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Juul, who was dragging himself while holding the oxygen horn, sniffed.

“Almost there.”

This means that there may be executioners around from now on. I have no intention of revealing Shir’s identity to others.

“Shir, put on your armor.”

“Huh? Already?”

“Keep in mind. Don’t say anything from now on. Don’t even raise your visor. I’m only next to Jules.”

Jules also stops and looks this way.

Only then did Shir, who read my emotions, take out the armor attached to his back and begin to put it on.

No, I look this way before I even put it on.

“Help me get dressed.”

Ugh. Dennis glances in my direction at Shir’s words and approaches Jules.

“I will help you, Seolrang.”

“Please. Wait, tie up the cow.”

Jules tied a rope around a cow’s horn and a thick tree. The cow was clearly resisting, but it was no match for Jules.

The weight difference is at least ten times.

How can an animal the size of a car be made to act like a child’s wrist is snapped?

“Help me quickly.”

Shir urges and chuckles.

“Remember to wear armor.”

We put on each piece of armor one by one.

Wearing armor is difficult, but if you know how, there is nothing special about it. When I first fell into this world, didn’t Felic put on underwear for me?

At first, I wondered why I couldn’t wear the armor on my own, but it was simple. This was because it was not firmly fixed to the body.

Instead of shooting from afar like in modern warfare, you get up close and grab, stab, and cut.

If subdued, they may try to take off their armor.

“What do you call Shir?”

Jules glances at Shir and shrugs.

“You can call me my squire.”

···A squire wearing armor.

“Even if I’m a slave, what about Dennis?”

“I’m fine. Once I arrive, someone will recognize me.”

···Do you want to know?

Dennis has never said anything wrong.

To begin with, he was also the oldest member of the group.

Dennis is more skilled than anyone else in combat.

When I first met Dennis, he said he was incompetent, but that was a blatant lie.

I can confirm this with my many years of experience.

‘Why are there only monsters around me?’

······So no matter how much I train, it doesn’t seem to get better.

“Do not tighten too tightly.”

“If you don’t use it hard, it will come off.”

After tightening Shir’s armor, he slapped down the open visor.

Clap!

“Ah!”

“It’s over.”

Juul was someone who often wore armor in the first place, so he had finished preparing it a long time ago.

“It’s a little late.”

“It’s okay.”

Jool’s armor was twice as thick as other mass-produced armor. The leather was tight, so every time I moved my arm, I could hear the sound of the leather tightening, and the loud clanking sound of metal.

“My ears are going to drop while I’m walking. This is why I hate heavy armor.”

“I don’t know how many times Felix asked me about Jules when he was making that.”

Length, strength, main use area, fighting style… I don’t know how many times I’ve talked about something that didn’t matter.

How long did it take to walk like that?

Dennis suddenly stopped.

The gaze is fixed on the tree. As I followed its gaze, I saw traces of the bear scratching the tree.

“Terub’s fingernails scratched the wood. Looking at the wounds on the tree, it appears to be about 4 to 5 days old. I think it’s them.”

…It wasn’t a bear, it was a terup?

No, you can tell that from the scars on the tree?

‘These are traces of Terub?’

To me, it just looks like it was scratched by a tiger or bear.

“Jul. Is that the mark of only terubs or wall keepers?”

“No, it’s just a fingernail mark.”

···Why are you paying it?

“Why do you leave traces like a thief?”

“When they climb something, most of them dig in their nails. And then move quietly.”

That thing is no different from a cat.

However, it is not a basis for specification.

“That wouldn’t be the case for someone who lives alone.”

Even I have seen a lion-like terup before. I saw them a few times when I was walking around with Jules.

They might hide when they see a crowd, but that doesn’t mean they’re abandoning their territory.

“Those who live with humans always clip their fingernails. They must have sharpened them now. The degree to which the wood breaks or dents varies depending on the length of the nail.”

…You figured it out just by looking at it?

Several eagles were circling high in the sky in pairs. There are probably sirens among them.

There was an elf sitting quietly like a cat on a high tree, watching this direction, and there was also a hosot sitting against a tree or preparing a weapon.

Not only is it because he is wearing armor that is rare in the South, but because it is Juul who wears it, the executioners’ eyes are wide and they are only looking at Juul.

Clunk-clack-clack-!

The sound is so loud in the first place that you will have no choice but to look away. Because every time I took a step, I heard a clanking sound.

In particular, the elf’s behavior was quite strange.

People who had been sitting quietly or hiding took a deep breath when they saw Dennis.

The reaction was cold.

Rather than coming up and talking to me or looking away because it was dirty, it disappeared between the bushes.

Are there still stories about corporate illness?

After walking, we arrived at a place where only the ground part of a large rock cliff had been carved out so that people could enter.

A small ditch flows around it, and thanks to it, it is covered in slippery moss. Shirr almost fell because he stepped on the moss, but he managed to keep his balance and, relying on me, began to cross the ditch.

Jump and run…

Several elf enforcers quietly approached.

Among them— Eusria?

“Instructor General. How have you been?”

General instructor?

Yusria, the representative, placed her hand on her right shoulder and bowed.

Because of the upheaval, even people who have seen me in passing or worked with me once or twice don’t seem to recognize me.

Some people glanced at me, but most eyes were fixed on Dennis.

“Executor Yusria, why are you here instead of guarding the demarcation line? If you were the person I knew, there would be no reason for you to be here.”

Dennis’ tone of voice was extremely blunt.

At the same time, Shir, who knew the name Eusria, tried to step forward.

I hit Shir’s armor and grabbed it.

“I have resigned from my position as executive officer. I am now serving as a tribune.”

“It’s scratched. Something worth recording, very loudly.”

“···Yes.”

I got scratched by the consul!

