Chapter 751 – 742 Collado United Cities
Hwanin’s voice before the banrohwandong was a masculine voice with a low-pitched voice.
But now that he has grown from a child to a teenager between the ages of 14 and 16, he has changed into a gentle yet heartwarming boy like a boy who has not undergone puberty.
A voice that seven or eight out of 10 listeners would appreciate.
“Mr. Aran Eroff.”
=Yes, yes.=
It was such a voice, but Aran=Erof’s nerves tightened as tension soared in an instant at the call of Hwanin.
It was because the subtle anger in his voice poured out to the point of making his skin tingle with a glow.
At least, it was because Hwanin was intentionally lowering his momentum. Otherwise, Aran, who was unemployed, or the person in charge of the city’s historical record would have stiffened up and not be able to answer properly.
Why are you so angry? I heard that you had sexual misfortune on the street, but did you mean that an evil spirit or mixed reserve spirit occurred within a few months?
Aran, who was desperately shaking his head, listened and concentrated as soon as the story of Hwanin started.
“This morning, the reason I didn’t argue with the congressman’s words was because I knew that the congressman only spoke the truth.”
=Yes. I swear I only told you what I know.=
Aran nods his head so much that his long, sand-colored hair, braided forward, tangles. At her answer, Hwanin paused for a moment before quietly asking a question.
“Are you saying that there is no information intentionally left out? For example, a person in power in the city used his hand because he disapproved of Yoon Mi-rae’s creative activities, or this four months broke out because he coveted the knowledge of a dimension wanderer.”
Intentionally missing… ?
… !!
Jump!
= I, absolutely not! Hyukjun Kang and Mirae Yoon… Oh no! If you read Yoon Mi-rae’s children’s traditional fairy tale… !=
When Hwanin asked whether it was persecution and exploitation of dimensional wanderers out of disapproval of or coveting her knowledge, Aran became contemplative and jumped up without realizing it, and desperately explained.
What is the reason Seongje is looking for Judo right now?
Wasn’t it because he was enraged at using and killing dimension wanderers in addition to forcibly summoning himself?
If you make a mistake, Colaido may be used as a rehearsal spot.
=… It is a masterpiece that brings together lessons and impressions, and it is a work without any irrationality of ideology or criticism of the current system! What’s more, her work is still circulating in the city, and it has spread to nearby towns and villages through merchants! Really!=
“I know. I also read her storybook during a break.”
There were also bookstores in the bazaars lined up on the left and right sides of the pool, and Hwanin, who was attracted by the modern covers and contents placed in conspicuous places, also looked at Yoon Mi-rae’s children’s books.
However, as with children’s books, if you look through colored glasses, there are plenty of places to find fault with.
If Kongjwi Patjwi is seen by a group aiming to increase women’s rights, foam will bite at the mouth, and if racists read foreign fairy tales such as The Little Mermaid and Pinocchio… Anyway.
Hwanin looked at the desperate Aran=Erof with eyes shining with golden light, then turned his attention to the frozen city history recorder next to him.
=… !=
I ask the single-winged Flavius, who freezes to the point of pity even though we only meet eyes.
“I’m sorry for telling you to come and go like this, even though you are an outsider without authority.”
=Oh no!!=
“I hope you understand that I am doing this for the sake of this city. What I would like to ask the archivist is to write down the attacks and damages of the evil factions over the past 11 years.”
When I took out a notebook and a pen and gave it to the trembling officer, I lowered my head and wrote it down so that my nose touched the note.
Hwan-in, who looked at her for a while and motioned to Ah-yeong to watch her officer, gestured to A-ran = E-rope and came out of the parlor.
As I went out to the balcony of the guest room with Aran, Isilite and Anne quietly followed.
“…”
Hwanin brushed his bangs in the slightly dry wind blowing and stared at the vast city that seemed to mix medieval Europe and the Middle East.
Because he has sharpened his eyesight, he sees the ghastly souls one by one in places in the city and on the streets he has not yet visited.
