Walk Through the Labyrinth of Another World With an Angel 183

Chapter 183 – Revealed

The flooding has begun!

Ready for battle! Ready for battle!

Hey! Don’t get carried away!

The surroundings are noisy.

The urgent situation was conveyed clearly beyond the thin wall.

Sasak

Nevertheless, David was immersed in paperwork as usual.

It’s as if what happens around you has nothing to do with you.

Flutter

“Representative.”

The secretary opened the barracks door and entered the barracks.

She walked in front of David with her usual gait, but she could not hide the fear in her eyes.

“The flooding has begun.”

“I know because I have ears to hear. “What is the condition of the troops?”

“Great. “Thanks to the representative who came with the guards and even promised us a daily salary, everyone’s morale was at its peak.”

“Good. Efficiency would have increased accordingly.”

“That’s true, but wouldn’t it be better for you to at least return to earth?”

Currently, David was visiting the merchant camp with his personal guard fighters who only listened to his orders.

Thanks to this, the morale of the troops, which had been steadily declining due to various suspicions and ongoing battles, rose vertically as if the king had left his home.

However, the secretary and other leaders were not happy with his choice.

Because they knew that if anything happened to him, they would be finished.

It was no exaggeration to say that the Merchants’ Union was created by David from beginning to end.

It was also thanks to him that he was able to stand up against the power of guilds and denominations.

Therefore, if he gets injured and falls, the Merchant Union will collapse in vain like a sand castle swept by the sea.

And because of this, the crimes that the Merchants’ Union has committed so far in secret will quickly rise to the surface.

Among the leaders of the Merchants’ Union, there was not a single person who did not commit a crime.

He could never rise to the top of the Merchants’ Union without committing a crime in the first place.

Only those who resolutely eliminated competitors, thoroughly trampled on the weak, and provided illicit wealth to the strong could rise to the top of the Merchant Union.

“I’m sorry, but your presence here is putting an unnecessary burden on the troops. So, let’s go to the ground quickly.”

The secretary, one of the leaders, persuaded David once again with blunt words.

Not to save him, but to save himself.

“I reject it. “I need to be here to easily take over Remumuni after the flood is over.”

“Is that possible? Honestly, I’m worried that I’m being stubborn for no reason.”

The plan is to stay longer than any other camp, prevent monsters from invading the land, and promote the feat to gain hegemony over Remumuni.

The leadership, including the secretary, was skeptical of the plan.

Of course, among the three camps, the one with the lowest combat power was the merchant camp.

Thanks to the hiring and mobilization of many adventurers sponsored by the Merchant Union, combatants directly under the Merchant Union, wizards in debt, and mercenaries, it was the largest, but lacked substance.

Expensive equipment and magic scrolls were used to make up for the lack of substance, but there was a limit to what could be done that way.

On the other hand, the combat power of the other two camps was very strong.

Although the noble camp had no magic power, it had a balanced quality and quantity with knights and soldiers trained by each family for a long time,

Thanks to the combined efforts of the church and guild, the adventurer camp was able to have the number of combatants, skills, and diversity.

Moreover, the adventurer camp was home to a warrior and a saint who were said to be the hope of humanity.

If all the camps collapsed in front of the flood, the last camp to collapse would most likely be the adventurer camp.

“What is the totem?”

“… Started operation.”

“Then there will be no problem.”

If only there wasn’t a mysterious totem in the merchant camp that could bite monsters.

“Representative…”

The secretary was worried.

Whether I can answer the question that has been lingering in my head ever since I arrived at camp.

Following his instructions, he instructed the combatants to install unknown totems, and soon after, the flooding began.

At first I thought it was just a coincidence.

However, as David pushed forward with a plan that was destined to fail, and as reports came in from the merchant camp that no damage had been sustained day by day, I began to think differently.

I think the flooding may have been caused by that totem.

‘I thought it was a ridiculous suspicion.’

She realized the moment the general director of the merchant camp secretly activated the totem installed in the center of the camp, and the totem absorbed demonic energy and gave off a secret yet very unpleasant smell that even she, a cat beast, could not smell.

That the suspicion was true.

The totem is the culprit of the flooding, and therefore this situation occurred because of them.

‘It’s crazy. It’s really crazy. No matter how much you want to achieve hegemony, there is a line where you must not do so.’

Why do people commit injustice?

To live a slightly better life. Even if other people didn’t know, the secretary did.

