Dragon Poor

< -- 29. Monster Hunter -->

Could it have been unexpected? For a moment, the monster hunter frowns.

“Did you say Fairy Dragon? ”

Kim Sun-hyuk nodded. You can't be serious. The monster hunter staring at him looks odd. Not smiling, not crying, but a face that will burst out in front of the lord.

“I've heard a lot, but I think it's a little childish for you to hear it at the lord's age. ”

At this point, I couldn't help but frown, even though Kim Sun-hyuk was insensitive to the lord's authority.

“Julian.”

“Yes, Mr Birch. ”

When he calls, Julian coldly approaches and bows his head.

“What's the punishment for desecrating the lord? ”

“If you are vile with your eyes, pluck out your eyes; if you are vile with your mouth, pluck out your tongue. ”

Kim Sun-hyuk said in a low voice, looking at the monster hunter, even though he couldn't be resolute.

“They say so.”

If there were more threats and grumbling, even monster hunters wouldn't be so afraid. But his warnings were so damn straightforward, they were even more effective. The attitude of the provoked monster hunter changed greatly.

“Let me ask you again. Have you heard of Fairy Dragon? ”

“Nothing.”

“Why would someone who doesn't know anything make fun of you? ”

The Monster Hunter's expression was overwhelming. Perhaps he didn't expect to reprimand him so directly and explicitly for his previous rudeness. If it were any other noble, I wouldn't have mentioned it again because I was ashamed that such a petty monster hunter would laugh at me.

But he was no ordinary nobleman. She was more important to Silly than being face to face, and there was nothing she was reluctant to do.

“I didn't laugh. ”

“So you're holding a sanitarium as an excuse for my absence? ”

When I said no, I had to admit that I was laughing at him, and when I said no, I thought of him as the kind of guy who catches the lord's house. Monster hunters can't do this, they can't do that, and they only sweat so much.

“Aren't you going to answer? So you're saying the lord doesn't speak his mind now? ”

“That's not it...”

“What else could it be? Are you laughing at me, or am I catching on to something? ”

There is no one to follow the Korean sergeant if it is a manhunt. And he was a proud Korean Army sergeant. As he grows persistent, the monster hunter finally closes his eyes.

“An uneducated man has offended the Lord! I've committed a mortal sin.”

“I guess you really laughed. The liver came out of the boat. ”

It's no wonder the joke doesn't sound like a joke when the opponent is around the noble who holds the right to life and death.

“Forgive me!”

“If you have committed a sin to die, you must die. ”

A monster hunter fell flat on his horse and begged for forgiveness, apparently thinking of a rural nobleman who was clumsy and stuffy.

“Or you can pay for your life. ”

The sound of laughter fades white from the monster hunter's face. He didn't think he could be noble enough to rip the monster-hunter apart. But he had no intention of counting his life on money.

“Tell me everything you know. Whatever it is that resembles the mythical dragon. ”

I didn't expect to get any information about Fairy Dragon from the start. Fairy Dragon was almost like a lost dragon when it came to fairy tales of young children. Then, unfortunately, I had to get some information about the other dragon species. The only reason we were looking for Fairy Dragon was to find the location of the dragons.

“A dragon-like monster...”

“You know, a drake or something? ”

A completely out of control monster hunter desperately begins to pull out information somewhere in his head.

“Is that what you want from Drake? ”

“Drake is good, Fairy Dragon is good. Which way do we go? ”

“Let me tell you about Drake. ”

A monster hunter tells you what he knows. But all I could think of was rumors about whether or not it was a rare drake.

“There's a story about a monster that looks like a drake in one of the Northern Territories. ”

“Yeah? Where is it? ”

“That was Frostvegmunt or something. Rumor has it he saw an old drake. ”

It was Goldrake's story to say it was a specific rumor. I was disappointed to rely on a story that was not very nutritious, and it appeared on my face.

“Hmm…”

As he frowns, the monster hunter desperately recounts his stories.

* *

“Oh! Dixon. How did it go?”

“Do I smell money? ”

Monster hunters must have done something against the rural lord and went after their leader, Dixon.

“Son of a bitch. The lord here is an unknown stranger. ”

But Dixon's attitude was unusual.

