Chapter. 16. Saint and Perfection (4)
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“Baron, the sun is hot. “Would you like to eat inside?”
“haha. As the lord of Teldrat, shouldn’t he hate the hot sun? That sunlight is the greatest contributor to the growth of wheat. There will be a good harvest of wheat this year too. “The royal family raised the tax rate on wheat harvest significantly in the name of supporting the war, right?”
“Don’t worry. There is wheat planted early here and there on each piece of land, so you will be able to fill the baron’s warehouse before the auditor comes. By the time the auditor comes, other wheat will bow down to cover the empty space. “It’s the same as previous years.”
“This is why I really like the Commander-in-Chief. “Is your third son growing well?”
“Thanks to the Baron’s interest. “Thanks to the gift you sent, we have purchased some land for the third time.”
“Well done, well done. Here in Teldrat, land is more important than gold and silver treasures. If there are people who insist they won’t sell, just tell them. “Can’t you use that much strength for the Commander-in-Chief, not for anyone else?”
“Hahahahaha, after all, it’s rewarding to serve the Baron. Hahahahaha.”
“Hehehehehehe, if there was just one more person like you, my place in the capital would be empty.”
Kalashan territory outside of Teldrat. With the wheat ripening under the hot sun, the back pockets of the lords and governors were growing fat.
The Lord of Kalashan was in a good mood because everything he did these days seemed to be going well. I was restless at the news that a war had broken out with a race I had never heard of, and upon hearing the news that Roderick had been destroyed less than half a year later, I thought I was next, and piled up a carriage’s worth of gold and silver treasures in a secret passage.
The front line was solidified at the edge of Rodrik, and Teldrat made a huge profit by raking in the property of Rodrik’s royal family, national treasures, and even some of the land through the trade in military supplies. Of course, he also made a lot of money from his grain-growing territory.
Is that it? What happened is that the unmovable Golden Family of Aedran has organized all of its upper branches and appears to be reeling, so the competition among merchants to occupy the empty space has intensified, and the ‘loyalty’ coming to him as a grain producer has also increased. It has grown significantly. Even recently, didn’t the ‘Saint of Light’ from Teldrat called ‘Emperis Maker’ visit and receive assurances that he would treat them with sincerity and speak well to the empire?
This morning, a group of paladins who had recently hurried through his territory and headed to the desert returned in a half-destroyed desert ship. I wondered if there was something wrong with the saint who would become his contact, but seeing that his expression was not that dark, it seemed like things had gone well, regardless of the reduced number of people.
“Was it Gregory? “I guess you would have listened to that paladin’s request?”
“yes. He asked me to find someone famous for his murals in Teldrat, so I introduced him to him separately. He was talking gibberish, so I gave him some alcohol and let him stay in the guesthouse. “It seemed like he was waiting for the saint because he didn’t leave.”
“Okay, okay. Now that I have a connection with a saint, I need to manage my connections in the church well. The flow of money and the flow of power are all coming to me. Hmm… Commander-in-Chief?”
“Yes, Baron.”
“It is often said that only three great opportunities come in life. I guess this year is that moment. Since a saint cannot tell lies, my daughter will be married to the empire. “If you have a blood relationship with an imperial noble, it will be easy to establish a commercial route towards them.”
“Are you saying you want to make the top…?”
“okay. Until now, Gold Geyser controlled almost all commercial areas, so it was easy, but not anymore. There is no chance except now that they are down. This is an opportunity for us to stand tall as one of Teldrat’s golden families, not just another fiefdom on the outskirts of Teldrat! “The center of Teldrat is always the family with the most money!”
As a lord, I wasn’t very ambitious, but wouldn’t it be an idiot if I didn’t reach out when such a huge opportunity was floating in front of me?
So, I was about to go out to inspect a territory that I don’t usually come to. As I climbed the castle wall, which was built high to block the sand and wind of the desert, I could see his domain at a glance and felt the middle-aged man’s pride fill me.
Whiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
of the hot desert wind blew his sweaty hair.
“It’s windy. “The golden wind.”
“yes. “Baron.”
It was a wind mixed with the smell of sand, which I usually hated, but now even the wind blowing his hair and clothes felt like the beginning of a grand epic, and it felt good.
….just for a little while.
Whiuuuuuung-!
“Big…”
“The wind is particularly strong today.”
“That’s right. Sandstorms don’t reach the territory during this season…”
Woouuuung!
“I think you should come down!”
“Is there a typhoon or something? Surely the sun is this bright…?”
Buuuuuu –
The cool wind that was blowing his head back soon turned into a sandy wind that was so fierce that his body was shaken, and with a strange vibrating sound that shook his eardrums, the governor and lord looked up at the shadow falling over his head. It froze and froze as it hung on the castle wall.
Buuuuuuuuu-!!!!
Quaaaaa!
A huge ship descending from the distant sky and slowly increasing in size. A mysterious appearance engulfed in purple sunlight and blue artificial lighting, and the seal on the top of the Gold Geyser, engraved on the bottom of the golden ship and clearly engraved in the minds of all who look up to it.
