Tadat-
The sound of stepping on small tree branches echoes quietly from all directions.
‘This guy, I’m the guy.’
In the meantime, Jay, a member of the 3rd Subjugation Squad, let out a low breath as he saw Kane stepping on a branch silently like himself.
He is the youngest among those who entered the subjugation team, but his skills are top-notch.
At first, all the leaders of the punitive squad suspected that he was a spy sent somewhere due to his strength that was not suitable for his age.
‘How could a spy come to this place where there is nothing to pick up other than the major recognized by the country?’
“Everyone is torn from here. Lakeshores, cliffs, and hills. Are there any applicants?”
Everyone rolled their eyes at Jay’s words from the 3rd Subjugation Team, and Kane raised his hand while looking at the liver.
“I will go to the hills.”
“Why?”
The only hilly area is a place where there are many small low-level monsters, so it is not an easy place to specialize in.
That said, it wasn’t those ferocious dawn moon-like eyes that were saying it, to think that she was avoiding herself.
“Should there be a reason?”
The other members glanced at his confident remarks. Unlike the outside world, it’s a regular subjugation squad that is strict with respect to top and bottom, so it feels arrogant in a way.
‘It’s strange.’
If a guy with no rattlesnake is upright, he won’t be lucky.
“So Kane is a hill country, what about the rest?”
It’s different if you have that kind of ability.
Jay divided the team into three groups. He and Kane go to the hills, and the other six go to the cliffs and lakesides in groups of three.
“Why are there two people over there?”
“You have Jay. If you are a member of the 3rd Subjugation Unit, you can serve three people by yourself. It is only natural that the strongest person takes care of the newcomer.”
Jay suddenly looked at Kane at the sound that flowed along with the wind while each was torn to a designated place.
‘The new recruit must be taken care of by a strong person.’
It wasn’t like that. If the teams are divided only in order of ability, Kane should not be on the same team as Jay himself.
‘but.’
I mean, I’m curious.
How strong is that rookie who must be stronger than himself. And why did you choose it because there was something in the hilly area?
Jay’s senses said that Kane hadn’t chosen the hills for nothing.
“Run without stopping.”
“I see.”
In order to shorten the return time, unlike Jay, who stepped on thin twigs and leaves on a tree and moved, the tip of a thin branch broke or a leaf broke off once in a while. Seeing that, Jay hurriedly followed him.
* * *
“So, while I was sleeping earlier, mana shuddered as if someone had hit the mana curtain. That’s what I said behind my back.”
“Eat everything and tell me.”
Luna shoves bread into Rachel’s mouth before the remains of the horny pig leap out of her mouth.
I put a piece of horn pig steak in my mouth as soon as I took the knife.
When you cut it, it cuts like butter, and when you chew it with your teeth, instead of melting as it is, the juice flows out thickly mixed with the sauce with a moderate chewy taste.
I got rid of the nasty smell, but the unique meat scent is used to add flavor. If you dip it in a little more special sauce made from mint,
“It is delicious.”
It tastes refreshing in the mouth, so you can only feel the rich taste with the gravy and heavy sauce, stimulating your dull tongue again.
“The mana shield is a bit deceiving. Thanks to that, there are a lot of things I can’t hear when I’m driving around as an information gathering car.”
Rachel snorted at the words of Zero, who confidently spoke out about the difficulties of eavesdropping.
“There is a way to break the mana by colliding with each other, but then it’s meaningless because it will break the conversation.”
“But I can guess what you were talking about, furniture.”
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Luna mumbled as she picked the boiled young corn from the salad and put it in her mouth.
“What do you think it is?”
At my question, only her eyes moved to look at me, and Luna grinned.
“I think it’s a curse on Rachel and a check on our party.”
Just looking at it, Luna smiled proudly, saying that she was strong and had the appearance of a skilled party.
I turned my gaze to him.
maybe it’s the opposite
“There are two things to be careful about this time. First of all, Riff should take care of himself.”
Even if you can regenerate a normal wound, you can claim that it was recovered with a potion, but it will be a problem if your head is cut off like when you first met Kane and you are fine.
You should avoid attacks that cut you off in one place.
“Second, we shouldn’t show all our skills.”
I told Kane too, but I hid 30% of my original skills, huh? Beware of children, women, and old people.
But grown men should be careful in Moorim.
Isn’t that just saying be careful?
Anyway, I continued talking with a glass of wine.
“First of all, the concept of our party is a zero-money happiness trip.”
“I am far from happy… … .”
I pretended not to hear Zero’s grumble and opened my mouth.
“Our top power goes to Rachel. I need to reorganize my skills based on Rachel.”
“Ah, by my standards? So, why don’t you chew all of this?”
Luna tilts her head at Rachel’s words, even chewing on the flowers and herbs on the steak bowl as decorations.
“I hear rumors say that Commander-in-Chief Reinhardt is very strong here?”
“Oh, that crackle? that’s right. He’s the strongest human I’ve ever seen.”
Riff shakes his head as he sees Rachel giggling, saying, “If you chew it wrong, your teeth will come out.”
“How strong are you?”
Reinhardt, whom I saw during the day, came up as a topic, so I asked Rachel, and she moved her eyes upward as if thinking for a moment, then opened her mouth.
“First of all, he must be the strongest of all the humans around here? than me.”
Although it refers to the state in which the limit was set by polymorphing into a human rather than Rachel’s me.
‘Even so, it’s in a stronger state than most Aura users.’
“Aura Master?”
“That’s the best at that age.”
Normal Aura User Low, Intermediate, and Advanced. Aura Master Low, Intermediate, High, Superlative. Then the Sword Master. classify in this way.
