Ogre-5
“Chimera?”
Bern’s eyes widen as he hears the report. Lud explains what happened in the forest to Bern. Throughout listening to the story, Bern looked at Lee Sung-min.
I defeated the ogre chimera alone, but there were no wounds on Lee’s body.
Honestly, Bern didn’t think it was possible to subdue Ogres by himself. Top notch in a row class. It was because I thought that talent would lack practical experience, even if it was real.
So I sent Ruth with me. By the way, Ruth hasn’t stepped up, and she defeated the Ogre Chimera by herself. Bern opened his mouth, looking at Lee Sung-min’s face.
“… You’re blurring. ”
“Yes?”
Seong-min tilts her head in Bern’s words. Bern grimaces as he rubs his hand against the back of his nose.
“I was going to give you class S when I got back from the ogre subjugation. But an ogre chimera…”
“Why don’t you give it to me in SS grade. ”
Ruth, who was listening, commented. Bern sighs.
“I can’t give you SS that easily. ”
“I think defeating an ogre chimera alone is enough to give you the SS grade. ”
“It’s not my decision to make alone. ”
Bern glances at reason by saying that.
“Of course, performance itself is enough to give you an SS rating. However, once a mercenary guild is joined, it is unprecedented to assign it to the SS class. And the SS isn’t up to me to decide. ”
“I don’t care. ”
Lee Sung-min opened his mouth.
“I am not dissatisfied if I am assigned to Class S as you originally thought. It’s about grades. You can build and increase your performance in the future. ”
“… Thank you for saying that. ”
Bern nods. If you were an SS rating, you could get a lot of convenience, but you didn’t have to get an SS rating too much. Lee Sung-min knows that upgrading to mercenary status requires performance. Even if Ogre Chimera is a powerful monster, Bern will see a lot of things like that to rank as the Great SS.
“Then I’ll put it in Class S as planned. And also…”
Bern nods, briefly contemplating.
“As Ruth has said, defeating ogre chimeras is enough to make it to the SS rank. I just can’t get it up to SS right away for a lot of reasons. ”
“I know. ”
“I’m sorry. So… you. Don’t you have a place to stay? I’m sleeping on the fourth floor, but there should be plenty of discomfort. So, I’ll give you a house. ”
“Yes?”
“The house. There’s just one empty thing. ”
“What are you pretending to be happy about? You’re just touching real estate and hugging things that aren’t for sale. ”
As Ruth struggles, Bern clears his throat.
“Why do you say things you don’t have to say? ”
“I’m getting my meds up. ”
“Kmm!”
Bern clears his throat once more and looks at Lee Sung-min.
“Th-that’s a pretty good house. I like your neck, but it’s not for sale. It’s quite expensive at the rate… But you can use it. ”
“Thank you.”
It was not a refusal to give. It was a car that I thought I needed a house. Sleeping in a mercenary guild wasn’t bad, but I wanted a personal training area.
“You’re not going to pay for the house, are you? ”
“Do I look that morbid? ”
Bern impresses Ruth. Bern opens his desk drawer.
“The quest to subdue the ogres in the village was 30 million Ers. Monsters like Ogres used to start at 40 million Er… It was a car that needed to be tested for your skills. Normally, I’d ignore it.”
It was as Lee Sung-min thought. I’ve never heard of ogre chimeras before in my life. In Seongmin’s past life, the guild must have ignored the Ogre subjugation quest.
“Class S mercenary quests take 10% commission from the guild. And to Rud…”
“I don’t have to take it. I didn’t do anything. Let’s just say you had a good look. ”
Ruth smiles and shakes her hand. In doing so, the compensation returned to Lee Sung-min was 27 million Er. Bern immediately wrote a check to Lee Sung-min for the same value.
“It’s a check you can use wherever you go, Eria. But don’t carry around a check. It’ll be easier to leave it to the bank to make cards. ”
“Thank you.”
Looking down at the check, Lee Sung-min felt complicated. 2.7 million Er. It was unrealistic. When I was a Class C mercenary, I received a lot of quests from Seongmin. But it wasn’t always like that. There were many mercenaries and few quests. There were a lot of Class C mercenaries in the mercenaries who belonged to Lee Sung-min. So it wasn’t always possible to get a request.
Quests are not always easy and convenient. The money that I earned was spent on drinking and buying women.
I used to think about raising money. Save money, learn better unskilled, learn magic. I hope that if I do that, I can change my position. Of course, it wasn’t until the end. Saving money was totally inconsistent in the life of a mercenary.
‘I’ve worked hard for a year… I get Class S at once. ’
It was unrealistic, but this was the reality. Sung-min put the check he received in his arms.