“Bae Bae… fly in the sky?”
The royal family of Teldrat and high-ranking nobles were already in an uproar when the airship came out of the Aedran family, but since it had been less than 24 hours since its appearance, the rumor had not yet spread to the lords of Kalashan, on the outskirts.
And while the lords and governors were preoccupied with heaven.
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
doo!
A thick layer of dust was rising from the sandy sea along the path the ship took.
The two people, who were dazed and looking up at the airship crossing the territory, were only able to notice the dust when it came close to the Kalashan territory.
“My lord! “Something… comes again!”
“What…. There’s no way there’s another one like that?”
“no! “This looks like a desert ship…”
Hearing the commander-in-chief’s words, the lord stuck his head out and looked down at the dusty desert.
Unlike the shocking appearance of an airship, it looks like a small, one-masted ship used as a lifeboat or loading ship for larger ships among small desert ships. As a lord with a territory adjacent to the desert, he seemed very familiar, but that made it even more unfamiliar.
The speed is unbelievable for a small boat, even a small lifeboat with a broken sail.
Sand blowing like clouds every time the man on the boat rows.
And the sound of human screams can be heard clearly even from a distance. Dozens of black lumps hanging from the back of the ship, bouncing over the sandy sea as the ship lurched forward.
If the previous aircraft was a shock, this one was clearly terrifying.
“Sound the alarm, everyone, immediately!”
“It’s late, my lord! “It’s already reached the border between the Sand Sea and the Inland!”
“carriage! “The evacuation wagon will still be there!”
The lord sensed that the guards under the wall were becoming noisy and hurried down the wall with the commander-in-chief. Fortunately, thanks to the quick response of the loyal guards, the gates were closed.
….gulp.
Both the lord and the guards had stopped moving and were staring at the tightly closed castle gate. The sound of slightly limping footsteps and the sound of something heavy being dragged, as if a corpse was being dragged. And
thump thump thump!
The sound that is blocked by the door calls out to the being beyond the door.
“Gyeship…. Kkeaaaaah! Because…”
“Who are you!” This place is Kakalashan Territory… and is protected by Dekaz, the great God of Courage….”
“Seo… Saint Kaek Kahaek….”
“Aaaah! “The desert devil has invaded our territory in search of a saint!”
“The saint is not here! “You’ve already gone to the desert a long time ago!”
“I guess that’s what made the Paladins like that!”
“Hey!”
Its voice, knocking on the castle wall, was dry and harsh, as if it had come from a married woman.
The man’s grandeur that had touched Lord Kalashan’s heart had long since disappeared.
A flying ship bearing the seal of the Golden Family, which was thought to be ruined.
And a terrifying demon crawled up from the desert.
‘It’s dangerous outside the territory. This is not a world where someone like me can go out…!’
The lord came to understand why his ancestors had settled down in such a remote territory and lived in silence for decades.
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Kehekkkolok!
“Oh, it’s dust. I should have worn a mask or something while driving. By the way, why do they close the castle gate in broad daylight? “Were you surprised by the airship?”
Purr!
I shook my face violently, and a fistful of sand came pouring out of my nose and ears. Since the distance from Nulak Territory to Kalashan Territory was close, I didn’t even bring water, but I regretted it when I saw my throat as dry as a desert.
Of course, the condition was several times better than the ‘passengers’ of my small boat.
They were pouring out sand with a plasterer.
“Hey passengers? “Are you okay?”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu2ss toos the hardships of a warrior who has reached the pinnacle of one faith…cough!”
“Please save me! Ooh, I’ll admit we were short-thinking!”
“It reminds me of the first time I entered magic…”
“Wow, you really weren’t hurt at all. What about motion sickness? Teldrat has good land. “If you bury it deeply, everything will heal.”
The method I chose. The schedule was busy and there was no way to bring the oil mages to Rodrik, who would not be able to arrive at Rodrik until the end of the war if they were sent on their own and unable to ride an airship.
‘Wouldn’t it be okay for me, who is faster than a horse and can wield the high pass of a cardinal beyond a saint, to lead the way?’
A really simple method.
Actually, that was the first method I thought of, but I gave up the idea after hearing that I couldn’t even ride a carriage.
But when I thought about it carefully, I heard that those humans drag their feet like that and run faster than horses, but the fact that the skin on their feet is intact and not completely peeled off clearly suggests that there is a magical effect, doesn’t it?
The background was a desert and the image of being dragged around reminded me of an old western movie, so I tried an experiment right away.
After creating a scene that made even the generous Nullak stop eating in shock, the Earth Wizards said, ‘Scraping on the ground will not cause any damage.’ We were able to produce surprising results.
After sending off the airship first, he rowed like a storm and returned to the Kalashan territory he had first visited in Teldrat.
“Did it really have to be like this?”
