Main Character Hides His Strength

29. The Nine Cross (3)

“It's so good! Sofia, you should try it. This black mass is melting in my mouth, and there's nothing underneath it! ”

“Lies.”

“It's real. It's really good. ”

Listening to his sister's conversation, Kim Sung-cheol took a drink without saying a word.

Feeling the pride of the wounded luxury chef recovered.

After a few moments, the young man formally introduced himself.

“It was delicious, Mr. 34. You're being treated for an unexpected delicacy in this remote area. I'm Ilya Bregas. ”

The eyes of Kim Sung-cheol who heard his name came to mind.

Bregas?

I remembered a man's face as if it were drawn in front of my eyes.

Martin Bregas: A makeover bag for six continents

It was the same castle as the man who ruled the front lines.

However, it is unlikely that this young man is related to Martin Bregas.

This is because Martin Bregas, who knows more about the period on the front lines than anyone else, would never send his relatives to the Salvation Crusade at less than 10% of their rate of life.

In the silence of Kim Sung-cheol, Ilya Bregas and Sophia Bregas left.

Kim Sung-cheol took care of the leftovers and headed straight to the doctor's tent where the veterans gathered.

It was not difficult to distinguish between the doctor's tents.

Similarly shaped tents, but the doctor's tent is easy to distinguish by placing the numbers of the soldiers who died.

As he entered the tent, Kim Sung-cheol assumed that there was a 700th number in the number table, and that the size of the past punishment unit was much larger than it is now.

As you enter the tent, you see the veterans gambling heavily.

In the unprofessional penalty squad, dice play was one of the most popular games.

“Haha! I'm sorry, but today is not a joke! ”

Kim Sung-cheol stood behind a dwarf who was passionate about dice and watched him roll.

Results suck.

“Damn it! ”

Ackard, the best punisher with the number 0, laughed and handed out his groceries to the other party.

Then I immediately turned around and looked up at Sung-cheol Kim.

“What's going on? Alchemist.”

“I need to ask you a few questions. ”

Akkad was friendly with the troops, merchants, and especially Dwarf Engineers, since his troops were the best and had a good personality.

Thanks to him, I was able to hear the vivid outside news that I couldn't hear inside the punishment unit.

Of course, there is no free in the world.

Kim Sung-cheol handed Ackard a pre-prepared hangover relief remedy.

“This is what I wanted. ”

Akkad gave Barton to Kim Sung-cheol with great joy.

“So what do you want to know? ”

Kim Sung-cheol avoided overly sensitive or secret topics when asking questions.

It may not seem like much, but it is a conversation technique that gains the trust of the informant and can sustain the relationship smoothly.

Kim Sung-cheol always asked for brief information about the Red Cross, a new disciplinary unit, along with a recent faction on the front lines of the border.

Akkad opened his mouth with a quick sip of hangover reliever.

“Hmm. Frontline situation. Nothing much different. Despite winter's visit, the Demon army is still stationed in the Iron Knights' precinct, and the Iron Knights are mobilizing their migratory fortresses to stop the Demon army. Looks like there's been a tough fight. Well, it has nothing to do with us. ”

Akkad then talked about the Nine Crusaders.

“I don't know what he's up to, but don't worry. Do you know who the leader of the Nine Crusaders is? That's Ilya Bregas. They say he's the eldest son of Martin Bregas, the change bag, the general commander on the front lines! ”

Kim Sung-cheol doubted his ears for a moment.

I'm surprised you sent your closest relative, but you sent your firstborn son.

‘Martin Bregas is not a man with such a keen mission. ’

Martin Bregas and I fought together on the battlefield several times.

Far away, I fought alongside each other on a battlefield that was brimming with blood and death, from the jundong of Grotius the Dark Dragon, who pushed the world into the jungle 15 years ago, until eight years before the Demon King's subjugation.

In that fierce battle, Martin Bregas remembered Kim Sung-cheol as a selfish and self-righteous man.

The reason he was in charge of the change bags on the front lines was to shout loudly without being disturbed by others.

A man like that sends his firstborn son and daughter to the Nine Crusaders like a suicide squad?

Common sense doesn't make sense.

