Episode 339 Initiative (3)
The night the call came from the Seiran Alliance.
Baek Woo-jin was playing a drama to Heuk-am in the dorm.
-Kya! This is life. No, it’s a swordsman!
Heukam grinned while watching the drama saved on his tablet PC.
“Do you like it?”
-Now, we can laugh and overlook the system’s giving away.
“Ding!”
-omg! What what! I really give it away….
“I just said that out of my mouth. Even though the blade gets dirty, how can we just smile and ignore it!”
Baek Woo-jin laughed, pointing at the darkness.
“Don’t lie and watch a drama.”
-Ugh! You damn bastard!
The darkness was so embarrassed that it trembled so violently that its blade broke.
“Hmph!”
Baek Woo-jin, who was in a good mood by teasing the darkness, began to hum and write various things in his notebook.
-Uhm….
Perhaps because he was curious about that, the darkness slowly floated up and approached the side.
-What are you doing?
“I’m going to make a plan.”
-plan?
“Plan to devour the Seiran Alliance.”
-Are you really going to eat it all?
“That’s right.”
He nodded without the slightest hesitation.
-What on earth is your purpose? Isn’t there something you want to do after eating there?
“We need to raise the wire.”
-wire?
“Currently, we are all gathered at the edge of the continent except Ramelun City. Preston Castle is at the end of the north, and the Seiran Alliance is at the end of the east.”
Baek Woo-jin pointed to the continental circuit laid out on the table.
“The one at the end is good for defense, but that’s it.”
This war is not a defensive war just to prevent an invasion by the empire. You must break through the imperial forces and destroy the Temple of Kabaron at its center.
If you are stuck in a corner, it may be good for defense, but it is only a negative when it comes to pushing in.
-So, are you planning to raise the front line in front of Ramelun after defeating the Seiran alliance?
“that’s right.”
Baek Woo-jin nodded his head. This was not impossible, as he had won the voting rights of Barex Castle and was allied with Ramelun of Preston Castle.
“It would be nice if Shukan Castle could help, but it’s not certain, so if we just take away two voting rights from the Seiran Alliance, things will go as planned.”
-Is that up to you?
“We have to make it happen.”
Currently, his name has spread throughout the continent, but many people do not believe in his power.
It seemed that if he properly adjusted the force shown and adjusted the situation, he could obtain the voting rights of the Seiran Alliance like Bulfor.
-Terrible acting skills….
Darkness got goosebumps and his blade trembled. That guy’s acting skills were not inferior at all compared to actors in dramas.
The lip acting he showed me a while ago was so admiring that I couldn’t help but stare blankly.
“Anyway, if you want to win the empire, you have to get out of the house. “It can’t go on like this.”
An empire can continuously increase its army by creating dark demons. We must end the war once and for all.
-So what’s the plan?
“First of all, let’s not talk about alliances…”
Ding!
As I was about to explain, a clear beep sounded.
-hey. Don’t play around!
“It’s not?”
-what?
“For real this time.”
Baek Woo-jin grinned and pointed forward.
[A new quest has arrived.]
< Escape from the shell. >
In order to win the war against the Empire, you must get the turtles that won’t come out of their shells. Raise the battle line by gaining the voting rights of the Seiran Alliance.
Condition: Gain half of the voting rights of the Seiran Alliance and raise the front line.
Reward: 7000 points.
“This….”
-Ouch!
Darkness screamed after seeing the quest.
-no! Why give me this! Are you really crazy!
There is a certain amount of giving. It’s too harsh to take what Baek Woo-jin just said and give him a quest.
“I and the system think the same. It worked well as expected.”
-Did you just have shit on your head? How can we have the same thoughts! I heard what you said and gave you the quest just like that!
“That works well. “We gave it to our system because we thought it was necessary.”
-Ugh! The horse’s teeth are really….
The darkness roared and stirred the air. That damn bastard moves his mouth so well that he seems to be powered by a motor in his tongue. It is not a black swordsman, but a black tongue.
“Anyway, it’s good.”
Baek Woo-jin nodded in satisfaction and accepted the quest.
“I’ve killed three birds with one stone, so I’ll have to leave tomorrow.”
**
The next morning. Baek Woo-jin invited Moo Young-gaek and Moon Ju-young Depp to his dorm.
“Let’s leave for Castle Barex today?”
Dapple opened his eyes and opened his mouth.
