Chapter 162
My Villains Episode 162
40. Again, trackers.(6)
The waning afternoon sunlight cast a shadow down the mountain..
Wide wheat fields spread out beneath the mountain peaks, shoulder to shoulder with a cloudless sky. The half that was trampled and burned was nothing more than a lump of dirt, but the other half was still golden and full of hope..
The wind blowing from the far south blew past the grains of wheat and soared up the steep mountain slopes. The wind also reached the man standing on the cliff of a certain peak..
The one-eyed bounty hunter savored the life force and hope that had been brought there, and then spat out phlegm..
Then a tall young man wearing a cape approached him..
“Dirk.”
The one-eyed man glanced at the young man, then returned his gaze to the bottom of the mountain..
Because the bushes were low and sparse, there was little to block the view. It is a famous spot with a clear view of the foot of the mountain..
“ They are?”
“I stopped on a mountain road.”
“mountain path?”
“This is the spot where the bodies were..”
A sharp single eye scanned the valley along the mountainside. Then Dirk noticed something and frowned slightly..
“You're starting a fire.”
“……Did you notice??”
“Maybe so.”
“I'll tell Evan to launch the familiar..”
“no.”
Dirk scratched under his eye patch as he looked at the smoke rising from the hill..
“There are only three wizards and a druid. It's too dangerous.”
“So what should we do??”
“……“Bring the guys from across the street back.” “You mean now??”
“okay. Send a letter and tell them to tighten from behind. I tell them to hurry because we need to move before the fire blocks the road..”
“All right.”
“and.”
Dirk took something out of his pocket and handed it to the young man..
“……What is this??”
“‘It is the ‘stick of judo’. Look closely, and if it shines, throw it to them..”
The young man who was fiddling with the piece of metal he had been handed glanced sideways at the rock wall behind Dirk..
“Are they coming forward??”
“maybe.”
“……It must be pretty dangerous..”
“That's why we brought in mercenaries. Don't just step forward and get caught up in the magic, just control it from behind..”
As the young man retreated, Dirk, who had put on his cloak, turned around and walked away. As he approached the cliff wall, he put his shoulder through a small gap in the rock..
Sigh.
A long passage appeared in front of Dirk, who had dug through a small crevice in the rock. It was an exquisitely hidden cave..
After walking along the passage for some time, he arrived at a fairly spacious cavity. Small fireballs were floating in the air, dispelling the darkness of the cave..
Dirk slightly bowed his head to the innermost of the four figures in the cavity..
“We are ready.”
“……Hong, it ended quickly..”
Your face was dressed so that you could tell it was a wizard at a glance..
The three of them were wearing gray-white robes with deep hoods, and the middle-aged man who was making a sarcastic comment to Dirk was wearing blue robes and a wide-brimmed cone hat and holding a long iron staff..
“I'm glad this annoying companion doesn't last more than two months..”
“……I think so too, Master Widal..”
When Dirk answered with an expressionless face, the wizard holding the steel staff quietly glared at him..
“……Are we really going to take action??”
“I hope so..”
“It's so shameless.”
“Please understand. This is because there was an error in the information about the request subject..”
One of the hooded young people suddenly got irritated by Dirk's calm words..
“Anyway, the bitch is half-hearted. Even if I ate three hundred gold coins, I couldn't catch a woman like that.?
It was the voice of a young woman. The steel wand wizard looked at her and made a stern voice..
“Shut up, Olide..”
“Aren’t you angry, Master? They're putting on a show, black wolves and all, but before they get to work, they're trying to manipulate us..”
Despite the woman's criticism, Dirk just stood there silently..
‘……Let's be patient. I made a mistake and I feel like a fool.’
Dirk had stopped by a village called 'Inbury' while searching the Lidburn area two and a half months ago. There, he met a knight with a cold face, a large barbarian, and a pretty girl with blonde hair..
‘I can't believe I remember that. At least it only came to mind before the captain boarded the ship.
Even if it was......
Later, when hearing information about a new target - a wizard named 'Erenar Rada Kalin' - Dirk had completely forgotten about the three people he had met in Inverri..
‘Anyone could see that it was a bloody swordsman, a red bear, and a fire witch, but they couldn't remember that. This idiot.’
Swallowing his belated self-reproach, Deuk smiled leisurely..
“I understand that Olide is angry, but I also did my best..”
“What about putting employers in this hole? best?”
When the woman named Olide lost her temper again, the wizard with the steel wand stopped her..
“stop. You can reprimand him later, Olide. The important thing now is to catch the traitor and retrieve the banned book..”
“……Phew. yes, i understand.”
When the situation was resolved, Dirk secretly breathed a sigh of relief and led the wizards seemingly calmly..
