Wandering Wolves (3)
Kooung.
The corpse of a giant owl bear.
When I put it down, the ground vibrated for a moment.
That guy was a huge monster twice as big as a normal bear.
“Wow…”
Inari and Luna opened their mouths as they faced the large corpse up close.
It was admiration.
“Awawawa-.”
The guy’s fluffy feathers.
Do you like it, or is it playful?
The two young werewolves smiled broadly as they plucked at his feathers.
Perhaps, I could be sure of the winter season based on my previous experience.
That must have been the mischievous smile of a mischievous child.
‘Poor guy.’
Winter tasted bitter.
‘It’s hard even in death.’
An owl bear whose feathers are plucked out whenever it is caught.
Looking at the end of that guy, Winter sent a low pitying gaze.
Owl Bear is a monster with the head and wings of an owl and the body of a bear.
Naturally, the body has bear fur, and the head and wings have owl feathers.
But those guys are randomly grabbing and plucking those long feathers that he once cherished and raised.
The rough bare skin was exposed.
Thanks to that, his bare skin, yellow like chicken meat, was revealed to the world.
‘…What do you like about it?’
Winter and his sisters had encountered an owl bear before, but the one at that time was quite small compared to the corpse of this one now.
I don’t know much about this guy’s ecology, even in winter.
Perhaps judging from that fact, the individual they encountered at the time was probably an immature child or a young cub.
In other words, this guy was that much fat.
Gyeol and his two sisters, Yui and Yumi.
Occupying a spot one by one, he lifted his sharp fingernail and slashed it down.
As if it were being cut down with an ultra-high pressure water pressure cutter that is extremely sharp.
A cross section of flesh that spreads open as it is.
At the cross section of the open flesh, soft blood that had not hardened yet leaked out.
With just a simple motion of gently running your fingernails down, this hard-skinned owl bear’s hide is split like a soft radish.
This was the effect of body strengthening techniques loaded with mana.
He was able to use this strengthening technique naturally, as well as his two sisters, as if breathing.
These werewolves were powerful wild hunters capable of developing their bodies to the limit.
The magical power that grew and became inherent in the inner side of the body.
It was possible for them to pull it out naturally and apply it like this.
It was the innate characteristic and nature of the species.
Raw meat cut into pieces that are easy to eat.
“Sup.”
Spit leaked from the corner of Yui’s mouth as she looked down at it.
She tried to wipe away the leaking saliva.
However, it seemed that adults were adults.
Turning her head away, Yui, rather than blindly putting it into her mouth, gave it to Inari and Luna, who were watching her drool beside her.
It was to yield the most tender and best lean meat.
“Aww?”
At the glances of young werewolves staring at her blankly.
“Huh, heh.”
She shook her head noisily and ignored her.
From her cursory glance, it seemed that Yui did not want to show off her kindness too much.
They were young werewolves who were soft and blunt, and their molars hadn’t even developed yet.
Of course, because he has grown in his own way, he has grown to be able to rip off the flesh of quite a few monsters without difficulty, but
Apart from that, the leather of a monster that was basically large was proportionately thicker.
The outer epidermal layer was particularly thick, as well as the thick subcutaneous fat layer surrounding the outside. It was to maintain that large body and shape.
Even if it was a bigger and heavier Owl Bear than a car like this, it was worse.
…What. Anyway.
Thanks to that, the young werewolves were able to swallow his flesh with ease.
Looking at the guys who gulp down the bloody raw meat.
Georeum, Yui, and Yumi handed over cut pieces of flesh to the young guys in their spare time even while they were filling their stomachs.
Like that-.
Soon, the day began to fade again.
Well. Well.
Winter watched the blazing sunset in the distance as he chewed meat with his mouth full.
He thought.
‘Mother.’
Perhaps, his group and mother, Yuhwarin, must have returned to the wharf after finishing hunting by now.
I was supposed to be watching the sinking sunset.
He must be looking at the same scene and the same sun as that one he is looking at now.
While thinking of each other.
* * * *
It took some time for the Winter’s flock to adapt to their own lives.
Of course, it was still a somewhat ambiguous number to describe as unreasonable.
Anyway, a bunch was a bunch.
They only moved diligently towards the south.
It wasn’t a particularly bad reason.
I just happened to notice the direction in that direction. It was a simple and trivial reason.
Poslock.
Stepping on the white snow with my big feet.
Winter was advancing and suddenly came up with an idea.
‘…Come to think of it.’
He looked up and stared at the white earth on the other side. The snowy earth was reflected in his pitch-black pupils.
‘Did they say that there were probably a lot of dungeons at the southern end?’
Korea.
In the past, when Winter was a human, the end of Korea, where he belonged, was not so perfect.
It’s as if an infectious disease spreads throughout the body and greets it with miserable words.
Dungeons and monsters that began to spread all over the land of Korea in an instant caused the human realm to shrink rapidly.
Still, in many ways, Korea was one of those countries that maintained its system as a state for quite a long time than other countries.
Anyway, compared to other countries, Korea had an unusually large population compared to its small area.
In Seoul, such a population was extremely biased.
Naturally, the hunters also created an atmosphere that was extremely focused on Seoul.
Thanks to this, countries such as the United States, Australia, and China, which had huge land masses and small populations relative to their area, were among the first to collapse.
Of course, there was no need to talk about areas such as North Korea or other small countries whose names are not well known.
Such places were the first to collapse without even a rumor, as soon as an incident occurred.
Rather, countries such as Japan and the United Kingdom, which are considered relatively less modern firearms, have maintained their national systems by enduring the chaos of the time for a long time.
They had a high population density, although less firepower than countries like the United States or China.
While chaos naturally ensues, Hunters and Awakeners had good reason to come together.
‘…Of course, in the end all the countries collapsed.’
But vice versa.
No matter how great modern firearms are.
The only thing that worked was limited to beings of the same “Human size”.
Even monsters are not impervious to bullets.
The gun pierced and pierced the flesh. When the bomb exploded, the monster died instantly.
It was only the monsters that Winter had encountered before, such as the Calamity Fenix, the Giant Mantis, and other monsters like the Kraken.
In the first place, monsters of that size were no match for human firearms.
Countries with modern firearms lacked hunters.
Countries with many hunters lacked the firepower of modern firearms.
They had no choice but to collapse because they couldn’t perfectly harmonize with each other until the moment they were headed for destruction.
It was a moment when I was continuing my steps while remembering the complex reality of the past.
‘Hmm?’
At that time, I began to see some familiar buildings from far away.
Numerous buildings that stand tall.
Anyway, it seemed that they were gradually approaching the old realm of humans in the past.
At that sight, Winter narrowed his eyes.
‘Oops. Should I turn around a bit and go?’
Although it has been a long time since the human world declined and collapsed.
Even if that were the case, it was hard to believe that there would still be no survivors there.
Certainly, it was human beings who would persist in avoiding monsters in some way, and that was their ability.
That’s why it made sense to avoid them if possible.
‘Because it’s better to avoid troublesome things as much as possible.’
It was hard to believe that Winter and his sisters would be killed by humans.
However, the city was still a ‘human domain’.
They laid traps all over the ruins to the extent that even monsters could be attacked, and it was extremely dangerous.
Of course, that will happen very rarely.
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There was nothing wrong with being careful.
That was Winter’s idea.
So he suddenly turned his head and looked in the other direction.
[Arrr.]
I meant to head over there.
In the direction of a deserted, open, secluded highway.
Rusted cars strewn about, old and rusted cars were visible everywhere.