The Regressed Mercenary’s Machinations Chapter 632

Episode 632 Then give me some compensation. (4)

“Okay, okay. Okay. Stop for now.”

Alfoy calmed Claude down. There are too many people in this territory who will cause trouble if they turn a blind eye. He knew it all too well, having been one of them himself.

Of course, Alpoy had no intention of just taking it.

‘Let’s just wait and see. Everything will be nullified once the lord comes. Look forward to my revenge.’

Alpoy signed to overcome the crisis. He believed that everything would be resolved if only the lord came. The dragon hunt was now over safely, and the lord was in a very good mood.

And no matter what anyone says, the person who contributed most to hunting the dragon is himself.

Claude smiled in satisfaction as Alfoy signed a contract to become a lifelong slave to the kingdom in exchange for a reduced charge of rebellion.

Of course, Claude also guessed what Alfoy was after.

‘This kid probably thinks he just needs to get through this crisis now, right?’

In any case, his actions were not ‘legally’ problematic. Alfoy really did commit a crime that deserved the death penalty.

Still, there was a high possibility that he would release me as soon as the lord arrived. I didn’t like that because it made my stomach hurt.

‘Then we should make it disappear from our memories.’

Claude, who had put the documents in his pocket, took out other documents.

“The sinner Alpoy should be immediately transferred to the Eastern Region Crack Research Institute. There, devote your energies and soul to crack research and atone for your sins. This level of punishment for treason is tantamount to a reward.”

“What? Hey, you little shit!”

Alpoy screamed loudly.

Alfoy was also scheduled to be assigned to research on the cracks along with other wizards. However, it was naturally decided that the research would be conducted in the Fenris domain.

However, Claude banishes himself to the eastern region to prevent him from meeting the lord.

Alfoy’s face twisted in anger. He was destined to be a slave… no, a researcher in the eastern region.

“Aaaaah! I’ll kill you! How dare you do this to me, the ‘5th Circle Dragon Slayer, White Free-born Wizard Who Defeated God’!”

Alfoy screamed and screamed, but was caught by the knights and dragged back. He will be moving with the other wizards today.

Claude muttered with a pitiful expression.

“Hey, bro. See you later. Stay healthy and well. I’ll miss you. Oh, right! Hey! Take that little cockatoo or something with you! Oh, man, that feels so good.”

“… … .”

Wendy watched the whole situation with contempt.

Anyway, he will report everything that has happened so far. When the lord arrives, all the reports will come up through other routes. The two idiots were really struggling.

Claude, who had chased Alfoy away, moved urgently.

“Come on, come on. Let’s get the money first.”

Actually, Alpoy’s processing was a trivial task. If you concentrate on Alpoy’s research, you will find some concepts again.

But filling the military treasury was a truly life-threatening task.

He took out all the bribes he had received.

“Ugh, how did I collect all this… … .”

There’s nothing I can do. I have no choice but to start collecting again.

And it gave impetus to the business that had been going on for a long time.

He gathered the men he had hired separately and spoke urgently.

“We need to increase the production of the second edition of the Chronicles of the Grand Duke of Fenris and the portrait of Lord Yulien. As soon as possible!”

Claude had been sending people to record everything about Julian since long ago, because he knew that Julian was popular.

There were other celebrities’ products being worked on to meet demand, except Alpoy.

This time, the business was carried out by recruiting people purely with private funds, without using local manpower or public funds.

Of course, you shouldn’t sell other people’s faces and stories without permission, but Jiselle was pretending not to know for now, intending to get it all out later.

Julian didn’t care who sold his face or not.

So I spent all the money I had earned so far, but it wasn’t enough to make up for the shortfall. The problem was that I had bet too much.

Claude had no choice but to move some of his troops.

“Gather all the information about the thieves around here!”

The continent has not yet completely stabilized. Much has been settled within the Kingdom of Rutania, but not outside the Kingdom.

