Vol 2 Chapter 13 (1/2)

Chapter 13 Kyre the Mage

“Let’s go, you guys! Hiya! hiya!”

Neiggggggh.

tadak-tadak!

After staying over at the castle for the night and in early morning, Hans was excitingly driving the newest-carriage pulled by two horses.

There was no need to stay at the viscount’s castle for long time, thus we bought a carriage and other essential necessities and departed early in the morning.

So nice!’

After laying down a thick blanket over the floor of the carriage, I laid down on my arm pillow while feeling the b.u.mpy ride of the carriage.

‘Is it finally time for me to leave.’

I wanted to leave after achieving 5th Circle, but I realized that it was not same as solving a simple math problem.

Another thing is that I cannot forever stay in Luna Village.

I wanted my heart to wander away just like blue sky I can see from down here.

‘I need information. Approximate knowledge regarding this world.”

The so called smartest in the village, the village chief wasn’t a major league player but just a pitcher from the neighborhood.

It only amounted to some names of G.o.ds, names of few Kingdoms and other essential information which I already knew pretty well.

‘Jamir should be handling the task of getting potions well on his own, other basic standalone items should last couple of years if used properly and after that… they are on their own.”

I started off with Luna Village from the fate of being my savior.

I did the best I could do for things that could be done.

I can’t be constantly being living for the sake of the villagers.

“Tha, that, Kyre!”

The carriage which was shaking from the b.u.mpy ride suddenly stopped, and with voice full of fear, Hans called out to me.

“Yawn! What’s the matter? There isn’t much distance until the village…”

I stuck out a long yawn and turned my head, only to stand still at the scene I saw.

‘Who are these bros?’

The road that separates Luna village consisted of several small forests and wild plain.

There were twenty figures on a horse blocking the road to the plain.

“Hans, do you know these people?”

“Is this time to make a joke? They must be bandits that have been watching us.”

Hans, who was disappointingly s.h.i.+vering with his large stature, confirmed the ident.i.ties of the group as bandits.

‘I was getting bored so this is perfect.’

It could be bandits just like Hans said, observing us when we hit a jackpot back at the market, or it could be men related to Daron Merchant Group, who was gritting their teeth at me.

And I was pretty sure it was the latter.

‘That officer, only sending these thugs.’

For I who scored himself a magical beast, I had reason to fear some half-baked mercenary.

“Hans.”

“Wha, what should we do Kyre? Let’s hand over all our goods and beg for our lives. They will surely…”

“Sleep.”

With a simple magic word, Hans fell into a deep sleep.

‘Memorizing has become a habit. You people, are all dead!’

There is no need to provoke someone; I could not let someone who provoked first walk scot-free.

Tu-du-duk.

Locking my hands together, I get up from the carriage.

‘20 people, its perfect.’

It was quarter of a day’s travel to village on carriage.

There was no one to help me in this wide plain.

Du-du-du!

The men finally moved.

Stump.

I quickly leaped away from the carriage

I waited for those guys on horses, while tapping my foot to their charge.

“Hehe, you are the fearless kid from Luna Village.”

As I expected, they already knew who I was.

‘Mercenary? It can’t be…?’

They gave off different vibe from the carefree mercenaries that visited the village.

Unlike the man in the 40s who acted like a mercenary, the men behind him were all lined up in orderly fas.h.i.+on and showed off very controlled movement just like a soldier.

“Who are you people?”

I narrow my eye and ask for their a.s.sumed ident.i.ty.

“You? Kkkk, you are asking a lot for a dead man.”

“Were you sent by the pig merchant named Ryan from Daron’s? I can tell you guys aren’t mercenary at first glance. Is it okay to gang up on commoners without permission from the Viscount?”

“…..”

They showed surprised face as I pulled out the truth right in front of them.

‘It’s the soldiers.’

As I expected, it was probably soldiers schemed between Ryan and that Administrative Officer.

About now, the talk about the trade I had with Rubis Merchant Group should have spread out in that small city and the officer should be afraid that his misdeeds might be revealed.

“You are pretty smart for a small kid.”

The man who seemed to be the leader of the herd spoke with quiet and deep voice.

At same time, the group of soldier started giving off their killing intent.

They were most likely keeping things in the dark from the Viscount.

“Tsk tsk, you should embarra.s.s as men who feeds of the taxes of commoner. s.h.i.+ang!”

Cha-cha-jhang!

“Shut your mouth!”

After throwing few words with some vulgar words, the soldiers pulled out their swords.

‘Hors.e.m.e.n with no armor worn…. These b.a.s.t.a.r.ds, if I play with them a bit, will the Viscount know?’

These men must have threw their armor somewhere and rushed here.

Unlike regular footman soldiers, these hors.e.m.e.n must be pretty important part of Viscount’s military strength.

“Die!”

“Myung!”

“Hiya!”

A horseman charged at me as if he was scared to let the order come down from the man in front.

‘Laughable.’

