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The city I arrived in after a day of sleeping in the open was shocking.

“Is this… a city?!”

People were dumping sewage, feces and urine into the moat surrounding the city.

Dirty, smelly, fly-infested entrance to the city.

It is definitely impossible to cross this moat barefoot.

“Amazing! Luisi, are other cities like this?”

“Yes, unless it is where the old imperial city was originally located, right? But this moat is not maintained at all…”

From my memory as a priest, the estate where the bishop lived was clean… Was it a city from the old empire?

I hesitated to go into the city for a moment, but since I came this far, I decided to just go in.

It’ll be better inside the city.

I hurried into the city and was speechless upon discovering a slum made up of wooden boards and hay.

It is a flimsy structure, with the floor roughly filled with hay and the walls and roof made of wooden planks.

There were even so many broken parts that I was able to take a peek inside.

“The city is more messed up than the village outside.”

The village had well-built houses.

I lamented and entered the city through the slums.

Fortunately, the inside appears to be relatively intact.

But the atmosphere of the people was strange.

There are people who look dangerous among the passers-by.

After walking a bit, I was able to find a large inn, where fortunately the people seemed to be fine.

The people in the inn are all merchants, porters, and mercenaries.

They also seemed to belong to a single group, and the number seemed to be over 50.

In a world where monsters much more powerful than beasts roamed around, it was inevitable that a small group of merchants would die if they came and went from territory to territory, so it was inevitable that this merchant group would become large.

I went to the innkeeper, found a small room, and continued the conversation.

“This is my first time seeing this face.”

“I came to this territory recently, and the conditions of the territory were strange. Trolls are running around… Do you know anything?”

“Troll? Oh, are you from the west? I heard there are trolls there eating people. But everywhere else, there are just groups of orcs and goblins running around. There is no one as big as a troll.”

I felt disappointed by his words.

It’s a shame, but I guess I’ll have to try it with the heart of a troll.

“Really? But why are the territory borders and the city like this?”

“That’s…”

The innkeeper looked around and whispered in a low voice.

“It’s because of Maguel.”

“Maguel? Who is that?”

“Maguel is the head of an underworld clan in the slums of this city. Robbery, drugs, theft, human trafficking… there’s nothing they don’t do. When that guy went wild, the atmosphere of the city was ruined.”

“Darkside… I’ve heard of something like that in this territory.”

I originally tried to collect auras here, but the knight’s training method didn’t work for me, so I stopped.

“Except for the lord’s main city, this is the largest city in this domain, and in fact, it has become no different from Maguel’s private land.”

“Really? What about Yeongju?”

“There is a rumor that Maguel actually killed the knights of the lord who tried to capture him. Also, I don’t know how much money I paid, but that pig bishop, Alphys, also takes Maguel’s side.”

“That strong?”

“Yes, there are rumors that he is a escaped knight… There are also rumors that he is a magician, and there are also rumors that he is actually a were beast.”

“The lord has no power and the priest is corrupt… tsk tsk.”

I clicked my tongue and ordered a meal with Luisi.

Salted meat and gray bread.

This was also a bit extravagant, and the commoners here had bread or porridge mixed with saw as their staple food.

There is also a soup at an inn where all kinds of ingredients are mixed together, but I can’t eat that because of my stomach.

‘I lost my appetite. ‘It just tastes better eating food I brought from Earth.’

For some reason, Luisi ate roughly cooked instant food, beef jerky, and biscuits without complaint.

I entered the inn room on the second floor, sat cross-legged, and took out the troll’s heart.

Three hearts a little bigger than your fist.

I tried to see if I could absorb the power without eating it, but it was impossible.

Predation is the basic action of absorbing the power of an opponent.

I realized it again and put my heart in my mouth.

Kwasik

Bye bye

Eating the heart was hard work.

A fishy smell, a taste of blood, and muscles that are tougher than rubber.

After barely swallowing it all, I focused on the central and central organs, the virtual organs of blood source qigong.

Originally, it was a place responsible for the absorption of energy and blood, but in the end, the auror was also able to sufficiently influence the range of vitality.

I chewed and swallowed the rest of my heart and concentrated on absorbing the Aura.

A moment after swallowing all the heart, I could feel the aura being absorbed and blooming within me.

“Hmm… feeling uncomfortable?”

Energy and blood and aurors were facing each other and confronting each other within the body.

I moved my body simply, but the simultaneous operation of these forces was difficult.

“We need to combine this…”

Perhaps because it existed separately, there was nothing added to strengthen the body.

I thought about it, recalling how true energy was added to the paranormal spirit and it became magical energy.

It won’t be easy to merge.

First, I experimented with circulating the blood source qigong with all my might to see if the auras could naturally mix together.

***

Whoa whoa

The blood-red energy that follows my body as it circulates within my body.

Even if the circulation was accelerated to the point where a very small portion of the energy and blood in the body evaporated and circulated around the body, the aura and energy and blood did not mix.

“Phew… we need more fundamental research.”

