Episode 2 of the Overly Competent Villain - Chapter 42



Illegal transaction

“You must have something to give me.”

When I reached out my hand, Mir grabbed my necklace as if to hide it.

At first glance, the crystal necklace, which is sealed so that the inner power does not leak out, looks like an antique that is even a little rough.

However, its true identity is a dark stone, one of the natural terralite.

Mir’s mother… It’s something she left behind for Mir.

The reason why I visited the West was to stop the auction of Poongrim jade and win the bid, but the second purpose was to protect the two people, ‘Golden Castle’ and ‘Dragon Castle’ respectively.

‘And Amyeongseok is a bonus.’

[Trying to eat Terra Knight, you idiot!]

Since you saved my life, isn’t this enough business? Life is always the most precious law.

[According to the original history, these two would not have died here? Both of them later…]

‘They don’t know that. And it’s not like he came out alive.’

Anyway, this is your chance to get your hands on the third Terranite. I don’t intend to miss this opportunity. Even if that would be cruel to Mir.

“Promise me, Pietro. It is also your duty.”

It’s an old promise. I couldn’t keep it before…

“Hand over the necklace.”

“Hey, wait!”

Aris steps forward leaving Mir behind. It looks like it’s protecting Mir, so it’s very new.

“Something, Miss Aris.”

“Ooh, we never did your deal! Why are you being condescending when you’re free to get one?”

“Ram?”

words are short

“······yo. this.”

That’s right. That’s why he’s a good kid I decided to teach the spoiled child an extra true education.

“You owe me your life. And that’s a debt that’s more expensive than anything else in the world. Just as Jacomong handed me this Poonglim jade even when he had the opportunity to earn hundreds of millions of gulic.”

It showcases Poongrim jade in the bosom. The small greenish jade swirls as if it is carrying the wind of the world in its arms.

Aris was momentarily bewitched by that mysterious yet ‘valuable’ appearance. Aris, who barely came to her senses, came out rather brazenly.

“Joe, good! I’ll live! ···yo. In exchange for the Poonglim jade and this necklace, I paid for it…”

Even in this situation, it’s a deal. After all, she is a child who receives the protection of greedy gold. Of course I have no intention of responding.

“I politely decline.”

“Huh? Why, why?”

“I have a lot of money.”

To me, money is just a consumer good that can be burned at any time. Although Aris didn’t seem to understand that.

“Well, then, even if it’s for the necklace… I’ll pay for it… This is the second grandmother… no no! It’s her legacy.”

“Oh, that’s a little touching.”

“What? Are you kidding me…?”

No, really. Aris doesn’t know that Mir’s necklace is Terranite. I’m just trying to protect my aunt’s treasured belongings.

Wasn’t Aris’ relationship with Mir ruined that much at this time?

An emotional exchange that could not be judged from the outside was felt between the two.

“But that’s not possible. And this is not your choice.”

I rejected Aris’ offer and looked at Mir. The green eyes, which seemed emotionally insensitive and unshakable, were full of trembling at this moment.

unspoken hesitation. But in the end, Mir chooses to hand over the necklace.

“Hey…! You’re that!”

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“It’s okay. Now… it’s okay.”

I clapped my hands as I accepted the necklace that Mir had given me with difficulty.

“Now then, it’s time to say goodbye.”

“uh?”

Here? Aris, who had the expression, approached her skinny and big body. As if the two had waited, Aris and Mir have a certain bag on their back.

“What, what? What are you doing?”

“Our deal was to save you from the beasts. It didn’t even include the boarding fee.”

“???”

Aris, who did not understand my words for a moment, turned pale and struggled.

“Even, you can give me money!”

“how much?”

“Uh… only one Gulik? It’s two, so is it enough?”

Calling 20,000 Gulik for a simple boarding fee? This young lady has a bad sense of money as much as the amount of money she earns.

Well, that’s why I must have made a contract with that spirit.

“Uh, can’t it? Then 100,000?”

“Why don’t you call more?”

“Oh, half a million? Isn’t that a lot of money?”

“500,000 for two. A windfall.”

“Is that so…?”

“But I refuse.”

“What? Why!”

Aris struggles and resists, but Garrick, the big man, lifts Aris up and puts him on the deck railing. To the trembling Aris, Gehrig recited a cautionary note in a businesslike manner.

