Chapter 300 – 294 Tyrant Dragon’s Labyrinth
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Siha = Saiji, who was eating vanilla chocolate ice cream in a relaxed posture in a chair made by a craftsman with all his heart, furrowed his eyebrows at the story of the deputy chief of staff who brought the report.
An important snack time is interrupted, but a story that crosses the line of curiosity straightens up and picks up a report instead of an ice cream cup.
=Let me say it again.=
=The green saint chose the spirit’s cave as a training ground and paid the toll at the entrance to the lawless village to enter, but the members of the Halcone organization fought to rob the saint’s green que and were annihilated.=
=No, not a summary. I am asking for the credibility of the part where the saint slashed the head of a 5th class warrior with a single blow.
=What is written in the report is 100% true, not reflecting any manipulation or sensibility. There are over 250 witnesses at the time.=
Siha = Saiji darkens the wrinkles between his eyebrows and stares at the report as if it were about to be pierced.
=…… If you were an unemployed person, would you be able to slash the neck of a 5th grade professional with 1 shot?=
= Impossible if the opponent is a warrior or fighter. If you have a special weapon made by an artificer, the chance will increase slightly, but it will be around 20%.=
= Yes. If it’s a melee class, whether it’s unconscious or conscious, it’s because the phase power is returned to the body to increase defense. In that case, normal blades won’t even cut properly. How much more, to sever the hard neck bone in one blow…… And, six swords of grayish white light appeared around the body? Did the sword move freely and slaughter the sorcerer? This is something
= According to the investigator, it is believed to be a versatile defense device. =
=Did the defense device also attack? Taking the shape of a sword?=
= I am also new to this. However, according to the investigator’s investigation, it was confirmed that a metal pin was attached to the saint’s left temple, which was covered by his bangs. Most likely a pin-cell of a defense device.=
Then there’s a good chance it’s a defense-assisted magic weapon…….
=…… Dispose of anything related to this investigation.=
=Everything?=
=Yes. Somehow I don’t have a good feeling. I want to have a good relationship with him, but somehow I feel like I put the button wrong from the start. In a yard like this, it would be better not to do anything more flawed with a background investigation.=
=Isn’t it the yard that has already conducted a background investigation to some extent? Rather, it may be better to find out more, clearly understand his personal space, and build a good feeling with a sense of distance.=
Siha with her arms crossed = Saiji asked for the opinion of his lieutenant and staff member as he flicked at the glass slipper hanging on his smooth toe without any flab.
=What kind of person was the saint in your view?=
= I have never met face to face, so I feel hasty to judge, but I think he is a person who can not be caught even though he is walking the path of a seeker. Considering that he tried to offset the crime of damaging the honor of a high-ranking baron with his status, position, and connections, his intellectual ability and judgment can be seen as a level comparable to that of a staff member of the highest commanding officer level. =
=If you add the now known ability to it?=
=…….=
=As you know, Lutia Aslid is approaching the saint. Farhist’s white bear is the type to achieve his goal by any means necessary. Seeing that such a man is approaching him with a very conciliatory policy, there must be something we do not yet know.
=Lady Lutia Aslid’s approach.=
=Yes. So it’s good to approach this side with goodwill and friendly meaning. It’s not like this kind of background investigation, but it’s better to talk to the person directly and get it.=
=Then it was not a mistake to reach out to his subordinate Spirit Knight.=
= Huh? Why is that a mistake? A soul knight with no reputation or experience can earn the title of Hero Knights and act as a spirit knight. With the Wirt family as the background, the convenience of activities will be reinforced, so isn’t it a story that benefits the other side as well?
The adjutant let out a small sigh.
It is a problem that the lord is too powerful in both a good and a bad way.
If you think it is beneficial to the other person, you push forward without thinking about the face and feelings of the other person.
It’s an act that can be said to be extremely selfish from a self-perspective point of view, but so far, this act has rarely been a problem.
With the status of an 8th-class noble family and the family head of the Wirt family, he himself is the holy bone among holy bones that even the lord of the Farghist is considered one step below.
At least, his master was someone who thought of and even took care of his subordinates, so he was at this level. If he had been Dralphe, an 8th-class baron in the Far East, he would have faced a worse situation than this.
The adjutant hid those thoughts and opened his mouth.
=I read the conversation log submitted by the ladies-in-waiting. The lord must have thought it was a mutually beneficial proposal, but it could also be seen as trying to steal the knight from the saint.=
=…… Really?=
=Above all, no matter how much there is a sin, the story about the treatment of the spirit knight should have been shared with the saint. However, the lord excluded her saint and talked to her only. That could also be a problem.=
=The saint didn’t say anything at that time.=
At that time, the adjutant guessed various things about the part where the saint was silent, but to be honest, the uncertainty was too great, so I decided not to tell you as information.
