To Hell with Being a Saint, I’m a Doctor

Chapter 530

Episode 530 Movement in the Shadows (1)

A pitiful voice was heard from within the dark cavity.

“Twenty one…”

“Twenty two…”

The voices of boys and girls blend together.

Every time that happened, a sharp sound followed.

Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh-!

“Aagh!”

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”

The child who screamed was dragged somewhere, and the whipping continued for the child who drooled and endured it.

At that time, the words flowed helplessly from the mouths of the children.

“Twenty-three…”

Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

“Keuuugh… Twenty-four…!”

There was a man watching children being whipped in the distance.

He said, neatly tying up his wild red hair.

“These kids aren’t cool.”

At those words, the middle-aged man who prostrated himself in front of the man lowered his head.

“I’m sorry. Most gifted children were not spared from death.”

“I am not blaming you. But just know that there is no time.”

“yes.”

“What happened to the children last time?”

The middle-aged man lifted his head slightly and looked at the children.

“I planted miasma through repeated arduous training, but it is still not enough. Some kids stand out, so if we do well, maybe two or three will remain.”

two or three people.

Maybe there were fewer of them than I had imagined?

While slightly frowning, he tries to agree.

“Ugh. Two or three out of a thousand. Even that much would be a great harvest.”

“yes.”

“Let the trained children flow to each kingdom.”

“These are kids who will do well no matter where they are put. If you have nowhere else to go, it would be nice to entrust it to the Assassination Guild.”

The man nodded.

After looking around the children once, he turned his back and spoke briefly.

“Keep in mind one thing. That it should never be in the public eye.”

I know what the man is talking about.

If even one of them comes out in the sun.

At that time, their plans will be greatly disrupted.

“I will do my best.”

* * *

After reporting to the man, the middle-aged man moved somewhere.

It easily escapes the inside of the pitch-black cavity.

The place he entered was a place filled with the thick smell of blood.

“Quaaaaagh!”

As if it were natural, the screams of the children resounded, but the people in black did not blink an eye.

Rather, he put his hands on their backs and chanted something like an incantation.

The middle-aged man caught the sight in his eyes.

Puppy-!

A creepy sound emanates from inside the body and at the same time, the child dies.

A child who bounces like a shot bow and then calms down.

The middle-aged man clicked his tongue while watching it.

“Tsk. There are only failures.”

At this rate, what should I explain when posting the next report?

The moment he was about to take a step.

There was one child who caught his attention.

Whoa-!

A strong flow of mana.

Unlike the other children, it seems that they succeeded in releasing mana outside the body.

‘Hoo.’

I thought all gifted children were dead.

A middle-aged man gestured toward him.

Then a man brought a child with light purple hair right in front of him.

“What is your name?”

The child, who hesitated for a moment, gave a small answer to the question.

“…is a release.”

release.

Doesn’t that sound like a pretty good name?

“That’s a pretty good name for something that sold for a piece of silver.”

“…thank you.”

“I will take a look at your body for a moment.”

“yes.”

The middle-aged man rolled up his sleeves and placed his hand on the child’s body.

Not long after that, Mana, who was quite engrossed, tried to push his hand away.

Whoops-!

Resilience is considerable.

This is by no means a mere child’s level.

If you compare it with only the amount of mana, it would be at the level of a 5th circle mage.

‘Awesome. I would never have thought a child with no talent could have endured something that was only theoretically possible.’

Opening the Mana Road in a new way.

Perhaps because the saint succeeded in this, he gained such strong power.

Heukbang, who guessed so, kidnapped and traded children to plant mana rods.

However, because it was not properly verified, children who could not control their own mana load often died.

In the case of some gifted children, they got out of this process, but I never thought that there would be success among children without any talent.

The middle-aged man put a smile on his lips.

“I will remember you from now on.”

“…It is an honour.”

“If you do well, I will let you go to the sunny side.”

Sunny.

The child’s eyes, which had been indifferent to those words, suddenly lit up.

The mana inside was ferocious enough to be incomparable to that of the previous one.

“yes.”

Could it be that he didn’t see the mana in the child’s eyes for a moment?

The middle-aged man turned his back as if he had lost interest.

* * *

Upon hearing that the saint had returned alive, King Theogard and Princess Celestia rushed to the banquet hall.

However, he had already finished dancing with Aira and disappeared.

“Ah, saint.”

Celestia didn’t care even though the hem of her dress was dirty on the floor because she ran nonstop.

I was just relieved that he was alive.

Deogard was also genuinely happy to hear that he was alive.

“I guess Celia still has a chance to repay the favor.”

It was the same for the king to think that he owed his favor.

‘This grace will be resolved by having a couple’s wedding with Celestia.’

The two were still under the illusion that they liked each other, so Deogard’s grace was pointing to the wrong place.

