Episode 327 Harpman’s Help
Ray visited Bener’s office late at night.
Knock- knock-
Knocking on the door a couple of times, a low voice came from inside.
“Come in.”
At those words, when Ray stepped inside, Bener’s expression darkened a little.
“…Ray the centurion. What business do I have?”
At the act of knowing everything but pretending not to know, Ray calmed down and said quietly.
“What the hell are you talking about? How do you fight against 10,000 with only 2,000 people?”
If there was a way to wage an all-out war against five times the number of troops, Ray himself wanted to know.
Chief Vener frowned slightly.
“The order has been given. You shouldn’t be doing this, shouldn’t you be organizing your troops?”
Judging by the way he speaks, he doesn’t seem to feel any remorse.
He didn’t care about winning or losing the war.
The only thing Bener is interested in is how to prevent sparks from bouncing on him.
One of them must be thinking of passing the blame on to himself.
Ray changed his attitude in earnest at the dirty tricks that showed his true intentions.
“He’s sitting there saying something like troop maintenance.”
“How dare you make fun of your mouth!”
As the commander drew his sword, Ray snorted.
Even Zeke, who is said to be the strongest among masters, did not dare to draw a sword in front of him, but it was absurd to see the commander who had not even become a master come out so boldly.
He overlapped his index and middle fingers.
Two fingers lightly lowered and recited.
“Cut it.”
When Misung cries his son-in-law, mana swims in the air as if to respond.
A cool sound echoed as the sharpened mana touched the sword.
Slowly—!
With just one voice, Vener’s sword cut cleanly.
His complexion turned blue at the sight of a monster he had never heard of before.
“Uh… how…”
Ray laid his butt on the table, ignoring the general who seemed to be out of his mind beyond embarrassment.
Before he knew it, the sword held by Bener was still held in his hand.
Looking at his hand that did not hurt even though he gripped the blade with his bare hand, the Cheonbujang trembled and spoke with a fishy smile.
“When you say good things, turn your troops around. Let’s just hand everything over to Devon. You want to avoid being tired of each other. huh?”
He speaks and sheds fear.
The power of Fear, which was directly taught by Aira, was clearly revealed.
At the level of intense living that made it difficult to breathe, the commander of Vener’s head shook his head with difficulty.
“Ah… I see…”
“I’m not saying to be comfortable alone. This is for everyone.”
It’s not a lie.
By giving Crian Castle, he could avoid unnecessary battles and prevent the attrition of his soldiers.
In addition, it is also a great opportunity to lay the foundation for a counterattack.
However, if the problem was that the speaker’s expression was unusual, it was a problem.
If you try to convince him with an expression like that of a vicious and vicious pimp somewhere, you will only get scared.
Vener, who was so dignified in the meeting room, was transformed into a weak herbivore at this moment.
* * *
The Northern Crian Castle decided to retreat all troops from the battlefield by Bener’s commander, who insisted on withdrawing with foam at the mouth.
After ordering to repel Devon with 2,000 soldiers, he changed his stance overnight, saying, ‘It is not the commander’s job to drive soldiers to death.’
The Crean soldiers, who took the minimum amount of food and supplies, set fire to the warehouse and escaped, and the next day, Devon’s forces occupied the Crean Castle.
Thanks to Ray, they accomplished the feat of eating a castle without a single casualty.
Hearing the report, the Devon king felt like he had the world in his hands.
“Ha ha ha ha ha! I’ve heard that Celia’s walls are small, but I didn’t expect them to be this big!”
“It must have been that we Devon soldiers were afraid enough to abandon the castle. ha ha ha.”
Unlike last time, the atmosphere in Daejeon was good.
In order to send troops to the royal road of the Kingdom of Silia, two elements were needed.
The first is supplies and troops, and the second is where they can be coordinated.
In order to fulfill the second condition, it was necessary to take away the Crian castle even if it was unreasonable, but the situation went better than expected.
Now that the Northern Crian Castle had been occupied without any damage, the Devon Kingdom could claim to have had both elements leading to victory.
“Now we just have to focus on attacking the royal capital.”
Now that the road to the capital has been opened from the north, if the army is mobilized and attacked at once, even the kingdom of Silia will not be able to withstand it for long.
Moreover, in the case of a long-term battle, it is definitely the kingdom of Celia that will be at a disadvantage.
They suspended all trades in trade and intermediaries.
The King of Devon, who had been looking at the situation coolly, thought for a moment that King Celia might have gone mad.
There is no money coming in, and the war only generates money, so it won’t last long.
After one or two attacks, you won’t even have enough food to feed your soldiers.
Thinking about the future, he smiled and showed it.
“Now is the time to spread Devon’s name on the continent.”
* * *
The Crian soldiers who retreated to the capital were assigned their positions and went into standby.
King Celia was furious with their retreat, but after a day of talking with Bener, he smiled as usual.
Indeed, it could not have been a terrifying speed of emotional ups and downs.
