episode_0412

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“Hey, do you see that little thing floating on the pond?”

“···What is that?”

“This is the nose of the crocodile Zara.”

Wow~!

Mosquitoes fly in all directions to an unpleasant degree.

Is it because I waved my hand vigorously to ward off mosquitoes?

I can see Crocodile Zara rolling his eyes in this direction in the water.

“I found this one too.”

As my nose went into the water, a couple of bubbling bubbles came up.

Ripples and bubbles. That was the end.

But it’s watching us from the water.

“It hides its body in the mud, gravel, or sand with its carapace and only lifts its neck to breathe. The length of the neck is approximately 2 to 3 cubits, so a safe distance of at least 5 cubits must be maintained.”

“Is that all?”

“No. That thing is as fast as a long-tailed rabbit. If you provoke it too quickly, it jumps out of the water like a ghost, snatches its prey, and drags it into the water. In Yunaira, they are called water ghosts.”

“How to find out?”

“It has a long tail and is a semi-aquatic turtle, so it always leaves traces on land. Because it is carnivorous, its stool smells as strong as that of a cat, and because it weighs over 200 pounds, it leaves a dent in the soil where it passes.”

“The toenails are sharp and the footprints are deep. They have a sensitive personality and react when stones are thrown, so when crossing a river or swamp, you must throw a stone before crossing.”

After taking a walk around the pond, I was able to find a place where the soil was dented and fallen leaves had been pushed aside.

“This is the traces of the crocodile.”

“······Looks just like the tracks of a crocodile.”

Kailish looks at me as if asking me to explain.

“That’s right, but it has a skin and grows faster than a crocodile.”

Only then did the apprentice knight, who had not found the guy, appear to have confirmed the guy’s true identity to some extent.

“The problem with this guy is that he has a dirty personality. They have a strong appetite, and if there is nothing to eat, they spread mud all over their body and come to land to hunt. Could you all please take 20 steps back?”

The training director’s gaze turned to the apprentice knight behind me.

“The trainees disperse and withdraw. Load the crossbow and prepare for any emergency.”

People step back.

I also took out my bow, held an arrow in my hand, and threw a stone at the crocodile Zara in the water.

Sigh!!!

Zara, a crocodile with a stone hit on its back, glares at me with its eyes glaring.

Although I couldn’t actually see it, I felt like I could feel those gazes.

The alligator is an animal similar to Susan.

There is no yellow card.

If you raise it just a little bit, people’s eyes will turn and a red card will be drawn.

Wow!!!!

I threw another stone.

That was his limit.

Oh my gosh—!!!!

With a scream that I had never heard before, the thing rushed towards me at the speed of a paddle.

“Wow!!!” “Aaaaagh!!!”

The sight of it crossing its legs and running at a speed that you couldn’t even see reminded me of a cockroach.

The speed that shook one’s perception was no different from that of a tiger.

They ran away quickly as they had prepared in advance, but the apprentice knights were running backwards even though they had some distance to spare.

Morons.

Pop!

The training warden who fired first opened his eyes and looked around at the other knights, before eventually revealing his teeth.

“Shooting─!!!”

The trainee knights suddenly came to their senses at the scolding command from the training director and took aim with their crossbows.

Pabababak!!! Sigh! Gagagagak!

However, all the bolts stuck in the shell ricocheted off.

However, the shock must have been felt, and the startled Crocodile Zara ran back into the water.

That guy is a bad-tempered coward.

I guess they only came out to scare me in the first place.

However, the head of training seemed to have reached the peak of fever and started glaring at each of the trainee knights with wide eyes.

“Don’t get distracted and stay focused! Since when did discipline become so bad?! Are you going to come to your senses only if I roll on the dirt like a soldier?!!!”

Everyone froze at the sight of something that made people’s stomach ache.

It’s true that you should be scolded for that.

I pulled out my arrow and aimed it at the guy who had been bitten by the protester and was crouching in the mud.

Paaang!!!

The head of the training director, who was growling at the apprentice knights, jerks back towards me.

“Gotcha.”

He walked into the water without hesitation and dragged the crocodile Zara out with its skull smashed.

