Chapter 460 – Survey Corps
Why did the Golden Mansion become their stage again?
“What the fuck is that…?”
Those were the first words Young master spoke when he arrived at the mansion.
The splendid and majestic appearance that boasted the power of the Golden Ball to the whole world was nowhere to be seen.
The entire mansion is painted with grayish-white, dull paint.
The lion bust, the gold-covered balcony, and the beautiful window frames, which seemed like idols worshiping a new god, were all covered in something and faded.
But when I looked closer, it wasn’t paint or anything.
When Prince Augus approached and touched it with the tip of his sword, it stuck and became entangled.
“What is this…? Is it glue?”
“No, it’s a spider web.”
Seojun answered.
All eyes are focused on him.
Many people, close to a hundred people.
They were an investigation corps dispatched from the capital to find the culprit who burned down the bullpen in the central city and butchered its citizens, thereby turning the entire city into rubble.
All of them were indomitable warriors and hunting dogs of the empire that never missed a bite.
Prince August was the centurion leader and adjutant who led them, and there was only one person above him.
“Wow, it’s a spider web. “Who are you?”
The frowning old man asks Seojun.
The old man had a good physique, but his back was very bent and his appearance was unsightly.
A hooked nose that looks like a lump of clay that the Creator roughly kneaded and threw away, a protruding cheekbone, a chin, and droopy eyes like a depressed artist.
His nose was red, probably because he drank alcohol, and his hair was bald, leaving only a handful on the sides, and instead of the scant hair on his head, he had a bushy beard like green onion root.
The Empire’s Survey Corps was a kind of white blood cell.
Since their job was to catch and kill viruses and bacteria that entered the body, they hunted demonic beasts, dealt with monsters, and even hunted down and killed the most violent criminals of the century.
However, not many people welcomed them, and when asked why, they all answered in unison as follows.
Those are butchers and bastards-.
They are shameless people who don’t care who gets cut while dancing with swords-.
They did whatever it took to destroy evil.
He sent out troops at will, and even set up a large fire in the territory to kill the devil.
But no one dared to hold them responsible.
It was decided that way by the strict national law of the empire.
The leader of the investigation team, Count Howl Craver, was a particularly strange man.
He was as unsophisticated as the mercenaries who were fucking on the streets, and his body oozed a sour smell because he never washed.
There were always large pieces of food stuck in his teeth, so there was no one in the unit who knew what the Count had eaten.
Seojun had also heard of that old man’s notoriety in a previous episode. It was my first time seeing it in person.
“I am Ha Seo-jun, a gold-plated mercenary.”
When Seojun holds out his hand, the old man glances down at the pale hand and reveals his yellow buck teeth.
I can see something green between my front teeth. Is it chicory? Spinach?
“This is my first time seeing such a handsome mercenary. Are you a mercenary? “Not a prostitute?”
Seojun twitched his eyebrows at the rude remark, and Young master intervened from the side.
“Investigation leader! “He is definitely a man who received a knighthood.”
“Huh, you should have revealed first that you were a knight. I apologize. Anyway, why are you here, whether you’re a gold-clad mercenary or a gold-fucked prostitute? Do you have anything to do? Is there anyone you like among our ignorant soldiers? Oh, don’t even think about getting stuck. AIDS and all – they say you get sick when you do it with men.”
Looking at it, it doesn’t seem like they’re just arguing…
Seojun decided to just move on.
“I know the guy who built a nest in there.”
The Count put his hands on his waist. An expression of increased caution toward Seojun.
The count gestures as if he wants to come in.
“Okay? “Who is this guy?”
Seojun answered.
“Cockroach.”
The soldiers are noisy.
The Count, who was flicking his fingers on his pommel, stuck out his tongue and wetted my thin lips and beard and asked again.
“What is your name?”
“It’s Ha Seo-jun.”
“Yes, Ha Seo Jun-kyung. What is your last name? Not there yet? Yes, you chose well. This country. I was devastated. In times like these, if you claim someone as your master and hold him up, you are likely to end up in an accidental death.”
As he suddenly started talking loudly, his adjutant, Prince August, rolled his eyes.
As if to get to the point now, the count cleared his throat.
“As far as I know. That guy is definitely based out there in the west, right? No matter how hard I try, I can’t find it. Those people who go around with names such as side door and asshole are guilty. They are more dirty and cunning than rats. But I understand everything. It’s obvious that you’ll die if you get caught, so what can you do to survive? Isn’t that right?”
