The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 60



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The soldier shouted save (60)

Episode 8

A lawless town where people live within the order created by the Information Guild.

We spent five days in a carriage to get to the vagabond village.

“We have arrived, Nari. This is the city of hope, Sunlight!”

As we get out of the carriage, the coachman points towards the city with a proud face.

The buildings sparkle like daytime even in the dark.

“Oh, my! Thank you for this much money, Nari!”

I paid the coachman’s price and entered ‘Sunlight’, which leads to the village of vagabonds.

‘When I entered the city, it was even more amazing.’

I didn’t think there was a place like Walkerman, but seeing the buildings here made me think it was very outdated.

‘Did they put luminous stone on the exterior walls of the buildings? That’s why the city shines even at night.’

If I could just learn the ‘Sunlight’ technique of spreading a thin layer of luminous stone, I thought I could apply it to Walker as well.

If the city could shine like this even after the sun has set, Walker’s economy would be even more revitalized.

“Hey, out-of-town gentleman! How about a suit of clothing?”

When I turned my gaze to someone’s voice, I saw a man wearing an otherworldly butler’s outfit.

“Are you selling the clothes you’re wearing now?”

“Yes! It’s the other-worldly suit that the warriors wore back home, but it’s out of stock so I can’t sell it! What do you think? Even someone like me would look pretty good wearing it, right?”

A man who promotes clothes with his body.

“I would like to buy the clothes you just mentioned in different colors, and also a cloak.”

“Oh, my goodness, Nari! I’ll prepare it for you right now!”

Otherworldly clothes cost at least 5 gold coins.

The man’s mouth was split open from ear to ear with happiness at the thought of buying more than four of those expensive clothes.

“Master, this is my first time in this city, can I ask you something?”

“Oh, yes! I’ve lived here in Sunlight for over 30 years! Ask me anything!”

She speaks indifferently, pretending to look at the clothes in response to the man’s words.

“I was walking down the street earlier and I thought I saw some people who looked a bit shabby. What were they?”

“… Yes? Did you see any of those vagrants? Oh, where did you see them?”

She pretends to be troubled by the sight of the man reacting so violently that he stops what he is doing and crosses his arms.

“Well… I think it was next to a shiny building… .”

“Haha, Nari. All the buildings in Sunlight are lit up.”

“Is that so? If so, then I guess I was mistaken.”

The man sighs in relief at my words and speaks, his chest clearing.

“Since you are so noble, your clothes must have looked a bit shabby. If you had seen real vagrants, you wouldn’t have been able to say that so calmly!”

“… How is it like that?”

“Oh my, it smells like nothing else, it’s a walking plague! The guards keep a close watch on the passages leading here, but it keeps crawling in like a bug somewhere.”

The man who finished speaking puts the clothes in a paper bag that he has never seen before and hands it to me.

“What is this?”

“These are disposable paper bags used by people from another world!”

As I was shaking it around to see if it could be used on a walker, the man reached out his hand with a surprised look on his face.

“If you treat it that roughly, it might tear, haha… .”

“You’ve thrown away your country bumpkin ways.”

“Oh, dear, that’s not true! Our Sunlight is so unique. Take a look!”

I leave the store, leaving the man behind, and rummage through the paper bag.

‘It would be better to carry your equipment concealed.’

He walks away, erasing the presence of Drago’s coat and the Azure Dragon Sword with his cloak.

‘Is that the place that leads to the village of vagabonds?’

An underground passage heavily guarded by armed guards.

I was watching the place carefully from a distance, when suddenly a security guard spotted me and ran towards me.

“Wait a minute, you over there! Stop!”

Three guards block my path as if surrounding me, as if trying to prevent me from escaping.

One of them started to poke around inside my cloak with his scabbard.

“… … Suspicious, where did this equipment come from?”

Drago’s coat and blue dragon sword, both of which are full of precious items.

‘The thing I was trying to hide ended up drawing attention to itself.’

“Tell me right now where you stole it!”

He glances at the guards who are somehow treating him like a thief, and takes out the identification card he had in his pocket and shows it to them.

“I am Allen Hower, Walker’s agent and the commander of the Knights.”

“Wow, Walker’s agent?”

The guards’ eyes widened in surprise.

The guards looked at the disposable paper bag hidden inside their cloaks with trembling eyes, then lowered their heads with thoughtful faces.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry! We didn’t know because all we learned was swords!”

“That’s a crappy excuse for a fellow inspector.”

“Oh, no! We, we didn’t mean it that way… … .”