‘La-Palais Palace is famous for its powerful battle wizards. Among them, he is the one who received the title of Master..’
Master Widal frowned, as if he felt a single eye turning towards him..
“Is there something wrong??”
“……no. no.”
Dirk grinned..
‘I'm looking forward to it.’
“Hurry up. “It will start soon.” Hehehe-!
A monster's cry was heard from somewhere. When I heard it, it seemed to be a scream made by a small goblin-like thing..
The scream was quickly drowned out by other signs. The foot of the nearby mountain was completely awakened by the large fire that broke out on the hill..
The fuel for that fire was none other than Anupad's corpse. The offerings offered to the unknown being were now being consumed by the flames..
This is a fire that started because of Utequai's stubbornness. He made such a fuss about having to erase the ominous traces, that in the end I had no choice but to follow his words..
Because of various measures taken, the fire died down after only burning the corpses, but there was no way the wild animals and monsters would have known such a situation. They just noisily retreated to avoid the hot fire..
Somewhere in the bushes at the foot of that chaotic mountain, I was walking along, holding my breath..
Suddenly.
«Ugh n
I tried to be very careful, but something that looked like a tree branch broke loudly under my feet. It is not easy to move stealthily as you are wearing heavy armor and studded boots..
Fortunately, because there was noise everywhere, I was able to ignore it and keep walking. After some time, the bundle ahead of me started gesturing to me and whispering..
“Here.”
The bundle hiding in the bushes like a black panther raised his hand and pointed to one side. I quickly stopped and looked over there..
Some distance away from the road leading down to the foot of the mountain, mercenaries were hiding. The group appeared to be a little over twenty people, and they were setting up an ambush using shallow pits and old trees lying sideways..
I slowly approached the bunch and asked.
“That's it?”
It was nothing more than a whisper, but the guy managed to understand and nodded..
“The rest, go down. Take the puppies down and write this..”
“Going down……
I looked beyond the mercenaries' ambush point and down the mountainside..
It's hard to see from here because it's obscured by thick bushes, but if you go down a little bit, you'll see a low hill that looks like a plain..
While I was thinking about what to do, two people followed behind me. It was Cole, an archer with an arrow in his mouth, and a freckled mummy wearing only leather clothes instead of armor..
After making a quick decision, I sent the two to the other side and approached the mercenaries with a bundle..
«......eww ”
......"5".
Among the mercenaries, there was a familiar guy. A man who looked like a movie star, I think his name was Regan..
I quietly pulled out the hrunting and walked up to the batu and whispered:.
“Can you see him? A guy without a helmet.”
“It's a bunch?”
Underneath the deeply pressed hood, small lips moved hurriedly..
“……Ugh, yes, I can see it, I can see it..”
“what's the matter?”
“No, it's not me.......
I caught a glimpse of the guy shrugging his shoulders and continued what I was saying..
“That guy■ must be the leader here. If I rush at you, you target that guy first..”
“yes.”
Nodding his head quickly, Mungchi took off in an instant. While climbing a pine tree that seems to be a couple of spans thick, I can't hear anything special..
……There are no monkeys.
After the bunch hid in the tree, I counted in my head for a moment. It was waiting for the time for Cole and Mira to settle down..
After counting to twenty, I immediately jumped to the front of the market. I didn't yell, but I didn't necessarily lower my footsteps either..
“……Uh, uhh?”
A few mercenaries who were looking this way made stupid noises. I puffed out my thighs and jumped into their ambush..
“Oh my god, he's a bastard-!”
Someone shouted after the two mercenaries left..
In that short period of time, the Hrunting came out, wiggling its neck and stomach one at a time, its tongue flailing with a bright red glow..
“kill it!”
Taking the sweet scream as a cue, I began to run wild..
I raised my shield tightly and blocked the crossbow that flew from somewhere. He avoided the ax with its long handle taken from the front, and at the same time stepped on the back of the ax blade with his foot..
“Ugh, holy shit.-”
The mercenary with his impressive broken front teeth pulled the ax handle with all his might, but the ax that was stepped on by me did not budge. I struck away the iron club poking at me from the side and inserted the Hrunting between my broken front teeth..
“Wow,”
With the knife deeply inserted, the head was cut sideways with blood gushing from the mouth..
Well done-
The moment red blood spread in the air, my spirit burst out..
bang!
‘It was ‘see blood’..
Blood droplets exploded and swept forward as if shot from a shotgun..
“Wow,”
“Ah, my, my eyes!”
Since they were well-armed, most of the blood drops were blocked by their thick armor..
However, the joints that were only touched by cloth or leather, or the face exposed under the helmet, became a mess, as if they had been hit by sharp claws..
