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When we reached the edge of the forest where the beast tribe lived, the day suddenly became cloudy and it began to snow.

There was quite a lot of it, so much so that it obstructed the view, but I didn’t want to come all the way and go back empty-handed.

Fortunately, there was little wind and the temperature was not that low, so there were no major obstacles to moving around.

We walked in a single line along the forest path where the snow was starting to pile up little by little.

Laura took the lead holding the magic pistol in her right hand and the long sword that Veronica gave her in her left hand, keeping an eye on the front, while I followed behind with a magic shotgun and guarded both sides.

And at the back, Iris held a magic rifle and periodically looked behind her.

Even if you had magic armor, you couldn’t neglect your guard in the forest because you never knew where or how you might suddenly be attacked.

Still, thanks to the human tracking skill, I am fortunate to be able to detect human surprise attacks in advance that cannot be prevented with magic armor.

‘It’s definitely good because with one more person, the area to be in charge of decreases. ‘If I acquire other types of tracking skills in the future, I won’t have to be this careful.’

I am confident that I will be able to obtain the skill to track animals when Iris’s servitude quest is activated.

You may gain unexpectedly different special skills, but considering Laura’s precedent, your experience will play a big role.

‘Since Iris has a lot of hunting experience, I will definitely be able to obtain the skills I want by activating the bondage quest. So let’s quickly fulfill the conditions.’

First of all, by freeing Iris from the curse, her liking for me has increased from 3 to 4, so I think I should start kissing her now.

During Laura’s time, I felt comfortable because she took the initiative, but with Iris’s personality, there is a high possibility that she will not woo me first.

‘Anyway, we’re slowly getting closer to our destination.’

Looking at the map window that had been displayed since I entered the forest, I saw that the question mark area was getting closer, and its name soon changed to Beast Tribe Village.

I manipulated the map window’s filter function to show everyone around me.

Then, people held captive in the beast tribe village appeared.

As in the fortress of the Birds of Prey, people of both genders were imprisoned on one side, and only women were on the other side.

The people who were presumed to have become the seed had an X in their name, so they were probably treated as virtually dead.

In a world where it is polite to kill someone who has become a scapegoat because there is no way to save them, it seems to be displayed as such in the map window.

There were two seedlings, and the number of people still alive was five, but compared to the fortress of the Bird of Prey tribe, which was involved in human trafficking, there were far fewer people trapped there.

If there are no variables, I think we can rescue all the living people.

While I was looking at the map window, we arrived at a low hill overlooking a clearing in the middle of the forest and the large and small huts built there.

We lowered our bodies and moved to hide among the bushes, but eventually crawled.

My clothes and face were a mess of snow, mud, and dried leaves, but I couldn’t help it.

“First, let’s look at the situation through a telescope and make a plan and move.”

I took out a telescope from my bag and looked at the beast tribe’s colony.

It was cloudy and snowy, so I didn’t have to worry about the lens reflecting sunlight, but it was difficult to get information because my field of vision was limited.

The village consisted of one large hut and four small huts, and was surrounded by a wooden fence.

However, visibility was too poor to determine the movement and number of beasts.

“I can’t see enemies properly because of my eyes.”

“Then I will take a look.”

“Ah, that’s right. There was your magic eye. Please do me a favor.”

“Yes, Rebecca.”

I entrusted Iris with the reconnaissance.

When she focused her magic on her right eye, things similar to the holographic lenses she had seen on the first day of hospitalization appeared one after another.

Iris looked closely at the beast tribe village through the eyes filled with strange magic. It seemed as if the lenses were adjusting the magnification as they repeatedly moved closer and further away from each other.

“How about it?”

“I have seen 18 of them with my own eyes. Except for one chieftain with a rhinoceros head, there was no special individual to be seen. However, I cannot determine the enemies inside the hut because I cannot detect them even with my magical eyes.”

“It’s inevitable that there are limits. But the chief?”

“Yes, the beast race with the heads of large herbivores is superior to their compatriots in every way, so they are promoted as chiefs. The skin is so strong that magic pistol bullets don’t work at all.”

“I’m glad there are other weapons as well. Any other special features?”

In response to my questions, Iris drew pictures on the floor and expressed the situation with rocks and tree branches.

Thanks to this, Laura and I were able to understand the situation more easily.

“There are three entrances to the village, and there are two guards at each entrance. Rhinoceros Head went into a large hut with two of his subordinates, and four of them went down from above to clear the snow. And other beast tribes keep coming in and out of the remaining huts.”

“I’m glad it snowed a lot right now. Dealing with that many people at once is tiring.”

“I can snipe regardless of the weather, so if something dangerous happens to Rebecca, I will deal with it as quickly as possible.”

“It’s a really trustworthy horse. So what should I do now?”

Laura, who had been quietly wary of her surroundings until now, came forward at the words I spoke.

She drew something extra using tree branches on a kind of dashboard that Iris had made.

