Chapter 70 – Chapter 7

Those who gathered to stop Dead Moon, like Wolf’s mercenaries, wanted to head for the Zanzeri Kingdom with a long-term perspective.

They were mainly hired mercenaries, and were busy making squares to deal with the undead with a few top tiers and mercenaries escorting them.

The Wolf Mercenary Corps hired new recruits and tried to find the escort company, but other mercenaries took the nearby Zanjeri and the remaining ones had to move without receiving the request because the destination was a distant country or city.

A useful request could come out if you wait a few days, but I didn’t want to waste time in a place where not only food but all prices soared and security was getting worse.

“We block this side.”

Wolf’s mercenary corps was deployed on the outskirts of Bangjin, and decided to defend one direction.
It was a system in which the upper tiers were protected in the center and the mercenaries were in the outskirts.

Still, somehow the story went well, and I wondered if it would be confirmed as getting a small amount of money from the upper ranks and the spoils of the undead that came in their direction.

“Wait! What are you talking about!”

A mercenary corps heard the news belatedly and opposed the decision of the top lords.
To be precise, it wasn’t ‘a mercenary group’, but the wizard belonging to the mercenary group opposed it.

I could feel her age from her voice and appearance, but despite this, she had smooth skin without a single wrinkle and a healthy physique.

Unlike prana for knights, prana for wizards is focused on the operation and strengthening of magic, but it strengthens the body to some extent because it is easier to withstand the recoil of magic when the body is healthy.

The magician might have raised prana to a considerable level, instead of a magician-like robe, he had light armor and forearms thick enough to knock down an ordinary soldier with a regular fist.

“Apart from the money, giving all the loot to them! Do you think that makes sense!”
“Ah, no. It’s not that I’m giving away all the loot, but the direction they’re blocking…”
“Either way or not! The core of this square is me! So, our mercenaries should receive more loot!”

The reason why the wizard rushed like this was not a money problem, but a loot problem.
To be precise, it must be the greed for the ghost orbs.
The words say ‘our mercenary group’, but in the end it was a political quality to have a commanding marble.

‘He’s talented.’

The problem is that he is not a talkative talker, but a real wizard.

As explained above, even though he looks old, he has a sturdy physique without a single wrinkle, and you can feel his powerful magic power at first glance.

‘But it’s worse than Kaicent.’

If Kaicent puts his mind to it, it’s not even a matter of overpowering this mage.
The problem is that if that happens, Kaicent’s reputation will rise excessively.

It is still gaining a reputation of its own, but it is a reputation of the level of ‘only those in the know’ or ‘young but talented’.

If excessive fame and attention are poured into Kaicent, in the worst case, masters who are difficult to handle may come to him in the name of stepping on the growing buds in advance.

It may be considered savage, but the original person feels a sense of crisis at the young talent trying to rise above himself.

‘It will be known anyway, but I have to buy a lot of time for Kaicent’s growth.’

Lillian, who now thought of everything as Kaicent, naturally took the direction to help him.

Even if the mercenaries suffered some damage.

-Are you okay. You can go out strong.-

At that time, Kaicent, who heard the commotion and came to see the situation, contacted Lillian with messenger magic.

-Unless a strong player of the level of Origin suddenly pops out, at least I have the confidence that I won’t die even if I don’t win. Please don’t look weak because of me.

This time, since he had learned his father’s simbeop and gyeonggong, he was confident that he could run away from anyone as long as he could run away alone.

-I think confident Lillian is the most beautiful.-
“!!”

Whether you’re a man or a woman, you want to look good for your lover.

Lillian, who hadn’t noticed that her expression changed in real time thanks to the helmet, went out strong with a look that Frederick hadn’t shown before.

“Then just cut it out. We mercenaries don’t need your magic.”
“No need? Fools! In a large-scale battle, only the presence of a skilled mage can overcome unfavorable battle conditions again and again! I’ve only seen mages like drug dealers, so they’re saying that!”
“I can definitely see it. A scumbag wizard.”

Encouraged by Kai Sent’s support (?), She entered into a fight as if she didn’t care since it went wrong anyway.

In a world where not only mercenaries but also those in the same industry can fight, it is important to maintain and grow the mercenary corps.

Because no one wants to be in a group that bows their heads and makes concessions and apologizes.

