The words of the mercenary king gave me a big shock.

I didn’t know that the sword master had the power of authority.

There are a lot of things that I couldn’t know from the original work these days.

Like the existence of Knox, and the authority.

The world was so harsh that I wondered if I could survive.

“So what did you call me for?”

“Could you wait a moment?”

When the mercenary king was captured and taken away by the count, a call came from William.

I have something urgent to tell you, so could you come now?

With nothing to do but self-discipline, I came straight to William.

“Are you feeling better? They say the attack this time was very dangerous.”

“Somehow, it’s fine. Is that all there is to it?”

“no. The business is from now on.”

As he pulled the car in front of me, he spoke the North.

“Monsters are strange. The number is too small. Like you said, very little.”

“what?”

I couldn’t help but frown at the sound of fat.

The northern part was overflowing with monsters to the extent that it was called a monster paradise.

It was hard to imagine that there were no monsters in such a place.

“It must have been hidden.”

“no. This… Better than words.”

He pulled out a communication tool and put it down in front of me.

The light came into the communication port, revealing the forest.

-… .

But the strange thing is that no sound comes out of the communication port.

“What are you looking for?”

“Don’t you know where this is?”

He held out his communication port closer to me.

As I received and looked at the communication passage, I couldn’t help feeling that the scene beyond the communication passage was very familiar.

“here… Is it northern?”

“Yes. that’s right. Northern. You know, too.”

William nodded and said to the communication port.

“Slowly look around.”

With a rustle and sound, the view of the communication port began to change.

I couldn’t say anything while the telecommunications sphere illuminated the surroundings as it traveled through the mountains.

‘What is this… ?’

A lot of things were different from the northern side I knew.

The forest was destroyed and burned to the point that it could no longer be called a forest.

In some places not a single blade of grass was visible, and in other places the ground was sunken like a sinkhole.

The mountains are no longer what I know them to be.

The place where so many monsters disappeared seemed more appropriate to be called the land of the dead rather than the monster mountain range.

-… .

The person holding the communication tool didn’t say anything the entire time they wandered around the mountain range.

It moved quietly, as if no one should find out.

-… !

Then, the gang member hurriedly began to hide.

“radish… .”

Before I could say anything, William stopped me.

He put his index finger to his lips and signaled to watch quietly.

I nodded and looked at the communication port.

thud-

The ground rumbled.

The organizers hid in overgrown bushes.

Holding his breath, the telecommunication sphere quietly illuminates a place.

‘Giant.’

A monster so huge that it would not be strange even if it was a small hill was approaching the place where the communication tool was headed.

The resonance when the foot touched the ground was as great as its huge body.

Except for the raid, it was a monster called the top predator.

Even ogres don’t invade its territory, and most of all, giants don’t feel fear.

Born as a predator from birth, he has never been scared.

Giants were monsters that did not feel fear until the moment they died.

‘Why are you scared?’

The Giant was being chased by something.

It wasn’t running around looking for food.

If that was the case, there was no way I would have left the human right in front of me.

Because one of the stocks of Giants was humans.

‘What the hell are you chasing?’

If you were to think of a monster that could make a giant run away, raid was everything.

Either that or it’s a dragon, but I’ve never heard of a dragon ever appearing.

You can be sure that the dragon has not yet appeared.

If a dragon appeared, he wouldn’t be alone with his missing egg.

– It’s mine. mine!

At that time, a creepy voice flowed through the communication port.

“… !”

A man was reflected in the communication port, and I instinctively quickly shut my mouth.

– Mine, mine!

I saw a man with long, straight black hair who was running wild.

The bloodshot red eyes contained enough madness to make the heart choke.

He was Ahar, who had grown to nearly twice the size of before.

-uh… ?

Ahar, who was chasing the Giant, stopped right in front of the communication port.

-what… ?

He tilts his head.

Slowly approaching, he stretches out his hand toward the communication port.

-Damn it!

The gang member holding the communication tool jumped up in fright and ran away.

No, I was trying to run away.

– Wood deuk.

An eerie sound was heard and the vision of the communication sphere lowered.

The communication tool the organization member was holding was dropped.

The communication ball rolled down and reflected the fallen gang member.

“… !”

William is shocked.

The member’s neck was turned 360 degrees.

There was deep fear in those eyes.

– Who is this… ?

The communication port was heard, and a hoarse voice was heard.

I couldn’t say anything.

Ahar’s eyes reflected in the communication port were looking at me.

The madness, joy, and hatred in those eyes seemed to choke me.

-long time no see?

Her eyes were bent like half moons.

Perhaps because he hadn’t spoken for a long time, his voice was hoarse and hoarse.

– Because of you, everything is ruined.

the guy continued.

