Chapter 113
My Villains Episode 113
29. hunting festival(1)
Meow.
Three days ago, Bobpuri showed me his jewel-like eyes. Quietly looking into those eyes has become my new hobby..
It was not a luxury that could be enjoyed for very long..
the director said.
“It's a bumbaek.”
“yes?”
“Beombaek. It's a virus called feline panleukopenia, but the baby is so young...J
What follows.
I paid for the diagnostic kit and medical expenses..
Balance, 130,000 won.
Antibody injection, fluid, hospitalization, 220,000 won.
“It is almost impossible to treat bum baek at home..”
The nurse's reproachful words.
“The parvo virus doesn't die easily, so from now on, every cat that comes home will get the disease. The problem is that you pick it up with a light heart. If you have a child, you have to take responsibility until the end..”
I stabbed her in the neck again and again, but the nurse didn't finish what she was saying..
I came back with rice in my arms..
I couldn't sleep a wink for four days..
During a brief slumber, the jewel-like eyes lost their shine..
I put on makeup. It was 30,000 won.
I've been awake for so long, but I can't sleep.
It's a regret. 90,000 won worth of regrets.
Meow.
The cat cried all night.
I tied a belt around my neck, but couldn't sleep..
♦ ♦ ♦
next morning.
After a hearty meal, we left the tavern and found ourselves in a completely unexpected situation..
“therefore.”
I scratched my head beneath my helmet and looked back at the dozens of mercenaries surrounding me..
“Join the gang, is this it??”
“exactly.”
“why suddenly?”
A mercenary who introduced himself as 'Randall' answered..
“I heard you have good skills. I heard you made a name for yourself in the South..”
“……Who heard that from?”
“I've heard rumors before. Did you say ‘Ed’? I heard he came with you from South Harbor..”
“Ed? By any chance, Eod?”
“Is that so? Anyway, he confirmed it. Are you the bloody prosecutor?.”
……This damned bastard must have shaved his mouth as soon as we parted ways. How can you not go a day?.
While I was swearing under my breath, Randall shrugged his shoulders..
“You aren't planning on going out on your own, are you? No matter how good your skills are, three is not enough..”
“So, what exactly are you suggesting??”
“The kids I have with me are a little over 20 years old. They are all guys who have been on the run for more than 5 years..”
I followed my thumb and glanced at the mercenaries standing behind Randall..
All of them are well-armed officers. Half of them were wearing heavy scale armor, and the rest were wearing chain armor. Everyone had different looks in their eyes, and as Randall said, they seemed to be veterans..
“I don't know if you saw the bulletin board, but we are the leaders in the hunting festival..”
“ Q ”
“Do you know what the benefits are for winning the hunting festival??”
“……Do you really believe that??”
“There's nothing I can't believe. I heard that the lord has no children or brothers..”
The lord announced that he would reward the five people who performed best in the hunting festival..
Heaps of gold coins, historic heirlooms, and even knighthoods. There were various prizes on offer, but the one that stood out the most was, of course, the prize given to the winner..
Contrary to its name, the gift was not an object but a right. The right to nominate an adopted child to become the lord's heir..
In other words, the territory was offered as a product..
“I have a younger cousin. I'm studying law at the royal university. I'm going to make that guy a lord..”
Your dream is big too.
“join us I'll give you a lot of money.”
“The score is?”
“No points. Even though I'm in the lead, it's a bit tricky.”
I shook my head with a bitter smile..
“I also have a situation where I have to collect points. Thank you for the suggestion, but that won't work..”
“I'm going to collect points?”
Randall's face distorted slightly. Wow, it looks scary.
“There is no point in collecting points now. It is impossible to receive gifts..”
“What was your score??”
“……A little less than five hundred points.”
At Randall's answer, Ute Kwai, who had been silent, snorted..
“If you kill 100 orcs, you get 500 points. You can collect it quickly.”
“nonsense.”
I faced a skeptical gaze and shrugged my shoulders..
“Isn’t it 5 points per orc? If there are 100, that's 500 points..”
“……I'm serious?”
“I'm serious.”