There must be something inside.

“What are you so serious about? ”

Akkad has spoken to me.

He looked very happy.

Although I usually had a pleasant personality, the atmosphere was different today.

“Is something good going on? ”

When Sung-cheol Kim asked, Akkad raised his glass high with a chuckle.

“Of course! Martin Bregast's son is the only one who can get us out of here alive!" ”

A faint smile came to my mouth when I heard him say that.

“Oh, is this the last time? ”

Akkad nodded forcefully in Kim Sung-cheol's question.

“I've gone back and forth nine times already. I once went to the center of the market. It's time to return to the storm front, home of the heart, and protect Black Rock Mountain. ”

It's easy to join the Punishment Force, but graduating isn't easy.

If a person meets a great and leadership commander, he or she will increase his/her chances of survival, but if he/she meets a reckless and incompetent commander like Strong Gas Aaron, he/she will not be able to leave the Punishment Force alive.

Ackard was not an ordinary warrior, saying that he had survived nine times under those conditions.

“No matter how stone-headed you are, you can't do what you always do because you have the oldest son of a change bag. ”

“That's what I've always done...”

As Sung-cheol Kim blurred his words, Akkad smiled wildly and looked around and said in a low voice.

“What the hell. It's all bullshit to keep your men on their toes. His nickname is Stone Head, but the more I know about him, the more he's like a raccoon than a Stone Head. ”

Kim Sung-cheol also knew.

That strong gas Aaron is a cunning, vile man.

After taking on a dangerous and reckless mission to create a record by sacrificing a large number of subordinates, you take all the ball for yourself.

As a subordinate, you are nothing more than an incompetent stone head, but a grunt that cannot be defeated by his superiors.

“... I think I'll be the first to graduate from the Punishment Force under a stone's head. Honestly, it's not a very bad place, except it's dangerous.”

Akkad has been talking about the beauty of his hometown and the strength of Dwarf warriors for a long time.

After the long story, Akkad opened his eyes as if he had remembered something and gave something to Sung-cheol Kim.

“Look at me. I got a letter from Deckard. I forgot to deliver it. Read it carefully. He's not censored. ”

Kim Sung-cheol read the letter after expressing his funeral.

There was nothing else.

He was still in bed and thinking about his family most of the time.

At the end of the letter, however, there was a list of magical quests that Deckard had found on the front lines.

Consider Deckard Down.

But those quests were no longer useful to Kim Sung-cheol.

[Your magical strength is too high.]

The results of the quest you tried as a test tell you everything.

Kim Sung-cheol is no longer an ordinary wizard, so he cannot raise his stats with ordinary quests.

A quest created by a seven-hero, at least the size of an Altuzius, will help Kim Sung-cheol grow.

“ ……. ”

Kim Sung-cheol gave up Deckard's quest without hesitation.

‘We should just stay here and fill up the drawers until winter. ’

I completed all the quests I could.

What's left is a quest related to the creationist that we've been waiting for.

According to Bertelkia, Kim Sung-cheol is a creationist now with experience.

There is a difference between what an alchemist can do and what he has done. Therefore, if you want high places, you must make many and many.

“All the pension items you create are recorded to me. What you've created so far is about 40% of my gut. You've surpassed an ordinary alchemist by the standards of the world, but by my standards, you're far less than that. You have to fill at least half your senses to be a real alchemist! ”

Kim Sung-cheol listened to Bertelkia with one ear and spilled one ear, but it was clearly engraved on his heart.

Filling more than a certain part of the senses will cause a stat transition.

This is a very important opportunity for Kim Sung-cheol who has become unsatisfied with a normal quest.

Kim Sung-cheol challenged the production of an essence pot that had failed this morning.

The result was successful.

Kim Sung-cheol placed an essence pot in the corner of the tent and tested its performance with nearby sea water.

As the color of the light gray essence pot gradually faded, the sea water in the pot turned into edible clean water.

Kim Sung-cheol tasted a glass of water in a jar with a cup.

“It doesn't taste very good, but I could use a drink. ”

Then Bertelkia in his pocket immediately reacts.

