Chapter 129
My Villains Episode 129
34. Soul Shaman(1)
As the sun set, white snow came and eagle owls flew into the camp one after another..
Birit, Piyi-
“beep!”
Druid Za Navas welcomed the birds warmly, had a short conversation with them, gave them plenty of food, and sent them on their way..
“The fight will begin soon.”
“at las.”
The party prepared to move immediately..
Since I don't know what might happen on the mountain, I made sure to pack all miscellaneous camping supplies such as pots and blankets..
The hunting team, including Utequai, was already fully familiar with the surrounding terrain. The forest path leading to the summit had also been prepared in advance..
When the sun had completely set and the torch was out, a robin flew in from somewhere and sat on Xanabas' arm..
“The fight has begun.”
“The birds are doing their job well..”
“I was lucky. They were all faithful friends..”
They're faithful birds, that's a funny saying.
Unfortunately, Xanavas' luck ended there. This is because no other birds came while climbing the mountain for nearly half a day..
“It's probably because of the strange birds that live on the rock walls..”
“A monster? What kind of guy are you talking about??”
The person who answered my question was Atalanta walking next to me..
“Peropica. There's a habitat around here..”
‘‘Peropica’. It is a magpie-like monster with feathers as strong as metal..
Although they are not that threatening individually, they are quite stubborn and travel in groups, so they are quite difficult to deal with in the game..
As I scanned the night sky with alert eyes, Atalanta added,.
“If there were as many people as us, we wouldn't bother hunting them. All you have to do is avoid the nest well..”
“How do you avoid a nest??”
“Uh, if you look closely, maybe you can avoid it? You just have to be careful.”
Atalanta shrugged her shoulders and I burst out laughing. Then, Ellen, who was sitting on my arm, tugged on my collar..
“Don't chat, just look ahead..”
“Oh, I see..”
“Wait, but……
Ellen lifted the collar she was holding, looked at the persimmon, and narrowed her eyes..
“What kind of mark is this??”
“uh?”
“There's something like a red mark here..”
“......red marks?”
I glanced back at Atalanta and saw that she was covering her mouth and her eyes were wide open..
“It looks like a bite mark from something.”
“Uh, yeah?”
I desperately tried to muster up my energy. Feeling the blood that had gathered under my skin dissipate, I tilted my chin back with a nonchalant expression and asked..
“where? I was bitten by a bug?”
“No, it's not a bug, it's something that looks like human teeth marks... … . uh?”
“Why, what is it??”
“……Umm, no. I guess I saw it wrong.”
Phew, that's a relief. How did he hold back the sound so well, leaving traces like this?…….
As I was trying to console myself, I heard a strange sound coming from in front of me. It was a cackling sound, similar to that of a magpie, but much more vicious..
“……Wow, was I not careful enough?.”
As I said those words and pulled out Hrunting, Ellen, whose wings were shining, took a step back..
“Ute kwai! come forward!”
“I'm going now!”
At my shout, Utequoi, who was guarding the rear of the formation, climbed up the slope at once..
Quack, quack.!
Dozens of Peropica with sparkling wings appeared all at once. While the other mercenaries hurriedly formed battle formation at the sight, Atalanta came to the side..
“Hey there, Knicks. Just in case, I'm telling you.”
“uh?”
“As you know, I didn't do it on purpose..”
“……I don't know what to answer.”
Atalanta burst out laughing at my mumbling..
At that time, Ellen's voice rang out..
“Archuire ensa—ra!”
The fireworks fired as if grazing the hair hit Peropica, who was flying in front..
“Oh my, be scared..”
A purple glow burst from Atalanta’s round eyes. Afterwards, her whole body took on a soft glow..
“A-takhtarq!”
Two strands of purple spears rose from beneath the upturned ponytail. At the same time as the purple spear stretched out, Atalanta flew up and swung the white thorns. Three peropica fell to the bottom of the rainwater tree..
I feel it every time I see it, but Atalanta, wielding her purple spear and wielding it, looked like an eagle with purple feathers and a white beak. At that flexible and elastic movement, I swallowed my saliva once again..
……Holy shit, what am I thinking?.
I shook my head and started swinging the Hrunting. Occasionally, he would block the ones that flew at his face or chest with his shield and delicately yet lightly shake off his sword to cut down the Peropicas..
“Give it a try!”
Utequai roared and swung his dolme violently. However, the Peropicas, with their quick wings, easily avoided the Dolme and instead pecked at the Utequai..
Wow!
The Milky Way on its back shined and one peropica jumped out, but the rest stuck their beaks in without any resistance..
“Gua lune'telil!”
