77. Winnie-Kaysk’s Reward
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After a fair bit of fuss, Winnie sniffled and tidied up her clothes. It seemed that he was much more surprised than he thought.
Do-yoon, who deliberately didn’t tell her about the crowd in order to surprise her, had to hug and comfort her for a long time.
After a while, Winnie and Doyoon headed to the warehouse with erratic steps.
Soon after entering the warehouse, the sharp smell of reagents stung Doyoon’s nose.
‘Familiar smell…’
Doyoon closed his eyes for a moment, recalling the nostalgia of the days when he was studying alchemy again and when he was with his little friend.
“All the elixirs have been sold or hidden, and this place is all junk. Reagents, cosmetics, and… stimulants…”
Leaving behind Winnie, who spoke with her thighs in a coy manner, Do-yoon’s gaze was fixed on a corner of the warehouse.
He picked up the black reagent displayed on the wall.
“Oh… an interesting choice? Can you feel something there?”
“…What is this?”
Winnie smiled.
“Black magic.”
“…”
Doyoon was slightly surprised and looked at her.
Black magic isn’t magic used by demons, it’s literally evil magic.
Magic that has existed since ancient times, but was forcibly completely abandoned at some point due to its wickedness.
Even Enoch, who had traveled the continent for 200 years, was a rare magic that the number of times he had met could be counted on one hand.
“Why is this here?”
Winnie thought for a moment, then looked into Doyoon’s eyes and said.
“It’s what the Lion King ordered.”
“yes?”
Do-yoon asked in response to a completely unexpected answer.
The lion king uses black magic?
“Are you surprised?”
“…Is it something you can tell me?”
“It’s controlled information, but it’s an open secret that few people know. It won’t matter.”
The ‘minority’ that Master Alchemist refers to is really a very small number, such as Eloana, each country’s royal family, and the top level people on the continent, such as warriors.
“The heavenly extreme large wall (天上極砢至壁) Do you think it would be possible to build something like that with Alliance technology?”
Celestial Geukrajibyeok means a wall that touches both ends of the world and the sky.
The last bastion of the Union, and the number one contributor who made it possible to endure the 70-year war without Enoch.
It refers to the wall that stretches across the front of Muspelheim, which crosses the end of the continent.
“no way…”
“It’s a wall built with black magic. Besides, even in black magic, human sacrifice is an extreme technique to be vicious. Human corpses were mixed with the material on the inside of the wall, and the offerings that went into the building were… ten thousand newborn babies?”
“…!”
Shocked as if he had heard one of the biggest secrets in the world, Doyoon widened his eyes.
But before he scolded the lion king, he asked a question first.
“Really, is this information you can tell me?”
“Are you of the same type as the Lion King? There is no question of why you did such a bad thing.”
“…”
“don’t worry. To the Alliance, the Lion King is absolute justice.”
Doyun immediately understood what Winnie meant by ‘the same kind as the Lion King’.
“My God, 10,000 babies. Has anyone else in history ever committed such a crime? The Lion King will never go to heaven after he dies.”
However, in Winnie’s words, there was not the slightest bit of hatred towards the Lion King.
“But, while he may be evil to God, he is justice to the Union. If it wasn’t for him, if it weren’t for his decision. Union was no longer there. Since the beginning of history, he is the greatest man next to Enoch Roosevolnik.”
Unlike usual, Doyoon listened silently to her serious atmosphere.
“The Lion King is an extremist like Enoch Roosevolnik and you, who have been recorded in history. If it’s for the sake of unity, he’s a person who’s willing to give up morality and justice and walk the path.”
In the 12th Enoch, he had assassinated the king of an allied country who was fighting for his own self-interest, opposed to the theory of war with the demon king. It was a very famous anecdote in that timeline.
extremist. It was a perfect fit for Enoch.
‘Was the Lion King such a person?’
Winnie’s words continued.
“All the people of the Alliance respect the Lion King, but there are big likes and dislikes among people who know his true nature. Heineken treats him as a senior and respects him, but his teacher, Dokgo Moo-young, hates the Lion King.”
“But even so, that old man runs around day and night for the Lion King. What could be the reason?”
“He knows too. Controversy continues as to whether the Lion King is evil or just, but at least one fact is clear.”
“The Lion King is a person who cares for unity more than anyone else. He is the union, and helping him is helping the union.”
“…”
It was the same 100 years ago and in other episodes as well.
There were many strong people on the continent. However, while they were fighting the Demon King’s army, not everyone joined Enoch’s guild.
There were also people who shook their heads at Enoch’s path.
But Enoch never thought he was wrong.
“The elixir you are holding is ‘Inferno’. It blocks pain from the moment you drink it until the effect wears off, and you don’t even feel a sense of crisis. Not only that, it raises the ‘durability’ stat to an extreme. Ah, it’s not an invincible elixir. You just can’t feel it, and of course the damage builds up one by one.”
“It must have been used to feed the soldiers.”
“right. but he was bossed It wasn’t an ethical issue, it was a practical one. If you don’t feel damage and fear on the battlefield, of course your survival rate is 0%. The Lion King judged that the ‘advanced troops’ who ate it were consumed and suffered more damage. Only a very small amount could be produced, so it could not be fed to ordinary soldiers.”
Doyoon nodded moderately.
Winnie narrowed her eyes at Doyoon. His eyes, fixed on the leap, were clearly interested.
“…Could you do that?”
“You said you could take anything. Is it too precious?”
