Chapter 94 – Chapter 10

As time passed, mercenaries who accepted the request to recover the tomb of the royal family, which had become alienated, flocked to the promised place near the capital.

If it grows too large, there will be problems with breaking through, so the mercenaries narrowed it down to 250 to 300 elites according to the terms of the contract.

Among them, Wolf’s mercenary group was the smallest, but no one looked down on them.

The members of Wolf’s Mercenary Corps also felt that they were the smallest and that others were staring at them, but they showed no signs of being friendly.

This is because they are proud of the fact that the two master-level strongmen are their captains.

The trend of the times and the development of technology have increased the number of master-level strongmen since ancient times, but that does not mean that their value has been damaged.

In addition, there are wizards that others envy, so there is no reason to bow down to others just because the number is small.

“Are those guys the Wolf Mercenaries?”
“Tch. Do masters and other guys work as mercenaries to get something to eat?”
“So. Do you want to become a mercenary king?”

When meeting Wolf’s mercenaries, the other mercenaries who tried to suppress them with a fight had to cancel their plans because the leader and vice-captain were masters.

In Jelsdad, it has been known for a long time that a master can deal with 1,000 elite soldiers.

Of course, the unit is meaningless due to military weapons developed by absorbing technology from other worlds, but it is still true that they play a big role on the battlefield if they receive adequate support.

Starting from Origin, it is a one-man corps that solves everything by itself, while the Master is a special unit that carries out special missions.

“Ku-k-k-k-k-k-ke. Look at the whispers.”
“I was going to take a picture of us, but it must be frustrating to not be able to.”

The Wolf mercenaries seemed to feel that way and giggled and enjoyed this atmosphere.

They were full of hope that if this request was completed, they could become a famous giant mercenary and earn even more money.

‘I have to break through the unknown realm that has become alienated, but isn’t the atmosphere too excited?’

Kaicent, who was watching that, was worried about the lack of tension, but thought it was better than being sluggish.

‘And if you enter the otherworldly realm, you’ll regain your tension on your own.’

Even if you enter the otherworldly realm with a different order in this world, if the atmosphere is high, Lillian and Priscilla will warn you.

‘By the way, it’s a magic item…’

Kaicent was thinking about something alone.

When Lillian and Priscilla revealed their mastery and trampled on the Coralez mercenaries, Kaicent was discussing a certain issue with Skynet in the dimensional warehouse.

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-It’s narrow.-
“Yeah, it’s narrowed.”

Instead of the wagon, which costs money to manage and makes things complicated even if the horse dies, Lillian had pushed the food into Kaisent’s dimensional warehouse.

It doesn’t matter if that’s the only thing, but the problem is that you can’t openly drag the tamed undead, so you have to store them in a dimensional warehouse.

There is still room to spare, but as time goes on and more undead are controlled, the warehouse will become narrower.

Kaicent asked how to increase the size of the dimensional warehouse.

“How could there be no way?”
-If you are the master, you can increase the dimension storage with your own power, but unfortunately, it is impossible for the young boy.-
“I guess so. That’s why I’m asking Skynet. Is there any other way?”

Skynet thought for a moment (0.0012 seconds) before speaking again.

-This dimensional warehouse is being expanded and maintained by the permanent energy built into me.-
“In other words, if you can increase the size of permanent energy, you can increase the size of the dimensional storage?”
-Yes. There is such a thing as a magic item in this world. If you give me a permanent magic item, not a rechargeable magic item, I will use that power to expand the size of the warehouse.-

Only magic items that can be used permanently can stably maintain and expand the dimensional warehouse.

“Okay. If there is such a magic item, I will bring it.”

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‘The answer was yes… All of those items are expensive.’

I went to several magic item stores and asked about non-rechargeable magic items that could be used permanently.

However, non-rechargeable permanent magic items are all expensive.

If it was a magic item with only one strengthening enchantment, it would be possible to purchase it somehow, but it would be difficult to expand the size of the dimensional storage to a meaningful level.

‘Still, it’s not like I didn’t get much.’

Indeed, since it was the capital of a country, there were many magic scrolls.

Kaicent bought several scrolls, recognizing that he had to enter an alienated ‘unknown place’.

Protection magic by various attributes.
Whirlwind for devastating a toxic place.
Mind protection magic against mental attacks.
A magic shell that absorbs enemy magic attacks.
A curse remover that removes magical curses.
Poison removal magic that removes poison.

