◈ 245. [Side Story] A peaceful evening
“… .”
All the way back to the Crossroads via base camp, Quylan shrugged and didn’t say a word.
Not only Kuylan, but all the members of the punishment unit kept their mouths shut with gloomy faces.
‘Everyone was giggling with excitement when I caught the devil gatekeeper.’
I groaned inwardly as I looked at the downturned atmosphere.
Well, it’s not unreasonable for them to feel melancholic when they say that their ancestors might have been wolf monsters like that.
‘Koreans have bears among their ancestors… … .’
I tried to recount the love story of Dangun and Ungnyeo that smelled of garlic and mugwort, but I endured it. This kind of farming is not going to work.
“Everyone worked hard today.”
After returning to the backyard of the mansion, they briefly said a few words before disbanding the party.
“It wasn’t my intention, but I was able to meet the enemy general of this defense battle in advance. And this is a great harvest.”
It reminded me of the ambush that the vampire lord Selendion had done in the dungeon.
I was very upset at that time. All of the main party were unable to use their hands and were completely subdued.
However, thanks to that defeat, everyone was able to find a clue to become stronger, and as a result, they were able to defeat him.
Same this time.
‘An encounter with him will be a clue to the strategy.’
Wolf King Lunared.
Like the vampire lord Selendion, who was defeated before, he is the commander of the named monster corps.
Of course, I also tried to kill myself in the game.
It doesn’t have complicated gimmicks or various skills like Celendion. Just purely physically strong.
It has high stats and is strong, and each hit hurts. Rather, sometimes this type is more annoying.
‘and… They do a lot of strange things.’
Unlike the fact that the body’s combat power is honestly strong.
The werewolf corps is a corps with a lot of unexpected actions.
Even in the game, they made detours, ambush, and even used Nigawa tactics outside the castle walls, and were very poor bastards.
‘I asked where the fight was fatal and nabal.’
Wolves are clever animals. Even more so when it comes to hunting. There is a high possibility that it will come out very vicious and lethal in this defense battle.
A corps of lethal and dirty monsters led by a purely armed commander.
this is a werewolf oh that’s terrible
Based on my knowledge in the game, I gave a simple briefing on the standard way to deal with Lunared and his troops.
It’s something I’ll be teaching over and over again, but it’s more effective to say it on the day I saw the enemy commander’s face.
“… More than that. A detailed tactical meeting will be held later.”
I smiled softly as I watched the punishment unit party, which was still dark.
“Tonight, don’t worry any more and get a good rest.”
“… .”
Quylan didn’t answer and hung his head. I clapped.
“Come on, break up! Go eat and wipe your feet!”
***
Barracks on the Crossroads. The penal unit’s quarters.
“Um… .”
Kureha, who was cooking with her left hand, relaxed her sore shoulders.
‘Even my right hand was mummified… … Housework is hard too.’
During the last defense battle, the ‘Curse’ was activated because he used his right hand to subdue the wizards, and like his left leg, his right hand became like a mummy.
In order to hide this fact from his younger brother, he deliberately pretended to be healthy and took care of the housework. Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to have been noticed yet… … .
‘How long can you hide it?’
Kureha looked down at her right arm, which was hidden by a glove and long sleeve.
‘… No, hiding is not the problem.’
How long can we live like this?
Sooner or later, situations where you need to use your strength will continue to come, and one day it will not only be your right arm and left leg… … The ‘curse’ will spread all over the body.
– Once we get back to our homeland, we will be able to lift the curse on our bodies. Until then, be patient for a little bit.
Suddenly, I remembered what my brother had said yesterday.
“… .”
A bitter smile formed on Kureha’s lips.
hometown hometown
‘If you come back now, this curse… … .’
At that time, footsteps sounded dizzy outside the inn, and Quylan and the members of the penal unit opened the door and returned.
Kureha hurriedly fixed the sleeve on her right arm and looked back at her younger siblings with a calm smile.
“I’m here? You worked hard today.”
“Oh yeah… .”
Quylan avoided Kureha’s gaze and answered helplessly.
The other members of the penal unit also walked in without making eye contact with Kureha. Kureha was puzzled.
“what’s the matter? Everyone is powerless today. what happened?”
“No, no. nothing… .”
Dumbfounded, Cuilan collapsed on the bed without washing and lay down looking at the wall. Other members of the penal unit did the same.
Kureha frowned and asked Kuylan’s back.
“You’re not hiding something from me, is it Kuylan?”
“No brother… I’m just tired.”
Kuylan, who was lying on the wall staring at the wall, turned his head slightly and asked.
“brother. My older brother passed it on to me… … It’s the Maple Fist.”
“huh. why? What are you confused about?”
Quylan hesitantly asked.
“My brother said he was taught by his father.”
“huh.”
“My father inherited it from my grandfather.”
“huh. It is a martial art that has been passed down through generations in our family.”
“… .”
“why? Is there something you don’t understand? After a long time, will this older brother give you some guidance?”
Having said that, Kureha felt sorry for her. It was because it was certain that he would find out that his right arm had been mummified while trying to give him new martial arts instruction.
Fortunately, Kuylan shook his head and pulled the blanket over his head.
“I’m tired, but I’ll rest for a bit… .”
It might be funny to others to see a young man bigger than a bear doing this. In Kureha’s eyes, Kuylan was still a little younger brother.
