Chapter 256 – 250 Bijalux, Mining Town
In the morning, white snow fell all night and the world turned white.
The women who stood up blowing white breath tilted their heads at the sight of their boyfriend fiddling with the bloody phase stone.
It’s like sitting still with your eyes closed, feeling tired for some reason.
Last night was quite cold, so Isilite, who made hot soup for the ceremony, handed it to her phantom with both hands and asked.
= Master. Are you okay? You look tired.=
“…… Well.”
The answer is about 2 seconds late and the content is short.
Were you really tired? What happened yesterday?
The female friends blinked at the sight of Hwanin for the first time, handed hot soup to Hwanin, and caught Issilite returning.
= Dew. Wasn’t there something strange about the shift with Doryeong yesterday?=
=…… When it was time, the owner woke me up, changed night shifts, and the owner slept with his back leaning on Bijangi…… There was nothing different from usual.=
= But why are you so tired? I should go ask…… Ouch! Ears, don’t pull your ears!=
= Stay still If the master doesn’t tell you, there must be a reason.=
=Okay, I’ll stay calm!=
The reason why Hwanin was tired was because of the aftereffects of having ejaculated inside Cedar’s body three times while rationalizing himself.
Hwanin, who woke up in the morning, felt physically and mentally exhausted from being beaten on a mat for several hours.
Hwan-in, who indirectly understood the reason why women pass out after having sex for 3 hours non-stop, vowed to pay more attention to their condition when sleeping with their girlfriends in the future.
After warming up with hot soup, warming up with light sparring, and filling her stomach with breakfast prepared by Isilite, Hwan-in was able to regain her normal condition.
‘It was a terrible feeling of fatigue.’
With his normal thinking ability, Hwanin analyzed why his body was in such a mess. And he found out why.
The aura that was absorbed by Cedar was the problem.
‘It must be because of the chill.’
People say that their mouth goes back when they wake up after sleeping on the cold floor. Fatigue is explained by the fact that the balance of the body temporarily collapsed due to the tremendous pleasure and the cold air penetrated into the body while meeting Cedar.
In more detail, by absorbing Cedar’s Spirituality, the coldness increases, and the existing familiar routine, the living person’s Spirituality absorption – The invasion of coldness, which is the opposite of the body adapting to the increase in warmth – It must have happened because it was not accustomed to the increase in coldness. .
Of course, the pleasure that seems to be 20 times the normal circumstances will also take up some share. Moreover, last night was the coldest ever. It even snowed at night…….
= Look~ How convenient it is to have a carriage at times like this. It would have been a big deal if it was rain instead of snow.
= Certainly…….=
By the time Anne, exhaling her breath in the white snowy field, emphasized the need for a carriage, and Yurpa had gone over there, and Isilite glanced at herself and was immersed in her worries.
Hwanin looked at Cedar, who was staring at Bijalux as if nothing had happened last night.
‘There is no change in appearance. Isilite and Anne’s reactions are not different from usual, so it’s not something that can be seen.’
Cedar’s behavior is no different from what I’ve seen over the past 14 days (8 days waiting in Owling, 6 days moving from Owling to Bijalux), so the mental change won’t be noticeable right away.
However, since the dark red aura of the limbs was not blurred, it would not be the purification of the soul.
‘Is it a power-related change?’
Verification is necessary to confirm…… It is regrettable that immediate feedback is difficult because there is no comparable table.
Hwanin stared at Cedar’s back again.
She is more than 90% sure that after beating Aldhelm’s neck, she will attain Buddhahood without hesitation. Will she be able to confirm this until she attains enlightenment?
Or you could make a trade contract with a common soul and conduct an experiment, but if the growth in power is more than expected…….
“…….”
The experience of last night’s intense pleasure made Hwanin’s eyes focus on the inverted heart-shaped buttocks valley.
Realizing that his gaze was chasing Cedar’s genitals, Hwanin fixed his eyes on Bija Lux and continued her thoughts.
