Chapter 53 – 052 Yellow Ridge
Rumble…….
Thunder rang through the clear sky, but Hwanin and the others didn’t care anymore and continued on their way.
It was because I had heard a lot of thunder as I circled the Yellow Bald Mountains.
The way back up the mountain was not difficult. The hills and hills were gone, the roads were flat, and the forests were as quiet and fresh as the forests of Earth.
It wasn’t that the forest was particularly thin, but because Bald Mountain right next to it was so high, I didn’t lose sight of the sign.
The only thing that bothered me was that the thunder roared loudly from time to time.
The first time I heard thunder was when I came down the broken ridge and entered the forest.
Kwagwagwang…… ! Rumble……….
= Huh?! Lightning?!=
=The lightning did not strike.=
=But wasn’t it thunder?=
= It wasn’t raining and there were no clouds, but where did the lightning strike…….=
When the women startled and looked around at the sound of thunder shaking the forest, Hwanin quietly raised their tension.
He was a Hwanin who had already seen a beast shooting thunderbolts with his bare body.
He pulled out his spear, opened the code at the same time, and was vigilant in all directions.
The sound of thunder just now was diffusely reflected by the trees. I can’t help but be nervous because I don’t know from which direction the echo came from.
Huini and Ennel are also very nervous about Hwanin’s behavior, so they pay attention to the sound and smell.
And after 30 minutes, there was no change, so Hwanin sent emergency food to confirm the existence of the monster, and only after receiving a report that there were no monsters or animals around, he relaxed a little and started moving slowly.
That wasn’t the end.
Three hours later, thunder struck again, and after that, periodically large and small thunderclaps covered the ears of Hwanin and the others.
It was when I came out to the clearing between the forests that I realized the source of the thunder.
Koo Goo Goo! Kururureung…….
=Thunder is coming down from Bald Mountain!=
=There is still no animal smell around.=
At the story of the two sisters, Hwanin gave a yellow bald head his gaze.
A mountain with an elevation of over 20,000 meters, covered with an unknown yellow substance instead of ice caps, and a thundering mountain.
It was a hwanin who couldn’t understand what kind of mountain it was.
No, it would be correct to say that I gave up on understanding.
A monstrous tiger with blue fire.
A gigantic horn-scaled whale that creates tidal waves with just its size.
A wild boar that shoots lightning.
A turtle carrying a mountain on its back.
They are beings that cannot be explained by the knowledge of modern people. Moreover, meeting them one after another, the threshold of surprise increased as they got higher.
You will rarely be surprised by anything in the future. While thinking so, I was going down the slope of a low hill…….
Kwack Kwok Kwok! Exhilarating!!
Along with the warning of emergency food, five beasts appeared at the entrance of the forest ahead.
It was a wild dog with three eyes, a three-eyed dog.
It wasn’t a coincidence that we ran into each other. The 15 pupils of the five three-eyed dogs had been facing this way since they came out of the forest.
Hwanin, feeling ominous about the action, immediately bit the women.
“It’s better to go back, farther away.”
=Yes.=
I looked to the left and right of the downhill road, but there was no sign of encirclement. That’s why it was a hwanin that couldn’t be understood even more.
It would have been more convenient to attack them when they were close to the forest, but why did they reveal themselves from such a distance? 100m is enough…….
“…… !”
TD Dick! Titic!
Creepy – The moment you get goosebumps on your skin, a 3-layered soul shield is created, and as soon as you put it forward, something knocks on the soul shield.
‘Needle?’
As soon as he confirmed the identity of the falling object, Hwanin reflexively ran out and clicked his tongue slightly.
Seeing that it couldn’t pierce the soul shield, it doesn’t seem to have penetrating power, but the tip of the needle, similar in color to the faded bones, was covered with a transparent liquid.
‘It must be poison.’
If the deployment of the shield had been delayed even by a second, the attack would have been allowed.
As the distance got closer, I realized that the shape of the three-eyed dog was different from what I had known.
The three-eyed dog he saw was a brown or gray dog with one more eyeball stuck between his forehead.
‘Did you shoot the needle there?’
T-D-D-DIC! Tick! Titic!
When the distance was reduced to 1/4, needles as thin as pine needles flew again and struck the soul shield.
Seeing that the needle did not work, the three-eyed dogs hurriedly ran into the forest.
Bubber Beopbung!!
Yelp yelp!
Wake up!
