Chapter 165 – I Shouldn’t Have Done That~ I Didn’t Know That~ (2)
There are representatives from the seven strongest cities in Atipia, and they periodically meet to hold meetings for the balance and future of Atipia. And today, the representatives gathered at the conference hall in response to an unexpected call from the guild master for an urgent meeting.
Shantyark, King of Shambhalon, a giant man with a rocky gray skin and a crown made of crystal.
Akawiki, a cyborg samurai that looks like something you would see in an action movie full of B-class sensibility.
Eleista, a handsome young man wearing a robe with the pattern of the Caduceus.
Nemu, a gray-haired old man with a mysterious atmosphere
A place where all the representatives gathered except for the golden king Bilgames, who is the cause of this situation and the biggest victim, and the Heavenly Demon, who will never participate unless it is a regular meeting. There were no complaints about the master at all. After a while, Jeong Si-woo, a young man with black eyes and hair, the organizer of the meeting and the representative of Desperado, the city of freedom, entered the meeting room carrying several documents.
“Come on, it’s a little hard for everyone to say “It’s been a while…” It’s been a while since the last meeting. But, well, everyone will know what I called you without having to explain it, right?”
“…I don’t know.”
“Ah, it’s only natural that Maboroshima doesn’t communicate with the outside world very often. Then, except for Nemu, you can say that everyone else knows the current situation, right? To get to the point… Vilgames, that bastard had an accident. It’s also a huge accident.”
Jeong Si-woo said in an annoyed voice, but as if he was relieved somewhere.
“Landfill’s teacher. It was the subject of the previous meeting. He was a man who was reported to be dealing with a special power called Deliberation… A mechanism completely different from magic, divine power, martial arts, etc. And with Vilgames. He is the instigator of this case.”
Among the seven large cities, the three particularly strong cities Magistos, Metaverse City, and Desperado tried to launch a surprise large-scale invasion from Eldland, but in the process, due to the landfill teacher they tried to use, Eldland suffered a blow close to destruction. Case of injury. In the three cities that were the targets, there was no special damage other than the citizens’ voices of concern, but more than half of the territory of Eldland was in a sea of fire and the economy was completely paralyzed, so there will be no chance to shine the same status as before. Will be.
However, that wasn’t the reason they gathered here. Exactly…
“So, what exactly is our meeting about?”
“The aftermath of Eldland’s self-destruction and the treatment of Landfill’s teacher.”
Whose guilt is the greatest in this case is no longer important.
Like it or not, the kingdom of Vilgames was very deeply involved in the economy of Atipia due to its enormous wealth, and the collapse of Eldland was bound to cause great chaos in the economic system of Atipia. And even how to deal with Landfill’s teacher, who can easily mass-produce a terrifying monster that has destroyed the economy of this wide world with only seven animals.
“According to my research, the fighting ability itself that Sensei possesses is not very strong. He has little experience fighting enemies equal to or higher than himself, and he is not the type to enjoy fighting, and he does not have any fighting talent. In a one-on-one battle, anyone here could easily win.”
It was a statement that could sound arrogant if done wrong, but none of the people gathered in the conference room denied his words. Each of them represented one of the best cities in the world, and the position was not a position that could be reached simply by wealth, honor, and personal connections and virtues.
A world where there is magic, science and technology developed to the point of being no different from magic, and where God is directly involved. A world where there is nothing strange about an individual destroying tens of thousands of armies alone, a world where quality is strangely more efficient than quantity. For those who reached the top of the world, the basic premise was a strong ability to fight numerous enemies alone. If he had no strength to protect himself, his head would have been blown off long ago by the assassins sent by the gods who wanted to fully own this vast world.
“In terms of purity, its own combat power and fighting sense are the worst. It is no different from a civilian. But… This person’s thoughts and the power he holds are not. Even civilians without any armed force can destroy a city at once. He can turn people into terrifying monsters that will be wiped out without ever knowing the weight of life, and he has no guilt or hesitation in taking the lives of others. If anything, more than half of us must be finished.”
She was loved by the goddess of fortune, and it was unbelievable that these words came from the mouth of her strongest man in Atipia, which meant that the situation was serious.
“Then isn’t it dangerous? If by any chance, you get a sense of how much power you have through this incident, what should you do if it comes out with a direct attack?”
“That teacher said that Landfill is the base. It’s a sure win, so why don’t we hit them first before we get beaten?”
