Main Character Hides His Strength

“This is dangerous. ”

Bertelkia hesitates, noticing that there is nothing unusual about his strength.

Kim Sung-cheol silently hid himself in the dark.

Although it was nothing compared to anyone with the ability to lose, Kim Sung-cheol's stealth was at the highest level.

Hundreds of Vestiarean species spread among settlement villages did not even find traces of Kim Sung-cheol.

A few little Vestiares persistently wander around trying to find the intruder, but it is only a meaningless attempt.

And their appearance served to strengthen Kim Sung-cheol's symptoms even more.

‘There's something in the settlement village. ’

The bigger the secret you try to hide, the greater the power you keep.

The security of the settlement village is much heavier than Ixion itself.

Kim Sung-cheol was eager to break into the settlement village. But there is no way to infiltrate the surface.

There is no way to penetrate between the sleepless golems and the endless boundaries.

However, Kim Sung-cheol still has his own know-how.

He squeezes his foot on the ground and presses down.

‘You're right.’

Before Kim Sung-cheol came to the other side, he lived with a construction site called Nogada. Moreover, during his military life, he spent his unfortunate military life under a catalytic archival of passages that required serious construction by the end of the year.

Shovels are a tool and weapon of cooked bees.

Besides, what he has in his hand is a shovel of Black Iron made by a Dwarf artisan. An excellent shovel that is never dull or broken.

“ ……. ”

Kim Sung-cheol dug a tunnel at a truly exhilarating speed with his great tool.

“Wow…"

Even Bertelgia, who was not surprised at all, would stick out his tongue.

Digging an underground tunnel from an invisible cliff is a means of long-standing war.

Kim Sung-cheol took down several castles and cities during the Rebellion.

Of course, it is hard to dig the ground, so he did not hesitate to sweat and sweat his bones and tendons before fighting, but it was always better to sweat than blood.

Even then, nothing can stop his shovel now that he has the divine power.

Puck!

The shovel moves at an invisible speed, spreading large amounts of dirt backwards at once. Since the shoveling doesn't stop, his pace of advancement is not much different than just walking.

The problem is that the rear end of the shoveling tribe is blocked because they do not move the ground separately. Kim Sung-cheol also had his own backup plan.

‘Aqua Bress. ’

Magic scrolls that allow you to breathe underwater are useful even in the sparse ground.

Soon he reached the ground beneath which the golems stood guard.

From here, I carefully teased the shovel and focused on examining the pity above the ground.

The golems do not respond.

Golems do not sleep nor fear death, but they lack more flexibility and imagination than humans. Circumstances outside the range of assumptions are contingent.

Little Vestiaret doesn't seem to care about what happens below the ground, just watching her enemies above.

If they lose, even if they dig below, they will find nothing. Kim Sung-cheol's dungeon doesn't connect.

Kim Sung-cheol, who was confident that the border guards above the ground couldn't find him, quickly dug a tunnel for a settlement village.

Soon he could reach the bottom of a settlement village.

He carefully teases the shovel, spreading the last of the dirt to the ground.

“ ……. ”

The settlement was surrounded by darkness.

I can't feel the energy of life.

Kim Sung-cheol carefully examined the inside of the settlement village.

Approximately 150 houses located in settlement villages.

There were temporary houses arranged like tiles, wells, laundry stands, and drinking grounds.

In the laundry, along with a few clothing items that were blown away by the wind, someone's clothes were hanging and a cup of water was dropped in the water.

A short time ago, there were clear signs of human life.

However, when I looked around the entire settlement village, I couldn't find a single living person.

Like the plague in Money Village, everyone disappeared from the settlement village.

‘That's odd.’

Kim Sung-cheol carefully approached the wall and checked the location of the nearby settlement.

Some were lit, and some were locked in darkness and silence, like here.

Kim Sung-cheol took a step toward the settlement village where there were traces of light. With a shovel, of course.

There were people living in the next settlement.

That's a lot.

It was late at night, but the streets were lively and the voices of the prowlers were heard everywhere.

Kim Sung-cheol covered the ground with a sack of wagons carrying a cave and went to the street.

It was a village where no one could live.

Kim Sung-cheol was able to see the faces of people who were tired but full of expectations and hope.

In the center of the square settlement village, the statue of Asin Sidmia, commonly seen in Ixion, was confidently seated.

Kim Sung-cheol was able to hear some stories among the guests at the tavern that opened late.

“Markorade says he will soon issue us citizenship rights. ”

“Well, our seventh village has the highest output. ”

“The 44 villagers are chasing us to the bottom of our chin, so don't be careless. Work harder to achieve your quota! ”

Kim Sung-cheol soon found out that they were refugees from the east.

They came here after seeing an advertisement from a mysterious guide during a difficult refugee camp. The camp they were staying in is not an empire, but a territory of the Confederate Merchants Guild to the south.

‘You're not the only one drawing people from Lagranje. ’

The number of people who could accommodate in one settlement village was 2,000 if they pushed it as far as possible, and 1,000 if they could accommodate it normally.

There are over 50 such settlements.

It can hold tens of thousands of people.

But there's no land, no livestock, no supplies to support that many people around here.

Cities built in a single day can't afford refugees, even the Human Empire, called the continent's greatest nation, to support them all? This is the story of not being the original creation.

‘As expected, it smells terrible. ’

Instead of heading to the next settlement, he stayed here and waited for daylight.

