The Lazy Genius of the Duke - Chapter 38



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The Lazy Genius of the Duke’s Family (38)

It’s not a person, it’s a monster (3)

Amblan looked at Benio with admiration. He had admired him when he saw him fight monsters, but this admiration was of a completely different kind.

‘Simple and bold.’

Benio, who fought against monsters, grew at a rapid pace. He adapted at an astonishing speed to where and with what strength he had to fight the monsters to easily fight them.

But Benio was good at dealing with people.

As he had done with many people before, Benio played with his opponent’s emotions and his skills were also overwhelming.

That’s why Benio was able to subdue the unlicensed mercenaries in an instant.

“Ugh.”

“Kuaaaah.”

Benio did not kill a single mercenary. This made Amblanc even more amazed. Benio deliberately subdued the mercenaries without killing them, thereby making the remaining ones even more discouraged.

Fearing that he might become like them, Benio used it to overcome his numerical superiority.

Benio glanced at the mercenaries rolling around on the ground, then walked towards the one who had first tried to throw a hatchet at Benio.

The bastard lost his arm first and then passed out, but Benio stabbed him in the thigh without a moment’s hesitation.

“Eww!”

Then the guy who had lost consciousness woke up screaming. This was because he had not fainted in the first place, but was pretending to faint.

As Benio flipped the bastard over, the poisoned dagger that he had been trying to sneak at Benio while pretending to faint fell off with a thud.

‘Huh, you knew about such a vile move in advance?’

That’s something you would never know if you didn’t have experience. But Benio caught the guy who pretended to faint as if he knew.

Benio sat down on the bastard’s belly. He twisted the sword in his thigh once or twice, and the bastard let out a shriek.

“Let me ask you something.”

“Eek! Yes, I will answer. I will answer!”

It was a mistake to rush in after seeing one young-looking guy and one injured guy. The unlicensed mercenary, who never dreamed that they would be strong enough to take them all down, answered with blood gushing from his severed arm.

“How can unlicensed mercenaries roam freely through the territory of the Self-Governing Province?”

“That, that’s because Viscount Dudek personally hired us!”

“Your Highness?”

Benio turned his head and looked at Amblan. Amblan shook his head.

“That can’t be true. Do you think the Count would go crazy and fight with the Mercenary Guild?”

The proportion of force that a mercenary guild has in a territory is much more absolute the lower the rank. For counts and above, private soldiers overwhelm mercenaries, but for viscounts and below, there are many places where a mercenary guild is necessary to maintain peace in the territory.

That’s the same for Dudek Yeongji.

Since most of the territory’s soldiers were blocking Dudek Mountain, a mercenary guild was essential to maintain security within the territory.

“Is that so?”

“Kwaaak!”

As Benio twisted his sword slightly, the creature let out another shriek, as tears began to stream down its face.

“Oh, that’s right. So it’s safe for us to roam around here….”

“You have no sense. You’d be better off asking someone else.”

This guy was the one leading the unlicensed mercenaries who attacked him. That’s why he kept thinking. Even though it was obvious to his eyes that he was using his bad brain, he kept doing it.

“Eek! No, I will answer properly.”

“Really? Then I’ll believe you for now.”

“Go, thank you….”

Crunch!

“Eww!”

Benio cut off the bastard’s ear with a single stroke of his dagger.

“You deserve to be paid for bothering me.”

At that moment, the mercenary surrendered completely. He surrendered to the unhesitating violence wielded by Benio.

Ambulance watched young Benio cook up a seasoned, unlicensed mercenary in a way he could.

‘How could that be?’

Benio showed no hesitation as he cut off the man’s arm and subdued the mercenaries. He didn’t even blink at the blood spurting out, as if he had experienced it dozens of times.

Then Amblan became even more confident.

Benio had a secret he had kept hidden until now, and because of it he brought upon himself notoriety in the Academy.

As he had finally revealed his presence by becoming an Auror user, Amblan could sense that a great storm was brewing in the Kepler household.

“Yes, with the Allied Knights declaring a strike, the damage to the Territory soldiers is starting to increase as they try to stop the monsters coming down from Dudek Mountain. That, that’s why I believe they hired us.”

“Strike?”

“Yes. That’s all I know….”

The United Knights are a knight order stationed here to act as a fence to prevent monsters from jumping out when the Dudekling collapses.

So they go on strike?

This means that there is some friction between Viscount Dudek and the United Knights.

“Hmm….”

Benio realized that he had heard everything he could from the guy. He figured that since he was a wandering dog, this was probably all he knew.

“The Knights Templar are on strike? Looks like something happened.”

Ambulance agreed with Benio. The Knights’ strike meant they were not doing their jobs.

“you.”

Benio stepped on the chest of the man who was lying down and sighing in relief. The man trembled as if he had been shocked by electricity.

“Why, why are you doing that?”

“How many other unlicensed mercenaries are there besides you?”

“About, three hundred people….”

“You’ve gathered quite a few people.”

Benio stripped the men of their clothes. Then he tore the clothes into long strips and tied the arms of the fallen men.

“Get up. Or I’ll cut off those useless legs.”

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It was only after Benio said that Amblan realized that he had intentionally injured only the mercenaries’ upper bodies.

Except for the leader, only the places where walking is possible were cleared. At Benio’s frosty voice, the unlicensed mercenaries jumped to their feet.

