Chapter 424,
Chapter 123. So suddenly? (2)
“You came with armed mercenaries? To the Sword Garden?”
“That’s right. Even at a rough estimate, the number of subordinate mercenaries brought was over 500.”
“Five hundred mercenaries… You have good guts. It’s almost crazy. When did you arrive?”
“I have been in the hospital for about three hours.”
“The mercenaries couldn’t have been hospitalized.”
As he said, only Rata Froch entered the Garden of Swords.
Like Jin, Lata and the Ghost Corps had been staying in Geomwangseong until earlier. In other words, as soon as Lata left the Imperial Palace, she first visited the Garden of Swords.
Of course, since they came with a large army without any prior notice, Runcandel could not accept them.
‘It’s just that I escaped the horrors because I became a ghost.’
If a rogue mercenary had made an unannounced visit on that scale, Runcandel would have been enough to kill them all.
The Ghost Corps is a neutral force belonging to the most prominent side, and their home base, Guigoksaeseong, is used as a meeting place for the giant powers, so they are safe even after committing this disrespect.
“That’s right.”
“The reason why that bad-eyed guy came to see you is obviously because of my younger brother, but why did you bring five hundred subordinates? What do you mean by cute threats?”
“I don’t know why I brought my men either. You will know when you go.”
The cheers grew rapidly as the party began to move forward.
In particular, a group of boys and girls shouting Murakan’s name were the highlight, but Gilly gently pushed Murakan’s back so that they wouldn’t be disappointed.
“These are young friends, so please wave your hand. Murakan.”
“Strawberry pie, if you want…”
Eventually, what really shocked Jin and Gilly was the fact that when Murakan smiled at them, a group of boys and girls suddenly fainted one after another.
“God, I thought only Enya was like that.”
“I don’t think Miss Enya has ever fainted.”
I got out of the movement gate and climbed onto the steel wagon.
The red evening sunset warmly wrapped around the city, but Jin shook his head at the intuition that something tired would happen.
In the midst of making our way to the Garden of Swords, Jin stopped the carriage.
“for a moment.”
It was because he had identified Lata’s men standing in the way to the entrance to the Garden of Swords.
Even though there were as many as 500 of them, they just stood in the grass. It would be impossible to dare to set up a tent near the Garden of Swords, even in the territory of Runcandel.
However, it was not possible to sit or lie down and rest comfortably, and there was no inn to receive the five hundred mercenaries who suddenly came in.
Thus, Lata’s men had no choice but to stand there as if they were being blamed.
As Jin pulled his head out of the wagon, the gazes of the mercenaries gathered at once.
“Follow me.”
After saying that, Jin started the carriage again, and Lata’s men exchanged glances for a moment before silently following him.
“The 12th Horseman is hospitalized!”
The gate was unlocked and the guards patrolling the grounds saluted.
‘The last time I returned, the executioners pointed their swords at me.’
That day was the day when the family governor was declared. Even if it wasn’t that day, Jin had little memory of being welcomed when he returned to his hometown from his days as a reserve rider.
It would be safe to say that there were none at all, except for those greeted by the likes of Gil and Petro.
brothers or elders. Someone always showed hostility and intent to kill, and all of them were formidable opponents (to the outside world).
But today was different.
A very small number of enforcement knights and elders with 10% of the Guardian Knights.
In other words, it was a force that was slightly less than 10% of the total power of Runkandel, but now there were warriors who welcomed Jin back.
“You have been through a lot. 12 riders!”
“Are you here, the 12th rider? In the meantime, the garden of swords has been buzzing because of your obscurity.”
When the knights and elders he encountered greeted him first in that way, it dawned on him that he had finally become the standard bearer of Runcandel.
However, those who greeted them also seemed curious about why Jin brought the mercenaries waiting outside.
And from far away, there were people walking toward Jin with their faces wrinkled.
Mew and Anne were them.
“The 12th Horseman.”
“What are you doing now?”
Seeing them arguing with stern faces, in some ways I was even admirable.
Should I say stupid?
Or should I say I’m not afraid?
What was certain was that they had a spirit that even Jin could not help admitting.
At the time of the family head declaration, it showed that the power gap was so great, but the proof was that they were fighting without regard for it.
Even at that time, they felt certain that they could ‘never’ defeat Jin even if the two of them attacked together, but there was no change in their attitude.
“What on earth were you thinking of bringing those miscellaneous things to the hospital?”
“Ha, because you act like this, these days, even the trivial things are making fun of the Garden of Swords. Didn’t even Kingelo’s beasts come and find you the other day? It’s not like a family name. I can’t kick you out right now!”
Jin didn’t answer for a while, staring at his sisters in silence before bursting into laughter.
“Smile?”
“I was almost disappointed, sisters. Someone yelling at me like this makes me feel like I’m at home.”
“What?”
“This bastard…!”
“These are my guests. It was just that I couldn’t inform you of my visit in advance because I was not in a hurry like I was due to the recent terror attack.”
“What kind of guest would lead over 500 mercenaries without warning and ask for hospitalization?”