Randall quietly looked up into my eyes and spat on the floor..
“Alright, good luck.”
“That too.”
When Randall and his men withdrew, the other gangs who had gathered for a similar purpose clicked their tongues and dispersed..
While watching the mercenaries scattering, Ellen suddenly opened her mouth..
“At that age, I don't have any children.?”
“huh? Ah, Baron Mallory.?”
I remembered the story I heard from the Amias gang yesterday..
“He had three children, all of whom died young..”
“He died young?”
“huh. The last child died with the mother during childbirth. Too bad, whatever..”
“Then, the Baroness I saw yesterday?”
“It's a cage. Did you get married just before the Thousand Day War?.”
I was slowly starting to walk away, but there was still one group left behind..
“……What are you doing here??”
The gang was none other than six mercenaries, including Amias..
Steedman, a tough guy from Lavalton, said with an embarrassed smile..
“that… … . Good morning, Nari..”
“What is Nari? Put it away and tell me what you have to do..”
As I grinned and complained, Steedman wet his lips and spoke..
“We had a drink together, so I thought I'd go out hunting with you..”
“……I didn't hear what you said earlier.?”
“Of course I heard it. But we don't need points.”
As I quietly crossed my arms, the leader, Amias, spoke instead..
“It's just like this guy said. I can't even dream of receiving a gift that I can't even imagine because it has so many pages. We just need to take the money.”
“I will give up all the points.?”
“okay. The bounty is... … Each of us six gets one share, and you each get two shares. how?”
In cases where the bounty was collected through the ears or nose of a monster, as in this hunting festival, it was common for the entire gang to receive the bounty and then distribute it..
Of course, since each person had different equipment and abilities, it was natural that the amount distributed would vary from person to person..
“In short, we're saying we should split it half and half with you.?”
“yes.”
……Did I miss something? What confidence??
I looked carefully at the six mercenaries..
Amias, Steedman, and Mira were holding axes and swords and holding federal flags the size of their own. Amias and Steedman were each wearing a pair of old chain armor..
Buni and Jenessa were wearing only short swords, and Cole was wearing only a dagger..
The three guys in front seem to be in the vanguard role, what are the three guys in the back? why don't you have a weapon?
Amias read the doubt in my eyes and quickly opened his mouth..
“Buni and Jenessa use long weapons, and Cole is an archer. I left the weapons at the gate..”
“Hmm.”
Three shields, two polearms, and a long range weapon. It's a fairly balanced combination..
However, the distribution ratio is still unconvincing. I think he's poorly armed and his skills aren't very good..
While I was thinking about it, Ellen opened her mouth..
“What are you worried about? It's better for us to just go by ourselves than to take these guys with us..”
“......Wouldn't it be polite to at least lower your voice when saying something like that??”
“why do i?”
I pointed at Ellen and shrugged my shoulders at the mercenaries..
“It's okay even though there's a guy like this?”
“You, what does that mean??”
When Ellen complained about something, I asked Amias for a moment of understanding..
Then, we started discussing with Ute Kwai and Ellen, putting our heads together..
“No matter how I think about it, it's a bit dangerous for the three of us to go out hunting.
Same.”
“So let's go around with these idiots.?”
“It's better to say something like this. If I went under a guy like Randall earlier, I would be swayed for no reason..”
Ute Kwai, who had his arms crossed, opened his mouth..
“Phoenix and I are strong enough. But girl, she's weak.”
“you want to be hit?”
“But it's true. Girl, she's strong in deception, but she needs protection. Two is not enough.”
“••••♦•Okay.”
Ellen fell silent as Utequai spoke seriously..
“Yes, that's what I said. Since there are three vanguards, they will at least serve as meat shields in case of emergency..”
“If they betray me?”
“You just have to be careful. And I had a quick chat yesterday, and everyone was nice. Even if I betray you, I don't think it would be much of a threat..”
Ellen reluctantly nodded, and I looked back at Amias..
As if that group had finished talking, Amias glanced at his colleagues and nodded at me..
“It's common knowledge that wizards have, um, difficult personalities. I don't understand.”