Utequai snorted and pulled out a long sword, no, a war hammer of shock, from his belt. Each time the hammer was swung, Peropica died, but despite the deaths of its comrades, the monsters continued to bite Utequai..
Peropica's dagger-like sharp beak instantly covered Utequai with blood. However, the beak only barely tore the skin and did not inflict any more fatal wounds..
Thanks to the recent increase in level and the strengthening of the 'Iron Seal', Utequai's flesh and skin had become as tough as that of a rhinoceros..
Still, I can't just sit back and watch..
“Phew.”
I controlled the blood that was spraying everywhere and burst into the sky..
Kwagagak!
A violent explosion of blood hit the Peropicas. They stopped for a moment °1,
“Dek saenkilr!”
Boy wizard Ethan Rao shouted. At that moment, a sticky flow of mana blew towards Peropica..
Knock, kak.!
As their wings began to flap slowly, they fell to the ground, screaming in panic. Of course, the monsters crawling on the ground posed no threat to us..
Is that a ‘slow down’ spell? It's pretty useful.
“Chop it all up!”
In response to Amias' shout, the mercenaries who were on the defensive shouted and lowered their weapons..
After the battle, reorganization was quickly completed. No, is it correct to say that it was finished in a hurry??
The Freckled Mummy was badly injured, so I used a little potion to recover, and Peropica's body was given up on recovery..
There were two reasons why we were in such a hurry..
The first reason was the news that the brown-haired tentacle brought to Druid Xanavas..
“I never imagined that the lord would lose..”
Xanavas opened his mouth at my muttering..
“I'm not sure yet. Choksae is a smart guy, but he doesn't have the eyes to read the situation..”
““I heard there are people who are throwing away their weapons and running away, so the situation can’t be good.” “Of course it is.” It was broken while dragging hundreds of veteran mercenaries... … . I don't know the exact situation, but it was not a situation for a leisurely hike..
The second reason for our haste was the strange signs..
Atalanta said that although the monster Peropica is naturally fierce, they are not stupid enough to fight until the group is destroyed..
It is clear that the Peropicas moved abnormally because there was some artificial force at work..
“trunnion.”
“huh?”
“I can feel it slowly. That's a lot of magic power.”
Ellen sat on my arm and closed her eyes tightly. The blonde hair flutters for a moment, as if by magical power..
“……The flow of magic power is getting faster..”
“It's getting faster?”
“huh. I'm sure.”
Druid Xanavas intervened in an urgent tone..
“You're in a hurry. They must have sensed our approach..”
“You noticed? how?”
“He is a powerful Akanku. There must be many means..”
Xanavas was tearing out his head and blaming himself..
“I shouldn't have wasted time getting scared by Anupads and the like. As soon as I entered the forest, I should have climbed the mountain straight away..”
“……I don't think now is the time for regrets. Everyone, hurry up! goes faster!”
After almost running up the mountain, we were finally able to reach the top..
“……What, there is nothing?”
“what happened?”
Just as Steedman and Buni mumbled, there was only a small pile of stones piled up on the flat floor at the top, and there was no sign of anyone at all..
“Scattered! Scatter around and look for something strange!”
At my shout, the unloaded mercenaries scattered in all directions. Ellen muttered softly as she held the hem of my dress tightly..
“This magical power… … . I feel the power of the spirit.”
“I guess so. They say they are pulling the spirit world into the present world.?”
“That's not all. Not only the power of the spirit.”
The hand holding the hem of the clothes trembled slightly. Ellen took a deep breath and continued..
“I can feel the power of the underworld.”
“……“If it’s the Underworld,” people often believed that there were nine dimensions in the world. It was a story about the existence of four ‘dimensions of goodness’ and four ‘dimensions of evil’, centered on the ‘real world’, the dimension in which people live..
The dimensions of goodness include the 'heavenly world', the 'spirit world', and the 'eternal world', and it is believed that there is a 'light world' that is one level higher than that..
It is said that the dimension of evil is the 'Underworld', the 'Salt Realm', and the 'Hwan Realm', and beyond that there is the 'Dark Realm'..
There is also a story that countless alien dimensions exist outside of the nine dimensions, but this was considered a myth..
However, it is said that the power of the spirit world and the power of the underworld can be felt at the same time in one place.?
“What on earth does that mean??”
“I don't know. I don't understand either..”
When Ellen was confused, the calm Jenessa shouted loudly..
“Here's something strange!”
I quickly went there and looked, and between the piles of stones I saw what looked like a wooden plank lined with iron..
“what is that?”
“Move over, I can see too.”
