Chapter 64 – Mercenary Life

#064.

“Lie! Wake up It’s a surprise!”
“Yes.”

It was a little late, but I noticed the surprise with a keen sense, and I pushed the merchant who shook his shoulder and came out.

Then, he saw a mercenary man confronting 5 orcs.

“Lie. I’m sorry but can you help me? It’s impossible for me alone.”

He raised his hand and nodded at his words with a side glance.

“Sure.”

Shririk-

At the same time as he answered, black auras blew from his hands and stretched out like whips to decapitate the orcs.

Stand up!

Then, the orcs couldn’t even react and their necks jumped into the air.

And the moment the head fell to the ground.

─Push profit!

Blood gushed from the cut surface like a fountain.

‘Assa Karma 5.’

As I opened the status window and glanced at Karma, I was delighted.

As I was laughing so hard to myself, the merchant slowly approached me.

“Wait, that’s amazing.. I didn’t expect it to be this strong..”
“It’s natural since it’s a six-star level. But it sure is great.”

The merchant and the mercenary man’s eyes filled with considerable surprise and awe made me shrug.

“What. It’s about an orc, in fact, you can take it down too, right?”

When I said it with a trembling smile, the mercenary man smiled.

“Okay. You can do it Instead, it would be a complete mess. I don’t do the aftermath. Go in and rest.”

As I approached the orcs, I also responded by moving towards them.

“Wait a minute. If there’s a sword I can use, I’ll get one. Are you okay?”
“Okay. Do as you please.”

The merchant gestured that it didn’t matter.

So I immediately sat down and looked at the weapons of the Orcs.

‘It’s not this… It’s not this… This… It’s a different shape. And… This is it!’

After passing one, two, and three, I was finally able to find a useful sword from the fourth.

There was no scabbard, so I wrapped it roughly with their clothes and put it on my back.

“All right. Then go back to sleep.”
“Okay. Good work.”

Listening to the mercenary man’s words, the merchant and I entered the wagon and went back to sleep.

***

Haha! Lie. Are you really going to be inside?”
“Yes. It’s annoying.”

Fortnight had passed since he had left the village.

During that time, I visited many villages and learned many things.

As I was thinking about what happened about two weeks ago, the merchant comforted me.

“But it’s not your fault, is it?”
“So there was no problem. It was just very annoying.”
“Can’t we just refuse firmly from now on?”
“But it’s annoying. You two go and come.”

Having said that, the merchant Locke and the mercenary man Mark left me in the carriage and headed into the village.

At the entrance of the village, I sat down on the wagon and quietly looked outside.

“Fuck.. I want to have sex..”

It reminded me of the first time I stopped by the village.

At that time, I acted without thinking.

I met the village chief there, and the village chief happened to have a granddaughter, and the girl fell in love with me.

As for me, my libido had built up for 3 days, so she warned me in advance that I couldn’t take responsibility, and we had a relationship lightly, but the girl didn’t let go and something bothered me.

“You shouldn’t make fun of the cock head..”

After that, she didn’t go into the village on purpose, but waited in the carriage like this and then left after the merchant finished his errands.

In other words, it was the resumption of the unwanted golden daughter.

“Long time no see..”

It’s painful that she can’t relieve her sexual desire, but she does, and she finds out a surprising fact.

It was the fact that keeping her golden daughter raised her karma.

“What are the conditions for Karma to rise?”

This made her even more complicated.

At first, I just thought that instead of getting stronger even if other people practice, I get karma instead.

However, seeing that Geumdaughter is also included, it is clear that there is a more specific reason.

“Hmm… Do you climb when you kill a living creature or overuse your body or mind?”

It’s not exact, but roughly this is the condition.

So, it means that you have to overwork your body and mind as much as possible or kill a lot of creatures.

Inevitably, there is no choice but to live by killing something.

“Die, kill… How many more do you want to die…”

I’ve already died 4 times in my previous life.

Since you’ve learned your aura, you’ll probably live much longer than a normal person, but how long will you die in your lifetime?

Also..

“Do you live even if you die of old age? That’s a bit…”

I think it would be a bit sad if everyone around me left and I was the only one living alone.

“Ah.. What the hell are you doing here?”

I thought I was too serious, so I just laid down and closed my eyes.

“I should sleep..”

It will take 2-3 hours for the other party to come, so I’ll have to close my eyes during that time.

That’s how I relaxed my whole body and fell asleep while smelling the musty smell of the wagon.

