5. Extras (5)
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-Akasiwoo: I’m doing my group assignment and I’m on the same team as Jo Yujin hahahaha
-Akashiu: What the f*ck should I really do?
-Seonhyeop Siwoo: I’m sitting there covering a topic that won’t contribute to the assignment anyway.
– Seonhyeop Siwoo: If it’s a double demon, you have to bow to whoever is in charge.
-Akashiu: No, I am in the 2nd circle, but Jo Yujin is still a bit…
-Akashiu: Oh, I don’t know. But why are you chatting at this time? At 8 PM in our world, isn’t it time for you to manage the celebrities?
-Seonhyeop Siwoo: Are you lying down now ready for bed?
-Seonhyup Siwoo: SF Siwoo organized it. The time scale of each world is changing.
-Akashiu: Oh, that’s right, I said so.
-Akashiu: What project is he currently working on?
-Tutoshiu: Personally, I’m most looking forward to complex meditation.
-Akashiu: That SF Siu is currently researching?
-Tutoshiu: ㅇㅇ Now, the efficiency is low because you have to collect internal power, magic power, aura separately, and small spiritual power separately.
-Tutoshiu: If you can collect these things at the same time through complex meditation, the efficiency will be really high.
-Akashiu: Oh, did you say that it is blocked on the 10th floor because of its efficiency?
-Tutoshiu: ㅇㅇ This is a place where you really have to use your abilities like using water to cover it, so you need to recover quickly, but right now, you can’t recover even with meditation.
-Tutoshiu: If I had only dug magic or only martial arts, I might have passed because the recovery speed would have been faster, but since I dug miscellaneous things…
-Forosio: Even if it’s late, you have to come like me.
-Poroshiu: Don’t you know that if you raise various characters, they will all fail?
-Tutoshiu: Since you have an Auror Master by your side, of course you should do that hahahaha.
-Tutoshiu: Does it make sense to train magic with an Auror Master in front of you?
-Forosio: That’s true… But have you ever met a master level in a tutorial?
-Forosio: The way you speak seems like someone who has experienced the master level.
-Tutoshiu: I’ve only met a similar NPC once.
-Tutosio: I saw it then.
-Tutoshiu: How great is sword energy, what a supreme state it is…
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“Are you going to kill me?”
Ebisu looked around at her, smiling as if he were dumbfounded. She was showing off her ten bodyguards protecting her.
Siwoo followed him and turned his gaze. Although the guards were shorter than Siu, each one was strong, so it seemed difficult for Siu to break through alone.
But among them, there was a face Siwoo recognized.
“Derrick?”
“Uh, uh… ?”
Derek seemed to recognize Siwoo as well, opening his mouth and pointing at Siwoo.
Siwoo also looked at Derek in bewilderment.
I’m sure that guy has only been in this city for four days at most, so why is he here?
“What on earth are you doing here-“
“Do you understand now?”
Ebisu is Siwoo’sHe interrupted and asked. An energetic expression. But Siwoo did not give in.
“It won’t be easy. But I just do what I have to do.”
“It’s something I have to do…”
Ebisu rested his chin and tapped his cheek with his fingers, as if he was pondering Siu’s words.
Siwoo rolled his eyes during that time and simulated the battle situation in advance.
Akashiu’s magic, Seonhyeopsiu’s martial arts, and Porosiu’s aura.
And even the magic I learned from Adriana.
At the end of the line where all that was poured out was Ebisu’s head.
“Do you know what I’m trying to do?”
“Of course. “Can’t you see that I came all the way here?”
“That too.”
Ebisu smiled broadly.
“I know what you were thinking when you came here. You probably thought it was impossible for a single criminal to rebel and rule the city. But the thugs were planning to cut it down soon anyway.”
“Cut it off?”
“Okay. The thugs only had the role of carrying over the name of the usurper, and they were not hunting dogs that would be used for a long time. “Once the Baron of Caucasus dies, I will purge all but the few who have truly sworn loyalty to me.”
“Is there anyone among the lord’s private army that you planted?”
Ebisu laughed refreshingly after hearing Siwoo’s words.
“Accurate. “You have an eye for the situation.”
Siwoo figured out the full story of Ebisu’s plan.
In the original, Ebisu first staged a coup using gangsters. The reason why private soldiers equipped with high-quality weapons were defeated by a single gangster was probably due to the people of Ebisu hidden among the private soldiers.
He then took on the appearance of giving full power to the gangster, creating the perception in people that he had been completely exploited. The stigma of being a usurper was completely avoided.
After that it’s simple.
After growing animosity toward the gangster for a few days, he uses someone he planted to assassinate the Caucasus Baron and his blood relatives. Then, he calls back his private soldiers to drive out the thugs, and officially takes over the position of lord.
Then, you can have a solid position as a lord while largely eliminating criminals without any loss of image.
They probably even carefully considered the succession rankings. Siwoo swallowed dryly and asked for the location of the pieces that had not yet been put together.
“Then what is Messalina?”