“For now, I’ll hand these guys over to the mercenary guild. You should go to the temple first.”

Benio said that to Amblan. But Amblan shook his head. Curses are curses, but Amblan felt the need to gather information about the current situation in Dudek.

“It’s okay. It seems like the most urgent task is to understand the situation here.”

Benio nodded.

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The Mercenary Guild was located in the northern center of Dudek-ryeong. The northern center of Dudek-ryeong was a commercial district where everything was related to monsters.

From places to buy monster byproducts, slaughter monster corpses, and laboratories where experiments are conducted on monster corpses, to places selling monster-specific equipment, inns, restaurants, and bars.

The northern district of Dudekryeong was literally a mercenary paradise.

And Benio, seeing the temple right next to the mercenary guild, said to Amblan.

“I’ll hand it over. Please go quickly.”

“I’ll be back shortly.”

Since the temple was not far from the mercenary guild and there was a temple nearby for the injured, Amblan thought it would be better to go there quickly.

After breaking up with him, Benio entered the mercenary guild with unlicensed mercenaries.

“Who are you?”

The Mercenary Guild was a place to receive requests and confirm completion, so it had a small pub inside.

There was a place that sold beer because mercenaries did not come here to drink tea in a classy manner, and they also came here to exchange information or meet people when they received a request.

And the bartenders there usually double as hostesses.

As Benio entered, the mercenaries who were resting scattered here and there looked up with sparkling eyes. This was because Benio had dragged in several mercenaries like a rope tied with string.

“I came to report unlicensed mercenaries.”

When Benio said that, the mercenaries’ gazes changed. At the mention of unlicensed mercenaries, they began to glare at the people Benio had brought as if they were going to eat them.

But the bartender’s reaction was different.

“Haa… Just let me go.”

“Let go?”

“exactly.”

Benio frowned slightly. This was completely different from the attitude the Mercenary Guild had toward unlicensed mercenaries.

The bartender shrugged as Benio looked at him with those eyes.

“I guess I can’t use them since I’ve already created the cripples. Have a seat. Would you like a drink?”

Benio shook his head. Then the bartender said,

“We don’t like unlicensed mercenaries either. But it’s true that the number of people fighting in the canyon has decreased thanks to the United Knights.”

Knights were known to usually act as 100 times the role of regular soldiers, as one could only become a knight if one was a basic Aura user.

But the knights of that United Knights Order are on strike.

With 50 drivers on strike, that means 5,000 drivers are out of work.

“That’s why they hired unlicensed mercenaries. They’re turning a blind eye to it.”

“Hmm….”

In short, these unlicensed mercenaries are a necessary evil in Dudekyeong. However, those who were called to fight monsters were ruining public order.

“They tried to kill me and rob me. Should I just let them go?”

“what?”

The bartender’s eyes turned cold at Benio’s words. The mercenaries around him began to look murderous. As a result, the unlicensed mercenaries who had been brought in began to tremble like aspen leaves.

“Are you a mercenary?”

“I’m taking the ranking test. I’m from the Academy branch.”

The bartender’s gaze grew even more fierce at Benio’s words. He realized immediately that being from the academy meant that Benio was a cadet and had come for field training.

And there are many noble children in the academy.

If Benio was a nobleman and had been mistreated by them while on a field training mission, the noble family would have filed a formal complaint to the mercenary guild.

“How dare you, unlicensed, touch a mercenary?”

If that’s the case, then there’s no reason to let it go. If you’re not fighting monsters, but people, and especially mercenaries from the mercenary guild, then that’s fine.

“James!”

“I’ll handle it.”

The mercenaries rose up in a swarm and dragged the men away. The unlicensed mercenaries begged and cried as they were dragged away, but all they got in return was a vicious beating.

After the unlicensed mercenaries were dragged out, the bartender offered us a drink.

“You must have had a hard time. Have a drink.”

He handed me the drink with an apologetic expression. It seemed he was sorry for just telling me to let it go. Benio nodded and lifted his glass.

“It seems like it’s not the internship period yet since there’s a grade test at the Academy branch. Well, that’s fine, but what’s your request?”

“I’m transporting goods.”

“Who is the recipient?”

For the delivery or escort of goods, you must obtain information again from the guild at the destination. This is because the information held by the guild that received the request may have changed.

“I’m sick of this.”

But when Benio mentioned the name of Apul Dudek, the third son of Count Dudek, the bartender’s expression changed.

“Are you talking about the third son of Count Dudek?”

“I heard that.”

“I can’t do that request.”

The bartender said as if confirming it. Then he clicked his tongue and added.

“That’s too bad. Of all the requests, I had to take that one. Sometimes, there are requests like that. You don’t want to fail, but you can’t help but fail.”

“Why?”

Then the bartender shrugged and said, wiping the glass.

“The reason the Knights Templar went on strike was because of Apul Dudek. Apul Dudek caused an accident, and that was the one that caused the Knights Templar to give up.”

“What does that have to do with my request?”

All Benio has to do is deliver the items to Apul Dudek. The bartender clicked his tongue as if to say that it was a good idea.

“That’s because it’s impossible. Apul Dudek is currently imprisoned. He was imprisoned by Viscount Dudek because he touched a forbidden power. How can I meet him in prison even if I try to deliver the goods?”

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