Genius Warlock-Episode 576
576. empty city (5)
“and······. How on earth is this possible??”
Vienna City Hall waiting room.
Lee Wan looked at the Big Mouse and muttered in fascination..
“say it again.”
What Iwan found interesting was that Big Mouth spoke human language right after the negotiation with Jack..
‘Big Mouth. Please take out some gold.’
‘uh? no.’
Lee Wan, who was lying down pretending to faint, showed such strong curiosity that he raised his head, and that curiosity was still maintained..
Indeed, he looked like a craftsman..
“Kurururu.”
Big Mouth, who was actually the person of interest, just looked at Oliver as if he was annoyed and asked him to clean it up..
“What is he saying now?”
“They say it's annoying.”
“As expected from a black magic item, it's cheeky. Why don't you speak like a human and make noises like a toad??”
“well? I don't know either... Maybe I'm not in the mood?”
“mood?”
“yes······. When I asked him to take out the gold bars, he showed strong reluctance..”
It was like that. When asked to take out gold bars to compensate for the shattered pub and surrounding buildings, Big Mouth showed genuine refusal..
Fortunately, Oliver was able to persuade me well, take out the gold bars, and end things on a good note..
“It's an emotion······.”
Lee Wan pointed out the keyword and thought seriously. Truly professional looking.
After much deliberation, he attempted a professional approach..
“eye poke.”
Iwan shouted the name of the technique and suddenly stabbed one of Big Mouth's numerous eyeballs with his index finger..
Big Mouth's screams echoed in the waiting room..
“Wow!!”
“It was good. If you poke your eyeball - keaaaaaaaaaa!”
Just as Iwan was happy by snapping his fingers, Big Mouse raised his index and middle fingers and stabbed Iwan's eyes..
Ewan rolls around on the floor, covering his eyes with both hands. Big Mouth kicked the relaxation, and Oliver drank coffee..
“sick! sick! Stop it! Stop me!!”
Iwan shouted at the heavy kick of Big Mouth, who had honed his skills by fighting several gluttonous sacs. Only then did Oliver calm Big Mouth down..
“Kurururururuk!!”
“What is he saying now?”
Lee Wan, who barely got up and regained his vision by rubbing his eyes, asked.
“Even though the errands are done, he asks why I'm bothering him by not putting it in... Big Mouth, please be patient. I still have work to do.”
Oliver asked for Big Mouth's understanding..
Big Mouse didn't like it, but he reluctantly tolerated it and sat down in a corner..
“Lee Wan, please don’t bother Big Mouth too much..”
“Didn't you see who got hit just now? ······It was really made by Smith.?”
smith. Iwan's disciple and a black magic craftsman whom Oliver met at the Gray Market..
Oliver commissioned the Smith to create Big Mouth..
“Yes, I commissioned it from Landa when I first debuted as a problem solver. I want to store things more easily..”
“her······. Then you don't understand it even more? There's no way Smith could make something like that.?”
“Why do you think so? I don't know much, but I think Mr. Smith is a skilled craftsman.?”
Oliver said with sincerity. As proof of this, he partnered with Forest to create a black magic workshop in Area X and was running it well..
He said he gained not only employees but also many disciples..
“The skills are good, but there is nothing special about them. smith that bastard.”
“It's special?”
“Literally. He has good fundamentals and is sincere, but on the other hand, there is nothing special about him. Black magic is also a discipline that is greatly influenced by talent, just like the creative field. you know what i mean?”
Oliver nodded..
It is said that it requires less talent than magic because it is easier for the lower class to access, and while this may be true to some extent, black magic was also a discipline that was greatly influenced by talent once it reached a certain level..
The firearms class was influenced by fighting spirit and murderous intent, the manipulation class was influenced by intellectual ability and dexterity, the disease class was influenced by excellent bodies and senses, and the creative class was influenced by creativity, will, and temperament..
“Creating black magic items is no different. You need something special. Even if the basic functions can be imitated to some extent, the special functions are a different story. If it were an issue like the capacity of the glutton sac, it would be understandable, but a glutton sac that speaks human language is not something Smith can make..”
Ewan finished speaking and glanced at Oliver..
“Why are you doing that??”
“Because it's suspicious. They say that if the person who made it is not the problem, the person who has it is the problem. Be honest. What did you do??”
Oliver thought for a moment and shook his head..
“well? There is nothing to point out.”
“The original culprit is in denial..”
