episode_0018

“Wow…aren’t you speaking too harshly?”

Illisha, as if responding to his cruel expression and a shy smile at his words, bent down, grabbed the fallen man by his hair, lifted him up, and pulled out the dagger stuck in his shoulder.

The part of the wound where the dagger was pulled out was bleeding with dark red blood like paint, and looking at that scene made me feel nauseous again.

“Are you okay…? Things looked really bad from earlier…”

“It’s okay…but just looking at the blood makes me sick.”

I nodded and responded to Elisias, who was stroking his back as if pitying him. I wiped the corner of my mouth and stepped forward to stop Elisias from slapping the man’s cheek.

“What’s wrong?”

“What are you going to do if that guy still has some energy left in him and causes trouble again?”

When I said this while holding my arm, Ilicia smiled lightly and told me not to worry.

“It’s okay, it’s okay, I just have to stun him again.”

Illisha quickly shook off his hand and slapped the man’s cheek with his palm.

You should definitely hear a friction sound when you hit it with your palm, but strangely, a heavy hitting sound resounds as if you were hitting a stone while holding it.

“―Ugh!”

With just one blow, the man came to his senses and Illisha let go of the hair she was holding.

The man woke up with his eyes wide open and began to look around. When he saw our group, he immediately went into a state of alert.

“Huh? I woke up. Did you sleep well? How are you feeling now?”

In response to Ilicia’s question as she waved her hand to welcome him, the man groped his body.

“Ugh…the head…what! you! Make a person naked!”

He shyly covered his body and held his head as if the side effects of the medicine were coming back.

“Ah…you were the one who attacked the lady first, right?”

In response to Illisha’s cold response, the man rolled his eyes here and there and dragged his feet on the floor to keep his distance from Illisha.

“Umm…I don’t really recommend running away…There’s no need for a long story, brother…Where and how did you get this?”

Illisha shakes a glass bottle containing a medicine in front of the man.

“My, my yaak!!”

The man who saw the glass bottle frowned and screamed as if he was extremely angry, like a baby who had lost something precious, and ran towards Illisha while walking strangely on all fours.

“Illisha!”

I was horrified by the man’s bizarre behavior and tried to run to protect Illisha, but I stopped.

“―Gagging!”

As if nothing had happened, Ilicia struck the man’s face with her fist, and the man who was hit with his fist flew away into the distance.

“Let me ask you again…Where did you get this medicine?”

The smiling face becomes very harsh and sharp.

Those eyes were full of indescribable anger.

That gaze was that of a carnivorous animal, as if it would grab the back of the neck and bite it if it saw even an opening.

Those eyes that make even those who are looking at them scared and breathtaking overwhelm the surrounding atmosphere.

“Huh…uhuh…oh, it’s heavy…Elisha sister! What are you doing here? Throw your weapon in the corner and go somewhere…”

I turned my head when I heard someone running out of breath along with a clattering sound from the back of the alley.

“Um, can I go first…”

LaBoille, who was sweating while hugging a huge sword, stopped breathing when he saw this scene.

“Uh, La Boille! I’m here just in time. I’ll grab my weapon, thank you?”

Greeting her with bright eyes again, Illisha held the large sword held by Laboille lightly with one hand as if holding a Styrofoam bat and approached the man again.

Seeing her with that weapon reminds me of what I had neglected about her.

Illisha Gransolas, a veteran adventurer who has a slightly small physique but has lived a life with a body that has been trained countless times and 10 years of experience.

I am reminded of Illisha’s status seen when she briefly joined Elias’ party in the game and became a playable character.

The strength status and evasion status, which were close to maximum, the mana and magic status were significantly low, and there were no magic skills.

“Okay…then…”

The hand and forearm that were holding the handle of the great sword were full of muscles and veins, like an angry bull.

Ilishiyage didn’t need any magic skills.

This is because the status invested solely in strength and attack power provides extreme damage through martial arts and physical attack skills using that large great sword.

Becoming a playable character was short-lived, but I felt like the strongest player in physics. Who was I to worry about? I felt like a fool for thinking that.

“From now on, there should be no lies in what you say.”

To put it in cartoon terms, Illisha’s back looked like a goblin.

Even Elisias seemed to be overwhelmed by Ilicia’s charisma and swallowed his saliva next to me.

“Hey, kid…Why is Sister Illisha so angry? That look is pretty good…”

At that time, LaBoille gently tapped my shoulder and whispered in my ear.