“But getting rid of Landfill is a bit… If you just get rid of it, you’re still staying in Landfill, or people who can go there will spread all over the place, right? Wouldn’t that be more troublesome?”
As all the ugly and useless things gather as landfills, other cities can be relatively clean and peaceful, in other words, keep their ideal shape. That’s why no one wants to own the trouble of landfill, but I also don’t want it to disappear. Just as if there is no trash can nearby, people throw away trash carelessly and the surroundings get dirty, so for peace and order in each city, a trash can to separately collect the trash that threatens them was absolutely necessary.
“What’s the difference between saying you don’t want to dig through trash cans and letting cockroaches breed in them?”
“Yes, you are very good. Then did you tell me? What should I do?”
“The problem isn’t Landfill, it’s the teacher who made that place their home. If you cut off all supply to Landfill and put pressure on him to release you, the ungrateful trash will probably soon sell him for their own livelihood. I’ll pass it on. We just have to deal with that lonely stranger who has lost a place to support.”
“Oh, I wouldn’t recommend that very much.”
At the seventh unfamiliar voice that intruded among the six familiar voices coming and going, the representatives’ eyes turned to the direction from which the voice had been heard. The door to the conference hall opened silently, and a man stood proudly in front of them. I had never met him in person, but there was a face I had seen through the documents before.
“I have no intention of antagonizing you.”
“Landfill’s teacher… How did you know this place?”
“Just as the treatment of me was more important than the cause of this incident, wouldn’t it be more important why I came here than how I came here?”
Click, booooong…!
Before anyone could reply to the teacher’s words, Akawiki, the manager of Metaverse City, aimed a weapon at him without questioning and answering. The black stick-like weapon revealed a blade made of light with the sound of a switch turning. The weapon that looked like a fluorescent stick was the photon sword mk.2, a lightsaber that Akawiki had recently mass-produced.
“Because it’s us, not you, who decides that? You don’t think you’ll be able to defeat all five of these by yourself, no matter what special abilities you have, right?”
“Why do you think it’s 5 to 1?”
“What?”
As the teacher smiled and said that, the guild master walked behind him. He wondered if he was trying to siege an enemy with unknown power, but soon realized that it was a big mistake. It was because the guild master, who drew his sword from behind the teacher, aimed it at Akawiki, not at the teacher’s back.
“Is it 4 to 2 now?”
As if he knew it from the beginning, Aka Wiki, shocked by the teacher’s leisurely words and Jeong Si-woo’s completely unexpected attitude, shouted in an angry voice.
“Siwoo…! What are you doing! You betrayed me!”
The atmosphere in the conference hall quickly turned grim. The guild master sighed and shook his head at Aka Wiki, who was erupting in anger as if he would rush at him at any moment.
“Don’t bother provoking him and making things a mess. And betrayal, if anyone hears it, they’ll misunderstand it. Didn’t you hear that Landfill’s teacher said a while ago that he had no intention of enmity with us?”
“Are you taking the side of that baseless stranger now? Aren’t we the same representatives?”
“Speak straight. I’m not taking the teacher’s side. I’m suppressing your hasty behavior. From a while ago, we, we, and we have been apart… He doesn’t listen to others’ opinions, and his own thoughts are all It’s a bad habit to assume that it’s your thoughts and act first. We haven’t even decided how to treat Mr. Landfill yet.”
“Kuh…”
“Hurry up and put the knife back, Akawiki. I invited Landfill’s teacher.”
“You invited me…?”
“Yes. He defeated the golden king, Bilgames, and maybe he will become the representative of the new city.”
“Whoever wants to! I act without listening to others’ opinions? Yes, it may be so. But Siu, what’s the difference between what you’re doing now and me! You’re going to take that bastard as a new representative to replace Vilgames? The four of us said that Do you think you agree?!”
“Ah, that’s what you mean.”
Tumble, tumble, tumble.
Eleista stood up from her seat and walked to the backs of Landfill teacher and guild master Siu.
“Now it’s three-on-three.”
At that moment, Akawiki’s expression was that of a natural monument.
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He might become the representative of the new city…
‘This bastard, see how he secretly likes me?’
The other day, to find out how much power I had, I went on scouting while hiding my identity, ran into Bain and Aine a few times, and went back. It seems to have eaten. Aside from not knowing what the guild master was up to, it was definitely an advantage that the strongest person here didn’t point a sword at me.