“No, whatever. If there is a way to move faster than this among you or other tribesmen, Germatal, I will actively hire you.”
“Well… it may be a little slower than this, but there is a more humane way…”
“Both the Church and Roderick are at war right now. Someone’s reputation and life being torn apart by Mute’s claws and teeth in vain at this very moment. When you put those two on a scale, which side do you think is appropriate to lean towards? He said he would be willing to die to repay the life debt of the entire tribe… If the desert earth wizards are the kind of people who value their own reputation more than the lives of others, then Nulak introduced the wrong person.”
“…I made a mistake.”
The wizards’ repulsion, which had been rising slightly, disappeared in an instant due to my serious tone. Where are you going to get out?
“I can understand that apology as consent to moving in this manner in the future, right?”
“….The desert was only sand, but inside there were houses, buildings, and trees. We are simply a part of the earth and cannot be hostile to it. If you move the same way as before but crash into a tree trunk-” “
Haha. “I guess I didn’t think of that too.”
“As expected, wise-”
“I will bury it in the ground and drag it like a plow. safety.”
“…Oh my God, Earth.”
Germatal felt his rock-like immobility being broken by the terrible imagination of a being beyond man.
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– Noru Drug: Oh my God. I don’t think he was that kind of kid to begin with.
– Heungan Mandu: What kind of monster has GG created?
– Namba Three: It seems like it’s time to think about whether cheering on your older brother getting released from prison is a desirable thing in our world.
-Goldman SUCKS: I think it would be much more helpful for that guy to remain inside as is.
– Jokass: No sir! Aren’t you dead?
– Heungan Mandu: I thought you were already sick when the airship took off!
-Goldman SUCKS: Be very rude, you guys. A completely new market has opened outside, so it’s no surprise that it’s busy. Because of the mutant by-product market, I can only get a little rest from sleeping because I have to manage it outside. Maybe it was because the black market owner was the same age as me, so we had a good conversation.
– Jokass: Oh, Old Man Woojin? Isn’t that person a bitch?
-Goldman SUCKS: Don’t even talk. I was about to take a quick look at the liver, and he said, ‘Slapping the price is also hitting the price anyway, so I will shoot you to death in self-defense against violence.’ They say the same thing?
– Jokass: That must be serious. When a group of thugs came to eat at the black market, the old man’s wheelchair started clanking and something like a submachine gun and a mini rocket came out.
-Goldman SUCKS: I knew it right away. My eyes tasted good. Anyway, it’s been a while since I came here, and… I really took off that thing.
– Noru Drug: Hehehehe, didn’t you also become addicted to gacha and spend billions of money? How do you feel?
-Goldman SUCKS: That sucks.
– Holly: Hey.
– Heungan Mandu: As expected from someone who has learned it, his comments are also excellent.
– Noroo Drug: I think I could make a signboard with the five letters ‘Fuck you suck’ and hang it in front of my business.
– Goldman SUCKS: I bought tens of millions of won worth of lottery tickets with my severance pay, but it feels like I went with him and saw that the guy who only bought one ticket won first place. Even when I feel dejected and angry, when I see that crazy guy over there talking shit, I think, ‘Oh, I shouldn’t have done that!’ I thought about it and now I agree with it.
– Jokass: You have achieved it.
-Goldman SUCKS: Should I say that I realized it? I also had that much money. That money-grabbing ghost just didn’t have the guts and faith to push forward until it succeeded. The moment I saw the Gold Geyser seal stuck under the golden boat, I unconsciously thought, ‘Fuck you, I lost.’ The thought came to me. Damn it.
-Jokass: ㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ
DRUG: It was an excuse of an ideal loser.
– Goldman SUCKS: Aemi
– Heungan Dumplings: The old man said he was afraid of the late wind, but learning about the community is helping him every day.
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“Goldman, I thought he was really going to collapse this time, but he ended up being liberated.”
As expected, as a person who built his family with his own hands, he does not seem to be an ordinary person. It’s great to see that he gets along well with young people at such a late age. Old Man Woojin says this is difficult because it’s unfamiliar.
“Anyway, why don’t these guys open the door?”
“…There seems to be a problem. “Can I go and have a look?”
“Oh, Germantal? Is that possible?”
“How deep does the gate have to be into the ground?”
The leader of the earth wizards released the rope, which was not a restraint but rather a seatbelt seat, and sank into the ground. After taking a quick look around the scene inside the castle gate, he returned.
“…So you were a criminal after all?”
“yes?”
Germatal nodded as if his guess was correct after seeing the large number of soldiers gathered inside the castle gate and the sharp wooden fence erected in real time. As he
moved from
[Saladin is a greater saint than any of the bishops of the Light]
to [Saladin is a criminal whose mere approach would cause the entire army of the realm to be mobilized], he
felt liberated from the sense of estrangement that had constantly tormented him.
“If you pose any more threats to the territory… I will call the paladins! So go back to the hole you were born in, desert devil!”
The frightened voices of the guards flowed through the gates like a flaming dragon.
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