Chapter 534 – 528 Turad Village
There were more women than expected in Turad Village. Radsea has an extreme sex ratio of 2:8 between men and women, but it is especially so here.
The fact that most of the people he sees on the roadside are women raised questions in Hwanin’s mind.
Ever since I heard how the black magicians were treated by Anne and Yurpa, I felt a sense of incongruity.
When it arrives at the village, it starts to darken in earnest.
That’s weird The black magician was said to be an achievement of the church. If the villagers escape and ask for help from a nearby city, a subjugation party will appear without knowing it.
In such a situation, the black magician is letting the village seek outside help?
It is also suspicious that the Kisagi sisters were attacked by a group of bandits on the street five days out of town.
At the time of the explanation, the thieves had released the Kisagi sisters without killing them, so they thought it was just a coincidence that they were attacked.
He was stripped of all his belongings and left naked in the prairie, but Hwanin didn’t think the situation was so bleak.
The yuppie contains 2.5 liters of milk in each breast for a total of 5 liters. And Kisagi is a rank 3 enemy magician who is familiar with combat.
If it is that much, you can move and kill beasts or beasts that will attack and use them as food, and drink water with yuffie’s milk. Furthermore, since Kisagi handles fire, it can solve problems caused by raw food.
I did, but when I saw the village, I thought differently.
The attack by the thieves was intentional, but the thieves were afraid of their lives, so it is possible that they just abandoned it rather than confronting the 3rd-class red magician head-on.
It’s strange to think that a thief, not an adventurer who accepts and fulfills a formal request from the city magistrate, would risk his life to carry out the request.
If the thief was summoned, it also matters who called it.
“…….”
And the location of Turad Village is a key point on the way from Palatum, the capital of Hethrond, to Yeongdo.
Even so, the size of the village, which seems to have barely escaped the level of a village, is strange, and the extremely small number of men is suspicious.
It is also suspicious that the villagers do not show much anxiety on the faces of the villagers even though black magicians have established themselves around the village.
However, few souls roam the village. Even that is at the level of wandering around the village with a vague sense like a normal village, and no remnants of anger or resentment can be seen.
‘The possibility that the village is cheating with the black magician…… Is there any?’
Kisagi and Yuffie weren’t lying. From one to ten, it was true and sincere. There is no possibility that the entire village is in the same league as the black magician. Some don’t know.
=…….=
= Uh…… ?=
Issilite and Anne, who are sitting in the coachman’s seat, also feel something strange in the realm of instinct, and their expressions become a little worse.
= Doryeong…….=
Anne, who turned her head to see Hwanin following her on her flight, saw him raise her index finger and put it to her mouth, and she shut her mouth.
Instead of asking questions, Anne throws her guard away and raises tension and vigilance. And Isilite, who sees it from her side and raises the blade of the same vigilance.
= This is my house… ! That house is the apostle’s house… !=
Hwanin turned around and nodded her head slightly to Yuffie, who smiled brightly as if she was relieved.
To Hwanin, the house of the apostle guided by Yuffie felt similar to the house of the village headman.
The entrance on the 1st floor connected to the front door was a hall that opened up to the ceiling on the 2nd floor. A place of about 40 pyeong that is used as a reception room, living room, meeting room, and dining room, with a long table in the shape of a 1.
There are stairs to the left and right to go up to the second floor, and next to it is a corridor leading to both wings of the first floor.
Hwanin sat at a long table in the hall and talked with the apostles and village leaders of Turad.
= Ugh. As a village apostle, thank you for saving Kisagi and Yufi. It was a yard where it was becoming difficult to protect the village due to the decrease in the number of occupations.
When the sapsaree-haired sapsaree-headed sado dog slightly bowed her head to express her gratitude, a woman with black leopard ears in a slightly exposed black leather outfit took over her words with a tired expression, touching her eyes.
= By the way. I’m sorry to say this in a situation where I received help, but…… It’s true that he’s got a lot of skills, but he’s kind of insecure because he’s even dragged a wagon and a wagon. I was wondering if I was just hitting the bush to startle the snake.
=Hey, Mrs. Yara!=
At the blatant remarks of the woman with the black leopard ear, her Kisagi jumped up with a red face and shouted. But the woman had no intention of retracting her opinion.
=Think about it. If you’re a sorcerer, depending on her efforts, you may need to cast spells and focus, but she’s strong enough to be able to use her spells. However, even if a warrior supplements her physical abilities with magical weapons, the limitations are obvious, right?
=That’s…… !=
= I’ll be honest. I’m against the black magician. Of course, since you saved Kisagi and Yufi, I will welcome you as the children’s lifesavers. But I want you to see me messing with the black magician. I just want you to rest for a few days and then go back to your destination.=
As Yara finished speaking, Doha and Turad village patrol chief Wuyin, who was sitting nearby, raised her hand and opened her mouth.
