Chapter 457 – 451 Elsnerfell, Jocheon City
Hwanin, who received the report of Hwanyeon, asked the spirit knights to act naturally as if they were hired escorts escorting the lady in the carriage to Yeongdo.
“The color of the hood is different and the aura is not revealed, so you wouldn’t think it was the same person over there.”
If that’s the case, you’d think that his true identity isn’t known yet, but it’s only natural that everyone would have doubts if they had the same face but a difference in aura.
Moreover, what if the target is the Soul Inquisitor’s Soul Knight?
When one of them, a 4th-class warrior, was ordered to attach and detach the aura-concealing magic tool, Aisha, who had ears folded like a Scottish Fold cat, quickly noticed Hwanin’s intentions.
=It makes no sense that there is not a single professional on the noble lady’s spiritual pilgrimage~.=
“Yes. You don’t have to say a word. Just pretend to be serious.”
=Yes~.=
With various social and combat experiences, they naturally followed the carriage as if they were escorts according to Hwanin’s detailed needs.
After tying Hwanin to the emergency carriage, he moved to the coachman’s seat, and his party proceeded along the main road toward the eastern gate.
As I entered the buffer zone between the inner wall of the high horn tree and the city center, I could see the view in front of the gateway to the city gate.
Twenty-eight heavily armed combatants. And the people who come and go through the aisles looking at them.
The knights who kill the spirits of ordinary people by their very existence are standing close to thirty and looking at them with sharp eyes, so the citizens are intimidated and are using the aisle while noticing them.
Hwanin made up his mind to see one of them, a 5th-class fighter with the head of a kestrel, was staring at him.
From the moment I got out of the city center, I was staring as if I was staring this way. Did he catch a sense of incongruity with the excellent eyesight of the repair system?
‘I can’t kill you…….’
When the battle begins, Hwanin secretly takes out the core of the light spear from his bosom with the intention of first incapacitating it by blowing off his limbs or wings. And the professions calculate the line position, the shortest attack distance and trajectory.
First of all, the opponent is also a level 5 fighter. That level alone can be said to be the city’s core force, so even if a limb is amputated, you can receive treatment or recovery from the church.
Hwanin, who was trying to enchant a middle-level spirit into his body, looked at the eight beads that looked like black dots on the back of his left arm wrapped in light that suddenly entered his eyes.
The souls of the Wild Dog Warriors women are still being maintained even after the 9-day limit on possessing soul beads has been exceeded.
On the way to Elsnerfel, the black soul orb I tested away from the vigilant spirit knight was surprisingly…….
‘It was automatically retrieved after use.’
It was not used for decrees and curses, but after being used as a soul explosion or soul arrow, it returned and turned into a marble again.
Maybe that’s why the beading time was reset.
Hwanin did not think that this would continue indefinitely. It will disappear by the time the emotions that led them to become demons weathered and faded.
Anyway, I can’t write now.
Spirit art enhanced with pattern energy is dyed golden, and others can see it.
Since the soul art written with this black soul orb has also been dyed black, it will be noticed by others as well.
Anyway, when the Hwanin, who had been imbued with intermediate spirit beads, repeatedly learned the pattern of incapacitating three level 5 and level 4 workers in 3 seconds.
Suddenly, a Kestrel-head fighter of the 5th rank blocked the carriage’s front.
The other knights did not move, only the kestrel-headed knight moved. Hwanin doesn’t act right away, but only raises the level of alert by one level.
=What are you blocking the way?=
As her phantom remained still, Isilite opened her mouth, and the kestrel and the knight on her head approached her and looked up, she said.
=You are a woman of extraordinary beauty to work as a coachman. I am said to be a bigger of Elsnerfell’s 1st class baron family, Neville. Do you have any plans to change jobs?=
=…….=
When Isilite raised her eyebrows at her sudden invitation to work, Bigger grinned as if he didn’t have to be vigilant with the kestrel’s unique dark eyes.
=The Lady of Lortoire, a 4th-class noble family in this city, is a person who cherishes and loves beautiful women. Saying that the world should be filled with beautiful people, he claims to be her sponsor, teaches manners and dignity, and finds a suitable position for her.
=…….=
= I think it is a story that benefits both you and me. If I introduce you to him, I will be able to build a network with the Lortoire family’s female lead, and you will have a great opportunity to rise in status. And in my eyes, if you put on a little makeup, you would be more beautiful than anyone else. How about =
Isilite put on a slightly troubled and perplexed expression at her Bigger’s suggestion.
