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Epic Items (1)

Although I was slightly surprised to hear the unexpected news earlier, the real exhaust was different.

Chris, who gobbled up the information Luana gave him, soon began to doubt her story.

“And, I also received information that the northern kingdom of Benicia was at war. The opponent is Benicia’s old enemy, the Kingdom of Rosehook.”

“Are you saying you started a war at this timing?”

According to Chris, each country was currently conducting only small-scale local wars and avoiding fights as much as possible.

It’s no wonder, the players have been the ones who have occupied a huge proportion of each country’s military power. However, all of them have become normal people.

The player’s summoning cost is quite high, but even so, it’s a man compared to feeding hundreds or thousands of soldiers.

So each country reduced its troops as much as possible and replaced those vacant positions with players.

Countries that did not do so have long since been eliminated.

Those who lost half of their military strength in an instant are now starting a war?

To Chris, that was nonsense.

If heads are on people’s necks, the first thing to do is to find a way to restore the player’s condition.

“The proportion of players in the Kingdom of Benicia shouldn’t be that low either… … .”

“Well, the players in the Kingdom of Benicia used their skills perfectly. There were not one or two eyewitnesses, so it must not be false information.”

“I beg your pardon?”

After a short shock, the spine cooled.

Chris tried to argue back that it was nonsense, but he actually knew of such cases.

Wasn’t the pursuer he met in the kingdom of Pochinki and Louis who had left now all using skills?

I don’t know if the players from the kingdom that started the war killed the culprit of the curse, or if the people who put the curse are pretending to be themselves… … .

In any case, it is certain that they have something to do with the curse.

Chris tried to hide his feelings and told Luana.

“I am on my way there. I’ll go and check the situation.”

“Are you sure you want to do that? thank you.”

“But since I used the scroll this time, we won’t be able to communicate for a while. Report a little later.”

There was still one scroll left in Chris’ backpack.

But it was something out of sync with Luana’s.

He considered it fortunate and slightly twisted his head towards the city where the war was going on.

If it was the Kingdom of Benicia, it wouldn’t deviate too much from the original path.

It was okay to spend some time if you could get a clue about who cursed you.

Chris, who cut off communication with Luana and changed his destination, had to stop traveling again not long after.

Wasn’t the ghost horse that had been carrying him well until now suddenly stopped walking and seeped into the air like the wind?

Chris, who had fallen off the horse out of nowhere, quickly got himself into a position and looked around.

“Huh? Man, where are you going?”

I guess this is the escape to the sound dimension that Elgar was talking about.

As he searched for his horse in a panic, he soon heard an unfamiliar sound of hoofs.

From experience so far, it was certain that a large number of cavalrymen were moving towards him.

“… … .”

Could it be that this guy abandoned his owner and jumped out?

There’s no way the undead Elgar resurrected would ignore her orders… … .

Chris thought about this and that, but drew his sword and took a stance.

After a while, those who appear on the hill are surprised to see Chris.

“Huh? Why are people in this place… … .”

Apparently, it wasn’t the thieves who came after him.

Chris relaxed a little and observed his opponent.

Neat priestly clothes and armor on a sturdy horse.

They were priests of a church with great power.

It seems that he ran into himself while chasing Elgar.

Chris guessed that and realized why the ghost horse had disappeared.

On the outside, it was a ghost horse that was no different from normal horses, but it was still a little uneasy in front of the priest.

Had they witnessed the ghost horse, they might have discovered its true identity.

Although the suspicious ghost horse escaped on its own, the charges against Chris were not completely cleared.

He was walking out of the place where Elgar was slaughtering in full swing.

A situation in which there is no doubt.

The priests of the church each raised their own weapons and aimed them at Chris.

“… What are you doing? Since when did priests start persecuting the innocent?”

Chris also showed a slight displeasure without inserting his weapon.

Then the female knight who was leading the party came out and asked him a question.

“Brother, why are you wandering in a place like this? Seeing as you don’t have a horse, it doesn’t look like you’ve been traveling for a day or two… … .”

“I am heading northeast for personal reasons. I originally had one horse, but it died some time ago.”

Chris pretended to give an easy answer, but chose his words carefully.

The priests of the church he was facing now often had the ability to see through lies.

Fortunately or unfortunately, she was one of those possessors.

“You are not lying.”

“You have nothing to be ashamed of, so why lie? Although I am not on the path of the priesthood, I have been giving my faith to Lord Cadral from before.”

A small medal came out of Chris’ arms as he calmly talked nonsense.

It was an item that could be obtained by donating to the Cadral Church for a certain period of time and over a certain amount.

The name and appearance of the donor were written on the medallion, so it was not something that could be used no matter where it was stolen.

The female knight accepted it, looked closely at Chris’ face, and nodded.

“Brothers! It seems we are mistaken. This man is a very faithful believer.”

With the money they’d given so far, the priests didn’t treat Chris carelessly anymore.

Chris was a little relieved at the sight, but at the same time gnashed his teeth.

These priests were priests only in name, but in reality they were no different from money ghosts.