…… Come to think of it, where did the semen that had ejaculated inside her spiritual body disappear? Does her spiritual body have the ability to decompose? Or is there something paranormal in her own semen?
Continuing her thoughts, Hwan-in told the female friends who were exchanging stories about whether to buy a ready-made wagon or order it, and if so, what features would be added.
“Let’s go.”
=Uhh.=
=Yes.=
=Yes~.=
After a long run through the snow-covered fields, Visalux arrived shortly after lunch, and was a prosperous city about half the size of the small town of Wayford.
The difference from Wayford is that it is built on the foot of a mountain and has become a terraced city, and there are no high-rise buildings with more than 3 floors, probably because of the problem of the ground, and that wood is rarely used in buildings, so it approaches like a city of solid stones.
Hwanin approached the gate in the form of a flat platform while gazing at the 5m-high smooth castle wall shining in pearl color, no matter what construction materials were used.
=Welcome to Bijalux, the mountain town. It must be very cold, so come here and warm up by the fire.
Whether it’s because of the weather or it’s like this, Hwanin arrived at the castle gate with little traffic and stood by the bonfire with the consideration of the gate soldier.
The female friends headed to the checkpoint with ID cards.
“Thank you for your consideration. Anyway, it’s too big and grand city to be called a village. I wonder if we should call it the city of mountains.”
Haha. That is also our pride.=
The female soldier’s reddened face softens from the cold at the praise of the village. The brown wolf’s ears are pricked up, and the wolf’s tail with a little bit of fur wags from side to side.
The armor worn is stone, assuming it is made of material, but it does not look heavy and dull, but it has a strong feeling of heavy armor made by adding several layers of iron plates.
Adopting something like that in a formal way is proof that the manufacturing technology is excellent.
‘That’s why Aldhelm must have been noticed for creating a new technology.’
Due to Hwanin’s courtesy, the soldier spoke with a softer attitude.
=Where do adventurers come from?=
“This is the road from Farghist via Ouling…… I’m a little embarrassed because I was nervous after hearing rumors that adventurers aren’t welcome.”
= Ah……. That rumor is distorted.=
“Is that so?”
=Yes. During the reign of the previous lord, there were too many humans who were worse than beasts who acted evil.=
The story of the female soldier flows from her small mouth.
At that time, the town’s commercial district was dominated by corrupt outsiders. It was not corruption that took place in a short time, but it was a habitual evil habit that had been going on for 50 years.
As a result, the livelihood of the villagers as well as the commercial district began to be threatened, and as the pain and moaning of the residents increased…….
=The previous lord, who was worse than that, pulled out his sword. However, the number of gangster bullies who had been eating away at the village for a long time was not small, and the lord of the previous generation was very worried because they surpassed the lord’s family in terms of military power.
If the force is misused, an all-out war with the gangsters in the village will break out, causing irreparable damage to the village and its people.
Moreover, organized gangs and gangsters at the time were also establishing trade and distribution with nearby villages and cities, leaking the wealth of the village and at the same time forming strong ties. Board.
=The lord made a big decision and posted an earnest petition to the castle in the capital city, while searching for help for the village himself.=
It is said that he went to the nobles of the small town of Craverery, who were found not to have formed solidarity with the gangsters of the village, and concluded a mutually complementary contract.
Afterwards, the former lord, who returned with the troops of the lower knights and the lower magic team of Crabberry and one 7th-class job supported by the lord of Crabberry at the time, expelled and expelled the trash of the village based on his force, and was imprisoned. He said he locked up and showed a hundred rules.
=After that, it took 40 full years just to purify the village and restore it to its former state. During this period, the village was denied visits by wandering and wandering professionals, and those who entered due to unavoidable circumstances were able to work under strict surveillance. The reason…….=
“It must have been to prevent a recurrence of the same situation. This is to ensure that new organizations do not fill the void created by the sweeping away of that organization.”
