Chapter 439 – 433 Akret Village
Akret Village, which arrived after a day’s drive, had the conditions to form a small town of the smallest size.
It has a population of 30,000, an excellent male-to-female ratio of 4:6, and because it is a peninsula, there are wide farmlands attached to it, and lakes surround it from east to west, so it is rich in agricultural and marine products.
The only threat is that it is a tributary of the Emmitt Jungle, but it has stretched too far out of the jungle. It is more like a forest than a jungle.
Even so, there are many beasts, and monsters and demons occasionally appear, but there is no room for argument that it is a good place to live.
It has reached 30,000, but the population continues to increase and the streetscape with 3-4 story stone buildings proves that fact.
However, when Hwanin and his party arrived at the village, they were the first to feel the troubled atmosphere.
Everywhere in the village, in places where people could gather, there was a story about war.
=I’m back, Master.=
“We are here.”
“I’m home.”
The rumors that Isilite and Hwanyeon, who went out to buy food, returned and brought out were at the level that Hwanin expected.
“The villagers seem to think that Praber and Alsop are going to war.”
= It seemed that the fact that Prabur and Alsof were going to war was already considered a fait accompli. Even if it doesn’t happen right now, it will happen someday…….=
After that, Yurpa and Anne, who went to sell magical tools, returned with Baekryeogang in a blue hooded robe dress.
= It seems that the situation is more serious than I thought. If you are on the top of the mountain on the Solite Peninsula, going down south from here, you can see the warships of Orthof and Pravor battleships fighting each other several times a day. A few days ago, Alsop’s soldiers landed on the eastern side of the peninsula, but they were driven out by Praber’s knights and soldiers who were stationed there.=
=As a result of that incident, Praber is building a military base in the southern bay of the peninsula and is deploying knights and soldiers, and Alsop has been threatening to sail several times to interfere with it, so there must be a real war.”
At the story of Anne and Yurpa, Issilite also spoke as if she remembered it belatedly.
=Come to think of it, I saw Praber soldiers while walking around the store. Looks like she’s looking for Al Sof’s spy. =
= Oops. Wasn’t it dangerous? It would have been easier for her to be suspicious because she was so pretty that she caught her attention. =
=Thanks to Hwanyeon notifying me of the coming soldier, I was able to hide and avoid it.=
The women who were exchanging stories looked back at Hwanin, who had been quiet since earlier.
What is he thinking about this situation?
“It was my advice to build a military port on the Solite Peninsula. It is a basic step to secure the safety of the strait to enter Praber Bay and to prevent the access and intervention of the Allsof side by turning it into a naval base.”
「Then, wouldn’t it be seen as a military action to further stimulate Alsop? If there is a real war because of that, more people will…….」
Regarding Baekryeogang’s concerns, Hwanin said that he didn’t care, circulating the aura again from head to toe.
“Whatever the occasion was, it didn’t matter now. Both Praver and Alsof have their egos hurt, and both sides think they deserve it.”
Things would go differently if either of them showed a stance of apologizing…….
“Ask Li Kang. Are Baek Joong-Ik or Kad-Ram a great person to bow their heads and say they made a mistake first?”
“No. If both of you are dead, you’re dead, but you’re not one to bow down to the other.”
“It is as you say. Even if I hadn’t helped, there would have been a war between Praver and Alsop. Rather than being absorbed and annexed by Alsop, Prabur would have tried to hold on to Alsof’s ankles and sink them together with a desperate struggle that he poured everything into.”
Rather, putting the pendulum of power on Praver to balance it to some extent is the way to take less damage.
“Because the balance of power between them is similar, so if we see a situation where mutually assured destruction will occur, there will naturally be a lull.”
“Ah.”
At Hwanin’s explanation, Baek Ryogang nodded, saying he understood.
The damage is less if one side is weak enough not to fight at all. If you are halfway weak, the damage will accumulate exponentially as you resist and resist.
Hwanin, who completed the cycle of aura three times and completely cleaned up the cold energy he had absorbed the third time, felt that his aura had decreased to less than 40% and stood up.
And she held Anne’s hand as she tried to trim her vegetables with Isilite.
= Huh? Why?=
“I need a spirit.”
Anne, who held her hand like her young lady, blinked at her and then blushed.