To Ray, it was something that could be considered resentment, let alone grace.

* * *

Returning to the separate room, Ray looked around Celia’s castle first.

Judging from the fact that there was no sign of movement in the dark, it seemed that Ganja had disappeared.

“I was going to say something when I still walk around the capital.”

I’m really glad I didn’t have to do that.

I don’t know if they captured Ganja or if Heukbang arbitrarily ordered them to withdraw, but for now it’s a good thing.

In order to prepare for the Heukbang, which has not yet shown much movement, it was necessary to gather the royal family and nobles to prepare a countermeasure.

And it would be a good idea to travel around the nearby kingdoms and prepare for the case when the Black Room attacks.

‘Because the power of the Black Room hasn’t been fully revealed yet.’

It is a force that has not exhausted its capital and strength even after creating the Devil’s Realm.

Besides, the demonic realm of the Holy Kingdom was still in good health.

At first glance, it was said that the plague was circulating, so as soon as it was resolved, he planned to leave for the Kleiman Kingdom.

After the disappearance of mana, the defense magic of the wall and the capital that had been demolished became enough for any mage to break through.

It is also a magic technology that was created during the age of magic and passed down.

There was no way that today’s mages could imitate it.

If you go around the various kingdoms and get the defenses properly equipped, even if the black room attacks, you will be able to do enough to pass the time.

As I headed towards the bedroom with my mentally exhausted body, I felt an unexpected presence.

“Are you here?”

“Halfman.”

I just wanted to ask if there was any information I found out about the Heukbang.

As a subordinate, Hafman has a very trustworthy side, and he sometimes delivers very important information.

“Taesangdanju has also returned, so I thought I’d post a report after a long time.”

“Good to see. Wait a minute.”

While talking, Ray simply got into the car.

It was a tea skill that satisfied the taste of the picky Dwarven artisan.

As the tea water spun several times under his hand, the soft scent of tea spread throughout the bedroom.

How long does it take to drink high-quality tea leaves?

In the dungeon, it was a daily routine of picking off a few leaves and mixing them with the fur of monsters to make tea.

I don’t know if that can be called a car, but compared to now, it can be said to be a truly heavenly car.

“Huh, Taesangdanju’s tea skills have been excellent since before. Somehow, it seems that your skills have improved while I haven’t met you.”

Even Harpman, who is quite stubborn when it comes to food and tea, exclaimed with a sip.

Ray also tried to soothe his tired mind and body with tea.

“How was the black room?”

“It wasn’t as big of a move as you might think. but.”

Halfman sighed and continued.

“It is a little suspicious. Some of their locations are specific, but children are disappearing every day not far from them. If it’s just bandits doing it, it’s nothing to worry about… but there was a corner where the cleanup was too tidy to be seen as bandits doing it.”

“Did you check that yourself?”

“yes. Just in case, I sent someone. There is no doubt that they are talented people sent by Lord Taesangdan to the upper ranks.”

The disappearance of children is a minor thing here.

It is a place where slave traders and bandits run in secret, so the border area is unavoidable.

The guards should protect it, but it would be impossible to prevent all children from disappearing.

But even so, it was certainly strange to see children disappear day after day.

Besides, if Harpman had said that it was tidy, it didn’t look like a bandit’s job.

After thinking for a moment, Ray shook his head.

It is still too early to prepare anything now.

Wouldn’t it be necessary to frighten the snake by touching the grass?

For now, loosening their boundaries is a priority.

“Send people back. Gather as much information as you can, but never act conspicuously around it.”

Was it an unexpected order?

Haffman said with a little concern.

“But if you do, you may miss their hard-to-find branch.”

“If you miss it, just look for it again. Once you start being wary, it may make it more difficult to act in the future.”

To that, Hafman replied without hesitation.

“All right. I will do as Taesangdanlord commands.”

It’s really good to be able to listen well.

Harpman, who had been rebellious at first, no longer spoke back.

‘All that’s left is to set up a contingency plan in Celia.’

It is questionable whether the nobles who are extremely stubborn will follow suit.

If it didn’t work, I would force them to follow, but for him it was better for them to move voluntarily.

That way, when you use the necessary funds or troops, you can use them without feeling guilty.

“Anyway, the nobles will remain until tomorrow, so you can think slowly.”

The banquet is long.

Although he did not die and came back alive, the banquet will continue for three days as planned.

In the meantime, the nobles won’t leave Celia, so we had plenty of time to talk.

Having relieved his worries, he lay down on the bed.

How long has it been since you tasted it?

When I thought of the time when I was squatting to sleep on the bloody floor, it was truly a tearful situation.

It’s only been a day since I’ve been away from my long life in the Devil’s Land.

The body, which had been used so hard, quickly became languid and fell into a state of exhaustion.