Chapter 83 – 83 – A Man Who Loves Cocktails
A few days ago, somewhere on the continent.
Torpedo Umbrella Nitro loved cocktails.
Cocktails are mysterious drinks with a thousand faces. Depending on which raw materials and which additives are added, she can be either the richest and most beautiful golden queen in the world, or she can become a gray dancer in the corner of the gutter who dances the twists and turns of life to receive coins from the lowly and thin-walleted. .
Without exception, lovers who visit Torpedo’s bar, club, and business located deep underground are in love with the cocktail that Torpedo introduces to everyone. But at the same time, none of them are trapped in the tragedy of having to compete for the same lover.
Ruler of all and slave of all at the same time. But the freedom of not truly belonging to anyone and being owned by no one.
“And it’s also useful when revealing someone’s true face.”
Torpedo Nitro served a cocktail he made himself to the two guests who covered their faces with masks and bandanas.
As soon as the smaller of the two smelled the alcohol, he smiled brightly and picked up the glass. As if it had been a while since I stopped drinking for some reason.
However, the much larger one hit the back of the smaller one’s hand with his palm, as if disciplining a child. The sound of bones breaking, glasses breaking, and a single scream rang out at the same time.
The club’s guards quietly stood up. Torpedo waved his hand in annoyance and made them sit back down.
“Do you prefer to do business with a sober mind?”
“My body is a temple, my life is worship.”
“···You had religious reasons.”
If Torpedo Nitro was going to act like that, I wondered why he tried to hide his identity. Those who are proud to have their own melodies in the underworld will already know who they are as soon as the word worship comes out of their worm-like lips.
And many of them will immediately stand up to go to the bathroom and then run away. There aren’t many people who want to talk to a real idiot like ‘Gunter Waldenhardt’.
However, the Torpedo Nitro belonged to the ‘not so bold’ group. A first-class wizard and engineer, he would not have set foot in the dark world if he had not loved the unexpected and risk.
And Torpedo believed that a true wizard was someone who loved the unexpected and dangerous.
“You refused at first, right? I didn’t force you back then. Because the suggestion to make a ‘look-alike’ was interesting. But Torpedo Nitro and his business have one principle.”
“Principles are good. What kind of principles are they?”
“You can’t do business with Torpedo Nitro if you don’t pour the alcohol down your throat.”
Gunther, the parish priest of Mithras, had a long snowball fight with the heretic wizard Torpedo.
And when the other person persisted until the end, he closed his eyes tightly, as if turning away. And held out his own cup in front of Adamantone.
Adamantone Sunstorm’s eyes widened as if he was asking why he broke the glass and the bone on the back of his hand if he was going to do this. Of course, the courage to rebel disappeared as soon as Gunther’s voice was heard.
“Drink.”
“···Isn’t it the parish priest who made a deal with this person?”
“It’s yours to do business with from now on. Aren’t you a hero?”
“A hero? A hero. I know a hero who had a serious accident recently.”
Torpedo blinked his red eyes innocently and said something meaningful.
“Have you ever been to the ‘ocean’ recently?”
Adamantone, which I had no idea about the sweetness and nastiness of the cocktail, poured into my body after a long time of alcohol. And he was shaking with intoxication and talking excitedly.
“Yes. I went to kill Aleister Tomko and steal the extermination party’s belongings, but because of his incompetent subordinates, I ended up suffering and failing – what?”
Adamantone was shocked and dropped his cup. Also, suspicious smoke rose above the rainbow color of the broken glass.
“I told you. It’s also useful when revealing someone’s true face. Even if you pour a lot of various sweeteners into it, no one will be suspicious, and even if you pour a lot of medicine that extracts the truth from the mouth, there will be no arousing suspicion because of the taste.”
Torpedo chuckled and tilted his head in front of Adamantone.
“Let your guard down. Don’t look like you want to run away.”
“You crazy bastard put drugs in my drink!”
“You hired pirates from the underworld to kill you, and you’re going to freak out and run away just because you drank a little bit of the truth potion? You shouldn’t tell me what you want to ask for, warrior. So what does the proud son of the Sunstorm family have for me? “You came here because you wanted to get help, right?”
Adamantone, who was overcome with fear after his identity was discovered, barely remembered that this place was not a sunny place, but a dark place. Of course, the opponent will be far from Yang Ji’s power.
Adamantone huffed for a while and then blurted out.
“···I’m a special produce party… No, a special anchovy party… This isn’t even this. What was it?”
“Special monster annihilation party?”
“Yes, that’s it! Anyway, I have a debt to pay back to those guys. That’s why I came to buy mercenaries. I heard you have a lot of strong guys with you.”
“It’s true that you have a lot of strong guys, but what debt do you have? Do you have any resentment towards your friends who are living healthy lives?”
“I’m not trying to be harsh. I’m not trying to bring those bitches down because I’m jealous-“
“I understand. You may have a stomach ache. There is no one in the world who does not know the activities of the famous ‘Tena of Blue and Gold’ and her colleagues.”