“The southern entrance is far from the other entrances and there are thick bushes, so I think it would be better to go there. After I quietly deal with the guards at the entrance, I sneak into the village and light the hut on fire, and the enemies will come out on their own. If Iris shoots and kills the chief at that time, the command system will collapse at once.”

Laura confidently laid out the plan she had in mind.

Since he is a snow leopard who used to be a bounty hunter, secretly killing enemies in such heavy snowfall weather seems like a no-brainer.

“What should I do?”

“Please come with me to the southern entrance and provide cover while I take care of business. If I am caught by the guard, please immediately shoot a fire bomb into the large hut. And once Iris eliminates the chieftain, you can deal with the other beast tribes with me.”

“Okay. Let’s do that. Oh, and the two huts here are where people are trapped, so you shouldn’t attack them.”

In this operation, I play a supporting role to the extent possible.

Since I was among the more experienced kids, I didn’t have anything to suggest, but I couldn’t let it go without mentioning the people’s hut.

Although this information was obtained thanks to the map window, Laura and Iris did not ask the source whether they thought I had obtained the information through a telescope.

“And Iris waits before the chieftain comes out, and after dealing with the chieftain, she freely snipes at the enemy and provides cover from then on when we enter the village.”

“Yes! I will work hard.”

Thanks to Laura, the plan was quickly created, so all that’s left is to put it into action.

If everything goes according to plan, I think we will be able to wipe out the enemy without difficulty.

“Rebecca, let’s leave quickly.”

“Okay.”

We turned back and went down so as not to be detected by the enemy.

Then, it hid inside the thick bushes that spread out in front of the southern entrance and moved in a crawling manner.

If I moved too fast, the enemies might notice, so I moved forward slowly and without sudden movements.

As the snowfall became more intense, it seemed like I would be buried in the snow if I stayed still like this.

“Rebecca, please wait here.”

“Yes. Be careful.”

Laura spoke in a voice so low that it was difficult to hear.

Then it crawled hard in a diagonal direction and soon disappeared from sight.

I loaded a fire bullet into my magic pistol and watched the movements of the deer head and donkey head guarding the southern entrance.

Not long after, I saw a blurry image of Laura moving quietly and quietly along the wooden fence.

Laura’s steps were so light and quiet that the beast tribe guards did not notice her approaching at all.

Laura jumped up towards the head of a deer to my right and killed it by slashing from top to bottom, driving the dagger I had given it into the top of its head.

She held him down so he wouldn’t fall to the ground and slowly laid him down on the floor so he wouldn’t make a sound, then walked over to the donkey head who had no idea what was happening.

While the donkey’s head was looking in the wrong direction, she went behind him and stabbed him in the back of the neck with a dagger, killing him in one go.

After taking care of the guards in an instant, Laura poked her head into the village, surveyed the situation, and naturally entered through the entrance.

Laura calmly reached the large hut and lit it herself with a flint. She also lit nearby torches and threw them at other huts before leisurely leaving the village.

The embers, which were small at first, grew exponentially and quickly engulfed the hut made of dry straw bales.

As I was enjoying the sight of wild beasts running out of a large hut that was on fire, Laura soon came back to my side.

“Rebecca, how was I?”

“It was really cool.”

Hiding in the bushes with Laura, I stroked her head and kissed her lightly on the lips.

Then, Laura made a purring sound, perked her ears, and waggled her tail, expressing her excitement with her whole body.

After finishing my short compliment, I looked straight ahead again.

The beast tribe was extremely embarrassed and ran around trying to put out the fire, while the chieftain, who was twice as big as his subordinates and had a rhinoceros head, screamed loudly.

“Is that the chieftain? It’s definitely big.”

“Iris will take care of it now. Ah, as expected, it’s accurate workmanship.”

Laura looked satisfied as she saw a gunshot ringing out in the distance and a hole being blown through the rhino’s head.

Before the chief’s body even fully touched the ground, Iris killed the buffalo head that was screaming right next to him.

And before the blood from the fallen chieftain’s head completely soaked the snow-covered ground, he pierced the eyes of four beast tribes with the four bullets remaining in the chamber.

The other beast tribes, who lost their chief and five of their compatriots in an instant, screamed near screams while Iris was reloading and ran around aimlessly, looking for a place to hide.

“Iris’s skills are truly amazing.”

“There are still a lot of them hiding, so let’s go and deal with them as planned.”

“Okay, let’s go.”

I got up from the cold floor and ran toward the south entrance with Laura.

All of the huts that had caught fire turned into ashes and collapsed, and the corpses of the beasts killed by Iris were scattered around them.

As we neared the entrance, gunshots were heard from afar again, and several of the beast tribes that were clumsily hiding were shot.

For some reason, I gained courage and entered the village.

We naturally spread out to the left and right to look for the hidden beasts.

