Published at 4th of November 2020 12:45:51 PM
Chapter 271
Chapter 271
The emperor handed him a small piece of paper . It wasn’t a map or a check to replace the gold coins . It wasn’t even a letter for someone .
“What is this, Your Majesty?” Hyeonu wondered, cocking his head .
“Can’t you tell by looking? It is my reward to you . It is an imperial decree giving Earl Gang Hyeonu a territory,” the emperor answered .
“!!!” Hyeonu was truly amazed .
A territory . . .
He didn’t know how many imperial contributions were needed to obtain one, but a territory was just given to him .
“You can give me a territory at will?” Hyeonu queried .
“On the contrary, people will like this . No one will have any complaints . ” The emperor seemed to understand Hyeonu’s words .
Complaints? Who would be dissatisfied when a lord appeared to take charge of such a territory?
“Can I ask one more thing?” Hyeonu said .
The emperor nodded .
“I know that contributions to the imperial family are necessary to obtain a title or territory . I got a pretty big amount of contributions this time . Can you tell me why?” Hyeonu continued to ask questions .
57,439—it was a ridiculous amount of imperial contributions . He was wondering about the reason for it .
The emperor responded, “What is your contribution to the empire? This body is the empire . It is entirely up to me . ”
‘In the end, it depends on satisfaction . ’ Hyeonu thought it was very absurd .
The words were tremendous, but the underlying meaning was that the emperor gave a large amount of imperial contributions if he was well satisfied . The emperor continued to speak, “This time, I will ask you something . When can non-adventurer scouts go to the East Continent? I tried to send some, but they failed to cross the Balder Mountains . . . ”
Hyeonu shook his head and replied, “I don’t know the exact amount of time it will take . However, it is estimated that when the average level of adventurers rises higher and the number of adventurers who can cross the Balder Mountains increases, the barrier will completely disappear . ”
Nevertheless, this was just speculation as Hyeonu actually didn’t know . When would the barrier disappear? He had never thought much about it before . It was a waste of time and energy to pay attention to such things when he could freely cross to the East Continent .
“I understand . Before moving to the East Continent, go to your territory . No, meet with Lebron first . He’ll take care of things and explain it . ” The emperor waved his hand as if to send Hyeonu away .
Hyeonu quickly exited the imperial palace . Following the emperor’s words, he headed straight to Lebron’s mansion in Yusma . The guard gave Hyeonu a strong welcome today . He made a 90-degree bow and greeted Hyeonu, “Lord Viscount, you’ve come? The duke is in the training field as usual . ”
“Thank you . By the way, I’m an earl now, not a viscount . Anyway, work hard . ”
After telling that guard that his rank had changed, Hyeonu entered the mansion . Lebron wasn’t meditating as usual . Instead, he was moving vigorously and wielding his sword, creating a sharp sword wind that swept through the area . Hyeonu was unconcerned with Lebron’s training and called out, “Master! Your disciple has come!”
“Rude guy!” Lebron spoke roughly, but his actions welcomed his disciple . He put away his sword and turned to Hyeonu before asking, “Why have you come here today? What do you need this time?’
“Master, do I only come when I need something? This time, I came for something else . ” Hyeonu took out a book and handed it to Lebron .
As Lebron received the book, Hyeonu didn’t forget to take out a few bottles of alcohol from his inventory and placed them on the ground of the gym .
“What is this?” Lebron asked while looking through the book he received .
“It is a martial arts book from the East Continent . I brought it here because I thought it would help Master . In addition, this is alcohol from the East Continent . ”
Lebron smiled cheerfully when he saw the bottles Hyeonu was pointing at .
“Now you’re sensible . Yes, you should give this to your master . ” Lebron quickly hid the bottles behind him . “Did you come just to give me these?”
Lebron instinctively felt that a greater gift remained .
He didn’t know why, but an inexplicable pleasure covered his entire body .
“In fact, His Majesty told me to go to Master . He said to give me a territory . . . ” Hyeonu explained .
‘Territory?’ Lebron cocked his head as he listened . Why send his disciple to him to get a territory?
‘Has Alexander finally gone crazy after being tortured by government affairs?’
“What did he ask me to tell you?” Lebron said .
Hyeonu handed the white paper to Lebron . It was written by the emperor himself . Lebron received the emperor’s instructions with a serious expression . Then he burst out laughing, “Puhahaha!”
Lebron was unable to resist letting out the laughter that erupted . No, he refused to hold it in . Alexander had given him a great gift .
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‘Why is he reacting like that?’ Hyeonu wondered .
“What is it? Huh?” He grabbed Lebron’s arm and shook it, forgetting to speak with honorifics due to his sudden anxiety .
“The territory that has been given to you—it is under the direct command of the imperial family . It’s a very good place . It has a high population and a developed economy . It’s one of the top 10 territories in the empire . But . . . ”
“But . . . ?”
