Vol 8 Chapter 4 (1/2)

ACT 4: See you again, Silvana!

Crack!

The door broke off with a harsh sound Several knights and soldiers suddenly caot up with a surprised expression

“What are you doing? Don’t you knohere this is?”

“Shut up!”

The knights glanced at the soldiers and pushed the priest outside The soldiers held up a bucket with a strange smell and poured it on the statue The statue’s face instantly changed into that of a crow

“Ankh, the God of death!”

The knight exclaimed and pulled out his sword

“There is no need to look anymore Capture all the wicked ones! If they become rebellious then kill them!”

A continuous uproar took place The priests began to resist, forcing the soldiers to draw their swords and a ht suddenly occurred It wasn’t lihout the cathedral, the sa at the temples that worshi+pped Asyeosu However, in this situation the soldiers had already coave up their resistance and the soldiers bound them

“This roos to Asyeosu’s Archbishop!”

The soldiers ere clearing the top floor of the teed into the room However, the Archbishop was not in the room He had sensed the commotion and fled

“damn……he couldn’t have been able to run far away Send soldiers to every exit and block his escape!”

“I understand!”

The soldiers ran away in a hurry Soldiers fro Asyeosu’s te place to worshi+p Ankh inside the cathedral After searching and seizing docuularities with the church of Asyeosu Unfortunately, the Archbishop and several senior priests had fled beforehand but the church of Asyeosu was still destroyed Taking into consideration the idom, they did not disclose any further details Thus the church of Asyeosu quietly disappeared into the depths of the history books, while a hobbit eons was released

“Uh, my sore eyes……!”

The hobbit frowned at the painful sunlight It was none other than Sid who had spent a month in jail

“I wonder why I was released?”

Sid didn’t knohat had changed His day in the prison had begun like normal until a soldier suddenly approached and asked

“Are you Sid?”

“Yes? Yes I am, but why?”

“You’ve been released from prison”

The soldiers just released Sid without any notice He didn’t knohat happened today but Sid didn’t bother questioning it

“Anyway, I can now play the gaain!”

Sid quickly left the tedious Cathedral But a few ained precious freedom, his face darkened It was because he had found a letter from Ark in his mailbox

Have you left? Please coaran immediately!

Although I old back, there is no way to obtain the 3000 gold that you lost to a sca his food go The poor hobbit had once again gone froer into the wolf’s trap

‘Since the letter is written by Ark-nio………’

Sid sighed and headed towards Nagaran

‘How didlife become like this?’

……………The King congratulated hi to the situation But there were still reathered a lot of social power, so if it was discredited then confusion would spread throughout the continent So he had to wait for the King’s permission to disclose the secret Once the political situation calmed down then he would have a chance

‘Huhuhu, okay, Alan and the Cathedral have been dealt with’

There was a sudden warm smile on Hyun-woo’s ain but Ark was behind the church’s downfall Ark collected the fraght to the young Lord of Jackson He relayed what he found with the ressed rapidly The young Lord realised the severity of the proble mobilized his troops and Asyeosu’s temple was raided Of course, Asyeosu’s destruction was unrelated to Alan and Sid However, Ark had gained a lot of recognition from the situation and Sid was released from the prison based on his wordsWell Sid was iuous reason by the church of Asyeosu in the first place, so he was released once the charges were reviewed………But whatAlan

The Pope had sent hi

Judging from the circumstances, I think that there is a secret deal between Alan and the Asyeosu church in regards to Sid like you claihts confiscated from the temple is the proof Alan clearly knew the truth behind the church and hid it Unfortunately, there is no way to prove that he had anything to do hat happened to Sid But he can’t escape the charge of conspiring with the church Arrangements have been made for Alan’s downfall Because I have to conceal the contents, the public charge will be that he s of the Three Kingdo punishment

‘Now he doesn’t have a chance’

The cri with the church was hidden Instead his sin was deceiving the kings using a ghost guild Thanks to that, overnight Alan went frouild uild was also dissolved Alan had lost all his power and his entire support base But was that all? Since he was a wanted ree then Alan was already over In addition, the sa applied to Andel who relied on Alan

‘You shouldn’t have picked a fight with me’

Ark felt refreshed at the thought of their downfall But it was only the start Ark’s ain until they became trash

‘Even though the conclusion is that I won, Alan still has old I won’t be pleased if it ends like this Since his cri Roco, I won’t be pleased until I kill him at least three or four times!’

