Johann snatched the torch in hand and walked into the cave. Hansoo was absent-minded and hurriedly followed.
“What is it?”
“I’m trying to find out which cave it is.”
“I checked before. There is nothing to open.”
“Even if you’re not there right now, it could be that you’ve been away for a while.”
Hansoo clicked his tongue and said.
“This amount of people came to the empty cave, child.”
“So?”
“So what? If you see a lot of people gathering like this, the monsters just go back.”
John shook his head.
That was until area A.
Area B has far more hidden dungeons than essential points. And the amplitude of the difficulty is large. I hope not, but I was thinking of what ifs.
If this is the residence of monsters such as Salamanda and Medusa, and if they are away for a while… .
The moment they return, we are finished.
The depth of the cave was about 40 meters, and the other side was open. There was a steep slope under the hole, and I found the truth of my anxiety there.
It was an ogre.
dead.
Its height is roughly 2 meters 30.
Yohan glared at Hansoo.
“… Did you see this?”
“This corpse? I saw you earlier.”
“Then why didn’t you tell me?”
“I tell you not to go after monsters. Talking about it just makes my son anxious.”
After looking at the corpse for a while, John could easily figure out why the ogre died. There was a round hole on the back of the ogre, and it was filled with white snow.
“This was hit by a window.”
“Geulna.”
“See the round hollow here at the waist? It is a trace of being pierced by a lance.”
“Um, well… . But why are you pretending to be an undertaker all of a sudden?”
“And that’s the only wound he has.”
“… By the way?”
“Can’t you feel anything?”
“Eh? What am I supposed to feel?”
John lost patience for a moment.
“Fuck. An ogre was pierced with a spear!”
“Five… Ugeo? … This is an ogre.”
Just because Hansoo didn’t mean he met all the monsters. However, as a developer, Yohan knew all about the game’s settings.
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Not only against monsters, but also against weapons.
The size of the hole in the wound gives an idea of the murderer’s weapon. The diameter of the pierced area seemed to be about 30 cm. It was a wound that could only be created when a spear with a thick blade went deep into it.
At the same time, a lance of that thickness could only be used by horseback knights. However, since the witch Carnes had interfered, the sight of the horse crossing the plain had long since disappeared. It is not a weather change that horses can tolerate.
The conclusion is one.
John said, looking at the slope that led down the cave.
“Wake up the kids.”
“… A son who is sleeping soundly?”
Yohan passed Hansoo with irritation. Then he shouted at the sleeping children.
“Everybody wake up!”
Although the cave was open on both sides, John’s voice echoed back against the walls of the cave. Some children woke up startled, but there were still children who did not move.
John kindly kicked them.
“wake up! Wake up right now!”
“Oops. what.”
“Who is it?! Why tea!”
Swearing began to come out among the children. Adrin, who woke up late, set out to grasp the situation.
“for a moment. John, why is that?”
“Adrine! What are your aptitudes?”
“My… aptitude? Did you see it in the blood plate method?”
“yes. Aptitude, what did it come out of?”
I didn’t ask because I didn’t know. It was because Adrin had to answer that question so that the next story could be connected. And Adrine’s affinity for John was sufficiently high.
“… My aptitude is ‘truth’. By the way, John. Why are you asking that all of a sudden?”
“Then you might know if I’m telling the truth.”
“that… It is, but… .”
[Seekers of the truth]’s ability lies in seeing through the lies of others. The swear words of the children who had woken up from a sound sleep began to grow a little rougher.
“What is that? What else?”
“hey! Did you kick me in the stomach?”
“Isn’t that the same John? Goblin Crusher?”
“But why are you suddenly saying that shit?”
After making eye contact with Adrine, John shouted at the top of his voice.
“This is the residence of dragoons! You have to get out of here right now!”
“Yo, dragon disease?”
“What are you talking about?”
A girl answered John’s fierce cry.
“… Did he eat something wrong?”
It was a very serious talk.
***
There is one regrettable thing for me.
[Cheating], one of my two traits. This adds ‘plausibility’ to the ‘false’ I commit. However, there is no support for ‘truth’.
Sure enough, none of the kids believed me.
“Fuck, are you saying that we should go out in this weather and freeze?”
“Looking at you earlier, you seem to be good at fighting… Do you have cave phobia?”
I didn’t know how much time was left. About when the one who emptied the cave for a while will return. I first pulled out [Mulcan’s Sword] to secure control.
The reaction came right out.
“What is it, you bastard, pulling a knife on your ally?”
“Think of it as a cane. Close your mouth and move quickly!”
There’s no way I’m the only one holding a weapon. Pikes, battle axes, longswords, staffs, etc. jumped out at me. Even though they had already shown me how to sever goblins and danced, they seemed to be emboldened by the fact that I was alone.
“If you are serious, explain the reason carefully.”
The guy with the pike was glaring at me with a poisoned expression. Over the shoulder of Adrinne, who stood in my way, I warned quietly.
“Put down your weapon.”
