Chapter 119 – 116 Maestig Village
After moving for a day and a half along the road, the plain began to tilt and create a slight slope.
Surprisingly, the wide slope covered with grass like a meadow extends for several tens of kilometers.
And from the point where the slope ends, the dense jungle continues to the horizon, literally a vast landscape.
Isilite exclaimed as she looked at the Roatings jungle that covered the horizon from the far left to the far right.
= Wow. It looks very far. It will take days without a break just to get to the horizon.=
“Well.”
It is a world without smog, so it is clearly visible even though it is a distance that seems to be 200 km to the horizon.
It’s literally like seeing the end of the field of view.
“The ground here is higher than I thought.”
While going from Lehill to Wayford, I thought the rent would rise subtly, but I never thought it would be this much.
The height that I think it will be 500m above sea level. Wouldn’t this be enough to call it a plateau?
The village of Maestig lies in the middle of this sloping region, in a kind of basin formed by hills.
As I got off the road and climbed an unusually high hill, a panoramic view of the village came into view.
=It’s really rural!=
About 50 log cabins are widely distributed and are surrounded by log fences.
Around the village, you can see many potato fields, sweet potato fields, barley fields, and cotton fields, and you can see people herding animals here and there.
The atmosphere of the village is similar to that of Yulkam, except that the clothes are very thin and the ceiling of the log cabin is about 50cm higher than that of a normal house.
Hwanin, who was looking over the village from the top of the hill, opened his mouth.
“There are 50 households, so the population is roughly 250 people.”
=Yes. There’s nothing special about it, it’s all about growing cotton and selling it as fabric, and trading monsters and by-products of monsters that occasionally appear.
Having said that, Isilite looked at Hwanin’s expression for a while and said.
= Master. What are you going to do over there? Are you going to hide your identity and secretly have sex misfortune?=
“It is a small village. There won’t be any visitors, so it’s going to be difficult to secretly have sex misfortune.”
=Then I will go first and meet the village prostitute. If the master goes and reveals his job right away, there will be a big commotion.=
“…… Okay.”
As soon as she hinted at her permission, Isilithe spurred on Kurti and rushed down to the village.
Coo?
“Okay. Let’s go slowly.”
Quet.
Responding to the emergency rations asking if he would follow Kurti, Hwanin stared at the back of Isilite, who was getting smaller in the distance.
She feels that the longer she spends with Isilite, the quicker she notices.
It is a very difficult thing to cultivate an acquired notice. In many ways, you have to pay attention to your surroundings and self-reflection on what you do.
Moreover, when she reaches Isilite’s age, rather than raising her eyebrows, she tells the people around her, ‘Just adapt to me. It’s even more comfortable to say, “If you don’t like it, leave.”
The fact that Isilite was raising such a nunchi was an indicator of how sincerely she served her, so there was a gentle ripple in her Hwanin’s heart.
‘It would be nice if that attitude didn’t change and continued.’
It doesn’t matter much if your fighting qualities are low.
She is also a professional and strong, so she can act as a porter and support for managing the rear party. The lack of military force can be solved by recruiting a colleague with excellent skills.
When she had almost gone down the hill, Isilite, who had entered the village, came out and came to her side.
=The village chief of Maestig was a horse tribe. Judging from the fact that the ratio of man-man tribe is more than half, it seems that the village started as a village of man-man tribe.=
It’s not a jipseongchon, but a jipjongchon.
=I told the village chief that the owner would come to visit, so he should be able to rest comfortably tonight.=
“Okay. Good job.”
=Yes.=
Going down the slope of the hill, he inspects the villagers he sees.
Dogs, cows, sheep, cats, and bears are not seen very often, and more than half of them are horse people with lower bodies of horses and upper bodies of humans.
Every place that comes into view has a slope between 10 and 30 degrees, so it’s definitely an area that seems difficult to live in unless you’re a half-man, half-horse.
When I looked at the centaur and the human race, I could see that they were of different sizes.
