Chapter 677 – 670 Great Plain of Hiarid
(Silhou and illusion for size comparison)
Silu, who fell into a hole, rolled over for a long time before arriving at a cave that curved upwards, almost at a right angle.
It was a mistake to slow down the fall by flapping its wings reflexively while he was distracted by the feeling of his body falling again after rolling over and over…
Beep! Beep…
It wasn’t a normal glide, so I did a bean and hit the butt a little hard.
Even if it is still young, the yellow color Que is at the pinnacle of rarity along with the green Que. It is stronger than ordinary Que and is small in size to begin with, so the impact of falling is not great.
Even that shock was mostly dissipated thanks to the soft, sunset-colored feathers, and Silu, who immediately came to his senses, raised his small head and looked up at the place where he had landed.
What?
Too high and steep to climb. A level that should be called a wall, not a slope.
Even if it is a human being, it is impossible for Silu, who has only two legs and two wings, to climb the wall.
If it was a green Que whose main skill is wind and flight, it could fly back, but it couldn’t do a sunset-colored Quein Silu. In the first place, the wing size is only half compared to the flight.
What to do Silu, who was worried about her small head, was a little anxious but not afraid and said, “It can’t be helped!” Turn around and start moving forward.
If it were an ordinary straw-colored Que, he would have crouched down in fear, waiting for the owner, Hwanin, or the captain, Norn, to come, but Silu is different.
Even though his parents were straw-colored Que, he explored three labyrinths with Hwanin.
Exploring the labyrinth, seeing a lot of heterogeneous species and monsters far stronger than oneself, and seeing those monsters and heterogeneous species being swept away by the owner and the captain is a reality that is captured in two small eyes.
If you see the parameters, you will see that Courage and Valor are maxed out.
Beep. Beep.
The cave is pitch-black as no light can reach it. However, Shilu, who has developed the ability to see at night, walked into the darkness as if it were her own bedroom.
If you follow the road, you will be able to go outside someday, right?
His steps are light thanks to the spirit of the stage show, which is unique to children and does not match the context.
Shilu, who had been walking up and down for a while as if exploring the 1.2m high crypt, stopped at the sound that irritated her ears and pulled her head out.
Beep?
What do you mean?
Square square square square…
Listening to it, Silu shook his tail once in the feeling of tickling his tail feathers, lowered his stance and began to move forward cautiously.
And after a while
Beep!
Upon encountering a giant insect half the size of her own, Silu cried in anticipation with her eyes twinkling.
Something that looked just like the crunchy, sweet, juicy, delicious worms that her mother sometimes found.
It was small enough to fit in a bite, but that one is huge. Are you big enough to eat?
Siloo, with her tail feathers erect and her head low, stealthily approaches the giant earwig.
Beep.
Like Susseussut.
An insect resembling an earwig also senses Silu’s appetite and cries quietly with the claw-like protrusions on its rear end open.
After a short standoff, the first to move was the large earwig.
When the large earwig rushed to the pababat with its six legs and whipped its antennae-like tentacles like a whip, Silu jumped back to avoid the attack and immediately jumped in and pecked the head of the large earwig with the tip of its beak.
It’s so good! Write!
At the impact of the splitting of the head, the large earwig extended its claws like a scorpion’s tail and tried to grab Silu’s head.
Beep!
Siloo rather grabbed the head of a large earwig with his claws and bit off one side of the claw with his beak and snatched it away.
It’s so good!
Pete!
Siloo and the large earwig continued to struggle.
The large earwig’s tentacles, snout, and legs wriggling madly, and the claws also fold and unfold, but there is no damage to Silu, who bites the outside of the claw with her beak and tramples on the claw’s head.
Dduduk!
Chew!!
Eventually, one of the tongs broke off, spraying clear bodily fluids.
Because of that, he was finally freed from restraint, but the large earwig, with its head shell cracked and its tongs cut off, lost its fighting spirit and hurriedly tried to escape.
Beep!
Of course, I’m not going to let you run away.
Shilu valiantly rushes in, pecks at the broken head carapace of the earwig, and starts kicking it with her rather hard claws.
Chew! Write, write! Write…
The giant earwig, exposed to ruthless violence, was beaten helplessly and ended up breaking its head and dying.
Beep!
Won!
The beak, which pecked at the hard chitinous shell non-stop, stings a little, but it’s a perfect victory anyway.
Silu was proud of his first victory in his life and looked back to brag to his master and captain.