If you look at the settlers' daily lives, you might see clues.

At sunrise, the gates of a tightly closed settlement village were opened, and a wagon was drawn by a large buffalo controlled by Homunklaus began distributing.

The rations were generous and generous.

However, I prepared a job in Ixion for those who could not be satisfied with this alone.

“The best settlers for the job are to get on this wagon and wait! ”

A few adult men were warming up by the fire around the wagon that was recruiting for day-work, waiting for the wagon to depart.

Kim Sung-cheol joined as if he were in my house. I spent time in baskets of people who smoked candlelight, borrowing fires, and talking nonsense.

As soon as it was time to depart, I saw the humble management of the overseer of Ixion. Not only in fancy outfits, but also with several work supervisors, he appeared to be quite delayed.

“Today, we will recruit one transportation guide, ten grape hypotheses, eight offshore workers and four settled settlement settlers. ”

Kim Sung-cheol looked at the situation first.

It is because the crowded side is likely to be the so-called honeybees.

People were swarming in traffic guides like clouds.

The next preferred thing is the grape hypothesis.

Everyone avoided the loading and unloading, but those who fell off the vine reluctantly volunteered.

However, no one wanted to support the cleaning up of the abandoned settlement village.

Kim Sung-cheol asked the man who cooked his face while smoking lotus grass together.

“It's your first time, so why isn't anyone doing anything about the Abandoned Settlements? ”

When asked, the man spit on the floor once and said in a harsh tone.

“'Cause it sucks. I wonder why those diseased bastards come to this place and spread the disease. He'll be digging in his own backyard. ”

The story I heard later was that a plague called the Abandoned Settlement Village turned and reached the end of the entire settlement village.

According to people, this strictly constructed wall of settlement is also a measure to prevent the destruction of settlement villages by a terrible plague that is circulating in the east.

‘It seems to be the case. ’

However, Sung-cheol Kim has never heard of a terrible plague on the continent other than the curse of extinction.

Kim Sung-cheol was willing to assist in cleaning up the abandoned settlement village. Kim Sung-cheol and two old men and a young man who had just taken off their clothes.

Above the wagon to the Abandoned Settlement Village, Kim Sung-cheol could see golems watching between the walls.

“That's the golem protecting us. You should have seen the thieves who attacked us and were slaughtered by those strange little golems! ”

The old men praised the guard golem dry.

When the habitat destroyed the home of life, the bandits became infested, and the elderly people who saw everything was not as valuable as security and safety.

Kim Sung-cheol also noticed that Marker Raid's assessment was very high among settlers.

“Markorade knows something. Instead of killing Wu, who drives other people into one place like the Empire, he has a peculiar idea of creating settlement villages from different origins and assigning them separately. ”

“He also knows the minds of refugees because he is a refugee from some place where the country was destroyed by the settlers. ”

“I heard the prince of Ixion is such a nobleman, where would his blood go? It's an inheritance. ”

While the elders were praising the Marker Raid, Kim Sung-cheol stared at the unspoken young man with his grass dead.

He noticed that he was scared somewhere.

It was because another man heard about how terrible it was to tidy up the Abandoned Settlement Village.

“ ……. ”

Soon the wagon arrived at the Abandoned Settlement Camp.

It was called the 34th Village before it was designated as a Abandoned Settlement Village.

‘Do you have a fruit village? ’

Kim Sung-cheol entered a settlement where no one lives, thinking wrong.

I didn't feel the energy of life.

“Here, put this mask on. The energy of the plague was extinguished by Bestiare's blessing, but there is only one in the bay. ”

The supervisor gives the masks to the workers.

Kim Sung-cheol, who had put on a mask and got out of the wagon, could soon be seen.

Countless corpses scattered all over the streets.

This is...

The deep wrinkles on Kim Sung-cheol's forehead confirm the condition of the bodies.

“Ugh... That's horrible. I can't believe it's spreading from the east to the Giants and then to the plague! ”

“Let's gather the bodies in one place! ”

As the elderly say, it is not simply the death by plague.

People were twisted to death like mummies.

It's like I'm squeezing something out.

Kim Sung-cheol came to a conclusion after spending all his money on a small settlement.

This settlement is not just a tool to accommodate refugees.

‘The entire settlement village is a facility for human development. ’

While cleaning up the body for half a day, Kim Sung-cheol hardened his thoughts.

Surrounded by square walls, the settlement village itself is an altar to Achin. The whole of the people in it are sacrificed for Asin.

No exceptions.

The day's work was done by gathering the bodies and burning them in one place.

“Is everything taken care of? ”

After watching the smoke rise, the overseer reappears at the abandoned settlement.

He makes sure the bodies are taken care of, then escorts to the town square.

Kim Sung-cheol pretended to be at the beginning of the year and looked at the man's trends.

The overseer heads for the statue of Asin Sidimia, who stands in the town square.

It's the same statue I saw in another settlement.

The overseer looks around and manipulates under the statue of Asin. A section of the pillar beneath the statue opens, surprisingly, and you spit something black out on his palm.

The superintendent hides it in a red silk wrapper.

It happened for a very short time, but Kim Sung-cheol clearly saw the black object taken by the overseer.

Is that...? ’

Lee Jae came to mind in Kim Sung-cheol's eyes.

What was expelled from the statue of Sydney is a fragment of catastrophe.

It was only the size of a fingernail compared to what Kim Sung-cheol had, but it was definitely a fragment of disaster.