The Priest of Corruption - Chapter 35

accompany.

accompany.

[Take it easy! It’s all purely in my favor for being told!]

Aurelius shouted loudly, reaching out his golden hand and grabbing the meat closest to him and munching it. whole bone.

It was a gold race that seemed to eat all kinds of fuels such as oil and coal, but unlike their appearance, they tasted like ordinary intelligent beings and ate cooked food very well. Or rather, it would have been wider if it had a wider range of edibles than ordinary creatures, but not narrow.

The food chewed by the gold people is converted into energy that moves their body inside the body, and that metal body is used to operate and use, and the rest goes to their ‘core’, and the ‘core’ that absorbs the energy gradually increases in size.

As the size of the ‘core’ increased, the total amount of metal that the gold people could handle increased.

precious metals and time. In other words, a race that becomes stronger with money and time.

That was the Golden People.

I picked up a piece of food in front of me and put it in my mouth, carefully observing Aurelius.

Is the author trustworthy? The gold people were quite pure when it came to their desire for precious metals, but in other situations they were like snakes.

Expecting purity from merchants in the first place is the wrong way to expect such an expectation.

For now, let’s focus on eating.

‘killing!’

At my mother’s request to eat a charred meat dish I’d never seen before, I took a little bit of food and chewed it. It also had no taste. In my heart, I wanted to feed my mother directly, but since there were so many eyes around, of course it was impossible.

[Saviors of Eradico! That was you!]

Aurelius, who was talking with Carmen, burst into admiration. Aurelius violently blinked his needless metal eyes and looked around at us. Soon, his gaze was fixed on me.

[You’re probably not a woman, and you’re not the one wearing that armor, so you must be Gus’ demon slayer, Kelton’s antagonist of evil spirits, and Eradico’s savior, Priest Marnac!] I put down my spoon and lightly bowed my head in reply

.

“It’s just an undeserved title.”

[Ha ha ha ha ha! The hero who saved three cities is also humble! If such a title were not given to people like you, who would dare to give such a title…]

The gaze of metal eyes was fixed on the butcher strapped to my waist. He clenched his chin together and let out an exclamation.

[This Immortalium!!!]

He jumped up from his seat and jumped at me like flying, fluttering his fancy red clothes. To be exact, towards my butcher. I backed away a bit and put my distance away from Aurelius. He stared at the butcher tied around my waist and said in a trembling voice.

[Could you show that thing that’s wrapped around your waist just once?]

I wondered if it was just holding it up and bouncing for a moment, but even the gold people needed at least one day to synchronize with the new metal, so even if he lifted it up and bounced, I was confident enough to regain it. there was

Aurelius groaned as I placed the butcher in his hands.

[Ooh oh oh oh! Ooooooooooooo!!!]

By the way, even though the butcher’s blade is hard, it’s too hard, maybe because it’s made of immortalium.

Aurelius stroked the butcher’s blades very carefully and stickyly, as if he were stroking the flesh of his beloved lover.

[beautiful. So beautiful! What a beautiful metal! As expected, the title of an immortal alloy containing the essence of the ancient empire’s technological prowess is well deserved!]

He rubbed his face against the blade, not paying attention to the metal skin being scratched by the butcher’s blade.

[ha. ha. Ha ha.]

I want you to give it back now. I spoke with the utmost courtesy.

“I···.”

Before I could finish my first words, Aurelius quickly came to his senses. He returned the butcher to my hand, his fingers trembling. Like you don’t want to fall too much.

He masterfully controlled his emotions like a merchant and bowed his head to me.

[I think I lost my temper for a while because I saw this Immortalium sword for the first time. You showed ugliness.]

“It’s okay. The desire for Immortalium by the Gold Man is natural, isn’t it?”

[Thank you for your understanding. By the way, maybe…]

“I have no intention of selling it.”

At my firm reply, Aurelius’ shoulders drooped.

[I guess so. Even if it were me, I would never have sold it…]

He walked weakly and went back to his seat and sat down. After a brief deep breath, he suppressed his instincts as a gold man and returned to being a merchant. He gulped down the honey wine and spoke in a high-pitched voice.

[I sincerely apologize to my saviors of Eradico for this disgrace.]

Aurelius held out his golden hand toward us. The palm cracked and a metal orb the size of a human heart protruded. He said, holding out the metal orb.

[This is the Immortalium I’ve been collecting for 120 years.]

He stretched out his finger and pointed at my butcher.

[And that sword contains well over twice as much Immortalium as I’ve collected in 120 years. That’s a really rare item.]

Immortalium wasn’t something you could get just because you had money. Since it was a metal that could no longer be produced with modern technology, of course, all the Immortalium roaming around were items obtained from the ruins of the ancient empire. Countries have always actively bought Immortalium and, of course, did not release the Immortalium they bought.

In other words, if he actively purchased Immortalium as a merchant, it was perfect for the country to hate him.

After that, Aurelius continued to praise the Immortalium throughout the meal, only to come up with a proposal towards the end of the meal.

