Episode 369 Dark Elf Village (3)
The coachman blocked Ray’s path.
The coachman’s lips were bluish from how surprised he was.
“You can’t go! Although I was lucky enough to kill one, they are not normal monsters. If five or six of them gather, they’re strong enough to even compete with ogres!”
The orc had said enough to fight the ogre.
But for Ray, Ow or Orc, that’s it.
He tries to push him away, but isn’t the young man also blocking his path?
“I am of the same opinion. Wouldn’t it be better to get out of the forest here…”
“That’s right! How did you get out and go back into them! Reckless!”
The woman wept and defended the young man.
Only the old man, feeling something from Ray, kept his mouth shut and watched the situation.
After looking at them for a moment, Ray sighed.
“If you’re going to be so intimidated, why did you come to a forest like this?”
To his words, the young man hesitantly replied.
“I didn’t expect that we would come this far, too….” To
come into the forest while hunting.
What a novice hunter!
Ray shook his head and pushed them away without a moment’s thought.
The huge boulder contained in the number of days lightly separated those who were blocked.
The three people who were blocking it with their own strength looked surprised when they were pushed away.
Ray stepped forward and lifted the tree branch again.
Then the orcs looked at him with wary expressions.
“Chwiiik…”
He snorts and prepares to attack.
The moment he showed even a little bit of carelessness, it seemed that the Orcs’ axes would fly at him.
At that, Ray exhaled fear from his whole body.
When the thick flesh slashed through the skin, the fighting spirit of the orcs was broken at once.
Tremble-
The orcs who looked so strong a moment ago trembled like aspen trees.
Ray, who lived together in Grandel’s forest and learned the language from Aira, was very similar to her.
It was impossible for a mere orc to stop it.
The coachman, who watched the scene from behind, couldn’t help but be astonished.
“What’s that…”
“The orcs are hard… I can’t believe that…”
The old man gasped and the young man nodded.
“It is definitely Fear, Master….”
Fear.
It is a known authority that only absolutes can have.
The power of the peer is so great that the weak are not even allowed to dare to approach them.
It is an ability that was originally allowed only to great beings.
However, the tooth in front of his eyes that looked like a human was bleeding.
The old man spit out the words involuntarily.
“The great being…”
After saying that, he was startled and quickly covered his mouth.
However, it was after everyone had already listened to the old man talking to himself.
asked the woman in a flowing dress.
“Are you sure?”
“I don’t know either. It’s just… I wonder if there are humans on the continent who can emit peers…
”
“…Lady wyverns and elves don’t mean anyone can use peers. Besides, why would they come all the way to a forest like this to help us?”
The woman also kept her mouth shut.
Certainly, there was no way that the elves and wyverns would be in such a place by chance, and there was even less way to save them from danger.
No matter how you think about it, you can only conclude that you are human.
‘If it’s a really great being…’
Saliva goes over by itself.
It is said that before the Great War of the Heavenly Demons in the past, those called great beings existed here in Middle Earth.
Although they only appear in legends and fairy tales now, what if they still exist today?
Aside from the continental situation, many things will change in an instant.
This middle-earth belongs to them.
Unaware of what was going on behind the scenes, Ray was very excited about recapturing the meat.
No, it was a misnomer to say that they simply brought the meat.
After raising the fallen wagon, he was dragging it as it was.
Ray, who brought the wagon to the party, spoke indifferently.
“Go now.”
“Yes….”
The coachman’s party felt like they were experiencing a surprise for the rest of their lives today.
What was even more amazing was that the orcs didn’t move at all when they left.
Seeing that appearance, the hypothesis that it might be a ‘great existence’ has become more credible.
Unlike the first time, Ray looked at the party, who were infinitely rigid, and asked a sneak peek.
“You wouldn’t have come to this forest simply to hunt… what’s going on?”
It was a simple question that anyone could ask, but it came as a shock to the party who mistook him for a great being.
‘I’ve already thought that far…’
‘You might already be reading our thoughts.’
The misunderstanding grew bigger and bigger with tail after tail.
Ray glanced at them.
Hesitant to answer, I only cast my gaze once, but the woman was surprised and quickly opened her mouth.
