episode_0446

Anne became close friends with Isabel, as I requested.

The two of us stayed together and whispered, and soon they even made a secret from me.

I thought it wasn’t really a secret, so I watched it, but I was disappointed.

Time passes by and finally it is tonight.

“···Take it with you.”

Lexi hands me the weapon.

It was a claw dagger that was retired and no one was using, my own armament, and plenty of dry food.

“I will definitely succeed.”

“I hope you succeed.”

“Take a look.”

“Yes.”

I hugged Shir and Lexi once and turned around.

Then he turned away from the two pairs of eyes and walked towards Isabelle’s room.

Sigh…

Isabel was waiting for me, fully prepared for the night trip.

Only Anne was carrying her bag in a messy manner.

“Isabel, it’s time to go.”

“···Yes.”

I handed Isabel a curved sword and a belt, one by one.

Like a knight, she skillfully fastened her belt and sheathed her claw sword.

“It is said that since the sea level in the southernmost part of the country began to rise northward, all subhumans except thieves and bandits have stopped leaving their homes.”

“Is it because of seawater?”

“Yes.”

Twenty years ago, the South was a place where people had to walk with weapons in their hands.

It is swarming with real monsters from hell, and ordinary people can never handle it.

Thanks to this, Yunaira’s night trip was extremely safe in another sense.

“Now, let’s move forward while hunting down those who come at you like mosquitoes just by smelling your breath.”

Jules strangely preferred shortcuts.

Thanks to this, I was able to see all kinds of seawater in the southern part of the country. This is an opportunity to show Isabel how bad the situation in the South is and to appeal to her for her desperation.

‘Haesu. Please come a lot.’

* * * * * *

I put the halberd on my shoulder and went through the dark forest.

“I won’t go back right away.”

“Yes?”

“There are still people I need to apologize to.”

“What are you apologizing for?”

It doesn’t seem like he’s arguing because he’s annoyed.

I’m just curious.

“A precious person died because of my foolish actions.”

Massaging the pump, which looked like a gripper, was quite addictive, like rolling a walnut in your hand.

“Did you kill him because of Sihyeon?”

“It is suicide.”

“You’re saying that Sihyeon is to blame for the suicide?”

“Yes.”

“···I can’t imagine. Did Sihyeon bully anyone?”

“When you go back, you must not call me Sihyeon.”

Isabel nods.

······When I was wandering around the southern night chatting with Jules like this, there was nothing scary.

But I feel it now.

A few hours had passed since we left the village, and the sea water was already spinning around me and Isabelle.

“···I thought everything would end when I died.”

“You seem stupid.”

Isabelle was right.

“Yes. It was stupid. While killing people, I took comfort in the fact that death was not the end.”

“I thought it was salvation to kill someone and be reborn.”

“But I was actually more afraid of death than anyone else. In my mind, death has always symbolized the end.”

“If I were to make an excuse, it would be that my perspective was narrowed due to the fear of death.”

I took out the disgusting necklace and handed it to Isabel.

“The sea water was tangled around. It looks like it’s exploring, but it’ll pounce soon.”

“I know.”

“If you know it, keep it.”

I held the halberd with both hands and looked straight at the place where I could feel the presence.

─Smell of poison.

“Mementeri is a smart sea water. Take the lead.”

“···Why?”

“They are targeting you, not me.”

Isabel draws her claw sword and begins to walk hesitantly in front.

The sight of Mementeri glaring at me boldly like a cat was both creepy and cute because it looked like a cat.

“It will pop out in 5 seconds. 5···.”

In just one second, they run silently.

A bizarre movement, as if a person was clumsily jumping on all fours.

Originally, mementeri were monkeys that lived on trees.

However, as I twisted it around and moved around, it started getting stronger and came down to the ground.

Mementeri ran towards me, sticking out the tip of its yellow tail dripping with venom───

Quad deuk!

I couldn’t even scream and my head was broken.

“Kyaaagh─?!!!” “Kyaaagh─?!!!”

Instead of cheering, Isabel screamed and tore the memorial in two.

How surprised was I when I first saw this guy?

It might be funny to cut it in half with one cut and scream, but…

Isabelle and Anne, who were screaming together, looked at each other and burst out laughing.

“What on earth is this disgusting thing?”

“It is seawater called mementeri. It’s a monkey, and poison comes out of the end of its tail. It holds its butt high with its long legs and uses its tail like a scorpion.”

That guy is a monkey.

