Chapter 343. A true water dealer (5)
“Yes, I understand. There’s nothing I can’t understand.”
“?…”
Then.”
“The Purifier will give you the quota you need. If not, I will produce more. Just tell me the number you need and go.”
“…Your loyalty will not be forgotten not only by us elves, but by everyone.”
“Don’t sound too heavy.”
Because I just sell good stuff.
In the end, I’m making money, so I’m grateful and I have nothing to do.
There is no justice in business.
Even if there are ethics.
“By the way, can I ask you a few more questions? I have something to worry about.”
“of course.”
“Who is the culprit that polluted the water?
What country are you a spy from? Are you curious about that?”
I naturally assumed that it was the work of a country that disapproved of Kelly.
However, Krubel shook his head as if he was a little embarrassed.
“actually??????
“Did you miss the culprit?”
“The culprit has been caught. Currently under interrogation. It’s just that they… are not spies from another country.”
“not’?”
“A wizard who handles magic… I heard that humans call it here. It says ‘warlock’.”
“A black magician…
Ouch! That’s another boring name.
“Is that it? Is it similar to the previous undead incident…?”
“At that time, I heard it through rumors. We didn’t do any damage, but we know it was a big deal.”
Well, at the time, the different races were distracted by the confrontation with the Holy Kingdom, and at the time of the undead incident, they were in a state of disrepair across the river.
“But why are those black-clad friends playing such a prank?”
“Currently, the matter is being questioned…. They allege that it is ‘just retaliation’.”
“retribution?”
What bullshit is that?
Hmm, I can’t guess something… I don’t know.
What the hell, I can’t understand the thoughts of those fashion terrorists in black.
Actually, the idea of a madman is something that elegant intellectuals like me can’t relate to?
It is understandable that Helmin is fed up with it.
“Counterattack…
” “If we find out anything, we intend to make it public. I am told that warlocks are now enemies of the continent;’
“Well, if you disclose the information, other countries will also come out cooperatively.”
I’ve suffered so much in the past, so no matter how much I have mixed political interests, if I bring up the subject of George the Warlock, it naturally becomes the other world.
If information is disclosed, other countries will also come out cooperatively.
By that time, they will already have their own internal arrangements, so there will be no problem, just
“retaliation… retaliation…
”
“All this time I’ve been thinking about what those crazy people are doing, but they’re really like, ‘No way?’ I mean, you do what you do.”
It’s annoying, but ignoring it at all isn’t going to be a good thing.
“Shall we review it in earnest….
The sense of crisis is also ‘quick!’ And the angle comes, but more than anything.
‘I think I’ll smell the money again.’ My eyesight, which had helped me in the previous undead, began to focus again.
Good timing.
“Who who, who, who, who, who, who?”
Crewbel just looked at me with a blunt face as I let out a low laugh.
It’s been quite a while since Arel announced the completion and sale of the magic tool for water purification.
The envoys from each country returned to their home countries and reported what they had heard truthfully and began to seriously examine them.
However, the initial reaction was not so cool.
Except for Yeongju, who was worried about Suwon, he did not feel much of a merit.
“If there are wizards, do we need to install magic tools to purify water again?”
Saying so, they were at a loss about the purchase and installation of the purifier.
Above all, the reason was that Arel had no sign of forcibly doing business this time.
I expected that he would definitely grab something and press it, but surprisingly, he didn’t move or say anything.
Other countries showed only passive reactions to the fact that there was no need to forcefully introduce it.
Even if you really need it, it costs money.
Of course, you can’t help but be cautious.
The only one who bought in bulk was Kelly Ah.
However, Kelly’s side only insists that it is to secure a clean water source.
A clear reason and purpose were not disclosed.
When I wondered if such an interest in the purifier could not elicit a great response this time.
….Suddenly, something happened that they couldn’t help but be interested in.
A black magician was found in the river near the border of the kingdom of Damaniel.
It was purely coincidental.
Coincidentally, a hunter who was hunting in the hills near the river found a black magician working on something in the upper reaches of the river.
The hunter immediately notified the lord.
Shortly thereafter, the warlock was killed after a battle with ambushed soldiers.
The battle itself was not a problem as the warlock was now counted as an achievement on the continent.
What mattered was what the hell was he doing.
The lord mobilized wizards to investigate the workshop presumed to be the black magician’s hideout and the upper reaches of the river where he was doing something.
And it was concluded that the warlock was trying to pollute the river from upstream.
Naturally, the report had no choice but to fly to the royal castle as an urgent report, and as soon as he received the letter, the king thought he was fainting.
Immediately, they called an emergency meeting and discussed opinions and countermeasures.
“To pollute the river… what an absurd scheme! I doubt they are truly sane! I doubt he’s really crazy!”
