Chapter 105. Become a Butterfly (1)
Lilian Kingdom’s mercenary regional headquarters, Maroon, could not be trusted.
“Really depositing money.”
Keter, who is reputed to be the madman of Sephira, deposited a whopping 100,000 gold into ‘his’ account.
ten thousand gold. Maroon, the Orichalcon class that is said to be the highest level in the mercenary world, also receives 10,000 gold by completing an S-class request.
Excluding the cost of the elixir and equipment repairs, it was about 8,000 gold left. In fact, the amount obtained by completing twelve S-class missions without dying was 100,000 gold.
Such money was sent by Keter in the name of ‘bribe’. As soon as we cut off communication, immediately.
“What are you human doing? According to the information, it is clearly written that he is from absinthe, a lawless city, and that he is an idiot who only causes accidents.”
Even Maroon knows where absinthe is.
It’s just a city of garbage. Keter from Garbage City has a fortune of 100,000 gold?
“The Absinthe source is likely a smokescreen. If you had the financial power to spend 100,000 gold casually, there is no way your name would not be known in absinthe.”
Maroon took out an oval grinding stone from the table drawer. Then, on the spot, he took out his weapon and began to sharpen the blade.
“It’s very embarrassing to ask for an unlimited number of mercenaries of platinum or higher in the name of preparing for the Southern Sword Tournament. Isn’t it an ulterior motive to use our mercenaries?”
Swish, Swish. The sound of sharpening the blade reverberated through the quiet office.
“I don’t think Sephira has such guts. It must be purely to prepare for the Southern Sword Tournament. It’s not from another family, it’s Sephira.”
Maroon was well aware that Sephirah was a timid, defensive, and greedy aristocrat.
And above all… … .
“I deposited it through Wuhan Bank.”
‘Infinite Bank’, which operates worldwide, is an institution that produces coins and banknotes that are used in this world, and is managed by a divine being like the king of a country.
However, the owner of Wuhan Bank has never appeared in the world, and he does not show off his power. All he does is manufacture and distribute money. Other than that, never interfere with the world.
Only once, the power of Wuhan Bank was known to the world. It was an incident that destroyed an alchemist guild that tried to produce and distribute counterfeit money.
The reason this case became famous is simple.
Because there are no eyewitnesses.
After just one night, the counterfeiters were crushed to death by huge gears, and the facility was burnt to dust. Even so, there were no traces of a fight or that anyone had come and gone.
It neither rises into the sky nor sinks to the ground. There is no sign of magic, no physical sign. It just appeared in the world and suddenly disappeared.
The reason why Wuhan Bank’s actions are known is that they left messages directly.
-Do not blaspheme money.
Since then, no humans have dared to attempt counterfeiting. Even those who want to rob Wuhan Bank. Of course, not a single thief had ever robbed the bank’s safe before then.
Anyway, this was the reason why the saying ‘The safest place in the world is a bank vault in Wuhan’ was accepted as orthodoxy.
“I’m dubious about the source of the money, but as long as it’s delivered through Wuhan Bank, there’s nothing wrong with it.”
Moreover, Wuhan Bank does not accept money with ‘problems’. Stealing money or money borrowed from others will never be accepted.
Only ‘money earned by the depositor through legitimate means and methods’ is accepted. It was a secret that has not been revealed until now.
“I never meant to take a bribe and think nice of it. The other person is offering money, but isn’t there any reason to refuse? Well, Keter, like the other Senate nobles, didn’t threaten to leave the branch alone if I didn’t send mercenaries, or threaten to forfeit power on the spot if it strayed from me. It annoys me when I think about it.”
kang!
Maroon threw the grinding stone and flicked the sword in his hand.
“No matter how sephira is a politically isolated family, why am I starting a request after paying attention to the nobles, mane, should I do it? No, if the other party just said to give money, we said, ‘I got it. I’ll make a request.’ can you do it? If the mercenaries accept it, then it’s not. That’s a mercenary, a f*cking thing.”
Beep!
Maroon pressed the pager attached to the table with the tip of his sword.
But nothing happened.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
jump!
“Wait a minute, you damn bastard! Do you know that I am as free as you?”
A man ran into the head office, picked up an abrasive stone that had fallen on the ground, and threw it at Maroon.
Maroon said while receiving the polishing stone with his hand.
“Burgundy. After a long time, a request came in through direct line. Write a request announcement and distribute it to all branches.”
“What is it, war? I didn’t feel like that. Have I lost all my senses?”
“War… It may be. Do you know where I contacted you? it’s sephira That master archer Sephira.”
“I never told Sephira the Akashic code of our branch. did you tell me?”
“Would you have told me? never met What an isolated family the Sephirah is. There is Keter, an illegitimate child who joined about a month ago. He said he contacted me.”
“Why are there so many suspicious words in one sentence? How does an illegitimate son who joined a month ago know the Akashic Code of our mercenary regional headquarters?”
“Can you tell me? you go ask how do you know done! Write a request or something.”
“I’m serious? The nobles would go mad if they received Sephira’s request.”
“Are you noticing those bastards too?”
“Is there any reason not to see it?”
“It is. But I heard that Keter pays five times the commission fee.”
“It’s not hot, it’s not hot… five times? it must be unconditional In the yard where other nobles say they won’t give it to them. Do you want to go too?”
