Chapter 166 – Only Successful People Attend Class Reunions (01)

First, I sent a letter.

The twins and Inori’s uncle took charge of the correspondence and moved to their respective factions. First, the uncle headed to the most dangerous Duke Davin, and the twins lightly delivered the letters to the other two places. It took about three days for them to return.

‘I thought it would take three days even if I rode a horse.’

[Shadow Family] Was located near the Academy, had a capital in the middle, and a royal palace inside, so in the past, even when a Sailian was summoned to his eldest brother, the Crown Prince, it was a place where he had to anticipate that the round trip would take several days. .

In addition, I thought it would take quite some time since there were sporadic skirmishes with the Duke’s soldiers, but it seems I underestimated the [Shadow Clan] Too much.

The royalist soldiers decided to protect [Shadow Family] With Gasol, and Gasol also decided to receive basic combat training from them.

After experiencing this defense battle myself, I learned that when a fire breaks out, [Shadow Ninjutsu] Is weakened and the opponent can interfere through ‘Demonization’, so the family mansion can no longer provide invincible defense, and it is for their master. It means accepting that interception may be necessary.

“Shall we leave?”

Originally, Richard, who was used to guarding students at the academy, was the main guard, while William and the bandits were frowning behind him with expressions telling them not to mess with our master.

Inori had melted into my shadow and was following me without even knowing Richard and the gang who were accompanying me.

‘Still… I think we should talk about it in the Shadow family.’

Of course, because Soga owner Inori ‘s family members would stop her from leaving her position without permission her her, she did not say that she would participate in this escort even in front of the [Shadow Clan], But she performed her duties and acted.

And this morning, he threw a letter at the house where Rito was staying and was moving around, hiding in my shadow.

‘There must be chaos in the family by now.’

Still, seeing as the [Shadow Thorn] Suddenly stretched out and did not stop Inori when she came out, it was no different from the fact that the head of the house and the hostess who were currently guarding the mansion had given permission for Inori to go out.

First of all, the members of the [Shadow Family] Had a few horses, but the problem was that among the group, Richard was the only one who had mastered horseback riding.

Above all, on the way, they had to go into the mountains or take a detour to avoid the soldiers of the duke faction, so it was difficult to move on horseback, so they decided to just move on foot.

If it had taken about a week to deliver the letter and return as originally calculated, it would have been quite a tight schedule, but now that we were delivering the letter and leaving in three days, we were able to move with ease.

If I were to ask specifically how much freedom I had, it would be enough to kill all the small enemies on the way to what could be called a side quest in a game.

It would be better to hunt for weapons rather than do side quests to gain experience.

“Fuck you.”

Kyaang!

If we counter the sword of Duke Renellian wielded by an ordinary soldier, disarm him and throw it to the bandits, they will snatch the sword and use it as our weapon.

After cutting off the head of a duke soldier who attacked with his bare body, he was able to obtain two swords and four spears in this battle alone.

‘There are more communist soldiers deployed on the way than expected. At this level, isn’t the front line almost completely collapsed and even the capital city in danger?’

There were more than three squads of communist soldiers we met along the way, and the number of people we defeated was approaching 40.

Thanks to this, the number of recovered weapons exceeded 20, and I gave Richard about 3 weapons, including sidearms, and William also gave him a sword as well as a mace. The two bandits thought it was all money, so they grinned and loaded up their backs with weapons. Because there was.

“There’s no need to go out.”

Richard, who had replaced the sword that was as tattered as a saw blade with the sword of Duke Renellian that he had just obtained, was grumbling about the current situation.

“Still, this is the only way to safely obtain the weapon.”

“I know. I know. But still, it’s quite unpleasant if only the guard I have to protect fights properly and I’m just buying time.”

“Rather, shouldn’t I be used to it because it reminds me of my experience as an escort at the academy?”

Even then, you only have to intervene in an emergency while watching the students fight.

“…Tch. “I have nothing to say.”

Well, actually, back then, I had colleagues as escorts, and the requests were for ‘education’ rather than war like now, so it might be different.

The reason why I go through this troublesome trouble is that if Richard directly defeats the enemy, a weapon will come out with a chance, and even if he does get it, it will come out with 1 durability, so I make him waste time as much as possible defensively, and I fight by catching them one by one and robbing them of their weapons.

If they fight properly, Richard and William alone can take out at least one squad of Peasant soldiers, but I’m trying my best to draw out as many weapons as possible.

‘If I put it in my [Shadow Pocket], There’s a risk of it colliding with the wooden sword and it will shatter, so I should put it in Inori’s Shadow Pocket…’

If you throw some of the weapons stolen during the battle into the shadows, Inori will take care of storing them for you. This is why I wondered if web novels or games would include subspace or an inventory.

No matter how hard I try to increase my [Shadow Pocket], I only have a little bit of room left after inserting a wooden sword.

We moved slowly while hunting for weapons like that, so when we arrived in the metropolitan area, we had 10 times more weapons than people, and with 5 people, we had more than 50 weapons.

After entering the capital, fortunately, there were no more Duke soldiers to be seen, but the atmosphere in the capital was quite grim.

‘It’s dangerous’

Hostility as well as fear emanates from people’s gaze.

