Chapter 330 – The Guard and the Warrior (2)
“Then, don’t get hurt and come home safely. As long as you are alive, you can conquer the dungeon at any time.”
“But the resurrection of the Demon King causes a dungeon storm. If it’s too late…”
“Don’t worry, that’s something our guards will have to deal with. “The hero concentrates on catching the devil.”
Scarlett looked at her muscles blankly as she showed off her biceps.
“Scarlett?”
“Four? Yes! I will catch the devil well!”
“Good. Then, have a nice trip.”
“All right. “Captain!”
Scarlett saluted playfully. It looks like he learned it from watching other guards do it.
After sending the warrior party into the dungeon, we welcomed our scheduled guests. Oh-hwan, the captain of the five guards including Celica and me, is an old man who cares for Celica like her own granddaughter.
He was a man who didn’t like me because he treated me like a thief every time he saw me, but looking at my current state, I couldn’t dislike him.
Although the old man had grown white hair, his face was full of age spots. It was not a disease caused by aging, but a disease caused by demonic energy poisoning.
One arm was blown off and wrapped in a white cloth. If it had been a normal amputation, the priest could have remade it like a lizard’s tail, but since this was also a wound infected with demon energy, regeneration was only possible after purification.
I guess it’s because the resentment built up while bickering over Celica. For some reason, the tip of my nose tingled.
“Well, when I heard the story, he came back from half-death. Why was an older man playing on the front lines? Take care of your grandchildren at home.”
“Who dies? I’m still correcting it. “I have to see my great-granddaughter soon, but do you think I’ll die easily?”
“Our captain also wants to see you, so please get better quickly. It can be completely cured before the birthdate, right? Would you like to receive treatment from the priest residing in our mansion?”
“Dite’s kids are all good, but they’re not good at purification. That’s why you didn’t ask the saint for purification.”
“Aren’t you afraid that the captain will be told?”
“Noisy!”
I’m yelling because I have nothing to say. Oh-hwan must have been embarrassed and cleared his throat.
“Anyway, leave your self behind and follow me.”
“Yes.”
We headed to the security headquarters. There were only empty chairs left where the three senior guard captains were sitting.
“So here’s exactly what happened. “I only received a rough report, so I don’t know the details.”
“The damn Baron hid the fact that Dungeon Break occurred. “I was telling myself that I could solve it on my own, but even just before the territory was taken over, I couldn’t come to my senses and sent a messenger saying, ‘There has been a dungeon runaway. Please provide support.'”
“But why did you three go together?”
“That’s Captain Hamangu’s hometown, and it just so happens that there’s nothing to do in the capital. I went with him to make sure it was taken care of. Even now that I think about it, it was a good decision. “If I had only sent the kids or gone alone, I would have made a place for myself there.”
Oh-hwan, probably in a fit of rage, cursed Baron Bodeul for a long time. Oh, Hwan calmed down only after swearing to the point of telling the cursing old lady to go away.
Only after he calmed down did he hear the details of the fierce struggle. Even after hearing everything, he sighed because he was dumbfounded.
“After all, a high-level demon has appeared.”
“The idiot has lost his mind. The Demon King’s vanguard has come out, are you hiding it? Even though I killed that bastard who was resurrected as an undead, I still feel angry.”
The tone was calm, but controlled anger was felt. Oh, Hwan was on the verge of death, and the other guard captains were in a state of mourning, so he was right to be angry.
If it were me, I would have pulverized the baron’s bones and still not be angry.
“Anyway, because I was injured, His Majesty ordered me to change my mission. “You know?”
“For the time being, I will pass on the matter of the warrior party to my senior, but I heard about the orders to protect the kingdom through Jasmine.”
“Why did you do that through Jasmine… No. I guess he wanted to set his face at least that way. Jasmine is a bit… I mean.”
“Jasmine is a bit… Right.”
I can’t believe I formed a consensus with Oh Hwan. Half a year ago. No, what is half a year? I didn’t know it would be like this just a few days ago.
As I was giggling to myself about something that came out of his mouth, Oh-hwan patted my shoulder with his free hand. The eyes were full of compassion.
“Why are you like this?”
“Do you know why Celica was out on maternity leave, but she had a good security guard?”
“Is it because there are originally four security captains and the work remains the same?”
“Now you have to do it alone.”
“Ah.”
Suddenly, I started hating Oh-Hwan… But I became okay with it again. From the looks of it, he’s old enough to retire. In modern times, if you take care of someone like Oh Hwan, you will be criticized as elder abuse.
