My Villains Episode 276
52. Ancient Gateway (4)
Goleman lived in Lianwell, the largest city in the west, for several years and met countless nobles, merchants, and mercenaries.
However, it is a completely different story to simply come and go and see things and live with them. To Goleman, all of his new colleagues were unfamiliar and strange beings.
‘Even the guys from Paulville do it.’
He pushed the pork to one side of the skillet and continued to think while frying the onion in salty oil.
It wasn’t just Goleman and Kavas Shea who joined Phoenix’s subordinates in Folville. ‘Walsh’, who once served as an escort for the guild, and a man named ‘Rusk’, who lived alone in a place a little far from the village, also followed.
Perhaps, like the three friends, they joined Phoenix to avoid being drafted, but they did not have much interaction with each other even when they were in the village, so Golman did not know the details.
The seven mercenaries from Modos were also interesting. Everyone had their own stories, including Donnel and Mitelman, who had deserted while in the army of the vampire count.
Also, they all had pride and unreasonable things.
He said that even when the demons of inferno appeared in the middle of Modos, they did not run away until the end, and that’s why Phoenix made them his subordinates. In other words, they proved their courage.
They were also treated as children by the six mercenaries who said they had followed Phoenix from Longville to the east.
Gi-don, a man with a tough impression, is a faithful follower of the Kwangmyeong cult.
I always carry a ring-cross rosary in my left hand, and I only release it when I turn the hoist of the crossbow.
He wasn’t the type to enjoy interacting with people, so that was all Golman knew about Gidon.
Umberta, always humming, is a mercenary from the Crescent Islands far away.
As a swordsman who handles one-handed swords, he is so skilled that he once killed two orcs by himself.
Eson explained that he had crossed over to the continent in pursuit of his cheating lover, and at some point he had settled down as a mercenary, but no one knew what had become of his lover.
Plump Esson, as his nickname suggests, is a man with a generous body.
Perhaps because he grew up near a monastery, he has a good personality and has a knack for making everyone around him his friend.
Goleman did not believe the story of the jovial old man laughing and breaking people’s skulls with a pole hammer.
Dervish… As I experienced a week ago, she is a female warrior with an outspoken personality and broad shoulders.
He had served for six years in a count’s family, but he was excellent in martial arts and his strength and stamina were not normal, as befits an elite soldier from an aristocratic family.
Every time he met Goleman, he played an insidious prank, so he was the one he didn’t want to run into.
Veteran mercenary commanders from the Empire serve as de facto deputy commanders in this group and are treated as such.
He has a lot of experience, so Phoenix often seeks advice, and his role is to roll low-ranking mercenaries, including his three friends, so that they taste sweet every day.
Because of his meticulous and caring personality, he was one of the few people who considered Golman a good person.
Fritz is an asshole. He has a crazy personality, but he is the most skilled among the mercenaries, so everyone tries to avoid him.
At least Phoenix and a red bear called ‘Mr. Hatanka’ control him, but sometimes, when his eyes wander, he attacks them both as well.
It seemed a little pity in Golman’s eyes that he couldn’t hold back his anger even after being beaten so badly every time.
Despite punching Cavas, the three friends have grown to like Fritz a little lately. Because one of Fritz’s hobbies was ‘harassing Donell’.
When ‘Burnt Donnell’ did a good job, he hit him on the back of the head, saying ‘Well done Donel’, and when he couldn’t do his job, he kicked him in the shin, saying ‘Overcooked Donnell’.
Originally, he should have been the most feared opponent in this group, but perhaps thanks to Phoenix’s bluffing in advance, he didn’t even come close to the three friends. It was fortunate.
Glancing at the conversation between Confir and Fritz over the bonfire, Goleman scooped out some deliciously cooked pork and onions on a wooden platter.
The next turn was the egg brought by Kavas. Goleman lightly stuck the dagger into the egg and tapped the permal with his hand.
“…It’s harder than I thought.”
Golman muttered that and gave more strength to strike the dagger.
After several attempts, the egg finally cracked. He carefully peeled off the upper eggshell and poured the contents into the skillet. The quantity was so great that it seemed to overflow out of the pan.
Goleman worked diligently with a wooden spatula to loosen the yolk. Unidentified bird eggs were fried in sizzling pork fat. Thoughts that had been interrupted for a while continued.
Phoenix is a good person.
Goleman never saw him slapping his hand or swearing at someone below him. Even when he beat Fritz, he kept the form of sparring. His basic personality itself seemed like a friendly and kind person.
