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Genius Warlock-Episode 703

703. occupied city (1)

“The world is going crazy.”

7 o'clock on Monday morning is when people are the angriest. A civil servant muttered while reading a newspaper a few days ago..

It's an unrelated story, but he seemed to be a high-ranking official with a fairly high rank..

why?

At a small scale, I could tell by looking at the table set in front of him, and at a large scale, by looking at where he lived..

On the table in front of him were fried eggs, mushrooms and beans, crispy bacon, plump sausages, black pudding, toast, hot cakes, hash browns, butter and jam, and coffee. The world's most perfect breakfast, proven in both taste and impact, was prepared..

It wasn't even a special day. That meant eating like this every day. It was something that low-level civil servants with poor salaries could not even dream of..

Of course, in Landa, a city of dreams, hopes, and corruption, it was possible through the blessing of 'bribery', but not this civil servant..

I could tell by looking at where he lived now..

This is District I, one of the upper-class residences where only the ruling class representing Landa, capitalists, businessmen, wizards, and politicians, can live..

This was an area that was difficult for a single public official to reach even if he accepted a bribe..

Not only was it realistically impossible to receive that much of a bribe, but even if he could, there was a higher chance that his stomach would burst and he would die before then..

There were only two ways for a civil servant to live here..

Either the family itself was rich, or they rose to a high-ranking position, such as a minister, and received the benefits of high-ranking civil servants provided by the city..

And this civil servant definitely fell into the second category..

After all, he was Landa's Minister of the Interior..

But the important thing here was not that he was a minister. Also, he wasn't fired for unknown reasons, nor was a listening device secretly installed in his house..

What was important right now was what he said..

Statement that the world is going crazy.

This could be seen just by looking at the first page of the newspaper..

[The Holy Law has disappeared! A prosperous country where the cursed disease has spread!! coming apocalypse?!!]

An exaggerated headline that seems to have been created to sell more copies of the newspaper. However, this was all true.

One day, an unprecedented situation in history suddenly occurred where all sacred laws disappeared..

Secretary of the Interior Paul Carver even saw it for himself..

Holy magic erupted from the bodies of the Holy Knights who were assisting the kingdom's army in searching for the army of the dead in the Landa sewer, and they were seen breaking away from their bodies and ascending into the night sky..

That unrealistic sight has still not been forgotten. The sight itself was incredible, but the moment the holy law left, the facial expressions on the paladins' faces were so grim..

It was as if human emotions of confusion and despair had been boiled down to the limit..

However, the emotions they showed were nothing compared to the aftermath of the disappearance of the sacred law..

The Holy Law was proof that the Father in heaven loved mankind, the authority of the Paterism, and the legitimacy of the chosen nation itself..

When that holy law disappeared, various problems and confusion arose all over the world as if they had been waiting for it..

The most representative of these were the sporadic riots that occurred along with rumors that the apocalypse had arrived. Riots that transcend regions and borders.

The government of the country where the riot occurred successfully suppressed it by mobilizing the police and military, but this did not solve the fundamental problem..

It was natural, since one of the invisible pillars that supported society had disappeared..

Each government and royal family of the selected countries asked each diocese and the Holy Emperor's Office to find out why this was happening..

Of course, the dioceses that manage some regions were unable to provide a proper answer to this, and the Holy Hwangcheong Office was no different..

The day after the disappearance of the Holy Law, news came out out of the blue that the devil had descended on Seonghwang City, the capital of the Paterism..

According to a newspaper article, it is unknown who summoned it, but it was said that during the prosperous period, various strange phenomena occurred and the devil descended..

It was said that the water turned to blood, swarms of frogs covered the ground, lice erupted everywhere, swarms of flies rained down from the sky, and evil and poisonous diseases invaded the prosperous kingdom..

Coincidentally, the photo attached to the newspaper article showed a photo of a citizen of Seonghwang City suffering from poisonous edema (skin disease)..