“The mansion is located…”
“Draw me a map and I’ll find out. ”
“… would that be okay? Pretty complicated. Behenger is spacious.”
“I’m fine.”
It is the longest city I have ever lived in. Almost unchanged. If you have directions, you can find them. Bern scratches his cheek and pulls out a piece of paper and pen. Shortly after, Bern drew up the directions and handed them over to Lee Sung-min.
“Here. The key is here. ”
Lee Sung-min took the key and directions from Bern and left the room. Bern looks away from the closed visit and moves his gaze toward Ruth.
“How was it?”
“You’d better see for yourself than I do. ”
“Then show me. ”
Ruth pulls up a chair and sits in front of Bern. Bern picks up the staff that he left behind and pouts. Then he reaches out his other hand and puts it on Ruth’s head.
“… Hmm. ”
A sneak peek into Lud’s memory, Bern lets out a small groan. He lowers his staff and sighs.
“Clearly. You’re not cut out for Class S.” ”
“Didn’t I tell you? It’s better to just put it on SS. ”
“I’ll take care of it. ”
Bern replies. Although he was the head of the Mercenary Guild, Bern was not the pinnacle of power here. There are many mercenaries in Behenger. Guilds and branch chiefs are responsible for managing them, not controlling them. Rather, the commanders of the large mercenaries were more powerful than their branch commander, Bern.
“Zeon must be greedy. ”
Bern mutters in a small voice.
The house Bern left to Lee Sung-min was too big to live alone. The walls were high in the spacious first-floor house and not too far from the mercenary guild. Lee Sung-min opened the gate with the key and checked the garden first.
The weeds were so dense that the management was not so well, but the rational people didn’t care. Whether the weeds grew or not was not a matter for rational people. Seong-min didn’t want to manage the garden anyway.
‘It’s spacious.’
I have never lived in a house like this before. Class S mercenaries’ lives were unrealistic in many ways. But you’ll get used to it.
Although it was a bit like being open, Lee felt satisfied that there was a personal space. From now on, we will practice spearing here every day. But first… Lee opened the subspace pocket.
My spare spear was mostly used in this ogre subjugation. I didn’t regret it much. It was because it was a cheap weapon that could be easily obtained anywhere.
‘I finally have money. ’
I don’t need to spend money right now. I thought I’d buy a elixir or a blank book with my own money, but I didn’t have enough money to buy it. Nevertheless, I was not so willing to buy a blank book. It is because they have not yet mastered the Nine Heavenly Palace, the Self-Substantiation, and the Immortal Spirit. Spearing, internal cardiac, prosthetic. It was no wonder he was not greedy for another because he had the three most important.
“Nevel.”
Lee Sung-min calmly called Nevel. Then Nebbel wakes up from the shadow of Lee Sung-min. Nebbel bowed his head to Lee Sung-min and said,
“What’s the matter? ”
“I need a weapon. ”
“Do you want to buy? Or making?”
“Which is better? ”
Lee Sung-min asked, saying that while smiling.
“Each has its pros and cons. If you want to buy, we can give you the best for the price. But there are tastes, right? Weapons to be used must also be handheld. No matter how good the weapon is, it’s not my taste, and I can’t help it. ”
“Then let’s look at the crafting part first. ”
“How much do you have? ”
“2.7 million Er. ”
“Not much. ”
Neville replied, “It’s absurd to say so. It’s not even a dog’s name for 27 million Er.”
“Every blacksmith we broker has the best skills. So it has to be expensive. ”
“How can I guess? ”
“It’s not that hard. Lower your eyes a little, or… lower your pride. ”
“… pride? ”
Seong-min tilts his head in the words of Nevel. Nebbel smiles bloody and says,
“They’re craftsmen, aren’t they? Stubborn and full of pride. So a lot of people get fucked up. As I said before, the blacksmiths we mediate all have the best craftsmanship… but not the proportion of craftsmanship and personality. ”
“It doesn’t matter if you’re sure of your skills. ”
“Please wait a moment. ”
After saying that, Nevel vanishes into the shadow of Lee Sung-min. I used all the money I received, but I didn’t think it was a waste.
Even though Lee Sung-min used the same spear in his past life, it was always a cheap weapon that he used in those days. For Lee Sung-min who was a Class C mercenary, weapons were always like that. All you need is a good weapon or a bad weapon, or whatever, to swing and stab. Instead of spending money on weapons, I came back after completing the quest and thought it was better to drink and hug more expensive women.
But now it’s different. It was a long-standing greed.
I wanted to grasp it as a good weapon.