Chapter 254 – 248 the Road to Bijalux
Cedar, who flew away in an instant, spoke about the results of the reconnaissance while still not thinking about covering up her naked body.
“It is not the Visalux upper class. Considering the special products of Visalux filled in the wagons, it is judged that they are medium-large merchants from nearby cities that have signed a deal with Visalux and are returning after completing the transaction.”
If it was a nearby city, it would be Helumen in the eastern part of the Radsea plain, or Anst in the southern part.
“It must be the way to deliver food and take metal and weapons.”
“There is a high probability of that.”
I can feel the anger slowly boiling over Cedar who answers.
The merchant’s guild trading with the village of Aldhelm, their enemy, wouldn’t it be hard to bear the feeling that the intestines were twisted just thinking about it.
“Calm down. At this point, the only person who can die is Aldhelm.”
“…… Yes, Spirit Master.”
Even though he did not use force, Cedar calmed down and stood behind Hwanin. He seems more submissive than usual.
‘Is it because of the battle?’
Currently, killing Aldhelm is the number one task for Cedar.
The stronger your power here, the more likely you are to kill Aldhelm and bring peace to Malvin, so the stronger your heart to believe and follow him.
Waiting for them to approach, Hwanin gazed at the soul of the captain, the vampire, surrounded by a red aura.
A figure wrapped in an aura around the soul like a razor-sharp boar.
Ryuhi and his children called the Bladed Boar a holy beast. Anne called that chief vampire a handshake.
The blade boar also attacked him as soon as he saw him, and the same was true of the chief vampire, but Hwanin could not figure out what the difference between the two was.
‘Seeing that the mountain turtle was also called Seongsu, I wonder if the concept of Seongsu was not accurate.’
Anyway, let’s call the captain with the intention of retrieving the soul of the bloodsucker…… I tried, but the order doesn’t work. After giving orders by force several times, he came up to me with a disapproving expression and made a purr-voicing purr.
Maybe it’s because the level of the soul is high. Compared to that, my level is not high.
…… Well?
Hwanin noticed what he was missing. Wouldn’t it be possible to experience the side effects and aftereffects of forcing a soul that does not work well with coercion?
Somehow, that seems highly likely.
When he meets the captain’s bloodsucking horse’s gaze and tries to turn it into a soul orb, he trembles again. It is an expression of intention such as ‘You dare to carry me?’.
“Turn into a soul orb.”
However, when Hwanin made up his mind and released force again, it turned into a red orb the size of a ping-pong ball with an irritating purr.
It is not the same red color as the soul of the person Hwanin killed and retrieved, but a red color close to ruby. As soon as he saw the bead made from the soul of such a handshake, Hwanin twitched his eyebrows.
It’s because I learned that if you curse with this orb with an ability that was created when you had more than 48 soul orbs, it would leave permanent damage on the opponent’s body.
If it were a game, you would see something like “Permanently reduce 20% of the opponent’s strength, stamina, and reflexes.”
‘It’s a great effect. Is it because it is a soul wrapped in an aura?’
It’s a pity that you can only carry it for 60 hours.
I’m looking forward to what kind of ability I can get if I do the command, but if I command the soul of the captain’s bloodsucking horse, I think I’ll suffer 100% side effects and aftereffects. I can only use it as a curse.
It’s unfortunate, but I didn’t think about decreeing, and when I put it into the light gauntlet on my left arm, six wagons arrived and stopped in front of Hwanin.
Hee hee hee-purrleuk-
Woah woah
All of the wagons were a little more luxurious than Susa’s wagons, but they were all the same size and shape.
A unified design in this world without factories means huge capital. That’s why he guessed that Cedar was a mid-size or higher rank in another city.
Hwanin, who was looking around the procession from the back of the emergency carriage, noticed a woman in a gray knee-length skirt walking towards him without hesitation.
Could it be the human-woo tribe? He is about 160 cm tall and has something like a cow horn on his head.
