episode_0094

As I followed Camilla, a lot of materials that could be used as weapon materials for them came out.

They gathered all kinds of miscellaneous items together to make weapons, and when they handed them over and used them, the residents of Ruthmire were able to compensate for their lack of attack power and attack the demon beasts.

Right then.

This message appeared.

-Tiring!

▶Achievement level increases significantly!◀

[Current achievement: 76%]

▶We succeeded in bringing about a result that went beyond the options!◀

I was prepared that the village residents would be harmed in this process and that the achievement level would drop.

However, the system accepted my judgment as the correct answer.

▶The villagers who received the weapons succeeded in eliminating the first demon on their own!◀

▶The morale of the villagers increases significantly!◀

Realistically, when I was able to deal with those magical beasts more efficiently, the system quickly popped up this window and acknowledged that my answer was right.

As expected, there was no need for me to step forward.

How rough and rough was their life?

If you think about it carefully, you could say that the reason they were unable to deal with those magical beasts was because they were scared rather than lack of information.

And then back to the present.

As I looked at the villagers holding down the demonic beasts with their own power, status windows popped up one after another.

-Tiring!

▶Episode II. You have cleared Shaking Hands Off!◀

▶Achievement has exceeded 80%!◀

▶This is a result that cannot be achieved with existing developments!◀

▶The hidden condition has been achieved. Compensation will be given based on the results beyond the selection!◀

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■Compensation

[The trust of the territory residents increases significantly. ]

[ Ruthmeyer is now able to create a security system on his own. ]

[The intimacy of the territory residents towards Karssein increases. ]

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Some content that wasn’t originally there has been added.

It was expected to some extent that Ruthmire was able to eliminate demonic beasts on his own and that his trustworthiness had increased.

There isn’t much to see about the rest, but the fact that there was no need to increase their intimacy through other sub-episodes shortened the time once again.

‘If this is the case… we can proceed with the plan right away.’

After Karssein completely took over the effective rule of Rusmire, it became Karssein’s land, not Bagland territory. The significance is so great that time reduction currently has the greatest meaning to me.

‘good. ‘I guess I’ll have to stay one more day today.’

It seemed like the option of kicking me out of this situation would never come up.

Right then.

“These guys! I came and you didn’t even say hello!”

-Tiring!

A man’s voice rang out from behind, and the status window turned on again.

▶Episode III. Certification as a permanent lord is in progress!◀

▶ Protect Ruthmire from other nobles and make it prosper! ◀

Link to the next episode.

It meant that I had to protect this Rusmire, which had become my territory, as a lord.

But, isn’t this supposed to pop up now?

If this appears, it means there is an enemy nearby.

‘…no way.’

I turn my head towards the direction where the voice just came from.

“There’s a black hood! Who are you to enter this territory without permission?!”

Then I immediately saw the guy pointing at me.

‘That guy appears here?’

***

It’s a face I’ve seen before.

Not me, Karssein.

Hemnon Modric.

I remember the name because I saw it at the memorial.

This was the guy that Karssein beat up to death for making an example of the guy who started a fight on Arina Vagrand’s coming-of-age ceremony. But why is that guy showing up here now?

Then the status window gave me an answer.

-Tiring!

▶There is a hostile target nearby!◀

▶Target: Hemnon Modric◀

‘aha. Is that something like that?’

Currently, I am working on Episode III and, as the lord of Ruthmire, I have to rebuild the territory.

However, if there is someone who shows hostility towards me at exactly this time, the reason is obviously dissatisfaction with the situation.

Because I don’t want Ruthmire, who took care of those demonic beasts on his own, to revive.

Because that Rusmire, who can have a great influence on the culture of the nobles, is not prospering.

That’s why they’re showing hostility toward me, who brought about this change.

I didn’t go to this branch when I was playing the game, but I think it’s probably because the Count Modric family has been interfering in this way that the intimacy has dropped a little each time I visit.

‘You had to catch me at some point and put pressure on me.’

And if that person is someone that I already know and that Karssein also knows, he can act as boldly as possible.

“Get out of here! How dare you say where this is…!”

-Sreung! Shock!

“Huh, huh?!”

“Master Hemnon!”

“This guy! How dare you aim your sword at Master Hemnon right now!!”

“Dare! How dare you do this to me!!”

oh. A hairstyle that suits you quite well was created.

The knights of this family were bandits, so do you think this is enough to make a living?

Then the thing scuttled around like a poisonous toad and shouted.

“Show your face hidden behind that hood right now and reveal your name! Because I have to look at his face first to decide what punishment to give!”

I took off my hood as if I had been waiting.

“I don’t think there’s any need for an introduction, right? Hemnon Modric.”

“Yes, you are…! Karssein, Bagland…!”

It looks like they recognized me too.

Then it’s better. There is no need to wander around without knowing who someone is like other knights.

“Well, I know you remember me. You must not forget this.”

“Ugh, ugh!”

As I held the sword to his throat, the poisonous toad’s complexion turned pale.

