Chapter 60 – Chapter 6

‘There are too many people here.’

There are too many people to mess around with.
Wolf mercenaries, Frederick, city guards, priests.
I thought about making it invisible, but I don’t think I can fool Frederick’s eyes.

‘And it’s unclear whether the priests know about the existence of that thread or not.’

What if a cleric goes on a rampage after feeling that his thread is missing or someone is touching it?
Even if he somehow manages to escape, he wants to avoid harming the Wolf mercenaries as much as possible.

‘For a moment. Do I really need to approach and touch the cleric?’

Looking up at the sky, the thread connected to the priests is up to the height of a three-story building.
Since then, the existence of Sil has not been seen.

‘If it’s that high…’

Kaicent calculated something in his mind and quietly called Mingming over.

“The treatment is over.”
“Thank you, agents of God. This is a donation of thanks.”

Frederick gave the priests a small pouch in addition to the money he had prepared in advance.
This is because there is a lot of fraud that needs to be treated before treatment.

It is deferred payment and there is also a title called ‘donation’, so you may wonder if you can just pay in moderation, but if that happens, you will never be able to ask these churches for treatment again.

This is because the news that the Volf Mercenary Corps has made a small donation spreads throughout the church, and they refuse treatment.

At that time, you have to ask for treatment from another church or make a larger ‘donation’ than usual and cancel the registration on the black list.

The problem is that the Order of Medelgard, the god of dawn and purification, is a major denomination that can be found even in small towns.

“I didn’t ask for money, but it’s also a sin to forsake gratitude. I’ll use this money for a good cause.”

The priests with subtle smiles took the money and entered the city.

After Frederick loaded the wounded back into the wagon, he directed Lillian to join them.

“Kaisent.”
“Ah, yes, what’s going on?”

He opened his mouth to Kaicent, who had been in the wagon and was dazed.

“I don’t know about you, Lee Jong-in, but in our world, it becomes difficult in many ways if you lose against the priest.”
“…Sorry.”
“You didn’t know because it was the first time you faced the priest. But if the same thing happens next time, we must punish the priests to free them.”
“…Yes…”

Kaicent bowed his head in response to Frederick’s warning.
Frederick was also a smart kid, so he decided to stop his questioning because he wanted to be good enough.

After moving for several tens of minutes, the wagon joined the mercenaries who had set up a camp slightly away from where the battle had taken place.

“Frederick, what about the wounded?”
“Everyone is cured. The rest of the day is all you need to do.”
“Good job. Move the wounded to a warm place. We camp here today.”
“Yes!”

Unexpected circumstances resulted in injured people, but the atmosphere of the mercenaries was not worse than expected.

“Still, the captain doesn’t use us like expendable items.”
“So. If it was like the other mercenaries, I’d treat only the wounds and leave the rest to luck.”

It was an unfortunate incident caused by an unexpectedly powerful enemy, a vampire.
In addition, he used a large amount of money that would be better to hire a new mercenary for treatment without hesitation.

The mercenaries who watched it came to have confidence that Wolf did not use them as consumables.

In addition, as the people who wanted to go out went out, the solidarity of the Wolf Mercenary Corps became even stronger.

“Kaisent.”
“Yes?”

At that time, Lillian called Kaicent.

“Come to my barracks when you finish repairing your arms.”

After she said that, she headed somewhere to talk about something with Frederick.

Kai Sent could sense that beyond her voice, which had been modulated as that of a man, she was concerned about herself.

Thinking that he would find out about her business later, he began to repair the weapons that the mercenaries were using and the loot obtained while manipulating the undead.

It was a restoration magic that only combined the cracked parts, but even that alone played a big role in raising the value of the weapon.

“Hey, did you see the huge monster that Vice-captain Frederick caught? It looked like it was made from melted corpses.”
“It’s not a naturally created undead.”
“The kingdom of the dead is using the victims of the civil war to cut down on our power.”
“If we continue like this, won’t the kingdom of Harlot be destroyed by the kingdom of the dead?”

The mercenaries who were each doing their own work around them gathered in groups of two and three and were constantly talking about what had happened.

‘Why did that vampire attack me?’

When the topic of the undead came up, Kaicent began to question why the vampires were targeting him.

‘If they simply wanted to kill us, there would have been many other ways. Besides, the vampire didn’t have the will to live while attacking me.’

In other words, it means that he didn’t kill himself, but tried to kidnap him, but I can’t even imagine what he was trying to do after kidnapping.

However, since the person’s head was destroyed and died, the way to find out the truth has completely disappeared.