=But if you lightly defeated six eagle jackals without damage, it means that you are strong enough to be compared to the average professional. The fact that you are traveling with a group of unemployed people proves your strength. Besides, you’ve heard all about the black magician, right? However, the fact that he willingly came forward to help is a story that he believes that much.
=Before reality hits, everyone has a plausible plan.=
= Big……. I agree with Yara. If you only receive help from outsiders for important tasks in the village, you will have to live weak forever.=
= No, you have to look at reality. At the hands of that black magician, the commander of the squadron and three of the strongest patrols in the village died helplessly. It takes strength to defeat him. Shouldn’t we be grateful for their help now that we can’t ask for help from the lord?=
At the pros and cons of the retainers that followed, Kisagi looked back at the phantom, not knowing where to turn.
It is embarrassing to hear such an insulting story after coming to help without a price.
Hwanin, who had been quietly listening to the story, opened his mouth, revealing a little presence with his spirit.
“I listened to you guys.”
A quiet and reticent voice resonates in the hall with the presence, and the mouths of the people who have been talking about their opinions with Jung-gu heating are tight.
And at the words that followed, the faces of the apostles and retainers turned grim.
“It’s fortunate that your concerns that you might be the master of the dark magician are overshadowed.”
=What does that mean!!=
=No matter how much she is a benefactor of children, I cannot forgive her rude remarks!=
= No, how can you be so reckless…… !=
Despite the roaring shouts of the apostles and retainers, Hwanin did not blink an eye and continued to speak quietly.
“The point of accepting someone who is presumed to be a black magician. The fact that he did not quickly seek help from the outside for a black magician who was presumed to be at an intermediate level. The fact that only two women sent a request for help. The fact that the two people who left to file an appeal were attacked at exquisite timing. Villagers whose insecurities do not show much despite being captured by the black magician.”
Every time Hwanin raised his hand and mentioned something suspicious, the officials and the patrol commander shut their mouths and drooped their shoulders.
“If it were a cult, they would judge Turad Village as a den of evil just by looking at the parts listed above.”
Yara spoke nervously, flattening Black Panther’s ears back.
= That… Do you think that is an overreaction?
“This lady is a wandering priest of the Church of the Land God.”
Hwanin pointed at Anne as if she had been waiting.
= It’s just as our master said. I think the church will burn the village with holy fire just by mentioning the parts just listed.=
When Anne took out the certificate of the Church of the Earth God from her bosom and drew out the yellow light that was evidence of her sex art of the Church of the Earth God, the faces of her retainers turned pale and her hands began to tremble slightly.
The aged apostle stood up from his seat with a stiff face and bowed his head.
=I apologize for not being able to get to know the priest of the Church of Earth and Earth God……. But we are really innocent. Accepting him into the village and treating his wounds was an act he didn’t know he was a black magician…….=
= Oh, I’m not scolding you. Our dolyeong also said it. I mean you are not the master of the dark magician.=
In response to Anne’s calm reply, the apostles, retainers, and the patrol captain all turned their attention to the black-haired man who was the only one sitting in the seat.
I…… What is a man that the priest of the Church of the Land God follows? Besides, why is he sitting alone in his seat? What is the man’s identity? That man is also a Fleur tribe priest…… Is it? But his ears are short.
“Miss Yara.”
=Yes, yes?=
Yara, who suddenly came to her senses at Hwanin’s call, opened her ears with the ears of the black panther turned back.
“If you doubt our strength, we will end this and put an end to your concerns. So, I would like you to tell me all the stories related to him, including the labyrinth where the black magician and the wolf come out, and the story of the women he dragged away.”
= Ah… Yes. I guess… Yes.=
Without even dreaming that this request was Hwanin’s last cross-validation, Yara began to talk about Narta, the raging bastard, who came to the village covered in scars.
=Wow~?!=
Kwa Kwang, Kung!
Hehe~!!=
= Ok… !=
Kwachang! Bubbuck, kudangtang!
Twelve members of the village patrol of Turad were thrown back and hurled by Baeknyeogang’s bare-handed punches, their legs were grabbed, and their chins were beaten, spinning and flying to the ground.
Although they are warriors and fighters of the 1st and 2nd ranks, there are 4 of them, and they have received training from a former patrol leader who was an adventurer and received training for formation and formation, so they have the skills of a regular army commander.
The sight of such members being stabbed properly by a slender girl with deer antlers on her head, and the sight of being robbed by an unemployed person who was neither a professional nor an unemployed person, was a shock to the extent that the apostles and retainers’ jaws dropped.
