Read Novel Full Chapter 81: Joint Front
Chapter 81: Joint Front
Translator: MarcTempest
Editor: Himanshu02
What kind of nonsense is this, Magyo? Of course, Eurius had never heard such a thing in his previous life.
‘Open help’
[Magyo-You do not have enough achievements to access this information.]
“…!?”
Opening the help did not give him any useful information. But looking at their expressions, it seemed to be a very important matter.
Eurius decided to bluff a bit here. If they were a religious group, then they must be related to the Heimdal Cult that attacked him this time.
“I vaguely heard that they are a religious group in the east, but I don’t know much about them. Do they have anything to do with this attack?”
“…”
Jegal Hwayoung, who had been silent for a while, asked earnestly.
“This is one of the most important matters in our clan. We really want to hear some information about them. Please, I beg you, consider our trust so far.”
‘No, I mean, I don’t know anything about them…’
Eurius felt quite awkward inside. But seeing their reaction, it seemed that they were really serious about this issue.
‘I need to get some more information from them here.’
He shook his head as if he had no choice.
“As I said before, I can’t tell you everything. Isn’t that the same for you?”
“How about we make a deal then?”
“Do you think this is something that can be traded with ordinary conditions?”
Eurius’s firm bluff made Jegal Hwayoung falter slightly.
“That’s true…”
‘Look at that?’
Eurius was a little surprised.
He just guessed a few times, but judging by their expressions, it seemed like a really serious problem. But if they gave up here, he would be in trouble too.
“Then, as you said, I’ll tell you a few things based on our trust so far.”
“I’m sorry.”
Eurius put on a serious expression. He had done the same before, but it was useless to lie poorly in front of these people who were good at negotiating and had good brains.
“The first thing is that I’ve been fighting with them for quite a long time.”
This was an undeniable truth.
He didn’t clash with them much in this life, but he suffered from assassination threats in his previous life.
“The second thing is that they use a different kind of energy than the Force in this continent or the Ki in the east.”
“You mean Magic.”
It seemed that they called the dark energy or whatever it was Magic in the east.
“The last thing is that their power is spread all over this continent. Even as a first prince, I honestly don’t have the courage to face them alone.”
Eurius’s words were all from his own experience. His sincerity was evident from his expression and tone.
“Thank you for telling us.”
Jegal Hwayoung was sure that Eurius was telling the truth.
The most obvious evidence was that he saw those who were using Magic to attack him like a mob.
She looked at Eurius with a more serious expression and opened her mouth.
“You probably noticed it already, but our clan and the four martial arts sects have been fighting with them for over a hundred years.”
Eurius felt that one of his secrets from his previous life was revealed here.
‘So that’s why they helped me so much in my previous life when I had no power?’
He smiled triumphantly here.
The attack of those cult bastards brought him an unexpected result.
It happened that he came to visit Azure Dragon Clan for a reason related to the cult.
“Actually, I came to see you today because of that issue.”
The reason why Eurius visited Azure Dragon Clan today was to ask for their active cooperation.
He had already asked them to investigate Jamir, but that was not enough.
“You know that I’m going down to the southern desert soon.”
Jegal Hwayoung understood right away.
She also collected some information, so she knew that something was fishy about the desert kingdom.
“You mean you want to build a joint front against Magyo there.”
“That’s right! It seems like one of their branches is there. How did the investigation on Jamir go?”
“If you mean the investigation on the prince named Jamir, I’ll tell you.”
Jegal Geon took over the report instead of her.
“First of all, he is a very famous person in the Parthia Kingdom.”
“Didn’t you say he was the seventh prince?”
“According to what we found out, his actual influence is second only to the second prince Karim, who is the most likely heir to the throne.”
‘So he was a bastard with a good background as I expected.’
Why would such a royal come to see him in the north?
Well, he had guessed that much. But then the next words followed.
“There was nothing suspicious about him, but he likes to travel alone without any attendants. No one seems to stop him because they are used to his behavior.”
“Did you investigate his whereabouts?”
“That’s actually the problem.”
Jegal Geon looked slightly serious. This was a matter that touched the pride of Hidden Moon Hall.
“We sent some of our top informants, but sometimes we lost track of him.”
“Then I’ll have to go down and investigate him myself.”
Eurius felt the need to thoroughly dig into that Jamir guy. But to do that, he needed their cooperation.
“By the way, I haven’t heard your answer yet. Do you want to form a real alliance with me? Not just as a trading partner. If we have the same enemy, I think that’s enough reason, don’t you?”
Jegal Hwayoung hesitated for a moment. It was hard for her to give a definite answer in her position.
But if it was about Magyo, the clan would never oppose it. She decided to trust her judgment.