“Nope? Why are the members of the same team giving orders?”
“Will you die by my hand if you wield it?”
“Hey… Are you saying that you use a knife?”
Unfortunately for me, the majority was on that side. Members of the crew whose accumulated fatigue is almost at its limit. And I could feel the flesh leaking out of me.
It was [the smell of death].
My life spreads out in all directions.
I was even assuming a situation where I would kill all the kids here. Even so, if we can send Adrin alive, we will be able to enter the true ending route.
There were just two problems.
First of all, Adrine herself, who must be saved. She stood between me and the children, desperately trying to break the confrontation.
“John. Why are you like this all of a sudden?”
“Get out of the way.”
“Put down your knife.”
His tone was asking, but his expression was firm. It was difficult. If she showed the appearance of ‘cutting off’ children in front of her like this, her likability would hit the bottom.
The second problem is my weapon. Knowing the goddamn limitations of [Mulcan’s Sword], I had no choice but to grit my teeth.
‘I will protect women and children.’
Of course, there are girls in the majority.
“What are you? Aren’t you already possessed by a witch?”
“No, I’m fighting with you guys!”
“I thought he was a nice guy… Why is he like that? Was it Dojin, the heroic soldier?”
A bitter laugh came out at the word heroic soldier. If you translate it into the language of the 21st century earth, it would translate to about 2nd grade. In the 10-minute confrontation, I could clearly read the fear that settled in their psychology.
Fear of the weather.
Hansoo should already be aware of it. Two weakly frostbitten teeth. And even at this moment, there are quite a few guys who cough non-stop.
The groans that follow you throughout the march are like insects that eat away at your morale. The fear of death following every step. The fear that you might get lost too.
“If you want to claim dragon disease or something, provide evidence!”
“right. We have a lot of patients, so how can we walk?”
I decided not to disappoint them. It wasn’t difficult. Because I didn’t expect much from the beginning. It is not morality, but fear, that they cannot bear to leave their patients behind. It was created with the imagination that even oneself could be abandoned.
For me, it didn’t matter if I discarded all of them except Adrine. But Adrine insisted on going with them.
“John, don’t do this recklessly and tell me step by step. It’s embarrassing.”
“That time… .”
“First, convince me first.”
I was thinking of a logic to convince them, but I realized that it was unnecessary.
Poo deuk, poo deuk, poo deuk.
The sound of footsteps came from outside the cave.
I was sober.
“It’s already late… .”
Soon after, a voice came from the entrance of the cave.
“What are these?”
It was a sinister voice. In the next moment, the backpacks piled up at the entrance came out like bomb fragments with a thumping sound.
“Ugh!”
A man kicking his backpack into the cave. The bleak energy that spread from him must have been passed on to the children. He said after looking at the academy’s emblem on his backpack.
“Are you guys trying to catch witches again? It just shows up like a cockroach.”
2 meters tall and stocky body.
Eyes like knife marks on the face.
Behind him hung two lances crossed in an X shape. The mercenary soldier pulled out one of the lances and slammed it into the cave floor.
The floor of the cave was pierced with a lance, making it look like it was a stone floor.
It was an incomprehensible sight to common sense.
“Tea, window… on the stone floor… plugged in… .”
Everyone must have instinctively felt it.
‘That’s not something that can be won by fighting.’ do.
In this worldview, there are two dragon soldiers.
Those who use swords and those who use spears.
And among them, I know the name of the person who uses the spear.
“canine.”
“… Well? do you know me?”
grit it
In order not to be eaten by the horror written on the dragon soldier’s status window.
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Now that this has happened, there is only one way to save Adrin.
“I am Johann Esperts.”
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Not what I had hoped for, but everyone’s eyes were on me.
“I request a duel.”
“… What?!”
The children were astonished. But the canine’s face was ridiculed.
“boy. They just run in droves, though. It will be the same as dying.”
“I can’t.”
“why?”
“You are my father’s enemy.”
All the members of the crew, including Hansoo, opened their mouths.
“So, vengeance is entirely mine.”
Take a quick look around. ‘What nonsense?’ No one asked. My aptitude [deceit] hides a hint of deceit in my words and actions. No one would have realized that what I said was a lie.
Except for Adrine, who is [The Seeker of Truth].
I said while ignoring her childish expression.
“I want full revenge. Others don’t care.”
At the word ‘revenge’ I spat out, the corners of the dragon soldier’s mouth went up. It must have been interesting.
“Good, boy. Your imperial army is also my father’s enemy.”
this is the setup i did Dragon soldiers born from dragon teeth call the dragon their father.
Fang said as he put his hand on the handle of his lance stuck in the floor.
“Okay, boy.”
After that, this is what happens. It seemed that a duel would be established.
With this, first of all, Adrine could be sent.
“I am the fang of Hidesolau. I accept Johann Esperts’ request for a duel.”
The air trembled with the chi in his voice.
“The next father-son reunion of the Johann Esperts family is a service.”
… Now, the only thing to trust is the skill of ‘Jung Yo-han’.