Night of the Soulless Heathens – 327



#327. Banreung Expedition 6

It could be because of Niselda or it could be because he was very stressed so Azadin decided to take a break for now and talk to Bernard separately later.

“Then shall we stay here for a while? Let’s get some rest.”

“….”

It is a guesthouse filled with corpses of people who were killed after being tortured to death.

Of course they took down the bodies salted them and held funerals and even their spirits came out to create a friendly atmosphere but as Scott said the spirit and the body are separate things.

How could he rest in such a sinister place? However Azadin paid no attention to it at all and closed his eyes first falling asleep.

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The Kingdom of Banreung was a union kingdom of the Dwarf Dynasty and the Yaegasu Royal Family and under its rule the human nobles and dwarf clans theoretically lived in harmony.

The southern gateway the Sandokar County Territory was a land ruled by the Sandokar County Count and was connected by land to the Arangi Kingdom the headquarters of the Knights of the Salvation Order so it was a place where a large amount of toll revenue could be collected.

At the intersection south of the gate of Sandokar dwarves were currently moving busily.

Even though the sun has set and it is curfew they are still moving around busily armed.

“No damn it. There seem to be a lot of dwarves today. And they all look armed. Should I not inspect them?”

The human soldier guarding the Sandokar Gate grumbled as he watched the dwarves passing by.

His jurisdiction lies within this gate but he can’t help but be concerned when he sees dwarves breaking curfew and wandering around right before his eyes.

“Shh. Those little bastards are dwarven arrows.”

“I know.”

Dwarven Arrow was the name of a drug ring but now people were calling all dwarven criminals ‘Dwarven Arrow’.

Common nouns become common nouns. Just as the brand name of a particular product becomes the name of the entire product so too does the name become something that people use frequently.

“I know that but is it right for us to do this?”

The soldier at the gate grumbled.

The soldiers of the Sandokar County do not touch the Dwarven Arrow.

Since the time when Chashan ran a drug farm in Chadra a large amount of drugs were distributed through the Sandokar Gate and it was the bribes of the Dwarven Arrow that kept the Sandokar County alive.

But the sight of the Blunderbuss soldiers openly carrying guns and being told to tolerate it tickled the soldier’s conscience.

“Why do we have to keep our eyes open and watch those criminal bastards? If they were hiding like they usually are it wouldn’t be a problem but they’re acting like regular soldiers out in the open. Even though it’s their world don’t they have a little bit of a conscience?”

Certainly the Dwarven Arrows were moving busily now but this was not normal movement.

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“Are you sure this is all the remaining troops?”

Chashan felt like pulling out his hair.

For dwarves all their hair was a precious gift from their parents and should not be cut or plucked out.

So for dwarves wanting to pull out their heads was another way of saying they wanted to die.

“Honestly this is the boss’s fault. He was so caught up in torturing those humans in the first place…”

His subordinates openly criticized Chashan’s incompetence.

It was Chashan’s fault for wasting time torturing the human caravans and failing to rally his forces.

But to point this out so openly?

That was possible because Chashan was now the guest house of the Dwarven Arrow.

The person who confronted Chashan was a member of the Dwarven Arrows but was not Chashan’s direct subordinate.

He was simply the leader of the expeditionary force sent to Chashan by Dwarven Arrow to facilitate the drug supply chain.

“Am I doing something wrong? Don’t you know what kind of person Azadin is? Think about it. A guy who defeats our dwarves one by one! Do you dare criticize me just because you suffered a lot of losses while fighting him?!”

“Then it’s even more the boss’s fault. Considering the enemy’s capabilities shouldn’t he have prioritized bigger things over petty revenge?”

The commander of the Dwarven Arrows criticized Chashan harshly.

Are Azadin’s men strong enough to defeat the dwarves individually? If so then that is also Chashan’s fault.

In fact his words made sense so Cha-san couldn’t protest properly just gaping like a carp.

“Hey. Can you use foresight magic instead of ground keeper magic?”

Chashan who was at a loss for words looked back at the landkeeper.

The magic of the Seonkyo is similar to blue-black magic as it creates a new spirit form that shares consciousness and sends it into the sky to observe the surroundings.

It was a difficult spell to use for dwarven sorcerers who mainly enjoyed using destruction magic and earth magic.

“Are you ignoring the magic of the Earthquake Keeper? I clearly warned you properly.”

The Earthwrecker’s sorcerer complained. He had clearly warned that his troops were engaged in combat with something and their numbers were dwindling.

As the Earthquake Warlock said the troops were lost so he must feel wronged. However from Chashan’s perspective he didn’t even tell him clearly what attacked him and just…

‘I heard a fighting sound.’

‘So the troops were reduced.’

‘Am I right?’

I didn’t like the Earthquake Wizard who gave such useless information. He only gave information that was not very helpful in strategy or tactics.

But then… suddenly something flew between Chashan and the Earthquake Warlock.

