199. North Road (5)
#199
Ronan pulled at the hilt of his sword. The light flowing through the sword body became stronger for a moment and a werewolf appeared in the air right in front of him. After practicing handling Aurors he was able to distinguish between the ability to simply emit light and the ability to attract opponents.
“Kihehe?!”
The werewolf’s eyes widened at the sudden narrowing of the gap. He was a guy with hair that grew on his chin like a beard. I thought maybe I could end the fight with just this one. He said he needed to be fed blood but it would be more beneficial for the Caravel top if it ended on a good note.
“You are an example.”
For a moment Ronan’s hand holding the sword became blurred. Suddenly! Dozens of red lines were drawn chaotically over the body that was hovering in the air.
It was the moment when the blurred sword reappeared. Wow! With a soft explosion sound piles of cut meat and internal organs fell to the floor. The werewolves who were running with the momentum to devour the world stopped all at once.
“Kyaaaaaak!”
“Khehehe!”
As expected the response was enthusiastic. Ronan swung his sword and brushed away the pieces of intestines that were stuck on his body. He pointed the tip of his sword at a group of bandits and made a threat.
“Only those who want to become minced meat keep coming.”
“Woof…!”
It was a suppression that encouraged escape. Only those who weren’t quite assholes would know that the blow from just now was no match for them. Marya who was next to me started to gag at the sudden disaster. The werewolf’s original appearance could not be found anywhere in the piles of meat strewn under the carriage.
“Kaaaa!”
But sadly they were quite a bunch of idiots. The beastmen roared even more fiercely and loudly and began running again. Ronan sighed as he looked at the demigods who chose a sad ending. Just as he was about to descend a shot from his crossbow was fired from inside his wagon.
“Kruk?”
Sigh! The crossbow flew in a straight line and pierced between the eyes of the werewolf running at the front. This was before the bastard even realized his death. The magic imprinted on the arrowhead was activated and a fire explosion occurred. Kwaaaaang! With a scorching roar a charred corpse rose into the air.
“Oh shit.”
This was before the shattered pieces of meat fell to the floor. The crossbows fired in succession hit the beasts running from the edge of the group. bang! bang! bang! Pillars of fire rose one after another and surrounded the group of thieves. Ronan whistled in admiration at the sight of the prisoners instantly trapped in the flame fence.
“It’s pretty good.”
“It’s no big deal.”
“Is there more than those?”
“Based on the bonfire in the center of the base seven to the south and five to the east. Oh one just died so there are four. ”
Ronan laughed after hearing Adeshan’s explanation. It was an amazing analysis ability at any time. It seemed like Schlieffen would have to give up on that one field. She did what she said.
“But other mercenaries are already fighting so I don’t think you need to worry. “If you think about their skills they can easily block it.”
“If it’s a senior it must be like that.”
Ronan nodded his head. Since he had this level of ability he would have become a general at such a young age. He looked back at Marya who was dumbfounded and said.
“Marya. “The two of us will stop here so go to Uncle Duon.”
“what? “There are that many?”
Marja frowned her eyebrows. No matter how long the two of them could fly there were too many of them. She had faithfully attended Varen’s classes and knew that the beastmen would become very dangerous enemies if they harbored malicious intent. Her physical ability and fighting sense that she was born with were factors that could never be ignored no matter how much she trained herself as a warrior. Adeshan’s voice came from inside the wagon.
“are you okay. “I think she can come and visit.”
“Well if you even say that….”
Adeshan’s tone was full of confidence. In the meantime she was firing her crossbow and gathering the beastmen who were trying to disperse. Marja who hesitated nodded her head. Paang! Strengthening her legs with her mana she immediately jumped in the direction where Duon was. Ronan who saw her leaping ability as if she was running through the sky shook her head as if he was tired of it.
“Isn’t he actually a beast? Something like a were ogre.”
“Ahaha where is such a pretty beast?”
“The senior is prettier.”
“…huh?”
Ade Shan’s hand stopped cocking her crossbow. It felt like something very shocking had just been said. She said after swallowing her spit once and looking up at the ceiling where her Ronan was.
“Hey what did you just say…”
But she said Ade Shan did not hear her answer. bang! Suddenly her roof caved in and the cart lurched as if it would topple over. The unexpected shock caused her to fall and land on her butt.
