Published at 30th of December 2019 02:48:39 PM
Chapter 37
I held the Ruble-Raynae that came forth from another dimension .
It was the sword that was gifted, in return, by the ‘neither cold nor hot’ dragon Goldilock, after the dragon was saved by the feudal lord Ballat, about 200 years ago . It was a sword made by another dimension’s technology . It would never break .
S Level Magic Weapon .
Attack Power +1,342
Life +310
Power +120
Health +122
Charisma +110
Skill
Lens of the Sun – Emits strong light .
Purification light – Detoxify poison .
The specifications looked fraudulent . Everything good was listed without any bad characteristics . Ordinarily, S-Level items called for making some sort of counter requests .
However, maybe because it was given by the dragon in return for a favor, the special feature of the Ruble-Raynae was that nothing unfavorable was being applied to its owner .
“The power of the sword is that it will never break . ”
“Even if it clashed with even a stronger sword?”
“Yes . ”
“This is certainly a great sword… Great . It goes well with you . Valer, how did you know of this sword’s secret?”
Maragreta truly looked surprised . However, it wasn’t always comfortable to give her the answers all the time .
“Everyone has reasons . ”
“Is, is that so? Since you do not seem to be interested in answering, I’ll leave it at that . However, Valer… You surprise me every time as always . I thought I lived long enough, but each time I see you, you make my heart palpitate with such amazement…”
“I’ll take that as a compliment . ”
Margareta subtly looked at me as if to say what is this person’s true identity .
“Per, perhaps, are you a dragon?”
“No . ”
“…Well, if not, never mind . Then perhaps…”
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“I thought you weren’t going to ask anymore . ”
Margareta pouted again . She pouted even more severely than before .
“Hm . It’s a good thing at any rate . There are certain classes among the strong demon kings who do not take damages unless such strong weapons are used on them . It will be helpful in your future battles . It’s very likely that Pajemut will revive immediately unless weapons like that of Ruble-Raynae were used on him . ”
That’s a correct statement . I know it because I fought him before . Unless it was a S-Level weapon, Pajemut will revive easily . Pretending to be injured and weak in his movements, his main strategy was to launch surprise counter attacks once he recovers his strength .
Certainly, he was an intelligent and cunning villain . I would be so careful to not fall for his cunning schemes .
“There are other pros . As it looks like an old worn out weapon, no one even thinks about stealing it . ”
After sending away the real Ruble-Raynae, old worn out Ruble-Raynae has returned . Amazed, Margareta could not take her eyes off of it while showing how impressed she was by it . Finally, her curiosity was fully obliged once she has summoned and returned it in herself .
“Hahaha! This is quite fun . ”
“Here, let’s look at the next one . ”
The next one was a bunch of letters . I and Margareta examined them calmly .
“It is Roelin . ”
“Yes . It is Roelin . They were in a relationship worthy of exchanging rather steamy letters . ”
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It wasn’t because they were lovers . They were politically hot for each other .
“My gosh, Roelin was pushing to make Philip an emperor . ”
“Is that so?”
Margareta took out a letter and shook it . It was true after looking at it .
“Hm… It isn’t that I can’t understand it . The rose queen Roelin did not have a good relationship with the emperor . ”
Franz the 4th, the current emperor of the human empire and the rose queen Roelin were constantly on the edge as they wanted to weaken each other . Although one of the issues was the fact that the emperor’s territory and Roelin’s Roselant were bordering each other, the biggest issue was due to money .
“It is known that she has been in tough situations due to trade issues . The emperor Franz the 4th has instituted an economic sanction against Roelin as a means to apply pressure . ”
The elegant work of arts and magical goods of the demon tribes were currently regarded most highly . Countless number of merchants made their trips to Roselant .
The emperor Franz the 4th demanded tariffs, but, of course, Roelin revolted . The reason was that why was it that a human emperor was taxing a demon king .
“Economic sanctions?”
“That’s right . Our emperor highness was envious of his neighbor, rose demon queen, who was raking in all that money . But still, hahaha! Attempting to collect tariffs from a demon queen, makes you think whether the emperor was simply acting bravado or being foolish . ”
I was confident that it would be the latter as far as Franz the 4th was concerned .
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“I suppose from that emperor’s perspective, he wanted to get something out of Roelin who was raking in the money from the demands of the empire . The empire’s internal economic conditions were a mess due to the long time conflicts with the demon queen . ”
Yet, even if the emperor was in ruins, he still had some resources to butt heads with the wealthy Roelin . As a result, he went after her, demanding her to give up some money .
“That would be impossible based on Roelin’s character . How did he effectuate an economic embargo?”
“I guess that is . ”
The strategy the emperor employed in order to implement the economic embargo was truly simple and primitive . He knew that it would be useless to levy taxes on a woman that paid no taxes, so the emperor thought of a scheme .
“He issued attack and seizure orders to the knight families, living in the vicinity of the trade route . The emperor has said . According to the laws of the empire, cease any merchants with ties to the demon queen Roelin, or human merchants heading to Roselant . As a result, knights are running crazy in the southwest of the empire . ”
Gosh . Who would have guessed that the method of the emperor’s economic embargo has been so cultured . It was an embargo in words only as it gave permission to rob .
“They said that there is one notable knight among all those knights who are going crazy . ”
“Who is that?”
“According to his own words, he insists that he is the last one of the great swordsmen . In fact, he wields such great skills of a swordsman that people say everyone is amazed . ”
I clenched my fists when I heard that . The last one of the great swordsmen, what it implied was very clear . That is, none other than the astute swordsman . It implies the guardian class level .
I’ve come to learn of another guardian’s whereabouts soon after I’ve destroyed Philip, the iron feudal lord . I thought to engage myself in this since I’ve learned about the guardian’s interjection .
“Please, do tell me in detail . ”