episode_0564

Land began to appear in the distance.

What I felt at that time.

─It’s land!

Lexi shouted from the top of the mast, which was all that remained of the observation deck.

At the same time, everyone rushed to the bow.

“Finally arrived!”

─Liberation!

It feels as if light shines while walking through an endless tunnel.

It doesn’t matter what awaits at the end.

First, I want to set foot on the ground. Everyone had that wish.

but.

What stood in our way were hundreds of soldiers on the beach.

Everyone looked at that figure with bated breath.

“Please lower the anchor.”

The shipbuilder heads to the stern of the ship and lowers the anchor.

At first glance, it doesn’t seem like they came to welcome you.

Moreover, there was no way they knew about us arriving suddenly from the horizon.

‘I said it was the achievement of the Inner Demon Lord.’

Prometheus’ agent clearly considers me dangerous.

The trade goods that would win their favor were thrown into the deep sea, but this is the coast.

In order to get a meal for the shipyard manager, it was necessary to stop by land.

“Aren’t those people holding spears?”

One of them shoots a bow.

Of course, the gentle sea breeze did not reach us on the sea.

Fondant!

The arrow that fell with a cute sound floats over the sea.

I wrapped the rope around my body.

“What are you doing?”

“If you ask me to take it out, take it out right away.”

threw himself into the sea

“What, what?! Are you going in there?!”

Plop!

I swam out and caught the arrow floating on the sea.

The arrow is surprisingly a weapon that contains the latest technology.

Therefore, you can tell the technology and era by looking at the arrow.

“Take it out!”

with a splash!

Deep sea fish are slowly gathering.

There were none as large as those living on the coast.

‘Do they eat people?’

I was pulled in like a fish on a fishing line.

“Are you crazy?!”

“How do you think you can get in there?!”

Still, everyone seems to be interested in the arrows I brought.

First of all, arrowheads.

‘steel. Cast iron. ‘Broadhead.’

If the arrowhead is made of soft iron, it will bend without being able to pierce leather armor, and if it is made of cast iron, it will not be able to pierce hardened leather.

The bow body is soft, and the arrow feathers──

“···Leaves?”

“They are very crazy people.”

I opened the telescope and looked at them.

It is about one head taller than a person.

What stands out is the tusks that protrude from the lower jaw like a wild boar.

And he was a big man who looked close to 200kg.

The body is very thick.

The facial structure was also very angular.

The clothes worn were leather armor. The armor and weapons are spears and shields.

Since all spears evolve to penetrate shields, that was clearly rawhide, a soft leather type.

Leather is also an excellent food source.

‘Because armor can be made from stone and wood.’

This means that there are a lot of wild animals.

Those demihumans who can be called small ogres—

“Ok.”

“Are those people orcs?”

“I want to see it too!”

Seth handed the telescope to Anne.

I also handed the telescope to Lexi.

After everyone took turns looking at each other through binoculars.

“It looks like they don’t welcome us.”

“···So.”

“Why not try smuggling?”

“You will be found out because you are not a local.”

I can’t come this far and go back empty-handed.

However, we cannot clash with force.

“···I guess those people are afraid of the sea.”

Anne’s voice caught our attention.

“Aren’t they scared because we came from the sea?”

Anne’s words sounded reasonable.

‘They say they are afraid because they come from the sea.’

Beyond humans, all living things in the world fear the unknown.

Because everyone who doesn’t is dead.

─This is our land────!

The clear resonance of language attracts attention.

In Drekkar.

There was no way they could speak the Drekkar language.

‘Has the power returned?’

─Demons from the continent, don’t even think about setting foot in our paradise────!

I looked at the wives and the shipyard manager.

However, it seemed that everyone could only understand the English language through sounds.

“The power hasn’t returned yet, right?”

The ladies nod their heads.

Even Isabel.

With all the servants withdrawing their hands, only Dantalian is helping me.

‘Why on earth are you like that?’

I couldn’t tell if he was helping me or giving me water.

But as long as you can communicate, there is no problem.

Because I had this power, I was able to achieve everything.

“First, shall we go?”

“Let’s go?! That way?!”

“Are you crazy?!”

“Not a good idea.”

“I think it would be better to find another method.”

“Well, I don’t want to go?”

“How about thinking about it a little more?”

While the wives unanimously opposed it.

“Sure.”

The last words stole everyone’s attention.

The shipyard manager calmly takes a pole and stabs the floor.

It measures depth.

Then he glanced at me.

“Are you really going?”

“Yes.”

“Toys like that aren’t a threat, but you probably aren’t.”

“Would it be a big problem to communicate?”

