The Norba Kingdom has spent the last few months with its gates shut and gathering its strength.
Of course, the Holy Kingdom couldn’t just stand by and let the demons entrenched in the Norba Kingdom gather strength, so they had to fend off attacks from the Holy Knights sent from the Holy Kingdom.
As a result, the Norba Kingdom had to cede back eight territories they had initially conquered to the combined attacks from the Holy Kingdom and the Tesnoka territory.
Humans alone were no match for the demons, but the divine power wielded by the Holy Kingdom was the one thing that the demons, who could otherwise rampage freely in the Middle Realm, had to be cautious of.
Despite the Holy Kingdom steadily reclaiming the Norba Kingdom’s territories, the kingdom where Landaron and Kelva resided remained tightly sealed and silent.
Within the heart of the Norba Kingdom…
“Hoo-”
Kelva let out a deep sigh as he looked around.
The interior of the kingdom had beco so devastated that it was questionable whether it could still be called a ‘kingdom’.
No signs of civilization were visible anymore; instead, there were only dark red, pulsating, vein-like structures.
And beneath those vein-like structures were what appeared to be human corpses, being drained of sothing each ti the veins pulsed.
And then,
“……”
Standing at the center of the Norba Kingdom’s citadel, the one responsible for this devastation, Kelva wore a stern expression.
“…Have we gathered all the strength now?”
“Yes.”
He could soon see Landaron, who wore an unpleasant expression.
“This should be more than enough; we can summon at least three Legion Commanders.”
“That’s quite fortunate, considering all the subjects I need to govern have been drained.”
“Don’t worry, Landaron, humans can always be replenished.”
“I trust you.”
Landaron, watching humans being drained like livestock by the dark red veins, nodded emotionlessly and asked,
“So, are we about to break the seal soon?”
“Yes, we’ve gathered all the strength, so all that’s left is to act. Killing those troubleso ones who wield that power should be easy, so don’t worry.”
“Let’s do that. Then I should prepare to arm the soldiers as well.”
“Yes, it won’t take long now. At most, it will be a few days. When the ti cos, we’ll summon the Legion Commanders, sweep away those Holy Kingdom bastards, and kill the enemy.”
Kelva muttered quietly.
Landaron, who had been watching him, nodded quietly.
“I hope this ti we succeed.”
He muttered.
“Yes. It’s not far off.”
Kelva, watching Landaron turn and head back to the citadel, stared silently ahead, more precisely at the pulsating dark red veins, and murmured quietly.
“Truly.”
As soon as the Red rchant’s shop opened, Kim Hyunwoo imdiately accessed the shop window and saw a single item listed under the event tab.
[Unknown Item] [7,500 Stones]
“What’s this…”
Kim Hyunwoo, seeing the cash item listed in the event tab, mumbled in disbelief and scrolled through it, hoping for more information, but nothing else appeared.
In other words, the only item the Red rchant was selling was this ‘Unknown Item’.
‘I figured I’d have to spend money again this ti, but…this seems a bit too much, doesn’t it?’
Kim Hyunwoo made a perplexed expression.
Of course, the Proposal Ring he bought for 10,000 Stones wasn’t exactly necessary for him at the mont, but the idea of spending money equivalent to extending the Labyrinth Package by a month on an unknown item made him feel resistant.
However,
[Attention! 1 minute left to purchase!]
“…This is crazy.”
As Kim Hyunwoo was contemplating, a notification window appeared in front of him, and he sighed involuntarily as he purchased the unknown item.
[The ‘Red rchant’ will visit your territory to deliver the artifact!]
[Ti remaining: 1 day 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds]
The Red Stones deducted quickly from his account, and a ssage appeared in front of Kim Hyunwoo.
At the sa ti, he saw the event tab close completely. Kim Hyunwoo briefly wondered if he had wasted his money on sothing useless but quickly shook his head.
‘I had to spend it to uncover the secret anyway…’
He sighed, shrugged, and thought.
