72 – The Trial of Nothingness – 3
“…So, where are you going?”
“Boreas.”
“Where is it?”
“I don’t know?”
“..It’s a place I don’t know, but I’d like to go there first? Are you crazy?”
“What.”
The next day the lion-headed demon Duke Arloken is captured. I went to visit Lee Seo-joon, who was my best friend in Korea, but I’ve been estranged since coming to this world.
I was going to say goodbye to Seojun and Seoyoon because I was leaving Eos soon.
“When are you going?”
“Today.”
“… Damn it.”
“There is no reason for me to stay here.”
“Haa..Yes, do as you please.”
“It was meant to be, anyway.”
Anyway, there’s nothing I can get from Eos, the capital of the empire. Of course, there are treasures of the first emperor or something, but Veronica said it would take quite a while.
So, I’m going to go to Boreas Rock, the orc haunting area that Veronica talked about yesterday.
“When are you coming back?”
“It may not come back.”
“…Really? Just leave Seoyoon behind?”
“Because Seoyoon is also an adult? There’s no need for me to take care of her.”
“Hmm… It sure seems like he’s been adjusting well lately…”
Lee Seo-yoon, who originally had a great reluctance to kill, has now calmed down the notion of killing to some extent.
Seo-joon seems to think that it is simply because Seo-yoon succeeded in adapting to this world, but in reality, it was the result of her mental strength becoming hardened as she became her egg of emptiness.
“Still, I’ll come see you from time to time, so grow up well.”
“Yes, I’m level 30 soon? I’ll catch up soon.”
“You’re level 30 now? Do you just play all day? How can you be so low?”
“…….”
I think I reached level 30 in less than a week since I came to this world… That’s why I can’t live a comfortable life.
I have to fight against Abyss Wolf once, sleep next to Abyss Snake once, and grow like that… Eh tsk tsk.
“That’s enough, where is Seo Yoon-in now?”
“Over there.”
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Once I said goodbye to Lee Seo-joon, and there was only one left of her, Seo-yoon, so when I asked where she was, Seo-joon pointed her finger at the corner of the training ground.
When she turned her head in the direction Seo-jun pointed, Seo-yoon was training there, using wind magic on a straw weaved scarecrow.
Using a lot of magic doesn’t increase the amount of maximum mana, but it seemed like he was practicing for it because magic accuracy was something he had to control himself.
“…Ga…Gaon?”
“He works hard.”
“Uh…Yeah, it’s a must practice for magicians…”
“…Really?”
Wizards must practice? I don’t remember practicing like that.
No matter how important magic accuracy is, you give up on leveling up and train like that?
-Hmm…Do wizards practice like that these days? You don’t seem to know that the best way to train is to experience it in real combat.
Look. Doesn’t Veronica say the same?
Due to the nature of this world, which has a similar mechanism to rpg games, hunting monsters and leveling up was the best way to train.
Besides, if you hunt monsters anyway, your magic accuracy will go up on its own, so there was no need to practice separately.
“Look, now I can shoot magic right in the center?”
“…Umm..Yes. Congratulations.”
Still, there’s no need to kill the baby, so let’s just congratulate them innocently. I like it that way, but I can’t pour cold water on it.
“But why did you suddenly find me?”
“Oh, actually I have something to tell you.”
“…Are you going to tell me..?”
After that, I told Seoyoon that I was going to leave Eos and go to a new city called Boreas.
To be honest, I thought she would be surprised when I said this, but on the contrary, there was no sign of it.
“Doesn’t she seem very surprised?”
“Yeah, actually, I kind of expected it.”
“That I’m leaving?”
“With your level of skill, there’s no need to be tied down here.”
“You overestimate me.”
“But the princess said you’re strong enough to defy the Emperor’s orders?”
“…..”
Anyway, it seems that strange rumors have been circulating since the last time I met the emperor alone (although there was Veronica).
I was a super strong man that even the emperor couldn’t do anything about… Actually, I was a secret agent secretly appointed by the emperor… Actually, it was just Veronica’s power to refuse the emperor.
“When are you leaving?”
“Today.”
“I see…”
Seoyoon showed her somewhat lonely eyes and smiled lightly.
“When will you be back?”
“I don’t know about that. I don’t know if I’ll be back in Eos before then.”
“…Don’t get hurt.”
“You don’t have to worry about that, so don’t worry about it too much.”
“Yes.”
This is another world.
It is said that it was forcibly transferred, but now we have to admit this reality and think about surviving.
Seoyun and Seojun will live their own lives, and I will also live a life that suits me.
So I don’t have to worry anymore, is it okay…?
***
“Haam… I’m bored.”
-We will arrive in a little while, so bear with it.
“You know I’ve said that 7 times already, right?”
-This time I’m serious. Look over there Can’t you see the big rocky mountain?
“…Is that so?”
After briefly saying goodbye to Seoyoon and Seojun, I used [Psychokinesis] And headed to the big city, Boreas.