But behind it is only black darkness.
Beep…
Shilu, who was sullen for a moment, but soon regained her energy, ate her first game to her heart’s content, and then walked confidently down the aisle.
「Um. This… Did Siloo do it?」
Hwan-yeon, who was advancing through the great plain along the crypt where Silu was believed to have moved, slightly furrowed her eyebrows at the sight seen through the eyes of the spirit.
After hearing her talk to herself, Anne expresses her concern and asks.
=What is the trace?=
“A huge insect is dead. Even if you look at it, it’s a little smaller than Silu…」
The women’s expressions become even worse at the story of Hwan-yeon.
That means that only the body length is tens of centimeters. If there were insects of that size in the tunnel, it would be safe to say that they were monsters or monsters.
If Shilu, who is still a baby, encounters such insects…
Baek Ryogang asked Hwan Yeon with worried eyes.
= Welcome. Are there bloodstains or feathers of Siloo nearby?=
“No. There are no bloodstains, just traces of bodily fluids that appear to have been expelled by worms. And the worm only has a shell left.”
= What? Are you saying Siluga is exploring the tunnel by himself?=
When Yu Lepa was taken aback, Ayoung nodded her head slightly.
= Even if they are still babies, the color of the sunset is the color of sunset. She would have been terrified and trembling if she had been ordinary straw, but she is bravely enjoying her adventure alone. =
= Ha ha Should I praise this for being proud or scold it for being reckless…=
The important thing is that he is still safe.
Anne frowned and looked down at the ground from the top of the fast-moving carriage.
= Even so, it is a tunnel about 1.3m wide. It’s not something that can happen normally, so you have to find Siloo quickly.=
If you’re unlucky, it could be a burrow dug by Hyungjong Lee, and if you’re even less fortunate, it could be a burrow made by a monster living underground.
If Silu encounters the creature that made the den, it will lead to Silu’s death with a high probability.
“Is the crypt a single road? Let’s speed up a little more.”
At Hwanin’s instruction, Isilite urges Que to increase her speed.
No matter how good the suspension is, the shaking gets worse when you run on the grassy field, not the road surface, but the women’s heads are only full of worries about Siloo.
After running for a while, the traces of dead bugs began to become more frequent.
“There are more and more traces. What? Why are there so many gigantic insects?」
=What does a worm look like? Are you an ant?=
Ah-young, who took out her notebook, asked, and Hwan-yeon described the appearance of the insect as seen through the eyes of the spirit.
As Ayeong drew according to the description, Anne, who saw her next to her, was dumbfounded.
=Earwigs and centipedes, spiders, grain moths, and midgets and earthworms? What is it, why is it so messy?=
= I think the arthropod labyrinth caused a reflux nearby? It seems that the guys who made this tunnel abandoned it and ran away because of these things.=
Hwanin, who had been silently listening to the conversations of his girlfriends, deepened his eyes at the report of the second lieutenant, the soul of a Nasrat assassin who suddenly rose from the ground.
“You can see traces of the lives of minority tribes in the crypt. Judging by the size of the footprints, the height of the crypt, and the habit of living underground, avoiding powerful monsters on the ground, it is highly likely that they are of the Gifla tribe.”
The Gifla people, in a nutshell, are small people.
In the archives of Yeongdo, simple illustrations and short phrases were written that they were a minority people who had childlike appearance and excellent manual dexterity, but were innately timid and avoided outsiders.
‘Didn’t you find any traces of Silu?’
“Yes. I’ll go search again.”
‘If you find something unusual like this, report it again.’
“Yes.”
The naked leopard-eared assassin went back into the ground after reporting, and Hwan-in told her girlfriends the story.
= Gifla tribe? I heard that the race officially perished when the last village in the northwestern region of Radsea disappeared?=
=Assassins on the Nasarat side are well versed in tracking, so the possibility of getting it wrong is low. If you’re a Gifla, it’s not strange to make a tunnel like this.=
=If the worm took over the tunnel they made… Ah-yeong should keep in mind the possibility that a labyrinth was created in the ground as you said.=
=… Then I’ll have to find Silu sooner.=
=…=
=…=
When the women’s expressions became blurred again, Hwanyeon, who had discovered another trace, let out a brief exclamation.
“Uh? Wow this…」
Beep…
Shrrrr…
Silu, who had a lot of strength in his neck from the series of victories, was full of stomach and full of confidence, and walked energetically through the dungeon as if he were home.