“good. And, how about deciding the distribution ratio later??”
“later? If you don't decide on that in advance, it will cause trouble..”
I chuckled and shook my head..
“That won't happen.”
“Well, if that's the case with Knight Nari..”
While Amias and I were having that conversation, Ellen's eyes were focused on one person..
The person trembling under Ellen's gaze was Mira, a mercenary with impressive freckles..
“……Ellen, just in case..”
“what‘?”
“I'm not going to stick a frost pick in the back of their head or anything.?”
Ellen was silent for a moment and glanced at me..
“That won't happen.”
“Well, then I'm glad.”
All kinds of pseudo-human species live in Middle World..
When people think of pseudo-races, they often think of fairy tales and dwarves from legends, but most of the ones we encounter in reality are monsters..
This is because all kinds of monsters such as orcs, lizardmen, goblins, giants, fishmen, etc. are classified as similar races..
So, contrary to the intimacy implicit in the word, similar races are usually enemies of humanity..
Such was the case with Anupad, the half-man, half-dog monster..
Kkuk, kkkkkk!
As one Anupad barked fiercely, the guys behind him all threw javelins..
“Bow your head!”
As Amias shouted, the other mercenaries quickly lowered themselves behind the shield wall..
I blocked the flying spear with my shield and then threw the javelin back. The javelin drew a trajectory that was close to a straight line..
One Anupad fell down with a cry. I aimed for the commanding entity, but unfortunately, the guy next to him was hit..
Amias's gang was still cowering behind their shields. I got angry and screamed loudly..
“How long are you going to keep doing this, you idiots! look ahead!”
Meanwhile, five of them jumped out from among the twenty or so Anupads..
Anupad was a dog-like monster.
Round, large ears and a protruding muzzle. A messy mix of black, brown, and white fur. White tail and loud howling. Even group life where hierarchy is important.
It is a monster that closely resembles a beast called Lycaon, or ‘African wild dog’..
The only difference between it and Lycaon is that its adult body is as large as that of an adult male, and that it can hold weapons with its long fingers..
In short, they are dangerous..
Crrrrr!
Anupads with weapons in their mouths came running on all fours. The five members of the detachment, who had been running like fast hunting dogs, took a detour to the side of the shield wall in an instant..
“Holy shit, turn around.!”
The hurried formation became disorganized..
Not a hundred or two hundred people, but only six. But the team is disorganized because their hands and feet are not in sync..
I sighed and opened my mouth..
“Ute Kwai, stop him from coming back.”
“ i get it.”
and yelling.
“You idiots, look ahead and raise your shield! The javelin is flying!”
Utequai blocked the detachment, and the mercenaries hastily raised their shields to block the javelins..
Cole, an archer with sharp eyes, shot and killed one of the detachments in the meantime. I think that guy is at least useful..
“Darrve, qun-ta!”
The dolme recovered from the gate tore through the air and smashed one of the dog's heads..
keggeng, keggeng!
The other Anupads quickly stood upright, holding the weapons in their mouths in their hands..
“Wow！”
Utequai swung his sword fiercely, but Anupad was not a good match since they were all quick guys..
An Anupad holding a sharp pulse bent down to avoid Dolme and then pounced on Utequai..
“joy！”
Utequai threw the dolme away and punched it..
Wow!
The muzzle was crushed in an instant, and the outstretched hand squeezed the neck..
Kkuk, kkkkkk!
The other three, thinking that Utequai had lost its weapon, attacked immediately, but it said, “Dumb, attack!”!”
Utekwai swung the dead Anupad with one hand, deflected the attack, kicked the ground, and grabbed the large Anupad..
Within seconds of being touched by Utequai, the large Anupad suffered a broken neck and back and died..
Utequai snatched the spiked club from the corpse's hand..
While the Utequai were active, the enemy
The Amias gang that clashed with the main force.......
“Wow！”
“Ouch, Steedman is on a rampage again.!”
“Call, call! here, arrow!”
“Mira, where are you going! *Ugh* You have to protect me.！”
Literally, I sat down and danced wildly..
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