Chapter 203
My Villains Episode 203
45. into the fog(3)
As I was looking at the falling fog, I suddenly traced the memories of my past life, that is, Seungsu Kim..
There was a town called ‘Uncheon’ near where I served in the military..
The neighborhood used to have heavy fog in the mornings and evenings around early spring or late fall..
As the name suggests, clouds form the river, it really felt like clouds had settled on the ground. To exaggerate a bit, I said I couldn't even see 20 steps in front of me..
So, when looking down from the top of the mountain, it seemed as if the water fog rising from the surrounding lake and the mountain fog hanging over the peak were flowing and gathering into the village..
It's much worse now than it was then..
Just by standing still, the hem of the cloak became damp, and the people standing about ten steps away could only see a blurry silhouette..
The dense forest was still asleep because the sun had just broken through the horizon and cast only pale light..
……Can such severe fog occur naturally? I think the sea fog (sea W) in the middle of the sea will be less than this..
As I was thinking that, someone fell silently from the spruce tree next to me..
“how‘?”
The person who landed silently next to me was a woman with short black hair and a youthful face. The guy chose to say 'eh' and then answered with an ambiguous expression..
“It's weird, yo.”
“what?”
“There is nothing to see or hear. It's not like fog, it's like a wall.”
“ O ugh”
—"s".
Mungchi's expression was not very good, as if he was a bit uncomfortable with this fog..
Well, actually, I felt an ominous feeling that was hard to describe. I don't know if it's because of this thick fog, the battle with Tenvierma's people, or the sudden twist in the scenario.
“Could it be magic??”
“I'm not sure though,”
Ellen, who had been sitting on a tree stump just a moment ago catching her breath, came over here..
“Probably not magic. I don't feel any suspicious flow of magic power or artificial modulation..”
“……But, ‘probably’? I guess I'm not sure?”
“Because the caster may be at a much higher level than me. Of course it's very unlikely.”
As I was about to fall into deep thought again, I heard a voice coming from the direction of the Oresssa Bar, which was half destroyed by the vampires flocking in like a pack of dogs..
“POINIX! come and see this.”
It was Utequoi..
“why? What's going on??”
“There are no vampires.!”
“••••••what?”
What kind of bullshit is that again?.
I scratched my eyebrows and then looked back at Ellen and Munchi..
“I'm taking a break and meditating. Moongchi, you're next to Ellen.”
As I turned around and entered the tavern, the first thing I saw was Gidon, a crossbowman holding a rosary and praying..
“Lord of justice and mercy, bring light and order to this world full of dust and evil deeds.
Rishi Hobgo-”
After passing him and the other mercenaries, I asked Ute Kwai, who was looking serious inside the tavern..
“There are no vampires?”
“A vampire woman. disappeared.”
The vampire woman he was referring to was Tenby Erma's third wife. This is Topelin, a beautiful girl wearing a blue coat over a pure white dress..
“What are you talking about? Why did he disappear??”
“Look here, sir..”
Veteran Confidant knelt on one knee on the floor and pointed somewhere. The building tilted and the roof sank down, leaving several iron stakes stuck in the area where it met the floor..
“This is where that accursed bitch was lying, but now she's nowhere to be found..”
Just before being attacked by Tenviarma's descendants, Topelin was abandoned. The crossbowman, Gidon, had driven the iron stake so tightly that he was unable to take care of her while escaping from the tavern..
“Nothing works.” As I muttered that and sighed deeply, chubby Eson, who was standing nearby, scratched his cheek and opened his mouth..
“Probably couldn't run away.”
“Is that so?‘?”
“Yes, Nari. There were four consecrated iron stakes stuck in it. The hair branch was also cut off..”
Umberta, a female swordsman from the Crescent Islands, seemed to agree with Esson's opinion..
“Since it was already so weak, it is possible that it was crushed by the collapsed roof and perished.?”
“Hmm, well……
Well, that could be possible. I have already experienced enough and seen with my own eyes that vampires do not leave even a trace, let alone a corpse, when they die..
After a short period of contemplation, I shouted outside the bar..
“Steedman, Esanna-! Bring me Kelsen!”
Out of the fog outside the tavern, a tight-lipped Steedman and Esanna with braided hair appeared, dragging their tails in black clothes..
Tenby Erma's first wife, Kelsene, who originally boasted an alluring appearance, had a gray complexion and a haggard appearance. A silver sword was stuck in her neck and chest..
The two mercenaries made Kelsene kneel in front of me. I quietly looked down at her and pulled out the short silver sword stuck to her neck. As the blade came out and scraped the bone and flesh, a little smoke came out from the wound..
“Hehehe, hehehe, hehehe.-!”
Kelsenne was coughing and smoke was coming out of the wounds in her mouth and throat..
I looked at the silver sword pulled from her neck and spoke to the surrounding mercenaries..
“Tenby, or rather Count Mattianver or Lord Nitervelam's three brides, are completely different from the low-level vampires who attacked them like a pack of dogs earlier..”
“It's different.?”
“In other words, a higher level vampire. Look at this. Even with a silver sword stuck in my neck and chest, I'm still alive..”
Gidon, the crossbowman, quickly intervened in my words..
“Sir, vampires have no life. So it is not ‘alive’ but simply ‘existent’.-”
“That's important now?”
Fritz, the head of a horse spitting phlegm on the floor, frowned and hit Gidon..
“The important thing now is that there is a vampire who will not fall behind even if you have a silver sword stuck in his head. You idiot.”
