Chapter 785 – 776 Durdane, the Open Pit Mining Town
On the way back to the hotel after receiving a dignified wooden box as a gift from Prince Darug.
In the royal carriage, which seemed more comfortable than their own, Hwanin let out a small sigh while reviewing the conversation he had with him.
He has consistently shown one side from the beginning.
He was worried that he might have visited Durdan with bad feelings.
‘I’ve dispelled that point, so it shouldn’t be a problem.’
Rather, it is a guideline of questions and promises made by Darugh.
It must have been held by his sister.
When I first saw him in front of the giant forest labyrinth, his impression was that of a typical Nionebreath honest warrior. However, the question in the interview a while ago had the feeling of a strategist, and it seemed that he had quite a sharp insight into the true nature of this side.
Since he didn’t have that kind of eye, her work called Half Sister is certain. Selphin Proud is also intelligent.
Anyway, the important thing is the purpose of the people he picked up by chance.
‘It’s the power of God…’
According to what I learned while putting my feet on Asin, the power of God is the opposite of freedom.
Shackles, constraints, and freedom of movement.
Without a justification, one cannot use power recklessly, and even if there is a justification, if one uses one’s power recklessly, one can fall into disrepair, and on earth one cannot fully exert one’s power due to restrictions.
What do you do if you have a strong power that shakes the sky and shakes the ground? I can’t even use it to my heart’s content.
Furthermore, if you climb to Heaven or Orvinci, which would be appropriate to call it a divine world with the power of a god, there will be people with similar powers all over the place.
At best, he obtained power after suffering, but he is not an infant in heaven and earth, and he loses his freedom.
Hwanin’s perception is that obtaining the power of a god in order to become stronger and solidify one’s position is to burn thatch to catch fleas.
Shall we see that the gods of this world gain the power of God through some kind of power?
In addition, if you try to gain the power of God artificially, instead of transcending humans and rising to the rank of God with the growth of your abilities like yourself, it is almost certain that the 4 major churches will scream ‘blasphemy!!’ And turn their eyes and run like madmen.
Would you go so far as to take such a risk to gain the power of a god?
No, even if you only tasted the fragments of a god, you wouldn’t be able to talk nonsense about obtaining the power of a god.
“…”
What if you change your point of view? What if you’re trying to gain abilities like immortality with the power of a god rather than the power of a god?
Immortality has been the one-pick wish of rulers since ancient times.
There are many labyrinths full of mysteries in Nionebreth.
If you are the head of the four countries and a royal family, it will not be difficult for you to send people into the labyrinth and acquire the artifacts with manpower, money, and power.
Depending on how hard you try, you might be able to obtain something like a new medicine for immortality.
Of course, obtaining ‘immortality’ will never be easy.
Even considering the law of equivalent exchange, obtaining a medicine that grants two top-level wishes at once would be a daunting task.
However, it will be relatively easy to obtain the Elixir of Immortality and the Elixir of Longevity.
In addition, thanks to the standard alchemy ability of the Fleurs and the characteristics of the Fleurs, it will be easier to obtain materials or medicines that have anti-aging and lifespan enhancement effects, and if you borrow the power of the highest-level magic tool, you can really look young for hundreds of years. It will be possible to live.
So, if there is a god, there is a church that worships such a god, and considering all the culture and customs of Nionebreth, there is only one conclusion.
‘The purpose is eternal life…’
Ambition to rule this land by gaining eternal life through the power of the gods. Of course, it must be eternal life with the addition of immortality.
…
I came to a conclusion that I thought was reasonable, but Hwanin was not happy.
Eternal life, how can I use such a thing by myself?
If it were you, it might be a little tempting if you let the girlfriends you fall in love with enjoy eternal life on Earth.
Problems with eternal life? That kind of thing can be solved by raising a famous family and controlling a country from behind.
It wouldn’t be difficult to build a family that’s as big as the Rockefellers, the Medici, and the Rothschilds, the world’s top three families that appear in conspiracy theories.
Hwanin, who had lost his mind for a moment, thought about the purpose of the meeting again.
I thought differently and thought about the possibility of an invasion of Earth by replacing ‘some kind of land’ with Earth, but…
“… That doesn’t make any sense.”
= Huh? What?=
Anne, sitting next to Hwanin and holding his hand tightly like a newly-acquainted lover, responded to Hwanin’s self-talk.
“That’s why Nionebreath humans invade Earth.”
