Chapter 262

As the night was late, Lee Han lay down on the bed as soon as he finished cleaning up after eating.

I thought I wouldn’t be able to sleep because my heart was disturbed, but maybe because I was so tired, my eyes closed as soon as I put my head on it.

And Lee Han had a nightmare that Professor Voladi brought a dragon.

– This is not real. I will appeal to His Majesty the Emperor.

– His Majesty also allowed it.

-Nonsense!

* * *

Waking up in the morning, Lee Han sighed and poured coffee from the kettle into his cup.

Professor Voladi also walked out of the room shortly after. Lee Han noticed that Professor Boladi paused while drinking coffee.

“Do you like tea?”

The professor nodded. Lee Han was not at all embarrassed and put the tea leaves into the cup.

I didn’t know what to expect, so I was prepared for every situation.

“Are you both awake? ah. Coffee… no. I will drink well.”

“no. Do you like warm milk?”

“That’s right, but…”

Amour was surprised to see Lee Han pour the milk right into the glass.

is it magic

“By magic…?”

“I just prepared everything.”

“…??”

Professor Boladi, who was sipping a cup of tea, opened his mouth before long.

“Let’s go.”

“yes.”

“Good luck.”

Amour said to Lee Han. Lee Han nodded and thanked him.

“thank you.”

“Good luck.”

“…thank you.”

“Sincerely wish you good luck.”

“…You can stop. thank you.”

The back of Lee Han, who turned around and walked out with Professor Voladi, looked sad for some reason.

* * *

“By the way, Professor. Where are you going to buy such a rare monster?”

Lee Han asked Professor Boladi.

Although the village of Philone was not as prosperous and wide as the city, it was one of the largest and most prosperous among the villages.

As there is the best magic school in the empire nearby, all kinds of people are coming in and out of the village.

But even considering that, there weren’t that many places that sold rare monsters. In the first place, there was no such thing as an Amur stable in a normal village.

‘Is this a place I don’t know?’

As much as he had come out a few times and wandered around, Lee Han had a rough idea of Philone Village.

Is there a place that Lee Han, who sells rare monsters, doesn’t know about?

“I called the seller.”

“!”

Professor Voladi wasn’t just taking a break.

On his day off, he sent calls to various parts of the empire asking for rare monsters.

Among the adventurers and explorers located in various parts of the vast empire, there were those who specialized in carrying out only these commissions.

Most of them must have arrived at Philone Village by now with the captured monsters.

Lee Han, who heard the explanation, cursed inwardly.

‘It’s not that adventurers get criticized for nothing.’

Shouldn’t you think about why you made the request instead of accepting that someone made a request at an expensive price?

What if the mad wizard throws that monster at his apprentice!

‘I will not forgive you.’

Lee Han once again vowed to break up the deal.

“Hey! here it is here! Wizard! Nice to meet you!”

An orc adventurer waved his hand in the distance. It was an orc adventurer wearing a costume that seemed to shout ‘I am an expert’ from his whole body.

Behind them was a huge metal cage. It was covered tightly with a black cloth, but I could guess what was inside.

“hello. It is called Kilbedek, which I mentioned in the letter. for a moment. Who is the person next to you?”

“student.”

“aha.”

Kilbedek paused, but continued as if he didn’t care.

“First, I will tell you about the monsters I have captured. Please forgive the rudeness of explaining without lifting a cloth.”

The two wizards nodded. The orc adventurer paused for a moment before raising his voice and shouting.

“The monster I’ve captured… is a Basilisk!!”

“!”

Lee Han was surprised.

And even if I attacked the orc adventurer in front of me, I wondered if this would be self-defense.

“basilisk! If you’re a magician, of course you know. A monster who is the king of snakes and possesses the terrible evil eye of petrification. The agility to run from one end of the earth to the other end in the time of a single flick of the tongue without being defeated by fire and water lightning…”

“Stop talking nonsense!”

Lee Han firmly intervened.

I couldn’t just leave it like this. I had to somehow make the other person feel bad and turn them off.

“Your intention is obvious. Among the many, many powerful monsters, it’s a Basilisk! They must have needed an excuse to cover it with a black cloth. You have to insist that removing the cloth could injure people around you! Does it make sense that someone who can trap a basilisk can’t put on an eyepatch? There must be a fake of the same size in there!”

“That… what was that…!”

Kilbedek stammered at the outrageous criticism. Lee Han was sorry, but he didn’t stop.

“Look at his attire. It’s obviously an expensive, worn-out outfit, but you can’t fool your hands. Aren’t these hands without a single wound or scar!”

As Lee Han could see, he started crying.

In fact, he could have been a seasoned adventurer even without wounds or scars on his hands. It could have been because he recovered with healing magic, or it could have been that he wasn’t injured because his skills were good.

But what mattered was the atmosphere.

You have to find fault with your opponent until he gets mad and says, ‘I can’t do this deal!’

“…Wrong! Hehehehe!”

“?!?!”

Suddenly, the orc adventurer fell flat on the floor.

“I dare to fool the eyes of wizards… I must have lost my mind for a moment! Please save my life! Because of the debt…!”

“……”

Lee Han was at a loss for words. In the meantime, Professor Boladi praised from the side.

