135 – EP.28 Rasvir -4
The vast western desert.
Gado Gado sighed at the sight of only sand and cacti.
“Isn’t that too fast?”
“Yes. I think it’s suitable.”
The good news is that you’re not stepping on a sandy field where you’re likely to die of steam.
It felt good to be carried across the sky by the wind of Hresbelg, cool and pleasant.
Anyway, since Rasvir Kingdom is located at the western end of the continent, it was difficult to go there without Hresbelg’s help.
You are getting help from the eagle in real time.
“I’m sorry. I really want to help, but the space there is a place that even I can’t penetrate….”
“It’s okay! More than that, I want you to tell me about the Rasvir Kingdom!”
On the first day, when the divine beasts gathered together and talked, Hresbelg showed an attitude that he already knew about Rasvir Kingdom.
When I actually asked Hresbelg, he replied that he knew because the wind was blowing in Rasbir as well.
By her, while going to her Rasvir, I want to hear her information through her that I couldn’t hear from her Yata.
“I don’t know the details either. It is said that the wind is blowing there, but the space itself is cut off from the world.”
“Come to think of it, I heard that the kingdom itself is in subspace.”
“That’s right, but there was a time when this world and space were connected relatively recently, so I looked around at that time!”
“When space is connected….”
It was the time when Agera passed away, and exactly when the divine beast of plague penetrated.
In other words, Rasbir, as seen by Hresbelg, is a country that knows nothing but peace before entering the path of ruin.
It’s unfortunate that we don’t know what kind of disease it is and how it affects humans, but it’s probably not the time to cover hot and cold meals.
“Which country was it?”
“Um…. To put it simply, it was a country as it was about 700 years before the time you live in now.”
“700 Years is the Middle Ages… ?”
“I don’t know until what era. In any case, it is certain that the culture in which people live, including the buildings from 800 years ago, is outdated.”
“I see.”
It is not incomprehensible.
Because Agera, the first guardian dragon, told us that development was slow because it was a peaceful country without foreign invasion.
But to think that I, who lives in the modern age, will personally go to a country in the Middle Ages….
I honestly couldn’t believe it.
“Anyway, culture, facilities, things like that are all outdated. There will be inconveniences in living.”
“Ugh! I’m sure it is….”
In the novel, it seems like nothing is wrong with being reincarnated, summoned, or reincarnated into a medieval fantasy world, but the reality is different.
The quality of life is incomparably inferior to modern times.
Someday I’ll get used to it and be fine, but for a few days it seems like I’ll have no choice but to live in discomfort.
“I finally arrived.”
“Yes? A desert without anything?”
“Did you forget? That space is disconnected? Of course you can’t see it with the naked eye!”
“Aha… !”
I borrowed Tia’s ability and changed my eyes to look forward.
Threads of air that should always be flat.
But the threads of air right in front of me were twisted here and there.
Even so, there was no wind blowing where I was, so it felt like the space was distorted only here.
“The Kingdom of Rasvir lies ahead.”
“Yes. I’m sure it’s because I remember that the kingdom suddenly appeared in an empty space.”
“Whoa… !! Great. Then I’ll be on my way.”
“Now, hang on, ship owner!”
“Yes… ?”
Hresbelg’s cry made me stop moving forward and look back for a moment.
Then there was Hresbelg, who had the same expression as last night’s Yata.
“Before I leave, there is one thing I would like to suggest to you.”
“Which is it?”
“That…… How about making a contract with me?”
“Yes?”
“Tta, I’m not doing this because of my greed to get married… ! No, it’s not that I’m not greedy. What I want to say is… !”
“Because you don’t want me to be in danger, right?”
“Right… !!”
You don’t have to go round and round, just say that you want him to be safe…….
Usually, I feel sorry for being so honest with my feelings, but when I see it like this, it’s really frustrating.
Still, I didn’t hate the look of the eagle.
“You know, I am a substitute, right? If you borrow my power, you’ll be fine no matter what happens! Therefore… !”
“Sister.”
“Huh?”
“Thank you for worrying so much. But when I decided to do this job, I decided to do one more thing.”
“…… May I ask what?”
“I want to test how far I can go on my own. In the meantime, many things have happened, and I have been working hard on self-discipline in many ways. But I never had a chance to test my strength myself.”
“So you want to try it out here?”
“Right. It’s a bad thing that makes my companions worry, but I still want to find out my own limits.”
