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─Wolf.

It was an instant before irritation turned into embarrassment.

This is not an unreliable statement.

My father also pointed out the possibility.

A dragon or a wolf came into the mountain.

Because Ajin is not an animal, he has intelligence.

Therefore, there was no way they could not have deduced that the smell of the wild beast-repelling medicine was a trace of something artificial.

In that case, the alchemist’s elixir becomes a ‘signal’ to them.

‘Heaven helped.’

If I had spent my time mindlessly at home today, Damien, Stella, me, this mother and daughter would all have died!

What is a wolf?

They are the most warlike and most barbaric demi-humans in Pangea.

─Exciting!

My heart is pounding hard and I am shaking like a warning sign of a heart attack.

What if my father and mother are inside, or if he is waiting for them like the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood?

“Inside, perhaps─”

“There are only wolves.”

“Just in case─”

“There are only wolves!”

Terub’s hand led me.

I had no choice but to follow Terup’s lead in a daze.

The tail fur of the terub leading me was swollen.

As I walked away from home, reality became clear to me.

There is a need to somehow calm down the floating mind.

I took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

I had to remain calm now.

‘Excessive tension is always unhelpful.’

“Was it the wolf who did that to your parents?”

You are not listening to me.

It was because he was more scared than me.

‘Do all people who see the true nature of wolves end up like that?’

Traces of sexual torture emerged.

If I don’t do something, you two may be torn apart and tortured like this Terub’s parents.

‘You two are good people.’

I can die.

I’m born again anyway.

So, we must protect it even if it means dying.

Usually, if we have work to do, we only eat breakfast and dinner, but if we happen to have a day off from work, we always come back and have lunch together.

Judging by the position of the sun, it’s about 11 o’clock.

It’s time for you to come back soon.

My father didn’t take a weapon with him when he went down to the village. Even if you come back, you won’t be able to deal with him.

The road to go down the mountain is difficult.

I’ve never been down to the village in the first place, and I don’t know the geography.

It will take a long time.

‘What if there’s a gap in between?’

It is obvious that a catastrophe will occur.

My father said that wolves are faster, stronger, and more cruel than kobolds.

It was clearly said that it was hostile to humans.

What should I do? What should I do?

“Maal… Please save me…”

Terub began to pray to God.

They say there is a God, but will he really help anyone with something like this? Probably not.

Especially if it concerns me.

I don’t know anything about wolves.

Except it’s just unusually dangerous.

If we recall about Terub, it is certainly possible that wolves could be as savage as kobolds.

I don’t know anything about my purpose, weaknesses, appearance, habits, or specialties.

All I know is that the wolves that climb this mountain enjoy the torture of tearing and pulling.

No, I still know one weakness.

“Do you know where the most widow poisonous snakes live in this mountain?”

“We are going to die. Your mother will find out too. If the wind blows towards the wolf, we’ll all die!”

Terup is breathing heavily, as if he is having a panic attack.

“Hey! Come to your senses!”

I shook the shoulder of Terub, who was spitting out harsh words.

After grabbing Terub’s shoulders with both hands as he was not looking at me, I looked straight into Terub’s eyes.

“Concentrate. Have you ever seen a widow viper?”

Maybe it’s because we made eye contact, but I think I came to my senses a little.

“······What is that?”

“Snake that changes color.”

Terub’s eyes became sallow.

“What does that matter now?”

“I’m going to kill the wolf.”

“What…?”

I can’t read his facial expression, but his mouth is slightly open, making him look like he’s embarrassed.

“When the Rectalians wage war against the wolves. It is said that they fought by applying poison from the widow viper to their weapons.”

“Do you know what a wolf is…?”

I don’t know, but I know wolves well.

In the first place, they are subhumans rather than animals.

I said I was going to kill him, but I doubted whether I could actually do it.

“An uninvited guest who came into my house without an invitation.”

Terub stepped back and shook his head.

It seems like he doesn’t want to get involved. It seems like they are saying it is impossible.

They may even abandon their parents and run away.

That’s normal.

I’m crazy.

A question suddenly occurred to me.

‘Why do I do crazy things?’

no. I know what lies behind death.

This was the difference between me and Terup.

“You are crazy.”

“Even a rat shows its teeth when in danger.”

Death is not the end.

I have to help my parents who gave birth to me.

No matter what happens to me. Terub kept his mouth shut.

He was staring at me blankly, like the expression of someone facing a crazy person.

“Even if you don’t help me, that’s your freedom. But don’t forget that your mother is also dangerous.”

Terup’s eyes deepened when he heard the word “mother.”

As parents care for their children, children also care for their parents. Terup eventually nodded.

“···I will do it.”

“Then quickly go and catch it.”

Terup nodded and quickly jumped out on all fours.

I think he probably knows where snakes live together.

‘The only better option is to die?’

As the tension subsided, I felt somewhat relaxed.

First, I took out all the weapons I had.

A bow and five arrows for the kids to practice with.

A dagger that has been sharpened and turned into a saw blade.

‘······It’s really fucked up.’

You must apply snake venom to one of your weapons.

I once saw snake venom being removed when a documentary about venom was broadcast on TV. If a snake bit a bottle or bowl and pressed its head, poison would come out through its fangs.

But I remember that only a few drops came out.

The weapons to be poisoned had to be carefully selected.