Curses and poison-removal magic vary in level at which they can be removed depending on the strength of the user, but Kaicent was confident that he would be able to remove most poisons and curses with his current self.

‘The otherworldly area is an unknown space. I have to prepare for an emergency.’

It has enough attack power because it has two master level swordsmen, several attack magic and skills, and undead.

After a while, when the promised time came, the regular army of Harlot Kingdom appeared.

The soldiers were armed with firearms, and the knights had full body armor and unique weapons.
In addition, there were chariots and griffin riders for fire support.

Originally, they could use more power than this, but their purpose is not to attack the alien world area, but to destroy the foreign god.

The longer the alienation period, the more complicated the situation.
Heavy, large, and cumbersome weapons were excluded for the kingdom, which decided to destroy the sacred object as soon as possible.

‘Huh? What about those people?’

However, the kingdom army and clearly foreign beings also appeared together.
Those armed with weapons and armor imbued with divine power.

Perhaps the foreign press invaded, so it seems that the church that worships the god of this world also supported it.

The problem is that while there are those who look clean and bright, there are also those who look dark, like the followers of Nozgna.

Besides, they don’t even seem to get along well with each other.

“The members of the Church of the Evil God also showed up.”
“Tsk. I don’t like those guys because they’re reluctant.”

Wolf’s mercenaries and other mercenaries also grumbled as if they were displeased when they recognized those who served evil spirits.

“Still, if this world is invaded by foreign powers, they will be no one else’s business, so there’s no help.”
“First of all, this world must be maintained by the gods we serve, so whether preaching or doing tricks is possible.”

As the mercenaries say

If this world is ruled by foreign gods, no matter what god they serve, they will all be ruined.
Therefore, only foreign media had to put aside the issue of good and evil and work together to prevent destruction.

More time passed after that, but no more arrived.

“I am Viscount Otto Royden, who is in charge of the general command of this punitive squad!”

At that time, the Griffin Rider, who could only be described as dazzling, flew in front of everyone and announced his presence.

In general, in order to give a speech, you have to build something like a podium so that it is located on a high place, but in this world, there were vehicles such as airships and griffins, so there was no need for that.

“I’ll say it without hesitation! Haru! I won’t spend any more time destroying the foreign gods!”

Unbeknownst to aristocratic background, he spat out only necessary information without flashy phrases. He was more like a soldier than an aristocrat.

If you enter the otherworldly realm, things that are not of this world will pop out, so if you put a splendid and vain aristocratic commander, there is a high probability that you will fail in fear.

Of course, this is also a fact that I learned through countless sacrifices over 150 years.

“General enemies are dealt with with the power of mercenaries and soldiers! However, if a strong force emerges from the enemy side or if the number is swarmed to a level that cannot be ignored, the knights and paladins of each denomination will be put in! For details, rest in front of the royal hunting ground and I will explain!”
“Forward!”

First, the regular army moved, and then the mercenary troops began to move.

Right now, the regular army moves first, but if they enter the royal hunting grounds, the mercenary units will be ahead.

After moving for several hours, the troops moved away from the capital and settled near the royal family’s hunting grounds, taking a rest before rushing.

“This…”
“What?”
“The trees…?”

And what they witnessed was a strange forest where the trees that were supposed to stand upright were bent and entangled with the surrounding trees.

“Representatives of each mercenary corps gather!”
“Can’t you move fast!”

Soon, the knights shouted one-sidedly at the mercenaries and went back.
While inserting unnecessary words there.
Naturally, the mercenaries, accustomed to this kind of work, did not express any complaints.

The representatives of the mercenary corps left their adjutants to do later work and headed for the regular army’s temporary camp where they opened a temporary tent.

Eventually, when the representatives of each denomination arrived, Otto, the commander who had hung the entire map of the royal family’s hunting grounds on the wall of the tent, opened his mouth.

“As I said in the morning, I won’t waste more time than necessary, so I’ll get right to the point.”

He marked their current location and the location of their destination, the Royal Catacombs.

“According to the information from the scouting party, the hunting grounds of the otherworldly royal family have the property of trying to absorb all life forms into one regardless of animals and plants. The problem is that the meaning of ‘to become one’ is inclusive.”

