episode_0033
by admin
“Is this… .”
There is an abandoned district in the royal capital.
The district, which was neglected due to financial problems, naturally had few guards patrolling, so it became a den of criminals who flocked to the area because they had lost their place in the sun.
Before we knew it, even the guards had stopped coming and all kinds of things began to be thrown away in this district where the law had completely disappeared.
A nobleman’s illegitimate son born to an unknown prostitute.
A concubine who came to Seoul with a fantasy about the city, but ended up being abandoned after becoming a plaything for nobles and scoundrels.
Parents who are old and sick and can no longer work.
Humans who were deemed useless to the outside world were thrown here like trash and waited to die.
After seeing humans being thrown away like trash, people began to call this Earth a dump site because they thought it was like a trash can.
There were several such disposal sites in the royal capital.
Slaves abandoned by nobles or vagrants who had nowhere to stay gathered in these streets.
The grim street scenes, which were devoid of any vitality, gave off a more gloomy aura than that of a cemetery in the middle of the night.
In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to call this street a cemetery, as the people here were only alive and were no different from corpses.
In fact, I could see several corpses that had just died.
Funnily enough, it was not the guards who disposed of such corpses, but criminals who actually managed this district.
It seems they also didn’t want an infectious disease spreading around the streets where they lived.
I entered this terrible street thinking I looked like a hyena searching through pockets before disposing of a corpse.
Even though it was still midday, I felt someone’s eyes watching me from the moment I stepped onto the street.
It was probably either a demon guarding Sera or a criminal wandering around here.
I was curious about who it was, so I walked into a dark alley, and immediately someone followed me and started to attack me, holding something that looked like a bundle.
“You’re a fool.”
He pointed at the man with his index finger and pretended to fire a gun.
A sharp stone, like an icicle at the tip of a finger, flew at a speed so fast that the man could not perceive it, and pierced the man’s forehead.
There was one more body on the street.
I moved on, arbitrarily thinking that someone would take care of it.
Sarah is somewhere on this street.
It is said that the approximate location is known because the devil is attached to it, but the exact location is not known because it is constantly moving.
The road was more complicated than I thought, so I searched the surroundings and entered deeper into the street, prepared to suffer for several hours.
At first, I felt eyes from all over, as if it was surprising that a seemingly normal person like me had come to a place like this.
Not only did they stop at the line of sight, but there was also a group of people who tried to do something like kidnapping just like before.
When the number of dead bodies piled up, increasing as they roamed the streets, not only the vagabonds but also the criminals lowered their eyes.
Why does Sarah leave her nice home and move around these streets?
In the original game, Felt met her when he entered the scrapyard at the guild’s request.
She encountered the kidnapper and watched the battle from afar, and joined in to save Felt.
After that, if you visit the dump, an event with Sarah will occur and you will eventually return to the academy.
However, even after returning to the academy, the reason why Sarah ended up in the dump was not revealed until the day she disappeared.
‘It’s definitely related to what I was trying to say at the end.’
I couldn’t hear that in the game no matter what I tried, but this time it was different.
Ironically, stable growth was possible thanks to Terezina, her greatest enemy.
This time, there was also Woo, so no matter what enemy was waiting for me, I didn’t feel like I would be defeated.
‘But where on earth is he?’
I didn’t know it in the game, but the road to the dump site was more complicated than I thought due to the trash blocking the road.
I think I saw that sign before… .
Could it be that we’re continuing on the same path from before?
First, I thought I might be able to tell something by looking at it from high up, so I activated a spell to summon a demonic beast.
“Intermediate Demon Beast Summoning.”
Intermediate Demonic Beast Summoning is a spell learned when becoming a High Druid, and like plant summoning, it is a spell that can summon demonic beasts registered in the encyclopedia.
The green wind blowing from somewhere began to gradually take shape, and soon it turned into a huge hawk that would have been about 5 meters long if its wings were fully spread.
The name of this falcon is Pungjo.
As a magical beast that manipulates the power of the wind, it flies at a speed close to the speed of sound, and when it finds an enemy, it blows a blade of wind and tears the enemy to pieces.
Its level is over 30, and because of its fast speed, there is no demon beast better suited for disruption.
