Episode 128:


    The Mercenary King’s words shocked me greatly.


    I had no idea that the Sword Master had the power of authority.


    These days, a lot of things that couldn’t be known from the original work alonee out.


    Nox’s existence and powers are the same.


    The world was so harsh that I doubted whether I could survive.


    “So what did you call me for?”


    “Could you please wait a moment?”


    When the mercenary king was captured and taken away by the count, William was contacted.


    I have something urgent to tell you, so can youe now?


    With nothing else to do but self-discipline, I immediately came to see William.


    “Are you feeling okay? “They say this attack was very dangerous.”


    “It turns out it’s okay. “Is that all that matters?”


    “no. “The business begins now.”


    As he brought the car in front of me, he spoke of the North.


    “Monsters are strange. That number has decreased so much. “As they say, almost none.”


    “what?”


    I couldn’t help but frown at the idiotic sound.


    The North was a ce overflowing with monsters, so much so that it was called monster heaven.


    It was difficult to imagine that there were no monsters in such a ce.


    “I guess he hid himself.”


    “no. “This might be better than saying it in words.”


    He took out amunication device and put it down in front of me.


    Light came on from themunication port, revealing the forest.


    -….


    But the strange thing is that no soundes out of thatmunication port.


    “What are you looking at?”


    “Don’t you know where this is?”


    He held out themunication tool closer to me.


    As I epted themunication port and looked at it, I couldn’t shake the feeling that the sight beyond the port was very familiar.


    “This is… the North?”


    “yes. that’s right. It’s the North. “You recognize me as expected.”


    William nodded and spoke toward themunication port.


    “Slowly look around.”


    With a rustling sound, the sight of themunication port began to change.


    I couldn’t say anything as the transmission beam roamed the mountains and illuminated the surroundings.


    ‘What is this…?’


    A lot was different from the northern part I knew.


    The forest was destroyed and burned to the point that it could no longer be called a forest.


    In some ces, not a single de of grass was visible, and in other ces, the ground was sunk in like a sinkhole.


    The mountain range is no longer what I know.


    The ce where so many monsters had disappeared seemed more appropriate to be called the Land of the Dead rather than the Monster Mountain Range.


    -….


    The person holding themunication port did not say anything the entire time he was wandering around the mountain range.


    He moved quietly as if he didn’t want anyone to notice.


    -…!


    Then, the gang members began to quickly hide themselves.


    “What…”


    Before I could say anything, William covered my mouth.


    He ced his index finger on his lips and signaled to watch quietly.


    I nodded and looked at themunication port.


    Boom –


    the ground shook.


    The gang members were hiding in a thicket of bushes.


    While holding my breath, themunication port quietly illuminates one ce.


    ‘Giant.’


    A monster sorge that it would not be strange to say that it was a small hill was approaching the area where themunication port was headed.


    The sound when his feet touched the ground was as great as his huge body.


    Except for Reid, they were monsters called apex predators.


    Even ogres won’t invade its territory, and above all, giants don’t feel fear.


    They were born as predators and have never been afraid.


    The giant was a monster that felt no fear even until the moment of death.


    ‘Why are you scared?’


    The Giant was being chased by something.


    It wasn’t wandering around looking for food.


    If that were the case, there was no way I could have overlooked the person right in front of me.


    Because one of Giant’s staple foods was humans.


    ‘What on earth are you chasing?’


    The only monster that could make a Giant run away was a raid.


    Either that or a dragon, but I’ve never heard of a dragon appearing until now.


    We can be sure that the dragon has not appeared yet.


    If a dragon appears, it won’t sit still with its missing egg.


    -It’s mine. It’s mine!


    At that time, a creepy voice came through themunication port.


    “…!”


    A man appeared in themunication port and I instinctively quickly covered my mouth.


    -What’s mine is mine!


    I saw a man with long, straight ck hair running as if it were flying.


    The red, bloodshot eyes contained a madness that made one’s heart swell.


    Ahar was almost twice as big as before.


    -uh…?


    Ahar, who was chasing the Giant, stopped right in front of themunication port.


    -what…?


    He tilts his head.


    He slowly approaches and reaches out for themunication port.


    -shit!


    The member of the organization holding themunication tool got scared and jumped up and ran away.


    No, I tried to run away.


    -Thud.


    An eerie sound was heard, and themunication port’s visibility lowered.


    A member of the organization dropped themunication device he was holding.


    Themunication port illuminated a member of the organization who had rolled over and fallen to the ground.


    “…!”


    William is shocked.


    The gang member’s neck was turned 360 degrees.


    There was deep fear in those eyes.


    -Who is this…?


    Themunication port was opened and a very hoarse voice was heard.


    I couldn’t say anything.


    Ahar’s eyes reflected in themunication port were looking at me.


    The madness and joy in those eyes felt like hatred was strangling my throat.


    -long time no see?


    Its eyes were bent like half moons.


    Perhaps because he hadn’t spoken for a long time, his voice was hoarse and had an unpleasant tone.


    -Everything is ruined because of you.


