My Villains Episode 129
34. Soul Sorcerer (1)
As the sun went down, the white concave eyes came and eagle owls flew to the camp one after another.
Beep Beep –
“Beep Beep!”
Druid Za Navas welcomed the birds, had a short conversation, and sent them away, giving them plenty of food.
“A fight will begin soon.”
“at las.”
The party immediately prepared to move.
Since we didn’t know what would happen on the mountain, we made sure to pack all miscellaneous camping items such as pots and blankets.
The hunting team, including Utequai, was already familiar with the surrounding terrain. The forest path leading to the mountaintop was also familiar to me in advance.
When the sun had completely set and he took out a torch, a robin flew in and landed on Zanavas’ arm.
“A fight has begun.”
“The birds do their job right.”
“I was lucky. They were all trustworthy friends.”
It’s a funny word because they are faithful birds.
Unfortunately, Zanavas’ luck ended there. This is because there were no more birds visiting while climbing the mountain for almost half a day.
“It must be because of the strange birds that live on the rock.”
“A monster? What kind of guy are you talking about?”
The one who answered my question was Atalanta, who was walking beside me.
“Peropica. There is a habitat around here.”
‘Peropica’. It is a monster resembling a magpie with feathers as hard as iron.
Each of them is not very threatening, but they are quite tough and move around in groups, so they were quite difficult to deal with in the game.
As I scanned the night sky with alert eyes, Atalanta added:
“A group like us wouldn’t bother hunting. Just avoid the nest well.”
“How do you avoid the nest?”
“Uh-if you look closely, can’t you avoid it? You’ll just have to be careful.”
Atalanta shrugged, and I laughed. Then Ellen, who was sitting on my arm, tugged at my collar.
“Don’t talk and look ahead.”
“I see.”
“Wait a minute…
I lifted the collar Ellen was holding on to and examined her shoulder blades, then narrowed her eyes.
“What mark is this?”
“uh?”
“There’s something like a red mark here.”
“……Red marks?”
I glanced around at Atalanta and saw that she had her mouth covered and her eyes wide open.
“It looks like it was bitten by something.”
“What is it?”
I desperately raised my blood. Feeling the blood gathered under my skin dissipate, I tilted my chin with a calm expression and asked.
“where? Have you been bitten by an insect?”
“No, not bugs, but human teeth marks… Huh?”
“Why?”
“…Um, no. I must have looked at it wrong.”
Whoa, I’m glad How could he hold back his voice so well? These traces….
Just as I was sweeping my heart inwardly, I heard a strange sound in front of me. It was a cry that resembled that of a squeaking magpie, but sounded far more ferocious.
“…wouldn’t it be lacking in caution?”
As I said that and pulled out Hrunting, Ellen, whose wing decorations were shining, stepped back.
“Utequai! Come forward!”
“I am going right now!”
At my shout, Utequai, who was guarding the rear of the ranks, climbed the slope at once.
Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Dozens of Peropicas with sparkling wings appeared all at once. Seeing that, Atalanta approached the side while the other mercenaries hurriedly prepared for battle.
“Hey Nicks. Just in case.”
“uh?”
“You know that, but I didn’t do it on purpose.”
“…I don’t know what to answer.”
At my murmur, Atalanta burst into laughter.
Then Ellen’s voice rang out.
“Archuire ensa—ra!”
A pyrotechnic arrow shot through her hair hit Peropica, who was flying in the lead.
“Oh, you are scared.”
A purple glow burst from Atalanta’s round eyes. After that, her whole body was bathed in a soft light.
“A-takhtarq!”
Two rows of purple spears rose from under the upturned ponytail. At the same time as the purple spear extended, Atalanta threw herself and swung a white thorn. Three feropica fell to the bottom of the storm water.
I feel it every time I see it, but Atalanta wielding a spear with a purple spear drawn was like an eagle with purple feathers and a white beak. I swallowed a second dry spit at that flexible and elastic movement.
…What the hell am I thinking?
I shook my head and started swinging my hrunting. Occasionally, the one aiming for the face or chest was struck with a shield, cutting down the peropicas with a delicate yet light sword.
“Dumb!”
Utequai roared and swung his dolme vigorously. However, the feropicas with their swift wings easily evaded the dolma and instead pecked the utequai.
Ugh!
The Milky Way on the backside shone and one Peropica bounced off, but the rest of them hammered their beaks without any resistance.
