On the way home (4)
As Rize watched Irvin and Douglas sever the leg of the giant monster, at some point Rize started rubbing her eyes.
It wasn’t because my eyes were suddenly itchy or because Irvin’s appearance was cool.
For Rize, her father was always cool.
However, I kept seeing things that I shouldn’t have seen now.
“miss?”
“wait for a sec.”
Leaving Irina’s worried voice behind, Rize rubbed her eyes once more, then slightly narrowed her eyes to see the monster again.
It looks like a compressed mountain.
Inside the massive rock body, it was clear that there were threads of light connected everywhere.
That… … What is it?
Rize thought about that and focused a little more on the thread of light.
It seemed like life was flowing, and it looked like a painting drawn by God.
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Then, I suddenly realized that there were parts that were unnaturally connected. As if someone had forcibly attached them, only the periphery formed a shape like a ball of thread.
Along with him, Rize instinctively realized a fact.
“… … ah.”
That’s the fact that that’s the monster’s weakness.
Rize straight away brushed her ass off and got up, and as if she knew what to do, Irina stood right in front of her.
Then Rize felt that the time had come to use the skills she had learned from Scarlett, and clenched her fists.
If you use it to ask someone for something, you have no choice but to pass it on.
“Sister Irina… … !”
“… … !”
When I looked up slightly and my eyes twinkled, Irina stumbled with just that. If it was a different matter, Irina would have nodded right away.
But this time, Rize’s safety was at stake more than anything else.
That’s why Irina quietly chose to shift the blame.
“Let’s ask Irvin.”
“thank you, Sister!”
Rize smiled brightly, thinking that she had half-approved, and Irina tried to turn her back, as if she seemed like she would do the favor right away.
As I was approaching the monster with such caution, I suddenly started to shake, and at the same time, Irvine jumped up the mountain.
“Wow… … .”
Rize couldn’t take her eyes off the lightning-like appearance, and immediately after that, with a strong sound, the area near the top of the volcano was covered with ice.
Seeing Irvin start to come down from there, Rize realized that now was an opportunity and immediately called for Irvin.
“Dad! I want to go up there!”
At that moment, Irbin was clearly seen staggering as he landed, and Rize reflexively covered her mouth with both hands with a startled face.
Still, Irvin safely stepped on top of the monster, and immediately stuck his head out toward Rize and said,
“It’s dangerous here! Wait there with Irina until Daddy says it’s okay!”
“I think I can stop this monster!”
“… … .”
Of course, Irvin was against it, but his eyes widened at Rise’s words.
However, perhaps it was difficult to accept it easily, she was unable to give an answer, and Rize waited for Irvin’s decision.
At that time, the monster that had been sitting down tried to move again, and ice fragments began to fall little by little from the top.
Eventually, Irvin spoke in an urgent tone.
“Irina! Bring Rize up here!”
“Lady, come on.”
At those words, Irina immediately leaned down and put Rize on her back, and moved her feet as carefully as possible to climb onto the monster’s body.
As soon as Irina put Rize down, Irvin bent down and met Rize’s eyes.
“What do you mean you can stop? Does Rize know anything about this monster?”
“I don’t know… … There are other things that only my eyes can see.”
Irbin narrowed his brows at Rize’s words, and Rize, who saw that expression, hurriedly gesticulated and continued talking.
“I was just watching, and suddenly I saw a white thread spread all over the monster’s body. I was curious and looked closely, but there was something tangled up in the middle. So, if you release it, the monster will stop… … I said it because I thought… … .”
Rize’s voice grew quieter the more she spoke, probably because the conclusion was based on her own guesses.
While Douglas and Scarlett, who had gathered nearby, were exchanging opinions by exchanging glances, Irvin jumped up as if there was no time to delay.
“Rize, where are you getting tangled up? let’s hurry.”
“Yes, Dad!”
Seeing her unwavering eyes that believed in herself, Rize immediately regained her confidence and, holding Irvin’s hand, dragged her to a place.
