113 – Heroic King (1)
Kim Hyun-woo, who successfully held off Landon’s soldiers, arrived in Lartania after about five days.
“Ah.”
As soon as he arrived in Lartania, Kim Hyun-woo went straight to his office and let out a sigh.
When he left the Tesnoka Territory, he had more of a light heart than a heavy heart, as he had practically finished his work and was returning. But honestly, during the past five days, he had felt quite uncomfortable.
No, to be more precise, he felt mentally uncomfortable rather than physically uncomfortable.
Right away, he had heard enough from Elena and Shadra about how cunning and sly Lania, the lord of the Tesnoka Territory, was during the five days he was away.
That’s why, by arriving in the Lartania Territory, Kim Hyun-woo was able to escape from their stories that he should never go and find her alone. He let out a relieved sigh.
“My Lord.”
Just as he crossed the walls of Lartania, a squire approached him as if waiting and opened his mouth. Kim Hyun-woo nodded his head in response and said:
“Does Lord Tienus Sangdanju want to meet me? What should I do?”
“Lord Tienus Sangdan?”
“Yes. It seems he arrived three days ago and has been waiting to meet you.”
Kim Hyun-woo pondered for a moment at the squire’s words.
“I’m a bit tired right now.”
Since it took more than five days to get to Lartania, he was a bit tired, but he didn’t want to make the Sangdanju, who had already waited for three days and had a good relationship with him, wait any longer. So, Kim Hyun-woo nodded his head as if he already knew.
“Tell him that he can come to me right away.”
“Yes, I understand.”
After the squire answered, Kim Hyun-woo turned immediately and headed towards the Lord’s Castle.
A little time passed since then.
“Hello, my Lord. How are you?”
“It’s been a while.”
Kim Hyun-woo could see Adriana, who greeted him lightly.
And.
“…So who is this person next to you?”
“Hello? My name is Shadra, the Blue Tower Shardra.”
He could also greet Shadra.
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With Shadra’s intrusion into the meeting with Adriana, a strange atmosphere briefly swept through the room. But even that was temporary, and Kim Hyun-woo could hear why she had come.
“20 Skeleton Scrolls?”
“Yes. Actually, there are not many sorcerers, and among them, those who can make scrolls are even rarer, so I thought it would be a little difficult to find them. But somehow, I was able to find them.”
“That’s quite a rare find.”
Upon hearing those words, Kim Hyun-woo couldn’t help but utter such a remark, without even realizing it himself.
It was because, although it was a recent story, the magnifying glasses that were being produced close to ten thousand a day had finally started to sell out.
In other words, due to the influx of new mercenaries, the demand had increased, and the existing supply couldn’t catch up properly as before, so Kim Hyun-woo could talk about it with a smile.
Not long after, while they were discussing and promising to purchase all the scrolls Adriana had brought, they exchanged some small talk.
“Oh, by the way, I have a gift for you.”
“A gift?”
Kim Hyun-woo looked bewildered at Adriana’s words, and she smiled and took out a scroll from her embrace and handed it to him.
“…What’s this?”
Kim Hyun-woo received the scroll, his expression filled with confusion.
Adria smiled and spoke.
“It’s a teleportation scroll.”
“…A teleportation scroll?”
“Yes, I heard that you recently suffered an attack from demons. If something dangerous happens, you can use this scroll to escape from urgent situations.”
“…Isn’t this expensive?”
Kim Hyun-woo couldn’t help but ask that question in response to Adria’s words.
It was understandable because, in the world of Arteil, teleportation scrolls were priced outrageously, even if he couldn’t say for sure about other fantasy novels or games.
However, in response to Kim Hyun-woo’s question, Adria smiled slightly and said,
“If you accept it in your heart, I would be grateful. In the dealings with the Lord, I always gain a lot, so my skills are quite decent.”
“But still…”
“Don’t worry. I didn’t spend that much gold coins because I know someone.”
“Well, thank you. I’ll gladly accept it.”
Kim Hyun-woo bowed his head with a very grateful expression, and Adria smiled satisfactorily as they had another conversation, wondering how long it had been since their last talk.
“Well then, I’ll get up now.”
“Ah, I understand.”
As Adria soon bowed her head and finished speaking, Kim Hyun-woo let out a satisfied sigh.
“?”
Suddenly, he remembered Shadra’s existence and felt puzzled.
