Chapter 196: |
Chapter 196
The stacked wheels brushed past the pole.
Soon, a foreign object came into view.
It was food.
‘Why that location?’
Raymond snorted.
Food was on the way to the griffin’s unique air sac, which humans do not have.
‘If I touch it wrong, it can completely block the food’s path to the air sac, or it can dig deeper into the bronchial tube.’
Then it will suffocate and die.
[You are low on remaining mana! The Eye of the Sky magic will end in 10 seconds!]
‘Can I do it?’
Raymond couldn’t help but worry about that.
‘If I did something wrong, I could end up killing the this creature with my own hands. I couldn’t help but hesitate.’
But then the Griffin’s words came to mind.
[‘I, the great griffin, trusts you!’]
“…!”
Raymond bit his lip.
‘Let’s do it. This is not a situation where we can back down. Use bind magic!’
The rope hanging from the end of the stick began to move as if it were alive.
[Compared to the magic level, your intelligence stat is ‘very’ high!]
[Detailed ‘application’ of magic becomes possible!]
Raymond concentrated as much as he could on his magic.
And then soon.
String.
He succeeded in wrapping the food in a circle with a rope!
‘I have to bring this out now.’
The food blockage wasn’t hard bone. It was chewed-up, mushy meat.
So if you apply too much force, it will crumble and fall off, and on the other hand, if you apply too little force, it won’t work.
Raymond used his high intelligence to maintain the most appropriate strength.
And he pulled the stick back.
slowly.
Nervous, but not rushed.
yet.
[All mana has been consumed! The ‘Eye of the Sky’ spell ends!]
The vision went dark with the message.
Pfft!
The stick came out of his mouth!
Raymond hurriedly looked at the end of the stick.
‘My vision went dark so I didn’t see the last one. What if I missed the food?’
Luckily, the food was hanging on the end of a stick.
The treatment was successful!
‘Whew.’
Raymond let out a deep sigh as the tension eased.
The griffin coughed for a moment, then suddenly did something unexpected.
He suddenly got up, opened his mouth wide and lowered his head towards Raymond, bursting into loud sobs!
“Master, no!”
“My lord!”
“You bastard, stop!”
Everyone was surprised and ran towards him.
It looked like the griffin was about to chew Raymond’s head off.
Raymond himself was surprised and froze.
‘This damn guy? He’s turning the person who saved him into food?’
Quickly.
But the griffin stuck out its tongue and licked Raymond’s head.
[Everything is better! Thank you! Thank you! You are my benefactor, a human full of charm!]
It wasn’t trying to eat him, it was just trying to say thank you!
Raymond stepped back awkwardly. It was nice to be grateful, but its saliva was dirty.
‘Anyway, it was good! Now that I’ve treated it, let’s go by shuttle as promised…!’
Raymond was about to shout, “Be my shuttle!” but then stopped short.
‘Wait a minute. Wouldn’t this be better than doing that?’
The skill he acquired was ‘Cat Temptation.
That is, rather than forcing them to obey, he has to capture its heart.
After finishing his calculations, Raymond stroked the griffin’s fur. With sincerity(?).
“Are you feeling any worse now?”
[No! Everything is better!]
“I’m glad that you’re feeling better. Be careful in the future. I think that’s the way to repay the favor you received from me, for you to live healthily from now on.”
A handsome face, a holy expression, and a warm voice.
That three-stage combination hit the innocent Griffin’s heart straight in the eye.
The griffin opened its mouth in shock and was speechless.
[The opposing demon feels your sincerity and falls into a state of perfect emotion! You have completely stolen the opposing demon’s heart!]
[Skill, ‘Cat’s Temptation’ was successful!]
[From now on, the opposing demons will show you absolute favor!]
The griffin sent a voice, sobbing, as if sending a message.
[Hey, humans have always tried to kill or exploit us, but there are such good people in the worId after all. I, the great griffin! From now on, I will dedicate my heart to you!]
‘Good!’
Raymond clenched his fists, and the griffin let out a satisfied cry.
That’s how Raymond got his hands on the precious shuttle.
* * *
The griffin, which had the foreign body removed, made a full recovery.
“Can you give us a lift, Griffin?”
[Of course! I’ll do anything you ask of me except to fight, good man!]
A pacifist griffin. It’s something he had never seen in his long life.
[Please give me a name before that.]
“Huh?”
[You are my mate. You must give me a name to call me.]
Mate.
This term refers to a rider who has an emotional connection with a griffin.
‘What name?’
Raymond has no talent for naming things, so he thought about it for a while before coming up with an appropriate name.
“Shuttleffin. From now on, I’ll call you Shuttleffin.”
It was a name combining shuttle and griffin.
The griffin burst into tears of satisfaction.
[Oh! It seems like a very noble name.]
“…It’s a name that combines your mission and Griffin, rather than elegance.”
[Anyway, I like it! Thank you, good person!]
Raymond and his party selected the number of people to board the griffin.
