Chapter 669 – 662 Canyon City Nirain
A few hours before the invasion of the Evil Faction army.
The surroundings of the canyon city of Nirain are desolate. If you imagine a wilderness where vines roll around in an American western movie, where the color of the ground changes to red, and a landscape with irritable rocky mountains standing around it, it fits perfectly.
Yes. The terrain surrounding the canyon city of Nirain is a terrain environment that cannot be self-sufficient.
Water resources are poor and needy, so the land is very barren. Farming is, of course, difficult, and the livestock industry helps a little with the food situation imported from outside.
Grain and food depend on external imports, and many commodities are also imported.
Even so, the city with a population approaching 100,000 was alive and moving.
It was all due to and thanks to the invasion of the Evil Faction.
How much does a population of 100,000 consume in a day? On top of that, battles that could be classified as wars take place several times a year, so the consumption of weapons and armor is enormous.
Inevitably, goods circulate without rest, and the driving force behind such circulation, whether good or bad, is evil faction.
The reason was that most of the creatures in this world became resources after the magical treatment was installed.
“And. Is this an evil faction race viscera? It seems that this is also money.”
“It’s a long term.”
“Huh. It’s like an upper warehouse, but it’s sorted out the intestines pickled in some kind of liquid in glass cylinders, and piled them up individually. The hair is pickled and there are genitals too?”
“That’s enough to say it’s a flagship product.”
“Looking at the chain necklace around his neck, it looks like it’s an evil faction that took him captive and made him a slave.”
Is it different world to collect and sell the organ tissues of killed evil factions or the parts used for magic and secret arts, or to turn the captured evil factions into slaves to make a profit?
The corpses of the Evil Faction faction are standardly used as materials for armor and weapons, and are also used as synthetic additives for building materials. In addition, toxic blood and flesh are also detoxified, purified, and ground. It is also used as fodder for
The corpses of high-ranking monsters or high-level intelligences have a lot of parts that can be made money, so they sell them to the outside world and exchange them for food and daily necessities and bring them to the city.
Such food and daily necessities are used to feed the city, raise and clothe the citizens, and the citizens who have grown up in this way become soldiers, arm themselves, and are mobilized and consumed in wars with evil factions.
A cycle was established over a long period of time.
Anyway.
The aorta of such a knee line is of intermediate distance. Materials and goods brought in from the outside are all gathered once on the middle street and then scattered to the upper and lower streets.
If you divide the city into three categories, middle-class streets occupy half of the city, lower streets, which are slums and Harlem areas, take up two-thirds of the half, upper streets and the lord’s castle occupy the rest, and so on.
At such mid-range distances, of course, huge interests are in motion.
70% of the interest is held by the castle, and the remaining 30% is shared by more than 40 mercenaries and 20 merchant companies in the city, building a complex ecosystem.
What to say
The second son of the deputy lord, Wu Fei=Hamiltoner=Nilein, competently led one of the 4 guilds under the jurisdiction of the lord castle with three aides.
But people aren’t perfect. One of Wu Fei’s aides has stepped deep into the cesspit of commercial and power struggles, engaging in embezzlement and bribery.
The traces of the annihilated merchant corps that Hwanin and his party encountered on the road were the result of such a dirty and sloppy muddy fight.
A spacious and elegant dining room, and a banquet table that can seat 20 people.
On one side of a table with a side of an elongated rectangle measuring 15 m, Shirin=Luntio=Nirain, a Flavian noblewoman of Yissang-wing, a widow and hostess of Nirain, with her three children, and her second wife, lord’s agent, Yam=Hemilnia=Nirain and her. Has five children of
Shirin = Runtio and Yam = Hemilnia, sitting side by side in the center of the table. Hwanin sat across from the two of them.
Hwanin is the only one seated in the row, but across from him are 10 members of the Yeongju family sitting side by side, creating a strange contrast.
The luncheon consisted of a course meal prepared with the utmost care by a chef comparable to Isilite.
The splendid food, made from land, sea and air, is divided into one or two bite-sized portions and is constantly flown by the serving maids.
The lord’s family showed off their heavily armed dining manners in accordance with the manners of Heathrond nobles, while glancing at the man eating alone with a calm expression on the other side.
The usual table etiquette in Hethrond is three forks, three knives, two spoons plus a dessert spoon, fork, knife, and a butter knife.
However, Hwanin only used two forks, two knives, two spoons, and a dessert fork.
Nevertheless, it is a very neat and tidy movement, far from looking messy or unattractive by using a small number of tableware.
