The cheap guy cleans up the shit
‘It’s pretty intense.’
I wondered if I could get through the wall, but I was in a hurry when I heard a scream from afar, so I went for it anyway.
But the wall was softer than I thought. There were places in the middle where it would collapse if you just pushed against it.
It seemed like there was more poor construction than I thought. Even with just a little bit of hitting, the wall would break like a piece of tofu, and thanks to that, I was able to arrive on time.
‘I think I’m going to get addicted to this.’
The taste was stronger than I expected, and I found myself licking my lips without even realizing it.
“Ugh···.”
‘But why is this kid like this?’
I just grabbed the guy by the neck, and he started making weird noises and foaming at the mouth.
“Captain! Are you okay?!”
When he turned his head, he saw Kel and Brick, who were in relatively good condition.
“Oh my! What the heck is going on!!”
At that moment, the lady suddenly poked her head out from beyond the broken wall. She opened her eyes wide and touched the hole in the wall. There was an indescribable embarrassment on her face.
Then my eyes met with the lady’s, and she noticed the pile of stone chips on my shoulder and squinted her eyes.
“Aaron! What are you going to do by breaking down a perfectly good wall!”
The woman who ran out barefoot glared at me and got angry.
“I just bumped into it a little, and it broke. And there are bad guys running around outside right now. For now, let’s go in and…”
“Where are you going! There are holes all over the place! What kind of house is this? It’s a passage! A passage! My house is gone!”
“No, I said the devil is out and about. Can’t you see this?”
“Mom? Why are his hands black?! What disease does he have? Oh my… This is disgusting!”
He thrust the hideous thing at the old woman, but the old woman just opened her eyes wide and tilted her head for a moment before raising her voice again.
I quickly nodded to Kel and Brick, who were just blankly watching. I told them to do something about this lady.
“I’ll fix everything later. For now, go in.”
Kel slowly coaxed the woman with his signature smile and sent her back in.
Brick picked up a large rock from next to him and placed it gently on the hole. Of course, the rock rolled away right away, and Brick laughed awkwardly.
“Yes, for the broken ones, you can talk to Aaron, the leader of the 4th company of the outer wall guards. Yes.”
I could see Berman through the hole. He was telling the bewildered people my name over and over again.
‘A disloyal bastard.’
He scratched his cheek as he looked at the people sticking their faces through the hole.
“Don’t worry, Captain. We’ll all share the burden.”
Brick said with a serious face, tapping my chest.
“Well… I guess a simple patchwork would suffice. Well… I could feel the leader’s feelings.”
Kel, who had pushed the woman in, scratched his head awkwardly.
He shook the guy he was holding for no reason. The guy’s neck moved back and forth as if it was going to break, and then he blinked open his eyes.
“Eww! Eww!!”
As soon as the guy I was facing opened his eyes, he screamed and started struggling.
‘What did I do to make you go crazy?’
When I made an impression on him, he hiccupped and desperately covered his mouth. His throat rose and fell. A sour smell slowly rose from below.
‘What did I do that I even peed myself?’
I couldn’t understand the guy’s violent reaction.
“therefore···.”
“The black magician is the mastermind and the planner! I don’t know his name, but he’s fat and has a fierce gaze! Also… he’s after Young-ae! He said he needs Young-ae’s heart! He needs a human heart… he’s clearly crazy! I was just doing what I was told! This is so unfair! I was contacted by the company and gathered here, and we’re all complete strangers! The company usually contacts me through rats, and it’s rumored that their base is in Tourumba! Yes, that lawless city of Tourumba!”
The guy was desperately spouting off everything he knew without me even asking. He was so desperate that he didn’t even pause for breath while talking, and then gasped for breath after talking.
I didn’t do anything, but I was embarrassed because he just blew everything off. Isn’t it normal to break a finger and then talk?
“Have you ever seen a guy who looks a bit languid?”
Berman came up to the side and asked the guy.
“You mean that languid guy?! I haven’t seen him! I haven’t been able to leave my assigned home, and today is the first day I’ve come out! That ugly guy! That guy with sharp teeth! That guy with a triangle head! That big-breasted bitch! Those are the only four I’ve seen!”
He didn’t seem to be lying, as he answered without a moment’s hesitation. No, there was an unmistakable desperation on his face.
“How many guys like you are there?”
“There are five servants in total, including me!”