Once he made up his mind, Ark was more persistent than anyone else

“We have the sahts We won’t be satisfied with this”

JusticeMan and the rehabilitation members nodded

“Park So-old is deep!”

“How dare he kill our cutie Roco right in front of us……!”

“That’s not the problem Alan used a woman as a shi+eld……! I have to ain”

Roco growled fiercely Ark who had been listening in silence finally said

“The probleure out Alan’s location When Alan was the Lord the castle was his resurrection point Since we’ve captured the castle, he will resurrect in the location before the castle But we can’t just go out and search the 1~2 villages in the vicinity And Alan probably won’t travel like he did before”

“The time has come to show my skill”

At that time, Hae Gyeol-sa smiled and cut in

“Don’t you know I’ people?”

Hae Gyeol-sa……In other words, his forpeople who hid with the money

“But isn’t this a game?”

“The e Everyone has sio out and search the vicinity then I’ll quickly be able to catch his trail”

Hae Gyeol-sa replied Ark had already seen Jjak-tung’s and Tazza’s skills a while agoHae Gyeol-sa would only tell hiood reason

“It will be difficult alone……if I had a few people then I could find Alan within a couple of days”

“I’d go Because I have no interest in levelling up”

“It erous with just you”

Tazza and Bul-kkun volunteered

“Okay let’s start straight away Send any information about Alan to my mail”

So Hae Gyeol-sa, Tazza, and Bul-kkun left to track Alan

‘Now I just have to wait’

Once Ark organized that he turned his attention to the problem of Silvana castle There was no way that Ark could defend Silvana with his power He had no uild like Alan didWhen the next siege began there was a 100 chance that he would have his Lordshi+p taken away At best he would only receive 1 copper fro kicked out But Ark had already found a way to solve the problem

“For theto transfer this castle to Raiden”

“What?”

JusticeMan and the rehabilitation members’ eyes opened

“W-what are you talking about?”

“Why are you handing the castle over to the guy who betrayed us?”

“Of course it’s not for free”

Ark shook his finger left and right as he laughed

“As you knoe don’t have a way to keep the castle But we have the right to choose a challenger I’ll sell that right to Raiden Since he’ll definitely obtain the castle once he gets the challenge right, there is no way Raiden would refuse”

“Certainly but……”

“Giving a castle that orked hard to capture to a guy like him……”

“Didn’t you hear? I said for the moment”

“Huh? For the moment?”

JusticeMan and the rehabilitation members were puzzled Ark smiled and explained in detail what he had envisionedAnd JusticeMan and the rehabilitation members expressed their admiration

“That, that method…!”

“Now do you understand? Silvana isn’t like that now, but in the future it will be a goose that lays golden eggs It isn’t possible to overlook such a place So I’ to install a few precautions before I pass it to Raiden And since I developed the idea, I want Hyungs to make it possible”

“I got it Leave it to us”

The rehabilitation members rolled up their sleeves with excited faces JusticeMan nodded and looked at Ark with ad eyes

“I see why you picked Raiden to make the deal with”

“I have to return the favour at least once”

Ark replied with an evil grin Although he had to deal with Alan, there was still a debt that Raiden needed to repay A few hours later, Ark sat facing Raiden in his officeRaiden’s face was haggard since he couldn’t sleep after the siege Indeed, on the way here Raiden vo insinuations while s

“What happened to your pretty face?”

“You bastard…!”

Raiden drew his sword as his shoulders shook with anger Well, if he tried to kill hi…… Ark seemed carefree as he said

“In this situation there is no reason to be angry with me”

“Did you call s like that?”

“No, I called because I have a good proposal”

“What? Proposal?”

“I’ll skip the small talk and just simply say it Do you want Silvana castle?”

Raiden’s eyes flinched

“………What does that mean?”

“The next siege is in 5 days If you want then I’ll give Silvana to you then”

“Are you serious?”

Raiden asked Ark in an incredulous voice

“Of course it’s not for free 6000 gold”

“What, what the? This kid, are you crazy?”

