Chapter. 20. Off-Road (3)
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keke gehooooo….
Geik? Umm….
“Strange structure…. Calculation that does not involve reason…. Hooooo….”
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“How can I fix it?”
“Keek! “Don’t talk to me, you barbarian!”
The goblin with a large lump on its head screamed at Hyde and then examined the artifact in front of him through glasses with several layers of large lenses.
The guy was rushed to the workshop and woke up shortly afterwards, silently yelling at me to give up the knife first.
“It can be fixed!”
“really? “A product that was made using technology 130 years ago and was known to be a failure due to durability issues even at the time?”
“That means the technology is 130 years old! As the technology of the Magic Age disappeared, many new technologies emerged! Kaibu doesn’t lie! It can be fixed! “In the name of my father-in-law!”
Surprisingly, the goblin magic engineer Kaibuen was boasting that he could repair the broken sword that was broken in half during the last use.
“Squeak! The parts that are currently damaged are the three internal repulsion devices of the switchable magic trigger at the entrance of the sword sheath.”
“If you say that, I, a non-expert, understand very well, you guy.”
“Just do it! Anyway, don’t worry about the gumshoe, which seems like the biggest problem! Once the function of the sheath is restored, the imprinted circuit will repair itself! “It can be done in a week!”
“Oh, that’s a good thing.”
“I will fix the magic trigger at the entrance! The pressure of swinging the sword was so high that the parts exploded! 60 million! “I’ll do it for 60 million!”
Keck.
“…60 million to fix two thumb-sized parts? “Isn’t this too much of a rip-off?”
Is 60 million shillings the name of someone’s dog?
In general, among the colorless fragments that have not been appraised by a soul mage and are appraised at 50,000 shillings,
the lowest grade containing abilities such as farming, embroidery, and dancing is 20,000 shillings. Approximately 150,000 contains useful skills in commerce and real life, such as casting, metallurgy, and calculation skills. Colorless fragments related to combat, such as strength, endurance, agility, and vision, are worth between 500,000 and 5 million shillings.
Unappraised colored fragments that have been appraised for 12 million shillings are often priced at at least 40 to 80 million shillings.
Of course, the price of the colored fragments used by famous Shard Knights skyrockets, but they say that even if it is expensive, 80 million is enough to make a beginner Shard Knight. 60 million to repair two pieces?
“Geh! This is technology from the time of the ancient magic empire! You can’t fix it unless you’re a goblin, and even among goblins, you can’t fix it unless you’re an engineer like me! Something that only I can fix! Very reasonable price!”
“No, no matter what, I’m only fixing one relic…”
“If you don’t like it, don’t fix it! If you sell it to me in this condition, I will give you up to 200 million won! Geez! “It wouldn’t be a bad idea to use that money to buy other magical engineering equipment!”
“Okay.”
Of course, if you only consider efficiency, Kaibuen is probably right. For about 200 million won, you can buy dozens of high-powered arcane shooters plastered with top-quality magic stones, throwable magic explosives with the firepower of castle cannons, and other things like ‘simple gliding devices’, ‘magic engineering terrain overcome equipment’, and ‘ultra-high pressure for knight hunting’. You will be able to buy a lot of items that you would normally drool over, such as ‘Trep’, and even buy strange goblin equipment that you don’t know about until your subspace cloak explodes. Perhaps I can be reborn as an all-rounder who can respond to any variable.
“Pay 60 million.”
“Squeak. I thought so.”
….Is there anything more foolish than considering ‘efficiency’ in a battle where thousands of lives are at stake?
Even though the firepower of magic engineering equipment is enormous, it is only based on general combat.
The high-ranking Mute coming out of the Lord’s nest deflects a large magic cannon with its bare body, and
the Auror of the Oranite boasts sharper anticipation than any other magic injection device, and
cannot match the firepower of a master-level Shard Knight when it comes to wide-area projection.
In the end, in order to fight those at the top, you must have equipment with abnormal output such as this ‘Anti-Aura Sword’.