“Good job.”

“…thank you.”

“Let it go.”

Professor Voladi kicked Kilbedek out without any sanctions or retaliation. Lee Han asked, puzzled.

“Did you know that he was an impostor?”

“no. But I thought the odds were high.”

Professor Voladi didn’t trust adventurers much in the first place.

It was for this reason that he sent letters to all sorts of places and delivered requests to gather as many sellers as possible.

No matter how many times you call them, nine out of ten will be scammers.

“That’s right.”

“Let’s call the next person.”

‘Please, I hope you’re a con artist.’

Lee Han suddenly had hope.

If all adventurers were like this…!

* * *

“What do you think?”

“yes?”

“I asked what you think.”

“Isn’t that… a good imperial adventurer?”

As if Lee Han’s pointing out the orc adventurer’s suspiciousness at first was so brilliant, Professor Voladi asked Lee Han the same thing when the next adventurer came.

Of course, Lee Han did not have that ability.

‘shit. It was just a rough throw.’

How could Lee Han know that all the cavils he made were real?

“Do you really think so?”

“It’s a little… suspicious.”

“What is it?”

“…As long as he brought rare monsters first, that adventurer has no reason to worry or worry. However, that person continues to look around and show anxious feelings.”

Of course, it could have been that he was just nervous about dealing with wizards, or he could have been in a hurry to go to the bathroom, but Lee Han mercilessly picked up faults.

“Shit! That’s why I hate wizards!”

“……”

Another adventurer threw away all his luggage and ran away.

And after that, three adventurers were kicked out for trying to cheat (one of them brought an ordinary rabbit and claimed it was Al Miraz, a monster feared even by demons).

It was a good thing for Lee Han, but at this point Lee Han began to question the ethics of the Empire’s adventurers.

‘Is the empire okay?’

It was to the point where he wondered if adventurers should come to Einrogard and receive ethics education from the Headmaster Skeleton, even during vacation.

“!”

Lee Han hardened his complexion.

An indescribable sense of incongruity was felt in the whole body of the adventurers who came this time.

‘what?’

A bizarre sense of discomfort that gently touches a nerve.

Lee Han frowned because he couldn’t figure out his identity.

Professor Voladi said from the side.

“Live.”

“yes?”

“What you are feeling right now. That is living.”

“…!”

Lee Han raised his head.

Unlike the scammers earlier, the adventurers approaching now had a strong scent of blood.

‘Are they crazy?’

This place isn’t too far from the magic school, and you should know how the other wizards will react if you touch the wizard of Einrogard.

However, the adventurers in front of him were far from such a logical way of thinking.

A wizard who came to get a rare item would have that much gold, so he’ll take it by any means!

There was no such thing as ‘behind the scenes’ or ‘retaliation’ in my head. It was all he thought about if he didn’t get caught with a big bang.

“Wizard. Come here.”

“Shouldn’t you come closer to check the monster?”

There was greed that could not be hidden in the voices of the two adventurers, which sounded slightly hoarse.

Lee Han clicked his tongue.

“Stupid bastards.”

“…!”

“Do you know who you guys are dealing with?”

As for other wizards, as the opponent was Professor Voladi, the future of those adventurers was predestined.

“Who are you?”

The adventurer’s voice became a little harsher as he realized that things were going a little strangely.

Tak-

“?”

Professor Voladi put a hand on Lee Han’s shoulder. and said

“Take care of it.”

“yes?”

Professor Voladi nodded. I meant to deal with it.

Lee Han suddenly felt embarrassed.

‘No…’

I said to the other person, ‘Do you know who you guys are dealing with?’ and then tried to watch Professor Voladi fight, but when this happens, isn’t it a crazy person who just says ‘Do you know who I am?’

‘Do I really have to do this for me?’

“Did you ask who you are?”

“I don’t know.”

Lee Han pulled out his staff along with the horse. At the same time, the adventurers also drew their weapons.

They were already suspicious of each other.

* * *

Doig Guydo The two brothers were afraid of the wizard’s power, but at the same time, they didn’t mind dealing with the wizard.

What mattered was speed.

Magic is the most powerful power in the empire, but that powerful power was meaningless unless it was manifested.

If the wizard inserts a blade into his body before casting his spell, that’s it.

The two adventurers drew their weapons. It was a bloody memorization made by a dwarf blacksmith who had a bounty in the empire.

A memorization that uses the power of fire and wind to shoot deadly poison daggers.

Not only was the magician’s entire body stopped dead, but the dagger’s blade was also made of turquoise that could penetrate defensive magic.

How many times have you seen the wizards who carried defense artifacts collapse holding onto their chests with disbelief on their faces?

Doig and Gido, who had no doubt that it would happen this time as well, fell apart with the shock of burning their entire bodies.

“…!”

Lee Han was taken aback when his opponent just fell apart in a single stroke of lightning magic.

‘what? Is it a trap?’

“Shine, shine, shine!”

Lee Han was not vigilant.

What I learned from going around the dungeon with Professor Voladi is that you should never stop attacking just because a monster has fallen.

There was no need to conserve mana anyway, but Lee Han threw his magic into a series of hits.

“You can stop.”

“…ah. Did you really fall down?”

Professor Voladi nodded.