“···For some reason, I heard you speak Ogre.”

“The power has returned?”

The women appear to be perplexed and talking to their servants.

But it seemed like no one got the answer they wanted.

“I will protect you, but if they attack, they will come back.”

“Thank you for your answer.”

“Wait!”

Shir brought the skin of a deep-sea fish hanging from the deck railing.

“Cover it with this and take it away!”

“No, what… haha.”

I had no choice but to wrap the skin of the deep-sea fish that Shir held out for me.

It was like wearing a jacket.

The shipyard manager who picked me up jumped into the sea.

Plop!

The depth was about 4.5m, so only my head was barely submerged.

“Please take me there, but I want you to keep your feet in the sea and not step on the ground.”

“Why?”

“Because that’s what they want.”

Arrows are flying.

However, it was not a high quality arrow that could pierce the skin of a deep sea fish.

“Attack.”

Pop!

I caught the arrow that flew at the shipyard director’s face.

“Everyone is like that.”

As the shipyard manager came up from the coast to land, his height grew.

At some point, the arrows that were flying stopped flying.

Because the shipyard director revealed his gigantic appearance.

They again pointed their spears at us and guarded us.

“Hello?”

“Don’t come near!”

No matter how belligerent humans are, they cannot be angry at elephants.

At that point, the shipyard manager stopped.

Now it was time for me to step forward.

“As you can see, we are still on the sea. We don’t want to cause trouble.”

“······.”

A confused look came towards me.

“How about we talk first? Who we are, where we came from and why.”

An orc with his head covered in animal skin came forward.

He seemed to be the leader of this place.

“What are you guys?!”

“I am a person. I came by boat from across the sea.”

“There is no crossing the sea!”

“We also thought there was no crossing the sea.”

The orcs opened their eyes and glared at me.

You should not take the other person’s malice seriously.

“If you look at that boat, you can see that it has been through a major storm.”

“I still think about it now. Could it be that there is no crossing the sea?”

“Couldn’t it have just been swept away by the waves and swept down to another nearby region?”

My words sound like the language of the demi-human concerned.

Furthermore, each other’s languages are interpreted only in the location where I am.

Therefore, the shipyard director can also participate in their conversation.

“Look. Don’t we communicate like this?”

“If you came from across the ocean, how would you communicate and speak the same language even if you came from across the ocean?”

“It clearly means that we had exchanges in the past!”

“Or… they may be residents of the same human world to begin with.”

The orcs were still aiming their spears, but there was suspicion in their eyes.

“We are sorry to have to come to your land, but we hope you will show us mercy.”

“We were very hungry and exhausted.”

“Besides, this black sea is hell.”

“The monsters in the water sensed us and chased us endlessly.”

Pretending to be equally afraid of the sea.

Originally, humans only recognized fellow humans as animals.

─Here, language elevates animals to ‘people.’

Therefore, I had to say as much as possible.

“···It was a very painful time wandering on the sea.”

“We just need a place to rest for a while.”

“I will leave immediately after this. Because my family is waiting at home.”

The agent of Prometheus singled me out as a public servant of the Demon Lord.

In other words, he must have had a high social command.

The orcs still couldn’t make a decision.

They were just looking at each other and wandering around.

“Why are you hostile to us?”

“There was a revelation. They say the continent’s devils are targeting us.”

The leader orc stabs me.

‘The devil of the continent.’

We need to find out why they call the demihumans of the Inner Demon World the devils of the continent.

“The devil of the continent?”

“What? That doesn’t mean you don’t know about the devil on the continent, right?”

“No, how on earth can we be seen as the devils of the continent?”

I widened my eyes and looked at the orcs, pretending to be surprised.

Eyes represent emotions, so it’s a good idea to look at them like this.

“We are just drifting!”

“Try to approach it professionally. If we were the devils of the Continent of Prophecy, wouldn’t we have brought a numerous army?”

“Or at least come armed!”

I pointed to the women on board who were looking at us.

“Look! It’s just my wife and this great navigator on that ship.”

“Even if we say we are the devil, how strong am I?”

“Isn’t it obvious that if you get hit with just one fist, you’ll go down?”

His arms were extremely weak compared to Orcs.

They hadn’t rolled down their windows yet, but their hostile expressions were gone.

I sighed and tried my luck.

“If I were the devil, I could conquer the world here as a navigator alone.”

“Are you distrusting the prophecy now?”

“Distrust? This is just ridiculous!”

That moment.

The leader orc stabbed me with a spear.

puck!

I dodged the spear, but the shipyard manager was different.

I blocked the spear that pierced me.