“There is a small problem . It was the place where the surviving forces of Alkyl tried to revolt . They were heavily beaten, but the damage was almost unrecoverable . There is a pile of accumulated work . As you know, it isn’t just one or two places that are like this . We took the minimal measures, but…” Lebron said and paused before continuing . “Regardless, this is the territory you’ve obtained . You’ll probably be stuck there for a few months . If you don’t manage it properly, it will immediately be recovered by the imperial family . ”
Hyeonu’s expression became distorted after hearing Lebron’s explanation . He looked like he was chewing on shit .
‘I spent gold coins to give him a gift, and he gave me this shit?’ Hyeonu grumbled inwardly . Then he asked, “How serious is it?”
“It’s probably a few months of work? That is when there are competent administrators . If you are alone . . . I think it’s doomed . The empire already lacks too much talent . Adventurers are filling the void, but there still aren’t that many . ”
In fact, after the fifth main scenario, many players changed classes to imperial workers . They ranged from workers restoring broken walls and buildings to those who reviewed and executed budgets . There was a new wind in Arena . Of course, it was a secret that many of them were the miners of large guilds .
‘Still, it isn’t that bad? There are many people in New World who can do this . In addition, Nike . . . ’
It was just Lebron’s smile that made Hyeonu feel bad . Lebron was smiling widely like his mouth was torn . Hyeonu frowned at the sight of it . “Why do you like it so much? Is it so good for me to go there?”
“Of course . I almost had to go there, but now you’re going instead of me . I can’t help feeling good . ” Lebron patted Hyeonu’s shoulder . “Therefore, work hard . I think it will be very hard for you to replace your master . ”
Hyeonu removed his hand from Lebron’s arm and smiled . It seemed he would sleep angrily at night if he didn’t deal at least one blow to Lebron . So he said, “Have you ever thought about it? If I don’t do it properly, Master will probably have to do it . ”
The smile disappeared from Lebron’s face .
***
Hyeonu was sitting in one side of Lebron’s mansion, and in his hand was the piece of paper he got from Lebron .
[Phinis Movement Scroll]
[A scroll that takes you to Phinis, a city in the Yusma Empire .
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It was something that Lebron, not the emperor, had given to him .
‘I came all this way to get this . . . ’
In Hyeonu’s mind, his resentment toward the emperor grew .
‘Why not give it to me himself? Why send me here?’
It was a waste of time . Of course, he would’ve scolded the emperor even if the emperor had given it to him . The emperor hadn’t told Hyeonu anything . He had deceived Hyeonu . However, this wasn’t it .
“You aren’t going yet?”
At this moment, a shadow covered Hyeonu .
“Master? Where are you going?”
The owner of the shadow was Lebron, who was standing in his uniform .
“My disciple is going to suffer . I can’t just stay still . I am going to see the emperor and get as much as I can for you . ”
Hyeonu jumped up and grabbed Lebron’s hand, shaking it . “Thank you . Thank you, Master . ”
“Why are you acting so disgusting? Don’t worry about money . I'll get a full budget for you . Instead, you can’t receive manpower, so take care of it yourself as an adventurer . You’ll see it soon, but this is actually a very good thing . ”
Hyeonu nodded at Lebron’s words .
“Also . . . come to me when the time comes . Don’t you still have things to learn? You should learn everything there is to learn . This is why you are a Knight of Keon,” Lebron added .
‘The fourth class transfer . . . ’
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Lebron’s words meant Hyeonu had more to learn for the fourth class transfer .
‘Is it a patch?’
It seemed to be a recent patch since Lebron hadn’t said this before .
‘It is probably at level 300 . ’
Looking at the pattern, it seemed right .
The first class advancement was at level 10 . The second class advancement was at level 100 . The third class advancement was at level 200 . Then wouldn’t the fourth class advancement be at level 300?
“I will speak to you when the time comes . Then I will go to Phinis, Master . ” Hyeonu tore the Phinis Movement Scroll he was holding in his hand .
“I’m not happy for nothing . The matter with Phinis isn’t just about money . ” Lebron burst out laughing .
***
‘What is this?’
His first impression of Phinis was very distressing as what he saw were half-collapsed walls and buildings . In the city square itself, there were tents made of white cloth, and people were gathered amongst them .
“Is this a city . . . ? No, it’s a ruin,” Hyeonu murmured with despair . Still, the consolation was that this was his territory .
‘It is my land, so I have to work hard . ’
Hyeonu made up his mind . This city would be the cornerstone for his revenge .
‘Then I won’t have to receive it from my brothers . ’
New World was a guild he entered with the condition of receiving a territory, but he had no intention of leaving . It was enough if he had no obligations and rights; he just had to be friendly with his brothers . Hyeonu walked diligently and headed to the castle near the square . It was the lord’s castle, and it was also damaged . He could see how relentless Alkyl had been .
“Who are you?” A guard blocked Hyeonu as he attempted to enter the castle . The guard was holding a spear but wasn’t even properly equipped in armor .
“I am Earl Gang Hyeonu, the new lord of Phinis . I want to meet the person who is temporarily ruling Phinis . Guide me to them . ”
This was the prelude to Hyeonu’s suffering .