Episode 410
Raon’s eyes widened like the moon when he saw the newly emerging message.
‘The effect of indolence is strengthened?’
The trait < Sloth > has a ridiculous ability to increase your stats while sleeping, as well as speed up your physical strength and aura recovery.
I couldn’t believe that this morale trait would grow further.
-Turn it off!
Lars bit his lip tightly as if he hadn’t thought that sloth’s abilities would be strengthened.
– Sloth! You should have killed that bastard right away! It was a mistake for the king to keep him alive…
‘Let’s go and play somewhere else.’
I got rid of Lars, who was rampaging on the table, and checked the newly emerging message.
[The emotion of < Sloth > is generated by 30 points.]
[The ability to increase the stats of < Sloth > and the aura’s ability to recover health are strengthened.]
Raon unknowingly slammed the table with the palm of his hand.
“Ugh…”
Runan slowly wakes up at the sudden noise. She nodded in this direction, lay down on the bed, and began to sleep.
‘What is he really like…’
Runan from Gwangpungdan. No, even in Sieghart, he was the one with the most questions about what he was thinking.
As I shook my head and tried to read the message again, the energy from the black flower bracelet that Sloth had made for me penetrated my body.
‘This is…’
I could feel the aura of < Indolence > permeating into my soul.
I was able to block it, but unlike Lars’ < Wrath >, I didn’t feel the slightest malice, so I let it go.
‘Is this the feeling of indolence?’
I feel drowsy. It felt like lying on a bed in the warm sun on a weekend afternoon and taking a nap.
‘Not bad.’
Unlike < Rage >, it makes me feel at ease. At this level, the ring of fire could not be used and could be lightly suppressed with the level of the soul currently possessed.
‘That’s it…’
There’s no way you’ll lose your body just because you’re receiving < Indolence >.
Since Sloth doesn’t have a soul attached to it like Lars, his body won’t be taken away just because < Sloth >‘s emotional level increases.
All you have to do is use this ability properly.
‘This will double the growth rate.’
Calculating the effect of sloth, the ability growth effect was doubled compared to before, and the speed of physical recovery was three times faster than before.
In this state, it seemed that I could recover all my Aura within a few days even if I didn’t do the exercises and just slept.
-Damn it…
Lars blushed even more after seeing that the effect of indolence had gone up. It was strawberry flavored cotton candy.
– As soon as the original king has a body, he will go to kill the sloth!
‘…’
Raon clicked his tongue briefly as he watched Lars tremble.
Hogu King is you.
Laughing at Lars, who was cursing others on the subject of being born with the stronger Hogu energy than anyone else.
‘I should give it a go, too.’
-Why are you guys going to that jamtang!
Lars trembled his lips as if he was worried about something.
‘Because I got the feelings of indolence. I’ll have to ask how to use it.’
Raon licked his lips while looking at the black flower bracelet.
‘Because sleeping isn’t everything.’
It is the emotion of a demon king similar to Ras, so there must be other abilities besides the effect of sleeping.
In order to use it properly, it was right to visit Sloth and ask.
– You don’t have to go.
Ras looked at the black flower bracelet and shook his head.
-That jamtangi’s ability is nothing special!
He shook his head slightly shaking, saying he wouldn’t like it even if he went.
‘are you okay. I have to hear it at least because of the baby.’
I was thinking of going to Habunseong to give Yua time to spend with her grandfather after a long time, so I thought of going back.
-Turn it off! Black Beef Sloth!
Lars, noticing that it was difficult to block, started swearing at Sloth again.
– I will never forgive you!
‘Do whatever you want.’
Raon smiled and brushed the hair that covered his forehead.
‘By the way…’
After checking all the new abilities, I remembered the customer Wendy told me about earlier.
‘Sword Demon Lektar…’
I have a relationship with him.
It was not an exaggeration to say that he had a relationship with him because the first nickname he got after playing an active part in Hebunseong was the Sword Demon or Small Sword Demon of Hebunseong.
‘What kind of person is that?’