“This is a matter related to the safety of our clan, so we can’t refuse. We will form an alliance with your highness.”
“You made a good decision.”
“…?!”
Eurius smiled and reached out his hand.
He did it without any thought, but holding a woman’s hand in the east was considered extremely rude compared to the west.
But how could she refuse the hand of the emperor? She held his hand with as calm an expression as possible.
“I appreciate it.”
‘Huh? Did I do something rude?’
Eurius saw her complexion change slightly and looked puzzled.
“What, is there another problem?”
“No. Then let’s discuss the details of the plan now.”
She quickly changed the subject.
***
“It happens sometimes, right?”
He meant to comfort him, but Gideon, who knew his personality well, barely suppressed the anger that rose in his head.
In fact, he was smiling brightly in front of him. But he couldn’t retaliate because he had failed miserably.
‘I didn’t lose many priests, but I lost quite a few knights… It will be hard to avoid punishment when I return.’
He was lucky that he didn’t lose everything. If he had, it might have been better for him to bite his tongue and die here.
Jamir, who was smiling brightly, was also feeling like he had the world in his hands.
‘See? I told you it wouldn’t be easy.’
It was not a wrong choice to call his master here. He saw that Gideon was not a foolish person. But he was too confident.
Jamir’s rule for doing his work was to always be prepared for any situation. That’s how he was able to rise to a promising high priest in the church at a young age.
The reason why he came to see Gideon, who had failed and was trying to retreat, was also related to that rule.
“Hmph! Do you think I’ll believe your offer?”
“I swear by Heimdall’s name! Isn’t this enough to trust me?”
“…!?”
Gideon seemed slightly interested then. A promise sworn by their god’s name in the church was absolute.
“Plus, if this succeeds, I’ll ask my master to share the merit with you and also ask for immunity.”
“Do you mean the archbishop will do it himself?”
Gideon couldn’t help but be tempted, though he was skeptical. It was well known among the high priests of similar rank that Jamir was especially favored by the archbishops.
“If you say that much, I’ll at least hear the conditions.”
‘He’s almost hooked.’
Jamir smiled inwardly and started to explain what he would do for him.
***
The emperor and Eurius stood in front of a huge door.
This door, which was said to be the first thing built when the imperial palace was constructed, was not only several meters thick, but also made of an unknown material that was hard to scratch with any means.
In fact, there were some emperors who tried to destroy the door by force with a knight who had reached the superhuman level, but surprisingly, even the attack of a superhuman who could destroy a wall with one blow only left a little scratch on the wall.
It was a miracle that even the strongest metal known as mithril or the eternal iron from the east did not have such strength.
“Are you sure this is it? I’ve been there several times since I became emperor, but there was no treasure.”
“It’s personal interest. But it’s true that it’s a difficult favor, isn’t it?”
The emperor nodded his head reluctantly with an unhappy expression.
The only way to open this door was for the legitimate successor of the empire to spill his own blood into the engraved inscription on the authentication device.
It was not an ordinary condition for the emperor to bleed willingly. And what if the emperor was old like now?
Eurius had actually tried to open the door secretly with his own blood in his previous life when he was the first prince, but unfortunately, the door did not open.
This strange door blocked the way to the imperial treasury!
The treasury was not a treasure house where wealth was piled up like a mountain.
It wasn’t even a secret what was inside.
According to what the previous emperors had revealed, there were only relics of Scharnos the Great and some players. And they weren’t anything like amazing weapons or powerful secrets of martial arts.
But since the door blocking it was so peculiar, there were various rumors about it. But from the emperor’s point of view, they were all baseless rumors.
“I’ll tell you again, you’ll regret it.”
“I’m really sorry to Father.”
“Damn… I have to bleed at this age…”
The emperor grumbled as he rolled up his sleeve and approached the authentication device on the wall. It was a small sword carved delicately.
Poke
The emperor stabbed his hand slightly into the tip of the sword.
The blood from his hand flowed down along the blade as if it would drip off, but surprisingly, not a single drop fell and the blood began to be absorbed by the entire blade.
When the whole blade turned red, the emperor took his hand off.
He had to bleed quite a lot to open the door, so the old emperor looked slightly tired and finished a simple hemostasis with a healer who had been waiting.
“The door will open soon.”
Rumble!
A little later, the door shook with a heavy sound and a small passage that a person could pass through appeared.
“As I said, the time limit is two hours. If it passes, the door will automatically close. If you don’t want to kill this old man with blood loss, just take a quick look and come out.”
Eurius smiled bitterly at his grumpy voice and answered.
“I understand.”
‘I don’t know what the result will be, but I have to get out quickly.’
Eurius had been to this treasury in his previous life, and as the emperor said, there was no special treasure.
‘But what if I’m a player now?’