한 칼에 죽이려는 듯 큰 동작으로 말을 타고 오며 검을 휘두르는 자.

The man was charging at me with such a big movement, as if he was going to swiftly kill me in one stroke.

Gyang!

I took on the soldier’ sword with my sword given to me by the village chief.

“Uhaa!”

Thump.

Due to the unexpected counterattack, the soldier’s sword flung off his hand and fell off the horse from the force of exchange.

Puk!

I quickly sent low kick to his head before he could regain his focus from the fall, making him fall unconscious.

“What!”

At the sight of their ally falling after single exchange, all the soldiers let out a shriek.

“So you had some skills to rely on. Hehe, it doesn’t change the fact that you will die here though.”

“On whose whim? Bro, are you confident?”

I retorted back at the guy who seems to be the leader with att.i.tude of thug.

‘This guy is a Knight.’

As he ordered other soldiers, his body leaked mana as he was being agitated.

“Go die!”

The same order came down once again.

Neiiiiiiiigh!

Du-du-du-du-du-duk!

The three soldiers who were lined up about 10 meter away from me charged towards me.

‘Should I show off bit of my skills?

My prowess with sword wasn’t a problem but my main specialty was still magic.

“Magic Arrow!”

Pat!

Along with the incantation of simple 2nd Circle magic, I formed 10 magic arrows in midair.

Based on the level of Circle it belonged to, the number of magic arrow would be proportional to amount of mana invested.

“Fall down!”

The soldiers that were charging were surprised as numerous magic arrows appeared in midair, emitting milky-white light.

I focused my mind a bit and guided the magic arrows to the upper body of the soldiers.

s.h.i.+ee!Pu-bu-buk!

Kuk!”

“Kak!”

“Huk!”

The soldiers fell after experiencing the magic arrows that were as thick as an arm with their whole body.

It was guaranteed that the soldiers who were hit by the arrow without armor would have few broken ribs.

‘These guys, I wonder if they have medical insurance.’

It wasn’t me who got hurt but I was still worried a bit.

There would be no Kang Hyuk without his caring personality

“A, a mage!”

“……”

“How, how come a mage is….?”

The remaining sixteen soldiers were shouting out while staring at me with eyes full of fear.

“Whi, which Magic Tower does the esteemed mage belong to?”

The man who I guessed to be a knight threw a question regarding which magic tower faction I belong to with shaky voice.

‘Magic Tower? The magic tower that Master Gundalf lived in?’

“There is no such thing. Have you heard? A mage from Gumjunggosi”. (TLN: It’s term for school entrance exam in Korea but he is using as a affiliation, a joke of mage pa.s.sing exam)

“Gumjonggosi?”

There is no way he would know. The knight spat back out the word Gumjunggosi.

Suddenly, the knight’s face turning really red.

He realized that I was probably making fun of him.

“This d.a.m.n b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”

Paat!

As if he was validating his ident.i.ty as a knight, he shouted out and quickly came forward with his sword.

‘Slow.’

Compared to the magical beast I faced, his speed was infinitely slower.

“Tat!”

I consider myself as a mage, but it’s a world where revenge is more prominent.

I stabbed my sword toward his lower body and stopped his charge.

“Huah!”

When the sword was coming down upon the knight who was being cautious against magic, he quickly turned his sword around and defended against the sword.

‘Aura Blade!’

For first time since I came to this word, I was finally got the chance to experience the might of aura blade besides my own.

Pa-ga-gang!

‘Heh, what kind of Aura Blade is this?’

Contrary to my expectation, as soon as my sword filled with Aura Blade clashed with knight’ sword, his Aura Blade buzzed for second and his thin Aura Blade quickly dissipated.

The knight’s body stiffened for an instant and exploiting that moment, I landed a kick.

Puk!

“Ku-uk…Kuk!”

The attack filled mana landed firmly on his waist.

His face turned blue as if he couldn’t breathe and the knight’s body stiffened.

pakak.

I finished it off lightly with spin kick.

‘You should be thankful, for meeting the 21st century’s Great Mage, who knows the value of life.’

Due to the force behind the kick, the knight faints while foaming in his mouth.

“Get off.”

I ordered the soldiers, whose faces were blue and looked like a dog that has just lost their mother.

“Fireball!”

Wha-le-le-le-le!

The thing these soldiers who has not understood their situation was not medicine, but a club.

I made the fireball as big as a man’s body float in right front of me.

“Ahhhhhh!”

“Please, spare me, oh great mage!”

ta-da-dak!

It didn’t matter who started.

All the remaining soldiers threw down their equipment, climbed down from their horse and bowed before me.

It’s not like they are pheasants who has been trapped in dire situation.

I could imagine how I, a man with ident.i.ty of mage would be appear to these regular soldiers.

There was not a single soldier fighting back and they kneeled with their heads kissing the ground.

“Were you sent by the Administrative Officer?”

One simple question.

“That, that is right.”

