A Narrow-Eyed Nobleman Is Always Misunderstood

Episode 195 – Head-on Breakthrough

Alberto and Tarun were walking down the streets of Herasmond.

Is it because there were more people on the streets than usual?

Despite being a combination of an old man and a masked man, very few people paid attention to these two.

“There are so many people.”

“That’s right. “It seems like it’s several times more than usual.”

Both Alberto and Tarun were amazed to see so many people walking through the streets of Herasmond.

The capital of the kingdom. No, even in the imperial capital of the Elpario Empire, there weren’t that many people.

“It is not an exaggeration to say that all goods sold within the empire pass through Herasmond.”

Alberto looked around and was truly impressed.

This was because there were so many people everywhere that it was faster to find a place without people than a place with people.

“The number of people has definitely increased compared to when I visited before.”

Tarun also looked around and was filled with memories as he saw that Herasmond had clearly improved compared to the past.

“What does Herasmond look like as you remember it?”

“Even back then, the scale was this big, but there were fewer people. “I guess it’s about a third of what it is now.”

“A third?”

Alberto was surprised to hear that there used to be one-third of the number of people there are now.

Even if it is reduced by a third from this number, it is not a small number.

Even if it is one-third, it is possible to gather this number of people only if a market is held in the imperial capital or some other event is held.

If the imperial capital were to gather as many people as today, it would have to be at least the emperor’s birthday.

On the emperor’s birthday, various festivals were held at the imperial palace to stabilize public sentiment.

And enough food was distributed to the common people, enough to last them for a month.

Since nobles usually eat well and live well anyway, the idea was to prevent impure thoughts by sharing food with commoners who had a relatively difficult time making a living.

“Even if it’s one-third, isn’t it a huge number?”

“Yes. This is proof that the city of Herasmond has grown to that extent.”

Alberto and Tarun walking while chatting.

However, the steps of the two people stopped at one place.

‘Elgaron Company’

Where the two people stopped, there was a building with a sign called Elgaron Company.

“Are you here?”

“Okay. It’s here. “An evil smell stings my nose from here.”

There was a reason why the two people came here.

“Who are you? By any chance, are you the ones who came to deposit items?”

As the two people stood in front of the commercial association building, a person who appeared to be an employee of the commercial association approached them and spoke to them.

“I came to meet the owner of this store.”

“You mean our president? By any chance, are you people who made a reservation?”

When I said I was there to meet the owner of the store, the employee asked if I wanted to make a reservation.

Since the Elgaron Chamber of Commerce was a fairly large merchant in Herasmond, it was not possible to meet the owner of the store with just anyone.

You had to be a nobleman with at least the title of count or marquis to meet the owner of the store.

“I haven’t made any reservations.”

“Then, could you please make a formal reservation? The Chairman is currently away. If you tell us your name and where you are staying, we will forward it to the chairman and set up a meeting date.”

“Is that so?”

Tarun confirmed from his staff that there was no chairman of Elgaron Chamber of Commerce within the building.

From the beginning, the purpose of the two was to attack El-Romed’s base.

And that goal did not include the chairman of Elgaron Company.

In the first place, the chairman of Elgaron Chamber of Commerce was nothing more than a boss.

Leading the Elgaron Chamber of Commerce were the owners of several merchants affiliated with the Chamber.

The Elgaron Chamber of Commerce was just a shell, and it was actually a merchant affiliated with it.

“Then it worked out well.”

Tarun and Alberto liked that the chairman of Elgaron Corporation, who was not the one they had to deal with, was not here.

I was planning to prevent inevitable sacrifices as much as possible, but it wouldn’t be easier to resolve the situation if at least the head survived?

In that respect, this was a very good time to destroy Elgaron Company.

“What… “You mean?”

Of course, upon seeing Tarun and Alberto’s sudden change in mood, the employee began to tremble.

‘I can feel a suspicious energy coming from the bottom of this store.’

‘I felt it too, Master.’

The two began to raise their aurors in earnest due to the suspicious energy felt in the basement of the building.

Is it because both of them have now surpassed the level of sword masters?

Just by raising the aura, a strong sense of pressure was naturally released as if it was pressing down on the surroundings.

“Kuh, keuhuh. Oh, what the hell… What… Act… Is it?”

The employee did not give in to the force emitted by the two people and tried to stand firm and hold on.