It is best to avoid fighting with such ‘real’ people as much as possible, but if it is unavoidable, I have no choice but to forget about efficiency and repair it, as the only equipment that allows me to face them due to my lack of firepower is this ‘bankrupt sword’.
’60 million.’
Crash.
‘The train ticket, including various connections and working experience on the Mado Train, including the role of a janitor, is 3 million won. ‘Enough to cross 20 cities.’
Pead deud deuk!
‘It’s 400,000 to fight in one battle while enduring other knights laughing at the nobles who slap the price for not being able to use it as an auror. The reward for all the hard work that goes into exploring ruins is 1 million. If you give it a try, it’s half that amount, 500,000!’
“Clean! I have no choice but to completely forget and move on…”
“…This human? Are you okay?”
“Then it’s okay. Although I’ve finally gotten a clue and am starting to gain momentum in my ‘search’, 60 million is enough money to travel around various cities for at least a year without worrying about money and without wasting time just because I make money. It’s enough money to eat decent food! It’s okay! “Because I need that damn bankruptcy sword!”
The words of an old acquaintance, [inevitable overconsumptors], pierced my heart so painfully.
Ah, damn my life. He’s a half-Aurunite without any Aura.
As I was consoling my heart, which was as empty as my pockets, the goblin bastard who stole 60 million of my money was standing in front of me with a hesitant look on his face, as if he had something to say.
“Geek geh… Ui….”
“What. Is there anything else you want to say here? “Are you going to pay extra for repairs or something like that?”
Pap-duk!
“Keek! Oh no! No more repair costs! Kaibuen is an engineer with a conscience! You only get paid according to your ability! 60 million done! No more here! But…”
Seeing my expression becoming increasingly vicious, Kaibue slowly took a step back and said.
“Ka Kaibuen I told you in advance! “I need 100 million to fix this!”
“They say the repair cost will end at 60 million!”
“[Repair costs]! The sword body is self-repairing, and the entrance to the sword sheath is mine! It was clearly explained in advance that there were three broken areas! All Kaibuen guests were notified in advance! “The rest of the price is… that!”
The goblin defensively lifted a tool that was rolling nearby and pointed to the other side of the workshop with a skinny finger.
As expected from a magic engineering workshop, a transparent showcase displays all kinds of unusual items with price tags.
Among them, the thing his finger pointed at was….
“Does that look like a ticket?”
“This is a ticket for an intercontinental voyage! Just like you, the smuggler, you bring in stolen goods! That’s a stolen ticket! However, it is a genuine product that anyone can use!”
“…?”
“You have to get on the boat! “To fix this!”
The situation is completely incomprehensible due to the goblin’s unique way of speaking without context.
“The key to the bankruptcy sword is the magic engineering device on the scabbard rather than the sword body! Just as I was using it, the core magic stone that was the power source broke! No replacement! Must be replaced with the same one! “No one has that in our workplace!”
“so.”
“A small, high-power magicite that can be used for things like that! The ‘Big Blue Line’ emerges from the deep sea! When I finish the rest of the repairs, you can find a magic gemstone and bury it in it! “Passan Sword is revived!”
“Should I go out on a ship to the ‘Big Blue Line’, the roughest sea in the world, and then dive in and retrieve the right magicite? For the resurrection of our Pasangeom?”
“Human brains are great! The remaining 40 million is the price of an intercontinental sailing ship for that purpose! Diving equipment! Fee for introducing an engineer you know! Exactly 100 million in all! 100 million is enough!”
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“I don’t do it.”
“Gehhh?!”
Anti-Aurasword. Also known as the ‘Gyeok Bankrupt Sword’.
As befits the name Pasan (破産), the idea that a full 100 million shillings would be spent on repairs was far beyond what my reason allowed.
