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Chapter 66

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After finishing his meal, Leon prayed in front of the altar..

For Leon, prayer time is not just a time to recite wishes and express gratitude..

He communicates with the gods, converses directly with them and acts as their agent..

The gods will surely answer his prayers.

[Leon, my knight. Your goddess awaits your prayers.]

'Hey Ariana..'

Leon posted today's report. An act similar to regular business reporting. Leon was the first to push for their comfort..

'Goddess. Sir Geobrick, what is their condition??'

The souls of the knights and soldiers that Leon recovered by remaining at the gate until the end. The gods welcomed it.

If you are safely delivered to paradise, there is no need to worry.…….

[Their souls were polluted by evil things. The gods themselves are purifying the souls and leading them one by one to paradise..]

'Thank goodness.'

As Leon sighed in relief, the goddess said.

[It's my knight. You seem to have no energy lately..]

'It's nothing to worry about. I'm just a little tired.'

[Your goddess is very worried about you, Leon. You've served too long, you've fought too long.]

'I just did what I had to do.'

[Is there any place in the world where such a fight is warranted? Your goddess is full of debt and is extremely heavy..]

Leon was happy to hear Ariana's worries, but asked lightly to ease the goddess's worries..

'Are other gods like this too??'

[Hmph, I hope you spread your reputation even further in this war without any delicacy. Recently, it seems that Cheol is also involved in the matter..]

'I feel relieved that you have something to do..'

[If you think about it, I heard that your dream has something prepared for you. This must be conveyed through the new director..]

Leon seemed to know how Fl, the god of dreams and death, would convey the message..

If Fl is just delivering a message, he can deliver it directly to Leon..

But if it's a prophecy, it's a different story.

Fl is a goddess who presides over death and the underworld, but she also intervenes in dreams to make prophecies and show fragments of the future..

It was usually passed down through the head of the priesthood, and the kings of all ages did not take that prophecy lightly..

'Something big will happen soon.'

[My knight's fatigue has reached its peak, and your goddess's heart is heavy as she seems to be burdened even more..]

For a time, the goddess delivered messages on behalf of the gods of the pantheon. Then Ariana said.

[My knight, your service pleases the gods, but even those who watch have many concerns..]

'Sorry for the inconvenience..'

[Relax and enjoy entertainment. You ran without stopping for 200 years. It's time to take a little break.]

'It's entertainment... It's been a long time since I heard this..'

[Yes, it seems there is a lot of entertainment in this day and age, but I'm not sure if my article will be of any interest. But wouldn't the best entertainment remain the same throughout the times and the world?.]

'Is there such a thing??'

[hugging a woman.]

'…….'

Leon did not respond to the goddess' words. I couldn't do it exactly.

[In the eyes of your goddess, the queen is a good match. Moreover, her beauty is admirable even to her ‘love’..]

'……Goddess.'

[Otherwise, what about that red-haired girl? This is the child that ‘war’ has its eyes on. If you do that, you will be worthy of receiving the blessings of the Lion-Hearted King..]

'She is a pale young girl. How can you say that?.'

[In essence, humans are capable of relieving pleasure by embracing the opposite sex. In order to exalt the glorious name of the Lion-Hearted King here as well, shouldn't the royal family be rebuilt as soon as possible?.]

Leon shook his head and, in a rare gesture, blurted out the goddess's words. and──

"Your Majesty, your Majesty! I have prepared something──Ugh.!"

Hari runs towards Leon but stumbles on the threshold. Such obscene behavior with superhuman physical abilities... … There is no such thing as a little boy left in the river..

"Tsk tsk. What happened?."

"I have prepared something for you, Your Majesty! I received advice and help from Sir Yappy.."

"……."

Hari planned something with Yapi. Leon suddenly remembered the maid's uniform that he had been wearing before, ranked No. 1 by big data..

"And if you wear such obscene clothes, I will strip you naked and make you walk around the town standing on your head.."

