Episode 508 Reunion with Soonbok (5)
High Priest Jeep added.
“I’ll make you pay five more platinum coins. Instead, please do not tell anyone about this deal.”
That is the price of silence.
Originally, Harfman was not the type to go around bragging about a deal he had with someone.
I would be grateful for the money given, but I wondered why Seongguk was trying to keep it confidential.
‘It must have something to do with the reason for buying magic stones.’
To think that a kingdom in a bad situation would spend so much money doing it.
Somehow it smells like money.
“I will.”
Hafman answered meekly.
Jeep High Priestess seemed to be a little uneasy with that alone, and continued with a word.
“Please do not betray my trust. Please do not make hasty judgments.”
In other words, it must mean that you do not recklessly dig into the back.
Halfman laughed.
It’s not like I’ve eaten merchant jjambab for a year or two.
Who would do such a despicable and nasty thing?
“My name is Hafman. I am proud of my credit.”
At his words, the High Priest Jeep also shook his head.
Harpman’s credit known on the continent is not comparable to that of quite a few merchants.
Once a trade is made, there are even lords who declare that they will not trade unless it is a half-man because they protect it even at the risk of their lives.
“I had some doubts. I’m sorry.”
It is a great disrespect to question a merchant’s credit.
Moreover, since he added it several times in front of his face as if he couldn’t believe it, he would have nothing to say even if he canceled the deal if he was upset with only the half.
When the High Priestess apologized, Hafman also received an apology by displaying generosity.
“The more important things are, the more cautious they become. Never mind.”
Instead of Jeep, who was thinking of half-man as a merchandising business, he changed his mind.
Her pride was trampled on in front of her eyes, and the person making the deal didn’t give her trust, so generously forgiving.
‘He’s a person who will do great things in the future.’
Halfman’s likeability rose considerably in the jeep priesthood.
Of course, Hafman had other ideas.
Hafmann apparently received a platinum coin for his silence on this.
This was definitely a deal.
Merchants trust transactions made in their name and keep them to the end.
That was the commercial road Harfman thought of.
But on the other hand, I never received anything about not prying.
That means it’s not a transaction.
For Hafman, some kind of promise, not a deal, exists to be broken.
As long as you don’t get caught, it’s not difficult to secretly investigate behind the scenes.
‘Heh heh. I don’t know what Seongguk is up to, but it smells like money.’
From the past, if there was one smell of money, he was amazingly good at it.
The two of them were concluding a deal with different thoughts.
* * *
Two men drank in a noisy tavern.
A man with a good physique hinted at his luck.
“Did you hear the news?”
“News? The news that the holy kingdom has entered the preparations for the holy war?”
The man on the other side with a good physique clicked his tongue at the words of his friend who answered casually.
“Tsk tsk. How are you trying to live in such a dark world? That’s not the village.”
“A village? Did anything else happen?”
The man looked around once and then lowered his voice and spoke carefully.
“Fortresses, several villages are being destroyed one after another. At first it was one or two, but this time three were burned. From what I’ve heard, it doesn’t sound like the monsters are doing it.”
“If it wasn’t for certain monsters, could it be that people did that?”
“That’s it, I don’t know. Since the world came to this point, there have been more bandits, so maybe that’s the case… If not, maybe someone is randomly destroying the village.”
“Our village is next to the royal road, so that won’t happen… but I’m worried about my friend in another village.”
“…but this is a secret.”
The man took a sip of his drink and said.
“It seems that the Demonic Church was involved in the destruction of the village.”
There are not a few followers of the Demonic Cult in the village, so the man who listened to the story blocked his friend’s mouth in case anyone would listen.
“This person! I’m not saying that kind of thing!”
“…But there are many rumors that I saw someone wearing the clothes of the Demonic Church from afar. It could be a coincidence once, but rumors like that are circulating in many places, so I’m suspicious too.”
“Magicism is a decent religion, so how could that be? Besides, unlike your name, you have a steady side, don’t you? Last time, I went to a drought-stricken area and distributed grain.”
As his friend kept saying that, the man couldn’t continue talking any more.
The conversation that had been going on for a while in the tavern ended with that.
* * *
The village was burned.
The old wooden house collapsed and the fire spread to the meadow where the children were playing, so there was no place to escape.
Villagers who lost their way, each grabbed something that could be a weapon and shouted.
“Ooh, what sins do you think we have committed!”
“As for the children… please save the children…!”
Even after hearing the woman’s tearing cry, the black figures remained silent.
A figure in a black robe decorated with gold thread on the chest stepped forward.
“You are a sacrifice. Because of your death, more people will die. Calm down. I will give death to all equally, regardless of whether they are adults or children, old people or animals.”
As he speaks, he raises his right hand, and demon energy overflows.
The villagers were astonished at that.
“Mamagi!”
