episode_0045

There’s definitely no harm in having a conversation.

If there was a problem, it was basically that the proposition presupposes that the other person is also trying to have a conversation, which means that the conversation is established in the first place.

When the light of the torches got closer, the first thing that came to us was not a question, but a spear and an arrow.

“Oh my.”

While I quickly swung my spear and struck them down, Emma ran quickly again and rushed towards them.

As the distance narrowed in an instant, they could be seen illuminated by the torches.

A face that distorts and reveals hostility, hands raising a sword and shield, a spear and a bow, and blue tattoos engraved on the body.

These were the people who lived beyond this wall.

Of course, they had never seen a half-man, half-horse before. They were surprised to see Emma running towards us with us on their backs, but they did not back down and bravely tried to block our path.

But that wasn’t enough to stop us.

Because I didn’t really feel the need to kill them, and because I didn’t want to make them chase us out of revenge while we stayed on this land just because of the bloodshed.

Emma grabbed two of them with both arms, just as she had lunged, and then dropped them again and rolled them over, and I swung low and swept the ground with a spear, knocking them down.

Those who quickly stood up again and tried to fight, and those who had not yet fallen and rushed at them, suddenly fell down as if they had been caught by their own shadows when Rubia gestured.

Judging from the pain he was hearing, he may have broken a bone or two, but it didn’t look like he was going to die right away.

“@##@%&!- Ugh!”

A warrior ran towards Emma while holding a huge ax high and shouting something unknown, and flew into the air after colliding with Emma’s advancing body.

The other tribesmen were surprised at the sight, and the young anger on their faces grew stronger, so it seemed like the person who had just flown away was their chieftain, or at least a much-respected warrior.

And I became convinced that such respect was not earned in vain.

Even though Emma relaxed her strength a little out of fear that he might die, he straightened up his broken body in the air, and as the blue tattoo on his body started to shine, he threw the large ax he was still holding in his hand towards us with all his might. peel.

The ax, combined with the flawless posture and strength of a warrior and the power of magic, cut through the air with a terrifying sound, threatening to split the head of one of us in one fell swoop.

Although it was unclear who exactly it was targeting.

The spear I hurriedly struck collided with the ax blade, sparks flying, and I was able to guess the amount of power contained in the thrown ax from the throbbing pain in my wrist.

Nevertheless, I succeeded in catching it with the blade of my spear and removing it. The ax followed the swinging spear again and stopped only after it hit the ground.

Of course, the large ax that the warrior threw with all his might did not get us into any trouble.

The tribesmen immediately gathered around Emma, who had no choice but to slow down for a moment while I received the powerful, unexpected blow.

Emma gritted her teeth and tried to pull out her shield and draw her sword, and Luvia sharpened her nails and covered them with dark red energy.

“Ema just run!”

However, when I shouted, she just started running again without any hesitation.

I grabbed the spear again from above Emma and quickly swung and stabbed it in sync with her every move.

“Ahh!”

With their screams, the spear moving as fast as her struck all the enemies with the spear, and grazed their legs with the blade, causing them to fall to their knees.

And Emma gradually increased her speed as she passed among the fallen tribesmen, leaving them behind and running towards where our eyes were looking.

“@#%#@&!”

The warrior who had thrown the ax was still roaring with rage, and now he was chasing us with his sword in hand.

The tattoos all over his body, still glowing strongly in blue, allowed him to run at speeds that surpassed that of humans, even if just for a moment.

Just to give him one more chance to swing his sword at us.

However, when I turned my body and the spear that I stabbed backwards reached towards him, he also grabbed the sword with both hands and tried to catch my spear with the blade.

However, even the new strength that the shining picture gave him could not so easily block the advance of the spear that pierced the entire armor and ripped off the flesh.

The spear blade, slightly deviated as he pushed away the sword, still grazed his shoulder, staining his arm red instead of blue.

The warrior fell down, suppressing a moan and clutching his wounded shoulder, but at the same time, he moved his hand again to those who were crowding around to support him, pointing at us, as if shouting for them to hurry up and chase him.

Perhaps the rest of us followed his orders faithfully and tried to chase after us, but we had already overtaken him and all the last obstacles.

By the time the people with the bows quickly reloaded their arrows and tried to aim at us, we were already out of range of the arrows.

Only a few arrows were fired in vain over Emma’s hoof prints left on the ground.

Even as I was running like that, I looked back again and saw the despair on their faces, and I was confident that we had succeeded in shaking them off.

It was the moment when the first fight I experienced in the land beyond the wall came to an end.

We slowly gave up and continued running, leaving behind those who were taking care of the wounded.