I didn’t want to put it on my dagger.

My father said that if you are bitten by this snake, you will die within 30 minutes.

Assuming I stab you with this dagger, you have to run away for 30 minutes, which is realistically impossible.

Because swinging a poisoned dagger means that I am about to die. I was painfully aware of my slow running speed today while chasing a deer.

The best chance of survival was to shoot with a bow and run away.

However, the number of Donggui portraits must also be considered.

Because I’m terrible at shooting a bow.

To do that, the wolf needs to come out of the house, but what should we do? Should I pretend to be popular by throwing stones like in the movies?

If I threw a stone in the first place, I would be happy if it flew 20 meters, but it is obvious that it won’t go that far, and it is a problem whether it will react to the sound of the stone.

In other words, you can be on guard at home.

How should incentives be done?

I doubt if Terub will allow it, but the most appropriate strategy would be to send Terub to the front first, catch the wolves off guard, and then shoot them with an arrow.

If you allow shooting while you are off guard, you will not be able to immediately measure your location, and while you are off guard, both of you will have to run away somewhere.

I would run away right away, but if the wolf chases me, I will most likely be caught.

In the worst case, you might not be able to get it right. It would be a good idea to put poison on the knife for that time. Because you can do Donggwijin.

If I’m chasing Terub and not me, the question becomes whether Terub is faster than the wolf or not. I’ve thought about waiting until my father and mother come, but I can’t adopt it.

As Terup said, the problem was that the wind was blowing in our favor. Paradoxically, this means that the wolf can tell by scent that you two are getting closer.

No matter how superhuman my father is, can he defeat the wolf that ambushed him without a weapon? As you two went down together, you two will come up together.

My father can easily take care of my body, but what about my mother?

A rustling sound was heard from behind.

“I caught it.”

It was Terub.

He was breathing heavily and held out his hand to me.

Two snakes were held in two cute hands, one of which was cut in half.

‘Isn’t this the snake your father killed yesterday?’

I laughed out loud.

First, he received a live snake, bit the blade of the sword, and pressed down on its head, causing yellow poison to flow out.

I thought the dead snake wouldn’t come out because it was dead, but fortunately, the venom did come out.

Since only a few drops came out, it was a waste to spread it, so I added a drop at a time to the arrowhead.

He advised me that it was best to kill this snake on sight. After handing the knife to Terub, he crushed the poisonous snake’s head and killed it.

“There is something I want to ask you first.”

The biggest question here is whether Terup will help me or not. If Terub helps me, my options will expand.

You have to persuade. Soon, when I looked at Terup.

“What’s wrong?”

Terub was frozen.

“Bar, the wind is blowing towards the wolf…!”

“Why is that?”

Soon an indescribable fear appeared on his face.

“We are all dead!”

Good profit─···

At the same time as Terub’s scream, the sound of a hinge was heard.

Exciting!

My heart started beating wildly.

‘Don’t be nervous!’

Let’s think rationally.

Just once before I die. You only have to hurt me once.

That’s easy, right? You can do it, right? yes?

In terms of location, it was hidden on a small mound above the house, making it a very good location for shooting an arrow.

···I don’t know if it’s actually good.

I just know that because the military says it is advantageous to occupy the high ground.

I stuck my head out slightly to gauge the location.

The first thing that caught my eye was:

─Blue eyes staring this way.

We made eye contact!

I immediately hung my head down.

The wolf looks similar to Terub.

But the size was different.

Maybe he’s one to two heads taller than his father?

The biggest problem was that they were armed with iron weapons.

He was wearing leather armor with chain mail, and a huge curved sword tied to his waist.

‘The levels are different.’

Just by looking at it, it looks like it will fight well.

The weak will to fight was extinguished like a candle in the wind.

Even if you shoot an arrow, it doesn’t seem like it will get stuck.

The curved sword was similar in shape to a kukri, but it seemed to be as thick as my palm. At first glance, it was clear that 10kg would just go over.

In contrast, the weight of a human weapon is at most 3 kg.

I once saw a video on the Internet of a pig being butchered by cutting off its neck with a single sharp knife. I wondered where the pig’s neck was, but it was really cut.

But that big wolf is carrying something longer than my body.

‘Let alone a pig’s neck, a person’s body will be cut in two.’

Basically, it was not something humans could win.

That’s Ain with the nickname Wolf.

─Hosot.

I’m crazy!

Are you saying you made a bold move to take down something like that?

no! How can I do that…!

All the tactics I had imagined fell apart.

It was clear that no matter what I tried, not even the seed would work.

In fact, it was difficult to imagine that wolf dying.

“Oppaaa…?”

“Uh…?”

Stella, who was approaching me, was scared.

Evil struck me at that sight.

“──────!”

A sense of duty surges through the fear.

‘What do you do when you’re scared?!’

Isn’t Jeon Si-hyeon a 28-year-old Daehan Geon-ah?

There is no one who will step forward other than me.

He exposed himself on the mound and put his bow on the bowstring.

I’m not sure if I can speak or not.

There is still a long way to go.

Even at a rough estimate, the distance is over 20m.

My father said that arrows fired within 24 cubits (12m) would be detected.

In other words, you cannot attack hastily.

‘But for now, we’ll be able to communicate. ‘We’re the same subhuman, right?’

I jumped up.

“Hello!”