“You asked me how dare you enter this territory? Are you saying something like that even after trespassing on someone else’s territory?”

“Someone else’s territory? This is Ruthmeyer. What is that…”

Ok.

“It is my territory, certified by the imperial family. If you check the time, it will still be time before the official document arrives.”

“Seo, are you saying that Bagland bought this road?!”

Hemnon’s eyes were so round that they seemed about to pop out.

He knows very well that it’s not a fake. Because it was given permission directly by the imperial family, not anywhere else.

However, Hemnon also said the same thing as those knights.

“Hmm. for a moment. I read it slowly, and it’s not Bagland Territory, but your territory?”

The pale complexion begins to return.

His eyes folded to form half-moon eyes, and he immediately grabbed the book.

“Shatren’s shame is clearly remembered by all the people of the empire. Do you want to become a lord here?”

The guy shrugged his shoulders jokingly.

“I don’t know if the imperial family would have given permission. Are you a lord? Haha, that’s absurd! I guess a territory will be destroyed this time too, right?”

The sarcasm shouted at the residents of Ruthmeier territory.

“You all know Shatrene’s figures well. What was happening was that a thriving estate was ruined in an instant due to the intervention of one person. But, are you still going to accept this man as your lord? Maybe you should think again?”

This can be seen as a truly blatant intention.

What does it mean to mention Shatren’s shame to the people in the territory?

It was clear that he was trying to threaten this position by talking about his qualifications as a lord and sowing distrust.

It was something I was prepared to do anyway, and it’s a phrase I’ve seen countless times in games.

It is clear that they will be shaken to some extent.

I was planning on ignoring it and waiting for an option.

Until just now.

“You’re laughing! It’s so much better than having a bastard like you pretend to run our village!”

“Besides, what? management? Instead of helping me properly, I came late every day!”

“You even had to collect a cleanup fee from poor villages. How is that helping?!”

“You even hurt the people in our village and didn’t even apologize!”

-Tiring!

▶You will receive help because the intimacy with certain territory residents has exceeded a certain level!◀

▶Words related to Shatren’s shame do not cause agitation among the residents of Ruthmire Territory!◀

‘…This is how it goes.’

I didn’t mean to, but there’s no need to get involved.

They are on my side now. No, to be exact…

‘The entire Ruthmire estate is supporting me.’

Is it because of intimacy?

That being said, this is the situation. It’s not that bad.

Hemnon began to panic as the three boys, including Kiyan, and Deanna shouted.

“How dare these guys! Are you going to insult me now? There you guys! Get those guys out of this place right now!”

““Yes!””

-Kang!

“Who moves what they want? I am the lord of this place.”

“Ugh…!”

“Bite the soldiers. If you fight back with force, I won’t remain silent either.”

Even though it is Karssein’s territory, the moment you draw your sword, you will also be at odds with Bagland.

Since Hemnon was clearly aware of this fact, he had no choice but to click his tongue and tell them to back off.

Perhaps because he knew that he couldn’t mess with those who had already turned their backs on him, this time he turned the topic to Ruthmeier.

“I understand well that Ruthmeier has become your land. So now I can say it out loud. I would like to receive compensation from you.”

“What compensation?”

“ I, Hemnon Modric, managed this estate on my behalf, as it had never had an owner. Even now, I came with knights to deal with those demonic beasts. No matter how much sophistry they talk about, there are still documents showing that this side was taken care of!”

Hemnon majestically handed me the documents.

Thanks to this, I was able to get one more piece of information that I couldn’t get in the game.

‘So this bastard ripped off everything in the village and there was nothing left?’

Not only did they take the sweep fee, but also the corpse of the demon beast. Moreover, they even isolated it by turning it into a territory with no development potential, so there was nothing left.

When I was playing the game, it was just empty and there was nothing to write about, but now that I came quickly, that was all that was left.

I don’t want to just let this go.

-Tiring!

‘oh?’

I never thought there would be so many choices.

It was really nice to use.

“Hump Hum. So, you should get about 50,000 pesels as compensation… Ugh!”

As if there was nothing more to hear, I grabbed Hemnon by the collar and dragged him down to the floor.

“Such a bastard…! What kind of behavior is this to the person who helped your village!!”

[ 1. (Grabbing Hemnon by the collar and dragging him down) I am the one who should receive the compensation? ]

“If we look at it in detail, I am the one who should receive compensation. So, you should get off your horse, right?”

“What, what?!”

“Kiyan!”

“Yes! My lord!”

“Melik, bring those guys with Tony.”

The three boys’ expressions brightened at those words.

The residents were still in a state of bewilderment, but so were they. His face was filled with anticipation as he saw the three men being dragged along, tied tightly with rope.

On the contrary, Hemnon’s expression became stiff. It seems that these knights took orders from him.

Then I had nothing to lose.

-puck!

“Pretty good!”

When I pressed my foot on his stomach, he made the sound of a pig slitting his throat.