Until they become a dot behind us, and even smaller than that.

It was after that that Emma stopped so we could rest for a moment.

The people we encountered didn’t say anything, and even if they had, it was impossible for them to run this distance as fast as Emma, so we could rest assured now.

However, no matter how successful we were in escaping without any problems, it didn’t feel good that they attacked us as soon as they saw us.

‘Have the warlike tribes the governor was worried about already come this far? Or has there been recent incidents of attacking outsiders as soon as they see them?’

Fortunately, there was someone I could ask about that.

“…I am showing my unsightly side and I am in disgrace.”

The mercenary we had brought along as a guide seemed to have come to his senses after learning that Emma was able to defeat the tribes that attacked us with relative ease.

“Well, yes, I understand. Maybe I could have given you more time to come to your senses…

We’re in a bit of a hurry. Will you be able to guide the way well from now on?”

“Yes, thank you very much for giving me another chance.

I will do my duty faithfully, so please just tell the governor well so that I can avoid or receive less punishment when I return…”

I nodded at his request and then opened my mouth again.

“Good. However, if that’s the case, there’s something else I’d like to ask besides the road… If you answer well, I’ll be sure to tell the governor about your sincerity.”

“Okay. If you ask me anything-”

“When you moved through this land with the warriors of Katenis, did you ever come into conflict with the tribes here? It bothers me that they attacked us as soon as they saw us.”

“…If you’re asking me if I’ve ever fought them… Yes, there have been many battles.

But I didn’t intentionally start a fight. In the first place, our target back then was not them, but that monster.

We were just caught up in their fight.”

He told them that when they arrived near the cave where the monster was said to be trapped, following Katenis’ mercenaries, they encountered the warriors of this land.

As soon as they found themselves, they rushed at them fiercely, but quickly fell before the swords of the dragon soldiers.

“Of course, the dragon soldiers were great warriors. That’s not to say they were just easy opponents.

However, we know this well because we had to deal with some of them ourselves.

They were a group of warriors prepared for battle and fully armed.”

“But you’re saying that wasn’t originally a preparation for you?”

“Yes, they were chasing someone.

Perhaps, given that the cave where the monster was trapped was already empty, the people who released the monster were probably the target.”

He went on to say that the reason the monster was released in the first place was probably because of conflict and strife between the tribes.

As the situation was unfavorable, he deduced that the plan was to release the monster and use it as a weapon to throw at the enemies.

‘It certainly makes sense. If the rabbit was used that way in the past, it makes sense that in some tribes she would be considered a revelation about war.’

“But even if they hadn’t encountered and fought with us, they wouldn’t have used those weapons against that tribe.

When we went into the forest chasing them, or more precisely the monster chasing them, almost all of them were killed by its sword anyway.”

However, according to the mercenary’s next words, it seems that things did not go as planned for those who tried to use the monster as a weapon to throw at the enemy.

The first thing the rabbit started tracking down and killing were the people who released him.

Where did it go and what went wrong to lead to such disastrous results?

It could have been because an error occurred as the ritual was passed down orally, or it could simply have been a whim of a monster.

Either that, or the rabbit, which continued to learn even with its intellect submerged in madness, remembered those who would come to imprison it again when it got tired of fighting, and dealt with them all.

‘It’s difficult. To be honest, if it’s difficult to kill or capture the rabbit, I thought about somehow getting the cooperation of the druids here and sealing the rabbit again…

If you are wary of the seal like in the last case, it won’t be easy either.’

Of course, the more fundamental problem was where to find druids and ask for their cooperation.

Especially now, with war clouds in the air, it is obvious that we will be wary of strangers.

After that, we encountered the tribes of this land several more times, but this time we were able to avoid them early and avoid them without any major conflict.

The fact that I ran into them quite often was something that bothered me because it told me how things were going right now.

But none of those encounters were as surprising as this moment.

“Did you come to catch that rabbit too, Imperial?”

“…I didn’t know you could speak imperial language.”

A female warrior from an alien race asked me a question in an imperial language that I had never expected to hear from a person of this land.

The red-haired woman spoke while wearing a wolf skin and holding a large two-handed axe.

“I don’t think that answers my question.”

“…Okay. I crossed the wall and came here to catch that famous monster.”

There was no particular reason to hide it, but as I was wary of whether she was telling me not to touch my prey, I was once again surprised to see her smiling and satisfied with my words.

“Then let me make a suggestion. Imperial, do you want to hunt that monster with me?”

“…Under what conditions?”

“It is enough to make that monster disappear from our land forever. If you promise that, I will risk my all as a warrior to help you.

how is it? Aren’t these pretty good conditions?”