“You're welcome! If you can make a Grade S Essence Pot, you can get tasty water that can't be found anywhere else. ”

“That S grade, it's hard to make. ”

“Essentially, the ingredients have to be good. The quality of the ingredient will soon lead to the grade of the alchemical item. But good materials are hard to come by! ”

“I always feel like alchemy, but it's similar to cooking. ”

So is cooking.

There is only one limit to how many delicious dishes can be made from tasty ingredients.

The best dishes require the best ingredients.

High-Quality Cooking and Alchemists.

Although the class seemed irrelevant at all, Kim Sung-cheol thought that the two jobs had a close relationship like the two sides of a coin.

After resting for a while, Sung-cheol Kim got up and headed back to the pension kiln.

“Bertelkia. Next recipe. ”

“Oh, you're making two today? Isn't that too much? ”

“If you're going to do this, you'd better do it quickly. We still have plenty of magic. ”

Thanks to the magical power gained in the Underground Kingdom, Kim Sung-cheol was able to carry more Mana on his body, thus creating more Alchemy items.

In addition, the intuition gained together allowed us to see a recipe for advanced alchemy items that had never been seen before.

Increased magical power and intuition led to improved alchemy, and the improved alchemy resulted in a good circulation structure that contributed to increased magical power and intuition.

Kim Sung-cheol didn't rush, but he didn't even relax.

Now, this stagnation phase was his idea that he would fulfill all the quotas he could make per day.

“I can't help it if I want to. The Alchemy Scheme of Bertelgia! Next item...”

It was time for Bertelkia to flaunt her page with pride.

A sharp trumpet sounds outside.

The sound of the convict's trumpet.

“Perhaps we should postpone the new solidarity to our next chance. ”

Kim Sung-cheol put Bertelkia in his coat pocket and left the tent.

“Listen.”

The man who summoned the troops was none other than Ganggas Aaron.

Kim Sung-cheol found a familiar face standing next to him.

Iliya Bregas, the head of the 13th Red Cross and the oldest son of Martin Bregas, stood behind the strong gas Aaron with her sister Sofia Bregas escorting him.

While the punitive forces were watching, Ganggas Aaron said in a loud voice.

“Three days later, our conviction unit was tasked with escorting the Savior Cross, a group of heroes from all over the continent, to the entrance of the unparalleled marketplace. As instructed by Martin Bregas himself, this mission has been completed three times for the team participating in the operation...”

Akkad, who had heard so far, grumbled and grumbled.

“No, there's no such thing. It's a one-time mission. One time only! ”

On the other hand, the Elven Archer's face was joyful.

“You and I are gonna get out of here, aren't we? Dwarf.”

“This isn't fair!

He was grumbling quite a bit, but Akkad seemed happy and so did the breakup.

“Deckard, by the way. I can't believe I missed this opportunity. ”

The journey to the entrance of the Magic Gate is rough, but not very difficult, and it is also winter when the activities of the Horsemen shrink.

The members of the Punishment Force regarded this task as a travesty.

“ ……. ”

Ilya Bregas stares at those soldiers with her eyes wide open.

In front of you, Aaron puts a vein around his neck and says something, but not a word enters his ear.

“Brother, are you sure you're okay? ”

In a tumultuous atmosphere, Sofia Bregas approaches Iliya and whispers.

“If you go to the horse system and fail, that's exactly what he wants. ”

There was deep anxiety on her face.

A deep sigh gushes from Iliya Bregas' mouth.

“I can't help it. Sophia.”

His eyes were staring at the red bitten sky, faintly positioned in the north, beyond the razor-risen mountains.

Mahjong.

Land of the Demons.

It is a forbidden domain for humans that is thought to be synonymous with death, but the magic system compared to Ilya Bregas' eyes was her only chance.

His delicate hands stroke the ominous book, dressed in blood, hidden in the cloak.

“There has to be another way. Even if you don't use this method. ”

Sofia Bregas was still a skeptical reaction.

But I couldn't find a single loose end for Ilya Bregast.

“The opponent is called the Six Continents Girl. We have no other choice. Sophia.”

He said in a small but decisive voice.

“Only the Devil's Quest can save our sister. ”