Chapter 47 – 046 the Jade Lake
It was not long after I left the jade-colored lake and entered the river flowing down from a valley-like place.
Wow woo woo woo…… !!
Aaaaa…… !!
Oh oh oh oh……… !!
=Kyaaak.=
=Hee.=
A lively roar that made Ryuhi and Epnis collapse without realizing it came from the lake one after another.
Hwanin silently took the two women by the arms and started them up, then proceeded along the river.
It was not the shout of a group of people, but the roar of a single individual.
Just by looking at that roar, you can guess that it must be much stronger than that of the green ape.
‘The apes all had lower-middle-class souls. If the leaders of the apes are many times as strong as the big monsters in Hove, you should avoid them for now.”
Of course, it may not be that strong. There is a possibility that only the body has developed, but even so, it is impossible to deal with one boss and all of his followers.
He is a Hwanin who has calculated that even if the boss is only the bladed wild boar of the Twin Mountains in the East, there is less than a 10% chance of winning.
Moreover, the land seals, which women call sikota, only followed up to the mouth of the river and then went back.
When Sikota passed away, the women were a little uneasy, but Hwanin didn’t care because she was treating Sikota out of power from the start.
“I will go a little faster.”
After crossing the emerald-colored river that is more than 20m wide, just in case, I can’t even dry my wet body, and I’m moving upstream along the river as if I’m running…….
= Oh, silver man! They are predators of the forest! Lots of numbers! On the other side, in the forest on the other side…… !=
Along with Huini’s urgent cry, a dark jade-colored figure jumped out of the forest and kuung!! It landed on the river bank with a heavy sound.
“…….”
With the 20m wide river in between, Hwanin stared at the demonic monster.
It is almost 3m tall. It’s to the point where we should call it a giant in the forest, not an ape.
Behind its size, close to forty apes walk out of the woods with hostility.
The other green apes had droopy breasts, presumably female, and their pelvis was 1.5 times wider than that of males.
Hwanin, who quickly looked at each holding a bundle of wooden spears, took out the spear, held it, let the tip of the spear drop to the ground, and silently watched the leader of the ape.
Fortunately, the river is deep and the current is quite fast. It’s going to be hard to cross the river except for that boss ape.
However, when I looked closely, there was a faint aura around the body of the chief ape. It was an aura like a transparent haze, like the spirit of the razor boar or the spirit of Lua.
Epnis, who saw that, made a thoughtful expression for a moment, then was startled and muttered softly with a trembling voice.
= Go, awakening animal…….=
‘The presence or absence of a transparent aura is awakening. But the bladed boar and the six-legged deer…….’
As if having a snowball fight with Hwanin, the leader of the ape, who didn’t even blink an eye, suddenly showed his teeth and mercilessly slammed the ground with his fist and howled.
Aagh!! Oh oh oh oh-!! Ooh oh oh-!!!
Thump, thump, thump thump thump… !!
The roar of the chief ape made the hem of his clothes flutter and the nearby river roared.
The women were frightened and their legs started shaking, but Hwanin calmly watched the leader of the apes without blinking an eye.
‘Looks stronger than expected.’
It was a hwanin who felt that victory could not be predicted even if he faced that boss ape in a 1:1 ratio.
Even if you set it generously, it is around 10%. If you add the dozens behind, there is no answer. However, as a deep and fast river blocks the gap, Hwanin stares at the mad ape, the head of the ape.
The boss ape, who had been beating his chest and hitting the ground in a frenzy for a while, returned to his calm appearance as when he first appeared.
His eyes contained enough anger to devour all the women, including Hwanin, but for some reason, Hwanin felt that the chief ape was acting.
‘Right.’
That head ape is of the same type as himself.
Pooh Woo-wook-
After blowing out his white snort, the chief ape suddenly turned around and pulled out a tree the size of Hwanin’s waist with both hands and threw it at Hwanin.
Wedge love!!
Hwanin, who had been guessing since the boss ape turned around, did not panic even when a several-meter-long live tree missile flew, and caused a double soul explosion.