The city was rife with criminal organizations and bandits were swarming everywhere.

This was especially true for the Kingdom of Seiron, which had been annexed not long ago, and the regions scheduled to be annexed this time.

They were guys that had to be eliminated anyway to maintain order. I was planning to raid them all at once to raise the funds I was short on.

Claude dragged his tired body to go and hunt down the bandits.

“I either have to die or quit gambling… … .”

With time running out, Claude has been working harder than ever to combat bandits and criminal organizations.

Thanks to this, the security situation in the newly annexed area quickly improved. The people living in that area praised the Kingdom of Rutania.

Claude and Amelia’s gamble, although the process was a bit strange, ended up being beneficial to the people of the kingdom.

* * *

Gatros was a fugitive. But even while on the run, he did not neglect to gather information.

Because if you know the outside situation, you can escape better.

The knights he led moved cautiously, gathering information whenever the opportunity arose.

One day, while he was running around and trying to gather information, he received surprising news.

“Dragon? Are you saying that a dragon really appears?”

“Yes. They say that all the allied forces have already moved to the Turian Kingdom’s fortress. They also say that the reason the monster wave is occurring is because of the dragons.”

“Huh? How on earth did you know that?”

“I understand this is information from the Duke of Fenris.”

Gatros’ face distorted. He heard the name again.

“Duke Fenris! Duke Fenris! There’s no place that guy doesn’t get involved!”

Everything is led by Giselle, who knows the information of the future. This time, Erenes provided a considerable amount of information.

It was only natural that no one other than Giselle herself could understand or follow the situation.

After a long moment of anger, Gator finally calmed down.

“Yes, it is proceeding as prophesied. The white dragon of the end must be referring to a dragon.”

Gatros doesn’t know if there really is a dragon or what kind of dragon it is. But the circumstances that match the prophecy only strengthen his belief.

Gatros looked back at Erhard.

Although he was still hiding and raiding the mountain lairs of the bandits, Ernhard did not look like that kind of person at all.

He always looked neat and smelled good. He was never seen disheveled.

It may be because his butler took care of him materially and spiritually, but even taking that into account, he was clean to a degree that defied common sense.

Even now, he was sitting elegantly in the middle of the mountain grove, drinking tea.

In contrast, Gator, who had been looking at his messy self, carefully opened his mouth.

“Your Majesty, the prophecy of the scriptures is finally coming true.”

“Hmm… … .”

“If the dragon really appears again, Duke Fenris will be left with no choice. The Allied forces will suffer great losses, and the Duke of Fenris and the superhumans around him may even die.”

Gator’s face was slightly raised. If only Duke Fenris, who had brought down the Salvation Church, were to die, then the greatest threat would disappear.

If the Allied Forces’ superhumans and commanders die, the continent will fall into chaos again.

Looking at such a Gator, Erhard asked.

“Then who will catch the dragon? Us?”

“If you are hostile to the Allied Forces, wouldn’t you be able to join hands with us?”

“What if they are hostile to us too?”

“I know that the white dragon of the apocalypse is a sign that the king’s resurrection is coming soon. If we just find the king, everything will be resolved.”

Erhard looked at Gator with slightly pitiful eyes.

Gatros was clearly a genius of the greatest magnitude. He revived a religion that had virtually disappeared, and his own strength was stronger than that of most superhumans.

But all their thinking was focused on the scriptures and the king’s resurrection. Their minds were filled only with the thought of unfolding God’s will in this world.

That’s why my thinking wasn’t flexible.

Look at it now. I don’t care what kind of being a dragon is. I just thought that if I found the king, everything would be solved.

“If only you had been a little less faithful. Then we might have ruled the continent long ago.”

“majesty…….”

It was impossible for Gatros. His belief in God was the reason he lived.

Erhard also shook his head, knowing that fact.

“Yes, that too must be your fate, consumed by the thoughts of God.”

