108. nightmare comeback
“Does he know? That the reason he was hired was because of someone’s terrible guile instinct.”
“Don’t fret. sister.”
“How does this place take 8 hours, which would take 5 hours when riding at full speed?”
“… Throwing all my spoils into the auction house?”
“sorry. Gauguin.”
“Good job. ma’am”
“Ho-ho-ho, yes. Did you know it would be like this? The most expensive thing is a rag! I should have broken it moderately. This is legendary, so how much does it cost to repair! I have to sell everything you picked up so I can’t afford the repairs.”
I wondered if any human in the world would be able to beat a demon knight wearing full plate armor moderately, but I was listening with one ear and letting it go with the other anyway.
“I didn’t break it.”
“then?”
“See the video later. It’s a bit complicated.”
It’s because of that guy who went crazy after talking about honor and attacked his side. Of course, if I told you that I fed a potion to a bloodless demon knight and then reattached it, I would probably pour out my lust for it. Are you doing something crazy like that? But what can I do? That this is a man’s romance.
“Whatever… … . I’ve been walking confidently great job.”
“This is just gum. But to bring it alone, the bag is too small.”
At my words, my sister nodded and replied.
“It would be nice to have at least a Shinhwa class bag.”
“Is it hard to find a Shinhwa class bag?”
“yes. I’ve been looking around for a Shinhwa class bag, but no one has offered it. To be honest, with the money we have right now, it’s embarrassing. Because they have so many uses, they are traded at a higher price than weapons and armor.”
“Isn’t that true?”
“yes.”
Weapons and armor would be worth the price of a building if they reached the mythic level, but funny enough, even if they reached the legendary level, the bag was more expensive. The limits of what users can create are rare, and for legendary or mythical levels, there is no choice but to receive boss drops or treasures cherished by high-ranking nobles.
“Well, if you don’t have it, you live as if you don’t have it.”
“okay. By the way, did you say from 1pm tomorrow?”
“yes.”
“Are you confident?”
“I don’t have the confidence to do it. Unless it’s a trivial matter.”
“Minor issues?”
“The original plan was to infiltrate Baron Carmerson’s territory after making fake IDs in the underworld. But since they came in first, I couldn’t do that.”
If you cover your face, you can’t move recklessly. It is because the name value of Fordina follows. Not to mention, since I was given the grandiose title of the slayer of Cameria, even Baron Carmerson would know my face. In a word, I have to get permission and go out, but I can’t come up with a suitable excuse.
“Then you made that promise to Hamgoshu without getting permission to sortie?”
“It’s not ham goshu, it’s hwang goshu. And I couldn’t help it. According to my prediction, we should leave as soon as possible.”
“What prediction?”
“Ah, don’t ask me any more. I think I’m going to die of exhaustion right now.”
“Umm, seeing that you still hold on, you are now becoming a real hard gay man. Can I get you some adult diapers?”
“I’d rather die than wear them.”
Seion hard gamers say they put on an adult diaper before entering the capsule, but I’m dead if I die, I don’t think I can do that. There is also a warning device in the capsule, and if you are in a hurry, you can go to the bathroom in a hurry after hiding in the forest somewhere.
“okay. By the way, will you wear that legendary armor set? If you tell me to wear it, fix it somehow.”
“No, it’s not good because it’s heavy armor. And there is a heavy armor proficiency in wearing it.”
“Heavy armor proficiency, just learn something new. Maybe subtract a few parts for weight.”
“I thought about it too, but it didn’t work out, so just sell it.”
The armor worn by Demon Knight Capelin was really specialized for defense.
So, most of the critical hits I fired must have been parried, but the opposite of that defensive power is that the joint range of motion is narrower than expected and it is really filthy heavy. It’s just amazing that he wore it and flew around like that.
“Um, okay. Then do you need anything?”
“Leather armor legendary level or slowly find out.”
“It will take some time.”
“When was it not? That’s why I said slow down.”
“Okidoki, because our brother’s life is at stake.”
“right.”