“Gua lune’telil!”
Utequai snorted and pulled out a dagger, or shocking warhammer, from his waistband. Every time the hammer was swung, Peropica died, but despite the deaths of their colleagues, the monster birds persisted in biting Utequai.
Peropica’s dagger-like sharp beak instantly covered Utequai with blood. However, the beak only managed to tear the skin apart and did not give any more fatal injuries.
Thanks to the recent rise in level and the strengthening of the ‘Iron Dojang’, Utequai’s flesh and skin were as tough as that of a rhinoceros.
Still, I can’t just sit still and watch.
“Whoa.”
I controlled the blood splattering in all directions and shot it towards the sky.
Quaggagak!
A violent explosion of blood hit the Peropikas. They hesitated for a moment, then four °1
“Dek saenkilr!”
Ethan Rao, the boy wizard, shouted. Instantly, a sticky flow of mana blew over Peropica.
Kyaack!
As the flapping of their wings slowed, they fell to the ground screaming in panic. Of course, the rocky birds crawling on the ground posed no threat to us.
Is that a ‘slow down’ spell? Pretty useful.
“Chop everything up!”
At Amias’ cry, the mercenaries who were on the defensive shouted and lowered their weapons.
After the battle, the reorganization was over quickly. No, is it correct to say that I finished it in a hurry?
Since the freckled mummy was seriously injured, she used a little potion to recover it, and Peropica’s body gave up on repairing it.
We were in such a hurry for two reasons.
The first reason was because of the news that the brown-haired talisman gave to the druid Zanabas.
“I never imagined that the lord would lose.”
At my murmur, Zanavas opened his mouth.
“I can’t be sure yet. Choksae is a clever guy, but he doesn’t have eyes to read the war situation.”
“There are people who abandon their weapons and run away, but things can’t be good.” “Of course it is.” It broke while dragging hundreds of veteran mercenaries.
The second reason for our haste was strange signs.
According to Atalante, the rogue bird Peropica is ferocious from the start, but she isn’t stupid enough to fight until the herd is annihilated.
It is said that the feropicas must have moved abnormally because there was obviously some artificial force.
“trunnion.”
“huh?”
“I feel it slowly. It’s a lot of magic.”
Ellen sat on my arm and closed her eyes. Her blonde hair swayed for a moment, as if she had activated her magical energy.
“…The flow of magical power is getting faster and faster.”
“Are you going faster?”
“huh. Are you sure.”
Druid Zanavas interrupted in an urgent tone.
“You are in a hurry. It must have noticed our approach.”
“You noticed? how?”
“He is a powerful Akanku. There must be many means.”
Zanavas scratched his head and blamed himself.
“I couldn’t waste my time frightened by the Anupads. I should have climbed the mountain right after entering the forest.”
“…I don’t think this is the time for regret. Hurry up everyone! Go faster!”
After almost running up the mountain, we were finally able to reach the top.
“…what is it?”
“What happened?”
Just as Steedman and Boonie mumbled, there were only low piles of stones on the flat ground at the summit, but no trace of people was visible.
“Disperse! Scatter and find something strange!”
The mercenaries, burdened by my shouting, scattered in all directions. Ellen muttered softly, holding the hem of my dress.
“This magical power… I can feel the power of the spirit.”
“I guess so. You say you’re bringing the spirit world into the real world?”
“That’s not all. Not just the spirit’s power.”
The hand holding the hem of the dress trembled. Ellen took a deep breath and continued.
“I can feel the power of the underworld.”
“…If it is the underworld” People often believed that there were nine dimensions in the world. It was a story that there are four ‘dimensions of goodness’ and four ‘dimensions of evil’ centered on the ‘real world’, the dimension in which people live.
The dimension of good is ‘heaven’, ‘spirit world’ and ‘eternal world’, and it is believed that there is a ‘light world’ that is one level higher than that.
As for the dimension of evil, there are ‘Underworld’, ‘Death World’ and ‘Hwan World’, and it is said that there is a ‘Dark Realm’ beyond that.
There is also a story that countless extraterrestrial dimensions exist outside of the nine dimensions, but this was considered a myth.
But, you can feel the power of the spirit realm and the power of the underworld at the same time in one place?
“What do you mean by that?”
“I don’t know. I don’t understand either.”
Just as Ellen was confused, the well-behaved Jenessa gave a loud roar.
“Here is something strange!”
