A smiling face in the dark
“You have to set a night watch. One of us and two adventurers, the three of us will take turns standing.”
At the words of the escort who approached after the meal, everyone made a terrible face.
The pain of vigilance is well known to all military veterans. I wake up in the middle of the night, stay in a daze for a while, and then go back to sleep. When the time is up, there are people who ask the assistant shooter to look out and sleep with their wives, but even if they do that, they are vigilant.
In addition, there is no one who sleeps in the forest at night even if he has a night watch. If you don’t want to be left behind, you have to be mindful. And the upper guards won’t stand still.
The adventurers put their heads together and began to decide the order of the vigil. Hyeonjun and the C-class adventurers were naturally assigned first and last ranks. Because it was the most convenient order, it fell to those with skills. And anyway, on the next day, there was no one who was dissatisfied because the order would be pushed back and everyone would naturally do it evenly.
After some time, the adventurers who had been sitting around the campfire and chatting began to settle down and lie down. Hyeon-jun was the first time with Chen-je, so he put on a cloak and sat down in front of the bonfire with three guards.
“If it ended smoothly like this, I wouldn’t have any wishes.”
Hearing Chenze’s muttered words, Hyunjun trimmed his nails with a dagger. The guards are examining the one-handed sword.
“So, how is it actually?”
Hyeonjun said to the escort. The guard glanced at Hyeon-jun and said calmly.
“I don’t know what will happen.”
“Ha, then you just gathered such talented people for no reason?”
Even though Hyeon-Jun smirks, the guards are silently rubbing the oiled leather on their swords.
‘I have no intention of talking.’
I poked it on purpose, but there was no response. I have something to hide, but I have no intention of revealing it. It seems that the president of the company or the executives were very tight-lipped.
‘That guy doesn’t even come out until the end.’
The person in the carriage did not come out until the end. Meals were prepared separately by the guards and slipped through the window, and all Hyeon-jun’s sharp eyes saw was the faint light leaking from inside the carriage. I don’t know how to deal with the bathroom there.
‘Should I stab you one more time?’
“Is the person in the carriage the head of the store?”
“Never mind, just do what you have to do.”
At the words of the escort, Hyeonjun showed his teeth and grinned. In an instant, ferocious spirit erupted, and the guards tightly gripped the handle of the sword.
“hahahaha, why are you nervous? If anyone sees it, you’ll know they’re trying to kill you.”
“…….”
The bodyguard stiffened and broke out in a cold sweat. Hyeon-joon trimmed his nails and didn’t even look at him, but the momentum alone made him stiffen his body in fear as if his head had been driven into the mouth of a beast.
‘Aren’t you the type of bodyguard?’
Hyeon-jun judged the level of the escort by looking at his reaction. Even being elite is enough. Compared to those who came to kill Tantares, they are not enough, but I dare not compare them to adventurers or guards.
‘Suspicious.’
“hehehe, you have the spirit of a beast.”
At that time, Chen Ze spoke lowly. He, too, was breaking out in a cold sweat and clenching his fists.
“It’s too much to say it’s a beast.”
“Is it better to call it a monster?”
“I’m a human, so would you prefer to be called that?”
Hyeonjun blew his fingernails, inserted the dagger, and pulled out the one-handed sword hanging from his waist to examine it.
The ferocious spirit had faded, but Chenze and the guards were alert and tightened their bodies. When Hyeon-jun drew his sword, goosebumps ran through his back as if he had been swept across his back with a sharp knife. Even though the momentum has disappeared like a lie, the body instinctively knows the crisis.
Hyeonjun held the side of the blade with his fingertips and slowly scanned it. And after going to the sword play, I checked the other day like that again. He held the blade up in the light and began polishing it slowly with an oiled hide.
Chenze and the guards stared at Hyeonjun’s hand and stood firm. With his hands and feet tied, it seems that the monster is licking his lips right in front of his eyes. I could feel the fear because I had the skills. He noticed that if Hyeon-jun moved, he would die helplessly without being able to resist.
widely.
“Everybody must be feeling unwell to be sweating so much.”
When Hyeon-jun put his sword in, the tension was relieved at once. Chen Ze unconsciously held his breath before letting out a small sigh, and the escort was drenched in sweat and his bangs stuck to his forehead.