Kwaaaaang!!
A colorless and intangible explosion occurs, distorting the trajectory of the live tree missile. The wooden missile passed by Hwanin and collided with the forest behind him.
The sound of a tree bursting was heard from behind, but Hwanin did not raise an eyebrow.
Again, the snowball fight between the chief ape and the hwanin begins.
What made the uproar were the females behind the boss ape and the women behind the phantom.
Buzz buzz.
Hand-to-hand.
Eventually, the chief ape led the group back to the forest.
The female apes alternately look at the leader ape and hwanin, and then follow them one by one.
= Also, back…….=
= Oh…….=
When the boss apes and females disappeared, Ryuhi and Epnis, as well as Huini and Ennel, collapsed as if their knees were loosened.
When he saw a live tree flying in, he thought he was dead. ….
The women looked at the back of Hwanin, who was standing like a strong giant tree, feeling their hearts beating in fear.
An overwhelming sense of relief, like a giant tree encountered in the midst of a blinding rainstorm.
The heart, which felt as if it would stand tall and protect against harsh rain and wind no matter what, calmed down before I knew it, and the women raised their bodies.
Ryuhi asked Hwanin, pressing her chest, which was beating for another reason.
=Why, why did I just go back?=
“…….”
=Maybe the river is too wide to cross?=
=Have you forgotten how the pillager boss appeared?=
= I’m not even a crucian carp, will you forget that! He’s saying that his subordinate monkey can’t cross! If you cross over alone, benefactor will kill you!=
Epnis interrupted, saying that it doesn’t make sense to Huini, who bruises Ennel for not seeing him hit the whole flying tree.
=Didn’t you see that all the looters were holding a bunch of wooden spears? We could have attacked without crossing the river. If 48 spears were thrown at once, all of us except benefactor would have died.=
=…….=
= It means that even if we couldn’t win, we could have been killed by venting our anger. =
=…….=
=…….=
= Just…… I saw the boss.=
= Why are you watching? Killing over 20 of my own people, isn’t it normal to get revenge?=
= I don’t know. Even the tree he pulled out and threw at the end could only be seen as a warning that he would kill him the next time he saw it. I don’t understand either…….=
= To hit the back of the head later, but…… ?=
= If that’s the case, you’re doing the work twice. Why did you attack me when I came earlier? =
= Um…….=
= Grunt….=
The women were groaning, not knowing why, but Hwanin was making an analogy close to the truth.
‘Couldn’t it be that his son became the boss, but he killed all the static who got in the way? He dragged all the females in to show that he had done enough within the group…… ?’
It was a guess based on some knowledge of the habits of apes.
Wouldn’t it be explained if the first 28 were all the males of the ape population?
“…… Let’s go. The apes will no longer pursue them.”
=Oh yes!=
=Yes!=
‘A world where there are beasts that exceed human body specifications, and even those beasts plunder, ravage, and engage in politics.’
It was Hwanin who thought that perhaps he had fallen into hell.
It’s been two days since we left the Jade Lake and moved along the river.
After the Ape Incident, little fighting took place.
Thanks to that, I was able to spend the whole day just moving, but maybe it was because I got out of the Jade Lake. The temperature rebounded, and the midsummer-like heat continued all the way.
The surrounding landscape and vegetation have changed once again, and the width of the river has been reduced to 5m, and the left and right sides of the river are filled with fine sandy beaches.
Beyond the white sandy beach, forests and grasses are thick enough to make it impossible to see the space, forming a jungle, and above it, the blue sky spreads out, and white cumulus clouds flow leisurely.
The scenery itself was peaceful, but Hwanin’s consciousness did not pay even a single gram of attention to such peacefulness.
Krurluck!
A huge sand-colored crocodile, over 4m tall, wildly swung its snout at Hwanin, jumped up, and clenched its teeth.
However, it is not a situation in which the giant crocodile prevails. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time.
If you look closely at the attack, there is no feeling of using evil.
Jump!
Big!
