Chapter 114 : Chapter 114

Chapter 114 - What Are You Doing on Someone Else's Land?

Three days later.

A Messenger Ghoul sent by Anthia flew to Eclipse.

Until I received the letter, I kept my eyes on the Fourth Son's movements.

However, he was not making any major moves.

Even though he should have his mouth wide open, waiting for a mouse to roll right in.

“Being an elder doesn’t change much.”

There was no threat to her life yet.

That’s how the Forest Witch felt, and it was indeed true.

To be precise, it was closer to him not being able to do anything.

Because the situation hadn’t changed much.

“My second-oldest brother brought the Forest Witch right before his eyes to kill her. But I snatched the prey that came right before his eyes.”

With the grand justification of a family business, no less.

To others, it would seem ‘unintentional’.

By the direct authority of the Family Head, she was exempt from all elder meetings and didn't need to be in the Hall of Ten Demons.

A branch with no surveillance and Eclipse, which was close by.

She went back and forth between these two places with her consciousness, living the same life as usual.

“I told you. I’d stop anything major from happening.”

“You just stopped a big problem with an even bigger problem.”

“I stopped it one way or another, didn’t I?”

So, cheers.

I raised my teacup as a toast.

However, Lubosch, who was caught in between, couldn’t do the same.

“So…. What do I have to do?”

The Youngest Son kindly explained again.

“The Blue Volcano marked on that map. We need to acquire a business site there.”

“Yes, yes. I understood up to there.”

The porter scratched the back of his head and stated common sense.

“Why is the business site the nest of a large-class individual managed by the family? This is a lava zone.”

That wasn't the only thing that didn't align with common sense.

“Besides, I listened to your words and calculated the timing. This year is the collateral branches’ turn─”

“They’ve probably secured their positions by now. They’ve planned the hunt and are probably in the final stages of just needing to execute it.”

“Ri-right. That’s what I mean. In the midst of that, my mission is….”

It had been a while since he received a mission that denied common sense multiple times.

Nevertheless, it was not welcome.

“I have to go to where the collateral branch kinsmen are gathered near the Blue Volcano and find out what their hunting strategy is and who is there…?”

“Correct. You remember well.”

On top of that.

“By the time you arrive, they will be filled with chaos. You won’t be in for a good time if you get caught.”

“Please tell me you’re lying.”

“Saying it’s a lie would be the lie.”

After the kill confirmation, his bloodshot eyes looked at the Forest Witch.

“Lores. The twenty maid corps units Lubosch handles. You’ve finished the heat-resistant coating, right?”

“Yeah. The wooden dolls’ bodies will never burn, even in the heat of the volcanic zone. I’ve also tweaked them so they can be used in combat.”

Lores’s eyes, as she spoke, moved to Lubosch.

However, the eyes under the brim of that hat were not kind.

The person receiving such a gaze protested as if he was dying of unfairness.

“I don’t steal things like that! Lores-nim’s un-underwear…! Absolutely not!”

“I get it. Underwear thief.”

“Huaaak!”

He shouted his innocence to the sky.

The only ones who could prove his innocence were the twenty maid corps units, but unfortunately, they were wooden dolls.

They saw nothing, and even if they had, they couldn’t speak.

“I’ll be on my way for now. I’ll come back and prove my innocence.”

“Okay. Underwear thief.”

Lubosch rubbed the back of his neck and went out.

Whether he did or not.

The Youngest Son crossed his legs and read the letter sent by Anthia.

“That guy, Elmont. Rather than being the tail of a dragon in the Sorcery Enhancement Department, he went to the collateral branches’ gathering and became the head of a snake.”

In summary, that was it.

To borrow Anthia’s expression, Elmont was someone who was only satisfied when he was the head.

Unlike Anthia, he didn’t leave the collateral branch group but rather dug into it and became the head.

If he was the head, the body was the dozens of collateral branch families within the family.

They were formed as the survivors of the kinsmen competition, by the Family Head's mercy, spread their descendants one by one.

Now, Elmont led that family gathering.

“Even if he’s the head of a snake, he’s still a snake. I think we can just push through.”

The Forest Witch’s words were not wrong either.