Looking at the tone of voice and the words used, he seems like a celestial nobleman, but his behavior is different.
He didn’t enjoy pampering others, so he did most of the work himself and was always grateful to Hicks and Rowen, who did the chores.
Goleman saw Phoenix like that and thought he had a personality close to a scholar.
When he showed light body movements as if he were wearing silk clothes while wearing heavy plate armor, he really wanted to be a knight with a high reputation. Still, Gollman couldn’t imagine Phoenix killing people.
The red bear Utequai, whom the mercenaries respectfully call ‘Mr. Hatanka’, has not yet been well understood. It was not easy for Goleman to understand Mr. Hatanka, a pagan and a stranger.
The only thing that was certain was that he was no ordinary savage.
Mr. Hatanka was a man of ridiculous size. He was also the owner of supernatural strength enough to lift a wagon with a broken wheel without removing the load.
Goleman was confident that he would pee even if he shouted.
However, whenever we met eyes, he smiled and talked to Gollman. It’s not perfect, but he said a few words in fluent Milanese and tapped on the shoulder.
Also, Mr. Hatanka drew while looking up at the sky on nights when the moon was bright. I guessed that it must be scribbles or scribbles, but as I watched while standing watch, the skill was not normal.
In Goleman’s common sense, a savage was not someone who could draw such a picture.
At any rate, Mr. Hatanka was an elusive person.
It was even more difficult to understand ‘Mungchi’, a woman from the East.
At first glance, he seemed to be of Goleman’s age, but his racially alien appearance made it impossible to determine his exact age.
When I first saw her, I thought that she had a cute face, but she was not tall and had a slender body, so I couldn’t use my strength. However, seeing that the mercenaries from Longville were secretly afraid of her, there must be something wrong.
After observing her for several days, Goleman made a surprising realization. It was the fact that she only appeared in front of Phoenix.
When Phoenix wasn’t with her, the bundle was nowhere to be seen. Then, at some point, when I looked back at Phoenix, it seemed to have sprung out of the shadows, and I was stuck next to him.
Its appearance reminded them of spirits or ghosts, so at some point, Goleman and his friends began to feel uncomfortable with a woman called Mongchi.
It was equally difficult to understand Hayla, a woman known as a ‘noble lady’ among mercenaries.
Once upon a time, the lady was a beauty. Even Goleman, who prided himself on his knowledge of living in Lianwell, had never seen a beauty like her. Whenever our eyes met, it was to the point of gasping and suffocating.
Judging by the natural elegance of her luxurious clothes, she was clearly a noble. However, it was not clear which noble he belonged to, and it was said that a similar discussion had already taken place among the mercenaries.
Topal and Baden, famous for their many beauties, were mentioned as candidates, but the most convincing hypothesis was Ireland across the narrow sea. Black hair, black eyes, white skin, and powerful blood magic were the characteristics of the two ducal families that ruled the small kingdom in the distant past.
However, that hypothesis was immediately refuted. It was because of the story that Phoenix had introduced her as his cousin before.
For a knight who swore allegiance to the prince of the royal family of Zeore to be a cousin of the daughter of the duke of Ireland, it was common sense and absurd.
The girl whose exact identity was unknown, but who was certain to be a nobleman, was the object of admiration and longing for most of the group. It was only natural that she was a noble beauty and kind to everyone.
Goleman was also difficult to deal with at first because of her doll-like expressionless face, but her heart melted after warm tea, sweet snacks, and small considerations.
“Golman.”
Golman, who continued his thoughts, suddenly raised his head. It was because he heard hallucinations of Heila calling him from somewhere.
“Golman.”
“Oops!” Gollman’s shoulders shook at the voice he heard again. I turned around and saw Heyla standing there, her overcoat and black hair blowing in the winter wind.
“Oh, miss?”
“this.”
She handed the bag to Goleman, who was surprised, without saying anything. He glanced at his pockets and Heyla with a confused look on his face.
“What is this?”
“pepper.”
Cavas, who was pretending to be asleep, and Shea, who was suppressing her anger inside, were also looking up at Heila with round eyes.
“You mean pepper? Why is this precious thing?”
“I can’t eat without pepper. It’s raining.”
As she said that, she pointed to the soft-cooked bird eggs in the cast-iron skillet.
“…Ah yes. Thank you, lady.”
“Where did you get that?”
“yes? Oh, do you mean this?”
“O” Heh.
When Heila’s gaze reached the discarded eggshell by the campfire, Golman involuntarily turned his head away. Taking his gaze, Kavas stuttered and opened his mouth.