As the mercenaries took turns looking between the piles of stones, a swordsman with dark gray hair made a threatening sound..
“Uh, that one.”
“Simos, I know what it is.?”
Simos answered Siren's question with a shocked expression..
“That's a cart used in mines..”
“It's a cart?”
“To be exact, it's the bottom part..”
Utequai, who had been watching this in silence, turned his wrist and walked out..
“If you dig, you'll find out. Get out of the way!”
“Don't waste your time and step back..”
“Ur?”
It was the boy wizard Ethan who set out to dissuade Utequai. He glanced at Ute Kwai, then stood in front of the pile of stones and placed his palm on his face..
“hmm. All young tricksters are rude..”
Ignoring Utequai's words, Ethan began to chant a spell. After a while,
parss.
The solid rock pile collapsed into small pebbles and fine sand..
“ oh." As I exclaimed in admiration at the sight, Ellen pursed her lips and said,.
“It's just an application of the earth shattering spell. What's so great about that?.”
“Are you saying that applying spells is difficult? He looks like he's about your age. That's not great.?”
“If something was that great, I would already be a grandmaster. And, if you do it like that, it's no better than having Ute Kwai clean up.?”
As Ellen said, the gravel and sand were piled up in the same place. But that was only for a moment, when Siren took a step forward and put down the clay doll, and the human beings—as if attracted to a magnet, the sand and pebbles stuck to the doll, creating a large golem..
“……They used two main doors just to remove one pile of stones. It's inefficient.”
“Now is not the time to worry about efficiency..”
In the place where the pile of stones had been removed, there was a hollow hole. Through that hole, magic power was flowing that I could feel..
I looked back at the party members. Through his tense face, Utequoi smiled..
“Hatanka takes the lead.”
I also burst out laughing..
“it's okay. A slow guy.”
“I am not slow!”
I tapped Ellen’s calf. The guy's blue eyes wavered for a moment..
“Stay well behind Ute Kwai..”
“Why do you.”
““Because I am the strongest.” Ellen closed her mouth and quietly floated away. I pulled out my Hrunting and looked back at the party..
“Those who are scared can wait here..”
My eyes were on Atalanta..
“……why are you looking at me?”
“There's no need to follow me.”
““You must have been mistaken because I am so beautiful, but I am a warrior in the wilderness and a mercenary whose motto is faithfulness.” She shrugged her shoulders and continued..
“You can't just skip the score and leave. You seem so obedient.”
Atalanta smiled brightly. Agos and Vittorio were just keeping their mouths shut and their eyes shining..
Next, my eyes turned to Amias Pae Street. Amias, who was looking back at the group, cautiously opened his mouth..
“……Can we help??”
I shook my head..
“It won't do much.”
At that time, the stubborn Steedman hit the silent Amias on the back of the head..
Sigh!
“Oh, what are you doing??”
“I have a question for you, you coward..”
“Holy shit, now is not the time to be emotional..”
Freckled Mira quickly added..
“that's right. Don't you know that it's a rather unpleasant place just by looking at it? Small children like us are included
Let's see,”
“You damn bitch, don't say cowardly things like it's normal!”
While the three were bickering, Archer Cole asked me:.
“When I say it doesn't help much, I mean it helps a little.?”
“Well, well.”
Archer Kol quietly looked back at his colleagues and said.
“If you step out of here, you're not a mercenary..”
Buni, who had been silent, opened her mouth..
“that's right. Not a mercenary, but a gangster, a gangster..”
“••••••shit.”
Leader Amias, who was scratching under his helmet, adjusted his grip on the ax and looked back at me..
“It will be more helpful than expected. Now we do it for one person each..”
I scratched my eyebrows for a moment and then nodded..
“good. Do whatever you want.”
Siren, who was watching the conversation, came forward..
“Thank you, Lord Phoenix..”
“What do you mean??”
“You are actively helping me like this..”
……Oh, right. Come to think of it, this was a simple escort request.?
Since the destination was the top of the mountain, going further than this is not part of the contract..
Perhaps because I heard that an alt-character was causing trouble, I guess I thought it was my job for some time..
“ O ”
I hesitated for a moment and came up with something suitable to say..
“Prince Ulkar's only command to me was to protect the weak and do good..”
“yes? but-”
“If a dimensional collision occurs, countless innocent people will die. I'm just following the prince's orders, so there's no need to thank me..”
An unreasonable amount of emotion filled Siren's large eyes. Several other party members also had similar looks in their eyes..
Certainly, the idol of the kingdom is an idol. Just one word, Prince Ulkar, makes me crazy..
“Well then, let's go.”
Leading the determined party members, I entered Donghyeol..
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