“No, it’s very precious, but it’s useless, so I put it here. It doesn’t matter if you take it. It’s not that, I really don’t recommend it. To eat and die?”
However, Do-yoon quickly put the inferno into his arms, in case Winnie took it away.
“I will do this.”
“Huh… are you really the same as the Lion King?”
“What do you mean?”
“I can’t speak. It’s top secret, so I’ll tell you later.”
“…?”
“Well, anyway… yes, take it. I wish I had nothing to write about.”
Winnie murmured, trying hard not to show her bitter feelings.
Do-yoon captured the number of hell in a meaningful way.
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The report has been processed, and the post-war investigation has been completed.
The military in Muspelheim was astonished. 100 years ago, the Demon King’s high-ranking official and tsunami trainer, who had been constantly harassing the alliance since the Great Demon King War, was subjugated. And that, too, to the supply corps, an insignificant force.
Hearing the truth made it even worse. The supply corps didn’t even step out, and one of the apostles broke through the beasts and killed the tsunami trainer.
That’s also a new apostle in their 3rd month!
“for a moment. Han Do-yoon? Isn’t that a name you’ve heard before?”
“Hey man, this is that friend! The person who discovered the legacy of Roosevolnik and invited the Dragon Lord to the guild!”
“…wasn’t it just luck?”
“I heard Heineken and Uncle Master take special care of Lee.”
“A three-month-old chick? What are they doing?”
“I heard that Heineken called them ‘juniors.’”
“…really? That talent hunter?”
The specifications of Apostle Han Do-yoon were also dazzling, but other contents of the report made their eyes widen.
“Breaking down the castle gate? her.”
“Nonsense!”
Further investigations were conducted on this, and the military had no choice but to accept the testimony of numerous soldiers.
Also, during the investigation, they learned about the collapse of the gates of the Amasbin domain.
The military continued the meeting with a serious expression.
“…a talent with tremendous value.”
“An apostle who can destroy a castle gate in one shot… Isn’t this a one-man siege weapon?”
“With this apostle… I can push the stagnant front line…!”
“Contact the World Tree.”
The value of Han Do-yoon began to be known on the battlefield in earnest.
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“What kind of technology did you teach me?”
“I should have seen your face as you broke down the castle gate for the first time! Chuck!”
At Do-yoon, who seemed absurd, Dok-go Moo-young chuckled.
“Yes, as expected, my teacher and I were right. The Overlord’s Kidney is complete! Thank you.”
“Thank you, I thank the old man… I got a call from Muspelheim. He told me to play an active part in pushing up the wires. Perhaps because of that, I received a very generous reward for this war.”
“It’s clear that Muspelheim is a public official. Perhaps, as usual, the Lion King would have called you personally and coaxed you into his personal guard, ‘Pride’. The best knights on the continent. But right now he’s confined.”
“I am not interested in that.”
“I knew you would say that. You, oddly enough, have no interest in that.”
Dokgo Moo-young sucked up the tobacco.
“So, will the battlefield continue?”
“It should be.”
“Hmm… yes.”
Seeing Dokgo Moo-young’s reaction, Do-yoon tilted his head. He seemed to be unsatisfied with Doyoon’s answer.
“do you have a problem?”
“…”
Dokgo Moo-young sucked in the smoke and opened his mouth with a serious expression.
“Please don’t listen to me because I say I’m too old-fashioned.”
“I will listen.”
“Don’t overdo it.”
“…”
There was no change in Doyun’s eyes as Dokgo Moo-yeong peered into them, and he was just calm.
“Why don’t you look at yourself?”
“…I don’t know what you mean.”
“Assassin’s Raid at the Cradle. At that time, I heard that you personally lured the assassin into a dark place. As a result, it turned into a blood clot.”
“It was all calculated. After waiting for Heineken…”
“What kind of madman counts the risk of death? Are you Enoch?”
“…”
Doyoon quietly listened to him.
What Dokgo Moo-yeong said was something he had already heard tirelessly of in the days of Enoch.
To be precise, it was a phrase I heard countless times in Episodes 10-13, when I gave up being human and lived like a doll only for growth under the premise of death.
“This time too. I heard that you went through the trainer’s army alone and went to the point where you were on the verge of death. If it wasn’t for Ray, I would have really died.”
“…Yes.”
“Han Do-yoon. Please don’t.”
“…”
“I’ve been through war until I’ve reached this age, and I’ve seen countless sad deaths of heroes who haven’t matured yet. The two boss monster killers, and Hecleos, the only one of the three heroes to survive the Great Demon King, did the same. If they were alive and in their full glory, what would the present union be like?”
Dokgo Moo-yeong’s throat, which exhaled smoke with a low breath, was trembling shallowly, filled with sincere sadness and even a little fear for Do-yoon’s future.
“That’s not all. Actually, this is the biggest problem… War drives people crazy.”
I knew. It was a fact that Enoch knew better than anyone else.
After rolling through countless battlefields and reaching the 10th inning, he eventually went mad.
“You are more dangerous than any talent I have ever seen. You don’t take care of yourself at all. Don’t do that, Doyoon Han. What’s the point of dying…”
“The life of Enoch.”
Do-yoon, who had been listening quietly, raised his head and met Dok-go Moo-yeong’s eyes.
“His life, even in death, was meaningful. By dying, you saved the world.”
“no.”
Dokgo Moo-yeong vehemently denied it.
“His death was a dog’s death.”