I felt like I was about to die this time, but I couldn’t be careless in this game. To be honest, I was counting on a mud shield with automatic defense, but how could I have known that Silent City would come to neutralize that automatic defense.
“okay. Anything else?”
“I’ll ask you to prepare supplies for tomorrow. I am so tired right now.”
“okay. Hurry up and get some rest.”
“yes.”
After parting with my sister, I headed to a nearby border guard’s quarters.
“insect!”
The soldiers they encountered all saluted with a military expression on their faces.
I entered the quarters prepared for the knights and lay down on the bed. It’s old, but still usable. I also saw the soldiers’ quarters next door, but they were not beds, but bunks on both sides of the aisle. Is it like the 80’s army you saw in the old photos?
“Not bad.”
Outside, ordinary users who were mobilized for quests were busy building barracks in the safe zone.
No need to waste time on such things, so being a noble is really nice.
“I need to log out and rest.”
Today was also very blue.
* * *
Push!
“Ugh… … .”
When I woke up from the capsule, the headache and motion sickness came. It was always like this when I used berserk forcibly.
“Erase it or not.”
What do you do if it’s good? It’s not good for you… … .
If you get a better boss skill, you’ll change your berserk straight away.
Actually, berserk wasn’t even a very good skill. It provides fraudulent attack power, but you have to keep your health below half, so your nerves become extremely sensitive. It felt like dancing standing on top of a sharp sword. Now, the enemy’s attacks will become more sophisticated and powerful, so you should rule out these extreme skills.
“It is quiet.”
My sister should be upstairs, and Sang-do and Kwang-soo seem to have gone somewhere.
When I go out to the living room, it is full of darkness except for the light coming through the window. For some reason, I feel a sense of disconnection from the sound of cars coming out of the window and the voices of people.
“Leave a light on.”
After turning on the lights in the living room, I sat down on the sofa. Suddenly, a dark place in the kitchen where no light shines comes into view. Although nothing.
‘scared.’
It seems that there is someone. okay. A small child is squatting and hiding there with her head covered. A child with bruises all over his face who had his eyes closed in fear.
“Fuck… … .”
After my father died, my mother lived with her mind for a while. maybe it was natural My father’s cause of death was suicide.
Even though I was at an age where I needed a lot of parental help, I had to get used to being alone. Due to my mother not coming back until dawn, I often hid in a corner like that and waited for her to come back, and my mother beat me when she came in drunk.
“Let’s die together. die together.”
Do you have any happy memories? Every day was hell, and sometimes when someone knocked on the front door, I was afraid that I might be a terrible debtor.
‘flaw… hehehe… Jung Hyun-ah. I’m sorry mom.’
‘Bad baby! Is it okay to die alone? You are the same.’
‘Let’s all die together!’
I remember my mother who always smelled like alcohol. The day they abandoned me at the nursery school.
i remember that day The day my mother, who was always drunk, washed me with sad eyes.
It was so nice to feel the kind mother’s touch that I haven’t felt in such a long time. I was afraid of the hand that had beaten me, but I was afraid that even that would disappear. said my mother, who had put me in clean clothes.
‘Shall we go on a picnic?’
‘yes! like!’
I felt uneasy about something, but I loved the mother’s hand that I held tight, so I smiled brightly.
‘Because I’ll meet someone in front of you. wait here.’
‘yes!’
‘okay. Because Junghyun is a good kid. You have to wait patiently until Mommy returns.’
‘yes!’
My mother, who put me in front of the nursery school, seemed to be being chased by someone… It disappeared, and I remember waiting in front of it for a long time. Na Jeong-hyun, the son of a four-year-old mother whom I hate so much… Na Jeong-hyeon, a sad four-year-old nursery school child.
“I feel dirty.”
It’s just an annoying memory.
* * *
“Get some bricks over there!”
“You have to dig at least 2m! deeper!”
Viscount Illen is leading the soldiers and users to repair the gateway. It is not a fuss to reinforce the broken roadblock and rebuild it, and even dig a small moat in front of it.
Viscount Illen, who had been leading the repair for a while, approached, pretending to know.
