Chapter 146 – 142 Saint Farhists
After completing the registration process at the administrative building, Hwanin took Issilite and Aruru to the plaza in front of the administrative building.
=Riding vehicles is prohibited in the plaza.=
Hwanin, who entered the plaza on foot under the guidance of the soldier, was speechless at the sight of the plaza.
“…….”
The place expressed by the relatively familiar word “Meeting plaza” Felt similar to any other place on Earth even to the eyes of Hwanin, a human from another dimension.
It is not like Korea, but a western foreign country. If you compare it, it feels very similar to Rome’s Plaza de España.
The point is that the floor is square and filled with small stones.
It is surrounded by two-story high store buildings.
The feeling of being in between desolate rocks without a single tree.
The two-tiered fountain in Plaza de Espana was buried in the floor, but here it protrudes upward, and the width of Plaza de España is about 20 m, but the only difference is that it is about 50 m here.
While looking around, Hwanin found a merchant selling with a signboard reading [Crepe stall directly run by the administrative officer].
‘I never thought I’d see crepe stalls even after moving to another world.’
When you look at the world price, the price was never cheap. One crepe had 5 rows of iron, and only sold more than two. For two, it is the same as the price for a one-day guide in Aruru.
=Whoa, it’s so delicious!=
Kyup!
= Ugh. It looks simple to make, but is it so expensive?=
=That portable wagon is a magic tool.=
= Ah~ That’s why it’s expensive. Hmm, if you sell it as expensive as this, you’ll get rich soon.=
Aruru answers with a small layer of cream on the corner of her mouth to Isilite’s self-talk while watching several people ordering crepes.
= That’s not it. The only people allowed to do business in the plaza are the local merchants employed by the magistrates. If someone else does business, the patrol sister and her brothers come and grab it. =
Hwanin thought that Seongju was more skilled than he thought.
As the city is large, there must be countless squares like this, and if all stalls were set up like this, you would earn gold coins per day.
Hwanin also took a bite of a crepe with red fruits embedded in white cream.
‘The taste is similar.’
Although what was inside was not a strawberry but an unidentified fruit, it tasted the same sweet and sour taste like strawberries and kiwi, so Hwanin, who remembered the nostalgia of the earth after a long time, soon became expressionless.
‘By now, the Saman Products must have been eaten up from all sides, leaving only skeletons.’
The stocks would have become scraps of rags, and Manager Kang and Ha-yeon Kang would have become parachutes with their strings off. Or imprisoned
After taking three bites, Hwanin gave up on eating because of the rich sweetness of the fresh cream and the sour taste that stimulated the inside of his jaw, giving it to the emergency rations.
Que~.
As if the taste of the crepe brings happiness, Hwanin, who was looking at the emergency rations with his beak tightly closed and tail feathers wagging, asked Aruru as he licked her fingers after eating the crepe.
“Aruru. Please explain the Expert Tournament.”
=Sum, four!=
After she broke up yesterday, Aruru, who collected more information in addition to the expert tournament information she knew, woke up early in the morning and told Hwanin the information she had organized.
=The tournament is divided into three levels: Novice, Expert, and Master.=
The Novice Stadium has a total of 16 stadiums, 4 each in the east, west, south, and north, and the Novice Tournament can participate from unemployed to third-class workers, but there are few unemployed people.
Experts can participate from level 4 to level 6, and if the person concerned wants, even level 3 will accept an application to participate, but there are very few participants.
= There are 4 expert stadiums, one in each of the four directions: east, west, south, and north. There are 4 arenas, but there are not enough participants to use all of them, so if you use one arena and the arena breaks down during the match, you use the other arena while repairing and repairing it.=
Participants in the Master Tournament include the winners who placed 1st to 3rd in Expert, and one person from each high-ranking military officer of Farhist.
The Masters Tournament Stadium is the only one on Gojok Street on the banks of the Hololen River, which can be seen from the castle.
= Even the lord of the castle watches the Master Tournament, and when the Master Tournament takes place, people gather to the extent that it is not an exaggeration to say that everyone in the city gathers. That’s why it’s the largest and most colorful of the stadiums. Just by watching the Master Tournament matches, you can assume that you enjoyed 50% of the grand celebration.=
“Okay. Has the match schedule not been released yet?”
=Yes. Applications are accepted for 5 days from 20 days before the match. So…… It’s from the 23rd. After the application process, groups are randomly placed and the brackets are announced the day before the tournament. And with the start of the great festival, the tournament also begins.=
Isilite, who was listening to the story next to her, asks as she wipes the traces of whipped cream on her hand with her handkerchief.
= Aruru. What about tournament prize money?=
=The winner of the Master Tournament can take the entrance exam as a Farghist Guard. You get a lot of bonus points for joining, and you get a high-class mansion in Farhist, magic tools, and plenty of prize money. Adults say that the total prize money is 3000 gold coins.=
Guard warriors are like swords and shields under the direct control of the castle lord. He only listens to the orders of the lord of the castle and has the right to ignore the orders of other nobles and nobles.
