Chapter 249 – Toward the Empire (1)

The first thing to do was to determine the number of people who would go to the Empire.
The selection method was very simple.

“Ruby, do you know Imperial Geography?”
“Yes. Even back alley information is clear.”
“Then let’s go together.”

Ruby, who knows the Empire well, Kanta, who has a vengeance on the Empire, and Aderange, who always clings to herself and the shadows. Only four of them decided to go out.

Some people complained about the member selection. It was Seoyoon.

“Why aren’t you taking me?”

Seoyoon said that she would be able to destroy the empire really easily if she went with her, and when she was king, she talked about the achievements she had made.

Sure enough, if you take her with you, she might be able to topple her empire with ease. Even if she just throws hundreds of tons of ice blocks up into the sky, she will be able to produce power comparable to the so-called Meteor.

But she can’t take her.

“I’m not going to play.”
“… I know, wasn’t it like that in the kingdom too?”
“It’s different from last time.”

In the kingdom, she put her hands on her hands her as much as possible. The only ones who died in the fight were the Royal Guard killed by Do-jin, and the reason why the kingdom fought among themselves rather than chasing them was because the dead were only members of the royal family.

The guerrilla warfare that will be launched from now on is on a different level from the friendly castle raid.

“Whether it is a soldier or a knight, I will kill every foot in sight. If I had to, I might have to kill innocent citizens.”

“… What is that?”

“I don’t want to get your hands stained with blood because of my greed.”

Killing people is a lot of stress. As if Seoyoon is pretending to be aloof, but her hands are shaking, it’s a big burden for her to kill someone.

I don’t want to put that kind of stress on her her, on her her girls her. It’s enough for me to get hurt. If he had said it on Earth, he would have heard of Sweet Hanam, but Dojin thought so sincerely.

“And, are you shaking like that? We don’t need soldiers who are afraid of the battlefield.”

Dojin smiled and melted the chilly atmosphere lightly. As with the other children, even when she was tired of her opinion that she wanted to go, Do-jin blocked it.

Do-jin headed to the empire to stop the empire, but there were other reasons as well.

Restraining the war is an excuse, it was all his personal greed.

‘If it were us, we would be able to go anywhere and eat and live well, regardless of whether there is a war or not….’

If he did that, he might lose the Dungeon Spirit completely. The dungeon is open only now, but if the empire occupies it, the imperial army will stand guard and control it so that only certain people can enter.

All the magic stones that come out of it will be taken away with taxes. Do-jin did not want to lose this life.

This life of luxury after leisurely hunting and returning home- the time to safely climb to the end of the dungeon.

“I will be back.”

After those words, Dojin headed for the empire.

* * *

Empire.
It is the greatest force on the continent, and thus a place where numerous races and groups live together.

Upon arriving there, Dojin looked up at the sky and opened his mouth wide.

“No, what is that?”

Above the sky, a huge whale was flying. The whale, which seemed to feed on clouds, ate the clouds and made the sky of the empire always bright.

“You’re a sky whale.”
“A sky whale?”
“Yes, it is an animal that eats and wraps clouds.”

It was an animal that had never been seen in any other country, let alone in the Dungeon. Eating clouds and covering clouds, Dojin immediately knew where the animal was used.

‘Climate control….’

The savage inhabitants of this fantasy world were dabbling in climate control that was impossible even on Earth.

Hey, in some ways, there must be an area where magic is easier to touch than science. Isn’t it impossible to make a semiconductor by magic and interpret quantum mechanics to make a smartphone?

Science and magic, one cannot be said to be unconditionally superior.

Before long, the wagon arrived at the front of the two passages into the Empire. One was an aisle with a strangely long line, and the other was a huge open doorway.

“That one?”
“It’s a door.”

Dojin tilted his head as he saw the huge gate under the ramparts leading into the capital of the empire, with no guards in sight.

I wanted to be able to pay for something like that, but after a while. When someone wearing a robe passes by, a red light comes on with a warning sound from the door.

At the same time, guards hiding somewhere quickly jump out and catch the person trying to pass through the gate.

“No, what is that….”

“The Empire analyzes and stores the magic patterns of its people. That passage is a magical tool that sounds a warning when someone with an unstored magic pattern passes through.”

“Ah, what is it? It’s just ID and fingerprint registration.”

I thought it was a special magic tool to detect criminals. If it was a special kind of magic tool that reads the other person’s mind or karma and reveals that this person is a sinner, even Do-jin would not be able to avoid it.

However, if it was just a system that confirmed identity registration, there were numerous ways to circumvent it.

At that time, Kanta, who was sitting next to him, quietly whispered.

“Do you know why our tribe couldn’t raid the empire? Those walls are too high to climb, and the gates sound a warning when passed. The Empire is such an easy place to get into…”

“Oh, be quiet. It’s crazy.”

“…… !”

Watching Kanta clenching his teeth, Dojin told the coachman to pass through the imperial gate.