“Ouch!”
“I’ll be back.”
It was a reaction from Ronan’s leap. He flew through the night sky and landed in front of the confused prisoners. They were unable to escape the flame fence created by Ade Shan for fear of being hit by his crossbow.
“As expected disobedient dogs should be tied up and raised.”
“Karararak! human being!”
Ronan slowly approached them. Several courageous warriors rushed forward but as soon as they passed Ronan they turned into headless corpses and fell to the ground. Sigh! Blood splashed out like a fountain and soaked the snowy field. Even with the beastman’s keen visual acuity he could not identify Ronan’s sword path. Only then did fear begin to appear on the prisoners’ faces.
“That purr. “It’s strong.”
“How nice it would be if it ended on a good note.”
Once an opportunity passes it never comes back. Ronan was about to raise his sword to announce that fact. Suddenly the appearance of a werewolf that was different from other individuals caught my eye.
“…What did you eat that looked like that?”
Ronan narrowed his eyes. The bright light of the pillar of fire further revealed its bizarre shape. The face was distorted and the right arm was malformed. It seemed like a completely different monster not a werewolf as it was drooling with its forked tongue sticking out all the way to the bottom of its throat.
‘Am I sick?’
I looked closely at the group and saw that there were a few more of them. I felt an indescribable discomfort from the ugly beasts in different directions. Now that I think about it I think there were things like that in my past life but at the time everything was so bothersome that I committed the slaughter without even questioning it.
‘I guess I’ll have to ask.’
I wondered why it looked like that. But my curiosity could not overcome my desire to quickly finish work and sleep. I guess I can just leave one and question him.
As Ronan gripped the hilt of his sword the scarlet blade became crimson reminiscent of his blood. There was no need for him to use Aurors because the crossbows that kept flying were tying up the beastmen’s feet. Ronan jumped out in front of him turned sideways and swung his sword. Sigh! Red spray of sword energy poured down towards the struggling beastmen.
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“Whoa… I’m glad there are so many people. “If not we would all have died.”
“Unlucky luck will come to an end… Hey bring me a stretcher!”
It was about fifteen minutes later that the situation was completely resolved. The mercenaries carefully selected by Duon completely annihilated the werewolf bandits. Fortunately there were no deaths but there were quite a few injuries. Werewolves which became more rampant the more they were injured were never an easy opponent.
However since no one was fatally injured it seemed like the journey could continue without difficulty. The coachman and horse supplies were all in good condition. Merchants who checked the damage looked around to find Sangsanju. A delicious smell was wafting from somewhere.
“What is this smell? “Are you going to grill some meat?”
“It smells like blood…oh there they are.”
They finally found Duon to the west of the camp. Marya and her two friends who came in as escorts were standing next to her. It was in the car that a mustachioed tradesman was trying to get his horse out for a report. The scenery stretching beyond the shoulders of the four people left him speechless.
“what…!”
Hell was unfolding. The dismembered corpses of prisoners covered the floor like a carpet. The blood was seeping onto the flat ground maintaining the form it had when it was poured. Black scorch marks remained here and there on the snowy field.
“Oh this is really….”
“That doesn’t make sense.”
The Caravel father and daughter who arrived about two minutes earlier than the merchants were also admiring the tragedy in fascination. It seemed like a storm of fire and blades had swept through.
“All of this…did you two do it together?”
“Well that’s right. “It was easy because my senior collected it for me.”
“Ronan did it all. “I just shot the crossbow from afar.”
The two were busy giving credit to each other but that wasn’t really important. The fact that only two people caught what seemed at first glance to be forty werewolves was something that made no sense based on common sense. Marya who was looking at them in turn laughed as if she was dumbfounded.
“Monsters.”
Moreover instead of killing them all they even took one prisoner. A large werewolf was bound and kneeling in front of Ronan. Adeshan’s whip replaced the rope. He growled glaring at Ronan as if he were going to kill him.
“Crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr possible possible to release this right now!”
“Okay okay. “He certainly looks smart and speaks well.”
Ronan nodded his head in satisfaction. He was the one chosen after a rigorous search. Compared to his colleagues he had fine fur sharp eyes and a gorgeous breastplate that he didn’t know where he got it from which caught Ronan’s attention.