I thought the owner would come forward with such a proposal, but the owner stayed silent.
Isilite couldn’t help but open her mouth, imitating the manners of her master and those of high-ranking people she had seen so far.
=I already have someone I serve with my body and mind. I appreciate the offer, but I will decline.=
At the same time, Ishilite sends a slightly resentful look to Hwanin, asking why he is still.
= Uh……. I can sense that she is determined. Please understand that I have no choice but to ask again. Do you really have no intention of changing jobs?=
=There is nothing more insulting than an invitation to a knight to abandon his native master and serve another. I am not a knight, but I serve him with a mindset comparable to that. Offer not accepted.=
= I see……. Judging by the way she spoke, she was no ordinary coachman. =
=I am on my way to Yeongdo with someone special.=
= That’s right. Please forgive my rudeness.=
Isilite nodded her head silently without answering, and she moved out of her way with an expression that the kestrel was a knight on her head.
As you pass them, you hear a conversation between a man and a woman from behind.
= Bigger. I’m telling you to stop messing around with female travelers.=
= You’re messing around! I’m just recommending a full-time job in good faith. That’s why it’s not recommended for professional women or dignified women.=
=You were soliciting, but the family protested, so you were beaten by the head of the household and took care of yourself.=
=…… Noisy. And the woman just now thought you deserved it too, so she didn’t intervene. =
= That’s true. However, looking at that party, it seems like an escort of a famous family. How could they accept such a baseless invitation…….=
= It’s done. Is there any contact from Olam Hotel?=
=Yes. Maybe a false report came in. Aziera Spirit Inquisitor and Hlod Spirit Inquisitor always use Elsnerfell when they stop by…… Even after 20 minutes have passed since the report was posted, there is no follow-up report.=
= Well, this is such a confusing political situation. Our lord is trying to exercise his political right before Prabur takes over first…….=
=I think he would be angry if he found out about the situation in Yeongdo.=
= What can I do? I was instructed to do it from above, so I had no choice but to do it. Maybe the reason why you go undercover is to avoid this kind of fuss.=
= That’s right. If it was a party where the saint joined the soul interrogator, the scale would be large, but personally, I hope they get out safely…… ?=
I feel the two of them stop talking and look back at Hwanin’s spirits.
An escort of a 4th grade professional, a large number of mounted riders who seemed to be warriors. Even a slightly luxurious-looking carriage pulled by four Que.
=…….=
=…….=
Sensing that his eyes are getting stronger, Hwanin thinks that it is too much and reaches for the core of the light spear hidden in his bosom.
I didn’t want to make a grudge relationship with bad things because they didn’t seem like bad characters.
It was then.
= Bigger! It’s a message that a group of two soul priests have appeared from the south!=
= What? Are you a member of the saint’s party!?=
=I can’t be sure, but two of the spirits were acting together, and one of them seemed to be friendly with the spirits even though he didn’t have an aura!=
=Bigger.=
=Yes. Go there right now! Everyone follow me!=
The knights, all of whom were members of the family, spread their wings and flew up in an instant, disappearing from sight. At that moment, a panda-headed man wearing a straw-colored Que came running and spoke to Hwanin in a low voice.
= It is said that it is Uv sent by the saint and the great saint. This is =
Hwanin, who still did not let go of the core in his arms, gave his gaze to Sernen, who had followed the panda-headed man, and at Sernen’s affirmation gave Isilite a signal to follow him.
Uv immediately drove Que into the eastern gate tunnel. Isilite also drove her wagon and chased after them.
Outside the eastern gate of Elsnerfell, the sunset was complete, and the sky as well as the ground were colored in golden yellow.
It is late and few people come and go, and the road going up to the north is also quiet.
“There are no pursuers yet.”
The phantasmagoric answer made the wagon speed up and start galloping along the road, and the escort knights on horseback and Ub also sped up.
In front of the wagon, which had been running silently for a while, a terrain boundary with high peaks abruptly appeared. Then, the downhill road unfolds and the world widens.
Hundreds of miles of endless plains, rivers and small lakes.
A rugged mountain range dividing the horizon in the middle.
‘Is that a mountain range where Yeongdo is located?’
As the carriage slowed down the descent, Ub, who had joined the group, came forward with Sernen, who was still wearing the aura concealment magic tool.
=Huh, now I can talk to the Holy Son.=
“…….”
Hwanin stared at the panda-headed man in silence for a moment.
