episode_0152

With Groots.

Why does the beast’s name appear here?

After thinking for a while, I came to a conclusion.

“Let’s go back now—?!” Shir covered my mouth.

why? I don’t know what the hell he’s thinking.

“I can handle it myself. Trust me.”

Are you looking down on Grootslang because he has great power? The Groots we saw five years ago were easy to hunt because Julia burned out its eyes.

“Shir. Don’t be mistaken! Do you think Hae-soo will be entertained by your boasting about your strength?! you’re welcome! He’s not interested in you!”

Saltwater hunting is not approached that way.

Haesoo is a guerrilla. If they notice, they run away. What they want is to eat well and live well, not fight.

If it doesn’t notice, rush in and kill it at once. That’s hunting.

Shir still looks unconvinced.

Why? Why did Grootsrang appear in Namsan at such an odd time?

no. That’s not it.

Because it’s a coincidence, it’s with Groots. Damn, I couldn’t enter Namsan Mountain because of the ogre’s smell.

But the ogre left, and even the sea water and cockatrice disappeared. This place was paradise for him.

“Shir, two years ago I went to a village in response to a request for seawater relief.”

“But all the villagers were dead.”

“All limbs were broken or crushed.”

“There were people who weren’t like that. Do you know who they were?”

“Kids.”

“The kids trampled and trampled it, so it was crushed flat like a dead ant.”

“It turns out that the villagers were hunting Grootslang’s cub. And then they wiped their mouths out of fear that they would be at a disadvantage.”

“In the end, he took revenge in the same way.”

“They trampled on the kids and made them explode in front of their parents.”

“Umm······.”

After moaning, Shir opened his mouth.

“That’s too bad.”

“I mean! There’s a high possibility that he’s Groots with a baby!”

It is common for sea creatures to move their habitat to raise their children in a safer place. If you accidentally provoke the pup── “It’s okay.”

“···What?”

“It’s a male.”

“How do you know that?”

“My sense of smell imitates Grootslang’s. Groots has a huge number of olfactory receptors, so he can smell a lot of smells.”

…Is that what Julias taught?

For some reason, he wanted to hold me like that.

If so, I understand. Because it meant that Shir and Groots were smelling the same thing right now.

“I can even tell someone’s feelings through their smell.”

Shir looks over the mountains.

“Think about it. What if we hunt him down and take him away? You’ve eaten that guy’s meat too, right? That’s the best meat Maal has ever given!”

Shir is right.

Groots’ nose was the greatest delicacy of my life.

“There is nothing to hunt in the southwest. It is only infested with animals that cannot reproduce. The prey is sick and infested with disgusting parasites.”

Shir smiled as if the corners of his mouth were quivering and gently pulled my hand. The eyes are looking directly at me, trying to read my thoughts.

···Hey, why are you so nervous?

“This is for the village, right? I have no intention of ending my coming of age ceremony normally. This is an opportunity.”

There was definitely nothing to eat in the southwest wetlands.

The taste of reptile or amphibian meat is ‘similar’ to that of birds, but it cannot be said to have a superior taste.

“Sihyeon, hang out with me.”

I can get along with you.

If it doesn’t work out, you can report it and leave for the southwest, even if it’s late. However, there is something that needs to be decided first.

“Let’s divide the nose in half.”

Jules liked it.

Shir nods and smiles.

“Of course.”

There’s probably no one to share it with in the first place, so let’s just eat it cleanly with Jules and clean it up.

That’s enough for my coming of age ceremony.

“Take me to where that guy smells. If you find traces, I will teach you how to see his traces.”

*

Although Grootslang is a dangerous creature, there is one reason why I gained the confidence to challenge him.

A compound poison for my waist.

I wanted a paralyzing poison that could be used in real combat.

An acute paralyzing poison that paralyzes the opponent as quickly as possible without any hassle. Naturally, the medicine became stronger.

I brought enough paralyzing poison to paralyze 100 people. This was because the game had to be kept alive to maintain its freshness.

“Do you know where it is?”

“I thought it was up there… but I’m not sure.”

You don’t know?

“It looks like the other person noticed you too.”

“No. You can’t hide the smell.”

It can also hide odors.

While looking for a Grootsrang that had killed someone, I almost died from the poison on its nose.

Juul didn’t even notice Groots until he was bitten by it. I guess I could explain it.

“···Let’s search around and find traces of him.”

Shir, who was walking ahead while holding my hand, tilts his head to look at me.

“···Aren’t you overestimating this guy?”

Overrated?

Even if they are not demi-humans, they are no different from demi-humans.

“I don’t even understand why he came to this mountain in the first place. Setting up a territory around a place where over a thousand hosots live? If you are really smart───.”

Shir suddenly stopped.

Then he suddenly jerks his head to the right.

“Rotten mine.”

“Deep sea?”

“No.”

Normally I would not consider it a big deal, but not now. The scraps it buried in the ground are rotting, and the smell of melted intestines and flesh flows back to the ground.

“Let’s check.”

You should not apply paralyzing poison right now.

The poison applied is in liquid form, and when it vaporizes, it inevitably enters the person’s nose.

Gnomes are one of the few animals that recognize tools.

‘I definitely notice the teratological smell.’

I released Shir’s hand that was tightly holding my hand.

Shir, who glanced this way, went ahead and his steps quickened a beat.

He took out the numbing medicine he had stored in an empty glass ink bottle from his pocket, hung it on his belt, and moved with an arrow attached to the bowstring.