Out of the forty-three this one was the only one wearing his armor. Ronan asked kicking him with his foot.
“This is some pretty good-looking armor. Where did you get it? “I don’t think it’s the work of the beast people.”
“Aaaah! “Don’t touch me!”
The werewolf roared. He opened his mouth and tried to bite Ronan’s leg. Ronan lightly pulled the man’s leg away and slashed the man’s nose with the hilt of his sword. Kwasik! The werewolf’s head dropped with the sound of his bones breaking. Ronan grabbed one of his ears at once and growled lowly.
“Can’t you understand the situation you idiot? “Why don’t you give me a straight answer?”
“Kkkrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr….”
“I have pride in being a thief who kills people and steals things. “If you answer correctly they will save your life.”
Two streams of thick nosebleed dripped down. Ronan touched his ears and continued.
“Okay if you don’t want to answer let’s ask something else. “How did those idiot-looking people end up like that?”
“Kuh…Kuhuh….”
Ronan extended his finger and pointed to the corpse of a werewolf. The right arm I encountered a little while ago was a malformed entity. The werewolf’s face contorted viciously once again as its eyes landed on it.
“Khaha! Are you calling that a question now? “You guys have gotten weird since you left!”
“What does this mean?”
“After humans came back everyone died early! The barely born cubs look strange! I’m going to kill everyone! “I will kill you!”
The werewolf began to run wild in his path incomparable to before. The whip that held his iron pieces together tightened and his blood flowed but he didn’t care. He shouted glaring at the four people in front of him.
“Remember humans. We will tear your family and friends to pieces and kill them all. Wow! “The night of the canine is not far away!!”
“what?”
Ronan’s eyes widened at the words Night of the Fangs. The werewolf slowly got up opened its mouth and lunged at Duon. It was a speed that exceeded expectations. It was the moment when Ronan was urgently trying to activate his aura.
“Okay.”
“Huh huh huh!”
The werewolf’s rushing body suddenly stopped. The sharp fangs were less than half a step away from Duon’s neck. Ronan raised his eyebrows when he noticed that the bastard’s eyes were the same color as ash. Adeshan who was standing right next to him breathed a sigh of relief.
“Woooo… thank goodness.”
“senior?”
Adeshan’s eyes were glowing faintly. It was mental suppression using the mana of shadows. So has it reached that point now? Lin Ronan whispered an exclamation and swung his sword. Suddenly! As soon as a short arc was drawn the werewolf’s head fell to the floor.
“Can you control people now?”
Ronan led the way and asked a question. Ade Shan shook his head. He seemed to have no idea what he had done.
“Well I didn’t think I would succeed either. Maybe it’s because this prisoner’s condition is unstable. By the way just now….”
“It was called canine night. “I heard it too.”
Ronan nodded his head. Ade Shan’s face was frozen. Fang’s Night. It was a great rebellion by the northern beastmen masterminded by Jaipa who took away all the happiness of a young girl. After calming down her heavy breathing Ade Shan opened her mouth.
“What does it mean that it’s not long before? no way….”
“well. “I think we should report this.”
Ronan stopped the werewolf rolling on the floor by pressing his foot on its head. I couldn’t figure out why the Night of the Fangs incident which ended more than ten years ago was mentioned again.
However rather than being a simple threat what this werewolf said bothered me. Even objects that looked strange and were eaten. The tribe has become strange since the humans arrived. It seemed like something unusual was happening in the north.
“…I have to take care of things first so let’s go back. “You had a hard time.”
“huh. You had a hard time too. But Ronan was in that carriage earlier…”
She said Ade Shan dragged her by the tail. She must have heard something very pleasant but she wasn’t sure. Didn’t she ever tell me I was pretty? Ade Shan unable to finish saying that one word shook her head.
“Ugh. “It’s nothing.”
“What is it? It’s bland.”
Ronan chuckled. They turned around and went back to camp. The moon and stars were shining through the cloudy night sky. The gently flowing moonlight enveloped the plateau covered in blood and corpses.
It didn’t take long to settle things down. As expected the Caravel fleet arrived in Rundalian around noon the next day. It was a small town where a rare iron mine existed and most of the residents were made up of beastmen.