It looked absolutely horrible, as if the skin had turned inside out. Some people came to mind. For example, an anti-development committee that exists in Landa but is not governed by the city..

It may be an illusion, but there were many similarities between their hideously distorted appearance and the skin diseases of Seonghwangsi-guk people. This fact was quite disturbing. It really feels like the end is coming.

But Carver was soon able to give up that idea. He had the mentality of a Minister of the Interior, but there were still too many crazy things going on in the world to focus on just this..

It was a big deal that such a disaster should strike a prosperous country with many high-ranking people from each country, and there were even rumors that the devil had descended..

Some claimed that the citizens of Seonghwang City were hallucinating as a group or that it was a terrorist attack by a black magician, but the scale of the damage was beyond imagination..

Seonghwangcheong, known as the White Palace, collapsed, many cardinal priests died, and even the owner of Seonghwangcheong, Seonghwang, died. Worst of all, the holy law even disappeared..

When the Holy Law disappeared, many black magicians who had been hiding like cockroaches came out and carried out retaliatory terrorism, and in each colony, rebels who had learned black magic simultaneously attacked the colonial government agencies..

In the aftermath, public order worsened, various negative rumors spread, and stock prices fell. It wouldn't be surprising if the world were to end tomorrow. but.

“Could you please give me today's newspaper??”

Carver politely asked the man sitting at the table with him. Carver asked if he could give me the newspaper he paid for..

Even though he was a guest, the man handed it to him without saying anything, as if it were his own, and Carver didn't question it and read today's newspaper..

In contrast to the newspapers just a few days ago that contained only despair, despair, and even greater despair, today's newspapers contained hope..

The hope was the winged woman in the large photo on the front page of the newspaper..

[A child of an angel. descend to this land.]

A newspaper company that always overuses exclamation marks to increase circulation made a solemn headline by unusually refraining from using exclamation marks..

The article below contains the response of the Church of Paterism to the disappearance of the Holy Law. According to them, the reason the Holy Law disappeared was none other than the inevitable sacrifice for the birth of angel children..

To defeat the devil who descended on the Paterism..

Looking at this majestic sight beyond the photo, I felt like I could understand something, but at the same time, I was skeptical..

You wouldn't know this from an ordinary priest, but the high-ranking priests of the Pater Church are politicians who also immerse themselves in the world. Discriminatory thoughts should be avoided, but most politicians were liars..

It is not that politicians' personalities are all base, but that their professional characteristics are unavoidable..

Horok.

Carver read the newspaper and drank coffee on an empty stomach in the morning..

Normally, I would have drank coffee to relieve my thirst after eating a large breakfast, but today I did the opposite..

The world is going crazy, but isn't it possible to reverse the order of food??

“Isn't that right??”

After explaining his thoughts, Carver asked the man sitting at the same table for his opinion. So, to Dave the Fixer. he answered.

“well.”

***

lol.

Carver drank his coffee again. This is my second drink.

I was worried about my stomach after drinking two cups of coffee on an empty stomach, but I wasn't actually that worried..

When Albert, the second prince of the royal family, visited Landa, his stomach was not good due to overwork, and the Pied Piper broke in and single-handedly overturned the city. By the time the cleanup was over, the army of the dead came up from under Landa and invaded. . It is now occupied by the kingdom's army due to the army of the dead..

In short, Carver's stomach was already in tatters, so two cups of coffee on an empty stomach was nothing..

“Oh my god. save us.”

Carver made the sign of the cross. As Oliver looked at this in silence, he further explained. I somehow feel like it should be like that..

“I think everyone living in Landa, including me, will feel bad about their stomachs..”

“Is that so?”

“I thought everything was a little better now, but suddenly the army of the dead came up and overturned Landa, and now the kingdom army is stationed and playing host, so how can I keep my stomach??”

“is that a big deal?”

Oliver asked as usual. The nuance was a little different compared to the past. Rather than asking out of genuine curiosity, it felt more like a test. He didn't bother to ask. It felt like it had to be that way..