= Oh, you know that! It was only after 40 years passed and the village was stabilized that the restrictions on visits by wandering workers began to be eased. After that, the village has been constantly developing, and the restrictions on visits have completely disappeared since 10 years ago when everything returned to normal.
From the story of the talkative soldier and the information Cedar gave him, Hwanin learned how the current Bijalux commerce market was reconstructed into a corporate type.
At the time, Visalux had 60% of the market in the hands of the organization. And after the incident, half of the village’s main industry evaporated, leaving the market and the business itself in the air, leaving the village’s revenue below negative.
If left to the autonomy and self-reliance of the villagers, it would not have been possible to know when the iron ore industry would return to normal and return to normal.
In order to quickly normalize the industry, and to prevent the same thing from happening again, blacksmiths were hired, blacksmiths were built, and the system was reformed.
Actually, the result wouldn’t have been bad.
=The village was able to quickly return to normal thanks to the wife of the former lord and the lord who married after the end of the Bijalux rebellion. If it wasn’t for El Mailo, Visalux would still be confused.=
“…… Is that so.”
As a result, Visalux and Cravery went through several incidents and became close friends, and the former lord married the child of the lord of Crabberry’s wife at the time.
The relationship does not end there, and Hwanin caught the subtle discomfort of the soldier’s TMI that the current lord also married a blood relative of the lord of Crabberry.
“Could it be Aldhelm Lemarite’s mother…… ?”
= You know, adventurer too?! Right. Mr. Aldhelm is the second son of Mr. Staeta, and he is a great genius! This castle wall was also made with Aldhelm’s technology, but it’s at a level that cannons won’t budge. Awesome!=
The technology created by Aldhelm was the pride of the village, and Cedar, who was standing behind Hwanin, began to shed chills.
Hwanin asked Cedar to calm down, while giving him a small nod.
Gilles = Bexle is a powerful family at the end of the direct line of Kravery. Aldhelm = Lemarite is the child of Lady Cravery.
Both have strong psychopath tendencies. Could this commonality be a mere coincidence?
Hwanin, who inadvertently gained enough information thanks to the fact that no one left or entered the gate, saw a group of merchants approaching from the back of the village in front of him and gave a small bow to the talkative but kind soldier.
“You must be busy, but I don’t know if I was holding on too much without being polite.”
= No. I had fun too. =
Hey, stop
Hee hee hee~ Purruk-
Are you guys on this trip?
Uh uh It’s a schedule to stop by Anst, pass Yousanchi, and return.
In front of the castle gate, which quickly becomes noisy with five wagons and dozens of people.
Hwanin noticed that the female soldier he was talking to was a senior soldier only when he saw other soldiers inspecting the upper ranks.
Here, the girlfriends return with other soldiers, and the eyes of the people gathered in front of the castle gate are focused on them, regardless of gender. It is the power of Isilite and Anne’s beauty that attracts even the eyes of the same women.
=By the way, what kind of business did you come to Visalux at this time, adventurer?=
Hwanin laughed inwardly at the female soldier’s well-timed question and took off her hood.
“The purpose of Visalux’s visit is the pilgrimage of the soul.”
=…… Uh yes?=
“It’s not good enough, but it’s called a hwanin who is walking the path of the soul.”
Answering the Inrang soldier’s bewildered question, Hwanin clasped his hands together and fired a wave of tranquility.
Waves of grayish white light spreading in all directions. Not only the people gathered near the gate, but also the people who were busy on the streets inside the wall stopped moving and stared at this direction.
= Uh…… ?=
=Unfold, waves of serenity?=
=Soul Master!=
= You don’t have an aura? You don’t have it? =
=Did there be a non-glowing soul master?=
A commotion spreads in an instant, and a group of soldiers rush out from the guard post.
Hwanin, who gave a small smile when he saw the female soldier in front of him, calmed himself down and looked at the ancient castle on the mountainside in the distance, at the Bija Lux flag fluttering at the tip of the spire, then put her hood back on. .
