Chapter 49 – 048 Mountain Turtle
On the forehead of the emergency food, there was a horn similar in thickness and length to the beak.
Hwanin called it a horn because it looked like a horn, but when you actually touch it, it’s not as hard as a bone or as soft as flesh.
However, the horns of the emergency rations, which had grown to the size of a goose, were reduced to the level of protrusions.
‘Was it a vessel containing the energy and ingredients necessary for growth?’
As Hwanin continues to touch the protruding horn, the emergency food, which closes its eyes and twists its head as if it’s itchy, burrows into Hwanin’s arms as if pampered.
Hwanin, who handed over the emergency rations to the women who made a fuss about how cute they looked, took a closer look at the rations that had grown greatly.
Even in the eyes of Hwan-in, who has no sensitivity, the emergency food that has grown is quite cute and pretty.
Among the migratory birds in the crow family, there is a bird called blue jay, but the emergency food feels like a palette swap of blue jay to green?
‘I’ve grown as much as I did once, so if I grow three or four times in the future, I’ll be able to ride them.’
It was Hwanin who imagined flying around on emergency food and thought that he should take better care of food in the future.
It was when the mountain turtle passed through the forest blocking the road like an alley leader and climbed to the third ridge.
Whii-i-…….
Suddenly, a strong wind blew from behind and pushed me hard.
=Kyaaak.=
=Ah~.=
The women hug each other and hold out to keep from flying away. Hwanin also covered her face with her hand and frowned at her.
It is not a sweltering wind in midsummer, but an unpleasant wind with heat close to a person’s body temperature.
‘Is it a precursor to another extreme weather event?’
He is a Hwanin who has experienced all kinds of weather changes such as floods, heavy rains, cold waves and tropical nights in a short period of time. I have no idea what will happen this time.
While checking where the wind was blowing, Hwanin noticed that the head of a mountain turtle with its mouth slightly open was facing this way.
‘No way…….’
How far is it from there to here? When you breathe, the breath you exhale creates a wind as strong as this?
Hwanin, who grasped the situation for a while, was convinced that this was the breath created by the living turtle. And it didn’t seem to have any other purpose.
They were just there by chance when they were breathing.
The wind shook the party’s bodies for a while before disappearing.
It was a shocking thing, but thanks to that, I realized that being near the mountain turtle was more dangerous than I thought.
My eardrums would explode if I heard a roar with that amount of lung capacity nearby.
Thinking that it would be better to get away from the mountain turtle quickly, Hwanin looked around again after fixing his clothes.
“Whoa…….”
And let out a small sigh.
I felt it from the time I climbed the third hill, but it was true that I had misunderstood the distance of the ridge.
There is another forest at the bottom of the hill, and the high ridge he saw stands tall beyond it.
Because of the optical illusion, distant things seemed closer, and the two hills seemed to be one.
It was a mistake made because the color and shape of the ridges were flat and the sense of distance was not familiar in a world with almost no air pollution.
Kuek! Kwak Kwok Kwok! Kuek!
Hwanin, who was about to descend the ridge, was stopped by the warning sound of emergency food flying in the sky.
A warning that there are many beasts in the forest.
Perhaps her vocal cords, which have softened as she grew up, have taken their place.
Over the past two days, I have felt that the beasts here are much more aggressive than other places.
It was a hwanin who thought it would be like that with the invasion of the territory, but I don’t know the truth.
‘I’m not feeling well.’
The problem is that his condition is not good, including the mental part.
It took two days to cross three ridges. Two days of dense battle, not a battle that aroused excitement, but just a sense of duty and necessity, and the chills and chills from the consumption of training were enough to make Hwanin exhausted.
Furthermore…….
Thinking what to do, Hwanin shook his head and spoke to the women.
“Let’s move along the ridge.”
Fortunately, as you move along the low ridge, there is a point where it merges with the high ridge. If you go up to the highest point through it, you will see all the surrounding scenery.
As you walk along the muddy ridge where sparsely small trees grow, you can see the left side where the blue sky meets the dark brown ridge, and the right side where the green sea of trees meets the blue sky.
It feels like traveling in a remote country in an unknown foreign country, but the downside is that the mountain turtle, which occupies a corner of the field of view, drastically cuts off that sensibility.
After a while, Hwanin, who arrived at the downhill of the ridge, felt that a place where the ground was drastically lowered to the point where it could be called a canyon was approaching significantly.
“It’s a suitable terrain to be pincered.”
=Are beasts jumping out of the left and right forests…….=
It was a terrain that felt so blatant that even Ryuhi, who knew nothing about fighting, could read it.
As he washed his face dry, Ryuhi carefully looked at Hwanin, wondering what was going on.