“Oh, I picked it up. Why is that?”
“There was no Eucharist?”
“…adult? Are you talking about the nest? I don’t think there was a mother…
“I see. Lucky for you.”
She pulled out a pair of gloves from inside her coat. It was a glove with five diamond patterns engraved like stars on the back of the hand.
The moment Heila puts on those gloves. Kyaaaaaagh
from afar
!
A sharp cry that pierced the eardrum was heard!
“What are these X-arms talking about?”
“boundary! Wake up everyone!”
As if a fire had fallen, the campground, which had been engulfed in dusk, awoke with a clamor.
Goleman and Kavas Shea covered their ears and looked as if they didn’t understand why.
“Lady, this is-”
“It’s the cry of a wyvern.”
“……yes?”
“Wyvern. I’m coming for the eggs.”
Kavas then opened his mouth wide, realizing that what he had picked up was a wyvern egg. Shea and Gollman were also flustered and their faces turned pale.
“Uh uh uh how do you do this?”
“are you okay.”
In the distance, black figures rose above the snow-covered groves. yes shapes. Wyvern was not one.
Heila was still calm. She grabbed a canteen nearby and put out the fire.
“Wyverns have no senses. If we hide well among the bushes, you won’t find us.”
Words similar to hers were being shouted by Confair and Eson. The mercenaries who put out the fire quickly hid themselves among the bushes.
However, despite such efforts, the Wyverns flew straight to the campsite.
Heila, who took her three friends and hid herself among the bushes, blinked a couple of times.
“…Did you ever see anything around the nest?”
“yes? No, no.”
“then.”
Her dark eyes turned to Cavas’s shins. Now I see that the scent of blood flowing from him continues into the forest.
“You bleed.”
“……yes yes.”
Cavas licked his lips.
The fact that he had summoned a monster among monsters that ate even ogres made him feel unbearable pressure and fear.
“Maybe maybe it’s good?”
Heila wordlessly stretched a gloved finger toward Cavas’s shin, and the blood soaked in the bandage instantly dripped, pooled, and floated into the air.
“Stay here.” With Kavas’ blood floating on her fingers, Heila made her way to the middle of the bushless encampment.
“miss! You can’t come out!”
“Hide yourself!”
The other mercenaries waved in shock, but Heila looked at Phoenix with a feminine expression.
“I am after this blood. You have to fight.”
“……okay?”
Phoenix, who was sitting under a bare fir tree, stood up.
“What’s good?”
He pulled out one of the two longswords hanging from his waist. The black blade that came out of the scabbard scattered a cold wind. The already chilly air grew even colder.
“Come on, prepare for battle!”
At Phoenix’s light cry, the mercenaries walked out of the shadows and drew their weapons.
“Hey uncle. I heard that wyvern hide is that expensive?” “It is worth calling. Even if you catch just one, you will be able to fix the situation.”
The mercenaries laughed lowly at Confair’s joke.
Utequai, who was rummaging through the cart alone, took something out of a wooden barrel lined with iron plates. The culprit was a chain so thick that it was difficult to hold it with one hand.
“Pirkawa is a good game. I am seeing it for the first time too.”
He wrapped a chain around his wrist. The chains rattled and sparks splattered, but
there was no trace left on the skin as tough as cast iron.
Goleman and Kavas Shea looked blank for a moment.
According to their common sense, in order to hunt a group of wyverns, there had to be a sizable army or a large number of professional wizards. But now, they were trying to face the Wyverns with only twenty or so people.
Before the three friends even vomit their doubts, Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh Crying burst out from close by.
The next moment, Heyla reached out for the sunset sky. Cavas’ blood droplets floating on it spread like mist, and the Wyverns let out a terrible roar like a scream again.
The wyverns that had flown right in front of me were rushing towards Heila, to be precise. Only then did Goleman and Kavas Shea raise their heads and properly face the wyvern’s dragon.
A head with protruding black scaly jaws and a tail with spikes at the tips of wings with rakes in the middle of an elongated neck.
The length from the head to the tip of the tail seemed to exceed 4 meters, and the ferocious claws looked like they could easily lift a bull.
There were six such terrifying monsters.
Monsters weighing more than a ton flew in in droves, but Heila remained expressionless. It was just a flash of light resembling starlight bursting out of his outstretched hand toward the sky.
To-do-dung/
A low, heavy sound. Shining projectiles split the sky in succession.
Meal medicine!
The Wyvern, who was flying in front, screamed. It had four or five holes in its wings and chest.
