Chapter 91 – Chapter 22. Horompel’s Secret.
Just in case, Jihyeok checked once more.
“Are you sure it disappeared, not somewhere?”
“Yeah, I didn’t see it in the morning. Maybe it hasn’t been since last night. I’m not sure about that. Anyway, I’m not a kid who will never go anywhere without a word. … I was looking for it all day.”
“Huh…”
Catherine begged urgently.
“I will definitely return this favor next time. Anything please. I’ll help if I can. So, please help. Yes?”
It seemed that he was a subordinate he cared for quite a bit. … In fact, Ji-hyeok would be dizzy if a colleague he had been with for years disappeared in one morning.
“Have you asked the count?”
“… I said I would look for it.”
From Jihyeok’s point of view, it was the Count’s fault. I gave you a warning around the corner. Please don’t get involved any more.
She must have sensed something was wrong, unless she was an idiot. She asked the Count for a favor, but it seemed like it didn’t work out. … Well, you can’t say that you kidnapped your Hero colleagues. And maybe her self-esteem issues too.
“Great. I’ll look for it too. I’ll tell you when I find it.”
“Yes, Thanks. I will never forget this favor. Definitely.”
Catherine even grabbed Jihyeok’s hand tightly to express her gratitude and quickly left the room.
I honestly wanted to help. She was one of the few people worthy of respect among the warriors.
It seems that her personality has become very cold because of this incident. She had tasted the bitterness of her life too badly. Because of her own petty sense of justice, she lost her precious subordinate brother.
Still, he liked that modest sense of justice. He needed a lot of warriors like him. A person who can readily step forward with such a modest sense of justice.
Jihyeok went straight to the count’s room. His room was on the upper floor. The surrounding boundaries became so strict that the hero had to show the warrior’s plaque every time he climbed the stairs.
After wandering around the maze-like castle, he finally arrived in front of the count’s room.
The Orc gatekeeper guarding the door was quite a strong man. He looked at least like Orc Giranosh.
“I am the warrior Kang Ji-hyeok.”
Jihyeok held out the warrior’s plaque and said so. Everyone knew that he was already staying here. He didn’t do anything other than more thorough identification checks. Because it was obvious that he was a warrior.
The gatekeeper orc knocked lightly and politely said.
“I am the hero Kang Ji-hyeok, master.”
– Take it.
“Yes.”
The orc nodded lightly and carefully opened the door. Jihyeok went inside.
Three or four magical spheres lit up the count’s room. The owner of the underground city, Horompel, was none other than an orc. It’s also incredibly muscular.
Count Mark Mahu—. The idol of the Orcs, who is said to have genius skills in spite of being comparable to an A-class hero.
The orc, who was reading something on the desk, tidied up his papers and lightly put his hands together and raised his head. Uncharacteristic of an Orc, his expression and eyes were very calm.
“Sit there.”
Jihyeok sat down on the chair in front of the desk.
“Nice to meet you, warrior.”
“Nice to meet you too, Count.”
“I should have invited you once, but I’m busy with work, so stop.”
Orc said that while slightly pointing at the pile of papers on the desk. Of course, Jihyeok wasn’t upset that he didn’t call. He rather wished we hadn’t met until he left.
“By the way, what did you come for?”
“Catherine’s warrior… , Do you know?”
“Of course I know. That woman.”
“I heard that his men are missing.”
“I just heard about it. What a pity.”
Mark Mahu stared at Jihyeok leisurely without blinking an eye. Of course, it wasn’t a sad expression at all.
“We’re diligently searching right now, so we’ll find it soon.”
Jihyeok smiled.
“Please use a little more strength. I would have been sober anyway. I’ll pay close attention. Know the subject and jump on it.”
“… What do you mean… ?”
Jihyeok leaned his upper body slightly forward.
There was one name that should sell well from now on.
She said, “I heard that she has a close relationship with the elder Cheonma… , Right?”
