Chapter 526
To the east of the Western continent lies the kingdom of Curiella, next to the Holy King Alent.
Once located in the easternmost part of the continent, by the long, high mountain range that spans the kingdom of the Holy King Alent and the Kingdom of Lange, there was little trade, if any, by airs.h.i.+ps or by s.h.i.+ps with Panaches in the north.
However, the discovery of a new continent has prompted the Kingdom of Curiella to find dealers named Reef Lease, Belfast and Missmid at once.
We caught up in the ocean, and suddenly we had a deal not far away. For the kingdom of Curiella, this worked well.
Let"s start with magic engineering and Golem technology. I need magic technology and magic equipment from there.
In addition, there were many things to trade, such as culture, art, and food, that were not found in the western continent.
The kingdom of Curiella entered an era of great trading.
Trading goods from the Eastern Continent gather in the Kingdom of Curiella and merchants from Western countries come all the way across the steep foothills in search of them. West to East, East to West. The kingdom of Curiella builds wealth simply by moving things.
All Curiella merchants built large s.h.i.+ps one after the other, dreaming of success and traveling to the eastern continent. The ocean that spanned two continents also contained a vast sea of beasts, but it seems to have nothing to do with the ambitions of the merchants.
Some s.h.i.+ps have disappeared with sea debris, but the s.h.i.+p is still leaving the port.
The Gulf city of Alprice, east of the Kingdom of Curiella, was also one of the bustling towns where these merchants gathered.
Such a port town is now transformed into a crucible of great chaos.
They"re being attacked by a flock of half-fishmen that suddenly appear from the sea.
No, not just the Half-Milk. A four-armed slender golem and a four-meter rock giant are also coming out of the sea and attacking.
The half-fish attacked the humans, and the four-armed golem set fire to the city. The rock giants destroyed everything they could see.
A nightmarish sight was spreading to the port town that was in the middle of prosperity.
Guard Golems and Knights defending Alprise evacuate the town as they defeat the raiders.
But there was a fire going around, and Alpris was already being hunted down beyond his control.
People"s voices of despair grow as they are ravaged by irrational forces.
There was a man who looked down on the roof of the tall bell tower, which was paired with the people who fled.
"Likes, likes. The burning flames, the destroyed townscapes, and the desperate demons. It"s amazing."
It was the boy who stood in the bell tower.
The lower half of his face was covered with an iron mask and he couldn"t see it, but the boy"s eyes obviously laughed. The city of Alprise is burning with joy in its eyes.
The boy wore an adventurous costume and a purple blue cape and had a spear in a different shape in his hand. It is a spooky metallic purple spear with a sharp eyeball design on the stone and clasp.
"Come on, Wistaria. It"s a treat."
As the boy pushes his spear over his head, black moya rises from all over the town and is preyed on by the spear for suction.
Black Moya stood up from the confused and confused people. The person who was pulled out of it, which is not visible to normal eyes, falls flat on the spot.
He"s alive. But I was losing my breath from the eyes.
Wistaria, a metallic purple spear that sucks up black moya, s.h.i.+nes more and more.
"Yeahh!
A boy above the bell tower flashes his spear. Hundreds of thousands of thunder from the tip destroyed all the s.h.i.+ps that were docked in the harbor.
"Kuhahahaha! You blew it off! Next, hahahada."
"How long have you been playing, Orchid? It"s time to pull it up."
Soon another man in a diving helmet stood behind the boy. A deep blue hatchet hatchet hangs from her waist.
"What is it, Indigo? It"s a good place to be right now.
"The goal is not to destroy the city, but to gather negative human emotions.
"I know. That"s why we"re collecting them properly."
A boy called Orchid shook his purple spear "Wistaria" to the dive helmet and showed it to him.
What the evil artifact was sucking up earlier is the negative emotion of human beings. To be precise, it"s fear.