Raiden jumped in surprise However, Ark just replied as if he hadn’t said such outrageous words

“Hey, we’re talking about the Lordshi+p here You could get thatcookies at a sold for a territory is too expensive? Besides, you offeredto spend that old to buy you’re precious territory?”

“T-that is……”

“You wouldn’t have this issue if you had just given it to ”

Ark coolly replied Ark and Raiden had been willing to spend ht there would be an enormous profit once they had the castleBut that wasn’t what he found once he finally occupied the castle Occupying the castle would certainly be profitableHowever, he had to defend it until he obtained the profits Even if Heruild, it wouldn’t be easy for thee Since he had been in Nagaran for a while, he probably already knew thatThere was a high chance that Raiden had already organized that with the other guilds in the alliance The 5 guilds invested in such a way that they would receive the profits after the estate upgraded After all, Raiden betrayed Dark Eden over the pro when he wasthe demands

“The proble about the castle Anyway, old You decided whether you will take it or not”

“The salary of Silvana’s Lord is only 3000 gold!”

As a pioneer, he also had access to such infor

“Yes, so that payment is the profit for two months”

“Don’t joke around Do you think I’m a fool? Two months in New World is 3 weeks in realityI’ll have to participate in three sieges in the meantie, developing the estate until it’s not in a deficit anyold without even lifting a finger?”

“I’ around”

The smile disappeared from Ark’s face Ark lowered his upper body and threatened

“Weren’t you aware of it before the first siege? You had confidence that you would be able to obtain a profit, wasn’t that why you started the siege in the first place? And if you defend it a few tiet a lot of benefits Well, I lack the ability to defend the castle which is why I proposed a deal But I’er”

“What………?”

“Apart fro to buy the castle For exauild”

“Grey wings!”

“The Grey Wings guild would respond toNevertheless, I offered it to you first Although you betrayed ed to occupy the castle because of you I have my own kind of loyalty That’s all I have to say Do you want to buy it or not?”

Raiden rolled his eyes at Ark’s words But he had already decided the answer fros then Raiden would have no choice but to siege againThat would require thousands old to be poured into his uarantee of a victory So he et a profit froain for the best price As expected, Raiden muttered in a strained voice

“But right now 6000 gold……”

‘I ards to these kinds of deals’

Ark didn’t seeood at it compared to Raiden However, Raiden didn’t know that Ark had been in charge of the fa, so he had twice the experience inmoney transactions

“I’ll simply say it How much can you possible save up?”

“I can only gather 3000 gold in a week”

“That’s a bit difficult”

“W-wait a ht and write up a contract”

“I do not believe in contracts now”

Ark added in a cold and quiet voice

“But the circuold in cash I’ll allow you to use soold

“So else?”

“The shoes that Duke is wearing……it looks pretty good?”

Raiden was surprised and shook his head

“That’s impossible”

“I won’t accept anything else 4000 gold and Duke’s shoes Or I’ll hts next week If I don’t receive a call tomorrow then I’ll see it as a rejection and uild”

Then Ark ended the negotiations Shoes that enabled hi his posture! It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that Ark’s primary purpose was those shoes

Raiden had just gone through a siege In order to get the money, he would have to scrape it froold then Raiden would have no et froold So Ark asked for 6000 gold and stealthily sneaked in Duke’s shoes as if it was just a side concession These kinds of sale pitches done in blackto Ark

‘Raiden absolutely can’t refuse He will bring the shoes even if he has to kill Duke’

As expected, Raiden sent a notification the next day accepting the deal

“The deposit is 1000 gold The rest will be paid after you accept Here”

“Okay”

‘Raiden will regret this decision for the rest of his life’

Ark gave a wicked sarding Silvana was solved Silvana which had been eold and unique shoes after 6 days

‘In the meantime I won’t just play around!’

“Ajusshi+, has everyone done what I told them to?”

“Yes, Berami will take care of the rest”

“Then gather all the NPCs together Froeon!”

“Good, I’ll finally get to see an elite monster!”

JusticeMan grinned and raised his arms

“What? What did you say?”

Duke looked at Raiden with an amazed expression Raiden scratched his head and muttered an excuse

“That……you know the guild’s situation Since we had to pay for the siege before, we’ve ran out of old in a few days than 6000 gold”

“But to give that guy Ark my shoes? Does that make sense?”

“I didn’t want it to be this way either! All of this is to take the castle away from hih I want to kill him dozens of times, I can’t think like that!”