I went there quickly to inspect it and saw what looked like wooden planks lined with iron between the piles of stones.
“What is that?”
“Look, I can see too.”
As the mercenaries took turns examining the piles of stones, the swordsman with dark gray hair let out a screeching sound.
“Oh that.”
“Do you know what Simos is?”
Simos answered Shiren’s question with a puzzled expression.
“That’s a cart used in the mines.”
“A cart?”
“It’s exactly the bottom part.”
Utequai, who had been silently watching this, turned his wrist and stepped out.
“If you dig, you will know. Get out of the way!”
“Don’t work in vain and step back.”
“Ur?”
It was the young wizard Ethan who stopped Utequai. He glanced at Ute Kwai, then stood in front of a pile of stones and put his palms together.
“hmm. All young tricksters are rude.”
Ignoring Utequai’s words, Ethan began to recite a spell. Passes
after a while .
Hard piles of stones collapsed into small pebbles and fine sand.
” oh.” As I exclaimed at the sight, Ellen pursed her lips.
“It’s just an application of the Earth Shatter spell. What’s so great about that?”
“You say that applying spells is difficult? He looks about your age, isn’t that great?”
“If that was anything great, I would already be a grandmaster. And if you do that, isn’t it worse than Utequai cleaning it up?”
Just as Ellen said, the gravel and sand were piled up right there. However, after taking a step forward, Siren put the clay doll down, and the sand and pebbles stuck to the doll as if attracted by a magnet, completing a large golem.
“…to use two spells to clear a pile of stones. It’s inefficient.”
“Now is not the time to evaluate efficiency.”
In the place where the pile of stones was removed, there was a hole in the hole. Enough magic power flowed through the hole that I could feel.
I looked around at the party members. Through the strained face, Utequai smiled pouting.
“Hatanka takes the lead.”
I also burst into laughter.
“it’s okay. A sluggish bastard.”
“I am not slow!”
I tapped Ellen’s calf. The boy’s blue eyes flickered for a moment.
“It sticks well behind Utequai.”
“Why do you?”
“Because I am the oldest.” Ellen, who kept her mouth shut, quietly floated up. I picked up my hrunting and looked back at the party.
“Those who are afraid can wait here.”
My eyes turned to Atalanta.
“…why are you looking at me?”
“You don’t have to follow me.”
“I must be mistaken because I am so beautiful, but I am a warrior in the wilderness and a mercenary whose motto is faithfulness.” She shrugged and continued.
“You can’t just skip the points and leave. You are too modest.”
Atalanta showed a cool smile. Agos and Vittorio just kept their mouths shut and their eyes shining.
Next, my gaze turned to Amias Street. Amias, who looked back at the gang, opened his mouth cautiously.
“…can we help?”
I shook my head.
“It won’t be much.”
At that moment, Steedman hit the silent Amias in the back of the head.
Fuck!
“What are you doing?”
“I want to ask you, you cowardly bastard.”
“Damn it, now is not the time to get emotional.”
The freckled Mira quickly added her words.
“that’s right. Can’t you see that it’s a bad place just by looking at it? Even if small puppies like us
cling to it.
”
While the three of them were bickering, Archer Cole asked me.
“Does not much help mean little?”
“Um well.”
Archer Cole looked back at his comrades and said.
“If you leave here, you will not be a mercenary.”
Booney, who had been silent, opened his mouth.
“that’s right. Not a mercenary, but a gangster bully.”
“……shit.”
Leader Amias, who was scratching under his helmet, looked back at me as he straightened his axe.
“It will be more helpful than expected. We do it for one person now.”
I scratched my eyebrows for a moment, then nodded.
“good. Do whatever you feel like.”
Siren, who had been observing the conversation, stepped out.
“Thank you Sir Phoenix.”
“What do you mean?”
“You are actively helping me like this.”
…Uh right. Come to think of it, this was a simple escort request, right?
Since the destination was the top of the mountain, going any further than that is not part of the contract.
Maybe it’s because I heard that the alt-player was messing around, but I think I thought it was my job at some point.
“O”
I hesitated for a moment before thinking of the right words.
“The only commands Prince Ulkar gave me were 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 you.”
Siren’s big eyes filled with emotion. Several of the other party members had roughly the same look.
Certainly, the idols of the kingdom are idols. Everyone is fascinated by the word Prince Ulkar.
“Then let’s go.”
Leading the party members who were determined, I entered the bloodshed.
