Chapter 275: A Beautiful Night (4)



Chapter 275: A Beautiful Night (4)

Translator: miraclerifle

Editor: Borderline Masochist

“Why would throwing money away be...?”

The ancient Dragon Eruhaben casually responded back to Raon.

“I threw away a lot of money when I was curious about the world too. It's a good experience to use as much money as you want as well.”

Cale was thinking that this calm ancient Dragon was probably no joke when he was younger as well.

Raon seemed to have snapped out of it as he started to speak in Cale's mind again.

- ...Oh Goldie, that’s not it. Human! Goldie gramps doesn’t seem to understand your shockingly exciting action!

Eruhaben then asked Cale a question.

"When will you do it?”

“Tonight.”

“Tonight?”

Eruhaben thought Cale was going to spend a ton of money when he said that he was going to throw it away.

‘Using money at night... Is he going to drink some expensive alcohol? I thought he was going to go buy a couple mountains or something.

I guess his scale is quite small when it comes to money.’

Eruhaben looked toward Cale as if this was unexpected. Cale touched his inner pocket as the others all stared at him. There was a bag inside that pocket.

- ...Hehe...It was two billion last time...This time it is five billion......!

The cheapskate fiery thunderbolt remembered Cale talking to the crown prince about five million gallons last time. He recalled something else at the same time.

The Fire of Destruction asked Cale a question.

- But can you use the golden plaque in the Eastern continent?

Cale had not yet used the golden plaque he had received from crown prince Alberu for his personal use. That was why the crown prince’s five billion gallons was pretty much nonexistent right now.

The fiery thunderbolt who realized that slowly quieted down.

- ...I guess five billion gallons is not possible......

He did not say anything else after that. It felt as if he was probably curled up in a corner somewhere.

However, Cale didn’t care about that. He started to speak to the ancient Dragon and the others who were still looking at him.

“I plan to do it somewhere quiet.”

Choi Han and On's expressions turned odd.

Eruhaben’s expression started to turn weird as well.

At night and somewhere quiet.

This was a weird combination to throw away money.

However, Cale did not give them any more time to ask questions. He finished the sausage Ron brought for him before getting up and looking toward someone.

“Let’s talk for a bit.”

Screeeech.

A chair pushed back and the Dragon half-blood got up from the seat.

He didn’t look too good while standing up either. He was now weaker than the average human, however, the traces of his light attribute and Choi Han’s darkness were still clashing in his body and causing him significant amounts of pain.

“Follow me.”

Cale said that before heading to the third floor of the inn and the Dragon half-blood quietly followed behind. Raon was with the two of them.

“Sit.”

Cale pointed to the chair across from him and the Dragon half-blood with an indifferent expression on his face.

It was a neat but luxurious room. This room at the end of the third-floor hallway was for Cale's personal use.

Cale nonchalantly commented to the Dragon half-blood who was looking at him.

“How many of Arm’s battle brigades are left in the Eastern continent?”

He got right down to business.

That action made the Dragon half-blood chuckle as he started to speak. Although his limbs were still shaking in pain, there was no such shaking in his speech.

“The second and third brigades are left. There were originally three brigades, but didn’t you all destroy the first brigade?”

The first brigade that was the strongest in Arm was destroyed by Cale’s group when they were coming from the Eastern continent to the Western continent.

That was only possible because they were out in the ocean and had the Whale tribe helping them.

The Dragon half-blood now knew that the ones who did that were Cale's group, however, Arm still did not know the people behind the attack.

Cale did not respond to the Dragon half-blood’s question as he tapped on the armrest of the chair.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

The finger that was tapping in rhythm stopped at the Dragon half-blood’s question.

“Will you kill the second and third brigades as well?”

Although he had an indifferent expression on his face, the Dragon half-blood was quite curious about Cale's plans. Cale indifferently responded back.

“Who knows?”