“Servant?”
“Yes! Those who cannot make a direct contract with the devil and instead make a contract through a warlock are called servants! If you collect enough blood to satisfy the devil, you can move on to making a direct contract and receive the handprint!”
The guy answered right away without hesitation.
‘A contract through a black magician… Do those servants feel like subcontractors?’
Listening to what the guy said, it seemed like the devil side also had complicated relationships and levels.
‘But he’s a warlock…’
A wizard was already a tough enough opponent, but the mere thought of a warlock with a demon added on top was enough to give me a headache.
“so?”
“Huh? Ah! The Warlock said he’ll take care of the knights, so you can run wild as you please… We’ll use this as a meeting point….”
The guy looked at me and trailed off.
‘It was a discarded card.’
No matter how strong the Warlock was, and no matter how great the power of the Hoi was, there was no way they would do something as crazy as occupying one of the empire’s castles.
‘Because the royal family can’t just sit still.’
If such a thing were to be done, a line drawn by the sword of humanity would immediately extend from the capital to here. To make the Empire an enemy was like casting the sun down to the ground.
“Tsk.”
Clicking his tongue, he hit the back of the guy’s head hard. He then lightly broke the guy’s limbs, knocking him unconscious, and handed him over to Brick.
“Take this guy to the square and hand him over.”
“Yes, I understand. Everyone, be careful.”
Brick, who had received the bastard, nodded and quickly disappeared.
“Young-ae’s heart… What on earth is going on in this rural area?”
“···I know.”
Kel grumbled as he adjusted his grip on his sword.
“I can’t die.”
Berman began the story with a serious face.
“I’ve done that kind of brick work, so I can’t die without doing it.”
“Berman, you were a bachelor? How dare you, a bachelor walk around like that···.”
“They’re both noisy. First, let’s find the quarter.”
He stopped the two from growling again.
Beep- beep-
The whistle was still blowing, and the sound was pointing ahead of us.
On a night when the moon was low, the alley was so dark that it seemed like the devil might come out.
“Should I ask Rosa to give it to you a cheaper price later?”
Out of the blue, Kel asked Berman with a very serious expression on his face.
Even though they were grumbling to each other, he seemed to care about others, but the content beyond his kindness made me dizzy.
“···No need! I am just waiting for fate, or inevitability, to appear someday.”
Berman replied with a fit of rage.
‘I’ll die of pity.’
Looking at that Berman, I thought to myself.
***
Grrrrr-.
A strange creature, making a phlegmy sound, was burying its snout in the corpse of a soldier. Agh. The gruesome sound of raw meat being eaten filled the alley.
I raised my right hand at him, and Berman and Kel stepped back with very tense faces.
Group?
At that moment, the guy sniffed and lifted his head. He sniffed like a dog, moved around, and then turned his head toward us.
‘That’s terrible.’
There was a hint of a human form left, but it was little more than a gray, oozing monster wearing a human mask.
It was the servant the guy was talking about earlier, and although it looked horrible, it didn’t give off the dangerous feeling of a demon I’d encountered before.
I estimated my opponent. He was twice the size of a grown man, and his teeth were sharp enough to pierce through a soldier’s iron armor. I roughly estimated the length of his arms.
‘If I stretch out my sword, I will be taller.’
Group!
Without any warning, the guy leapt into the air, a mixture of red blood and saliva dripping from his mouth.
Watching the guy close the distance in an instant, I braced my legs and raised my sword vertically. Soon, the guy opened his human mouth wide, and hundreds of teeth were visible inside.
At him, I swung my sword vertically. Crunch – it wasn’t a slash, but a cracking sound, and the guy’s face crumpled vertically.
The face of the person covered with a cotton swab frowned and then smiled again.
‘Weak.’
Unlike the last time the devil was there, it’s just a little bit of hard iron.
And at that level, I could break it with my hands.
Group-.
The crushed thing swung his right foot. The slime sprayed into the air and splashed at me. The part that touched it smoked and corroded.
‘개새끼가?’
Fire shot out of my eyes through a small hole in my red breastplate. Boom! The guy’s right foot struck my chest, but it was blocked by my breastplate. I brought my sword down again with all my might.
Boom! With a cool sound, the guy’s hideous face completely crumpled in half, his eyes glued shut. His black pupils rolled around.
“promotion!”