The coachman, who was not registered as a citizen of the empire, expressed resentment, but Do-jin soothed him by saying not to worry.

After receiving one silver coin, the coachman changed his mind and trusted Dojin and headed for the imperial passage. It was a place where outsiders would play sutras if they were caught wandering in and out… I shook my head when I saw the long line standing in the aisle for outsiders.

‘Besides, we don’t have to find out that we’re here.’

He didn’t come to do something legal, so he couldn’t enter in a legal way.

Do-jin recalled the reaction of the magic tool when someone in a robe passed by. He didn’t know how it worked.

When we didn’t know, we just made it inoperable.

‘Heavenly Demon Reigns.’

The power that controls all magical powers under the sky seizes the magical power of the gate. Due to unregistered people passing by, the door that was supposed to sound an alarm stopped working.

Both the coachman and Kanta, who was preparing to fight inside the carriage, tilted their heads as they saw the silent door.

Only Do-jin looked around the city in peace.
Looking at Dojin, Kanta thought.

‘This man….’

It might really bring down an empire.

* * *

Do-jin, who entered the capital of the empire, took a room first. I had a lot of money, but I couldn’t spend that much money in the situation where I had just entered the system.

So, the room Dojin took was a narrow inn room near Hyangnakchon.

“Tsk, are you cleaning?”

Do-jin frowned at the stale air that he felt as soon as he entered the room, and immediately took out his magic scroll his.

When the magic scroll is torn, the dirty room becomes tidy like magic. Looking at the clean, dust-free room, Kanta exclaimed.

“Were you an orderer?”
“It’s a magic scroll. Don’t you know anything like this?”
“Hmm, was there anything like that?”

Kanta, who was scrubbing the table, was amazed at the fact that it was clean without a speck of dust. The futon, which had been stained with strange stains, was also clean.

Honestly, at first I wanted to sleep in a place like this, but now I’ve changed my mind. It seemed that I could sleep well enough if I endured the narrowness.

Leaving Kanta behind, who was so curious, Dojin asked Ruby.

“Eat first – Ruby. Does anyone know of a trustworthy merchant here?”
“Ugh, I don’t know. Grandpa did all of that…”
“Okay. I see.”

Ruby, who felt that she did not properly respond to Do-jin’s request for her, was swept away by an unknown fear that she might be abandoned as it is.

After racking her brains to be of his help her, Ruby came up with a ruse.

“… There is. Way.”
“What?”
“I remember the smell, the smell. You can also find out where it is. Tangents will be difficult, but…”
“Yeah, that should be enough.”

Do-jin stroked her head as if Ruby was trying to do something with her. Ruby smiled slightly as she felt Dojin’s hand her tangle her hair.

After a while, Do-jin, who came down to the first floor and ordered food, let out a sigh while looking at the food that looked very dirty.

‘This is called food….’

But since she couldn’t help but eat it, she cut it gently with a knife and took a bite.

“Stop.”
“…… ?”
“Why?”

Dojin stopped the two people who were about to eat and bit the food of the two people. As expected, Dojin slowly looked at the innkeeper.

The innkeeper, who was looking at her, saw Dojin’s behavior on her and quickly lowered her hand under the table and took out her crossbow from there.

“Why didn’t you just take the medicine and collapse?”

If you move, I will shoot you- Seeing the innkeeper saying that, Do-jin asked Ruby.

“Are all empires like this?”
“This is near the pleasure district….”
“Well, the Dungeon Command was like that too.”

In the slums and prostitute villages, there were many gangsters who formed thieves’ guilds and organizations, and of course, I should have thought that the people who ran the inn nearby were also those kids.

Do-jin, who admitted his mistake his, thought of going to an inn in Sunny even if it was a little noticeable, and looked at the owner who aimed a crossbow at him.

“Then, I’ll go clean up the trash.”

“What is he saying now. Fuck! If you don’t want to lose, don’t move!”

“Be happy, because you contributed about 10% to the fall of the empire.”

Looking at Do-jin, who kept making strange noises, the innkeeper decided to show him a tingling taste.

Pull the trigger of the crossbow The string of the crossbow that was pulled tight is released, and the arrow placed on it is fired at high speed.

Woowook-!

Got stuck After hearing the sound, the owner, convinced of him, contemplated how to cook the remaining women.

—It hurts.

“Uh, huh?”

─What is this doing to Socheop’s chest?

And, the host was frightened to discover a black shadow monster that appeared in front of him. Even though he came from an uneducated, uneducated backstreet, he knew what it was.

“Huh, vampire….”

Ade Lange treated her wound casually and pushed the arrow away, looking back at her Dojin.

—Master, you wouldn’t tell me to eat something like this, would you?
“Um, that’s right. Where once Shall we shoot a zombie movie?”

Watching Do-jin and the vampire talk casually, the owner realized that even if he touched the wrong person, he did it wrong.

But it was too late to regret it.

Aderange’s fingers pierce the innkeeper’s head.