=Queueek~!=
=Keep it!=
Watching the sight of 12 patrolmen rushing at Baekryeogang and falling out one after another, Yurupa said to Hwanin,
= What do you think? I…… It seems that the black magician accidentally obtained a high-level magic book and is growing his strength in the labyrinth.=
“I think the same way.”
According to Yara’s story, Narta, the rat-man warlock, arrived at the village, saying that he was not insignificantly wounded.
On the way, they were caught in the hands of witches and the party was destroyed, and only he survived and escaped. To doubt that, the condition of the black magician was at the level of rotting and festering wounds, so there was no suspicion.
However, the former patrol leader, who was said to have died from the curse of the black magician, went out to scout the place the black magician had told him to prepare for the odds, and found traces of a group of eight or so people being wiped out.
The former patrol leader seems to have a meticulous and delicate personality.
He did not recognize the identity of the black magician, but he felt suspicious, and insisted on roughly treating the black magician and sending him out.
The naive villagers persuaded the patrol leader to cure the black magician and save him. He said that the Beast God would punish those who were hurt mercilessly and kicked them out of the village.
The story that the person who put forward that claim was Yara, one of the village leaders.
Hwanin said calmly, thinking about Yara’s guilt and the source of her sorry towards her party.
“I don’t know if the group is really a group of black magicians or not, but it must be true that they obtained something to greatly improve their skills. The black magician must have realized that the situation in the village suited his purpose more than he thought, and would have intended to quickly disappear after finishing his practice.”
The reason why Turad Village did not develop was because it was a village on the way to Yeongdo.
In Nionebreth, long-distance travel is risking one’s life.
A sincere bachelor enough to walk a pilgrimage to Yeongdo from afar. Would such a person enjoy revelry and entertainment in a place not far from Yeongdo?
Because of this, Turad Village was a place to stay for a night or two, but it was not a place to spend a lot of money, and it was said that there was no development like this because the residents did not conduct business with pilgrims due to lack of goods.
A town that comes quietly and leaves quietly. That was the village of Turad, and the black magician, noticing the docile and naive nature of the villagers, staged a demonstration and silenced the people.
Of course, I unexpectedly sent a mutated Higher Wolf to watch it.
=In the end, the black magician’s threat demonstration was literally used to silence the villagers.=
The reason why Kisagi and Yuffie went to Hraslind was that they couldn’t stand the continuous demand for human sacrifice, but if the black magician had properly requested human sacrifice…….
「Hwanin. I found it.”
Hearing Hwan-yeon’s small voice from inside his arms, Hwan-in stopped imagining and looked around quietly.
Not only the village apostle and Yuji, but also the villagers are immersed in the event match between Baekryeogang and 12 patrolmen.
“How many?”
“Seventeen. It took me a while to go through every nook and cranny of town without missing a single blade of grass.”
“A lot. The location is also like covering the entire village.”
“Yes. As Hwanin expected, it seems that the black magician meant to completely erase the village when he left.”
Hwanin’s women, who were right next to him, hardened their complexions at the conversation between the two.
“Isilite.”
= Yes, sir. Ryogang!=
She fell down and rose again, and Baek Ryogang, who was preparing for her second fight with her patrol members, saw her once when she was called by Isilite.
[A fierce blast!]
Pung – A small whirlwind bursts, stiffening the patrol members’ movements for a moment, and then activating the body strengthening necklace as a trick of sexual art.
Aw-bubbly…… !!
=Keep!=
=Kek.= =Kkeuk!?=
= Gagging…… !=
In the blink of an eye, he knocked down all 12 people.
Flying around, knocking them down with their limbs, swinging the dragon’s tail to blow it away, grabbing the dragon’s ankle with its tail and swinging it at another patrol member…….
When the gust of wind, which lasted about five seconds, subsided, the villagers of her village, who saw her alone standing firm in her clearing, unknowingly gave her a round of applause.
= Three, my God. Were you a wizard?=
= No, he is a magician, but how is his martial arts skills so good? =
= At first, I did it while watching…….=
= Eh~. To be beaten without even touching a girl, tsk tsk.=
=You ugly bastards, what a waste of balls hanging between your crotches!=
It goes without saying that the bruises were thrown at the patrolmen who crawled on the ground like corpses.
Hwanin nodded her head to Baek Ryogang, who was running this way like a girl seeking praise, and called out to the apostles and nobles who were still standing in a daze.
“Can you follow me for a moment? I have something to check.”
=… Yes? Ah yes.=
And what I found in the place where Hwanyeon points to…….
= Oops…… !=
=Woah!=
…… It was a cursed bomb made from a human head, rotting and leaking pus and infested with maggots.
The villagers roll backwards and vomit at the head of the man who came out after carefully digging the ground.