“Here.”

There were wheels all around, but they were just moving around stupidly.

That’s right…

“Really thorough.”

The body was buried, pressed tightly with its body weight, and then covered with dry soil from the surface that had been removed.

“Should I dig it out?”

“Yes.”

Push! Sigh!

However, in Shir’s hands, the compacted ground was like tofu, so he started digging faster than shoveling.

Would you say it’s like scooping sand from a playground?

As a result, I was able to dig up all the ground within a few minutes, but the first thing that was caught by Shir’s hand was…

It was a calf. Without a lower body.

“What is this? Why is this only…”

I ate only the intestines without touching the meat at all. There are no lungs or heart that should be inside the upper body.

“Take it out first.”

Sreuk-!

Because it is half rotted, the skin is peeling off and flowing.

Shir was frightened and threw away the calf.

And then he looks at me with a tearful expression.

“Continue.”

“······Is this really necessary?”

“If we don’t do it now, all the cows on the mountain could end up like this.”

I wanted to do it myself, but if you don’t have a shovel and dig with a dagger, the blade will get damaged. After that, Shirr started to excavate quite a few cow carcasses with a frown on his face.

As expected, all cows had no internal organs, and the most notable thing was…

“···Not a single cow has been painted with pigment.”

Seriousness finally appeared on Shir’s face.

He was hunting only cows that had not been painted with pigment. I understand the Ain concept of pastoralism.

“Let’s take a look at him.”

Corruption begins in the intestines.

In other words, simply removing the intestines slows down the decay quite a bit. In addition, the rate of organic decomposition of aerobic microorganisms is faster than that of anaerobic microorganisms.

···Even considering that it was wet soil, it was too rotten.

“It’s been over 10 days since he came into this mountain.”

It seemed like he had settled down on this mountain sooner than we thought. Maybe, right after the ogre leaves.

“Plus, you’re a gourmet.”

“······I don’t like intestines.”

Shir walked out of the pit.

If you leave it like this, it will only give off a bad smell. It would be better to fill it up. After pushing the cow’s carcass back into the hole with his foot, he helped Shir fill in the rotted dirt again.

“He is a proper, seasoned hunter.”

Grootslang is avoiding a collision with Hosott.

It is impossible for a young person to understand the demi-humans like this and try to avoid conflict.

Erasing traces simply causes stress. Walking 1km to dispose of toilet, or burying the remaining waste in the ground about 2m deep.

Even so, it still takes a while.

In general, this is an impossible act even for humans.

But he can be patient, and since ancient times, beasts that have patience through their instincts have eaten tens or hundreds of people.

Those who know how to persevere are also good at exploding. If we come to him, he will try to kill us.

“Let’s go down and report.”

Take a step back─ Stand tall!

Something was pulling my arm… It was Shir.

Looking at his face, it looks like he doesn’t understand the situation.

“We can catch it.”

I almost burst out in anger at that sight.

As I thought about what I was feeling, the emotion quickly faded away, but what can’t be done is what can’t be done.

“To you it may be mere prey, but to me it is not. Do you know what would happen if that guy got used to the mountain and dug a hole like a mole? Even if it’s Juul, I can’t catch it!”

Must report.

The Black Forest was made up of redwood trees that looked like skyscrapers. Thanks to this, Grootsrang couldn’t dig a tunnel because he wanted roots, but this place is different.

It’s in the ground now.

There is no answer if you create an enclosed space in the ground and hold a sit-in with only your nose stretched out to breathe.

Just as Lamia gave up the lake because of the water wart, the entire Namsan must be given up.

“It’s a coming-of-age ceremony that only happens once.”

The body is dragged backwards.

Shir hugged me tightly.

······If they have seen something dead in person, even elementary school students will know what is more important.

The Shir I knew was never this self-centered.

Is there a reason why we shouldn’t go back even after blocking it like this?

“We can do it.”

“Shir, do you remember what you said? There is a time for everything. Once time passes, it cannot be turned back. Obviously someone is going to die. Otherwise, dozens to hundreds of cows would die.”

“Give me just one day, just one day.”

I don’t know why this is happening.

I ate the smelly intestines as if I were enjoying it as a special meal.

‘He’s in no position to eat gourmet food.’

My conclusion about avoiding Hosott was based on the assumption that he was truly reluctant to engage in conflict with Hosott.

─But now there are no cows without pigment.

This suggests the possibility that indiscriminate oxygen hunting will take place as soon as Grouchrang’s tunnel exploration is completed.

“Can you give me one day?”

When has Shir ever made a desperate request to me like this? There wasn’t. if

Is it a great shame to return to the village empty-handed during a coming-of-age ceremony?

‘I don’t know.’

What is certain, though, is that if I go ahead with my will like this, I don’t know what Shir will do. I don’t have face to save, but Shiri has face.

I have seen many people choose death for face and pride. It’s something I lack, but it’s probably important to Shir.

“If I don’t catch it in one day, I’ll give up.”

“···I don’t know what you’re thinking.”

Grootslang is a powerful seawater that exceeds the standard.

Even if I go back, I don’t think anyone will raise an issue.

I thought that perhaps the wrong culture had been formed due to Hosott’s unique desire to win. If you think back to Hyuso firing a crossbow at an ogre from the front, there are quite a few things that come to mind.

I gave up understanding.

“···From now until this time tomorrow. If I don’t catch it by then, I’ll definitely go back.”

Just nailed it hard.