= I… Seongjenim, did you see something wrong during your sex misfortune… Did you?=
“Yes. If left unattended, this is a problem that could lead to the downfall not only of Colado, but of the entire human race of Nionebreth.”
=… !!!=
Aran, who made a sad expression, rubbed the goose bumps along his arm and forcibly rolled his confused head.
Nionebreath could be ruined if left unattended, that would be our city… ? Uh, what is it?
“Mr. Eroff. Can you tell me how the city council structure is?”
=Uh, first of all there is a market. This city is a small passage because it is not the domain of a certain nobleman, but a place where many races live together. This mayor is a format in which citizens put forward several candidates, and between four and five senators narrowly select three candidates, and then the citizens vote for the candidates again. With such a market at the forefront…=
Senators are produced one by one from families and unions that have passed the conditions set by the mayor, senators, members of the House of Representatives, and citizens.
The total number of members was uneven, with the smallest being three and the largest being seven.
Members of the House of Representatives are similarly jagged, ranging from 40 to 80 members.
Hwanin sighed at this messy system he had never heard of or seen.
On the surface, it is a republic system with a little popular sovereignty introduced, but if you look closely, there are some elements that are perfect for those in power to wield appropriate tyranny.
In addition, the senator is a member of the legislature, and the term of office is arbitrary, and even hereditary succession occurs.
For example, Senator Aran=Erof in front of me has already served three consecutive terms, and Maxia=Erof is working in the cavalry to inherit her legislature.
“Is there a member of the city council who was replaced before and after the arrival of Kang Hyeok-joon and his wife?”
=Uh, no.=
“…”
After that, no questions came out, and Aran-Erof’s head gradually developed more and more radical imaginations, and the time that her blood dried up continued.
After a while, Hwanin returned to the parlor after hearing that the recorder had written everything down, and looked at the chronology of three pages of A4 paper.
Evil Faction had attacked regularly before, but after Kang Hyuk-Jun disappeared, they continued to attack as if they had set a fixed period.
Looking at the chronological table from the time of Yoon Mi-rae’s death to the time of Kang Hyuk-jun’s disappearance, I look at the archives manager and ask.
“Is there a record of the year and date of the residents’ death?”
= Yes, yep. The amount is not small, so I have to take out the records to check it out… Because the process is complex…=
“Let’s go.”
When he gets up without hesitation and leaves the parlor, the surprised records officer and Aran-Erof follow in a hurry.
The historical records department is located in the city hall, but the archives were kept elsewhere due to their vastness, so even yesterday’s raid, the data were safe.
Hwanin, who visited the record room with the officer in charge, confirmed the date and time of death by mentioning the names of the souls who had attained Buddhahood.
=Jurma Aquilena… Hey, here it is.=
“…”
Hwan-in was checking the reason and date of the death of the citizen he mentioned in the booklet brought by the archivist.
After confirming that all 37 people he had attained Buddhahood were concentrated in from 5 years ago to 2 days ago, he frowned again.
From the hum in the hallway outside the archives, to the voices of the congressman whispering with Aran inside, creaking, and even the sound of footsteps.
Widely-
When I closed the hardcover book with a sound, all the noise disappeared like a lie.
Stifling silence ensues in the old archives, where dust floats in the beams of light pouring in from outside the window.
It’s so quiet, ki-i-ying—silence that even tinnitus can hear.
Aran=Erof, who was looking at the back of Hwanin, swallowed his saliva. It was because the feeling of bad planting was blatantly conveyed from his glare that seemed to distort the space.
But if I keep my mouth shut like this, I feel like I’m going to die of choking in silence. Carefully open your mouth.
=Seo, Seongje-nim… ?=
“Senator Erof. I need to meet the mayor and other members of the council.”
= Oh, ah. That.=
“I will tell you the reason why Colido may disappear.”
= Yes? Oh yeah But it takes a little time to assemble…=
“In the meantime, I’ll be traveling around the city to conduct sex misfortunes, so I’d like to ask you as soon as possible.”