Mark Mahu’s eyes slightly changed.
“Do you know the old man?”
“Everyone knows. You are my teacher’s best friend. … The other day, I stayed at my mansion for a few days and then left.”
“Ah, that’s right.”
The orc laughed lightly. However, the hard expression still remained unresolved.
“I didn’t expect to meet someone who knew you here. … It’s really nice to see you.”
“The elder talked a lot about the count.”
“What are you talking about… ?”
Jihyeok delivered the decisive blow there.
“Twenty years ago, some kid showed up and attacked me… I heard you beat it to the point where it became a dead end.”
“Ah, ah-.”
Hearing that sound, the count laughed wahahaha. There, the stiff atmosphere was relieved. It seemed that he was convinced that Jihyeok was really close to the Heavenly Demon.
“The elders, too, Cha-am, why do you say that…”
“You have no idea how much I laughed.”
“It’s all the blood from when we were young. … Ah, aren’t there times like that even for a warrior?”
“Yes or no. In fact, it is always like that these days.”
The two laughed haha.
“I didn’t expect to meet the elderly and the weak-willed people here.”
“I also had a very itchy mouth, so it was really hard to endure it. … If I hadn’t had a chance to meet like this, I would have been very upset.”
Opportunity to meet separately.
There, the count’s smile faded slightly. It was because he remembered the reason why Jihyeok came here.
Jihyeok also slightly erased his smile and became serious.
“… Please help me. Catherine’s warrior was looking for it quite anxiously. If the Count puts in a little effort, won’t he find it soon?”
Actually, there was nothing to try. Bring me, just say this and the missing hero’s subordinate will appear. Even if he died and became a corpse.
Of course, I couldn’t say that directly. In any case, this had to be done without the count knowing. Jihyeok also has to talk about it while keeping it.
“Hmm.”
Mark Mahu ran his hand over his chin. Then he suddenly looked straight at Jihyeok and opened his mouth.
“You look confident.”
“… What do you mean?”
“That I did.”
Jihyeok kept his mouth shut for a moment before answering. I was a little embarrassed because I didn’t know how to mention this directly.
“Yes.”
“… He said he didn’t even know the subject, so I told him to come to his senses. You understand my feelings, don’t you?”
“Sure. So, why don’t you come over and have a calm conversation? … You should have come to your senses now.”
“All right. Seeing the hero’s face will ease my mind.”
Mark Mahu picked up the bell and shook it with his daughter.
The door opened and the gatekeeper orc entered.
“Yes, Master.”
“I’m going to look for something, so attach a guide.”
“All right.”
Jihyeok got up from his seat and bowed lightly.
“Thank you.”
“No. … I believe that you will take care of yourself and tell the hero Catherine.”
“Of course. Then.”
Jihyeok turned around and left the room. A guide soon arrived. He was the same caretaker who had welcomed the warrior before.
“It is an honor to serve you, Your Excellency.”
“Quickly guide me.”
“Yes, I will take the lead.”
The two went down the stairs. On the way, the caretaker soon stumbled into a secret place and headed for an underground passage. Orcs stood guard there as well.
There are watchful eyes everywhere like this, but who would have done it if the Count hadn’t kidnapped her?
They soon descended through the passage to the basement. It was a secret space used only by insiders.
“Keep following me.”
The two soon entered a room with an up and down pulley. When the caretaker gave a signal, the pulley room they were in began to slowly descend. It went down to the deep bottom.
The heat rose slowly. It stopped with quite a bit of height from the floor.
The manager and Jihyeok got off there and walked somewhere else. There were also quite a few guards. They were all orcs. Everyone must have sworn allegiance to Mark Mahu.
The caretaker went to the orc who looked like the captain and asked.
“… What about him at dawn?”
“I do not know.”
“I’m going to look for it.”
So, six orcs, including the manager, Jihyeok, and the captain, went into the mine.