The crossbow arrows shot by the mercenaries also flew towards Y Bundle. Due to the close distance, most of them were hit. However, only Gidon’s 70-centimeter crossbow pierced the leather and did significant damage.
“Suck”
A step later, Phoenix threw a javelin. Following the heavy advance that covered the nearby floor, the javelin flew like a beam of light and crashed into the skull of a wyvern.
Despite a series of onslaughts, only one fell through the bushes. The wyvern, with a javelin stuck in its head, twisted its body while making a groaning sound.
“Finish Donell!”
At Confair’s shout, seven mercenaries, including Donnel, ran towards the fallen guy.
The one with multiple marble-sized holes and the one whose cheek was pierced by a thick crossbow stumbled for a moment before regaining their balance. Then they joined the other three and stormed into the camp.
At that moment, Heila clenched her fists.
Quagga Gagagak!
There was a deafening sound as if something was grinding. A red-hot explosion swept over the heads of the mercenaries.
The guy with the crossbow in his cheek rolled across the snow with the top of his chin missing. The one hit by the bullet from the stars poured out his organs for a long time, flapped his mop-like wings, and slammed his head on the floor.
The rest of the wyverns didn’t do well either. Every part of his body was torn by the sharp baptism of blood, and hot blood was pouring out relentlessly.
Heila tried to raise her magic again, but Phoenix was a step faster this time.
UA g AA a) ”
Phoenix’s shoes flashed in a low voice. Tung/ With the sound of heavy wind, the large body of plate armor bounced diagonally about 7 to 8 meters into the air.
At the same time, the blood splattered by the Y Bundles swirled around Phoenix. Blood rushed to the longsword in an instant, and the black blade was stained dark red.
Tsu 三“天 — /
The bloody blade grew longer than 2.5 meters and was frozen solid by the cold air emitted by the longsword. A dark red ice blade cut through the air.
Wedge-!
A long, sharp blade cut off the head of one wyvern at once. Phoenix twisted in the air to swing his sword again. However, the last two wyverns passed him relentlessly.
“Hey Mr.”
Utequai said ‘Huh!’ at the appearance of Phoenix. and shed a laugh.
He had his feet firmly planted on the frozen ground. Black light vomited from the tattoos that coiled around her calves and shins. The connection with the land was solidified.
“Ugh-!”
All the trees around him trembled at his shout. Utequai, who had drawn the power of the earth, swung a chain while the snow dust was covering all sides.
It was engulfed in flames in an instant taken with the chain used by the lord of the flame world. A thick chain more than 15 meters long swept all over the place, spewing red heat. The blizzard created by the trees dissipated, scattering steam.
Kyaaak-!
The two wyverns plummeted to the ground, wrapped in fiery chains.
“Ugh-”
Utequai was excited.
He swelled up his thick forearm and pulled the chain harder. And I put it on my shoulder and twisted my waist. The two Wyverns, who had fallen and were wrapped in chains,
rose to the sky again.
“Ugh-”
“Damage!” Fritz and Umberta, who were on one side of the camp, screamed. The two threw their bodies with all their might, and two Wyverns slammed right where they were.
“Hey X arm! Be careful, brother!”
In a fit of temper, Fritz brushed the snow off his head and shouted, but Ute Quai only chuckled as he pulled his feet off the ground.
There were red burns on his hands, probably from the heat of hellfire, but Ute Kwai patted them as if dusting them off.
“Oh, I wish I could run one more time.”
Phoenix walked out from the other side of the bush, inserting a knife. Suddenly, a bundle was attached to his side.
“It’s a bunch.”
“yes?”
“Can’t you teach me how to step on that instep and run?”
“…to.”
When Moongchi made a puzzled expression as if he was not confident, Phoenix grinned and tousled her hair.
“done. You have to know how to satisfy people.”
The chubby Esson approached him and grumbled.
“Nari, what is this? There are only rags left, right?”
“what?”
“Donell, that stupid bastard, has really chopped up the one who goes after them all, and Mr. Hatanka has roasted both of them whole.”
“Isn’t the one I killed still fine?”
Esson lowered his voice, glancing sideways at Heila.
“By the way, the backing would have been very dirty. It’s because I was hit with a piece of blood.”
He then grumbled, ‘I’m glad there’s one guy whose head flew off,’ and Phoenix licked his lips and shrugged.
“I can’t help it. Try to get as much as you can.”
“Yes Nari.”
Goleman and Cavath Shea opened their mouths as if they couldn’t keep up with the battle that ended in an instant and the daily conversation that followed.