However, the pressure emanating from the bodies of the two people who were pioneering new territory did not allow it.

“Hoo, don’t you know who we are?”

Tarun was impressed by the spirit this man showed.

And since he did not recognize himself, I knew that this person was not a member of El-Romed.

“I don’t know…”

“You’re lucky. “Please sleep for a while.”

“Kek…”

Tarun liked this energetic young man, and perhaps because he knew he was not related to El-Romed, he pressed the back of his neck with the sheath and forced him to sleep.

“Is this okay?”

“I will just sleep like this for three days. Rather…”

Tarun furrowed his brow and looked around.

The top employees suddenly had their own weapons in their hands.

No.

“There are so many of El-Romed’s little ones standing around.”

El-Romed’s gang members surrounded Tarun and Alberto.

Hehe… “I tried to avoid fighting as much as possible, but at this rate, I have no choice but to fight, right?”

“kk. You’re right. We didn’t even take out our weapons… “They are standing with weapons.”

Tarun and Alberto showed a light-hearted attitude even though the sturdy men were standing there with weapons glaring at them.

“I wondered where he had dared to walk in, and it turned out he was an enemy who killed our comrades!”

“They are trash. “We will never give in!”

“… “What do you mean, Ambassador?”

Even though people with weapons threatened to kill them, Alberto remained calm.

Hehe. Originally, a moth could not see a fire and pass by. “They are called fire moths because they jump into the fire without knowing that they will die from the fire.”

Tarun went one step further and even provoked them.

However, none of El-Romed’s organization members moved rashly.

This was because the instinctive fear of how strong they were was blocking the movement of the gang members.

“Then, shall we at least make a bet?”

Alberto slowly took out the sword from its scabbard

It was a crude military longsword used by officers, about the length of an adult male’s arm.

“Bet? What bet?”

In response to this, Tarun also took out his sword.

The sword pulled out of the small scabbard instantly transformed into a huge sword as thick as the thigh of an adult man.

“Whoever defeats the most people gets lunch.”

“Uh-huh. That’s good.”

An ordinary person would feel fear or panic when surrounded by numerous enemies.

However, this number was nothing to these two people who had experienced mountain warfare and even a dogfight with a group of wyverns.

There was no problem in wiping them out with just Alberto from the Royal Academy.

Now that he has gained more experience and grown, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Tarun is the only one who can actually stop Alberto here.

However, even Tarun was a person who moved with the same intentions as Alberto.

Today, all members of El-Romed’s organization here were scheduled to return to the place where they were born.

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The battle ended surprisingly easily.

Even if multiple people are surrounding, the maximum number of people who can attack at once is three.

However, there were more opponents that Alberto and Tarun could attack.

Even if you just surround a sword with a sword aura and cut it down, two or three people will die with a single swing of the sword.

No matter how much you raised your weapon to block it, it was a sword attack between two people who cut you off with your weapon.

A person who dies with his upper and lower body separated still dies comfortably.

This was because most of the gang members had their arms or legs cut off and were dying from excessive bleeding.

Since there was no one here except members of El-Romed, there was no mercy in the hands of Alberto and Tarun.

“Now then, let’s go down to the basement.”

“No, there is no need for that.”

Tarun stretched out his hand to stop Alberto, who said he would go down to the basement and wipe out the remaining gang members.

Is it because there is some good way? Thinking this, Alberto paused for a moment at the ambassador’s hand gesture.

Tarun held the sword so that the blade was pointing toward the floor.

And, with great force, he plunged the sword into the floor.

Obviously, even though it was a solid marble floor, the sword dug into the floor as if cutting tofu.

“Look carefully, disciple. This is the foundation of Tarun-style swordsmanship and a technique that is used up to the final five degrees. Bomb!”

Tarun decided to show Alberto direct skills, not enlightenment, and this place was chosen as the location.

As Tarun shouted the name of the technique, Alberto felt a huge vibration.

The location of the vibration was under the feet.

Alberto was able to see that an explosion occurred when the ambassador shouted the name of the technology, and at the same time, he could also see that the life response underground was turning off.

“It’s done. Now, let’s just go in and clean up after ourselves and then come out.”

Alberto smiled slightly as if he still had a long way to go when he saw Tarun shaking his hand and pulling out the sword that had been buried in the ground as if it was nothing.