nerve warfare.
nerve warfare.
[Would you believe me if I said ‘I don’t know’?]
A blatant lie. I didn’t even feel the need to answer such a lie that even my mother, who was passing by, wouldn’t be deceived.
After an uncomfortable silence, it was Aurelius who finally declared surrender first. He playfully raised his hands and crackled his metal jaw.
[Contrary to rumors, it seems that the enemy of the evil spirit needs his own reason to catch the worshipers of the evil spirit.]
He mentioned his natural duty as a priest who worships a god, but of course it had nothing to do with me, who served the mother of corruption.
I replied with a smile.
“I’m here as a mercenary now. It seems like the employer forgot and left out a bit of information about this quest.”
Metal eyes that couldn’t read my emotions stared down at me.
[He came as a mercenary…]
‘Killed!!!’
While my mother was getting angry at me for procrastinating on words, I quickly thought about it.
Are you going to get information from here, even if it means beating Aurelius? Or tell the party to break the contract and leave?
Clearly, judging from the author’s behavior, he knew what the cause of this raid was. In addition, I needed information about the activities of the worshipers of the evil god, who are presumed to be closely related to the main quest.
With his mind inclined toward the use of force, Aurelius spoke.
[Trusting in my priest’s reputation, I will only tell Priest Marnak why. Can you keep a secret?]
I looked up at him and replied.
“If it’s a secret worth keeping, of course it is.”
After a moment of silence, Aurelius spoke in a low voice.
[Bring ‘that’.]
The escort standing by his side disappeared somewhere. Aurelius sank into his chair and opened his mouth.
[It wasn’t until after I was handed an ‘item’ that worshipers of evil gods started attacking our guild. I promised the client to transport the ‘item’ to the capital and received an advance payment.] The
blood of the snowfield bat that clung to my head ran down my cheek. He bleeds blood and brushes his hair.
“From what I’ve seen so far, I don’t know what the price was, but the damage to the upper ranks seemed to be very serious. Wouldn’t it be worth considering giving up the request?”
[I received the Immortalium. And I decided to get the other half from the capital.]
I can’t give up.
The guard, who had left the barracks for a while, came in with a box. A box the size of an adult’s torso was inscribed with strange patterns. Aurelius knocked on the box handed to him by the guards and said.
[This is the object. Frankly, I don’t know what the devil’s worshipers are after this stuff. I showed this item to another priest who died at the hands of the worshipers of the evil god who attacked the upper ranks a while ago, but he also said he didn’t know why the worshipers of the evil god were aiming for this item.] He slowly opened the box and opened the box
. smiled quietly.
[In case Priest Marnak, who is the enemy of evil spirits, is different, I will show you something special.] When the
black box was opened, the object inside revealed its identity.
It was a necklace of copper-colored metal that seemed to be made of brass. If there was anything unusual about it, that necklace was a sacred object.
‘killing!!!’
It was also a holy relic with her mother’s divinity sealed. I immediately realized why the worshipers of the evil spirits were targeting this object.
But how? I have my mother’s hand, but how the hell do they find the holy relic where the mother’s divinity is sealed?
Hundreds of thoughts filled my head, but I managed my expression as much as possible and answered Aurelius in a calm voice. His eyes were gazing intently at my expression.
“I don’t know either.”
[exactly? Actually, I didn’t have high expectations. You put things back in place.]
The box is closed. I wanted to cut them down and steal the box here, but there were too many things that took me now to act recklessly.
Whether it’s the reputation that I’ve made up until now, or the existence of the company.
Besides, running amok and taking that holy relic was an act of abandoning the method of searching for other relics in order to obtain the one right in front of my eyes.
There was still plenty of time left before reaching the capital. No one knows what will happen along the way.
I smiled quietly at Aurelius.
“I understand the circumstances of the lord of the upper ranks, but since the hidden circumstances were revealed, wouldn’t it be right that the terms of the escort contract should be slightly different?”
Aurelius asked me, his metal jaw snapping.
[What do you want?]
I answered him by holding up two fingers.
“You have to give me double the amount you promised in the first place.”
***
Aurelius accepted my terms, grumbling at me about beating the priest and just being a merchant. I told the good news to the party, and the party praised me saying that I did very well.
‘killing. killing. killing. Murder…’
My mother took on the form of a girl in my private quarters provided by Aurelius and ran round and round in the quarters, tapping her chin. In one hand of the mother, the divine mass orb that was still not absorbed was tightly grasped.
To be honest, I didn’t think there would be a sharp way to come up with a mother going around like that, but it was fun to see her worrying so hard.
“Whoa.”
After washing and drying my still wet hair, my mother stood in the middle of the barracks and stared at me. I smiled and asked my mother.
“Have you ever thought of a sharp number?”
‘killing! killing!’
My mother must have gotten used to that girl’s body, so she could speak to me without having to touch her skin.
“mother.”
