The Berserker’s Second Playthrough in the Game - Chapter 85



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Episode 85 Followers of the Forgotten God (7)

In a good bar, the sweet smell of alcohol and delicious food fills the air.

Places like this are always full of people’s laughter and loud singing. Anyone who loves food and alcohol comes to visit regardless of age or gender. Occasionally, unexpected disturbances occur due to excessively drunken people, but it rarely results in anyone being seriously injured or causing a major accident.

In a bad bar, there is a sharp smell of cigarette smoke and prostitutes’ excrement.

Places like this are usually full of angry shouts or dirty, decadent whispers. Those who seek it are mostly limited to gamblers, drug dealers, swindlers, prostitutes, and prostitutes. There is always swearing and obscenity exchanged at the table, and sometimes bloody fist fights or knife fights break out.

Still, it wasn’t the worst bar ever.

In the worst bars, there is a bloody, bloody smell.

Sigh – Ouch!

This bar has just gone from being a bad bar to being the worst bar ever.

“Ughhhhh!!”

Heads rolling around on the floor, unaware that they were dead. Underneath the upper body, which had been cut and separated by a knife, the intestines hung messily. There were chunks of crushed flesh scattered all over the place that it was impossible to even guess what part it was from.

About a dozen gangsters lost their lives in an instant. Under the swords and axes of barbarians who know no mercy. If I had known this would happen, I would have given friendly guidance instead of wielding a weapon, but regret was too late no matter how early it was.

Kadim wiped his bright red-stained face and approached the last surviving gangster.

“Where is your leader?”

“Uh, uhhuh, uhuhuhuhuh…” … .”

When he first heard that question, the gangster answered, ‘He went to find out where X-mi’s grave was,’ and waved his flail curiously.

Now, even if they gave me hundreds of millions of dollars, I didn’t have the courage to do that. Just hearing that low-pitched voice made me lose all my strength. When Kadim thrust the ax blade at him, the gangster’s trouser legs were wet and he struggled like a bug in an oil drum.

“Ughhhhhhh! In the basement! In the basement!! The boss is in the basement! If you go down the stairs in the corner, you’ll come out right away!! Please don’t kill me!! Please don’t kill me… … .”

Tsk – Tsk!

“Thank you. Rest comfortably with your colleagues.”

Kadim walked past the thugs and headed towards the stairs in the corner. Shinyoung, whose head was split in half, fell to the floor.

The basement was a place where it was hard to tell whether it was a brothel or an opium den. There was thick smoke everywhere, and the brick room was littered with yellowed beds and underwear stained with bodily fluids, broken liquor bottles, and clay pipes. Maybe it was a universal place that could be used in any way.

All the other rooms were completely empty. Only in the innermost room could I hear any noise. As I waited in front of the door, I soon heard thumping footsteps and a man with his pants down hurriedly ran out.

“What the heck, what are they doing up there to make such a fuss… … Ugh!”

BAM!

Kadim pinned the man to the floor and subdued him. As she pressed her knee against his back, her man’s eyes turned red and bloodshot.

“Turn it up, uh, uh… … .”

“Aaaah!!”

“Gyaaaaaaah!!”

Kadim glanced around the room. There were five naked women lying on the bed. For a moment she almost burst out laughing. She made such a fuss above, but there’s a reason she hasn’t popped out yet.

The leader of the gangsters barely turned his head and glanced at Kadim.

“What the fuck are you… … . Who, what kind of bastard sent it… … .”

“… … I’m sorry to interrupt your great enjoyment. I came to ask if you know anything about the Night Crow sect.”

“… … !”

The leader shrugged his shoulders. It was a reaction that was clearly different from that of his subordinates who said they didn’t understand English. Kadim moved his knees to his waist and put more weight on them.

“If you know anything, tell it all. “Before I make it impossible for you to function within the company.”

“Aaaaaaa!! Ahhhhh!! This, teeth, dogs are! ”

The leader twists his upper body, takes out a dagger from his chest, and swings it.

But it was a futile resistance. Kadim was the first to grab the leader’s wrist and snap it. The wrist snapped like a reed and the dagger fell limply.

“Kuaaaaah!! Kuaaaaah!!”

The chief screamed at the top of his lungs. After the pain finally subsided, he sobbed and asked with bloodshot eyes.

“Ugh… … Well, what are you saying that you defeated the devil… … ? Those barbarian warriors beneath ‘Agon’s Raging Horn’… … .”

“Yes, you mean you don’t want to act like a man.”