“… … .”

At Erhard’s words, Gatros made an uneasy expression. It was something he had felt for a long time, but Erhard did not show any sincere faith at all.

‘Why… … is his closest associate and the most exalted apostle doing something like that?’

I couldn’t figure out why, because Erhard never showed his true feelings.

Even though he clearly had the Apostle’s memories and powers, Erhard would often say and do things that were incomprehensible.

At that thought, Gator asked quietly.

“Have your memories… come back to you a lot?”

“Not yet. But the speed of return is getting faster, so there is no need to worry.”

“I see. Do you have any memories of the dragon that appears this time?”

“No. However, I have seen it in fragments through revelations before.”

“Oh, how was it? Was it like setting the world on fire?”

“Yes. It was like the picture in the castle, destroying the world and eating countless people.”

Gatros was in a good mood.

“Indeed! That is indeed so! If that is so, then the Allied Forces will suffer great losses this time.”

Erhard, who had been quietly looking at Gator, said indifferently.

“I’m dying.”

“yes?”

“The dragon eventually dies. Its gigantic neck is cut off.”

“What is that… … .”

“When I received the revelation, I saw it for a moment. It was a dragon with only its neck left, shedding tears of blood.”

“… … .”

Gatros bit his lips several times.

He doesn’t believe in Erhard’s dreams. How can he believe in dreams that change and come out randomly at any moment?

Erhard continued, chuckling.

“I know what you think.”

“Oh, no.”

“It’s okay. I know that the revelations have been a mess since the Duke of Fenris showed up. But it’s too fast.”

“What do you mean?”

“Everything is happening too fast. Even the dragon hasn’t appeared yet in Revelation.”

“That… … what do you mean… … .”

“The dragon’s neck was visible in the revelation at a later point than it is now. However, it has been a long time since the revelation was messed up, so I cannot know the details. I can only assume that everything was messed up and moved quickly because of the Duke of Fenris.”

“… … .”

‘I can’t have a proper conversation because of that revelation.’

Gatros sighed inwardly. He didn’t understand the content of the revelation itself, but whenever he talked about the revelation with Ernhard, the Duke of Fenris always came up at the end.

I admit that the Duke of Fenris is an outstanding person. But does it make sense that the established flow of events would change just because of one person?

All of this must be happening because the King’s resurrection is near.

They didn’t know that Giselle was a regressor, that she was growing stronger quickly and forcibly bringing everything forward.

That’s why the conversation between the two people could only go around in circles without coming to an answer.

Gatros changed the subject as if trying to change the mood. Now was the time to acknowledge Erhard’s ‘revelation’, at least outwardly.

“Then… …what revelations did you see after the dragon?”

Erhard closed his eyes and smiled, as if he were having a happy dream.

“It could be called the ‘last revelation’ before the devil shows up and sweeps us away. We eventually found it.”

“What are you talking about?”

Erhard slowly opened his eyes and said.

“Magic Mirror.”

“… … Are you talking about the Holy Land?”

“Yes. I eventually found the Demon Realm. And I went to its center.”

“Oh, where was that place? Was it really the Forest of the Demon Beasts?”

Gatros was a little excited. He had lost the location of the Holy Land, so he placed many forbidden places on the continent as candidates for the Holy Land.

The Land of the Dead in the westernmost part, the Shadow Mountains of Turian, and the Forest of the Demons of Rutania – dangerous places that people cannot easily approach were considered as candidates for the Holy Land.

And the most likely candidate among them was the Forest of Demons.

I didn’t even get to investigate properly because my work in Rutania failed.

Erhard shook his head slowly.

“I don’t know. I just knew that I had found the Demonic Realm.”

Most of the revelations Erhard spoke of were wrong, but Gatros wanted to believe this one. The Holy Land was a place they absolutely had to find.

Because there are the last traces of God there.

And… …because the saint from a thousand years ago will be waiting for the king there.