“That’s… lack of money in the estate…”
“Money?”
“Yes… I was thinking of selling animal skins to add to the family budget…”
“Animal skins? Just how much money is this…”
“It’s embarrassing, but if we don’t do this, our territory will collapse. The family members who stayed in the family also left, and now only my father and I are left. If we give up, the villagers will starve to death.”
After hearing the story, it seemed that he was a fallen aristocrat whose name was not well known.
It was clear what kind of situation the estate would be in if the sons of nobles, who were not even their vassals, had to hunt and think about adding to the household.
Looking at her covered in dust, Ray shook his head.
The situation seemed pretty serious, but he was also in a hurry.
I wanted to help, but I couldn’t.
‘I’m sorry… I’m getting weak.’
He fiddled with the bag of gold coins in his bosom.
This is all I brought with me in a hurry.
If this was given as it is, he would have to starve even if he stopped by the village.
‘Should I take away one gold coin?’
One gold coin could buy a good amount of food.
If you buy mainly dried jerky, it will last for at least a month.
However, the situation in these territories seemed more urgent than his own.
He was the one who risked his life to save people, just like in his previous life.
Thinking that someone else is suffering from famine to save a gold coin for his own convenience created a feeling of guilt in his heart.
Eventually, he pulled out the entire leather pouch and held it.
“take it. This will help to some extent.”
The pocket was full of gold coins.
Even if you count less, it seems to exceed twenty.
The woman opened her mouth.
‘As expected, it’s hot because it’s a dragon!’
Apart from her inner thoughts, other words came out of her mouth.
“You can’t get this much money…”
“Get it quickly before you change your mind.”
Old and young gave her glares.
Their eyes were talking.
‘Get it quickly!’
‘I knew what would happen if I didn’t receive it!’
The woman who noticed the meaning reached out and handed over the leather pouch.
“Thank you! Grace will not be forgotten!”
“What is grace? Take good care of the villagers with it. I’ll be gone.”
Ray’s gaze slipped to the ‘meat’ on the other side of the wagon.
Shall I take one?
I thought about it, but immediately shook my head.
that’s all money
In the first place, I hunted with the intention of selling it and adding it to the family budget, but I did not want to pay attention to other people’s things.
Besides, if that little thing helped the villagers, it would be better for him to starve himself for a few meals.
Ray, who had licked his lips, turned around.
Seeing it, the group was amazed.
‘It’s very different from the story that flows from the legendary statue!’
‘I thought it was an existence that destroys kingdoms on occasion… but there are good dragons too.’
The young man said while watching the back of him leaving with a white robe on.
“Haven’t stories sometimes said that there are kingdoms guarded by great beings? Could it be that he is trying to protect us?”
“It could be. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to help me like this.”
“Instead of doing this, it would be better to tell your father and change the family crest.”
“Since you were wearing a white robe… how about a white dragon?”
“That’s fine!”
Ray’s transformation into a dragon was gradually taking place in earnest.
* * *
Ray, who was wandering around the mountains picking herbs, was crying.
“As expected, I was leaving out at least one gold coin!”
I had no regrets at the thought of saving a person, but I was saddened to think that I would not be able to have a satisfying meal even if I stopped by the village.
After concentrating on moving for three full days without a break, he prepared for the first camping trip.
After knocking on the nearby trees, he picked out the ones that were full and cut them down.
With neat workmanship, he carries a split log on his shoulder and skillfully makes a bed.
There was no such comfortable shelter as there was a bonfire nearby.
I’ve been homeless for the past ten years, and now my skills have reached the peak.
As I hung up the iron pot and boiled the porridge as usual, the savory aroma rose without any special seasoning.
With this, there was a wish that other wild beasts would appear.
Unfortunately, there were no wild beasts approaching him.
They ate porridge in a wooden bowl carved out of a log.
Bitter and savory taste come up at the same time.
A person who eats it for the first time would say it is delicious, but it is a taste that can never be delicious to Ray who wants meat.
Three days to reach the Dark Elf Village.
Thinking that I should only eat this from now on made my eyes red and my nose wrinkled.
Besides, even after arriving at their village, what you can eat will be tree nuts and grass.
When I thought of the future, my eyes darkened.