“But snake venom is still venom.”

I sent Lubosch to find out what that venom was.

And I sent Jubel even faster than that.

“Jubel must have arrived at the volcanic zone by now.”

“If it’s Jubel, he’ll do fine on his own. He seemed to love it last time I saw him.”

The money-grubber, Jubel Maxman.

A man I had gotten to know through the Hexa business.

He was a man with few facial expressions, and the only times he smiled or laughed out loud were when talking about money.

That man clapped his hands and rejoiced at the words ‘family business’.

He postponed his schedule and turned the bow of Mariella to fly over.

The Youngest Son placed the confirmation letter received from Messenger Ransis into the hands of that family merchant.

In the hands of a great merchant, it was more powerful than any high-level spellbook.

“The hunt that could have started right away will be completely stopped by what I gave him.”

Because on that confirmation letter was engraved a symbol stronger than anything in Millesdusk, no, in the East.

The Forest Witch also acknowledged it.

“The Millesdusk Family Head’s official seal was stamped on it. Of course.”

Yes. Of course.

The beginning of the realization of public interest was marked by an official document.

***

The Blue Volcano area.

Just standing here in this volcanic zone, the heat was immense.

The boiling heat, as if it would erupt at any moment, announced an impending hatching.

It meant that the master of this volcano, the Blue Flame Spirit, was raising its body.

The time was coming.

“Everything is going smoothly.”

Elmont Black Millesddusk.

He, who held the reins of the family’s collateral branches, raised a glass of wine by himself.

He celebrated his success to this day.

It had been truly long.

Starting from entering ‘The Second Fang’, a group and gathering of collateral branches, he stood at its peak.

This period was exactly 7 years.

And now was the second year of his term.

“Last year, I was so envious of those direct line bastards.”

The purebloods who hunted the large-class monster and took all its milk and honey.

Bastards whose only good deed was being born of a good bloodline.

“This time, it’s mine.”

He obtained the hunting rights according to the order, and even that was obtained with difficulty.

If any of the direct line had coveted it, he would have had it taken away just like that.

Fortunately, the First Son was in training, the Second and Third Daughters were originally not interested, and the Fourth Son was distracted.

As for the Fifth Son, well.

Pfft.

“He’s not even worth paying attention to.”

It was said that he had only recently begun to shine and attract attention, but that was it.

“He can never take this.”

The timing was too late to take it away just by brandishing the kinsman's name.

And as for snatching it by scaring him?

Very pitifully, he wasn’t scared.

“I’d rather he acted up.”

If he did, I would have to melt two or three of his fingers with poison.

For that bastard, it was just fleeting attention that would soon die down.

It was being taken by a talent who should have been recognized years ago.

Just imagining it was thrilling.

Bang─!

“Co-Commander…!”

A subordinate rushed in, shouting urgently.

The face that had been enjoying the cool, ice-like wine contorted.

“…Did the lava of the Blue Volcano turn red or something. What were you thinking, opening the Commander’s office door so hard it could break?”

If it wasn’t really something of that magnitude.

It was obvious where the glass in his hand would be headed.

The subordinate also realized his mistake and hastily corrected his posture.

“So-sorry! But I thought you should see outside urgently…!”

“Outside?”

Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuung─

Before he could turn around.

A dull roar vibrated his eardrums.

The contents of the open wine bottle also trembled violently.

A hot air balloon, stopped against the backdrop of the night, sent down something smaller than itself.

It was a crest that anyone from the family would recognize with just a faint light.

“…You crazy money-grubber.”

Kwoong─!

He put down the glass and strode out of the entrance.

“Come out. Before I throw you into the volcano as firewood.”

“So-sorry!”

“And wake up the men and prepare them to fire physical curses at a moment’s notice. The target is the airship.”

“Understood!”

The subordinate scurried away.

Behind him, Elmont came out of the barracks gathering and went to where the hot air balloon had landed.

The money-grubber looked around nonchalantly.

“It was dangerous coming down. The bottom of the ship almost burned completely. Hahat. Still, the view of the volcano is worth seeing.”

“Jubel Maxman. Why are you here.”