The family members of the lord’s family, who have learned manners for a long time, also wondered, “Is Seongjae from a noble family?” ?’ And thoughts such as ‘I use less tableware, so I look calmer.’
In fact, I don’t know what to use, so I just wrote it in a comfortable way, but anyway.
=Do you like the meal, Seongje-nim?=
Shirin=Rentio, a gentle lady with a soft and kind voice, asked while drawing an arc with her butter-colored eyebrows.
“Excellent workmanship. Isilite, my soul knight, also prides itself on being a master of homemade cooking, and I haven’t seen a few cooks who are crazy about it, but I’ll have to add one to that number today.”
= That’s a great compliment. In addition, I want to see his skill.=
“Her specialty is buffet-style cooking, not course-style, so what about the lady?”
= Buffet… That’s the way I’ve only heard of it. I really want to experience it once.=
Sheerin = Runtio, a looker in her mid-twenties, smiles gently stretching the corners of her eyes.
There is no sign of pretense or hypocrisy, and it feels like a woman who grew up in a hothouse untainted and precious.
Maybe that’s why Yam-Hemilnia is also friendly with her. Seeing her sitting next to her and taking care of her things from the time of her meal, it is not between her second wife and her main wife, but rather like her older sister-her younger sister.
Hwanin’s eyes briefly scan the men and women of all ages on the other side.
All of the children’s personalities are not angular, and the family atmosphere is okay. Looking at the reaction to the lord’s family, which can be felt from the attitude of the maids serving the food, that point is certain.
If the balance of power is biased and a child with strong power discriminates against other children, such feedback will implied in the attitude of the maids.
However, all the maids are working diligently to take care of the family’s meals.
At that time, the youngest, Shirin = Ran Tio’s daughter, a short twin-winged girl of about 12 years old, opened her mouth a little timidly with her face with a blush on her cheeks.
= I… Seongje? Can I ask you one thing… ?=
“Yes. Feel free to ask.”
= Thank you… I heard a rumor that the Spiritual Bible appeared in the Celestial Ritual in Palatum this time. Really… Was it… ?=
= Stupid How many times do I have to tell you that all of that was done by people?=
A handsome boy of about 16 sitting next to her scolds such a beautiful girl. Then, as if the beautiful girl was unfair, she raised the corners of her eyes and protested a little.
= But… All the people at the upper ranks said that the Spiritual Bible appeared.=
= If it really appeared, then the Spiritual Bible appeared in the capital city. It’s a huge topic, but I wonder if rumors will spread through gossip like now. In addition, the merchants must have run to Yam’s mother first and inform them. Is not it? Don’t disturb Seongje-nim’s meal with strange things.=
= Seeing…=
Hwanin said with a faint smile as he pouted his lips as if he was unfair.
“It is true that the Spiritual Bible appeared in Palatum.”
= Huh? Really?=
=… ?!=
Shirin=Rentio, as well as the other children who had been quietly listening to the story, widen their eyes.
“Perhaps the rare story is spreading because at the time of the appearance of the Spiritual Bible, Hyungjong Lee was in an emergency that covered the sky with the backflow of the labyrinth. It was because the accident that had occurred was not good enough to make her a topic of conversation because she was just surprised by the appearance of the Spirit Bible.”
When I said that there were not too many real witnesses because the citizen was hiding from the heterogeneous species, some nodded her head saying yes, and the beautiful girl who was beaten by her brother said look at that and held her brother’s side at her. Poke it with your elbow.
= Oh yes. Sorry. I was wrong.=
=Heheung.=
With that, the awkward atmosphere was relieved a little, and the number of children carefully asking Hwanin questions increased.
In a somewhat ventilated atmosphere, Shirin = Runtio smiles and Yam = Hemilnia takes a napkin and wipes her mouth with an expressionless expression, but she doesn’t seem to be in a bad mood either.
Since she is the only Lukerang among nine Flavius tribes, it is a bit protruding, but the reason why the scene is not awkward is probably because of the characteristics of Lukerang women during childbirth.
After such a conversation, it is preparation time for the serving of desserts to begin.
Wufei, the second son of Yam = Hemilnia, who had not said a word with a dark expression all along, got up from his seat and bowed deeply toward Hwanin.
= I’m sorry. I have no shame in raising my face in front of Seongjenim.=
“What are you talking about?”
= Mixed… I am speaking about neglecting the occurrence of…=
“You believe in the truth of my story, which is only my assertion.”
The conversation that had been going on and off suddenly cut off, and only the conversation between Hwanin and Wufei goes back and forth over the dinner table.