“okay.”
“Then I’ll get ready right away!”
“Oh wait.”
Baek Woo-jin grabbed Dapple’s shoulder as he was about to leave.
“Listen to everything and leave.”
“yes?”
“You never know if the imperial scouts or army might come again.”
“That’s right….”
“I need to prepare for that.”
While saying those words, he presented the mask of the Manbyeongeum to Moon Joo-young.
“Why are you suddenly doing this to me…?”
Moon Ju-young, who received the mask of the Manbyeongeum with both hands, tilted his head.
“Have you tried it? “Use it and turn into me.”
“All right.”
Without the slightest question, Moon Joo-young put on a mask and transformed into herself.
“and….”
“No matter how you look at it, it’s better than my disguise.”
Deple, who saw that, opened his mouth wide and Muyoung-gaek shook his head.
“Hmm….”
Baek Woo-jin slowly looked at Moon Ju-young, who had transformed into himself.
“Take out the sword and inject the aura.”
“yes.”
Moon Joo-young pushed the auror straight into the sword without any questions.
Cheeeeee!
A black aura identical to his own surged out and set the blade on fire.
“how is it?”
“It’s the same again. “The atmosphere is similar.”
“I admit it. “I’m not confident I can tell them apart.”
Deple and Moo Young-gaek raised their thumbs up.
“Then that’s it.”
Baek Woo-jin patted Moon Ju-young on the shoulder with a satisfied smile.
“You stay and act as my replacement.”
“Yes?”
“I don’t know when the Empire will come again. However, they are scared of my power. “If I just show myself, I’ll be able to take my time.”
-ah! Is that why you handed over the mask?
‘okay.’
He deliberately let everyone in the empire escape without taking them prisoner.
Even if the empire invades, Moon Ju-young, who has transformed into herself, will be able to take the time.
-There’s really nothing to do.
Darkness surrounded his tongue. There was no such thing as Baek Woo-jin. It seemed like everything was in his head.
“How dare I!”
Moon Ju-young’s hand holding his sword trembled. To him, Baek Woo-jin is heaven. My heart raced as I acted as his replacement. He was on a different level from the stunt double he had played briefly before.
“You’ve done it before.”
“It was a simple thing back then.”
“are you okay. You have seen me from up close the most. “You just have to do what you saw.”
Baek Woo-jin smiled softly.
“that’s right. “I don’t know about other people, but the prosecutor thinks you are more natural than me.”
“Didn’t you serve Master from the beginning? “You will be able to do well.”
“Uhm….”
Despite encouragement from Moo Young-gaek and Dapple, Moon Ju-young’s dark face did not ease.
“You can even imitate my swordsmanship.”
“That’s true, but….”
“Then what’s the problem? “Actually, you are my first disciple.”
Before Dapple, there was Moon Joo-young. Because this guy had seen his own swordsmanship the most, he was able to imitate it much more closely than Dapple could.
“Moon Joo-young. “I’m doing it because it’s you.”
“ah….”
“Don’t believe it.”
Moon Joo-young trembled as if she was moved by the words, “I believe.”
“I will sacrifice her life to complete her mission!”
“There’s no need for that.”
-Inflexible guy.
Baek Woo-jin waved his hand and Heuk-am smiled happily.
“one more.”
He snapped his fingers and opened the spirit door.
[Crumbling!]
A red-faced Ignis yawned and slowly flew over.
“I’ll leave Ignis here too. “Use it well.”
“Oh, I understand!”
Moon Joo-young smiled slightly and nodded, as if the burden had now eased.
-Hmm, those two will be able to stop anything that comes.
‘okay.’
Baek Woo-jin looked at Moon Ju-young and Ignis with eyes filled with trust, then turned his head out the window.
‘Now that we’re ready, let’s go eat it all.’
**
As soon as Bulfor returned to Castle Varex, without even recovering his wounds, he divided up the castle’s treasures and the castle’s lord’s seal and hid them.
“ha….”
Bulfor, who had hidden his treasures tightly, sighed and sat down on his office chair.
“I feel a little more at ease now.”
My body was tired from working from dawn to night, but I felt at ease, perhaps because my worries had disappeared.
“Lord Seong. “Now it’s time to get some rest…”
Gayen, the guard and adjutant, approached with a worried expression.
“You hid all the jewelry, right?”
“yes. “I put everything that was suitable in its place and hid everything that was valuable inside the wall.”