The color was so dark that her blonde hair, the color of wet straw, reached her shoulders, and her hair fluttered softly, probably because of her low status.
In this world, hair care is the exclusive property of those who have it.
The easiest way to know someone’s identity is to look at the ends of their hair and look at their clothes.
In addition, the shoes were high-quality leather boots that covered the entire calf, and the gray vest worn on top was also made of beast leather.
The woman who approached her with her heavy breasts swaying to the point of straining her back, stood about 10 paces away from her, and bowed down at her waist.
= Greetings to you. My name is Wisha, the leader of Earcred, a large merchant guild in the mid-level city of Helumen.=
With courteous courtesy, Hwanin also got off the back of the emergency room and asked for a handshake with Weisha.
“Nice to meet you. It is said that the Hwanin is on a pilgrimage along the path of the soul. Over there are my colleagues.”
=… Yes yes? Uh…… Yes?=
Weisha was momentarily taken aback and raised her eyebrows to look suspicious.
Modifiers using the word soul are used only by soul masters. But this person doesn’t have an aura? In addition, what was the probability of encountering a spirit master while moving from village to village?
Impersonating a spirit master? But a person who can slaughter dozens of monsters while riding a green Que pretends to be a spirit master?
Why?
The easiest lie to be caught in the world is the impersonation of a soul lord. And since there’s no way a person riding a green Que with two 6th-level workers as companions would be so lax, he must be a soul master.
Wisha logically concluded that, but…… A subtle distrust showed in her eyes.
I saw the man in front of me through the telescope riding the green Que and fighting the Bloody Horse, so I thought he must be a martial artist.
Hwanin, who read Wisha’s attitude, smiled softly and fired waves of calm from her, and Wisha screamed her flagship at the waves of gray-white light that covered her everywhere.
Hehe! Actually, excuse me!=
Weisha bowed her back at a right angle, making her big breasts churn. Not only Weisha, but also the people waiting in her procession are surprised and focus their eyes on her Hwanin.
Hwanin, who had intended this to happen, smiled lightly and held Wisha’s shoulders to stop her apologizing.
“I understand. I’ve never even heard of the existence of the Shadowless Spirit Corps. Mr. Weisha deserves her suspicions.”
= No, it’s not like that! There is no disrespectful human being who would recklessly pretend to be a spirit master! Of course I thought it was the Spirit Master!=
Hwanin just laughed lightly without answering.
Now, when they return to their cities, they will surely spread these rumors. =Hey, do you know what I saw last time I went up? I saw a spirit master with no light and no aura! Do you believe A non-glowing soul master!= Like this.
Anyway, thanks to that, the calmer Weisha wiped the cold sweat with her handkerchief, and after pacing her surprised chest, she very carefully and politely revealed the reason for her visit.
=The hides and by-products of the group of bloodsuckers you hunted…… No no, why don’t you sell the whole Lifestealer’s corpse to us? I’ll give you a generous price.=
“You mean the whole thing?”
Hwanin turned his attention to the corpse of the bloodsucking horse that Isilite was diligently skinning and collecting byproducts.
A few crabs destroyed by lightning.
A few crabs burned and cooked.
A few crabs with broken legs and shattered bones.
Several crabs were caught in an intangible explosion and their skins were ripped off and damaged.
Several decapitated and decapitated crabs.
To be honest, most of them have lost their product value. The only thing that can be hoped for is the large-captain bloodsucker who looks fine.
“If I’m a spirit seller and you’re deliberately trying to buy things that have no commercial value, that’s fine.”
=Ah, no! Definitely not! Yes, anything that has been burned or destroyed by lightning can be profitable! Earcred’s leatherworkers are extraordinary! Yes!=
“Is that so?”
=Yes!=
She answered firmly, but her eyes were on the dead captain vampire.