So he kept his mouth shut, and Siha = Saiji put on a puzzled look at the adjutant’s actions.
Did I make a mistake again? Could it be that the indifferent mood the saint showed the next day was because of that?
Siha = Saiji, who was lost in her thoughts, sighed and gave the order again.
=Anyway, stop all investigations related to the saint and discard all reports. She wants me to talk to him directly. =
=Yes.=
=And did you say Halkone’s organization? Take care of it so the saint doesn’t mind. Leave none alive. I’ll give you the right to select one person from the Hero Knights.=
=Accept the command.=
After the adjutant stepped out with a restrained gait, Si-ha = Sai-ji stretched out her graceful legs, put them on the desk with dozens of gold coins, scooped up half-melted ice cream again, and muttered to herself.
‘The more he knows something, the more unusual he is.’
He gradually begins to have a strong feeling that he is someone who should not be turned into an enemy.
If such a man has a broken heart, what should he do to heal his heart? From what I can see, he doesn’t seem to have much of a need for material things, and he doesn’t seem to have any desire for power…….
Thought over and over again, Siha = Saiji frowned at her while biting a teaspoon with her cherry-like lips.
=A.=
It is a family custom that has been handed down so that the head of the household can make a better choice by making his own judgment, saying that unconditional following is a shortcut to ruining the family.
It was because the custom of presenting a majority vote for high-important agendas and creating a conflict of opinions was again annoying.
To put it bluntly, isn’t it a story that they will leave all the responsibility to the family head and just talk about themselves? Rather, it would have been better if, according to his first opinion, the work that tarnished his name was moderately disregarded.
=…….=
But this is an act of spitting in one’s own face as well.
Siha = Saiji, who put away the crystal cup and threw his gaze out the window where his eyes were fluttering down, struggled over and over again.
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The party spent two days climbing to the first basement floor of the labyrinth and was able to make a considerable profit during that time.
After catching Lee Hyeong-jong, it was difficult to expect to obtain the Sangsang Stone and the Spirit Stone any longer, so he turned to digging for the Spirit Stone with Hwanyeon at the forefront, because thanks to that, he was able to dig a large number of Spirit Stones in these two days.
‘The entire profit is about the amount earned from the prison labyrinth.’
It was thanks to the acquisition of the phase stone from the 5th grade low dragon on the 4th floor that he encountered on the way back.
Result: 1 level 5 phase stone, 3 level 4 phase stone, 6 level 3 phase stone, and 1 level 2 phase stone obtained from Hyungjong Lee for 18 days. There are only two Spirit Stones.
Considering that the 5th grade phase stone is traded for an average of 35 gold coins, it is about 75 gold coins if all of them are converted into gold coins.
Including 10 Spirit Stones found by Hwanyeon, 40 gold coins will be added.
Hwanyeon, who had heard of the profits she had made thanks to herself, asked while sitting on Anne’s shoulder armor.
“How much is 40 gold screens? If you listen to what people around you say, it doesn’t seem like a small amount of money.”
= It’s a lot of money. It must be difficult for ordinary people to hold even if they work their entire lives?=
“Hmm. Is this money enough to buy your equipment?”
=You don’t talk cute again.=
“…… Yo. This?”
=The armor I’m wearing doesn’t match Isilite’s, but…… In the first place, it is not for sale, and even if you can buy it, it is not worth 40 gold coins. You have to work for 30 years to buy it for 40 gold coins at cost. If you just buy it, 15 times because a lot of rare metals are included in 4 functions? Should there be that much? But why are you suddenly asking?=
“I want Isilite to be dressed in something as pretty as the armor you are wearing. … Yo. This.”
=Well, the light of Goose is definitely full of sophistication. But if you pursue beauty, your performance will drop a little, right? I should buy something with good performance rather than a pretty one.=
“Conflict!!”
=Surprised!=
Anne shrugged her shoulders at the sound of a shout in her ear, then looked back at her surprised eyes.
“Since ancient times, beauty is the truth that precedes everything! I thought that something ugly like a lump of steel plate worn by a furry animal passing by over there would suit Isilite’s pretty face…… Eup!」
= Yaya! Excuse me, what are you talking about… !=
Surprised, Anne wrapped her arms around her fang and bowed her head slightly to express her apology to the Yinlang warrior who was staring at her dissatisfiedly.
Is that why? As she tried to say something with a slightly upset expression, Hwanin took out her panel sword and breathed out her flesh to cover her mouth.
“Shut up and get out of here.”