Jjiing— Hearing the beeping sound of the crystal ball connected to the great saint of Yeongdo, Hwanin said that the mayor would be there… Other legislators…= With Aran thinking about how to gather the others, I left the archives with Isilite, Anne, and Norn.
When the door opened, dozens of people gathered in the hallway clung to the left and right walls and gave way.
Hwan-in, who came out, overcoming some fear and some curious eyes, confirmed that there were no people around and put phase power into the crystal ball.
At the same time as the strange connecting sound, the serious expression of the great saint emerges from the communication crystal sphere.
[Seongjae. … You are outside Can you communicate?]
“Yes. If it’s simple.”
[Seongjae told me about it, and I immediately investigated the old ones in the records room in Yeongdo. And I was able to find it right away, probably because of the blessing of the God of Mercy.]
“It seems there have been cases like this in the past.”
[Exactly. The ability that the dark king Tanwang showed was the same as what Seongje had told me. Thanks to the specific time period, the magic research institute also found a forgotten spirit art that existed in that era…]
It was 3400 years ago that a professional named Tanwang of Dark Night appeared. Her job, whether he or she, was in a rage as if to set the world on fire, her records said.
His ability is Soul Pollution Bomb.
After brutally killing a living person, he uses pain as an ingredient to contaminate their souls, making them neither souls nor demons, and then converting them into soul polluting bombs similar to Hongjae.
[The ripening period of the soul pollution bomb is shortened depending on how much pain the victim suffered, but the problem is when the bomb explodes. The range of the explosion also varies greatly depending on the aging period, and those who have a soul that has been engulfed in an explosion even once…]
Become a living plague bomb.
“…”
[If the soul is caught in an explosion, it immediately turns into a contagious soul bomb and explodes. If the living are swept away by the explosion, their bodies will be fine, but their souls will be corrupted. And when you die and become a soul, it ignites and explodes within minutes… It is written that the explosion range increases by the square of the number of times the living are swept away by the explosion.]
“… What about the minimum and maximum of its explosion range and aging period?”
[The degree of pain is divided into high, medium and low, and if the damage to the body during life exceeds 50% of the total, it is medium, below that is low, and above that is divided into high. The range is recorded as reaching a radius of 500m in the middle.]
“If it increases squarely, it calculates that if one city is swept away, the entire continent will be within the radius of the explosion.”
The expressions of Isilite and Anne, who were listening from behind, hardened.
[Fortunately, if you have a Spirit Spell, you can dispel the Soul Pollution Bomb. Both the living and the dead. It is also fortunate that such soul bombs are useless to the spirit master.]
“What is the shape of the explosion?”
When asked about the shape of the explosion, the answer came back: a black-purple small mushroom-shaped cloud. It’s an explosion not accompanied by any physical force.
[The characteristics are easy to recognize, so if you know how to deal with it, it’s not difficult to defend.]
“Are there any characteristics?”
[Hmm. Characterized by the fact that the skin of a person contaminated by the soul bomb turns purple-black…]
As soon as he heard the story, Hwanin threw himself in the direction where he assumed the cavalry camp was and shouted a prophecy.
『Welcome!! Come here right now!!』
Rumble—!!!
Hwanin’s heartfelt prophecies burst out and covered the Colai Island, and the citizens who were watching the Holy Festival from afar lost their minds and collapsed from the energy of divine power.
Vehicles such as horses, dinosaurs, and camels that patted along the road also collapsed after biting crab bubbles, and birds like flocks of flamingos that flew through the sky also crashed.
Isilite and Anne’s knees loosened for a moment, then they jumped out like springs and chased after Hwanin.
「Why, what is it? What’s going on?」
Right next to him, a sepia-colored space distortion occurs, and Hwan-yeon pops out with a surprised face and asks.
Hwanin saw the communication crystal orb that had been cracked due to his prophecy and put it into his aspen.
“Where is the shadow girl I caught yesterday?”