Hwanin narrowed his eyes at the fact that even that gaze was starting to feel bothersome.
‘It’s a problem.’
Hwanin sometimes felt that everything was annoying for no reason. Rather than the annoyance of being annoying, it is the annoyance that comes from lack of motivation.
In the beginning, it is to the point of being lazy due to lack of motivation, but as the condition continues, the psychopathic true heart comes out of the mouth without passing through the filter.
Then people’s reactions are divided into two parts.
Fearing and avoiding Hwanin, or showing extreme hostility and causing physical fights.
He knows why he is doing this.
Hwanin’s way of thinking is unusual. Moreover, it is the tendency to feel comfortable acting alone.
When faced with a difficult situation, people usually feel comforted by the presence of others, but Hwanin was not.
Strictly speaking, I consider it irrelevant.
Hwanin is a person who calmly thinks about how to escape safely, let alone suffers from extreme stress even if he falls into the jungle alone.
Because Hwanin accurately recognizes his own personality, he acts like a ‘normal person’ when facing others.
If it were an ordinary person, how would he behave, how would he talk, how would he move and what kind of reaction would he show.
That’s where the problem arises.
Moving around with four women 24 hours a day, nearly 15 days, and continuing to act as a moderately good person consumed a lot of brain resources, and because of that, a kind of boredom came to me.
If it was Earth, I would have paid a monthly break to clear my head and recover my energy and mental strength by staying alone.
No, if it were Earth, it wouldn’t have been in this state because it would have been charged every day during the time spent alone after work in the first place.
But this is a different world, a labyrinth full of monsters and beasts.
The purpose is to bring the women who are almost incapable of fighting here to the village ‘safely’.
“…….”
Match!
Hwanin, who slapped the cheek vigorously, spoke in a firm tone to the women who were starting to look worried.
“Let’s go. Just in case you don’t know, eat up your mind and prepare to run.”
Hwanin, who took out a spear, summoned a brown spirit that was floating nearby giggling and spread the message to the party.
Then, wary of the forest on the left and right, it starts to descend the slope.
700m, 600m, 500m to the canyon…….
It was when the distance was about 400m left.
“…… ?”
Hwanin stopped walking when he saw the yellow color passing by in the dark brown and green forest.
The women also stopped together and looked at Hwanin’s back, wondering what was going on.
“Beasts are in ambush in the left and right forests.”
Between the trees and bushes, I definitely saw the yellow that didn’t match the forest crouching or creeping.
The beast’s body hair was not yellow, but the color system seen through the soul’s vision was yellow.
Five stand out. The actual number hidden in the left and right forests is many times greater.
What should I do. There is nowhere for women to hide nearby. Since it is wide open, there is a high possibility that Hwanin will pass by and attack the women if he steps back halfway.
However, if you try to break through there, you will be attacked from both sides, and all the women are guaranteed to die, even if you don’t know about Hwanin.
= Eun-in. We can fight too.=
Ryuhi, who saw through Hwanin’s concerns, held up his barbed mace and spoke in a resolute tone. Epnis also nodded his head with the same weapon beside him.
=We will stick together so that Eunin-nim doesn’t pay attention when he fights!=
=Yes. We will protect our sisters.=
Hwanin was in trouble.
There are no trees on the ridge. It would be more convenient to go back and go down to the forest and fight with the women sheltering in the trees…… ?
“…… After.”
Mottled wolves roared and walked out from the woods on the left and right, probably reading the dynamics of this side.
Not one or two 10, 20, 30…… Comes out constantly
Options are gone.
I said to the women who were gulping their saliva while keeping an eye on the 40-plus spotted wolves.
“Don’t die.”
Although he said this, Hwanin thought that there would be deaths among women.
Because there are limits to what you can protect, and there are many enemies.
Hwanin, who opened the command to himself again, grabbed his spear and began to slowly walk toward the spotted wolves.
Growl-
Krrrr-
As if the spotted wolves were stimulated by Hwanin’s actions, they start to move stealthily. If you just pull the fuse, it looks like they will charge all at once.
It scans the surrounding geography quickly, keeping an eye on the actions of the spotted wolves.
‘The left and right width of the ridge is about 12m…….’
The edge of the ridge slopes steeply. Rather than a slope, it should be called a precipice. A beast that has fallen down will not be able to return easily.
Hwanin, who came up with a plan, raised the corner of his mouth slightly and summoned all the spirits he could see.
A few spirits in the distance didn’t come as if they couldn’t hear the call, but thirteen floated around, aside from the 14 soul orbs tied to her left arm.
That was the moment.
Woo woo woo-!!
“…… ?!”
A tremendous howl erupted from the forest, and at the same time, the spotted wolves rolled their eyes and began to rush at them.
Aaaaang-!!
