Episode 366 New age (2)
Hafman’s upper ranks made up their minds and rushed to the top.
He mobilized huge amounts of money and personal connections to stop the growth of the new upper ranks.
The upper ranks, who were just trying to grow, felt like they were facing a wall they couldn’t overcome.
No matter how much Harpman is a money-crazy money bug, Ray also acknowledged his ability when working.
Since he took the initiative to oppose the establishment of Sanghoe, other upper tiers could not recklessly oppose him.
Of course, the backlash was stronger than expected.
The merchants gathered, held a meeting, prepared countermeasures, and tried to resist the half-man upper class.
But it was pointless.
The best store on the continent is the Hafman store.
Money is also money, but the power they have accumulated so far has already surpassed the upper limit.
As a result, the upstarts no longer expected further growth.
Hafman, who was in a good mood as the seeds of the upstart merchants dried up, laughed as he told them to leave the office.
“Ha ha ha ha ha! It’s a hundred years too early for you guys to dare to go over my money!”
It’s a really dumb idea.
The branch manager, who was watching from the side, said.
“It’s good to have suppressed the growth of the upper ranks, but the flood victims are still overflowing. I think it is a little too much to solve with our own strength.”
A huge river nearby overflowed and submerged all the surrounding villages.
As a result, 50,000 people were flooded.
The enormous flood, which will be recorded in history, was beyond the level of what to do with the half-man upper class reaching out.
Hana Haffman shook his head.
“You can’t just suck your fingers and miss this great opportunity. Contact the lords of the nearby jurisdiction. We even spend our own money to help my estate, and no one will hate it.”
“There will be a lot of money going out.”
“doesn’t care! If you capture public sentiment, money will follow! What matters now is the people, not the money.”
The branch manager was quite moved by his words.
Although he reveals a little money, he is still a popular figure.
It’s not for nothing that the big group is sobering up!
When the heart of the branch manager, who only thinks of the harp, is getting warmer little by little.
he continued.
“Once we have won public opinion, we start doing business with them as well. Hehehe, at least 1,500 platinum coins will fit in, so I have to dig out the amount I invested to relieve my stomach.”
The emotion was shattered.
Now the branch manager’s gaze on him was back to normal.
“All right.”
The branch manager left the office with his head bowed.
It was the first step that would later rise and fall in the name of salvation in people’s mouths.
* * *
The war in the Holy Kingdom has ended.
The army of corpses was of no use to the undead soldiers who were terrifyingly advancing under the command of the lich.
At least the corpse woman who carried the bones of the demons did a good job, but in the end it was only used as an accessory for the undead queen.
With nothing to gain, only the soldiers died horribly, and the corpses also retreated.
In the evening, the soldiers prepared a meal on the darkened walls.
They whispered as they passed the lich.
“For the undead to help the Holy Kingdom… It’s something to see while living in the world for a long time.”
“Still, thanks to him, he saved his life.”
“What would you do to save your life from the undead? Goddess Gaia would be sad if she knew.”
The reaction of the Seongguk soldiers was more shaky than I thought.
Since he was saved by the undead he was normally so hostile to, his head must be quite confused no matter what the outside looks like.
Richie spat out a word to him.
“No matter how rude they are subordinates, they flirt well even after being saved.”
“what? This filthy warlock…!”
When one of the paladins frowned and tried to rush in, the paladins next to him hurriedly stopped him.
“Calm down! Even though he is a black magician, after all, he is a benefactor!”
“I’m sorry, this friend has such a fiery personality. We will thank you instead.”
As the two knights lowered their heads while blocking the paladin’s fury, the lich smiled.
“I live and live and receive the gratitude of the Seongguk.”
Ray approached the lich who was warming himself by the fire.
“Is it worth living because you are grateful?”
“road.”
Richie, who had been sitting crookedly, stood up.
Then Ray handed over a wooden bowl of soup and said,
“sit down. I have something to tell you from now on.”
“yes. What did you come to me to talk about?”
Could it be the magic tower?
He didn’t even open his mouth, but he seemed to hear Richie’s inner thoughts.
If you look at the twinkling eyes and the slightly parted corners of the mouth, you can clearly see through them even without looking at them.
At that, Ray shook his head.
“Today we are talking about corpses. If it’s the undead, then you, the lich, know better than anyone else. I’m asking straight forward, but are you sure you’re undead?”
“It’s ambiguous to call them undead. It’s the first kind of black magic I’ve ever seen. If I had to categorize them, they would be closer to monsters or chimeras.”
A monster or a chimera.