= Again? I did so much last night that less than 12 hours passed…… I’m worried that I’ll fall again if I overdo it. =
“After she made the girl’s soul into Buddhahood in Hravan, her stamina got stronger. And she can handle it, so there is no need to worry.”
Is that so? Well, it seemed that her spirit had grown stronger since then…….
Hwanin hugged Anne’s waist, her face reddened, and told her other girlfriends who looked at her with her envious face.
“It will take about an hour, so Isilite should be ready right away. Yurpa just needs to come last.”
=Yes.=
= Yes. I’ll wash my body and go!=
Walking into the room with Anne smilingheheright beside her, Hwanin forcibly ordered one of the spirits of the wild dog division standing side by side on one side of her wall, who had not yet absorbed her cold, to follow her.
Then, the spirit of a woman with black and yellow hair follows Shepard’s ears.
Hwanin, who absorbed the chill of a total of three people, one on the ship in the strait between Naruto and two on the way to Akret Village, and awakened reason, was able to increase the number of soul beads by a total of 25.
First 11, second 8, third 6.
Although the increase in soul orbs is decreasing, it is undeniable that it is easily increasing the number of soul orbs.
A situation where you don’t know if you need 192 or 288 soul beads to grow your next soul art.
You should increase it while you can.
Entering her room, Hwan-in tightly entwined Anne with her arms and kissed her passionately, just as a spider wraps its prey with thread.
=Hauuu, Doryeong is a real beast♡=
“Are you, then, a female who gets stabbed by such a beast?”
=Yeah~~♡=
Hearing the whisper of his breath in her ear, which had become a limited erogenous zone for dragonflies, Anne became a female as he said.
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Alsof’s court simcheo.
Alsop’s lord Cadram = Initiity = Alsop.
The eldest son of the lord and the lord of the small lord Kidris=EDIT=Alsof.
Strategic tactician Woosa = Haksun.
Hoatl = Dragoon 6th class double swordsman at the head of the Althof family diners.
The leader of the Nokhae Knights, Angan = Mr. Toy. 6th grade ax warrior.
Shinira = Blud. A 6th grade clairvoyant.
Six people were staring at the large crystal ball on the tea table in the pavilion in the courtyard garden decorated in an exotic style.
Inside the crystal ball, where there is not a speck of dust or a flaw, a scene of a man in black clothes and black hair wielding a spear of light fighting a skinny werewolf is playing.
Werewolves are monsters five heads taller than men, and even though they are skinny and their joints are prominent, their attacks are incredibly fast and ferocious.
Even if he is a speed-based profession, it is difficult to say that he can fight willingly.
Not only that, but every time the 50cm sharp claws cut through the air, you can clearly see the air splitting. Also, unbecoming a simple bardul, he kicks, scratches, and sometimes bites into a paint motion.
A crane-headed literary man holding a fan made from a crane’s feather and staring at the crystal ball asks the sable-headed man dressed in light leather gear.
= Sir Hoatl. Sir, can you deal with that Bardul?=
= It is possible if only the opponent is doing it. If you ask if you can win, I think the win rate is less than 40%.=
=…… If you fight a saint?=
=……….=
The sable-headed man called Hoatl did not respond recklessly and stared at the black man in the crystal ball in silence.
Just in time, the man opened fire with the spear of light and literally sliced Bardul.
The trajectory of the spear that flowed like water and wind to the point where you couldn’t even guess where it was aiming. Even considering that the light obscures the trajectory and view…….
=…… 1 minute.=
At Hoatl’s calm answer, the other four looked back at him.
The crane-headed man, Usa, asked again with a deep gaze.
=You mean you can win in one minute?=
= No. If you survive one minute, you’ve done well.=
=…….=
=…….=
A subdued silence envelops the sperm.
He is the longest and strongest among the diners staying in the Alsop family.
A person who is considered to be stronger than Angan, the leader of the Green Sea Knights, in a one-on-one battle.
The battle inside the crystal ball was reaching its climax.
The black man’s spear flashed for an instant, and then Bardul hesitantly retreated, spewing bright red blood. There were five piercing marks on his body.
Bardul’s head fell to the ground right after the flash that covered the crystal ball, and Bardul’s corpse was turned into powder while standing and disappeared.
The screen starts to light up elsewhere. A monster that resembles an octopus, but stands upright and is so large that a person looks like a fly.
The scene of the monster fighting dozens of people is being projected, but the attention of the people sitting in the pavilion has already departed from the crystal ball.