=… Huh?=
= Yes… ?=
「That’s natural. On Earth, you can’t use phase power, the amount of phase power recovery will decrease, the air isn’t good, and the people aren’t nice. The advantage is that there are no gods, labyrinths, or monsters, but instead there are greedy humans.”
Anne tilted her head at what Hwanyeon said while sticking her head out from inside his coat.
I don’t know what process led to the theory of Earth invasion…
= On Earth, there is a culture that is so developed that it is incomparable to Nionebreth. Wouldn’t that be enough reason to invade?=
“Would an unusual kid like you, or a guy who has everything you can get here, be attracted to something like that? Cultural development means the intellectual development of the common people who should be stupid, ignorant, and ignorant, and the rulers will welcome the intellectual improvement of the ruled.”
=…=
Anne pouted her lips at Hwanyeon’s ruthless fact assault.
= Master. Are you talking about the story of Prince Dragos 1?=
Hwanin nodded her head at the question of Isilite, who was sitting across from Anne after losing at rock-paper-scissors.
“He said he heard it as a gossip rumor, but he was trying to get the power of a god and some kind of land… I think it’s pretty credible.”
=I can’t believe it… If the fact that he coveted the power of God became known to the church, he would be branded as a heretic and become an enemy of the continent. No matter how much Merianol’s royalty, you won’t be able to escape the Heresy Judgment.=
= I have the same thoughts as Dew. Even if you’re crazy bastards who recklessly use dimension summons, they’ll recognize that this level is okay and that this is absolutely not possible, but the power of a god is clearly the latter.
When the two women revealed their infidelity, Hwanyeon lightly changed her mind.
「What if the goal is to achieve something with the power of a god rather than the power of a god itself?
=… Huh? Uh, that’s…=
=…=
I shook my head as if I understood only the illusion of his story.
“If you’re a member of the royal family, there’s a high probability that you know secrets about the world that commoners can’t reach. You seem to know about Ashin, but wouldn’t you guess what kind of existence God is? I don’t think such people would ignorantly aim for the power of the gods themselves.”
At her story, Isilite and Anne looked back at Hwanin.
Undoubtedly, it is a calm appearance itself without a change in expression.
The hypothesis about what Hwanyeon said has already been verified, and the dimensional invasion must mean that it is an interest-oriented hypothesis that came out at the end.
The moving carriage stopped and a knock sounded from the carriage door.
[We have arrived at Yuja Hotel.]
When I heard the coachman’s voice and opened the door, I was right in front of Yuja Hotel.
Returning to the hotel disguised as Fleur, Hwan-in waited for his girlfriends to return and told them what had happened at Yeongju Castle.
“… The conclusion based on this content is that the final purpose of the meeting is highly likely to be eternal life and immortality.”
=Ah.=
=Uh.=
In the carriage on the way back, at the place where everyone gathered, Issilite and Anne, who were very curious about the explanation, were convinced at once and muttered to themselves.
= Certainly… If it’s that kind of wish, it would be difficult to achieve it without the power of a god.=
= Eternal life is absurd and understandable…=
When the women first heard that Hwanin’s lifespan was ‘only’ 80 years and that he had already spent nearly 30 years, they felt their blood run cold.
If you think about the feelings at that time, the desire for eternal life is not something you can’t understand.
Yurpa, who had crossed his legs to expose his white thighs, nodded slightly to him and asked him.
=Darling, then the Draugus family won’t intervene in this matter? It wouldn’t be bad for him to ask for cooperation and change the composition of Passage’s force… If you persuade the royal family of Alseis and join hands with the royal family of Miriastum, isn’t it 3:4? The balance of power will lean towards you, so it will be comfortable.=
“That is tantamount to splitting marianol in half and splitting it apart. I think it would be better to focus on maintaining the current situation now that we don’t know what the denomination, apostle, and land god are like.”
“But you’ve already turned Hebült into a mess.”
“What was done in the capital of Beltical was not splitting the country in half, but it was no different from ripping off the skin that was rotting from the inside out.”
It’s a completely different matter for this side to become the main enemy and divide the country into two, and forcing us to fight each other.
“So I think it’s best to make the situation rigid so that other royal families don’t stick to Turcyon and prevent him from wandering, so that he can choose another option later.”
“Hmm. That’s it.」
The women fully agreed with Hwanin’s explanation.
Certainly, considering his current military power and the strength of his passages, there is no reason to recruit new allies or forces now.
If you are halfway colleagues, only your side’s dynamics will be leaked, and if you increase your power, the focus will be on the war structure of Seongje-gun vs. Merianol-gun, not the condemnation of Seongje, who is a ‘God’.
