Chapter 43 – 042 the Twin Mountains
Ryuhi, who scolded Huini for saying that the departure was tomorrow, immediately started cleaning the riverside and the inside of the cave.
The inside of the cave, which had been a little messy because of the five people living there, was now as clean as when Hwanin first arrived.
In the corner of the interior, all living tools are neatly arranged so that even if Hwanin returns alone later, he can live without discomfort, and the riverside gravel field has also been neatly removed from artificial traces such as a fireplace smoker.
All that remains is Lua’s grave with a small tombstone.
That night, after finishing organizing like that, before departure. Hwanin looked at the three naked women kneeling in front of him with curious eyes.
=We also want to be the strength of the Spirit Master.=
=Me too!=
= Me too…….=
His hair is damp as if everyone had washed outside.
“…….”
Even though he was trampled by the hobs, Hwanin didn’t care about that, and it wasn’t like they came because of coercion.
Hwanin had no reason to refuse.
It was a time when another experiment on the absorption of warmth was needed. And all three of them had more, if not less, warmth in their bodies compared to Ryuhi.
Hwanin absorbed the warmth that formed on Ryuhi’s belly every night, but did not think that this warmth would be infinite.
As expected, the size of the warmth gradually decreased as they mixed their bodies, and on the fourth day, last night, it was as small as a marble.
And it was also at this time that Ryuhi complained of pain with an apologetic expression.
= Oh, Eun-in. It hurts a little as if there is a chill in the lower abdomen…….=
I said it because I was told to speak up if something bad happened to my body, and if it wasn’t for that, it was obvious that I was sorry, as if I would have kept my mouth shut.
He also gets chills when his chills decrease.
If that warmth plays a role similar to that of warmth, it is only natural that the lower the warmth, the worse it is for the body.
‘Is that why I persuaded the three of them?’
Seeing the three of them looking at each other with eager eyes, Hwanin was troubled.
It was a car I wanted to see if it was possible to continuously replenish and accumulate warmth, so the fact that the three women came to ask for a hug was rather something to be welcomed with open arms.
Moreover, all three of them are pretty enough to become idols.
However, Hwanin did not readily answer.
Even if he risked his life to save the women, he couldn’t predict what the men of their village would look like if he hugged them all.
=…….=
=…….=
=…….=
He asked the girls who looked at him nervously without saying anything.
“If it’s because of a debt to your heart, that’s fine. Thanks to Ryuhi’s help over the past few days, I’ve gotten a bit better.”
=There are things like that, but it’s because I want to do something for my benefactor.=
= That’s right! Anyway, when you enter the village, women will gather to sleep with your benefactor! Previously…… I’m sorry.=
Instead of Huini who was silenced by Ennel, Epnis spoke in a small voice with her cheeks flushed red.
= Our village also has a small number of men…….=
“…….”
After hearing the story, 50 out of about 300 villagers are children or the elderly without fertility, and only about 40 out of 250 are men.
It was said that a man has two or three partners, but there are still 100 women who do not have a partner.
‘If it’s just our village, then other villages are in a similar situation.’
As Hwanin was lost in thought, Epnis spoke with a timid expression.
= Well, we also have flaws. If you feel bad…….=
“I don’t care about that.”
As soon as he confirmed that there was nothing to catch Hwan-in who had interrupted Epnis’ story, he hugged the three of them at once.
Even on Earth twice a night. I was able to do it three times if I worked hard, but after falling into this strange world, I realized that I was able to do it four times in one night, thanks to Ryuhi.
That is the level at which you can work without straining the next day.
If I don’t think about tomorrow, I might be able to do it 7 times.
‘Each one should do it once.’
In Ryuhi’s case, it would be to hug him so that he wouldn’t feel left out, not to absorb warmth, but since Hwanin is also a man, he didn’t want to push away a pretty woman being hugged.
After satisfying Epnis, Huini, and Ennel in turn and absorbing their warmth, Hwanin grabbed Ryuhi’s wrist and pulled him.
Absorption does not occur unless the mass of warmth is touched. Combining itself is not a problem.
=I, I will help Eunin-nim recover his energy…….=
“So you don’t like it?”
=…….=
As if he didn’t like it, he lowered his eyes and hugged the embarrassed Ryuhi.
Ryuhi was even more shy than usual, probably because his younger siblings were watching him with interest.
Even Hwanin does not know the maximum number of Hungi. It just compares the amount of cold air and sets the percentage.
The recovery amount of Hungi varies from time to time depending on the remaining value.
When it is less than 10%, it is safe to say that there is almost no natural recovery of heat without outside help.
If Ryuhi and Epnis had warmed him up and Ryuhi hadn’t provided warmth, Hwanin would have died of hypothermia at that time.