It was where Irvin had cut it off and only the joints of the legs remained.
Rize pointed to one of them and looked at Irvin again.
“It’s just tangled up here.”
“Then, should Dad break it?”
“It’s a bit deep… … . Wait a minute.”
After saying that, Rize knelt down right away, put her hand on the spot she had pointed out, and closed her eyes.
I couldn’t see the thread of light, but I could definitely feel its presence through my hand.
Rize slowly drew up mana and pushed it inward.
Rise’s mana penetrated like an awl, bit by bit like water seeping into the ground, and finally reached the vicinity of the thread of light.
now what
Rize thought about it for a moment, but soon began to move her mana forward again and touch the tangled threads of light.
The skein of thread reacted with a little flinch, but when I touched it with a little more force, one of the threads bounced off and came loose.
That was the beginning.
The intricately tangled threads were untied in an instant, and soon split into two huge threads.
Kugung… … !
Right after that, Rize opened her eyes due to the vibration she felt.
Irvin hugged Rize from the sudden vibration, and the lower body of the monster Irvin was standing on… … It fell off the body like a fruit dripping.
“ok?”
At the sudden situation, Irvin put on an absurd expression for a moment, but then he was convinced. That Rize could definitely neutralize this guy.
“Rize, where else are you?”
“Dad, over there! over there!”
Like that, the father and daughter ran over the monster’s body as if they were one body, separating parts of the body little by little, while the other three stayed away from each other early so as not to get in the way.
This monster that Irvin was calling a Volcanic Golem was, to be precise, a type of Chimera, a synthetic beast.
A special monster created by forcibly connecting various parts of a monster and remodeling its characteristics.
It was that you could only take advantage of strong monsters, and theoretically create the strongest monsters by removing their weaknesses.
In the past, chimera, which were made by researching and created by mad wizards, or made by mutations of various monsters, had different characteristics.
However, there is a nucleus that forms the basis of an unbalanced body, and if it is destroyed, the body cannot maintain its unity and collapses.
Irvin was mistaken because this was a characteristic similar to that of a golem.
Kugung… … ! Kugu Palace… … !
However, Rize was neutralizing the Chimera in a completely different way. By unraveling the parts of the body that were forcibly connected, they were attacking more efficiently.
It looked imbalanced because it mixed several monsters, but it was able to move because it was balanced within it.
But if the body parts fall off one by one like this… … This naturally leads to the weakening of the Chimera.
The movement of the lava, which had been bubbling with its power, also stopped before anyone knew it, and instead of being able to raise the huge body any longer, it became a shackle rather than immobilizing him.
The Chimera, which was being separated piece by piece as if removing a stone, lost all its strength at the same time that the last piece fell off.
“Whoa, this was the last one. … … dad?”
Rize let out a long breath and relaxed her body, as if she was exhausted from concentrating.
However, Irvin still remained vigilant, and his expression returned to normal after hearing the sound of ice fragments falling from the top of the volcano.
“Reese.”
“huh?”
Irbin, who called out to Rize in a small voice, hesitated a little, then leaned down and stroked Rize’s hair randomly with both hands.
“Our Rize, how can you be so great! Rize did what even dad couldn’t! Trouble, trouble! If it wasn’t for our Rize, we would have been in big trouble, but Rize helped my dad. My daughter is the best!”
“Kyahahahaha, Dad, it tickles me. hehehe, it tickles me, ahahahaha.”
Like that, the two of them did not stop until Irina, who couldn’t stand it, kicked Irvin.
* * *
I’ve lived so long
There were still too many things I didn’t know.
I’m a volcanic golem, no, what should I call it? Anyway, looking at the body of the bastard, I was soaked in emotion for a while.
If it really wasn’t for Rize, not only the village, but even among us, might have been injured.
For the sake of the future, it would be right to grasp the opponent more clearly.
As I was thinking about that, Douglas approached me and asked a question while staring at the same place as me.