I’ve heard that the power of the Sword Demon, the head of the Five Great Swordsmen, can reach 10,000 continents, but I’ve never seen it in person, so I don’t know how strong it really is.
He wanted to experience his swordsmanship as a sword ghost.
-It’s okay to become a black ghost and a devil, so keep your promise.
Lars pounded the table with his chubby hands and frowned.
‘promise? What promise?’
-Have you already forgotten? Didn’t the original king decide to eat all the food he wanted?
‘Ah that.’
Raon nodded slowly and took out a piece of bread from Nadine’s pocket.
‘Then with this Nadine bread…’
-What are you doing!
As soon as Lars saw Nadine’s bread, he shuddered in a fit.
– Get rid of that nasty thing right now!
The guy screamed as if he saw a weapon.
‘Nope?’
– You nasty bastard! Are you making a promise and not keeping it?
‘There’s something you’re seriously mistaken about that promise…
-What nonsense! The king remembers everything you said without leaving out a single word!
‘Then recite it once.’
-good night!
Lars nodded and told the contents of the deal made before fighting the Arch Lich.
-You said, ‘I’ll eat anything I want until I leave here and return to my family, not just after the war ends.’ You even said you’d eat the new ice cream the Ice Cream Girl said!
‘Isn’t that a bit strange?’
-joy! Don’t be fooled! What tricks are you trying to do again!
The guy glared at me fiercely like a beast.
-What’s wrong with a simple sentence like ‘I’ll eat whatever I want’… Huh?
Lars paused as he retraced his words. It was only now that he seemed to have noticed the strangeness of the deal.
‘Now you see. There is no < who > eats it.’
Raon looked at Lars, who was trembling, and raised his lips. He said he would eat it, but Lars’ name did not exist there.
‘That is, I can eat what I want to eat. Like this Nadine bread.’
-How dare you use such a trivial number!
‘You’re the first to do something mean.’
It was absolutely not something the guy who had promised earlier and then changed the details of the deal in an emergency moment would say.
I didn’t feel any remorse because I only responded with dirty tricks to mean tricks.
‘If you want to attack me, eat 100 more years of beaded ice cream.’
– I’m sorry! The original king made a mistake!
Lars lay on his stomach on the table and put his hands together.
-please! Please bear with Nadine’s bread!
He begged me not to eat the Nadine bread because he would never bargain like that again.
‘huh. no.’
Raon smiled as he lifted the bread for Nadine.
‘It’s Nadine’s bread every day until I go back.’
Of course I don’t mean to. Lars worked hard, so tomorrow I plan to fill my stomach with the food he wants to eat. Instead, we must firmly hold the discipline now.
– No, no, no!
Raon listened to Lars’ scream and chewed on Nadine’s bread, which was full of rubbery taste.
behave well in the future.
* * *
Raon opened his eyes in the pouring sunlight. It’s a little languid, but I feel better than yesterday.
‘Is this the real power of indolence?’
Thanks to the strengthened sloth effect, the speed at which auras and physical strength are recovered and the effect of increasing stats are much better.
Now I feel like I can say that I really get stronger just by sleeping.
‘Ras is still fainting.’
Lars was still passed out with his eyes rolled up, perhaps from the shock of the rubbery taste of Nadine’s bread and the fraudulent transaction.
“hmm?”
I hit him and tried to get up, but something caught on the blanket. When I turned my head, Runan was sleeping on the bed in the same position as yesterday.
‘what?’
Is it deja vu?
I threw it in another room yesterday, but I don’t know why it’s coming back here and sleeping in an uncomfortable position.
‘Because he’s a strange guy.’
Raon smiled and got up, but the door opened and Dorian entered.
“uh? Deja vu?”
He tilted his head at Raon, who woke up, and Runan, who was sleeping with his arms crossed on the bed.
“no it’s not.”
Raon lightly waved his hand.
“Are you feeling better now?”
“okay. It’s much better.”
My stomach was full, and my aura, physical strength and mental strength were greatly restored.