Kkeongkeong!!
‘There is a separate boss.’
The size of the object can be guessed just by hearing the roar.
Hwanin, who stubbornly kept his mouth shut, straightened his spear at the approaching wolves over forty, created two 3-layered soul shields, and spread them left and right like wings.
Thanks to this, it was possible to block a relatively narrow width.
Rather than building a wall straight ahead, it looked like it was leaning toward the slope.
I wanted to spread 4 shields and block them completely, but now I can only summon two shields.
Watching the spotted wolves rushing back and forth like a tidal wave, Hwanin took a deep breath…….
Puff- Boom!
Crack!
Wake up…… !
In the middle of it, he fired three soul explosions in a row. Several wolves pushed by the shock wave roll down the slope.
And several times more wolves poured into Hwanin.
“Synthesis!”
Pupuk! Fufufufu!
Keek!
Shut up!!
Hwanin mercilessly stabbed the wolf in the chest and head with a short and simple movement.
A wolf pierced through the mouth dies instantly, and a wolf stabbed in the chest rolls on the ground and is trampled by wolves from behind.
The rest of the wolves that didn’t attack Hwanin passed by him and tried to run to the women…….
What?!
Wow!
Cracked!?
The wolves, touched by something invisible, couldn’t beat the speed at which they were running and slid along the obliquely spread soul shield and fell down the cliff.
There was also an object that tried to brake suddenly to see if the feeling was good. However, in order not to be crushed and killed by his fellow tribesmen rushing in from behind like angry waves, he has no choice but to dive.
Wake up…… !
Without giving a glance to the wolves, who fell dozens of meters down, leaving behind a faint scream, Hwanin stabbed and cut at the wolves that attacked them like lightning.
“Whoops!”
Fu-wook! Fufufufu! Pod!
Kreuk!
Crack?!
Keck!
In addition, stepping on the corpses of his own kind, stepping back slowly so that the wolf that jumps over him does not come out, creates a new space, and does not forget to quickly create a breaking soul shield to fill the place again.
But it was too much to block such a number alone.
One with a cut on its right front leg, and one with large cuts to its side and hind leg, the two escaped through the small gap between the Hwanin and the soul shield and started running toward the women.
“…….”
Hwanin paid attention to the spotted wolves in front of him. As if he would not send any more, he swung his spear like a flash and stabbed like lightning.
Less than a minute had passed since the speckled wolves and Hwanin clashed.
In that short time, 8 wolves died and over 10 wolves fell off the left and right cliffs due to the slanted spirit shield.
Now the wolves realized that there was something invisible to their left and right that they couldn’t get past.
The wolves begin to roar in front of Hwanin like a car on a highway with a bottleneck.
While fighting, Hwanin activated the prepared trap.
“Fuck.”
Bubber Beopbung!!!
As they slowly retreated, the soul orbs they laid on the ground exploded and swallowed the spotted wolves.
The explosion caused by the lowest grade soul orb was enough disaster for the wolves that were stuck close together in the 12m wide narrow passage.
The wolves, which were swept away by the transparent explosion several times, instantly turned into rags and sputtered, vomiting blood, and a few that were lucky enough to be on the edge and were only slightly hit by the shock wave were startled by the size of the explosion, lowered their tails and gnawed away.
The situation has been reversed.
As if infected with madness, the wolves began to hesitate as if cold water had been poured on them, seeing that nearly half of their kin were scattered in an explosion.
There were no wolves running towards Hwanin anymore. On the contrary, he tries to distance himself from Hwanin with a smile.
As Hwanin approached, turning his spear like a windmill, the wolf, whose legs were still intact, quickly turned around and ran away.
Some of the wolves, who were slow to grasp the situation, were frightened by the whirring-spinning sound and jumped off the cliff themselves, or stumbled and tumbled down.
All the wolves who failed to do so were stabbed to death by Hwanin’s spear.
The herd of over 40 spotted wolves disintegrated like ice cream on hot asphalt in less than 5 minutes.
3 wolves killed by 7 soul explosions.
Nine wolves were caught in multiple explosions and turned into rags, then stabbed to death by Hwanin’s spear.
Eleven wolves were stabbed or cut after attacking from the front.
About 20 wolves fell off the cliffs to the left and right.
And two wolves that passed him.
“…….”
Hwanin assumed the worst and looked back slowly. There were two wolves lying dead and four women standing still, each holding a weapon.
= Eun-in~!=
=We are fine~!=
When Hwanin turns around, Ryuhi and Hu wave their arms and shout that they are okay.
Hwanin, who felt much lighter, twisted his spear and looked down at the canyon below.
There, a huge two-legged, sand-colored wolf walked out like a man, along with the other brindle wolves.