It’s the third video I’ve been watching.
Except for the man with the head of a bountiful hippopotamus sitting at the table of honor, the five of them begin to exchange stories thoughtfully.
The hippo-headed man, a little slimmer than the person sitting in the seat of honor, spoke first.
= I don’t understand. According to Praver’s propaganda, that black man is a green saint…… Is the spirit master right?=
= I agree with Kidless’s question. According to Usa-sama, that Bardul is said to have the same strength as the 7th-grade Heohyungjong. It’s not melee and mid-range combat professions where the body is strengthened, but how can a soul master with normal physical abilities do that.=
As the red-lipped woman frowned slightly at the strangely sensual exposure, Usa quietly sent her school uniform and closed her eyes in reply.
= It is not impossible. Even though you are unemployed, you and the young lord of Kydris do not know anyone who has done or can do something similar.=
= Um…….=
Hehe….=
= Moreover, the spear the saint is using is a hero-class relic, the light spear Nine Bolg that Baek Joong-ik cherished. And could you pay attention to this part?=
Usa manipulates the crystal ball to rotate the screen to show a single point. Although it is blurry, it is not difficult to recognize the shape.
= Belt and…… Is it a bracelet?=
=Gyeonmoam’s leather belt and wanryun. Also called Grimoam. The belt’s function increases the wearer’s physical strength by up to 5 times, and the wheel has the function of compensating and protecting the wearer’s mind.
=In other words, the saint has the same martial arts talent from heaven as Arel Kaedwin, the swordsman of Farhist…….=
In response to the quiet voice of Kidris, a slim hippo-headed man, Woosa gives priority to school and continues to present her opinions with calm eyes.
= Not only that. Looking at this scene……. As for this attack, I am not aware of its structure or manifestation. Do you know Captain Sinira?=
The red-haired woman shook her head as she closed the hem of her robe, feeling chills as the golden beam pierced the monster’s head.
=At first glance, it looks like a light attribute or a lightning attribute, but it is too slow to be considered a light attribute. It’s a lightning attribute, so the sound is too quiet. Besides, the body was pushed out the moment it was pierced, right? It means that it even has physical penetration, but it is a trace that does not match either light or lightning.=
=If you want to block it?=
= Light, lightning, physical We need to deploy three defenses, so if we mobilize the entire Blue Sea technique, we can block it four or five times. However, it has an effective range of at least 500m. They say a green saint rides a green quoe, right? If you shoot with that from far away in the sky, this side will be helpless.=
=If you get close, your head will fall, and if you get far away, this mysterious ray attack will fly.=
At Hoatl’s bewildered voice, the man with the hair of the Amazon otter opened his eyes and said in a begging voice.
= Isn’t it only a problem with saints? This woman here is a contemporary swordswoman who has become a hot potato in the capital city. She must have awakened in Hellumen half a year ago, but she’s already crossed the sword and handles this sword like limbs. Isn’t this woman who handles a hammer the size of her height, the High Priestess of the Order of the Land God, who is famous for her wandering holy fighter?
=These are the people who won the championship and runner-up in the Farhist Mutu competition last year. There is a story that the lord of the Farghist Castle personally invited him to join the Baekcheon Knights, but he refused.
=Anyway! Just looking at those two, it’s difficult for all of the Green Sea Knights to subdue them without damage. No, suppression is something. You can reduce the damage by doing your best to kill it. If even the saint intervenes, the leader of Sinira and the Cheonghae magic team must join forces to predict victory.
In response to the story of the leader of the Angan Nokhae Knights, who, unlike his ignorant and crude appearance, gives a serious analysis of power, Shinira, the leader of the Cheonghae Sorcery Team, Usa, a strategic tactician of the Alsop, and Kidris, the eldest son of the Alsop bloodline, shut up.
It was because all three of them easily guessed the story Angan would have put behind them.
Fighting with saints is absolutely not good, except for the point of being hostile to the soul corps.
=…… More bad news.=
The story of the eldest son of the lord, Kidris, is here again? Eyes with meaning are gathered.