Hyeon-jun spent his time in silence, staring at the bonfire. No one said anything until it was time for the shift, and after the shift with the second, Hyeon-jun wrapped himself in a cloak and leaned against a tree with his sword in his arms and closed his eyes.
‘I’d better be nervous.’
As with the escorts, Chen Ze’s reaction is also strange. You must know something. Then what about the other adventurers? Do they even know? If you see it during the day, there is a high probability that you do not know it. Still, there might be a guy who is good at acting or knows but keeps quiet.
Hyeon-jun listened to the story that later buncho shared. But the guards didn’t say anything, and the adventurers were grumbling among themselves and talking nonsense. In the end, I just closed my eyes. It’s good to be nervous, but now you have to sleep. So you can be alert tomorrow.
The group left the forest during the morning of the next day and were again walking at a slow pace. Whether it was because they were tired or if they were all used to this tedious escort request, everyone silently moved their feet without saying anything. Hyeonjun walked silently, stroking the longsword fur with his hand.
“At this rate, we should camp in the next forest again?”
Chen Ze, who was walking side by side with Hyun-jun, said.
“Is there a forest again?”
“okay. Normally, it’s normal to speed up and pass through the last forest to camp, and the next day pass through another forest and spend a night in a village, but it’s so slow, that’s what happens.”
Despite the spirit of Hyun-joon the night before, Chen-ze smiled and talked to him.
Hyeonjun walked and talked with him about miscellaneous things. It’s only a short time to enjoy the scenery, but since yesterday I’ve been walking through the forest and the bay, and I can’t help but feel bored.
After stopping once in the middle to have lunch, we moved again and, as Chenze said, entered the forest. At that point, the sun was almost gone, and it was time to camp again in the woods. At this level, it would have been better to camp without going into the forest, but we went all the way into the forest and prepared for camping in the forest.
This time, the adventurers also did their own thing without saying anything. I made a place to sleep, scraped leaves and branches to make a place to make a bonfire so that the fire would not spread. Soon everything was ready, and everyone sat around the bonfire and waited for their meal.
The adventurers talked while waiting for their meal. Everyone chewed beef jerky or drank water. One guy took out a water bottle and drank all the water, then sighed.
“Ugh, that asshole can’t even drink water well. Tsk tsk, how are you alive and not dead?”
“Noisy bastard!”
Everyone laughed at him. Hyeon-jun wrapped himself in a cloak and sat quietly looking at the bonfire.
“The meal is ready!”
When the escort shouted, everyone jumped up and went to get food. Hyeon-jun also went with a bowl and returned to his seat with stew and bread. The adventurers took the food and giggled and made vulgar jokes. They teased each other and teased each other. They play with each other, but they are so distracted that they don’t even eat.
“Aren’t you eating?”
Chenze ate the stew and spoke to Hyunjun. Hyeon-jun did not take a bite even after receiving the food, just staring at the campfire. Hyeonjun stayed like that for a while, then took a spoonful of stew, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it. Then I quietly looked at the bonfire and closed my eyes.
In a forest now completely filled with darkness, only the bonfire they lit was the only light. There’s no moon tonight, so you won’t be able to see anything when the lights go out. Even in the midst of the noise of burning campfires and chattering adventurers, Hyeon-jun’s ears could catch the sound of the forest. Even in autumn, not a single insect cries. The only sound is the sound of the wind and rustling leaves.
Hyeonjun said as he felt a cold energy circling his body.
“Isn’t it strange to see that?”
“huh? what?”
Chenze smiled and asked. Hyunjoon closed his eyes and smiled.
“How did those insignificant bugs and birds know a battle was about to happen and run away?”
The campsite fell into a chilling silence. Everyone is silent and looking at Hyeonjun. Chenze, who was sitting next to him, took out an ax and jumped up.
“I noticed!”
Hyeonjun immediately raised the mana and poured water on the bonfire. In no time, the campsite was enveloped in darkness.
“Kill!”
“Damn it, I can’t see it!”
Someone shouted and swung a weapon in the dark, but Hyeon-jun had already quietly pulled away. The campsite was full of chaos, and Hyeon-jun hid in the dark and quietly drew his sword.
And then Hyeon-jun, who opened his eyes, fully adapted to the darkness, saw through the darkness only with the light of the stars, and rushed at once.
“Kkeuk.”
