Chapter 159 – Chapter 10 – Negotiation

Heh People who know my powerlessness will probably start questioning whether I am saying this in my sane mind, but I am saying this because there is a corner where I believe everything.

Would you attack me without even thinking that I was crazy?

With this body, even an adult woman would barely win if they fought head-on.

“If you don’t have the confidence to convince me, tell me in advance. I’ll get you a mask from somewhere.”

“Is that merchant, by any chance, a warrior?”

“I’m sure you’ll be first-class? You’ll only do that if you have the confidence to protect yourself.”

Be first class

That’s enough.

Of course, there’s nothing wrong with attacking head-on.

“Oh and.”

While I was following Shaoqian Ru while making a plan in my head, Shaoqian Ru looked back at me and met her eyes and said,

“Just in case. Really, by any chance, the person you meet is the Heavenly Demon. If she is that monster-like woman… If possible, don’t read her heavenly secrets.”

It was rare to see Yeo So-cheon’s serious expression, so I couldn’t ignore it.

“..Is there anything I shouldn’t see?”

“I don’t know.”

“Yes?”

“I don’t know. You don’t know. No one knows. She’s her genius.”

“…”

What do you mean?

“It’s hard to explain in detail because I don’t know anything about it, but one thing’s for sure: there’s nothing good about touching her unnecessarily. Even if she’s left alone, she’s a woman who doesn’t show interest in the world and stays alone in her room.”

“Anyway, you’re telling me not to touch you?”

“Yes. There are still a lot of things to worry about, but if you think about such a monster being released to the midfield… Even ten bodies won’t be enough.”

I’m not sure if I’ll be able to beat her even with 10 people. Yeo Xiaoqian added, she decided not to think about it.

Because I already knew enough that the Heavenly Demon was an out-of-standard monster.

I was walking for a while without saying a word in such an awkward atmosphere

– Paused

“Everybody’s here. It’s him.”

Looking in the direction Yeo Xiaoqian pointed, I saw a person packing up her wagon.

She was a young-looking woman with a pretty naive impression.

Age guessed from appearance is early to mid 20’s?

Considering that warriors usually look younger than their actual age, it seemed that they could be a little older than that.

“I was expecting someone with a stern appearance, but I’m surprised?”

“Rather, that’s why it’s more suitable for the role. Originally, there are many people who are rather ordinary looking people who are competent? Maybe if you use beauty world as a professional?”

“That’s it too.”

On the outside, she seems pretty naive, so she doesn’t match the image of a merchant who trades with the Demonic Cult.

“Why? Are you excited to go in a carriage alone with a woman again?”

“…With him?”

She said, “Maybe she didn’t want to increase her unnecessary mouth, so she seems to be active without a company. If she’s first-class, she’s not in a state where she’ll scream and die, so she must have had enough confidence.”

I looked at the merchant woman once more at Yeo Xiaoqian’s words, mixed with her jealousy.

Of course, looking at it objectively, she is quite beautiful, but…

-Flat

‘Hmm.’

For one thing, it’s definitely not my taste.

And, objectively, she was quite a beauty, but it wasn’t enough to catch my eye as I had already risen as high as I could and pierced through the sky.

“…First of all, it’s not my taste.”

“…Certainly not to your liking. You can rest assured.”

“Wouldn’t that be rude to that person..?”

“…”

I felt apologetic for continuing the conversation longer than this, so I decided to stop the conversation.

And there are a lot of Asians who ride strangely around me, but rather, that level is normal in midfield.

“…Anyway, let’s go talk.”

“…Do your best.”

Of course, the conversation we just had was of that kind, so I felt sorry for asking for a ride, but I decided to be a little cruel because there were circumstances that I could not help.

* * *

“Hello, can I look at your stuff for a minute?”

I approached the woman who was sorting out my luggage pretending to be an ordinary customer and talked to her.

“Ah.. I’m sorry, because the delivery destination has been decided now.”

“Ayy, there won’t be any extras though. Judging by the amount, there are a lot of them.”

“This is all you have to deliver… Ah. If there is something you are looking for, please let me know. I’d rather introduce you to another merchant. I mainly do delivery, so the quality would be much better that way.”

“I’m really in a hurry right now, but how can it be?

“…Four times?”

Although they were trading with the Demonic Cult, it must have been difficult for them to resist the temptation of a 4x cigar price, since they were merchants.

“Hmm… Uh, come to think of it, there are extra items. Would you like to come in here for a second?”

The merchant cleared his throat, checked to see if there were other people around, and guided me into the carriage.

“So what did you say you were looking for?

She turned to me as she opened the box containing the product, and I loosened the rope I was holding inside my sleeve.

‘Tie it up.’

– Whiririk!

“Wow?!”

Looking at her white rope, which in an instant rushed at her as if she were alive and tied her up, she thought that it was definitely worth her points.

[Sacred Rope]

[It’s easy to tell the heathen apart! Tie it with a rope first! Then throw it into the lake! If you don’t have a decent lake, a moderately deep tank is fine! Afterwards, if you cut the rope and come out, it must have been unraveled by the power of the Saihan pagans, so stab it with a spear and burn it with oil! Yes? What if I can’t solve it? It’s okay! In fact, they must have been fish, not people! -A Heretic Questioner-]

Compared to the bloody explanation, the effect was simple, but it was the effect of automatically trapping opponents below a certain ability.

