Episode 14
Episode 10. Stealing (1)
“…Yuma-sama, do you really have to attack the secret warehouse of the Shrel family?”
“sure. It is truly a treasure trove. A treasure trove. Puang, don’t you have experience buying a medicine cabinet? It’s not as good as Magic Stone, but it’s quite good. You have to brush it off, of course.”
Poin shook his head and looked at the devil or Yuma’s face.
The sight of him biting into an apple with a no-nonsense expression was driving Poin mad.
“Anyway, as promised, you decided to use Miss Cindy. I am fully satisfied. Cindy is a clean, tidy and perfect employee.
You can see it’s the best. But do you really have to do something dangerous with the Shurell family? It’s true that she’s short of cash, but this is a bit…
As Puang said, Cindy was perfectly performing the role of secretary.
As soon as Yuma gave permission, Cindy immediately started working without a break, and showed superhuman ability to handle work.
Starting from basic tasks such as organizing books and checking inventory, and negotiating the creation of double books related to magic stones versus internal and external secret list management.
Not only Poin, but even Yuma admired it.
“I will hit you. The more money the better.”
“I think I’m going to get sick.”
“Haha, are you kidding? The person who used to smuggle magic stones is afraid of such a thing.”
“It’s a bit different from that and this…
“Puang-nim, if you make a lot of money in any way, you will get sick. The smell of money attracts flies.
It’s better to entangle countless dung flies. Then, they split sides and fight fiercely, then decide where to stand on their own.”
It was a figure he had seen countless times while living in the imperial castle.
Power and money had a very close relationship. Neither the imperial family nor the nobility could cry free from money and power.
In the end, the important thing was the way of life and the senses.
“The work team is scheduled to be organized within ten days.”
“I heard from Miss Cindy that the secret warehouse is guarded by sword expert level mercenaries. The only person in our upper ranks who can subdue them is Yuma-sama.”
“Do not worry. Don’t we have powerful helpers?”
While Puang suffered from anxiety for several days, Yuma asked for support from the Black Wolf.
He wrote a simple official document and sent it to Mattan, and a reply came immediately.
with people.
“The boss told me to find out what the hell you man are doing.”
The protagonist of the playful tone was Marlon.
“Why did you burn out like that in a few months?”
Thanks to his tanned skin, Marlon gave off a manly feeling. Now he looked like he was from Matan, not the Empire.
“Don’t talk. No matter how hard you roll after you go back. Training is on a different level from what my father gave me.”
“I feel like I’m becoming a bit of a mercenary now. Is this your first outside mission?”
“Oh, this is the first mission. stealing.”
Sarcastically speaking, Marlon was slightly excited at the thought of going wild with the aristocratic family.
“Wait, but are you the only one here?”
“One more came. He’s the older brother who shoots arrows, calling himself Yugire senior. I’ve never been stuck.”
“Did you send only the two of you?”
“That’s not enough. Oh, and senior Kagor asked me if I had told the story to the Rollmandi family.”
“They say that they almost died while trying to convey it. and some! Don’t play with that person.”
Yugire was a man with the impression that an ax or a mace would suit him better than a bow.
The grand bow hanging from his back was huge enough to evoke the urge to touch it in the viewer.
“me. Yugire. you. help secret warehouse. money. Take care.”
The bones of Yugir’s hand shaking hands with Yuma were bulging. In the lightly clenched fist, I could feel the archer’s unique great grip.
It was a person I had never seen before returning. The tone was a little lacking, but it seemed strong enough.
“By the way, are you looking for a bride for the boss?”
“I am trying. Did you see God on the way? Cindy was also a candidate.”
“I can’t be a normal woman like that. die.”
“I know.”
“And if you can’t find a wife, you die too.”
“I know.”
Yuma took Marlon on a tour of the capital for a day.
It was a fresh shock to Marlon, who had only experienced Ferrol, the fishing village, and the Black Wolf.
Shops lined up tightly and magic lights are lit in every house at night. But on the other hand, all those landscapes came to me as if they were lies.
The two sat on a hill overlooking the capital.
“We were both fishing village clowns not too long ago.”
“I know. You are now a member of the Black Wolf Team, and I have become a powerful member of the Puang Merchants.”
“Tell me honestly. What are you wearing?”
“I only know one thing. There will probably be a big war in 10 years.
Until then, you have to build your strength somehow. You or me.”
“What fortune teller are you? This bastard has been a bit strange ever since I hit him with a mallet. Did I become smarter or did I lose my temper?”
“Until then, don’t die and hold on well.
There are many monsters in the Black Wolf that you don’t know about. There are many more in the world.”
‘During the Dragon Horse War, you become a monster like Hugo. In this lifetime, I too.’
Yuma swallowed his words and took Marlon back to the mansion.
It was about three days by car from the capital to the Shrel Territory, Poulin, where the secret warehouse was located.
The crew is Yuma Cindy Malone Yugir Cog.
It was a strange combination.
Yugir and Kog somehow got along well.
The two of them chewed the beef jerky they had brought from the carriage, creating a friendly atmosphere.
Yugir mumbled incomprehensible words from time to time, but strangely, Kog immediately understood the meaning.
“There will be about five sword expert level mercenaries.”
Cindy said.
“It means that there is a lot more money than rolling 5 Sword Experts.”
“That’s true, but I heard they’re holding families of mercenaries hostage in the Shurell family.”
“Aristocrats do dirty things.”
Marlon spat and said.
‘There’s no sense of tension at all.’
Even Yuma, who thought so, was thrilled rather than afraid.
It was unlikely that Hugo would endanger Marlon, who would become the pillar of the Black Wolf Crew, from the start anyway.