The injury was unavoidable, but his body was light enough to fight right away.
“Then would you like to go with me? Danju said that a guest is returning.”
“If you are a guest, Rektar-sama?”
“uh? Do you know?”
Dorian didn’t listen and left, muttering how he knew.
“I heard from Wendy.”
Raon stood up and put on his coat.
“let’s go. I got help, so I should say hello.”
I have to thank him for catching the officers, but I wanted to feel how strong he was.
Follow Dorian out of the recovery room and head to the west gate, and people from the Aryan family begin to gather around you.
“Benefactor?”
“You are awake!”
“Are you feeling well?”
“Thank you so much for saving Aryan!”
“I will never forget this favor!”
Gasols politely put their hands together, bowed their heads, and shouted thanks for leading the war to victory.
“Thank you for taking care of the family scum!”
“Thanks to Raon-nim’s decision, we were able to make up our minds!”
“I will follow Sieghart and Gwangpungdan for the rest of my life!”
“Thank you very much!”
Rumors about the bloody execution ceremony that took place last night had also spread, and there were many people shouting thanks for killing Wigen and the officers.
‘As expected.’
Before the war, there were many people who missed the fallen officials, but their image was completely ruined as they abandoned their families and ran away.
Among the many people, no one was looking for the former executive.
‘It will be easier for Wendy-nim to move around.’
As the reputation of the former head of the household and the executives are at rock bottom, Wendy, who has become the new head of the family, will be able to gain their support even if she works moderately.
Raon accepted the people’s greetings and headed for the western gate. By the time the castle walls were visible, the gates had opened and Gwangpungdan and Rangers began to enter.
“what? Are you awake already?”
Burren raised his hand and let out a welcome laugh.
“If you just fight, you will fall down. Are you lying down more?”
Marta let out a smile, whether it was a worry or a mockery.
“Unstoppable lord! Are you okay?”
“Didn’t it happen too soon?”
“Why are you resting more?”
“I’m fine now.”
Raon made eye contact with Gwangpungdan and gestured to him not to worry.
“Raon! Tsar! You passed out, so I went all the way!”
Rimmer approached, limp like a zombie. A sigh came out when he was the only one who expressed his annoyance rather than worry.
“Come to think of it, why did Danju leave?”
“Martha dragged me by the collar. He said he was a guest, but he didn’t know what to do.”
He spread his curtains, muffled the sound, and pointed to the back.
Raon followed the gesture and raised his gaze.
A gray-haired old man in a light white coat as if out for a walk walks slowly. He was tall, with long bones, and his eyes were as sharp as sharpened knives.
‘Is the author a sword demon…’
I thought he would spread a sharp energy like the cool nickname of a sword ghost, but I didn’t feel any energy from him.
‘Is it to the point where I couldn’t detect the momentum itself…’
– It would be difficult to detect at your level.
Lars looked up and down at the Sword Demon and nodded.
-That’s not bad. It’s nice that there are a lot of moderately strong people in this era.
‘Is that enough?’
Receiving recognition from Lars, who ignores the world, it seemed that the rumors that a sword could touch 10,000 continents were true.
“Hmm.”
The Sword Demon also approached with a fixed gaze, as if he had noticed this.
‘Something is strange.’
His appearance itself is as empty as that of an old man in a whirlpool, but his eyes are terrifying as if a knife is stuck in them. It felt like a master and a demon were in one body.
“Meet the Sword Demon Rektar.”
Raon approached the Sword Demon first and lowered his head.
“I heard that you have captured deserters who abandoned their families and fled. Thanks for the help.”
“It wasn’t a big deal.”
The Sword Demon shook his hand. A cold voice like the North Sea wind blowing. As for the voice, it was as expected.
“I felt a terrible energy of death, and on the way to this place, there were some bandits, so I just ordered them to guide me.”
He said that he originally intended to kill them, but he brought them alive because he said they were officials of the Aryan family.
“Are you Raon Sieghart, who was called the Little Sword Demon?”
“yes. you’re right.”