The count’s finger pointed to the mansion.
“But the leader of those rats crawled in here on his own? “Even though you clearly know that the Survey Corps exists?”
Seojun shrugged his shoulders.
There was no other way to answer that question.
How can I tell you that I followed a woman to my grave, much less tell you that she is the flower of evil, the woman you have been chasing for nearly ten years?
I don’t think I’ll believe it, though.
“Hmm…”
The Count, who was quietly looking at Seojun’s face, motioned and called his lieutenant.
And then he said. As if to look and listen to Seojun.
“Guard the south and north gates. Pour oil on the mansion. Let’s burn it down. It continues until it burns out and only a pile of ashes remains. Oh, shoot and kill anything that comes along the way without hesitation.”
“···Yes?”
“Crazy…!”
Yes? It was Adjutant Augus who asked back, crazy! It was Seojun who cursed.
Young master dissuades the count.
“This old man has become senile…! Have you forgotten where you are? It’s a golden mansion! The Golden Ball is the Prime Minister of this country! “What on earth is he going to do after setting fire to the mansion?”
“Ugh. Adjutant, when did we attack each other while ignoring each other? This is clearly carrying out official duties. Cancer – not like that!”
However, the count did not change his mind.
I’m asking Seojun.
Why should I not light a fire here?
Moreover, the Count seemed to suspect that Seojun might be in cahoots with that guy.
“Look, young knight. I mean I am a scholar. My father was a count, but my mother was a prostitute. People even called me ‘half-hearted’. In my presence! It was so traumatizing at that young age… No matter how much I prayed to the Holy Ghost, nothing got better. Because her mother was still a whore, and the world still hated me. So I thought. Instead of letting the world hate me, I can just hate the world…! Haha!”
If things continue like this, it’s really going to start a fire, Seojun quickly added.
“You won’t die if you set it on fire.”
“This is when that guy is really a cockroach.”
“Only the people in the mansion die.”
“That’s also if that guy is a real cockroach.”
Fuck you…
Seojun thought for a moment.
The reason Seojun brought in the survey corps was because it was absolutely impossible to get rid of cockroaches alone.
However, he couldn’t attract Andal Lote now.
There must be Shane and her biological son in the mansion.
If she finds out that Seo-Jun did something to her, her sex will be ruined, and at that moment, she will quit her job and have a glimpse of the world.
In the end, Seojun decided to reveal the truth.
Just half-.
“Whoa – I made a deal with that guy. But that didn’t work out well, and in the end, the angry guy kidnapped my colleagues…”
“What deal did you make?”
“···I decided to become my ally.”
“Hmm···. Is that why Mana is pure for someone from a commoner background? “Did you take some elixir from him?”
Seojun reluctantly nodded his head.
Who would have thought that I would be able to say that the results I achieved through diligent training were thanks to that cockroach-.
Still, thanks to this, the count’s eyes softened.
“So in return? What did he want?”
“That···. I don’t know either. All he said was that he would give orders after receiving a knighthood.”
“So you refused? Now that you’ve become a knight, do you feel sorry for being that bastard’s servant? “You took everything you had to take?”
As Seojun shakes his head in disbelief, Young master frowns and looks at Seojun up and down.
No matter what, you seem like a faithless bastard…
It’s just that kind of expression.
The Count dropped his head.
Then his shoulders shook, and he immediately burst into laughter.
“Khahaha! This is crazy! Did you agree to the deal knowing what he was going to take from you? Did he think it would be enough for a penny? Or were you planning on just giving me some shit and moving on?”
Seojun didn’t bother to answer.
It took a while for the Count to stop laughing, and then he lowered his head.
He then gestured to the squire and received the weapon.
A huge battering ram.
He held it, which looked like a sledgehammer, with one hand and threw it on his shoulder.
“Let’s go in. “Children.”
Buuuuung-
The count filled up his mana and hit the door, and with a loud bang, the huge door shattered, revealing the inside of the mansion.
He seemed like a shitty old man just a moment ago, but when he actually stood in front of me, he couldn’t have been that reassuring.
“Hey, young knight. Come here. Let’s keep pace with me. Huh?”
I felt like I hadn’t completely gained trust yet.
The leader was Seojun.