It closely resembles the human skeleton, so anyone who encounters it at night will scream.

The sight of an unnatural but quick jump with the butt raised up is a horror in and of itself. Naturally, his strength was stronger than that of a human, but it was nothing compared to me or Isabelle.

“If you make a mistake, grab the fish and protect yourself as much as possible from the sea water.”

“I don’t make mistakes.”

“I hope so.”

Isabel furrows her brows and glares at me.

Then he turned his gaze away from me. The gaze is directed to Mementeri.

“···It looks really disgusting.”

that’s right.

It looks really disgusting.

One is a male, and the other has six large, fluttering breasts.

“I think it was a pair. There is a baby.”

Even if you don’t prepare it, it will all be eaten on its own.

There are already three predators who have smelled blood and gathered around.

Since they are smart, they will share one male and one cub each.

A truly strong man does not show his fangs easily.

“There is something around.”

“Yes. Let’s go.”

‘I think I understand how close to hundreds of people are dying every day.’

Even this place is near a village.

As I hurriedly left the scene, Isabelle let out a sigh of relief as if she felt relieved, and turned to look at me while holding her weapon.

“Would you like to finish what we were talking about earlier?”

“It’s not a fun story.”

“Any story is fun now.”

If that’s the case.

“···I was afraid of dying. Death was the end for me, and I had no time to think about anything after that.”

“I don’t think it was the action of someone who is afraid of death.”

That’s right.

Even my servant Ceres did not expect my rampage.

“It was scary, like getting an injection, but I only had a vague thought that it would be okay after I died. In the end, I was beheaded by your father, and my master went directly to Hindi to return my remains.”

“···No way.”

When you think of the Drekkar people as Heindee, there is only one thing that comes to mind.

evil spirit.

“There your father drove my master crazy. The infamous evil spirit of Hindeer is my master.”

“Ha! Ha…”

He must have been so dispirited that even the focus of his eyes disappeared.

You must be delusional on the inside.

It’s right to quit.

“Do you remember the day you spoke with Julias?”

“···Yes.”

“Heindeer’s evil spirit was his ego. Ego is the basis of servanthood. My master… has been looking for me for over 10 years, even after his death.”

“They say that when you die, you are reborn?”

“Yes. It’s just ego. It wasn’t my master who wandered for over 10 years, but my master’s end was so miserable. It’s because of my wrong choices. That is why we must ask for an apology from the bereaved family and acquaintances.”

“···The White Wolf used you as a battle slave. No matter how sweet you said───”

“This is what I wanted. Even though the white wolf was a scum of the human race, I loved my master and he loved me.”

If you think about it calmly, Jules may not have been a good person.

‘But what?’

Why are these idiots who don’t even know our relationship making fun of me and saying that I was harmed by Juul?

I actually miss those days.

“I am not the only one who felt the emptiness and sadness of loss due to the death of my owner.”

“···Do you think we can meet again?”

“Yes. We will meet again someday.”

In a broken atmosphere.

Rustling─

A shout of popularity is heard from afar.

“Seawater. Coming again.”

There are five sea beasts that cannot walk a hundred steps.

In Korea, it would be no different from being attacked by five Asiatic black bears on a hiking trail after only 100 steps.

‘I’m really going crazy.’

I pulled out my halberd and slashed at the rushing sea water.

* * * * * *

By the time we arrived at the ogre’s nest, Isabelle and I were covered in blood.

Of course we didn’t shed a single drop of blood.

As a member of the royal family, Isabel learned broad swordsmanship that was close to refinement.

However, no matter how sophisticated your swordsmanship is, it will become more brutal if you add the servant’s blessing.

“Arrived.”

“Haa… Do all Southerners live like this?”

“This is because the sea water in the southernmost part of the country is rising.”

I killed hundreds of them on the road today.

I was exhausted, so it was natural for Anne and Isabelle to be exhausted.

The road to the ogre’s nest was filled with stinking totems that looked like jangseungs.

The ugly shape of the horned wolf was covered in oil and colored so that it looked as if it had been covered in blood.

“···Is it okay for us to go?”

Isabel, frightened by that, looks at me.

Contrary to such concerns, the staghorn wolf was just an animal that Hosott considered auspicious.

“Yes.”

The entrance was upstream.

The soft sound of the waterfall echoing through the cave evokes nostalgia.

At the entrance to the cave, you can feel the presence of two people.

In peaceful times like the past, only one person stood guard.

Just as I was about to step in.