Perhaps the original purpose was the corpse of the chief vampire. Weisha, who tried to coax and take only the corpse of the chief vampire, realized her true identity and omitted it below.
“Well.”
Yes, but what can I say?
Hwanin asked Yurpa to wait for a while and asked Yurpa if the hide and by-products of the chief vampire were needed to make magic.
=Because of its characteristics, bloodsucking horse hide is very popular as a protective gear. Proper treatment after tanning increases elemental resistance considerably.=
“So it’s a material that doesn’t fit Yurpa’s specialty. Then I’ll pass it all to the top of the earcred.”
= Yes. Wait a minute~ I’ll talk to that rowman?=
When Hwanin nodded, Yurpa, who laughed, started talking about various things with Weisha, who was slightly nervous, and then went to the place where the vampire corpses were piled up and had a rather intense conversation.
As a result.
= I will purchase 43 bloodsucking demon corpses at a lump sum of 9 silver coins per animal. The corpse of the captain’s vampire is counted as episode 306, and all phase stones that come out will be handed over to the spirit master. Are you okay?=
“Good.”
There is a lot of feeling of unearned income. Originally, I was planning to take only the leather in moderation and throw away the rest.
In fact, I was wondering if Isilite’s skinning proficiency was low, so I wondered if I would be able to get 2 gold coins even if I packed everything. She has no reason to refuse.
Was it a satisfactory transaction? Weisha poured her praises down her more relaxed face.
= You are really great. I happened to see the Spirit Priestess fighting from a distance, and she was flying low on a green Que and pouring out soul wine. Neither a warrior nor a sorcerer, but pushing that handshake, the power of piercing through with a flash of black! Big~.=
“Thanks to her colleagues for taking care of the other vampires. It would have been difficult if I had been alone.”
When her Hwanin smiled and replied to Weisha’s fuss, she denied it with her eyes wide open, saying “Absolutely not.”
=It’s been 10 years since that Planeswalker gained notoriety by wandering around the plains of Radsea! A lot of people tried to eradicate it, but they failed each time?=
“Is that true? I didn’t feel it as such a strong entity.”
= Oh, it’s because the spirit master is great. The Planeswalker was the type of person who couldn’t push through numbers using his life steal as a range, and if he thought he was in danger, he would run away like a dart. Yes, he was a very clever guy =
They were so clever that they noticed those who were stronger than themselves like ghosts and ran away like the wind, and even if they were weak, if they outnumbered them, they did not deal with them and lazily avoided them.
To the extent that he did not hesitate to charge his subordinates and bounce.
It didn’t work even if they dug traps and lured them in, and even if they recruited a suitable professional party and proceeded with the subjugation, it failed every time because of that wide-area life stealing aura.
=As for how amazing he was, there was an incident where a group of barons passing through the plains were attacked.=
The family, enraged by him, organized a killing party in retaliation, but…….
= Can you guess? He ran away for two months. It wasn’t just running away, it was shit in front of the chase team… Uhm, he was at the level of ridiculing himself to the point of provoking him while vomiting. =
In the end, Hwan-in laughed at the story that the pursuit team had failed to achieve its intended purpose and withdrew, and that Planeswalker’s notoriety had increased even more.
At that level, it is tantamount to failure due to lack of preparation and tactics.
Recruiting the join tribe as searchers and chasers, and recruiting only those skilled enough to fight 1:1 with life stealing in mind, you will be able to hunt even if you follow the chase step by step.
=Actually, the reason we were stopped over there was because it seemed that the Planeswalkers were targeting us. There are 43 subordinates, and there are 12 horses pulling the cart here.=
“It seems that the breeding of bloodsuckers is also possible through horses.”
=It’s not a known story, but I think so too.=
Afterwards, Hwanin watched Isilite dismantle the corpse of her bloodsucking horse with the members of her company, and she moderately exchanged stories with Weisha, who felt like she wanted to establish a relationship with him.
