… … ? Now stop stroking… … .”
“Hyeohwageuk combines both! Excellent. What kind of designated tribe would look down on a fairy who dances gracefully while scattering powerful auras! iced coffee. The perception of the fairies would have changed. No, the gaze of the designated tribes towards [different races] itself would have been an opportunity to become completely lenient! “Absolutely!”
“Miyaaaaa… !”
hmm.
I understand that the paladin was very excited and praising me, but it was a bit difficult to concentrate and listen as I watched the cat melting like ice cream in real time.
for a moment. Could it be that the fact that the Count walked around transformed into a cat and required the members of the Merchant Guild to wear cat ears was not the Count’s own preference, but the Paladin’s preference?
It feels dangerous. Anyway, that’s not right. Even if it’s true, I will definitely protect my friend’s privacy… .
“… … You’re not listening and you’re imagining strange things. you.”
The Black Dragon Master is slowly reaching max level with the skill of reading my facial expressions.
“Well, whatever. It’s true that I’m a good guy, but the blood show was originally a culture that the children of the designated tribe had. “I just helped the children develop their original talents.”
“Did you hear that? count!”
The paladin became even more excited.
“I have [the lie detector] on right now! That statement is the truth without a single bit of falsehood. Even when I said, “It’s true that I’m a good guy,” the [lie detector] didn’t go off. Isn’t it amazing! “Count, when you open your mouth and speak, it’s a whole different story than the detector beeping loudly for eight out of ten seconds!”
“Miyaaa, Miyaaa…” !”
“is it. Does the Count think the same way as me? Good! There is nothing more to test. Gongja Kim. Not only did you pass the Count’s test, but you also solved the difficult problem in the most difficult and most effective way. “If you will be our leader, I will gladly follow.”
leader.
“Of course I agree!”
The Heretic Questioner followed.
“There may be some of you who don’t know. I already swore allegiance to the Death King immediately after clearing the 32nd floor! “You could say I was a little faster than you all!”
“…I am loyal to you. This has nothing to do with Manda, but yeah, it would be no use talking to him.”
The Black Dragon Master sighed.
“I agree too.”
“… … “Anastasia.”
“I know you don’t need the position of leader.”
Eyes with the color of the night sky looked at me.
“But we need you. Not me, not the Paladins, not the Inquisitors or Counts, but to be able to call the guild leaders who all play separately ‘us’… . Gongja Kim. “I need you.”
“…….”
“And you need us too.”
The Black Dragon Master nodded. Did he unconsciously reveal that he was convinced of something? Or, did he think of something else and connect it to the current story?
The answer to the question came straight from the mouth of the Black Dragon Master.
“we. “It’s been quite a while since we’ve been hanging out together, right?”
“… … Yes.”
“I’ve never heard a joke about Ukraine from you.”
I tilted my head.
I didn’t understand what was being said at all.
“yes?”
“Ukraine. My hometown.”
“No. Of course I know that, but… are you kidding? What are you talking about?”
“Aren’t I pretty pretty?”
“…….”
Did Anastasia have a cold?
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I looked at my respected friend with a worried face, but he just asked for an answer with an expressionless expression, as if it was obvious.
“I’m pretty.”
“I’m sure she’s a beauty. “Magazines don’t put us on the cover with the Heretic Questioner for no reason.”
“But why don’t you ever tell a joke? “Maybe it’s because she’s from Ukraine, but she’s beautiful.”
What are you talking about?
It’s not just a cold, it’s at the flu level?
Have you become intoxicated with your own appearance while fighting by summoning 6 or 7 mirrors? In the skill description, is there at least a sentence that says [※However, you will be somewhat addicted to your own appearance] in the part explaining the side effects?
“… … Yes, that’s right. That’s the look. … … “It seems like you’re treating people like idiots, so you look angry, but it’s a part that clearly shows your human way of thinking.”
“excuse me. “I still have no idea what they’re talking about.”
“It’s a joke I’ve heard over 300 times in my life. I’ve been asked 200 times if I’m a communist, and 50 times what I think about Nazis. “I was asked a lot, a lot, which side I was on in the civil war.”
“Well, did you?”
“huh.”
The Black Dragon Master turned his head and looked at the Holy Knight.
The paladin also nodded once and moved his chin.
“Gongja Kim has never once joked with me about Venezuela. “I myself sometimes use beauty jokes or oil jokes to lighten the mood, but I don’t remember ever hearing them from Gongja Kim’s mouth.”
Uh oh.
… … I just don’t know?
“I don’t have anything in particular!”
The Heretic Questioner laughed.
“In the first place, even when I talked about my past days, they only listened, and the Death King himself never came forward to ask more questions! Ahhh. It’s a strange thing. “It would be normal to ask more just because you’re curious!”
“Wow, I’ve never even heard a curry joke.”
The cat count barely spoke as he withstood the paladin’s attack.
“Aren’t you curious what religion we believe in? “Didn’t you want to ask whether or not you were an atheist?”
“uh… .”
“Have you even thought about it in your head?”
I didn’t do it.
“Maa.”
The Count laughed.
“I’m not interested in that. at all.”
does not exist.
“We are comfortable with your indifference.”
“…….”
“It’s not that we are indifferent to the human beings themselves. On the contrary, they tell us very passionately. You know, almost passionately, what we said, what we did, and what mistakes we made. To put it bluntly, you like us. But strangely enough, your interests are quite limited?”
“…….”
“The Black Dragon Lord and others evaluate you as a good person.”
fault.
Finally, the Count jumped out of the Paladin’s arms.
