Talent Recruitment (1)
“Oh, did you finally destroy Rohan? I thought it was an empty cart with only words, but it seems it wasn’t.”
The intense sun, the scorching desert, the bubbling air.
On top of a rocky mountain in the southern desert, where people have been cut off due to the extreme environment, a large man wearing a robe looked at the horizon and shuddered.
“Yeah, you should do this. I was almost disappointed because there were only so many incompetent people.”
In response to his self-talk, those standing behind him in robes bowed deeply and bowed their heads.
Of course, if you opened your mouth without permission, your head could explode, so no one answered.
“Then, I guess we can move on to the next step soon. For the time being, the eyes of the continental guys will be focused on the north, so we can proceed more comfortably.”
He gazed at the horizon and finally turned around.
As he moved his steps to the cave on the side of the stone mountain, a sudden gust of wind blew around him.
Fluttering—
Robe hems fluttering wildly.
And the gap between the hulking Hood in the lead splits in an instant.
The tattoo of a colorful flame pattern that came up to the neck was revealed and then disappeared.
“Tsk, what a fucking environment.”
He lightly clicked his tongue, roughly adjusted the hem of his robe, and disappeared into the cave as if nothing had happened.
To the cave where the ‘Seed of Madness’ was hidden, which was the decisive factor in turning this continent into chaos.
***
As time passed, the situation in the Principality of Rohan gradually deteriorated.
Now, only the vicinity of the capital was barely guarded, and its function as a state had already been lost a long time ago.
Fortunately, the Azerion Empire is gathering troops for the northward movement.
In the meantime, because the principality was holding out, soldiers began to quickly gather on the northern border, which was relatively weak due to concentrating their forces elsewhere.
As madness continued to occur even on the vast mainland of the Empire, this was quite an unreasonable dispatch for them, but…
However, it was a decision that could not be helped because it would become more difficult if the Principality of Rohan was left to disappear completely.
‘They say that the elite members of the main church led by the cardinal have already departed. He said he would gather as many refugees as possible into the capital and hold out until aid arrived.’
The Empire said that they were in a hurry as much as possible, but it took a lot of time for the army to move.
Of course, the sacrifice must increase as much as the time.
It was the best way for the main church to reduce the number of victims as much as possible.
‘Heinrich… won’t be able to come out for a while. Even if it’s not, the Continental Alliance is in full swing, and the warriors’ party is busy, so the immortal king’s only adversary, the hero, can’t be away.’
It would not have been known if a small number of powerful entities had invaded, but recovering the land covered by a large number of monsters was a task that had no choice but to take a long time.
Perhaps even if he did, it would only be possible after the gate of the temple of Rohan was restored and movement became smooth.
And just like that, the continent was in the midst of chaos and upheaval.
Finally.
[Hmm— I didn’t know things would turn out like this. No matter how much you catch them, they have a knack for popping out from somewhere and bothering you.]
The Immortal King Hans appeared again in the Auterica dimension.
‘But these days, whenever I’m away, something seems to happen.’
Of course, it must be because of my mood, but the Upersh Clan’s invasion and the current situation were so big that I couldn’t help but be concerned about not being able to respond right away.
‘For the time being, we shouldn’t bring avatars to Earth. Now, I’ve been able to maintain the “object projection” for an hour.’
Now that the continent is in chaos, no one knows what or how it will suddenly explode.
In particular, it seems that those cockroach-like vows of reversal began to move in earnest, so it was always good to be fully prepared for the smooth progress of the ‘home theater’.
‘···No, thinking about it makes me angry? Why do I have to mess with them like this?’
He just wants to create a peaceful ‘demon king who seeks to conquer the continent and a warrior who confronts him’, but the incident keeps getting bigger because of them.
Still, he had managed to weave things together so far, but he couldn’t help but be concerned about the existence of a variable that was not under his control.
‘After I finish this job, I’ll have to shake them off more seriously. This time, Hans will have to step out himself.’
He didn’t directly suffer any major damage, rather, I had only memories of this side catching them like a mouse…
It didn’t matter that much.
just now.
The fact that they get in the way when you’re trying to do something is important in itself.
‘Whoa… But for now, let’s start by making a base in the northern mountains.’
The moment when Hans, who had made up his mind, was about to convene the officers and issue an order related to him.
The banshee queen Olivia, who was still working hard because she wasn’t called even during the raid on the Great War, brought interesting information.
[The people the king handed over in the past… and the information obtained from the officers recently arrested… We conducted an investigation focusing on the most likely places…]
The elite troops who tried to infiltrate Talaria under the command of the person who moved the Yupersh Clan and the Oath of Reversal: Oldman, the branch manager of the Kingdom of Tulk.
And even the results of the investigation on them that have been steadily progressing.
She gathered all the information she could gather, both newly acquired and existing information, and succeeded in narrowing the scope of influence.
What followed was, as always, a complete enumeration using ghosts.
[While proceeding like that…, among those the girl was already keeping an eye on… I could see that there was someone involved…]
What happened after that was a breeze.
[Azerion Empire, the city of Tobea near the capital…]
It was one of the direct imperial territories surrounding Jeron, the capital of the empire located in the center of the continent.
As a transportation hub, it is a place that is close to a large city.
[There is a high-ranking official of the Oath of Reversal… who moved the Yupersh Clan…]
Day and night, with her almost obsessive tenacity, the suspects were finally caught in her sight.
[Huh— Good job, Olivia. You mean they were hiding in the empire just in time?]
[So it is…. King…]
Even if it wasn’t, it was annoying, but I thought it wouldn’t be bad to stop by there for a while before going to the northern mountains.
Since the Empire and the Principality are close to each other, there was a high possibility that they were related to the people who did the work this time.
…Maybe it’s the person involved.