“Is it so surprising that Big Mouth speaks??”
“Of course it's amazing!”
Lee Wan spoke with all his heart..
“It's like a pig with wings. It may not seem like a big deal, but it can't happen... Well, since I'm with you, it's not that surprising..”
“hmm······. I don't know. I didn't really do anything. All I did was always respect Big Mouth and ask him to do some work when needed..”
Both Ewan and Big Mouth narrowed their eyes..
“······Why do you let feelings of doubt shine through??”
“Why do you think?”
“Sigh!”
Ewan and Big Mouth suddenly become one and push Oliver forward..
Oliver complained of injustice..
“They store things a little too much and make them do some work, but that kind of attitude is unfair. They give you money every time you work..”
“how much?”
“1One Landa banknote..”
“Scrooge is here. And because of how long you keep things, you even use the expression that it's a bit excessive.?”
“Nothing special. Money, firearms, gold, jewels, potions, herbs, large amounts of blood, Theodore's flesh, several tanks of different sizes, test tubes, various work tools, experiment tools, dozens of corpses, including the human meat chef's corpse, and emotions. , magical power, black magic books and magic books, other cultural books, books of the devil, 40 boxes of calorie bars, large quantities of ham and bacon, beef jerky, meat, flesh remains of summoned beasts summoned by the prince candidate of the Swan Church, vegetables, Eggs, camping cookware, chocolate and cookies, coffee, coffee cup, kettle-”
“-wait for a sec.”
Ewan stopped listening and suddenly stopped Oliver..
“It didn't seem like a big deal, but it seemed like there were a few big things in there.?”
“What are you talking about??”
“What kind of thing is there! Don't act like you don't know anything. The devil's book, the corpse of the human flesh cook, what kind of flesh did you say?!!”
“······Oh, if I were to explain it, it would be a bit long... but somehow it ended up like that....”
Compared to the topic, the tone is dull and dull..
Lee Wan shouted, “Fuck you,” and massaged his forehead with both hands. And, uncharacteristically, he couldn't say anything, as if he was speechless..
A moment later, just as Iwan was about to argue about this, the sound of rusty hinges was heard..
Gigi Geek.
At the sound of the unmaintained city hall waiting room door opening, everyone's eyes, including Oliver's, naturally turned towards the door..
Between the open doors. A woman appears with a scar on one eye.
He was a civil servant working at city hall, and was dressed quite informally for a civil servant..
“ha······. The mayor has arrived.”
***
Again. Again. Again.
widely. widely. widely.
Trudging. Trudging. plod.
thud. thud. thud.
City hall on the outskirts of Bean City.
Oliver was walking down the hallway of the city hall..
Unlike Landa's public buildings, the city hall was very simple, and the employees dressed freely and informally..
“Where has Gagbalom's bastard gone?! Where did you go??!”
“I jumped out of fear that the manager would come..”
“You bastards of salary thieves! Barbara that bitch!?”
“I said I was tired so I went to rest for a while..”
“There is no one working properly in this crazy city.?!!”
It was very open, and Ewan spoke to Oliver who was watching..
“······If you put all those things in one place, it makes sense what the glutton says. If I had just put it in a wooden box, the wooden box would have talked..”
“What do you mean?”
“I'm being sarcastic, asking how they thought of putting the devil's books, the corpse of a gangster, and the flesh of a demon-worshipping cult's summons in one place..”
“well? Even if you ask why, the book and body were originally kept by Big Mouth..”
“There is something called a bookshelf. What an amazing piece of furniture to store books. I never thought about keeping it there.?”
“Do not worry. I also put the bookshelf in Big Mouth’s hands..”
“······Maybe the glutton is really talking because of you. Because it’s frustrating.”
“big mouth.”
“what?”
“His name is Big Mouth. A bag of gluttons. Please call me Big Mouth..”
Iwan looked at Big Mouse following him and then looked at Oliver again..
“why me?”
“Big Mouth prefers to be called by his name. When I first met him, he asked me for his name..”
Oliver explained, recalling the first time he met Big Mouth..
Just as Lee Wan was about to become interested in that fact again, a drawn-out voice typical of a civil servant rang out..
“Haam... Here it is. mayor's office.”
A female civil servant said, pointing to a door that is more luxurious than other doors..
Oliver, Lee Wan, and the glutton opened the door and went inside, and an unbalanced scene unfolded, with the shabby interior decorated with expensive furniture..
