Chapter 245. Yongwang Sponsorship Membership (1)
1 month preparation period.
Efforts over four months of construction.
The first railway in hell completed at the end.
The operation report of Hell Railway 666 was very successful.
“So, was there anything wrong with the test drive?”
“Yes, Lord of Hell.”
After safely completing the test run, Lloyd immediately entered the Hell Castle.
I bowed down on my knees before the King of Hell.
“As a result of the final inspection of the overall operating condition, it was found that the average speed when the train is operating stably is around 35 km/h. Therefore, it seems that it will take about 7 hours for one train to escort the soul from Hell Castle to the edge of Hell and back.”
“Seven hours.”
“This is the result including the time it takes to burn and unload the soul.”
“Good. We can make more trains like the one we tested today.”
“Yes, Lord of Hell. In addition, to prevent damage to the railroad by overflowing lava, a drainage channel or a drainage route was built around the roadbed to allow the lava to escape.”
“Bae Yong-ro.”
“From now on, we will have to keep the remaining satanic manpower stationed at certain distances in all sections and continuously observe how much lava flows, whether the distribution routes are not clogged, and whether the railroad tracks are in good condition.”
“Then, if there is a problem, can we do the repair work right away?”
“That’s right.”
“Hmm, but what if there is a problem that you can’t handle?”
“….”
“Can I call you?”
“….”
Lloyd looked up at the King of Hell with a slight resentment.
The king of hell asks to come back to hell just because of (?) A/S.
If I could, I wanted to shout ‘This is the truth!’ and grab him by the collar.
But he chose a far more constructive response than that.
With the intention of benefiting from any situation at any time.
With a smile full of service spirit on your face.
“Of course not for free.”
“You’re savage.”
“Anyway, when writing the contract for ordering construction, the item for post-free management was not set. Besides, even the king of hell hates free things in everything.”
“Well, that’s how it is.”
“For a sufficient price, I will always answer the call.”
“It’s a good price.”
“yes.”
“Could it be that the price is that you will weigh it according to the circumstances?”
“….”
“Right.”
“Anyway, since there are things called times and times in the world that change from moment to moment, I can’t help it.”
Lloyd did not bother to deny the point of the ruler of hell.
I just laughed shamelessly as if I was jumping over a fence.
Just blatantly trying to crush the request?
It wasn’t.
In fact, this was his desperate effort to prevent unreasonable advancing and calling.
‘of course! What if we agree on A/S compensation in advance? Isn’t that guy from the king of hell always calling me here whenever he needs me?’
It would have been obvious without seeing it.
The condition of the railway has deteriorated a little.
It seems that the trains these days are more rattled than before.
This time, the lava overflowed a bit and the roadbed became unstable.
It seemed obvious that he would try to call this side and leave everything, even the things that could be done by studying himself and playing Satan hard.
‘Because it’s convenient!’
What if you continue to provide after-sales service once or twice like that?
What if continued goodwill becomes a matter of course?
From then on, it degenerates into an official hukou.
The guy who comes for granted whenever I call.
That’s how perception gets stuck.
Lloyd wanted to avoid being treated like that.
‘That’s not surprising either. From now on, I will be busy sucking honey and living, but why do I have to go on business trips to hell from time to time?’
At best, I was spared the burden of being the King’s sister’s worker, the SCV.
If you get sloppy, you may turn into a hellish SCV.
Lloyd enjoyed the sense of crisis with his whole body and trembled desperately.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t come anytime without burden. Because I have my own business.”
“You mean you’re going to have to pay that much to call while you’re busy?”
“yes.”
“It will be up to you to decide whether or not to move with that reward. Am I right?”
“I’m sorry, but yes.”
“Hmm.”
The King of Hell gave a meaningful look.
Lloyd tried hard not to lose his smile.
‘That, that, that, the king of hell, that man was sarcastically rude, and later, he mixed up his thoughts and sentenced him to life imprisonment in hell! Wouldn’t that be a verdict?’
Of course not.
Because the king of hell is the fairest brother(?) in hell.
It’s because you’re the only one who makes rational decisions without personal feelings.
Lloyd believed that fact and was able to act shamelessly even in front of the King of Hell.
Soon, his betting gave a successful result.
“good night. On the one hand, it’s reprehensible, but no matter how much I think about it, it seems like Kim Su-ho is holding the hilt in this matter.”
“…Thank you for looking at me like that.”
Lloyd let out a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the target worked well.
Thanks to this, I was able to avoid being called by the King of Hell in the name of A/S all the time.
You can now bounce requests whenever you like.
With such satisfaction, Lloyd was even able to collect the payment for the railroad construction.
“Now then, it’s time to pay for the time and space. Let’s see what was discussed and promised through the contract. It was to free the soul of the dragon Enticus, who was imprisoned in Hell.”
“Yes that’s right.”
