Chapter 406 – 400 Road to Alsof
Hwan-in, who retrieved the pond gorilla’s soul while watching Isilite peel off the pond gorilla’s back covered with green fur, was a little surprised that her soul level was intermediate.
If it’s a middle-class soul, it’s about the same level as a 5th or 6th grade heteromorphic species.
‘The light spear’s power is beyond my expectations.’
Hwanin was satisfied as he fiddled with the light spear, which had been turned back into a stick form to get used to her hand.
Since the longsword for tanning doesn’t work well, Isilite raises multiple sword skills and sheaths the leather.
In addition to that leather, the entire forearm muscle and bone were cut off, but almost no repelling force was transmitted.
With this cutting power, you can expect a great effect on the sub-dragon species encountered in the 5th basement floor of the tyrant dragon’s labyrinth.
However, the negative effect of stimulating an empty stomach is awkward.
‘I guess I was very slightly hungry.’
Three arms three times thicker than its own body circumference, one leg, and a neck as thick as those arms.
But that’s a story when you’ve been speared five times.
If you use the barrier to keep them in check and damage them, and end with two spears, you can catch 18 of them.
And there is no other way to stimulate hunger and hunger.
‘I have to get used to it.’
= With. This guy’s pepper is really small.=
=…… Anne.=
= Yaya, dew look at you too. At this size, the length of the pepper should be between 60 and 80 cm, but it’s only 20 cm…… Ouch! It hurts!=
= It’s a base. Don’t look at anything strange, help me peel or something.=
=Because you are so strong that it really hurts if you hit me with sincerity? When you hit, say and hit.=
=Okay, so hurry up and pull hard.=
=Chit.=
「Cook-Cook-Cook.」
Isilite and Anne chat and get together next to the White Ryeo Gang to peel off the pond gorilla’s skin.
The pond gorilla was in human form, but the color of the corpse confirmed by the spirit vision was reddish yellow.
A piece of meat that is highly likely to cause poison and disease if eaten.
=Master, I learned that you can eat the meat if you soak it in water after draining the blood and then use purification techniques. They say the meat on the inside of the thigh and the meat on the ribs are suitable for eating, so should I keep them?
“Is there not enough food to have to eat these things?”
=It’s not like that.=
“The taste is excellent.”
= I just said it was a level I could tolerate. =
“Then don’t throw it away.”
If the leather is attached to the fur, if it is well tanned, it will be strong against cuts, so only it is collected and the rest of the meat and bones are discarded.
The party, who was about to leave the wreckage of the dismantled pond gorilla, listened to Yurpa’s story.
=Pond gorillas are famous for kidnapping females or women of other species to raise their young. If you find the lair, wouldn’t there be piles of riches? Because he was big and looked a bit old.=
= Huh? But this is near the city. If you think about the security forces, it must have been a while since you settled here.
At Anne’s point, Yurpa nodded and objected.
=Prabur’s army hasn’t been able to function properly for the past few months. It’s to the point that I couldn’t even help Krabin Village in time.=
=Note.=
=It’s almost half a year, so I think it’s worth looking for…… What do you think? =
“It might be worth a quick look. Because there may be some lost souls. Fantastic.”
“Yes. Not within 500m. I ran in a straight line from that side, so if I go in that direction, I wonder if there will be something.”
“Go with me.”
She stretched out her hand and put the flying fantasy into the hooded cloak and touched the side of the flight.
Quet.
Fluttering – Hwanin flew high into the sky with a few flaps of wings, and Hwanin circled the sky and inspected the green forest of conifers.
They look around to see if there are any suspicious or unnatural places, and mainly places that apes over 3m in height can make their nests.
After a while, Hwan-yeon, who was hanging on Hwan-in’s neck and inspecting the surroundings with the spirit’s response, patted him on the cheek and said half-excusely.
「Yes. That green four-armed gorilla was so fast. I ran 500m in seconds, so there was no time to warn.”
“It’s just strange how I felt and came to you from outside 500m.”
“Anyway, it’s not like you missed the warning by losing your mind.”
Maybe it’s because I don’t like to think that I neglected the raid while playing. Hwanin touched Hwanyeon’s head, which was rarely emphasized twice.
“Know. Since the spirits are not evenly distributed, there may be holes.”
And the pond gorillas almost flying through the trees he had discovered first. He only left it to test the power of the light spear.
“Rather than that, the lair is well hidden. It doesn’t look out of the ordinary. Emergency, is there anything that stands out?”
I’m sorry~
Bi Sang looks around the forest saying he can’t see the singularity.
