Chapter 16

Chapter 16

[Lucion.]

Lucion was walking towards the two when Russell stopped him.

[It’s so absurd. You can hire better guys with your family’s wealth.]

Russell could not understand Lucion’s intentions.

“I know.”

[You know?]

At Russell’s subsequent questions, Lucion looked smugly at Russell with a face full of confidence.

‘I can’t bring better ones.’

He wanted to say that, but he chose to swallow it.

The protagonist’s companions, who could be referred to as the so-called S-class, generally hated darkness.

As long as he was a warlock, it was risky for Lucion to carry out this task.

“How many chances do you think there will be another chance to tie up talented people who have an ordinary social status?”

[So, Lucion, why all of a sudden? Why do you need them?]

Russell couldn’t help questioning Lucion’s out-of-the-box behavior.

They could have easily found an excellent proper escort just by selling the name of Cronia that Lucion had.

[But you want to hire a robber?]

“It’s just my whim, so you don’t have to think too much.”

Lucion bought a mask from a nearby street vendor.

It was a mask with stars on it. It was rather sloppy but better than nothing.

“I better wear this than nothing, no?”

Lucion grinned before wearing the mask.

[You’re still afraid of people.]

Russell admired Lucion’s boldness, so he neither sarcastically nor asked any more questions.

Lucion approached the two people openly.

No matter how much they didn’t know, there was no way the two talented people couldn’t notice Lucion.

The tall man turned around first.

“Why did you...”

“Don’t you need money?”

Lucion made his voice deeper than his normal tone.

Although it was a clumsy disguise, it was better than using his real voice. It was because you would never think that it was Lucion Cronia due to the rumors about him.

“I have a lot of money.”

Lucion opened his mouth proudly.

* * *

“... Ha.”

The woman had already let out her 14th laugh.

The current situation was breathtaking.

Who knew Helon would say ‘I need money’ there?

In addition, they suddenly told Lucion about the inn where they were staying.

Perhaps Helon needed basic education not to talk to strangers.

“How much do you need?”

Lucion didn’t even touch Helon’s cheap tea. He could tell how poor quality it was just by smelling it.

‘It looks like they don’t really have any money.’

“It is quite necessary. Now our situation was...”

“Hey, Helon!”

As a result, the woman raised her voice.

“Are you crazy? Do you know him? Do you take it as a good thing when a passerby says he’s going to pay for it?”

“Calm down, Stra. It’s true that you need money.”

“No matter how much money you need... Ha.”

Stra sighed deeply and glared at Lucion.

It seemed shady to see him wearing a strange mask with stars, as well as a deep hoodie.

“Hey, you. How did you know we needed money and what we needed?”

Lucion pointed his ear at the fierce voice of Stra.

“I just heard it on the way.”

“Are you kidding me? No, okay, fine. You heard it because your ears are really sharp. But what’s your actual intention to lend us money? Do you know us?”

“Yeah.”

Lucion simply replied to what Stra said.

“What, what?”

“I know.”

[Fu ha ha!]

Russell laughed out loud at Lucion’s answer as he found it funny.

“You’re a mercenary, aren’t you?”

Lucion looked at Helon and asked.

“Yes, I’m doing it for fun.”

Helon replied.

“Well, stop being a mercenary and work for me.”

“Wait, wait a minute. I have yet to give you our answer.”

Helon got up hastily.

He swiftly left the room despite Stra’s hindrance.

“You. Who are you?”

Stra asked Lucion, glaring at him.

“What are you going to do if you know?”

“We need to know.”

“I thought you’re in a hurry, but you don’t seem desperate.”

Lucion got up from his seat on purpose. He wanted to appear as if he had run out of patience.

“You’re working as a mercenary, and you’re picking up dirty money and clean money, aren’t you? You’re responsible for this transaction that’s gone wrong.”Diiscover new stories at nove/lbin(.)c/om

“Come on, hold on.”

It was a meager amount of money compared to what Lucion had.

