CH 325

‘There’s no guarantee that his dragon heart is in good condition considering how it died.’

Because that was the condition for completing Blaugrun’s quest, and Leeha was confident.

Shyuuk-!

Bahamut’s figure, which was on the other side of the round table, moved in front of Leeha in an instant.

“Humans call it moon at times like this.”

The old man in a white robe smiled and held out his hand.

“It is also called good business. I was taught that financial matters should be clear even among family members.”

Leeha also smiled and held his hand out.

“Hehe, that’s right. It really makes me happy, it’s very nice. Very good.”

Leeha’s remark once again confirmed whether the meaning of authority and family was really that. And Bahamut smiled and accepted what he meant.

“It is like seeing a new era in the continent’s history, partner.”

“…That’s right, Alexander. Even I, who received the title of executor, is seeing this for the first time.”

It was a sight that surprised even Bailephus and Alexander, who were watching on the sidelines.

“I trust you, the one whom Bailephus-nim and Lord Bahamut chose.”

“Don’t mention it.”

“Thank you human, Ha Leeha.”

“Yes, I look forward to your kind cooperation.”

The metal dragons sitting around the round table came and greeted Leeha one by one.

Not to mention how they acted toward Bahamut, they didn’t have much of a sense of rejection to those who are already close to 80% intimacy with the metal dragon clan. After the long introductions, while leaving Bahamut’s lair Leeha asked Bailephus.

“Are you really going to make yourself the bait?”

“That’s right. I will go back to my lair, and lure them with my mana.”

“Hmm… They might think it’s a trap.”

“Of course. Kuzgunak’sh is not a fool. But even if he knows it’s a trap, he would try to come.”

“That’s true. Because there’s no metal dragon left.”

And he had the power to destroy traps. What would he be afraid of if he was with Blue Beard.

“How long would it take to prepare?”

“I have to go to a few places first. And I also need information about the terrain around Bailephus-nim’s lair. The must be more things to analyze and prepare than I thought”

“Hmm. A moment.”

Bailephus opened his eyes for a moment. Wooosh-! As soon as he opened his eyes, a newly made scroll appeared in the air.

“It is a map that shows all the topographical features of 5km near Rare. Is this enough?”

It was a map.  

“Oh……. D-dragon’s abilities are truly amazing.”

How much would Fernand have liked it if he knew? Leeha politely accepted the map and put it in his bag.

“Prepare quickly and contact us. There’s no time.”

“Okay. Ah! Bailephus-nim.”

“Hmm?”

Leeha, who was about to take out his crystal ball and go to Hell Anvil, asked one last question to the gold dragon.

“Didn’t you say that no one can penetrate the space blocked by dragons of Ancient Class or higher?”

“That’s right. It was also the reason why dragons cannot notice it immediately. Unlike general magic, space magic requires a thorough understanding of coordinates, so not only human magicians but also ancient dragons-”

“Hmm, I see. I’ll contact you as soon as I am ready!”

Leeha cut off Bailephus’ words and activated the crystal ball.

Sssk-! As Leeha’s figure disappeared, the golden knight, who had been speaking, shook his head.

“He really is an unfathomable man.”

“Not all humans are like me, my friend.”

Alexander, whose personality was optimized for Middle Earth, held his shoulder.

“It would be nice if there were people like you who are for justice, Alexander.”

“Of course. Isn’t that what I’m here for? To teach and spread justice and goodness to humankind.”

Alexander nodded his head as he listened to Bailephus’ words, whether it was a curse or a compliment. In a way, they were a really good pair.

****

“Bottleneck-ssi!”

“W-what? Why do you have such a bright expression? It’s so ominous.”

“What kind of embarrassing words are you saying?”

As soon as Leeha arrived at Bottleneck’s new smithy, Leeha got busy.

It was because it would be unfavorable for him to slow down as long as he knew that Faust, top 8 in the rankings, was on the side of the Demon King.

“Did you finish what I asked for?”

“I can’t do it because I don’t have enough items-”

“Okay, the item is here. You don’t have to worry. For the stabilizer.”

“Huh? this-”

As soon as he finished talking, Leeha took the item out of his bag and put it in Bottleneck’s hand.

The dwarf NPC’s eyes widened as if it was about to pop out at the mineral he hadn’t seen in a long time.

“This is Orichalcum. It weighs over 400g, would that be enough?”

“I can’t believe you really stole it……?”

“That’s embarrassing. Do you think I am a thief?

I am better than you think. I don’t have much time, so tell me quickly. Is that enough?”

“I-It’s enough. I’ll have to experiment a bit more and try it first. No, but where did you get this?”

“I heard there would be some in the royal treasury, so didn’t I just have to get it? It was a situation that Bottleneck could not understand. He had no interest in human war, so he had no clue about Leeha. Even if Leeha handled and gave the mineral like a stone, he handled it with both hands and entered the blacksmith carefully, 

afraid that he might trip and fall over.

And after a while, he came out looking like a skeleton.

“I made it as you described.”

“Oh…. Are you okay?”

One of the items Leeha ordered was a stabilizer.

It refers to the item necessary to increase his accuracy, such as a bipod, which minimizes vibration transmitted to a rifle by leaning on a fixed place in contrast to simply being held by hand.

Of course, he already had a bipod, and this time what Leeha wanted wasn’t just for accuracy.

