Chapter 65 – 064 Village – Road to Lehil
When the two remaining greniers were also disposed of by Brillitt and Dinte, they came to Susa with round eyes like a cat who had seen something hard to believe.
= No…… Oh my god……. How…….=
Susa, unable to follow his words, burst into laughter and bowed down to him.
= Thanks for your help. I can’t believe I can catch three monsters alone……. If it wasn’t for the Spirit Master, we would have seen someone die today.=
“No. If it hadn’t been stopped because the emergency rations warned, it would have been an easy solution.”
Grenier’s speed was comparable to that of Straw Que pulling a wagon. In addition, since the ranged weapons were faithfully prepared, even if they couldn’t kill them all, they would have been able to shake them off.
Susa greatly raised his evaluation of the young spirit company in front of him.
It’s amazing just by looking at the fact that he’s a soul master, but he has a decent and well-mannered appearance and great ability as a soul master, as well as this level of fighting ability!
Although she had heard rumors that she had been rescuing village wives, Susa only half believed them.
She was not a labyrinth, but to the extent that she accidentally found a woman wandering in the forest and brought her back.
Isn’t it natural In order to clear the level 6 forest labyrinth, it is possible to join forces with at least three level 7 workers and at least six level 6 workers.
You said you escaped alone with four wives and children from a powerless rural village?
You won’t even be laughed at if you bring up such a story in a tavern.
However, Susa learned what it felt like to be thrilled when she saw Hwanin lightly defeating two demons in less than three minutes.
= My heart is still beating. Spirit Master’s spearmanship was literally an art. Wow, why does that simple movement feel so creepy!=
The superiority of weapons was already noticed by the merchant’s eyes. However, even an excellent weapon must be backed by the user’s skills to be truly powerful.
In Susa’s eyes, it looked like the enemy was jumping into the spear by itself. She says she’s a merchant, but she knows how great it is.
“Nothing great.”
Haha. Too much humility is poisonous, isn’t it? Spirit Master can be proud enough. Hmm.=
Hwanin noticed why Susa was treating her more kindly, but didn’t express it outwardly.
This will make the journey safer.
Brillit, who returned with her three killed greniers, stared at her phantom in surprise as her Brillit did.
She heard Dinte’s fuss after she finally took her grenier’s breath away, but she was the one she didn’t expect. But aren’t the three really dying for different reasons?
Watching her porters dismantle her grenier, Hwanin looked back at her brilliant gaze and slightly lowered her head.
=…….=
Brillit also bowed her head in gratitude to Hwanin for protecting her lover. She and she mercilessly broke Dinte’s shin which caused a crisis.
=Keep!=
= You stupid bastard. She didn’t mean to catch and kill all three. I told you to ‘hold’ only two of them, but you can’t do that much?=
=Sorry!!=
Knock!
= Nope…… !=
=Didn’t I tell you? I’m sorry if it’s all.=
Fuck!
=Keek!=
= Why are you sorry? Do you think they even paid straw coues to dance with a grenier? Do you think she deliberately paid for the expensive meal and salary? =
=Sorry, sorry!!=
= Say sorry again. Your mistake could have killed the master. But is it easy to say sorry? Huh?=
Knock, knock!
= Turn it off…… !=
Because he was a Hwanin who could understand Brillit’s behavior of holding discipline without mercy, he did not intervene.
Of course, even if I didn’t understand, I wouldn’t have intervened. Because interfering with Brillitt’s actions is an act of exceeding authority.
Instead, Hwanin, who returned to the wagon, carefully examined the ink-colored spear blade.
‘It looks like an ordinary goalpost, but it’s this sharp.’
Rather than Belvido sharpening his molars with his outstanding skills, it is more persuasive that he had such sharpness because he had Yeongsoo’s molars.
Suddenly, I remembered the corpse of the blade boar I saw when I visited Hove again to retrieve the stone axe.
Even though the body was infested with maggots, the leather was intact, but now the leather is regrettable.
It was because he thought that if he made leather armor with that leather, something great would have come out.
Satisfying his interest in the ink window, Hwanin turned his attention to the next point of interest.
Returning to the wagon from her military training, she begged Brillit for her pardon, and she examined her spear. And I looked at the limp Dinte’s window.
‘They both have the same material and size, so what’s the difference?’
Brillit’s spearing left a clear scar on Grenier’s hide, but Dinte’s spearing left no scars.
‘Ephnis said that her awakening was determined by the presence or absence of an aura. Then Brillit is an Awakener?’