Cale sat up a bit and leaned his body forward. He then looked at the Dragon half-blood on the other side of the table and continued to speak.

“Hypothetically speaking...”

Cale started to imagine a situation.

“...It'll be really difficult even with a lot of people if you don't have money or a home, right?”

If Arm lost their base and their money there disappeared...Then how and where would all those battle brigades and regular members eat and sleep?

“And if the mercenaries are chasing them around...It’ll be really hard, especially if they don't have any money or a base right?”

The corners of Cale’s lips were slowly going up.

“Then the Eastern continent’s Arm would want to ask the Western continent for help. But as you know, the Western continent's Empire, Arm, and the Alchemists’ Bell Tower are all in the middle of a war and unable to help. Then it'll be really hard for the Eastern continent’s Arm. Don't you agree?”

Cale frowned as if he felt sorry for Arm as he continued to speak.

“And then if people are going around saying, ‘we are the ‘Real Arm!’ and destroying the Mercenaries Guilds around the continent that are said to be corrupt, as well as rotten thugs in the underworld, they'll be really angry, right?”

The Dragon half-blood’s expression turned odd.

He tried to piece together what Cale had just said. Wasn’t he just saying that he was going to get rid of Arm as well as the corrupt Mercenaries Guild and the underworld?

The Dragon half-blood honestly answered back.

“...Are you trying to something good?”

“What nonsense are you saying now?”

Cale was honestly shocked. He looked at the Dragon half-blood who still had an odd expression on his face and continued to speak as if he was frustrated.

“Do you know what bad guys hate the most? That’s what I'm trying to do.”

‘What bad guys hate the most?’

The Dragon half-blood tried to think about what the opposite of bad was. The only thing he could come up with was, ‘good.’ Wouldn’t bad guys hate something that was the opposite of them?

“Is that why you are trying to do something good?”

“Haaaaa.”

Cale let out a sigh. He thought that the Dragon half-blood was kind of airheaded as he started to speak again.

“Bad guys don't care whether other people are good or bad, nor if they do charity work or not.”

‘Look at the world.

Bad guys don't care what other people do.’

“They just get angry if they get things stolen from them.”

The more they loot corrupt Mercenaries Guilds, there will be an increasing number of corrupt people getting angry. That was the case for the underworld and Arm as well.

They will get angrier as they lose things one by one to the point where they are afraid by the end.

That was why Cale created a plan like this.

The, ‘Real Arm,’ will start to take things that belong to Arm one by one.

Although Cale did not say this out loud, the Dragon half-blood who had a decent idea asked Cale a question. His expression was serious to the point that his pain was not showing. That was similar to how his mind was right now.

“...What do you need me to do?”

Splash.

The water in the lake hit Cale's shoe and made a noise. The tip of Cale's foot was now touching the water. He could hear Eruhaben's pressing tone.

“Are you throwing money into the lake?”

It sounded unbelievably weird.

“Didn’t you say you were going to strengthen something? You're going to strengthen something by throwing money into the lake? There's no way humans who possessed powers of nature would give you such a trial!”

Eruhaben could see Cale turning around.

Someone was rambling loudly in Cale’s mind right now.

- Finally......! Finally! Ahh, ah- finally another chance at a happy moment that I would happily die again for!

‘He’s so crazy.’

Cale ignored the fiery thunderbolt and started to speak.

“Why would I throw money into the lake?”

“What? Then where will you throw it?”

Eruhaben started to speak again. He had calmed down a bit.

“Are you planning on using all of the money you earned from the underworld? There's no way an ancient power would give you a trial like that, so tell me what is going on. I will help you. I have a lot of money as well.”

“I'm not sure.”

Cale shrugged his shoulders and took a small item out of his pocket. He had no hesitations as his instincts were telling him that strengthening this ancient power would not affect his plate.

A small magic bag appeared on top of his hand.

The only one to recognize that item was next to him.

“H, human! T, that is...!”

Raon was shocked.

