Chapter 144 – Negotiation Plan
What is a green ghost?
Green demons are green-skinned monsters with pointy ears and sharp teeth-.
In the free cities of the south, they say they talk to people, bake bread, do farming, and weave and wear cloth, but most of them are usually hostile to humans.
The pitiful seeds that chew on the growth -. Horrible beings who sneak into villages, kill chickens and pigs, kidnap children, and drag women to give birth in their nests.
Even though he was a sub-species, he didn’t have a demon for nothing.
If he behaved like a human, he would have been called a green man. Like wooden men with grass on their necks, or half-humans with short, stubby bodies—.
“Can we beat the green demons…?”
Every time I pee on the blanket, I heard the saying that if you do this, the green spirit will catch you-. It was only natural to be afraid of green spirits.
Well, they were definitely dangerous beings.
Newbie mercenaries who don’t know what to do look down on their small body like a child, but it was not boring to be wiped out.
As they were small compared to humans, they were nimble and mean.
They tended to set traps all over their burrows. It was a means to protect itself from predators. Moreover, they were very accustomed to group life and were natural for hunting.
When a prey appeared, they would throw poisoned spears and stone them from a distance. If you try to get close, it runs away. Never gave up
Then, when the opponent thinks they are incapacitated, they come and apply a club pack.
They have a culture of eating raw meat, so if you didn’t die in the process, you’d rather die by biting your tongue. I’ll eat your skin while you’re alive.
Not to mention, the women were caught and used as seeds.
Human females were a very strong breeding ground for those who were extremely short on females. After giving birth to babies like that, when the body becomes unable to give birth anymore, it will be immediately eaten by them.
Even the villagers who lived in the countryside knew about it because they had heard it a lot. Lily, in particular, was very displeased.
He said he’d rather die than get caught by those guys.
Even more so, if they settled down in the devil’s cave… The leader Green Ghost who swallowed the mana crystal will be on a different level from the normal Green Ghost.
He must be quite large, and since he swallowed the mana crystal, he must know how to handle the power of mana. Maybe it’s because I don’t know if the intelligence is considerable.
It was Ian and Lily who thought that it would be a little difficult even for Seo-jun.
“I win.”
Seo-joon answered simply this time, too, with a slightly maddening tone.
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Just as expected.
As Seo-jun said – Margery came to see Seo-joon again within a few hours.
This time, I dropped my mercenaries and-.
When Marjorie came to see her, she couldn’t even speak.
His desire to go to the demon cave was written all over his face, but he seemed to feel a little guilty at the thought of leaving his mercenaries behind.
“Ugh-. I want to hear the exact story…”
At Margery’s question, Seo-jun smiled and nodded his head.
…
Seo-joon and his party were in the middle of training.
I would have eaten breakfast too. He began to focus on training to attack the demon cave.
“Whoop whoop-.”
Monica’s hot breath smokes steam.
Seo-jun was slowly pushing the shield, and Monica braced her thighs and held on to avoid being pushed away. But, without a doubt, the soles of her feet were pushed away, raising dust.
Next to them, Ian and Lily, who had finished their breakfast, were also relaxing.
Traditionally, if you don’t train for even a day, your body will rust.
Grasping- When Seo-jun suddenly pushed hard, Monica fell backwards.
Heo-heo-heo- he exhales and stands up straight away, Monica-. Seo-joon waved his hand, telling him to take a break.
Then Monica lay down on her floor and let out a gasp. She was dripping with sweat.
“Whoaaaaa-.”
After taking Gangolhwan强骨丸 – As long as the number of muscle bones went up to 2 points, the stiffness of Monica’s bones and muscles was now similar to that of Ian. The guy who has been wielding a sword for almost half of his life and the old man at the mill stand on the same line… It wasn’t God’s elixir for nothing.
Moreover, the potential was A+, so the room for growth was endless.
Seo-joon was testing her grown strength and holding her posture.
Monica, who was lying on the floor panting and exhaling, was clearly feeling a change in her own body.
After taking the medicine Seojun gave me, I felt that I was getting stronger day by day.
It was different from when I woke up in the morning.
Fatigue used to hang over my eyes even after 10 hours of sleep, but now I wake up refreshed after only 3 or 4 hours of sleep. Far from straining her back even after lifting something heavy, she was able to lift it with her arms and legs.
In order to follow Seo-jun, she was a Monica who could go in even if she had to burn herself in the fire of hell, but she didn’t like holding her sword and fighting with her shield.
How could she, the daughter of a wealthy miller, have imagined a life full of bloodshed, wielding swords with someone?
Her dream was to get married to someone like her, give birth to her child, and live a good life.
Nevertheless, now I left for Seo-joon.
To prove her usefulness to him, she had to show that she was no mediocre miller’s daughter. That’s why she endured so much, and the medicine Seo-jun gave her made it possible.
It was natural for me to feel strong.
With this power, you will definitely be able to be by Seo-joon’s side-.
In the meantime, Margeri came to her.
