Chapter 412 – 406 Linden Village
The deputy commander of the Expeditionary Force of the Sky Knights, Miro = Radha, a 1st-class baron who inherited the blood of a magpie, arrived at Linden Village with his subordinates a few days ago, following the orders of Baek Jung-gang, who had been officially appointed as the lord’s deputy.
Before leading the troops on an expedition, Miro = Radha was summoned in turn to Baek Jung-gang, the lord (Jin), and military commander Baek Chi-ryeong, who became second in the ranks of Praber, and received advice that was tantamount to a warning.
Never be rude or arrogant towards the Holy Son and his companions.
Even if there was no particular warning, I had no intention of treating the green saint of Miro = Radha carelessly.
That’s also true, because all those who were badly involved with the saint died or were disgraced.
Alkan = Dram, the head of the Communications Revision and Management Department. A single-seung 1st-class baron like himself was demoted to commoners with his position and property confiscated because he did not properly take care of his subordinate, a relative and nephew who was a second-class baron family, and caused trouble to the saint.
The nephew, who did not recognize the saint and shuddered, was beheaded as he was imprisoned, and his family line was also demoted by one rank, and the military commander Baek Chi-ryeong, who could be said to be the holy bone of Prabur, was once stripped of his status, but was forgiven by the saint. Just got reinstated
There are a lot of precedents like this, but how can we go against the saint’s displeasure without going crazy?
Even so, she had never met the Hwanin directly, and she was on a mission at Lake Aleugel when the Hwanin spread the light pillars of tranquility twice, and unconsciously thought of the saint as just a spiritual person with a high social status.
A Spirit Knight with no fighting abilities, with a Soul Knight powerful enough to slay hundreds of synthetic monsters.
I have to be careful, but he’s just a guy. Maze = Radha…….
Kwagwagwang!!
While flying in the sky and discussing future measures for the disaster that struck Linden Village with his lieutenant, he was stunned by the explosion.
=… What is that An invisible projectile explosion? How do you avoid it?=
…… Koo Goo Goo Palace…… !!!
=Yeah, without a chant?!=
=…… Mr Miro. That blasting technique is similar in power to Yellow Sorcerer’s 7th-class magic, Earth Eruption…….=
=…….=
=…….=
Not even a speck of disrespect for the saint remained in her mind, even in her unconscious mind, after learning the two blasting techniques.
=Mi, Mr. Miro. Wouldn’t it be nice to go to the place where the saint seems to have woken up and say hello?
=… Let’s go.=
Landing in front of Hwanin like that, Miro = Radha and her lieutenant knelt down on one knee with a disciplined attitude like a trainee in front of a division commander.
=This is Miro Radha, the deputy commander of the Sky Knights Expedition Corps, who received the dispatch order from the deputy lord Baek Joong-gang, who took seriously the report from the Yurpa Spirit Knight. It is an honor for the family to have the opportunity to receive the noble person so close.
“Nice to meet you. I am Hwanin.”
=I’m sorry I couldn’t post a greeting right away when I first arrived. I heard she was unwell. Are you okay? If you are still uncomfortable with this…….=
Maze = What Radha politely held out with her two hands was a high-quality vitality potion that was given only to her lieutenant-captain level, one bottle each year.
It’s the best quality among high-end items, and if you use it carelessly, it’s worth 10 gold coins per bottle, so if you use it carelessly, you’ll get a fatal red letter written on your personnel evaluation.
Hwanin read it too, but took back the brilliant purple potion and responded with a gesture to stand up.
“It’s fine now, so you don’t have to worry about it.”
Rather…….
Hwanin, who was staring at the black winged female knight with stiff black hair like a recruit, removed the soul arrow from his palm and asked a question.
“I heard that Captain Radha arrived two days ago. What do you think of this situation?”
= Yes? Uh, after arriving at the village and checking the synthetic monster, I called out my fast-winged subordinates to check the safety of the nearby villages and villages first.=
As a result, they found that two villages and one small village adjacent to the East Rowings Jungle were in ruins like the village of Linden here.
Scenes that seem to have encroached slowly without much fuss, then burst in and kidnapped everyone at once.
Miro = Radha, who realized that the seriousness of the situation was more than expected, immediately reported to Baekjunggang in Prabur, while mobilizing his unit’s Hwang Sorcerer to conduct an underground investigation from the surroundings of Linden Village…….
= We have confirmed that a small-town anthill has been established underground in this area. After discussing with Pravor’s main unit, we came to the conclusion that Bardul, a fusion insect type from the Roatings jungle, was corrupted and came out of the jungle.=
“That’s right. You worked hard.”
