Chapter 27 – 027 Twin Mountain
The spear of water that covered a radius of several tens of meters centered on the land seal took away the lives of all beasts attacking the land seal in full swing.
The spear of water did not soar only in the river.
The blood of the beasts also rose up, and sharp needle-like spears sprouted from the blood on the body.
As a result, all 20 or so animals in the range died. The beasts who luckily survived outside the attack range seemed to have regained their sanity, and began to run away with the corpse of a suitable beast.
Even the beasts that were far out of range, as if they had no intention of fighting any more, secretly bit the body of the dead beast in their snouts and quickly left the battle area.
The land seals were wary of the beasts running away, but only when all the beasts disappeared around them began to gather together to lick their wounds and take care of their seriously injured kin.
In Hwanin’s field of vision, he saw things that managed to bite the corpses of dead seals or grab them with their front paws and run away.
They are mainly exceptionally strong entities such as bloodsucking horses and dragon horns.
I thought it was long, but did it really come here for the meat of the land seal?
“…….”
Hwanin stared at the land seals licking each other’s wounds.
The land seals, which had been reduced from thirty to twenty, became nervous at Hwanin’s gaze.
Even the land seals saw Hwanin’s inaction as he slaughtered animals alone from a distance. Thanks to this, the state judged Hwanin to be more dangerous than all other beasts combined.
Hwanin also raised the danger of land seals significantly, so he had no intention of directly fighting land seals.
As if they noticed each other’s thoughts, they looked away at the same time and started to do their jobs.
Hwanin thought as he took off his blood and flesh-stained coat, washed it in water, and washed his bloody head and face.
‘The Lifestealer’s soul orb was brighter than the lesser soul orb. Intermediate because the body strengthening effect was high…… No, I think it’s okay to rate it as low-middle.’
After washing off the blood on his body, Hwanin began to classify the souls floating in the air.
First of all, all the lowest level souls are ascended. And the lower soul…….
Cackle!
“…….”
Seeing emergency rations quickly flying away from three flying beasts, Hwanin pondered for a moment before instructing them to use the three-eyed dog, the spirit of an animal that strengthens eyesight, for emergency rations.
Quack? Pretty?
A soft light flows from the black eyes of the emergency rations, which looks a little embarrassed.
He himself did not accept the strengthening of the eyesight of the Samangyeon as a technique, but he did it because he thought that it might be different if it was an emergency food with extraordinary eyesight.
‘It’s good if it works, if it doesn’t work, stop.’
While watching the emergency rations frantically turn their heads and look around, Hwanin also raised his staff.
First of all, I released a dragon horn (increased skull hardness) and a camel bird (significantly increased leg strength) that were converted into soul beads, and also released 1 of the 2 soul beads of the three-eyed dog.
Fill in the three empty spots with soul orbs from one Lifestealer and two Earth Seals.
“Hmm.”
Looking at the horn of the cane, Hwanin turned one more soul of the vampire into a soul orb. It was because I realized that the number of soul orbs I had had increased from 9 to 10 from the battle I had just done.
This resulted in 4 Lifestealer Soul Orbs, 3 Spike Tail Pig Soul Orbs, 1 Three-Eyed Dog Soul Orb, and 2 Earth Seals.
Just in time, the effect of the bloodsucking demon’s necromantic command ended, so Hwanin, as if he had no regrets left, dragged the soul of a land seal roaming around his own people and spread the decree.
“Um…….”
Hwanin let out a small moan at the unusual sense of the spirit.
All the programs I’ve experienced so far have been that the heart beats loudly and quickly, and the body is strengthened.
However, the spirit of the land seal feels like the rotation speed of the brain has increased along with the thrilling sensation as if ice water has been poured into the head.
‘I don’t think my brain has gotten any smarter…… Right.’
Hwanin noticed that part of the body temperature that had gone down right after the spirit of the land seal was restored, and noticed how the spirit of the land seal worked.
If there is an effect that strengthens the body, it is natural that there is also an effect that strengthens the mind.
Hwanin swung his staff and caused a soul explosion with the remaining soul.
Tupeng, boom!
‘The burden of Soul Explosion has decreased slightly. Power has also increased. Furthermore…….’
As I concentrated, the soul orb compressed like a water arrow from a seal and shot faster than the arrow.
Blood shot! Kwajik.
Hwanin’s eyes shone brightly at the power of the soul arrow that pierced the rock slightly and disappeared.
I tried using it as a low-level soul orb, but it has the power to dig up rocks.
‘No, it’s because the power of the ground seal’s code has increased.’
When I concentrated again, the beads spread thin and wide like a shield and began to move according to Hwanin’s thoughts.
Both are methods used by land seals to use water as a medium.