A soldier who seemed to be senior among other lifted his head and answered cautiously.

“Does the viscount know, that you guys are committing these bad deeds?”

“Th, this….”

The viscount probably doesn’t know.

The man that was Viscount Fiore was not such a person based on my first impression.

“Undress everything. Take off your weapon and the tops of your attire! Commence!”

The soldiers s.p.a.ced out at sudden order.

“Quickly move! Unless you want to become a roasted chicken!”

During 2nd year middle school, we had school trip to experience navy discipline camp as a group.

How the a.s.sistant teacher spoke really helped out at this moment.

“A, affirmative!”

“We will undress! Undress!”

The soldiers who were perfectly subdued by me quickly took out their short sword, other items used by the army and their top wear.

“Strip down those people who are fallen on ground!”

“Yes sir!”

As if they were soldiers that were under me, they nimbly move around.

‘How much money are these worth?’

One of the soldiers riding the horse was carrying my side income onto my wagon.

I enjoyed the sight of the soldiers’ comrades.h.i.+p as they undress other soldiers.

“Ky, Kyre, what horse is that?”

“Have you finally awakened? Seeing how you suddenly fainted, you must have been really tired.”

Clip-clop clip-clop.

On the way back to the village driving the carriage.

The road back to the village was easy to see, we quickly got closer and Hans, who has awoken from the spell was quickly surprised as he looked at the back of the carriage, only to see loads of equipments soldiers wear and many horses following up behind.

“Kyre, where did the bandits go and where did these horses come from….?”

“Oh, this? They weren’t bandits as we first thought, but people from honest and devoted charity. After explaining them the poor situation Luna Village was in, they left us horses and stripped their own clothes to give. I couldn’t believe that there were those kind of people would still exist in this kind of world. ”

“Is, is this really true?”

“Hans, have you seen me lie before? And if they were actually bandits, how could you and I be here going back to village without a single scratch?”

“That, that is true….”

“I see the village!”

“We are already here?”

While Hans was asleep, I casted Lighten spell on the carriage, das.h.i.+ng through the plain.

I didn’t want the sun to set and being forced to deal with the monsters in the night.

“Hans~!!”

“Hans and Kyre have returned!”

Most of the villagers has hawk vision of 2.0 eyesight, those who were on the lookout was welcoming us with their shout.

“Hans, don’t forget what I said. Don’t say a word until the merchants come.”

“I, I understand.”

Just by the stuff that was on the carriage was enough to make the villagers happy.

Then when the merchants arrive tomorrow, that happiness will increase many fold.

‘Shall I enjoy some proper feast?’

One thing I am most excited among others was the dinner prepared by Cecil.

We were dividing out the various spices and kitchenware I acquired from the castle.

“Dad!! Brother Kyre!!”

The door opens and Deron, who was waiting so eagerly, ran towards us.

Followed by him, many villagers appeared, filled with antic.i.p.ation.

“Today, should I start a party with a tuna?”

It was the 2nd day since I returned to village.

The village was in festive mood after receiving 10 healthy horses along with small items within the carriage.

Since they were such a poor village, even a small present would make them feel grateful many times over.

And today was the day which the merchants would arrive.

They should have departed from the castle yesterday, so they should be arriving today afternoon at the latest.

‘The chief might be surprised by this?’

The village chief was terrified after hearing that I bought out the horses after paying taxes and not obtaining potions.

According to the rumor I hear, you can hear sound of endless sighing from outside the house like music.

“Let’s buy some potions after earning big time. Since Jamir looks like a merchant who knows how to honor a favor, so he can probably look after the village without me being present.

For that reason, I must present loads of Madir.

“My mana is fully charged; only thing that’s left is method to transport the tuna after defeating the sea monster.”

The sea was approximately 1km away from the beach.

Even now, the tunas that were trudging through the sea to faraway place were teasing me.

The current season was the highest point of tunas that were said to swim near the village for three months annually. (TLN: this sounds off but 3am atm, will come back later if you guys find it off too.)

“There they are.”

While I was pondering on the problem of transporting the tuna, a group of people were approaching the village from a distance.

The things I ordered were enough to feed the villagers full for entire year.

Due to the crops, about a hundred of carriages were appearing from the horizon all lined up.

Kyaa, this satisfaction after working and sweating hard. Even my cash card that was given to me from my master doesn’t compare to this.

It’s only been couple of months living in my master’s home world, but achieving big task with my meager strength for another made me feel satisfied.

In South Korea, I was just a high schooler who was good at studying, but here, I was a big shot who was responsible for entire village.

Ring-ring-ring!

“Pe, people are coming!”

“Gather everyone!”

As villagers on the watchtower noticed the carriages, along with the sound of bell, people were moving very frantically.

Luna village was desolate village where the only visitors were usually monsters.

A welcoming guest was approaching for sake of these villagers.

“What, what is this…?”

“Woaah! There are pigs and cows!”

“Are those all flours?”