“It’s an expensive parachute… It works automatically when you drop in altitude… You just need to take a deep breath and wake up.”

“What? A parachute?!”

Aris, realizing the fate she faced, immediately tried to come down the railing, but she and her half-aunt couldn’t get out of the railing.

“The old pirates employed survivors of plundered ships as workers. But they couldn’t save everyone. The ship’s food was limited.”

“Hey, wait. Wait a minute…!”

“So the pirates chose. Let’s throw the worthless slaves off the ship.”

“Wait, what, wait, really wait! Let go! Hey, let go, you’re this big…!”

“Well, isn’t it better than slaves of such a pitiful fate? At least there are no sharks where you can jump.”

At the signal, Gehrig and Roy lift the two up. Aris struggled, but Mir calmly accepted her fate.

“Then have a good flight. Mayer’s group has been contacted separately, so they should be rescued today.”

“You! You! I’m not afraid of the aftermath! Let go! Let go!”

Aris resists on Gehrig’s shoulder, who throws herself away. I paused Gehrig for a moment and approached her.

“Ha ha ha. Right? Was it a joke…?”

Without saying a word, I shoved the plastic-wrapped object into Aris’s arms. Then, he meets Aris’ pitiful gaze, which is dripping with cold sweat.

“What, what is it?”

“Beef jerky.”

“what?”

“You’ll be very hungry. Save your aunt.”

“Hey dog——!!”

Aris’s deathbed did not continue. Gehrig suddenly threw her overboard.

“Oh, but you shouldn’t have waited for a while.”

“······ Bad words. If you say, no.”

“That’s right.”

Now it’s Mir’s turn. Before she jumped off herself, our eyes met.

“I’ll come get it.”

With such a declaration, Mir throws herself. I belatedly recited the answer I couldn’t answer to Mir.

“Wait.”

It might be because of my mood, but it seemed like Aris’ screams could be heard from here.

* * * *

In the middle of the wasteland, 30 km west of the city of Kelbeg.

Shivering by a bonfire in the middle of the wasteland where the morning’s low temperature did not go away, Aris stared blankly at the beef jerky bubbling in an earthenware bowl.

“Is it still?”

“Not yet.”

For reference, the earthenware bowl was shaped with earth magic and baked with fire magic. The water with the beef jerky was also Mir’s magic that collected the moisture in the air.

Have you ever considered Aunt Hang Ryeol-sang, a genius wizard who handles multiple attributes, so fortunate?

Aris coughed repeatedly in front of the bonfire that Mir had gathered and started.

“Etch! Ugh… it’s cold.”

“It’s okay. It’s hot, so drink a little.”

Aris sips soup made with beef jerky. It’s obvious, but it’s a taste that she can’t eat for her who is used to the top-notch diet.

“Ugh, it doesn’t taste good.”

“You have to warm up. Eat with patience. The meat is hard even if it is a little soft, so chew it carefully.”

“Arather…”

Aris expresses her anger while being cared for by an aunt of the same age.

“Jacques Pietro… you bastard. I will avenge you. I will avenge you…”

“Yes, yes.”

“Seriously! Hire gangsters and beat them up, Hire a contractor… Not so much. Anyway, I’m going to watch him get f*cked!”

Mir didn’t bother to say that it was impossible.

The west here is the domain of Jacques Pietro. Here he is the rule and the king.

If there is a rumor that he is hiring gangsters to beat up Zach, not to mention the contractors, all the gangsters in the west will come to get Aris.

If you think wisely, it’s right to step away from here and return to the system where Mayer’s headquarters are located.

“Go ahead and eat the soup.”

“Eww…why did I do this…”

Aris sniffs her nose and suddenly tears up. It must have been because he was attacked by beastmen and forced to drop from an airship.

“Sniff…! More than that, are you… okay?”

“what?”

“That necklace… is a keepsake of the lady.”

“·······.”

Mir recalled the necklace she had no choice but to hand over.

The only thing my mother left behind. It was Mir’s only remaining link with Jacques Pietro…

Just one thing.

From the time I found this west, I had no choice but to agonize over the fortune telling.

Is it a great road or a great evil? At that fork in the road, Mir instinctively felt it.

‘Handing over the necklace was the only way to auspiciousness.’

