184. What is the end
I had to leave for the boundary of the dragon, and since the beasts stick out their teeth first when they see the dragon, I decided to go to the land of the beasts without Dina noona.
In the end, the group formed was a unique combination of me, Rin, Sen, Adrina, and Kulika.
“Umm, eating late-night snacks makes me fat.”
While saying that, Adriana kept putting meat in her mouth. Then he tried to shoot me why he kept eating, but he didn’t say much because he was eating so well.
In the Demon Realm Forest, the diet itself is basically restricted. Because there was more inedible than edible.
It is not possible to raise livestock in the forest of the Demon Realm, and to eat meat, you have to buy it from outside or catch and eat witches, but witches are naturally overbearing.
Witches minimize going outside unless it’s really necessary, and witches can’t risk their lives to hunt monsters just to eat meat.
This is said in terms of human standards, and Kulika’s case is, of course, an exception.
He can chew even steel, but he can eat just about anything.
Anyway, that’s why Adriana is inhaling the meat that Rin’s parents packed. In the past, when I was at the academy, I had a strong intellectual image, but what can I say now?
Should I say wild?
“A lot has changed.”
Sen’s words, which had the same thought, were accurately embedded. The hand that Adrina used to eat also stopped for a moment, but it was only for a moment, and it continued to move.
“Eat grass every day. When meat is in front of you, your eyes roll. Grass porridge, pickles, seasonings, etc. It’s really bad.”
“If you only get it from the forest of the demon realm, you’ll use it a lot on your tongue, right?”
Adriana listened intently as if she had waited for my words, which I murmured in deep thought.
“right! So why is your tongue sore? When I went back to the village, the despair I felt when I ate my first meal. I was thinking about leaving the village again.”
Isn’t it said that medicinal herbs that are good for the body are bitter to the mouth?
There were many medicinal herbs that were good for the body in the forest of demon realm, but it was very difficult to find herbs that the tongue liked.
“Kreung, it’s definitely a place with a lot of things that are hard for humans to eat.”
Coolica slightly agrees. Adrina, who was still having a hard time with him, smiled brightly as if she was grateful that he was on her side.
“Right. So when you go out like this, you should eat as much as possible. It’s a kind of survival instinct.”
The words that the village of witches hadn’t disappeared anyway came out of my throat, but I swallowed it hard. From my point of view, I thought their ending was a cause and effect, but for Adrina, it was the death of her family and villagers.
Adriana eagerly eats meat. I thought I was going to eat more than my share, so I tried to stop it, but Kulika reached out to the ground.
Then the ground rotates like a whirlpool and a bag pops out from inside.
“Oh oh?”
“Wow, what?”
We looked at the land here and there because it was strange, but it was just an ordinary land. Coolica calmly took something out of her bag and handed it to Adrina.
“Try this.”
“Uh… yes?”
“It will fit in your mouth.”
As if she hadn’t known that she would receive something like this from Coolika, who reigned as the absolute, Adrina looked a bit embarrassed but couldn’t refuse, so she carefully received it with her index finger.
At first, I didn’t know what it was like, red and soft looking. It was also because it was covered in darkness, but the distinctive savory smell of meat rose up.
“Roasted meat?”
At the first thing Rin noticed even in the dark, Adrina carefully put it in her mouth, noticing Coolika.
The expression that was frowning at first gradually loosens up and the color turns bright. The careful chewing speed of the mouth also increases.
“Oh, it’s delicious! it’s delicious!”
Adrina running around and shouting at Kulika. He answered with a slightly satisfied smile.
“It is the meat of Velaros in the Forest of Demon Realm. I’ve eaten a lot of meat, but that one was the best.”
It was literally a Kulika-like horse that ate most of the meat (beast beasts) in the Demon Realm Forest.
“Wow, that’s really cool. Was this enough for witches to risk their lives to hunt each other? Belarus? It’s the first time I’ve ever heard of a beast, but it’s really delicious.”
When Adrina said that it was delicious enough to risk her life, she looked at Kulika to see if her companions, Rin and Send, were also interested.
He handed the meat to the other two with a benevolent expression.
“thank you.”
“I will eat well.”
“Will you eat too?”
Coolika recommending to me. I smiled awkwardly and shook my head. Three people who keep eating saying it’s really delicious.
Seeing the three people stop their hands after feeling full from the continuously pouring out of the coolica meat, I cleared my throat and gathered my attention, thinking it was the right time.