“Ugh, those bitches! Ask those bitches! Those bitches are the members of that cult… … .”

A sudden surge of sharp flashes of light cut off the leader’s words.

Wedge – liquid, burb burb – !

“… … Huh!”

The memorabilia could not take blood. This is because Kadim predicted the attack in advance and closed the door.

He peered inside through the crack in the door. From somewhere, naked women wearing black masks and wielding throwing daggers were there.

I almost burst out laughing again. Was she working part-time as a prostitute and a follower of a forgotten god? That scream she made earlier must have been an act. But if she was going to go like that, she should at least put on some clothes instead of spending time there.

Still, they were much better trained than the kidnappers I met last time.

Parararararararack, pu – ugh!

“Ouch!”

““… … !””

He opened the door and threw an axe, splitting the head of one of his followers, while the rest quickly hid in blind spots without even screaming. Even so, judging by the fact that he was throwing daggers through the crack in the door, he was better than most assassins.

Wedge – Awesome!

Kadim tilted his head to avoid the dagger. He looked down at the leader and spoke nonchalantly.

“You also have good courage. “To think of holding five of those things at the same time.”

“… … So, I also took a dagger with me.”

Thump, thump, thud – thud, thump!

It was clear that they were difficult opponents to fight with just a dagger. Again, I don’t know where it came from, but this time the followers started shooting crossbows. Powerful afterimages turned the wooden door into pieces and flew out.

Then, suddenly, an arrow hit Khadim’s hand. The followers chanted with great vigor.

“Judgment on the ‘Demon Slayer’!”

“Damage to the ‘Source of Disaster’!”

But that didn’t hit the mark.

Phew – wow, wow!

“… … “Wow!”

The arrow returned to the forehead of the follower who shot it. The same was true for the other arrows. It was fired with the tension of a taut string and returned with the same force as it hit their bodies. While the followers were horrified, they also focused their attention, wondering if the author also had a crossbow.

It wasn’t. It was bare hands.

Kadim caught the arrow with his bare hands and returned it by throwing it like a dart.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

““… … !!””

The eyes that confirmed the truth opened wide.

Even after looking at it closely, I couldn’t help but wonder if my eyes were wrong. If there had been enough time, the followers would have taken the time to collect their astonishment with their sisters and pray earnestly to the forgotten god to help us.

That couldn’t be possible. In the meantime, my entire body had been pierced with arrows.

Phew – wow, wow!

“Ouch!”

An arrowhead pierced the last woman’s mask and stuck in her temple, killing all her followers.

Tsk-tsk, tsk-tsk, tsk-tsk!

Kadim retrieved the axe and identified and killed the fallen followers one by one. There were no more people nearby. This didn’t seem to be the headquarters where the guy called ‘Bishop’ was staying.

I had no choice but to approach the leader to interrogate him. The guy was trembling like a death row prisoner facing the gallows.

“What, what is that… ‘Demon Slayer’? Are you… the ‘Demon Slayer’ who slaughtered all the demons on the Golden Road?”

“… … .”

Kadim briefly recalled his memories. Now that he thought about it, there were guys who called it that from the defensive line. He wondered how he knew about these guys, but agreed.

Then the leader burst out in anger and bowed his head.

“Oh no! You should have said that first! If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have resisted needlessly! Just wait and I will tell you everything I know about those damnable pseudo-bastards! “Please pay for my rudeness with this one forearm and at least spare my life, demon slayer!”

“… … .”

Kadim frowned in embarrassment at the begging for his life, unable to tell whether he was being servile or proud.

*

The time when the sun is slowly setting, in the warehouse of seized goods near the Galentana Gate.

Men dressed in loose woolen garments, the traditional attire of the Agon, filed in. The attendants and escorts surrounded the warehouse to block the approach of uninvited guests. The guards lined up behind the guard leader saluted each other.

“Loyalty! New knowledge and endless prosperity on this earth!”

““Loyalty! New knowledge and endless prosperity on this earth!”

The men were members of the ‘Agon faction’, a new force that took hegemony in this city.

Of course, the members of the National Assembly were not gathered to do trivial work like inspecting seized goods. For the past few days, they had been living a hectic life, unable to eat or sleep. However, this time, they could not overlook it, so they threw away everything they were doing and hastily gathered.

As I entered the warehouse, the muggy temperature and the smell that stung my nose made me dizzy. However, I soon forgot about her trivial heat and stench.

The supply and demand of demons piled up like a mountain on a small cart.