When the stone ax hit the muzzle again, parts of the muzzle, including the bones, fell off. As if the pain was terrible, the giant crocodile hurriedly backed away, shaking its snout from side to side…….
“Whoop.”
Hwanin jumped on top of the giant crocodile’s snout, which fearlessly retreated.
Kreuk!
The startled crocodile shook his head again, but Hwanin had already passed his head and reached the torso.
Sensing a sense of danger, the giant crocodile twisted his body and tried to shake off the enemy, but as if he had expected that to happen, Hwanin jumped off and quickly thrust his spear and stabbed the crocodile in the open belly at random.
Fufufufufufu-
Kreulruck…… !
A gigantic crocodile that flutters like a fish that has landed on land, as if its major organs have been damaged.
Hwanin indifferently watches the situation and constantly pokes at the place where the heart is expected to be.
Big… Crawler…….
The giant crocodile stopped breathing only when the blood that flowed from the wound formed a large puddle.
Perhaps because it is a crocodile in a strange world, life is not usually tough.
‘The soul…… Is it a low class?’
When you command a sand crocodile, your body heats up, and you feel that your jaw strength has increased and your lung capacity has increased.
Hwanin, who swung his spear to shake off the blood and pieces of internal organs, looked at the spear that Huini and Ryuhi had tended to.
It was something he had felt since he cut the ape of Jade Lake to the bone, but he was a visionary who realized how powerful an iron weapon polished to a certain extent can be when it has proper durability.
To catch a monster crocodile that is over 4 meters tall so easily without using the code.
If he had taken up a wooden spear or club, he would have had to wield skill at the ganglyeong as well.
= Wow! Come here!=
=Ah!=
Growl!
=Mom!=
Huini and Ennel were dealing with a crocodile that was about 40% smaller than a giant crocodile, and compared to the fuss, they are driving the crocodile in solidarity quite organically.
However, when the giant crocodile died, he quietly withdrew to the riverside, turned his body around, and began to run towards the river with a quick step.
=Oh, I’m trying to run away!=
= No! Catch!=
Crumble!
The crocodile caught by his tail couldn’t overcome the power of the two people, and bit him nervously while being dragged along.
= This guy! This guy!=
=Eight!=
Rather, he was hit on his snout and head excitedly.
After looking at the scene for a while, Hwanin looked across the river to the jungle.
‘I think it’s the same forest where I stumbled across a giant rabbit.’
The thickets that filled the jungle floor were the density and shape that had given him so much trouble.
If you think about the direction and distance you’ve traveled so far, you’ll be sure.
‘If you follow this river, there’s a good chance you’ll see a great lake of horn-scaled whales called Orzotra.’
It was Hwanin who thought it might be better that way.
It would be more accurate to move along the lakeside to find a village that is said to be near the Great Lake than to wander aimlessly along the river to find the yellow bald mountain where it is.
Leaving the sisters fighting with the little crocodile alone, Hwanin approached Ryuhi and Epnis, who were examining the smoked meat.
=Are you spoiling this?=
= That’s right Give it here.=
=Sister, this too.=
= Eh……. Even though I kept paying attention, little by little, the meat started to go bad.=
“It seems to be in good shape.”
= Because it suddenly became hot again. It was cold enough to shiver near the Jade Lake, but here it’s hot enough to make you sweat even just standing still.=
His gaze was drawn to her, and her immaculate breasts, which were exposed nakedly due to the front of her breasts, which had increased from wearing them, were clearly visible.
Hwanin looked at the sweat pooling on his breastbone for a moment before examining the smoked meat that Ryuhi had brought out.
It would be nice if the smoke permeated the meat evenly, but it wasn’t because the shape was bumpy, and as the temperature went up and down, there was something like mold in the folds of the meat.
The shelf life is shortening faster than expected.
=Are you going to bake these for lunch?=
= Yes. For the time being, let’s start by grilling smoked meat that’s likely to go bad.=
If you eat it as it is, it can cause stomach upset, diarrhea, or even food poisoning in serious cases, but if you bake it again, such problems are significantly reduced.
