I’m Here to End This Fight - Chapter 386



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Episode 386. The Belgrade War (1)

Yuri’s request to be rewarded for her great contribution.

Ben couldn’t help but be embarrassed when he heard this.

“That… that’s out of my jurisdiction… … .”

Ben’s role is simply to meet with the Sowol Mercenaries and sound out the request given by Julia.

Adding to or modifying the request was beyond his authority.

Yuri’s head tilted at Ben’s story.

“Out of authority?”

“Yes, that’s right!”

“Why?”

“Well… I never received any specific instructions about that part… … .”

Yuri’s eyes widened as she saw Ben, who had been speaking confidently just a moment ago, sweat dripping down his face.

‘I finally understand what type of interest it is.’

A person who is good at carrying out assigned tasks, but weak at improvising.

In other words, he was a typical example of a manager who only did what he was told to do.

Even though she noticed that fact, Yuri spoke in a nonchalant tone.

“Are you disappointed?”

“yes?”

“You’re from the Singh family, but you don’t have this much authority?”

“That’s… I’m just a lowly member of the Sing family… … .”

“Why would Julia entrust this task to someone like you?”

“That’s probably because… I’m Julia’s direct subordinate.”

“If you are Julia’s direct subordinate and come on her behalf, then can you say that you are Julia’s spokesperson?”

“I guess so?”

“Julia probably expected me to act like this. She would be fully aware of my personality.”

“hmm…….”

Ben nodded slightly, letting out a low sigh.

I thought it was quite possible for Julia, a direct descendant of the Singh family, to do so.

Yuri snickered at the sight of Ben, who had become speechless.

“Shouldn’t this be expected from someone from the Sing family?”

“Shi… Not all people from the Sing family are great!”

“okay?”

“Yes! And my job was originally on the administrative side… …!”

“Oh, I’m not really curious about that.”

“Hmm.”

“Anyway, since Julia sent you as her spokesperson, it means you have full authority over coordinating the contract.”

“Well, is that how it is… … ?”

Yuri let out a small sigh and spoke reprimandingly as she saw him tilt his head as if he was wondering.

“Or you can go back and ask Julia.”

“… … .”

If I were to go back to my family home like this, it would take at least ten days just to go back and forth.

Moreover, the biggest problem is that he secretly left the family.

I was able to get through that process quietly because Julia took great care of me.

‘If I go back like this and meet Julia… … .’

If you come here without solving even one simple problem like this and without any results, then it is proof of your own incompetence.

And this was no different from blocking one’s own path to success.

Gulp-.

Ben swallowed dry saliva and opened his mouth.

“Additional conditions… would that be okay?”

“of course.”

“You said it was a reward based on contribution. What level would you like to receive?”

“that…….”

Yuri smiled bashfully as she watched Ben, whose nervousness was evident at her words.

“I’ll talk to Julia directly later.”

“…yes?”

“All you have to do here is add what we discussed to the contract.”

“yes?”

“Why, you don’t like it? Would you like to coordinate the details regarding the additional compensation?”

“Oh, no!”

Ben waved his hands frantically.

‘I don’t know what that mercenary leader might ask for, so it would be reckless to handle it on my own!’

What if the mercenary captain demands compensation that is too high to afford?

So Yuri’s suggestion actually helped ease Ben’s burden, and his face brightened up right away.

“Then should we quickly write up a contract?”

“All right!”

Ben, fearing that Yuri’s mind would change, hurriedly took out the contract he had prepared in advance from his bosom.

Gunther, who was watching Yuri and Ben writing up the contract on the spot, muttered quietly.

“…a contract with the devil’s son.”

At those words, Arin and Poppy shook their heads.

“If it were me, I wouldn’t have done it.”

“hungry.”

They also watched to see how things were going.

But was Yuri’s suggestion really meant to ease Ben’s burden?

All three could have answered the question they asked themselves with an absolute no.

When they looked at Ben with pity while he was busy looking over the contract.

Tingle-!

The three people who met Yuri’s gaze, which was so fierce that it seemed as if telling them to keep their mouths shut, had to hurriedly shut their mouths and turn their heads.

Some time has passed since then.

Jizz-!

Yuri, who had neatly finished signing, smiled brightly as she held the contract in her bosom.

“It was a good deal, sir!”

Ben nodded as if he wasn’t used to Yuri’s speech, which had suddenly become formal as they shared the contract.

“Oh, no! Thank you too!”

“Okay, now that we’ve signed the contract, can you give me some brief information about this matter?”

“Of course!”

Ben seemed to have received instructions from Julia on this matter, and began to explain confidently and without hesitation.

“The war that divided Belgrade this time began about four months ago when the first prince of the Green Hood Alliance came down with a group of lumberjacks.”

“… A lumberjack from the Green Hood Alliance? Could you elaborate?”

When an unexpected giant appeared out of nowhere, not only Yuri’s but also the expressions of the other friends who had been spread out loosely hardened.

Ben, seeing them adjust their postures, began to tell the story in detail again.

***

Green Hood Coalition.

This organization, known to the world simply as the Green Hood, began as a loggers’ association in the Central Mountains.