The head of a wild boar that soon made eye contact with me rushed towards me with all its might, but was shot through the head by a magic rifle bullet fired by Iris and died.

I left the body of the wild boar’s head behind and went deeper into the village and encountered the head of a cow.

As I was looking at him, I remembered being strangled by a cow head before, so I unconsciously stroked my neck with my hand.

I fired magic bullets at the guy without hesitation, but I couldn’t kill him right away.

He dodged the magic bullets I fired, but his left arm became a rag.

However, in that state, I swung the double-edged ax with all my might with my right arm, which was as thick as my torso.

The magic shield shook greatly from the impact, turned slightly hazy, and then became transparent again.

I distanced myself from the guy and fired magic bullets again, but this time he blocked me with the wide side of the double-edged axe, so I ended up destroying it.

The cow head, which had lost its weapon and had a lot of ax fragments and metal particles stuck in its body, rushed at me like crazy, trying to hit me with its horns even as it was bleeding.

This time, I wanted to put an end to it, so I calmly aimed at the guy’s head and pulled the trigger.

Then, the skull of the cow’s head exploded loudly and fell forward ugly.

I was very upset to see its blood, flesh, and eyes rolling at my feet.

I somehow suppressed nausea and tried to reload the magic shotgun.

But suddenly something came out of the seed box next to me and hit me hard.

It was another rhinoceros head.

“Ugh!”

I briefly screamed and flew into the air, then plummeted to the floor along with the magic guns that fell from my body.

The magic shield prevented the impact of the rhinoceros head’s attack, but did not prevent the impact of it falling to the ground.

So my whole body hurt, my face was covered in mud, and my mouth got all kinds of foreign substances.

“Tusk, tusk! Fuck, I never thought there was one more guy.

Even as I was being blown away, I realized what was happening and quickly got up and tried to escape, but the rhinoceros head was much faster.

It hit me again and threw me into the air, and I heard the sound of my magic armor breaking from the impact.

I still had two more pieces of magic armor left, but I was completely lost after falling to the ground twice.

“Fuck you! It hurts so bad!”

I stood up, swearing at the rhinoceros head and trying to suppress the pain.

This time I managed to escape, but my legs got twisted and I ended up falling.

I immediately got up and ran towards the magic rifle not far away.

But two goat heads suddenly blocked my path and stabbed me with their spears.

An attack of this level could be easily blocked with A-grade magic armor, so the body was not pushed back.

I tried to avoid the goat’s head by taking advantage of any opportunity, but it was very difficult to deal with those who had better physical abilities than humans.

If things continued like this, it was clear that I would get hit by the rhinoceros head once more.

“Laura!”

I urgently called Laura.

Then, within a few seconds, one of the goat heads was pierced through the chest with a long sword, and the other was hit in the head with a magic pistol bullet and fell to his death.

Laura immediately came to my rescue, as if she had used a summoning spell!

Although he looked a little scary because his entire body was covered in beast blood.

“This is a blind spot. I’ll lure that big guy out, so Rebecca, go and get your weapons.”

“Please do me a favor!”

I left Laura behind and hurried over to pick up the magic gun.

First of all, as I was in a hurry, I grabbed the magic rifle that caught my eye first and aimed at the rhinoceros head that had turned its attention to Laura.

And just as I was about to pull the trigger, a large hole suddenly opened in the rhino’s head and it fell sideways.

As soon as he got out of the blind spot, Iris finished him off.

I was relieved when the rhinoceros head suddenly appeared and died.

I’m in such bad shape because of that bastard.

I took a wet towel out of my bag and wiped my face, then took out a bucket of water and rinsed my mouth several times, but the discomfort didn’t go away.

“Rebecca, are you injured?”

“I feel like I have bruises all over my body. I’m glad it ended like this.”

“I’m sorry. I’m too late, right?”

“No! Helped me at just the right time. Laura, thank you for saving me.”

I hugged Laura with joy.

It didn’t matter whether there was beast blood on her body or not.

While I was expressing my gratitude for a moment, the heads of the beast people who were approaching me without notice exploded.

It’s so nice to feel like Iris is protecting us.

“By the way, this hole was used for seed collection.”

“Okay. I have to liberate those people…”

With a sense of duty, I ended the lives of the two women who were sacrificed as seedlings.

It really breaks my heart to think of the pain these people have gone through.

“Now let’s go free the others.”

“Yes, Rebecca.”

I took Laura with me and headed to another hut where people were trapped.

Just in case, I aimed the magic rifle and Laura opened the door. Fortunately, the beast tribe was not hiding, and all I could see were innocent people shaking in fear.

When I held out my hand, people who belatedly realized what was happening shed tears of joy and expressed their gratitude by holding my hand or clinging to my leg.

“Rebecca! Laura!”

“Iris! Hahaha!”

As soon as the situation was resolved, Iris ran to us and fell into my arms, panting heavily.

And the three of us hugged each other and enjoyed the joy of victory.