“It’s in the dungeon of the cavalry barracks on the side you’re going to. Why?”
When Hwanyeon briefly summarizes the story Daesungnyeo told her, a look of absurdity spreads across her well-groomed face.
「What, the reason why you sent four or five of them was to go and explode as a bomb after you die? He’s a crazy kid.”
“Maybe Kang Hyuk-jun didn’t know all of his abilities, or maybe he didn’t tell the evil faction all of his abilities.”
Didn’t he pay a lot of attention to finding out his ability just by looking at himself? It would be the same for Kang Hyuk-jun if you see that he established his ability only after going through trial and error.
Or maybe Kang Hyeok-jun didn’t tell the details because he was afraid he would be killed by the evil faction race.
“Fantastic, is this the center of the city’s midwest?”
“That’s right.”
Hwanin, who was running after activating the strong effect of Grimoam, stopped for a while after receiving her confirmation.
“I use the new spirit spirit spell.”
The range of the new-style spiritism is about 1 km in radius. It’s wide if it’s wide, but it’s not enough to cover the entire city.
First of all, I put the hotel I was staying in within range, took out the spirit orb, condensed it, and pushed the core power to explode the spirit drink.
Dookuuuuu…
A pillar of light pierces the sky with a low, heavy vibrating sound. Then, as if expanding, the white pillars of light cover the city.
“Norn, transform into a divine beast.”
“Huh.”
Riding on a yolk and flying up into the sky, it is noticeable that the souls judged to be soul polluting bombs all at once become a group of lights and reach Buddhahood.
All souls within the scope of the Spirit Spirit Spell of the new style are reaching Buddhahood regardless of the range depth of the Spirit Spell.
Ordinary people would fall down and helllele as they got closer to the deepest part of the spirit house, but Hwanin didn’t care and just checked the location of the military camp and then came back down and ran to the cavalry camp with his girlfriends.
= Stop! You shouldn’t approach this place carelessly… Hey?!=
At the entrance to the military camp, where several training grounds were attached to the dormitory, Hwan-in, who shot the soldier who was trying to annoy him as if he were a guard, silenced him, immediately requested an automatic pass.
“I am Seongjae Hwanin. Requesting a summons from the 3rd Cavalry Commander Maxia Eroff.”
= Just, are you talking about Maxia-sama… ?=
But it didn’t have to be.
It was because cavalrymen were pouring out of the military camp clutching their weapons at the pillar of light soaring from the midwest of the Colaido Union City.
Maxia = Erof, who was mingling among the troops with a spear in one hand and a Valkyrie helm in the other, felt goose bumps all over her body as soon as she saw the Hwanin, and ran like crazy and pushed the newcomer who had just awakened as a professional.
=Standing, Seongje-nim, why did you come to the military camp!?=
“Sir Eroff. I need to check the shadow fish we captured yesterday.”
=Uh, first of all, to the cavalry commander…=
“This is an urgent matter.”
As the low voice spread, a nearby soldier with a bewildered expression jerked, tilted his head back and collapsed, and Mak Shia also felt that his soul was ejected from the top of his head.
Dozens of cavalrymen pouring out of the military camp were in a state of firmness like a surprised hamster at the same time as the prophecy came out.
“For the sake of the well-being of Colaido, please guide me to the place where the evil faction is located as soon as possible. You only need to check one thing. After that, I will ask for your understanding directly from the cavalry commander.”
=… Quit, yep!=
Maxia, who chewed her tongue and came to her senses from the pain, immediately turns around and rushes to the barracks to inform the cavalry commander that the Holy Emperor has arrived.
And Hwan-in, who went down to the dungeon following Maxia, saw a shadow woman hanging on the wall, naked and restrained by all sorts of restraints, in the most heavily guarded place among the dungeons.
“…”
Black-purple is usually considered a color similar to eggplant. Black with purple color is black purple. However, when I first saw the shadow fish, they were gray-purple, with a gray base and purple.