"My, my dignity.?"

"Could it be that you prepared clothes like that again??"

"no! No!"

Hari shook his head and denied it..

* * * *

The place Hari arrived at, saying he had something prepared, was Wen Gate. Hunter Association employees were waiting for the two people there..

"Are you here, Your Majesty?."

Hunter's strategy team, including Manager Jinsoo Kim. They are heavily armed and waiting for Leon..

"What happened?."

"yep! Ha! In fact, we gathered here to support Deputy Han Ha-ri, who planned this event, and to repay His Majesty at the association level.!"

"hmm?"

planning? What does that mean? Leon didn't know much about Hari because he brought him here as a surprise gift..

To be honest, I came because I thought it wouldn't be a stupid thing to do since Yapi also cooperated.…….

"Please enter the gate first.!"

The gate where Hari entered triumphantly. There is a vast forest spreading out there..

"Where is this place??"

"This is a training gate managed at the association level.."

The association maintains several gates for training and business purposes..

Like the Seoul Station gate, there were not only gates for testing the hunters' grades, but also several gates for training of the attack team operated by the company..

One of them was reserved for Leon..

"Now I would like to introduce the gate. The characteristic of this gate is that it is an area called the Water Sea, where various animals, plants and monsters appear.."

Since the gate level is only green, there are no dangerous monsters. The association also visits this place for local adaptation training, and most importantly, it seems that medicinal herbs that only grow here are regenerated..

"Small animals get 1 point! Medium size is 3 points! Occasionally found orcs are worth 10 points!"

"Hmm… In short, is it hunting?."

"yep! It's a repetitive gate that respawns over time anyway, so don't worry and just hunt as much as you want.!"

Leon knew why Hari had brought him here. It was a hunt..

"It was just a guess, but I thought hunting would have been popular where Your Majesty lived.."

"So you prepared a hunting ground for the screening of luggage? something special."

How could you have thought that?.

Leon knew what Hari’s intentions were. He hid it, but it seems that his gloomy attitude was visible to this child..

Come to think of it, the goddess also told us to take a rest..

"hunt… It's hunting……."

Indeed, it has been two hundred years. As Hari guessed, the pastime of knights and nobles in the Kingdom of Lionheart is hunting..

Refine your body, win the competition with flying colors, and dedicate your victory to God..

Although there was no time to enjoy it due to the war with numerous demons, enjoying the thrill of hunting was a noble virtue..

"Are they scammers? You're holding an instrument.."

To be exact, it was a gonggari. Heavily armed hunters entered with loud equipment in order to herd their prey and push them in..

Yes, to make hunting fun, you need a chaser..

Leon smiled and asked Hari..

"Did I mention there are orcs too??"

"yep! That's why everyone was fully armed.!"

"Let’s make it three instead of a bear.."

Leon rode his horse. Soon after, the association employees, who claimed to be scammers, began to sound loudly..

* * * *

The Thick Claw tribe are forest orcs who live in the forest and lead a peaceful hunting life..

They worship the forest gods, offer them live sacrifices, and claim to be forest managers..

-Wow!!

A scream echoing through the dense forest. A loud burst of laughter covers him..

"Hahaha! Damn big axes! How dare you hunt in our territory? I haven't had enough game lately, but your forearms will be enough to make a meal.!"

"First, take off the skin from your face! Skulls should be offered to God!"

What they are hunting is the same Orc tribe. They are waging a bloody slaughter war with other orc tribes due to forest territory issues that have recently begun to intensify..

Forest Orcs, which do not have a large population, could have chosen to coexist, but the Orcs resolve everything through war..

There is no coexistence between them; only battle and slaughter enforce their wishes..

-Gradually!

"hmm? What does this mean??"

"A wild boar runs and shouts loudly.……."

The moment the Orc hunters from the Thick Claw tribe tilted their heads in the direction of the sound, a huge presence suddenly appeared..