=Oh, no.=
Hwanin felt that the result he had drawn was a bit inconsistent, but he continued to ask questions to confirm it.
“I’m curious, what was the population of the two villages and small villages that were annihilated?”
=I’m not sure about the village side, but the number of households in the two places is less than 60, so I think there are 800 people including the small village.=
“Including the village of Linden, the number is about a thousand or so.”
=Yes. It is similar to the number of synthetic monsters defeated by the saint and the spirit knights.=
Miro = Radha, who read what Hwanin wanted to say, seemed to have somehow surpassed the saint’s judgment and analytical skills, so he expressed his opinion, which he put forward with his adjutant.
=The saint’s soul knights defeated nearly a thousand monsters, but due to the nature of the place resembling an ant’s nest, there may be more monsters lurking underground. The problem is that the main battlefield for me and my second generation is the sky. Because it is a unit that uses power mainly with mobility, it has to endure a considerable disadvantage in order to fight underground battles.=
Talking maze = Seeing Hwan-in, who was rad, moving towards the entrance of the ant burrow, which can also be seen here, he continued to follow him.
=Honestly, the current situation is not good, so I’m thinking of requesting reinforcements specialized for ground warfare…….=
“Three villages and one small village, we’ve slain monsters with a similar number to their population, but Lieutenant Radha believes there will be more enemies.”
Miro=Radha, who was about to ask what he thought of the request for reinforcements, replied with a uhhhhh.
=If you think there is no entry and encounter an unexpected enemy, it’s just dangerous, right?=
Upon arriving at the entrance of the ant den, where the surroundings are neatly organized and exposed, the three soldiers and the knight of the join tribe who were guarding the place salute toward the maze = Radha.
“Those assumptions are important, but it’s also important to narrow things down a bit and make inferences about who’s going to come out. For example…….”
Hwanin picked a few of the explanations Miro = Radha gave.
“The corrupted Bardul came from the Roatings Jungle. And he raided and kidnapped people and turned them into monsters. Those who turned into monsters were between 2nd and 4th degree heteromorphs in strength, and they attacked our party on a rainy night. Can’t you feel something here?”
= Uh…… Umm…….=
Miro=Radha thought about it, then looked back at his adjutant and carefully talked to Hwanin.
= I don’t know. The corrupt Bardul is clever and his intelligence is outstanding, so it would only be natural for him to command his men to attack…….=
Are there any other reasons for this?
The maze answered that he was not sure. To Radha, Hwanin spoke quietly while staring at the entrance of the ant’s den, as if the dark darkness had opened its mouth.
“It is certain that once corrupted, Bardul can turn living things into monsters. Could such a guy ever get out of the Roatings jungle alone? There must be more strong creatures than people in the jungle.”
=…… !=
“The person who became a monster has an average level 3 strength, but what if you turned a beast that lives in the jungle into a monster? What would happen if you transformed a monster or a monster into a monster instead of a beast? “
Hwanin’s women, maze = Radha and her lieutenant, and the expressions of the knights and soldiers who happened to hear the story next to them slowly harden.
= There must have been workers in villages and villages. If those professions turned into monsters…….=
Miro = Radha’s face became serious at Anne’s muttering.
“For now, to summarize the situation, the corrupted Bardul must be wary of this side with his unique intellect and cunning brain. His inactivity for two days supports that fact.”
=Because the spirit knights and my men are everywhere……. Then, a thousand monsters can’t be.=
“The monsters our party defeated must have been mere pawns.”
=…….=
I bowed to Hwanin who rubbed his eyebrows as if he was in trouble.
= Excuse me. I need to contact the main unit right now and ask for reinforcements.=
Fluttering, the magpie’s black wings spread and soared, the unit commander quickly flew to the garrison prepared outside the village.
Hwanin, who returned to the earthen house with her female friends, also warned her female friends to be careful.
“You’d better think that Bardul will move slowly now. If there is a monster attacking him, he can make stronger and more diverse attacks than the monsters he fought two days ago, so he should be careful…….”
After thinking for a while, Hwanin took out a map and checked the geography of the surroundings.
I don’t know what the monster looks like, and I still don’t understand its habits, but it’s current location is surrounded by the Roarings jungle to the west and northeast.
To the south from here comes meadows, rolling hills and some mountainous terrain. Of course, at least seven villages and villages.
‘I can’t be sure, but Bardul probably intended to use this as a base to call in his family.’
If villages and villages were swallowed up one after another, it could increase to 10,000 or even 100,000 instead of 1,000.