The king of the kingdom of Damaniel looked at the lord’s report and the report containing the conclusions of the wizards who investigated the area again, and pounded the table with his fist in rage.
It has to be.
This is because the river, going all the way downstream, reaches the city right next to the royal capital where they are located.
“I heard that during the war in the past, there was an invasion strategy using the river. I never thought I would do something like releasing poison.”
“It is a very dreadful thing. If it had been according to the black magician’s plan, what would have happened?”
The servants also agreed with the enraged king’s feelings.
“Is it really possible to pollute the entire river?”
“According to the wizard’s report, we concluded that it would be possible after examining the tools and medicines that the warlock’s corpse possessed.”
“I can’t!”
If it was not discovered, it would mean that the entire river had become a river of death.
Is it only the Kingdom of Damaniel? That river flows through the territory of another country right next to it.
“It means that it was in danger of dying without moving…. It is a fearful thing.”
Even in the past, the strategy using poison was dishonorable, but it was a method that had a precedent that was used many times.
But the mad method of polluting an entire river has never been heard.
No, that shouldn’t happen in the future.
“It’s a shame it was discovered early… Even the king
was horrified to think about it again .
If the whole was contaminated…
“The damage would have been out of control.”
It’s terrifying to even imagine.
And their emotions were immediately tinged with anger.
with those who have already been killed.
And opinions of condemnation towards them and the black magicians poured out.
“Are those warlocks insane?”
“…Isn’t it because you’re insane that you’re doing something like a black magician?”
“It’s not called the achievement of the continent for nothing.”
In the midst of feelings of contempt and thrill.
King Damaniel let out a long sigh of complaint.
“The problem doesn’t end with this one. Doesn’t that mean they don’t know where else to go!”
“I have already heard that sightings of black magicians are increasing in other countries.”
“…I’m worried that something similar to the past undead incident will happen.”
“That’s embarrassing…
Even if it’s not, the current kingdom’s finances aren’t very comfortable.
If something similar to that time happened, it was clear that the damage to be done at that time would be difficult to handle easily.
“A solution is needed. Do you guys have any good plans?”
However, when I asked if there was a way, there was no way it would come out easily.
If there was such a plan in the first place, I would have been confident in the first place.
At the king’s question, the nobles all fell silent and bowed their heads humbly.
If you don’t know, shut up and if you don’t know, you’ll go even half way.
In the end, no one came up with a clear answer.
* * *
It wasn’t just the Kingdom of Demaniel that raised the voice of concern.
Similar sightings have been heard constantly in other countries.
In the end, I had to make sure.
Warlocks are trying to stage a large-scale pollution terror centered on the lakes and rivers of each kingdom.
In the end, the lords who couldn’t win the anxiety reached the point where they placed soldiers in rivers and lakes to watch over them.
But there is no way that the anxiety will be relieved by that.
Eventually, rumors leaked out, and even the people started whispering their voices of concern about the warlock.
Then, in the heterogeneous kingdom of Kelia, they brought up the story that they were also affected by the pollution terror.
About one-third of the territory was polluted by the black magicians.
It’s unfortunate for them, but in other countries, they couldn’t afford to say the usual words of consolation.
The fear that they would become like that only accelerated.
However, they did not immediately become interested in Kelly’s problems.
The news was that Kelly had successfully purified the polluted lakes and rivers using the water purification magic tool she had purchased from Ernesia Kingdom.
I already knew about the purification magic tool.
However, the fact that it is also effective for artificially polluted magic poison is something they did not think of because they did not know.
As soon as they heard the news, the kings of each kingdom and the lords of the territories were afraid that they would be late, and hurriedly sent a letter to Ernesia Kingdom asking about the stock of the purifier.
Helmin, the Ernesia Magic Tower, seriously lowered her voice and asked me.
“Have you been aiming for this from the beginning?”
“….ha. Anyway, I knew that the words would come out. Even if it wasn’t so, His Majesty also asked? He said, ‘Arel, did you even think of this?’?”
What the hell do people in the world see me as?
What do you think I’m an all-round super planner who can see 100 moves ahead?
It seems that everyone I meet lately thinks so.
no.
Not as much as this time.
I am sincerely sorry.
“How am I supposed to know the mindset of those madmen in the first place? Are you not interested? Are you not interested?”
“Is that true?”
Why do you look at me as if you were surprised?
It’s very embarrassing that everyone I meet recently looks at me admiringly, as if they’re looking at a wise man. .
Of course, after hearing about the warlocks from Krubel, I felt like I was deliberately trying to jump on board with that trend.
But that’s not intentional.
I just wanted to ride the big wave because I had the opportunity.
Originally, I did nothing but leave things to be sold through hard selling.
Everything else is just coincidence.
Would I have expected those warlocks to do such crazy things in the first place?
