How the Villain Lives

49. It's been a long time!

The outcome of the battle, which was destined for both cities, ended in the victory of the Shinsi.

Of course, even the two rankers who survived to the end were not just fools, so they tried to induce a long war without ever revealing themselves. It doesn't matter how long it takes. It may have been the intention of trying to reverse the charter somehow by targeting those who fell from the pack or exposed loopholes, but unfortunately the charter did not achieve any results.

"You don't have to take the risk of getting annoyed."

As soon as the top rankers returned safely to the surrounding area, Yu Baek Woo, who had waited since the battle began, began to magically devastate the entire forest by pouring out all his magic power without hesitation. A storm consisting of the flames of hell that will never go out, the cold that makes everything freeze, the reproduction of earthquakes that turn the earth upside down, and the blade of wind that turns even steel into a mop piece.

If the wizard or newlyweds didn't exist, they might have been able to resist this attack somehow, but the uninhabited were forced to endure it with their bodies, and by the time they blew up half the forest, everyone could see the message of victory.

The people of Sinsian, who were just praying without even knowing how things were going, were delighted with cheering as soon as the victory was confirmed, but they were well aware that it was too early to let go of their heads.

"I won the war, but it's important to deal with it afterwards. Not only the city of Zhang 'an, but we can also go further and influence our gods."

It was what Yoo White Woo said.

With a total of four victories so far, including Japan, we have made many intangible gains, from individual top-rankers to the entire Shinxi. Continuing to pay a certain amount of taxes from Japan, France, while the city itself collapsed into self-defence, was able to recruit various items and useful talents through the backyard, and from Brazil, it was able to obtain arrowheads to mobilize its troops and missions.

I didn't mean to, but I was expecting that even Yoo Baek Woo, Kim Lee Hyun, and Yooseong Hun might have a corner to stab in the eye. However, after three days of fighting, they realized that something was going wrong.

'Quiet.'

The lives of tens of thousands of people in the city disappear one by one.

There is no need to say that those who have spare life cannot stand still while the clock to death is diminishing and there is only one life left. If there's no way to live, maybe there won't be a big uproar. However, defeated cities are given the opportunity to earn very few additional lives.

In order to gain that additional life, France destroyed itself, leaving only a small number of people, and the Allied forces, including Brazil, were also devastated. Of course, they thought they wouldn't get out of that order too much, but after a while, there didn't seem to be much fuss in their eyes.

The opening of the gates, which were not opened and were firmly closed, was a week later, after all death penalties had been applied. Clarity, who appeared with a small number of escorts, touched the edge of the dark circle with dark eyes.

"Please call your representative. If you're the king, you'll be comfortable talking to someone you know. Thank you for calling the ghost too."

"I'll start with the conclusion. Our monogamous family... No, it's just going to be fun now. We will cooperate fully with you."

"Full cooperation?"

After a few days of waiting around with his glasses around him, the overwhelming force suddenly curled his head and asked him again. This attitude was bad for the leader, and thanks to a white fool who advised his ears to tickle, he regained consciousness and maintained a focussed face, but could not stop him from looking at the ghost sitting next to him with such pathetic eyes.

"Hmm. I'd like to hear more about that."

"It's not the meaning of concealment or metaphor, it's what I said. Gupa, the group representing the unarmed, and Clearness, who leads them, have no intention of taking hostile action against the coalition or scratching it to make a crumb."

"It's a candid proposition, but you know it's not light enough to make the right decision, right?"

"Of course I know that. I didn't think you'd believe me. But."

Clearness, who stopped speaking for a while, said with conviction.

"Still, I think you'll accept it eventually."

"……."

"From the troops with the armor around them, it seems that the outfits of some of the troops are quite different and a little different in appearance. I think it's probably the Japanese. Am I wrong? If you trust people in other cities and you leave them to work, you don't have to call them us."

"What is the number of people who survived the city?"

"Approximately 20,000 people."

"Lots of them. They're officially surrendering to us all?"

"… it's okay to think like that."

Looking at the impossibility of beating the table with his fingers, he swallowed up a drowsiness without his knowledge.

'That's a bold response after hearing the number of 20,000 people. I would have revealed a loophole in some way, but I'm not just a lookout.'

Myrina, whom Master admitted to being a class, and not even a ghost supposedly more powerful than that, appeared to be the surrogate of a fat-ass trio, so he doubted his abilities a little, but more than he thought, he was a great person. Of course, unlike the assessment of clarity, Seong Hoon was guessing as if he had a strong mind in his hand.

'I have no idea. Son of a bitch.'

Of course, I don't really have any ideas.

I feel like I rely heavily on Yoo White Woo and other talent, but I wasn't stupid enough to learn anything by leading an ultra-large group called the Union. The strategic meaning of the number 20,000, the benefits of attracting them, would have been somewhat finished.

'But that's not what matters right now.'

If there were Yoo White Woo here, he would have stabbed the other part without being misled by the number 20,000 that Clearness said. But he wasn't here right now. I had no choice but to take Mirina and Choi Yoo Jae back with me because of the emerging forces who escaped from the city.

Perhaps by now, we will be in contact with Kenshin to share the rewards and moderate politics of the job and move realistic troops in case someone else eats their minds. Of course, I didn't even think about it, so I left Yooseong Hoon behind.

"You seem to have already made your decision."

"Well, I guess so."

"So can I ask you a few questions personally?"