While he was trying to persuade his guild members, Raiden’s resentment burst out

“But there is no other way We can’t miss this opportunity to occupy the castle I know, I know After being threatened I also felt ill But now there is no way to turn around I’ve already given the 1000 gold deposit to Ark If I don’t pay the rest then that would be wasted for nothing! Furthermore, all of our efforts will be in vain if Ark just hands the castle to the Grey Wings guild”

“Indeed………”

The guild athered nodded In fact, so far the power of Hers occupied the castle and becoe Since they’ve already participated in a siege, they knew that defending wasIf they took into account the dae, their current ratio was 4:6……No, Grey Wings would have the upper hand with a ratio of 3:7 No matter how much time and money they spend, it would be is’ handsHe wasn’t going to let his pride get in the way

“I promise that e occupy the castle, I’ll reward you first”

“Yes, the guild ht”

“We’ll help you get some shoes later”

“You’re not going to betray the guild just because of some shoes are you?”

The guildhim

‘daive it to that guy……’

Curses rose in Duke’s throat Those shoes eration to say that it had the best possible option for a ranger Although his level was less than the other pioneers, he was able to fight side-by-side with Raiden and Jewel because of those shoes

However……now he had to give it to Ark?

Frankly, in this situation he was angrier with Raiden and his guild then about giving Ark his shoes Meanwhile, the guild members had slowly narrowed the distance They had already decided to just peel Duke’s shoes off

“No! I’ll never do it!”

Duke stared at Raiden and the guild before turning around He was going to defend his shoes He just had to hide until the next siege occurred in several days Well, he uild later on but it was better than being deprived of his shoes

“Eh? Catch him!”

Raiden shouted when he sensed Duke’s aim and Duke ran away However, Duke used his shoes to escape frouild’s encirclement

‘I did it! Heh, do you think I would give up these shoes so easily?’

Duke sh the door Then a dozen wind chains abruptly rose froround and wound around Duke

-You have been caught by the advanced ‘Restraint’ spell

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Duke looked in surprise at the ician who suddenly appeared at the door

“Eh? J-Jewel, even you……!”

“We have no choice This time you’ll have to concede a little bit You’ll still be compensated for it And we still owe Ark a debt When he leaves Nagaran then we’ll strike and get back the shoes”

“Son of a bitch, you’re not serious?”

Duke seethed with rage but it was all over from the moment he had been captured by the chains After that, he was surrounded by the guild members who used intimidation, confusion and hit hi

“daot it! I understand! Kuhuk, you dirty bastard I’ll give it!”

Duke shouted, his eyes bri with tears However, Raiden’s face was still dark even after he got the shoes

“Phew, I’ve got the shoes……but how aold in a few days?”

If he scraped all the japteold The deadline was slowly drawing closer

“Now! Artillerymen, fire!”

He shouted after Ark and the rehabilitation members are cut Goat’s health in half The thieves ere in the back fired the cannons simultaneously

Tu tu tu tung!

Roaaaaar!

Eventually Goat was engulfed in fla a fierce struggle against the Meow The Meoeren’t bothering to defend against Goat Instead they used several reckless attacks that made Ark stiffen with fearBut the situation was different fro alone

“The source of life which boils up from the heart!”

When Roco used the song of recovery, the Meow immediately recovered their health When Ark, the rehabilitation co Goat instantly collapsed

-Your level has risen

‘Hahaha, that was pretty quick!’

Ark confireand let out a cheer After Ark decided to sell Silvana, he brought the rehabilitation coeon was overfloith elite ic item every time they killed one And he was also able to eon! However, the downside was that the h that he couldn’t hunt alone But once he gathered the rehabilitation ht away Ark and the rehabilitation members’ intimacy with the NPCs also rose as a result!

‘It’s good that I didn’t tell anyone about this dungeon’

Ark had not told anyone about the dungeon, including the Lord of Jackson He reported that the memory crystals were found in a few places in the castle Because there was a possibility of a teaeon if they knew about it, and in the worst case situation close up the dungeon This round

‘But I can’t use the dungeon for long’

Once he sold Silvana then he won’t be able to enter the dungeon anyot aleon, he was able to reach the 5th floor underground

“Character information !”

Character Name

Ark

Race

Human