If that happens, you don’t know what kind of tricks the Gyeolmyeonghoe will overturn public opinion.
Ayeong, who nodded his head, asked him with a curious face.
= Brother. Did you go to the castle and come back right away? Only meet Prince Dragos?=
“Durdane is already under the rule of the Dragus family. And it seems that Prince Darug has already entered the succession process. He met him, so he has no reason to meet anyone else.”
There are only a few people who know that he is the Holy Emperor at this point, so there is no need for him to take action to reveal his identity.
=Well, looking at that, it seems that Durdane is keeping his distance from Passage. He listened to the rumors as he wandered the streets, and it seemed that the amount of supplies and guilds sent through passages had decreased by nearly 1/3 compared to before.
“I can’t completely cut it off. If he did, he would become a national traitor. Anyway…”
Hwanin, who finished the story there, asked while looking around his girlfriends.
“Have you finished your business out of town?”
Watching Hwanin take out a wooden box from Aspen, everyone talks about what happened.
=As he said, he bought a lot of quality weapons. Since I can do the secret arts, I focused on product quality and focused on collecting things for the heroic army… I also bought a pair of armor for my aunt.=
More than 100 weapons such as swords, spears, bows, daggers, and shields pour out of her subspace pockets.
She lifted a well-sharp longsword and flicked her fingers across the shiny silver blade — the clear, clean tone tickled her ears.
Next to her was a pair of Immorel’s armor, which was a leather armor for the Zilliant race with a tight design that seemed to emphasize the woman’s slender body and voluptuous breasts.
In addition to that, there was even a white surcoat-like coat. All of them are high-quality products made with enchantment in mind.
=Aunt, try it on.=
At Yurfa’s request, she took off her dress and her naked aunt Rell put on her leather armor.
Then, her breasts larger than watermelons were accentuated even more by the corset-style leather armor, but with a surcoat-like coat on top of them, her dazzling blonde hair and three pairs of white wings made her look a bit like a battle nun.
Her breasts, which had been burdensomely emphasized, became less burdensome by covering them up.
= With. After all, Proud is Proud. It’s full of luxurious feeling.=
Ah-yeong, who admired the appearance for a moment, also talked about the result of going out with Bell.
=I was looking for a way to get an infinite quiver while walking around the combat aid shop with Bell. It is not circulated in the market, but only in small quantities when there is a city festival or production competition. There was no other way to get it.=
= I also visited the blacksmith’s directly managed by Ahyeong and her lord’s castle, but she didn’t sell it to the general public…=
Instead, Ayoung told me that she bought a lot of arrows and arrow materials from several bow and arrow stores, and if you add all the materials together, you have gathered about 8,000 arrows.
In addition to that, she said that the guild that Yurpa joined didn’t enter the city, so Madogu didn’t sell much.
He said that the 50 gold coins he earned from selling them were all spent on purchasing weapons.
Hwanin put down a fairly large wooden box on the table and said, seeing Yurpa worrying a little because he couldn’t sell much.
“It’s okay. These days, spending is only for food and a few luxury goods, isn’t it?”
The luxury items were high-quality fruits, valuable and high-quality vegetables, alcohol, coffee beans, etc. Contraceptives sold by the church.
The biggest expenditure I’ve made lately is only 1000 gold coins for the White Wolves operating expenses.
In comparison, revenues continue to grow, and steadily.
A phase stone that kills and retrieves demons and monsters that attack while moving. The reward for apologizing for the nuisance that occurred in the city visited by the phase stone obtained while wiping out the evil faction in large quantities in the dark forest, and the profit that Yurupa continues to sell magic tools and magic tools.
If you add up all the gold coins you have, you are approaching 10,000.
If you make it into gold ingots and sell it on Earth, it’s close to 6.4 billion.
“So, what’s in this box you got from Prince Proud?”
At the question Hwanyeon asked while standing on top of the wooden box, the women’s eyes also turned to the box that had been strangely concerned from earlier.
“Well. They say it’s a simple gift.”
When the wooden box, which was quite large like a dress box, was opened, three items were revealed.
=It’s an infinite quiver!=
A fairly compact and comfortable cylindrical design, the black bag, similar to a modern Korean archery bag, could be held by an adult male with both hands in terms of circumference.
The length is about 1m, which is slightly shorter than the standard arrow standard.
Click.
When I lifted the quiver and opened the lid at the top, something like a hinge flipped and the inside was revealed. It was dark inside like a subspace bag, so it was hard to see, but only the tip of the arrow was visible.
Anne let out a small exclamation when she saw the dark-colored metal arrow feathers.