Sssssssssk─

One by one, the scales of The Second Fang came out of the barracks.

The Second Fang.

Those who called themselves the second fang of Millesdusk.

Their expressions, unlike this area, were cold.

A money-grubber had arrived unannounced at a grandly laid out table.

And he came directly on his merchant ship.

It was a ship without a single decent cannon, but right now it was no different from a pirate ship.

“Did you come looking for an empty seat at a fully prepared banquet?”

A vicious ghost bastard, trying to shamelessly pry and plunder now.

Jubel Maxman still smiled and shook his head.

“No. Today, I am an errand boy. An errand boy who delivers a message and helps a little with work.”

“…Cut the crap and get lost.”

“Those words. I’ll return them right back to you.”

A vein popped on his forehead.

“Do you think I can’t touch you just because you’re a family merchant?”

Magic moved in an instant.

It rotated his entire body and stimulated the poison gland within.

All Poison Demon Sorcery starts from this poison gland that stores the poison.

Depending on what kind of poison was stored and how it was exposed, the sorcery changed distinctly.

“You bastard dared to interfere with a hunt under the family’s name. You must have nothing to say even if you die here.”

Jubel still smiled.

“How do you keep choosing the words I’m about to say? The merchant should be you, Elmont-nim, not me. I think that suits you better, too.”

“…Die.”

Ssk─

The index fingernail, turned black.

It soon grew long like a hawk’s talon and was about to slit his throat, but.

“Oops.”

To do that, he had to get past the Family Head’s official seal that covered his throat first.

“You almost laid a hand on the Family Head’s symbol. If that had happened, you wouldn't have had a peaceful night. A pity, no. Be careful.”

“You, this….”

The money-grubber’s taunts didn’t even register.

His murky amethyst eyes stared intently at the official document in front of the poisonous hand.

It’s not… a fake.

The shimmering black seal was proving itself.

The level of it made the poisonous hand next to it seem like dust.

Immeasurably high.

The sense that it was sacrilegious to even try to grasp it could only be produced by one person.

“Why is this here….”

“Elmont Black Millesdusk, of the family’s collateral branch, listen.”

The family’s number one merchant held up the official document, adorned with the Family Head’s seal.

“This place has been selected as the business site for the new family business, Black Elixir, and will be used as the person in charge sees fit.”

…Person in charge?

His eyes, which were sinking into the abyss, paused for a moment.

“The person in charge is the family’s direct kinsman, the Fifth Son, Dante Black Millesdusk.”

“…!!”

“The following seal acknowledges that all decision-making authority regarding the business lies with him.”

A five-necked hydra coiled beneath the official document.

It was saying.

That the master of this place was the Fifth Son.

Why. Why on earth.

No, how.

‘How, how could the Fifth Son become the person in charge of a new family business.’

“You should ask the Family Head that, not me. If you’re curious, go ask him yourself.”

Swoosh─

The official document, having done its job, was carefully folded and placed inside his clothes.

Here and now, this single piece of paper was the world’s greatest protection sorcery.

Jubel lightly clapped his hands to gather attention.

“Alright, alright. Now, please start leaving. We have quite a bit of luggage to unload.”

“……”

In the night sky, hot air balloons with their lights on were already descending like falling stars.

Elmont trembled his lips and turned his back.

Numerous collateral branch members followed behind him.

“Co-Commander, what is the meaning of this…! A family business! The Fifth Son!”

“…I can’t believe it either. So please, calm down a little.”

“How can I calm down! What luck did we have to get this chance!”

“How do we know how the direct line will change their minds in two years!”

The old men, who could be called elders in The Second Fang, chattered noisily.

He wanted to kill them all.

But.

It wouldn't be just these old men who were chattering.

The other direct kinsmen who heard the news would surely be grinding their teeth as well.

“We will move the base back. But do not withdraw under any circumstances. I will find a way.”

He boarded a cargo airship and rose into the sky.

To meet a direct kinsman.

To strike the enemy with the enemy.

He had to meet the one among the kinsmen who seemed the most reasonable.

“I have to meet the Fourth Son.”

The transport ship set its course for the Black Giant Castle.

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