Of the negative emotions such as anger, hatred, sorrow and pain, fear is the easiest thing to give from others. This was an emotion of self-defense from the survival instinct, making it difficult to escape and easy for anyone to control their mind.
A man whose heart is devoured by an evil artifact becomes a living corpse. If you lose your mind and your soul, it"s just a loose sh.e.l.l.
"I"m not impressed with this way of collecting it."
"It would be quicker if you didn"t bother to soak it in medicine. Indigo"s a mess."
"That"s how you get high-purity stuff. Fear only temporarily erodes the soul. It"s more pure to dye for despair with twitching and negative emotions stacked up by magic potions...."
Ah, yes, yes.
Orchid ignored Indigo"s story. This man smells like preaching because he"s a former priest.
"I"ll pull it up as soon as I get there. The Knights of the Nation will be in trouble."
"When I came out, I came out and it was funny."
"No matter how strong you are, you don"t have enough power to take over the country. Now (...) is (...), (...)."
"Eh, I"m bored."
Blue bubbles waved at the feet of both of them, and they fell into the water and disappeared.
As if that had triggered it, the Half-Milk, the Four-Armed Golem, and the Rock Giant stopped attacking the town and turned back to the sea again.
It was later discovered that a number of injured townsfolk mutated and disappeared into the sea in the same way as the Half-Milk.
The town of Alpris is devastated. Ironically, the Western Continent still had only some Adventurer Alliances, and the Kingdom of Curiella did not partic.i.p.ate in the World Alliance, so it took some time for this information to spread around the world.
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"Concert Hall...."
"Invite a traveling bard or musician to play. It can also be a temporary entertainment for people going through Brunhilde."
"Hmm, I don"t think it"s bad."
Prime Minister Takasaka seems willing to listen to what Sakura has suggested. Sure, there"s only room for a pub and a central park right now.
The tavern can be lively like a live venue.
Mr. Takasaka went to Naito"s old construction chief to determine the location. Work is as fast as ever. Thanks to you, I"m still alive, but are you on vacation or something? I have to take a vacation this time.
"But what happened again all of a sudden? The concert hall."
"I asked Yos.h.i.+no. In the future, you played there with me many times."
What, is that it? I guess Yos.h.i.+no leaked it. So, sooner or later, did you decide to open the concert hall?
As I was convinced, the person, Yos.h.i.+no, suddenly appeared in our office. So don"t lie on [Teleport].
"Dear Sir! Kaaa-sama! Look at this! Doctor gave it to me!
That"s what Yos.h.i.+no gave us. It was a guitar. It"s not a regular size guitar, it"s like a little smaller guitar for kids.
Well, I was a little surprised to see that it was an electric guitar. Stratocaster.
Cherry blossoms definitely bought musical instruments on their honeymoon. I also bought some instruments... Doctor, did you use that as a reference?
Yos.h.i.+no plays the guitar on the pick. Even though there was no amplifier, the tone of the guitar echoed at a fairly high volume. It"s not just an electric guitar. It"s a magic tool, isn"t it? Speaker "s magic is active.
Yos.h.i.+no is screaming the guitar with pleasure. No, it"s just my kid, isn"t it amazing? I know this performance is amazing, even though the guitar is a foreigner. [M]
Hmm? This intro...
This bend... that song? I wonder why Yos.h.i.+no knows this song. Did you hear it from me or the cherry blossoms in the future?
A representative song of the band led by the best guitarist and famous musician in rock history. He died at the age of twenty-seven, but his presence greatly influenced future generations of musicians.... Yos.h.i.+no doesn"t play with his teeth, does he?
Like the t.i.tle of the song, it looks like purple smoke is wrapped around Yos.h.i.+no. Is this magic?
The cherry blossoms started singing instead of Yos.h.i.+no when I thought I was in the middle of singing. Your mother sings!
Thousands of cherry blossom voices turn into blues with husky matching songs. It"s always so powerful.
I carve the rhythm into the guitar Yos.h.i.+no plays. I liked Grandpa so much about this song.
