Chapter 108
Chapter 108: Scary (1)
However, there were some things that he needed to confirm before leaving .
“It’s not very comfortable . ”
The necromancer Mary nodded her head and handed him a cushion . Cale put another cushion underneath himself as he looked forward .
“But the view is killer . ”
As long as you didn’t worry about the bones breaking down that is .
“Human! Is it fun sitting on the bones?”
“Yes, it is fun . ”
Raon snickered at Cale’s answer . Cale looked down at the skeleton he was sitting on . He could see the forest through the bones and thought about how he would die if he fell from this height .
Cale was currently flying on the bones of flying monster .
Mary had restored all 72 corpses of the flying monsters and grounded up the two highest-grade Magic Stones that Cale had gifted her in order to sprinkle the magic powder over the bones .
The Flying Skeletons Brigade was complete .
“You can control them all at once?”
“Yes sir . I am disappointed that I cannot have them all flying at once right now because people may see them though . ”
Cale was being cautious just in case .
“Human, the deputy butler is here . ”
Cale could see Hans waving at him . The large bone wings headed downward and the flying skeleton that Cale and Mary were flying on slowly headed down toward the ground .
Bang!
“Aigoo . ”
Hans took a step back because of the vibrations caused by their landing . He then saw Cale’s indifferent expression and quickly started to speak .
“The Count-nim and Mr . Mueller have contacted you . ”
Cale quickly got off the skeleton and opened up the messages . He could quickly see the core of the messages .
< We will finish soon . >
< Young master-nim, I am decorating the inside as I explained to you . I am giving it my very best, to the point that I may even grow taller! >
Both the castle walls and the ship that Mueller described with the, ‘best defense is a strong offense,’ mentality, were almost completed .
‘We will see Rosalyn soon, and Witira will arrive soon as well . ’
Rosalyn was personally handling the formation of the alliance between the Breck Kingdom and Roan Kingdom . That would be finished soon . Currently, some of the Breck Kingdom’s mages had secretly gone over to see Alberu as a part of the deal .
The Whale Tribe said that they had something to deliver to Cale since Cale delayed his trip to the North . Witira was going to personally visit . Cale decided to move now, since there were quite a few days until Witira would arrive .
“Is everything packed?”
“Yes sir!”
Deputy butler Hans answered vigorously . Cale looked toward the black robe . Mary, whose face Cale had still never seen, started to peak .
“It is time for me to leave as well . ”
“Yes . I am disappointed that we are not going in the same direction . ”
Cale really was disappointed, since having Mary with him would add another strong pawn .
Mary was not going to travel through the continent . Instead, she was heading back to the Underground City earlier than she had said, before she would come back out .
The black robe moved a bit when Cale said that he was disappointed . The robotic voice started to speak again .
“I will definitely come back, so please take care of my babies until my return . I will want to see this place very often . ”
Cale’s expression turned odd as he nodded with an indifferent expression .
“Mm, of course . ”
The babies Mary was talking about were the skeletons . Mary and Raon had found many bones in the Forest of Darkness . This forest, that was filled with many different mutant monsters, was a forest of wonders for Mary .
Anyways, those bones, those babies of hers, were all being stored in a cave inside the Forest of Darkness .
Mary had returned the approximately 300 skeletons, her babies, to Cale . Cale turned away from the black robe whose body language seemed to be asking him to take good care of her babies, and gave an order to Hans . [1]
“Let’s go right away . ”
Cale was finally leaving Harris Village after about 9 months .
“Long time no see . ”
Cale leaned back on the couch and touched the leather on the armrest .
“The quality of this leather is really good . ”
“I changed it to a cheaper one . ”
“Stop saying such bullshit . ”
Cale looked toward the man who was using a shiny chandelier to light up his office .
Odeus Flynn, the old merchant who was in charge of the Roan Kingdom’s Northwestern underworld, seemed healthier and younger .
“Life must be good for you . ”
Odeus started to smile while looking at Cale, who was giving off the stereotypical villain vibe .
“Of course . Life is great since Venion Stan is spending his entire life in prison . ”
Cale started to smile as well .
The Stan territory and the Northwest had gone through a significant amount of changes in the past nine months .