[How dare you arrogantly hide behind and wiggle your fingers. I guess I’ll have to take them out myself this time.]
Just like that, Hans, the Immortal King, was eagerly awaiting.
started moving directly.
***
“Something is strange. It’s definitely weird.”
A dull blond young man muttered to himself as he paced around the ornate room.
Then, as if something wasn’t working out, he tossed his head around, slumped back into his armchair, and took a deep breath.
“Whoa—no, you’re overreacting.”
The ‘Oath of Reversal’, an evil organization that dreams of overthrowing the world.
Andrew Weaver, an Awoken from Earth belonging there, buried himself deeply in the chair and gently closed his eyes.
He was entrusted with monitoring trends in various places at the order of his high-ranking executive, Shiana, but his nerves were becoming sensitive due to various unpleasant signs recently detected by his unique skill, [Trace Observation].
‘What the hell happened?’
First, Clan Upersh suddenly starts acting strangely right after heading to Talaria.
Observing the Holy Blood was beyond his ability, so he couldn’t directly see the fight between them and the Brokoslak Clan.
‘But it’s clear that something went wrong.’
Perhaps that’s the case, didn’t the reinforcements Cyana sent disappear without a trace?
Even they couldn’t find out the reason why they got involved with a high-level being that they couldn’t observe.
‘I was on my way to Talaria when I was suddenly stopped. …by any chance, the Holy Blood of Brokoslak was there?’
As if a black curtain had hung in front of my eyes, I couldn’t grasp anything clearly, so everything from one to ten was full of doubts.
How the fight between the two clans ended, who the hell still blocks his gaze in Talaria, and what happened to those Cyana sent.
There was nothing to know.
‘It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this helpless. No, this is worse than before.’
Even when the level of the unique skill was low in the past, I didn’t feel this helpless.
In the first place, there was not much to do with beings of that level, and even if there were things that could not be seen, it was because he acknowledged his own shortcomings and quickly gave up.
However, now that I have invested a lot of karma and greatly strengthened my skills, I am faced with this situation at the moment when I am full of confidence and burning with ambition…
“Very… annoying.”
And that wasn’t the only thing he couldn’t understand.
An unidentified barbarian active in the Steel Fortress in the northern part of Tulk Kingdom.
When Andrew first learned of the existence of a party that had been to the northern mountains, he suspected that they had brought a strong man hidden within the mountains on a secret mission.
Whether the target was a dwarf, which was a superficial target, or a completely different being, only then would the abnormality detected in the [trajectory observation] be explained.
‘But that’s not what I mean. It is true that they received a request to rescue the dwarves and headed for the mountains. The strange thing is that barbarian.’
The time to go and the time to come are too different to say that I grew up after going through hardships.
To the point where I doubt if it’s the same person at all.
Even now, isn’t it still in a blurry state because his character is blocking his view?
‘I’m sure he was absent for a while in the middle, but there were times when he disappeared from the Steel Fortress…’
It is only speculated that he also moved somewhere through the temple, but the exact whereabouts could not be traced.
‘That savage, there’s definitely something there. The collision of magical powers observed in the northern mountains is most likely between the Immortal King and the Dragon. But someone who went to the mountains at the same time suddenly became so strong? Using the dragon’s power?’
It was difficult to look directly at the savage named ‘Harley’, but he was steadily collecting information through rumors spreading around him.
That’s how I was able to find out that he was actually a ‘Yongin’, a very rare race…
‘No, something smells. The difference between entering and exiting the mountain range, and the gap between them. What could be the cause?’
It was a leap forward thinking that lacked grounds and logic, but his extremely developed intuition kept reminding him of the sense of incongruity.
However, no matter what assumptions were made, unless there was information to back them up, they were just pointless speculations.
Well… who could have predicted that the barbarian would join forces with the immortal king, the disaster of the continent, to hunt down and eat the light dragon.
It’s good that you don’t listen to the madman.
“Okay, let’s skip this for now. It’s not an important issue right now.”
I was paying attention to it because it was related to the order passed down from the organization, but it didn’t matter if I didn’t dig into it as there was no direct connection with it.
It was embarrassing to leave it like this, but there was a really important problem.
“It is certainly. These guys, it’s no coincidence. Exactly the oath of reversal… They’ve been tracking us.”
It was the movement of the Immortal Army in perfect order.
Not too long ago, Andrew, who had sensed something strange, had reported it to Sianna.
In addition, since it was a matter directly related to him, I have been keeping an eye on the situation and looking after them…
‘They are moving their area of activity to the center after passing through the west.’
His intuition, which he usually prided himself on being sharp, constantly rings an alarm bell, and Chimi’s spine feels chilly with anxiety.
But Andrew took the trouble to analyze the situation objectively.
‘They’re approaching the central area, but still coming from the periphery. I’m in the middle of the empire right now, so it will take a while to get here.’
It’s true that there were signs of something out of the ordinary, but it wasn’t something to act on right now.
Even the place where he is is not an underground organization like other branches, but isn’t it a noble mansion of an empire?
‘… but it can’t stay like this. I guess I’ll have to tell Sianna-sama and come up with some sort of countermeasure.’
Although his instincts continued to warn him of unknown ominousness, he calmly sought for future countermeasures, prioritizing rational thinking.
Just dismissing the feelings I’m feeling right now as just an overreaction.
‘Tsk, I guess I’ll have to stop going out for a while and buy some. It’ll get boring for a while.’
After forcing himself to do so, Andrew opened the whiskey on the table and poured it down his throat.
When the strong drink that seemed to burn his esophagus went in, he felt at ease and the sense of crisis gradually faded.
I don’t know that it’s already too late to be careful.
around the mansion where he is hiding.
One by one, the ghosts were gathering.
