Imperial Guard - Chapter 90



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“What is your family background?”

“Nice to meet you, I am the son of Count Kier.”

“Ah, you are the son of Count Kier. Forgive my rudeness, but please go inside.”

Swish-.

A man who identified himself as the son of Count Kier entered the waiting room for the finalists.

This was a makeshift party venue where the finalists of the Yongbong Branch, who will be responsible for the future of the continent, could socialize.

The nobles gathered in groups of three or five from all over the place and conversed.

‘There aren’t any fun guys. As expected, that guy Lael was the funniest···.’

Kyle, with his huge body, arrived first and was looking over the faces of the finalists.

If you were participating in the Yongbongjihoe, you would be picking up a sword and sparring right away, but you are enjoying the party.

He couldn’t understand it.

‘I guess I didn’t need to attend the social gathering after all.’

This is where the magpies gather.

The real strong don’t attend these parties.

If I think about it, it was really lucky that I met Rael on the street.

I’ve decided to introduce the three men later, so I guess I’ll have to wait until then.

“What family are you from?”

Even as Kyle thought about that, the security check at the entrance continued.

“doesn’t exist.”

“Are you a commoner?”

“you’re right.”

“I am Reka of the Soman Counts of the Kingdom of Vanessa.”

“···yes?”

“This kid still doesn’t seem to understand the situation······!”

Kwak-!

Reka’s fist landed in the stomach of the common knight.

“Sigh···.”

“Aren’t you going to close your eyes? Don’t be annoying and just stay curled up in a corner.”

The commoner knight, groaning as if in pain, bowed his head and went inside.

The nobles who saw this giggled and pointed at the knight.

‘What an uncivilized act.’

Kyle frowned at the sight of such nobles.

And he asked the nobleman next to him.

“Hey, why are these guys doing this?”

Kyle couldn’t understand why anyone would do such a stupid thing.

There was no reason for the nobles who came to participate in the Yongbong branch to harass the commoners.

“We are high-ranking nobles.”

“So, what does being a high-ranking noble have to do with harassing commoner knights?”

“···? What are you talking about? That’s my heart.”

Kyle gave up on the conversation from then on.

When I looked at the expressions of the common knights, I saw a look of resignation, as if they were humiliated but had no choice.

In this era, there was an impassable wall between the nobility and the commoners.

It’s a wall that doesn’t allow you to even utter a sound no matter what happens.

‘Are these guys really the nobles of the Millennium Empire, Kamen, and the Kingdom of Vanessa?’

After several such unpleasant welcome ceremonies, Kyle stood up from his seat, looking at the disgusting nobles.

Those from the Jeongcheon Alliance and the desert kingdom of Nagor were gathered in a corner.

In other words, the nobles leading this action were all from the Kamen Empire and the Vanessa Kingdom.

Kyle felt terribly embarrassed by that fact.

“I can’t stand it anymore! You’d rather fight me than…!”

Thud. Thud.

At that moment, a man came in, grumbling.

The nobleman of the Soman Count family of the Kingdom of Vanessa, who was standing in front of the door, asked a question with a chuckle.

“Hmm? Which family do you belong to?”

“Family? There’s no such thing.”

“No family? Are you from a commoner background?”

“Yeah. What are you doing, conducting a survey of men? I heard that only those who have advanced to the finals are gathered here.”

“Hey, you’re a commoner… Do you know who I am?”

Reka smiled and raised her fist.

“Huh? Hey, wait a minute! Stop!”

Kyle screamed as he saw the man coming in.

That guy was one you should never mess with!

“I don’t know. But what kind of kid are you?”

Rael immediately raised his fist.

*

“Anyway, these days, people who are still young are learning discrimination. Huh? It’s not like they became nobles because they were good.”

“···That’s true.”

Kyle swallowed as he watched Rael casually bring up words that denied the present age.

“By the way, the finalists are nothing special either.”

“Rael. But is that okay?”

“what?”

“Rael. Reka of the Soman Count family is a fairly high-ranking noble even in the Kingdom of Vanessa. If you beat up someone like that….”

Kyle said with a worried look in his eyes.

He respected Rael, but the gap between commoners and nobles was certainly high.

“I joined the Yongbongjihoe to beat up those guys. And didn’t you see that guy hit me first?”

“···.”

Kyle blinked as he looked at Rekka, who was still lying on the floor.

He staggered down after being hit in the buttocks with a single punch.

As Rael said, there won’t be any problems.

Unlike other common knights, he was said to be an honorary knight of the Gaia Church, so if it was self-defense and not simple assault, there is a high chance that he will be forgiven.

Even Count Soman would not break away from the church because of something like this.

“Those kids will lose to me if they meet me at the Yongbong branch. You pig. If you were born a man, you should educate those idiots.”

“You came in just as I was about to get up and stop you. And I’m Kyle, not a pig.”

“There are two jokes in one sentence.”

“Really!”

Kyle cried out as if he was being wronged, but Rael paid no attention and just looked into the corner.

“By the way, what are those guys in the corner?”

“··· Those wearing flowing clothes are the desert warriors of the desert kingdom of Nagor. And those wearing military uniforms are the knights of the Jeongcheon Alliance.”

“Aha, it’s them?”

The warriors of Nagor had dark skin, as if they had tanned, as befitting those from the desert. In contrast, the men of Jeongcheonmaeng looked similar to the disciples of the martial arts novels that Rael had in mind.

No matter how you look at it, they don’t seem like guys fit for medieval fantasy.