Its appearance looks like it took out the main character of a Western 3D kungfu animation that I watched as a child. However, his personality and voice are, on the contrary, profound and serious.
Hwanin kept his mouth shut for a moment in a strange feeling, but Woob interpreted the silence differently and put his hand on his chest and bowed his head.
= I will formally greet you. It is said that it is Uv of the executive department who was waiting for the saint in Elsnerfell under the direction of Ninsil Anag, the great saint of Yeongdo.=
“… Nice to meet you I am Hwanin.”
Since Hwanin is sitting in the driver’s seat and he is riding Que, it is not easy to have a conversation.
The time when the sun is setting there.
Hwanin, who held out his hand and shook his hand briefly, looked around him as it was getting dark for a while and said.
“Let’s talk about the details later, after making camp. What I want to ask is how he knew we were in that place.”
=Well, it’s all thanks to this magic tool.=
What Ub took out of his arms was a mirror the size of a woman’s palm.
Ub took out a hand mirror and moved it slowly against the air. Then, the more the mirror is pointed towards the wagon, the more the mirror shines, and when it is pointed at a place other than the wagon, the light goes out.
=It is a magic tool that points to the traces of Agiera. The great saintess foresaw this situation thanks to Agiera’s return alone and Lord Hlod’s regular report, and sent me and her two soul priests ahead of time. =
‘Is that what was engraved on Gilles Baxle?’
Originally, even Ajie should have posted a communication report to Yeongdo, but when he left Yeongdo, he brought only one crystal ball for communication.
Hrod headed to her capital city and took it for her report. For Agiera, Yurpa tried to make her a communication crystal ball, but she did not have the material that matched the wavelength of the crystal ball used in her territorial island.
It was not a public line even though it was a communication crystal ball.
‘Radsea, Yeongdo, Hethrond, Beltical, and Tribal Union all use different materials. Since Elsnerfel is close to Yeongdo, they must be selling materials for the Yeongdo communication crystal ball.’
There, she tried to contact Yeongdo, but Daesungnyeo foresaw this problem and sent someone to help with the traces of Agiera gradually getting closer and the contact that did not come.
=In fact, even if I hadn’t helped, I think the saint would have gotten out of Elsnerfel without any problemshaha.=
Hwanin nodded her head and asked what he was going to do now.
=The two spirit priests who drew attention will leave their misfortune for the Ascension Heaven in the western part of Radsea after resting enough in Elsnerfell. I have to go back to Yeongdo and go back to my original job.=
“Is this your original job?”
=Yes. Inquisitors and executors back support, that’s my role.=
Hwanin nodded and looked at Sernen, who seemed to have something to say, and Sernen immediately started talking.
=This is the boundary of the Elsnerfell area. Can you see the mountain range over there on the Great Plain of Orlnaha? It is called the Ryeongim Mountains, but there is Yeongdo on the mountainside at the beginning of the range.=
“It’s an open place and the ground looks rather low, so there won’t be any problems passing by.”
= You don’t have to worry if people are chasing you. The Great Plain of Orlnaha is a place that can be seen from anywhere in Yeongdo, and can be called the front yard of Yeongdo.=
I wasn’t worried about that. Hwanin kept quiet, fearing that Sernen would feel embarrassed.
=However, moving at night is not encouraged. This is because uninvited guests may come to see the light.=
“There must be a lot of monsters.”
= It was said to be the boundary of the Elsnerfell area, but it is actually the northern border of Radsea facing the Evil Faction. Although it is close to a thousand kilometers away from the Northern Evil Faction area, since the small but constant influx of monsters…….=
“Okay.”
=Anyway, since you don’t have to worry about being chased here, how about spending the night in the area and leaving early tomorrow morning? The road is not bad and everyone has something to ride, so you should be able to reach the pilgrim’s resting place near Yeongdo in one day.=
“All right. I will follow Miss Sernen’s suggestion.”
I want to see what the evil faction’s monsters are like, but I can’t take the risk because there is a bonus in the party.
After getting off the four-lane road, the group took a flight and followed the guidance of Hwanin, who checked the terrain from the sky, and settled down in a small basin not far from the lake.
The land is also higher than the plains, and three sides rise like craters, so even if you make a fire, you cannot see it from below, and the other side of the plains is blocked by mountains and peaks.
There may be a member of the Elsnerfel family patrolling the sky at night, but since it is adjacent to the Great Plain of Ornaha, even if they find it, they will not be able to use their hands.
The sunset sets and night comes.