‘It’s big enough to fit 5 people.’
‘Since we were going to fly away in one go on the griffin anyway, we didn’t have to worry about meeting enemies along the way, so we decided to send back all of the escorts except for Elmud.’
The remaining four decided to go: Raymond, Hanson, Christine, and Lindon.
“I, I… …! I think it would be a good idea to stay and treat the patients!”
Lindon said with a pale face.
It seemed as if he was afraid of riding on the back of a fearsome demon.
At that moment, Hanson grabbed Lindon’s shoulder.
“You’ve grown up so well, Lindn, worrying about the remaining patients. But don’t worry, there are still juniors May and Mary left in the treatment center.”
“Ah, no, that’s not it…I just don’t think this is a place for someone like me to go…!”
“Yes, you may feel burdened. I understand. We are on our way to conquer the Grim Reaper, smallpox afterall. But you know…”
Hanson glanced at Raymond, his face serious as if worried about a smallpox patient.
“The Master is with us.”
“…”
“We just have to accompany the miracles that the Master performs. So there is no need to feel burdened.”
‘That’s not it, but riding a griffin is scary, you bad senior!’
Lindon frowned, but said nothing more.
Because he was more scared of Hanson than the Griffon.
“Ready, my lord!”
Elmud shouted.
For the safety of the group, a device was installed to secure the body like a saddle.
Hanson, Christine, and Elmud, who were riding on the back of the griffon, made this pledge.
‘I will create a miracle with the Master!’
‘This time, I will do my part. I will not let the Master take the risk alone!’
‘My lord, no matter what hardship comes, I will protect you!’
And Lindon and Raymond trembled.
‘Ugh. I don’t want to fly. Aren’t I going to fall?’
‘Eww, this is scarier than I thought?’
In particular, Raymond remembered something he had overlooked the moment he climbed onto the Griffin’s body.
His own cowardly instinct!
‘I just thought I could go fast, but when I actually thought about flying that high, I felt daunted.’
[Then let’s go, good man.]
“Okay, let’s go !”
Wow!
The griffin flapped its four large wings.
Phew!
A heavy body rose with the wind pressure.
[Go!]
As expected from the Elder Griffin!
It shot through the sky at a fierce speed.
“oooooooh!”
‘Aaah!’
Lindon screamed, and Raymond was too shocked to even scream.
Fortunately, the heart of steel manifested in the middle, but it did not completely eliminate the fear.
He glanced down and saw a distant sight. He then closed his eyes tightly and grabbed the feather of his Shuttleffin.
‘Ugh. Scary.’
Meanwhile, the remaining members of the group saw Raymond like that from down the mountains.
“I’m not saying this just because he is my lord… He is really amazing.”
They were greatly impressed.
“That’s right. He looks like a legendary hero.”
Riding a griffin to prevent disaster.
In the history of the kingdom of Houston, no hero has ever been as cool as Raymond.
In particular, the sight of him holding a feather with his eyes closed with determination, thinking of the patient, was like a painting.
The party saluted with rapturous awe at Raymond’s heroic appearance.
“Majesty Raymond!”
“I bow to the Shining Lord!”
So Raymond flew across the vast sky riding his griffin.
* * *
At that time, in the southern region of the capital of the Kingdom of Droughton.
A heated debate was taking place in the small castle.
“We must clear out this village immediately!”
“Give the order, Your Majesty!”
The vassals of the Kingdom of Droughton were making heated arguments.
The young king sitting at the highest table, Macapell III, bit his lip.
“That can’t be. They are all my people. I can’t take their lives in vain.”
Although he was a young boy with a large crown, he had a firm belief in serving the people.
But the subjects did not bend easily.
“This is an inevitable situation. If we cling to small lives, countless people may be sacrificed.”
Because it wasn’t an ordinary problem.
If smallpox had spread throughout the kingdom, there would have been countless casualties.
‘But there are 200 people.’
Of course, Macapaell III also knows it.
Trying to save 200 lives could result in greater sacrifices.
At times like this, it might have been right for the monarch to make a decision for everyone.
No, that would be right. If there is no other way.
‘But the Master is coming. If only the Master could come, we could all be saved.’
Macapell III clenched his fist.
Raymond!
The shining light of the kingdom of Houston!
Also, his benefactor!
If only Raymond could come quickly, smallpox could be solved.
‘The Master clearly said that he could solve smallpox.’
King Macapelll III believed Raymond’s words more than anyone else.
“No, I won’t kill them.”
“Your Majesty!”
“Please maintain the highest level of isolation as I instructed you before. Evacuate everyone within 10km of the village and monitor them to make sure no one enters. Then, we will wait for the Marquis Penin.”
In fact, if we had just followed Raymond’s instructions, the infection would not have spread outside the village.
Because smallpox was transmitted from person to person.
But the subjects still could not accept it.
“Of course I know the Marquis Penin’s abilities! But he is currently in the Rafald region! It will take a long time for him to get here.”
“We can’t wait until then!”