“Fritz, I wasn't talking to you, so shut up. If your mouth is itchy, go and suck some milk..”
“……A dog like a dog like this.”
Ha, these bastards.
I cursed under my breath and warned the two mercenaries..
“Gidon, Fritz. Both of you shut your mouths. Don't make a fuss for no reason.”
When the two mercenaries who were growling at each other suddenly shut their mouths, I added a word to Fritz..
“And, I said, what am I going to do if you spit indoors??”
“……uh,”
Fritz moistened his dry lips and shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly..
“Well, isn’t it a bit much to call it indoors now? It's such a mess.”
The guy was talking like that and was touching the dirt, wooden boards, and silver grass on the floor with his feet..
In the meantime, when I gave him a blank look, Fritz's face turned a little white and he sank into a corner..
“Anyway, I don't think Topelin would have died this easily. This is even more so considering the vitality that was able to somehow regenerate the body even after its head was cut off by Hrunting.” Crossbowman Gidon twitched at the expression 'vital force' I mentioned, but he didn't say anything, perhaps because he was watching..
“It's also strange that the vampires suddenly retreated..”
The person with that calm voice was none other than Hayla..
“That's strange?”
“The hierarchy and command system within the vampire clan is stricter than you can imagine..”
Hayla had already pulled up a good chair and was sitting there, looking relaxed even after going through a series of situations. The way he looked at me with his legs crossed was also the same as usual..
“If Sir Nitervelam, the old knight, was the master of the vampire clan just now, then only Sir Nitervelam can disperse the clans drawn by his voice..”
“That guy is dead.”
“okay. Since you killed him, a successor may have appeared and become the master of the blood family..”
Hayla said that and looked away. The vampire, who had slowly stopped coughing and was catching his breath, was startled by that gaze and his shoulders trembled..
“What do you think, Kelsene??”
In response to Hayla's delicate question, Kelsen swallowed dry saliva with a stern look on his face..
Unlike the ones she slaughtered earlier, she was a fairly high-class vampire and looked exactly like a human. It wasn't just their appearance that resembled each other, but even their breathing and facial expressions..
……Well, you probably think the same thing..
I took a step closer to the hesitant Kelsene and spoke in a whisper..
“Don't roll your head, tell the truth.”
“Do I have a reason to do that??”
“Why it should be so?”
I burst out laughing.
“Of course there is.”
With those words, I stabbed her in the eye with the dagger I pulled from Kelsene's neck..
“Wow, kyaaaak-!”
Ignoring the tearing screams, I continued to move the dagger. Smoke billowed out as deep, long blood lines were drawn on Kelsenne's shoulders, forearms, and thighs..
“Stop, *ahhh* Stop, please-please!”
As a high-class vampire, she had strong vitality and considerable strength..
However, there was no way he could use his strength properly with a silver sword stuck in the middle of his chest and his entire body damaged..
In the end, Kelsenne could only scream helplessly while her shoulders were being pressed down by Steedman and Esanna..
“Stop, it hurts, *sigh* It hurts, please stop, give it to me……
A beautiful woman with a mature and noble air begged with drool dripping from the corner of her mouth. Even though I knew that she preserved her beauty and youth by eating countless humans, I suddenly felt sympathy for her..
But fortunately, the sense of crisis weighing on my heart outweighed my sympathy. The thought that if I were to be deceived by appearances and show mercy, I might further ruin the already twisted scenario, weighed down my sympathy..
“Okay, it's getting better..”
“yes yes……?”
“Polite way of speaking. “I like it.” Hearing my gentle tone, Kelsene dropped her chin and bowed her head..
“Okay, well, *sigh* Now, stop. You hurt so much, *sniff* I feel like I'm dying-”
Acrid smoke rose up the back of my white neck. Dark red bodily fluid and something white ran down the bridge of my proud nose and down my larynx..
“......eww ”
丁he •
Unfortunately, her appearance awakened something dormant in me. It was something dangerous, I don't know if it was Phoenix's or Kim Seung-su's..
“I don't really like that.”
“••••••yes?”
“‘Instead of ‘It hurts so much, I feel like I’m going to die’, try saying something else. A little, um… … . Something new and original.”
“What do you mean by that?-”
The stupid question was immediately cut off..
Kelsene screamed as she became lighter, and I hummed and continued my work. The beautiful woman and her melodious voice tasted very good..
The reactions of the other mercenaries were also pretty good..
Steedman, who continues to hold on to Kelsene with a pale complexion, Esson muttering that he is crazy, Esanna backing away while spitting out a northern dialect, Gidon reciting a prayer with eyes full of respect, confused for the first time. Confire showing an expression, Fritz laughing and sticking his tongue out, Simos trembling his chin and touching the invisible inverted star engraved on his forehead, Umberta is looking at me with a somewhat greedy gaze.…….
I wanted to call everyone from outside, including the Mira, Kol, the dervish, the charcoal maker and his wife, the Oressa tavern family, and the merchants from the west..
That won't work. Because I don’t want Ellen and Mungchi to see me like this..
“Ugh, turn it off, turn it off-”
As the work reached its peak, a thick hand grabbed my shoulder. When I turned around, I saw Ute Kwai staring at me..
“This is enough..”
“……Uh, okay. Is that so?.”
Damn it, those hollow stares make me feel embarrassed for no reason.…….
After getting enough information from Kelsen, who was spouting everything he knew, we left the crumbling tavern..
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