“That’s none of my business. Call the person in charge of Sunlight.”

“… … Please, spare me!”

“I’m not here to hold you accountable. As Walker’s representative, I have something to share.”

As soon as I finished speaking, the guards bowed their heads at a 90-degree angle and started running somewhere.

“…Why, … place?”

“… Quickly! … You!”

After standing there for about 10 minutes, quietly watching the guards making a fuss, an unexpected person appeared before my eyes.

“Hey, who is this! Isn’t that the blue flash that’s been making the rounds lately?”

His attitude was so brazen, even though he knew I was Walker’s agent.

He says, looking over his clothes from bottom to top.

“I didn’t know that the Lord Sunlight would come in person.”

“It’s none other than Walker’s representative who has come, so of course I have to step forward and serve him!”

I was planning to receive guidance from an appropriate manager, but Delwen Sunlight appeared right before my eyes.

Delwen shows the way to the seat next to him with a forced noble smile.

“Come here, I’ll show you around the city! … What are you just looking at! You, idiots! Quickly, help Sir Allen with his luggage first!”

At Delwen Sunlight’s shout, the escort knights quickly run and extend their hands.

“Well, we will listen to you.”

I handed them disposable paper bags and the cloaks I had taken off, and began my full-scale tour of the city.

“Have you seen the buildings in our city?”

“It’s so gorgeous that it shines even at night. Did you apply luminescent stone to it?”

“Hahaha! As expected of someone of noble birth, you recognized me right away! That pattern is popular in the palace these days… … .”

Conversations with nobles were tiring.

I turn my head, feeling like my face is going to crumple at the sound of my lips, and point to a building with an unusual appearance.

“What is that building with the green cross over there?”

“It’s a hospital!”

“…hospital?”

“It’s a place where wizards diagnose diseases and provide appropriate medicine and treatment. Would you like to get diagnosed, Sir Allen?”

Wizards who have learned professional healing.

Delwen Sunlight shakes her head at his words.

“I’m sorry, but I think the priest of our territory would be more accurate.”

“Oh, I forgot for a moment that Walker was also a Freya. Hahahaha! Did you guys get it?”

When Delwen tapped the shoulder of the knights, the knights forced a smile and waved their hands as if they didn’t know.

“If you look over there this time, you’ll see a large building with a chimney. That’s the factory that makes prosthetic limbs!”

He frowns at the mention of prosthetic limbs and asks again.

“If you make a prosthetic hand with a machine, wouldn’t it be difficult to connect nerves to mana because the affinity would be low?”

Since prosthetic limbs that connect nerves to machines are an area that requires human experimentation, research on them was halted when the battle with the Demon Race was in full swing.

In many cases, attempts to reattach a lost arm result in complete paralysis of the entire body.

That’s why most people use expensive wooden prosthetics that are heavily enchanted.

“But we at Sunlight have done it! It’ll be a matter of time before we have machine-made limbs on every continent! Hahaha!”

Delwen, who was forcing the escort knight’s forced smile again, noticed me, coughed in vain, and brought up the main topic.

“So… how about we try selling our prosthetic hands as a demonstration at the famous ‘Cheonmuljeom’ in Walker?”

“You want to promote your work at our Walker?”

“Hahaha! That’s right. After all, isn’t our Sunlight located quite far from the center of the continent? Walker can sell prosthetic limbs faster than anywhere else on the continent, so I think it’s a win-win proposition for both of us… .”

It is still unclear whether Sunlight’s prosthetic hand is a perfect tool or not.

“Is there anything else besides a prosthetic arm?”

As I fold my arms, showing that I am not interested, the lord raises his voice in an urgent manner.

“Well, then, what about Sunlight’s mining bombs? Something that can be detonated remotely with a magical device rather than a fuse to reduce accidents among miners… .”

“There are no mines in Walker.”

“Hey, there’s something like this too! It’s called a Dummyret that’s currently in development!”

The lord nods to his servant, and an old man comes in holding something in his hand.

A rat doll made of steel.

As we look at the seemingly lifelike mouse doll with interest, the lord puts the mouse doll down on the floor.

“Is the wizard manipulating the puppet?”

“Hahaha! That’s not it! I used the mouse’s memories from when it was alive! Even though it’s a doll, it moves like a real mouse without any outside interference!”

As the dummy rat that was placed on the ground runs away to a shaded area, the knights and servants chase after it in a cold sweat.

‘… … A mouse doll that moves as if it were alive.’