Even if a wounded adventurer visits the temple, it will not be healed unless he usually pays money to obtain a medallion.

If you leave the inn early in the morning, you can often find wounded people knocking on the door of the temple.

‘Instead, if you pay, the service will be provided for that much, but… … .’

Thanks to that, Chris can easily get over it now.

They even gave Chris a blessing in the name of blessing, and they hurried their steps again.

“Then travel carefully!”

“It’s dangerous around here. May you be taken care of by Cadral!”

Unlike before, the clergy with smiles on their faces gradually moved away.

Chris stuck out his tongue at their change of attitude and called his favorite horse.

“Where are you?”

“Purrule.”

Just like when it disappeared, the ghost horse appeared silently and bent its hind legs, making it easier for Chris to ride on top of him.

Chris moaned at the guy’s behavior, which seemed to be much smarter than before.

Chris, who sped up as if running away from the clergy, felt that his body could not stand it and prepared for homelessness.

The ghost horse snoops around and stands guard instead of him.

Tired, he trusted him and decided to close his eyes for a while.

In front of Chris, who continued the journey that became a little easier, the refugee procession no longer continued.

Elgar’s mess is finally over.

He diligently urged the ghost horse and arrived near the destination without much trouble.

As if Luana’s words about a war were true, there were quite a few corpses scattered across the scarred land.

Crows that had eaten for the first time in a while roared happily here and there, and the smell of rotting corpses vibrated from afar.

The thieves, brave enough to walk in the middle of the battlefield, carefully harvested the bodies of the fallen, avoiding each other’s eyes.

The number of corpses strewn along the road is at least a hundred.

This level of casualties could not have occurred unless it was an all-out war between countries.

Chris, who was trying to investigate the incident by heading to Benicia, where the war broke out, stopped for a moment.

When I try to infiltrate into enemy territory, my legs do not move.

It’s not like he’s been talking about his identity to the neighborhood, but he’s a bit reluctant to go straight to the curse magician’s friends.

In the case of rescuing Louis, his identity was not revealed.

However, after all, he is a fugitive from Pochinki Kingdom.

For the group that performed the curse, it was no different from being retrieved.

Now that I think about it, it’s rather brave that I’ve been running fine.

Finally making up his mind, he went not to Benicia, but to his opponent, Rosehook.

Since it was a warring kingdom, entry and exit checks were very strict, but Chris had the status of a mercenary.

Thanks to this, he was able to enter the kingdom’s capital without much difficulty.

Isn’t it natural for mercenaries to go to places where there is war?

Although it did not go through a siege, the overall atmosphere in the capital was heavy with war clouds.

The guards, who would normally be fooling around openly, were holding spears and ax eyes open.

It must be looking out for suspicious travelers and adventurers.

People on the street were afraid to make a loud noise, and the kingdom’s flags, which are not usually hung, are hung all over the city.

Chris headed to the mercenary guild to check the situation.

It was a shabby place compared to the players’ guild, but it was a place where everything was there.

Most of the mercenaries seem to have flinched or headed to the battlefield, and there were few people inside the wooden buildings.

The guild staff, who were just in place at the right time, became angry when they saw Chris.

“Chris! What are you doing here?”

“What would a mercenary come to the battlefield for?”

The quarrel between Rosehook and Benicia did not last for a day or two.

Chris, who had been a mercenary so far, had experience carrying out a couple of requests here.

As if there weren’t enough mercenaries on this side, the receptionist greeted him with a happy voice.

“Welcome! Now, everyone’s ransom has doubled or tripled. Chris is a light cavalryman, so you can get five times as much?”

“Why did the ransom price double?”

Chris looked at the other person even though he knew the reason well.

He didn’t try to trick Chris, perhaps because he had traded with him several times and he didn’t look too stupid.

“You know the stronghold players have lost their strength, right? But the players on the other side are running amok for some reason. Now, it’s hard to find people even if you pay more.”

“Well, it’s good that there’s a seat. Mercenaries like me have allied players anyway, but they don’t have them, so it’s the life of a fly.”

“hahahaha, it’s nice to see that you seem so motivated. Please wait a minute. I’ll find a place that suits Chris.”

Even though it is a mercenary guild, this place shares good fortune with the Kingdom of Rosehook.

If the kingdom is destroyed, all the employees here will die.

In principle, it is neutral, so even if the owner changes for each request, there is no way that the enemy country who fought bloody will take that into account.

Because of that, the receptionist carefully reviewed Chris’ assignment.

“There are a lot of vacancies in the Black Hawk Unit. It is a unit mainly composed of light cavalry and mainly engages in skirmishes and raids, so would it be okay to be deployed on this side?”

“Isn’t the black hawk unit a reconnaissance unit belonging to the kingdom army?”

Usually, mercenaries unite with each other to form a unit… … .

Apparently, the number of mercenaries enough to form a unit was not gathered, or it seemed that replenishment of vacancies was very urgent.

Chris nodded without hesitation.

If skirmishing and ambush were your main missions, you would have plenty of opportunities to see the players on the other side.