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“Why hasn’t the blood for sacrifice arrived yet!”

The Abyss Church, the last secret society of warlocks, has been going through difficult times recently.

The golden opportunity to take revenge on the empire that persecuted them came, but things only got worse.

In order to activate the newly created black magic circle, a huge amount of sacrifice, that is, the blood of living humans, was needed.

The supply of blood had been cut off for some time now.

“I’m sorry, leader. The person who was supposed to bring me blood suddenly disappeared… .”

In response to the leader’s reprimand, Venom could only bow his head and say sorry.

Even if it is empty words, the day the leader of the cult, who cannot be said to have a good personality, vents his anger, he will most likely be carried away like a skinny mummy.

‘You useless bastard! What kind of villain and serial killer is famous in the empire? ‘I should have looked into it from the moment you spoke arrogantly.’

Venom was also in an unfair situation.

Not long ago, the imperial guards were patrolling the slash-and-burn villages near the capital, and it was no longer possible to raid them and supply blood as before.

So I had no choice but to outsource it, but the criminal introduced through the Thieves Guild suddenly lost contact.

A wanted criminal named Shylock.

Looking at the list of crimes he had committed, I thought he was quite vicious and bloodthirsty, so I gave him the job, but he did not show up or contact me even after the appointed deadline.

“Are you really planning on becoming a sacrifice instead?”

“I can throw away even an insignificant life like mine if it helps the great world!”

Actually there wasn’t.

Venom didn’t want to live to see the world burn and become tainted by evil, but he never wanted to see it as a skeleton.

However, I only answered that way in front of the damn religious leader because my chances of survival were higher if I answered this way.

“This is not something that can be repaid with a single life like yours! Go out right now and raid the city and bring fresh blood, you bastard!!!”

At the cult leader’s anger, Venom immediately nodded and hurried out of the cult’s sanctuary.

Although he barely survived, it was a time-limited survival.

If you don’t bring enough sacrifices, the cult leader will really kill you and draw your blood.

I only looked at him because I didn’t have enough hands right now, but he was a person who could kill me like twisting a chicken head.

“This damn empire!!! Why are patrols suddenly being strengthened… .”

Venom felt like he was at a crossroads, at the edge of a cliff, no matter which direction he chose.

If you don’t bring an offering, the religious leader will kill you.

However, if you raid the village to get sacrifices, you will be caught by the imperial guard and executed.

I couldn’t understand why things were so twisted.

There is no way the empire would have been aware of this coup that they had secretly planned, so why were the defenses near the capital strengthened?

The criminal who confidently promised to bring fresh blood has lost contact, as if he has been captured somewhere.

Isn’t it impossible unless someone spreads word of their plans around the neighborhood?

‘no way… ‘Is there a traitor within our Abyss Church?’

Venom, who had the thought that there might be a traitor among them, quickly shook his head in denial.

The harsh environment strengthens the bonds of those within it.

Even if he were just himself, he would never even dream of selling out his colleagues who he used to laugh and talk about while raiding villages, capturing people, and drawing blood together.

‘The guards won’t be able to search that wide area, so there must be a gap somewhere.’

Venom prepared to leave, thinking that he would take advantage of the gap and attack the remaining slash-and-burn villages.

***

“For Volume 4, fortunately, there is no need to increase the security around you.”

Esteban spoke while reading the 4th volume of that Rupert gave him.

“Don’t even talk. These days, even when I walk around the territory, I get a lot of scary stares.”

Even the residents who had reached 100 in favor of the Somerset family in the game looked sideways at Rupert, so there was no need to say anything else.

It is said that the number of users of the Goldful Valley Magic Tower has increased significantly these days, but most of their destinations are in one place.

Somerset Estate.

Most come

‘Are you a person!!! Save Nana!!!!’

‘Patrasche and Nero are alive, I saw it!!!’

‘Writers must make workers leave work!!!’

Among them, there was a small incident involving an employee of the workshop who was on his way to work, but it was still the gentleman who expressed his dissatisfaction only with his voice in front of the mansion.

The guards patrolling around the mansion sometimes caught people snooping around with clubs.

‘Honestly, isn’t this the author’s fault for turning Nana into a chimera?’

Even after being caught, he was blaming Rupert and couldn’t even dare to go anywhere other than the territory.

“Once volume 4 is released, even the already thriving goods stores will become even more chaotic.”

Rupert licked his appetite with regret.

Originally, I was planning to inspect the Somerset Goods store that had opened in the capital, but I was unable to go in person, so I was only informed of the situation.

Still, the story of the crowds of people from day one until now made Rupert smile.

