Episode 425 Contaminated Area (4)
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I have no intention of fighting the Master. Why don’t you just step back and not bleed?”
A bandit’s distinctive way of speaking emanated from him.
It was probably because he spent a long time with the bandits and corrected his original way of speaking.
To that extent, the small kingdom alliance was moving quietly and cunningly after setting everything up.
Ray laughed.
“Pretending not to know. It’s all covered up already. I meet bandits quite often and know them, but when their lives are in danger, they throw away all their pride and prostrate themselves.”
As an example, when I glanced behind me, the sidekick, whose eyes met, was startled and slammed head first into the ground.
“You are right!”
He lay on his stomach, sweating profusely.
I don’t know what’s going on, but at least I wanted to save my own life.
I didn’t want to be pushed back and killed by the monsters pulling out the aura blades right in front of my eyes.
The boss of wild vegetables frowned.
“Are you telling me to lie flat on my face like that in front of the Master? Even animals don’t roll around on the floor.”
When the boss of the wild vegetables threw a contemptuous glance at him, tears flowed from the eyes of the assistant boss, who in an instant had become less than a beast.
“say. If you say it, it will save you. Where are the forces behind you?”
“Well, I’m just the boss of the living, so I’ll have to tell you a few times before you know.”
You have to believe the voice you want to believe.
If the one who reached the rank of junior master was only alive as the boss, the rest of the knights would be bandit subordinates or villager A.
But that didn’t mean there was any definitive evidence.
Although there is something similar to a small fort built here, which will be the key point in the rear, in fact, if the bandits just settled in a pre-built place, the probability is low, but it doesn’t make sense at all.
So it was a little long.
Judging from the bandit’s reaction, it’s almost certain that there is someone behind them.
However, since there was nothing to prove, it was impossible to officially criticize the forces behind it in the Kingdom of Silia.
‘The point is that we need to get physical evidence…’
No matter how clumsily he prepared for something to be discovered in a mountain like this.
Just in case, I raised my mana and looked around.
Nothing was caught either.
but who is he
Once bitten, it is a terrible venom that never lets go.
Just because I didn’t get caught this time, I won’t do anything stupid to completely remove my suspicions about them.
‘It’d be better to keep them alive to get the evidence for sure. That wouldn’t be suspected on the other side either.’
It would be beneficial for Celia and the village to observe from a little more distance than to remove the wild vegetables right away.
He captured the mana that Ray had spewed out.
The intensely burning Aura Blade disappeared as if it never happened.
Seeing this, the boss of wild vegetables swallowed his saliva.
Seeing how he handles the aura blade freely, he is at the level of an intermediate sword master even if he catches it a little.
It was at a level that it was incomprehensible to come to such a bandit.
Ray sighed and muttered.
“Ugh. I guess not. From now on, raid the village in moderation.”
As he scratched his head and said he had misjudged, and prepared to leave, the pier immediately caught fire.
“Yo warrior! Then what should I do? Surely you’re not trying to leave me alone with that ignorant, strong guy, right? Aren’t the warriors such unmerciful couples in the world?”
The ignorant, strong boss of the mountain wriggled his sword.
He threatened that if he didn’t save himself, he would become an irreplaceable pair in the world.
Of course, Ray didn’t care at all.
“When did you harass the helpless villagers, and now you pretend to be kind? no work.”
After clearing his ears and spitting out the words, the assistant manager screamed in despair.
“Aagh! 이 개새끼야!”
“Heh heh. Come over here and let’s talk about it.”
The boss of wild vegetables gestured toward the assistant chief.
“Please save me! boss!”
“You should have said that earlier. It is too late now.”
He shook his head and raised his sword.
Ray didn’t care what the two of them were doing.
After looking around the mountain for a while, he went down the mountain, receiving glare from the bandits.
* * *
The villagers were waiting for him at the entrance of the village.
Since they had been farming all their lives, they had no eyes to see, but they could infer that Ray was stronger than the bandits.
However, no matter how strong he was, he did not think that he would be able to come back safely from the bandits.
Since he had been very affectionate, the villagers were not the only ones concerned.
“Can I really come back safely?”
“Didn’t you see the bandits were beaten down? It won’t be too bad, so don’t worry too much.”
“It was too reckless to go to the living quarters of bandits anyway.”
“Ah, isn’t that all because of us? Everyone keeps doing that, so you’re worried about me too. Stop it.”