Originally, what is more important than who says ‘what’ is ‘who’ says what.
No matter how wise and wise a word is, if it is spoken by a beggar with nothing, it becomes nonsense, and no matter how stupid or clumsy it is, if it is said by a famous person with power and authority, it becomes a plausible quote in reality. No matter how much I appealed to them for peaceful friendship, the odds of them listening were extremely low. Until the guild master took my side.
“…Sheesh.”
Here, the strongest Jeong Si-woo, and Eleista, who had the same fighting power as himself, took my side with unknown powers, so Akawiki clicked his tongue and led the blade of the lightsaber .
“With the guy who almost destroyed the Kingdom of Vilgames, what the hell are you going to believe in building a friendly relationship with?”
“It was Vilgames who started the fight first, and I only responded to it to the end.”
What the hell did he do to half-destroy the country in response?
“Now then, shall we all start discussing the affairs of Atipia in the future?”
“…”
“If you have any complaints, don’t glar at them and speak up.”
Before tearing my eyes out.
Swallowing back words that could be guessed without having to say them out loud, I smiled kindly. A bright smile that anyone who doesn’t know would never imagine that he was the one who destroyed half of the world’s largest and richest country. I walked over to the table and sat down at the seat originally used by Vilgames.
“First of all, about Eldland… Until the lost power is restored, Landfill signed a deal to protect Eldland, so you don’t have to worry about putting your head together.”
A person who fights against himself and helps a country on the verge of collapse may sound like a good story, but in reality it is not at all. Eldland suffered a great blow from the attacks of the capable people who reached the erosion stage, and their defense power was greatly weakened. Originally, they had a large army of 400,000 men, and now there are only about 10,000 surviving troops.
Having lost almost all of their solid military strength, Eldland now has many things to rob but lacks the strength to defend them, so it’s practically a golden goblin. No one would miss this opportunity, as Vilgames usually engaged in coercive transactions close to profiteering with the power of overwhelming capital. If that happens, Eldland will surely perish.
Since I promised Nubis that Eldland would not be destroyed, I received a semi-forced defense treaty from Vilgames to keep that word.
It seems that the guy didn’t even want the long and glorious history of the kingdom to end in his generation. Of course, since Eldland’s mighty capital power was a product of history accumulated over a long period of time, it would take an enormous amount of time to regain its majesty, and as a result, the richest country in the world became a vassal state of the world’s poorest country. … He will probably be remembered as the worst cancer soldier ever in the future generations.
I will be able to continuously extort support for the landfill residents from Eldland, which has no defense power, in the name of protection money, and Vilgames will be able to remove the kingdom from the beings who half destroyed his kingdom in order not to pay for the karma he has committed in the meantime. Since your safety is guaranteed, isn’t it a win-win relationship?
“Who’s going to do Eldland like that?”
Akawiki, is it you again? That bastard who looks like a cyborg ninja with a luxurious watch keeps quarreling with me because when did he see it?
“This is an agreement between the person in question and me, the king of Eldland, Bilgames. What is the third person, Mr. Akawiki, entitled to say about it?”
“Ha, really? Can it be said that the treaty was really accepted by Vilgames of his own will? Can you be sure that there was no pressure at all during the signing of the treaty?”
“As a result, he decided to throw his flesh little by little to the docile lions rather than leave his fate to the hyenas who were eager to devour you and his kingdom.”
Aka Wiki looked like he wanted to draw his sword and attack right away, but he took his hand off the handle of his lightsaber, noticing Siwoo Jung. Under the guild master’s mediation, the meeting went smoothly.
First of all, I, who proved my powerlessness by pushing Eldland to death at once, took over the existing Vilgames’ position as Landfill’s representative, and the other representatives promised not to be involved in the agreement between me and Vilgames. Have accepted In addition, the guild master made a statement that it was necessary to reexamine the charges and the conditions for my release, whether he had decided to properly buy me a favor.
It was a bonus that Akawiki, who had been on friendly terms with Bilgames and had a close hostile relationship with Eleista, made an expression that he wanted to tear me to pieces right away.
Weird. Originally, I was planning to build a friendly relationship with the manager of Metaverse City and receive technical support in exchange for dispatching talented people to improve the quality of life of Landfill residents, but why did that crazy cyborg bastard become so hostile to me?