As the stores in the capital are so crowded with people, many people come to the goods stores in the Somerset estate, which are expected to have fewer people.

The Somerset estate was experiencing an untimely boom, and the residents of the estate were holding a festival as the entire Goldpool Valley region was receiving a trickle-down effect.

The inns were full of guests who came to eat and those who stayed, and most of those who came to buy goods were well-off, so they spent money like water, making everyone financially wealthy.

“The popularity of the new figures, in particular, is surprising.”

The figure created with the addition of Kroon’s technology was an elaborate work of art that seemed to be a miniature version of a person, completely different from the dolls of this world.

It was common for people who witnessed this to buy it as if they were mesmerized, leading to fights over who would get it.

Even though the figures were available to store customers with a gold plate or higher, they were all sold out on the day of release and were in short supply.

Thanks to this, Kroon and the craftsmen had a hard time producing items day and night to meet the quantity, but they have now become quite accustomed to it and were able to produce figures of better quality.

In particular, Kroon’s teachings must have been of great help to the craftsmen, as Kroon’s hand had to be touched in each production process at first.

Nowadays, the craftsmen were able to do the basic work, so only the finishing work was done by the crew.

“Master, aren’t you overdoing it?”

A word from Esteban to Rupert as we discussed the sales schedule for the fourth volume and were about to conclude.

“Is it too much? hmm… I think I worked a little more than usual this time because I was also making a children’s book.”

“I would like it if the book came out quickly, but it would be the biggest loss if the writer’s health was ruined in order to speed up the pace.”

Rupert waved his hand as if it was no big deal to Esteban’s words, which, like a merchant, evaluated in terms of pros and cons.

“Haha, I’m used to this. Moreover, these days, I feel comfortable because monk Manuel visits me every day and heals me.”

Rupert got up from his seat due to Esteban’s concern and began showing off his physical strength.

“At my age, even if I stayed up all night for a few days, I couldn’t do anything. It weighs about this much!”

Rupert is trying to lift a statue the size of the upper body of an adult male placed in the living room.

But the attempt did not take place.

dump.

“Uh… Why doesn’t my body feel strong? .”

As he tried to lift the statue, veins appeared on his thin arms, but it did not budge. Instead, Rupert felt dizzy and fell down in his seat.

“Boy!!!”

Esteban, who was watching the scene, hurriedly ran towards Rupert.

Rupert suddenly felt dizzy and lost consciousness.

***

“Did you eat the poisoned apple too?”

Rupert is lying in bed and can’t come to his senses.

Many people were gathered next to him.

The Earl of Somerset and his family, Ada.

Esteban, Senna, Kroon, and of course the people who work at the mansion.

Monk Manuel, who had urgently received a call and came to visit, was also there.

“What is the condition?”

“First of all, I healed myself with divine power, but this is due to accumulated fatigue, so the only way is to rest well.”

The Earl of Somerset sighed at Manuel’s words.

He always said he was fine, so I didn’t bother to do anything, but I can’t believe he collapsed from exhaustion like this.

I fell into a sense of shame for being so irresponsible as a father.

Everything Rupert puts his hands on is a huge success and revives the family, so it’s almost as if he’s neglecting it under the pretext of trusting him and leaving it to him.

Even though he was nominated as a successor, he was still young, so he regretted whether he had knowingly or unknowingly put a burden on him.

“The author is also a person.”

Kroon muttered to himself.

I thought that dwarves were a race that would not bow down to hard work and sincerity, but after coming here and meeting Rupert, I realized that dwarves are actually a lazy race. That was because I had even thought about it.

It was standard for Rupert to stay up all night in the studio every day, and the way he drank the vitality potion as if it were water made Kroon even feel mad.

When I see her not only drawing pictures, but also walking around the workshop checking and inspecting products, she even nags me as if she were a mother.

I suspected they might be twins.

It was an amount of activity that I couldn’t understand unless they took turns with one person resting and one person working.

It wasn’t strange that Rupert, who had been doing such crazy things for several months, collapsed, but it was strange that he had endured until now.

“I guess I’ll have to force him to rest for a while.”

Esteban nodded and agreed to the Earl of Somerset’s firm voice.

“Of course. I will briefly announce in the 4th volume being released that Mr. Master collapsed from overwork.”

If Rupert had heard, he would have been horrified and stopped him, saying he was fine, but since he was unconscious and asleep, the decision was made without any way to stop it.

And regardless of the solemn atmosphere around her, only Ada was happy as she kissed her brother on the forehead and said that she would wake him up because he had eaten a poisoned apple.