“Do you know who I am?”
“There is only one mercenary wizard wearing the pattern of the Dragon Fire Mage Tower. Kaan Kell.”

The Dragon Fire Mage Tower is a magic tower that has magic specialized for fire and magic that is unique to the magic tower modeled after the dragon’s breath.

The Dragon Fire Mage Tower, which can use fire magic that is highly versatile in most situations, is a place frequented by wizards who want to be aggressive.

Kaan Kell is from the Dragon Fire Mage Tower, and is quite famous because he was an unusual case of choosing the path of a mercenary instead of a stable life.

“How dare you say such a thing when you know me?”
“I’m saying this because I know. I don’t know, so how do you know if the other person is a scumbag or not?”
“This bastard!”

Kaan Kell is an expert level 6 wizard.
In other words, if you go up one more level now, it means that you will become a master level.

She originally had a fiery personality, but perhaps because of her impatience that she had the Master in front of her eyes, she was greedy in order to collect even one more material to make or money to buy a prana crystal.

“Wait a minute. I’m a comrade with whom I have to fight from now on, so should I get hurt here?”

Before Kaan Kell could say anything in anger, a handsome middle-aged priest intervened between the two.

“You are?”
“The devotee who worships Torgov-nim is called Zelvera.”

Torgov, the god of adventurers and travel, is worshiped by numerous adventurers and mercenary priests.

The power of the clergy is strengthened only when they follow the realm controlled by the god, and it can be said that they are the most suitable gods for adventurers and mercenaries wandering in all directions.

Chelbe was a mercenary with a unique career, being both a priest and the leader of a mercenary corps.

“Kaan Kell spoke harshly, but he was not wrong.”
“I agree with that part. However, I have no intention of giving up as much as the loot issue.”
“Ii Iik! I don’t care if you fool yourself and die! But if you guys break through here, it’s going to hurt us too!”

At Kaan Kell’s words, the other top lords also nodded.
It doesn’t matter whether they act recklessly or not, but if it leads to their own damage, it cannot be ignored.

“We have wizards in our mercenary corps. I don’t want to say more than this, so let’s make it clear. You don’t have to apply for us. Our wizards will take care of it.”

Lillian insisted on taking all the loot, as she would survive on her own without the magical support of Kaan Kell.

“If you still don’t believe me, I’ll build a wagon and fence behind our camp. If we’re annihilated, the wagon and fence will give you time to defend yourself.”

The merchants talked among themselves and then nodded.

“We know that the Wolf Corps is a stable mercenary group with a high mission success rate.
“Okay. Let’s build a fence with the wagon. Instead, as I said before, if we can safely withstand Dead Moon, the spoils of the undead that came to us will be ours.”
“Tsk. That’s why he gave up his life for the loot. I heard that the Wolf Mercenary Corps is solid and stable, but it was all nonsense.”

Kaan Kell, who clicked his tongue, said that he would rest until nightfall, and he returned to the mercenary group he belonged to.

“Everyone, including Kaan Kell, was trying to survive. Please don’t let this ruin the unity.”
“Okay. Then we have to prepare too, so let’s go back.”

After the negotiations were over, Lillian returned to the camp where they had settled.

“Whoa. I’m glad.”
“Thank you, Chelve.”
“No. Everyone has to work together to survive.”

A priest is a priest, although not as much as Medelgard, the god of dawn and purification.

San Sangju, who hired Chelbe, who had the most necessary divine power in the fight against the undead, was relieved to see him reconciling the conflict.

– That person seems to be a priest too. Did he serve another god?-

Kaicent, who had been watching Lillian go strong from afar, took an interest in Chelbe.

As she nodded her head, she tilted her head, not knowing how she served another god, and again her herald magic flew.

-The color of the thread on the head is different. The color of the thread must be different for each deity.

Can you tell which god you worship just by the color of the thread?
I am curious and excited about what will happen if Kaicent develops his abilities to the limit.

After a while, a small exclamation arose from the side of the Wolf Mercenary Corps.
To be precise, it was the exclamation of the mercenaries close to Wolf’s mercenary corps.

“That’s stupid.”

Kaan Kell checked the fuss and clicked his tongue.
As if it was regrettable that the mage in Wolf’s mercenary corps did not understand how foolish it was to finish preparing defenses in an instant while digging the ground with magic.

“It’s a hole anyway, the mercenaries and laborers who work hard will make it on their own, but it consumes mana for that kind of work. Tsk tsk.”