“Ah, sister. You came just fine.”
Seojun greeted her with a white smile.
What about Marjori? She put on a bewildered expression, but Seo-joon rubbed her back and took her in front of Monica.
“My sister just needs to look after Monica until she goes to the demon cave. Please teach Monica with all her heart and sincerity so that she can definitely act as a guard for her back row.”
“Uh…? Me, me?”
Marjorie couldn’t keep up with the flow and pointed at herself with her index finger. Seojun nodded his head and continued.
“Yes, I heard you can teach better than me?”
“That, that’s…”
“No?”
Marjorie, who was mumbling at Seo-jun’s question, immediately gave a whimper.
“I-I haven’t even said I’m doing it yet…!”
Only then did Seojun shut her mouth.
It seems that he didn’t like the situation of being dragged around by Seo-joon. Was he trying to negotiate a bit more?
Seo-joon hardened his expression, looked around, and then sneaked closer to Marjorie. Then Marjorie involuntarily held her breath and stepped back from him. Then he slammed his jaw into the wall.
Hick-
Seo-jun tilted her head closer to her who swallowed her breath.
“Ah, I’m still mentally ready…!”
Whatever she was thinking, Margery jerked her head sideways and pushed Seo-joon’s chest with her hand.
“Yes? Ah-. What, were you expecting a kiss?”
It was only then that she realized that Seo-jun’s purpose was not that, and her face was red-hot. Seo-joon said to her with a nasty laugh at her.
“So you’re not going to-?”
“Key, kiss…?”
“No, attack the demon cave.”
“…”
I look up at him with a slightly disappointed expression on Seo-joon’s words. But he couldn’t come up with an answer right away, so he paused, albeit for a moment.
Then Seo-joon waved his hand as if it was all right.
“Haa, that’s unfortunate. Then you have to find someone else. Ah, Hodor of the sledgehammer mercenaries—maybe that guy isn’t bad either—?”
When Seo-jun immediately mentioned the second-in-command’s name, Marjorie grabbed Seo-jun by the hem of his dress.
“Gee, really? Sincerely? It’s because you don’t know how dirty his temper is! You don’t know what will happen to you if you enter the demon’s cave!”
“Do you think I’m going to get beaten up by that bastard?”
Seo-joon laughed, saying that he hadn’t even thought about it. It was the marjorie that was sweet to him.
The Devil’s Cave of Riches is also a Devil’s Cave, but the mana breathing method was applied. Even if this was cheating, he had to accept it unconditionally. Whether or not Seo-joon really learned how to breathe mana and knows how to handle mana will soon be verified anyway.
“Don’t you know that I am the right person? Don’t you know I’m the best in the city?”
Even so, he did not dare to say that he would do it unconditionally. He was funny and a little cute that he was somehow trying to get the upper hand.
Seo-joon gestured. He thought he would listen to me somewhere-.
“So what do you want?”
It was only then that Marjorie’s mouth, which had been stiff, relaxed a little, and brought out a proposal for negotiations.
She had twelve boys born of her breast. For her part, she couldn’t bear to leave them behind.
“My children, let me go with you. They’re heavy-mouthed kids. It will definitely help in the demon cave. I should keep the mana breathing method a secret, but… It would be better for our children to go to the demon cave for your safety…?”
“Hmm…”
Marjorie’s conditions were within expectations.
She didn’t think she’d leave my mercenaries behind, as much as she valued her loyalty. But dragging them along like that would never be of any help to old Ian.
She had to have the right crisis and hardship for Ian. It was the same for Lily and Monica.
What they need most now is practical experience.
The experience of sharing bloody battles with non-human beings-.
More than anything else-, their existence would be a huge obstacle to attacking Marjorie. Still···. Wouldn’t be bad for one. That would be much more helpful in absorbing coins-.
“Let’s just take one person. I can’t yield any more.”
“····One person?”
It was better than saying no at all, but one person… There were too few. If only one of the twelve was taken, that was a problem.
These children are so jealous and have weak tempers-, if you choose one, the other 11 will be very upset. At worst, you may be beaten out of jealousy.
In fact, while Marjorie was riding down the mountain after completing a request, she tripped on a rock and accidentally fell on top of one of them.
At that moment, the other 11 people suddenly started beating him because his lips hit his cheek.
Crying that this bastard hadn’t bumped into him by mistake–crying that he must have brought the ball on purpose-.
Marjorie lashed out at her with something like that, but she couldn’t quite get her anger out—in the end, she had to give the other eleven fair lip slaps on her cheeks.
That alone gave them strength to say that it’s good that their mouths don’t get caught in their ears.
Anyway, that’s why I don’t know if no one takes me at all. Taking only one person was a problem.
However, Seo-jun suddenly pointed to the window of the inn.
“Finally, there’s a guy over there. Let’s take that guy.”
Looking at the place at Seo-jun’s words, the youngest member of the Red Fox Mercenary Corps, who had been peeking this way with his head out, made eye contact with Hans.