The words came out of Richie’s mouth, so it wouldn’t be wrong.
Ray asked with a serious face.
“The guys I dealt with today weren’t strong enough. How many more do you think there will be?”
“well. It will depend on the amount of time prepared, but…”
Richie thought for a moment before continuing.
“In my case, if you give me a year, I think I can make 80,000.”
80,000 self-destructing corpses
were powerful enough to blow up a tolerable kingdom.
Perhaps, if there are enough materials, it can generate even more power.
If that happens, it would be better to see the end of Middle Earth itself, let alone the continent.
said Richie, bringing the soup to his mouth.
“You don’t have to worry too much. It is more efficient in many ways to create undead than to produce such inefficient soldiers.”
“Umm…”
I heard that too.
Individuals are extremely weak and their intelligence is remarkably low.
One advantage is that it explodes along with the surroundings, but even that has proven today that it does not work against the undead.
Moreover, since it took time and effort to make, it might be good for dealing with humans, but other than that, it was useless.
‘Certainly I don’t think I need to worry more than necessary.’
Now, more than that, I had to gather information about the path the dark forces would move forward.
The saintess died.
As such, their attacks will be more intense than they are now, and they will have to move more astutely because their power is reduced.
Also…
Ray squeezed his hand.
Since the death of Iriel, the vessel of the spirit of the word has been shaken, so the management of mana is not the same as before.
Whenever the mana was forcibly moved, it was accompanied by pain, so if the battle was prolonged, an unfortunate incident could have occurred.
It’s difficult if we can’t generate electricity at a time like now.
‘I need to find Aira.’
If she is knowledgeable about mana, she probably has a solution as well.
* * *
The death of Ojwa is known.
Sitting around a round table, they drool.
“Umm… I didn’t know that Ojwa would be killed.”
“There was no person like Ojwa to create a lacking army.”
Even though he said that, his expression didn’t look very sad.
Even though one of them has disappeared, it seems that they don’t think it’s unusual to just think ‘one of them is gone’.
As the audience remained silent, Lee Jwa raised her opinion.
“I can’t just sit around and groan forever. Even without the help of Ojwa, we were able to kill the saintess.”
At her words, the three thrones shook their heads and smiled.
“On the one hand, the divine power is difficult to deal with. However, it is nothing compared to the loss of a single saint.”
Ojwa easily created tens of thousands of soldiers.
Moreover, although it is still at the level of a test subject, it was the ball of Ojwa that created the body of the steed.
Lee Jwa also agreed because he knew that.
“Yes, but wasn’t the saintess’s death planned? This is half done.”
“Half-plans… will only embarrass the lord.”
Yukjwa, who had been listening silently, intervened.
“I never thought the lich would protect the kingdom. This is amazing hahaha.”
Six thrones with scars on their faces spoke, and the three thrones accepted the words.
“Come to think of it, you had a bit of a relationship with Richie. Do you still have it in your heart?”
“How can I forget? The one who made my face like this.”
“Decades have passed since then, but your vengeance is great.”
“It’s a life that continues to live by looking at that one thing.”
Yukjwa looked at Lee.
“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of the lich myself.”
At those words, Lee Jwa, who was familiar with the power of the Six Seats, felt relieved.
Having grown in strength by looking at only one lich, he has surpassed everyone here in some way.
As much as that, it would be possible to take on one lich.
But unfortunately, it was a little different from Lee Jwa’s idea.
she said, looking around the crowd.
“I appreciate your words, but I can’t. We give up our advance into the Holy Land.”
“What?”
“What do you mean by that?”
“As you all know, all we wanted was the life of one of the two adults. Now that the saintess is gone, one of them has already been fulfilled.”
“No matter how much… do you intend to keep the kingdom alive?”
At Yukjwa’s words, Lee Jwa shook his head.
“I am not saying that we will leave the Holy Land alone. It’s just that the order of killing the Holy Kingdom has changed. In the future, there will be no neighboring countries that protect the Holy Kingdom.”
There was no need to go around hiding your power anyway.
Since they were already known as they would be known by the Hafman Chamber of Commerce, it might have been a better move to reveal themselves gradually from now on.
Yukjwa seemed to be a bit dissatisfied, but the rest of the group expressed their agreement with her words.
“It’s okay. It was a car that was noisy around.”
“When you have to move, you have to be faster than anyone else. I agree with the idea of outwitting the opponent.”
When more than half of them accepted, Yukjwa also reluctantly nodded.
Then, Lee Jwa stood up from her seat.
“thank you. Then we will move right away.”