“Messalina? Oh, she’s that whore.”
Ebisu smiled and spoke calmly, as if it was fun to talk about the plan.
“She is a woman who works to create people who are truly loyal to me. As you know, people who originally lived here are often blindly loyal to their lord. “The people who visit her store are mainly from outside the country, so she went out of her way to recruit them.”
“Then what does it mean to install windows throughout the city?” …”
“It is to promote the entertainment industry and collect taxes from the entertainment industry. What did she say? If she can enjoy pleasure at any time, crime will disappear? Does she really think she and I will believe her nonsense? “It’s just a stepping stone to attract foreigners.”
Ebisu trembled slightly, as if she was thrilled by her own plan.
Maybe she was just naturally sentimental. It must have been a plan she had been preparing for several years.
“Before the cityInstall a window tube in the sieve. To those who don’t know the physiology of the entertainment industry, it seems too simple and easy, right? First of all, through that, I screened out outsiders who were interested in the affairs of the Caucasus and gathered only those who agreed with my cause.”
“Are the people gathered like that your people working secretly among thugs and private soldiers?”
“Yes. “The ten people here are also people who gathered like that.”
Ebisu pointed around proudly.
Indeed, after listening to his words, it seemed like each and every one of the ten had fierce discipline and was truly loyal to Ebisu. At least Derek was still a bit awkward since he was recently born, but the other nine looked as if they would give up their lives.
Ebisu spoke with strong conviction.
“You belong to the Caucasian Barons, right? Quickly, put down your sword and convert. “There will be no better lord than me in the Caucasus.”
“Is there any reason to be so sure?”
“Reason? Of course. I plan to abolish several taxes as soon as I revolt, reducing the total tax rate to 45%, and later to 40%. “The wealth accumulated by the Caucasus Baron will also be used for the benefit of the citizens, and we plan to build several facilities that the citizens can use in common.”
“From what I heard, there is a cranberry crop that has recently been grown on a pilot basis far away. We will bring it in and feed the citizens.”
“We plan to significantly reduce crime by spending a lot of money on security, and increase the size of the territory by accepting immigrants.”
“By the time I die, the Caucasus will be one of the largest and most prosperous cities in the country.”
Each and every vision he spoke of was the best plan this territory could make.
Siwoo felt his heart shaking. There was hope for the future and a desire for development in his words.
If this is enough, I guess I can trust it. I think I can leave it to you at this level.
When Siwoo, persuaded by him, slowly tries to put down his sword.
Suddenly, one thing occurred to me.
“Okay. “I admit that you are the most ideal lord.”
“Then… !”
“But what do you plan to do with your blood?”
The medieval feudal society in the novel ‘Witch’s Witnesses’ is a world that begins with marriage and ends with marriage.
This is not simply a fight between nobles over territory. Everything from economy to security to life is affected by marriage.
For example, there are tariff barriers. A lord can levy excessive taxes only on merchants in a specific territory, starving the logistics of that territory and ruling it over with his own merchants. Moreover, this is only one method, and by mobilizing the soul vein, other territories can be exploited in numerous ways.
But does Ebisu, who is merely a cousin of the Caucasus Baron, really have a high-quality marriage?
And will other territories leave alone the prey that has fallen from the soul?
“If it’s a matter of marriage… “You can overcome it somehow.”
“Well. “I think it will be difficult.”
Siwoo responded coldly.
This is because Ebisu already has a wife and is over the age of marriage.
Will it be possible to save Honmaek in this situation? Even if they save it, will the territory be able to survive until it is saved?
The possibility is extremely low.
In fact, the reason Adriana intervened in the original work was because the exploitation of other territories had begun.
EvieSuga laughed helplessly at Siu’s words.
“I cannot admit it. Are you saying that because of my birth, I can’t carry out my will for the rest of my life? “I have to live like a commoner forever?”
“Okay. I also find that very unfortunate. But for the citizens of this city, the Caucasus Baron is a little better.”
Siwoo said bitterly.
In the end, this too will be a sin committed by this world.
Because this world is not a spiritual property. Because it was not a world where one lord could overcome everything else by doing well.
“I propose. I will take responsibility for persuading the Baron of Caucasus, so live as an advisor to the Baron of Caucasus. Express your will on the spot. If you wish, I will remain in this city and help carry out my words. “How do you feel?”
“Hate. “Are there people who work hard for the things of others?”
“Then the negotiations have collapsed.”
At that time, I heard the sound of lightning striking beyond me.
A level of magic close to massacre.
Seeing that, Siwoo sighed and said.
“Okay. In the end, neither you nor I are extras who can’t change the world…”
Siwoo overcame his fear by gripping his sword tightly.
Ten opponents. No matter how much you try, it’s too much. You could die or be seriously injured.
As long as Adriana comes, everything will be solved. Is it really necessary for him to come forward?
Among those cowardly thoughts, Siwoo repeated only one thing.
I do the most right thing I can.
“Let’s have a fight among those extras.”
With that, ten men rushed towards Siwoo.