Episode 567 Closing Gate (1)
“Hey Baron Yandel…?”
As soon as I ca up to the shore, I saw a lot of hardened knights who found .
Well, from their point of view, it seems that the ghost has returned.
Because Jero forcibly put in a state of unconsciousness.
“I… are you okay…?”
A knight who didn’t co closer and spoke to from afar, perhaps feeling sothing strange. But for so reason, he couldn’t even make eye contact with properly.
Do you feel any guilt?
“Call the Count of St. Red. I have sothing to tell him.”
“yes? Ah… yes! I will hurry up and give you the news!”
One of the knights standing guard near the tree suddenly ran and headed sowhere, and soon Jero St. Red, accompanied by many knights, appeared.
As if examining my essence, he stared at silently for a long ti before opening his mouth.
“I’ll take care of this place, so everyone can rest for a while.”
Okay, is it safe for now?
While thinking about that, he carefully maintained his expressionless state.
Well, that’s the crux of this plan.
Making Jero think I’m the chief.
“….”
“…”
Silence continues for the ti being, even though we are in a state of quiet conversation.
I was the first to break the silence and open my mouth.
“Don’t worry. The ceremony was successfully completed.”
A tone of voice that Bjorn, the son of the barbarian warrior Yandel, would never have said.
Only then did Jero open his mouth, perhaps feeling relieved.
“I’m glad you succeeded. Now give ‘it’ as promised.”
“….”
“Did you have any regrets now? If so, I hope you will soon fold your heart. If you don’t give up on that, you won’t be able to live properly with that body even when you go outside—”
“There is no regret. But at that ti, there was sothing I didn’t tell you…”
As I blurted out my words, Jero looked at with an expression asking to explain.
“The item is currently unable to move.”
“…what does that an?”
“Literally. When I opened my eyes in this body, there was a dinsional tombstone next to . And… the thing was bonded to the dinsional tombstone. Many attempts have been made, but in the end I have failed to get the thing off.”
Surprisingly, half of this story is true.
I heard that he fell only then when he opened the portal to escape from this place? It is said that it was at that ti that he realized that he could not ride the portal with the body of a monster.
However, Jero, who did not know this fact, was very angry.
“Damn it. Why are you saying that now?”
“Isn’t everything supposed to have a priority?”
“I an that now—!”
“What’s wrong? You must have been trying to get it for the king anyway. Why don’t you bring it here and use that thing? Besides, I haven’t been able to find a way to get the thing off, but maybe it’s different for you.”
As he boldly went out to the station, Jero kept his mouth shut.
Rather than feeling like they are forcibly suppressing their anger, they seem to be calmly assessing the situation…
“…directly.”
Soon, Jero’s mouth, which had been tightly closed, opened.
“I’ll have to check it myself.”
“Hmm, then I will take all the warriors and empty the village. So after we leave, slowly—”
“No, you can’t go anywhere until all the checks are over.”
…Yeah, I knew you would.
“Do whatever you like.”
The rest is up to the village chief.
***
Town of monsters hidden under the trees.
The order given to the expeditionary force that finally arrived there was neither assault nor annihilation.
“Wait until further instructions co down!”
An indefinite stand-by order.
However, at that simple instruction, the knights, priests and wizards who belonged to the exploration army gulped their saliva with nervous faces.
It was for a very simple reason.
I didn’t just have to wait, I had to wait in a confrontation with hundreds of village warriors.
“Evost, if those monsters start to move or show signs of sothing suspicious, run and kill them right away.”
“All right.”
“While I’m gone, make sure that Baron Yandel is well ‘assisted’.”
Judging by the nuance of the word ‘bopil’, it seed that he had explained the situation to so extent to the deputy commander.
It’s probably not detailed because of his personality, he just told to keep an eye on my teammates to make sure they don’t get close or do anything.
“But are you really going to be okay by yourself?”
“It’s okay. If you do your part here, nothing dangerous will happen.”
In fact, Jero’s behavior was hard to see as reckless.
That’s because he believes that the village chief resides in my body.
If even the village monsters are tied up like this, there is no particular threat in the village.
“Kuhmm…”
Soon after Jero entered the village alone, the deputy commander ca next to , coughing awkwardly.
Either way, I kept thinking.
‘Well then, what will happen…?’
said the village chief.
Just make Jero St. Red co to the cave alone, then he will take care of the rest.
Because he was so confident, I said yes too.
Even if the village chief fails in the first place, I have nothing to lose.
Whether the village chief subdues Jero and takes his body.
Or Jero counterattacks and kills the village chief.
Either way, nothing bad for .
Of course, if Jero cos back alive, I’ll find out about my cheating with the village chief
…
Should I say so-called teacher?
There will remain ill feelings, but as long as there are faults with each other, it is worth reconciling through dialogue and moving on.
‘If the village chief wins, there are advantages to winning.’
Therefore, the climax of the plan was all entrusted to the village chief.
I even wanted that in the first place.