I thought about this as I relaxed my body from a day of practicing Qigong.

Demonic energy was created not from the collision of energy and psychic energy, but from the erosion process of the mind itself.

Fusion occurred through the fundamental part of the mind.

So what does the fusion of Qi and Aura do to the erosion of life?

I thought of were beasts and then shook my head.

“That was the action of magical power. It’s not life.”

Moreover, Marvas’s scheme was insidious and deep.

Can I, who is the difference between heaven and earth on a magical level, resist his spiritual erosion?

I acknowledged the failure of aura and energy fusion and prepared to leave the city.

In the kingdom, the nobles monopolized information, so it was difficult to find the knowledge I wanted.

But things are different in lawless areas.

In the end, all goals resulted in going into a lawless area.

“Lucy… went to the market.”

After checking with the barbell, I went out to buy a blanket and water.

I could have brought water with me, but then it would have been inconvenient because I would have to travel back and forth with the earth too much.

So, when the opportunity arose, he ordered Luisi to supply water.

I gathered my bags and left the inn, intending to join Luisi and leave the city right away.

“Hmm?”

As I step outside the inn, I feel the eyes of surveillance on me.

‘what? Could it be that they caught me messing around in Brion territory or killing Baron Basquel’s knight?’

I was relieved to see a soldier roughly letting us in at the entrance.

Did someone recognize me on the way to the inn?

I calmly walked in the direction where Lucy was.

Just join and bounce.

It’s a territory that even the underworld can’t touch.

Even if all the troops and knights in the territory were gathered together, they could all be slaughtered and defeated.

While I was walking toward the market, I recognized an absurd situation with a barbell.

“Ha?”

Luisi is ambushed and kidnapped.

He’s a magician in name, but he’s kidnapped like this?

I looked closely and figured out who was kidnapping Luisi.

‘He wears a black outfit that covers his entire body, and if you look at his power, he has an auror.’

Not a lord.

If it were the lord’s limbs, they would not dress like assassins like that, but would arrest them outright.

I couldn’t bear the discomfort and annoyance that these insignificant guys were touching my limbs.

No, in fact, even if the culprit was a lord, he would overthrow it once.

Although I was cautious, it wasn’t to the point where I just tolerated it.

“How dare you?”

Without even thinking about hiding my strength any longer, I circulated my energy and blood and ran in Luisi’s direction.

“Ugh! What…what is it?”

“Wow! What speed…”

“Are you a knight?”

Sounds made by people passing by.

I just ignored it and ran like the wind.

While I was running with only my physical ability, without using any of my strength or strength, a thought passed through my head, as if someone had inspired me.

Demonic energy rushes through the body.

True energy is the energy that belongs to the mind.

In itself, will was contained in the energy.

Make your body lighter, more like the wind.

When the will is strong, the demonic energy responds.

The aspect of energy contained in my magical energy, the magical energy permeated my entire body like a natural force, and it actually changed my body according to my will.

The body becomes lighter and moves with the wind.

I realized on my own the law of the mind and body.

If the supplementary nerve strength is a career strength operation method specialized for change of direction and acceleration.

Gyeongsinbeop was a method of operating true energy that sublimated the movement itself.

I said I was at the peak level, but I realized that I was only half way through martial arts.

I got the energy, but I wasn’t using it properly.

Running like a light breeze, I soon saw with my own eyes the kidnapper entering the slum with Luisi in tow.

“!”

“Already?!”

The kidnapper and the night-happy trio are also surprised to find me running at them with fierce force.

“I will stop you, so go in first.”

“Be careful! This guy is above knight level!”

The guy in the back turns and charges at me.

The highest level of Auror user.

It’s strong, but if you ask me, it’s nowhere near the top level.

“I don’t…”

Kwasik

I heard something being said, but I didn’t pay any attention and used telekinesis to explode my body.

Even though he was so confident, he couldn’t stop him even for a second.

Even the masked people in night clothes are agitated.

“Without using your hands?!”

“Is it magic?”

The distance has already been reduced by more than half.

At that time, I noticed an arrow flying.

However, thanks to the Gyeongshinbeop, the arrow synchronizes with my body and is deflected by the swirling wind.

“Stop him!”

“You just have to hold on for a little while!”

Thieves from the slums attack from all directions.

I used my tricks of defeat and just rushed forward.

bang! Jang! pop!

“Wow!”

“Sword?!”

The thief’s body bounces like a bowling ball, or the weapon that was trying to reach my body breaks.

I didn’t even feel like giving even a glance to this third-rate or not-so-third-rate bastard.

The kidnappers entered the iron door of a building, but I just rushed towards the wall of the building.

Ujijik! Quad deuk!

The wall, which was built of bricks and was quite sturdy due to the slum theme, was torn and broken by my body, showing its inner flesh.

“You went underground.”

It was out of sight, but it was meaningless to me as I shared her location with a barbell.

I put my foot down with all my strength and the floor collapsed.

Rumbling!!

A dark passageway revealed through the torn floor.

I jumped there.