Raon knew about that bag.

It was last seen at the VVIP auction in the Caro Kingdom.

It was used to trade with the bishop of the Caro Kingdom’s Church of the Sun God.

Cale and the bishop had conducted their own auction with the jewel called the Night's Exultation.

‘15. However, it is impossible to give you anything more than 10 billion today.’

Cale had asked, and the bishop had responded.

‘How much?’

‘20.’

‘How much?’

‘22.’

Cale had said one last thing when the bishop called out 22 billion.

‘23.’

‘...You bastard.’

The Night's Exultation had been sold for 23 billion counds. The bishop had thrown him a small money bag. It was a bag with spatial dimension magic on it.

‘Here. 10 billion counds.’

The bag with 10 billion counds had appeared in front of Raon's eyes again.

Cale had given the pouch to Billos in order to purchase the, ‘Wolf King's diary.’ Naturally, that item that was no more than a relic of a Beast person to other people and thus would not cost the entire 10 billion counds.

It was much cheaper.

Thanks to that, the Wolf King's diary as well as the remaining money was returned to Cale. Cale had put a portion of the money he got from the Singten Merchant Guild's guild leader for selling the Determination of Fire into this bag as well.

For reference, the Determination of Fire was sold to the Singten Merchant Guild's guild leader Plavin Singten for 30 billion counds.

‘30 billion counds.’

‘W, what crazy nonsense!’

Cale recalled the shocked expression on the face of the Singten Merchant Guild's guild leader. Just a small portion of that money was in this bag.

The money earned from both the bishop of the Church of the Sun God and the Empire’s Singten Merchant Guild was gathered together in this bag.

The young Dragon's pupils were fervently shaking. He subconsciously shouted out.

“...That bag is a t, ten billion cound bag! T, this is shocking!”

Silence filled the area.

Forget Choi Han, On, and Hong, but even Eruhaben could not say anything this time.

Shaaaaaaa-

The moment a gust of wind brushed past them, Cale also took out Raon's special potato sack. The way he took things out one by one made Eruhaben let out a comment.

“This crazy bastard.”

It was at that moment.

Oooooooong-

Eruhaben’s expression changed.

The ground started to rumble.

He could also feel the power of nature.

It was the most destructive of natural powers, something that could even destroy itself.

“...Fire.”

He could feel the power of fire.

The cheapskate shouted in Cale's mind at that moment.

- You’re crazy! 10 billion! 10 billion! 10 billion!

The Fire of Destruction, that cheapskate fiery thunderbolt, had heard what Raon had just said. Cale could feel the power of fire running wild inside of his body.

- 10 billion! Ahahahahaha, ten billion! Ahehehehehehe!

Cale hesitated for a moment.

‘...Did he go nuts?’

The fiery thunderbolt seemed to be slightly, no, extremely excited.

It was the moment Cale’s expression turned odd. He heard the Super Rock's voice for the first time in a while.

- This is bad.

The Super Rock continued to speak in a concerned voice.

- The power that burned the North will appear again.

The Super Rock described the current situation in a few words.

- It's the second coming of a disaster.

‘...Disaster?’

Cale flinched as he looked down.

Boooooooom-

An incomparable rumbling was shooting out from the ground. Cale could feel the wild fire inside of his body.

Fire was weak against water.

However, this fire had fought against the Sky Eating Water which was so strong that a god had to suppress it.

Fire was not weak.

It symbolized the thing that was in its full name. Destruction.

- Ahahahahahahaha! It's a party, a grand old party! I’ll burn everything!

Cale frowned because the fiery thunderbolt was too loud before opening his eyes wide.

“...Shit!”

The eye-like lake.

That lake was starting to change.

Siiiiiizzle-

The water that filled the lake quickly evaporated and the bottom of the lake cracked open. Red fluids started to shoot out from those cracks.

- It's a party, a grand old party!

The Fire of Destruction was figuratively jumping up and down in joy.