Hahoetal Rise (4)
Two weeks had already passed since Princess Riley was captured in the Immortal King’s castle.
However, it is true that humans are animals of adaptation, and she has become accustomed to this place before she knows it, and unlike the first time, she is leading a peaceful life.
Nothing will change if you just worry right now anyway.
So, first of all, I decided to put down all unnecessary worries and find peace of mind.
And there was one person who had a great influence on the change in the princess’s attitude…
“Hmm—? So you’re saying that Hesperon wasn’t his real name?”
“Oh, yes. Yes? Still, I’m going to another world, so I thought there should be at least one cool name suitable for a new beginning… Ahahahaha!”
It was a self-proclaimed Hesperon, a foreigner who had just recently moved in.
“So, what’s your real name?”
“This is Ha Seung-hoon, but you can just call me Hesperon. Because it looks better that way!”
“Has… Hmm, good. It’s not that important.”
Riley glanced disapprovingly at the man in front of him.
He had dark hair and black eyes, and although he was of the same race as Isea, he had a completely different personality.
Contrary to her somewhat cold-hearted appearance, if she was an intelligent and sincere honor student type, this man had a strong sloppy and clumsy side despite his smart appearance.
Being imprisoned by the King of Immortals, he is in a serious situation where he does not know when or what will happen to him.
However, there was one aspect of him that was surprisingly similar to Lee Se-ah…
grip weave—
It was an overwhelming talent for magic.
“Oh oh! All right, all right! Riley, over here!”
“Again, again. Keep it upright!”
“Oh, sorry! stop getting excited But look at this. Is this easier than before?”
A white spark wriggled on Hesperon’s palm.
This must also be fate, I just thought of doing something lightly because I remembered the time I was teaching Lee Se-ah…
His growth rate was steeper than her then.
‘…Could it be that earthlings are innately gifted with magic?’
Otherwise, this would have made no sense.
Someone has been still in the beginner level for ten years, but these people seem to have no conscience and are trying to pass her one after another!
‘Ugh, even if I didn’t do my best. It’s still ten years.’
However, this was a misunderstanding caused by her ignorance of his peculiarity.
Undoubtedly, ‘Hesperon’ was the first to learn magic, but…
‘What is this? No matter how different it is from black magic, it’s a waste of Hans’ name if you wander about basic magic.’
He was the one who shared an accident with Hans, the immortal king.
Of course, you won’t be able to follow high-level magic due to physical limitations, but isn’t this the stage where you can lay the foundation for magic?
In addition, magic-related skills such as 「Evil Wisdom」, 「Forbidden Knowledge」, 「Path of Sorcery」, and 「Magic Control」 are indirectly helping.
A Nobel laureate even turns on a supercomputer and tells you the answer right next to you, but there is no way you can get stuck on a problem at the level of a middle school student.
“···good job. So, let’s move on to the next step. Whoa— I didn’t know there would be someone worse than Sae Ah.”
By the way, Lee Se-ah, who overtook the princess without any assistance at the beginning of the transfer, was just a genius.
And when Princess Riley and Hesperon are spending time alone like that.
What was Prince Simon doing who was trapped in the same space?
“Your Highness the Crown Prince? I must have told you to finish cleaning, washing bedding, and gardening… Do you think my words were not the same?”
“Keugh— I, I am the crown prince of the Azerion Empire! There’s no way I’ve ever done something like this…”
“Are you talking back again? I wonder if the corporal punishment wasn’t enough… there’s nothing we can do.”
“Oh, no. It’s not like that, I…”
“Uh-huh! Come on. We will definitely educate you to become a new person. Originally, growth accompanies pain, right?”
“no! Why am I the only one leaving Riley alone?”
Before she could enjoy the joy of being freed from the bullying of Andrew, her former supervisor, she was having a difficult day as a toy for Sianna, who is using the pseudonym Lilith this time.
slap-
Siana smiles happily as she wields a small riding whip.
For her, who had disguised herself as an imperial aristocrat, the opportunity to play with the crown prince was very meaningful.
Of course, Princess Riley only thought that the crown prince had done something distasteful again, but in fact, it was only natural that the Immortal King’s breath had reached that as well.
A throne placed in the middle of the Great War.
Hans was sitting on it, observing at a glance what was happening everywhere inside.
‘Hmm, I guess I don’t have to worry about the prisoners. Hesperon is there, so if there’s a problem, you’ll know right away.’
All the management of the followers in the demon castle should have been left to Siana, and the management of Salma, who was immersed in the abyss and maturing smoothly, should have been left to Acrich Dwell.
After all, he didn’t really need anything right now.
[Then, while I’m away, I’ll delegate the rest to you. Olivia.]
[Please don’t worry… I will follow what the king has commanded…]
Olivia bowed her head politely at Hans’s low command.
Of course, everything was questionable as to where they were suddenly leaving and why they were leaving…
She didn’t even dare to question the Immortal King, she just agreed.
And Hans, who looked around the castle for the last time.
He just disappeared from the spot.
***
late night.
Whoa-
There was a black shadow that quietly passed over the dark night sea illuminated only by the faint moonlight.
Something assimilated into the darkness of the night and moving at high speed without any sign.
Of course, the identity was Hans, the Immortal King who crossed over to Earth.
‘It’s a place I haven’t been to yet, so I can’t recklessly move to space. It’s cumbersome, but I have no choice but to do it this way.’
Right after he crossed the space and moved to Busan, he immediately headed southeast and started crossing the sea.
In order not to be detected by radar or satellites, etc., he was moving slowly in low flight, but of course, the criterion for that ‘slowly’ was only from Hans’ point of view.
We passed Tsushima Island 10 minutes after departing from Busan, and after 20 minutes, the appearance of the Japanese archipelago began to come into view.