When a magician who has mastered prana runs out of mana, he can recover by drinking a purified mana potion or resting.

There is a possibility that it is a wizard with a magic system from another world, but they also have to artificially replenish the consumed mana.

Rather than spending mana on trivial things like this, it is the basics of a mage to keep it in the best condition and help it in battle.

‘Let’s move slowly.’

Kaan Kell said he would change her mood, and avoided people’s eyes as he headed towards the back of the wagon built by Wolf’s mercenaries.

Then, after burying the ominous-looking purple crystal in the ground, she lightly shed magic power, and a fine hole was opened in the crystal, and purple smoke fell low and was absorbed into the ground.

Kaan Kell, who confirmed the whole process, returned to her own space in her camp with a satisfied smile.

‘This is something you guys have brought on yourself.’

*                           *

As the suns completely disappeared, darkness fell upon them without a single light.
The only light they could see was the numerous torches centered around the camp.

“Something’s strange. It feels bad. I feel unpleasant, as if I’ve been swallowed by a giant creature.”

Holding the spear given to him, Clint frowned at an intense ominous feeling he had never felt before.

“Clint. It’s not too late. Wait where the non-combatants are gathered like the workers at the top.”
“No, I want to fight too. When I go back to my original world, I have to fight AT again. This time, I won’t tremble like a coward until my parents die.”
“…Okay. But if you think it’s dangerous, run away right away. The high-ranking undead that comes out as Dead Moon are not beings that can be dealt with with courage.”
“I have no intention of swearing at those monsters either.”

The new recruits were tasked with pushing zombies and skeletons away with spears from behind wooden fences.
If you hold on like that, you will be able to deal with the undead the way senior mercenaries deal with them.

Kaicent gave fire attribute enchantments and wizard’s armor magic to the selected mercenaries.

This is because the number of undead can be stably reduced only when they learn the mana load and run rampage with the most skilled.

In my heart, I wanted to bet everyone, but even if I was a Kaicent, I couldn’t do that because it would put a strain on my energy.

That’s why it’s a secret that only he knows that he gave Clint the magician’s armor without anyone knowing.

“Whoa-“
“Good work, Kaicent. Take a break and recover your mana.”
“Yes.”

Frederick turned Kai Sent to the rear so that he could recover even a little bit of his magic before engaging in an all-out war with the undead.

Since the traps were laid, there was no chance of being suddenly attacked, so everyone spent time leaning or sitting moderately.

As the night deepens, it begins to press everyone as if the darkness itself has weight.

In fact, during the Dead Moon, the mana distributed in the atmosphere became so strong that it even affected ordinary people.

‘The yin energy is strong, but the mana has become thicker as well.’

Kaicent, who was sitting cross-legged on the roof of the wagon and recovering his inner strength even a little, quickly absorbed the thicker mana than usual.

Yin energy became abnormally strong, but his father’s internal energy simbeop processed such abnormal mana at once and made it into the psychic internal energy.

“Come!”

At that time, a mercenary discovered the undead through a torch planted near the trap.
The undead nearby saw the light and approached.
Even if the lights were turned off, the undead felt vitality and chased after the living, so there was nothing they could do about it.

Doo doo doo—

Common zombies and skeletons fell into deep-dug traps.
After a while, when the trap was filled, the Undead behind them fell into the next trap, stepping on the bodies of the trapped Undead.

“Huh?”

At that time, the mercenary with good eyesight noticed something strange.

“What’s the matter?”
“Isn’t something strange? Does anyone have a torch left!?”
“There are several here, why?”
“Throw it far behind the undead!”

The mercenary in charge of the torch turned her gaze to Lillian, who nodded her head.

The moment he threw the torch away and checked the back of the undead, the other mercenaries also noticed that the situation was strange.

“Are there armed undead in the rear?”
“Not indiscriminately mixing! Forming ranks!”

The undead with nothing in the front line filled the trap, and behind them the armed undead advanced safely.

Clearly, someone’s will is mixed in the ranks.

Male voice male voice male voice

As the other mercenaries begin to notice, the entire camp begins to hum ominously.

It has already been half-formulated that vampires in the kingdom of the dead create special undead and disturb the kingdom of Harlot.

The systematic movement of the undead made fear rise in the hearts of the mercenaries.