"uh?"

A white giant. It is a window with a delicate and beautiful engraving that is incomparable to the crude objects of the forest.──

-Kuhehe!?

Pierced the heart of a forest oak..

-What, what?!

-It's an intruder!

Screams pour out due to the lack of thick bright saws. A knight appeared from nowhere and hunted orcs..

"Hahahaha! Hunting rather than fighting has its own charm.."

"Who are you?!"

"human being! How dare you kill our tribe members?!"

"kill it!"

Forest orcs rushed in. But the opponent is the highest Grail Guardian among the Holy Grail Knights..

The Orcs, who totaled less than 40 tribesmen, were unilaterally swept away..

"Also, run away.!"

"It's a monster! run away!"

The orcs tried to flee into the forest as the battle was one-sided. As long as he's alone and using melee weapons, he won't be able to hunt down the entire tribe after all..

-hiss!

"Hehehe!"

An orc that was running away was knocked down by an arrow piercing its neck..

"Let’s apply it! Bent?!"

Orcs falling down from arrows fired one after another. Thanks to their thick leather, they can withstand quite a few arrows with their bodies, but due to their mysterious bow skills, they hit a vital spot and fell to the ground..

With only a few of the tribe's orcs barely able to escape into the forest, Leon got off his horse..

"If you hunted, you should take a token.."

Leon pulled out the molar of the dead orc and put it in his pocket. The pockets are already full of orc molars..

"Mmm……."

Hari, who followed to the village where the catastrophe occurred, got off his horse and smiled awkwardly..

"Wow, you are good at shooting a bow.?"

As Hari remembers, Leon is a long-distance hater who is known in the association. That's why I didn't prepare a bow and arrows for Leon to use on this hunt..

However, after annihilating the first orc village, Leon took the bow and arrows from the orc hunters and used them to hunt orcs..

However, for someone who hates long-range weapons, he is surprisingly good at shooting bows..

"There is a misunderstanding. Just because you're a knight doesn't mean you don't know how to use ranged weapons.."

"that… song?"

"Hunting is a nobleman's virtue and pastime. How can you hunt only with spears and swords?."

Knights, especially knights of voyage or knights who frequently wander, must secure their own food even in remote areas..

Knights had no choice but to become masters of hunting, and of course they also shot bows and arrows..

"A bow is a weak weapon for killing monsters, but it is sufficient for killing prey.."

"Makes sense… There is. But this… Really good shot."

Leon chuckled at Hari’s honest admiration..

"Jim was famous as the greatest tournament champion of all time, but he was also the second-best hunter of his time. Occasionally I won a hunting competition.."

"Your Majesty is the second? So the first one was another Holy Grail Knight??"

"Hmm, it's ambiguous to call him a Holy Grail Knight. Although he was blessed by the moon and the goddess of the hunt, he was a hunter rather than a knight.."

Leon recalled memories of the past. When the kingdom was still at peace, before it was invaded by demons..

The kingdom's most powerful knights and nobles participated in the competition, where they showed off their might..

"The priest of the moon and hunting. She was a saint. Her bow is like a shooting star; if she shoots it to its fullest she will be able to cross the ridge of the mountain.."

"Ex……."

What kind of nonsense is that? Hari knew well what those who are favored by God can do. .

50It splits a huge bear exceeding 100 m tall and sweeps away hundreds of demons with a single breakthrough. Right now, Leon is the living proof of that..

And it was clearly confirmed at the Jeju Island gate that a person with this level of power is classified as a 'Holy Grail Knight' level, rather than the pinnacle..

"however… Did you really have to hunt only orcs like this? There is no point in preparing a chaser after so long.."

"I'm sorry about that. However, if there is a bear in the forest, how can one hunt a rabbit? If you want to win first place in a competition, you have to aim for the big guns.."

It completely views the orcs as if they were prey. Hari smiled bitterly..