‘killing?’
At my low calling, my mother tilted her head as if she had no idea why.
“Is the answer you’ve been thinking about for so long that you’re going to sneak in and steal it? If you get caught, kill those who get in your way to silence you?”
Mother nodded vigorously with a proud face.
‘killing!’
“It’s a perfect crime if there are no witnesses. Do you seriously think that makes sense? Come over.”
‘killing!’
As soon as I opened my arms, my mother ran over and took me into her arms. I brushed my mother’s soft hair and continued talking slowly.
“Unless you don’t know the skills of the gold man called Aurelius yet, you should refrain from rash actions.”
Strictly speaking, the Gold Man, whose whole body was made of metal, had a very bad compatibility with me, the priest of corruption.
Because metal doesn’t rot.
First of all, the Pit of Corruption is completely useless. Curse of Corruption wasn’t meant for combat in the first place, and at most the only two cards I could use were the Door of Corruption and the Giant of Corruption.
In the end, in order for me to kill the gold people, I had no choice but to use physical force beyond their physical strength.
“In the best case, the evil god’s worshiper somehow manages to take the relic, and in the process of retrieving it, I will take away all of my mother’s divinity and return it to Aurelius.”
‘killing?!’
The mother raised her head and said with her eyes wide open, ‘No?! Is there such a way?!’ I was surprised.
‘…killing?’
“Have you kept secretly hiding that you’re a genius? That’s an undeserved compliment. And at this point, I’m sure my mother would have thought of it if she had been around a little longer. But the situation I mentioned won’t happen easily.”
‘killing?’
When asked why, I replied with a smile.
“As your mother saw earlier, he didn’t care how many of the upper tier guards died or not, and he was only guarding the goods with his direct guards. It must be quite tricky for the worshipers of evil gods to steal his goods without the knowledge of Aurelius, no matter what power they have. .”
‘killing…?’
“For now, I’m going to monitor the situation for a bit. There are still too many things I don’t know about Aurelius and about the worshipers of the evil gods who are chasing after me. Mother only trusts me…”
Kiyi Iik!!!
A groan that seems to pierce a person’s nerves. The snowfield bats came to attack the top once again.
“Anyway, the worshipers of evil spirits seem to be trying to accumulate fatigue on the guards of the upper tier by hitting and running. I washed my best, but it’s a little annoying. I’ll have to postpone this mother’s palm massage a little later.”
‘killing?!’
“We have to save the guards who are fighting right now. Please come back to the hand quickly. I’ll give you a massage later.”
‘Murder…’
The mother drooped her arms and turned them into hands in the dark light. I quickly put my mother’s hand in my bosom, grabbed the butcher and ran out of the barracks.
Gaaaaaaaaa!!!
Unlike before, it wasn’t just snowfield bats that invaded this time.
Roughly 2.5 meters tall. Goat’s hoof and head. A muscular upper body resembling a human and white fur. A bipedal monster called Capel was colliding with the guards of the corps.
bang!
“Aaaaaagh!”
One of the upper guards, hit by Kappel’s horn, bounced off and crashed to the ground. The guards, who fell headfirst to the ground, could not get up again.
I quickly started the butcher and ran through the snow.
Why hey hey hey hey!
As he was about to charge towards the other guards, Capel’s gaze fell on me. The butcher’s roar was perfect for attracting the enemy’s attention. like now.
“Haap!”
Gaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
As if responding to my spirit, Capel roared and rushed toward me with his head bowed. The tip of the sharp horn came towards me without hesitation.
Why hey hey hey hey!
I brandished the butcher as it was. The immortalium blades rotating at high speed razed Capel’s horn literally. The Butcher didn’t stop there, split the head of Capel, who had dared to rush in, and stirred the inside of the monster’s head.
Scattering brains and flesh. My head and body, which had been thoroughly washed, were once again drenched in blood and flesh.
I’ll have to wash this again.
thud.
Capel’s body, which had lost its head, fell to the floor. I quickly looked around.
Excluding the snowfield bats, the total number of capels that invaded was six. The divinity of the worshipers of the demons who controlled them was felt from a great distance. As if he would never fight directly.
These guys look a little timid.
That time when I was about to sprint towards the next capel.
Something jumped out of the woods and lunged at me in a straight line. I reflexively tried to swing the butcher, but when I identified what had jumped out, I reached out my left hand and grabbed her by the neck.
Dangling purple hair.
She, Pearly, held up by the neck, vigorously greeted her while squealing.
“Long time no see! Long time no see! I thought of you a lot! Did you think of me a lot?”
“Not at all.”
“It’s okay! It’s okay! I’ve done your part!”
There was a reason why I confirmed that it was this woman who suddenly jumped out and reaped the butcher.
“There is something I want to ask you.”
Pearly rolled her purple eyes and smiled widely.
“What will you do if I answer you?”
Because she was very light-mouthed.