“Stop.”

As we stopped, someone walked out from the darkness of the cave.

“Who are you?”

“I came to see Heukrang.”

“Ask again. Who are you?”

The figure that appeared in the darkness───

“···Ujit?”

Ujit is startled.

It’s okay, even for a moment. He widened his eyes and charged forward with his heavy crossbow, ready to shoot.

“How do you know my name?!”

“When I first came to this cave with Jules, you were pinching the back of my hand because you wanted to see my reaction.”

How many years ago was that?

“Thanks to you, Shir, who was scolded by Jules, beat you up hard, and I felt sorry for you being bullied, so I turned Shir into a crazy bitch.”

“···What are you doing, you idiot?”

“In the end… I rode Craxx Mara. Do you remember?”

Another Horsot walks out from the darkness.

“···Ri Si-hyeon?”

“Yooso?”

Yuso’s red hair seems to have become slightly darker than before.

The blue eyes opened as wide as a flower lamp.

“You… are dead.”

“If you know who it is, let’s go in and talk.”

Yuso and Ujit’s gaze turns from me to Isabel.

“···Who is the human woman behind?”

“My group. It’s a bit complicated. There are a lot of things I want to ask.”

I wasn’t expecting a warm welcome, but 17 years was a very long time.

The two of them were looking at me awkwardly.

For me, only three years have passed…

“···I saw your head buried in the ground.”

“Okay. But in the end, Dantalian saved me.”

Ujit’s heavy crossbow is in an awkward position, neither aimed nor released, with his hand resting on the handle.

They still don’t completely trust me.

If I do something unexpected, a bolt will immediately be lodged in my chest.

“How long are you going to keep watching?”

I had no choice but to pretend not to notice.

“···Come in.”

Reluctantly, Ujit gestured and took the lead.

Because we had been separated for such a long time, there was no conversation between us.

Shoot…!

The deeper you enter the cave, the louder the sound of the waterfall becomes.

I could clearly see Isabelle’s head turning here and there in the darkness. It seems like they are chasing the identity of the sound.

“There is a large waterfall in the village.”

“Waterfall?”

“Yes.”

Isabel looks at the two hosts alternately and places her mouth next to my ear.

“By any chance… aren’t these people who eat things like human flesh?”

ah!

That was written in the book!

“I’ve seen it before, but at least no one tried to eat me.”

“You know. Our village doesn’t eat human meat.”

“I’ve seen it before. When I first saw this village’s hunting festival, you have no idea how goosebumps I got when I saw a man’s head being hit.”

“It must be the human who attacked us first.”

Isabel trembles.

I comforted Isabelle’s shoulders and made her move a little faster.

The deeper I enter the cave, the more excited I become.

“What about Yuzu and Mira? We stuck together like that. They must have married each other, right?”

The returning gaze was cold.

I still feel like an outsider to these two.

“I’m sorry. For you it may have been 17 years ago, but for me it was only 3 years ago.”

The excitement of arriving at my old hometown is fading away.

My traces in this town have faded away and disappeared.

It’s a strange feeling.

This town was my hometown, but it no longer felt like home.

“···How have you been?”

Yuso winks.

“After coming back to life… I collected Jules’ body and scattered it around the world… I spent two years just doing that. Oh, what about Amy and Heinrich?”

“Heinrich has become younger. The work is still the same. Amy is assisting the Chief.”

“Why didn’t Amy follow Shir?”

“I don’t know. You say it’s because there’s no need for that anymore?”

No need?

There is a broken light showing that you have entered the interior.

When I arrived at the ogre’s nest, a familiar bridge and waterfall greeted me. The water wheel has become several times stronger since it was broken───

“There is a shooting range.”

“Yes. That’s where you and we used to practice archery.”

A shooting range was opened upstream of the river.

“Chi. Back in my day, I did it outside the village.”

He said it in a humorous way.

Ujit snorted.

“If you do that now, Hae-soo will kill you.”

I guess so.

Yuso had something to say.

“Yoo So.”

“Why?”

“I killed every single one of those immortals. The leader is left with only his brain, living a miserable life in the darkness deep inside the Magic Tower, feeling only pain.”

“···Really?”

“I will live forever. Can’t hear, eat, speak, or see. Feeling only pain.”

“That’s really good.”

“I’m sorry.”

Yuso’s blue eyes are looking at me.

“What?”

By taking your father away.

“At that time, I couldn’t come sooner.”

For not disclosing that fact.