“Why? What's the matter? ”

“I've come to steal my soul. There are all these fucking lords! I heard you're a nobleman...”

Dixon explained what happened at the Lord's Mansion, speechless.

“Fairy Dragon? Fairy Dragon in that fairy tale they hear? Where in the world is that thing? ”

“What the hell is a dragon? I'd be less embarrassed if I brought in a fairy. ”

“I said! ”

The group looks stunned at the fact that the lord is looking for a Fairy Dragon.

“Aren't you the one who's missing? I'm not a child. I'm looking for Fairy Dragon. What, you want a magic horn or something? ”

“If you don't have any information about Fairy Dragon, I'd like some information about Drake or something like that. ”

Dixon asked the lord for a moment, saying he had barely left the mansion, and asked his colleagues for their opinions.

“Hold on, Dixon. This smells like money. ”

“Now someone's alive and well. Do you want to talk nonsense?”

“Why, don't you remember? The baron of Eastern Peterson. It's good to have a boy. We found a unicorn horn and saved him. ”

A fierce-looking man mentions each and every one of them so strangely.

“We're going to catch a similar guy and sell him for a lot of money, right? ”

“Exactly. What's hard. Anybody see what a Fairy Dragon looks like anyway? I mean, don't you think you could just give it to me with wings and horns? I'm an expert at that, too. ”

I heard that Baron Peterson didn't seem to have the right number of horns either.

“But I already said I don't know. ”

“That's it. You just got to get back to it. One of your colleagues knows about Fairy Dragon. Isn't that all you have to say? ”

“Better Waldo than Dixon, I see. I should have sent Waldo. It wouldn't have been this complicated. ”

Now the conversation of monster-hunters that had become completely capricious, someone listened to it, and his voice gradually lowered. But they don't know, but there was someone eavesdropping on their conversation, so the wind blew in a tightly closed building.

“Well done. Artie.”

You're welcome. Leave it to me. "

Artiya, who shared the conversation with the monster hunters, laughs and melts into the air.

“These things give you a chance, and you play with people? ”

Kim Sun-hyuk sighed at the monster-hunters' stronghold, just like Julian said.

“My lord. My colleague knew about the Fairy Dragon...”

“Grab it.”

As soon as he sees the monster hunter Dixon back in town yapping as if there was some good news, he immediately orders Julian. With Julian taking his orders, he looks back at the Drake Cavalry's men, who are waiting for him again, and the big cavalry ambushes the hunters.

“My lord! Why are you suddenly...”

“Send him to the mines to die. ”

I would have given you the right amount of confusion and sent you back, but there was a criminal plot to plot against the virgins of Rheimperl territory during the conversation of the hunters sent by Attiya. Releasing the rotten scoundrels to their bones, he sent the hunters to the mines under construction, even though the damage to the world was unusual.

“As expected, it's not easy. ”

I never thought it would be easy from the start. But it was also true that Mack fell from the start because he was deceived from the beginning.

“The other hunters won't be so different. ”

It was just like Julian said. Most of the monster hunters who have searched for land since the Dixon Gang have been known as monster hunters. Among them were those who wanted to sell the part of the same beast for a high price, being part of a rare monster, and some who thought about robbing the village lord.

Even though the method was in different colors, the results were all the same. The lightly guilty are beaten and returned, and all the heavy ones are snatched up like candy and sent to the mines.

Around that time, Kim Sun-hyuk was confused whether he was looking for information about the Dragon Servant or cleaning up the Kingdom's garbage.

But he didn't give up, and he continued to gather the monster hunters. And the effort finally paid off so that he could meet a real monster hunter.

“Oh.”

His eyes were sharp, his body was firm, his armor was full of mystical light, and he was completely different from common tricksters from head to toe.

“What are you looking for? ”

Even the heavy voice, Kim Sun-hyuk had a slightly anticipated first impression of the man matching the appearance of the monster hunter he thought of.

“I'm looking for Fairy Dragon. ”

“Hmm…”

The man didn't laugh at his words, and he didn't say a word. I just felt the thought as I stroked my chin.

“If you don't know anything about Fairy Dragon, Drake and other monsters are fine. ”

The man raised his head in Kim Sun-hyuk's words.