“The slayer of our Cameria has arrived!”
“It’s just an embarrassing title.”
“Ugh! Shame on you! Your courage and prowess were a hero in itself. If it weren’t for you, all the villages near the border would have been razed to the ground. So he is a hero.”
“How can that be my strength alone? The credit of the Count who brought the troops at the right time was great.”
“Huh, great… … . People are too humble.”
“hahahaha.”
I bowed my head in infinite humility. If someone who knew me saw my true self, they would point fingers at me for being pretentious, but Viscount Illen liked things like this.
[Viscount Illen’s intimacy increases rapidly.]
Honey is dripping from Viscount Illen’s eyes looking at me.
“Well, by the way, where has the Count gone?”
“He passed away to nature. Putting aside the punishment for Baron Carmerson, who invaded without a declaration of war and has no honor as an aristocrat, the seriousness of the situation is not limited to our territory.”
“It is.”
Actually, I was a bit surprised to see the army yesterday.
I heard that Baron Camerson had about 30 knights and a little less than 1,000 soldiers, but the army I saw yesterday was over 200 even excluding users, and there were also noble knights dispatched from the imperial family, so the enemy was simply one Baron Carmerson. It wasn’t.
If things go on like this, a blitzkrieg is inevitable.
“The Count is very sorry for you.”
“Yes?”
“Didn’t you foresee the action of the Chinna Empire and Baron Camoson?”
“Ah, yes.”
That’s it, I was looking for an excuse to invade the Camerson estate, and I caught a mouse with a cow’s back step, but I got it right.
“If I had listened to you and prepared more thoroughly, there wouldn’t have been any damage like this.”
“I guess so.”
Not to mention, the count suffered significant human losses in this surprise attack. The knights survived, but many of the soldiers were killed. This is a significant problem. Podina is difficult to recruit soldiers. Usually, in other territories, a lot of users apply as soldiers, but when Podina becomes a level enough to become a soldier, he leaves for a territory with stronger monsters.
“Anyway, as long as I am in charge here, I will actively reflect your opinion. So don’t be too disappointed and work hard for Yeongji.”
“All right.”
If Viscount Illen pushes me more aggressively than before, I’ll only be grateful. Not only was he the closest aide to the count, but he was also the second person in the territory. Then, suddenly, an ingenious idea occurred to me. I was thinking about what kind of excuse to bring to the infiltration of the Carmerson estate, which was to begin at noon, but Viscount Illen gave me the clue.
“If you go that far, I have one suggestion for Viscount Illen.”
“Tell me.”
“Currently, our territory is lacking in both soldiers and rangers.”
“right.”
“And what we need most right now is a ranger who can get deep behind enemy lines and gather information.”
“Well… … .”
Viscount Illen nodded, apparently agreeing with what I said. This was a chronic problem of Podina that did not need to be recognized. The territory was an absurdly wide subject, and the number of rangers to manage each road was absolutely insufficient. It was also the reason why Podina Ranger hadn’t arrived yet. You will ask if you can use the user, but as I said above, it is a daily life in this neighborhood to leave when it is useful.
“That’s why I’m going to start scouting today.”
“Are you the knight yourself?”
It is Viscount Ilen who opens his eyes wide in surprise.
Ordinary knights are reluctant to do things like reconnaissance. Reconnaissance was a very tiring job, and it was secretly spying, not fighting the enemy honorably. However, they were surprised when I told them that I was the first to go on a reconnaissance.
“I’d appreciate it if you would step up and give it to me, but unfortunately I don’t have enough people left to reconnaissance right now.”
Reconnaissance can never go out alone. In case of emergency, a team of at least three people is organized because it is necessary to have at least three sentries when bivouac to maintain combat power to some extent. But I shook my head.
“I don’t need anyone else. Of course, you will need at least one guide, but you can also use a mercenary.”
“A mercenary? Can you trust them? Just in case… … . Oh no. For a second I forgot who you were. No one will ignore the slayer of Cameria.”
“ha ha ha… … .”
“Good. I leave all that work up to you.”
“thank you.”
Finished making the pretext!