The only thing I’m worried about is if the two of you collude again and hit in the back while I’m gone…
‘I’m afraid I’m going to die. Whether it’s the village chief or Jero, how can there be no bastards you can trust?’
The more I thought about it, the more pessimistic I felt, so I ended my thoughts at this point.
After all, it’s not like we don’t have a plan for that ti.
For now, the best thing to do is to wait and see.
“Evost, can I talk to my colleagues for a mont?”
Just in case, I tried to make such a request to the deputy commander, but he was rejected without a word.
“sorry. After that, when the commander returns, the baron will make a strong request so that he can talk with his colleagues, so please wait until then.”
“…I get it.”
I was worried about my co-workers who were tied up, but I hurriedly gave up my lingering feelings. Judging from her stubborn attitude, it seed that no matter how much she persuaded her, it wouldn’t work.
‘…I have to ask Misha about the Rejuvenation Stone.’
Of course, I’m not asking because I’m really curious, it’s more like fact-checking.
The source of the stone of resuscitation must be 100% Lee Baek-ho.
I can roughly guess for what purpose he gave this to Misha.
‘Ha… that bastard is always like this when I really want to trust him now.’
To be honest, I don’t even feel betrayed anymore.
I’m just fed up with the guy’s persistence.
“Whoa…”
Anyway, as I was thinking about this and that while being watched by the knights, ti passed quickly.
And…
“The Count has returned…!”
Jero St. Red, who entered the village alone, returned and stood in front of .
I was nervous for so reason.
‘Is it the village chief or himself?’
The answer was soon to be found.
Soon, the commander of the exploration force reached out his hand while looking at .
“Thank you, Baron Yandel. Thanks to you, I was able to defeat him.”
yes you succeeded
***
It is unknown what happened when the two of them were alone.
There is only one thing I can know.
‘The village chief won.’
The village chief succeeded in overpowering Jero St. Red and stealing his body.
To put it simply, the entire exploration force of the royal family’s high-end talents was taken over by so strange guy.
Command of this expeditionary force now rests with us.
“Release all of Baron Evost Yandel’s colleagues.”
“…yes? But…”
“You don’t have to worry. Everything I did to the baron was just a tactic to deceive the man called ‘the village head’.”
“…yes?”
Our deputy commander seed embarrassed by the change in his superior’s position, so I stepped forward and opened my mouth.
“The village chief had the ans to secretly watch everything that happened on the island. So in order to fool him, I needed to fool everyone first, including you.”
“yes? Then…”
“It was all acting from the beginning. To catch the village chief easily.”
After that, he did not go into detail about the process.
It’s because there was not enough ti to go into detail and there could be mistakes that you
don’t know about. Acting like that wouldn’t have been easy.”
“haha! This is no big deal!”
The deputy commander couldn’t easily understand, but he couldn’t say anything as the two of us laughed and chatted hahahaha.
We are like that, but what are you going to do?
Besides, people naturally tend to believe in positive situations for themselves.
“Uh… I still thought it was a little strange. I thought that everything would have a aning and I followed it… but it seed like the commander was using Baron Yandel like a throwaway…” In the end, if
all of these situations were a process of and Jero cooperating, there would be no trouble whatsoever. does not occur
Is that why?
The mbers of the Exploration Corps did not doubt our words themselves, even though they felt so doubts.
‘Once, the first hurdle ended smoothly.’
In fact, it was very important to convince the expeditionary force of these excuses.
Only then can the village chief, who will later live as Jero St. Red, not lose money, and the next plan can proceed naturally.
‘The problem is that I don’t want to get caught before that…’
Of course, I’m not particularly worried about this part either.
You could tell just by looking at what happened after that how thorough this guy was.
“Commander…! The monsters have started rampaging!”
“They must have finally realized that their boss is dead.”
Soon, the monsters in the confrontation shouted sothing in the ancient language and scread, and the village chief gave the order without any hesitation.
“All-out assault! Destroy the monsters!”
An order for subordinates who had been treated like limbs until recently.
“Nia Lapdonia…!”
The monsters were helplessly slaughtered as the expeditionary force continued their general offensive with an assault posture.
They couldn’t even resist properly.
It wasn’t because he lost the pivot of being the village chief.
“What the hell… did they do so they can’t even resist properly?”
“It’s nothing.”
“…?”
“I told you to just deal with it moderately and die. Aren’t they useless now?”
…What kind of bastards are there?
Apart from the chills running down my spine for so reason, the behavior itself was understandable.
‘…Since they are intelligent and can even communicate in ancient languages, this is the most reliable thod.’
The dead don’t speak.
The problem is that now I am the only one in the world who knows the chief’s secret.
Still, I decided to always be vigilant but not think only of the bad side.
It’s not that there weren’t any positives.
“It’s over now…”
The village chief who swallowed Jero’s body told after the village was cleared.
“Baron Yandel’s contribution to this battle is very great. So I’m trying to give him a decent reward….”
“….”
“Essence collected so far? hearthstone? Equipnt? Let know if you want anything.”
There is a ans to legally suck the blood of the royal family.
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