“What is this! Are you planning to escalate the problem due to family issues?”

“The Count’s knights committed evil acts on my territory. The fact that they did not ask for toll and did not open the road to the end despite the argument was not the family’s fault, but the fault of the count family.”

“Well, even if that’s the case, I don’t know about it! That’s their…! Pretty hehe!”

“Aren’t they the knights of Count Modric? Since you caused damage to another territory, you should pay compensation, right? Or is that the law of Count Modric?”

I returned it in the same way and the guy held up two fingers.

“Kuhek, kehehe! I’ll give you 20,000 pesels off. Is it done?!”

-Tiring!

▶The compensation amount of 20,000 pessel has been deducted!

▶You can then select additional actions from the options.

[ 1. That’s all? The damage they received is even greater. Cut more. ]

[ 2. (Raising the foot that stepped on Hemnon) That’s all. ]

[ 3. Deduct compensation in another way. ]

Of course, number 3 is the correct answer.

Starting from 50,000 pesels is already ridiculous, but the remaining 30,000 pesels is also a significant amount of money, and must be reduced to avoid committing a crazy act of exploiting all that is left.

If you think about it carefully, there are enough hints given.

“How do you explain that those knights are actually bandits who were plundering Ruthmire? Does Count Modric use bandits instead of knights as guards?”

Hemnon Modric’s expression suddenly distorted.

The knight of Count Modric was actually a bandit. Even if the tail is cut off, unpleasant news should not spread throughout the world.

Realizing that he needed to compensate in order to prevent this news from spreading, he raised two fingers again.

“I will cut 20,000 more pessels! For your information, I don’t know about this!”

-Tiring!

▶The compensation amount of 20,000 pesels was deducted, for a total of 40,000 pesels!

▶You can then select additional actions from the options.

“Is that the end?”

The option that pops up again.

I chose option 3 this time too.

10,000 pessel is not everything.

That’s right, the purpose of this is not to deduct the compensation amount, but to extract more.

“Again, what else is there!”

“That document contains all the history of your use of this territory. You might guess something, right?”

“History of use…?”

Hemnon’s mouth slowly opened and burst open.

okay. There’s no way you can’t guess.

He walked on this territory for free, but when the people of Ruthmire’s territory tried to use the road, the knights did not give it to them and instead tried to charge a toll fee.

That alone was a contradiction.

“But that’s because the people of the territory…!”

“This is Barak, the representative of Ruthmire Territory. We follow your will.”

“Ugh..!”

The lord and the lord became one and repaid all of Hemnon’s compensation.

“Ah, I got it! Let’s pretend that all compensation has been paid off!”

When you put pressure on him, Hemnon twirls his tail.

The knights were trying to run away, saying they had nothing to do anymore so they should stop.

The options have already ended here and there are no more options, so it seems like this branch will be resolved like this.

No matter how much I thought about it, I felt like it couldn’t end like this.

I blocked Hemnon’s path again.

“Hey. Where are you going? There are still some left.”

“Isn’t it really the end this time!”

“Don’t be funny. Even if you add up all the tolls that have been collected so far, it is well over 10,000 pesels.”

“Nonsense! No matter how expensive the toll is, it’s still… pretty hehe!”

When I step on my foot again, the sound of a pig squealing comes out.

Aren’t you the one who said that “ managed this rugged place? You’re going to write down the only flat road in that place and even hit the toll price?”

“Ah, I got it! At the price you suggested, shouldn’t we just go for that price?”

Hemnon, who was struggling due to the pressure on his stomach, quickly ordered his knights to bring him a bag of gold coins.

Although I obtained it by beating it up, I think this amount can be used for the village’s recovery.

“This is really the end now, right?”

“No?”

I pointed my index finger at this land.

“Toll for today. Since there are 6 people, should I leave behind the tolls for 6 people?”

The sound of teeth grinding came from Hemnon.

***

When I advised him to pay the toll regularly from now on since I was appointed here, his face turned bright red. He was caught because of something he said, but he couldn’t even say anything.

The guy obediently paid the money and went back. Because the toll was quite expensive, this alone was enough to make the villagers hold their tongues.

-Tiring!

▶Count Modric can no longer touch the Rusmire territory!◀

▶The power of the nobles who were harassing Ruthmayer is broken!◀

▶Two of the episode clear conditions have been achieved!◀

[Remaining conditions 2/4]

‘There are two left.’

This situation in which the Rusmire estate is being ostracized by the nobles is permeated with complex reasons.

Not only is the invasion of magical beasts and pressure from nobles, but the financial situation is also bad, and this must be covered in other ways.

In order to carry out a full-fledged plan here, we have to run several sub-episodes to gain their trust and increase intimacy.

I guess there’s no need for that.

“What can we do in the future? Master.”

-Tiring!

▶The reputation of Ruthmire Territory has risen to B rank!◀

▶Residents follow Karssein’s orders. Performance varies depending on the level of difficulty.◀

This territory is already ready to accept my orders.