“That’s it then.”
“But…”
“why?”
“Is there a need to hide these? No matter how much that person comes…”
“Don’t you know what it means to have voting rights transferred?”
Bulfor gritted his teeth and broke the handle of the chair.
“It means he can do whatever he wants here. Damn it!”
I fell for that idiot’s trick and lost everything. He had to keep important treasures and seals hidden so that he could escape and recover at any time.
“I see….”
“Take care of your kids’ mouths. Even if you die, don’t spit out where your items are.”
“of course. “We only worked with trustworthy guys.”
“Then that’s enough. “Go out.”
Bulpor nodded his head and Yen bowed his head and left the office, closing the door behind him.
“Haha, just because we’re having a meeting here….”
In order to bring Sylvia with him by force, he set the meeting place at his castle, but everything fell apart because of Baek Woo-jin.
I hid the treasures, but I couldn’t think of what to do next.
“How do I get out of this… hmm?”
Bulfor, who was pounding on the table, narrowed his eyes.
‘what?’
His heart clenched and a shiver ran down his spine, as if he had seen something frightening.
“This feeling…”
It was when I tried to get up from the chair due to an unknown anxiety.
Kwaaaaang!
The office door burst open and the person I most wanted to see in the world came in.
“Ouch! Bae Bae Baek Woo-jin!”
This is Baek Woo-jin. That crazy guy was entering the office with a half-fazed Gayen on his waist.
“Long time no see.”
“Why are you here!” And how!”
“Why? “I came because I had a meeting.”
Baek Woo-jin pointed to Linden Seongju and Sylvia who came together.
“I received guidance from this friend.”
“Ugh….”
“Thank you for the guidance.”
He smiled softly as he released Gayen from her waist.
“There’s still a week left until the meeting…”
“I came to see what kind of castle I have voting rights in. “The location and environment here were okay.”
“Oh no….”
Bulfor’s lips trembled, not knowing what to do.
“Okay then…”
Baek Woo-jin sat down on Bulfor’s desk as if it were his own living room and held out his hand.
“You need to give me a seal, right?”
“uh?”
“The seal of the castle lord. “You don’t have voting rights, so I have to have them.”
“Oh no.”
“what?”
“There is no such thing as a seal in our castle, Barex.”
Bulpor broke into a cold sweat and shook his head vigorously.
‘I’m glad everything happened.’
The right thing to do was to hide the seal and important items as soon as he returned to the castle. If he had moved a little later, all his treasures would have been taken away.
“Hmm….”
Baek Woo-jin nodded his head slightly as if he knew that would happen.
“Then, please show me the treasury containing the castle’s treasures.”
“See?”
“yes.”
“Uhm….”
Bulfor glanced at Gayen. Gayen gave a wink as if asking her to believe. She sighed in relief and stood up.
“Please follow me.”
**
Baek Woo-jin followed Bulpor into the underground treasury of Barex Castle.
-Nothing wrong?
‘I know.’
There was quite a pile of things like jewels and armor elixirs, but they were all of mid-level quality. There was no special object to be seen.
‘I guess the important stuff has already been moved.’
– Contrary to what you fooled, he is a quick thinker.
‘Well, it doesn’t matter to our dog.’
Baek Woo-jin smiled coolly and approached Bulfor.
“Is this all?”
“That’s right.”
“The lord of the castle is not the type of person to indulge in extravagance. “Most of the treasures here are inherited from our ancestors.”
Gayen, Vulfor’s bodyguard, suddenly intervened and told me about Vulfor’s personality without even asking.
“Is that really all you have here?”
“Of course.”
“Let me ask you one last question. “There is no seal of the castle lord in this castle, and all the treasures are here?”
“That’s right!”
Bulfor put his hands together and made an earnest expression as if he was asking for trust.
“If that is false, then all the hidden items in this castle are mine.”
“That kind of….”
“In return, if we don’t find anything, we’ll give you back your voting rights. how is it?”
“Huh!”
Bulfor stood up with his bent back.
‘If only I could get my voting rights back…’
Bulfor’s eyes rolled back when he heard that he could get his voting rights back.
‘No matter how bad this guy is, it’s impossible to find them!’
The places where treasures are hidden are ones that even oneself cannot easily open. No matter how much this monster is, it cannot be found.
“Good Joe! Instead, you must keep your promise!”
“Sure.”