=The news arrived a little while ago, but it seems fitting that the green saint has a deep relationship with the lord of Helumen.=
= Yes? Youngjoo So, what do you mean by that?=
= Lord Siha Saiji, who had no interest in men at all, conceived after several decades and is currently estimated to be 6 months pregnant. It almost coincides with the time when the green saint left Helumen.=
=…… Omg.=
=It would be correct to say that I already have a close relationship with the Prabers. Since the Holy Fighter was made a spirit knight, it is correct to assume that there is a connection with the Church of the Land God, and the great saintess of the spirit island is also keeping an eye on the saint.=
A heavy silence fell in the pavilion.
From here on out, I can’t speak carelessly. Pointing out this situation is no different from pinching the real situation of the lord.
This was all due to the fact that the current lord, Cadram Initi Alsop, tried to annex Pravor in order to swallow him and become the ruler of the northern part of Aleughel Lake.
Gathering at the pavilion was also made hastily because of the report from the Intelligence Department, that the plan of the wild dog warriors had failed, and the leaked battle scene during the victory parade that took place in Prabur.
In silence, Woosa opened her mouth.
= I’m sorry to the lord. Contrary to the public opinion of the saint as being kind and benevolent, the green saint is a belligerent enough to not shy away from battle, and appears to have a determined temper when it comes to arranging relationships if necessary. Also, if you combine your strength with the two soul knights, it is considered to exceed the strength of the knights in the mid-level city.=
Fluttering, Fluttering Hakwooseon once, Woosa continued at a tempo of fifty.
=It is considered best to ask the saintess of Yeongdo to intercede for the misunderstanding, and to pay compensation to the saint to prevent his intervention and disturbance.=
= Woosa. Are we also saying that we should bow our heads to individuals?=
As I expected Cinira to raise the eyebrows and sharply argue, Woosa answered while gently shaking Hakwooseon.
=I understand Sir Sinira’s feelings, but I would like to emphasize that if you regard the saint as a mere individual, you will only be seriously hurt.=
=…….=
=Currently, the intelligence service is trying their best to follow his traces. The only rumor that comes up every day is that his reputation is not in vain. I will ask Sir Sinira. Can an ordinary person who doesn’t know politics have a good time with the lord of Helumen and get Prabur out of trouble?=
= Relationships between men and women tend to transcend politics. You can see that Prabur’s work has returned to normal because the saint cured the lord of Pravor from madness.=
Usa, who closed her eyes and listened to the story with her schoolmates, shook her head politely.
=Master said that with a family, you should always keep the worst in mind. In addition, Praber is currently working on a new business…… The truth is that the lord of Fraver and his son are not flexible enough to conceive of such a business. I’m sure Captain Shinira knows better what this means.=
= I agree with Woosa’s story. The leader of the Pravro Sky Knights is well known for his sensitive and irritable personality suffering from paranoia. However, there are stories that people have changed 180 degrees after the saint went. He’s even been promoted to military command. In addition, the two pillars of light that soared up from Prabur……. He is by no means an ordinary person. =
Despite showing his dissatisfaction with Usa and Angan’s persuasion and criticism, Sini did not refute.
She understood the seriousness of her situation, but she only hated that Orthorp had to bow down to someone who wasn’t a spirit disciple of high spirituality or from a noble family.
The plump hippopotamus, who had been silently listening to a series of conversations with her eyes closed, opened her eyes.
= Usa. I heard your opinion. =
At the words of the lord, the audience immediately lowered their heads.
=If you do…….=
= Let’s proceed as you say. I will leave the preparation of the offering to you. Quietly dispose of everything related to the hounds, and all the plans that were being pursued in secret. Everything is due to the speculation and envy of the Praber guys.=
=I will follow the order.=
= Angan. For you to help us. Construct the defense wall of the castle called Sini in preparation for the attack of the saint. =
=According to the Lord’s command.=
=I will follow the command of the lord.=
Khadram waved his hand, sending his net out, then let the shotgun flow.
=The plan, which took a lot of time and effort, came to fruition, and I was on the verge of eating the sweet fruit. It seems that the Beast God doesn’t take care of the Alsop family.=
=The beast god said thathehelps those who help themselves. Even if I can’t achieve it in my father’s generation, don’t worry too much because I and my son will continue the cause.
=…… Okay. If taking control of all of northern Aleughel was to be done in a day or two, even our ancestors wouldn’t have made it their family business.=
With his eyes looking out into the distance, Zhuo Yin Khadram let out a long sigh again, so that the flesh of his chin went beyond three folds to four folds.
Too bad. I thought I would be able to see the unification of northern Aleughel Lake before I die…… I’m really sorry…….
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