[We are heading to the capital of the Northern Kingdom. If the saviors of Eradico will accompany you to the capital, I will reward you without regret. As all of them are saviors with one skill, I promise to treat them differently from other mercenaries.]

Carmen, who had been sitting quietly, replied politely to Aurelius.

“Could you give us a minute to discuss it among ourselves?”

Aurelius replied with a gentle smile.

[Do whatever is convenient for you. I’m expecting a good answer.]

After leaving Aurelius’ barracks, we put our heads together and seriously discussed Aurelius’ proposal. Carmen was the first to speak.

“First of all, we need to hear the detailed conditions, but his proposal itself doesn’t seem to have any harm to us, who were planning to stop by the capital from the beginning. Besides, even if we reject his offer, the road to go is the same, at least until the next city. You’ll have to chase after them, and in that case, it wouldn’t be too bad to accompany them while being treated.”

Sagitta, who had been listening to Carmen silently, spoke her opinion cautiously.

“I agree with Carmen’s opinion.”

Dacia, who was deeply troubled, glanced at Aurelius’ tent and said,

“But why would a business of this size have to hire us? In the first place, that man named Aurelius sent someone to offer employment even though he didn’t even know we were the saviors of Eradico. The reason merchants need more escorts, regardless of who they are, is probably because they know someone is targeting them.”

Dacia’s worries were well-founded. I touched the butcher’s handle and opened my mouth.

“My thoughts are the same as Princess Princess. Besides, when I carefully inspected the equipment of the upper tier guards who were monitoring the surroundings as I came here, the traces of fighting were vivid.”

The princess opened her eyes wide and looked at me.

“Really?!”

“Yes. Maybe we should go through at least one battle if we accompany him.”

Sagittarius and Carmen’s faces grew heavier. I said looking at Carmen.

“But I think it would be better to accept this request as Carmen said. The roads are the same anyway, so the roads keep overlapping, and even if you refuse the request and follow separately, if you are a pursuer enough to attack such a large merchant guild, you will not be able to pass through. I don’t think they’ll leave us alone.”

After talking a bit more, we agreed to accept the request. When we informed Aurelius of our intention, he smiled happily and signed a contract saying that he would give us ten gold coins for each head when we arrived in the capital. Accommodation was a bonus.

He once again asked me if I was interested in selling the butcher, but I flatly refused.

and that night. The top was attacked.

***

Why!

Furiously spinning metal blades ripped through the snowfield bat’s head. The beast’s brains poured out. I jumped off the corpse and swung the butcher at the snowfield bats that were charging at me.

A body that boasts more than twice the size of a fairly strong adult male. The snowfield bat’s speed, which descended using its wings spread wide to cover the sky, was never something that ordinary people could easily deal with.

Kieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

The Butcher cut another snowfield bat in half, but from a distance, a guild guard could not cope with the snowfield bat’s speed and was caught in its claws.

I quickly measured the distance, took out the bone sword, and threw the sword as it was. The bone sword flew through the air at explosive speed, leaving long scars on the skin-covered wings of the snowfield bat and crashing into the ground.

Kiyi profit!

sharp scream. While the snowfield bat was struggling with pain, it ran across the snowfield and swung the butcher as it was.

Why hey hey hey!

The giant snowfield bat’s head was ripped apart by metal blades. Blood poured over my body. He quickly cut off the snowfield bat’s leg and put his hand around the neck of the captured corps guard, but he was already dead. I retrieved the bone sword stuck in the floor and looked at the situation.

Kiyi Iik!!!

The bony arrow pierced the snowfield bat’s eye with precision. As the furious snowfield bat descended, Sajita stepped forward, brushed off the monster’s claws, and slashed the spear.

A pure white spear pierced the snowfield bat’s body.

“Haap!”

And Dakia, who jumped out as if she had waited, cut off the head of the snowfield bat that was struggling violently.

After confirming that the party was fighting well, I turned on the butcher’s engine once again and hurriedly moved to rescue the other guild guards.

Kiyi profit!

The fierce battle continued for a while, but the snowfield bats flew up all at once and left as if they were running away.

While everyone was taking a break, I headed for Aurelius’ barracks. His direct bodyguards stood in my way.

“Please get out of the way.”

“Clean your clothes and come back.”

As the guards said, my clothes and face were covered with the blood and flesh of snowfield bats that had not yet cooled down, giving off white steam.

Before I could say anything again, a voice came from within.

[Let them in.]

They strode into Aurelius’ tent. Every step I took, the blood and flesh of the monsters on my body flowed down to the floor. Aurelius looked at me with golden metallic eyes and smiled quietly.

[Aren’t you going to reap that wonderful Immortalium weapon?]

I replied, glancing at the butcher in my hand.

“I am willing to put it in according to the Lord’s answer.”

[You’ll have to answer this very carefully.]

“Yes. You’ll have to answer very, very carefully.”

I smiled and asked him.

“Why are worshipers of evil gods raiding this caravan?”