“Kyle. I have a question. Why is Jeongcheonmaeng called Jeongcheonmaeng?”

“To walk the path.”

“So, what is the degree?”

“I don’t know either.”

“···Well, there’s no way you would know.”

What would a guy who only thinks about fighting know?

Rael turned his head and looked at Nagor’s warriors.

“Don’t you know anything about the desert kingdom of Nagor?”

“Nagor? They are quite excellent warriors, but they are a sinister bunch. They are always pessimistic about their situation, being stuck in the desert rather than in the center of the continent. They probably have a strong hostility towards the Empire and the Kingdom of Vanessa.”

“I think I’ve heard that before.”

In the original work, they are described as bombs that could explode at any moment.

‘Jeongcheonmaeng is a bunch of strange guys whose identity is unknown… The Desert Kingdom is made up of terrorists who could explode at any moment. And the Vanessa Kingdom is made up of traitorous children who side with the Demon Tribe.’

Rael nodded, thinking of other countries.

The continent was quickly assessed.

‘This is just a world of idiots.’

The thousand-year empire of Carmen is nothing but a wasteland, and other countries have no prospects either.

How did we save humanity in this situation?

Lucas.

He looks amazing today.

“Sir Rael. You are here.”

“Brother Rael! Huh? Who are you?”

Just then Lucas and Carlson also entered the waiting room.

“Oh, oh. The Three Heroes of the Empire!”

Kyle jumped up from his seat at the strong momentum he felt.

“Fight me!”

“···Brother. Who is this person?”

“He’s crazy. Don’t worry about it.”

Rael was finally able to ignore Kyle.

*

Rael left the makeshift party venue after throwing Lucas and Carlson to Kyle.

If the three of us spar, our skills will probably improve.

‘I wanted to see that guy Belen’s face… but he didn’t participate.’

Rael’s target was Belen, but he seemed to have no intention of making friends.

‘Why didn’t real people like Belen participate in the fellowship?’

With that thought in his mind, Rael entered the beggar’s den in District 5.

Now that Bagus had grown in size and branches were popping up all over the empire, the fastest way to get proper information was to come to the Beggars’ Den.

“Sir, what did you find out?”

Lael asked Bagus to find out what was behind this Yongbongji meeting.

Even something very small would be good. If Rael knew the original, he might be able to come up with something.

“Don’t worry, Rael. I’ve found out a ton of information. It’s so great that you’d be retarded not to know it.”

“Really? What is that?”

“It’s gambling.”

“···.”

Is this menopausal depression?

He started talking nonsense again.

Rael said with a sigh.

“Now, Mr. Janis, listen to me. I’ve come up with a really good business idea. It’s so good, why hasn’t anyone done it before? Are they all idiots? Now, do you know who’s the idiot?”

“Who is it?”

“You’re an idiot. Other people think too. Do you think people haven’t thought about gambling? There’s a reason why people don’t.”

“···Why are you saying that?”

“That’s because you’re not in your right mind and are just talking nonsense. When I tell you to find out information, what kind of gambling is that?”

People should earn money honestly.

Because Rael always had such thoughts in his mind, he hated gambling so much!

“Gambling… Yeah. Well, you said that among your friends, there was a guy who was into dice gambling. What is he doing now? You shouldn’t live like that guy.”

“···That friend?”

Rael thought of his friend who had surpassed his limits while playing dice and had become the hope of the Knights of the Silver Cross.

Thinking about that sullen face made me angry again.

“What the fuck… this fucking world! Aaaah!”

“Why, why are you suddenly getting angry? And Rael… shouldn’t you at least hear what kind of gamble it is?”

“Ha, okay. Tell me. What is it?”

Rael asked with a sigh.

It’s nothing. I’m going to tear this shithole down today···.

“It’s a gamble to guess the winner of the Yongbongjihoe main tournament.”

“···.”

Lael’s eyes narrowed at Zenith’s words.

“Is that legal?”

“Of course it’s legal. It’s led by the Empire.”

Rael thought back to the sloppy guys he had seen earlier.

They were the ones who advanced to the Yongbong branch main event.

‘Even if you think that the really good guys don’t come out like Belen… aren’t most of them idiots?’

Gambling with those idiots?

The empire is pouring money into the earth with shovels.

“······Can I bet on myself?”

“It’s not impossible, right? But didn’t you tell me not to gamble?”

“When did I say that? I should have told you earlier that it was a good gamble. You crazy old man.”

“···.”

Is this also my fault?

Janice sat at her desk with a sullen look on her face.

“Rael.”

At that time, Clara approached Rael, who was wondering how to get the cash to gamble.

“Hey, what’s going on?”

“This is something I personally looked into because I was concerned about it···.”

Clara, the goddess of suicide.

He followed Rael’s requests better than anyone else.

He gathered all the information he could about the Yongbong branch meeting, saying that it would not be peaceful.

“The Desert Kingdom Nagor’s movements are strange.”

“Desert Kingdom Nagor?”

That place is taken care of by Lucas, who joined hands with Jeongcheonmaeng.

“It seems like they’re joining hands with the warlocks.”

“Warlocks…? Those guys are still here?”

After the Warlock’s rebellion.

I thought the Empire had run out of warlocks.

“Yeah. I think they’re probably looking for these.”

“A rotten and decayed corpse… and a pure soul?”

Rael felt a bit uneasy as he looked over the information Clara had given him.

At first glance, these are unusual mediums.

‘It definitely feels like something is going to happen.’

Despite his concerns, the main event of the Yongbong branch began a few days later.