Chapter 72: Different than Intended (4)

Cale could see the change in Toonka’s expression. He blankly blinked a few times before slowly starting to frown as if he remembered what had happened. “I lost.” However, he was calm when he started to speak. Cale then proceeded to speak. “It was still a warriors’ battle.” Toonka blankly stared at Cale before slowly starting to smile. He looked extremely ugly with that expression on his face. His face, that already looked like an orc’s because of the beating he had just received, now looked like a mutant troll’s face. It was full of blue bruises. Cale turned away to stop seeing that ugly face. He could hear Toonka starting to speak as he turned. Toonka was speaking to Pelia. “A new warrior has appeared today!” Cale could see soldiers approaching them after hearing Toonka’s loud voice. There was anticipation on the faces of the citizens. They did not seem to look down on their leader for fainting or have any animosity toward Choi Han for beating up their leader. Warrior. It was a cool title that was incomparable to those stupid mages. Someone who deserved such a title had appeared. “We will have a celebration tonight! Get it prepared!” Boom. Boom. Boom. The citizens started to stomp their feet again. At the same time, they cheered for both Choi Han and Toonka. Although these citizens were called barbarians because of such actions, Cale did not care. Of course, there will definitely be some soldiers whose morale goes down because Toonka lost, as well as some high-ranking people who will have animosity toward Cale’s crew. ‘Not my concern.’ He just needed to take what he needed to take. Cale could hear Toonka speaking to Choi Han behind him. “Warrior! I will definitely kill you next time! Muhahahahahaha!” Cale turned around to see Choi Han frowning deeply. Choi Han had deeply disliked Toonka in the novel. He then heard Toonka speaking to him. “I destroyed it less, per our agreement!” It meant they were now going to go look at the Magic Tower. Cale climbed back up and patted the pale Billos’s shoulder. “Billos.” “Yes sir.” “Go get everybody from outside the base.” Billos seemed confused, but accepted before pointing to someone else. “Of course. But there is someone I need to introduce first.” Cale looked toward who Billos was pointing at. Brown hair and brown eyes along with an extremely average face. He seemed so common and average, but it was so much so that it made him look unique. “Young master-nim, this is Chief Harol-nim. He is currently the Supreme Chief in charge of the entire faction.” Harol. He was a necessary member of the non-mage faction. “Nice to meet you, young master Cale-nim. My name is Harol.” The peasants of the Whipper Kingdom did not have last names. Cale reached his hand out to Harol. “Nice to meet you. I am Cale.” Harol cautiously shook Cale’s hand before quietly starting to whisper. “I guess young master Cale-nim is who our leader Toonka-nim said he was going to sell the Magic Tower to.” Cale did not say anything and just smiled as he let go of Harol’s hand. Harol. Harol was neither a very strategic person nor a strong individual. He also did not have any unique abilities. He was a great scientist, but he was lacking compared to the other chiefs. However, he was one of the founding members of the non-mage faction. The mages had considered themselves above the regular citizens because of their magic abilities. Harol had been the one who had brought up the idea of saving the people from such tyranny. To them, he was a hero. People followed him because of how average he was. Toonka and Harol, this combination was the hope for the Whipper Kingdom’s citizens. “It is my honor to meet you. I guess we have a lot to discuss from here on.” The non-mage faction needed money. Harol probably wanted to take as much money as possible from Cale. At that moment, Cale could hear Raon’s voice in his head. - What a liar. The dragon really was sharp. Cale gently responded to Harol. “I suppose so.” An unfair trade. That trade started from Harol and not Toonka. *** Cale stood in front of the Magic Tower and looked up. The 20 story Magic Tower was the second tallest building on the entire continent. The tallest building was the Empire’s Alchemist Bell Tower. ‘It’s better than I expected.’ Toonka had destroyed the Magic Tower less than Cale had anticipated. There were only a few outer walls that were destroyed. In comparison, all the windows and the insides were a total mess. ‘This isn’t all there is to the Magic Tower.’ Cale turned away from the Magic Tower to look at Toonka. “Are you going in as well?” The question made Toonka start to frown. “You think I am crazy? Why would I go into that dirty place?” Dirty place. Toonka was calling this famous building that was known throughout the Western Continent a, ‘dirty place.’ It was dirty to him because the citizens’ blood, sweat, and tears were shed inside of this building. “Harol will guide you.” Toonka said that before peeking toward Beacrox, Hilsman, the Wolf children, and Lock. It was because he smelled strong scents from them as well. He then also peeked toward the two baby kittens in Cale’s arms. He then looked toward Choi Han, who was talking to Rosalyn, before casually starting to speak. “You are interesting because you are weak.” Cale naturally ignored Toonka, however, Toonka continued to speak. “A weakling who oddly seems strong.” However, Toonka could not say anything else. It was because Choi Han had started to stare at him. Toonka started to smile brightly at Choi Han’s stare before he started to approach him. “What? You want to fight again?” Choi Han sighed before ignoring Toonka. Cale observed Toonka and Choi Han’s interaction before taking a look at Billos and Harol discussing with one another. He then started petting the kittens in his arms while starting to quietly sing. “Let’s catch a rat, let’s catch a rat. How many rats?” On’s front paw moved in Cale’s arms. Tap. She hit him once. Cale continued to speak. “Don’t hurt him though. Life is precious.” Hong snorted before moving his front paw. Tap. Tap. He tapped twice before his tail started to wag. On started to shake her head after seeing the smiles on Cale and Hong’s faces. The two of their villainous smiles were becoming similar the longer they were together. However, On’s tail was shaking as well. At that moment, a stealthy voice filled Cale’s mind. - Should I come with you too, human? Raon really must want to go with them, as he even asked Cale for permission. Cale sternly shook his head. Cale quietly whispered as if he was gently speaking to the kittens. “You have to catch something else with me.” The baby kittens and Black Dragon all closed their mouths after seeing Cale’s expression as he said, ‘something else.’ That sounded fun as well. Harol and Toonka soon approached Cale. Toonka pointed to Harol with friendliness. Our chief will guide you. Pelia will go with you as well.” Pelia was going to be Harol’s guard. Cale nodded his head and asked. “Did you clean up the corpses of the mages in the tower?” “I left a few there.” Cale knew this would be the case and kept a straight face. At that moment, Raon started to speak. - I guess you are only afraid of mermaid corpses. Don’t worry, I will make sure the mermaids can’t get to you in the future. ‘...I’m not really afraid of the mermaids either.’ However, Cale did not say that out loud since he should not run into any mermaids in the future. Toonka observed Cale’s calm demeanor before continuing to speak. “Those bastards do not need their souls consoled.” The consolation of the soul referred to cremation. The citizens burned mage corpses whenever possible. Of course, there were some corpses with their heads rolling around on the ground, but those corpses would soon be burnt as well. However, there must be a reason for the corpses they left behind not to be burnt. ‘Probably the ones that killed the most citizens.’ What do you need the most of to advance magic devices? Experiments. What would they experiment on? People. There were many mages who performed experiments on humans in secret. “I plan on getting rid of them when there are no more mages left in this kingdom. There will be no traces of them left.” Toonka quietly mumbled, contrary to his usual self. However, Cale did not pay much attention to his words.