"There's the body of the tribal leader over there. I can sense the power of witchcraft, so I guess he has some good stuff.."

"Oh, it's true. Wow, is this precious? It's a shaman's totem. It's not a commonly dropped item.."

"Sell ​​it and hand it over to the employees who acted as scammers.."

"uh? Hey, is it okay with you? This is pretty good stuff. I'll do 100 million."

"It will be a small reward to those who came to train their dogs on other days.."

"Big, big…!"

Hari cleared his throat at the explicit expression. It certainly was..

Hari only asked the association for a gate to be provided as a hunting ground for Leon, and did not ask for anything more..

The reason why employees who were in the middle of work were mobilized as chasers was due to the pressure of the upper level of the association to make Leon look good..

It is easy to mobilize subordinates anywhere..

It is important for their organization to be seen well by Leon, but what crime is it that the salaried workers are sweating profusely and having a hard time at the gate?.

"Anyway, the footprints of the orcs who ran away continue.."

"Would you like to hunt more? According to the mapped information, the orc village was completely destroyed.……."

"then. Those animals pollute the forest with their breath, so how can we ignore it? Even if it's fake, the orc must be killed.."

"ha……."

Leon handed the orc's bow and quiver of arrows to Hari, who sighed..

"If you want to become a knight, you have to do everything well. Let’s practice bowing today.."

"Umm… I've only ever used a bow during an aptitude test when I was attending the academy.."

Hari feels awkward, saying that her skills are low. Leon patted Hari on the shoulder and laughed..

"I'll teach you the basics.."

"Is that so??"

Hari smiled slightly at Leon’s words..

"I'm glad you're feeling better though.."

"……."

Anyone who sat on the throne would offer jesters and treasures to gauge his mood. I remember always treating it mechanically because it was no different from everyday life..

But Hari did this purely to cheer himself up. There was no desire or desire.

"Well, it's amazing.."

"yes? I didn't hear you well.?"

"Kill at least three orcs. If you don't do that, you will be shocked.."

"ancient?! I haven't shot that bow a few times, my dear.!"

Leon running a horse. Hari quickly ran after him..

* * * *

A few days later, Hari smiled and walked around the Pantheon headquarters building..

After that day's hunting, Leon regained his energy. Hari's plan was quite successful..

"Oh, one assistant manager."

"Ah, manager!"

On his way to the warehouse to pick up a wooden sword for training, Hari found Manager Kim Jin-su, a dispatched employee of the association..

"What are you doing here? I thought you were going to collect the harvested rice from the rice warehouse.."

"The tractor broke down. I came to pick up some supplies.."

"It's broken easily. Is it because it's an old machine??"

"Well, since the plains of Naju were not used after being polluted with wastewater, it must have been poorly managed.."

In this case, wouldn't it be better to use horses or cows like before? Hari blurted out his thoughts..

"……It makes sense."

"yes?"

"No, if His Majesty gives his blessing, isn't it almost like a divine beast? The horses I bought from Jeju Island this time also had a consecration ceremony and they said they run much better than before.."

surely. The horses purchased at Jeju Island Gate were strengthened using the reins of the late king. The gap difference is so huge that even if just one horse is taken away, it would be easy to dominate the world horse racing market..

"Thanks to that, there are some things that have become more difficult to deal with. Our cream has changed……."

"Well, the hunters are also superhumans, so the balance is probably just right. But when did you name it??"

We arrived at the warehouse while chatting trivially. Every time Hari stopped by this place, he purified his mind and prayed..

This is because the hammer left behind by the Holy Grail Knight Sir Geobrick is stored here..

"Become Buddha……."

"According to the doctrine of the pantheon, wouldn't a prayer combining four Buddhist and Christian styles be blasphemy??"

Manager Kim Jin-su scolds Hari for making the sign of the cross and putting her hands together. The two opened the warehouse door──

"……uh?"

"huh?"

Lord Geobrick's hammer was nowhere to be seen in the warehouse..