“okay. I’ll cook for you, so if you’re hungry later, eat.”
“… .”
Quylan did not answer further.
Kureha got up again and went to the kitchen to finish cooking.
The sound of the older brother’s even breathing and the dry older brother’s boiling pot sounded quietly.
There were things the brothers did not reveal to each other.
The two believed that sometimes hiding is the way to benefit each other.
Without knowing that catastrophe is near.
A calm evening was passing by with only a few days left.
***
That night. Time for everyone to take a break.
The three of them quietly gathered in the barracks’ empty gymnasium.
It was Lucas, Evangeline and Damian.
“I’m sorry for calling you because you must be tired.”
Lucas looked back at Evangeline and Damian, and both shook their heads.
“No, Mr. Lucas. Actually, I wanted to collect them first, right?”
“Me too. Something else… … Because I feel like I can’t stay still.”
At the words of the two, Lucas nodded quietly.
All three felt the same sensation.
– Enlightenment is right in front of you.
The next stage of the battle is at hand.
However, even though it was visible in front of my eyes as if I could not catch it, it was scattered like a mirage.
“It is close to the realization of completing my own tactics by compiling my combat experiences so far. I can’t get hold of it.”
As Lucas squeezed his empty hand in front of his eyes, Evangeline let out a muffled sound.
“Me too. I think I need to move forward just a little further, but that one step is difficult.”
“Well, so… .”
Damian blinked his round eyes and looked around.
“The reason we are here today is, of course… ?”
“okay.”
On the floor of the gymnasium, there were many broken wooden practice weapons.
Among them, he kicked the wooden sword with his toe and tucked it in the air! Lucas nodded, clutching at him.
“It’s Dalian. Evangeline and I have been doing it often.”
“Let’s do it together starting today, oppa Damian!”
Damian laughed bitterly at the bloody and bright proposal of these fighter knights.
‘Either the clairvoyant or the magic gun can’t control its output… … .’
The concept of a clairvoyant arbitrarily spotting an opponent’s weakness and a horse gun firing lightly doesn’t exist.
There was a reason why Damian hadn’t been involved in sparring.
but… Damian was also in a hot situation.
Compilation of combat skills. To borrow Ash’s expression, ‘ultimate’.
The acquisition was near.
Was it because he witnessed a powerful enemy? My mouth was dry because I wanted to learn a new skill as soon as possible.
Sparring between people of similar skill level would definitely help.
Damian silently grabbed a pointless arrow and a wooden bow from the floor.
“How is the sparring method?”
“Of course, free battle. It is 1 to 1 to 1. Raising both hands or stepping out of the ring is a surrender.”
As soon as Damian grabbed the bow, Lucas and Evangeline got into fighting positions.
Fighting spirit overflowed from the bodies of the two knights, filling the gymnasium.
“I won’t look at you, Damian.”
“In the first place, Damien oppa might be the strongest here.”
After staring blankly at the two knights who were sincerely holding him in check, Damian smiled faintly and fired an arrow without a point on the bowstring.
It felt good, as if I had been recognized somehow.
“Then I will sincerely go too.”
Damian’s eyes changed.
An eerie white light flashed in her round, soft brown eyes. Lucas and Evangeline swallowed dry saliva at the same time.
clairvoyance.
I felt a tremendous burden when I set it as an enemy as much as I could count the number of enemies who had been helped by that eye.
A bloody tension flowed between the three of them. The three looked at each other and slowly walked around the gym in a clockwise direction.
That moment when even one person shows a gap, it seems as if they jump into each other all at once-
“The atmosphere is good, but I’m sorry all of a sudden.”
who broke the mood
The tension was broken and the three panicked and looked in the direction from which the voice had come.
From the side of the barracks quarters, a large martial artist walked out shyly.
“Can you hug me too?”
It was Quylan.
The bandit king was embarrassed and scratched the red back of his head.
“I don’t know about enlightenment or anything like those people. I’m just saying it’s frustrating. I think it will cool down a bit after a round of rolling.”
Lucas, who had been watching Quilan quietly, chinned.
“Put on your equipment and come up. I’ll beat you up cool.”
Smiling brightly, Quylan hurriedly put on his gauntlets and boots and climbed onto the gymnasium.
The sparring between the four continued until dawn that day.
***
Dawn.
Looking at the bright blue sky, I let out a long sigh.
“Whoa… .”
It was early in the evening when I went to bed, but as I kept thinking about this defense, it was already almost time for the sun to rise.
‘… I can’t even sleep, so I’m going to play with boxes.’
I took two boxes from my inventory and put them on the bed.
One SSR grade box received as a stage 9 reward. One SR grade box received as a stage 8 reward.
The small boxes under it had all been opened before, leaving only these two precious bodies.
‘I was going to open it if I saw something auspicious.’
Dreaming of a pig, cracking an egg and having two yolks, or seeing a blue bird… … I was going to cover it
‘No, if you play a chance game like this, people fall into shamanism and totemism? I can’t help it.’
Anyway, the auspicious sign did not appear, and the next stage is just around the corner.
The time has come to open these boxes because I can’t save any more.
I opened both boxes at the same time. When you lay it, you have to do it at once!
Flash-!
A dazzling light emanated from the two open boxes. I shouted vigorously.
“Did you finish it?!”