Since she is an Awoken, it follows that she imbued her weapon with special powers.
I want to ask myself, but my mouth won’t come out.
It is no less uncomfortable to imagine a situation where Ssana Brillit asks her about her abilities.
She recalled her parents’ teaching that if she was uncomfortable, then others were also uncomfortable, so Hwanin hesitated and just shut her mouth.
The trip still has 19 days left. If you do, you’ll get to know her moderately, and then you’ll have a chance to ask her about her awakening.
Susa purchased the corpses of the three greniers her phantom had caught at a reasonable price.
“Anyway, I don’t have the means to take care of it. Susa-san can take care of it.”
= What are you talking about? It is a natural right since Spirit Master participated in our ascension.=
Grenier’s carcasses were sold for six pieces of silver each. In terms of won, that amount is 18 million won.
Under Susa’s direction, the three porters skinned all six greniers and stacked them one by one in the luggage compartment. Even the leather that was torn and worn all over.
It is said that it is a good material for leather armor because it is extremely tough enough to be unscathed by ordinary iron weapons.
And he pulled out all his teeth and piled up only big and thick bones like thigh bones and ribs. After blooding only the thighs and ribs, the meat was tied to the upper frame of the wagon.
She tried to dry it naturally, but Susa explained that it would be food for her travels.
=Granier’s meat is really delicious. In particular, the more you let it dry in the wind, the more umami comes out, so it’s great whether you bake or boil it. As long as there is distilled spirits here…… Big~.=
After licking his lips, Susa fixes her expression seriously and gazes at the south.
=However, to say that a monster appears in a place like this, it seems that a new labyrinth was born nearby. I’m a little worried because it’s close to Yulkam.=
…… Are you saying that a labyrinth is born?
Hwanin’s curiosity and curiosity soar out of control at the story that cannot be understood with the knowledge and senses of modern people.
After thinking for a while, Hwanin came up with an appropriate excuse and asked.
“You mean a labyrinth is born?”
At Hwanin’s question, Susa turned to Hwanin. As expected, the look on her face is how she doesn’t know this.
At that gaze, Hwanin took out the excuse he had made to Ryuhi.
Being in an accident during the transfer and falling into the labyrinth, living very far from here and not knowing the culture and customs of this place, etc.
“Because there is no such thing as a labyrinth where I live. It is a curious story.”
Susa accepted the story without much doubt.
Rather, as if this excuse worked well, he even shook his head as if the questions had been resolved.
=So you asked about the metal plaque led by the tribal union. Somehow, the hair color of the spirit master and his appearance were different from any race I knew, so I was a little curious.=
Hwanin seemed to understand that it had to be because he came from such a far place, and Hwanin felt a little let down.
Judging by Susa’s reaction, there must be still undiscovered continents and regions in this world.
So, wouldn’t it be more comfortable to keep making this excuse than to go around pretending to be mediocrity on purpose?
While thinking about this, information related to the labyrinth began to flow from Susa’s mouth.
=After a long study by scholars, it was concluded that labyrinths are living things. You know…… No, excuse me. Hmmm. In the labyrinth, various treasures and treasure-like materials are unearthed. If the material is not excavated, the heterogeneous species living in the labyrinth will pay a high price. Even if it’s not that, the by-products of Lee Hyeong-jong can be money.=
‘Is the creature living in the labyrinth called a heteromorphic species?’
In addition, the land around the labyrinth is extremely fertile, so there is a story that a city exists around the labyrinth that has grown greatly.
‘Is that the reason for the mountain that looked like a flytrap near Crescent Moon Mountain?’
Of course, since monsters can come out of the labyrinth, the military is stationed to block the surroundings, periodically cleans and manages the interior, or sends in verified adventurers, mercenaries, and warriors.
“You said Labyrinth is alive, so what do you eat?”
=The blood and flesh of the people who entered the labyrinth, and the phase power shed by humans and heteromorphic species.=
“…….”
When appraising gold coins, you mentioned the word phase crystal purity. Is phase power related to that?
= Because of that, the labyrinth that has grown greatly reaches even the 100th floor underground. As the Labyrinth grows, it emits more and better quality goods, but as it grows, the risk increases as well, so the labyrinths around the capital and capital city are managed very tightly.=
“Even if you manage it, the monsters inside might die fighting each other. Do you not grow up eating it?”
=Oh, you’re sharp enough to infer such things from a story you’ve never heard of.=
Susa nodded, uhm, cleared her voice before continuing with a slightly lowered tone.