Adamantone distorted his face ugly. With the unsightly jealousy of a failed non-mainstream warrior.
Torpedo shook his head inwardly at the guest’s attitude, which was so shallow that it was easy to look into.
“I heard they did something in Visserk recently. It’s amazing that they saved an entire city. I wish them the best.”
“… If I heard that those bitches were all sex-crazed gals, I’d be embarrassed. They know about me, but they seem to be in the dark about the world’s news. What did those bitches do…”
“That rumor that a prostitute was bought for the party? It was nonsense said in ‘One Sun’ and a correction article came out pretty quickly.”
“Correction article…?”
“You must be in the dark about the news of the world because you are hiding.”
Torpedo snapped his fingers at his secretary. The secretary took out a newsletter from a drawer and placed it in front of Adamantone.
On the front page of the new book ‘One Sun’, words were written that Adamantone had never thought of. ‘Sorry. Let’s make it right.’
Adamanton opened his eyes blankly.
“···Why on earth…?”
“Even professional liars couldn’t bear the weight. The underdog dogma exploded and public sentiment was devastated. Many people complained that they had to create an issue by intimidating a helpless young woman until she took off her clothes. That’s too much. “I did it. No matter how rare female porters are, they couldn’t believe they treated an innocent girl like a prostitute… And even distributed her naked photos to the world.”
“This… Is different from the promise…”
“I guess One Sun also felt the need to correct its subscribers. Even when it made fun of the Queen of Tobetan for being a prostitute, it didn’t put an apology on the front page.”
“What happened? Talk to me, Waldenhardt! You said that bastard would be kicked out!”
“Try one more word.”
Gunter Waldenhardt bowed his huge body towards Adamantone.
Adamantone, whose irreverent side had exploded thanks to the truth potion, hiccuped and closed his mouth.
“Don’t scold me too much for being soft-spoken. After all, everyone secretly knows that the biggest supporter of ‘One Sun’ is Mithraism. Of course, they encouraged you to give it a try.”
Torpedo, on the other hand, giggled. Adamantone could see the sinews sprouting from Gunter’s face.
The heretic wizard was talking about the church’s innermost secrets as if they were public facts. Gunther wondered what kind of trick he had in figuring it out.
“The whistleblowers and the church. It’s like a crocodile and a crocodile bird. They have a mutually beneficial relationship. Even if only one of the ten suspicions about the immorality of the bigwigs is properly raised, donations pour in like an atonement fund.”
“Try to put more irreverence in your mouth, wizard.”
Gunter Waldenhardt widened his eyes and smiled. There was a strange fear in the mania subtly displayed by such a big man that could freeze people.
But Torpedo didn’t even blink.
“Irreverence.”
“You’re arrogant.”
“In my eyes, the guys who threaten me at my workplace are really arrogant. Why don’t you just say one more word and I’ll show you what you were trying to do.”
“Then I won’t be able to ask for your help. You won’t be in this world.”
“It’s all the rage until the end. Guys, business is closed for today.”
Torpedo put down the bottle of water he was cleaning on the shelf and clapped his hands twice.
Then the music and lights in the club turned off all at once. From the direction of the stage below them, the cries of customers who were mesmerized by the male and female strippers and were throwing money were heard.
The secretary who was observing the situation quietly approached and whispered.
“An important noble guest arrived today.”
“Tell them that I don’t like closing the door early, either. Make up your own excuse.”
“Are you saying we should keep quiet about Bishop Gunther Waldenhardt?”
“Of course. Is there any reason to completely close down the business? If they hear that that crazy biblical fundamentalist has appeared, I’m sure no one will come to visit in the future because they’ll be scared of getting a stake stuck in their anus.”
The business room door opened, and masses with security badges poured in and surrounded Torpedo’s bar as if protecting it.
The expressionless faces were impressive. In fact, it would be closer to the truth to say that there were no facial features rather than that there was no expression.
Adamantone observed them closely and was horrified. The club’s security guards were actually a group of golems dressed in suits with artificial muscles and stone skin.
The wizard, a golem maker and mercenary businessman, took out a one-handed staff with ornate silver decorations.
“I can’t let the children who came to the dark world in search of cocktails and freedom get caught up in the fight. I am an adult, and I have a duty to protect the innocence of children who have been unfairly turned into adults because of their age.”
“The young people down there who were sticking money into the stripper’s chest didn’t seem very upset. And they had no obligation to meet Waldenhardt. You didn’t listen when I told you to kick them out.”
“I wonder what kind of bullshit you’re going to say. Before I beat you up and kick you out, I’ll just ask you one question. What kind of proposal did the prosperous head of the parish come to my place of business to make? Is he asking me to make a ‘combat golem’ like last time?”
“The law needs your service. Join the work of the Holy Spirit.”
“···Now I guess you need the golem’s creator, not the golem. But there’s no use clenching those big fists.”
Torpedo sighed and looked down at Waldenhardt’s fist, which was as big as a human head.