“good night. I will make you pay for it right away.”
Slowly, slowly, the king of hell rolled his pen holder.
I quickly filled out a document and handed it to Satan.
After receiving the documents, Satan ran away in a hurry.
After a while, Satan returned with a fist-sized translucent bead in his hand.
The King of Hell handed over the marble he received from Satan.
“Now take it.”
“Could this bead be the soul of Enticus?”
“To be precise, it is a container that temporarily holds the dragon’s soul.”
After hearing that, I saw a silhouette moving slightly inside the translucent marble.
It seemed to be the soul of Enticus.
The explanation of the king of hell continued.
“As soon as you put mana into that orb, you will be able to pull the soul out. It is truly liberating. But don’t even think about doing that here. If you do, that soul will be detained in Hell again.”
“You mean, say, to go home and open the lid.”
“Exactly so.”
“All right. thank you.”
Lloyd carefully put the orb containing the ancient dragon’s soul into his backpack.
Then, suddenly, I looked up at the King of Hell.
And I recalled a question that I had never expressed before, but I was curious about because I had a part of my heart in my heart.
“Um, over there. Can I ask you one thing?”
“Something.”
“Does the King of Hell know why I entered Lloyd Frontera’s body?”
In the meantime, from the beginning until now.
I wanted to know.
I was curious.
However, upon being questioned, the King of Hell immediately shook his head.
“No, I don’t know.”
“Is that so….”
“However, I can tell you that it is a very rare event that occurs with a frequency of about once every few hundred years.”
“You mean my soul passed into another world?”
“okay. Dimensions are not completely independent. Even though they seem to be separate, the giant halo surrounding the dimension often influences each other.”
“…Ah yes.”
“Perhaps the interference of the gravitational waves generated between the dimensional halos had an effect on mana fluctuations. Just as a substance that gets energy from Dirac’s sea causes a pair production.”
“…Oh yes.”
“You understand what I’m talking about, don’t you?”
“…sorry.”
“It sucks.”
Why am I always apologizing?
The King of Hell smiled bitterly.
“But Kim Soo-ho, you don’t ask about things that you would have been curious about if you were someone else.”
“yes? What do you mean by that?”
“Your body that would have remained in the original world.”
“….”
Lloyd kept his mouth shut.
Of course I was curious.
but….
“I’m curious, but I don’t really want to know.”
“why?”
“Because finding out about that won’t affect me here.”
Lloyd’s smile grew bitter.
It was true.
Of course I was curious.
But I also didn’t want to know.
Knowing that anyway, there is no way you can change yourself now.
It won’t help anything other than just quench your curiosity.
No, actually, I was reluctant.
‘Sick of those days.’
Even if you try to wrap it as a memory, the wrapping paper is the color of trouble.
So I thought it was enough to think of the past once in a while.
I didn’t really want to know.
Of course, I didn’t want to go back either.
I wonder if the king of hell noticed the feelings of this side.
I smiled through my rimless glasses.
“is it. I get it.”
“thank you. Just let me know if you are alive.”
“He lives well. Are you okay?”
“yes. That is enough.”
A body that must have been emptied because his soul came over here.
I didn’t want to know in detail how it was or what condition it was in.
Just say that you are alive.
That was enough.
“If you do, it will be time to leave. In particular, I will open the hell gate to the place where you started when you came to hell.”
“You mean the Royal Capital Magenta’s Termina Grand Garden?”
“Yes.”
Tsupat!
A simple gesture from the King of Hell.
At that moment, the Hell Gate opened.
A gloomy night scene could be seen over Hellgate.
It was the Great Garden of Terrmina, which still looked like a mess.
“The axis of time is different here and in the human world. Between the five months you spent in hell, only about five days must have passed in the human world. Let me go back.”
“thank you.”
Lloyd rubbed his chest inwardly.
Hellgate, which was connected to the polar region to catch the lava giant last time.
I wondered what would happen if I told them to go back there.
Fortunately, thanks to the service of the king of hell (?), I thought that I had escaped the arctic expedition, which I hadn’t even been able to do.
“Then I’ll get ready and go right back.”
Anyway, we must return quickly before the King of Hell changes his mind.
Lloyd nodded and moved quickly.
I brought Xaviel and all the Bone Dragons, who were waiting outside the Hell Castle.
We all passed through Hellgate together.
Be the first to put the phantasmagoric species in your bosom.
Next, Xaviel walks.
Lastly, Bone Dragon cut all the bones in his body into small pieces.
After passing through like that, the night wind of the human world blew in and welcomed the party.
“…Whoa.”
It was cold.
It’s not even the midwinter wind.
I had been accustomed to the heat of hell, so even an ordinary wind felt cool.
But Lloyd had no time to feel the clean air he hadn’t seen in a long time or the grass on the ground he had been stepping on.