At that point, the town wasn’t a problem. It is unknown how much Bardul’s dominance is, but if he can command tens of thousands, the city could be wiped out.
In a way, finding out the existence of Bardul now can be said to be heavenly luck for Prabur.
Hwan-in, who solved lunch with the meal prepared by Isilite and Yurpa, asked Hwan-yeon to do one thing before proceeding with the test of the soul arrow and the necromancy.
“Why did you call me?”
“Did you ask me to come?”
“Tell me why you called! Hurry!”
The small earthen house is noisy with intermediate spirits of grass, light, wind, earth, and water who have come to the call of fantasy.
Hwanin asked those spirits. Can I turn you into a soul orb?
Of course, I didn’t say that outright. I need your help, so why don’t you take a short trip with me. I was coaxed into saying that fun would be guaranteed.
Since I couldn’t communicate with the lower level spirits, I just grabbed whatever I could find and made them into marbles, but it’s difficult to act against a middle level spirit who is not even a spiritist and can have a conversation and can do complicated thinking.
You can tell just by looking at the attitude of the mid-level wind spirit who clings to Bi-sang all day.
It is said that angering high-level spirits is no different from angering nature, so you should not do anything you dislike.
“If it’s not fun, I’ll let you go. I promise I won’t do anything you don’t like.”
“Oh, I know this person. This is the person the kids below said they would die for having fun.~.”
“Ah. This inggan is that ingan?”
“Certainly, it looks more interesting than the others.”
The fighting spirits, who are not very interested in the story of the water spirit, who looks mild with slightly drooping eyes, also show a little curiosity.
「It will be fun~. I like it~.”
“Thank you.”
The first thing Hwanin agreed to was placed the water spirit on the palm of his hand and lightly sprinkled the powdered water spirit stone on the little head.
“This is a gift from me because you were the first and the first to step forward.”
「Kya~. Ha~.”
Then, the water spirit covered her head with both hands and trembled like a girl who had eaten delicious food.
With that gesture, the smell of fresh water spreads around.
“Uh! Hey Ingan! I want to do it too! Nadu powder is sprinkled!」
“Me too! Me too!”
“The water spirit came first and sprinkled it specially.”
Hwanin gently smiled and comforted the six spirits clinging to his arms, but it didn’t work.
“So why don’t you spray it on us?”
“…… I wasn’t planning on spraying it normally, but.”
When Hwanin said that you were the first intermediate level spirits to approach him and that he was specially sprinkling them to celebrate this monumental moment, most of the spirits expressed their joy and liked the words ‘first’, ‘special’, and ‘congratulation’.
Hwanin’s eyes light up as they look at the spirits they like and rejoice when they are hit with the powder that suits their attributes.
‘Is the mental age of an intermediate level spirit about a first year in middle school?’
Compared to low-level spirits who were about five or six years old, it can be said that they are more mature, but in Hwanin’s eyes, they are still children.
Hwanin, who waited for him to enjoy the afterglow of the spirit stone, made all seven spirits into soul beads and held them in his hand.
Its shape is slightly larger than that of a lower spirit orb. There is no problem with the soul orb, since there is little to do with holding it in your hand anyway.
When you handle an intermediate spirit marble with one hand, a joyful laugh flows from the marble.
‘Are their likes and dislikes similar to those of lower spirits? I’ve confirmed that everyone likes it, so from now on I can make it straight out of spirit beads.’
The duration of soul orbs is now 192 hours, 8 days.
If it’s long, it’s long, if it’s short, it’s a short time, but intermediate spirits aren’t very noticeable, so you’ll have to use them only for necromancy for a while.
Hwanin looked at the soul beads made of middle-class spirits for a while, and then, hoo, relaxed his body moderately.
Even with the same code, the number of people’s souls, beasts and monsters’ souls, and spirits are different.
Here, the human soul has conditions and problems in the Code, so it is excluded. Even if the burden is the same level, the Spirit Code is more severe than the Spirit Code.
If the lower spirit code increases the physical ability by about 2 times, then the lower spirit code increases about 1.5 times.
At first, he was a Hwanin who barely endured the low-level spirit Gangryeong (x2 times), but now he is a 6th-class heterogeneous species in the tyrant dragon’s labyrinth… He is a Hwanin who has trained his soul by persistently commanding upper-middle-level (x2.5 times) souls in terms of soul level.
And now, the effect of the Intermediate Spirit’s guess was tripled.
After moderately adding and subtracting the tension, Hwanin forced an intermediate level spirit into his body.
