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Chapter 182

182Hwa: Traveler Koo Dae-seong(1)

It was a field.

The only proper road is one large automobile road leading to the city. Even that was not maintained, so it was half hidden by thick bushes and weeds..

Every time I step on the broken stone floor, I feel a sharp pain. The boy holds his breath, as if he nevertheless believes that there will be life at the end of this rough road..

"Huh...! Heo Eok···!"

Just to survive, I hit the floor with all my might.

To find out where to go for help. When you meet someone······.

"Ugh···!"

Even the boy knows what a stupid idea that is..

Those lazy thugs think they are parasites.

They are beggars who set fire to mountains without paying taxes..

But they are abandoned.

People who have escaped from a land polluted by magic and are living helplessly without any help from the government..

Citizens who are so poor that they cannot survive unless they burn down mountains and cultivate slash-and-burn fields..

There is no way they would step forward to save themselves from being treated like that..

Because this country has been like this for a very long time..

still.

I heard a rumor.

A two-hour drive down the road to a town that sells agricultural products grown through slash-and-burn farming. My father, who met the village chief driving a truck and buying agricultural products, asked curiously:.

[I don't see many monsters in this area these days. Did the mercenaries do some work??]

The village chief laughed and shook his head..

[Those guys are the same as usual.]

[But why did the monsters decrease??]

[It's not confirmed, but these days, there are people walking around here catching monsters for free..]

They say they hunt monsters for free and protect people.?

Even though it is a rural area, it is a groundless rumor. But the little boy listened to the story as he toured the town with his father..

[What kind of people are they??]

The village chief, an old man, scratched his head and said a name that just came to mind..

[They say it's a knight's job....]

Article performance.

Even for the slash-and-burn farmers who live an underdeveloped life far removed from civilization, the story is too old and outdated..

[There are so many foolish people out there..]

Even they dismissed it as nonsense, but strangely enough, it was a story that was deeply embedded in the boy's mind..

Because he keeps the story, the boy runs.

"Ha, ha...! under···!"

Even in underdeveloped countries, mountainous areas. Running down an old, worn-out road with only traces of the paved road remaining..

"article! the article···!"

Just a little bit further, just a little further ahead, with the glow of the city in front of you.──

-Kaak!

A sharp sound passed through the boy's legs..

"ah···!"

A brief burst of breath, being thrown to the ground at the same speed at which you were running, a harsh shock hitting your entire body..

"Ah, ah, ugh···!"

I can't even scream because of the pain so much. My knee, which was the first shock, hurts like it's broken, and the soreness of my skin feels like it's been sliced ​​raw..

-key profit···!

Only the eardrums catch the sound while the whole body is in pain. The boy looked back at the fresh-blooded eyes watching him in the dark and took a deep breath..

"Oh, no. don't come···!"

they are beasts.

Unlike the wild beasts of the forest, monsters from the other world cannot even be defeated with firearms. If only we had something in common······.

It's just that the wild beasts of the forest and the monsters of the other world see themselves as prey..

"Save me······."

Even the boy knows painfully how meaningless those words are to the monster..

That his voice would not reach, that no one would listen to the boy's voice..

but······.

"Please save me! who! Someone please save me!!"

Even if there are no ears to hear, the boy must scream.

-Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

The moment the monsters opened their mouths and jumped towards the prey that was screaming meaninglessly.──

-Purhun!

With the sound of horses' hooves coming from somewhere, something flew through the air..

-Kkegaeng!

Phew! And a large spear stuck in the back of the monster's neck. At the same time, an urgent voice rouses the boy..

"hold my hand!"

The owner of the voice was a man on a horse. He stretched out his hand towards the boy, and the boy grabbed the arm..

"This is it!"

A man on a horse grabs the boy and runs away. Monsters are chasing him.

But the chase didn't last long. Because the speed at which the monsters hit the ground was much faster than the speed at which a horse could gallop with two people on top of it..

"Hehehe···!"

The moment the boy flinched from the approaching monsters, the man held him tightly and reassured him..

"It's okay, I'm not alone.."

"It's this way!"

There was a group of soldiers there. Primitive warriors armed with spears, swords and shields that are out of place in this modern era..

They open the road and let the men and boys on horseback through, then crowd together and raise their spear points like hedgehogs..

"Battle begins!"

The man on the horse shouted.

The boy looks up at the man with blurred eyes, thrilled by the string of hope he finally caught..

"You are a driver...?"

The man seemed embarrassed by the boy's innocent question, perhaps even more innocent than the boy.──

"That's what I'm trying to do."

talked about his dreams.

* * * *

"Whoa...! I think I'll buy it now!"

Captain Kim Do-han pours a whole bottle of water onto his sweaty face like it's raining. He looked at the people he had saved with tired faces..

"Manhakah!"

"dad!"

The boy I found while patrolling the road was a resident of a slash-and-burn village attacked by wild monsters..

"Thanks to Sir Yappy, I found it easily.."

"It's something I'm thankful for.."

Koo Dae-seong once again thanked Yapi for leading to communication. From beyond the communicator! I hear a cute mechanical sound..

-What are the test results of the new weapon??

In response to Yappy's question, Koo Dae-seong and Kim Do-han saw the near-futuristic firearms held by the Men at Arms soldiers..

"Is this an awesome deb show? It is much more stable and powerful than most magic bows.."

"It's like watching humans evolve from bows to guns.."

The basic formation of Men at Arms is sword soldiers, spear soldiers, and archers..

However, after the joining of the Kikiruk tribe and the establishment of Yakt Spinner's star iron processing workshop, experimental weapon systems began to be introduced..