“Repair is finished. Go get your weapons.”
“Huh? Already?”
“It’s just repeating the same magic.”

After completing the repairs, Kaicent stood up and robbed the mercenaries with the words to go find them on their own.

It cannot be repaired until the blade part is missing or severely destroyed, but repair costs are overwhelmingly saved just by perfectly combining the cracked parts.

“I’ll go look for Wolf.”
“Okay, let’s clean up after ourselves.”

As the mercenaries searched for their weapons, they gathered other weapons in one place to sell later or use as spares.

Kaicent, who was entrusted with cleaning up like that, headed to the barracks exclusively for the leader.

“Wolf. I’ll go in.”

Having signaled in advance at the door, he entered the barracks.

Wow!

“Oops!?”

As soon as he entered the barracks, Kaicent was immediately embraced by Lillian, and her face was buried between her breastbones.

“Are you hurt anywhere!? Tell me quickly if you have any pain!”
“Okay, it’s okay.”
“I wanted to help somehow…!”

When Kai Sent was attacked by vampires, she wanted to help right away, but she was in a situation where everyone in the Wolf Mercenary Corps collapsed if she got out.

Somehow she took care of the vampires, but Lillian must have been left in her mind that it did not help.

“Lillian. I’m really fine. If you destroyed the ranks there to save me, there would have been deaths in the Wolf Mercenary Corps. Noona chose the best.”
“…Thank you.”

After calming down their emotions, the two looked at each other and kissed.

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“I said, but I was really unfair and angry, and I almost came out with a twinge of anger! I tried my best to save everyone! Telling the truth that doesn’t even exist!”

Caught with her back in Lillian’s arms, Kai Sent poured out her displeasure at her priests.

That’s how much the priests’ lies hurt him, who had a strong heart for his colleagues.

‘Oh my god. It’s so cute that I’m about to laugh.’

However, the appearance of Kai Sent, who fits into his arms and bursts into anger, is like a cute doll.
In particular, the image of him struggling with his arms and legs in anger is enough to make people laugh.

Still, Kaicent was serious, so Lillian, who had to endure it desperately, silently stroked Kaicent’s head.

“Lillian.”
“Yes why?”
“Remember when I said there was a thread hanging over the priest’s head?”
“I can only remember.”

It was the first time that such a thing hung on the head of a priest, so it was inevitable that it would be imprinted in my head even more.

“Well, at night, I’ll sneak to the city.”
“To check the priest’s thread?”
“Yes.”

Unlike Kaicent, who lived in a world without gods, Lillian, who was close to the presence of gods, couldn’t stand the anxiety.

“I don’t know why only you can see it, but it’s a very dangerous idea. In the worst case, it could incur the wrath of the gods. You don’t have to check that out, do you?”

Kai Sent is so talented that he can copy other people’s skills and copy them as his own.

But I don’t know if he dares to risk the wrath of God himself.

“Because that’s also ‘power’.”
“Strength…”
“I broke up with my older sister, Dang Seol-young, because I had no strength. Someday, I might be attacked by that man or a strong person with a similar personality to him. So I want to have as much power as possible.”

The anger and sadness he had to go through because he had no power had a great impact on Kaicent’s values.

Because of this, even though he had a kind personality that hated fighting anyone, he came to crave the power to kill others.

“Okay. Come back without getting caught.”
“Yes. Don’t worry.”

Lillian, who hugged Kaicent’s back and shared his body temperature, hesitated for a moment before carefully opening his mouth.

“By the way, Kaicent.”
“Yes?”
“That…No, no. I don’t think this is something to talk about right now.”
“What is it?”
“I’ll tell you later when the time is right.”
“?”

She wanted to ask if she had a relationship with Dang Xue Ying.
But what if she was really in a relationship?
How should you react at that time?

Now that she couldn’t imagine her days without Kaicent, Lillian didn’t want to be hurt.

‘What if Kaicent had been with a woman named Seolyeong Dang?’

Because they intermingle, if she is looking for Dang Seol-young so desperately, telling her to only look at herself will backfire on her.

Kai Sent is weak and timid, but there are parts of her that are upright to the point of choosing to persevere on the path she has chosen.

‘Was a woman like me this weak?’

She thought that living with the mercenaries made her easygoing, but her feminine side barely grew.

“Oh, and.”

At that time, Kaicent, who escaped from her arms, caressed Lillian’s cheek.

“I’m waiting for you tonight. I’ll give you a hug as soon as I get back from the investigation.”
“Ah…♡ Yes…♡”

This pounding feeling that Frederick couldn’t feel.
She can’t resist the little male’s command to make her a female.