At first, I thought that William’s bandit group led by me was uncomfortable because they entered the village, but when I looked closely at their gaze, I saw that most of them were glaring at Richard.

The public’s gaze toward Richard, who was wearing the clothes of a royalist squad leader, was not pleasant.

Some people were secretly expressing their dissatisfaction by lifting the red thread and cloth, which were the official rank of the Duke’s faction, but Richard seemed to have expected this to happen and deliberately avoided making eye contact with them and slightly lowered his head.

“What’s going on? We haven’t fallen to the duke faction yet.”

“It can’t be a good look. A large-scale conscription order was issued just a few months ago…”

After hearing those words, I was able to understand the characteristics of the people who gathered here.

The point is that there are no young men.

All men of age capable of serving as soldiers or fighting did not appear to have been conscripted, and only the elderly, young boys, or those with fatal injuries who could not go to battle were occasionally seen.

“Did Duke Davin order it?”

“That guy Davin did it too, and other guys come and take them away periodically. The royalists have their own standards, but they’re taking as many men as they can find…”

At least Richard was an academy guard with prior combat experience, and he had a justification for participating in the war to take revenge on the duke’s faction, but most people who lived here probably thought it was a civil war waged between nobles and not the king. . .

“It passes quickly.”

It wouldn’t have made much difference to them. Either the ducal faction or the royal faction.

‘Of course… It will be different if you find out the true nature of the Duke faction’

If the NPCs in the capital find out the true nature of the Duke faction, they are already doomed. Fortunately, there were only hostile eyes on us, but they did not block the road or start a fight, and we were able to pass safely.

“Ah…”

As I entered the outer walls beyond the uncomfortable gazes of the capital’s NPCs, I couldn’t help but exclaim.

For a moment, it was the ruins of a huge building that existed in the past.

A huge building made of white marble, almost the size of a small city.

Sculptures of ornately decorated angels and priests praying to them

Although it was collapsed and broken in many places, it was still a majestic ruin. It was the ruins of the Great Shrine built in the capital.

Even the royal palace was built skewed away from the capital, and the main temple, which occupies the center, was an abandoned space with no one entering or leaving. It was made of marble, so it was not destroyed by fire like the Celestial Academy.

However, the function of the building was completely destroyed by the duke faction, so no one could think of using it or rebuilding it.

The reason why the buildings are maintaining their shape is because in other buildings, marble would have been cut up and used as building materials or sold, but since it is a temple, people did not touch it because they thought they would be punished by heaven . However, if faith fades as time goes by, there is no trace of the Great Temple. It will disappear without even leaving anything behind.

During the initial attack on the royal palace, the duke’s soldiers thoroughly burned the royal palace, attacked the temple, and kidnapped or outright killed the priests.

‘It means that the means to purify or fight against demonic energy has been taken away.’

No matter how much the Duke faction was, it was impossible to kill all the temples and priests, so they had to get their cooperation as quickly as possible.

The temple’s help was essential to counter the widespread demonic transformation that the Duke faction began to use in the latter half, which weakened allies and strengthened themselves.

“Let’s pass by.”

He hurries the bandits who were looking at the temple to pass through the center of the capital and head to the royal palace along the triumphal highway that follows.

On the way, I saw an angel statue that was supposed to have been placed in the temple. Although some of the fingers and wings were broken, it was in good condition compared to other angel statues that were completely damaged, such as having their heads blown off or their waists cut off.

Because the adult mode was applied, her body stood out and she was almost naked, although she was wearing loose clothes.

Beneath the angel statue, there were prayer letters and some offerings left by the people of the capital for their sons, lovers, husbands, brothers, and fathers, but the priests were nowhere to be seen.

“…Master. If you could wait a moment.”

William and the two bandits were taking coins out of their pockets and looking at me. I guess they wanted to give the coins to the angel statue and receive a blessing or something.

“Go ahead.”

I probably won’t be able to receive a proper blessing since I don’t have a priest, but I thought that it would at least provide psychological comfort… So I made up my mind and took out a 100-point coin from my pocket.

“I hope it continues to be a big hit like this.”

“I hope everyone can continue looting without getting hurt.”

He thought he was making a wish like a bandit, and thought that a true angel would not make something like this come true, but he didn’t bother to say it out loud.

Richard was waiting, looking around as if he was not interested, and William took out about 500 points, put them down, and spoke in a loud voice.

“I hope the master’s journey is safe and peaceful.”

After hearing William’s wish, I lowered my head and raised the 100-point coin onto my hand, which looked like it was holding something with both hands.

‘I hope we can have a perfect happy ending without sacrificing anyone like before.’

After making a wish without saying it out loud, I opened my eyes to see if there would be any response, but there was no significant change in the angel statue.

‘There are no related events, and this is the first time that the Great Temple has collapsed like this, so there is no way something happened.’

=[When the world burns and the gates to the demon world open, we will not turn away from you]=

“…!”

A voice was reaching my ears as if it was ringing from the sky.

=[Will you accept the Holy Sword to save the world?]=

Above the angel statue’s outstretched palms was a translucent wooden sword.

The shape of a wooden sword with a short body and thin blade that a short boy might use.