“Phew.” As the bloody smell spread, something hot surged from my lower abdomen. I wanted to activate ‘thirst’ right away and dye my vision red, but…….
No, you don't have to..
I swallowed and stretched out my left arm. He then pulled the mercenary who was clutching his eyes and strangled him with his arms..
Pew pew pew!
“Wow!”
Just then, three crossbow bolts flew in and pierced the creature's chest and stomach. I am
He jumped into the midst of the enemies, holding the meat shield tightly..
As experienced mercenaries, the enemies did not retreat easily. It was veteran-like and very difficult to attack using strong armament and superiority in numbers..
“You bastards with shields, go forward!”
By the time four more mercenaries were defeated, Captain Regan had grasped the situation and started using the Aakda Guni..
It didn't last very long. Because something fell from overhead and crushed Riggan’s shoulder..
““Huh? Hundreds of millions?” And before Riggan could even raise his head, sharp blades pierced his neck one after another..
Deep, deep!
“Grumble,”
As his handsome face became distorted, his subordinates shouted..
“Hey, Regan!”
“What is that bitch!”
Even as the mercenaries attacked in full force, the bundle squatting on Regan's shoulder remained extremely calm..
It kicked the falling corpse, blood spurting from its neck, and quickly rolled to the ground. Meanwhile, he threw a dagger and stuck it in the neck of a mercenary who was reloading his crossbow..
“X arm, grab it! That bitch killed the captain.!”
“Kill the knight first, you idiots.!”
Mercenaries holding swords and axes clamored to capture the bundle..
However, Mungchi leisurely dodged his body and lunged at the crossbowmen, swinging his short sword, throwing a dagger, and kicking, instantly dispatching the three crossbowmen..
And by the time he flew away again and hid behind me, there were only four mercenaries standing..
“Um, is it over already??”
I turned my head when I heard a sound behind me, and saw Utequai emerging from the bushes..
“few in number.”
I nodded and held out my hand to the tight-lipped Steedman who had just appeared. He quickly ran over and handed me the javelin he was carrying on his shoulder..
“Looks like the rest have already gone down. “I think he’s waiting down there.” As a group of men appeared behind Ute Kwai, the mercenaries who had lost all their comrades suddenly began to run away..
“Hueup.”
A spear thrown with a simple movement pierced the back of a mercenary..
Well, I aimed for the neck..
Because I aimed while talking, I missed. Since the chain armor was pierced from front to back, the spear blade must have become useless..
“Tsk. I started a fire for no reason.”
“We have disposed of the evil offering. No regrets.”
Arrows were fired one after another at the remaining three fugitives..
As the two fell down after being hit by arrows, a freckled mummy appeared from nowhere and attacked the last one with a sharp roar..
“You could set the fire after killing all the mercenaries. Things would have been much easier if I had let my guard down..”
“I couldn't take the time. If I had left it as is, my mother would have been angry..”
“......ugh ”
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I scratched my eyebrows and closed my mouth. It wasn't very wise for Utequai to hold his tongue when he was crying about his mother..
“The enemies are gathering.”
Xanavas, who was holding a small thrush in his arms, was making eye contact with another thrush. As he whispered something, the thrush in his arms stumbled for a moment and then flapped its wings following the loud thrush..
“They say there are a lot of people wearing armor..”
“I heard there are about a few people.?”
“They don't count people accurately. Either one or ten are equally threatening..”
“……Then there is nothing we can do. I have no choice but to go down and look..”
The guys waiting at the bottom of the mountain are probably mercenaries under Randall. I just killed Regan, so it's probably clear..
I can't quite figure out why they're attacking me. It doesn't mean I don't know your motives, it just means I don't know what you believe and attack..
Mercenaries who are no different from wild dogs attacking a party as dangerous as ours.…….
Well, so to speak, it's irrational. Because mercenaries aren't the type to take revenge at the risk of death..
I'm sure there's something I believe in, but I don't know what that is..
Ellen, who had been silent, suddenly opened her mouth..
“something is ominous.”
“what?”
“……I'm not sure.”
What is he saying??
When I made a puzzled expression, Ellen pursed her lips and then sighed..
“Strangely, my heart feels heavy. For some reason, I feel tickled and anxious..”
“……Um, yeah?”
I wouldn't know if it were anyone else, but since it was Ellen speaking, it was hard to ignore..
Just as Utequai and Mungchi each have superhuman strength and agility, Ellen has abnormally high magical power..
If your magic power is high, you can see things that ordinary people cannot see. So it was natural that the anxiety he felt couldn't be laughed off..
Plus, I was feeling uncomfortable inside, so Ellen's words felt even more meaningful..
“……good.”
After a short thought, I gathered my companions together..
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