A longsword cut through one man’s throat neatly, and Hyeon-jun dug in among the bewildered adventurers. Then, he swept away like a storm, cutting down the adventurers who were wandering around in confusion with a single sword.
“My eyes! my eyes!”
With the sword at the top, he rotated his body, slashed one guy’s face, and then cut the other guy’s chest with a diagonal cut. Hyeon-Jun’s sword, which is always in the best condition with magic, cut through the leather breastplate neatly, and cut Gambison like paper before cutting off his muscles and bones.
“Big!”
“Everybody back off!”
Chenze shouted, but the adventurers were confused and wielded their weapons at random. Hyeon-joon leisurely avoids the gruesome outburst and stabs the other guy in the neck, then twists it and cuts it to the side. Then, behind another adventurer who was swinging an ax in the air, he slashed both hamstrings and kicked him down.
“Ah!”
At the sound, other adventurers rushed at the screaming adventurer and brandished their weapons. The guy turned into mush and died.
“Not a bastard!”
Hyeon-jun drew all the mana towards the guys gathered in one place and set them on fire at once.
sudden!
“Ahhh!”
“Aww!”
“help me! Aww!”
The adventurers engulfed in flames screamed and rolled across the floor. The fire couldn’t last long, but it had enough firepower to burn people. In that short moment, the adventurers’ widened eyes and lungs that inhaled the flames were cooked, and the terrible pain of the burns made them unable to fight at once. will die soon
“He uses magic!”
someone shouted And Hyeonjun felt his mana fluctuate. Hyeonjun, who ran straight to the luxurious carriage, tried to thrust his sword into the carriage’s window.
visor!
However, the one who jumped out from inside swung his sword at once to block the attack and kicked Hyeon-jun in the stomach.
At the moment of impact, Hyeon-jun’s body tightened and twisted, and his feet slid sideways on Hyeon-jun’s breastplate.
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Hyeon-jun reached out his left hand while the swords were facing each other and started a fire in his hand.
Hwareuk!
Pak!
However, as the armor of the one who emerged from the inside gave off a faint light, the fire disappeared and only hot air remained.
‘Magical Defense!’
Hyeonjun swung his outstretched left hand as it was and tried to punch the opponent in the face. However, the opponent’s sword twisted slightly, and Hyeon-jun pressed the sword he was holding with one hand, turning the pack and flying toward Hyeon-jun’s head.
“joy!”
In an unavoidable trajectory, Hyeon-jun rather put his head into the sword and hit the forehead of the helmet. The sword, which could not be swung enough, was blocked by the helmet because it was not strong enough, and Hyeon-jun struck the opponent’s face with his left hand even when his eyes were dizzy from the shock.
“Kuk!”
The taste came right. Hyeon-jun, who grabbed the sword with both hands again to kill the stumbling back opponent, stopped and hurriedly threw himself to the side.
Papabak!
Thorns sprouted from the floor where Hyeon-jun was and came up. And a bright light emanated from inside the carriage. Hyeonjun narrowed his eyes and flung himself to the side again. This time, a stone the size of his head flew past him and landed on the floor.
puck!
‘It’s amazing.’
The soil was scattered as the floor was deeply dug. If you are hit by something like that, even Hyun-jun will not be able to get over it safely.
Hyeon-jun, who quickly recovered from the blow to the head, turned his sword in circles, standing in the center of the campground, which was now brightly lit by magic.
‘Other guys are done. If I kill only the swordsman and the wizard in the wagon, it will be my victory.’
The swordsman, who stumbled and straightened up, put on his armor quite well. Except for the joints, everything is plate armor. Seeing the face under the helmet that didn’t cover all of his face, Hyeonjun twitched his eyebrows.
‘young.’
It’s a young face that doesn’t seem to have grown a beard yet. Then another swordsman jumped out of the carriage and stood beside him. A bit older this time. He looks like Hyunjoon.
“Catch the formation!”
When the guy who came out later shouted, the guards surrounded Hyeon-jun and settled down. In the meantime, I see Chen Ze and a man with a spear who is said to be a C-class adventurer. There is also a guy who hangs an arrow on a string from afar.
Six elite soldiers, three C-class adventurers, two decent swordsmen, though not as good as knights, and a wizard. Hyeonjun looked at his son-in-law with his sunken eyes.