Night of the Soulless Heathens – 173



#173. Cheonggeon’s Heaven 1

Although it is an extremely disgusting monster the party’s speed has increased dramatically since creating Corpse Abomination.

The Corpse Abomination pulling a cart rescued from a farm did not slow down no matter how much luggage or people were loaded on it.

Azadin’s party crossed the border of Btuma and arrived at the first checkpoint the Kimalhaji County.

Perhaps because Btumara has a lot of water and dirt the outer wall of the Kimalhaji County was made entirely of mud.

The inner important walls are made of stone while the outer walls are made of earthen walls. These earthen walls are easily damaged by wind and rain so they require constant maintenance.

Even now in order to repair the castle wall you can see that they are digging up dirt pouring it into a wooden frame and having elephants climb on it and step on it to compact the inside.

“Oh. An elephant… Isn’t it amazing? It’s my first time seeing one. I’ve seen it in pictures but it’s really big in person.”

Azadin’s eyes widened as he saw an elephant for the first time in his life.

It wasn’t just the elephants that were surprising. Surprisingly a considerable number of Cheonggeun Party members had already gathered in Kimalhaji Baekjakryeong.

They looked more like natives than refugees. They were busy working on the earthen fortifications.

“This place Kimalhaji Baekjakryeong is the holy land of Cheonggeondang.”

Jiswaga explained.

“A holy place?”

“Yes. It is said that our Lord was struck by lightning here and understood the law of heaven.”

“Then is that God here? If possible I would like to get his help in saving Bthuma.”

“Unfortunately God left Kimalhaji after that and went on a pilgrimage throughout Btuma to spread the truth of the heavens and is currently in Btuma the capital of the Btuma Kingdom.”

“Really? But it seems like there are a lot of Cheonggeun Party members. I’m worried they might run wild.”

As Azadin looked around someone called out to Azadin and his group specifically Jiswa.

“Oh Jiswa and Brother. So did you do a lot of missionary work in Korasaur?”

When he looked to see who was speaking he saw a dark-skinned Bthumain repairing the wall riding an elephant and looking at Jiswa with a mocking expression. He was using a club the symbol of the Qingjiandang Taoist priests to tap his back like some kind of massager.

Jiswa replied looking uncomfortable.

“Brother Comosal. Actually there was an accident.”

“An accident?”

“I was preaching the Way of the Blue Sky to the people in Adyrov Territory but they suddenly went berserk and became Nether’s followers. Many died as a result and it was deemed impossible to continue preaching so I returned.”

“People went wild and became the Nether’s servants?”

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“Yes. Hasn’t that happened here? It seems like the medicine we gave to those suffering from diarrhea or fever was the problem….”

“So how many of those Korrasar guys died?”

“what?”

“If you kill a lot you’ve achieved great results.”

Surprisingly this Cheonggeondang Taoist priest was asking how much damage the believers had caused rather than whether they had gone berserk.

Jiswa was taken aback by his attitude as if he knew he was going to run wild.

“Wait a minute! What is that now….”

But then Azadin placed his hand on Jiswah’s shoulder.

“Brother Jiswa. Introduce me.”

“Ah… yes.”

“Huh? Who is this person?”

“This is Brother Adan who became the Cheonggeondang Taoist priest in my stead.”

“What? Instead? What do you mean?”

“I thought I was too virtuous and unfit to take on the important role of a Taoist priest in Cheonggeondang but my brother Adan who was very virtuous and had a strong sense of justice willingly took on the position of Taoist priest in my stead.”

“As you can see.”

Azadin held the club the symbol of the Qing Dynasty Taoist priests and tapped his shoulder to give him a massage.

“that!”

Komosal was horrified by the fact that Jiswa had arbitrarily transferred his position as a Taoist to someone he had never seen before.

Looking at that it seemed that Azadin wasn’t the only one who was surprised by Jiswa’s sudden actions. However since he had already assumed the position of a Taoist priest in the Cheonggeondang he decided to push ahead as is.

“Okay now that you’ve heard the explanation let’s talk. Brothers Komosal? Can I call you brothers? I’m a Cheonggeon-dang and you’re a Cheonggeon-dang aren’t we all brothers?”

“….”

“We have brought along some brothers from the Cheonggeun Party and refugees who are wandering around looking for work and food. Please help them find jobs.”

“A job?”

“Aren’t you building Saturn now? It looks like it could provide plenty of jobs for people.”

“Oh that that….”

“And here’s some leftover elixir. Would you like to drink it all down?”

Azadin took out a vial.

“Ugh?!”

Comosal was startled when he saw the vial of medicine that Azadin handed him. Azadin was certain of it because of his attitude as if he was looking at poison.

“It looks like you’ve been playing with the leap?”

But when Azadin began to threaten Komosal the workers who were building the earthen ramparts came with shovels and hammers.

“Master Comosal!”

“Who are these guys?”

“As you can see they are brothers of the Cheonggeundang!”

When Azadin raised his club they recognized it and looked puzzled.

“Master Comosal?”

“These guys are fake! The corrupt Jiswaga sold the position of Taoist priest to the wrong guy! Arrest them!”

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As Comosal shouted they gathered with shovels and mallets.

At that sight the members of Azadin’s party also stood up.

and….