In the meantime, Hwan-yeon summoned the spirits of the earth to make up for his mistake and searched the surroundings, and soon found a cave on a small hill about 700m away from the attacked point.
When I went there, there was a rock cave that the pond gorilla could come and go.
“There is nothing alive in the cave.”
At the entrance of the cave full of stench and filth, Hwan-in, who took a rough look at the dangers inside the cave with the spirit, lightly kicked the boat in flight and flew up again.
“Go back and bring them all.”
Arriving at the small hill where the cave is hidden with her girlfriends, Hwanin looks around and finds out how the pond gorilla came to them.
When I climbed the tallest tree on the hill, the lakeside was clearly visible.
The surface of the thick wooden pole is quite smooth, probably because the pond gorillas often climbed up and down.
「Hwanin~. The entrance has been cleared.”
At the call of Hwan-yeon, who summoned the spirit of the earth and buried all the filth around the entrance, Hwan-in entered through the entrance wide enough for a person to stand and move, and was able to quickly reach the end of the cave, which was about 10 meters deep.
‘It’s cleaner than I thought.’
The excrement and urine must have been taken care of outside, but the inside of the cave was clean, except for the unidentified bones piled up in one corner and the rotting female corpse that was broken or crushed here and there.
「Oh…….」
=Uh.=
=…….=
What appears to be a place to sleep is piled with twigs and leaves, the floor is covered with fine soil, and a few bowls made from hollowed out logs can be seen.
Since the leather and fur were clean, it was only natural that the lair was clean.
Unlike Hwanin, who looked around the cave without being inspired by the corpse, Baek Ryeo-gang was shocked by the condition of the female corpse.
A woman lying dead with her back bent sideways.
A woman whose pelvis was crushed and her legs grotesquely twisted to death.
A dead woman who had been torn from her crotch to her chest.
A dead woman with her head crushed like a watermelon.
“It’s so terrible…….」
=It seems that he killed them because he couldn’t control his strength while trying to breed with the women he caught.=
=It’s unfortunate that he died, but this is a relatively peaceful death. There are plenty of things that can get you into a more serious situation while alive.=
At the story of Isilite and Anne, Baek Ryogang covered her mouth with her hand and her eyes trembled.
“To think this kind of death is peaceful……. Is there anything worse than a death like this…… ?”
= What…… Being parasitized by a parasitic beast and becoming a living monster, or being used by an evil spirit and even tainting your soul, or being captured by a tentacle monster and becoming a host that lays eggs, giving birth to monsters until you die with your mind broken…….=
Baek Ryeo-gang puts on a dazed expression at the story that is more horrifying than he could have imagined.
=Lyegang, have you heard the story of the spawning pond labyrinth?=
“Yes…….”
= That’s how it was. The women of the village were caught by a monster tentacle frog that came out of an open labyrinth and gave birth to the monster’s offspring while alive.=
“…….”
The women, who smiled a little bitterly at Baek Ryeo-gang looking at the dead women with a blurry expression, began to do their own work.
Anne made the sign of the cross for the dead women, chanted prayers, and prayed for their repose. Issilite and Yurpa collect torn clothes and bags scattered here and there in one place.
Hwanin was looking around a cave about 80 pyeong in size.
If you organize it a little, it is a space where people can stay. It smells like beast, but there are plenty of ways to snatch this much.
While looking around the cave, Hwanin found a female soul squatting in a corner.
A vague and wispy soul, as if it would scatter and disappear in a place you can’t find if you don’t pay attention.
The expression also does not show emotion as if it is bleached.
“…….”
Hwan-in, who knelt down on one knee in front of her, carefully sprayed the wave of tranquility with the lowest power.
A cloudy, gray-white aura flows from the gloved palm and carefully wraps around the soul, while the female spirit slowly raises its head.
“Are you okay.”
The female soul, who had been staring at Hwanin with a blurry gaze, shed a single tear with an expressionless expression.
“Help…… Please…….”
“The owner of this cave is dead. Nothing bothers you now…….”
“Village… Second…… Help…….”
Hwanin kept his mouth shut at the unexpected story. If she wants to help the village, is there a problem in this woman’s village?
Perhaps in a spiritual state where it is difficult to finish her words, the soul stretches out its shaky hands to Hwanin and begs with difficulty. As if the man in front of you is your last hope.
“My…… Foot….”
“… What is your village name?”
“Rin… Lime tree…….”
“All right. We will go there.”
“Gaga… Hair…… Cow… All……….”