Originally, she went to Irina’s office to say goodbye to her, but the lady-in-waiting said that Irina couldn’t meet her because of her fever.
“Is the city seen in the distance over there Boreas?”
-That’s right.
“It’s not very big.”
-Eos, the capital of the empire, is unnecessarily spacious, and Boreas is a large city that can be counted on one hand.
Boreas, a city located right under a large rocky mountain, was a mining city with a developed mining industry.
I heard that there is a huge amount of minerals buried under the rocky mountain?
-Boreas has the largest number of dwarves among the cities in the Empire.
“Ohhh…But since you said dwarves, it suddenly came to mind. What should I do with the armor I left at Alfredo’s forge?”
-Don’t worry too much, we can deliver to Boreas.
“Delivery? Surely it’s not that far…”
It took about 4 hours to get from Eos, the capital of the empire, to Boreas.
Considering that my flight speed is similar to that of a horse, it was certainly not that far from Eos to Boreas.
“…Looks like there’s a checkpoint?”
-Originally, checkpoints exist in every city. When I entered Eos, I was riding in the imperial carriage, so I just passed by comfortably.
“Really? It’s annoying, so let’s sneak over.”
When there was a place to inspect something, there was nothing like the [Dark Curtain].
I was able to pass through without any problems if I just left the [Dark Curtain] On and passed through the sky.
“Now next!”
“Does this guy look suspicious?”
“Oh…No! I’m just a merchant…”
I crossed over the checkpoint where the terrifyingly formidable-looking guards were shouting and entered the mining town of Boreas.
Boreas, unlike Eos, which has a colorful color befitting its name as a mining city, was a city with strong colors that were slightly gloomy.
Most of the houses were built in brown or black, and were lined with machines resembling steam engines invented in Europe in the 1700s.
Tak…
“Wow…Why are there machines in the fantasy world…?”
After disabling [Dark Curtain] And [Psychokinesis] At the same time and landing on the ground, I looked around the city and gave exclamations of exclamation.
Since it is a city right next to Eos, I thought there wouldn’t be much difference, but in reality, there was a big difference that made me wonder if it was the same country.
-That’s not a steam engine or machine like the king thinks it is, it’s just magical engineering powered by mana.
‘…If it’s a magical engineering product, then it’s a magic item?’
-Magical products are a bit different from magic items. Unlike magic items that are created naturally by absorbing a huge amount of mana, magical engineering products have a core that can contain mana from the beginning.
‘Then aren’t magical artifacts better than magic items?’
-That’s not it. It’s because humans still can’t make a core that can confine a huge amount of mana like a magic item.
Well, if you think about it, it makes sense.
It was clear that this world would have perished a long time ago if it was possible to freely create magic items that each had a great impact on the nation’s power.
‘Then can we head straight to the rocky mountain?’
-No, personally, I think it would be the right decision to wait for the armor ordered from Alfredo Blacksmith.
‘…That? How many more days are left?’
-Take my advice. If you climb a rocky mountain without any armor on, you will definitely get a big nose injury.
‘Well… You said that, so I understand.’
What the hell is there in that rocky mountain that scares Veronica so much?
I wanted to go into the rocky mountain right away and find out why, but… There must be a reason why Veronica is telling me this.
‘Then what should I do now? Can I just roll around for a week?’
-Shouldn’t you make a delivery request to Alberto Blacksmith?
‘How to do that.’
-You can go into the adventurers guild and make a request. Request a delivery to the Alberto Forge located in Eos, the capital of the Empire.
‘…Then don’t I have to pay for the request?’
-Don’t worry about that part. Anyway, the delivery mission is a quest that adventurers heading to Eos accept for pocket money, so it’s cheap.
I’m glad then. To be honest, I only brought about 100 gold coins to come.
Of course, 100 gold coins is a huge amount of money, 100 million won in Korea, but don’t you know? Are you suddenly in need of a huge amount of money?
‘Then, as you said, I’ll go to the adventurer’s guild.’
-Good judgment.
In the case of the adventurer’s guild’s location, it was written on the sign at the entrance to the city.
If you just go straight from here and turn right once, the adventurer’s guild will appear. I’m not sure who made this sign, but he did a great job explaining it.
“Okay~ Buy some sweet candy in the shape of a rocky mountain~”
“The ore I mined hot today! The price is also very cheap!”
The streets of Boreas were gathering and doing business despite the fact that it was evening time.
I got interested in the moment because there were a lot of strange products I had never seen before in another world, but I ignored them all because my current goal was the adventurer’s guild…
“I’m looking for an older brother to hang out with tonight~”
“……”
-Get rid of that dirty idea right now.
I’m a grown-up myself, and I’m a hot-blooded young man, but at least once…
-At least once?
‘Nothing.’
It’s sad.
So, he didn’t even think of healing his precious slave using his ability?
Damn, bro is getting cockblocked at every turn.
I’m waiting for him to be stronger than her, or just to get with someone.