“I'm sorry I'm late.”
A simple-looking young man in an unbalanced room approached and immediately extended his hand to Oliver..
He had brown hair combed to one side, a slim figure, and was in his early to mid-twenties, no matter how old he was. Oliver greeted him by holding his hand without hesitation..
“no. Mr. Jack. I just want to thank you for meeting me here..”
Oliver followed the handshake method he learned at Angel's House and shook the other person's hand so as not to offend them..
As if there was something wrong, Jack put some pressure on his hand and raised one eyebrow..
“······You're not surprised..”
“I was surprised. Because you are younger than I thought..”
“ah······. By the way, you recognized me as Jack..”
“It was the same feeling I saw through the corpse doll..”
Although Jack didn't show it on the outside, he was quite surprised on the inside. It's hard to find someone who can see emotions this delicately, even here in Vienna City..
From the beginning, I wondered if it made sense to distinguish people based on emotions..
“I'm starting to think I did a good job negotiating. I apologize again for being late. I was there to take a quick look at the geese I was raising..”
“Does the mayor raise his own geese??”
“yes······. Because it’s one of the city’s core projects..”
“······?”
Oliver tilted his head. It was somewhat incomprehensible that raising geese was one of the city's core businesses..
Meanwhile, Jack said hello to Ewan as well..
“······It’s been a while since Uncle Kong.”
“Yeah, it's been a really long time. Enviously, you are still the same as before.”
“The same goes for Mr. Bean..”
It was a meaningful conversation.
As expected, the history of Vienna City is approximately 60 years, and the mayoral position has been held by Jack ever since the city was founded..
No matter how you think about it, Jack should have reached old age, but not only did he maintain the appearance of a young man, but his vitality was also abnormally strong. Comparable to giants.
Everything was full of doubts.
“It's a bit awkward to stand and talk, so why don't we all sit down and talk??”
At Jack's suggestion, Ewan and Oliver sat on the sofa without saying anything..
Personally, I was curious, but it was a personal question. Oliver had more urgent matters than that..
“Here is coffee... If it's okay, can I go straight to work??”
Jack, who made his own coffee, suggested. Oliver agreed..
“thank you Actually, people are anxious because of the commotion earlier, so we have to proceed quickly... First, let’s double-check what we want to trade. What Dave wants is to call Captain Hook and make peace with Uncle Kong.?”
“yes.”
“In return, he said he would provide sufficient financial compensation and solve the city's food problem..”
“yes.”
Oliver answered briefly and clearly. It seems like it's no big deal. But that attitude puzzled even Jack, who founded the city in his early twenties..
“first of all······. I believe that you will be compensated. Because I saw the gold bar earlier..”
By persuading Big Mouth, whom Jack mentioned earlier, and distributing the gold bars he had taken out to the bar owners, Oliver used his overwhelming wealth to erase the feelings of resentment and create feelings of gratitude towards those who lost their homes in an instant..
“I heard that you have acquired a large portion of the Meat Chef's legacy. I guess this is true. Well, the business in Area X is growing day by day... However, the second suggestion is questionable..”
“food······. Are you saying?”
“Yes, don't get me wrong. I'm not doubting Dave's credibility. However, it is difficult to believe that no matter how much money you have, you can provide food at the city level. Aside from the money, how are you going to get that huge amount of food here??”
It was a reasonable question. Buying food with money and moving it were two different things..
Time and distance. Areas that money cannot control.
Above all, Vienna City's distribution network was now disrupted by a sea monster. The reason for the food shortage is that the smugglers did not move due to sea monsters..
But Oliver's answer was so simple.
“I have a bunch of scrolls with portal magic, and I'm thinking of buying them..”
“······.”
Jack was speechless and silent..
Portal, one of the spatial magics. Distribution of goods using this was an area that everyone dreamed of and gave up on..
This is because the cost of opening and maintaining the portal increases as the weight, size, and mass of the object passing through the portal increases..
However, Oliver gave an unusual answer, either because he didn't know this or because he had solved it..
“hmm······. I have a lot of questions to ask, but where are you going to get that much food??”
Oliver replied, pointing to Big Mouth..
“I'll bring it to Big Mouth..”
“Sigh?!”
Big Mouth is astonished. Big Mouth wasn't the only one surprised..
Jack also looked surprised, and Ewan also showed interest..
“That glutton alone.?”