A woman’s soul that scatters and disappears like morning mist bathed in sunlight after spitting out an unfinished word.
Baekryeogang, who was approaching at the sight of disappearing rather than reaching Buddhahood, covered her mouth with both hands.
Anne, who was watching what Hwanin did next to her, asked.
=Doryeong, what’s going on?=
“The owner of that corpse asked me to help the village. I think I met a pond gorilla while going to Prabur to ask for help in Linden Village.”
A look of pity appeared on the women’s faces as I pointed to the dead body with her crotch ripped to her chest and her entrails strewn about.
After sighing, Yurpa took out a piece of her cloth from her subspace pocket and approached the corpse pointed at by the ghost of her.
= The aftermath of the 4-month suspension of Pravu’s internal affairs is appearing here and there…….=
= It’s to the extent that Krabin Village has become like that too……. Do-ryeong, do you want to collect other corpses as well?=
“Okay. If you see that they died at the same time, they might be in the same group, so I take all the bodies.”
While the girlfriends took out several pieces of cloth and wrapped the three other corpses, Hwanin searched through his bag and torn clothes and found a scroll of appeal written in Lukrang.
It was about asking for help as the corrupted Bardul settled around the village and kept kidnapping women and children.
“Is it Bardul?”
It reminds me of a story told by the Ryuhi sisters in Yulkam Village.
Although they were a branch of the Lukerang race, unlike the Lukerang tribe who accepted civilization, those who rejected the evolution of civilization and lived like animals ended up being like animals.
=If the corrupted Bardul appeared, it would be difficult with the power of the village alone.=
“What is the difference between a corrupted Bardul and a normal Bardul?”
Hwanin, thinking that he was different from the werewolves who fought near the forest labyrinth, slightly frowned at Anne’s explanation.
=It’s strong, but it’s a problem that it’s as smart as humans and more cunning than humans.=
=Compared to our Lucrang, Bardul gave up his intelligence and wisdom instead of choosing wildness. It is known that if Luke and Bardul are the same god-adults, Luke and Bardul can never defeat Bardul with physical abilities.=
Exactly…….
At that time, while fighting Bardul, he was escaping the forest-type labyrinth and robbing the brown hob village to sharpen his sense of battle.
Even though it was around Wayford that he made all of his combat sense and experience his own and established a full-fledged combat sense, he was at the level of Isilite at that time.
If Bardul had grown even more cunning with the intelligence and wisdom of a human, he wouldn’t be able to do anything even as an ordinary professional.
He explains why he was trying to visit the city, Prabur, rather than the nearby village.
Hwanin asked, looking at the corpse tightly wrapped like a mummy.
“How does Bardul become corrupted?”
= According to one theory, if Bardul eats Lucrang, he will be corrupted with a certain probability, but the exact details are not known. =
After rereading the letter of appeal that seemed to have been written by an uneducated person forcibly and politely, Hwanin handed it over to Anne, who wanted to see it, and thought about it.
‘Whether or not Bardul is awakened isn’t stated, but I think it’s better to think about it.’
Hwanin carried the two female corpses carefully wrapped in her cloth and had Isilite and Anne carry one on their backs before returning to the carriage with her female friends.
No one in the party knew the location of Linden Village, so Hwanin flew high into the sky with a flight and looked for a nearby village or village first.
Tuk, Tuduk-
Que? Coo coo.
“Okay. It’s raining.”
The dark clouds that had been rolling in from the lake since the day before yesterday eventually covered his head, and water droplets began to fall.
Hwanin looked around the gradually darkening horizon while being hit by the raindrops falling little by little, and found a small light far away at the edge of the meadow.
And confirming that it was the light of the town, he turned back and led the party towards it.
The forest where the pond gorilla appeared had already passed, and the shores of Aleugel Lake were farther away. Between the light of the destination and the location of the party, there are only low hills and meadows.
Quarreureung—
As they move across the meadow, the sky flashes and thunder reverberates.
Then, far away on the plains, the rain came pouring down like a downpour into the group’s field of vision.
Blue skies, thick dark clouds, raindrops pouring down like curtains on a burning sunset, and even the occasional lightning strike.
Looking at the landscape where the beauty of Mother Nature seemed to come together, Anne brought her raincoat and handed it to Isilite, she said.
=The weather is so beautiful.=
=Yes.=
Natural light in green, sunset, blue and dark gray. How many opportunities will there be to see all this at once?
The two women, who had been admiring the scenery for a while, looked back at the story of the woman who appeared from the side window connected to her carriage.