“I want to feel the limit…. At times like this, he is a perfect boy.”
“It’s true.”
One of men’s romances, he enjoys dangerous and reckless adventures.
Because of that, there are cases where life is short-lived, but what can I do?
That I was born as a man.
I know that acting like a real man doesn’t feed me, but I still wanted to try it.
Besides, the saying ‘Know thyself’ is not for nothing.
“Okay, I’ll make the proposal a non-existent one. Instead, promise me two things with me before you go.”
“What is it?”
“The first thing is to always prioritize your safety and run away if you are in danger. Second, if you think you can’t do it, come back anytime and borrow my strength. These are two promises.”
“I promise.”
“Okay then, goodbye!”
“I’ll be back!”
Me and Hresbelg both smiled and waved.
There is no need for sadness or tears in parting, I am not going to die, and I have no intention of parting forever.
You might run into that situation, but right now it was good for both of you to part with a smile.
In this way, I step into the distorted space, welcoming the cool wind created by Hresbelg.
***
“Ugh… !!”
When my body touched the twisted space, I felt as if my body was being bent.
The space itself rejects me and tries to break my joints.
If it stays like this, it might turn into a bizarre corpse.
The moment when you start to think about whether you should go back the way you came.
The scales of the Agera in the pocket vibrated strongly, softening the surrounding space.
‘Haa… !! Ha… !! I thought I was falling behind before I even started!!’
I was finally freed from the constraints of space, and I was able to move forward.
One step, one step. Stepping on the sand of the desert, I walk forward.
I doubted for a moment whether this was the right way to go to Rasvir Kingdom.
The steaming heat was dissipating, and I felt with my skin that the temperature was dropping.
The temperature starts to drop exponentially, not slowly.
At the time I was contemplating whether or not to wear the clothes I had brought, I faced a new landscape.
“Oh my God… !”
I am not located in the desert, but on top of a mountain.
It was a place where a new world could be seen at a glance.
There was a vast plain, many small villages scattered throughout the plain, and a large city at the center of the territory…….
‘So there’s Lesshef somewhere over there.’
I couldn’t see the Shinsoo, but I could tell by feeling.
That the target I need to defeat is over there….
– Kkaduk!
I was so angry that I gnashed my teeth at the existence that threatened my peace, but I took a few deep breaths to cool my head.
Because the first thing I have to do right now is not to fight Shinsu.
Just like the god of plague, I have to find and persuade the guardian dragon, Freesia, who is somewhere here, and then join forces to defeat the god of plague.
For now, I needed to focus only on finding Freesia while getting used to my anger.
‘There must be….’
A large lake southwest of the city that appears to be the capital.
From noble mtl dot com
Looking at a place called Lake Renes, I briefly recall the past.
“Sir, thank you very much for being willing to listen to my request… !”
“No. More than that, I have one more problem besides the problem I mentioned yesterday.”
“What is it?”
“I need to quickly find my daughter and help her, but I don’t know where she is… ….”
“If that’s the case, don’t worry. Because I know where Freesia is hiding.”
“Uh, how… ?”
“Since he was little, he has loved a lake called Renes. After all, when I was alive, my daughter and I always took a walk there.”
“So you’re saying he’s hiding in Reness Lake?”
“I can’t say for sure, but it’s probably there. There is also a space that the childhood Frisia made there, saying it was a secret base.”
“Then it must be there.”
“Yes, the location of the lake is a little southwest of the capital of Rasvir Kingdom. My scales will guide you to the hidden path to the secret base, so you’d better go to the lake first.”
“Okay.”
The lake she said is now my lake….
The scales of Agera that I was actually holding in my hands were humming and trembling towards the lake I was looking at.
It is confirmed.
‘Okay, now that the destination has been decided, I need to go.’
My memorable first day in the new world.
It was about descending from a very high mountain.
‘f*ck… !! Why is the terrain so steep?!”
On the way back, he thought that he had to climb this mountain again, and it was already dark before his eyes.
***
Day 1.
Since the mountain is completely untouched by humans, it took a whole day to come down.
That’s damn right.
Still, we’ve come down quite a bit, so it looks like we’ll be able to see the plains tomorrow.
…… Can you see
Day 2.
It sounds like sh*t.
I still can’t get out of the mountain.
After entering a densely wooded area, it seems that you have lost your way.
If it wasn’t for the tent and sleeping bag, I might have given up already.
