Chapter 98 – Two (12)
At the time when Yulid was living in the Nation of Demon World. It wasn’t an extreme situation where even civilians were shed blood, but the conflict between high-ranking officials who had their own powers… There was a constant war of attrition where troops collided with troops.
Feeling fed up with the repeated eating of land by his own people every day, Yulid took the right time to get out of the army and moved to the land of humans, which is quite peaceful compared to the Nation of the Devil, and changed his life.
I couldn’t get a very favorable treatment because I was from a tribe that fought a war with humans in the past, but since I was so good at fighting that I served as a vanguard on the front line, I was able to solve most of the troubles amicably with force.
After going through various things and adapting to human society, Yulead naturally chose a job that could make the most of his combat skills… An adventurer who doesn’t care too much about race, class, or past history.
After he settled down in earnest in his position, he built up a bold and bold performance to the extent that he could quickly rise to the top silver rank.
Also, if Yule Reed wanted to, he could have aimed for the gold rank as well, but if he became a gold rank adventurer, there were quite a few cases where some nobles offered vassal knights, so he was satisfied with staying at the silver rank.
‘Honestly, I thought they were village girls who got lucky and easily filled their contribution points.’
As a demon adventurer, Yulid, who has experienced various human groups, did not look at his twin sister with a very friendly gaze when he saw his twin sister in his interview room.
In my experience, parties made up of blood relatives work well with each other, but their dependence on each other is too strong, so most of them have poor skills and coping skills compared to their rank when working alone. I thought they were of that type.
With the thought of ‘the promotion test will fail terribly’, he started fighting from the face-to-face and spewed out his life to take the test that he would not normally do otherwise.
But what is it? When I opened it up, I immediately noticed that I was alive, and the determination and combat power I showed when I encountered monsters and wild wolves while watching them explore the forest were much better than I thought.
In particular, the scene where her twin sister was covered in goblin’s blood under the leadership of Marill, shortly after entering the troll’s nest, was impressive.
That hunting method, in which part of a monster’s corpse or blood is smeared on clothes and equipment to remove the smell, is certainly effective when attacking a monster with a developed sense of smell.
However, there aren’t that many adventurers who can practice it. It’s too disgusting.
Twin sisters who look like they would scream at the sight of a mouse in their yard, could put that into practice… ．Yulid was quite surprised. These sisters are definitely a thing.
And now. The twin sisters who successfully approached one of the two sleeping trolls are about to attack at the same time.
Her warrior, Marill, drew mana into her arm as she gripped her sword to maximize her power in her stance, aiming her sword at the heart of her troll,
Merim, the wizard, carefully and quietly recited a spell to cast a complex attribute magic that combines ice magic and electric shock magic.
At this close distance, those who dragged out too much time can wake up.Merim, who finished the spell as quickly as possible, looked at her sister right next to her and nodded her head and attacked first.
“Frozen Lightning!”
A large chunk of ice that trapped the lightning, created in an instant from the tip of the staff, pierced the troll’s back and pierced it sharply.
ㅡ!? Chur uh huh?!!
The troll, who woke up immediately, hurriedly tried to get up, but there was one more prepared attack left.
“Haaaaa!”
A clear and beautiful voice. But Marill, who let out a spirit full of energy, stabbed her sister exactly where she had attacked!
Suwook!
Then, the chunk of ice that had dug into the troll’s flesh a while ago became more deeply embedded and gently touched the troll’s heart.
‘… ！ I reached it!’
Sensing a heavy sensation indirectly through her sword, Marill twisted her handle and pierced the man’s wound, then she quickly retrieved her sword and pulled her body out, screaming loudly.
“Sister, it’s now! Explode it!!”
“Okay!”
Confirming that her brother had put enough distance, Merim manipulated her mana, literally bursting her ice that trapped her lightning bolts.
Pachachachang! Pachajijik!!
Like a grenade, ice shards cut into dozens of pieces sharply pierced the troll’s heart and its surroundings, and the lightning that triggered the explosion razed him from the inside out.
—-Gaaaaa… ．
The fishy smell of roasted protein stimulated the twin sisters’ senses of smell.