When a centipede three times longer than himself tried to wrap around his body, he honestly broke out in a cold sweat, but in the end, he was the one who won.
As soon as he saw the spider he encountered while shrugging his tail feathers, Shirou’s tension was raised.
First of all, it’s about to exceed twice its own size.
In addition, there are 10 legs that are dark gray and shiny and hairy.
The color of the shell darkens from pink toward the body to dark gray again at the back.
The slightly raised carapace is red like blood and black like the night sky.
And six big and small eyes staring at you.
Those eyes were the eyes that looked at the prey, not the enemy.
Siloo’s gaze turned to the giant tarantula’s legs.
Each leg is as thick as its own. If you get hit by that, it won’t end in pain, right?
Silu and a giant tarantula search each other like enemies on a single wooden bridge.
While thinking about how to attack the spider with its tiny head, Siloo was startled by the action of the tarantula jumping and attacking it without any warning.
Siloo, who hurriedly backed away while flapping his wings to avoid the flying tarantula with his six left and right legs wide open and his front legs stretched out, groaned bitterly inside.
Beep… !
I was going to attack first… !
But you can’t act rashly.
It was because the attack was surprisingly fast just now, but it was because the big, strong and beautiful captain said that when fighting an enemy, you need to know the enemy to win.
Okay. The things I’ve fought so far are food. And that’s the enemy.
The enemy moves from side to side as if it were snapping, and for some reason begins to make movements that bother me.
I feel like I’m putting up something, but I feel dizzy just looking at it.
Feeling dangerous, Shilu stepped back again, and the tarantula came forward that much and started to move left and right again.
Again, little by little, my eyes get dizzy. But thanks to that, Siloo realized that only the legs move minutely when the tarantula moves.
That’s it.
Beep!
Taking advantage of the moment the tarantula is moving, Silu jumps up and flies up and down.
The tarantula, which flinched at being deprived of the first shot, opened its piercing angle wide open, pushing out its antennae legs menacingly toward the flying Siloo as if it had done well.
Beep?
Uh?
Siloo, who flew up and struck off the tarantula’s front legs with both feet and tried to peck at the tarantula’s head, felt an extreme sense of danger when he saw the enemy’s jaws widen left and right.
I think I’ll shoot something there. What are you shooting at? If yes, is it dangerous?
I need to dodge it, but it’s hard to dodge because my body is floating. No matter how I changed the direction with the flap of my wings, it was too late because I had already finished aiming.
Can’t avoid
Realizing that, Shilu suddenly felt a hot rush in his chest.
His heart is boiling. It’s hot like burning, but it’s a strange feeling that doesn’t hurt. Siloo instinctively opened her tiny beak and vomited something seething inside her.
Beep!
Whoaaah~
Red flames vomited from the red beak that opened up and down, while an acidic solution with an anesthetic effect was also shot from the tarantula’s snout.
Flames and acid solutions met each other in the middle.
Chi-Ik-!
The acid liquid evaporated and lost momentum rapidly, but the pouring flames consumed the tarantula without losing momentum even after burning the acid liquid.
Kiyi!!
The fur that served as the sense of touch all over the body burns, and the chitinous shell also ripens red-red in the flames of close to 1000 degrees.
The tarantula, whose entire body, including its eyeballs, was overturned in pain, trembled with its legs.
Life is attached, but the body is shriveled up by the fire and cannot move.
Siloo, startled and bewildered by the flames he spewed out, first pecked the tarantula’s head with his beak.
Beep!
Kwajik.
The tarantula screamed a scream and a scream with the sound of its head being crushed.
After confirming that the giant spider was dead by kicking it with his leg, Silu glanced at the giant tarantula that had been roasted for a moment.
Did I just put out the fire? How did you do it?
Recalling the feeling from a moment ago, he opened his beak wide open.
Was it like this? Or like this?
Puffy.
Fuhuaaak~
Again, bright red flames erupt from the beak and engulf the giant tarantula again.
Beep!
Done!
Siloo excitedly hopped around flapping his little wings.
I’m as strong as the captain!
Her mother’s words were true. They say that when I grow up, I will be strong.
Then can I become as strong as the captain? Mama said I could be as strong as the captain!
Shilu, who was excitedly spewing flames, suddenly felt his legs lose strength and sat down.
Growling-
Weird. I ate a lot of delicious food earlier, but I am very hungry. The feeling of my eyes spinning round and round and my belly skin sticking to my back skin.