“I don’t know what they used my golem for, but the dragons came here once and took a look around, do you know? What kind of accident did they go around? I will never sell a golem to you again.”
“I’m not offering a deal. I’m offering service.”
“It would be even worse to give it away for free. Even if I beat you to death, I have no intention of moving under your ass.”
“How about this? If you don’t cooperate, I will kill your daughter.”
The air was frozen. Torpedo glared at the customer from the past like a demon with bright red eyes.
Adamantone thought he had seen eyes like that somewhere. On the other hand, I could recall Waldenhardt clearly.
“Billena Umbrella Nitro. Is that right?”
“Hey.”
“It’s not just the foolish person who gets hurt because of someone who doesn’t know the subject. Are you afraid of me now, wizard?”
“No. Actually, it’s funny.”
Suddenly, the golems opened their mouths wide and pulled out a large two-handed sword from within. The large group of about twenty people has now been reborn as a large group holding large swords.
Adamanton swallowed his saliva.
“You two have already almost killed that child, each of you at least once, and then you shamelessly crawled into my business and asked for a deal. And you even tried to tarnish that child’s reputation. Know that you won’t get out alive, you crazy bastards. “
While saying so, Torpedo gestured behind his back and made a commanding sign. The staff held out in front was purely a trick.
One of the golems aimed at Waldenhardt’s back and extended her two-handed sword in a surprise attack. However, contrary to Torpedo’s intention, the blade did not pierce Waldenhardt’s body.
Rather, the moment the sword broke and fell, Waldenhardt instantly grabbed the golem’s head and pressed it down.
The golem’s steel parts could not withstand the pressure and burst out.
Torpedo’s secretary watched the shocking grip with an expressionless face. And she quietly gestured to Torpedo.
“Please go to the bathroom now.”
“···No···I···.”
“Let’s go. It’s a problem.”
The secretary straightened his white hair and pulled out a long, single-edged sword.
Torpedo blinked at the momentum, then quickly adjusted his clothes and started walking. The production wizard’s steps, urged by the roar echoing through the hallway behind him, became faster and faster.
In his opinion, the golem he invented was truly great. It is different from the stiff-jointed transport work junk that is a failure that does not live up to the reputation of the Magic Tower’s ‘Three Stars’, and has many shortcomings compared to an actual porter. The ‘Golem of War’ is a deadly weapon that can perfectly use all 24 sword techniques that exist in the world.
Combatants who laughed at the porters who were temporarily pushed out of the competition with the golem may soon despair of being in a worse position. As soon as it is officially released on the market, it is an item that will turn all the childish combatants who are not special class into jobless people living in the arms of their parents.
But since it’s such a stupid invention, is its performance overvalued? That won’t be it. The warrior Adamanton was busy avoiding disaster and was screaming loudly. Practical proof that even a warrior with such a good pedigree cannot handle a swordsmanship comparable to that of a person skilled in swordsmanship.
However, for that vicar, his secretary, who was a true combatant, did not seem to be a hindrance.
The silence of the battle stopped the moment I heard the secretary’s words as she collapsed. Instead, I could only hear heavy footsteps getting closer.
Torpedo was scared and ran to the elevator, pressing the button to close the door as if he would destroy it. Contrary to concerns, the vicar’s damned boss was not visible in the dark hallway until the moment the door closed. Torpedo sat down with a surge of relief and worry for his secretary.
“Just like you, who are hated by the scholars in the ivory tower, I am also an isolated member who has been pushed to the fringes of the religious order.”
And at that moment, his thick fingers dug in and started tearing the steel door open as if he were going to rip it open.
Gunther Waldenhardt pushed his face into the elevator and laughed at Torpedo, who was screaming like a child.
“Even if I want to start a war, there are no soldiers to send to the war, so I have to create it myself. I believe you can do it.”
“Let me ask you one thing. What on earth are you trying to do to those guys? Why are you doing this!”
“Law too.”
Waldenhardt whispered as he grabbed Torpedo’s face and pulled him out of the elevator.
“I will set the law straight.”
———
Today. Linden.
“···A frontal attack?”
A vein appeared on Eshen’s temple.
The soldiers from the principality of ‘Linden’ who handed us the contract document only blinked their eyes blankly. It was as if he was expressing it with his whole body. ‘We also received orders to deliver, but we don’t know anything.’
Meanwhile, Nenya held the request and contract in one hand and looked at them. And he presented the contract to Nidroga.
“Burn it.”
Nidrogar breathed on the contract without even asking if it was true. And he threw back the paper, which was crackling with heat and turning to ash.
The soldiers were shocked by that romantic gesture, but Nenya just smiled quietly.
“We need to talk. Who is in charge and where is he?”
“I can’t tell you. And he’s out today.”
“Do you guys want to ride like paper?”
Nenya’s poisonous attitude made the soldiers think. I stopped Nenya and stood in front of her.
“Let’s put it on good terms. Tell me honestly. Aren’t you in the barracks?”