= Through last night’s investigation, it was revealed that Lerungen had colluded with the Pusuk Merchant Merchant and two mercenaries on the middle street to raid and annihilate the large ascending merchantmen of the Osum Merchant. The Pusuk Merchants and the Osum Merchant Merchants have been in an enmity relationship since before…=
The story of the story that Osum, the owner of the Osum Merchant, committed suicide in his office a few days ago, and the Merchant was disintegrated and distributed to other merchants and mercenaries that caused damage.
=… In the process, it is not strange to say that the top of Osum changed into a mixture and stuck to Lerungen. His family was also sold as slaves. Moreover, the person who said those words is the only holy priest in the long history of Nionebreth.
After saying that, Wufei lowered her eyes with a self-congratulatory expression.
=It is devastating to show you the process of creating the mixture in front of Seongjenim. How should I apologize…=
“The upper lords of the Lungen and Pusuk merchants must have been punished.”
=Yes. Immediately arrested and detained, all property was confiscated, and the mercenaries who were involved were also downgraded to combat slave status, and will be used as meat shields in the next Evil Faction war. The family of Osum, who was sold as a slave, is currently being searched for…=
“That’s it. It was an after-the-fact prescription, but the lord’s quick move must have set an example.”
… Hwanin said, but he didn’t think so at all.
100 bees? Example?
If that were possible, the whole city wouldn’t have been put in order in corruption like chaos of chaos, as I found out based on the information brought by Argentea and the super-class fangs after examining the city with Fantasia.
Hwanin’s slightly chilled voice flew into Wufei’s ears, who faintly exhaled and was relieved.
“But. Nirain seems to need to invite a soul priest more often to perform sexual misfortune. I think it would be good to hold a large-scale ascension of the Seungryeong Heaven Festival every year.”
= I want you to tell me what you mean. Rather than talking round and round, it will be easier for you to talk, and the one who listens will be able to do it.
The main wife who tugged at her sleeves with a slightly sweaty laugh at the assistant manager Young-ju, sending her deep eyes.
At that moment, the eyes of the soul opened, and golden eye light was sprayed, and the aura of the brilliant golden veil of the sleeping soul corpse erupted, and Yam = Hemilnia twitched her fingers.
“I heard that there are several large-scale wars in the Nirain every year. It is inevitable that unfair souls accumulate in a city close to death. When the accumulated souls are accumulated layer by layer like sedimentary layers, the transformation of the soul occurs.”
=…=
“Moreover, cities don’t just have people’s souls. Evil Faction monsters who were mobilized and killed are also wandering the nine heavens in resentment, and the Hondo city of the Evil Faction’s higher intelligent species is roaming the city.”
Hearing the sound of the saliva going down, Hwanin took out two black jade from the Wolf Warriors and materialized them as if driving a wedge.
=Ouch!=
= Kyaa… Up.=
=… !!=
“The corruption of the soul makes it easier to create these dark spirits. Even if it is not, there will be confusion like this time. Luckily this time, the mixture was forcibly purified, but if it hadn’t been for me, it wouldn’t have been strange if Nirain had become a city of spirits.”
= It was a time when everyone was careless right after the Seungryeong Cheonje was over…=
A handsome man in his mid-20s who appears to be the next head of household, sitting right next to Shirin=Rentio, looks at the wild dog fighters with a cold sweat on his face and mumbles quietly.
The souls of the black wild dog warriors, as if the abyss had opened their jaws, turned back into black jade and returned to his hands.
Deputy Yeongju, who had been watching the scene without blinking, closed his eyes and agreed.
=Certainly, if a small spark flies in a massa filled with well-dried straw bales, it will only spread into a large fire… Thanks for the advice. Up until now, the Seungryeong Cheonje has been held every two to three years, but from now on, I’ll have to consider holding it every year. Even if nothing happened so far, there is no guarantee that you will be safe in the future.=
The atmosphere that had been relieved for a long time became heavy again, but the dessert was delivered as scheduled.
However, there was no reason for people to put their hands on the dessert.
Quadang!!
The door to the dining room opened with a loud noise, and it was because of the sound of Yeongju’s deputy assistant running in with a hard face and shouting.
= The evil faction’s large-scale army has invaded!! That number is about 10,000! The main types of troops are hobs and kolbs, and it is a large unit containing about 300 of the higher intelligence species!!=
There is a word called disorder.
Just as the word also contains the two letters ‘order’, a large-scale group that feels a strange ‘order’ even though the small dot-like monsters are clumped together in a disorderly manner.