"Playing the guitar with Playing Magic is also fun, but it"s more fun to be real!
At the end of the song Yos.h.i.+no smiled so satisfactorily.
"Performance Magic" invokes musical artifacts and releases musical magic. It has the same effect as the cherry blossom"s "singing magic". Yos.h.i.+no likes to play more than to sing.
When the concert hall is ready, I"d like to hear these two playing and singing, but I don"t think it"s possible to finish it while Yos.h.i.+no is around.
With Babylon"s power, we won"t have to make it, but we"ll rob the builders of their jobs. They weigh themselves.
Well, let"s look forward to listening in the future.
Lord Arthur . Are you okay now?
"Huh? Amber?
Amber told me that I was thinking about the future. [M]
I have a little problem with the Adventurers Guild. Kuyuu-sama and Alice are in a little trouble. "
Huh?
In the Adventurers Guild? How come you and Alice have been together for so long?
I don"t know, but it looks like something went wrong.
Let"s go anyway. I opened the Gate for the Adventurer Guild.
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Coming through the [Gate] to the Adventurer Alliance, it"s kind of noisy. They usually gather behind the counter, even adventurers wrapping around the lid in the neighboring tavern. It must have been a demolition site.
When I scratched the crowd of adventurers to the counter, Misha, the receptionist and cat beast there, invited me.
"What the h.e.l.l happened?
"Well, that"s... Um, I think it"s faster for you to take a look. Come here."
I was taken by Misha and taken from the counter to the demolition site.
Behind the Adventurer Alliance is the demolition site for the demolished monsters. Normally, the Adventurer Alliance"s dismantling grounds aren"t that big. Because even if you defeat a large beast, it is difficult to bring it in.
Mostly they go to the scene, where they dismantle it, or bring a partially torn piece of it over to the truck.
However, the demolition site in Brunhilde is quite large. That was because there were many people who could use storage magic like me and Ende. Yae and the others also use smartphones with storage magic.
In addition, since there were also Near Cats with the same smartphones, and Master of the black crown noir, Norn, etc., there was a lot of s.p.a.ce.
And now there"s an integral beast lying down to bury most of the big demolition site.
Looks like a giant wolf. But the wings are growing. The tail is an obsidian black fur.
Naturally, I can"t feel the breath of life from the appearance of my white eyes and tongue.
Together with the dismantling crew, I saw Alliance Master Relisha and Alice sitting in a chair by the wall in trouble. Amber and Silver are at my feet.
"Oh, Your Majesty. You"re here."
"Excuse me, what have my... relatives done?
"I didn"t do anything... no, I"ve done enough..."
Relisha smiles bitterly. He seemed to be wondering what to answer.
"I"m sorry, chi... Your Majesty. Alice and I were going to hunt the beast and make some pocket money, but this beast suddenly attacked us in the northern forest. Well, it wasn"t that strong, so I managed to defeat it, but when I brought it into the Adventurers Guild, it got a little noisy."
My able son explained it to me in a straightforward way. Ah, I knew you guys knocked this down.
"I"ve never seen a beast like this. You mean around Brunhilde? I wonder if it"s flowing from around Legulus...."
"No, this beast is not an ordinary beast."
As I checked the winged wolf again, Relisha opened an old parchment book and explained it to me.
The book depicted a picture of a wolf beast lying here. But I can"t read letters. Ancient language?
"The name of this beast is Marcosias. A ferocious beast with steel body hair and a fire blowing through its mouth, its strength is now at the silver rank level."
"Hmm... Hmm? In modern times?
I felt uncomfortable with Mr Lelicia"s strange rhetoric and raised my face from the book.
"This beast called Marcosias is said to have been extinct about 3,000 years ago... no, it"s a legendary beast. We were surprised that it was brought in."
Eh!? This is an extinct species!?
Killed the last one that survived a long time ago?