The Count was a cat when he fell from the air, but when he hit the ground, he was already a human. A beautiful emerald sari fluttered like a cape. Flap! The sari covered the count’s shadow in the gap between the air and the ground.
“I don’t care whether you are good or evil.”
Slowly the sari sank.
There the Count was holding a fur fan with a sly smile on his face.
“Your personality may simply be a manifestation of your unwillingness to be hated by others. “Deep down in our hearts, the desire to be acknowledged by others is so strong that perhaps their entire attitude toward us is fawning and flattery.”
“…….”
“But it doesn’t matter. What I’m asking is not where a person’s character started, but where he is going and where he has arrived. “The destination you have chosen is very comfortable for us.”
Isn’t this too overrated?
Of course, I want to look good to these people.
But suddenly I got worried. Could it be that my wish has been so successful that I have gained more favor with them than I can bear? Will I always be able to repay their expectations, the trust of my colleagues, and the trust of my friends? Have I gone too far with my success?
Won’t I disappoint you?
“Nisha.”
“…….”
“That’s my real name. “You must have heard the paladin inadvertently call me by my real name.”
Yes.
I know the Count by his real name.
When fighting against [Evangelist of Immortal Happiness], the Paladin undoubtedly shouted the Count’s name. Although the Count didn’t tell me the name directly, it was remembered in the back of my mind.
“But you never mentioned my name. No, you have never pretended or even hinted that you know my name in front of me.”
“Of course… … .”
“I’m sure you’re thinking right now that I was just being polite.”
The Count fanned the scales.
“That’s why I, we, want to support you as leader.”
“…….”
“Please become something we take for granted. Gongja Kim.”
The moment the Count smiled.
[Quest progress.]
[Voting for pure race begins.]
I looked back at the Sword Saint.
The force that had initially threatened us had completely disappeared, and Geomseong was just watching us with a faint, wrinkled smile.
“Before I came here, I told them that if they didn’t hear a fight going on in 30 minutes, they could start voting as they pleased. “The children followed my instructions well.”
“Elder.”
“I already agreed with the Count’s opinion. “I did not provide any help with the strategy and did not participate as much as possible, but I watched to see if you could [really cooperate and progress through the stages].”
[Vote counting completed.]
[Vote percentage 2: 23.81 percent.]
[Vote rate 1: 76.19 percent.]
“Not only me, but all of the races who watched your movements through the [Princess Walking in a Mirage] were watching you.”
“…….”
“The responsibility is enormous. I also once took responsibility and led the tower’s strategy from the forefront. And in order to take even a small part of the responsibility for the purge, he withdrew from the front lines and never got involved in Tower politics again.”
Geomseong laughed.
“So to speak, what is standing before your eyes is a [failure].”
“…….”
“What you are seeing now is the [worst case], your words have failed miserably, and your concerns and concerns have come to fruition. Ego. “Now tell me, Death King.”
The old gentleman smiled.
“Does this failure really seem too terrible to bear?”
“… … no.”
I said.
“The elder… … Not a terrible person. Never. At least, to me, Calenberry.”
“Thank goodness.”
The old man nodded.
“Then your failure won’t be so terrible.”
“…….”
“I don’t know if it would be reliable if handed to me by an old man like me, but don’t feel too terrible about failure. Maybe you too will get a second chance like me? “Someone appears who makes me reverse my retirement and return to active duty.”
[Stage cleared.]
[The 46th floor stage has been cleared.]
“…….”
Heresy Inquisitor.
Real name, Bambolina.
In charge, Sanwa tribe.
Voting percentage, 77.50%. Clear the stage.
Count (爵).
Real name, Nisha.
In charge, fairy tribe.
Voting percentage, 88.40%.
Clear the stage.
Holy Knight.
Real name, Patricia.
In charge, Saegi tribe.
Voting percentage, 98.68%.
Clear the stage.
Black Dragon Lord.
Real name, Anastasia.
In charge, vampire, dream demon tribe.
Vampire’s vote percentage, 97.55%.
The Hmongma tribe’s vote rate, 100%.
Clear the stage.
Geomseong (劍星).
Real name: Marcus Callenberg.
In charge, pure race.
Voting percentage, 76.19%.
Clear the stage.
Death King.
Gongja Kim.
Designated tribe.
100%.
Clear the stage.
“—Hey, hey.”
and.
“I can’t believe no one but me has any objection. “Is this really true?”
The last person to count votes.
“Everyone is so nice that it’s a shame. uh? When it comes to interpersonal relationships like, hey, I like you, hey, I like you too, if things end like this, all mental counselors will end up unemployed and wandering the streets. huh? That’s what emotions are. “It’s just a feeling because I can’t express it with my mouth.”
The one-eyed swordsman walked through the shadow of the jungle.
“Howdy.”
The swordsman decorated his greeting with the words, “Goodbye.”
“Just as you said, I did a great job training in the closed pipe. Now I feel like the main character of a martial arts magazine. Since ancient times, if you were the protagonist of a martial arts magazine, what would that be, huh? Before you agree with your mouth, you must first speak with your sword. That’s Kangho’s duty. “Our kids are saying that it’s too late to vote and that we don’t know anything until we see the winner again, so what can we do?”
The swordsman is among the people gathered here.
Aside from Geomseong, he was the first person to tell me his real name.
“Take out the knife. Gongja Kim.”
Poisonous snake.
Real name, Liao Fan.
In charge, noble family.
“It’s done. “Let’s play one game.”
Voting percentage.
Undefined.
[Quest progress.]
[Voting for nobles begins.]
Voting begins.
etc,