A central mountain range between the two districts, now called Brivel and Belgrade.

Furthermore, this huge mountain range that divides the continent in two is connected to the Dale River, the lifeline of the continent, and if you cross the Dale River, the old capital of the Enlighten Empire appears.

Therefore, the central mountain range has been called the emperor’s timber window since ancient times, and many lumberjacks settled there and lived there.

This also meant that many loggers were completely dependent on the zodiac for their financial needs.

But around the time when the sword master was just beginning to emerge.

As the Empire fell into ruin, the loggers’ guild in the central mountains had to find a new way to survive.

And then the path they finally found was none other than the ‘mountain guide’.

The fastest land route between the east and west of the continent was over the central mountain range.

The commercially prosperous and administrative districts of Brivel and Belgrade were nearby.

Additionally, they had the physical strength and stamina built up from the harsh logging work, and the horsemanship made for logging.

The loggers, who wanted to take advantage of this, wore green hoods and introduced themselves as the Green Hoods, calling themselves the mountaineers of the central mountain range.

The Green Hoods thus created began to build and maintain roads in the central mountain range.

step.

[If you want to use the road we made, pay the toll!]

He became a paid mountain man, not a mountain man who volunteered for free.

And their life story was well-received.

A wide and comfortable road.

Protection from wild beasts and thieves.

Directions for unexpected situations.

Although it was a bit expensive, the consensus at the time was that the road they built was worth the toll.

Thanks to this, the early Green Hoods were able to amass quite a bit of wealth.

However, when one person succeeds, many others follow suit.

[Use our road! The toll on the road we made is cheaper!]

[No! The way we made is cheaper! Come here!]

Green Hood was in trouble as competitors appeared here and there, lowering their tolls.

[If this continues, I’ll starve to death!]

And whether he starves to death or fights to death, the outcome is the same, so Green Hood had no choice but to start a war.

A war over control of the central mountain range.

In the process, many people died, and new people joined the Green Hood repeatedly.

And so, more than ten years passed.

Finally, the true master of the Central Mountain Range was born.

The leader of the organization that had absorbed numerous mountaineer organizations and was now the ‘Green Hood Alliance’ called himself the lord of the mountaineers, the mountain lord.

And the continent was shaken by the first order given by that mountain lord.

[If you want to cross the Central Mountains in the future, use only the paths made by our Green Hood Union!]

Until now, using the mountaineers’ paths was optional for travelers.

But since it became mandatory, it was inevitable that there would be opposition.

but.

[Hahaha! You refuse? If you want to do it, then do it! But then you will fully understand the meaning of the blood we shed in this central mountain range!]

After more than a decade of war, the Green Hood Alliance were no longer simple lumberjacks and mountaineers.

The Green Hood Alliance, which has been transformed from a loggerhead group to a full-fledged armed group after a long war.

They were now nothing more than a bunch of ill-tempered bandits who called themselves mountaineers.

In fact, there were many cases where people who tried to cross the mountain range by a route other than the Green Hood’s path ended up becoming permanent guests who never returned.

Sensing a sense of crisis, the families of cities near the central mountain range took action.

but.

[You will pay the price for making fun of the mountain.]

From the days of the loggers to the Green Hood, these men had lived and fought in the mountains for tens and hundreds of years, and they could not be opposed in the mountains.

Rather, only a few of those who had gone out to punish them returned with their lives barely spared.

This once again sparked a war between the enraged families and the Green Hood.

Green Hood, who uses the mountain as a fortress and holds out.

A coalition between Briwell and Belgrade trying to conquer this somehow.

Their sluggish war came to an end just as the cradle built by the sword master was just beginning to make itself known to the world.

No, to be more precise, the war in the Central Mountains had not ended, but had entered a lull as the other clans could no longer easily overtake the Green Hood.

This was because the mountain lord who called himself the monarch of the central mountain range rose to the rank of a master at the age of 60.

Because of that one being, the fighting surrounding the central mountain range died down, and the situation as a result has continued to this day.

‘Is that guy, Sangun, called the greatest genius before Geomju and Yohan Yeong-gang-tang?’

It was said that Sangun, who is older than Geomju, is still active even though he is currently over 110 years old and is approaching 120 years old.

And the one who started the war in Belgrade this time is none other than the first disciple of that mountain army and the one called the first prince.

Of course, he was still called Confucius, but he was said to be already over eighty years old.

Yuri stroked her chin as she sorted through what she knew and what she had heard from Ben.

‘It was only four months ago that the man called Prince 1 came down to Belgrade leading the loggers.’

In that short period of time, he swept through the surrounding cities and fiefdoms and consolidated his power.

Ben explained that in an instant, the western part of Belgrade was engulfed.

Gunther asked a question to Yuri, who was organizing what she had heard in her head.

“What do you think?”

“what?”

“About what the Green Hood did this time. Why do you think they suddenly did something like this after having been crouching in the Central Mountains for decades?”

It seems that Yuri wasn’t the only one who was thinking about Ben’s explanation.

Yuri smiled and answered Gunther’s question, which seemed to be filled with concern.