‘I can get to Fukuoka in 30 minutes from Busan. Actually, it’s closer than from Seoul to Busan.’
Fukuoka on Kyushu, Japan’s third largest island, was the closest major city to Busan.
Still, it was Hahoe Mask’s first entry into Japan to be commemorated, so I chose this place because I wanted to start somewhere with a certain scale.
‘It’s also my first overseas trip.’
On the way, he felt a weak security barrier, perhaps to monitor smuggling, but he ignored it and went inside as naturally as breathing.
And the moment I was about to head to the brightly lit port even at this midnight hour.
‘Well? This?’
In a place a little far from here, he sensed something very familiar to him.
‘Let’s go and see.’
Being familiar with Hans in general was never a good sign.
Foreboding that he would start working before he even set foot on Japanese soil, he immediately moved to a place where he could feel the energy.
Chow ah— slap—
The place they arrived at was a fairly large ship floating in the middle of the sea.
A ship that floats quietly without a single light, like a ghost ship, while being slowly shaken by the waves that periodically rush in from the dark night sea.
Dark magic and the aura of death were so weak that it could not be easily noticed if it wasn’t for him.
‘Indeed, the barriers are meticulously set up as if they were paying attention.’
However, Hans entered the ship naturally as if he were entering a master bedroom and moved toward the cabin.
Immediately after, what he encountered inside was exactly as expected.
A bloody shaman, an evil ritual that can be seen by anyone, was drawn everywhere, and catalysts in bizarre shapes were placed here and there, adding to the gloomy atmosphere.
In addition, the bodies of those who were sacrificed with their stomachs cut open on the altar in the center.
‘How can those who use dark magic do the same things like this?’
The ones I caught in Auterica and the ones I hunted in Korea are the same.
It would be natural due to the nature of the energy, but it was inevitable that laments would come out.
“…!”
At that time, about a dozen men and women who had been giggling and chattering around the altar found him belatedly and started making a fuss.
Vigilance, warning, tension, intent to kill, etc…
Even so, all of them were at an insignificant level to rub against Hans, but he didn’t deal with them right away and fell into trouble for a while.
[Hmm, this is embarrassing.]
“%*#%&!”
“@&*#%#?”
They were talking about something, but I couldn’t understand a single word of it.
I forgot about it for a while because I was so used to a place where I could communicate naturally.
Of course, right now, of course, it’s about being wary of someone who suddenly invades, but I was planning on working in Japan for a while, so wouldn’t smooth communication be essential?
‘Because I could make a mistake if I made a judgment based only on the circumstances.’
No matter what kind of activity you do, language is essential abroad.
But even this wasn’t really a big deal.
[Keukeu— If necessary, you can learn from now.]
If you don’t know the language, just learn it.
It was simple.
Gooo—!
at least for him.
“Huup!”
“Kuk!”
A huge presence that fills the interior of the cabin.
The guys who were nervous and building up their momentum all at once grabbed their hearts and stumbled.
I try to resist somehow, but the dark magic within my body runs wild and gets out of control, and I can’t even control my limbs.
Hans, who slowly approached them while looking at the fish on the chopping board, grabbed one of them by the head.
“Quaaagh!”
And in an instant, I read the memory in my head.
However, what is different from usual is that rather than searching through memories including intense events, it is mainly skimming through the language system of the bastard.
But learning a language couldn’t be that easy.
‘I think I need to raise not only my mental strength, but also my other abilities. Things like memory, reasoning, and thinking…’
These are things that will help you forever if you upload them anyway.
Coincidentally, he had a very ample amount of points left, and they were still steadily increasing, so there was no need to save them.
‘Since I’m learning magic in earnest, the timing isn’t bad either.’
While the main body was consuming points like that, Hans leisurely looked around.
Those who shrank with a look of fear when one person was sacrificed in front of their eyes in an instant.
Their eyes were even filled with resentment at the sudden upheaval.
‘… shamelessly.’
He slightly turned his gaze to look at the corpses of those who had been sacrificed and then went back into the ‘learning’ process in earnest.
Fortunately, there were still many native speakers left to teach him.
They are also very dedicated.
***
Unlike the port, which is always bright with bright lights, the warehouse area is located on the outskirts and has a gloomy atmosphere.
There, a group of people met and exchanged meaningful conversations.
“Hey, how are these things?”
“Check it out. I prepared it with fresh things.”
After hearing that, a group of people opened the container and looked inside, and smiled contentedly.
There, young men and women trembling with fear, even those who appeared to be minors, were spread out in chains, bound.
“Puhihi— Thank you every time. We’re in a position where it’s hard for us to go out on our own, so even eating a meal is work. It made me very comfortable.”
“We will do anything if you give us money. Please use it often in the future.”
The transaction was completed in an instant, and the man with bloody eyes shining and the man with full of tattoos shook hands amicably.
But then.
Between their warm atmosphere…
[I see, now I can understand to some extent. It also works well.]
A cool voice mingled with it that seemed to echo from the depths of the earth.
“What?!”
“Who are you!”
Although this place, with several layers of security and control, is inaccessible to outsiders.
Those who instinctively sensed a crisis should raise their guard and turn their heads in the direction from which the sound came.
Swoop—
A bleak air mixed with cold air rushed in, and at the same time something slowly emerged from the shadows.
A black body as if it had been assimilated into the darkness, and a wooden mask with a bizarre smile that stood out even more because of that.
And even a pair of blue eyes burning like a goblin’s fire.
[Kuhuhh— but it seems a bit lacking. I hope you guys can help.]
It was the moment when the ‘Hwahoe Mask’, which had crossed the sea, finally landed in Japan.