Otto continued his explanation, paying attention to the way he spoke, as there were also representatives of the cult.

“Something like slime dissolves the body into one, a tree absorbs a person, something like the undead eats a corpse, or something like a chimera combines with one another. In other words, plants and animals are all enemies.”
“Um…”

Moans flowed from the mouths of those who expected to fight against enemies serving foreign media, but never imagined that all animals and plants would become enemies.

“That’s why the goal is to get the air support that should be arriving by now, and attack at once by breaking through the road to the catacombs. Any questions?”

After a while, one of the mercenaries raised his hand.

The knights frowned at the sight and cheered up, but Otto raised his hand to calm the knights.

“Something.”
“I-I…”
“I don’t need to introduce myself. Just keep things simple.”
“Keuheum! That… If we get air support, shouldn’t we just move to the top of the catacombs in an airship?”

The members of the Church also nodded their heads and expressed tacit agreement, as if they were thinking the same thing.

“We thought so at first, too. Until a few airships were intercepted and destroyed in half.”
“Intercept?”
“You mean the enemy has the firepower to destroy the airship?”

When the mercenary’s question was over, a paladin from a church immediately accepted it.

“I don’t know what it is, but there is a strong enemy on the enemy side. They shoot arrows that destroy the airship, so it’s hard to move to the top of the graveyard. Perhaps the airship that is moving for fire support will be intercepted and retreated on the way.”

In other words, it means that you can move safely only to the extent that you receive air support, and after that you have to fight the whole nature.

“Another question?”

There were other small questions, but the question time ended with Otto’s brief explanation.

“If there are no more questions than this, I will explain the battle formation to fight the enemy as we move from now on. For now…”

He began to explain how he would fight and make his way to the catacombs.

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“Apostle, the kingdom’s subjugation team has appeared outside the hunting grounds.”

A man of unusually gigantic size opened his mouth to the foreign apostle in the catacombs.

“It’s really pitiful to see unbelievers who don’t understand our deep meaning.”

Oddly enough, I heard a woman’s voice right next to the man.

When the light from the candelabra in the catacombs illuminated the figure of a man, a terrifying form existed there.

It was a grotesque figure with male and female hands protruding from the torso, seven legs of different sizes and lengths on the lower body, and another mouth attached to the man’s temple.

It was a monstrous figure, but they considered it a blessing.

“Heh heh, don’t insult them. How can you explain how great union is to those who haven’t experienced it?”

There was an even more grotesque presence in front of the man.

It was as if hundreds of humans were united as one, and its arms and legs protruded from its shoulders, back, and stomach.

I couldn’t overcome that size and had to sit still, but on top of my body was an old man with a benevolent face holding a staff with a strange energy.

“Like those right here.”
“Sah, save me!”
“Help me! Please!”

They may have raided private houses in the vicinity and captured people, but rather than being armed, people in filthy and filthy clothes were tied up.

“You want to live? We have no intention of killing you.”

The old man, who had turned into a monstrous mass, smiled at the people with a sincere, benevolent smile without hypocrisy or lies.

“Isn’t it hard? Now as an undead, in the past, from wars, I have always suffered and suffered from problems that have nothing to do with you. And that will continue until I die.”

As the old man waved his hand lightly, chunks of flesh with arms and legs in a slime-like form began to move towards the people.

“Uhhhhh!”

The people struggled desperately and tried to escape, but the cultists who bound them pushed them towards the masses.

The mass of flesh sucked them in at once and absorbed them inside. Arms and legs protruded one by one from the body and began to struggle as if begging for help.

However, the old man smiled as if he was ecstatic at the sight and opened his mouth to the man who reported.

“I am very happy. If you unite with them, you will know how happy it is to be one.”
“As expected, the apostle is truly benevolent.”
“We also want to become one with Apostle-sama, but we still have a lot of work to do…”
“Unification can be done at any time. Right now, even for the complete unification of this world, the priority is to increase our power in this land.”

Their goal was to unite all beings into one, and finally to unite with the unified god.

To become one with God!
The ecstasy of living forever as a part of God in a humble human being is the driving force that moves them.

“The kingdom can send airships again this time. Please, stranger.”

The apostle opened his mouth to one corner.

As if to answer that, the dark elf woman in the corner frowned her blood-red eyes and nervously gripped her silver bow.