It was an ironic divination for the villain who gave her the worst moment.

* * * *

My personal space within the non-collinearity. I set down three jewels on the desk.

brain stone. Poongrimok. Youngseok Am.

The Terra Knights obtained from Aburak Abdeslam, from the Black Market of Grand Cruno, and from Mir A. Mayer.

[Securing three Terra Knights in less than two months.]

Archmage Osman looked disbelieving at the Terra Knights in front of him.

“Tell me, sorcerer. How hard did you go to get one Terranite?”

[At that time, the society had already secured most of the Terra Knights…]

Unbelievable. The great wizard who was supposed to protect the world made excuses with a gloomy expression.

“As expected, you guys were incompetent, and I was a bit overly competent.”

[Don’t be cocky. Even if you obtain Terra Knight, you cannot ignore the power of the sacrifice. Because if you don’t collect all of this in the first place, it doesn’t mean much. The only reason we were able to resist until the final day was to secure just one piece of Terra Knight was somehow——]

“Let’s see it for a hundred days. What were you doing at this time? Didn’t you run away like a beggar?”

[No, you secured it with future knowledge! If only I had a body!]

Our archmage was speechless for a moment. he noticed Even if he returned, he wouldn’t be confident that he would be able to secure Terra Knights as quickly as I did.

A brain stone that the society must have secretly retrieved after Aburak Abdeslam’s rampage ended.

Originally, Aris would have won the bid for a large amount, but the Poonglim jade would have been stolen by a warlock and beastmen.

And only three people in the world know that the necklace Mir had was a crystal with an umbra stone sealed in it.

No matter how much Osman used the dragon, he wouldn’t have been able to find this Umyeongseok.

[Anyway, what are you thinking? Are you planning to use it as a weapon like a thunderstone?]

“Umyeongseok… I’ve used it a few times. As you know, the organization collects Terra Knight. And it’s for Musketeers.”

[But it must have already been reported that you have Poonglim jade. What if they come to you?]

“I’m sure. But you know what? We have pissed off beasts, a warlock to track down, and quite a few gangs who think my power has weakened.”

The first thing I did when I came to the West.

They purged those who were involved in the catastrophe of the star, and waited for the quick-witted executives to join them.

And while stealing the Poongrim jade that was supposed to be stolen, I firmly stamped my face on the warlocks and beastmen.

Now, what do you think I will do?

[Are you really going to do it? It could be poking the hive.]

“Sometimes you have to take risks.”

I turned on the magic tool for communication in the room. Unlike wired telephones, it is a high-end product that is not only anti-corrosion and sound-proof, but also allows video calls with very few people.

Soon, a middle-aged man appeared from beyond the crystal ball.

[Doris~ My friend.]

[Pi, Pietro!]

Doris’ face turned red. I used to make detours through Bastien, but sending a direct message like this means that I passed the loyalty test.

And even from me who knew the information about the future, Doris was a loyalist among loyalists.

[What are you doing? If you have contacted me before…]

“The more guns, the better, right? I remember it as an impressive metaphor.”

[That’s right?]

“As you think, I’m conducting an internal purge. In the process, I’ve been weeding out people I can trust. Congratulations, you’ve been classified as a Loyalist. I’ll lower your fee to 5%. I’ll allow you to expand.”

[Go, thank you. If there is anything you want me to do, I will do my best to help.]

know how things are working around. Well, it must have grown into a force belonging to the top ranks among the executives in my network.

“It’s nothing. I just need to use your truck to deliver one thing.”

[That’s not difficult, but…]

I gave Doris more detailed instructions and called Elysia.

“Is there a problem?”

“I’ve got a job for you. It’s to rid the world of a very vicious corrupt soldier.”

“Delete it? Arrest?”

“Well, something similar.”

Elysia sent a suspicious look at me, who was vaguely evasive.

“If you’re using me…”

“Of course they are using you.”

The expression of Elysia, who is rotting right away.

“Don’t do it too much. This is good for the Empire. It’s about dealing with a very vicious corrupt soldier. A good sister and a brother-in-law. Digging a ditch and catching crayfish—”

“Okay. So who is it? That corrupt soldier.”

I smiled and said my name.

“Lord Heisenberg.”

Elysia’s pupils were greatly dilated.