It was because Shadra always liked to interrupt and join in when he was talking to someone else.
However, when talking with Adria, except when introducing himself, he had kept his mouth shut from start to finish, so Kim Hyun-woo turned his gaze with a puzzled expression.
“?”
Soon, I could see it.
Shadra, who had been looking ahead, now had a face filled with terror and sweat pouring down, instead of her innocent expression.
And then.
“What, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”
When Kim Hyun-woo suddenly saw Shadra in that state and opened his mouth with a bewildered expression, she looked at him as if a broken doll was turning its head.
“Oh, Dad…”
“Why?”
“That, that person – is it a dragon?”
She blurted out those words.
“A dragon…?”
At Kim Hyun-woo’s confused question.
“I, I don’t like that person…”
Shadra clung to Kim Hyun-woo, trembling.
And just as Kim Hyun-woo was about to take care of Shadra, who suddenly burst out, outside the office.
Adria let out a heartfelt sigh and sat in her office chair as if exhausted.
“…Hoo-“
Adria sighed as if she was exhausted.
Although it had only been about 20 minutes since she talked to Kim Hyun-woo, the reason she was overly tired was because of the red dragon.
No, to be more precise, it could be said that it was because of Shadra, the blue tower owner who was next to Kim Hyun-woo.
Right at that moment, it was as if she wanted to stimulate Adriana by immediately embracing her from behind while she was talking to Kim Hyunwoo.
Of course, Adriana’s mental state was not shaken by just that.
However, the scarlet dragon, who was watching the situation with Adriana, immediately reacted to Shadra’s actions.
[I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him-!!!]
She started pouring curses onto Shadra, pulling out all the resentment in her heart.
The Blue Tower Lord, who had exceptional magical talent to the extent of occupying a seat in the Tower, had finally witnessed such a curse from the scarlet dragon.
Thanks to that, Adriana had to talk to Kim Hyunwoo, who had no idea what was happening, while watching Shadra shivering in real time for about 15 minutes under the curse of the dragon.
“Ah, it’s difficult.”
That’s why Adriana sighed with an expression of exhaustion, but soon thought to herself.
‘…But I’ve told him everything.’
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Adriana recalled the teleportation scroll she had given him.
The scroll that she had made, even deceiving the scarlet dragon who had made the scroll, which essentially contained the coordinates that her protector could use to guarantee victory when Kim Hyunwoo fell into threat.
…No, in fact, it was a scroll that would activate regardless of whether he was in danger after a certain period of time.
‘Originally, I was supposed to talk to the dragon now.’
Adriana’s plan was initially to create a situation like this and then talk to the dragon.
She judged that the scarlet dragon, who couldn’t go outside for the time being and had a rather gloomy personality, had no other way to win this fight.
…In addition, she also judged that there was no other way to protect her head from getting caught.
However.
[I’m going to kill that magician, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him, I’m going to kill him…]
Because her protector was continuously murmuring the gloomy curse.
“…I hope it goes well.”
Adria let out a deep sigh of middle management and muttered without realizing it.
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At the top of the Demon Realm.
In a place where the crimson sky and grotesque corpses of demons faced each other, the commander of the 1st Legion, Hero King, was looking at the place where the demon corpses were.
No, to be exact, it was because of the 5th Legion Commander, Nocsius, who was climbing up towards that peak.
Even though he was a Legion Commander who no one in the Demon Realm could touch, he looked extremely frail.
His arms and legs had already disappeared, and there was a huge hole in his stomach.
“Gurgle-!”
Nocsius was coughing up blood.
“…Just an Elven subject…!”
As Nocsius looked at her with a sharp gaze, she stared back indifferently, and he spat out curses filled with anger.
“Go back. I don’t want to kill anyone.”
Ignoring Nocsius’s words as if she hadn’t even paid attention to them, she turned her body and sat down on the top of the peak.
“Hah, just because you’re at the top doesn’t mean your arrogant master in the higher dimension can find you-“
Nocsius, looking at the Hero King with such anger, gnashed his teeth, but soon opened his mouth with a smirk.
The next moment.
Nocsius couldn’t help but stop talking.
The Hero King, who had just been showing an infinite indifference a moment ago, had suddenly grabbed Nocsius by the throat.
“Stop talking anymore.”
Into an endless, pitch-black wall.
“Before tearing my limbs apart, whether you’re the Demon King or not.”
He muttered indifferently.
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