As soon as I entered, there was a terrible stench. It was a mixture of everything. However, Jihyeok did not blink an eye. While returning for such a long time, I had taken numerous things that were even worse than this, and it was ridiculous that my stomach was twisted just this much.
After going deep into the tunnel, a fairly large space came out. Inside was illuminated by a magical sphere.
Twitch Twitch Twitch Twitch.
Slaves were working pickaxes. A handful of Orc overseers were monitoring it. One of them saw the caretaker, ran quickly, and bent deeply.
“Old man, did you come to this shabby place for some reason?”
“Where is the human man you put in here this morning?”
“I will try to find it. He probably put it in a slave den somewhere.”
… Slave den?
Jihyeok had a bad feeling. Soon the orcs followed the overseer to the slave den. And after a while, a man who had been trampled to the point of being miserable was dragged out.
Hmm. Jihyeok narrowed his brow slightly. … Condition was the worst.
No matter how beaten he was, his face was completely swollen, his body was severely pierced and torn, his cock and balls were severely cut so they couldn’t be seen, and blood was still leaking from there, as if he had been forcibly pulled open and cocked his urethral hole. Of course, the ass hole was worse than the pee hole.
Fortunately, he is not dead yet. Except for his cock and balls that had been ripped off, fortunately his limbs were still intact. It seems that the bones in several places are broken, but I was able to recover that much with a heal. Of course, it would be impossible to recover completely lost penises and balls.
“Let’s take it.”
Jihyeok said that and turned around. I could hear the overseer yelling loudly from behind, “Goodbye.”
The hero came out of the tunnel and carried the horribly broken man on his back. And got into the pulley room with the caretaker. A signal was given above and it began to rise again.
After finding the missing man, Ji-hyeok broke up with the manager as soon as he arrived at the castle. And he went straight to the room where Catherine the Warrior was. I could see the maids passing by gasping and inhaling in surprise when they saw the man on his back.
There were no warriors. It seemed that he was still foolishly searching useless places to find his precious subordinates.
Fortunately, one of her teammates stayed behind to take her place. He was a very muscular man. As soon as he saw his terrifying colleague, he clutched his head.
“This crazy…”
Jihyeok directed her maid to call Grace. Not long after, the smoker healer walked over again. She also couldn’t contain her astonishment at the sight of her wretched man.
“Give me heels. Hurry.”
First and foremost was to recover from the wound. Oops. Blood, semen, saliva, urine, shit, all of those smells mixed together to create a terrible stench. Grace vomited several times.
However, the part of the cock that was torn off did not regenerate. It was unavoidable. I’ll have to seal it later, leaving only the pee hole.
Just then, Catherine’s warrior hurriedly came running. She was so surprised to see her subordinate’s misery that she even suppressed her evil voice.
Ah, ah.
The warrior’s hand trembled slightly. She saw her colleague lying on her floor and slumped down next to him.
“All, all, Dyke… !”
Jihyeok, who had been squatting, got up from his seat. The tall warrior’s companion bowed deeply toward him.
“Thank you, thank you very much.”
“No, that’s it.”
Catherine also woke up to shine again. She had a shocked look on her face.
“Thank you… For finding me Thank you for finding my brother…”
“When the treatment is over, do nothing more and just leave. I’m sorry about your colleague, but please don’t procrastinate further. Do you know what I mean? … We will also leave early tomorrow morning.”
“… Yes.”
Catherine’s momentum had already been broken. Jihyeok placed a hand on her shoulder as if to comfort her.
“I hope we have another opportunity to meet again.”
“… I will never forget this grace.”
“I hope this young man recovers well again. … Then.”
Jihyeok turned around and walked down the hallway. He, too, wanted to quickly wash away his messy body from carrying his man on his back.
Grace, who was walking right next to him, asked what the hell was going on.
Her captain glanced at her and said.
“… Just pretend you didn’t see it That’s good for you, too.”
Ah.
Only then did Grace realize that she was inside the monster’s jaws.
