Chapter 343

Episode 343 Golden Return (2)

The woman was quite nervous for what she said.

No matter how powerful the mana is, it is nonsense to push yourself as a sword master.

It was necessary to determine whether the number just now was a coincidence or not.

‘I met an annoying guy.’

It’s just standing crookedly, but strangely there’s no gap.

She waved her hand once.

Then the monsters that had been attacking the soldiers until just now changed their direction.

“Kurrureu...”

They faced Ray with cries that chilled the spine.

From tiny goblins to kobolds, including ogres and trolls.

Uncountable number of monsters began to flock at the woman’s beckoning.

“Koooooo!”

“Chwiiik!”

It is an overwhelming number that makes the viewer’s hamstrings numb.

The soldiers fled in fright at the enormous army of monsters that exceeded 2,000 even if they were caught.

“Sir Seongjae!”

“We will protect you!”

When the two captains, who were not in good health, tried to stand up using swords as staffs.

Ray, who only turned his head, stared at the monsters and opened his mouth.

“die.”

The will forged in his heart became a dagger.

As a single word echoed through their eardrums, the monsters that were running right in front of them collapsed one by one.

The hearts of the monsters stopped their activities at the same time.

Whoops-!

Koo-!

As thousands of monsters slammed their heads into the ground, the woman’s mouth dropped open.

“How did this happen...”

It was an unexpected situation.

He thought that if there were thousands of monsters, he would at least reach the capital of Selonia.

One result was not.

More than half of the troops were lost in an instant.

The swords that overwhelmed the Paladins quickly returned to the woman’s side.

“...you should avoid it.”

After looking at the situation calmly, they added a comment, and she regained consciousness and nodded her head with difficulty.

“...Retreat.”

It was truly an unheard-of mystery.

If he had known that such a madman existed, he would not have attempted to attack the Seongguk with this amount of people.

It is best to get out of here somehow.

When the woman thought so, Ray approached at a terrifying speed.

It took me to blink a few times to reach right in front of my nose, and the swords that reacted belatedly rushed at me.

He swung his sword fiercely and attacked all directions.

He didn’t panic even though the blades were flying with nowhere to run.

Rather, he draws a circle with his left hand and unites their attacks.

After applying the impact with mana, the swords bounced off at high speed.

Kwaaaang—!

Even against the Paladins, they were swords that were relaxed.

The woman became impatient when only four of them were rendered incapable of fighting.

‘Keuh... the wound hasn’t healed yet.’

She suffered internal injuries from the impact of her aura blade breaking.

If mana was recklessly flowing, the mana load could not withstand and could break.

However, you can’t just worry about it.

While the swords were wasting time, she swung her sword and fired a sword aura.

Even if it rots, it’s called Junchi.

Although wounded, it is the sword master’s sword.

It was hard to notice because it was fired stealthily from a blind spot.

Based on the recognition and funds of the Sanggye, a guild acquired a position equal to that of a kingdom.

Even so, Hafman was still not satisfied.

Halfman chewed his nails in the office.

“Prevention of war has also reached its limit. Now we need another way.”

No matter how much it has grown noticeably than before, the top is just the top.

The fact that the war could have been prevented so far was not only due to the wealth of the top, but also thanks to Halfman himself, who demonstrated his abilities for 12 minutes.

But that too has reached its limits.

The atmosphere between the kingdoms is gradually escalating, and the appearance of preparing for war by buying goods has also come into view.

At this point, taking one step off and contemplating from afar is beneficial for the upper ranks.

However, if that happens, one means to check the dark forces will disappear.

It is clear that if they miss this moment, they will most likely not even give themselves room to intervene.

“I guess I need to talk to Danju.”

Harpman stroked the crystal ball for communication that he had cherished in his arms.

Unlike other crystal balls, its size is very small.

You could carry it in a leather pouch if you wanted to.

However, since the amount of magical power contained inside is small, it cannot be used a few times.

This means that it is used only in case of an emergency.

While I was contemplating whether or not to use it now, Gunther, the branch manager, entered the office.

Gunther lowered his head and spoke.

“As you commanded, we have organized all the surrounding merchant houses.”

“Good work. How is the situation?”

“There is nothing special. The nobles’ caravans were a bit difficult to deal with, but it wasn’t a problem. It’s just...”

He blurted out, and Halfman tilted his head.

I have never seen a reaction like this while listening to Gunther’s report.

Did something go wrong during processing?

While waiting for the words to follow, instead of answering, Gunther politely offered something.

“Please look at this.”

“This is...”

Halfman handed the parchment.

When I carefully opened it, several numbers were drawn in a disorderly manner.

At first glance, there is a corner similar to the ledger at the top.

Halfman, who was staring at the parchment with a stiff face, spoke as if muttering.

“The money flow is strange. It’s as if another ledger was intentionally created.”

After grasping the gist with just one glance, Gunther chimed in admiringly.

“you’re right. I think someone was continuing to fund the top end.”

“....”

It is ironic that there is enough money left to maintain the top rank even though there is only an outgoing expenditure.

He frowned and stared at the parchment.

“Strange. I mean, it smells like it.”

It stretches up to its nose and sniffs.

It is said that there is a corner like a dog.

Gunther asked with a puzzled look.

“...the smell?”

“The rotten me on the parchment vibrates. Where did you find this?”

I asked a question, and the question came back.

Gunther thought for a moment before answering.

“I found it in the vault of the ruined guild. They hid it so tightly that they couldn’t find it.”

Hafman’s already distorted face grew even more frowning.

“That means it’s award-winning. If you were going to hide it, you wouldn’t have put it in the safe. No one would have been able to find it if it had been planted in the mountains or in the mansion.”

I heard that it is.

Had they tried to hide it in a privately owned mansion, they would not have been able to find it.

However, the ledger was in the safe at the top.

Why?

Once I had a question, the thoughts continued uninterrupted.

Harpman said in a serious tone.

“It seems we have bitten the bait.”