    The guy kept talking.


    -But you look quite appetizing.


    He drooled with an expression on his face that said he couldn’t stand it.


    -wait. I’ll be there soon…


    Kwasik.


    Themunication port was broken.


    “…!”


    It was only when the madness went away that I realized I had been holding my breath.


    “Huh… Huh…!”


    I looked at William, who was breathing hard and had broken themunication port.


    Hisplexion was so pale that it had turnedpletely white.


    His hand, arm, shoulder, and lip were shaking slightly as he broke themunication port.


    “Huh…what on earth is this?”


    he asked me


    Who is the man reflected in themunication port?


    I couldn’t easily answer that question.


    I was so shocked by what I encountered through themunication channel that I felt like I had lost mynguage.


    “Who the hell are you?”


    William, who was always calm, shouted at me.


    Blood dripped from his fist, which broke themunication port.


    He didn’t care about the fragments stuck in his flesh and questioned me.


    “…The reason I told you to watch the North.”


    “yes?”


    “It’s because of him that I told you to watch over the North.”


    “Haa…”


    He sat down on the sofa and rubbed his face with both hands.


    The blood that flowed from his hand wet his face.


    He looked at the blood nkly and asked me.


    “Are you saying it’s because of the author?”


    “You’ll know when you see it. “At least they are enemies.”


    “I’m going crazy…”


    He covers his face and thinks about something.


    I could sense his worries.


    I began to question whether it was okay for me to continue to stick with him.


    To that extent, Ahar’s appearance was shocking.


    Just making eye contact made me feel fear.


    “Stop useless thoughts. Because all of that is meaningless. “He saw your face.”


    “…Why on earth did you fight with a guy like that? “I thought you were a reasonable person.”


    William askedmentably.


    At those words, I sat back on the sofa and looked up at the ceiling.


    What should I answer?


    To be honest, I had no idea Ahar would be that strong.


    I didn’t know it would be that crazy.


    I don’t know what happened in the north, but what I felt from Ahar was simr to Nox I met in the forest, but notcking.


    The madness actually got worse.


    “I couldn’t help it.”


    “…?”


    “Why did I fight with that guy? “Because it had to be that way.”


    How much should I tell him?


    Anyway, he can’t leave me now.


    Now that you’ve be Ahar’s target, you probably don’t know that escaping from me is dangerous.


    Because you’re not stupid enough to not know that it’s safer to stay by my side and under the Count’s protection than to move away.


    “That guy’s name is Ahar. He was born in a small vige and lost his parents to monsters. I was at the academy untilst year. You figure out the rest yourself. Then you will understand why I say this.”


    “What is that…?”


    “Still, I’ll tell you this. “That guy wants the destruction of the continent.”


    “….”


    He studied my face as if trying to figure out whether I was joking or not.


    Then I let out a deep sigh.


    “driving me crazy.”


    That’s the same for me too.


    Ahar had be stronger than expected in that short period of time.


    Looking at him made me wonder if I was doing well.


    The urge to be stronger faster filled my head.


    ‘I need to go see Count Warrug.’


    As I was deciding my next move, William opened his mouth.


    “I will look into that separately. “If what Raymond said is true, there would be no use running away.”


    “Were you nning on running away?”


    “Until just now.”


    William shook his head.


    I raised my hand and pushed aside the fragments of themunication port lying on the table.


    Blood was on the table.


    “Wouldn’t it be better to treat your hands?”


    “Later. First of all, this is important.”


    He was confused for a moment, but then he seemed to have gathered his thoughts and became serious.


    “I will report next. “I looked into Knox, which you asked me to look intost time.”


    “That means there are results.”


    “yes. As expected, it was like that. He is the leader of a secret group that has raided this ce several times. And the secret society’s name means Teris Silent Night. Teris’s job includes gathering information to cover up murder cases. “You can think of it as the same as regr underworld organizations.”


    “Hmm…”


    “The only difference is that they only act on the orders of the emperor and themander-in-chief.”


    “Even if you are an emperor, what is amander-in-chief?”


    “yes. He is the emperor’s man and an important figure who moves the empire’s forces. “You can think of him as themander-in-chief.”


    Besides that, I found out a lot about William.


    It seemed like he had already gotten over the shock of Ahar.


    “It is said that their power is equivalent to that of the knights directly under the marquis or duke. “The leader of Teris is said to be a wizard of at least Circle 8.”


    I had some idea of Nox’s power.


    There was no way they would let the Count and the Mercenary King Goi go unless they were of that level of skill.


    Personally, I think he might be the archmage of the 9th circle.


    “And this time, I heard that some of them were beheaded for failing in their mission. Of course, it is said that it was carried out in secret.”


    “Right.”


    “It is said that no reprimand was given to the leader of Teris. Even the Empire would not be able to treat someone of that level of skill carelessly.”


    “You had a hard time investigating.”


    “no.”


    I got up from the sofa.


    William also stood up and bowed his head to me as if he had nothing more to report.


    I turned my back on him and left the slum.