=A long time ago, in ancient times, I think I thought so. So, many people were put in to clean the inside of the labyrinth. As a result, there are many victims, and the labyrinth grows after eating those victims……. Well, it was discovered by the Red Leaf School of the Tribal Alliance. The secret of the labyrinth!=
“…… Secret.”
=Yes, it was a secret. A secret that has been hidden for thousands of years. That is, a person’s phase power has a great influence on the growth of the labyrinth…… !=
Susa makes a threatening expression, probably because she was thinking of creating tension, but since she has a cute cheetah face, it doesn’t look like a threat at all.
“If you don’t eat the phase power of the heteromorphic species, does that mean that the labyrinth is the same as the heteromorphic species?”
= Uh…… I’m not a scholar, so I don’t knowhaha.=
Various hypotheses about the labyrinth came to mind, but Hwanin gave up his interest as it seemed to have nothing to do with him.
“Even if you manage it, if there are people hunting or adventuring in the labyrinth, I don’t think you can stop the growth of the labyrinth. In the end, I think it’s going to be a catastrophe. If it were a city or a capital city, there would be important facilities…… Are you okay?
= Well. As far as I know, labyrinths use phase power a lot to create heterogeneous species. That’s why they said that killing a heterogeneous species from inside the labyrinth and bringing out the corpse would be of great help. Adventurers and heroes enter the labyrinth and take more phase power from the labyrinth than they used their strength in.=
It feels similar to a mine that moves with infinite power just by listening to it.
But what he asked was the birth of the labyrinth, so why is the story about the physiology of the labyrinth coming out?
Hwanin smiled lightly and changed his words so as not to offend Susa, who claimed to be a storyteller.
“Such a labyrinth seems to be born anywhere. That’s what I felt when I listened to Mr. Susa just now.”
=In fact, no one knows the exact cause of the labyrinth’s birth. I don’t even know why there are so many types of labyrinths, such as staircase type, tomb type, forest type, mountain type, lava type, alpine type, ruin type, natural type, etc. =
Just when it is known that a labyrinth has been created in the region, an army or organization is dispatched from a nearby city to assess the danger and value and destroy or grow it.
It was a pretty interesting story from Hwanin’s point of view.
‘If I enter the labyrinth, I will be able to fight even with strong enemies.’
It’s enough to have an army stationed there, so there must be strong enemies. What does a newly born labyrinth feel like?
When I was alone in anticipation, Dascon approached and said to Susa.
= Better. Grenier’s cleaning and grooming is complete.=
= Yes? Then let’s go Spirit Master, please go to the auxiliary seat.=
“Yes.”
Perhaps because Hwanin revealed his true identity, it became much easier to learn his common sense. Even if I asked a lot of questions right away, I was able to solve them without questioning them.
Of course, he didn’t hesitate to ask questions. I solved the question by inducing the story only occasionally and naturally during the conversation with only what I thought was important.
Hwanin spoke comfortably amidst the rumbling of the wagon that he had become accustomed to.
“All of this information must be money…… I have no shame in just listening.”
=Oops, if you say that, don’t we become shameless bastards who are benefiting from the blessings spread by the Spirit Master?=
I was attacked by fearless beasts several times during the 5 days I was moving to the village of Rehill.
Originally, Hwanin was attacked so much, but Susa said that the beasts around the labyrinth were originally chaotic, and that this would disappear once the labyrinth was destroyed.
Anyway, whenever a fight broke out, Hwanin, as the lowest-ranking spirit, spread the code to the escorts while he himself supported them from behind.
Thanks to that, the party completed several raids without any damage, and because of that, the goodwill of Susa, the three escorts, and the porters was the maximum that Hwanin felt.
‘It feels very comfortable to buy favors.’
On Earth, I suffered all sorts of disputes and malice while cosplaying as a good person.
Instead, please work overtime, write this instead, lend me some money, give me a guarantee.
At some point, Hwanin started sticking to a blunt attitude instead of cosplaying as a good person, but it felt like that wouldn’t happen much here.
In fact, Susa and the others weren’t selfless to some extent.
In their eyes, the spirit master is well-groomed and dignified.
It has enough armed force and even possesses the ability to kill souls.
The image of Hwanin, who became a nobleman in a certain region and became a high-ranking person, is pictured in the minds of the party, so they are being kind to Hwanin with unconscious or conscious intentions to look good in advance.
When there was still a day’s travel left to Leheel.
“That is strange.”
Hwanin encountered human malice for the first time in this strange world.