“Your eyes are irreverent?”
“Please do the handover. “What is urgent?”
“What’s so urgent?”
Oh Hwan smiled brightly.
“I should have asked what was not urgent.”
“Ah.”
Should I just pass it on to Oh-hwan because it’s elder abuse?
*
One of the advantages of our kingdom is that it eliminates unnecessary pretense when urgent matters arise. There was no need to go to the palace and say, ‘Suma, the guard captain, should hand over the work of the warrior party to Oh Hwan, the guard captain, blah blah blah.’
The downside is that there is so much work that it eliminates the pretense and pretense. There are so many of them.
“Do you really want to close this low-level dungeon? Many of the refugees make a living by selling loot from lower-level dungeons, so if it is closed, dissatisfaction will be widespread.”
“The type of dungeon is the same as the dungeon where the army that caused injuries to the three guard captains that made it difficult to move appeared. “It will be closed for at least a month.”
“Still…”
“If you have any complaints, come to me and argue.”
“Aha! Okay!”
The wizard, who did not want to blame himself for the dungeon’s closure, excitedly set up a magic circle. Was that the enemy tower guy? I heard that the magic book that Iruna used to kill time was in the spotlight at the Red Tower. When I’m done, I’ll have to contact the enemy tower directly and tell them not to show it to that guy.
The next destination is Yuna’s magic shop. Yuna, who was pregnant, could not go to work and reported to her manager instead.
“The alchemists are doing their best, but production is falling short of demand. Fortunately, production is possible because the Duke continues to send us materials from his garden. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to make a few potions.”
“Is it that serious?”
In games featuring demon kings and heroes, the items in the store did not decrease over time. In fact, as you raise your level, the number of advanced items increases.
But this is reality. In the game, an event occurred and the aftermath came. One of them was the worsening of public order due to the injury of the guard captain and the lack of supplies of essential items such as potions.
“The place where the hidden monster that escaped from the intermediate dungeon a few weeks ago was hiding was the alchemist guild… And not long ago, the monster invaded the farm where we were supplying ingredients and destroyed half of the crops.”
“…”
I can’t say anything because it was the security guard’s mistake. In fact, I could make as many excuses as I wanted. The number of existing security guards was reduced due to injury or death, or the number of personnel was hastily increased, but mistakes were made because they were new.
But even if you make excuses, nothing will change. The authority of the guard commander comes not only from force, but also from responsibility.
“I will grow more crops at the duchy and find out if other noble families have any assets that they have hoarded. And the alchemist… I will request support from the Magic Tower. In particular, I heard that there are a lot of magicians at Art Top who are crazy and create convenience artifacts, so let’s conscript them. Even though I’m not a formal alchemist, I can probably entrust you with chores.”
“I would really appreciate it if you could do so! “We will only trust the Duke!”
“Please… Please…”
The pale alchemist, whose dark circles were so dark that he looked like a panda, would be mistaken for an undead if he met him on a dark night, lowered his head.
He lowers his head and then stumbles. I held on to him to prevent him from falling.
“Be careful. I think it would be good to get some sleep.”
“Ahaha! This employee is fine! When you die, you sleep for the rest of your life! Right?”
“Yes…”
Was Yuna’s magic shop a black company? Let’s ignore the poor alchemist’s request for help since we don’t have enough workers.
In fact, because he was a guy, I didn’t feel any remorse. The next destination is a refugee camp. He gathered the representatives together and gave a speech.
“Dear friends. Recently, rumors have been spreading that demons have appeared near the capital. This is propaganda spread by the remnants of the empire.”
“Captain Suma! What is propaganda?”
“Quiet! I will not allow any counter-questions!”
As the Sword Master unleashed his force, the arrogant bastard fell silent. Sharp guy. I almost had my secret revealed that I didn’t know what propaganda was.
“Promin is the safest place on the continent. Therefore, refugees, please engage in your daily life with peace of mind and follow the security guard’s control. Anyone who spreads false rumors or causes confusion will be summarily executed. Do you understand?”
There were so many troublemaking refugees that the prisons were full. There were even so many people being executed that the executioner complained of fatigue.
“Yes! Okay!”
“Great. I hope that you will keep in mind the words of this guard captain in the future.”
Now that I’ve warned you, I’ll leave the rest to the crew in charge. Next destination… I’m really busy.
It would be better for me to help Scarlett and subdue the Demon King.