Isilite and Yurpa prepared a meal, and Anne went to draw water into the lake with the spirit knights who had recovered their aura.
Aziera got out of her wagon and greeted her with a smile, holding hands with her woob.
Agiera with a face without a single wrinkle. Ub shows her respectful attitude toward her.
“…….”
Hwan-in, who confirmed that, withdrew his last doubts. Of course, the vigilance towards the first person is the same.
Sernen brought five necklaces and politely returned them to Hwanin.
= Saint Hwanin. Concealment magic tools have been collected.=
“Sorry for making you write this.”
= No. If it wasn’t for the cunning and quick response of Holy Son Hwanin, I would have been forced to stay in the lord’s castle by now.
I don’t even have to call it a plan. Hwanin nodded his head after reading that Sernen’s expression was bright and there was no embellishment or lies.
The bright complexion must have come as far as the house can be seen.
Sernen went back to Agiera, who had a conversation with Uv, and Hwanin, who had nothing to do for a while, fell off the carriage and looked up at the night sky where the stars twinkled like stars reflected on the surface of the water.
The night sky is so full of stardust that you cannot even see it from the depths of the forest on Earth.
As I was looking up at it for a while, Bisang approached me and rubbed my head against Hwanin’s side.
Kyuwoo. Quit.
Hwanin opened his soul’s vision at the story of the flight and looked back at the southern sky.
It’s not the black sky where night comes, but I can see things as small as mayflies flying in the light gray sky as if I’m wearing gray night vision goggles.
‘They must be members of Elsnerfel. Did they figure out the location by lighting a fire?’
After a while, they disappeared to the south, and the night sky was again filled with starlight.
The clatter, the small noise of preparing meals and the small conversations of people who calm the mind. And even the spicy yet sweet smell of food that stimulates hunger.
Hwanin, who was about to go back, stopped trying to turn his body at the voiceheheard in his arms.
「Hwanin. There’s a mole-like monster in the ground 380m to the northwest. Pretty big It’s about an emergency.”
Hwanin walked towards it and scanned the ground. It wasn’t difficult to find the place Hwanyeon spoke of. His attention wasn’t loose enough to miss the sense of incongruity in the slightest movement of the ground.
“…….”
Hwanin, who was about to stick out his finger, took out his scale and took out a black soul orb and loaded it with a soul arrow.
「Uh~. That makes me feel bad.”
Is it because people are far away and in the middle of Mother Nature? In the inside pocket, Hwanyeon whines in a slightly cheered up voice.
“Bad in some way.”
“It’s very dirty and smells like filth. If you get hit by that, it looks like it will rot and rot.”
“Is it because it is the spirit of an evil spirit, so it sprays an unclean effect?”
A mole monster that stopped moving as if it had caught itself as a target. Hwanin held out his scale and shot a black soul arrow.
Hiss—
The black soul arrow that flew with the sound of a snake crying disappeared into the ground as if it permeated, and after about 10 seconds, a small black smoke-like mass gathered right in front of it and became a bead and permeated Hwanin’s left arm.
“Yes. His head was pierced and he died.”
Hwanin nodded and turned around to look at Ajiera, who was approaching nearby.
Agiera calls him with a worried face.
= Saint Hwanin…….=
“Yes, please.”
=…… No. It’s what the light of dawn does, so I’m not interfering.=
Hwanin stood side by side with Agiera and asked as they returned to the camp.
“Are you concerned about my handling of the Black Soul?”
= The evil spirit…… It only deals damage to living beings. I can’t even guess how Saint Hwanin treats the soul by turning it into beads, but I’m worried that the evil spirits will damage him…….=
Thinking that it would be better to show it directly than to add words like this, Hwanin summoned her lower earth spirits from around her and spread her message to her.
= Ah…… ?=
“I do not deal with the soul. It just borrows a little bit of power from the soul. And I think the reason the souls of the wild dog warriors came to me in beads was to help with my sexual misfortune and wash away the sins I committed on earth.”
= Ah……. Atonement…….=
As he nodded his head slightly, Hwanin looked at his softly flowing purple hair and whispered a tempting whisper as he gently touched it that flowed down his shoulder.
“If you’re really worried, why don’t you give me a six o’clock tonight to purify my turbid energy. A few days have passed since that day, so you should be feeling better.”
As her fanciful hand covers her belly, Agiera’s face turns red enough to be seen even in the middle of the night.
“Lothario.”
Hwanin ignored the faint sound coming from inside her arms and smiled at the shy Agiera.