As a result of checking with Dang Ah-yeong, the rope alone could not be tied from the climax, so a person had to hold it down first before tying it, but below that, the rope alone was able to hold it down enough.

And its intensity is at a level that even the most skilled masters cannot easily break.

“Cow, sir? You’re very playful. Aren’t these pranks fun?”

There was no way that a person like Yeo So-cheon could misunderstand the realm, so at least one warrior who was only a first-class soldier could be subdued with just the existence of this rope.

But I’m not a first-class soldier for nothing?

Even in the midst of the ropes, the reaction speed of trying to shake off the body by reflexively moving was definitely beyond the realm of the general public.

Even so, it wasn’t enough to neutralize the goods from another world that I bought for hundreds of points.

“Come on. As I said beforehand, I have no intention of attacking or harming you. I have no intention of robbing you of anything.”

“What, what do you want? I’m just an ordinary merchant…”

“I heard that you are dealing with the Demonic Cult, is that true?”

“…!”

A look of bewilderment passed across my face for a moment, but it disappeared in an instant.

“What kind of bloody words are you talking about! There’s no way you can do business with a place like that?! I think you misunderstood people!”

She started acting unfairly as if she had no idea.

If it wasn’t for someone who came with certainty, I wouldn’t have noticed.

“Ah. I know everything, but let’s not pretend. Players.”

“So I’m wondering what the guest is talking about…”

“Do you know that you don’t know what you’re hiding in your arms?

“!!”

Oh, for reference, this is Gura.

I don’t know. Never seen it

However, if you think about it with common sense, there is no way that a first-class soldier who is doing the dangerous job of trading with the Demonic Cult wouldn’t hide anything in his arms.

Memorization, poison. It’s a job that has no choice but to have at least one emergency self-defense item that can be used at any time.

“That… Uh…”

As if my guess was true, her poker face began to crack.

And I decided to stop pushing at this point.

“I’m not trying to tell the coffin or the Murim League, so don’t worry. I came here because I needed help.”

“To?”

“Actually, I am this kind of person.”

I held out the letter I received from the Demonic Cult in front of her with a question mark on her face.

When she saw the seal of the Demonic Cult embedded in the corner of her correspondence, her eyes widened, and the fear faded from her expression, and relief began to appear.

“What is it? If they were of the same kind, they would say from the beginning that they were of the same kind. You were scared for nothing.

“If I hadn’t tied it up and had a conversation like this, it’s possible to imagine that a knife would have been draped in front of my neck from the start.”

“That’s true… Sheesh. Well, in Moorim, it’s the fault of the victim. You want me to take you to the Demonic Cult, right?”

“Yes. You know well.”

“Okay. I’ll take you there, so please release this now. I won’t even fight back.”

She sighed and turned her body around as if to ask for the rope to be undone.

“Why me?”

“…Yes?”

I’m sorry, but it was still.

“Where’s the guarantee that you won’t fight back?”

“Oh, I told you I wouldn’t!”

“But that’s just words. How can I believe that when you say ten words and ten words can be lies?”

“That’s… Hu… How are you going to believe me?”

“I’m a merchant, so I can speak well.”

The woman seemed to be trying to refute something, but she resigned herself and demanded negotiations.

“Well. There’s nothing difficult. All you have to do is sign here.”

As I said that, I opened one hand and lifted her palm upwards.

– Pong!

A piece of paper that appeared above it was handed out to the woman.

“…Eul cooperates in helping A to safely go to Makyo and return. Eul cannot inflict physical or mental harm on A. If the above is violated, Eul will die on the spot..?”

“How is it?”

“That… Even if I don’t sign it second, is this really effective…? That someone dies on the spot just because you broke a contract…”

“I don’t think there’s such a contract in the yard where there is a rope to tie people alone. It suddenly appeared on your hand just now.”

“…Now that you say that, I can understand it again.”

The woman had a somewhat reluctant expression on her face.

Of course it has to be.

It’s a situation that suddenly appears and makes you write a contract saying you’ll die if you don’t take me to the Demonic Church, but who wouldn’t mind?

“Read until the last line. I’m not such a bad person either.”

“…Except when the threat to A’s safety exceeds Eul’s ability. And when the above contract expires, A pays Eul 50 nyang of gold..?!”

“Are you willing to do something?”

“I’ll do it! I wish you well!”

“Now, put your thumbs up here. Thumbs up.”

Blue flames flew around her contract as she moved her bound woman’s hand to disrupt the contract.

Retrieving the rope that tied the woman who was looking at her contract with curious eyes, pulled her body out of her wagon and gave her thumb to Yeo So-cheon, who was watching from afar.

And..

[My compliment!]

And…

[I’m a warrior!! Praise me too!! I wrote it hard by hand!!]

‘…All right. Good job.’

[Lol.]

…I also praised the saintess who wrote on ‘normal’ paper like a contract and sent it for 1 point.

[You did a great job. When you collect the stamps, you let me take a picture like last time, right?]

‘…’

[Whoops.. If I collect 9 more times…]

I silently closed the shop window and cut off communication.

If I listened more, I felt like my mental strength level would go down.