=3000 gold coins…… That’s awesome.=
=Holoren said that because it is a strong and close-knit place, the house is expensive, and they provide all butlers, maids, servants and maids. And from 2nd to 4th place, 500 gold coins, 300 gold coins, 100 gold coins, and 50 gold coins, respectively. As a result of the injury, it is said that you can choose only one of the castle lord’s magic weapons, starting from the highest rank. Injuries change every year.=
‘It’s an award close to a winner-takes-all.’
500 gold coins is enough money to buy a mansion in a small town, but the difference is too great compared to first place. Isn’t the first prize only 1500 gold coins excluding the mansion?
=The winner of the Expert Tournament can get a chance to take the knight guild test with the congratulations of the lord of the castle and receive a magic weapon and prize money. The prize is 100 gold coins. From 2nd place, you can receive 1 magic tool and 50 gold coins, 30 gold coins, 10 gold coins, and 5 gold coins.=
1st place is 100 gold coins!
Isilite’s ears perked up, but soon returned to normal.
His skill has improved so much that it cannot be compared to when he was a thief, but he is still at level 3.
I don’t know if it’s my master, but I don’t have the confidence to be in the 5th place, let alone win in a tournament where 4th graders and 6th graders participate.
= In the Novice Tournament, 1 gold coin is given to all participants, and the winner can receive 1 magic tool and 10 gold coins as prize money along with the praise of the lord of the castle. Instead, there is no second prize. Participation of the unemployed must pass the test.=
Isilite’s head turned to her phantom.
Although expert tournaments are difficult, if you are a Novice, you can predict victory. Besides, even if you don’t win, you get 1 gold coin just by participating…… !
=Lord.=
“Do you want to participate in the Novice Tournament?”
As if reading her own mind, Isilite, who was slightly speechless to her master who demanded her answer, answered, struggling to control her voice.
=Yes. If it’s a Novice tournament, I think I can try to win.=
“… They say that the spirit of improvement is important for people to live. And I think the desire to improve is a kind of desire.”
I wondered what he was saying all of a sudden, but Isilite listened carefully to his master’s words.
“The desire to collect more gold. The desire to live more comfortably. The desire to become stronger. Such desires gather and grow a person, either for good or for bad.”
=…….=
“Whether it was wanting money or wanting to win the first championship in my life by winning a competition with others, I would have respected it if it was a desire born out of desire. But you don’t feel that desire desperately in your heart.”
Isilite’s breath was choked as her eyes, pitch-black like the night sky of Hwanin, seemed to gradually widen.
This…… Live? No, spirit…… Not even, a feeling of intimidation… Not even
When she was a mercenary, she was Isilite, who had seen the spirit of a 7th-class fighter who was called the right hand of a certain baron right in front of her. But what she felt about her master now was something different from those things.
As it were…….
Presence.
It’s like having an absolute predator right in front of you…… Creepy feeling.
Since she was receiving such a master’s presence, Isilite felt herself infinitely smaller.
I think I know what kind of answer the master is asking for. Answer that and the master will nod his head.
But is that the answer? As the master even revealed his presence, he wanted an answer, but is it really the right answer to say something he doesn’t even have in his heart?
Somehow it doesn’t seem like it.
=…… Sorry… Do. I don’t know…… I will. I just thought it would help my master if I participated in the Novice Tournament and received the prize money…….=
“I prefer that you have a desire to achieve your desires, rather than thinking of what I want and doing something out of my mind.”
I… Can you do what the master wants?
I…… Can I have a sense of improvement that the master can satisfy?
I…….
Hwanin stared at Isilite with her head bowed in silence.
‘I was going to put a little pressure on him and make him say with his mouth that he would participate in the Expert Tournament.’
With Issilite’s skills now, she should be able to win the Novice Tournament. However, she was a Hwanin who did not like the fact that she tried to fight with only beginners with the skills she learned from herself and Leshim.
So she put a little pressure on her, but somehow Isilite seems to be asking a question inside.
‘This one isn’t bad either.’
If you successfully draw out answers to the questions thrown within you, Isilithe will be able to grow to a new level.
Even if you can’t give an answer, if you experience agony once, the taste as a person will come out more deeply.
Hwanin motioned to Aruru and Emergency Food to be quiet and then went to sit on a nearby bench. Aruru, emergency food, and Kurti also quietly follow and stand next to them.
In that state, Hwanin silently watched Isilite’s agony.
Time flies.
When the tip of the pole that serves as the needle of the sundial moved about 45 degrees, Aruru, who was sitting next to her and swaying her short legs that did not touch the ground, asked in a low voice.
= Hwanin. Why is Isilite unnie suddenly acting like that?=
She said, “She’s trying to peel off her skin, the skin she’s wrapped around herself.”
=…… ? Like a caterpillar? Can people shed their skin too?=
Thinking like a child, Hwanin smiled and stroked Aruru’s hair.
“Aruru. Have any of your friends suddenly changed drastically? It’s like you’ve suddenly become an adult.”