“Isilite. Anne. There’s a pack of wolves in the forest over there looking this way.”
= Yes, I saw it too. I’m just wary of this side, so I won’t attack you.=
An unusual energy flowed from Bisangi, who was leading the way, to Anne, who was sitting in the coachman’s seat on the other side.
A pack of wolves, which are beasts and not demons, would instinctively recognize the difference in strength and not attack them.
However, Yurpa opened the sunroof at the top of the wagon, looked around, raised her staff, and memorized a spell.
Wheein-
A bright yellow flame orb the size of a man was thrown at the wolves.
The fireball, which was flying neither fast nor slow, swung in the air! As it explodes threateningly and emits fire, the wolves scream and run away in a hurry.
After driving away the wolves like that, Yurpa scolded Isilite and Anne as if lightly scolding them.
= They are also true. Anyway, you’re a beast. It’s best to clearly show the difference in power so that they don’t look down on them.=
=Yes, is that so?=
= Yes. Is it night from now on? If we just pass by, will they sneak up on us? Then, if you find an opening, they will attack.=
No matter how much the strength of the girls is out of the standard, our basic physical strength is normal, and we have a relationship, so Yurupa says that it is right to avoid situations that could be dangerous in the first place.
Even when Isilite and Anne heard it, it was true.
Wasn’t being attacked while resting itself exposed to danger?
Fighting head-on with a pack of wolves like that isn’t dangerous, so it’s best to clearly show the difference in strength from the beginning to prevent the annoyance and danger.
= I will do that from next time. =
=Unbeknownst to me, I was only thinking based on my standards…. I’ll be careful in the future.=
After experiencing such a small happening, the party, who had to cross the meadow in drizzling rain all night, arrived at Horizon Village after midnight.
=The town looks normal.=
“There are almost no souls in this town, so just pass by.”
The horizon village seen from the sky had about 500 households and an estimated population of about 3,000, twice the size of Krabin Village.
If you look at the village entrance, one each in the northeast and southwest, and the paved road that crosses the village, it is a relatively common village that makes a living through agriculture and livestock farming with travelers on the way.
Upon reaching the main gate of such a village, Hwanin and his party were able to enter the village without inspection thanks to the hospitality of the owl-headed soldier who recognized Hwanin’s identity at once.
Originally, it was moderate and did not let travelers into the town at night.
In the middle of the night, it is difficult to recognize the traveler’s identity, and it is possible that a criminal may come in among the travelers.
However, the status of a green saint becomes a free pass to all inspections.
Hwanin asked the owl-haired soldier to guide him to the house of the apostle, who was trying to guide him to the house of the village elder, and he was surprised like a redhead in the middle of the night, not the apostle, and tried to greet the Hwanin party with a grand ceremony.
“Since time is urgent, I will politely decline my vocal cords. Do you know the village of Linden, Apostle?”
=Are you talking about Linden Village? It’s a small hill town eight days’ drive west of here…….=
However, they did not come to the village to receive a grand welcome.
Hwanin showed the appeal of Linden Village to the apostle and informed him of the urgency of the situation. Hwanin, who was offered the location of Linden Village, prepared to leave the village right away.
Is it because it is sad and sad? Hwanin smiled kindly and said to the apostle, who faintly showed such feelings.
“Seeing that there are no wandering souls in the village, it must mean that the apostle governed the village with benevolence and enthusiasm.”
= Oh, no. I just did what I was supposed to do as an apostle.=
“There are not a few people who fail to keep the rules that should be followed, so the apostle can be proud enough.”
So, when he said that he would not stay in the village and go to Linden Village, where he needed more help, the apostle’s lips caught on his cheekbones.
Hwanin, who lifted the apostle with just a few words, was able to supply an abundance of fresh vegetables and meat under his full cooperation.
Anyway.
An 8-day walk would be a distance of over 300 km considering the length of the world.
It took 3 to 4 days by wagon, but the distance was increased because it usually had to avoid winding roads, rivers, and forests.
If you think about the distance in a straight line, the distance is likely to be cut in half.
In addition, Hwanin and his party have the ability to make and go out on roads that do not exist, and moreover, three Que are pulling the wagon.
After restoring the strength of Kurti, Kufin, and Kura, who were tired from the continuous movement, with energy release and sexual magic, they continued their movement by filling their stomachs with fresh fruits and meat…….
“Ah….”
=Oops.=
= It’s late…….=
After 17 hours including rest and meal time.
Hwanin and his party put on a stunned expression in front of the small village on the hill that had turned into a ruined village.