Inside the shabby tent, Ray was lost in thought.
‘At this rate, military funds will definitely run out.’
The kingdom of Celia is in a state of repeating many groups due to the war with the kingdom of Devon.
What’s more, they don’t have any funding.
After that, there might be a situation where fighting with bare hands might come because of the lack of weapons.
Ray, who had been imagining soldiers charging bare-handedly against cavalry with spears, hurriedly brushed off the horrific imagination.
He stood up from his seat as he tapped the parchment with a lot of drawings on it.
Now it was time to set the stage for a reversal.
* * *
Due to the war between Celia and Devon, the continent was hit by a big wind.
At the border, wars of nerves often break out between kingdoms.
Until yesterday, those who were allies waged war and even those who were blood allies struck the back of the head, and the situation was getting worse and worse.
In the background until that happened, the forces of darkness were intervened.
As much money and manpower was spent, the effect was enormous.
The entire continent was engulfed in war as they wished.
Merchants and merchants, who were looking for opportunities, began selling weapons to the kingdom.
The price was three times higher than usual, but the kingdoms lacking supplies had no choice but to purchase it crying and eating mustard.
As a result, the body of the upper ranks grew like crazy.
Among them, the upper half of Hafman was a comprehension.
Despite the pressure and containment from other top players, it is recording remarkable growth.
In addition to its endless capital power, the Hafman Chamber of Commerce, which even captured the hearts of the public, has reached the point where there is no other upper class that can be compared.
Sigea, a huge neutral city located outside the borders of the Holy Kingdom.
There was the main body of the upper class of Hafman.
Since it is a neutral city, there is no risk of war and there is a large floating population, so it is a perfect city to make money.
Ray rode and crossed mountains and rivers in a straight line, running all day long.
His face, which had suffered from the dark forces and the war, was more haggard than usual.
If you cover your eyes with a mask, it is truly a model of a beggar.
After finding the headquarters of the Hafman Company after running nonstop, he paced at the entrance when a guard approached him.
“What are you doing?”
The tone is polite.
If it’s normal, it’s normal to be kicked out.
Seeing how he asked with a slight smile on his face, it was clear that Harpman had been holding back public sentiment for a long time.
Ray responded respectfully.
“I’m here to meet Hafman Sangsanju.”
Flinch—
the guard paused for a moment before asking.
“Do you have any connection with Sangsanju?”
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After thinking for a moment, Ray smiled.
“If it’s a bond made with grain, they’ll jump out right away.”
The guard looked at him strangely for a moment, but then nodded.
“…I’ll try to send a message…but if you tell a lie, I’ll give you a big slap.”
After answering with a blink of an eye, the guard disappeared into the top half of the harp.
Could it have been time for a cup of tea?
Shortly thereafter, half-man ran out from the inside of the top in a huff.
“Huh! Huh!”
It seems that he has been running non-stop from the office, breathing heavily.
The guards who were following the actions of the top lords that they had never seen before momentarily doubted their own eyes.
Ray calms Hoffman.
“They are still making a fuss.”
Hoffman, who took a deep breath and controlled himself, spoke in a loud and cheerful voice.
“If you had given me a message before you came, I would have made great preparations.”
“Did you raise the ranks to say hello once? You don’t have to do anything stupid.”
Hoffman smiled pleasantly at the still grumpy talk.
“ha ha ha. No matter how many years pass, you are still the same.”
“People don’t change easily.”
Ray glanced at him.
A few years ago, I couldn’t eat, and I couldn’t find where my body had gone, but now I had strong muscles attached to it.
Even a servant changes his mind when he is full.
Ray said in a strange voice.
“After earning money, I think I can live better than before. I didn’t know that the guy I picked up before was still the guy I knew, so I won’t be able to drink after a long time.”
It is an unknown word.
Hoffman shook his head slowly.
“A merchant who forgets the grace he has received has little virtue.”
“It has been said that virtue improves with the size of a bowl, and that the size of a bowl grows based on judgment. Now that you know how to judge quite a bit, you must have accumulated quite a bit of virtue.”
“….”
Hoffman lowered himself to the seon dialogue that continued.
Even though she is wearing luxurious silk clothes, she does not hesitate to kneel on the dusty ground.
He bowed his head to Ray in a pitiful outfit in front of the guards with the body of a top lord and solemnly said.
“Guwon store is still a store established by Eun-gong in me. If we forget that, there will be no more than half a million now.”
The people who were watching opened their mouths in awe at Hafman’s words.
Ray lifted him up with his own hands.
“I was worried that I hadn’t changed my mind that day, but I was wrong.”
Certainly Hafmann was a man made man.
When you have money and power, there are many people who change.
Ray’s attitude toward him became more familiar than before.
“First, come inside. I lose face by leaving a noble person outside.”
“The sound of mouthing is also quite good.”
“Because it is a place where life is life. ha ha ha.”
He threw a pong and guided the upper ranks.