To describe it, it is a form of four groups blocking the front of one group, like a cat’s footprint.
Its true identity was an estimated 10,000 Evil Faction army, and it was slowly approaching the canyon city of Nirain, prowling like living bugs.
A watchtower on the outer wall of the lord’s castle like a fortress.
Deputy Yeongju, who was gazing at the scene through a telescope from a place where he could see the distant horizon, looked at Hwanin, who was watching the same place through the telephoto glass from the side, with a slightly puzzled expression.
= I guess I just had bad luck. It’s not because of the splendid spirit brew that unfolded in the middle of the night.=
“I am sorry. If it weren’t for Nassarat’s Assassins, there wouldn’t have been such an urgent need to use the Spirit Spell.”
= No. I guess I was really unlucky. It’s because that number can’t gather and invade in just one night.
“Even so, the pillar of light tearing up the clouds in the sky doesn’t have much effect.”
= If so, there is a difference of a day or two. Rather, thanks to the Spirit Spell, I was able to prepare in advance. Anyway…=
The deputy lord, who was looking at the evil faction camp through the telescope again, muttered a small curse word.
= There is no such thing as money. As I learn more and more, I am attacking with quantity rather than quality.=
“Are hobs and kolbs only for feed?”
=Things that will become money are high-grade or large-sized ones. Because there are many things that come out when you are big. As far as the hob is concerned, the cost of transportation and disassembly for the purification work is barely profitable for the feed cost. Broadly speaking, the profit margin is even lower. There will be no loss or gain.=
Deputy Yeongju sighed deeply and brushed aside his ultramarine blue bangs as if he had carefully trimmed them.
= Then, what are you going to do now? The purpose will be across the street, and the exhibition is triggered, so you can’t use the general ferry. If you want, I’ll give you permission to use the ferry for the Nirain family.=
“It’s okay. Let me stay for now.”
=For now?=
“Yes. I have a few requests for you. Please give me permission to act freely first.”
=… I don’t understand a little bit. Is it correct to ask for permission to walk on the battlefield?=
“You’re right.”
Yam = Hemilia looked up at her seongje with her bewildered face.
Her white face looks white and smooth. However, it is not like that if you are vain like a girl. Her features and jawline are moderately thick, giving her a sharp, handsome face.
She stared at his face for a moment, then yum = Hemilia thoughtlessly turned her head away, she said.
=I have no objection that your spirit knights are excellent. Because I experienced it myself yesterday. But war is different from battle. Aren’t you underestimating the war?=
“Does it look like I’m underestimating you?”
=…=
Yum = Hemilnia, who couldn’t answer and frowned, said her Hwanin with a calm expression.
“You seem to have misunderstood, but I’m not asking for permission to stride on the front line where the enemy side is clashing.”
=Then?=
“Norn.”
When Hwanin beckons, Norn, who was watching the Evil Faction army with his upper body hanging over the railing, immediately takes off his black dress and returns to his divine form.
“Before fighting the enemy, I gave permission to move first.”
=… It’s not safe to say that you can fly while riding a divine beast. Enemies will have powerful ranged attacks as well as shamans who spread curses.=
Even as she spoke, Yam = Hemilia thought that she couldn’t stop the man in front of her. No matter how much she spoke, her expression didn’t change at all.
If permission is not granted, he is full of thoughts of moving alone.
‘If that’s the case, why are you asking me for permission?’
Reluctantly, she gave her permission and went to Ronson, her trusted aide. Can you guess the reason? She asked.
=You must prepare for an immediate charge!=
=What?=
=Last night, I contacted my close friend in the capital city and was able to receive some information about Seongje, and it was said that Seongje-nim was judged to have wide-area attack skills! Its power is well on the level of a 7th-level sorcerer’s wide-area skill! Maybe Seongjenim… !=
Upon hearing Ronson’s report, Yam-Hemilnia also realized why Emperor Sung asked for permission.
Seongjae is about to demonstrate his strength against that corps.
The inside story behind the permission request means that monsters may rampage and attack the city due to the confusion caused by it, so be prepared.
=Are you a spirit master?=
Besides, he turns his words into a real temper. To put it in a straight line, why do needles stick out at the root of the tongue?!
The deputy lord who jumped out with Ronson could see the green divine beast flying across the sky.
And beside it, the three-winged Flavians flew away with bows made of hardened thunderbolts.
Yam = Hemilnia’s steps became faster.
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= This clothes is too clingy to the body. Dislike =
= She said she was pretty, don’t you like it? Then would you like something white and puffy?=
=… I just want to wear it.=
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