A story about a mixed species appearing in a certain northern town.
It is a story that in a certain village, people who get sick and die every year continue to die, and eventually the village disappears.
The story is that an evil spirit appeared in a certain village, and a high-ranking spirit priest who passed by just in time solved it and left.
= I hear at least one heinous story like this every year, so ordinary people have a hard time living. Still, there are people like the Spirit Masters, so I have hope to live on.=
“…….”
Thinking that the first and last stories were somehow like his own, Hwanin released a little bit of his own experience.
The story of how she scolded the wicked spirit of the slums in Wayford and made her child come true by scolding her. The story of a girl who has been chasing for a long time.
Wisha sniffed with tears in her eyes at the story of her daughter who couldn’t reach adulthood because she felt sorry for her father who was left alone.
= It’s such a sad story……. For a man who lost his wife and daughter to live alone because he couldn’t forget his family, he must have been a really good person. =
“Yes. Perhaps that is why it is dark in my heart to think of what kind of sad souls may be wandering in the next town, unable to let go of their lingering attachments.”
= Ah. Spirit Master, are you on your way to Visalux? You’ll be fine there. The lord of that village is a kind and wise man.=
“…… Is that so?”
= Yes! But lately, the atmosphere has been a little dark as if there is something wrong…… Wouldn’t it be better than other villages though? Because…….=
Hwanin listened to Weisha talking about the good things about Bijalux and let out in one ear, reflecting on what he had just heard.
The lord of Bijalux is benign and wise. Is he a typical person who ruined his children’s farming, or is he a man who takes care of himself thoroughly and doesn’t reveal any flaws?
The story didn’t last long.
Thanks to about 40 people sticking to it, it took less than an hour to dismantle and clean up the Vampiric Demon.
After seeing the workers loading by-products onto the wagon, Hwanin deliberately fired another wave of tranquility when they finished their work and gathered together.
It was from the heart that he wanted to spread his name and reputation widely.
Since the wave of actual calm has the effect of making the living person feel comfortable, Hwanin’s behavior was not considered suspicious, and Weisha, who was unexpectedly moved, gave a whopping 50 silver coins to Hwanin’s hand in the name of donation.
“Thank you. The amount donated by Ms. Weisha of Yearcrad will be used to raise the spirits of other villages and villages.”
=Yep! Well, then we’ll just go. If you ever come to Hellumen, please knock on the door at the top of our earcrad. I will serve you with all my heart. =
“I will remember. Then, be careful on your way back.”
= Yup yep. I hope that the Beast God’s blessings and protection will always be with you on your spiritual pilgrimage!
As I was watching from the back of the caravan procession carefully leaving the dust, the female friends approached and opened their mouths.
= Doryeong. Seeing that, unlike usual, they were talking non-stop?=
“I was mostly a listener.”
= Huh? Hox…… Do you like big breasts? From a distance, it seemed that her breasts were bigger than her dewy teeth. =
Ughh, Hwanin smiled at the mischievous laugh and pinched her cheek slightly.
“I got some information about Visalux. As for authenticity, she will have to find out for herself after she arrives.”
= Did you? What information was it?=
“They said that the lord of Visalux would be kind. Mr. Weisha appeared to be dealing directly with her lord, and she did not lie in her expression and words.”
Yurpa and Anne are deep in thought with slightly serious faces.
Meanwhile, Isilite held out her small pouch with both her hands.
= Master. Here is the topology recovered.=
4 Level 1 and 2 Level 2 in common colors.
This alone was 116 silver coins, so he earned more than 8 gold coins by defeating the bloodsuckers.
Yurpa gave a small admiration.
= They say that lucky people make money while walking, so that was you? =
What is the probability that as soon as you catch a group of monsters, you will encounter a suitable merchant and sell the by-products intact?