But the skin color of the Shadowers, who are still in a state of fainting…
= Gray… ? Gray right? Hwanyeon, call the light spirit.=
As Anne speaks to Hwan-yeon, who clings to her Hwan-in’s back, she sees that the lower light spirit, who was hanging out with the fire spirit at the torch in the corner, moves closer to the shadow woman and increases her brightness.
Then, the shadow woman’s surroundings brightened, revealing her gray skin, which had completely lost its purple color.
= What? Blood, skin color… ?=
She wonders what’s going on, but when she sees Shia Do Shadower, she wonders what kind of change this is and is perplexed.
Does the fact that the purple color is missing mean that the soul pollution bomb can be dispelled even with a wave of tranquility?
If so, it is certain that the Shadowers are affected by the Soul Pollution Bomb.
Hwanin, whose expression hardened even more, looked back at Maxia.
“Sir Maxia. Are there any knights or soldiers whose skin color has turned purple recently?”
= Uh… It’s not noticeable, but the number of purple-colored guys and soldiers is increasing one by one.=
“Gather them all. This is a request and instruction as a spirit master.”
At Hwanin’s instructions, Maxia puts on a very difficult and puzzled expression.
= Uh… Since this is what Seongje-nim said, of course I’d like to listen to it, but in order to assemble a specific soldier, that’s… There must be an order from a reasonable commanding authority…=
The voice of a man behind her who appealed that this was absolutely not her will shook the narrow passage of the dungeon.
=Max you stupid bastard. Would Seongje say nonsense? Go immediately and assemble all the soldiers. Pick out the quick-footed guys and tell them to assemble immediately at the other barracks.=
=Huh, yep!!=
She was startled, and Maxia looked back at her, gave a salute to the Prouds, who looked as hard as cha-dol rocks, and hurriedly left the dungeon.
Her Proud man, her grey-headed cavalry commander, who was looking at her pathetically, looked back at her with a hard face and said,
=I didn’t expect to see the Spirit Spell twice in my lifetime. That is also the Holy Spirit Spirit Spell, which is heading towards the legend.=
“You are the cavalry commander. I apologize for pushing in in such a rude way.”
= I believe that there must be a good reason for Seongje to act like that. I am the senator and cavalry commander in charge of the military forces of Colaido, please call me Muros.=
Hwanin nodded his head slightly, and Muros cavalry commander scratched his shaggy white beard and asked.
=So, can you tell me why you suddenly ran and saw that depraved bitch? Judging from Seongje’s behavior, it doesn’t seem like a light thing.
Hwan-in, who looked into Muros’ clear and clean soul through the eyes of a new-style soul, gave a short answer.
“In the old records of Yeongdo, there is an item called Soul Pollution Bomb. It is said to be the unique ability of a man named King Tan of the dark night who tried to turn the world upside down once.”
=…=
“You can think of the Soul Pollution Bomb as a kind of contagion bomb. It’s a terrifying ability that, once properly activated, can annihilate a city this size in less than a day, and is contagious enough to reach nearby cities if it takes its last victim. It is said that the characteristic of the infected is purple skin.”
=… You’re saying that the corrupt goblin was infected with the Soul Corruption Bomb. But that one is gray.=
“Yesterday, before guiding the recruits of the evil faction, I shot a wave of tranquility, but it seems to have been canceled then.”
Muros, who heard the condensed milk, brushed his beard again with a troubled expression.
At that moment, there was a sound of speeding down the stairs, and then a Fleux woman in a neat secretary came down and whispered to Muros.
=Senator Aran Erof triggered an emergency call for all members. He’s the scorpion to stop everything he’s been doing and assemble at the council chamber in ten minutes. The non-participant said that after checking the reason, if it is not valid, severe penalty points will be imposed.=
=… Is this also you?=
After a small nod of his head without answering, Muros sighed and turned around to say,
=Something nasty is about to happen, yes.=
“It has already happened.”
At the emotionless correction of the Hwanin who followed, Muros let out a pained voice.