=Here you are.=
The place the head of the guard led us to was a three-story hotel with a design comparable to modern times, with exterior walls neatly covered with gray marble and glass windows.
When the commotion broke out, the guard head hurriedly jumped out of the guard post and offered to guide him around the village, but Hwan-in refused in a soft tone and asked for an inn or hotel where he could rest comfortably in Visalux.
= If you treat the spirit master like that, the lord will strike a chant…….=
“At that time, you just have to tell Mr. Gardner that I made a request out of necessity.”
If you accept the offer to guide you through the village, the final destination will undoubtedly be the lord’s castle. Perhaps, it might guide you to the lord’s castle from the beginning.
Hwanin had no intention of resting in the lord’s office.
I didn’t come here for a good reason anyway, and it’s better to stay outside separately for an alibi.
=Ugh.=
The head of the guard post of the gray dog tribe = uh uh = = crying, but Hwanin did not change his mind and entered the hotel lobby through the front door made of glass.
Needless to say, the lobby is just as gorgeous as the exterior.
The interior, finished entirely in white marble, is dazzlingly bright with dozens of lamps and chandeliers, and the faces of the people sitting or standing on the lobby sofa and talking are rich as well.
And a group of people gathered in the middle of such a lobby.
=Welcome to the soul priests who visited the Stone Heart Hotel.=
As if she had been informed in advance, the general manager, an Yin Miao woman in a black trouser suit, greeted her with her managers, bowing deeply to her.
Outside the hotel lobby door, the crowds had already gathered, making it impossible to see outside, and the guests and visitors who were resting in the hotel lobby were looking this way with their eyes wide open.
Hwanin casually approached the general manager and said.
“I would like to ask you to check in. There are three people in the party and four Quegas.”
=Is there a type of room you want?=
“A suite would be nice.”
The general manager gave a slight nod and bowed again with a smile on his face with a slightly tense face.
=This hotel provides all facilities and lodging free of charge to the spiritual priests and we promise to do our best to serve you.=
“No. Your pride and professionalism cannot come without a price. I would appreciate it if you would treat me the same as everyone else.”
= Yes? That, but…….=
“If I had hoped for free lodging, I would have knocked on the lord’s gate without hesitation. A wise lord who rules Visalux would be rich enough to provide warm food and a bed for a few homeless wanderers without being noticed.”
The general manager put on a dazed expression at Hwanin’s soft words, and the guests and guests, who were watching with curiosity, let out a small exclamation of admiration for his elegant wit.
“If you show respect to the pilgrims of the soul, your heart is enough, so please withdraw the offer.”
After a while, the general manager, who had come to her senses, replied with a smile on her face again.
= Poem, excuse me a lot. I will follow the will of the Spirit Master…….=
The suite room that Hwanin and the others were shown to was the highest-class Presidential Suite with five rooms, a living room, kitchen, dining room, bathroom, toilet, study, and office.
=Wow, are you sedentary? Long time no see~.=
Surprisingly, the interior of the room was based on a sedentary lifestyle with an ondol floor.
The front entrance was also the size of a small studio, and there was also a side room attached, so consideration was also provided for the armor wearer to easily solve the problem.
Anne, wearing full-body plate armor, enters the side room first, and Hwan-in takes off her boots and enters the living room.
“…… Amazing.”
I never thought I would encounter the sitting-style ondol culture here.
Certainly, the weather became quite cold from the time we left Owling and headed south. The feeling of stepping into a temperate region from a tropical region that was warm all year round.
It is no wonder that there is an ondol (floor heating system) culture in a place where the cold and cold waves are raging like this.
Hwanin, feeling a subtle sense of nostalgia at the warm heat rising from the golden marble floor, looked back at Isilite, who had arrived after talking with the general manager.