“What’s wrong with that? Even if five hundred ghosts come to the Garden of Swords, it’s only a threat at the level of five hundred fallen leaves. Rather, Rata was just showing me courtesy by bringing as many attendants as possible.”
Unlike his sisters who were full of anger, Jin had a smile on his face.
It’s not that strange war of nerves. In fact, it can’t be called a fight… The mercenaries who followed Jin overpowered his sisters one-sidedly were suffocating.
‘Anyway, it’s certain that the 12 horsemen are crazier than our captain. Is it okay for the top jockeys to do that?’
‘We can just stay outside and go back quietly when the captain comes, but I’m not in a bad mood.’
‘Our Gogoksaeseong is also considerable, but here is soybean flour and soybean flour that can’t be compared.’
‘But we seem to have been neglected a bit. No matter how much it is, it’s fallen leaves…’
No mercenary shouted in displeasure despite Jin’s rhetoric of fallen leaves.
Rather, Mu and Ann continued their boiling voices.
“Five hundred fallen leaves! I can’t say that you’ve reached a certain level. According to what you said, the ghost captain was polite to you, but you are making comments that disrespect them.”
“Compared to the fact that it was parked outside, I don’t think it would be very rude to say this.”
When Ann took a step towards Jin, Mew stopped her.
‘I shouldn’t be like this, but now it’s not funny, it’s to the point of looking cute. Anne Marley, who is about to step out, Mew. It seems like they came up with this pattern of behavior beforehand.’
Afterwards, Mew inevitably gnashed his teeth with Ann and said:
“Can you take responsibility?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, can you take responsibility for any problems caused by the guests you bring?”
“You sound like there will always be a problem. well let’s do that Let’s take responsibility.”
slap!
As Mu and Ann turned and walked away, Gilly brushed his chest.
It wasn’t because she was worried about Jin that she wiped her heart out.
“I don’t know how nervous Master Hugh would have been if he cut down the ladies.”
“My sisters have a lot of work to do, so there’s no need to clean up already.”
“Your other sisters aren’t so mean, so I don’t know why they’re the only two of them. Little boy, I have to play with strawberry pie now, so you see the guy with the eyes alone.”
Murakan gave Gilly a rather sparkling look, but Gilly cleared his throat and avoided his gaze.
“No, Murakan. You have work to do.”
“what?”
“Guide some of the Ghost Corps friends and take them to my personal training ground.”
“under! hey kid This body is a great black dragon. Didn’t you see so many people praising me earlier? Can you make me do chores like that? huh?”
“And protect.”
“what? Why protection all of a sudden?”
“There is a very high probability that the Ghost Corps mercenaries will be attacked. Would my sisters have left the place, citing responsibility for nothing? From the point of view of my sisters, this is the best opportunity to give me a shot.”
“What… no way. did that?”
“There’s nothing I can’t do. There’s nothing wrong with being careful. Shall I bet? I’m unconditionally betting that the sisters’ subordinates will attack the mercenaries. Wouldn’t it be funny to say that I would take responsibility if there were no damage then?”
That was the reason why he insisted on taking the mercenaries to the training ground instead of the guest room or parlor. It’s much easier to protect them when they’re gathered together in a vast training ground.
Murakan narrowed his brows.
“Damn it. I bet on the other side. If I win, it will be 15 days of absolute vacation for Strawberry Pie since the ghost squad went back. Even if you don’t want to go, it’s a vacation you can send out by order. okay?”
“I don’t really need a vacation…”
“Good.”
“What is your condition, kid?”
“I have no conditions. you’re going to win anyway Instead, the mercenaries take care that no one gets hurt.”
“I won’t say anything else later. hehe let’s go! You mercenaries!”
Humming a song, Murakan led the mercenaries and left for the training ground. He was already excited about spending 15 happy days with Gilly.
Looking back, Jin couldn’t help but laugh, and Gilly smiled awkwardly.
“The acting head of state said it was okay to skip the report.”
said Petro.
Rosa was still in a state of treatment for internal injuries sustained at the time of the family head declaration.
“Then you can meet Lata right away. Did you say you were in the drawing room?”
“Yes, Bocchan. Shall we arrange another space?”
“No, just go and meet him in person.”
The spacious drawing room was full of guests. Merchants who trade with Runcandel, nobles, mercenaries hired for missions, etc.
Among them, the one that stood out was Lata with her arms crossed exuding a lot of heavy and sharp energy. He leaned against the wall, his eyes closed, and no one was standing about ten paces around him.
“Lata.”
When Jin entered the drawing room and called his name, Lata slowly opened her eyes.
stride stride! Then, he approached Jin with a very fast and threatening step….
Sreung!
When he came a step ahead of Jin, he suddenly pulled out a dagger from his chest, making the people around him and the waiting guardians stunned.
“Stop…!”
The Guardian Knights shouted and threw themselves. Lata’s dagger seemed to draw a trajectory toward Jin.
Squeak-!
However, the place Lata’s dagger touched was not Jin’s body.
It was Lata’s right index finger that fell to the floor with a dry sound.