The apostle and the patrol captain, who were watching the work from the side, also asked Hwanin with trembling eyebrows.
=What on earth is this cursed thing?!=
=…… It’s a cursed bomb created by a black magician. If you explode this, the curse planted inside will cover a certain area.=
Anne, who explained on behalf of Hwanin, examines the bomb in her head with her calm and serious face, then concentrates on her while holding out her token. Then she turned to Hwanin and asked.
=It’s not difficult to unlock this. But if you turn it off, I think it will send a signal to that black magician?=
Frightened at the word that the signal might go to the black magician, Hwanin stopped the people trying to stop him with only his eyes and asked Anne, who asked what to do.
“Do you think you can explode it remotely?”
= If you are a high-ranking black magician, it’s possible, but……. It’s hard to be sure you can’t. How does Yul look like?=
=There is a reason for remote control in all magic techniques, but most of them can only be mastered by magicians of level 5 or higher. If there is a related magic tool, it can be detonated from several kilometers away. As long as you don’t know exactly the level of the black magician, it’s not like you carelessly touch it…… How.=
According to Hwanyeon’s story, there are no monsters or undead hiding in the ground around or within the village, she said. All they have are these 17 human head bombs buried all over town.
“…….”
Hwanin, who came up with a hypothesis while receiving the eyes of people who were concerned and afraid, made a decision after calculating the possibility based on his past experiences.
“Let’s dig into the other stuff too.”
He leads the people to dig out the remaining 16 head bombs, revealing them in the air.
The 16 bombs that came out are the ones that curse the town just like the first ones found.
However, the types of curses are different, some are corrosive, some are corrupt, and some are speculated to spread disease.
= Three…… Award. When in town like this…….=
The apostles and nobles were speechless at the fact that these terrible and unclean things were buried all over the village, and began to look at Hwanin with suspicious eyes.
How did that guy figure out where the hard head bomb was buried?
Not only the people who were digging the ground, but also the villagers who were following him around with a buzz, showed anxiety and concern towards Hwanin, and Anne showed a hint of anger.
=Do you doubt our dolyeong?=
= Oh, ah… No.=
= No, what is it? It’s an eye openly suspicious of the thief. Do you know that this is very rude to the Church of the Earth God?=
= He, he…….=
Not only Anne, but Isilite’s murderous gaze makes the villagers’ faces choke.
“It happened. Go to the center of town.”
=…….=
Ignoring the reaction of the villagers, Hwanin took his cold-hearted girlfriends and returned to the central vacant lot, the place where Baeknyeogang and the patrols had a sparring.
Then, he took a scale out of her pocket, held it with both hands, and infused the deep core force filled in the pattern on his chest into both hands, and contacted the warm air and cold air to spread the spirit spell.
Doo-kung—With a vibration that makes my heart tickle, a light that obscures my vision for an instant bursts out and forms a pillar and pierces the sky.
=Huh?!=
= Huh… !=
As the villagers’ voices of bewilderment gradually relaxed and calmed down, Hwanin intuitively realized that the curse on his head bomb had been lifted.
When the light of the spiritism died down enough to be able to see the surroundings, Hwanin called his girlfriends to check the status of the head bomb.
=…… Yes. The curse has been completely lifted.=
= I don’t have magic or shamanic energy. I went back to the head of a normal corpse.=
As expected.
Recalling what had happened in Bijalux and the experience of performing a spirit spell in Prabur, Hwanin looked back on Baekryeogang and Hwanyeon’s state.
“Are you okay?”
=Yes. I don’t mind. Is it because I have a body…… ?=
“I am a bit used to it now. But all the spirits are gone…… I guess I’ll have to wait a while or go out and get some spirits to resume surveillance.”
“Do that later.”
A spirit drink that forcibly ascends the soul and blows away the spiritual deposits accumulated in the area. And the wave of tranquility that was struggling with the disastrous energy of the mixture.
He said that a head bomb is also a kind of curse, so he opened it thinking that it was worth losing money, but it was the correct answer.
After looking into his left arm and the soul prison cellar and confirming that only the 8 black jade of the Wild Dog Warriors remained, Hwanin said to the apostles and nobles who looked at him blankly or bewildered.
“Apostle.”
=Yes, yes.=
“Give instructions to the people to collect the dead bodies and bury them in a sunny place. The Doha Patrol Captain orders the crew members to lock the entrance to the village and warn the approaching black magician in case they don’t know.
= Ah… Okay. But you… You…….=
“We are on the side of the weak and good. Do you need more answers than this?”
= No, no! Yes, no! Hey guys, did you hear me?! Move now!=
Hwanin watched the nobles and villagers move about busily, half frightened and half curious, and then moved to his house with the apostle.