= Master. The general manager informed me that it was set at 1 silver coin per night by applying the maximum discount rate.=
“Originally, the interior and structure would have cost 10 silver coins per night.”
It is a level of luxury comparable to the room where Baekryeogang and Lesim stayed in Wayford.
The floor is luxurious gold marble tiles, and the walls are made of large marbles that look as if the Milky Way has permeated into the black of the moonless night sky.
The furniture is made in pure white and beige to match the modern interior materials, and the lighting is not a chandelier, but a modern wall lamp that illuminates the interior.
[Wow! The bathroom is also very big! We can all go in!]
When Anne walks in after taking off the old light, her voice resonates from the inside to see if she checks her bathroom first.
=The party said that they applied a 90% discount by adding a double discount for religious people of the Church of the Earth God and pilgrims of Yeongdo, accommodation discount for high-level adventurers, and a few more discounts.=
After all, it must have been 10 silver coins per night.
All five rooms were of different sizes. Of course, the largest room belonged to Hwanin, and Yurpa took the smallest room.
=Sister, there is a large room available, so why use an attic?=
= I am stable in narrow places. So I like it here.=
= Yes? Hmmm, dew. Let’s just share the same room.=
=Yes.=
While the female friends were putting off their armor, changing into casual clothes, and unpacking their luggage, Hwanin went to see Bisang and Que.
The stables were also divided into three types, and the section that accommodated only Kue was exclusively for Kue, who liked clean and tidy things, and the facilities were as tidy as a modest house, befitting a luxury hotel.
Coo~.
“Okay.”
Bisang, who was sitting on a bed of clean, well-dried straw along with Kurti, Kuffin, and Kura, approaches and embraces them, crying that it is clean here.
Is it because there is a load to take care of? Hwanin smiled as he saw Bi-sang, who refused to insist on being in the same room.
‘As expected, socialization education comes from being with people of the same kind.’
Hwanin, who brought a towel soaked in water and meticulously wiped the dust from his feathers from moving for a week, looked at Cedar, who approached him with a cold expression.
As soon as he arrived at Bija Lux, he sent Cedar to look at the atmosphere of the town and the lord’s castle, but he had been looking at everything.
Hwanin said to Bisang, who shuddered as if he was cool.
“If you have any problems or need anything, call Anne. I have a good ear, so I will hear you even if I call you here. If someone tries to sneak you away, I’ll take care of it, so you can kick it to the bone.”
Que~.
After stroking Bisang’s head, he said he understood, and when he left the stable, Cedar, who had followed him, opened his mouth.
“As expected by the spirit master, the old castle was the castle of the Bijalux family.”
‘Are there any barriers or measures that block the access of souls to the castle?’
“I don’t know. However, like the outer walls, the inner walls were pearl-colored and surrounded the castle, so I think there must be a trap.”
‘Of course. An invitation will come soon from the castle, so don’t be impatient and wait.’
It is a world where magic creates all sorts of places and outlandish objects. It is not that there is no technology to block the approach of the soul or a device to attack the soul.
There is nothing to see as an example. Can’t you just attack and annihilate the soul? Of course, zero degrees may not allow such anti-soul measures, but there’s nothing wrong with being careful.
“Yes, Spirit Master.”
‘Next, how was the atmosphere in the town?’
「As I listened to the rumors while returning through the main roads of the village, I could hear conversations worrying about the Bijalux family from time to time. As the gate soldier said, the current lord of Bijalux seemed to be a sincere and wise man.”
‘Didn’t there be a story related to me?’
“The rumors spread by the Spirit Master reached Visalux as well. Many people speculated that the senior soul priest from Owling might be the soul priest who arrived today.”
‘Good job. As in Owling, keep an eye on the village. Focusing on the movement of a large number of troops, we can monitor the suspicious behavior of the level 4 or higher workers.’
“Yes, Spirit Master.”
Spotting Isilite approaching her, just as she had removed her gray hooded cloak and carried her black cloak, her phantom approached her.