“These guys are too heavy to swim properly. They extend their long necks to breathe, so the depth at which they usually rest or live is set.”

I think I’m in a bad mood because I’ve stopped caring about my kids.

I hope you don’t get too angry.

These are people you won’t see in two months anyway, right?

“Representative of the apprentice engineer! Why did you invite something dangerous?!”

“Sorry. I thought I needed to instill awareness about seawater among my classmates.”

“Wasn’t there a safer way!”

From the beginning, the most dangerous person was me.

Crocodile is a beast no different from a tiger.

It was obvious that Uniline, who was well aware of this, would release the crocodile Zara into the Rhine River.

That’s why I had to show this guy’s true nature.

“Sorry.”

The anger of the head of the training camp was now directed at me, but since I was the one who reacted the fastest, he seemed unable to say anything.

Finally, Director Yang Yang, who had suppressed his anger, let out a sigh like a heated pressure cooker.

“···Explain Crocodile Zara’s weaknesses.”

Its weakness is the same as that of the original turtle.

Around the head.

When the crocodile’s long hair was pulled out to show its true nature, the group literally froze like stones.

The hair pulled from my feet comes up to my neck.

This was similar to the actual range of the spear, known as the panacea, which made humans the apex predator.

Moreover, the acceleration of running and extending the neck is literally the same as the speed of thrusting a spear.

“Hae-soo is the same as not showing the last resort. As I said before, this person’s tall neck sticks out and snatches its prey like a snake. Even if it’s flexible and is next to you, it doesn’t mean it’s safe.”

“I understand.”

The day is drawing to a close.

“These guys will probably rule the Rhine River. And… the carapace is quite hard, so much so that it can even deflect heavy crossbow bolts and javelins like just before. I don’t know if it is a portable old gun, but it has a large shell and can be used as a substitute for pavis if oiled and glazed.”

Water Demon’s Carapace is a breastplate material mainly used by Nagas.

“It goes without saying that it is much lighter than wood.”

At that one word, greed filled the eyes of the apprentice knights.

Because knights have the right to arm themselves individually.

Also, as expected from Zara, the meat is delicious.

Since I ate all the meat I received from Lindtcall through local procurement, I had to use it as today’s ingredient.

The Zara was dismembered and all internal organs except the heart were thrown out in the swamp.

“Are you throwing away the intestines?”

“Yes. There are many parasites, so you should not touch the digestive organs with your mouth, and if you eat raw meat, you will get sick.”

“Are you saying it can’t be used as bait?”

“Yes. The intestines of this guy are filtered out and eaten in seawater.”

After cutting off all the meat, the carapace was taken out separately, and the remaining meat was placed on the carapace and grilled.

“···I was really surprised when this guy jumped out.”

Kailish let out a sigh as if resolving his complaint and flopped down.

“Looks like some kind of bug? When I first saw it, I thought it was a cockroach bigger than a person.”

The apprentice knights giggled and patted their shiny carapace as if picking a ripe watermelon.

“Sounds good.”

Nostalgia comes over me.

It was when I was sixteen.

I was throwing a water swallow into the river and this guy suddenly jumped out.

It was startled and ran away, but Juul split the whole shell into pieces while giggling.

It was Juul who put the meat on the plate and grilled it like this.

The center of my life was no one else but Jules.

Jules may have been looking at Jules in me, but I was looking at Jules.

At first, I planned to leave Jules’ side as soon as I got older.

But that was no longer possible.

‘What is Jules doing now?’

First of all, it must have been around fifteen.

Juul is the same age as me…

Will Jules look at me instead of Jur?

“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but shouldn’t you mix the meat?”

Isabelle seemed quite hungry, and seemed ready to take away the cooking utensils and fry the meat herself.

” Those who live in water should be thoroughly cooked.”

The meat was stir-fried on a bag the size of a human body, and unripe root vegetables gathered from the mountains were also cooked together.

Sprinkle salt and pepper…

Everyone could not take their eyes off the cooking meat due to the fatty smell emanating from its body.

It’s just grilled on an open fire, but I feel like I’m some kind of special chef.