While they were looking in the direction of the living room with a nervous feeling, Ray walked out over the bush.
The villagers flocked to him.
“I’m glad you’re safe.”
“How about wild vegetables? Didn’t the bandits come in?”
Ray, who was not taken aback by the sudden welcome, smiled.
“The bandits won’t come down for a while. You can rest assured.”
“Is that for real?”
“Looks like you had a good talk with the bandits.”
“Yeki! What are you talking about with bandits? Look at it, that young man came after defeating all the bandits.”
People laughed at the old man’s words.
No matter how strong a person is, how can one person knock out dozens of people?
The villagers dismissed the old man’s words as a joke, but in reality, the prediction was very close to what had just happened.
Ray, a little stumped, turned around.
“But you still have to be careful. It’s a good story, but you might have a different opinion.”
“All bandits are like that. Still, it’s going to be quiet for a while, so it puts my mind at ease.”
The faces of the villagers were relaxed as if they had let go of their time.
In the meantime, crops, money, and damage were considerable due to bandits.
Is that all? Even the young women of the village were taken away alive, so I said everything.
A man who had been hesitant the whole time, unable to join the crowd of villagers, approached Ray.
He immediately lowered his head.
“I… I’m sorry all of a sudden. However, there is something I would like to ask of you. Even if it’s just once, it’s okay…”
He couldn’t even raise his head for a long time as if he was sorry to go on.
Ray looked at him and said comfortably.
“It’s okay, so tell me. What happen?”
The villagers looked at him knowingly.
“Actually, my child has ‘Goblin Disease’. The people in my village don’t know, so I wondered if anyone outside the village might know something about the disease.”
came out again goblin disease.
What on earth is that disease that makes the villagers so terrified?
“What is that goblin disease?”
“The goblin bottle is… um…”
He hesitated for a while, wondering if it was a bit difficult to explain or if he didn’t want to talk about it.
“If it’s difficult to talk about it, can I see it myself?”
In the end, when Ray, who couldn’t stand it, suggested it, the man readily agreed.
“Please look at it.”
Seeing this, the villagers groaned.
“Stop it, Pet. I understand your heart, but it’s a disease that neither the healer nor the priest could cure. I can’t figure out the cause, let alone fix it, so how could a young man like this know?”
At the old man’s words, the man called Petra hardened his expression.
“I cannot give up, sir. If I give up, who will my child lean on?”
“I am saying this because your life is being ruined. If you live, won’t the child live too?”
“I have no intention of living without him.”
“You are stubborn.”
Ray, who had been quietly listening to their story, intervened in the conversation.
“I can’t say for sure that it can be fixed yet. So, let’s go see the condition for now.”
The villagers bitterly agreed to that.
After all, they didn’t expect him to be able to cure them at all.
I spent a lot of money and called a priest and a healer, but they also shook their heads without even being able to diagnose me correctly.
Everyone knew that it was not a disease that could be cured just because an outsider came.
That’s why I didn’t want to see people with goblin disease lose hope anymore.
However, unlike them, Pet, who was seeing hope, guided Ray with a slightly brightened face.
“Come this way. It’s not far from here.”
* * *
Following his guidance, a hut was built a short distance from the village.
Inside, five or six children were lying quietly.
It seemed that they were gathered in one place to prevent the disease from leaking out.
Although it is the basic of the basics, it could be seen that the therapist took good measures in his own way.
Ray took a look at them.
“It’s a tumor.”
The children’s faces were changed to look like goblins.
Tumors popped up all over his face, and some madman tried to forcefully cut them out, but the bleeding caused fatty degeneration and turned yellow.
Judging by its condition, it appeared to be some kind of discontinuously spreading tumor.
Looking at the tumor sites, fortunately, the growth rate was slow, but the extent of the lesions did not seem to be safe.
Ray rummaged through his leather pouch and pulled out a thin glove.
“Clean.”
After cleaning the glove, I carefully touched the child’s tumor.
I could feel it by touch.
Scattered masses of tumors that are not clustered in one place.
This was a contact transition caused by contact.
But why?
Why did the tumor suddenly appear?
That is also true for most of these children.
Ray, who had been looking for common ground for a while, came up with a similarity.
‘Goblin disease… Goblin swamp.’
Could it be that the swamp was the cause of the tumor?
The fog-like smoke that crept over the village also became suspicious.
Ray, who was examining the faces of the children in a confused way, left the cabin.