Baek Woo-jin nodded his head and turned around.
“Muyoungguek!”
At his call, a warrior in a black military uniform appeared out of thin air and prostrated himself.
“I found it?”
“Yeap!”
-If you’re going to get into shape, keep holding on and suddenly there’s a preload….
Heukam waved his sword blade while looking at Mu Young-gaek.
“For now, it’s here too.”
Muyoung-gaek smiled confidently and rubbed his hands like his flies.
“Here?”
“Come over here.”
The guy walked long distances and headed behind the table where the jewels were placed.
“There are jewels on the tables here, so I don’t pay much attention to the walls. so….”
Muyounggaek sequentially knocked on eight places on the empty wall.
Coo coo coo coo!
When the final touches were made, a square door appeared in the wall, revealing a space shining with blue light.
“also.”
“Ugh!”
Baek Woo-jin grinned and blood burst out from one of Bulpor’s noses.
“also!”
Muyounggaek clapped his hands and entered the open space. Inside, there were jewels that were much more gorgeous than the treasures in the previous room and weapons that radiated strong energy.
“Hmm!”
Baek Woo-jin hummed his song and looked at the weapons.
-It’s incomparable to the things in that room.
Swords, spears, armor, and elixirs were treasures that were incomparably superior to the items in the previous room.
If the level of the front was 4 to 5, this place was at least level 6 to 7.
“Aaaah!”
Bulfor collapsed on the floor without even wiping away his bleeding nose.
“How on earth did you get that secret device…?”
That device on the wall is an organ that will never open if pressed incorrectly, and there is even a secret barrier placed so that it cannot be recognized.
I had no idea what that monster was doing to find it and open it right away.
“I gave you three chances.”
“Ugh!”
“From now on, this treasure is mine.”
Baek Woo-jin grinned and turned around.
“No young guest. Dapple. “Take all your treasures.”
“Oh, no! “No!”
“You agreed to the bet. “If there are any hidden treasures, they are all mine.”
“no! “No!”
“It’s already too late. Guys. “Get started.”
“yes!”
Muyeonggaek and Deple grinned and gathered all the treasures in the room into one place.
‘Darkness.’
-Ugh….
Darkness shook his sword blade and placed all the treasures in his inventory.
“Prosecutor. There are still three more. Let’s go!”
“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu….
“Ugh!”
Vulfor and Gayen screamed, tearing out their heads with a look on their faces that had lost their souls.
-Are you really taking it out on me?
The darkness stuck out its tongue as it looked at the calm Baek Woo-jin.
-You bastard….
**
Baek Woo-jin and Heuk-am took all the treasured items hidden in the secret warehouse hidden outside the castle and the warehouse on the second floor and entered the castle lord’s room on the top floor of the castle.
“Why did you come here again?”
Bulfor was now bending his back, using the extreme belt.
“No spirit guest.”
“Hey!”
I called for Muyounggaek, but the sound came from Bulpor.
-It would be natural for the secret location to be discovered if you just call Muyounggaek’s name.
Darkness chuckled as if it was fun.
“This is the last time.”
Muyounggaek jumped like a frog and clung to the ceiling of Seongju’s room.
Geek!
As he knocked here and there for a while, the sound of gears rolling was heard and a space in the ceiling opened.
“There are only three here. “Eh.”
“Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!”
As soon as Bulfor saw Muyoung taking out the items, he finally foamed at the mouth and fell back.
“Ugh! “Lord Seong!”
Gayen jumped down carrying the unconscious Bulfor.
“Will it be okay?”
Sylvia approached with a slightly dark look on her face.
“are you okay. “I was given the opportunity three times, but I turned it down, so I’m self-sufficient.”
Baek Woo-jin waved his hand. If he had brought the castle lord’s seal at once, he wouldn’t have done this, but since he refused them all, it was all his own karma.
“Besides, that guy attempted my life in Dalian. “I have to get this much to make ends meet.”
-Ask for the whole castle! You bastard!
‘That’s pitiful.’
-How is it different from now!
“Keuhum….”
Baek Woo-jin, who had nothing to say, scratched his head below his ears and approached Mu-yeong.
“Did you check?”
“First of all, this is the seal of the castle lord.”
Muyeonggaek was the first to hand over the seal of Barex Castle.
“This is… wow!”
Muyounggaek cheered as he examined the jewels closely.
“The eyes of Acherius!”