"Wouldn’t it be enough to just arm all soldiers with this? I think it works well for the monsters at the gate.."

"But this doesn't actually work on high-ranking monsters. It's still nothing compared to the physical capabilities of high-ranking hunters. Especially the ‘knights’.."

As is widely known from Leon's example, Lionheart knights hate long-range weapons..

I don't say anything about free soldiers using long-range weapons, but I absolutely hate knights using such weapons..

At first glance, it may seem like anachronistic prejudice and arrogance, but the reason is simple..

"Isn’t it true that a knight who is weaker than a ranged weapon cannot be a knight? When you become a Holy Grail Knight, you won't even turn a blind eye to swarming an army with a weapon like this.."

They knew well that even such great weapons were meaningless in front of superhumans who did not meet the standards of knights... and Holy Grail Knights..

There was no need to go to the Holy Grail Guardian Leon, and besides the Holy Grail Knights like Yacht Spinner, Beatrice, and Vulcan, even just one Hari was a natural disaster itself..

"When will our old driver become like that?."

Even though he said this, Kim Do-han thought it was unrealistic..

Koo Dae-seong, the only knight in this unit, is a man of perseverance and perseverance, but he cannot be compared to people with natural talent like Han Ha-ri or Cheon So-yeon..

'Still, he's a guy who doesn't give up..'

Kim Do-han had hopes that Koo Dae-sung would finally achieve it..

"Anyway, I've been seeing a lot of monsters around here lately.."

"Well, isn't it because the gate management in Heilong People's Bureau is so bad? Besides, this is the former Korean Autonomous Region. It's called Yanbian. They are busy living their own lives, so they won't even take care of minorities.."

A couple of months ago, a combat unit from the Pantheon was dispatched to defend the breadbasket of Heilong People's State during the large-scale Gate incident..

Gu Dae-seong, a knight-errant, and hundreds of Men-at-Arms succeeded in defending the breadbasket with mercenary hunters hired by Yapi, but after seeing the reality of Heilong People's State with frequent dungeon breaks and people dying, Gu Dae-seong decided to stay..

The remaining 1 rider and 50 Men at Arms did a lot of work for two months..

"Anyway, let's finish this job and go to the city to get some rest. It's already December. Monsters will also be less active, so it will be okay.."

"Let's wander around a little more and survive the winter.."

Although the world is still abuzz with Leon and the Pantheon, Gu Daesung and his friends were also making a name for themselves in the Heilong People's Republic..

They tour the country, eliminating wild monsters for free and rescuing people..

It was like a knight's travel story from an old story, and there was coverage of their story that someone posted..

Koo Dae-sung refused to be interviewed, saying he was not the subject of such a topic..

"Mr. Gu! eat some corn here."

Kim Do-han offered Koo Dae-seong steamed corn served by the village residents..

"thank you for this food."

Koo Dae-seong looked shocked after eating steamed corn..

"what's the matter? It doesn't taste good?"

"No, corn is sweet and delicious. Sore······."

Kim Do-han chuckled as if he knew of his unfinished intentions..

"It doesn't feel like eating at a pantheon.."

"They say these people came all the way here after losing their land due to magical contamination.."

Monsters aren't the only thing that comes out when the gate causes a dungeon break..

The dense magic power inside the gate poured out, polluting the land..

Crops cannot grow and people cannot live on land contaminated with toxins..

So many people have lost their homes and this is probably one of those many people..

'If there is the blessing of Goddess Demera······.'

Demera, goddess of life and abundance. Her blessing purifies the land polluted by magic and blesses the crops growing within it..

Those who ate the crop did not get sick and their illnesses were cured..

As a knight, it was Gu Daeseong who served Ariana, the goddess of light and justice, and Petos, the god of war and flame, but isn't Demera, the goddess of life and abundance, what the common people need most??

'No, I cannot determine the superiority or inferiority of the gods..'

Koo Dae-seong blames himself for thinking blasphemous thoughts for a moment..

"Sir Yappy. The operation has been completed successfully, but I have one request to make.."

-Kikluk?

"Would you please send a priest of life and abundance from the pantheon? It would be good if there was someone in this area who could teach Goddess Demera's teachings..

-Currently, all the priests of Goddess Demera are busy. No spare manpower.

"Okay······."

Koo Dae-seong felt sorry. What these people, these grassroots people, needed most now was livable land..

Of course, it was urgent to kill the monsters around here, but the magical pollution was severe enough to force them into the mountains..

-Your Majesty told me to tell you.

"Your Majesty? Yes, I will obey the Emperor's command.."

-Teach them the laws of Demera and help them cultivate the land. That's what he said.

"It's me?"

Koo Dae-seong only knows Goddess Demera's code in words. Unlike the priests, including Master Choi of the Pantheon, what does a knight-errant who cannot even properly use the Holy Law teach?.

"Would it be okay to just write down the platform and spread the word??"

-yes.

"If that's all... I think it would be better to dispatch a proper priest later, when there is time.."

-considered.

That was the end of my communication with Yappy. Koo Dae-seong plans to spend the winter for a while after the Battle of Slash-and-burn Village. It wouldn't be a bad idea to wander around here for a while and spread the teachings of Goddess Demera..

I'm not sure if they will believe the teachings of the gods of the pantheon at all, but Gu Daesung decided to stick to what he can for now..

It took him a few days to travel around Heilong People's Country, where he had been touring so far, and spread the teachings of the Goddess..

-dripping!

"Are you there??"

Hotel in Yanbian. A man came to the hotel they were staying at..

"Who are you??"

"W, I heard that if you come here... you can meet compatriots from South Korea.."

he was north korean.