Hwanin, who fired the soul orb that had been blown beforehand, rushed in between the Three Eyed Dogs rolling on the ground, swung his spear without hesitation, and cut off his head.
Durability was weaker than the three-eyed dog I knew. It was because the bones were cut and pierced without much force.
Hwanin, who cut five of them in an instant, looked at the body of the dead Saman Gyeon and made a decision.
‘As long as they’re careful with their needles, they’re nothing.’
Although there is a risk of long-distance attack, the body durability of this three-eyed dog was really weak. It was to the extent that even the lowest level of Soul Explosion would break his bones.
Moreover, in the forest, the stinger that only flies in a straight line is useless.
That’s probably why the three-eyed dogs kept their distance and walked out of the forest.
=Lofuxy?=
As she looked at Epnis, who came close to her, explanations poured straight from her mouth.
= Oh. I have a very good middle eye, so I am an animal that can see very far. When it sees its prey, it gathers friends nearby and attacks it, so it is considered the most dangerous beast in grasslands and plains. They say they suddenly attack with a group of monsters or beasts.=
“Have you heard from the peddlers?”
= Yes…….=
“Those peddlers seem trustworthy.”
The content is consistent with the information that Hwanin personally experienced and collected. He could have faked being a countryman, but he must have been a pretty conscientious person that he didn’t.
The Thorn Three-Eyed Dog’s soul was as inferior as the other Three-Eyed Dogs, and the effect obtained from the soul orb was the same field of view magnification.
Hwanin, whose field of view changed as if he were wearing a high-magnification telescope, naturally gave his gaze to the yellow bald mountain.
“…… Decision?”
And I found out that the top of the yellow bald mountain was covered with crystal-like yellow lumps.
It looked like cubic and in some ways it looked like crystal.
As for the size, some were large enough to be easily identified with the naked eye, while many were small, only yellow.
‘Is that yellow substance the cause of the thunder? Or is it the result of thunder?’
Or maybe there’s a creature that can summon thunder and lightning.
Hwanin was confident that he would not be surprised even if the lightning struck his eyes turned yellow.
“…….”
I wonder what lives on the top of that mountain.
How strong do you have to be to climb that mountain? Enough to hunt the Blue Flame Tiger? Or enough to kill a live turtle with ease?
He was a Hwanin who smiled, wondering if such a day would ever come.
The return trip around Bald Mountain was easy without any difficulties.
After meeting the thorny three-eyed dog, the frequency of appearances of beasts has drastically decreased, and on the contrary, the appearance of fearful herbivores and birds has increased.
Animals ran away at the slightest sign of human presence, and animals with a bit of aggression were often frightened by the smell of death emanating from Hwanin’s body, and ran away in excrement and urine.
In addition, the field was full of expensive herbs and plants that would make women widen their eyes.
= Sister! Here! It’s Osrit Pool!=
=There is also a sunrise pool!=
=Ah, it’s a thorny fruit!=
= Wow… Isn’t this a colony of healing plants?=
With Hwanin’s permission, the women were busy gathering herbs and plants that stood out on the road.
“Emergency food. Don’t relax and keep an eye out for any beasts around you.”
Koop. Kuek.
It was a peaceful forest where the sun was warm enough to draw attention by stroking the head of an emergency ration whose green feathers had begun to stand up like a crown.
The group of Hwanin moved without rest.
=The river is wide!=
=The water in the river is not very fast.=
=But I can’t swim across it. The smoked meat will get all wet…….=
“I must build a raft. There are a lot of trees around, so let’s get to work. Huini, Ennel.”
=Yes!=
=Yes.=
In the middle, they encountered a large river that seemed to be 90m wide, and made a raft out of logs to cross it.
=It’s all green.=
= Eun-in~! There is a strange stone statue here!=
“It is ruins. It looks like the traces of a temple……. Looking at the weathering, it must have been hundreds of years since it collapsed.”
Or across a green basin with an old temple that we later learn was the site of a collapsed labyrinth.
= Heh~. It’s a mountain beyond a mountain!=
= Sister Ryuhi. Sister Afnis. Are you okay?=
Hahahaha. Okay…… It’s okay whoop.=
=Me too. For now, just hold on.=
= If it’s really hard, tell me. I’ll carry your burden.=
= Yes. Thank you…. Sister, inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth. If you gasp like that, it’s harder.=
= Uh, yes. Hee hee, hee hee…….=
I also crossed a mountainous area made up of large and small mountains.