= There is. He’s a guy named Yoel, and he always bullied girls by picking up their skirts and hitting their butts. But he suddenly started working with adults. After that, I heard he doesn’t bully the kids and works hard. =
“That is what it looks like to take off the skin of a child and grow up mentally. I changed after realizing that I shouldn’t be immature now.”
= Uh…… Is that good?=
Hwanin smiled without answering.
Taking off one layer is not always a good thing.
There are two sides to everything in the world. For a person with a good personality to become pessimistic and pessimistic after going through a series of bad things is a kind of escape.
Then Issilite raised her head. She then looked around her in bewilderment, and as she approached, she sighed as if in surprise when she belatedly found her ghost.
= I was surprised that she suddenly disappeared. =
Saying that, Isilite’s mood didn’t change much. She did not seem to bring out any significant change in her, although her eyes brightened very slightly.
‘This is normal.’
Whenever something happens, if it changes to the extent that people can’t recognize it, then it’s not a person. He is a monster in human clothing.
“You were so engrossed in her thoughts that you didn’t even know about Kobe. So, did you give an answer to her anguish?”
=Yes. I want to participate in the Expert Tournament!=
“…….”
It’s not like he’s forced to push himself to compete. A look that follows one’s will and determination to the last.
‘Still, it seems to have changed in a slightly positive direction.’
Hwanin nodded her head slightly, indicating her permission.
“It’s okay even if you don’t have to be nominated for an award, so show off your skills so you won’t regret it. If you share weapons with people stronger than you, you will gain something.”
=Yes!=
Is it lunch time now?
Hwanin, who checked the approximate time through the location of the sun, asked Aruru to guide her to a restaurant where her food was delicious, and she followed Aruru and said to Isilite.
“Good idea.”
=Yes?=
“Fighting against the weak is no fun. True joy and pleasure can only be felt when fighting the strong.”
And when she added her words that only fighting a winnable fight against an underdog would only earn an ugly reputation, Isilite’s face, having read her thoughts, turned red like a blush.
“Your aura is still level 3, but your martial arts is at least level 4, so don’t be intimidated and have confidence.”
=…… Yep!=
There are more than 40 days left until the tournament.
Until then, Hwanin decided to help Isilite train a little more.
=The castle is really huge. It will take more than a week just to look around.=
= First-time visitors may get lost in this area and wander. So, it’s good to remember the location in north, south, east, west, and remember the name of the accommodation or neighborhood. If you remember those two things, the patrols will help you find your way.=
The restaurant we arrived at after about 10 minutes was a casual dining restaurant that seemed to combine table service and counter service.
After sitting at a table in the hall watching the chef cook and being served by a waitress, Hwanin asked to be guided to a magic tool store and a store directly under the Mystic Association.
=There are many magic tool stores in the north, but direct magic tool stores run by the mystic association are concentrated in the south.=
=Is there a reason for being there?=
=There are a lot of sorcerers in the south. Conversely, there are warriors gathered at the north gate.=
= Yes? It would be comfortable to be together, but why are they on opposite sides of each other?
= In the past, it is said that the relationship between the sorcerers and the warriors was very bad. So, the lord of the castle divided the territory of the magicians in the south, and the warriors in the north, with the Hololen River as the boundary.=
=Huh.=
Listening to the conversation between Isilite and Aruru, Hwan-in headed south through the road where carriages came and went and arrived at the river bank called Hololen, which is called the lifeline of Farhist.
= Whoa. The river is huge.=
“Well.”
I was a little surprised at the wide width of the river beyond my imagination.
A thick, gigantic river nearly 200m wide was slowly flowing in a clear emerald color.
The Hololene River, which is 1/3 of the Han River and is so clear that you can see the bottom, is quite deep, so even a sailboat can pass through it.
“But I don’t have many legs.”
=There are four legs. Or you can use Naruto, but you have to pay 2 fairy tales to use Naruto. The bridge is free.=
=Normally, I wouldn’t let them approach the river unnecessarily. Looks like Naruto is also under the direct control of the administrator?=
=Yes. So, if you throw foreign substances into the river, you will be caught, so be careful.
“Go to the bridge.”
Thanks to the fact that the Hololen River was almost at a right angle, Hwanin was able to calculate the width of the farchist by crossing the bridge and looking at the walls and streets on the other side of the river.
‘The width of the city is about 8 km. It’s huge.’
Seoul has a radius of 12 km centered on City Hall, or about 24 km. In terms of area, Farhist means 1/3 of Seoul.
The era is close to the Middle Ages, so how could such a huge city be created?
In order for a city to grow, population is needed, and in order to increase population, common sense, medical technology, and self-sufficiency in food are needed along with a certain level of industrialization to reduce mortality.
It is hard to see that it is all prepared in this world where civic consciousness is staying in the Middle Ages.
‘Is part of industrialization replaced with magic tools, and deaths blocked by temples, potions, and pharmaceuticals? Food is affected by the soil fertilization in the labyrinth?’
Looking at the towering castle in the center of the city, like a German castle built on a height of about 20m as if it had been built artificially, Hwanin crossed the crowded bridge and headed south of the city.