I turned my body at the sound from behind. Two swords barely brushed past me and stabbed the monster in the head. The monster’s face completely crumpled and he spat out black blood from his mouth.
“Eww! My hand!”
“That’s a joke.”
As I grabbed his hand and pushed the jumping Kel aside, the monster’s left foot slammed down on the spot where Kel had just been. Boom! The ground crumbled, and mud sprayed around.
He took up his stance again and brought his sword down. This time, the monster’s face was torn in half. Its black blood sprayed out, revealing its soaking wet insides.
Then I put the sword stuck in his head and grabbed the split flesh with my hand. Then I squeezed it hard and tore it apart on both sides.
Crackle-
With a sickening sound effect, the guy’s flesh fell off to the left and right. Black blood flowed out and soaked my hands.
Finally, I tore it hard on both sides, and the guy’s head split in half, revealing a pale human skull.
“Do you… really have to go that far?”
Ignoring Kel, who was looking at me with a look of disgust, I struck my skull with my fist. Crunch. My skull shattered, and a white liquid soaked my entire body.
‘It’s not at the level of the demon I met back then. It’s something that can be stopped by four soldiers.’
However, because of its bizarre appearance, it was certain that the soldiers would be frightened and the damage would increase.
‘Of course, but only once or twice.’
If survival is at stake, he will swing his sword at any cost, and if so, he can easily be stopped.
“···promotion?”
At that moment, a familiar voice was heard from behind. When I turned my head to it, Quarter was standing in an awkward position.
“Hey, you crazy kid! What the hell are you doing? Come out now!!”
Kel, who was wiping the black blood off his face, suddenly stood up, pointed his finger at me, and swore at me. He looked like he was going to swing his fist at any moment.
“When it happened, it was like this.”
Quarter laughed awkwardly and scratched his head.
“Is that what you call talking now? This time, it’s gone too far. Quarter.”
Berman hardened his face and scolded the quarter.
“Ahhh… I’m so sleepy. I haven’t been able to sleep properly lately.”
It was the usual ramblings of a quarter, but something strangely felt off.
“저 개새끼를 그냥···.”
“Calm down. This is not the time for us to be fighting amongst ourselves.”
Berman stopped Kel from swinging his fist. Berman’s face didn’t look good, but he seemed to be holding back given the situation.
“You guys, go back to the north gate. For now, I found the quarter.”
“Huh? The leader?”
“Aren’t you going together?”
Kell and Berman asked simultaneously.
At that, I scratched my beard nervously.
‘I have to clean up my own shit.’
Even if you could tell by the devil’s handprint, you couldn’t just step on the chests of all the people coming in during the security check.
No matter who searched, it was clear that the black magician who had prepared the carriage above would not have been able to stop him from entering the castle.
But anyway, I was a cheap shit.
Not being some uncivilized medieval bastard, I couldn’t turn away from my own shit.
‘Somehow, your pockets are full.’
As always, the deep pockets were empty.
“Okay, I understand.”
“Then I will go first.”
Berman and Kel nodded.
“Don’t you usually ask one more time?”
The fact that the guys were quicker than I thought to nod was strangely irritating.
“Hey, do you think the leader will get hurt? He’s a rascal who breaks down walls and rips off monster heads with his own hands. And shouldn’t we go first so that we can deal with the problem later?”
Kel made a face as if to ask why something so obvious was being asked. Of course, it was true, but it made me feel bad for no reason.
“Okay, let’s go. But what about the quarter?”
“I’ll go with the leader. I’m feeling refreshed after a good night’s sleep.”
“What brings you here? Okay, do whatever you want.”
Quarter answered, drawing his sword from his waist, and Kel nodded.
“Captain, be careful.”
“what?”
Suddenly Berman spoke in a serious voice. Berman, who was one of the few normal people among the idiots, seemed to be worried about me.
“If you break too much, you won’t be able to handle it later.”
Berman strained his eyes and pointed to the hole right next to him.
My head started to hurt as I made eye contact with the woman who was peeking her face out through the hole and glaring at me.
“···Just go.”
With those words, Berman and Kel left, and an odd silence fell.
After watching Quarter humming a tune as if he had really slept well, I moved on.
Kwaaaaang!
A loud noise erupted from ahead.
A burst of blue light illuminated the dark alley.
The sound of footsteps coming from behind the quarters was getting closer.