“Belarus is a large monster, so in fact, you only ate a small portion of it. The taste is good and the quantity is great. I am very grateful.”
The three of them nodded in agreement. Adriana didn’t seem to know at all, so of course the other two didn’t know either.
“But Velaros has only one problem.”
“Problem?”
Rin tilted his head and asked back. Taking a step back, I answer.
“…that he is an insect that eats demon feces.”
Silence spreads.
I expected this kind of reaction, so I didn’t tell the kids to eat it. If you say it for nothing, won’t you throw it up right away?
Even in the dark of the night, you can see that his expression has turned blue as he has become contemplative.
I moved away from the three people who started looking for a place to vomit, and naturally headed next to Coolica.
Kulika scratched her head with her nails and asked.
“Did I feed them meat that I shouldn’t eat?”
“It’s not something I can’t eat… isn’t it?”
In the past, the expression I made when recommending Velaros meat to me saying it was delicious was the look of a real mutt in the neighborhood, so Coolica was a little displeased.
Well, since beastmen have a habit of eating all of this meat, I can’t criticize Coolica for being dirty.
In this case, if I have to question it, it’s because humans are pretending to be noble.
“Well, as long as it tastes good, that’s enough.”
Of course, I don’t eat.
Because I’m a noble person
Rather, I want to ask about the bag that just came out of the ground.
“By the way, the bag that came out has the same structure as the one I took out the sword when fighting Sharqal, right?”
I thought it was the Sword of Rest’s unique ability to come out whirling from the ground, but the bag just came out the same as the Sword of Rest.
It was said that it was not the power of the sword, but the ability of Coolika.
“Yes, it is the power of the Earth Goddess. It is the power received in exchange for protecting the treasures of the gods from the world.”
There was something like that.
Coolika and I were simply drinking friends, so I didn’t know much about the detailed power like this.
Thinking like that, I have a question.
“Kulika, how many endings are there in total?”
“Hmm.”
Coolika thought about it for a while as she stroked her chin, as if she was also thinking the same thing.
“I don’t know. However, what is certain is that no matter how many gods want the end, there are only a handful of gods who can make it happen.”
“okay?”
“In starting a whole new world, no powerless God dares to intervene. Besides, there are gods who want to protect the world like the goddess of time and the goddess of the earth.”
“Is the Earth God trying to protect the world?”
Surprised by the unexpected information, he looks at Kulika. Perhaps the reaction was impressive, Kulika adjusts the shape of the gigantic robe she is wearing with a light smile.
“Yes. She didn’t imprint it, but she wants to protect this world. It’s not just her. Among the other gods, there are some gods who want to protect the continent by giving their imprint.”
“You mean what the shrine maiden said wasn’t a complete lie.”
Seeing how he was talking about Ares as a savior. Perhaps the sun god was on the side of saving the world.
At that, Kulika couldn’t give a definite answer.
“I can’t judge because I don’t know all the gods. Whether it is the end or salvation, it is imprinted equally. No one knows what they are.”
“……”
The person who has the imprint may be the end or the salvation.
It is said that not only Rin, but Ares can also be a potential threat.
I felt like my head was getting complicated.
“Don’t worry too much. There can’t be that many apocalypses.”
“A single apocalypse is enough for the continent to perish. It is daunting that there is not one such threat.”
It was something I could say because I was the one who saw the continent perish. The weight of it must have been vaguely felt, so even Coolica couldn’t utter more words of comfort.
Looking at Coolica’s drooping ears, I tapped him on the shoulder and said,
“I’m glad you’re still there.”
“Kheung.”
Coolica doesn’t give an answer.
I liked it because I wanted to feel the old days in my own way, but the heavy feeling of the shoulder that interfered with that.
Rin grabs my shoulder, and Sen and Adrina hold my hands on either side. A situation that naturally led to arrest.
“Are you keeping your mouth shut while feeding that kind of meat?”
“Hey, wait.”
I tried to get away by giving strength to my hands, but they reached out from the darkness and restrained me. If this happens, even if time is stopped, you will not be able to escape.
“Kulika, take out some more meat.”
“Don’t take it out!”
At Sen’s request, Coolica hesitated and took a look at me, but because of Sen’s resolute request, she took out a few more pieces of meat from the bag.
“Come on, Aang.”
Sen, who had the expression of an assassin, began to shove meat into my mouth.
“Oops! Wow!”