However, the spear did not pierce, let alone get stuck.

“···What are you doing now?”

“Yeah, there’s no way someone like you is a devil.”

Oak smiled and belligerently looked up at the shipyard manager.

“But you… look quite like the devil.”

“···Ha, so our navigator is the devil of the continent?”

Of course, I have no intention of facing malicious intent.

I glanced at the orcs.

The glances they gave the shipyard director were not very friendly.

The shipyard director is afraid.

And you get angry at yourself for being afraid.

“Did the window get stuck just now?”

“No, right?”

“Is the navigator attacking you?”

“No!”

“I assure you, even if all of you attack us, you will not be able to defeat our navigator.”

“You’ll have to try it to find out.”

Even a mere animal knows its weight class.

Because those who didn’t are all dead.

‘Stubborn.’

I sighed at the leader orc who stabbed the dock as if it was pathetic.

“Yes! First of all, let’s say the navigator is the devil of the continent!”

“If a prophecy came, wasn’t it a prophecy to stop the devil on the continent?”

“Then send more people! We need to send it out with better armament! Why did they only send you guys?!”

“······!”

I glanced at the orcs.

They also seemed to think that what I said was correct to some extent.

“If you value your own body, know that other people’s bodies are also valuable!”

“It’s a shame because this person is nice! Otherwise you would have just died!”

I scolded the orc who stabbed me with my spear and took my breath.

Because I was just pretending to be angry.

“···I am not ignoring the prophecy.”

“If we were the devil, the prophet who saw the future would have made a stronger move.”

“A perfect number for all of you to be happy.”

Any demi-human can’t help but be scared in front of an ogre.

Suppressed thoughts lead to thoughts that you wouldn’t normally think about.

“But it’s not true, is it? If we compete now, someone will definitely die.”

“Of course, prophecy is heavy, but that doesn’t mean a person’s life is light.”

“In other words, this is not the future the prophet saw.”

The tips of the orcs’ spears shake.

Rather than shaking my arms, it’s like the tip of my spear is shaking.

They have already passed.

I just needed a final blow to finish it off.

“···Maybe, it’s not a prophecy.”

“What, what?!”

“How dare you!”

The orcs scream.

Apparently, the prophet was a sacred person.

“But look. Isn’t that the situation?”

“Truly…I came from across the sea…!”

I sneered and pointed at the leader orc with my chin.

“Have you ever experienced friction with the Prophet’s family or group?”

“······!”

“You look like warriors, but who will benefit when you disappear?”

They all looked surprised.

‘Of course there is.’

Humans create friction with those around them just by existing.

Likewise with countries and tribes, there has never been a country in history that was on good terms with its neighbors.

Even if there was one, they were friendly because they had a public enemy.

Even if you are close, it is the same.

“If you disappear, who will take care of the rest of your family?”

“What about your land?”

“Looking at the future, will it be okay to arbitrarily risk people’s lives in the name of a greater cause?”

“There are people who are left alone?”

Even if people are close, their relationship can quickly deteriorate.

On the other hand, even if you hate each other, your relationship can improve instantly.

“It’s up to you to judge, but I don’t think so.”

“······.”

Suspicion was ignited.

The orcs glared at me with stern faces.

“···Now I see that you are the devil.”

“I don’t know what it is, but we just need a place to rest and food.”

However, the ‘prophet’ is most likely a high-ranking person.

These people won’t be able to just ignore it either.

“It doesn’t really matter if it’s not here.”

“As you can see, I haven’t set foot on the continent yet.”

“Anywhere is fine. Could you tell these poor fishermen where edible fruits and vegetables grow naturally?”

The head orc is laughing at me.

It’s as if they don’t want to deal with each other.

“There is nothing to say to the devil.”

“In that case, there is nothing we can do. Let’s go back.”

Just as the shipyard manager was about to turn around.

The voice of the leader orc grabs my feet.

“Where are we going?”

“We need to find people who will allow us to dock. Ah!”

I looked at the leader orc with a sneer…

“···Where do the tribes you normally get along with live?”

Conflict appears on his face at the sweet temptation.

But even for a moment.

He pointed to the left with his hand.

“···Go left along the coastline.”

“Thank you.”

The shipyard director splits the sea and heads to the ship.

Even after we got on the boat, they were looking at us.

Worried women approached us.

“Are there any injuries?”

“No.”

“Thank goodness…! How did it go?”

“Did the story go well?”

“Yes. Let’s set sail now.”

The shipyard superintendent retrieves the anchor.

We turned the bow to the right and headed forward.

But the orc soldiers on the coast no longer chased us.