Douglas did a great job!

It was evident that she had come to say hello, but Yusria had her eyes fixed on the ground and her head lowered.

In the past, it would have been fun to look up and see the frowning face, but it’s a shame that I can’t do that.

“I think I was definitely advising you to behave properly, but what on earth happened during the 20 years that I left due to work sickness? How can a ranger I trained with my own hands end up like this?”

“I’m a woman. The person who cut Sihyeon’s finger.”

When Shir pointed his finger as if he were telling a story, all the elves who approached him froze. …You didn’t cut it, did you?

As a result, the ruling was made that way.

Dennis flinched, then looked at me.

The look in his eyes when he asks if it is true is unusually harsh.

I nodded slightly.

Dennis glared at Yusria with a frosty expression that he never showed before.

“It appears that the tribune Eusria did not even have the qualifications to be a tribune, to put a minor child with an outstanding criminal record on the bench.”

“······.”

“I wondered who it was. I wondered what kind of shameless bastard put the White Wolf’s hound on trial. But that’s the ranger I raised, and it’s my bloodline?”

“···Sorry. Great grandfather.”

“I have never raised a scoundrel who persecutes the weak as an executioner.”

Dennis withdrew his gaze from Yusria with sad eyes. If Juul was revered by Hosotts, Denis was revered by elves.

However, unlike Jules, he treated his students very strictly, and those who approached him with a smile lowered their heads and quietly looked at Dennis.

A shout that makes even people who came to say hello go away.

It’s different from my usual self and I can’t get used to it.

How many minutes did it take to walk like that?

We were able to reach the temporary command tent.

“Oh my, Dennis! It’s been 20 years?”

“How have you been?”

Claudia and I must have met each other as we smiled and shook hands. The sharp vertical pupil scanned the surroundings and focused on Juul.

“Juyul, who is your slave?”

Jules gently points at me.

“It’s here.”

“No, your original slave. I mean Sihyeon.”

Claudia looks me up and down.

There is someone who worries about me as soon as I arrive. He gave me a cold look as if he didn’t care for me right now, but I guess it’s okay.

This means that Claudia had a good impression on me. For that alone, I am very grateful.

“He’s dead.”

Jules calmly announced my death as planned. If I find out later, I’ll joke around and say I’ve never experienced death.

Claudia sighed at Jules’ words.

“Why did you act like that… If you’re going to do that, do you want me? So, why did you bring a slave who looks like a male prostitute behind you?”

“New slave.”

Claudia looked away from me and started looking at Jules with a very dissatisfied expression.

“I want you to stop talking about slavery and explain the situation.”

Claudia looked at Jules and tried to say something, but she seemed overwhelmed and gave up on body attire.

Eventually, I reach my limit and sigh.

Claudia placed her hand on the map nailed to the table above the command post.

“····This is where they hide. Here we are.”

The location that Claudia pointed to with her hand was reasonably close to this place. Only 30 minutes away.

Jules can’t take his eyes off the map.

“Guys. Something is strange. Should I say that it seems like the situation has been reversed?”

Jules tilts his head.

“Inverted?”

“I’m just stuck in this town. They surround the area with a fence or remove the shield and keep a watchful eye on the surroundings. There won’t be anything to eat and there won’t be any reinforcements, so I don’t know what they believe or do.”

···The invaders are staging a sit-in in the enemy camp when no reinforcements can come? It means that you will dry up and die.

If you want to survive somehow, it is better to surrender or retreat.

“There are all kinds of crazy people out there.”

“So. If you stay still, you will wither and die, and if you try to suppress it, it feels like a trap, doesn’t it feel bad? So, wait until it crawls out.”

“How many people do you think were ambushed?”

“Twelve terubs and about fifty rangers. You’re better than us.”

“Are you sure?”

“It looks like the smell is all mixed up. From what I’ve heard, it also seems like there’s a strange smell. That’s how Hosott, who took the stimulant, smelled it, and that’s how he distinguished it. There may be more.”

“Are plans for extermination being drawn up?”

Claudia shook her head.

“There are ten more people than us. Someone will definitely die if they go in.”

They say there is no victory without recovery, but no one appreciates sacrifice. If you chase, you chase, but you don’t want to go where the other person is waiting.

“I think they are planning something on the inside.”

“What are you making up? There’s nothing you can decorate. That village in the first place. It’s quite far from the water source. There is a ranger waiting at Suwonji. Before I die of hunger, I will jump out of thirst.”

This means there is no need to bother.

The movement speed in the forest is bound to be faster for southern natives than for rangers, which has the advantage of making them easier to track.

Juul continued to scan the map around him as if he was reluctant.

“There are too many villages around. Wing Valley, Ymir’s Tomb, Root Village and Crystal Lake, Ogre’s Nest, and Dragon Bone Marsh. It’s a village where hundreds to thousands of people live.”

“I don’t know what they’re thinking either. Their main enemies are wild people. The general public may not know that, but there’s no way Drekkar wouldn’t know that, so why did they settle in a place like this?”

I thought I knew why.

They had called me and were planning to attack another village if I did not respond to their call.

“Did you hear? I guess they’re making weapons and armor out of Ouroboros’ shell. And then they are agitating to immediately destroy the demarcation line and advance north.”

Claudia secretly glanced at Jules.

Ouroboros’ shell was discovered by Juul and he handed over ownership to the wild man.

And he came wearing armor made from the carapace of Ouroboros. He was asking what he was thinking, but Jules exercised his right to remain silent.

“In addition, there are also types of people who are joining in. Quite a few sirens are already helping the wild man.”

“···I want to investigate separately.”

“Do whatever you want. Don’t be like a bear poking around a beehive. I should be memorializing your former slave.”

After saying that, Claudia quietly crawled out of the command center.