Some adults have the lower body of a pony, while others are still young but as big as a stallion.
“…… ?”
Hwanin’s eyes turned to one human race.
If you look at the breasts with breasts, it’s a woman, but the lower part of the body. She is plowing the field with the plow hooked to the horse’s body. On the other side, you can see a woman tying a wagon to a horse and pulling it effortlessly.
‘It’s unusual’
Looking closely, there were two types of women. A woman with a lower body of a horse and a woman with only ears and a tail.
I guess not all women in this world have human-like appearances.
Entering through the east gate of the fence surrounding the village, looking at the fields lined up on both sides of the road like rice terraces, Hwanin saw villagers gathered on the left and right sides of the entrance.
=He came.=
=Is that the spirit master?=
=Wow, colored queda.=
Well over 80 people start to glisten their eyes all at once.
A figure riding a green Que wearing cool gear and a black outfit like the night sky. In addition, the people in the village did not doubt the identity of Hwanin in that he had a professional as a servant.
It was also because no matter how savage a swindler was, he wouldn’t pretend to be a spirit master.
Even the whispers disappeared, and in the silence, an elderly white-haired village chief approached and opened his mouth, making various footsteps.
=On behalf of the residents, we sincerely welcome the visit of a noble person to our village.=
“Thank you for your hospitality.”
When Hwanin, who got off the back of the emergency rations, approached and reached out his hand, the village chief, who was a man with the upper body of a man and the lower body of a horse, held Hwanin’s hand politely with both hands.
=If you allow it, I would like to have a party to welcome the spirit master. Would you please allow me?=
“Thank you, but I will decline. Since I am leaving in two days, I want to spend my time doing soul-searching.”
= Ah…… ! No, of course. Then I will follow you and wait…….=
“No. If you need anything, I’ll tell you through my seed. Instead, please gather the residents in an empty lot in about an hour.”
=Yes, yes. I will do as you command.=
After sending the village chief back to the villagers, Hwanin took out the soul stick he had stuffed in the saddle of emergency food and began to tour the village.
From the time I came down the hill, I looked at the location of the soul in advance.
However, there was a place that was hidden by a building, so I focused on going around that place, looking behind the building, in the shade under the railing, near the big tree in the center of the village, and instructing the spirits to follow them all.
‘As expected, self-consciousness seems hazy. Are the energy of the earth and self-consciousness unrelated?’
Hwanin, who was watching the slow-walking spirits following him, asked Isilite, who followed him with emergency food and Kurti.
“Have you heard anything about the city cemetery?”
=I only heard about keeping graves and building statues and shrines for the beast god for the rest of the soul.=
“A place where only statues of gods and shrines are erected without a gravekeeper?”
=I don’t know that.=
“Hmm. Can an individual obtain a personal identity?”
=Maybe just donate enough to the temple?=
“…….”
If only one soul could be attributed and used, it would be of great help in the labyrinth exploration, but there are many obstacles in the process to achieve it.
Even if you coax a self-conscious soul out of a cemetery and bring it out, if your self-consciousness becomes obscured, you will have to come up with a countermeasure, but even if you try to come up with one, you will have to spend years on collecting and proving hypotheses…….
‘Maybe it would be better to put off securing the Wandering Soul and get the magic equipment first.’
A total of 12 souls were collected by wandering around the village.
When I returned to the village’s central vacant lot with the soul, all the villagers were gathering and buzzing.
= Everyone be quiet! From now on, the spirit master will speak!=
Isilite’s loud voice made the villagers shut their mouths all at once.
Hwanin, who went up to the high platform under the big tree, could see the anxious and curious faces of the residents.
‘Actions speak louder than words.’
Hwanin summoned his first soul and gave him some aura.
The effect was great.
When the first soul appeared, there was a small disturbance caused by the residents who remembered the soul.
After that, Hwanin showed the soul to the residents in turn, releasing their lingering feelings and wishes one by one.