Venion Stan was in prison . At first, Cale was told that they did not have any plans to punish him that severely . However, he was once an unofficial heir to a noble family . They had to make an example out of him . Of course, the Stan family will probably kill him off in secret .
Odeus was smiling while thinking about Venion, but there was fear in his eyes as he looked toward Cale .
He had gone crazy .
Venion Stan had gone crazy .
He apparently vomited every time he tried to eat in the underground prison .
The person who made Venion that way was smiling in front of him right now . That person, Cale, asked Odeus a question .
“The Marquis is losing his subordinate households one by one?”
“Young master Taylor-nim is very talented . ”
Taylor announced that he would not kill his siblings once he became the official heir . At the same time, he got rid of the potential for his siblings to follow the Stan family’s rule in order to try to take the position away from him .
He called some priests over from the Church of the God of Death and made a vow of death with his siblings .
“Yes, I’m sure young master Taylor is doing a great job . ”
However, Odeus was warier of the person in front of him .
“May I ask what brings you here today?”
Cale did not respond to Odeus’s question right away, and instead tapped on the armrest with his finger . After tapping the armrest for a while, Cale asked Odeus a question instead of answering .
“You have normal routes too, right?”
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Odeus had no problem answering such a question .
“If you are talking about clean trades, I have a couple different ones . I do make many deals in the light as well . ”
“Mm, is that so?”
The finger that was tapping at the armrest started to move . Cale took out a plaque from his pocket and placed it on the table .
“… A golden plaque?”
It was a golden plaque with the Roan Kingdom’s Crossman family crest on it .
Odeus had a shocked expression on his face, but Cale had not even stated his needs yet .
“Silver . ”
Silver coins were each worth 10,000 gallons . It wasn’t worth as much as a gold coin, which was worth 100,000 gallons .
“Bring me two hundred thousand silver coins . ”
“Two hundred?”
Cale made it very clear for Odeus, who asked back .
“Two hundred THOUSAND . ”
“T, two HUNDRED thousand?”
Odeus seemed to be oddly emphasizing the word, ‘hundred,’ but Cale just confidently nodded his head .
“Yes . Two hundred thousand . Prepare that for me . ”
Two hundred thousand silver coins were worth two billion gallons . Odeus was not shocked at the value of these silver coins . Odeus asked the question on his mind .
“It cannot be in gold?”
“You want to bring me two hundred thousand gold coins? That’s fine too . ”
Two hundred thousand gold coins would be worth 20 billion gallons . Odeus wondered if he had heard correctly . The fact that Cale seemed completely relaxed made Odeus think that he had heard correctly .
Odeus accepted the situation .
‘Ah, it just needs to be two hundred thousand of something . ’
It would be difficult to prepare two hundred thousand gold coins as the merchant in charge of the Northwest’s underworld, but it was not impossible .
‘However . ’
Odeus’s gaze moved toward the gold plaque .
He could see Cale opening the lid of the plaque in order to show the signature inside . It would be better to get caught by the crown prince with two billion than 200 billion .
“But two hundred thousand coins will be very heavy . ”
“That is not a problem . ”
“…Just what are you planning to do with it?”
In the end, Odeus could not hide his curiosity and asked .
He wanted to know what Cale was going to do with two hundred thousand silver coins .
The smile on Cale’s face became brighter . His skin was very good after eating and relaxing for nine months .
“You want to know?”
Odeus quickly waved his hand in front of him . It was better to not know what the man in front of him was thinking .
“Not at all . It was just a reaction . I do not need to know . ”
“Okay . Prepare it in the next hour . You can do it, right?”
“Ho, one hour, just what- never mind . I will get it ready . ”
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Cale could see that Odeus was still curious, as his eyes seemed to be asking him a question .
‘What are you going to do with two hundred thousand silver coins?’
What was Cale planning to do?
He was going to create a path made of silver coins .
One hour later, Cale was at Odeus’s underground warehouse . Odeus was not here, and so it was just Cale . He pointed toward the two hundred thousand silver coins located inside .
“Raon, store it all . ”
“Alright, human!”