At 20% to 30%, it is slow, but it recovers. Even if you shiver from the cold and chills, if you work under the sunlight, you will gradually accumulate warmth.
It recovers most vigorously from 30% to 70%. Roughly, it is a level that recovers when you are active for about 8 hours under sunlight.
And when it exceeds 70%, the recovery amount slowly decreases again, and when it reaches 90%, it hardly recovers.
When it was 90%, it never exceeded 95% because the amount of heat consumed every day hunting and the amount recovered by hugging Ryuhi every night were similar.
Therefore, Hwan-in, who wanted to see if it continued to accumulate even after exceeding the maximum value, succeeded in accumulating warmth at an almost 1:1 ratio while holding Epnis, Huini, and Ennel sisters.
‘However…… It bothers me.’
After cleaning up last night, the group got up early in the morning, ate breakfast, and set off for the women’s village.
And it’s been 2 hours since we left the cave.
Hwanin went upstream along the river and furrowed his eyebrows invisibly.
Ryuhi, who was following him, had a small warmth like a bead on his lower stomach. It is a small lump that cannot be compared to the warmth of a fist in the heart.
The problem was that even after two days had passed since becoming that size, the size had not recovered.
The conversation I had with Ryuhi this morning runs through my head.
‘Doesn’t your stomach hurt?’
‘Yes. I’m fine now.’
‘No matter what happens, I will not give up on you. You don’t have to hide your pain.’
‘Ah. I’m really fine. Really.’
At that time, Ryuhi didn’t have a lying face.
‘Does that mean that once warmth is consumed, it is no longer replenished? If not…….’
If the amount of warmth that can be obtained from one person is fixed, the best way to utilize the warmth that you have thought of becomes useless.
When you need warmth the most, like right after fighting a monster with a great sword, you overuse your skills and have less than 10% of your cold energy left.
Because of that, I made a plan to make a ‘female’ colleague with whom I was compatible and trusted, but only like this.
Hwanin put the matter aside in his head.
‘I’ll have to check it carefully when I get to the village.’
Hwanin, who was walking along the river carrying a spear, an antlers staff, a stone ax and a black club on his left and right waists, looked back without stopping.
Immediately behind him, Ryuhi and Epnis are following him, carrying on their backs a pile that is larger than their body size.
Behind them are Huini and Ennil, carrying a slightly smaller luggage bag.
Ryuhi and Epnis were carrying bags of food and drinking water on their backs.
Other items, such as spare weapons, large animal skins for the night, and wooden utensils made by Ryuhi were carried by Huini and Ennil.
The reason why Ryuhi and Epnis carried such an important burden was because they had little fighting ability, but they had some stamina, and they were the people who had to be protected as much as the burden.
It is more efficient to tie things together than to divide them separately.
As a result, Huini and Ennel carried a bag full of tools that could be thrown away so that they could fight whenever the beast popped out, and added a hatchet and iron bars to it.
It was because of Hwanin’s insistence that the blood of the Inrang tribe be a little thicker and that the two with high physical abilities should protect the other two in case of emergency.
The stride length is usually about 5 km per hour.
The four of them followed without difficulty even though they were slightly sweaty.
Hwanin checked the flow of time with the duration of the soul orb and declared a break.
“I’ll take a break for about 10 minutes.”
=Yes.=
=Four!=
The women who answered briefly put down their luggage carefully and sighed. You can drink water from the river right next to it or soak your feet in a foot bath.
Hwanin summoned the spirits he saw around him to replace the lowest-level soul beads, and approached Huini and Ennel, who were blowing the wind with their palms.
“Huni, Ennel. How is your stamina?”
= Good! I ate a lot of meat, so my stamina is running out!=
= Me too. I can walk all day.=
“Good. Then I have a favor to ask of you two.”
Huini’s eyes twinkle excessively at the word request.
His eyes seemed to be asking for help in future fights, but Hwanin ignored them.
“They both have excellent hearing and smell. I would like you to follow me from behind and pay attention to the approach of beasts or monsters. If something approaches, just call me.”
=Yes!=
=Yes.=
“The most important thing is not to get hurt. If a fight breaks out, I’ll bless you, but don’t act rashly.”
= Yes…….=
=Yes.=
Maybe it’s because he went around the basin where the water started to recede with Hwanin and caught various kinds of animals. Huini was overcharged with her confidence.
Huini, who was visibly friendly, expressed very slight dissatisfaction with Hwanin’s advice not to step out, but Hwanin ignored them as well and approached Ryuhi and Epnis to check on their condition.
After a while, when the break was over and the group started moving, Ennel stuck close to Huini and warned her in a low voice.