That’s why he silently helped the Merchant Union assassinate promising adventurers, hire people who were no better than murderers, and commit all sorts of negative things.

That’s a lot of money, and the world won’t be ruined just by doing that.

However, this situation was very different even though the cases were different.

Enjoying a better life is only possible when the world is in good condition.

No matter how much money I gave, I couldn’t stand by and watch an act that could destroy the world.

“Who made that totem? “What exactly is your goal?”

In the end, the secretary expressed her doubts to David.
Not because of a bad conscience, but for my own life.

“… Why are you suddenly asking that?”

David, who was calmly continuing his paperwork, takes his eyes off the documents and looks at the secretary.

The secretary trembled at his creepy eyes, reminiscent of the devil’s.

I was so scared that I couldn’t say anything.

After realizing that his goal was not simply to achieve hegemony, I became even more afraid of him, who was already afraid.

David said, looking at her with emotionless eyes as she trembled with fear.

“Natalie, what is the motto of our merchant union?”

“Woe, the golden rule.”

Golden Rule.

Originally, it was a term that taught us to treat others the way we would want to be treated, but in the case of the Merchants’ Union, the meaning was a little different.

If you received it, work as you received it.

Like a machine, without any thought or question, just blindly.

That was the golden rule and motto of the Merchants’ Union.

Ttogak ttogak ttogak

“I raised a stray cat that was wandering around the streets and put it to sleep, and it looks like it’s full. How dare you question your master’s will?”

“Oh, no. So…”

David got up from his seat and started approaching step by step.

As the distance between him and him got shorter, the secretary wanted to get down on all fours on the ground and straighten her back like a scared cat.

Kuuk!

David grabs my chin and forces me to make eye contact.

In the secretary’s shaking eyes, his eyes, resembling those of the devil, were reflected like a mirror.

“Hey, meow~”

In the end, the secretary turned into a scared cat and let out a soft cry.

It was a sound that aroused the man’s desire to protect, but David calmly recited it.

“Do you want to be disposed of? Just as you did with your best friend and rival…”

Poof!

While speaking, David suddenly feels something and turns his head to the outside.
Soon he walked out of the barracks, grinning uncharacteristically.

Roaring Roaring Roaring

The troops preparing for battle look up at the sky one by one.

So, when I raised my head, I could see a bright blue curtain covering the camp.

At that time, I made eye contact with the criminal who had created a bright blue film floating in the air.

The guy must have realized that our eyes were meeting, so he bent his eyes that were visible through the eyeholes of the mask.

I knew it without even asking.

That guy is making fun of us.

“You’re doing something stupid! Hey! “Call me right away and tell me to get rid of that!”

David was very angry and shouted at the general director who came running in a huff.

The general director, who resembled a pig, sweated profusely and activated the communication crystal ball.

The answer that came back was,

“I am taking this measure in the hope that at least one less comrade will die, so please do not feel bad and accept it.”

Oh, oh!!!

The mercenaries who were listening to our conversation cheered.

Other mercenaries near them were puzzled and asked the reason, and soon they responded in the same way.

Quick!

‘Simple ignorant people! Not knowing that that shield would actually be suffocating!’

Soon everyone in the camp will have the same reaction. That’s according to his plan.

‘Shit! Damn it!’

There was no excuse to remove the shield. If we continue like this, monsters will come. Similar in scale to other camps.

‘How on earth did you know?’

The reason why there were fewer monsters in the merchant camp.

It was thanks to the special smell that Gipi’s totem created using demon energy.

Since the smell was made entirely of demonic energy, only monsters with organs specialized for demonic energy could smell it.

The secretary seems to have smelled it somehow, but that’s probably because she smelled the undiluted scent next to the totem.

How on earth did he know the existence of smell and make such an ignorant move?

In any case, its defense shield prevented the smell from spreading to the surrounding area.

Even if the shield is broken by the monsters’ attack and the smell spreads later, the monsters will never stop attacking once they find a human.

It didn’t matter how many people in the camp died.

The problem is that as the monsters disperse here, the burden on him and the warrior is reduced.

I was planning to use monsters to drain the stamina of the two guys, and then attack them back and forth with the dispatched knights and personal guard fighters to finish them off, but that plan ended up in vain.

‘How many times are you going to disturb me!’

David glared at him, at Jun, with burning eyes.

As a result, he didn’t notice.
A scared cat is quietly running away from behind.