“Hey, do you think that’s a monster?”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Ah, no big deal. It’s just that if it’s not a monster, it’ll be difficult to clean up.”
A monster made up of dark magic naturally disintegrates and disappears after a while after death. Therefore, the materials to be made into equipment or tools required special processing.
Because of that characteristic, usually when hunting monsters, they would leave them there so that they would be cleaned up naturally, but if not, the corpse in front of them was of a size that would surely cause trouble for the people around them.
“Monsters are certain. However, it would have been possible to create some kind of power within the body that would replace dark magic or be converted into dark magic. Of course, this is just my guess.”
“Does that mean this guy has been around for a long time?”
“Maybe. If you look at the rock near where the lava used to be, there are several bones embedded in it. When a monster is created, these things are not created together.”
“I heard and saw it. That’s great observation. You must be superior to me in terms of knowledge about monsters.”
I responded with a smile to my honest compliment, and Douglas continued talking, looking in the direction he had appeared.
“I’ll have to thoroughly investigate the place where it first appeared. You should know why it suddenly appeared.”
I didn’t give an answer that someone might have woken up.
Because it couldn’t be revealed that it was the Dark Truth Church.
“There shouldn’t be one more monster like this.”
“I agree. It’s been a while since I swung my sword with all my might, and my bones ached.”
Despite using Limit Break and Aculium, the speed at which he broke his legs was not much different from Douglas.
After all, I thought it was still a long way to catch up with Douglas.
Soon, a distant voice was heard, and when I turned my head, Irina was returning with the villagers who had evacuated.
They looked shocked at the remains of the giant monster, then let out a sigh of relief when they saw the village intact.
It was Douglas who stepped out in front of the villagers gathered in groups of two and threes.
“I am Douglas, an S-class mercenary. A lot of people must have been surprised by the sudden appearance of monsters, but thank you for following the evacuation instructions carefully. Thanks to that, I was able to subdue the monsters without any damage.”
“Waaa!”
Douglas’ words erupted in cheers and applause from the townsfolk.
Douglas nodded and waited for a while for the atmosphere to subside, then opened his mouth again when the applause stopped.
“After that, the mercenary guild will send someone to clean up and investigate, so please cooperate. Of course, since it was an emergency, there will be no request fee, so don’t worry.”
“Thank you, mercenaries!”
“I live thanks to you!”
“Thank you very much!”
While everyone was greeting and thanking each other, Douglas gestured to Rize.
Rize looked at me with a puzzled expression on her face, and I smiled and nodded.
When Rize stepped forward with a determined expression on her face, the villagers stopped shouting one by one, and Douglas put his hand on Rize’s shoulder with a warm smile.
“In addition, this child is said to be Rize, who helped me the most in subjugating the monsters. He’s still young, but I’m sure he’ll become a better mercenary than me in the future. I would like to ask the young mercenary for some thanks and encouragement.”
I was wondering what to say.
For some reason, I felt that I had been deprived of my role, but soon I understood it when I thought that the teacher was bragging about being a disciple.
“Wow!”
“Thank you, Rize!”
“pretty!”
“Become a great mercenary!”
Rize made a surprised expression at the applause and cheers of the people, then smiled brightly and waved her hand.
At that, the applause grew louder, and Lise, who had been saying hello for a while, ran to me and hugged me, probably because she was so embarrassed that Douglas would let her go.
“good job.”
“huh… … .”
I stroked Lise’s hair for a moment, then turned around to look at the villagers listening to Douglas’ continued words.
“Look at you, Rize. Those are the people you saved.”
“… … .”
If Rize hadn’t found the Volcanic Golem in the Sky Carriage, if he hadn’t persuaded the Wyvern, if he hadn’t discovered how to defeat the Volcanic Golem.
It was clearly a catastrophic event.
Rize was looking at people with her own feelings and sentiments, and I quietly supported her from behind without asking what she was feeling.
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therefore… … I checked the plan once more that I had to start slowly.