‘Is it a soul explosion, soul arrow, or soul shield?’
Hwanin laughed at the intuition that he could use this technique even if the earth seal’s necromantic effect disappeared.
Attacking, defending, and buffing all by yourself, if this was a game, wouldn’t it be safe to hear that it’s a hacker?
“Well.”
At that moment, Hwanin felt his body temperature drop so much that his spine shivered slightly.
It seems that he spent too much energy just to check his psychic powers.
‘I need to go back and rest.’
It is a situation that has produced more than the intended result. There is no regret.
Hwanin, who cut off the hind leg of a nearby dead spiked tail pig and carried it on his shoulder, turned his gaze to the ground seals with wounds all over their bodies.
The land seals were crying pheasant pheasant as if commemorating the three dead compatriots.
After looking at it for a while, I left behind the characteristic cry of the seal and moved to the valley.
The cry of the land seal came faintly.
“Emergency food. ‘Boundary’.”
Quack!
At the entrance to the cliff of the valley, Hwanin took off all his clothes and began to wash.
Slowly, an unbearable stench was emanating from the clothes.
Then, realizing that clothes were not the problem, Hwanin jumped into the river in his underwear and washed his teeth in the terribly cold water temperature.
It was so cold that I was washing, using a piece of my running shirt torn like a bandage instead of a shower towel, and the desire to enslave any soul surged up.
“Huh.”
But I can’t waste my soul orbs on something like this.
After washing his body while holding back his teeth clashing, Hwanin quickly packed up his clothes and luggage and returned to the pit where he was smoking.
“Hoowooddudd.”
As I am basking in the warm fire, a mix of sighs and chills flow out.
A campfire can’t deal with the fundamental chill that comes from consuming hot air, but it’s not enough to raise the body temperature that has been lowered by taking a cold water bath.
By the way…….
I looked at the antler wand that glowed like a Christmas tree.
Of the 10 soul orbs attached to the horn, 6 are giving off a slightly clearer light than the other soul orbs.
4 Lifestealer Soul Orbs and 2 Earthseal Soul Orbs.
‘The effect of the Blood Demon’s decree was amazing.’
I literally felt like a carnivore at the top of the food chain pyramid.
If this is the code for bloodsucking demons, which are rated as low to middle, how about a blue flame tiger or a six-legged deer whose rank is not guessed?
A sense of regret came over me.
It was because although he learned various skills through the necromantic effect of the land seal, they were not very useful in the current situation of Hwanin.
First of all, the power wasn’t that great.
The spirit arrows pierced the rock a bit, but thanks to the earth seal’s buff. Moreover, that kind of power could be enough to wield a spear after forcing a low-level soul.
The second is that it uses soul beads, which have a limited possession time and have difficulty in securing, as a resource.
At this point, you can only hold a maximum of 10 soul orbs. To obtain 1 soul orb, you must kill a beast.
Even if you are in a situation where souls are supplied in large quantities like a moment ago, if you have to use two or three soul beads to catch one, it is not profitable.
‘Still, I have a means to perform a long-distance attack.’
Fighting is something you never know what will happen, so it’s good to have multiple countermeasures.
Hwanin slowly felt his body dry and stood up from his seat.
His spine still felt cold as if he had fallen into icy water due to the lack of warm energy, but there was no hindrance to his movement.
Hwanin, who had spread his wet clothes near the campfire, brought meat and vegetables that he had previously grilled and started eating them along with emergency food.
“Has your eyesight improved?”
Quack? Cackle.
Hwanin stroked his head and said, “I don’t know why, but I don’t know if it’s good because he stroked my hair and gave me something to eat.”
After finishing the meal, Hwanin checked the smoking pit in his clothes and added more leaves and twigs.
After a while, Hwan-in, seeing smoke coming out of the pit, covered the pit and tried to immerse the hind legs of the spiked tail pig in the river…….
“…….”
Hwanin, who witnessed the condition of the meat that had been soaked first, hardened his face.
Chow ah-
Hwanin, who lifted the tattered meat as if it had been eaten by a school of piranhas, threw the meat back and lifted a nearby rock that seemed to weigh dozens of kilograms.
“Suck!”
And bang on a big rock sticking its head out into the river! Knocked it down
The shock that splits the rocks and the resulting vibrations pass through the feet. Then, as if the fish had passed out, they overturned the boat and began to float on the surface.
These must have eaten the meat.
“…….”
Since it is a river, it is natural for small fish to live there, but it was Hwanin’s mistake for not thinking about it.
‘I can’t use the river as a natural freezer, so I guess I’ll have to find meat to smoke.’
Quack! Quack!