“Now, first, tighten this waist support like a belt-”

“Hmm, the pressure is fine.”

“And you just need to attach the protruding bar to the barrel of the Black Bass.”

Click-! It was like a third arm protruding from Leeha’s back to support the Black Bass.

One of the problems Leeha experienced during battle was the rapid movements of the targets 

during battle.

In order to maintain a certain level of accuracy with the long and large Black Bass, he had to go through three stages: 

muzzle rotation, kneeling posture, and shooting. But what if he had this thing?

‘It’s light. The rifle is fixed even if I don’t support it with my arm.’

All he had to do is change the muzzle direction and fire. In other words, he would be able to achieve the same level of accuracy whether it was kneeling or standing position!

It can make his combat speed tempo in close combat faster.

‘Besides, it also has an effect on the range. The effective range increases as recoil and trembling are removed.’

If the recoil while laying down is minimized by using both a bipod and stabilizer, the dissipation of kinetic energy would also reduce.

It meant that it was an item that can simultaneously increase his accuracy while in a standing position and range while laying down.

“It’s good.”

“It’s not just good! Not to mention the weight reduction, when I moved it, how much did I have to work to improve the movement of this bar-”

“Haha, okay. Thank you. Ah! Are you done 

dividing the dragon heart? Can you give them to me in bullet form?” Bottleneck grumbled, “He’s not even listening to the explanation.”, but still gave the dragon heart bullets to Leeha.

“Now, listen to the explanation- not only that stabilizer but also using this orichalcum-”

“Ah, I can’t listen to it anyway! I will leave the engineering details to Bottleneck-ssi, so please take good care of the rest of the items!”

“……He’s a damn bastard after all.”

Watching Leeha wave and leave, Bottleneck spat out words.

However, it was neither blaming Leeha nor cursing him. It was just a pity that he wanted to talk a little more, and he respected him for bringing the orichalcum so fast.

“It seems the connection is complete……. Somewhere around here.”

The last place Leeha visited was a dilapidated village in Fibiel. There were no players or monsters around.

Now all the NPCs have left and only a few buildings remained.

‘Hmm? It must be here.’

Leeha found a very small human presence.

“Cough!”

Boom- boom- boom-.

Silence flowed as he knocked on the door while coughing.

A person’s voice, which had been coming out finely, disappeared in an instant. He wanted to tease him one more time 

but didn’t.

“Haha, Kijeong-ah! It’s me! Tale-nim, Biyemi-nim! Are you inside?”

The place Leeha went to was one of the Byeolcho guild’s safe houses. He confirmed that everyone had already gathered.

“Oh, what a surprise! I was wondering who it was! What’s going on, eong-ah?”

Creaaaak-!

The door opened and the members of Byeolcho, including Kijeong, came out.

He wondered what kind of conversation the upper-ranking executives of Byeolcho were having, Tale and Biyemi also seemed to be a bit nervous.

“I just came to talk. Shall we go inside?”

As Leeha tried to hold the door Tale and Biyemi sneaked in in front of him.

“C-Cough. That-……. We haven’t sorted it out right now. Why don’t we just talk here, Leeha-kung.”

“Kiskis, or if you want, we can go to the capital. We can go to a pub-”

“Why though? Can’t we just go inside?”

As expected. Seeing their reaction, Leeha wanted to laugh. He was sure his hunch was right.

Byeolcho was one of the guilds that prevented the noble demons from doing too much damage.

Rumors had already spread somewhat in the community about who and how Byeolcho was active.

“Hmm…… hyung? The time is tight right now. Can I listen to you next time?”

“Hahaha, Kijeong has grown a lot. You’re already hiding something from me.”

“No, that’s not-”

“I know everything”

“What?”

Kijeong’s expression froze as Leeha smiled. Biyemi coughed, and Tale’s expression also somewhat darkened.

They deserved this reaction. Leeha shouted loudly over Kijeong’s shoulder and toward the inside of the safe house.

“For the one inside! Are you listening? I couldn’t even say hello properly last time, so can I see your face!”

“Ahhhh”

“That- hyung, so what happened was, I was going to tell you-”

Kijeong panicked, but it was already too late.

Creeak…….

The person inside the safe house opened the door and came out.

“Your impression has definitely changed since we first met. Long time no see.”

“That’s refreshing. Didn’t we meet in the middle of Minis? I even shot your face once.”

“Should I be thankful for the expression ‘once’. Hut.”

“Well, there’s someone else who I really want to shoot in the face. But you know you can’t play the victim, right?”

“I would appreciate it if you looked at me as a scapegoat for a lot of sins.”

“Kek, anyway.”

The young man with an intelligent appearance spoke without losing his words to Leeha.

Leeha smiled as he saw his attitude, which had become much calmer and more subdued than before.

Leeha also knew it. The feelings of this person who had literally become like a ‘sinful scapegoat’. However, even if he was an enemy before, he could not be an enemy forever.

He lost his job because of his own greed, but didn’t he help Leeha once?

Although Leeha did not know the details, he had already apologized to Byeolcho’s members and had considerably solved the misunderstanding.

Of course, it wasn’t just because of that reason.

Leeha knew and acknowledged his skills.

“Hyein, can you break through a dragon’s space lock? Ancient 

level. It may be even more powerful than that.”

The strongest sage amongst users.

Even the ancient gold dragon Bailephus needed the power of a space magic expert who had stopped him for a few seconds.