“her… … This, indeed. Hey, Remillion… … .”

“I don’t know if this makes sense…” … . “You said the youngest Archpaladin in the Empire caught a few demons, right?”

“maybe… … “There were probably about twenty of them.”

“No, I think this is more than twice that? “Do you really think one person caught this?”

Even though I had been informed in advance, it didn’t make the shock any less shocking. The lawmakers clicked their tongues and chatted busily. The noisy atmosphere showed no signs of abating any time soon.

A young, blond-haired lawmaker applauded to brighten the mood. It was Adonis, the lawmaker who served as the actual head of the Agon faction.

“Everyone, there is no doubt about it. Who else can hunt demons like this? “There is such clear evidence that no one can deny it, right?”

““… … .””

“The ‘Demon Slayer’… … “You’ve finally come to our city.”

The members of the National Assembly swallowed in unison.

They turned crisis into opportunity. He used the devil’s rampage as a stepping stone to hegemony over the city. This time, almost everything went according to their plan, from raising the forces of ‘Agon’s Raging Horn’ to putting an end to the outbreak by deploying them in a critical situation.

But there was just one variable they didn’t expect.

A demon slayer, an unidentified mercenary of unknown origin.

At first, I thought it was just a rumor. The consistent testimony of the expedition team that they had seen the capture of a high-level demon became the opportunity to confirm the truth. When the basis for the unbelievable tale of heroism appeared, all the members of the Agon faction thought the same thing.

You definitely have to get him involved.

‘Agon’s Raging Horn’ is undoubtedly the sign of an outstanding military force. However, there was no other Atalan warrior as talented as him. If we could recruit a demon slayer, we could use him as the second central axis to radically improve the army’s combat power and influence.

They still had powerful rivals. The established powers that had originally held this city in check, the University Council. If they were to recruit the demon slayers first and increase their forces, the fight for Galentana’s rice bowl would surely end up in the mud again.

There was evidence that he had come to the city, so we had to track him down as quickly as possible. But one of the lawmakers tilted his head and asked Adonis.

“Seeing as you brought that, isn’t it clear that you came here to receive compensation for the subjugation operation? Why didn’t they come straight to the council or administrative agencies? … .”

“that… … I too have doubts. However, in case they come to visit us later, we have assigned people to each administrative agency.”

“How about we move this cart? If we leave it here, the University Faction will definitely know that the Demon Slayer has arrived… … .”

“It’s already too late. There’s no way they wouldn’t know that they came in causing a big commotion at the gate. “For now, the best thing to do is to find and contact the demon slayer faster than they do.”

The warehouse, dusty and stinking, was not a suitable place for discussion. But the council members did not complain. With time running out, it was better to decide everything here and end it than to seek another hiding place.

As the detailed discussion was almost over, an aide burst into the warehouse.

“This is serious, Councilors! Just now, we received word that some Atalan mercenaries were causing a ruckus in the underworld. We have dispatched a task force, but… … the scale of the ruckus is quite large, and it does not seem easy to suppress it quietly.”

The expressions of the lawmakers became as hard as stone.

I could understand why it was a big deal without having to explain. They made every effort to bring the military directly under the control of the Council of Ministers. One of them was to create the perception that Atallain was not dangerous. If public opinion was formed that the Atalans were ‘barbarians’ who could not control the roads, they might have to go back a long way.

“It’s Atallain who is on a rampage… … . Could it be that he is a demon slayer?”

“No way… …. Why would he put his salary aside and go to the underworld to cause trouble?”

“I think it’s probably the college gang’s trick. I wonder if they are trying to capture an easy-going Atala mercenary to cause unrest and stir up public opinion… … .”

Adonis had no choice but to grind his teeth. He could not just sit by and watch his enemies ruin the rice that was already cooked. He immediately rushed out of the warehouse and gave orders to the warriors who were standing guard nearby.

“You heard the story, right? Go to the underworld right now and subdue the rampaging mercenaries. “Handle it as quietly as possible without causing any problems, and be sure to find out who instigated it.”

“… … “I understand.”

“And when you’re done, ask about the demon slayer. I definitely wouldn’t have left Galentana. “I heard you were with the punitive force, so you’ll recognize his face right away, right Perun?”

The one-armed warrior slowly closed his eyes. She still remembered the haunting vision behind her eyelids. She placed her clumsy clawed hand, which was attached to her severed forearm, to her chest and answered with a confident voice.

“Of course, Councilor Sir.”