Standing despondently, the emergency ration begins to swallow a fish that is about the thickness of a finger.
I just ate a lot of meat and insects and ate them again.
Cut open the stomach with a knife, discard the intestines, scrape off the scales, and pierce the fish with a wooden skewer and stick it near a campfire.
It’s a late-night snack to eat later when you’re hungry.
And I checked the meat that was trying to dry naturally.
“I’m glad.”
It’s still fine There is no strange smell, and the color system is still white, close to green.
It doesn’t feel bad that it’s a little rough, probably because it dried for 7 hours.
After thinking about it for a while, Hwanin took out half of the naturally dried meat and took the thigh meat of a spiked tail pig and cut it like a long stick about 3cm wide and 6cm long and stuffed it.
The one being smoked in the pit is thick and the smoke is not good, so I cut it a little thinner and shorter.
And we proceed with the production of the hut smoker, which is about 70% progressed.
3 hours later.
When full night came, Hwanin, who had completed the triangular cone-shaped smoker, made a net with small bamboo-like plants, adjusted it to a height of 50cm from the ground, and set it up inside the hut.
After that, I brought the meat that had been naturally dried for about 10 hours and examined it.
I wondered if the meat would go bad quickly because it wasn’t salted, but thanks to the low temperature in the valley, it’s still okay.
After putting the naturally dried meat on the net, smoking begins.
“Well.”
As the smoke begins to rise in earnest, a little smoke flows out only from the apex of the triangular pyramid-shaped smoker.
It was completed as planned and seeing the results come out as expected, so I felt satisfied with the sense of accomplishment. Now the result should come out just right.
One job is done, but there is still much to be done.
Hwanin put on dry clothes and inspected the pit, which had been smoked for about 18 hours.
“…….”
When the lid is removed, a fishy smell passes through the tip of the nose through the thick smoke rising.
Hwanin, who felt a strong sense of bitterness coming over him, frowned between his brows and pulled out a skewer to check its condition, but the meat smelled something unpleasant rather than smoked.
From the perspective of the soul, the white meat was dyed a yellowish gardenia color.
When tested with green monsters and beast-headed monsters, the yellow line was the disease-related color system. This means that the smoked meat failed and the meat went bad.
“Whoa…….”
Hwanin scratched his head and let out a big sigh. When I sampled it after 9 hours of smoking, how did it feel bad?
When I touched it, the part that was soft was still soft.
What is the cause? By touching it with unclean hands?
He worked hard by the river, washing his hands. I was especially careful when handling the meat.
Did germs multiply in subtle heat?
When I put my hand into the pit, I feel a slight fever.
‘The temperature control failed.’
He should have lit a fire so hot that he couldn’t put his hand in it, not halfway.
“…….”
As I crossed my arms and searched for memories for a while, a video related to smoking that I saw on YouTube’s National Geographic channel opens the lid of my memory and flows out.
On that channel, a natural person used stones, wood, and mud to make a smoker like a furnace, just like making a log house.
The production of the smoker was nothing special, so I still remember it.
There is a stone ax and there are many trees around, and there is a river right next to it, so the supply of materials is simple.
“Whoa.”
Hwanin let out a deep sigh and filled the pit where the smoker had failed with skewers.
I don’t know if the pit will be full of bacteria, but I have no intention of using it again.
Then, drawing on the ground, he drew a third drawing of the smoke of Hun.
‘Like a furnace, build a foundation with a lump of stone…… Stacking trees like a log cabin…… Sealed with mud…….’
Oh oh oh oh-
Whoop- whoop-
“…….”
When the moon rises overhead, the cry of a werewolf and an owl flow through the twin mountains.
With the blueprint of the rough idea in mind, Hwanin sat down near the net that was drying the meat and leaned his back against the cliff.
‘If I finish the smoker tomorrow and start making smoked meat the day after tomorrow, the result will come out in writing.’
At least three days. If you consider working while replenishing your soul, it will stretch to four days.
Hwanin gave his gaze to the tipi tent type smoker. That will come out tomorrow…….
‘I’ll have to pray for a proper result.’
Even if a teepee tent smoker does its job, there are not many types of meat that can be smoked at once with it. Just about one serving.
If you eat it together with the vegetables you have gathered, it will increase to two meals.
Even if the stove-type smoker succeeds, if you consider what you will eat for emergency food, you will have to make meat for a full week.
‘I’d better make more smokers.’
Three days or so, two or three weeks’ worth of preserved food should be enough to get you through the steppe over there.
Quack.
Emergency rations flew in and landed on the leg of Hwanin, who was sitting on one knee.
Hwanin patted the back of the carefree emergency rations, who did not feel the slightest bit of concern, then climbed the cliff to the cave.