No, let’s say that’s the case with money. Sam, who has never been around for 100 million won….you can do it! Anyway, now that we have obtained important information about the Warlord from Wigen, we can continue our dirty, shabby, difficult, hungry, and despised journey just like the last 15 years! Have fun baby! Damn I love it!!!
But the Big Blue Line. It wasn’t any other sea, so entering this was a completely different matter.
‘It is an area where the Blue Line, a mountain range that rose with the Dragon Vessel in the past, was located.’
The Blue Line, a mysterious mountain range that is said to have served as a dividing line between the East and West empires before the continent was completely destroyed.
The area now called the ‘Big Blue Line’ is an area that is the exact opposite of the mountain range of the past.
The Blue Line Mountains were the center of the ‘Dragon Vein Twisting’ explosion that split the continent, so there is no need to mention the scale of the devastation.
The land near the Blue Line literally ‘evaporated’ with the explosion, and the mountain range raised by the magic of the dragon vein caused an explosion as strong as the size of the mountain range.
As a result, the place where there was once a mountain range became a wide ocean.
The Blue Line, which exploded from the deepest point, has become a deep underwater cliff trench that has been carved into the sea.
It is called the Big Blue Line because its appearance resembles the high Blue Line of the past turned upside down facing into the sea. A bottomless pit in the endless ocean whose depth is unknown.
The sea passing by the former site of the Blue Line is famous for the roughest waves and most chaotic distribution of horsepower on the entire continent.
When asked to dive into the sea and collect magic stones, it means ‘Excuse me, but could you please go and dig it up for me?’ It’s safe to say that there isn’t much difference from doing it!
“The reason for fixing the Anti-Auror Sword is to save lives in case of an emergency, but there is nothing more nonsense than saying that you are going to die to fix this. The transaction is cancelled. I’m willing to risk up to 100 million shillings, but I can’t risk going into that crazy sea where there’s a 99.9% chance of death. It would be much better to sell the Anti-Aura Sword with the money from selling the train, get 300 million won, and use that money to become a walking fortress of magic weapons. is not it?”
“Well… there is one more thing humans need to think about.”
“Is this a situation that requires more consideration than diving into the deep sea where great magic-level natural magic surges every 30 seconds?”
“Uh, maybe depending on your situation?”
“situation?”
“Okay, situation. “You said you were going to the old Roderick area!”
With such a regretful heart, I sent away the bankruptcy sword and decided to go shopping in peace.
Rustle rustle –
click!
Kaibuen got up from his seat, approached the courtesy display case, and took out a well-wrapped ship ticket.
“Do you have to go?”
“yes?”
“Should you go even if your life is in danger?”
“Uh… I guess it’s worth taking the risk?”
“Then you get on the boat.”
Kaibuen seemed confident and took the guesswork out of my thighs! He said, pressing down on the ticket.
“The track toward Roderick was cut off. To get there, take a boat to the port. “That’s it!”
“….what?”
What did I just hear? Is the track broken? Going to the Roderick area?
“It is certainly! The nobles of Teldrat are terrified! I wanted to block everything coming from there, so I cut the tracks with my own hands and turned the ground over! Very definitely! Don’t let the chaos in the north get through!”
“Huh…”
“To reconnect, it takes at least a year of construction! Information given by a smuggler passing by! Not one, but many! idem! Self-explanatory! “You can’t go!”
“I have to get on the boat anyway! Collect magic stones while on a boat! I am not a fraud! “I’m just suggesting the most effective method for human guests!”
“Huh….”
The track is cut off. It wasn’t damaged by an enemy attack like Warlord or Mute, but a nobleman turned it over by the roots with his own hands and cut off the road!
Knowing how obsessed nobles are with the connection between tracks and trains and other teachings, it was something I couldn’t easily imagine.
‘What on earth do the nobles know and how much are they so afraid of?’
I heard that the Warlord devastated the old Rodrik region.
It was also possible to guess that a large number of soul magicians belonging to the great nobles betrayed and joined that side, and that they formed a group rather than individuals, as they were called the Warlord’s ‘army’.