I walked past the vast white sandy beach, which looked like a desert, as if all the sand of the Great Lake of Olzot had been washed up, and I walked past it all day, and a mountain with an altitude of over 500m began to appear, and I walked for several days along a naturally formed path between mountains. .
As a result of moving so close to 15 days…….
= Wow! The yellow bald mountain is no longer visible!=
=I’m almost home…….=
“Now, if you move along the lakeside, you will find your village.”
=Yes, Eunin.=
Is it because my hometown is closer? The complexion of the women is so bright that it is bright. His voice is full of excitement.
The Great Lakes were not very far. As soon as you climb the 400m high mountain on the left, a wide horizon unfolds.
The surrounding area was a series of mountainous areas, and there were also low mountain ranges along the shores of the Great Lakes, so their village could not be seen from their current location.
But the hearts of the women were light.
For nearly two weeks, I hadn’t seen a beast like a beast.
Thanks to this, they were able to collect a lot of valuable herbs, mushrooms, and berries in the forest and fields, and were able to fill the bales and nets that the four people carried on their backs with well-dried expensive medicinal herbs and plants.
If you sell it to the peddlers visiting the village, Ryuhi happily said that you could get an income close to the village’s annual income.
Of course, I would give all the money from the sale of medicinal materials and plants to Hwanin, but there is still a feeling.
In other words, the women’s hearts are no different from having already arrived in the village.
They were women who felt like they could keep running all the way to the village.
The second day since moving along the shores of the Great Lakes.
The smiles on the women’s faces never stopped as night came and they grilled the smoked bear meat that was left over from shellfish gathered around the campfire.
Hwanin watched the girls laughing and chatting while eating clam soup, grilled and smoked bear meat, and grilled clams that Ryuhi had painstakingly made.
‘I need a colleague.’
I had embraced Ryuhi and Ennel and absorbed their warmth a day and a half ago.
The warmth of the two started recovering from yesterday, and the warmth in the belly of Epnis and Huini, who had been recovering since 16 days ago, has recovered to 1/8 of what it was when I first saw them.
In terms of size, it went from the size of a little fingernail to the size of a 500 won coin.
‘It will recover to its original size in about 3 to 5 months.’
Half a year long. It is not a time that cannot be taken into consideration, as long as you receive help only in times of danger and urgency.
Hwanin, who was watching the four women smiling brightly while feeding emergency food, shook his head slightly.
Maybe it’s because they’ve lived in a world like this, they had the courage to face their fears and had some fighting spirit…….
‘Unsuitable as a colleague.’
The image of a colleague that Hwanin wanted was nothing special.
Someone you can trust with confidence. Even if he is weak right now, he has the qualities to become stronger through training.
However, the fighting sense of the women was at a gloomy level.
Judgment was not very good, and in the case of Ryuhi and Epnis, their physical abilities were also disastrous.
She has better physical strength than Earth’s women, but it’s definitely not enough to fight monsters.
How can I train? For the past month, whenever I had time, I helped with training, but there was no noticeable growth.
In the case of Huini and Ennel, their skills improved enough to fight two wolves and win, but that’s all.
Even if Ryuhi, Epnis, Huini, and Ennel all attacked after receiving the Code, they couldn’t even last a minute against the Hwanin who didn’t use the Code…….
“…….”
Exciting battles can also have to be alive.
One or two companions are essential to relive the thrill of fighting werewolves.
He was a Hwanin who thought that he would be able to feel joy even if he fought with people for a moment, but he dismissed that thought as he remembered his parents’ faces.
Coo. Quet.
The emergency rations fed by the women settle between Hwanin’s legs.
When he strokes his head and pats his back, he closes his eyes and hunches his neck, just like a cat satisfied with a feeling of satiety.
Hwanin muttered to himself while looking up at the night sky where the Milky Way stretched out.
‘I’ll have to look for a colleague slowly.’
He has the supernatural ability to control souls.
With this power, he could serve 1.5 or 2 people alone, so he was a Hwanin who thought that he should go around alone for the time being and slowly find useful companions.
And three days later
= It’s a village! Ennel, sisters! This is our town!=
= Black…….=
= We lived, we lived…… !=
The group climbed a peak of a mountain range with an average height of about 400m and could see a small but neat village with white cumulus smoke rising.
A map that fell into a strange world One day, three months are approaching.
Hwanin was able to contact the civilization of this world for the first time.
