I Have Come To End This Fight

Episode 46. Dragon Claw (5)

A short time of only 1 second.

In that instant, Yuri and Thearesia, thunderbolt and shadow crossed.

At the moment of intersection, golden and crimson eyes stared at each other.

At that time, it passed unusually slowly.

Then finally.

“… … .”

“… … ?!”

The two eyes that were facing each other diverged.

Kwareung-.

The two people who had disappeared with a thunderous sound reappeared at the same time.

Thearesia Winchester was at the place where Yuri stood a moment ago.

Yuri is on the other side of the stream, where Thearesia first appeared.

Two people who appeared in completely different places from each other.

Tick-tack-.

“… … ?!”

Thearesia turned around in surprise at the sound she heard from behind.

Spotting Yuri standing on the other side of the creek, her lips parted slightly.

Yuri smiled and waved at Thearesia, who had hardened.

“Then see you again, Tessha-senpai!”

After giving a short greeting, Yuri put the wooden box on her shoulder and started running away.

A small voice flowed from Thearesia’s mouth, who had just blankly watched his back as if she had forgotten the thought of chasing after her.

“Meanwhile… Did you even bring the box?”

He was the first to move.

That was clear.

However, the other party not only moved a much longer distance than he did, but also showed the ability to pack a wooden box in the middle.

“… … .”

Thearesia gazed at the bush where the glass disappeared without a word.

In her mind, the golden eyes she had met for a brief moment were clearly branded.

* * *

The prospective jockey boy who had been beaten mercilessly was crawling on the floor with a ghastly look.

“Oops… … .”

A boy who wriggles intermittently as if he has no energy to move anymore.

Next to him stood Jerry, the perpetrator who turned people into rags.

Putting his hands in his pockets, he bent over and asked.

“Are you Eric?”

“Ah… … .”

“Looking at the expression, it seems right.”

Eric’s eyes were filled with resentment and anger.

“do… What the hell is wrong with me… You’re doing this!”

At the angry cry, Jerry shrugged.

“Do you have any ill feelings?”

I saw it for the first time today… No, what kind of ill feelings could there be for a guy I just saw for the first time?

There’s just something to see.

“Let’s see, let’s see… … .”

Jerry rummaged in Eric’s arms.

Then a crude cloth bag caught in his hand.

Iron gruck-.

“That bastard, it seems he wasn’t cheating.”

A smile spread across Jerry’s mouth at the weight of the heavy point.

swish-.

The moment the point bag lightly bounced into the air from Jerry’s hand.

A conversation he had with a madman flowed naturally through his mind.

* * *

“Apart from changing dragons, tell me more about points.”

At Yuri’s tone of command, Jerry sighed inwardly.

‘This bastard wants to eat it raw!’

Cradle was a very unkind place.

This is because even understanding information and using it is considered a competition and part of one’s skills.

For that reason, it was the absence of information that the first-year jockey had the most trouble with in the early days.

Cradle instructors provide very minimal information.

It was not easy to even look at the faces of seniors who would ask something.

No, it was better not to meet seniors.

A jockey at the cradle is a rank and a rank, and a jockey with an annual rank above is no different from a gangster to his juniors.

If you ran into the seniors for no reason, you would be robbed, so the lower jockeys were usually reluctant to meet the senior jockeys.

As things are, new jockeys spend a lot of time gathering information and adapting in the early days of the cradle.

It was no different than Jerry.

‘I had a hard time figuring that out!’

Wouldn’t it be nice to see a reserve jockey who had just come through months of hardship trying to eat it raw?

As Jerry’s face turned sullen, Yuri’s eyes turned grim.

“why? don’t like to talk Aren’t you kidding?”

pick no

I really hate to tell you.

I wanted to get up right away and shout at that nasty face and say no.

But what can I do?

He’s still buried in the ground, and in that madman’s hand is a very good intimidation weapon.

Whoops- Whoops-.

Jerry smiled awkwardly when he saw Yuri’s hand wriggling holding the anthill.

“hahahahaha, I don’t think so… How difficult is it to just tell you that! Ask anything. What are you curious about? I’ll explain everything. I swear on my family’s honor that I will only tell the truth!”

“aha? Seeing that bastard’s skills, there’s no way he’d fail the exam, and if he gave false information that would be obvious to a guy who looked behind him… I’m afraid of the aftermath when we meet later.”

“… … .”

“But again, it hurts your pride to tell you everything you know as the truth. Since you’re a reserve jockey anyway and you’re probably not familiar with the cradle’s working situation, will you hand over the choice of questions to me and just answer roughly what I’m asking you?”

“… A madman is so quick to even notice.”

Basrak-.

Huduk huduk- Hoodeduk-.

“Huh! Dogs and ants fall! Hook- Hook- Hook- Hook- Hook-! No, I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you, take your strength off your hands! Hook-hook-hook-!”

Jerry, who muttered for nothing and angered the madman, had to pay the price.

Jerry’s face was red-purple due to lack of oxygen due to blowing his mouth so much.

Only when he saw him panting did Yuri collect the ant nest.

After taking a moment to breathe, Jerry let out a big sigh and said,

“ha… good. I’ll tell you everything I know. And I will generously cooperate in letting you know what you are curious about.”

“So you didn’t mean to?”

“… This bastard must vomit… Ah, anyway, I’ll tell you everything you want… Promise instead. You said you would set me free. Otherwise, whether you break the anthill or not, I will never say anything.”

“Okay. I’ll promise.”

Jerry was taken aback when the consent came so easily.

“… really?”

“huh.”

“… really?”

“no?”

“Poem, I hate it!”