“Arthur. Orihalcon level is not necessary. From Platinum to Amantium. I just want you to pick up a test and send it to me. No limit on number of people. Instead, they only accept those who can arrive by noon tomorrow.”
“I see your intentions. Preparing for the Southern Sword Tournament.”
Maroon took a dog tag out of a drawer and threw it at Burgundy. It was an Amantium grade dog tag, with the name Garen written on it.
“If you don’t receive Orihalcon, you can go to Amantium. go and have a look It’s a good chance. It is also an opportunity to see the isolated Sephira family, especially Keter. That bastard, you have to check what he is doing.”
“driving me crazy. It’s not enough to cover up Joe as the deputy general manager, so now I’m going to go stealth with an amantium level? Hey, this baby. Is it all if you are the head of headquarters?”
“I’ll give you a month’s vacation when you come back.”
“Yes, my road.”
Burgundy, the deputy general manager, immediately left, fearing that Maroon would change his mind.
* * *
Three days have passed since Zyro and Zordyk’s sparring.
In the meantime, Zordyk was safely released by the Vident family paying a ransom, and Luke defeated Gyro.
Luke was happy, but not happy. The difference in skills was still glaring. Growing up is the same with Gyro.
There is no way that Gyro, who has been called a genius since childhood, can’t learn anything while fighting the trio. Rather, their understanding of archery has increased more than them.
Even so, the reason Luke was able to beat Gyro wasn’t because he was more skilled. It was because of the environment and circumstances.
Gyro hasn’t changed from his first appearance. In other words, the gyro fought assuming a partially stagnant state.
If this was not done, it would be impossible for the trio to catch up with Gyro no matter what, so there was no choice.
Moreover, Gyro did not even attack enough to kill the trio. On the other hand, the trio pushed Gyro to death.
When it comes to a situation in which each other can kill each other at the end, in a real battle, of course, the three of them die first. But since Gyro can’t do that, at that moment you have to give up the attack and dodge or block it.
In the end, the task of the trio is to create a situation in which each other must risk their lives. In that situation, if he broke through Gyro’s defense and evasion and delivered a blow, he would win.
In fact, it was a dangerous sparring method.
Unlike Gyro, the trio couldn’t afford to rationally stop their attacks at the crucial moment. Because I had to use all my stamina and concentration to create that situation.
But it didn’t matter. If Gyro is really sincere, getting out of that situation is easier than flipping the palm of your hand.
As Keter assumed from the start, Gyro is at the level of a 3-star knight.
The moment he shows off the realm of a 4-star knight, no matter how much the trio makes a fatal attack aimed at a vital point, he will be able to easily block it.
“You worked hard, kid.”
Gyro deflected Luke’s bow, which aimed at his neck, with his armor and congratulated him on his victory.
Luke was devastated. It was an attack that he really intended to kill, but when Gyro expressed his sincerity, that attack also failed miserably.
However, when he said he had won, the joy of victory did not reach him.
“I am not a kid… … .”
Luke collapsed, speechless. As soon as I heard that I had won, something snapped in my head.
A whopping 17 days.
I spent 17 days in the mountains without food or drinking water, and without a shelter where I could sleep peacefully at night.
Of course, he barely survived with the rain and fruit that fell in the middle, but he consumed vicious physical and mental power every day. Standing is a miracle, and that miracle is now solved.
Kether spoke to the attendants who had been waiting in advance.
“Take me to the mansion. Serve it as a full course.”
Luke was carried away by the attendants.
Anise and Tarragon might be envious, but they were expressionless. It’s not because I’m not envious. It was because I didn’t even have the mental strength to spend on emotions.
All they could think of was fighting Gyro. There was also the fear that if he did not win, he would eventually die of starvation and would tarnish Sephira’s name.
It was Tarragon who gave Gyro the first blow, but there was no reversal in the order in which he defeated Gyro.
The good news was that all three of them defeated Gyro on the same day. Gyro had never looked at it. It was proof that the skills and skills of the three people had greatly increased.
night when the sun went down.
It was the time when the three of them were taking a rest while drinking potions instead of water after taking an elixir bath at the mansion.
Keter and Gyro were chatting in the half-destroyed Gymnasium 4.
“Seeing you fighting with the kids today, I felt a sense of impatience. Didn’t you pass all because you were bothered?”
“Isn’t aiming for emotional gaps part of the fight? Doing it while watching is starting to show signs of it now, so I decided it would be appropriate to wrap it up at this point. If the boss didn’t like it, I think he would have told us to fight again.”
“A drunkard knows the hearts of others amazingly well. Maybe it’s the limit of practice. No matter how extreme the environment is created, no matter how much motivation is given, it is not up to par in actual combat.”
“Still, even if I fight a 3-star knight right now, I won’t be fooled. It’s worth doing with a 2-star knight. It’s growth by leaps and bounds. It is the result of more than individual talent and effort. It would have been impossible for anyone other than the CEO to grow like that.”
“hahahaha, there is no bonus for that.”
“It doesn’t work.”
Gyro took a drink. It was poison from Keter. He emptied it all the way to the floor.
“Big-! I’m going to assume that today is the last time I drink this poison.”
“Are you going already?”
“I think it deserves to be heard.”
The reason Zyro joined the Sephira family.
It was because of the promise with Keter.
After drinking the poison, Gyro’s face turned red, but his pupils didn’t blur. On the contrary, she looked at Keter with eyes burning even more clearly.
“Please let me know. How to kill God.”