“yes······. big mouth.”
Seeing is worth hearing. Oliver asked Big Mouth a favor..
Big Mouth was annoyed when something happened again, but he looked at Oliver's face and reluctantly started spitting out the contents inside..
“kueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
Big Mouth's cry rang out for a very long time, and each time it rang, bags were piled up in the mayor's office..
40Box of calorie bars in three flavors, chocolate, cookies, bacon, jerky, sausage, ham, meat, various vegetables, bread, pepper, salt, various seasonings, etc..
The variety and quantity were enough to fill a quarter of the mayor's office..
Even considering the size of the gluttonous bag, the amount is beyond common sense..
Lee Wan asked.
“Where can I take refuge??”
“Recently... My hunger has increased. Anyway, if you decide, you can put in more food than this, so if you work hard, I think I can help with the food shortage. How is it?”
Jack didn't answer right away and thought about it..
Actually, there were many things to consider. Even if you load a large amount of food through Big Mouth, you have to pay a cost proportional to the food when crossing the portal. How will this be resolved?.
However, instead of pointing out each of those facts, Jack wanted to have a more productive conversation..
“That glutton... Did Mr. Bean make it??”
“No, my student made it. It's Smith.”
“You seem to be a highly skilled student? I see that they made a glutton bag to hold that much capacity..”
Jack compared Big Mouse with the food Big Mouse took out. The simple volume alone seemed to be over a hundred times larger, but there seemed to still be room to spare..
Even considering the size of the glutton’s sac, the capacity was ridiculous..
“No, he is a talented guy, but not to that level. Even I can't make a glutton of that level. Unless you make a mistake.”
“then······?”
“This guy knows.”
Ewan pointed at Oliver without hesitation..
Jack's gaze naturally turned to Oliver, and Oliver responded as if it was no big deal..
“The glutton bag has been strengthened. I think it would be nice if it could contain more..”
“How did you strengthen it??”
“By making them eat gluttonous bags of the same size..”
flinch.
Jack and Ewan flinched reflexively. The method Oliver described was a way to strengthen black magic items, and at the same time, it was a dangerous method, so it was a kind of taboo..
Black magic items that prey on their own kind have a significant increase in performance, intelligence, and aggressiveness, threatening their owners. So, it was a method that was rarely used even in Vienna City, the city of warlocks..
Jack, the mayor of Vienna City, asked.
“Did they really make the big mice fight each other and eat each other??”
“yes. We strengthened it step by step in this way: one-on-one and two-on-one..”
Oliver kindly explained that they didn't just make him fight, but put him in a harsher environment..
“In that case, that level of performance is acceptable. devilish bastard.”
“yes?”
“yes? What! You made the gluttons fight among themselves and eat each other.?”
“This is a matter agreed upon..”
Oliver said, and Big Mouth shook his head..
Ewan repeatedly accused Oliver of being a terrible guy, and Oliver protested that he was innocent. Then Jack asked a question.
“Are you threatening me??”
“It's a threat?”
“The more powerful a black magic item is, the less likely it is to listen to its owner and even threaten his or her life..”
“I know.”
“That's why we don't strengthen it through predation of its own kind. Such black magic items become even more aggressive towards their owners... How did you tame it??”
The greed that had shined when Jack saw Ewan shined once again..
The performance of the glutton sac, enhanced through predation on its own kind, and the technology to tame it are coveted. Oliver answered.
“Respect and reward.”
“You mean there isn't one.”
“I'm serious. Mr. Lee Wan. Big Mouth has never once threatened me since I first got him. On the contrary, it helped me well..”
“Kurururu······.”
Big Mouth sighed. It's as if we're facing a disaster that we can't do anything about..
Jack also had a hunch that there was no concrete way. I looked sad at this, and then Oliver made a suggestion..
“I'm not sure, but I think I know a way to tame another cannibalistic glutton..”
“what is that?”
Jack was immediately interested..
“Let's fight Big Mouth..”
Oliver said, pointing at Big Mouse with his thumb. Everyone's eyes were on Big Mouth, and Big Mouth reacted by asking what kind of bullshit this was..
***
A week later.
“Big Mouth. Go for it.”
Empty City Randomly installed fighting arena Solitude (蠱毒). Oliver, who was sitting in the stands there, cheered for Big Mouth..
Big Mouth shouted, facing ten gluttonous pouches strengthened through predation of their own kind..
“Holy shit-!”
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