─It’s a big deal!!

As I was about to fall in, I heard a woman shouting.

“Ah, Mr.. What is it?”

I was just about to fall asleep, but she woke me up.

When I opened her window and put her face out, I saw a woman hurrying down her hillside to the village.

“What?”
“Haha! Crane! Mo, Monster! There are monsters!”
“Monster? Where?”
“Me, over there. Up.. On the mountain.. Ha..!”

She raised her hand and pointed to the mountain, but I don’t know exactly where.

Then, seeing her breathless appearance, I waved her hand—I shook her hand to calm her down.

“For now, calm down and catch your breath.”
“Whoa.. Haa~ Whoa.. Haa~”

The woman took a moment to catch her breath, then she calmed down and began to explain properly.

“If you go up there, there’s a big tree on the hill, right?”
“You don’t know?”
“Uh, anyway, I went up there and looked around, and the orcs were coming towards the village!”

When she firmly said she didn’t know, the woman who was momentarily taken aback calmly explained to the end.

Then he saw my face and tilted his head.

“But who are you?”
“…Just a passer-by.”

‘Should I ask that now?’

I thought it was strange to reveal everything I knew about Mi-joo to someone I met for the first time, but now I seem to have noticed.

“Ah! You, too, come into town quickly! I need to tell the chief quickly.”

The woman impatiently wiped her sweaty forehead and headed into the village.

“Monster.. It’s honey.”

When I heard that the karma masses were running on their own, I went out to the window with a bright smile on my face and jumped right up to the roof.

And I sat there, staring at the mountain, concentrating my senses.

‘Where are you…’

You have to kill them first before the others arrive so you can monopolize Karma.

After waiting like that, there was a commotion in the village and the party ran out.

“Lie. How is the situation?”
“Is there anything wrong? Why don’t you come here?”

As he answered Locke’s words roughly and clicked his tongue, Mark stepped out.

“Lie. Speaking of a group of orcs, why don’t we go ahead and kill them? There is no need to turn this place into a battlefield.”
“It is. Then stay on the road. I will come and go.”

Nodding his head at the reasonable words, he jumped off the roof of the wagon, and the mercenary man stopped him.

“For a moment. It’s dangerous to go alone. Go together..”
“I am not stupid either. I know that there are many people stronger than me in the world. If there is danger, I will run away.”

Thank you for your concern, but it is useless worry.

I trust my senses

Especially the sixth sense, which has helped me a lot many times.

His sixth sense, which had warned him every time of great danger, was now very calm.

In other words, a bunch of orcs are no threat to me.

Having said that, Mark pondered for a moment before agreeing.

“I get it. But be careful. I don’t know what kind of trap there might be.”
“Yes. All right. I will come and go!”

Taat-

As soon as I stamped his foot, his body flew forward as if it were stretched forward in an instant.

Pak! Cucumber! Grasp!

With each step taken, the distance traveled increased.

Did you go up the mountain for about 10 seconds feeling the dizzying sense of speed?

Orcs entered the mana sensor.

‘A total of 20 animals.’

Certainly, if it were an ordinary village, it could be seen as a great crisis.

Because one orc can handle three adult men.

Especially the big one among them felt an aura.

If it is possible to manifest an aura, a village without a swordsman or wizard of the same level is unconditionally annihilated.

While I was thinking about that, the distance got closer enough that the other side noticed me.

Seureung-

Right away, I drew my sword at my waist and focused my aura.

Shrilyric-

The aura remained even after wrapping the sword body and grew longer like a whip.
He blew it at the biggest orc.

But..

“Chur uh uh! Human!!”

The orc, who seemed to be the leader, emitted a green aura from his glaive and blocked it.

Caang!

“Ohh..”

I was amazed at how it looked…

‘Aura Explosion!’

Kwaaaaang!!

I exploded the whip of the aura that wrapped around the sword.

Then the guy couldn’t even react and came back as it was, his whole body being torn apart by shrapnel and dying.

Of course, the six orcs around him also turned into chunks of meat and lay down on the dirt floor.

“It’s good too…”

It was a skill learned by chance, but the effectiveness of the skill was excellent.

After that it was easy.

After coming back to the sword, he made a whip and swung it a few times, and all 20 orcs turned into cold corpses.

“Did your Karma go up by 100?”

After experiencing it a few times, I get a rough feeling.