“At that time, the guy from the upper ranks of Mosk that we let pass, Dornua, was a black magician.”
“···Was Lord Dornua a black magician?”
The quarter answered in a strangely stretched voice. It seemed as if he had been surprised, but it also seemed as if he had raised the end on purpose. It was ambiguous.
“Oh. Didn’t you get something like candy back then?”
“Oh, they say that if you eat that, you’ll be able to sleep well… Is that a problem?”
“I don’t know about that.”
The conversation stopped again. Only the sound of footsteps echoed through the quiet alley.
“···Chief. Do you know how painful it is to not be able to sleep?”
The man who came a little closer muttered in a low voice.
“okay?”
I questioned and measured the distance between us. Not yet.
“Yes. When you can’t sleep, even when you’re awake, it doesn’t feel like you’re awake. It’s like you’re wandering through a dream, and everything seems blurry, as if there’s a fog in your head.”
I paused for a moment and looked back at the quarter. The guy’s eyes were wide open, unlike their usual drowsy state. The fatigue that always lingered was gone.
As if he had had a good night’s sleep.
“okay?”
“···Do you know why I can’t sleep?”
Quarter pursed his lips tightly, as if he were trying to suppress the urge to gag after drinking, and then exhaled with a whoosh.
“I don’t know.”
“When I was young, there was a huge famine in our village.”
Kwaaaaang!
Another loud noise erupted, a blue light illuminated the surroundings, and Quarter’s face, seemingly holding back tears, appeared blue before sinking into darkness again.
“You must have been hungry.”
“Yes, I was extremely hungry. One night I couldn’t sleep at all. I was just staring at the ceiling, and then my father woke up with a rustling sound.”
The quarter muttered softly, paused for a moment, and then continued speaking.
“There was a very small thud next to me. Then I heard a sound like air escaping. I shut my eyes tightly. And the next day, one of my younger siblings, who was unusually weak and couldn’t help with the work, disappeared, and we had meat for the first time in a long time. It was really delicious.”
Yeah, it was really delicious… Quarter muttered in a self-mocking voice.
Was it a confession? Unlike the shocking content, Quarter’s voice was infinitely calm. He simply described it as if it were someone else’s story.
“I see.”
“From that day on, I can’t sleep at night. I’m worried that my family will eat the delicious meat without me tomorrow.”
The quarter stared at me with emotionless eyes. Looking at those eyes that seemed to be filled with dark clouds, I habitually tapped the handle of my sword.
‘Fucking medieval.’
I swallowed the curse that was rising to the tip of my tongue.
Kwaaaaang!
Once again the blue flames lit up the surroundings, and I could clearly see the face of the Quarter, dyed blue.
The quarter was laughing.
“I’ll tell you the rest later. It seems like there’s chaos over there.”
“···yes.”
No… I muttered softly and turned around. There was still some distance to go until I saw the blue flames.
His eyes were looking ahead, but his attention was focused on his ears. He could gauge the distance by the sound of footsteps.
Knock knock.
The sound of footsteps was getting closer. Right behind me. The line had been crossed.
I turned around and stabbed with my sword. Before I knew it, the quarter had transformed into a black beast with a round face and was thrusting its claws as long as daggers at me.
However, my sword was longer than his claws, and my hesitation was shorter than his.
I couldn’t completely trust even the guy I’d been with for two years. It was a chronic occupational disease and aftereffect, like looking for a sword as soon as I woke up in the morning.
In the end, I stabbed the guy I had been with for two years for that trivial reason: the sound of footsteps was getting closer. To my shame, there was not a single moment of hesitation.
“ah.”
The boy made a short noise, and black blood flowed from his mouth.
I twisted the heavy sword forcefully. The sword stuck in his chest turned and ripped open the wound, and black blood poured out like a waterfall. I took him in whole.
The guy grimaced in pain, his hand reaching out to me and grabbing my shoulder. Black blood was smeared across his green shoulder pads.
“sorry.”
‘Because I don’t believe it.’
I swallowed the gossip because it was hypocrisy.
“···I’m sleepy.”
Ahh …
The smell of blood mixed with the smell of beastly flesh assaulted my nose.
Within moments, the guy’s breath stopped.
I grabbed the bastard’s head and plunged the knife into his neck. Black blood gushed out and soaked my body.