“uh?”

Chashan put his hand on his cheek.

Blood flows.

“What is this…..”

There were small birds flying around. There were so many of them that the sound of their wings flapping became increasingly loud.

The startled dwarves turned to where the sound was coming from and saw a swarm of bats flying across the eastern sky.

“this!”

“Kill him!”

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The Blunderbuss soldiers all raised their Blunderbusses.

But then a dwarf appeared before them.

“Stop it! You idiots! Are you planning on shooting the master?”

When he shouted all the Blunderbuss soldiers flinched.

“master?”

While they were panicking bats gathered and a dwarf wearing luxurious clothes appeared behind them.

It was a dwarf dressed like a royalty with black silk clothes and ornaments embroidered with gold thread and jewels.

“Chashan. You’ve lost a lot of Blunderbusses. You’re such an idiot.”

The dwarf who appeared counted the number of Blunderbuss bottles as if he was looking at his own belongings and glared at Chashan.

But isn’t Chashan trembling when he sees him?

“Your Highness Carlsmati…..”

“…majesty.”

The dwarven sorcerers cousins ​​of Chashan all prostrated themselves before the figure who had just appeared.

The person who appeared before my eyes was Kalzmati the dwarven prince of the Banreung United Kingdom.

He was the true owner of the Dwarven Arrow.

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The Kingdom of Banrung is the most despised of the eight kingdoms of Yaegasu.

In the past when the Yaegas gods descended to the continent of Hybris they rooted eight quartz thrones into the ground and descended through them.

In the other six kingdoms the Yaegas gods took the throne without much difficulty and gained power based on it fighting and defeating the Nether’s messengers and the Naga Empire of the Kurt Pantheon.

The problem was the two kingdoms of Banling and Assander.

The thrones of Banreung and Assander appeared in the dwarf elf realms respectively and the Yaegas clan formed an alliance with the dwarf elves to reclaim the thrones.

The reason that the Nether messengers and the dwarves and elves who served the Naga Empire were incorporated into the order of the Yaegas Divine Tribe even after the fall of the Naga Empire was because of the oath made at that time.

After that Assander became the territory of the Yaegas gods but Banreung became a united kingdom and the dwarven bloodline and the Yaegas gods took turns ruling the country.

Therefore the Kingdom of Banrung was an alien entity in the order of the Yaegasu clan and was discriminated against by other countries as a result.

For the already self-righteous and vengeful dwarves this gave them a justification to be hostile to the entire world.

The dwarves hatched a plan to create a drug and make the entire world sick with it.

In other words the activities of the Dwarven Arrow were a national policy carried out under the support of the Dwarven royal family of Banreung.

Of course officially Dwarven Arrow is just a criminal organization created by Chashan and later taken over by other subordinates.

Even as the damage spread the Kingdom of Banreung just turned a blind eye and said they couldn’t do anything about it…

However Prince Kalzmati of Banreung appeared in person at the Sandokar Gate.

“Chashan. Your incompetence really impresses me. It reminds me again and again of how ignorant I am of this world.”

“majesty….”

“Don’t worry. Even you incompetent bastards will be useful now.”

“Carlsmarty said haughtily stroking his beard.

At that moment bats gathered around him and transformed into humans elves and dwarves.

“….”

‘You’re a vampire!’

The dwarves were terrified at the sight of what appeared next to Kalzmati.

“Excuse me Your Majesty. Who are these? By any chance….”

Vampires had the ability to seduce and control those who sucked their blood.

Could it be that Kalzmati is being controlled by vampires?

Chashan who had such doubts asked but the vampires who appeared next to Kalzmati paid their respects to Kalzmati with the utmost sincerity.

And Kalzmati’s eyes glowed red. Kalzmati was also a vampire and surprisingly the ones gathered here were vampires of lower rank than Kalzmati.

In other words Prince Kalzmati was a vampire long before these people.

‘Nonsense! I’ve seen this prince before. No high-ranking vampires can hide their identities. Then why are you revealing your identity now?’

Chashan’s mind became complicated. Perhaps the reason Prince Kalzmati was revealing his identity so openly was because he was finally in a situation where he did not have to hide his identity.

That’s how it should be understood.

Indeed… Prince Kalzmati opened his mouth in delight.

“I have finally completed my research on elemental wailing so I will share the results with you.”

As Prince Kalzmati stretched out his hand countless bats surrounded Chashan and the dwarven sorcerers.

“uh?!”

“Oh no!”

“Don’t resist! If you do it will be difficult to mutate!”

The sharp voice of Prince Kalzmati commanded.

The Blunderbuss soldiers flinched at that command.

For the dwarves whose caste system was strong the orders of Prince Kalzmati could never be ignored even if it was revealed that he was a vampire.

Even if he attacks them as a vampire and tries to turn them into vampires they cannot dare to resist the prince.

however….

“You bloodsucking bastards!”

It was a different story for Sandokar’s soldiers.