Well, if it were Earth, it might not be strange to be accused of preserving species, but this is a different world. There are so many beasts that should be extinct. Goblins and orcs. It seems like a vicious beast, and I don"t think there"s a problem there...
"So... what"s the problem?
"Well, the price of the material can"t be applied. I can"t imagine how much the material of an extinct beast should be worth. So it"s hard to buy....."
Ah, is that so? Because there is no precedent, the price cannot be set. However, as an Adventurer Alliance, it is too much material to miss. Were you worried about it?
"What are you selling at an auction hosted by the Adventurers Guild...?
"It seems like it would cost a lot of money, but I think that"s all it takes. However, in the case of an auction, it is not available for sale by minors....."
At once, Mr Relisha looks out for the two people sitting in the chair. Oh, did you have a problem with that?
In response, proposals will be made from a long time ago.
"Then I would like you to list it in His Majesty"s name. We just need some money."
"What? Are you sure?
"Yeah, Alice, right?
"Very well. It doesn"t matter how much you get."
No, I"m not going to miss the money you guys earned. I"ll keep it. Yumina and Ende.
In the meantime, I handed Alice one gold coin at a time in advance. A hundred thousand yen for pocket money feels strange now.
"So he was definitely in the northern woods?
"Yes, I was looking for the Beast at the forest entrance at first, but I couldn"t find it. I went a little deeper and suddenly got attacked. Probably because I"m afraid of this beast, the other beasts are gone."
Speaking of silver rank cla.s.ses, a bad dragon is the upper level. I feel threatened by the presence of such a beast near the town.
But the birds under the red b.a.l.l.s should be watching the safety around Brunhilde... Is that a leak?
Anyway, it"s been a long time since they found us. One mistake could have hurt the residents.
Since the integration of the world, magic acc.u.mulators have been formed everywhere, and giant beasts, or equivalent beasts, are being born.
Mr. Relisha also told me that there might be a ma.s.s runaway "Stampede" going on by trying to escape the giant beast.
Maybe there was a ma.s.s runaway "Stampede" in Brunhilde. I suppose this was lucky after all.
"Amber, can you ask the animals around town to see if there are any strange beasts or weirdos?
Thank you. Let"s head out to explore now.
Yeah. I don"t think so, but it"s not necessarily the same individual. No. I wonder if it"s with my parents and children.
The fact that this individual lived until this time suggests that there may be a h.o.m.os.e.xual species.
But it"s not an animal, it"s a beast. Like monsters, but there"s a chance they won"t even be born with the same species. Goblins.
It may be that the next generation of Marcosias will also be born between this Marcosias and, for example, the female wolf.
"Hey, Majesty. Can we go now? [M] I"d like to have tea for a long time."
As I was thinking about the beast"s ecology, Alice talked like she was tired of being here.
"Okay. I"ll take over. You can go now."
"I did it! Then, Your Majesty, take this! Long time no see!
"Eh? Hey, Alice....!
Alice said so and threw Silver in my sheath at me, pulling back a long time ago, and quickly disappeared from the Adventurer Guild.
"Hey Kola, this d.i.c.k! You treat me like I"m in my way, you little s.h.i.+t! Husband, let me go! Can my little one fall into the hands of a poisonous woman!?
"No, you poison b.i.t.c.h. You, don"t say that in front of her father. Because they"re gonna break you, right?
I wonder what happened to Silver while he was stunned by the violence in his hands. How dare you (?) I don"t need to disturb you on a date. Well, I doubt if it"s a date. Should I talk to Yumina?
Eeee!
"Ah"
When I was worried, Silver slipped out of my sheath and flew towards the exit of the main unit. The sudden sword panicked all the adventurers.
They got away. Alice is going to complain later...
"Your Majesty, what is that sword...?
"Oh, don"t worry. Let"s go through the auction."
It was a ha.s.sle, so I let Relisha through with her questions. I don"t know much about Silver either.
Oh, no, he was looking into it.... well, okay.