“Wind tide, go up and look around.”
Among the druid’s magic, there is a magic that shares the line of sight with the summoned demon.
I sent the wind tide upward and used that magic to look around.
As expected, I must have taken a wrong turn in the middle, but it was on the opposite side of the area I had heard about.
‘Was I a stray?’
I scratched my head in embarrassment and walked towards the area where I first heard the devil.
And it wasn’t long before we arrived at a certain street.
“… Are you Felt?”
The devil, whose entire body except for his head was wrapped in bandages like a mummy, looked at me and his eyes flashed.
The devil had dozens of eyes on its head, and each eye was looking in a different direction, making it feel very bizarre.
Was it clearly the devil who was behind the scenes?
It was a demon that specialized in detecting enemies and was famous for never missing its target, even if it was hundreds of meters away.
After nodding, the watcher pointed to an alley far away.
“The lady is in that alley. Since you have just finished the battle, you are very sharp, so please be careful.”
“Okay, but can I ask you one thing?”
“If I can answer.”
“How do you speak when you have no mouth? You only have eyes on your face, right?”
The Watcher had a face full of eyes and no mouth.
I was curious how a man without vocal cords could speak, so I asked him, but the watcher just turned his head as if he had no mouth.
Is this a question I can’t answer, or do I just not want to answer?
Either way, it’s probably a good thing.
When I entered the alley, summoning the wind again, the walls were covered in blood, just as he said.
As I walked forward, avoiding the carpet of blood on the floor, red eyes, like the blood on the floor, stared at me from beyond the deep shadows.
“Grrr!!!”
What appeared with a fierce barking sound was a huge dog, one head taller than me.
Beyond the shadows surrounding it, the black dog stared at me silently, lowering its posture as if it would attack at any moment.
It feels like looking at a bomb with a lit fuse or a gun with your finger on the trigger.
Hounds of Hell.
Its level is 6, and it is one of the fiercest demons that can be summoned with the Lesser Demon Summoning Magic.
Since it is currently waiting for its owner’s command, it did not attack right away, but if it had encountered it in the wild, it would have attacked right away.
“Oh my, you’re so scared.”
I moved forward, ignoring the dog that was barking fiercely.
I had a mischievous thought of summoning a more ferocious canine beast and scolding him, but it wasn’t something I would do on our first meeting.
I walked on a carpet of blood on the floor.
After passing several corpses with their throats torn off by hunting dogs, I was finally able to meet Sarah.
“… What are you?”
Sarah stood leaning against the wall and stared at me with calm, yet fierce eyes.
There was not a single drop of blood on his body from head to toe, and it seemed as if he was claiming that he had nothing to do with the situation.
“I am felt.”
“What?”
“You asked me what it was earlier, weren’t you asking for your name?”
“… I didn’t really mean it that way.”
Serah must have felt that it was too much to deal with, so she sighed softly and scratched her head.
Then, as if he thought I was a lost child, he came up to me and held out his hand.
“I don’t know why you came to this place, but I’ll guide you outside. Don’t come here again.”
“… … .”
I couldn’t take her hand right away, and I stared blankly at Sarah’s outstretched hand for a while.
Should I catch it here?
No, here, it might be better to be honest even if you are wary of this, rather than giving the impression that you were deceiving for no reason.
It’s still unknown to what extent she is wary of her mother, but at least she won’t attack right away.
“You know, I think there’s some misunderstanding.”
“… Misunderstanding?”
“Uh, I didn’t come here by mistake. And it’s easy to be mistaken because I look like this, but I’m not younger than you, and I’m a man, not a woman.”
She seemed to be unable to fully process the sudden wave of information, but she gradually moved away from me, looking very embarrassed.
“Oh, don’t misunderstand that. Because it’s not really an enemy. Now, look at this.”
While saying that, what I handed over was my student ID card.
Sarah, who carefully received her student ID card, narrowed her eyes and asked me.
“… Were you a student at the Academy?”
“That’s right. And what I’m going to say from now on may not be very pleasant.”
“… What is it?”
“I came to see you at your mother’s request.”
“… … .”
Immediately after a short silence, a hunting dog attacked from behind.
“Suddenly?”
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