‘It doesn’t matter if you’re a coward. If only I could feel this happiness…’

One day you will find out, but for now this happiness is enough.

*                           *

‘Because it runs fast, it’s surprisingly close.’

She confirmed that the mercenaries around her were asleep, and Kai Sent, who sneaked out, arrived near the city with Frederick.

Food Deuk-

“Mingming, did you know?”
“Caw-“
“Good job.”

Sensing Kaicent’s presence, MingMing flapped her wings and perched on his shoulder.

After giving Ming-Ming a reward for confirming the place where the priests live, he prepared a bug and water as a reward, and then lightly climbed over the wall after using Invisibility.

Mingming guided Kaisent up the wall and moved to the place where the priests were sleeping.

“Caw-“

Naturally, the priests did not all gather in one place to sleep, but each had their own mansion.

MingMing guided Kaisent to the house with the lowest ‘height’ among them.

It is made of two floors, and from the color of the walls to the other houses, Kaicent climbed onto the roof of the mansion and felt the aura of magic here and there.

‘Magical alarms and traps. It’s installed on every window, so it’s dangerous to touch it carelessly.’

If it had to sneak into the house, it would have been quite a headache, but Kaicent’s purpose was the thread attached to the priest’s head.

That’s why he had no reason to break through the window’s alarm magic after checking the thread that had risen through the mansion’s roof.

‘At las. I can check this thread.’

There are things that only he sees, but strangely, he continues to get on his nerves.

He lightly waved his hand once, but of course, he didn’t catch it.
In fact, it passes through the hand like an illusion.
If it was caught so easily, that would have been a problem.

‘Uh?’

However, as the thread passed through his hand, Kai Sent felt the simbeop he had learned from his father react strongly.

‘Then.’

He operated the internal air method with all his might and concentrated all his nerves to catch the thread.

‘Caught!’

The thread, which had not been able to feel anything like an illusion before, was exuding a strange aura and boasting a strong presence in Kaisent’s hand.

Slowly, with both hands, alternately lifting the thread up, revealing the end of the thread.

‘All the priests I’ve seen so far have been stuck in their heads. Then.’

Kai Sent swallowed his dry saliva and carefully threaded the thread through the crown of his head.

‘Oh. Run away!’

The thread, which had been quiet until now, entered Kaicent’s head and began to struggle to escape.

‘What should I do? First of all, with my father’s method… !’

Kaicent, who used all his power to practice the Simbeop his father taught him, could feel the rejection from Sil.

‘Obey me!’

After confirming that this thread had a weak will, he put pressure on the thread to prevent it from escaping by pouring his mental power along with the Nae Gong Sim method.

The thread that was trying to escape soon began to connect with Kaicent’s brain, as if it had given up on escaping.

‘Uh… ? This…’

At the same time, he could feel some information coming directly into his head, not his eyes.

-My believer. Realize the will of the dawn.-

A voice that feels transcendent.
However, for some reason, I could feel the ‘force’, but I couldn’t feel the strength and will that matched it.

Feels like listening to the voice of a transcendent divine being through an answering machine?

‘Do not run away.’

Hearing that voice, in fact, he no longer ran away from Kaisent.

‘It was said that priests perform miracles of God through prayer. Then.’

There is only one very simple way to check.

Kai Sent looked at Mingming, took a deep breath, and sharpened his hand.

Cock!

‘Tagaaaaagh! Mingming!’

Kai Sent, who hurt her hand enough to bleed a little, appealed to Ming-Ming for something in pain.

Mingming sat on his shoulder and rubbed his head against his cheek as if to compliment him on a job well done.
Kaicent, who endured the pain of the pet’s praise (?), Moved on to the next.

‘Please. Heal this wound!’

Kai Sent, who had succeeded in praying ‘sincerely’, felt a force that was not his own flowing through his body on a thread.

Concentrate the power, gather it in the palm of your hand, and release it through the back of your hand.

“…I’m healed…”

The wound, which had been slightly bleeding, was cured with pain.
If it wasn’t for the existence of the blood drops rising and drying up above it, I wouldn’t even know if there was a wound.

It’s shocking to be able to use divine power even though he’s a warlock, but if others find out that he took someone else’s divine power and made it his own, all the denominations will put a temple-level subjugation order around Kaicent’s neck.

Kaicent, who casually caused such a great incident,

‘Now I don’t have to be servile to the priests!’

He was glad he didn’t have to go through the nasty experience he felt during the day again.