Normal monsters won’t give you more than 5 no matter how many times you give them, but the minimum was 30 for those who learned an aura.

Roughly, if you catch 3-4 per normal Orc, it will fit perfectly.

Whiik-

“Good.”

After looking at the status window for a while while blowing the whistle, I picked up the weapons of the orcs and threw them into my inventory.

“How much capacity is this?”

I haven’t put that many things in yet, so I’ve never experienced an inventory limit.

Once I put all my weapons in, I immediately went back the way I came.

As we descended the gunchong more leisurely than before, the party looked at the mountain anxiously and then brightened up.

“What are you looking at? I said I was fine.”
“Okay. I’m glad you’re safe.”
“Hmm.. It looks much stronger than I thought.”

Locke didn’t think much of it, but Mark seemed quite impressed.

I guess because I was old, I thought that no matter how high I was, I wouldn’t be able to fight properly.

“Then the business in town is over? Come on!”

I wanted to get to the Libran estate as quickly as possible, so I hurriedly got on the carriage.

***

“Ha.. It took a long time.”
“Haha! Lie. How are you? The first big city I’ve ever seen!”

Merchant Locke concluded that I would be seeing the big city for the first time.

But he didn’t really want to refute, so he grinned and replied.

“Well, that sure sounds good. Locke goes to dispose of things as soon as he enters?”
“Okay. You can’t leave these things alone, can you? We have to deal with it quickly and leave it in the temple safe.”

The Guardian Church is the only religion in this world.

So, of course, the influence was so strong that it was one of the places that the Empire couldn’t touch.

The reason why the two empires can’t start a war even though they growl at each other is because the castle is blocking the gap between them.

If it was a safe operated by such a temple, it was certainly trustworthy.

“Then what about Mark?”
“I have to go to the mercenary guild and report the completion of the quest. Will you go with me?”
“Yes. Let’s go together.”
“Okay. You’ll probably get a C grade as soon as you go. It’s low compared to your strength, but if you don’t have any results, it’s impossible to do more than that.”
“Does not matter. More than that, Locke, the front is empty!”

As the line shortened to point to an empty space, Locke hurriedly moved the wagon forward.

After spending time talking like that, it was our turn.

“Stop. I will inspect the wagon. If you have contraband, tell me in advance. I’ll finish it with confiscation.”
“Aww, what are you talking about? There is no such thing. Please check.”

Locke proudly opened the wagon at the guards’ words.

The guards rummaged through the wagon and shook their heads at the man who seemed to be the captain of the guard as if there was no problem.

“Hmm… No problem. Pass!”

So, without any problems, we entered the city.

‘There’s not much difference.’

Having lived in a ducal family, I was never surprised by the liveliness of the buildings and streets.

Even so, it was worse than the French estate.

I wonder if it would have to be the capital of an empire to surprise me.

“You are calm. After all, you are like an old man.”
“Is it so? So why don’t Mark talk a lot? Aren’t you popular with women?”
“…That doesn’t matter.”

As expected, Mark was not the popular type.

So I teased more.

“Ah… Mark, you haven’t had sex, have you? How nice.”
“…I have no intention of meeting a woman lightly.”

Mark seemed to be quite conservative sexually, and I said it like I was promiscuous.

“I don’t meet women lightly either.”
“Hmm.. Judging from the recent incident, I don’t think so.”
“Still, I can’t help it. Sexual desire builds up.”
“Kuhm..! I have no intention of satisfying only physical desires like that.

It was as if he couldn’t do it, but he said he couldn’t do it, and I stabbed a painful corner.

“Because I can’t.”
“Hmm! You have arrived. Get off.”

As I continued to tease him, Mark looked outside to see if he could bear it any more.

‘I can see why you’re teasing me.’

In my previous life, Kang Chan-hyung often teased me like this.

At that time, I was just annoyed and didn’t know, but I think I know a little bit.

─Rumble!

“Rye, Mark. See you later!”

The carriage stopped and we got out, and Locke promised later.

“Bye. Lock.”
“Lock. See you later.”

As soon as we greeted each other, the carriage moved away.

When I looked up, I saw a fairly large building.

The wooden building was neat and antique than I thought.

However, the people entering and leaving the building were as ferocious as if they had killed 15 or so people.

“Is this the mercenary guild? Certainly all the faces are ferocious..”
“Be careful what you say. If you don’t want to fight.”
“Yes. All right.”

I nodded at Mark’s warning and soon entered the mercenary guild.