Episode 172 Episode
57. A Brief Farewell (2)
A few days have passed. Tican’s associates were meeting day after day until mid-November 1796.
Artifacts to explore contractors.
I guessed that something like that could exist for Ziple even when I was playing against Andrei. However, when I heard the word ‘compass’, I felt strange again.
“First of all, we are sending Little Ice Cracker Enya to another place. Until we retrieve the compass, the contractors would do well to leave Tican.”
Colleagues made that decision.
What will Ziffle do before returning the compass to Kingelo’s side?
We will try to hunt down and secure as many contractors as possible. Unless they have crafted an artifact similar to a compass.
And there will be no more attractive hunting ground for Jiple than Tikan. Tikan had three contractors, and it did not belong to a huge power, and it was not a land where transcendental figures resided.
Jin and the others do not know how the compass works or how reliably it finds the contractor.
However, judging from the fact that he couldn’t find Yuria and kidnapped Latri instead, I can only infer that it’s not very perfect.
But what if the compass points to the contractors of the Ticans, if at all?
There will be a problem that is too much to deal with now.
“Of course, we can craft something similar after they return the compass. But I’ve never heard of an artifact that finds a god’s contractor in my life, so it’s impossible if it’s not the God of Sculpture.”
Murakan and Quikantel considered Boubar not just a contractor, but a reincarnation or second coming of Well.
“Even if Zipple produces an artifact with a similar function in the future, it will definitely be less functional than Bouvard’s compass. It will be dangerous even then, but it’s likely now that they have a real compass when they’re going to focus their efforts on hunting contractors.”
It was for this reason that the colleagues decided to send Jin and Enya Yuria out of Tikan for now.
“Enya, Yuria, and Alisa-nim should ask the Secret Palace for protection. Even if you know our approximate circumstances and are discovered by the compass, there is only a secret place that Ziffle can’t touch.”
Enya’s younger brother, Finte, and the old dog Puppy Latri were all scheduled to head to the Secret Palace.
Murakan and Gili Kashmir Jett have decided to stay at Tikan.
Casimir seemed to be separated from his wife and daughter for a while, but he had a calm face.
Who in the world wants to be separated from their loved ones? However, it was a matter that the daughter’s life was at stake, and furthermore, Tikan’s fate might be at stake.
Above all, since Yuria had already been wanted by Ziple, she needed to be extra careful.
“What if the secret palace refuses our request?”
Murakan shook his head at Gilly’s question.
“The mistress can’t do that. On the contrary, you will think of it as a golden opportunity to properly pay off your debt to your son-in-law, strawberry pie.”
“Umm, son-in-law… is that really so?”
“I promise. If you fail, I will try to coax you. Because she seems to be quite interested in me too. How many times have I heard that you are a handsome brother in Colon?”
Saying that, Murakan glanced at Gilly.
No, he looked blatantly enough for everyone in the conference room to feel it. A look that wants Gilly to reveal his jealousy.
However, Gilly only sighed in concern and did not show any reaction. It was a reaction that was far from jealousy enough for Murakan to feel sorry for.
“Hmm… Anyway, don’t worry too much.”
“Then I will only trust Mr. Murakan. Haa, that’s what it’s like to be a nursemaid of a reserve rider whose aura is sealed. Again, there is nothing I can do…”
At that, Murakan shook his head again.
“Your presence by our side is more than enough, strawberry pie.”
“By the way, where is Confucius Qin going?”
When Casimir quickly broke the awkward atmosphere, everyone’s eyes focused on Jin.
“Oh, the kid has somewhere else to go. It’s a place I’ve been thinking of sending to even if it’s not this time, but I have to say that the timing was right.”
“Is there any other place as safe as Secret Palace?”
Murakan shrugged his shoulders with a meaningful expression.
“When it comes to Ziffle’s pursuit, there’s no safer place in the world. A land that could never be found by anything greater than a compass. Even if a god descends, he cannot enter there.”
Jin was a place he had heard of beforehand right after he returned from Hoson.
“Everyone seems to be asking why can’t Enya and ice snacks be sent there? But I can’t help it. It is a land prepared only for Runcandel magic swordsmen among Solderlet’s contractors. Currently, it is a place that no one can go except Jin, the thousand-year contract.”
“So where is it, man?”
Quikantel frowned.
“The land of the Myungwang clan.”
“If it’s the Myungwang family… isn’t it a beast race that has been extinct for over 50,000 years?”
There are many different types of water races in the world.
After crossing the southern border of the Kingdom of Zane, the Land of the Beasts began.
In that land, there are peaceful races such as the Watertail Tribe, who are infinitely weak and good enough to wonder how they survived, or the Geumseol Tribe, which resembles a mouse and is obsessed with gold.
There are Myoin Tribe, who live in their own small area away from other races, and Baekrang Tribe and Jeokho Tribe, all of which are warriors.
Now, when it comes to ‘combat races’, everyone thinks of the White Lang tribe and the Red Tiger tribe.