As it was originally, from the moment it was enforced, its heartbeat became stronger, its physical abilities greatly increased, and the load on its body also increased.
“…… ?”
But now it’s okay. It is more peaceful than when the lower spirits were commanded.
Her heartbeat was also the same as usual, so she wondered if something was wrong, but when she was handed Anne’s weapon, the Hammer of Punishment, she knew what had happened.
= Huh. My hammer weighs 22.3 kg. The center of gravity is also concentrated on the hammer head…….=
=Master, you are very strong.=
Hwanin was lifting the hammer of punishment while holding onto its handle.
Muscles may be ruptured if an ordinary person forcibly lifts a hammer weighing more than 20kg with one hand. However, Hwanin’s forearm is just a little sore.
But it only lifts It is impossible to wield.
“Intermediate level spirits seem to raise physical abilities by about three times as expected.”
After returning the hammer and sparring with Anne, I was able to learn more about how the decree effect had changed.
“It just got stronger. If you start using phase power, you will be pushed back.”
Even so, it’s important to note that if you use all of her Grimoam’s belts and her body-enhancing collars in her Intermediate Command, you can compete with her in a power contest.
Anne’s strength can be said to be the best among her peers, so it means that she can work with other professions, and it means that she can use the method of receiving and shedding enemy attacks instead of avoiding them unconditionally.
Satisfied with the fact that another path had been opened for defense, Hwanin went on to the next confirmation procedure.
“The stronger her powers are used, the faster her heart beats and the higher her physical abilities. It seems to increase up to four times.”
= Then, if she doesn’t use her strength, her stamina will be stored. =
Hwanin nodded her head at the story of Isilite, who was watching next to her.
Previously, regardless of using strength, the heart rate was increased by 10-50% depending on the level of the soul orb, and the health and energy consumption were fixed. But now, if you don’t use your strength, you can conserve your stamina.
Unsure if this was because he commanded a middle-level spirit or because his own ability had grown, Hwanin released the middle-level spirit that had been assigned to his body, then tried to seduce a lower-level spirit and nodded her head.
“The Code itself has changed.”
After that, Isilite and Anne were called in and tried to unfold the middle-level spirit program that inspired the power of the pattern.
After injecting 5% of the power of the pattern into an intermediate spirit bead, 5%, which is the minimum value for a full-scale effect, one bead began to swirl with golden and blue light, while the other bead began to swirl with golden and brown light.
Hwanin, who gave them to Isilite and Anne, respectively, asked them, who were covered in blue and brown, respectively.
“How are you?”
= It’s definitely more comfortable to change. It’s simple and easy to draw power, and it’s less burdensome on the body.=
=When I put the power of the pattern into the lower spirit beads in Prabur, my physical ability increased by about 2.3 times…… I think it’s about 3.9 times this time.=
=Does it increase by 5.2 times if you command with a higher level spirit?=
=Wouldn’t it be?=
“How is your body? Do you feel that your body is overloaded or that your soul is expanding?”
=…… It seems that only the resistance to water attacks has increased, like when I received the lower class. There is nothing uncomfortable or annoying about the body.=
=Me too.=
After exchanging stories about their physical condition, Hwanin went outside and looked at his girlfriends who were starting to fight and put their thoughts together.
‘The existing ability has definitely grown, but the additional ability has not been manifested.’
Did you simply improve your abilities? Then, what the hell were those huge eyes, planets, and cosmic waters he saw?
No, it is an ability that has discovered and uncovered all of its own soul arts. He may not yet have discovered his new ability…….
Continuing his thoughts, Hwan-in caught the waist of Hwan-yeon, who was sitting on Yurpa’s shoulder and watched Issilite and Anne’s sparring.
「Hwanin! Enemy! The enemy is crawling out of the ant nest!”
“What is the location and number of enemies?”
“It’s still underground, but it’s just spreading everywhere! I don’t know where to go!」
“Did you pay attention to yourself?”
But that prudence turned into a handshake.
Bardul’s victory would have been certain if Hwanin had moved during the two days when he was down, but giving them two days rather made them stronger.
Seeing that the sky knights also sensed the enemy’s movement and flew high into the sky, Hwanin gave instructions to his girlfriends.
“Go up into the sky on the Yurpado flying broom. Follow Baeknyeogang and Hwanyeondo. Isilite and Anne follow me.”
Hwan-in, who was playing in the sky by blowing a beep and whistle, called for an emergency, and took Issilite and Anne, who were fully prepared for battle, and ran toward the garrison where Miro = Radha was located.