The guy is about to swing her fist at the nearest enemy, Marill, and… Suddenly, he fell face-on to the floor. He wriggled his body several times and then fell limp. Undoubtedly, an obvious death.
Without even time to rejoice at the fact that they had defeated one, the twin sisters all stared in the opposite direction.
Naturally, the troll sleeping on the other side is fully awake. The club that was placed at his feet is also in his hand.
“Something is different… ?”
The twins felt something strange as they stared at the troll with her eyes wide open.
It looks pretty nasty.
No what… It’s only natural that the man-eating giant has a terrifying appearance, but this one is far more terrifying than the troll we just defeated.
Is it the difference between a gangster from a poor neighborhood and a mafia member?
I didn’t notice it when I was lying down and crouching. He’s bigger than the troll next to him, his muscles are tight, and his overall skin color is darker.
Above all, the most notable difference is the horn protruding from the top of the head, resembling an overturned carrot.
ㅡWhoops!
Without time to question why trolls had horns, he brandished his club without hesitation.
ㅡQuaang-!
The power was terrifying, but it wasn’t so much that they couldn’t avoid it even after seeing it, so the twin sisters quickly split to the sides to avoid it. The two women grabbed their weapons again and straightened their posture.
“I haven’t heard of a troll with horns, but do you know anything about merim?”
“I don’t know anything about troll-related data because I haven’t researched them… I wonder if it’s a mutant or a subspecies. Anyway, if you catch this guy, you can get a promotion, so you have to focus.
“Okay, leave it as usual.”
Marill, who has narrowed the distance with her troll again, makes the most of her basic movements learned from Roden so far, avoids her heavy attacks, and properly blocks relatively light attacks with a buckler, unfolding the battle.
Thanks to her brother, Merim, who stably poured magic from behind her, hit the troll with her ice awl, or provided aggressive support as the sword statue created by Marill was burned into flames that were difficult to regenerate.
Thus, the twin sisters engaged in a full-scale battle with the horned troll.
… Meanwhile, Yulead, who was watching their fight from a distance, gnashing his teeth while feeling anger.
The targets the demons are pouring their anger into are not the trolls in front of them nor the twins, but the villagers who have entrusted this request.
‘The skin color is darker than that of a normal troll, and the horns protruding from the top of the head… It is unmistakably the hallmark of a higher species. These bastards… ！ Hiding an important fact and getting lost!!’
There are sometimes. When entrusting a request to the guild, there are troublesome clients who do not write down all the facts directly and make the difficulty measurement wrong.
There are cases where they really don’t know, but in most cases, they’re doing something stupid to reduce the burden of commissioning fees.
Aside from the successful surprise attack by the twin sisters, the troll was easily dealt with, and the difficulty of the promotion test unexpectedly rose.
That guy’s healing power is several times higher than that of a normal troll, so he won’t be able to get an effective hit unless it’s an attack that’s strong enough to sever his body in one shot.
‘Are you going to help them? ?’
Yulid, who had been thinking that far, thought deeply about whether to stop her test and support them right away.
‘… ．No. There is a possibility.’
Soon, I shook my head in my mind and stared at the twin sisters fighting.
‘Wizards are quite good at both the speed and power of their spells. Depending on the situation, they use only the most appropriate spells and even reduce mana consumption to a minimum… It is possible only with considerable experience and innate sense.’
Merim is definitely an excellent battle mage, considering that Sannim mages, who only learned theories day and night, recklessly use high-powered magic, which is not very helpful in long-term battles.
‘And did you say that the warrior side is definitely a younger brother?
The main weapon used is completely different, but Yulead, who has experienced numerous hand-to-hand combat in the Kingdom of Magic, can easily guess the level of a warrior who has reached the level just by looking at the movement of the opponent wielding the weapon.
All movements with the sword and shield were impeccable. This was the first time he had given such a generous evaluation to an adventurer of the same rank, even to a woman.
It was even understood that it was the result of hard work, polished thanks to proper swordsmanship instruction rather than innate talent.
‘It makes me wonder who the hell was the guy who taught that woman swordsmanship. Yes… Let’s watch for now.’
Having come to appreciate the level of his twin sister in his own way, Yulid, who finally made up his mind, decided to watch their fight with weapons ready so that he could break in at any time.