An unpleasant sensation, like cutting flesh, ran through my sword, but I didn’t stop. Soon, the guy’s neck was completely torn off. The headless body fell forward, and black blood mixed with mud splattered on my breastplate.
“Sleep well.”
He placed the guy’s head on top of his body and spoke sincerely.
Kwaaaaang!!
Again, blue flames lit up the surroundings.
The quarter guy had his eyes closed, as if he was sleeping, with a calm expression on his face.
In the face of what I had done, the sad hypocrisy did not tremble.
“I will take revenge.”
I just grabbed my sword and stood up.
***
‘Hmm… Even if it was made to be a knight-errant, it’s not enough compared to a real knight.’
Querentel let out a sigh as he watched the battle unfold before him.
In a way, it was a death knight that the company had created by pouring a huge amount of money into it in order to block the article, but it was no match for the real article.
‘It won’t be easy to fall, but it’ll be hard to win. There are levels to Aura, as expected···.’
Although he was a warlock, Querentel was essentially a wizard and analyzed the scene unfolding before his eyes and stored it in his head.
Thinking about the money that went into becoming a Death Knight made my stomach turn, but with gain comes loss.
‘I never thought there would be someone who would truly receive Mana’s love.’
When I first heard that story by chance, I was a bit perplexed. That was understandable, since the story of ‘the one who receives Mana’s love’ was a legend among magicians.
He had only stopped by on his way. Then, upon confirming that the rumor was true, Querentel gathered everything he could find that could be of use without the council noticing.
That was enough. The plan almost fell apart because of a guy who didn’t know the subject and ran wild, but somehow we were able to continue on.
And now, the ‘Beloved of Mana’ was in his arms. Querentel swallowed at the sight of her pure white chest and the thumping heartbeat beyond it.
If I were to eat that heart… I was dizzy just thinking about it. Maybe it would make the contract with the devil equal or greater.
‘You idiots, putting it directly in your body.’
Querentel suddenly thought of those who were frustrated because they couldn’t make a direct contract with the devil and laughed.
Even if they were just demons, they were clearly on a different level from humans. If they made a direct contract with a body, it was clear that they would eventually be eaten by that difference.
So, people like Querentel, who were magicians, did not make direct contracts, but made indirect contracts through intermediaries. Because of that, the power they received was less than through direct contracts, but since he was a magician in the first place, what he sought from the devil was not power, but knowledge. That was enough.
The knights followed from behind, but were stopped by the death knights. I threw a lot of stupid guys at them to buy time, so I was able to shake them off with ease.
‘If there had been no hole, it would have been difficult.’
It bothered me that I, a warlock, had to crawl through a hole, but I couldn’t help it.
Because of the sudden solid wooden plank, I couldn’t kill the lord. If I had wasted more time here and the lord had come to his senses, the pursuers might have followed.
If it gets any later than now, variables will occur. Querentel, who was a wizard before becoming a warlock, hated variables extremely.
‘Whew… It’s a shame I couldn’t find him, but he’ll come back later. I’ll make him feel the pain of having his flesh ripped off for eternity.’
Suddenly, a face came to mind and a fire inside me boiled, but I tried to suppress it. Now was the time to step back.
Querentel was a man who would forget kindness but not resentment. Even if it was to the end of the continent, he would definitely find that guy.
When I made up my mind and turned around.
“Hey, brother! Where are you going without even saying hello to me?”
A familiar voice was heard from somewhere. It was low and deep, like the howling of an animal, but strangely grating on people’s nerves.
I turned my head towards him.
I saw a familiar face.
A huge body with hideous scars and a huge build.
Unlike before, he was wearing a ridiculously colorful armor, but he was definitely there.
“If you see my brother, you should say hello first.”
A guy who doesn’t know the subject, acts like he’s an aura, and arrogantly touches his own body.
– That fat body smells so bad… It’s horrible.
How dare he laugh at a black magician and call him fat.
“Ha, that’s fortunate. You came here on your own two feet.”
When he saw that face, all thoughts of heart, great undertaking, and variables in Querentel’s head disappeared. In their place was anger boiling like lava.
Thud-.
Querentel’s fingers bent in a strange direction, releasing a black aura.
“Yeah, that’s really fortunate, Mr. Sippa.”
The man who didn’t know the topic muttered something he didn’t understand and laughed heartily.
However, because of the long scar drawn at the corner of her mouth, she looked like she was crying.