He takes his eyes off the steel rat puppet imbued with the puppeteer’s magic and asks the lord.

“So, what do you use this dummy for?”

“… … That is something I plan to study from now on on how to utilize.”

What if it was a wolf doll made of steel?

The out-of-control rat doll was currently of little more than a pet.

“Then let’s discuss it after the research is over. I need to get some rest.”

At my words, the lord avoids the frown and forces a smile.

“It must have been hard to come this far, so of course you should do that! … … What the hell are you guys doing! You idiots! Quickly, find a place for Sir Allen to stay!”

At the kick of Delwen Sunlight, one of the knights of the guard runs somewhere in a hurry.

‘Treating a knight like that.’

My position is that of a Knight Commander before I became Walker’s agent.

How can you treat a reporter like that in front of someone like me?

I figured that even if the prosthetic hand was a good thing, I would never deal with Delwen Sunlight again.

“What is that place? Is that where the privates train?”

A large site with armed men wandering around.

As I point to that place, Delwen smiles and says:

“That’s where the cleaners train!”

“Janitorial staff? Do Sunlight’s janitors also handle weapons?”

“Hahahahahaha! That’s not it! We’re soldiers who clean up human waste, not the city’s trash!”

“… human waste?”

“Not all humans are the same just because they have arms and legs. Do insects buried underground also dream of bright light?”

Delwen snickers as he looks down the underground passage leading to the vagabond village.

“A bunch of dirty, unidentified vagrants trying to sneak into Sunlight… Isn’t that really dirty and horrible?”

“… So the janitor is a security guard who prevents the intrusion of vagrants?”

“No, no. It’s not just about preventing intrusions.”

Delwen playfully pretends to swing his sword.

“They even go into the dens of homeless people and clean them out!”

Murderers who kill homeless people.

I don’t know what Delwin was trying to say, but that’s what it sounded like to me.

“This is your lodging! Although it is the best lodging in Sunlight, considering Sir Allen’s honor… . How about staying at our mansion instead?”

At those words, I force a smile, avoiding the frown that naturally forms between my eyebrows.

“I want to take it easy and relax since I’m away from Walker for a trip.”

“Hahaha! Of course you are! I knew you would say that, so I prepared a room with a panoramic view of Sunlight! So, have a good time!”

A sense of liberation finally sets in as the Lord of Sunlight leaves the inn and disappears from sight.

‘Socializing really doesn’t suit me.’

As I felt tiredness creeping in and rubbed the back of my neck, someone came up next to me.

“Nari, can you move this luggage to your room?”

A boy who looks young.

I see my paper bag in the boy’s hand and I reach out.

“I’ll carry your luggage, so just show me to my room.”

“Hey, come this way!”

Follow the boy’s instructions and climb the stairs.

As we entered the room on the top floor, a splendid room reminiscent of a nobleman’s mansion appeared.

‘It won’t be easy to go to the village of vagabonds.’

Sunlight’s thorough surveillance.

I thought about just running in with my face covered by the cloak and mask, but it was too risky.

‘If by any chance they catch me doing that, I’ll be punished for it.’

Wouldn’t it have been easier if you were a commoner?

As I was thinking that and opening the window, I heard someone talking.

“Hey, hey, hey! You damn punk! Do you even know what kind of person he is? He can’t stand it and tries to steal a guest’s luggage?”

“Oh, no! I just gave the luggage I received from the escort knight back to Sir Allen… … .”

“Shut up! You damn piece of garbage! Whether you tried to steal or not, you have offended an important guest! I will deduct your salary for the damage you have caused!”

“… Ha, but last time too… .”

“This damn guy! I took him in because he said there was no place to work! And now he’s trying to beat me?”

“… Ugh, ugh! I’m, I’m sorry…”

The innkeeper kicks the boy for a long time, as if he is still angry.

After the owner leaves, the boy struggles to sit up, holding his stomach where he was kicked.

‘He’s a piece of trash.’

He remembers what the owner said to the boy and puts his foot on the window sill.

“……uh?”

Eyes meeting under the window.

“Now, just a moment!”

I ignored the boy’s warning and jumped lightly from the third floor.

-widely!

Landed on the floor.

“Are you from the tramp village?”

When the boy hesitates at those words, he blurts out what he heard in Galtarang.

“The breeze of the dark clouds.”

“uh…?”

“Do you know what this means?”

When I tell him the auction house password, the boy blinks his big eyes and says.

“Are you looking for the Coinum Auction House?”

The path leading to the auction house began to come into view.