‘What I stole was a train to transport war materials. Of course, I thought it was for other families holding out in the Roderick area… Is there no way?’
‘Then they say it’s supplies for the fortress city that extends from Wigen. The nobles gave up the entire old Rodrik region? You already saw that as an enemy camp and pulled the front lines in?’
Since when? No, how fast? An entire area?
What on earth is Warlord doing
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Jjiiing-!
“Keuuuuuuu!”
ache. The pain felt like my head was being pulled with heated tongs!
‘This… that time…’
Before I even had time to think that this pain was familiar, a deep fantasy passed through my mind.
A deep feeling that makes you feel as if you are actually there.
The smell of blood and magical steam stings your nose.
And the devastation.
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“Yes, this is a sight I created with my own hands.”
Quack!
“…I don’t listen to what you say.”
“….”
“Don’t forget. I am under control. “You know that too, so you must be cooperative like this.”
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“Keuuuuuuu!”
“This human human? Was it too shocking! human!”
I could hear Kaibuen shouting next to me, but a deeper sensation was going through my mind.
Extreme pain.
A spirit that makes one feel as if one is tearing off one’s own flesh and chewing it, and in the midst of it all, a cold, quiet voice.
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“Remember. “I still remember it.”
“If there is even a little bit left, we can finish it.”
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The feeling of sinking into a cold swamp.
Sigh!
“Puup heook!”
“Human human! “Come to your senses!”
“Huh! Huh! I, uh, what the hell is this….”
“Your eyes rolled back! My hands and feet are shaking! I screamed! “I scared me!”
The memory, which was so thick that I couldn’t even feel my body, slowly disappeared along with the scum that Kaibuen hastily poured over me.
‘That’s it. That’s it then.’
The same kind of vision I saw in the refugee camp in Uyggen.
But this time… it felt as if my entire soul had been ripped out.
The dried blood on the tip of his finger and the hot wind tearing and digging into the flesh were as vivid as if I had experienced it myself.
Emotions above all else.
‘What the heck is that guy…’
As someone who has observed people all his life, it was a deep feeling that I had never encountered in anyone else.
I can’t even tell if it’s malice, determination, responsibility, or flight. One thing was certain.
“Kaibuen. “Can I just have a glass of water?”
“Squeak! You can give a glass of water as a complimentary treat! Give it to me right away!”
Memories of my heart pounding as if it was going to burst and my brain feeling like it had been pickled entirely.
That I was overwhelmed by that guy.
Warlord. What on earth is connected to me with a murderer I’ve never met?
By what principle do I share this guy’s feelings and memories?
And why.
Have I been looking for him since I was born?
“Here! we are here!”
The water that Kaibuen had hastily scooped up was lapping at the top of the glass.
Warlord. The battlefield Roderick area where the guy is located.
Broken track. Since it is impossible that only one was cut, it must be considered that at least all of the tracks connecting the Teldrat region and Roderick were cut.
Then there is only one way left.
There is only one path I must take.
“I don’t really want to believe in fate…”
Hyde swallowed the vomit that rose up to his throat along with the water and then stood up.
“Kaibuen.”
“Geng?!”
“….cloth. “No, just give me a cut of 5 million.”
“Uh… then?”
I nodded as I saw the goblin looking at the ticket and the ticket alternately.
“I have to go as you said. To the sea.”
No matter what happens, the Anti-Aura Sword needs to be fixed.
Each and every piece of equipment prepared in the cloak is unusual, but it will never be enough.
Nothing compared to the power of the guy I felt, even if only for a moment, through something I don’t know whether it was an illusion or a memory.
My heart feels like it’s going to explode and my head is pounding.
My stomach hurts and I lost 100 million won.
“Awesome my life.”
Hyde sat down with a sigh and had no choice but to admit it.
I had no choice but to go.
As long as I saw it,
I felt it.
His mind was already on the verge of going crazy with nervousness and anxiety just by sitting there.
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