Raon gathered all of the silver coins into his alternate dimension . Cale handed 5 silver coins to Raon, who instantly put the two hundred thousand silver coins away and was looking at him .
“Human, you are giving me some too?”
“Yes . We need to share good things . ”
Raon started to smile . Raon took out a piggy bank from his alternate dimension .
“Human, put it in here!”
Clang, clang .
The 5 silver coins went into the piggy bank . Raon was collecting the money he received as his allowance . Raon seemed to be happy to receive money other than his usual allowance of 10 silver for the first time .
Cale verified that Raon turned invisible before opening the door to the basement .
“Ho . ”
Odeus looked at the empty warehouse and expressed his shock . Cale patted Odeus on the shoulder to say goodbye .
“Where are you heading now… never mind . I will not ask anything . ”
“A wise decision . Send Billos my regards . ”
Cale seemed to be happy .
“Let him know I’m enjoying my life while throwing money around . ”
“…Of course . Please have a safe journey, young master-nim . ”
“I will . ”
Cale smiled like a villain, and left the Stan territory . Odeus was happy to see Cale leave .
The carriage Cale was on was headed toward the tip of the Roan Kingdom’s western region . It stopped at a village that was close to the unique Ten Finger Mountains . This was the closest village, but they would not reach the Ten Finger Mountains for a few more days .
“Young master-nim, our lovelies seem to like this inn!”
Cale looked at On and Hong, who were in Hans’s arms .
Meeeow .
Meow .
The two were very good at controlling Hans now . Cale scoffed at them before getting off the carriage .
On and Hong were much bigger now .
Beast people grew at the same pace, whether they were in their human form or their animal form . Normal cats would have already finished growing by now, but, as members of the Cat tribe, On and Hong were still young kittens .
Choi Han, Lock, Beacrox, and Ron followed behind Cale .
“Cale-nim, will we wait for Rosalyn here?”
“Yes . ”
Bloke Village .
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As this was a village near the Western border of the Roan Kingdom, it was almost the size of a city . Many tourists and merchants traveled through this village .
Cale was relaxed .
He was relaxed even though they were near the Ten Finger Mountains and close to the Elf Village .
‘There’s no way that the Elves, who detest humans, would come down to Bloke Village . ’
The Elves in the novel never went to any of the human villages such as Bloke Village . They said that it was the rule of their village .
‘They will only come down if their village is in serious trouble . ’
That was how the Elves were . This was why Cale was able to walk into the inn in a relaxed manner .
“I will get a room right away . ”
“Sure . Take your time . ”
The inn that On and Hong selected was clean and nice . Cale looked around the first-floor restaurant hall . There were a lot of people at the counter he was standing at, as well as around the restaurant . Most of them were merchants .
Cale noticed five people sitting in the corner with their robes covering their faces as he slowly looked around . Cale, who was about to move his gaze away from them, noticed the food on their table .
It was all vegetables . Nothing else other than vegetables .
“…Huh?”
Cale felt a chill down his back .
Elves only ate vegetables and fruits .
That feeling became worse once he heard Raon’s voice .
Weak human, they don’t seem to be human .
‘…Did the Elf Village face some serious trouble?’
That was what was going through Cale’s mind .
Would there be an Elf or an Elemental that had seen a Dragon in the past like the Dark Elf mayor?
Clang .
One of the robed individuals dropped their fork . Their hands were shaking .
‘Shit, they must have seen one before!’
Cale quickly whispered in a quiet voice so that the five Elves in the corner could not hear .
“Raon, fly around the restaurant without stopping . And don’t appear . I do not know you . ”
Hmm? Sure, got it! I will do as you want, human!
Cale closed his eyes . Raon will fly around in circles inside the restaurant while remaining invisible .
Bang!
He opened his eyes after hearing a loud noise . The robed individual, whom Cale expected was an Elf, jumped up and started to look around .
Cale accepted that he had let his guard down .
After resting for nine months, he had let his guard down .
Cale looked away from the five robed individuals . There were many people coming into the inn as well as already in the inn . This was beneficial for him .
‘I do not know anything . ’
The first thing to do was to play dumb .
1 . Author continues to refer to Mary as ‘black robe’ because Cale hasn’t seen what she looks like .