– But you’ve become quite appetizing.

He drooled with an unbearable look on his face.

-wait. I’ll be there soon… .

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Kwajik.

The communication port is broken.

“… !”

The madness faded, and then I realized I had been holding my breath.

“Huh… Heo-eok… !”

Breathing heavily, I looked at William, who had broken the communication port.

His complexion was so pale that it was white.

His hands, arms, shoulders, and lips, which had broken the communication tool, were trembling slightly.

“Huh… What the hell is it?”

he asked me

Who is that man reflected in the communication port?

I couldn’t easily answer that question.

I felt like I lost my language because I was so shocked by the person I met through the communication port.

“Who the hell are you talking about!”

William, always calm, shouted at me.

Blood dripped from his knuckles that broke the communication sphere.

He didn’t pay attention to the splinters in his flesh and argued with me.

“… The reason I told you to watch over the North.”

“Yes?”

“It’s because of him that I asked you to keep an eye on the North.”

“Sigh… .”

He sat down on the sofa and rubbed his face with both hands.

Blood flowed from his hands and wet his face.

He looked blankly at the blood and asked me.

“Is it because of the author, is it an enemy?”

“You can see it. Like an enemy.”

“driving me crazy… .”

Covering his face, he ponders something.

I could understand his concerns.

I wondered if it was okay to stick with me.

To that extent, Ahar’s appearance was shocking.

Just the mere eye contact made me feel fear.

“Stop your useless thoughts. Because that doesn’t make any sense He saw your face.”

“… Why the hell did you pretend to be with a guy like that? I thought you were a reasonable person.”

asked William lamenting.

At those words, I leaned back on the sofa and looked up at the ceiling.

What should I answer?

To be honest, I didn’t expect Ahar to be that strong.

I didn’t know it would be that crazy.

I don’t know what happened in the north, but what I felt from Ahar was similar to the Nox I met in the forest, not lacking.

The madness only made it worse.

“I couldn’t help it.”

“… ?”

“Why did I flirt with him? Because it had to be.”

How much should I tell him?

Anyway, now he can’t leave me.

As long as he became the target of Ahar, he wouldn’t be unaware of the dangers of escaping from me.

I’m not so stupid that I don’t know that it’s safer to stick by my side and stay under the count’s protection than to walk away.

“His name is Ahar. He was born in a small village and lost his parents to monsters. I was at the academy until last year. You figure out the rest yourself. Then you will understand why I am saying this.”

“What is that… ?”

“I will tell you this, though. That guy wants the destruction of the continent.”

“… .”

He studied my face, as if trying to figure out if I was joking or not.

Then he let out a deep sigh.

“driving me crazy.”

that’s me too

Ahar had become stronger than expected in that short period of time.

Looking at him made me wonder if I was doing well.

The urge to become stronger a little faster filled my head.

‘I’ll have to visit Count Warrug.’

As I was deciding my next course of action, William opened his mouth.

“I will look into that separately. If Raymond-sama’s words are true, there will be no use running away.”

“Were you thinking of running away?”

“Until a moment ago.”

William shook his head.

I raised my hand and pushed the fragments of the communication tool that were scattered across the table to one side.

Blood smeared on the table.

“Wouldn’t it be better to treat your hands?”

“Later. First of all, this is important.”

He was confused for a moment, but he got serious as if he had finished organizing his thoughts.

“I will give you the next report. I found out about Knox you asked me to find out the other day.”

“That means there are results.”

“Yes. It was like that. He is the leader of a secret society that has raided the place on several occasions. And the secret society’s name is Terris, which means Silent Night. Terry’s duties include contract killings, cover-ups, and information gathering. You can think of it like normal underworld organizations.”

“Well… .”

“The only difference is that they only act on orders from the emperor and the general.”

“Even with the emperor, what is the general?”

“Yes. He is a person of the emperor and an important figure who moves the army of the empire. You can think of it as the commander-in-chief.”

Besides that, I found out a lot about William.

It seemed that he had already overcome the shock of Ahar.

“Their strength is said to be equivalent to that of the Marquis or the Duke’s direct subordinate knights. The leader of Terris said he was a mage of at least 8th circle.”

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Knox’s power was already guessed to some extent.

There was no way they would send the count and the mercenary king Goi unless they were skilled at that level.

Personally, I think he might be the great mage of the 9th circle.

“And this time, they said some of them were beheaded because of their failed mission. Of course, it is said that it was carried out in secret.”

“Right.”

“It is said that no reprimand was given to the leader of Terris. Even an empire would not be able to treat such a talented person carelessly.”

“I had a hard time researching.”

“no.”

got up from the sofa

William got up as if he had nothing more to report, and bowed his head to me.

I turned my back on him and got out of the slums.