It is forceful to use other people to compensate for their lack of abilities. It was not a shame to be coerced, but it was a natural thing to do. That is why I was able to show my supervisor that I was not embarrassed by sudden requests and that I was giving my subordinates a little thing that was not worth handling.

"Do whatever you want."

"Thank you. I think you'll be more comfortable talking to me than you are."

"Of course..."

"It's more convenient for me to talk without being as aggressive as I used to."

"... Is that so?"

At least I'm much more comfortable dealing with ghosts who have made good connections once in the past. If you were quite nervous, pierce your face, staring at the clarity and indifference, and staring at the imposing limit of your gaze, Seong Hun opened his mouth after touching the mask for a while.

"Don't get too nervous. I don't mean to ask you anything absurd."

"I don't have the right to refuse to ask ridiculous questions. So, what do you want to know?"

"How did 20,000 people survive? a lot more than I expected."

"... The total population of the original glasses was over 100,000. Only 20,000 of them survived, but more than expected?"

"20,000 people, not just 20,000." You know that I'm not saying this unnecessarily. "

I have seen first-hand how a city that has been pushed out of competition has fallen.

If there were only two out of 100,000 people left, it would seem that the number was greatly reduced, but vice versa. This was survived by an enormous number of people.

'People lost one or two lives during the mission so far. It's ridiculous that 20,000 people have survived the occupation of being uninhabited in a yard where the population will be cut off in a single shot, even if the situation is relaxed. I thought there were only a few thousand left to do well, given the civil war.'

"I'm not asking for crucial information that might affect the safety of the city. Because things are so different from what we predicted, we're only asking for information that solves the questions that arise from those gaps. If you don't answer correctly, we won't be able to accept your request easily."

"... what if you don't accept it?"

"It's no big deal. We're close to 20,000 men, but more than that, we can mobilize troops to besiege the castle and kill the castle."

"Those who besiege the castle will not rise from the ground, nor will the funds that sustain them fall from heaven. It's not an obvious threat."

Seong Hun was impressed by the appearance of clarity without stepping back. I'm here to surrender, but I don't want to look shallow. The Eucharist is the position of the Eucharist, but that means that the Eucharist is a powerful Eucharist that cannot be frozen unconditionally. Once followed, he remains confident so that he does not look shallow.

Unfortunately for Clearness, that attitude was not a very effective way to deal with Yooseong Hun.

"You must be mistaken. I mean, you here are the one who would do that even if there were some damage."

Suddenly, when I pulled myself in, I was shocked and overwhelmed, but on the outside, I was still putting myself in a chair and playing the ignorant leader.

"You are the one who has the determination and determination to make me feel compelled to follow even Myri. No matter how much damage you do, no matter how little trust you have, you're the one who cuts back. Isn't that right?"

"Don't say anything useless."

Please stop saying what I really meant to say, but I took it in a completely different way and took a small sigh and finally started answering questions.

"The reason why 20,000 people survived is simple. There was no civil war in the armor."

"I can't believe it."

"Most of the people in our costumes are uninhabited, and they all belong to the nine big guilds called Guffa. Gupa is divided according to his skills, and his hierarchy is most powerful. If there's a good reason, I can even decide to escape from life. In addition to that, we value honor above all else."

"Honor?"

"That's right. It's a natural atmosphere for anyone who wants to get a life to win a legitimate secret. Of course, it doesn't mean that there's no brutal ambush or joining forces against people with extra lives."

It was quite convincing. Anyway, if I investigate later, I wouldn't be able to lie with all the things that would come out.

"So let me ask you the next question. Why are you giving up, or cooperating like this?"

"Are you frustrated when you bend over and go in?"

"Complaints."

It doesn't matter whether a thousand survive or a hundred thousand perish. What really matters is how and why. As Sung-hoon remained silent without saying a word, she smiled bitterly.

"It's simple, because it was the will of God, who was the master of all the people in my book."

I had a sword similar to Mirina, but now there are thousands of names that have disappeared completely.

"Master was always worried about what happened after he died. The fact that everyone in their armor is holding on to themselves means, on the contrary, that when they fall, they are broken too."

I was confident that there was no foe if I could only draw a sword, but since this place was a world full of the power to kill as many people as possible besides swordsmanship, I couldn't stop worrying, and I left a will that was not a will to always wear my mouth to those around me.

'Even if I die, don't say you want revenge. If I'm going to fall, I've already lost. Of course I don't think that's the case, but if I die,'

"He couldn't allow survivors to jump into the fire pit because of himself. If you die, don't increase the damage unnecessarily and cooperate with the force to save as many people as you can."

"A little different than I thought, no, quite different."

"You think so too, don't you? I already have a common destiny, but I don't really like increasing damage. Instead, there is one condition for full cooperation."

"Tell me."

"You won the 1: 1 battle with Master, right? I want you to allow me to have a fight with her for a certain period of time. Only defeating her in a valiant battle will be the only consolation she can offer to the deceased Master."

Sung-hoon replied with a bright smile, without even thinking about what he said, although it was a clear suggestion with quite dangerous meaning.

"How much."

In some cases, the relationship with Jang-eun, who had fought to a large extent, could be concluded perfectly peacefully in the words of Sung-hoon. For the time being, everyone thought there would be no compulsory missions, no mergers between cities. However, as has been the case so far, shocking changes came in one day without any generosity.