=…… !=
Shockingly, the warrior shook her shoulder and hurriedly dragged her party toward her exit.
Isilite and Anne look back at Hwanin’s hostile reaction in surprise.
How could he, who never used harsh words against innocent or ordinary people, speak so cruelly?
Hwanin took the panel sword and said.
“The fact that Hwanyeon’s voice could be heard despite the distance meant that he was overhearing the story from this side. I can’t see you spouting nonsense because of your apology on such a topic.”
A little bit of information is also a world where money can be made. If it is the highest level of armor worn by a 6th class worker, it is a level that will be treated as information even in the shooter’s union.
Only then did the party understand Hwanin’s reaction and shook their heads.
In the meantime, Hwanyeon, who escaped by twisting her body from Anne’s hand prison, pats Anne on the bridge of her nose, pulls her upper lip, and vomits her passionate speech.
“A rice cake that looks good is also good to eat! Charm raised by beauty becomes a weapon in itself, powerful charm can wield even the will and will of the other person, and beauty that has reached the extreme can exert an enchanting effect on other races! Why don’t you know that!”
= No, it’s not like hitting someone less painfully just because they’re pretty…….=
“Imagine that there is a superb work of art in front of you. Would you think of hitting it and breaking it!”
= Does Hyungjong Lee have an eye for art? =
“That’s why transcendental beauty transcends species!”
Hwan-in, who was walking next to Anne, calmly said,
“Anne. Hwanyeon was born from the foundation of spirits. And as much as she said with her own mouth that spirits like beautiful things, she’s just putting up with her selfishness and sophistry, so there’s no need to deal with her with care.”
“Forcing and sophistry!”
“Rather than relying on the probability that Lee Hyeong-jong, whose mental world is focused on murderous intent and rage, will be seduced by his increased beauty and his attacks will be dulled by wearing equipment, it is more beneficial to increase certainty by focusing money spent on external beauty on performance. “
Combat is the way to become safer as you remove uncertainty and increase certainty.
When I pointed out that point, it was a fantasy where I secretly kept my mouth shut, as if I had nothing to say.
‘However…….’
Certainly, the aura of a swordswoman is added to Isilite’s appearance, so she looks like a goddess in a pictorial even when she’s still.
Even Hwanin wondered how much more beautiful he would become if he wore sophisticated armor there. Would she say that as her boyfriend, she wants to see her girlfriend dressed up and strong?
“…… I wonder how beautiful Isilite will become if she dresses properly.”
“Right? So, as a contributor who made the party earn 40 gold coins, I ask the party leader! I’m Isilite…….”
=Tone.=
“…… I wish Isilite had aesthetics in mind for the armor she would buy.”
“Consider.”
It may take several more months to reach the Flavian capital.
Even if you exclude the 30 gold coins for the party fund for this, if you add the proceeds from Yurpa’s production and sale of magic weapons to this profit, it will be close to 350 gold coins.
Noticing that her phantom had gone into the calculations to get her own armor, Isilite cautiously opened her mouth.
= Master. Wouldn’t it be better to invest money in improving the master’s defense and physical abilities rather than me?=
“No. On the last 5th floor, I realized that the limits of the battles I could participate in had been revealed. It is judged that the urgent priority is to increase the defense of Ishil Retainer and increase the stability of her avant-garde.”
=Ah, yes.=
“First of all, let’s set a budget of around 350 gold coins and see if we can equip full body armor accordingly.”
The current possession is only 267 gold coins. If you add the profits from this labyrinth to this, it will be about 380 coins.
Hwanin fought against a 6th-level heterogeneous species for a week, and gathered hundreds of kilograms of the hide, bones, teeth, and claws of heterogeneous species that Hwanin saw as strong or highly aggressive.
The by-products of grade 2-4 heterogeneous species are copper or silver coins at best, but the by-products of grade 5 or 6 heterogeneous species are traded in gold coins if they have characteristics.
Even if you can’t organize these things, there will be 50 gold coins left, so there will be no depletion of funds.
Arriving at the stairs leading out of the labyrinth, Hwanin looked around while applying some variables to the situation.
‘Judging from the fact that there have been no raids so far, it must be assumed that they are waiting at the labyrinth entrance.’
After thinking about it for a while, Hwanin found a suitable 2nd or 3rd class 5-person party, told the party to wait, and approached the all-female party with a panel sword.
=…….=
At Hwanin’s approach, the party leader, a Miao fighter with cheese-colored hair, tensed up her tail and swallowed her saliva.
He doesn’t have an aura, but if you see him floating around his body and spinning leisurely, he’s a powerful person who overwhelms you even if you can’t do it. In addition, the party who was there was a rare job and a 6th grade mixed job…….