Day 3.
Finally off the mountain!
Since the road has become horizontal, there is no doubt.
From now on, the real journey begins!
But if there is one bad news, I ate all the homemade lunches that Miho and Cor gave me.
From today, I have to eat instant food and canned food.
Day 4.
I think I’ve walked for a while, but I still can’t see the village.
It looked small when viewed from the top of the mountain, but the distance seemed considerable.
I don’t know anything else, but it bothers me that there aren’t even wild animals, let alone people.
Did they all die from the plague?
In that case, at least a corpse should have been left, but it was questionable that there was none.
Day 5
……
……
……
‘At last we have arrived.’
The first village is visible in front of you.
It’s a long way to go to Lake Lines, let alone the capital, but it’s good anyway.
Because just arriving at the first village made my heart feel magnificent.
However, the grandeur of the chest does not seem to last long.
‘I came as far as I could see the village, but no one was there.’
A long, rugged wooden fence, inside which you can even see houses made of wood.
I can’t see the important person.
‘Going crazy! Could a plague be something that erases the existence of life?’
There are countless speculations running around in my head, but in the end, I can’t know until I check it myself.
Approaching the village, I lightly jumped over the wooden fence and entered the village.
I had high hopes that there might be someone in the village, but there was still no sign of anyone.
A real ghost town…… No, even calling it a village is ambiguous.
From a modern point of view, it was just a village.
Walking through the streets of such a village, I looked around.
There are no lights in the village, all the doors to the buildings are closed, and the streets are cold.
If you live in a place like this, you might go crazy from loneliness… ?
“…… Female… give… !”
The moment I let out a deep sigh because I had no clue about the person’s whereabouts or the plague, I heard someone’s voice in my ears.
I couldn’t control myself because I was happy that someone was here.
My feet ran towards the source of the sound, and I quickly found the source of the sound, a building.
It’s good to be excited, but I don’t want to disrespect the people here, so I cautiously knocked on the door of the building.
-Smart!
“Excuse me! Is there someone inside?”
“… ….”
-Smart!
“If you are inside, please speak to me!”
“… ….”
I knocked on the door several times after that, but no one answered.
As if the voice I heard earlier was an auditory hallucination….
Or maybe the language here is different from the language where I used to live.
Maybe they didn’t open the door because I couldn’t understand the language.
Having reached such an end, I decided to enter the building by force, risking rudeness.
Believing in the common language of all mankind, body language.
“I’m terribly sorry, but I’m going to break my example!!”
-Kwajik!
I gripped the doorknob hard and tore off the wooden door.
It would have been impossible in the past, but now I have the strength I received from the dragons.
A crude wooden door can be easily removed…….
“What is this… ?”
The scene we encountered while tearing open the door.
I could say it was shocking.
“No way!! This… ! Whoops!!”
I felt a twist in my stomach by a single piece of information that came in through my eyes, and my nausea surged up.
He will too…….
“Ehh… ! A billion… !”
“Kikiiik… ! Squeaky!! Kiek… !!”
“W… give… ! Porridge… female… give me… !!”
A hideous and grotesque creature that cannot be considered human.
Everyone was stained with bright red blood, their joints were strangely bent, and their bodies were made up of rotten flesh.
Perhaps their vocal cords were broken, they were only making the sound of scratching metal, and their pores were expelling a sticky, dark red liquid that made you vomit just by looking at them.
There were also those who remained relatively human in shape, but their condition did not seem to be normal either.
He was tearing off his own flesh as he painfully spat out the words to kill him.
From noble mtl dot com
Let’s try to escape from this place by carefully stepping backwards at a sight we cannot bear to stare at for a long time.
Suddenly, all of their bright red eyes turned toward me.
As if they were looking at me as prey….
“Ser, no way… !”
The moment I was about to realize what the plague really was.
I heard the sound of something being swung at me from behind, so I pulled out my sword and barely blocked it.
“Watch… barbarity… ! Protect… ! Yamaan… !!”
A man in iron armor, in a similar state to those inside the building, swung a sword at me.
I barely escaped the chilling situation, and at the same time I became convinced as I abandoned the man in both directions.
The current situation, the identity of the plague, and the grossly transformed humans.
All of these elements meant one thing.
A zombie virus has spread to the once peaceful kingdom of the Middle Ages.
‘This is a complete medieval zombie apocalypse!!’