The sword ghost was not a white sword dragon, but a nickname he had acquired while in Habunseong. It seems that he knew himself from before.
“I’ve been curious since then. What the hell test got my tinnitus. I’m going to look at the sword scars you made…”
He took a step closer while talking about the sword scars, but suddenly stopped.
“hmm?”
As if he had seen something he couldn’t see, the sword ghost only glared at Raon’s face with trembling eyes.
“Lektar?”
Raon frowned, then narrowed his eyes as he looked at the Sword Demon.
‘what?’
I thought he would ask me about swordsmanship, befitting his nickname of a ghost of a sword, but he didn’t say anything and just stared blankly at his face.
“Sword Demon?”
“ah. I’m sorry.”
The Sword Demon slightly shook his head and took another step back.
“Well, I’ll see you next time.”
He pursed his lips as if he had something to say, then shook his head and left.
“Master Teacher!”
The young man in the white robe followed him, calling him a disciple of the sword demon or a master.
Raon tilted his head as he looked at the Sword Demon, who suddenly seemed to have lost his energy.
‘what?’
– You must be hungry.
‘….’
* * *
That evening.
Since Raon, who was the most important person, awoke, the Aryan family held a festival that had been postponed.
A splendid light shimmered throughout the castle, and more brilliant smiles bloomed on the lips of the tired people.
Standing on the western wall, Raon smiled lightly as he watched the people cheering and laughing.
‘This is the family name.’
Living in Sieghart, I realized one thing.
‘A family is a place where joy and sorrow are shared.’
If family members are in danger, they must be saved wherever they are, and if they are killed, no matter who they are, they must avenge them.
The Aryan family has not become such a family until now, but Wendy will become the new head of the family and will become a huge wall that can protect the entire family.
‘I should too.’
I still have no intention of becoming Sieghart’s family head, but I will protect Gwangpungdan to the end no matter what.
-That is the natural attitude that a person standing on top should have.
Lars nodded, hearing people laugh.
-There are many families and surnames in the Demon Realm, but the only thing left until the end is the place where the monarch or head of household shares life and death with the demons under them.
The guy laughed, saying that humans can’t do what demons do.
– Of course, there are those who are not.
‘Isn’t that the guy?’
-There are people who don’t care about their subordinates and only believe in their own strength, but there are also good guys.
‘Like a sloth?’
– That hogu is just a lazy person. Among other demon kings besides him… Huh?
Lars didn’t want to say the name of the other demon lord, but looked down and sniffed.
– It smells like me!
‘What smell?’
-It’s a sweet scent of concentrated fruit juice melted in the heat!
The guy raised his round hand as he glared at the center of the street where the festival was in full swing.
-There it is! They sell blueberry-studded pies over there!
‘Hmm…’
Raon licked his lips and touched the subspace pouch in his arms.
‘I was going to make it with Nadine bread tonight too.’
-please! stop! Be patient with that!
Lars began begging him to stop eating that rubber.
‘Well…’
“Raon.”
When I was about to tease him a bit more, Runan waved his hand from below.
“A lot of ice cream.”
She stamped her feet, lifting a bowl of some of her ice cream.
“What are you doing holding poop form there?”
Marta also frowned, asking why she was acting so innocently there.
“Anyway, I can’t match the mood.”
Burren chuckled while holding a beer mug.
“I’ve prepared a seat here too!”
Dorian set down a large table and chair from his stomach pocket and gestured.
-Aren’t you saying that?
Lars smiled awkwardly and gestured downward.
Raon smiled lightly as he looked at Lars’ eyes, which fluttered like fish.
‘I must have come to my senses now.’
Now that Nadine’s bread was a whip, she was taught true education, and now she thought it would be okay to give her delicious food with carrots.
As he tried to get down the ramparts, something popped up from the mud-filled swamp again. A shell that looks hard like a crustacean and a long snout. It was a swamp alligator.
‘Crocodile… Huh?’
Raon opened his mouth wide. The crocodile was waving its short front paws and smiling bizarrely.
-And madwoman!