[Lucion, do you have 100,000 dells? Then, why didn’t you spend money until now?]

Lucion burst into laughter when Russell was shocked.

Kran winced at the sound of the laughter.

It sounded ridiculous as if he was mocking.

‘He has that much money?’

He covered his face with a mask, but his voice and figure were that of a young man.

Kran soon swallowed dry saliva.

100,000 Dell was a fellow ransom, including himself.

The price to be free.

‘Is there anything to hesitate about?’

Kran smoothed the hard ring wrapped around his neck.

Working for money, he immediately lost his freedom under someone else, but this time it was different.

The boy needed an organization, and the condition of ‘growing together’ was attached to it.

There was hope that at least it would be better than now.

Kran opened his mouth heavily.

“I’ll allow it.”

[I think he’s an illegal slave and not a mercenary.]

Russell saw a black ring when Kran scratched his neck for a moment.

The black ring was a symbol of slavery.

—What is a slave?

Ratta asked, unable to bear her tickling mouth.

[Well, there is something like that. It’s not very good.]

Russell answered instead.

‘Then I guess it’s a ransom in debt.’

Lucion thought as he rummaged through his own pocket.

Tak.

Because it was a magic pocket that only he could take out, he took out several jewels he had put in there.

“It’s a contract. If not, you will be able to pay off 1/3 of the debt.”

Kran reached out, and Lucion pulled his hand back.

“But before that, there is something you need to write.”

“What is it?”

Unlike the first time, Kran looked impatient.

In fact, knowing that Lucion had money, he couldn’t help but be anxious.

“Aren’t you supposed to write an IOU that says you owe me 100,000 Dells?”

Debt is debt.

“Interest is 30% per month.”

This guy was, for sure, cunning.

“...!”

[What?]

At the ridiculous interest, Kran had his jaw dropped. And Russell folded his arms as he gazed at Lucion.

“When you betray me, you will pay 3 times the principal and 30% interest every month. If you fail to repay the money, the interest will increase by 10% every year. This is one condition. Isn’t it pretty cheap?”

When he said that it was cheap, Kran asked with a frown.

“Are you saying there are other conditions?”

“I never said there was none.”

Lucion took a piece of paper and a pen from his pocket and went out to fill out the terms of his contract, one by one.

“Come on, sign it.”

Lucion handed the pen and paper to Kran.

The contract targets included Kran himself, as well as Helon and Stra.

Kran had one question how could he confirm that he would not be betrayed? This strange person did it once and for all.

“Get the rest of the signatures. The conversation will continue after that.”

Lucion sent Kran.

Looking at Kran’s puzzled expression, he seemed to think that the current situation was very odd.

It was understandable.

Hell, there was nothing mixed about who, how, and how it could be verified.

Wouldn’t that be the only way to write a contract with stupid words and run away?

But those loopholes could have been closed by themselves.

“Teacher.”

Lucion called Russell.

Russell heard his voice, which seemed to carry some meaning behind it, and he shivered.

“How about now? Can we learn it now?”

The reason the warlock was treated like a virus was because the world itself worshiped light, but the fact that it deals with death also played a big part. To be precise, it was because of the nature of darkness itself, capable of interacting with the dead, rather than dealing with death.

[Yes. Now you can learn ghost control magic.]

Even Russell thought the environment was doable.

The ghosts near the old inn, unlike Cronia’s mansion, were all insignificant.

[ ‘Although not perfect for practice. And, its a pity that the order of the debuffs Lucion needs to learn first has changed.’]

Russell glanced at Lucion.

[‘Did you think and work until this point?’]

Russell hid his satisfaction inside.

The disciple, who used to live mindlessly, began to think and predict.

[‘I thought that if he last only 3 days of training, he can’t survive.’]

Russell came down to the ground and took Ratta from Lucion’s shadow. He then handed it over to Lucion.

—Huh?

The sudden situation stunned Ratta and remained frozen.

[Because it seems like it will take some time, shall we start?]

Russell jumped over the wall and caught a fresh ghost.