It was the Myungwangjok who conquered the land of beastmen with overwhelming power before them.
Even 5,000 years after their destruction, it is difficult to find related materials, but not all history has been completely lost.
Even now, numerous scholars have tried to uncover the secrets of the Myeongwang family.
It was because the Ming Dynasty, which enjoyed such great power, suddenly disappeared around 5,000 years ago.
“Where and how did the land of the Myungwang family remain?”
“It remains in the Great Desert of Mithra. I’ll just explain that there was a contract between the Solderlets and the Myeongwang. Please tell me more details. Anyway, Jin will go there.”
My colleagues were agitated at the word ‘Mitra Great Desert’.
“Isn’t it too dangerous? In the yard where the entire White Rang tribe might be involved with Kingelo. Besides, the Great Desert of Mithra… It’s a place where even the native beastmen get lost.”
“Not dangerous. But it’s a place a kid will have to go through a few times anyway. It is a land where he goes through a rite of passage to become a real magic swordsman. And since the little face hasn’t been sold to Kingelo yet, there shouldn’t be any problems.”
The eyes of the colleagues naturally reached Jin.
Jin’s eyes are as always without hesitation. So, my colleagues thought there was no need to say more about Katabuta.
“The colleagues will reunite in May of next year. If we gather and depart from Tican, we will meet Bella at the vassal country, as Ziffle and Kingelo may be suspicious during the post-mortem investigation. All colleagues who will participate in the compass capture must gather by the end of May.”
Afterwards, my colleagues worked out a strategy for how to proceed with the operation to steal the compass and kissed each other about various small matters.
Bigung accepted the request so easily that Gilly’s concerns were overshadowed.
As soon as Murakan went to Manji Island, Thalaris rode a motte and came to meet him. What happened to our son-in-law?
“It’s nothing special, but it’s like I left to take a test.”
“Huh, what kind of test is it?”
“secret. In any case, we will send our children within three days. Say hello to your daughter too.”
At night, a party was held to comfort the short farewell. For a while after today, Tikan’s mansion will be quiet.
* * *
The southern border area of the Kingdom of Zane.
It felt new to come back to this place where I had my first mission as a cadet.
‘I wonder if the youngest members of the division are doing well.’
Suddenly, I remembered my subordinates who were being trained as mid-level cadets. When they returned to the Garden of Swords, they were also excited about what they would look like.
A large bag in a traveler’s robe. The bag contained dry food, a water blanket, a few herbal travel artifacts, and salt.
‘The Great Desert of Mitra.’
The huge desert swallowing the center of the beastmen’s land was a remote area that even veteran adventurers who were crazy about exploration and challenges did not easily challenge.
There is no gold left by the Myeongwang family, no ancient civilization, no mysterious resources. It has been proven not only by adventurers, but also by renowned research institutes in each country for a long time.
For a while, countless adventurers followed myths and legends to the Great Desert of Mithra, but the results were always disastrous.
The majority of adventurers became food for the desert because they could not overcome Mitra’s heat and whims, and those who eventually succeeded in crossing had to face the fact that all the stories about Mitra were lies.
Even the strong beasts like the White Rang Tribe and the Red Tiger Tribe thought that crossing the Great Desert of Mithra was an act of suicide.
“Why are you going there? little human?”
“if. broken heart Did you? So do you want to die there are sometimes such a stupid person.”
Therefore, it was not unusual for the watertail beastmen, whom they had met by chance after a long time in the southern border area of Jean, to ask Jin this question.
“What is a broken heart? I’m just going. And you guys are smaller than me.”
The watertail beastmen clicked their tongues and shook their heads.
“Oh and you guys. Do you know any news about the Watertails who lived in that village two years ago? It must have been a village about a couple of hours’ walk west of here.”
“Uh, there we are.”
“okay? I mean, it was you.”
Jin grinned and looked down at the Watertail. The Watertails who lived in that village were the ones who distributed grilled fish to Jin and the cadets who looked like beggars during the mission to rescue Cumberville.
– Human disappearance? We don’t know, the watertail tribe is nice. you bitch fish. eat it It is a gift.
-Yes, yes. I know. Thank you. It’s ripe. I’ll reply next time.
rustle rustle.
Jin rummaged through his pockets and picked up a handful of small pieces of gold and jewels.
“Now you pay for the fish you ate then. Take it and use it when trading with humans or non-natives.”
“Uh, then you!?”
One of the watertails in the group recognized Jin. In recent years, the only humans who have gotten fish from their village are Jin and the youngest, Satan, so he remembered.
“This is too much!”
“It’s okay since you won’t be spending money in the desert.”
“Suicide too!?”
“Because it is not. Anyway, I’m going now, so see you someday.”
Just as Jin was about to take a step.
The Watertail grabbed Jin’s belt.
“Should I go?”
“huh.”
“please?”
“please.”
“Suman land. Enemy tribes are doing a lot right now. write the way we go If you just go, you’ll get into a fight for nothing.”
The Watertail Tribe were good people who paid for their money even when they didn’t have to.