“If the smoked meat is in abnormal condition, it is better not to spare it and to grill it right away. If you run out of smoked meats, you can set up nearby and make them again. Let’s throw away the moldy ones.”
However, not wanting to take the risk, Hwanin persuaded the two women to bury all the moldy smoked meat in the ground.
=Caught~!=
Hearing Huini’s cry, he looked over and saw a crocodile with a barbed wire deep in her side.
Her sisters joined her forces and stabbed her deeply, which seems to have accidentally stabbed her in the heart.
Hwanin admired a little.
Although the color was sandy brown, the crocodile’s appearance was similar to that of the Nile crocodile. At that level, it would be a female adult, but two girls in their mid-teens took care of it.
‘Certainly, humans and species are different.’
Seeing Huini’s wolf’s tail spinning like a windmill, Hwanin looked up at the sky.
The sun is passing over his head. It’s time to eat lunch.
Ryuhi asked anxiously while eating crocodile meat and smoked meat just before it went bad.
= It’s emergency food, is it okay to eat it like that? I haven’t seen any animals on my way here…….=
Kkuh?
=No, not you.=
When Hwanin’s emergency food pecked at the insect that got stuck between his fingers turned around, Ryuhi smiled and patted her hand.
=If the smoked meat spoils at the current rate, it will run out in 5 days.=
“If you look closely, there are many edible plants. Occasionally you may find an animal too, so in the worst case you can stay in one place and secure the meat to smoke again.”
=Yes. I’ll do as Eunin said. =
After the meal, the party decided to take a break, and the women headed to the river to wash themselves.
Hwanin also follows and checks the presence of enemies with the spirit’s vision. If a wild beast suddenly attacks in the forest, it is necessary to stand guard up close in order to properly protect it.
I thought for a moment as I watched the women take off their animal skins and bathe in the clear river.
I didn’t count the days from a certain moment, but I know that roughly two months have passed.
Hwanin also wanted to get out of here. After meeting civilization and washing clean, I want to sleep and eat comfortably.
‘There must be soap in this world too.’
If you don’t have it, you can make it. Although the quality is very low, it can be crafted with water, animal fat, and ash.
It takes about 4 weeks to cool and solidify, so I couldn’t even think of doing it here, but when I get to the village, I’ll be able to make it and use it.
As I thought about soap, I saw women splashing water on each other and playing around.
=Eight!=
Chew-!
=…… Don’t play around and wash your body quickly.=
= Chit. Not funny =
=Sister, here is a bundle of grass.=
=Thank you. Can you wipe my back?=
=Yes.=
Four women in their mid-teens to early 20s. This is the age when the body’s metabolism is at its peak.
Even if you take care of your skin, your skin is surprisingly clean even though you are at an age where you would be upset with pimples for no reason the next morning.
Her white naked body with glittering water droplets made even a woman like her envy her.
The only thing to manage is to wash the body in the river every day, so how can it be so clean?
Come to think of it, even when she gets wet, her hair doesn’t get tangled in oil.
‘I heard that some Westerners have a constitution in which their hair is smooth even if they don’t wash their hair for several days…….’
Anyway, it wasn’t like that when I first met Hwanin.
Although the beauty was pale, her cheeks were sunken and her ribs were so thin that her ribs were exposed, and her skin was covered with hives and sores that looked like mosquito bites.
But at some point, I gained weight and my skin started to clear up, and it became the same as it is now.
I stare at the dimly visible warmth in their belly.
‘Maybe it has something to do with me absorbing that energy.’
The warmth of the four people, which had only been fists, had now shrunk to the size of a marble.
Ryuhi’s lump of warmth hasn’t been absorbed once since that day, and there’s still no sign of it expanding.
Perhaps feeling her Hwanin’s gaze, Ryuhi covered her chest with one arm and waved her hand with a shy smile.
She was as attractive as any top-level actress, but Hwan-in shook her hand slightly without much inspiration.
It was Hwanin who wanted to check whether it was just because of the change in the environment or because he had a relationship with himself.
