episode_0061

The ice rink suddenly began to break.

The surprised Frost Claw warriors tried to react quickly, but it was already too late.

The ice that had begun to spread wide broke apart in an instant, and most of the warriors fell into the lake.

“Fuck!”

“Is everyone okay?”

Fortunately, due to the mana properties unique to the northern tribes, they were resistant to the cold and did not easily succumb to hypothermia.

The problem, however, is that they can’t swim.

“Get us out quickly!”

“Okay!”

For northerners, lakes and rivers were places to break the ice to fish or get water, not places to swim.

Naturally, they were helpless against attacks coming from deep water.

“Kkaaaak!”

“What, what is it?”

“There’s something in the water!”

Something unknown kept pulling the warriors deeper into the water, never to come up again.

The warriors on the ice began to panic when they saw this and tried to get away from there right away,

Oh my god! Oh my god!

Escaping was not easy because of the gradually collapsing ice rink.

“You rotten thing! What the hell is that!”

Ethan, who barely escaped, turned his gaze toward the lake, swearing.

Clearly, none of the warriors from the tribe that had been chatting and playing together just a moment ago were visible.

They all fell into that deep lake and couldn’t get out.

He was confused and looked at the lake carefully from a safe place. Then, suddenly, a monster he had never seen before appeared in the lake.

“Bingeeeing!”

Ethan was shocked by the sight of the monster.

“Could this be the wrath of Oronak that the elders spoke of?”

Ethan trembled in fear as he remembered the words of the foolish old men who had insisted that the Ice Flower Tribe should not be attacked.

Is it as if they have touched something they shouldn’t have touched?

Ethan headed straight to his tribe’s village to tell the chief everything he had just seen.

. . .

“Whew… It’s been a while since I went swimming, so it’s tiring.”

Holding my breath and diving under the ice for dozens of minutes was harder than I expected. It was even psychologically exhausting because of the monster sleeping deep in the lake.

But what the heck is that water dragon? It’s so fucking big for no reason.

“You eat well.”

As blood fell into the lake, they began to eat the warriors in a frenzy, perhaps because they were hungry. They ended up losing one of their victims.

Well, it doesn’t matter. It won’t be a problem if one person is missed.

“Camilla’s side seems to be fine.”

Clara, who gained mobility with a sled due to her lack of soles, shot enemies with her bow and wounded them, and Vivian, who was able to move freely even in the northern cold, finished them off.

Outside the lake, Camilla and the knights who arrived first cut down the fleeing warriors.

‘It seems like the great warrior Vivian spoke of doesn’t exist.’

The three warriors of the Frost Claw tribe, who are said to have fourth-tier skills, do not appear to have come here.

If possible, I wanted to deal with everything in this surprise attack.

‘Well, if it’s to this extent, I guess it’ll work itself out.’

The number of warriors gathered here is not small, and since they have all died, we cannot help but be cautious.

“Bam! Squeak! Squeak!”

“That bastard’s crying sound is so weird.”

When I first planned the operation with Camilla, I didn’t think it would end like this. I was going to wait and see for a while and then deal with it, but the situation was resolved in an instant when half of the ice on the lake collapsed because of the water dragon that made a dolphin-like cry.

“Thank you, but I feel a little uneasy.”

The water dragon didn’t particularly attack me or show any caution. It greeted me like a dolphin that had just met its owner after a long time.

It is a being that enjoys eating humans, but it welcomes me as a human… I thought it must be thanks to Oronak’s protection.

The place where the guy was sleeping was also under Oronak’s tomb.

“If it’s a sponsor’s pet, I don’t want to hunt it, so just go away.”

“Kkiing~”

I made a gesture. As if he understood, the dragon disappeared back into the lake, and I also moved towards where my companions were.

“Cyan!”

“Clara, are you finished?”

“Yeah! Camilla is cleaning up. But what was that monster earlier?”

“I don’t know either, it suddenly appeared in the lake. If you’re curious, ask Irina.”

“Grandma Irina is a bit… ”

Clara seemed quite uncomfortable with Irina. It was understandable. It was the first time she had met an aunt, which was rare in this day and age. Even just looking at her appearance, she looked similar to Clara’s age. Who would have thought she was an aunt?