Ah… You can’t just breathe fire…
Upon learning the reason for this hunger, Silu turned her attention to the tarantula, which was evenly grilled up and down right in front of her nose and gave off a fragrant smell.
Crush – shred – shred –
The roasted tarantula was very tasty.
=… Siloo spewed fire?=
“If you look at the burn marks around it or the traces of spiders that have been baked and eaten, it’s unmistakable.”
=…=
=…=
No really what? Are you enjoying a great adventure in the tunnel?
I even started to wonder if the women would end their adventures and come back on their own if left alone.
Of course, the tarantula Siloo encountered is a famous heteromorphic species that even stings acidic venom named Pampobetheus.
Although he is a low class, he is a poisonous spider nicknamed a novice hunter, who fights unknowingly and sometimes gets hit by venom.
“For now, it’s fortunate that the traces continue.”
「Hwanin. Should I just go inside the den and find it? I think that would be faster.”
“If that was the case, I sent it from the beginning. No, it must have been miniaturized by Yurpa. Looking at the situation, it seems to be a suitable ordeal, so I keep going like this.”
The women agreed with his response and let go of their impatience, concern, and worry.
Even when Shilu first disappeared, he was a Hwanin who actively moved. It was, but now it looks no different than usual.
This deviation is also helpful for Shirou’s growth, so it feels like he’s watching.
The reason why Hwanin made such a judgment was the result of gathering the information brought by the souls.
“The crypt reaches 300 meters underground.”
“The tunnel gets wider as you go underground, but at the same time, you can see powerful heteromorphic individuals.”
「The caves are mostly one-way, but there are also crossroads, but unlike the existing crypts, the forks are poor. It seems that Hyungjong Lee forcibly expanded the building.”
“It seems that a backflow has occurred. There are cultivation farms all over the tunnel, but most of them are occupied by heteromorphic arthropods.”
The closer to the ground, the more weak heterogeneous species, and the lower underground, the stronger heterogeneous species appear.
The passage that Shilu is moving in now goes down for a while and then goes up again. There will be no heterogeneous species that can threaten Siloo, so there is no big worry.
Most of all, the traces are getting more and more vivid, so it won’t be long before you can find Shilu.
“Ah! Siluya!」
As expected, soon after, a cry of fantasy broke out.
“What? Are you with someone? Are they Gifla? Ah! I’m going to forcefully take Shilu!」
=Enchantment, which direction is it?=
“500m over there!”
As the wagon accelerated further, the vibrations intensified as well.
With the women clinging to the roof to keep them from being thrown off the wagon, the distance closed in an instant, shouting “Here! It’s down!」 As soon as Hwanyeon confirmed the location, Hwanin’s instructions were given.
“Hwanyeon, use the spirits of the earth to block the escape of Gifla and remove the ground.”
“Huh!”
Was it a request from a higher level spirit of the earth? The ground, about 70 meters in diameter, swayed and opened like a swinging door.
The ground, which is 13 meters thick, tilts back, revealing a winding, one-shaped passage in the ground, and trembling boys and girls clinging to the opposite wall with frightened faces come into the group’s field of vision.
Beep? Beep! Beep!
And Shilu, who found the party, flapped his wings and cried beeping.
=Silhou this guy!=
Anne jumped out of her carriage first, picked up the beeping Silue, and checked for injuries.
A few of her outer feathers are broken and chafed, but there are no direct scars.
= Oh, Siluya. What if I accidentally leave the house? I was worried. =
=When you go back, you will have to be scolded by the older sisters.=
Beep?
Surrounded by women, Silu doesn’t know why she’s being scolded, but she thinks there must be a reason for being scolded, so she quietly rolls her eyes in Anne’s arms.
In the meantime, Hwanin, who confirmed that Silu was safe, approached the boys and girls who were trembling and hugging each other.
Beautiful boys and girls who look pure and naive on the outside.
Hwanyeon said that they tried to take Shilu by force, but what the Gifla people were wearing were clothes woven from fibers. It doesn’t seem like they were trying to take Siloo with bad intentions, seeing as they aren’t decorated with leather or feathers at all.
“Everyone…”
= Aaaaagh
=Aww!=
=Hey Mom~!=
He opened his mouth softly, but Hwanin’s voice was drowned out by the screams of frightened boys and girls.
*** Author’s review
It’s Siloo’s half-human, half-bird form that I thought about for a while, but eventually won’t use it.
A writer is not a bird.
A writer is not a newbie.