=Compared to you and I, benefactor, we are just powerless girls. Benin-nim did all the basin hunting.=
=…….=
=If you’re thinking of blaming yourself for being itchy, stop talking nice things.=
=Ah, that’s not going to happen!?=
= Look at this. Did Euninnim forget a word this morning? You said to lower your voice when you talk.=
=Ugh.=
=And do you think I saw you for a day or two? How many times have you been a nuisance to the villagers by joking around and running amok after saying no or staying calm?=
=J, I really don’t.=
=…… Huini.=
Hearing the bleak voice of her only sister, Huini swallowed her saliva.
= Just do something that puts everyone at risk……. Then I will stab you to death. Note that =
= Oh, okay…….=
Unlike herself, she is usually quiet and docile, but what she said she would do once was a warning from a sister she always guards.
It was when Huini shuddered and she answered in a small voice.
Cackle! Cackle!
The emergency rations that had been on a reconnaissance flight earlier began sounding an alarm.
When Hwanin stops, the women also stop and join each other. Then, three brown jaguars came out of the forest with the sounds of foosball and bushes shaking.
…… Kreung.
As soon as the jaguars encountered a group of five, they scanned their opponents.
Four of them had no teeth or claws, and their skin looked fragile.
The moment they thought that if they did well, they would be able to eat their fill, the two of them jumped up like a startled cat and quickly ran back the way they came.
= Wow…….=
Huini let out a dazed exclamation in her low voice.
Hwanin was holding the spear even before the brown spots came out of the bush, and the moment the spots found this side, the situation was over.
Even Huini noticed that Hwanin had thrown a stone ax after a stone ax had been driven into the head of one of the spots.
‘Cool…….’
“You can eat this for lunch.”
=Shall we fix it right now?=
“If you smell the blood, more beasts will come, so the taste will be a bit off, but I’ll leave it like this.”
Hwanin’s calm back image as he was talking to Ryuhi appeared on Huini’s retinas.
I didn’t even think of the brown spotted that had run away.
Hunting in the basin was also cool, but now that Hwanin is in perfect condition, he is the warrior he dreamed of.
=…….=
Huini felt a bitter taste, not excitement.
A few minutes ago, she would have jumped up and down excitedly, but the appearance of her phantom after her sister’s warning gave Huini the impression that she had been dreaming.
If you’re a real warrior, you should be able to do that easily.
Even if it wasn’t for his sister’s warning, his subjects are well aware.
It is a power that is far from being a warrior. He couldn’t even wake up.
I heard that real warriors have great strength even before awakening, or that their fighting skills go up and down in people’s mouths.
If you become a warrior, a person like your benefactor will become a warrior, and there will never be a person like you becoming a warrior in your lifetime.
As soon as Huini saw Hwanin carrying the spotted corpse, he came to his senses and rushed over to intercept her.
=I will carry it!=
“It must be heavy to carry this in your luggage.”
= This is fine! Ah, this is fine…. Eunin-nim has to fight, so I’ll bear the burden….=
“You shouldn’t be negligent in capturing sound just because you’re lifting a load.”
=Yes.=
Hwanin couldn’t understand what the mid- to late-teens beautiful girl in front of him was thinking…….
‘High school girls aren’t meant to be understood.’
After telling him to do whatever he wanted, Hwanin started walking again.
But do high school girls know how high school girls feel?
Ennel stroked her sister’s head in silence, and her Huini smiled and scratched the back of her head.
On the second day after rescuing the women, Hwanin visited Hove again and retrieved her stone axe.
It was a stone ax that would work fine no matter how many times he stabbed her skull. Strangely enough, I wonder if it is a stone ax made for throwing, not for combat, with good throwing hands.
I couldn’t throw it away, so I deliberately retrieved the stone axe, but after Ryuhi wrapped her hilt in leather, it became easier to throw.
Of course, the power also increased, and it was easy for a fairly low-level beast to become incapacitated with a single throw.
The hit rate is now at a level where if you throw 100 times, all 100 times will hit the target.
Kwajik!
Kkeek…… !
A group resembling skunks run away in a panic at the sight of their own people falling backwards with a stone ax stuck in their face.
Hwanin said as he watched a dazed one jump into the river and float away with a squeak.
“Since we have a large number of people, even animals don’t carelessly attack us.”
=Have you ever been alone, Eunin-nim?=
Ryuhi, who cautiously approached from behind, gently rubbed Hwanin’s shoulder and asked.
“Yes. Since I was alone, monsters and beasts attacked me and looked at me.”
= Must have been difficult…….=
Hwanin, who had never thought it was difficult for Ryuhi’s comfort, laughed lightly, then retrieved a stone ax from the face of an animal several times bigger than a skunk.
“Today we will camp here.”
