274. East, Wolguk (1)
Yuri’s rampage ended due to an accident caused by the person’s carelessness.
Yuri was listening to the other people’s grumbles without knowing why.
“Isn’t it our trip?”
“Doesn’t an explosion happen while sleeping?”
“Something was strange since Hwaguk.”
“That’s right. For some reason, incidents never stop happening wherever I go.”
The protruding Crank and Amon’s sarcasm. But Yuri’s mood didn’t look too bad.
No matter how much the corners of her mouth twitched, she was holding back a laugh. In fact, Yuri’s mood marked on the relationship chart was also shown as ‘confusion, joy’.
‘Is that so?’
A circle is not something that can be acquired overnight. It is said that it is difficult to make even if enough mana is gathered, and the probability of success decreases as the number increases.
It is common for high-ranking mages to experience mana exhaustion for a while after making a circle.
But she got a circle while sleeping.
Isn’t it even a circle made by a dragon?
It was like blowing her nose, which had been clogged, without even touching her.
This explosion seemed to have occurred because the human body could not calm down the mana that exploded in an instant as the circle of glass was created.
As you know, Yuri’s mana circuit is no longer human. She didn’t have to destroy all the rings she already had and make new ones, but since she met Beno, all the circles created seem to be of the same level as the Dragon’s Circle.
‘It seems I haven’t caught up with my level yet…’
The goal was the same 7th circle as Eisel.
The order was also set in advance.
The next colleague was ‘Volk’.
Of course, she wanted to grow Volk, who was still young and needed more learning, but the most important thing was that there was a high possibility that he would fight miscellaneous battles instead of me in the future.
Moreover, since Volk has a lot of stamina, it will be a great experience point factory.
In the case of Eisel and Kaen, it would be okay to postpone them a bit, as they do not come from very formidable backgrounds.
I don’t know what the upper limit of my teammates will be, but I have a solid plan in place.
My goal in Yuegu was like this.
First of all, figure out what the quest refers to as ‘The Horror of the Moon Kingdom’.
I’ve passed this on to Keraf and Volk, but honestly, it won’t be that easy to find. According to my memory, there was no particular person with the nickname ‘Heart’.
The Horrible Star.
This is a well-used expression in astrology, meaning a star that rises when bad things happen.
When this expression is used for a specific person, it means that the person brings bad things. Things were similar.
You’ll have to find it somehow, determine if it’s a malevolence that will have an adverse effect on this world, and think about whether you really need to get rid of it.
I thought that there was no need to believe the quest that suddenly appeared in the status window.
Secondly, it was to fill up the remaining progress.
The progress of both the saint and the demon was 9%, so considering the case of the ‘King of Conquest’, it was assumed that a new skill would be obtained sooner or later.
To treat a certain key person in the case of a saint. And doing things like a ‘saint’.
In the case of demons, simply killing demons could fill up the progress. The stronger the demon, the steeper the figure.
I expected that the Asmodian would rise the fastest, even if I just looked at the way to increase the progress, but surprisingly, I hadn’t met a Demon since Ishai, so the progress has stopped now.
Then, what about Wolguk?
We are now riding in a carriage heading to Wolguk.
“Everyone, don’t be so mean. When people sleep, their bodies can explode. Isn’t that right, Mr. Yuri?!”
“Ugh…”
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“I don’t want to die under the spell of a sleepwalking sorcerer. Even though I was in the tent next door, it was dangerous.”
“How about sleeping alone for a while…?”
Finally, Kaen grumbled, and Eisel asked her more cautiously.
“Why is everyone like this? It’s not like that every time… This time it just happens to be…”
Yuri, who is known to be the culprit behind the explosion, is attacked from all sides.
She did nothing wrong.
It’s Beno and I’s fault.
After watching her silently, I felt sorry for her and raised her hand.
“Then I’ll sleep with Miss Yuri.”
“Zetto cadet?”
“Why are you?”
Kaen and Eisel expressed their doubts in nervous voices.
“It’s not good to bully people.”
“Zetto… You could die…?”
“hahahaha, I don’t think there will be any regrets if I die while sleeping with Miss Yuri.”
“……”
Yuri lowers her head.
I wonder if the level of the joke was a bit strong.
She spat it out and regretted it.
“…Low quality.”
Eisel gave me a look of contempt.
She wasn’t wrong, but she didn’t mean to say that she would make a child of her every now and then.
“…Why? What do you mean? What is it?”
As the atmosphere calmed down at my bad joke, Lucia, who opened her eyes wide, looked around at her and asked.
“……”
Everyone was silent.
Amon finally started whistling.
She was innocent and it was a good joke even if she couldn’t understand it.
Immediately, I changed my mind to change the topic.
“…Anyway, what kind of country is Yuekguk?”
***
On the other hand, Volk and Keraf, who had arrived in Wolguk before the academy cadets, had just arrived at the capital.
“The city smells familiar.”
Volk, who was sniffing at the street, said.
“Splendid buildings and dazzling streets. From the outside, there seems to be no problem, but…”
“The inside is rotten.”
Soon passing by a back alley with a musty stench, Keraf recites the information he had researched in advance.