Luna should have reached the lower level of Auror users now, and even if Kane could not, he would have reached the lower level of Auror Master. Zero varies greatly from time to time, but will go back and forth between intermediate and low-level Aura users.
‘Rachel should have set the limit for an advanced user to come.’
If Reinhardt was the highest level of Auror Master, it would be worth going to the capital, not just around here.
“Well, unless most of them are kids who just came and became users, it’s normal for everyone to hide their level with mana control, so I don’t know if I can see those with a lower level than Reinhardt.”
You can’t fool my eyes, Rachel raised the tip of her nose, and I gave a thumbs up.
“I will tell you the plan first. Our party has the highest probability of being deployed to the front. Well, if your skills are low, it will be a substitute for a meat shield.”
Since Rachel is there, it’s obvious that if she’s strong, she’ll push the Twin Head Ogre’s pattern reading or check it.
First of all, the border area is a place where there is a lot of work and a lot of money as it is dangerous, so there are a few parties that have been planting eggs and subjugating them for several years.
In the meantime, I read in the original work that Rachel, who originally worked only as a solo artist, tried to attract her, but later the duke was overworked and Rachel was sick of it, so it shouldn’t be different now.
But since Rachel, who originally didn’t have a party until the point where the Cyclops came down and was destroyed, joined the party because of me this time, there are sure to be people who don’t like it.
‘If I think about it a little rough, I might try to get Rachel out after wiping out Zero, who looks easy enough.’
It’s hard to do it once, you’ll think it’s hard to do it twice.
“Our party looks strong, so is it a check?”
Luna asked with an unfair face, but I lowered my head pretending to cut the meat.
“Oh, I don’t think the other guys would even think that there are users coming to this party except for me?”
“why?”
At Rachel’s snort, Luna’s pink eyes widened and her ears perked up as if she was dumbfounded.
“Honestly, it is. No matter how talented they are, they are all faces that have just come of age.”
Luna and Zero open their mouths as if unfair to Rachel’s factual violence, asking who would see you as a proper mercenary in this borderland filled with an estimated average age of about 40 years old.
“How hard you worked, eat the green juice! Besides, it’s been a while since the coming-of-age ceremony!”
“I am older than I look.”
―Everyone is new, manager.
I burst out laughing at Leaf’s expressionless words while watching Luna whimper.
Well, let’s put Rachel aside, even if I can’t do Leaf, I’ve lived a thousand years.
Of course, since it was almost like falling asleep inside the airship, it must have been the age I ate in vain.
“Wait, if you put it like that, it’s now.”
“What? I know?”
Then, at that moment, Zero and Rachel look at me, and even Luna’s complexion turns white.
“Do, Bocchan is the best… … .”
“Yeah, until there.”
I opened my mouth as if cutting their nerve cords, no common thoughts.
“Anyway, in the eyes of others, our party will look ragtag except for Rachel.”
However, we press it and make a proper performance in the twin head ogre subjugation.
“Then I’ll be able to get a spot in the next large-species subjugation I’m aiming for. My purpose starts from there.”
The same goes for the military and here too.
The only thing more terrifying than an enemy is an incompetent ally.
If it’s a subjugation where there is no answer other than unconditional defeat, you’d want to borrow at least a cat’s hand, but other than that, it’s natural for humans to try to fill the position with those who have been proven to some extent.
Moreover, the more dangerous the job, the more reliable people I find, so that’s the reason I’ve accumulated points by participating in minor subjugations here.
Since there are many mercenaries who do not know how to read and eat only knives, it is common for villages to suffer damage after receiving a subjugation request but delaying it and giving up belatedly, or it is already late to solve a large number of requests and then solve them according to the movement.
In the meantime, our party, which would prepare and dispose of one or two requests as soon as it was received, did not lack points in that respect.
‘So, by subjugating the twin-headed ogre this time, I’d like to show my strength as well.’
not perfect
I took a fork to pickle the slime pickled in sour fruit juice like sugar.
The jelly-like thing the size of a finger is definitely a monster slime, but… … .
It is said that the tongue does not melt even if you eat the baby slime before the acid core is properly matured.
It’s like eating soft jelly with some fruit juice and sugar after drying it. It’s soft and chewy, sweet and sour, and helps digestion.
‘All of them are good, but whenever I see these ingredients, they are unrealistic even without a sense of floating.’
It looks like black sesame seeds are stuck in it. Is this an eye? Cute and delicious, this one.
“Is it delicious? If you have some money, let’s buy pickled dried slime. I highly recommend that as an emergency food.”
“I hate to admit it, but it tastes good.”
“Then why don’t you pack something?”
It’s not that there isn’t enough space in the space.
“Don’t do that, let me try making one, Adelian-sama.”
As Zero puts in a large chunk of slime and chews it, Leaf quickly draws a circle on the blackboard.
“Would you like to have time after the subjugation?”
I have more urgent things to do now.
At my words, Zero nodded, and Rachel took the plate of slime and drank the pickle.
“Eat a lot and start working tomorrow.”
“Yes, yes. How about devoting your body and mind to it?”
Seeing him growl and say that, it must have been unfair.
“Bocchan, I can devote myself and my heart to you.”
“I already.”
I waved my hand at what Zero said while looking far away as if he had offered it with his neck sore.
– Manager. There is something you should know. I mean, if the manager wants, I can be loyal without eating or sleeping.
No, why is this all of a sudden?
“Let’s just catch the twinheads well, we.”
“yes. You hide your skills a little bit.”
“Don’t worry, Bocchan.”
I laughed a little when I saw the kids who suddenly caught fire with something strange.
And it was only yesterday that I felt so comfortable.
“X foot! Stop it!”
“The information is wrong!”
I blocked the acrid air with my sleeve thanks to the fire that was burning here and there, breathing and staring ahead.