I want to talk to someone for the last time, I want to say something I couldn’t say to someone, I want to convey my feelings to someone, I want to give someone peace.
It was a small village and all the villagers were gathered, so it was solved quickly.
Of course, there were also problems.
There were things that caused disputes, such as affair, infatuation, and genealogy of blood.
=You said your father seduced my mother first!=
= If your mother had a well-behaved attitude, none of that would have happened…… !=
Kwaaang-!!
=Are you arguing in front of the spirit master?=
But Isilite roared her wrath and thumped a saddle-stitched greatsword taller than her own!! When it was stamped on the ground with a sound, the simple villagers without a job were immediately frightened and reconciled.
Since they were forced to reconcile by force, there would of course be remnants left behind.
However, the soul was satisfied to see the eldest sons of the two families shaking hands and reached Buddhahood. As long as the soul became Buddha, Hwanin had no intention of worrying about the future.
After attaining the Buddhahood of 16 souls, Hwanin informed the village chief with an awe-inspiring expression that the wandering souls’ attain Buddhahood and purification were over.
= Thank you very much. How can I express my gratitude…….=
“No. Rather, I am satisfied that it is a spiritually clean village with few wandering souls.”
At Hwanin’s praise, the villagers bowed their heads again in awe.
“The sexual misfortune ended earlier than expected, so I want to rest here for the rest of my schedule. The inn here…….”
= Hey, it’s an inn! There is a place prepared for a person like the Spirit Master, so please come here.
After following the village headman, who was obviously excited, a one-story building made of bricks and lime appeared.
From the main building and outbuildings, to the luxurious stables where you can put your rides, and the clean stream that flows in front of the house.
Isilite, who entered her house, looked around her house, hiding her surprise from the village chief who had followed her.
The walls were smooth wooden walls with a nice wood grain pattern, the windows were glass windows like a hotel in the city, and the furniture was all high-end, with a sense of expert craftsmanship.
There are also bathrooms where you can wash your body in four places in the room.
It’s fashionable to have a house like this in the village in preparation for the arrival of a precious person, but this is too much…… ?
= How are you? Do you like the house… ?=
“It’s a nice place.”
Seeing Hwanin’s feelings, the village chief puts on a relieved expression, as if he’s relieved.
“I am tired after trying so hard for the bereaved to have a conversation with the deceased. I owe you two days, today and tomorrow.”
= Are you talking! You can use as many as you like. Well then, rest in peace…….=
The house became quiet after the village chief left, and Hwanin let out a small sigh as he sat in a rocking chair.
Not that I wasn’t, but I was really tired.
In the meantime, with constant mental training and training, the amount of training has increased considerably, but when I gave it to 12 souls at once, the training decreased from 90% to 32%.
‘In Etbruk, you had to give 10% of your aura to one person to see them faintly.’
This is proof that the total amount of Hungi is steadily rising.
I felt a little cold due to the decrease in warmth, but it was a little better because the rocking chair was in a sunny place.
A small commotion erupts at the entrance as he sighs while fiddling with a bloody phase stone in his hand, a habit that has become almost a habit.
= No, no. Don’t come in Emergency rations Because your place to rest is the stable over there. Follow Kurti!=
Quet! Queet! Coo!
= I don’t know what you’re saying even if you cry…… ?=
Woo woo woo… !
= Aye. Don’t force it! Because it can’t be done! On a day like today, the owner should rest in peace too!=
Isilite, with two of her suitcases in her arms, engages in a strength contest, pushing her emergency rations head with her one hand as she tries to get inside her house.
Queuet! Cupid!
=That floor rug is expensive, no matter how you look at it! If you step on it, everything will fall apart and you will be in trouble!=
It doesn’t matter if the master soils the carpet he uses as a floor covering. The village chief handed over this house for that reason.
However, it would be disrespectful to step on Kue and get caught in her claws and tore them apart.
Que is, after all, an outside animal.