I felt uncomfortable, but the first thing was to be released.

What happens after being released is something to think about after that.

Hmmm- Jerry, who cleared his throat slightly, opened his mouth.

“As I said before, points are a currency and the only indicator that determines your grade in the cradle. Points have two uses, so you have to choose accordingly.”

“Which choice?”

“Will I use my points to maintain my life or to raise my grades?”

“Does that mean that the points used to raise the grade cannot be recovered?”

“Yes, raising grade points also falls under the category of ‘use points’.”

“What if I don’t raise my grades?”

“We conduct monthly end-of-month evaluations with point scores, so those in the bottom ranks are at a disadvantage.”

“What disadvantage?”

“It varies from time to time, select a few of the bottom performers to carry out penalties, or in severe cases… You will be permanently banished from the cradle.”

“It’s fun.”

“Anyone with skills like you can say that. For those who stay in the lower ranks, the end-of-month evaluation is just like an execution ceremony. Will this month just end with a light penalty? Or will they be banished? Besides, even if they are banished, it will be one person or two… Nothing confirms the cradle.”

“hmm… … ?”

“The last week of the month-end evaluation is called Hell Week by the bottom-ranked guys.”

“It’s none of my business until then. Should I even care about that? Why?”

“It’s cool.”

“It is only natural that winners and losers will be separated at the end of the competition. Don’t you think it’s contradictory to sympathize with the opponent I trampled on to win?”

“that… … .”

Jerry was speechless.

Currently, within the 49th class, Jerry’s position was right in the middle.

Even within the mid-range, it’s exactly halfway there.

Because of this, he often thought about it every month as he looked at the lower ranks in pain.

If the lower ranks are expelled and eliminated as they are now, won’t the day come when you will go down to the lower ranks?

If that happens, wouldn’t he be banished too?

Because he harbored such anxiety, Jerry was rather grateful and cheered for the lower ranks rather than sympathizing with them.

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May they endure a little longer.

I hope that the day will not come when you go down to the bottom.

Yuri seemed to have guessed Jerry’s true intentions, so he stabbed him right in the middle.

Jerry admitted with a slight sigh.

“ha… Yes, you are right.”

“It’s okay to know. So, how can I collect points?”

“Through the quest.”

“quest?”

“You can think of it as a mission or assignment from the cradle. When you complete the given quest, you will receive various rewards, but it is usually paid in points.”

“Depending on the difficulty of the quest, the amount of points paid varies?”

“of course. For quests with really high difficulty, in addition to points, various items are given as rewards. For example… Like high-quality weapons or rare elixirs?”

However, Jerry explained that only points were awarded for quests with normal difficulty.

Yuri stroked his chin.

‘I can get a sense of how the cradle is rolling.’

The central axis that made the huge system of dragon’s cradle run was points and quests.

production and consumption.

Promotion of competitive activity and economic activity.

All of that was done through points and quests.

‘I think I’ll know what the quest is like if I go through it myself later.’

Even after that, Jerry continued to talk about various things about points.

The unit of points starts from 10 and goes up to 50,000.

Put a string through the hole in the middle of the point and carry it as a bundle.

The top 10 people in the end-of-month evaluation will receive additional points according to their grades.

Also, there is a story that there is a bank in the mainland where you can save points.

The chatter, once started, continued without stopping, and Jerry continued to talk about what he knew, even without Yuri no longer asking questions.

Yuri, who had listened to this quietly, was convinced.

‘This child… You’ve always been a talkative guy, right?’

He was probably the kind of person who would talk for an hour or two if he threw a topic.

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Maybe that’s why it was a problem that the interim stories followed the stream of consciousness and often leaked sideways… … .

‘Maybe that would be better.’

If you chatted along the stream of consciousness, you could accidentally reveal even the information you were trying to hide.

Because of this, Yuri eagerly responded to Jerry’s chatter.

To make him excited and talk harder.

Of all the long-winded conversations, what Yuri was most interested in was the existence of a point shop.

“Is there a shop run by Yoram?”

“Uh, even though there are only a few items you can buy if you’re younger… Still, it’s like an oasis in the desert for first- and second-year riders.”

According to Jerry’s explanation, the things that a 1 year car could buy at the store were dry food, daily necessities, training clothes, grinding stones and oil.

It provides quite a bit more than I thought, but the price was a problem.

“1,000 points for a dry day? Are those expensive?”

“Among the things sold at the store, the cheapest one is dry, but… You can earn about 1,000 points for a low-level quest that takes about a day to complete. Can you get a feel for it?”

“It’s at the level of tyranny.”

If that statement is true, when it was said that it was enough to eat only dry food, it was at the level of earning and eating every day.

It was even said that it was the cheapest among the items sold at the store.

A huge amount of points will go into purchasing other things, and you will have to spend points on your grade point in order not to stay in the bottom ranks.

Jerry’s comments about jockeys struggling on points made sense now.

Yuri, who had nodded, tilted her head and asked.

“What about the dragon? Didn’t you say you sold dragon shields too?”

“Oh, that? It’s a special edition.”

“Special Edition?”

“A rare item that is not normally available through a special sale… For example, we sell advanced potions from the Gauls, originals of ancient East chess, and advanced elixirs.”

“oh?”

“Every month, it is updated with new items, and sometimes there are gold dragon plates and white dragon plates. Of course, if you look at the price, you might want to buy it, but… … .”

The special sale dragon shield is too expensive.

They said that at that price, they would buy the elixir, but who would buy the dragon shield?

Jerry, who had been muttering curse words, muttered as if he remembered something.

“… Come to think of it, there was a rumor that was a little unusual.”