Seeing me not answering, Laboille looked at Elisias, whose clothes were a little loose, and nodded.

“I guess I’ll have to work today…”

LaBoille rubbed his face with his palm as if he was in pain.

“Hi-profit…”

The man looked into Ilicia’s eyes and took a step back in fear.

Illisha swung out her great sword, threw the scabbard in the corner, and approached very carefully, one step at a time.

“You better answer well, otherwise you will die here today.”

The sound of footsteps, which became heavier thanks to the weight of the great sword, was like a haunting fear itself.

“Mo, I don’t know! Hey, if you drink this, only very pleasant things will happen…”

“Evicted”

Illisha clicked her tongue as if she was annoyed and raised the great sword she was holding, while the man quickly knelt down and bowed.

“Sorry, sorry! With just one temptation! I’m sorry about that girl too, I can’t remember!”

“Evicted”

With those words, he powerfully lowered the great sword he was holding as if there was no more mercy.

When the great sword emits the sound of cutting the air

“Ah, the black market! I bought it on the black market!”

In response to the man’s scream, the great sword stopped high above his head.

“Passed, okay~ Wouldn’t it be nice if you said it so obediently?”

Illisha smiled, putting away the great sword she had been aiming at and lightly tapping the man’s cheek with her palm.

“There is something important. Where on the black market did you buy it? There will be a black market in each district.”

I asked, wondering if it might be a poison manufactured by someone named DH.

“S, the black market in the slums…I only know that and nothing else! ”

The man lowered his eyes and answered in a trembling voice.

“If it is a black market in the slums…”

When entering the Corruption Event Destruction route, Elisias infiltrates the black market in the slums, where he first obtains information about a person named DH.

“It’s managed by DH that I mentioned.”

“Well, what…that, uh―.”

The man is surprised by my words and asks, then covers his mouth as if he made a mistake.

He probably tried to cover up the situation by just throwing in a bunch of nonsense, but he seemed surprised to see that I knew a person named DH.

“Ugh~ You know a guy named DH?”

Illisha grinned as if she had taken the bait.

“Oh, no! I will never be that kind of person!”

Judging by the man’s reaction as he quickly shook his head in an attempt to calm himself down and the polite words he spoke unconsciously, it appears that this medicine is indeed a weak medicine produced by DH.

“That guy is probably a high-ranking executive related to DH.”

“What?”

Illisha and Elisias loudly shouted for this place to leave, as if they were planning to attract everyone’s attention.

“Think about it… That guy is a guy who hides his identity thoroughly. I don’t even know him well… Does that guy startle as soon as he hears DH’s name and even use honorifics?”

In response to my vaguely accurate answer, Illisha and Elisias glared at the man at the same time, and the man gritted his teeth as if he were indignant.

“Then doesn’t that mean that through this guy, we can get closer to the guy called DH who produces this medicine! Hurry up and tie me up!”

Elisias shouted urgently and the man glared at me with bloodshot eyes.

“You! Who are you! Where do you belong? How could a guy like you know DH!”

“Illisha, I think there’s more we can achieve. ”

Since I needed to obtain more information to completely destroy the event, I asked Ilicia to arrest me with a wink.

The moment when Ilicia nods and unfastens the belt she was wearing to bind the man.

“For giving me happiness in life! Long live DH! -Hmph!”

Without any time to move, the man chewed his tongue as hard as he could, and blood poured out like a fountain in his mouth.

“Damn it! You crazy bastard!”

“Illisha! Help me for a moment!”

A large amount of blood continued to pour out of the man’s mouth and showed no sign of stopping.

Elisias and Illisha quickly try to administer first aid in a situation where the chaos occurred in an instant.

But of course it seemed to be of no use, and the man’s warmth began to gradually cool down.

“Uh…uh…ah?”

When I see the large amount of bright red blood, my head spins again and I start to feel nauseous.

Once again, someone’s life is fleetingly lost.

My mouth was already trembling and my head felt cold.

Even if I closed my eyes and opened them again, the situation was the same.

I closed my eyes again, opened them, and looked at my trembling hands.

When I looked up again at my hand, which was covered in blood, a bathtub full of blood appeared before my eyes.

“Ahh…ahhh!!”

[I was a fool for expecting… from you.]

I closed my eyes again, feeling like the sharp, clear voice like glass was going to cut my throat.