Chapter 102 (1/2)
“Joon-suk! What are you going to do if that becomes a forest fire?”
“You don’t have to worry about that. Dragon Killer’s flame only burns the area that it passes by. It’s not a real fire.”
“Really? Is that possible?”
“That’s what it said on the instruction manual. It’s something that has been confirmed in the forest region so you don’t have to worry.” (J: “forest region” here could actually be referring to a forest called “The Great Forest”. Just keep that in mind.)
As Han Joon-suk had said, only the trees in the path of the flame dragon were burned pitch black and turning into ash but the rest of the area was undamaged.
It seemed we would not need to be overly worried about using our techniques just because we were in a jungle area.
I pointed at the dead Mukamuka and talked to Edward.
“Now then, go eat.”
“…… Am I some kind of dog?”
“Please go ahead and dine. Sir Edward.”
When I said so while bowing down to him, Edward’s expression crumpled up and he let out a sigh.
“I sure am not getting used to human sarcasm.”
“It’s a joke.”
“I will decline such jokes.”
He walked towards the dead Mukamuka even while grumbling. He put his mouth on the neck that was spilling blood from a cut.
Jjeub. Jjeueub. (Kyle: sfx for sucking)
Hm…… it wasn’t a pleasant scene for children to see. Soo-ah opened her mouth.
“Hm…… I don’t want to say something about someone eating but…… it feels wrong.”
“I should keep him from doing so when other people are looking.”
“How about collecting the blood in a container and carrying that around?”
Han Joon-suk proposed a solution. I nodded my head. It seemed to be the best method.
The guy that was diligently drinking the Mukamuka’s blood while getting blood all over his mouth suddenly started trembling.
“What is he doing, that guy?”
“Indeed. It’s getting increasingly unpleasant.” (J: “Kimochi warui!” …. I had to say it.)
The guy that was drinking blood while trembling for quite some time finally separated his mouth and shouted towards the sky.
“Euaaah…… the power is overflowing!” (J: The Protoss left one of their Archons here, I see.)
“Are you filming an advertisement for a health tonic?”
“Muhahaha! I am now strong! Taking orders from you is now over with this!”
Edward shouted at me as crimson light shined from his eyes.
I shook my head from side to side. (J: Yare yare.)
Soo-ah opened her mouth with a sigh.
“He’s far from sobering.”
“Indeed.”
I slowly approached Edward. He breathed heavily while looking at me with exposed canines.
“Kyaak! If you want to die don’t come close!”
“What the hell. Does that mean I should go closer if I don’t want to die?”
“Th, that’s not it. Anyway, I will not take orders from you any longer.”
“Well, that’s fine. But give me back those clothes. Those are expensive you know.”
“Hm……?”
The guy’s eyelashes suddenly trembled.
“That, that is…….”
“It was a contract. We didn’t write a contract on paper, but put your hand on your heart and say it. Or is it fine to do whatever you want with promises in your clan?”
“It’s not like that.”
“Then quickly give me the clothes. Let’s part ways here.”
At my words, Edward’s shoulders suddenly drooped down.
“It, it was a joke.”
“What did you say? I can’t hear it? Didn’t somebody say before that they would decline jokes?”
“Argh! I messed around a bit! What are you going to do about it?”
“You’re noisy, just wash your mouth. It’s disgusting to look at.”
“Mrgh. I’m definitely going to buy these clothes someday.”
“It’ll take you forever to buy it with a monthly salary of 2m won.”
“I looked into that and it violates the minimum wage law. It’s 10k won per hour…… a day is 24 hours so shouldn’t you give me more than 7m won per month?”
“How long do you think you work per day for you to ask for that much?”
“I am going to take the entire time under your command as my work hours.”
“Do you want to get just 1m won?”
“This corrupted business owner. I will report this to the Labor Office.”
“What kind of bullshit is this from a guy without even a citizen ID. You’ll only come back to your senses after getting chased out of the country as an illegal immigrant, huh?”
“Wow. Senior brother, you looked like a real corrupted business owner just now.”
“You’re going to be like that as well.”
After knocking Soo-ah on the head, I checked Edward’s status through the manual.
I have been thinking that something was off since a while ago. It’s because the energy or something similar that I feel from him seemed to have become stronger than before drinking the Mukamuka’s blood.
Vampire Baron (2) : It is a vampire baron. It can become stronger if it drinks blood.
“Oh? He really got stronger?”
“That is so. Can you feel how useful I am now? Immediately increase my salary two-fold.”
“Then I guess I should charge the money for the blood separately.”
Edward looked at me with a face that said ‘this isn’t how it was supposed to go……’.
“It’s obviously like that. If you can get stronger by drinking the blood of monsters, you are gaining that much profit, so I should receive money.”
“That…… I will act like the salary increase issue was never brought up.”
“Nah. Lets make it 1m won per level. The level 4 Mukamuka is 4m won.”
“This damn corrupted merchant!”
“If you don’t like it, just don’t eat.”
“What am I supposed to do when I don’t have any money.”
“I’ll take it from your salary. Hm. This is 4m won so that’s 2 months worth of your salary.”
“N, no way…….”
“If you don’t like it, you can refuse. As I said before…….”
“Who said I don’t like it? I will work hard to repay you.”
Edward answered while wiping the blood off his mouth.
“You suffered a loss trying to keep your pride.”