“Okay, you can eat now.”

* * * * * *

I decided to give the shell to Susan.

Biologically, human women have the highest body mass index among animals.

As a woman, it is difficult to build muscle without steroids.

Susan seemed to be having a hard time carrying it, so I tied it into a knot like a bag.

Susan wore a carapace on her back, and she looked like a radioactive turtle that loved pizza.

“What is that?”

“It’s a bug.”

“No. What kind of bug is it?”

“It is a moth larva.”

“No…”

Isabelle glares at me.

What’s so dissatisfying?

Do you think I’m some kind of encyclopedia?

“That’s it.”

“Oh, it’s a non-poisonous species, so it’s okay to eat it.”

“Profit!”

Gritting her teeth, Isabel hurriedly stepped back, avoiding the kicking foot.

I felt like I had become quite close to this person.

Or am I just teasing him?

······I feel something lukewarm and sticky on my back.

The brain rot leaves no room for imagination.

To prevent this in advance, the brain was dug out, but the accumulated cerebrospinal fluid flowed out and the entire embryo was soaked.

‘How many species have you already defeated?’

All severed heads will be returned to the colon wall.

This is a kind of activity report.

Isabel sighed and looked at me again, wondering what was so frustrating.

“···Why is there nothing Dewin can’t do or doesn’t know?”

Isabelle, who was staring at me, was as alluring as a sculpture.

What would happen if I put makeup on that face?

“All you have to do is stay away from what you can’t do and what you don’t know.”

“Don’t panic, just give me some water.”

“Take it out.”

Susan rummages through my military gear.

2 weeks of local procurement.

And twelve types of ways to deal with seawater.

There are over hundreds of species that reach designated seawater or semi-seawater, but learning how to deal with 12 species in just two weeks was truly an incredible harvest.

“What is the scariest seawater in the southernmost part?”

When it comes to scary things, there are different types.

Horror, terror, gross.

“Well… the disgusting one is Snally Gaster. Similar to a fly hawk, the venom injected into the skin paralyzes the animal and melts it from the inside. When the molten meat fills the porridge, it is sucked.”

Amilla flaps her ears and glances this way.

“It looks like a spider. Is it that kind of insect?”

no.

It’s like a fly hawk.

“The spider is quietly spinning its web, but it flies in and catches people. Plus, he’s a genius at flying. If you are captured, you will feel your body melting for two to three days and then die.”

“···Anything else?”

“There is also a guy called El Quero. It is a 40 cubit leech. It spreads out its snout with a radius of 10 cubits, and when something lands on its mouth, it closes its mouth like a clam and swallows it. And then they get dragged into the ground.”

In that case, you will never find it.

“You suffocate alive inside it and die as it melts.”

There was only one such incident when I was following Jules around.

It was a disappearance case, a strange occurrence in which villagers disappeared one by one.

It turned out that it was El Cuero’s work, and even the victims’ bones were turned into his foul-smelling excrement.

At that time, I was horrified to see the remains of a person who had turned into shit and had no bones left…

“Then, are there such things as carnivorous plants?”

There are no plants that can eat people, but there is something similar.

“In the southernmost part, there is a mushroom that blooms only on Ain’s head. It’s called a mountain pine mushroom.”

“Yes?”

“If you inhale the spores and do not take antidote within a week, the spores will gradually eat away at your brain. At this time, Ain becomes a living corpse and loses his senses and language skills.”

“What… are you saying something that makes sense?”

It doesn’t make sense.

Even the appetite of animals is already influenced by the tastes of microorganisms living in the intestines.

The mountain carob mushroom is just Cordyceps sinensis that blooms in humans.

“Anyway, if you receive the spore’s command and reach a high place, such as the top of a tree or a cliff, after a few hours, the skull will be crushed and mushrooms will pop out.”

Jules and I have both inhaled those spores.

Thanks to this, I had to rush to the communication center and call Dragonia.

“Wow… we finally arrived!”

Jean gave a shout of joy and spurred his feeble steps, and the group felt like their steps were a little faster.

When the forest ended, the Great Wall stretched out in front of me behind the open grassland.