The stable was also built luxuriously for Que. However, if there is a problem with bringing emergency food into the house, the owner’s personality is questioned.
Isilite finally exploded at the action of the emergency food that kept trying to enter the house without knowing it.
= Oh really! Emergency food, you keep getting scolded?! The more you do, the easier it is for the character of the master to be flawed!
Coo, coo?
I don’t know, but Isilite took advantage of the moment when the momentum of the emergency rations that had been powering her head slowed down and pushed her as hard as she could.
=If you behave recklessly, the owner will scold you behind your back! It’s okay to be out of the house, but not to come inside!=
Cooooo……. Kyuhyun.
Seeing the appearance of her emergency rations giving up on entering and leaving, she let out a sigh, but immediately frowned.
It was because the way she backed away with her head bowed down was like a scolded 10-year-old child.
But what can I do? This house has even decorated the interior based on not allowing pets.
Shaking her head, Isilite moved her master and her luggage into the smallest guest room and came out. Seeing her phantom beckoning to her, she quickly approached.
=Did you call?=
“I’ll have to ask the chief to remove the rugs and tidy the floor.”
=…… Are you bringing emergency food into the house?=
Instead of answering, Hwanin pointed to the window closest to the rocking chair.
Seeing that way, Issilite lost her words.
Beyond the two wide-open casement windows, emergency rations were standing with wide eyes as if they would cry at any moment.
=…… Yes. I will go and tell you.=
Ugh, emergency food for real.
The request was quickly granted.
The village headman personally brought the villagers, rolled up the carpet on the floor, and went out, laying a colorful, reddish-grey carpet that looked good on the floor.
= I’m sorry. We should have found out and prepared earlier.=
A man of the Inwu tribe strokes the horns of a well-groomed bull and smiles shyly.
= Thank you for your hard work. Seeing that child’s ransom is so high and he’s a fool…….=
= Ugh. Green Que, of course, should be grown at homehaha. Anyway, you can handle the carpet that is laid inside. Just in case you didn’t know, the villagers made it as a reserve.=
=Yes, thank you.=
=If you have any inconveniences, the house below is my house, so please come and tell me. We’ll fix it right away.=
=I will.=
= Then, rest in peace. We’re leaving.=
=Good job.=
After the village men had left, Isilite entered the house and laughed at the emergency rations happily curled up next to the owner’s rocking chair.
Is the owner that good?
Feeling like she couldn’t stand not saying a word for some reason, Issilite squatted down in front of the emergency rations and said while fiddling with the cheeks of the emergency rations, her big, pretty eyes blinking.
= You When it’s grown, it’ll be so big that even the door won’t be able to pass through it. What are you going to do then?=
…… Coo.
Isilite seemed to understand what the emergency rations were saying, strangely, at the sound of her crying and making the corners of her mouth sag.
How good is this guy’s hair? I thought he only listened to his master, but he understands me too.
= Wouldn’t it be bigger? Then he wouldn’t be able to fly with his master on his back? =
……. …… Quet!
I don’t know what he said this time, but seeing that the owner, who was sitting in a rocking chair, was laughing so hard, he must have given a childlike answer.
They said that only the wings would become stronger or only the body would become stronger.
Isilite, who stood up after stroking the head of her stately expression emergency rations, suddenly noticed that her master was fiddling with the bloody Aspect Stone again.
Master has been fiddling with that phase stone whenever he has time since the first time he saw it.
= Master. Can I ask just one question?=
“Okay.”
=The two phase stones that the owner keeps touching. Why don’t you process it? Especially if you’re holding it right now, it’s sure to have a good effect.
“Does processing make the effect even better?”
=…… ?=
“…… ?”
Isilite realized that the conversation with the master was not right for a moment.
= Oh, over there. Perhaps…… Master, are you still receiving the effect?=
“…… Are you sure you can’t get it?”
=… Yes…….=
“Well…….”
Silence fell in the house.
Queet!
Except for one whining about hunger.
