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Chapter 6 Episode 40 – Jeonghwaseok 2

“Huh, huh… . Please… .”

“Please? Cut off my toes too? It’s still your turn, so wait.”

Kwasik–.

“All, the weaknesses of other archbishops… .”

“It’s a weakness. It might be useful to know, but wasn’t that a scarecrow? I can’t trust you.”

Kwasik–.

“Keueuuuu… . Then, the emergency fund account that has been washed… .”

“Oh, that’s okay. Please tell me your password. I’ll pick it later. But what I want to get is not just money.”

Kwasik–.

“Seo, holy relics… ! I will tell you the password to the underground safe where the relics are stored… !”

“Oh… . The relics are kind of interesting.”

“Haak… Sigh… . Ma, are you satisfied?”

“But I’ve already gone into the underground safe. They are all just fakes or deteriorated versions.”

“Oh, no… !”

Kwasik–.

“What should I do with this? My left hand has become bare. At this point, I think it would be better to just cut off my wrist.”

There is no pain. But watching your fingers being cut off one by one before your eyes is torture in itself.

If it were an ordinary torture, you might feel comfortable after blowing it roughly. But I didn’t tell him what I wanted. Therefore, from the patriarch’s point of view, he is on the verge of going crazy.

“If you want to protect the other hand… . Should I work hard?”

“Huh, huh… . What on earth do you want? Please, please, please let me know. I will do anything. Please!”

“Sure. What do I want?”

Pak!

This time, he placed his other hand on the table and inserted the dagger next to his index finger.

“Guess what. Because there are still many opportunities left.”

“Kruk… !”

It was after cutting off two more fingers that the patriarch cracked the password to the personal safe.

I immediately sent Bir to the Patriarchate, pulled out a dagger and gently slit the Patriarch’s neck with the back of the sword.

“If the safe password is incorrect or a strange alarm sounds and your work is disrupted… .”

The patriarch trembled every time he felt the cold, unfamiliar touch of iron.

“You know?”

“Huh… Yes, I know. I know. The safe password is certain. I guarantee it.”

“What’s inside? I think it’s quite valuable if it’s hidden in the patriarch’s office.”

His body, which had been shaking slightly, began to shake violently as soon as he mentioned the contents.

“Well, that. therefore… .”

“It’s not like it’s empty or something, right?”

“Wook… . Huh… . Huh… .”

“Oh no way. No matter how corrupt he was, he would not have sold the precious treasures of the Holy Mother Church.”

“Wook… . Huh… . Sigh… .”

The panicked patriarch began to show signs of hyperventilation and fell backwards.

And one of the Banshee’s clones, who entered the room as Bir was leaving, said to me:

“Confirmation has been completed. It is said that the safe is empty.”

Seriously, these religious bastards drive me crazy every time.

*

*

Torturing the patriarch was not all in vain. Because I found out the whereabouts of Jeong Hwa-seok, who was supposed to be in his personal safe.

The Church of the Virgin Mary used purification stones to purify demonic energy within the central continent. Also, purification stones were used to perform ‘miracles’ in curing diseases.

The problem was that since there was only one purification stone, it was impossible to cover the entire continent.

These problems have been raised consistently since the past, and were upgraded to a task that needed to be dealt with urgently after the attack by the Demon King near the end of the war.

“Ginners… . Are there still any left?”

Guinness. They are the instigators of the Granat Project that Rion and Lily suffered from, and are a scientist organization that stole anti-humanity experiment data that was secretly developed during the war.

The Virgin Mary asked Guinness, who had the greatest scientific power at the time, to study the Jeonghwaseok. Guinness was able to receive excellent research materials and funding from the Church of the Virgin Mary, so he conducted the research without hesitation.

And the result was a deteriorated plate purification stone. Compared to the original, it is as different from dust and mountain, but it still has the power to purify demonic energy to some extent, so it was able to be active throughout the continent.

Currently, there is no need for deterioration plate purification stones, but they are maintaining a close relationship with Guinness to mass produce them again at any time.

‘It’s like the Virgin Mary Church that even manipulates history for the sake of order.’

Anyway, in the case of Ginners, Lily directly defeated him after Rion’s event. Since it was a fairly large facility, I thought that was all there was to it, but there were still a lot of people left.

The same goes for the Ruud Zetas and the Liberator. I don’t know why criminals have such a tough reputation. I guess it’s because they’re like cockroaches that somehow survived on the dirty floor.

Still, thanks to properly instilling fear in the patriarch, information about Ginners was also leaked, so it wasn’t difficult to find them.