No matter how I think about it, the nature of the Ice Flower Tribe is a fraud.

With those looks, she’s in her 50s… Chloe and Clara will probably maintain their current looks, right?

“Xian, you had a strange thought again?”

“I thought I could have a passionate love affair with Clara for a long time.”

“Ugh!! I told you not to say that outside!”

Clara, embarrassed by my confession, blushed and started tapping my shoulder.

It’s cute.

“Hero.”

Camilla came to me while I was being treated like that.

There must have been a fierce battle, but not a drop of blood was on her pure white armor.

“This side is finished organizing.”

“Thank you for your hard work, Camilla. But why did you let the author live?”

I was dragged like a dog by the knights who looked cool.

“I am a prisoner.”

“Captives? Unlike the Empire, the Frostclaws Tribe doesn’t seem to follow the customs of the Pro.”

“I thought so at first, but I took him prisoner because of his special nature.”

“Speciality?”

“Yes, this guy wasn’t a northerner. He was a northerner.”

“If you’re not a northerner, what do you mean by northerner?”

“This person is the son of the Duke of Starr, the Northern Grand Duke.”

“You’re an imperial person.”

The North was not just a land of extreme cold where people could not live. There were also relatively habitable lands occupied by the Empire. The one who ruled over these was the Northern Duke, Duke Starr.

And Duke Starr has a history of invading the lands of the northern tribesmen. Is he with the Frostclaw tribe, who want to unite the North?

This is so bad I can’t stand it.

“The sudden northern unification of the Frostclaw tribe seems to be the work of Duke Starr.”

“I think so too. However, there is no definitive evidence yet.”

“Kkwah!”

Camilla said, kicking the little girl in the face, as if she was upset.

“Even if it is a holy kingdom, you cannot interrogate Duke Starr just because you caught a single errand boy.”

“I guess so. But why did you bring me here? To torture me?”

“That would be best, but since I don’t have time right now, I’ll leave it to you, the Apostle, even though it’s a bit rough.”

“I was going to do it if I had time.”

I was slightly taken aback by the tone of voice that seemed to suggest that there was little to no torture.

Aren’t you guys a righteous knights group in the civilian world?

“But you’re leaving it to Helen?”

I didn’t understand why they would entrust it to the most innocent-looking guy, even though they didn’t seem to have any intention of reforming him. And I also wondered why it was such a rough method…

“Nymphs, who can be called God’s agents, can interfere with human minds, and if they are skilled like the Apostle, they can even control minds.”

???

I was taken aback by Camilla’s appearance, casually stating such an important fact.

“Are you kidding?”

“First, I will knock this guy out before bringing him to the Apostle.”

“Okay, wait a minute! I’m really not doing anything?!”

“Are you kidding?”

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“Just as Cian and Camilla said, Duke Starr was behind the scenes manipulating things.”

Fortunately, what Camilla said was only half true. Helen could use mind control, but it was limited to unconscious targets, and she couldn’t control humans at will. However, her ability to read the target’s memories was not limited, and she even found out why the Duke of Starr was acting behind the scenes.

This is pretty scary.

“Duke Starr was coveting the technology of the northern tribesmen.”

“When you say the technology of the tribesmen, you mean the defective weapon I received from the Wisdom Tooth tribe?”

Why something like that?

“Not necessarily. The monster taming skills of the Foot Tribe, the arrows of the Spike Arrow Tribe, the frost weapons of the Frost Claws, and finally the divinity of Oronak of the Ice Flower Tribe will be of great help to the development of the North of the Starr Duke.”

Naturally, the cursed weapon of the molar tribe was missing, but that wasn’t the important thing anyway.

“So what are you going to do? Attack Duke Starr right now?”

“No. I will contact the Holy Kingdom and ask them to impose sanctions.”

Helen gently touched the antenna on her head and began talking to someone in the air.

“That’s it, Your Holiness.”

[Okay. Please be careful.]

Does that have a calling function?

The more I learn about them, the more I realize that nymphs are a fascinating species. But strangely enough, I could hear the voices beyond the antennas.

Are you a nymph too? Even with the noise mixed in, your beautiful voice was not obscured.

“Sian, now you can climb Seolsan Mountain without worry.”

Anyway, that’s how we reached the end of our expedition.