‘Crazy. A first-class adventurer? Or a super explorer? Why are you coming this way? Did this side make a mistake?’
“Excuse me for a moment. I have a quick question about the outside, so please don’t be nervous.”
Hwanin looked at his opponents, who were obviously nervous, and blew a silver coin to the female fighter who was identified as the leader.
Surprised, the female fighter, who received it with both hands wearing studded gauntlets, blinked her eyes and asked cautiously.
=What, what are you curious about?=
“It looks like you just entered the labyrinth, but I would like you to tell me what the atmosphere was like in the front yard of the labyrinth.”
Labyrinth entrance situation? Why are you curious about that?
Oh, in case someone is following you……. Thinking this far, the warrior woman gave up her thoughts after taking another look at the outfits of Hwanin and his party. Because useless curiosity kills cats.
= Well, we’ve been active here for quite a while, haven’t we? When I came in, the atmosphere was the same as before. =
“For instance, did no one seem to have waited a long time for someone? Or that there is tension going around.”
= I don’t think there was……. What do you guys feel?=
= No. It was the same.=
= Didn’t it matter?=
= There was nothing different from usual…….=
Then she threw a chain over her leather armor, and a still young cat-eared girl holding an oak staff poked the leader in the back and whispered in her ear.
As she listened to her story, Yeo Tusa’s eyes opened wide, and her pupils, which had been split vertically, also widened.
=Ah, ah.=
The female fighter, who wildly swung her tail from side to side in her excitement, apologized to her girl who was beaten by her tail and told her ghost.
= Over there… My child said that about 10 days ago, the War Knights came from Helumen and killed all the people called the Halcone organization……. It’s a story I heard at the bar in front of the labyrinth, so I’m not sure.=
“Is that so. Thanks for letting me know.”
Hwanin, who bounced one more silver coin, returned to the party and said,
“It seems that what happened at the entrance reached the ears of Lord Siha. It looks like the lord has disposed of all of the Halcone family members.”
=Then there are no more problems?=
To Isilite’s question, Hwanin nodded and answered.
“I don’t think there will be any problems, but there’s nothing wrong with being careful. I will take the lead.”
「Hwanin. Can’t I ask the spirit to scout?”
At Hwan-yeon’s question hidden in his breast pocket, Hwan-in shook his head as he looked back at the long stairs to the ground.
“I was going to ask you to do some scouting, but I thought it would be difficult for that little spirit to notice the subtle atmosphere and tension of the people.”
“Well… That’s right.”
“When you go out, study about people. You will be able to give instructions to the spirits through your memory, so the more you know about people, the more complex and diverse things you will be able to do.”
If you learn more about the good and evil of people, your future life will be a little safer.
Hwanin, who came out of the labyrinth like that, felt that people’s eyes were gathering at once.
Green Que, that party.
I heard Halcone was smashed by the Knights of Hellumen for messing with those people?
For a moment…… Look at the brown-haired woman’s aura behind her!
Ugh? What is that, maybe?
Hung-seong-gung-seong, gossip gossip.
At first, he spoke about himself and the Halcone organization, but now more eyes and attention are going to Isilite.
Compared to the level of attention when the spirit master appeared, it is a trend that is clearly the center of the topic.
“…….”
Since he did not show hostility or resentment, Hwanin, who was heading towards the entrance of the village under the gaze of people, was immersed in thought for a moment, realizing that the situation was going as he had guessed.
‘I heard that swordsmanship was the job of the founder of the Wirt family.’
According to Anne’s recollections, she said that for at least a few hundred years, the profession of swordswoman never emerged. In this yard, what will happen when Isilite, awakened as a swordswoman, returns to the castle?
The Wirt family is trying to punish people for using the name Isilite carelessly.
However, the person who used the name Isilite recklessly awakened as a swordswoman like the progenitor.
Nionebreth is a world where gods exist and mysteries become reality. It wouldn’t be strange if it was considered the reincarnation of the progenitor.
‘It looks like things are going well.’
Hwanin starts calculating what variables this fact will create and how it will benefit him if he utilizes this fact.
To be honest, Hwanin did not think well of the Wirt family and Siha = Saiji.
Isilite didn’t reveal it outwardly, but Siha = Saiji’s behavior, trying to touch her own things, was beyond her eyes.
But it wasn’t to the point of being regarded as an enemy, so she tried to treat her as someone she wouldn’t see again…….
“…….”
If the other side took care of the Halcone family first, it means that they are reading all of this side’s actions. It is true that they are escorting us with good intentions, not with bad intentions.
How much will be the appropriate line, and how far will it not interfere with your future plans?
Hwanin’s head began to spin rapidly.