‘Rion is here too, so I need to clear up the past.’

You can’t just have fun with Lily.

“Are you going?”

Banshee’s clone asked.

“Okay. I have to go.”

“What should the Patriarch do?”

“Um… . Take care not to die. Don’t release it.”

“Okay. however… . I don’t think it’s too harsh.”

The clone looked at the unconscious Patriarch with foam at the mouth and shook his head as if he felt a little pity.

“You can just reattach your fingers. I don’t know if it will move, but.”

“Rather than that… .”

Her gaze went to the pig’s crotch.

“Ah. Well, as a man, I think it’s pitiful.”

“Is that what the person who exploded said…? ?”

“Honestly, it’s disgusting.”

“That’s true, but… .”

I briefly prayed for the patriarch’s groin, which could no longer function properly, to rest in peace.

‘What can I do? He resembles the pig that tried to attack me. I still get goosebumps when I think about that bastard.’

Since you’ve already enjoyed everything, you won’t have any regrets.

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” Well, it’s something to live for a long time. You asked me to drink all my alcohol.”

“What about a young subject?”

A bar in the capital. In a quiet room, two men are sitting facing each other at a table in the center.

“You never know when an opportunity like this will come again, so let’s drink and die today!”

Mars, a large man who shouts loudly while holding a beer glass. Although he has red hair and a pretty scary face, he always has a kind smile on his face, so very few people are actually scared of him upon first impression.

“Arthur. It is best to drink alcohol only until you get drunk.”

Raphael gives advice by clinking his wine glass against the beer glass held out by Mars. He is the exact opposite of Mars, a handsome man with a noble-looking appearance, but he always has a stern expression and gives off quite an intimidating feeling.

“Khaa! Siwonta. So what is your business?”

Mars asked after taking a shot of a huge beer.

“You asked about business first. That’s not like you.”

“Raphael, this is the first time you called first, not anyone else. I wonder what kind of wind is blowing.”

“I see. If the story is fast, it’s good for me.”

Raphael savored the scent and taste of the wine, then put down the glass.

“Soon, great changes will come to the empire. I’d like to hear which side you take in that change.”

“……Ha, what a surprise.”

Mars scratches his head in pain.

“I don’t know much about that. I have no idea what changes are coming. Which side? If I had to pick a side, it would be my family’s side. Other than that, I’m not interested in anything else.”

“As expected. Mars, you have always thought of the people around you as most important. And I tried to show them that I wasn’t embarrassed. I highly value that aspect of you.”

“Thank you so much for valuing me so highly even though I am not your boss.”

Raphael, lightly ignoring Mars’ sarcasm, took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to him.

“This is a ticket for accommodation at the Consellus Hotel. You can use it for a week starting the day after tomorrow. Come back with Jesu.”

“Hahaha. The chief auditor is giving bribes. I don’t know if it’s okay to do this.”

“It’s not a bribe, it’s a gift. A short vacation for an old friend.”

“Is that so? To my ears, all I can hear is that it’s disturbing so stay away.”

“How you interpret it is up to you. But I think it would be good to make one thing clear.”

Raphael thrust the ticket left on the table towards Mars.

“The people you need to protect are Jesu and his family, not the infested maggots.”

bang-!

Marth hit the table harshly with his palm, crumpling the ticket under his hand.

“Are you threatening me now?”

“As I already said, it is up to you how you interpret it.”

“Really? Then let me show you my interpretation.”

Squeak –. The ticket was torn to pieces by Mars’ hand.

“Mars, didn’t you feel anything when you saw Gordon’s death?”

“What does that mean? What does Gordon have to do with it?”

” Although he was just a young chick, he had one clear skill. There were only a handful of worthy opponents in this empire. But do you think it makes sense that a guy like that was killed by a criminal or something?”

“There are many strong people among criminals. Get to the point faster than that.”

Raphael leisurely poured wine into a glass despite Mars’ urging.

“Not long ago, I looked at Gordon’s personality evaluation results.”

Drivers undergo a personality evaluation every year. As they are people who legally wield strong force, it is necessary to deal with them as soon as their anti-social tendencies are revealed.

However, as it is a formality, no one has failed the aptitude test so far.

“That guy… . There was a big flaw in his character.”

“……Don’t even think about scolding me. How can a guy with a flawed personality become a knight?”

“I guess you don’t know how Gordon became a knight. That guy received special treatment. Just like Rupiah.”

“So what do you want to say?”

Raphael took another sip of wine, savored it, and then put down the glass.

“It is highly likely that Gordon was purged by the government.”