Yugir, who looked talented, must have been chosen by Hugo himself.
‘I’ve heard of a drunken Shurel from a nobleman, but it’s probably the location that the imperial family told me about. After all, we can’t capture and confirm the Shurell family nobles.’
Yuma looked at Cindy and thought.
The secret warehouse of the Shurel family was an old castle outside the territory. Originally, it was a castle used by the nobles who ruled the Poulin region, but it was abandoned after being defeated in the Territory Battle.
The Shurel family was using it as a secret warehouse and to bury various vices.
“…a product of a reign of terror, so to speak. After winning the Battle of the Territory, the number of commoners killed by the Shurel family there is quite high.”
“surely. You mean there’s money the Shurell family made from drugs?”
“Because he even swore to me when he was drunk.”
“We came all the way here by trusting you, Cindy, not the oath of that drunken aristocrat.”
“If I don’t have one, I’ll sell my body to make money.”
“Let’s go for a moment. Cog is taking a break here. I’ll call you when I’m done. If there is no signal after dawn, we return to the capital. Because we are dead.”
“That would happen. does not exist.”
Except for Cog, the party packed the prepared equipment and secretly moved through the forest.
Yugir, despite his size, moved the most swiftly and quietly among the group.
Surprisingly, Cindy did not hide her accustomed to night travel.
It was deliberately decorated to look like a moderately trained level.
It was to look like an all-powerful person. No one would think that she was a member of the Imperial Family’s Special Entrustment Team.
“There’s nothing Cindy can’t do.”
Yuma hinted at it.
“Because living as the bastard of the Rollmandy family brings you through many things.”
‘Looks like you know yourself as the bastard of the Rollmandy family.’
While talking about the white butterfly, Yuma remembered Hella Rose’s sad expression.
It took about an hour to reach Goseong.
The old castle, which was abandoned as it was collapsed here and there, gave off a rather bleak aura.
“Even a ghost will appear.”
“But can I have the treasure protected with only five sword experts?”
Marlon asked.
“Only. You can think of it that way after spending time with the Black Wolf. By general standards, Sword Expert is pretty strong. If there are no problems with personal status right now, I can take the imperial knight test.”
“I know. I just thought it was a bit small.”
“There are security issues and it will cost a lot of money. If you have 5 sword experts, you are actually over-vigilant. Who would rob this old castle in earnest like this?”
Marlon nodded as if he understood.
“It is important to do the work secretly and leave a splendid trace.”
“Is it possible to secretly kill five sword experts?”
Marlon asked. In the Black Wolf, he had fought several times with master-class fighters, but this was the first time he had actually fought.
“As long as the opponent is a sword expert.”
The future Malone was not a sword expert, but a person who could never be defeated even by a hundred ordinary sword masters.
Even now, when he was still a promising young man, five sword experts were enough with Yuma.
“if. opponent. if strong you guys. every. protected.”
As if Yuma and Marlon were cute, Yugir laughed and said.
“for a moment. waiting.”
Yugir gestured to the party to lie down. He looked around and raised his grandbow.
‘Crazy is that an arrow?’
There were many famous archers in the empire. It was Yuma who had seen numerous archers who were knighted and active on the battlefield.
I had seen an archer fire five arrows with aura at once.
But this was the first time. Even if it was made by trimming a huge chunk of steel, it was an iron arrow of incredible size.
Looking at the arrowheads, which were the size of a fist, it was not a bow, but rather close to a spear.
Yugire was aiming beyond the darkness, pulling the string of his bow without even flinching.
“Sigh.”
Fain!
It was a light sound, as if a wet towel had been swiped across the floor. The space around the arrow’s trajectory seemed to be distorted.
The arrow stopped after passing through two trees.
“Cindy. five. did it a moment ago.”
“Ah yes.”
“It is four. now.”
Yuma and Marlon went to the tree where the arrow was stuck and checked the body. Indeed, the Shurel family mercenary was pinned to a tree with an arrow.
It was natural that the armor he was wearing did not play any role. Even though it was a chain mail with magical power that could withstand a few standard wooden arrows.
“Hand shape. Look. going to do. did.
signal. whistle.”
Yugir, who followed to retrieve the arrow, said. Seeing him pull out an iron arrow stuck deep in the tree with one hand, Yuma broke into a cold sweat.
Malone also looked at Yugir, whom he usually thought of as an idiot, differently.
“Aren’t you tired?”
Marlon threw a joke as if he was proud of Yugir.
Yuma was quite surprised by that.
The corpse of an unknown mercenary right in front of his eyes, but the figure of Marlon acting casually.
Although he had seen all kinds of brutal scenes during the war, Marlon was still sixteen. He was at odds with himself who had regressed.
“strength. Hold.”
‘The Empire must have misunderstood the magic bullet in many ways. He’s a person of this level, but I’ve never even heard his name.’
Even Cindy couldn’t keep his mouth shut at Yugir’s monstrous strength. It was not a fake expression, but a genuinely surprised face.
“You can’t be scared at this level, former bride candidate. Our boss beats this hyung single-handedly.”
“One hand. no. feet too. write.”
“Of course you have to use your feet, hyung. I have to move.”
“It’s been a while since the back of the Black Wolf, our Malone.”
“Are you cool? I will be like that soon.”
The party roughly covered the corpse with soil and tree branches and headed toward the entrance of the old castle.
The mercenaries of the Shurel family were still unaware that someone was targeting them.
“remain. four. Take care of it. You guys.”
‘It looks like they’re trying to evaluate Marlon’s ability to carry out his mission.’
Yuma thought so, and planned a picture where Marlon would stand most of the balls handling the sword spurt.
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