Chapter 44 (2/2)

Tords cut towards me

Sch-schwing! Two tangible energy blades whistled towardsa shadow

Just as I expected, it was a technique only a Master could deploy Swords h the air

“Blade Sword!”

“Ohh! It's Blade Sword!”

The name 'Blade Sword' came from the mercenaries

“Hya!”

My instructor had taught me that a shout is a concentration of one's mind I put my clear mind into the shout

My body rushed forith light steps

Sch-sch-schwing!

The Hyneth family's shadoord art, which somehow became my specialty, flew out

Clang! Claaang!

The shadoords unerringly blocked the guild Blade Swords

Clang!

“Agh!”

Now, I could perfectly uild one shadoord to rush towards the guildmaster

Schinng

The guilds, showing no gaps But now, one of theap

I would be a fool to miss that chance!

A sith uildmaster's shoulder

Cl-clang!

Metal met metal with a clatter

He wasn't even a real enemy, but uild his swords like a scissor His face turned bright red fro force of my mana

'Surrender, will you?'

His whole body tre the sword inches froed from red to white

“I lo—”

Then, just as he was about to say that he lost, I suddenly had the feeling that it would be a sharavewith bated breath

'Huhu'

Inwardly, I broke out in evil laughter

I still had plenty ofand quietly but swiftly kicked the guildmaster's most important place

Pow!

I felt hty

“AH-AHGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

The guild out in the covert

And, as if he hadn't participated in a sword duel just now, the guildround in fetal position

“…Eurgh”

“Ah…”

The uildmaster's brutal pain

“Does any other brave mercenary want to check my skills?”

The relaxed s e my eyes or duck their heads

If I said I would give them a lot of money, all they had to do was to come and line up, but these fearless souls openly resisted uild that place, it seemed as if they had finally found their lost sense of fear

“My liege!” Derval called out, having run up at some point

“Derval, go take care of that guy a little”

“Pardon?”

'I wonder if they cracked?'

The guildmaster's you-knohat had felt pretty hefty I was secretly worrying as I watched the poor chap as on an all-inclusive round trip to hell

'Daht before the kick'

The cause of uildmaster's bleak future as a man, but my 1,000 Gold

“They're worth using, somehow or another”

“It's insufficient with 100 people, but if they do double shi+fts, it should be possible to cover the important areas of the covert”

The guildain his senses aftercontract to work under ned his contract, the mercenaries who followed him also hurried to stamp their thumbprints on their contracts

'Alright, now I finally feel like a noble'

Up 'til last night, I had stayed in the hangar with Bebeto, but after Count Pavess left, I moved my nest to the office of the covert HQ

'Rotten bastard He took all the important stuff with him'

Count Pavess had taken all the useful things in the HQ with him Still, even this ear

“Move Bebeto to the closest hangar, and bring Lucia's family here”

“Already taken care of, sir”

'The ets'

As far as sharp-sightedness went, Derval sure was sharp

This was probably why every CEO or chairman had their own secretary—it was so they didn't have to pay attention to the trivial things anymore

“Just know that this is all thanks to uild tomorrow, they'll come by the handful”

Ryker—whose eggs weren't cracked (fortunately)—stood in a crooked position as he boasted his contribution

'Should I just break them for real? With a face like that, you could easily use him as a eunuch'

Ryker'sFrouildmaster, but a man under my employ for a whole year

“Do your best formeal”

“Really?”

“Trust reith honesty in a fah”

Even I felt eh a little at the end

But it wasn't wrong

My family's motto was 'honesty' The problem was all the conditions that came under that umbrella

“Understood I will try putting my faith in you”

Unlike his words, Ryker was looking at me with zero trust in his eyes He definitely needed a bit ”

“But why did you want to work for me? For someone of your skill, Viscount Lukence or Baroness Janice would have surely treated you well”

There was no need to be suspicious of someone behind their back

If there's so you want to know, just ask! That was my method

“Huhu It looked like it would be fun”

I was slightly startled by Ryker's words

'This guy is also…'

Mischief danced in his bright, blue eyes This was probably why I felt a sense of similarity with him e first met

'Young life, young life, the young life of youth! A YOLO'er!'

[TN: Lyrics fro from chapter 7]

Rather than living all co around them

He was, in other words, someone with the same mentality as me

“Ah, of course, thefro of the God of Wealth, Lumianx-nim”

'Geh!'

His way of laying his inner thoughts bare right in front of you was just like me, too

'With that face…' A certain 21st century Korean dra Woo-bi!'

Song Woo-bi, one of the main characters in the drama that had been sensationally popular before I came to this world, Men over Flowers He was a cool character with high stats, a good face, and a playful way of living life

'Then IJun-pyo? Kuku!'

[TN: Reference to Gun Jun-pyo, the male lead of K-drama Boys over Flowers Filthy rich]

At one point, I, Kang Hyuk, had been a young prince with an unlimited card

Noas a big-shot lord with a baronet title and a wyvern There was no rule saying I couldn't beco Jun-pyo in this world!

Dreaed only to the dreamer I would definitely make my dream come true!

“Good I'm thankful that you evaluated hts on the Nerman Plains?”

He was the guildmaster for a while, at least in name I looked forward to his rational evaluation of this place

“Here? Haha It's an utter mess I've never seen this much of a mess in my whole entire life Even the ever-chaotic eastern continent isn't this bad This place, where aest noble' mad, bloodthirsty enemies with hearts as black as tar are all around, the empire that owns the land is like a wo elsewhere, and the people are starved and ragged, kyaa, this must be the place most beloved by the God of Evil, Kerma'

The ugly contents of his speech didn't suit his bright shed as he spoke without a care

“So why did you come here?”

“Me? Dunno… I fell asleep drunk and ended up in this place's harbor… Those dah to send h! Just lethole in your bellies!”

The passionate youth, Ryker, suddenly went fro with bloodthirst

'Sigh, I shouldn't have asked'

He only looked fine, but he clearly had a few screws loose If he was put into a mental hospital, it would probably take hied

“That aside, Kyre-nio score a drink with me?'

“A drink?”

“Huhu I know a good place that the others don't know about They've got half-elves and cold beauties from the Ice Empire How 'bout it?”

Ryker was speaking to me, his employer, with a lascivious look in his eye and a lewd voice

“Get out”

“Hehe If that's too much, then maybe a little advanced pay… Today's the day I have to pay my tab…”

'Sigh…' At those words, a sudden thought occurred to me 'Dammit! The reason he came to me wasn't because of the tab, was it?!'

He was an extraordinarily talented person with a perfectly fine face and skills worth bragging about But the only thing inside his head was carnal desire

“NO WAY! Derval, advance pay will absolutely NOT be given without my permission! And tell everyone that anyone who violates the contract and runs aill be fed to Bebeto!”

“As you command!”

If things rong, ht I should focus and keep ht

'That's right, in a place where everything is a mess, how can there be anyone you can trust?'

“Ah shoot… They even said so today…”

Even as he was going out the door at his disret

'damn bastard!'

Curses towards Ryker suddenly burst out of me

Why did he say that?! A very pure curiosity about what kind of place Ryker … down there

'Half elves… Ice beauties… Argh'

I was a healthy youngtime The countless porn I'd watched without h my mind

'You idiot! It's only manners to ask at least twice!'

And suddenly, I felt rage burn towards Ryker

He was a truly rude guy with no manners