“Well, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Thanks to the Kingdom Army, I am having a leisurely day for the first time in a while..”

Carver, who was suddenly fired after suffering from overwork and was (forced) on vacation at home, pretended to be happy..

“However, it is unfortunate that the stock price fell. Although it's not as bad as the people who threw themselves into the Shem River not long ago, I also suffered some losses..”

Carver said and showed a page of the newspaper..

The stock status of Randa's major companies was recorded, and they all recorded beautiful declines..

“There's nothing we can do about it since the city has been battered by dead bodies..”

“I guess you don't like this situation..”

“I think I just said that I lost money on stocks.?”

“Is it really because of that??”

Oliver asks again. Carver thought for a moment and then opened his mouth..

“Before answering, let me ask you a question. Is it really safe from wiretapping??”

Carver asked, knowing that the kingdom's army was bugging his house..

Oliver nodded..

“Yes, no need to worry.”

“If so, you're lucky..”

“Do you believe me??”

“Yes, the person who entered and sat in this house under surveillance by the kingdom's military as if it were his own said that, so why wouldn't you believe it? I was just asking to confirm..”

When Carver woke up at 5 a.m., he remembered Oliver sitting in the chair across from him, waiting for him. When I think of that time, my heart feels like it's sinking..

“ha······. Back to the original story. You asked me if I didn’t like this situation.?”

“yes.”

“I don't like it. But it's not about money. It's unfortunate, but I didn't put that much money into stocks. However, I am sad that the cartoon I enjoyed disappearing..”

Carver opened and pointed to a page of the newspaper he was reading. It is now filled with advertisements, but originally there was a four-panel cartoon called.

Oliver also knew that he reads the newspaper every day..

“Why did you disappear??”

“It was removed from the kingdom’s army. It's a cartoon that mainly deals with satire, but it also touched on the royal family a few times in the past. So much so that there were several informal protests..”

I also remember seeing Oliver a few times..

For example, the kind and beautiful queen of a kingdom bakes drugs in an oven and sells them to the colony under the guise of cake. For your information, I thought it was fun.

“I've hated this for a long time. The cartoons you enjoy watching every morning are disappearing because some people find them inconvenient. Very unpleasant. What can I say? It seems like they are the only ones who see the rest as human-like..”

Carver refilled his empty coffee cup and gulped down his third cup of coffee..

“That's why I live in Landa. I don't want my life to be interfered with by a few uncomfortable people. It's not necessarily because of that..”

Oliver didn't ask what else there was, but Carver explained it even though he didn't ask..

“When I served in the military, I didn't like that either. When someone mentions Her Majesty the Queen, everyone stands up, kicks the ground, and stands at attention. It's humiliating, like a dog wagging its tail. By the same token, I don't like it when the Queen waves the flag and shouts every time she marches. Some people may yell at us not to waste our tax money, but that doesn't work well outside of this city. But now that they are trying to make it more and more like that, how can I not hate this situation??”

I was able to get the gist of what was being said. As expected, Carver did not like the idea of ​​the Free City being deprived of its freedom. That's a lot too.

“Thanks for the detailed answer.”

“No, isn't Fixer Dave an ally of Landa City, at least unofficially? I have to give you an answer like this. If not, I would have reported it. Although it's unofficial, a wanted list has been dropped for Mr. Dave. Just reporting it costs 1 billion won. The minister's salary is not that high, so the temptation doesn't go away..”

“Is that so?”

“Just because you're a minister doesn't mean you make good money. This is also a loan from a bank..”

“No, my bounty..”

“A lot of warlocks with criminal records are trying to contact you. Among the dogs, there is even a family of warlocks belonging to the Black Hand. With that in mind, let me ask you a question. I also explained it nicely..”

“Let's do it.”

“Hmm, I'm not sure what to ask about this first. There are so many things to ask... Oh, is the end really coming? And what does the apocalypse have to do with Mr. Dave??”