“Wolguk (月國) was said to have been a powerful country that was well known in the east in the past. In those days, the east was said to have the moon even during the day.”
“How does the moon rise during the day? Are you stupid?”
Volk raised an eyebrow and questioned, and Keraf managed to hold back a sigh as he explained.
“Haa, that’s what they say. Yueguk is the only country that unified the East.”
“Unification? How did such a great country end up like this?”
“Have you ever heard of the Conqueror King?”
Keraph stopped his legs and asked while looking at Volk.
“The King of Conquest…?”
“…You may not have heard of it. He is a legendary figure from Yueguk, who unified the East in the past. Compared to his achievements, his name is not very well known.”
“Then how do you know? Are you a smart turtle?”
“No, I don’t know him because he’s smart. I know him because he’s a demon.”
“Asmodians…?”
“He has a lot of ties to the demons in many ways, to the point that even a foolish demon can remember their name. As the demons are born and grow up, they learn that all races other than the demons are enemies to be destroyed and food to be treated as food. Back then, they were a threat to the demons in the past. The names of the people who did it are often mentioned.”
“Are you saying that the King of Conquerors is among them?”
“Yes. After unifying the East, the Conqueror King went on a subjugation expedition to the land of the demons. He gathered his forces and attacked as soon as possible.”
“The thing that unified this vast east was a war with demons…? It’s a choice I don’t understand.”
“…Maybe that’s why he is also called the ‘blood-crazed King of Conquerors’. In fact, the people of the Kingdom of Wol do not like the King of Conquers very much. Even if he hadn’t gone on an expedition, the Kingdom of Moon would have been in good health.”
“Besides, the demons are still alive right in front of me, so his plan must have failed.”
Volk said that while looking sideways at Keraf.
At this, Keraf ate and laughed.
“Ah, it failed. However, it was very threatening from the perspective of the demons. At that time, the resurrection of the demon king was just around the corner. It is said that the battle was so intense that the commander of the corps died. Anyway, the expedition led to the conquering king ‘Baekcheongyeol’ died… And the kingdom of Yue, whose dynasty had suddenly changed, was powerless to stop the opposition from the ruling nations.”
“But why did the king of the east, who is far from the land of the demons, target the demons, even though he may be in the west? Did he even lose his enemies with the demons?”
“No one knows the reason. But I’m also curious. The demons at the time didn’t invade human land as often as they do now. They were simple guys who waited all day for the resurrection of the demon king.”
Anyway, Wolguk experienced both revival and downfall due to only one conquering king.
The appearance of this city can also be seen as a legacy of the splendid past.
Are you going to stay stuck in the past or move forward into a poor future? The choice of the country at the crossroads was not very good, Keraf thought.
Soon after, Keraf, who was on top of the hill, pointed at the magnificent palace in the distance.
“That must be the palace where the king lives.”
“The security is tighter than I thought.”
“There is no need to go in. The spirit will reach you at this distance.”
“What can I do?”
“You find the scar.”
“How do you find it?”
“There’s not much information, so it’s enough to hear rumors.”
“To hear rumors…”
“…Go to an inn nearby.”
After Volk cut off his question again, Keraf threw his money bag.
Volk, who took out the money bag, looked at the contents in the bag, and the corners of his mouth went up.
“Okay, wait for me. I’ll be sure to find out if I’m a malefic or something!”
Volk left with a confident face, and Keraf sent a spirit into the palace to investigate.
After that, Volk did not return, even though the day had fallen and it was bright again.
Keraph, who had been skipping meals to gather information, also became suspicious when Volk did not return, and immediately set out to find him.
Volk was easily found in an inn nearby.
Volk, who was lying with his head on the table in the inn, met Keraf’s eyes.
“Did you find the chest?”
Keraph approached Volk and asked.
He had no expectations whatsoever.
“The scar…? Ah… That’s…”
Volk, who was in a cold sweat, turned his head to avoid Keraf’s stinging gaze.
“Tea, find found…”
“Then explain.”
While unknown tension circulates between the two, a jeom soi from an inn suddenly appears and intervenes in the conversation.
“The dumplings are here.”
“Dumpling…?”
At Keraf’s bloody question, Volk finally starts to spit nonsense.
“Keraph, calm down and listen to me. I ordered these dumplings because I thought they might be evil. That’s because these dumplings with bad omens took away all our money.”
“…Couldn’t it be that you’ve only been eating dumplings all this time? What about Jeto’s money?”
“My, I didn’t write it. Dumplings stole it.”
“I ate a lot besides dumplings. They ate very happily.”
Volk let go of his pretense, and Jeomsoi, who hadn’t noticed, smiled and added his words.
“……”
Keraf, who lost his sense of humor, picked up the freshly steamed dumplings and took a bite.
“hehehe, how is it? It’s delicious, right?”
Jumsoi, full of confidence, smiled broadly.
Soft texture.
Contentful contents.
Unexpectedly, it was really delicious, so Keraf didn’t hesitate to deny Jeomsoi’s words.
But the important thing now was that there was no way that dumplings could be ‘the scar of Wolguk’.
“Is there anything else you are looking for?”
Right now, it was urgent to ask a question to Jeom So-yi, who was in a good mood because of the increase in sales.
Evil dumplings