“Surely the mana is gone…!”
Inyoung’s hand was swung.
When the Black Demonic Spirit swung once, 10 people died, and when it was swung twice, a village disappeared.
That was the last the villagers could see.
Black spirits invaded every house and killed all the children who were hiding.
“This town is over.”
“Good work. This is the end of this job, so take a break.”
“yes.”
After talking to his subordinate, he sat down on a rock and looked around the village.
A place that had been a place of life just a few hours ago had become so desolate that people could no longer live.
The blood of the villagers formed a pond, and the strong scent of blood stung my nose.
Then I felt a strange joy.
I felt a bit tired from using Magi too much, but even that was comfortable as I was enjoying the wonderful scenery.
A child hiding in the village came out with a tear-stained face.
With a face covered in tears and snot, she approaches him and bumps her body.
“Save me! Save my dad!”
I must have been afraid.
However, he overcame that fear and was fighting against himself.
“Ha ha ha ha ha! little boy You are better than your father.”
He quietly placed his hand on the child’s neck.
As Magi penetrated the skin and ate away, the child trembled for a moment before collapsing.
The demonic energy grew stronger in the hand of the black figure.
“good night. How many places are left?”
One of the people around him responded to his words.
“Two places.”
“Heh heh. The time is slowly approaching. sprinkle it.”
“All right.”
* * *
Halfman’s top has been busy.
The time of a week passed by as soon as I taught the work to the mercenary purchased from the Holy Kingdom and divided the roles.
In the meantime, Hafman worked hard to secure the quantity of magic crystals to sell to the Holy Kingdom, as promised.
Since the mana disappeared, magic stones were nothing more than pretty stones.
Fortunately, there were merchants who possessed magic stones, so it was a shame.
Hafman was sitting in his office, lost in thought.
I need to deliver magic stones to the holy kingdom, so who should I entrust this job to?
After thinking for a while, Hafman called the branch manager.
In the midst of being busy, Danju called, and the branch manager, who rushed over to see what was going on, greeted him.
“What is it this time?”
“Didn’t there be a delivery case to the Holy Kingdom? You go for that.”
When one more task suddenly increased, the branch manager jumped up.
“What do you mean? The merging of the upper level hasn’t even been stable yet, but you’re entrusting me with another job!”
Merge top.
yes it is important
However, to Hafman, the ‘magic stone’ that Seongguk was holding was a little more important.
“Anyway, what Seongguk is hiding is bothering me. A guy with a good eye should go, but unfortunately, all those guys are far away. But since I can’t go, aren’t you the only one left?”
“But…”
“But, if you’re sleeping and drinking, you’re going to play it. What are you talking about so much?”
“…”
The branch manager, at a loss for words, shut his mouth.
I heard that too, but I feel a strange absurdity.
Even after he said it, Harpman held out the bait.
“If things go well, I’ll give you a few days off.”
vacation.
The Hafman upper class is famous for its good pay.
But it does a lot of work.
In the meantime, I’ve been working, and it’s been a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time.
‘If you get paid, do the work’ is Hafman’s theory.
Even if I had to quit, I never took a break while working.
The branch manager glanced at the halfman in disbelief.
“Are you really giving it to me?”
“Because it is.”
“Can’t you say something else later?”
“What do you see me as?”
I see you as a money-mad ghost.
After thinking about it for a while, the branch manager asked.
“What can I do besides delivery?”
Halfman grinned at him.
“It’s good that the words flow well. On the surface, your job is to deliver magic crystals. Pretend you’re not interested in anything other than that.”
“You mean to peel the pumpkin seeds from behind?”
“yes. I’ll attach an information guild to you, so please rob the people of the Holy Land.”
Judging by what he said, this is not the solitary leader of the caravan, but the bandit leader.
“However, the Holy Kingdom will be under strict surveillance, so will the information guild be able to move?”
“So we have to camouflage ourselves as the corps. Who would have any doubts?”
Haha, that’s it too.
Who would have thought that such a caravan would use the Information Guild to dig up their backs.
The branch manager nodded.
“The deadline that can be endured with delivery is at most three days. If you try to stay longer than that, even Seongguk will notice.”
“Know. So, wouldn’t it be like spending a lot of money and attaching the entire information guild?”
“It would be nice if things went well…but don’t blame me if things don’t work out.”
“Don’t worry, go and dig up until you die.”
Hafman threw a few gold coins, saying, ‘If you get caught, spend it with your own money,’ and it bothers me, but the branch manager calms down.
Whatever the case, the information guild will take care of it.
All he had to do was look behind him and act cautiously.
‘It must be unusual to see Danju run away with his eyes wide open like this.’
At the age where I want to see my grandson, Jae-rong, I was mistakenly caught by Hafman, so I have to go on a trip somewhere after this job is over.