‘Well, it was three days for the Blue rchant, but this ti it’s two days.’
As he watched the countdown tir start from the mont he bought the item, Kim Hyunwoo recalled the previous notification.
‘It did say to et the Red rchant.’
When Kim Hyunwoo was pondering this, thinking about the notification,
he suddenly seed to rember sothing and opened the territory window.
Territory: Lartania
Territory Developnt Level:
4512
[Detailed Developnt is possible!]
Territory Residents:
[Humans: 33,817]
–Secondary Buildings–
[Magical Engineering Research Institute (Under Construction 95%)]
–Owned Buildings–
[Lord’s Castle LV3↑]
[City Walls LV5]
[Residential Area LV5]
[Blacksmith LV5]
[Barracks LV5]
[Tavern LV5]
[Market LV5]
[Wood Processing Plant LV5]
[Restaurant LV5]
[Leather Processing Plant LV5]
[Stone Processing Plant LV5]
[Trading Post LV5]
[Secondary Walls LV5]
[Inn LV5]
[Administrative District LV5]
[Paved Roads LV5↑]
–External Buildings–
[rcenary Guild LV1]
[Mage Tower Branch LV1]
[Blacksmith Guild Branch LV1]
–Owned Forces–
-Regular Soldiers: 1,000
-Guards: 200
-Apprentice Knights: 200
Looking at the territory window that appeared in front of him, Kim Hyunwoo made an exasperated face.
‘It’s still not finished.’
The reason was that the Magical Engineering Research Institute, which had started construction a month ago, was still not completed.
He knew that constructing the Magical Engineering Research Institute required an absurd amount of labor and resources, but despite focusing all manpower on it without upgrading any other buildings, it still wasn’t completed, leaving him speechless.
‘It did take a long ti in the original ga, but this is a bit much…though, considering its size, I guess it makes sense.’
Looking at the notification stuck at 95%, Kim Hyunwoo turned his gaze outside.
Just beyond the eastern outer walls was the ‘Magical Engineering Research Institute’, which was visibly much larger than any other building.
Seeing the enormous structure, which made the people working on it look like ants, Kim Hyunwoo sighed, thinking it would probably be finished by tomorrow or the day after.
‘I hope I see the Red rchant soon.’
As he watched the countdown tir floating in his field of vision, he couldn’t help but think.
rilda returned to the Red Eyes with a very tired expression after almost a month.
Of course, the distance from the Crimson Dragon’s lair, where she had been teleported, to here could have been covered in three days if rilda wanted to, but the reason it took so long was because of battles.
That’s right.
rilda had fought battles inside the Crimson Dragon’s lair.
Not just for a day or two, but for over a week…!
Having thwarted the Crimson Dragon’s plans twice, she was furious, and on top of that, rilda had the audacity to run off with her precious photo collection, leading the dragon to genuinely try to kill her, resulting in a very painful week for rilda.
…Well, the cause of that painful week was rilda herself, though.
Anyway, after escaping the week-long battle, exhausted, she also dealt with so rumors that could tarnish her reputation, which took about a month in total.
When rilda finally arrived at the Red Eyes, she greeted the Four Heavenly Kings and heard their words.
“First of all, it’s been a month, but congratulations, Boss. I think we can execute the plan.”
“R-really? But I don’t think I did it properly…”
“You may not have done it perfectly, but we got all the results we wanted the mont you owed. So, it doesn’t really matter that you didn’t do it right.”
“R-really? What did you get?”
“The reaction of the Lord of Lartania.”
“…Reaction?”
“Yes. This plan hinges on the Lord’s reaction and how to proceed, but fortunately, his reaction was good. So, we can execute the plan. Congratulations, Boss.”
rilda couldn’t help but brighten at Ryu’s words.
“But what’s the plan? You said you’d tell after seeing his reaction.”
But she soon asked with a curious expression.
Ryu smiled warmly at rilda’s question and pulled a small bottle from her pocket.
And then.
“Mate.”
“…What?”
“Mate like crazy.”
rilda froze.
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