As soon as Hellgate closed, he quickly looked around Shockshock.
Fortunately, it was the middle of the night, so there were no eyes to see.
He said.
“Yongyong?”
Creeping!
The bone dragon, Yongyongyi, still in a state of disintegration, reacted with a bone sound.
Lloyd said to him.
“If you see people here right now, it will cause a stir, so stay hidden. over there once. That’s east.”
Beep!
“If you keep flying over there to the east, you will come across a huge mountain range. That’s the Eastern Mountains. I’m hanging out there for a while. Anyway, when I meet orcs, I get along well with them.”
creak?
“Our Yongyong is nice. If you listen carefully, I’ll introduce you to the older brothers in the bone guard later. Let’s do it.”
Beep!
Yongyongyi replied vigorously and immediately flew to the eastern night sky.
Only then did Lloyd feel relieved.
“Whoa.”
The fresh wind of the human world is finally felt.
The period he spent in hell was almost 5 months.
So far, only 5 days have passed in the human world.
That unexpected fact was a little comforting.
‘Because now it’s thirty when the sun changes. Big.’
But it was slightly delayed.
It was thanks to the different time axis between Hell and the human world.
In terms of experience, the disaster (?) of being in your thirties has been delayed a bit.
Besides, he returned safely from Hell anyway.
‘So now I have to get the price.’
I didn’t go to hell for nothing.
Because there is something to be gained.
Because there are clear benefits.
I was just hoping for that.
So, now was the time to be frugal and take care of the worth of going to hell.
‘Like the Daejeongwon Showcase that was ruined because of the Bond Dragon rampage. Like saving the face of the king’s sister who was ruined because of that. Well, there are many things to deal with, but it’s not my job, so I’ll put it aside.’
It’s not something to be fooled by.
It’s a good thing to help out when you can afford it.
Before that, it’s up to the king and the royal family to sort things out on their own.
So, Lloyd promised to take care of himself first.
“Now, let’s go.”
“Where are you going?”
Xaviel was enjoying the fresh air after a long time.
Is he happy that he came back from hell?
I replied to the guy with a bright expression.
“To a dark and gloomy place.”
“….”
“A place where people can’t see. I have to release the ancient dragon soul.”
Only then can you qualify for the Yongwang Sponsorship Membership.
It was never something to postpone.
Even if there are two sides of the sky.
Unless you have two heads.
It was something that had to be taken care of first.
So Lloyd hurried his steps.
I quickly and stealthily escaped the Termina Grand Garden, which was still a mess.
I passed the midnight city and the Roi Harvey Suspension Bridge.
They slithered past the walls of the royal capital.
I went into the woods of an uninhabited suburb.
Settled in a suitable vacant lot.
“Is there anyone around?”
“yes. Except for one fox, two owls, and other small animals aiming for one of the twelve rabbits, there is no sign of it.”
“good.”
If that’s the case with Grand Master Xaviel, that’s it.
After confirming safety, Lloyd took out the marble from his bosom.
I activated the dark mind method.
The amplified mana was pushed into the beads.
Wow…!
The translucent beads were tinged with brilliance.
Soon, the huge being crouched inside opened its eyes.
It kicked off the beads and gushed out.
I didn’t even have time to say anything.
In an instant, it rose like a meteor shooting into the night sky.
Literally, it became a star in the Milky Way and disappeared with a twinkle.
Wheein.
A cool night breeze blew and tousled her hair.
In it, Lloyd waited for a moment.
He rolled his eyeballs.
I looked up at the Milky Way in the night sky where the ancient dragon’s soul had ascended.
I glanced at the empty marble left in my palm.
Unknowingly, I swallowed dry saliva.
‘no way.’
just a dragon.
without saying thank you.
without the promised reward.
Wouldn’t it just splatter?
‘Oh no way.’
What a soul oath.
Literally, it was an ancient dragon who swore an oath to cassag bread of the soul.
However, as soon as he was released, he wondered if he had broken that promise and jumped out.
‘but…You mean you’re a little anxious?’
Didn’t even say thank you.
There was not a single grandiose yet obvious event.
It just flashed for an instant and disappeared into the sky.
After that, only a cool night breeze was blowing.
I couldn’t help but feel anxious.
Wouldn’t it be like this feeling when you get scammed in a second-hand transaction?
It was the moment Lloyd was about to come up with such an idea.
“Mrs. Lloyd.”
Xaviel tapped me on the shoulder.
“It looks like an unexpected guest has arrived.”
customer?
What does that mean?
I thought there was no one around here until a while ago.
But when did the person called the guest come?
Lloyd inadvertently turned his head in the direction Xaviel pointed.
thanks i was able to find it
There was a really unexpected guest there.
that’s right….
‘Dragon King?’
Lloyd’s eyes widened as he confirmed the opponent’s appearance.