=Isn’t it an iron arrow? This is for the royal family.=
=So?=
= Yes. I heard that iron and bone shi are only made once or twice a year for the royal family.=
While listening to Anne’s explanation, Hwanin pulled out an arrow and nodded her head slightly at the shape of the sleek and sleek iron sword, about 120cm tall and 4 feet tall.
It is a bit heavy, so if you shoot it with a mysterious bow with strong tension, it seems to come out with great power.
= Huh? Honey, I only have one arrow… As expected, the arrow has penetration reinforcement. If you shoot this with the Mystery Palace, it will pierce the iron golem.=
“Then, Baekryogang should use this and give the existing subspace quiver to Immorel. The 8,000 arrows in Sadun are used by the two of us for practice.”
As she passes the Infinity Quiver to her girlfriends, Yurpa intercepts it midway and takes out her analytical monocle to examine her quiver.
Finally, when the quiver was turned over and detached, an excellent number of iron arrows rained down, and the number reached 400.
It is said that the infinite quiver of high quality produces 200 rounds per day, so that quiver, which is also for delivery to the royal family, must be of the highest quality.
Hwanin turned his gaze back to the wooden box and lifted the wrist guard with something like a knuckle.
The ink-colored protector, which seems to be made of thin metal like a thread, is unusual to look at.
And the remaining one is a single sword about 1.5m long.
“…”
I pulled out the sword from the dark wooden sword case that seemed to be paired with the dark sword hilt.
The blade of the sword was also in the color of ink, and on the surface of the ink-colored sword, a strange pattern was drawn in long silver, similar to that of a saingeom, a sword for exorcism manufactured in the Joseon Dynasty.
In addition, the sword itself emits a subtle heat, but this is not an ordinary sword.
“Oh, try wearing this.”
As she hands over her wrist guard, she curiously fiddles with it, Ah-young puts it on her left wrist.
And the moment she infused phase power into her guard, it instantly increased its volume and covered everything from her fingertips to her upper arm.
Ah-young was speechless for a moment, then moved her fingers and arms around, and then she said to Hwan-in with a puzzled look.
= Brother. Hey, this is a transformation ticket. I heard that he is the favorite soldier of Prince Darug, who is a fighter of black iron and a master of fistfighting…=
Come to think of it, when I disarmed in the Giant Forest Labyrinth, I put down the iron gauntlet that resembled that gauntlet.
Hwanin’s gaze scanned the infinite quiver, guard, and sword once.
‘Prince Darug’s sister seems to have figured out the situation with the equipment here.’
Otherwise, there would be no way to give a ‘simple’ gift like this.
Hwanin put the sword into the scabbard and handed it over to Isilite.
“Prince Darug’s weapon was a metal gauntlet. Since the one you’re wearing is in the shape of a girdle and has a real texture, it must have been an improved version of his weapon or a mass-produced product. You should wear A-dae and Isilite in black.”
= Oh… Thank you, master.=
= Whoa! I love you oppa!=
Hwanin patted Ahyoung’s back and looked at Isilite and Baekryeogang, who seemed happy to have new equipment. Immorel is also slightly excited about the new equipment.
A short interview where the main topic was exchanged, and a gift that was never ‘simple’.
‘Does this mean that we should not fight and get along well?’
=Yurpa sister! Please analyze this too!=
=I would like this sword too.=
= Me too… !=
=Yes, yes~ I will carefully examine this sister to see if she is endowed with a terrible secret art~.=
=But wow, even a guard and a quiver would be worth close to 1,000 gold coins. I don’t know if Dew doesn’t know swords, but he’s probably on the same level as those two. No matter how you look at it, it’s not a simple gift?=
“Isn’t that a bribe?”
=Rather than bribes… I felt like I wanted to look good to my master and get along well in the future.
= Hey. An older brother who is so great that even the royal family of Merianol can’t believe it…=
=Your brother is a god. No matter how much you are a member of the royal family, you are inferior to your older brother.
As he buried his back in the sofa and looked at his excited girlfriends, Norn, who had been sullen as if the equipment were nothing, sat on his lap.
Hwanin stroked Norn’s soft green hair and closed his eyes.
‘There was no sign that he was trying to use this side, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to match his will.’
Prince Darug seemed to be on good terms with Prince Kshanari too.
Maybe I’ll tell him some of what happened today.
The direct jurisdiction of Alseisis is in the northern part of Passage. It seems difficult to go directly
Hwanin hugged the petite Norn in her arms and stroked her hair while reviewing her future schedule.