“what is that?”
“Don’t you know? It is the only jewel among jewels in our world! “Look at this brilliant blue light!”
“What about the third?”
Baek Woo-jin was not particularly interested in jewelry, so he pointed to the third glass bottle he brought containing a blood-red liquid.
“Well, I’m not sure about this either. However, out of all of these, it smells like treasure the most.”
“okay?”
After Baek Woo-jin received all three items, he pointed to the glass bottle to Heuk-am.
‘Please appraise it.’
-If someone sees it, they will think it was entrusted to them….
‘Please do something.’
-Ha, now the enemies are spreading beyond the system and world tree. boring. boring!
Darkness whined and used his emotions on the liquid.
[Refined Demon Dragon’s Blood]
It is a healing potion made by purifying the blood of Vulcan, the most vicious demon dragon that was sealed thousands of years ago. Although it is not a legendary elixir, it has a superior effect than any recovery magic or healing agent.
Grade: Legendary.
-What are you talking about? Why is this here!
The Demon Dragon Vulcan is still the worst dragon in lore and a being with powerful regenerative abilities. I couldn’t have imagined that something like this would remain, a healing agent made from that damn blood.
-You also have elixir! Holy crap! How many lives do you have?
It was no exaggeration to say that if you combined the healing breath with the elixir of the demon dragon’s blood, you had three lives.
‘Hehehe.’
Baek Woo-jin put the demon dragon’s blood into his inventory while doing a shoulder dance.
‘It was a huge hit.’
I felt like I was really glad I got to Barex Castle quickly. It was a harvest that exceeded expectations.
“No young guest. Good work.”
“I had fun too. “Stealing so blatantly seems like it would open my eyes to another world…”
Muyoung’s shoulders trembled with an ecstatic expression.
“Because it’s all done. “You go back now.”
“Yes?”
Muyoung-gaek, whose eyes were half-closed, screamed.
“Stay here and don’t cause trouble to the Union people, but go back to the castle and help Moon Ju-young.”
“Wow, that’s harsh. “I found everything… huh?”
Guest Moo-young, who was about to argue, saw the object Baek Woo-jin held out and shut his mouth.
“Acherius’ eyes? Are you giving this to me? “This precious thing?”
“You are the only one among us who is interested in jewels. great job.”
“Hahahaha! “I’m going back right now!”
The martial artist quickly caught Akerius’s outstretched eyes and jumped out of the window instead of the door.
“her….”
“ah….”
Dapple and Sylvia opened their mouths in amazement at the Muyounggaek’s movements and actions.
-Wow, his acting skills are really…
The darkness also waved its blade as if it had never expected it to do that.
‘He’s really like that.’
Only Baek Woo-jin smiled while looking at the open window.
**
Baek Woo-jin stayed at Barex Castle until the day the meeting started, enjoying better treatment than the castle owner.
-Even if you do this, the treasures will not be returned…
Heukam clicked his tongue as he looked at the food that was prepared to pieces.
‘You never know.’
Baek Woo-jin laughed as he chewed a large piece of meat.
-You’re laughing. If you give it back, I’ll throw my body in the poop! You bastard!
‘Oh, I guess I’ll have to give it back to see that?’
-This is crazy….
The darkness trembled with its blade because it knew that Baek Woo-jin was the real deal.
“I never thought I would be treated like this at Barex Castle.”
Dapple, who was eating together, smiled brightly.
“Me too. “The dirty eyes that Lord Bulpor always showed have completely disappeared.”
Sylvia, who was eating fruit, nodded her head in agreement.
As the two said, Bulfor was serving them with all his heart and soul in order to return the jewels he had taken.
“I guess they want their treasures back.”
“Are you going to give it back?”
“I saw you doing it.”
Baek Woo-jin smiled inexplicably and swallowed the remaining meat.
‘This is how it feels to be a major shareholder.’
It was extremely comfortable for Seongju to have everything resolved from where he was sitting.
Percussion!
While I was enjoying the rest of my meal, the restaurant door opened with the sound of rough footsteps.
“Oh, I…”
Gayen, the castle lord’s bodyguard, came in with trembling eyes. Every time he saw himself these days, his body shook as if he had seen a ghost.
“tell.”
“The lords of the Seiran Alliance have arrived.”
“Hmm….”
Baek Woo-jin put down the wine he was drinking and smiled.
‘The new hukou have arrived.’