“Could you give me a moment to speak with my colleagues? ”

Kim Sun-hyuk gave a day to a man who asked for time with a solemn face, without putting it in his mouth. As soon as the man left, he summoned Attiya directly.

“Artie.”

‘Yes, my lord. Bye.'

Now Attiya, who is pretending to be good, shrugs and disappears.

* *

The man was a real monster hunter, and when the other hunters were ready to face the lord, only a group of men were discussing the lord's quest in a sole serious manner. Kim Sun-hyuk, who told the truth through Attiya, was excited and waited for the man's words.

“I have information about the Wyvern. ”

Again, the man did not disappoint his expectations, and he was finally able to get the information he wanted.

“I've heard that the Wyvern lives on a steep cliff somewhere in the Northern Nomads' grasslands. ”

The man told me what he had heard and asked for the Lord's will.

“If you wish, I'll track down the rumors and pinpoint their exact location. ”

“How long will it take? ”

The man who thought for a moment opened his mouth to Sun-hyuk Kim.

“I'm not sure. The hunt for rare monsters is inevitable. ”

"What are the chances of success? ”

“I don't know that either. ”

There was no sure answer, but Kim Sun-hyuk believed the man's words. He wouldn't have listened to me if I had given him a great euphemism or talked nonsense.

“What's your name? ”

“It's Trystane.”

“Very well, Tristan. I will commission you to search the Wyvern. I want you to find the Wyvern no matter how long it takes. ”

The man, Tristan, asked.

“When you find it, will you bring it back alive? Or should I just kill him and bring him back? ”

Kim Sun-hyuk answered the question with a tone that he didn't have to think about.

“Alive. ”

What I wanted was a living dragon, not a living room ornament with only dead leather left.

“If it's impossible to capture it alive, you can pinpoint its location. ”

He replies that Tristan knew, and leaves the mansion with his gang.

* *

After Tristan's departure, the monster hunters continue to search for land. There has been a significant decrease in the number of fraudsters who have been dragged into the mines, but on the contrary, the frequency of real monster hunters who are not fraudsters has increased.

Kim Sun-hyuk commissioned a quest to gather about five hunters who appear to be quite capable among those who visited him.

“Let's start with the eastern forest where Fairy Dragon was. ”

“Find the Wyvern. ”

Other tasked gangs left the territory, and Kim Sun-hyuk spent his busy time caring for the land or training his own mind and soul while they roamed everywhere.

“A man called Dixon, who has been mobilized in mining, would like to see the Lord. ”

He tilts his head at the horse that Julian brought in early this afternoon.

“Dixon?"

“I remember the name Dixon was first written by a group of scammers who came to the territory. ”

When I heard the explanation, I just remembered. Dixon was a charlatan with a history of selling horns and miscellaneous goods to a lord in the east.

“What about him? Now that you've reconsidered, do you want me to let you go? ”

“I have something to tell you. ”

“I'll make up some words for it. Looks like the work at the mine is less difficult. Seeing as I have time to think of something else. ”

Kim Sun-hyuk refused Dixon's request. But Dixon didn't give up, and he begged several times afterwards.

“I need to alert the overseer. I was distracted by what the scammer said. ”

“Hmm.”

Suddenly he was curious. This time, I wondered what he was going to say.

Eventually, he brought Dixon, who was working in the mines, into the mansion.

“Greetings, Lord. ”

Dixon was a completely different person from when he first came to the land. The body, which was dirty but strong, was stained with hard labor, and no previous bad manners could be found anywhere. I was sad to see him shake his body.

But there was no forgiveness. Dixon's guilt was not just fraud. He was an unforgivable person, such as rape, murder, and arson, even though he had been sentenced to death with my mouth during the interrogation.

So he didn't pity him at all.

“Yes. Are you good at mining? ”

The fraudster, who had been completely broken in the last few months, couldn't even answer his question properly, just begged for forgiveness.

“If you're going to talk nonsense, I'll send you back to the mine right now. ”

Dixon makes a hasty statement.

“I don't know if this is the monster the lord is looking for, but I have a problem with him...”

Kim Sun-hyuk was waiting for this conman to say something.

“West, I've seen a man called Surfent in the South Sea. ”

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