Published at 12th of June 2020 09:29:46 PM
Chapter 58
Hero Without Blood or Tear 41
[41] A swindler who seeks the property of a dragon . (2)
Of course, it was natural of Schwarzertoyel to turn down my offer . If it was me, even I would be sceptical . Imagine, a suspicious person, or rather someone you just fought with, suddenly gives you a naturally suspicious offer . Would you really accept it?
Since the very beginning, I knew the offer didn’t make any sense, all that mattered was to bring out the idea .
Now, I could stay in the mountains without retreating . It was all because Schwarzetoyel showed me some leniency . This dragon may be a villain, who has killed countless humans, left and right, but he was quite good when it came to making deals . I had just guaranteed my life in exchange for the prophetic dream . I was safe until I was the one who attacked him first .
“Stay put or get out . ”
Despite such warnings, nevertheless, I went to him when I was bored and also tried to impress him . Encouraged by his reactions I continued to follow him like a religious man inviting him to a cult .
“Believe in the Spirits and be blessed . Saving you from death… . ”
“Ah! Why do you keep coming! I don’t need such trickery!”
“Haha! I didn’t know that the money would come walking to me in the near future . Foolish… . ”
“Ay! You son of a bitch! Don’t speak nonsense and fuck off!”
Saying that the dragon shut me off, but I didn’t pay much attention . Sometimes when I wasn’t annoying him with my salesman skills, I’d wander around in the mountains in the search of a few elixirs . In this huge mountain, every nook and corner had a lot of unrefined medicines that were growing . In particular, the infamous Mandrake .
“Goodness! this is a 500-year-old mandrake!”
Mandrake was famous for its roots being human-shaped . Young Mandrake is mainly used as a testing agent for wizards but is classified as a spiritual medicine after it’s matured for about 500 years .
It was quite a treasure, so the herbalists would take all day to delicately pull out its small roots, but me having no patience without any hesitation, I uprooted it in a go .
Khachak!
I just ripped it open .
Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
The human-shaped roots shrieked .
Tap, tap, tap .
Nevertheless, after shaking it roughly I chewed them alive(?) .
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
An ugly cry rang out in the mountains . The red juices from the mandrake flowed down my mouth, reminiscent of human blood . I wiped the essence of my mouth and smiled contentedly .
“Nothing more to say . It was quite heart-warming . ”
I went in search of another mandrake . Exactly five hours later, my diligence wiped out all the mandrakes off this mountain . I found 10 mandrakes from around 500 years old .
“Philly, do you want some?”
In any case, I could use the same medicine only once . So I was going to sell and earn some money, without forgetting to give one to Philly as well .
If someone saw that this treasure like medicine is being used to feed a horse, they would be surprised . I would too because this little plant could sell itself for 100 horses . But, of course, my Philly was different .
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Philly chewed the mandrake like a carrot .
The effects were immediate .
“Heavens! my Philly is so pretty . ”
Hugging the horse, I said ‘Eat well and stay healthy . ’ and while enjoying the moment I heard a shout from behind .
“Hey! You crazy bastard! Who would feed a 500-year-old mandrake to a horse?!”
“Oh? You’re here . ”
It was none other than Schwarzertoyel . When I was wandering through the mountains, it seemed that he couldn’t stand missing me . The old man dressed in black was fuming .
“Hey! Why are you so crazy about messing up someone else’s mountain?!”
“You’re exaggerating, do you think a mountain could be ruined by pulling some grass?”
“Hey, how many mandrakes did you pull out? There’s nothing left in the mountains!”
“I, really, and here I thought you had it all . ”
“No, so what is it?!”
I shook the dirt off my palm and gave him a remark .
“I don’t think we have much time left, so it’s better to go . ”
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“Who says I’m lagging behind?!”
Recently, there has been way too much ongoing bickering like this, that now this villainous dragon was nothing more than a stale old grandpa, not worthy of my time .
“By the way, what is the source of your necromancy? It was quite different from what I’ve seen before . You may not have accomplished much but the accuracy of the technique is topnotch . ”
That’s the power of the Dark Lord, the one who is still curled up in the tomb . But I couldn’t tell him that because it was an important secret .
“If you build a city, you’ll eventually know . ”
“Huh! You want to squeeze out all my fortune yet you won’t reveal your own cards . What a stingy fellow!”
“You’re not the only one who is hiding things in the darkness, okay?”
And, like this our conversation always came to an end, with a line, both didn’t want to cross . So, we never formed a friendly relationship .
A few days later, I went to his nest again, even though he was rambling, I could hear the serious note to it .
“Wait . ”
Schwarzertoyel’s face stiffened .
“What’s the matter?”
“Shut up!”
He hurriedly threw magic created images that were moving into the air . The video was similar to that of the Grossglockner shot from an airplane . This mountain was enormously wide .
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I was admiring the majestic view when Schwarzetoyel suddenly began to enlarge certain parts . Then, there appeared, what looked like a group of people at the foot of the mountain .
“Oh no!”
Now that the video was clear, we could see who appeared in the mountain . He was such an unexpected big shot .
“Isn’t that the third-ranked demon, Odgarsh?”
“You know it well . ”
Schwarzetoyel’s voice was solemnly firm . The number of demons who were arriving on their horses counted up to a hundred . I couldn’t control myself and so, I asked .
“Are they your enemies?”
“… . ”
“They came earlier than I expected . ”
That was unexpected . I thought there would be no problem for the next few years . Moreover, I didn’t expect it would be Odgarsh, the third-ranked demon, who would be the one to seek Schwarzertoyel’s life . I wondered, why this extremely strong dragon died, but now, with this demon here he would really have a hard time .
“I didn’t think he’d break the deal . ”
An agreement . It was something I didn’t know . I’ll have to dig this up later .
“Can you handle them?”
Schwarzertoyel’s power was known to all, but Odgarsh, the third-ranked demon, too, lived up to his name . I was so terrified, even I could hear my own teeth-rattling, I was grieving at my decision to help Schwarzertoyel .
Odgarsh was basically a half immortal . The possibility that he could be killed was extremely tricky . And for that reason alone, it was next to impossible even for a competent guardian to deal with it alone, rather it would take several heroes to get it done right .