=I didn’t even think that you could buy all the damaged corpses for 9 silver coins.=
= I overheard the conversation between him and the rowman next to him, but the head of the Bloody Horse must have had a famous handshake in the plains. You should probably see that he paid a price, including some kind of symbolism, to use as proof that he was subjugated.=
=Ah.=
Hwanin looked at the procession at the top of the ear-clad, which was getting smaller than a dot, and saw a field stained red with the blood of 44 bloodsuckers, and got on the back of an emergency kit.
With that as a signal, the women also stop talking and climb on Que’s back.
“Then let’s go.”
Coo~.
Hwanin let Bi-sang go on its own and looked up at the sky, thinking of the money bag that had become a bit heavier.
After all, if you have power and ability, money will naturally follow.
‘This is why the equipment with magic and phase stones is formed at a high price. The ransom of the workers who use them.’
Due to his experience working for a trading company, he was a little curious about the market formation and flow of funds in Radseah, but it was literally a little bit, so Hwanin quickly brushed it off and began to review his experience of fighting the chief vampire.
And two days later.
Hwanin could see the majestic mountain range slowly rising at the far horizon from the middle of the field, and the terraced city built in the valley at the foot of the mountain.
Between the Bijaruks Mountains and himself, there are only yellow fields and wilderness.
Hwanin felt strange because there were few markers to help him perceive the sense of distance from the perspective effect.
At first glance, it seemed that they would arrive in a few hours, but no matter how much they ran, there was a cognitive dissonance in their appearance.
=At this rate, I should go for almost two full days.=
= Looking at the mountain makes me feel dizzy…….=
When Yu Lepa let her groan go, Anne smiles and gives advice.
=It would be better if there was a small hill or forest in between, but there is no such thing~ From here to that mountain range, the area is even slightly lower, so the optical illusion will be worse. If you keep looking at it, you may get motion sickness, so don’t look at the mountain side.
= Yes. I should. What…… Optical illusions are optical illusions, and the scenery is amazing. =
It’s a simple expression, but that’s why it was Isilite who agreed with Yurpa’s opinion.
The mountain range stretched from one end of the field of vision to the other, so that even if you turned your head, you couldn’t see the end.
Anne said as she watched the white snow fall on the top of the mountain.
=The weather is getting colder and colder because we keep coming down to the south. You’d better get some more firewood when you go further south from here.=
=The night wind is getting colder, so you might need to get a windbreaker. Or buy a wagon.=
= Huh? Carriage?! Agree! Agree on buying a wagon! Doryeongdoryeong, the messenger of our carriage. Huh? Huh?=
Anne, who is close to her hwanin, cannot bear to hug her hwanin because of her armor, and she begs her to buy a carriage with a charming look.
Isilite narrowed her eyes at the sight.
=Anne, you’re doing it because you’re bored riding in a coo.=
=It’s such a waste to waste a few days.=
= So, do you buy a wagon? If you buy a wagon, there are a lot of things you have to worry about, such as the cost of storing the wagon, which you use every time you stop by the village. Like managing the wagon’s durability, or having to take care of accessories in case it breaks. If you have a wagon, of course your movement speed will slow down.=
= That’s how useful it is! You can also avoid the wind at night!=
=It is enough to sleep together with the Kurtis to block the wind.=
=Wow, Dew is such a miser!=
=You must have a waste wall.=
=No!=
Hwanin, who was looking at Isilite and Anne, who were awoong again, smiled and looked at Cedar, who could not take her eyes off Visa Lux, which can be seen here as well.
To be precise, it is a spiritual body in the form of Cedar.
‘Hmm…….’
There is one thing Hwanin wants to test through Cedar, but he has been putting it off for one reason or another until now.
But I can’t put it off any longer.
Looking at Cedar’s condition right now, if you enter the village, you won’t be able to relax mentally. If you want to check it out, tonight is your last chance.
“…….”
Hwanin made a decision.
Regarding the absorption of aura, I will have to test the return.
[Scenery of the Visaluks Mountains]