“No I don’t want to get up. Just getting up now is making me gain muscle.”

When Scott got up everyone was surprised.

Although he was disguised as a human the well-developed muscles characteristic of orcs were reflected in his disguise so Scott now appeared as a huge muscular man.

“…oh my god.”

“What muscle?”

“It looks like an orc.”

Everyone was intimidated by Scott’s appearance.

Moreover when they heard that Azadin had come to this conclusion after asking for jobs from refugees and members of the Qingdao Party all the Qingdao Party members gathered and sided with Azadin.

“Are you out of your minds trying to provoke our Taoist priest?”

“Our Taoist priest said that even monsters can be cut down like fallen autumn leaves.”

“Don’t bother the Taoist priest and end up in trouble. Do you want to see this place turn into a sea of ​​blood?”

“It would be better to follow what our Taoist master says.”

“Give us jobs!”

Those who saw Azadin’s abilities firsthand were so impressed that they asked for jobs.

Comosal and his followers did not dare to attack their backs.

‘What on earth are these guys that they’re so arrogant?’

‘Is that guy really that great? He talks like everyone dies when he gets angry?’

As the men brought by Komosal and Azadin were making a fuss among themselves an elephant approached.

“What’s going on Comosal?”

“Ah Miss!”

On the elephant was a young Bthumaine woman accompanied by her maids.

“…Miss Gimela.”

“Who is it?”

“You are the daughter of God.”

“ah.”

The cult leader’s daughter Gimela was a beautiful woman with black curly hair and confident green eyes. Those green eyes looked Azadin up and down.

“You look like a newbie but you’re a Taoist?”

“It is illegal! Jiswa foolishly transferred the position of Taoist priest without permission thereby undermining the authority of the Lord.”

“First of all there is no passage in the law that says you cannot hand over the position of a Taoist priest.”

“Yeah but.”

“And even if that Taoist priest is like that aren’t the others wearing the Cheonggeon? Aren’t they our brothers? Didn’t they say they wanted a job?”

“yes.”

When Azadin answered the woman called Gimela smiled.

“Good. There’s a lot of work to be done here. We need to quickly reinforce Saturn and gather arrows.”

“Is it because the ogres attacked from the north?”

“Oh I know that well.”

“I ran into some ogres on my way here.”

“okay?”

Gimela showed interest in Azadin’s words.

Comosal trembled with anxiety as he watched Gimela show interest in Azadin.

“Oh Miss.”

“Okay Comosal. Give these people jobs and give them food in return. That should solve the problem right?”

“…yes.”

“Then let’s disperse.”

The daughter of God named Gimela glanced at Scott as she dispersed the situation.

“And the new Taoist priest Jis and his party please come to me later. I need to hear their story.”

“…huh?”

Gimela’s gaze swept over Scott’s muscular body clearly interested.

“Oh this is true.”

Scott shrugged as he looked at Gimela’s eyes.

“Pretty guys are a pain in the neck.”

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Thanks to Gimela’s mediation the refugees and Qing dynasty members brought by Azadin were able to find jobs here.

The county of Kimalhaji was using its private funds to reinforce its castle and prepare weapons to fight against the ogres coming from the north. This place had originally been rich from trade so it was not a bad place to spend money.

“I think this place will be well defended?”

Shati assessed the situation as he watched the Count of Kimalhaji preparing for defense.

Then Azadin called Shati.

“Hey Shati.”

“why?”

“Can you tell me the way to the Naga Empire?”

It was common knowledge that the Naga Empire was located within the Btuma Jungle and that the path to it was known only to the Nagas. Furthermore it was blocked by a defensive line consisting of powerful magic and layers of poisonous insects.

But Azadin asked Shati about the way to enter the Naga Empire.

“Are you crazy? Even if it were me I couldn’t tell you something like that. In fact I don’t know either.”

“You don’t know?”

“Yes. I am a lower class person I grew up in a colony outside the empire.”

“Then is there no way to report to the higher-ups? If this continues the Naga Empire will be controlled by the Herald Clan again.”

“There’s no way I could have just been manipulated. The messenger clan must have given me something in return. Perhaps a copy of the New King’s Book.”

“Do you think that you handed over a copy of the New King’s Book and dragged the Empire in?”

“Otherwise I already got taken advantage of once in Corasar so I wouldn’t get taken advantage of again right?”

“Hmm.”

Azadin was keenly aware of the power of the copy of the New King’s Book.

This is the light of the king itself a treasure beyond imagination.

Even though it is a grimoire whose interpretation is not yet complete it is enough to hand over such a great treasure to the Nagas the enemies of humanity.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the Herald Clan has committed a sin against humanity.

“Did they give the Shinwangjinseo to the ogres too?”

“The Ogres must have been brought in by the Nagas. Our Nagas are the leading ethnic group of the Kurt Pantheon.”

Among those who served the Kurt tribe the Nagas possessed the strongest organizational and economic power.

As the leading force of the Kurt believers it is not difficult for them to attract the ogres if they promise a little profit.

“I wish I could meet that Nagaraja and convince him. If the Nagas are used again this time I might have to kill too many of them with my own hands.”

“under….”

Shati clicked her tongue at Azadin’s arrogant remark.

Azadin was worried that too many Nagas would die.