Did I smell the scent of the food I was cooking, or was it thanks to the warmth of the tent?
“Yes… … .”
Cassena Paige wanted to talk in her sleep for a short while, then jumped up and sat up in a daze, staring blankly at her hands.
“Are you awake now?”
“uh? uh! I think I had a very strange dream… … .”
“Casena, Cassena, Cassena.”
Cassena finally let out a sigh of relief when Fifi rubbed her head against her cheek, but soon her face turned white, as if the people around her came into view.
“Number, number, number… … ?!”
It seemed like that was a normal reaction, but Cassena’s eyes lit up just as she was quickly trying to warn her before he offended her.
“Really, are you a real beast?!”
what? Bethuel and Barlzen were more surprised than Rain at that innocent reaction.
No, can I explain this as naive? If it was an innocent reaction, wouldn’t it be that the whole body was trembling in fear?
The shock did not end there. Eonggeumonggeum crawled over and touched Varlzen’s wolf ears, which were glaring at Cassena with their arms crossed, and they smiled brightly.
“Hey, you hairless kid! Did you go crazy because you wanted to die!”
The startled Varzen hurriedly stood up and growled, shaking off Cassena’s touch, but Cassena’s eyes were still shining.
“What… … Girl, aren’t you afraid? Is that the prisoner?”
“I’m not afraid! Why are you afraid of Suin?”
“???”
To hear the inside story, Cassena had never heard of the discipline that beastmen were cursed creatures in the first place. Admire the wisdom of Madelia Page.
On top of that, since he was six years old, his friends, tutors, and interactions with others were almost cut off, so there was no place for strange rumors to flow.
Rather, Cassena even had a strange fantasy about a beastman, but it was roughly like this.
“Strangely, in the old adventure books, there were often stories of encounters with beastmen, but these days it doesn’t!”
“It’s an adventure… … ?”
“So later, when my leg got better, I was going to go and meet the beastmen and write an adventure book! But that’s how we met!”
It’s an adventure book gap… … .
It also seems that something happened. If it goes below the barrier, I’ll definitely check it out.
“I’m hungry anyway! What is this smell?”
“It’s done. wait a minute.”
It was also the moment when ‘Lin’s Special Charcoal Grilled Meat Soup’ was introduced to the public after a long time. When I served it on a plate, Cassena salivated.
“Would you like some, Mr. Barlzen?”
I suggested to Barlzen the ‘Lin’s Special Firewood Charcoal Grilled Skewers’ that I made for myself. This is so delicious that it can be called a special kill.
“Me too, give me that too!”
“You can’t, Mrs.”
Barlzen instinctively sniffed at the savory smell, but at Lane’s question, he calmly turned his head away.
“Hmph, all meat is the same. How can you become a warrior when you only eat flesh like that?”
“Uh… … .”
“This is why the hairless ones. A true warrior should eat meat in any condition and supply nutrients.”
“Anyway, just give it a try. It’s not even a fight right now… … Or do you still not believe me?”
I really, really didn’t want to eat it, but when the kid looked up like that, strangely, a corner of my chest was stabbed.
I looked at Beduel to ask for help, but instead of helping, Beduel just nodded to accept it.
Damn this… … Running away from an attacking enemy is a shame for a warrior, and in the end Varlzen swallowed his saliva as he watched Cassena swallow the chunks of meat in the soup.
“Oh, delicious! Lane, this is so delicious!”
“Yes?”
Seeing that light purple little boy is fine even after eating it, it seems that he is not poisonous. If so, where am I once… … .
‘Uh, uhhhhh———?!’
I even felt dizzy from the impact of lightning in my brain, the intense signal that touched my tongue, or rather, the taste cells sent out from my tongue.
What is this incense?
And what about this savory taste?
Does the gravy taste like this?
I was just dealing with the wave of doubts that oscillated in my head, but the heavy weight in my grasp suddenly disappeared.
“omg.”
I am shocked and realize the truth. He ate all the meat hanging from the skewers without even realizing it.
“Can I get you another one?”
“me! Give me first!”
And looking at the empty skewer and watching the little boy grinning, I felt like I had lost for nothing, and a fire flared up.
“You are laughing. It was so tasteless that I just swallowed it all at once. Who the hell would eat something like this? I guess the dead are good.”
“is that so? It was an ambitious project… … sorry.”
“No, man! The words are just a little bit like that. It’s not that severe… … Yes, it was delicious, you son of a b*tch! Don’t feel badly depressed just because a man just heard something like this!”
“Then would you like another one?”
“… … .”
Barlzen glanced outside the tent, and someone shook his head very slightly. When Rain and Pippi giggled, they vomited fire right away.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen Barlzen get along so well with anyone. Even human children.”
Even Arakish, who always had a dignified expression on his face, raised his eyebrows at this strange situation, or at this situation that should have been normal in the original way.
“They are really strange children.”
“I mean.”
Bedouel, who was sitting next to him, responded in a surprised voice, then smiled.
“So not bad.”
* * *
After a short commotion, I explained the current situation to Cassena Page.
Everything that happened at the Imperial Palace is true, that we were transported here by Karenden’s (probably) forces and that we were able to survive with the help of this Arakish here.
It was a bit worrying, but Cassena accepted the situation calmly than expected.
Rather, the way he approached Arakish in a friendly way and asked various things surprised everyone once again.
As I heard later, it seems that he was envious of the friendly conversation between Yoshhar and I at the Imperial Palace. And he was sad that he didn’t introduce himself.
“The important thing is from now on, listen carefully.”
“Yes!”
“Currently, the beastmen are seriously misunderstood, and that misunderstanding has led to conflict after conflict, bringing them to the brink of fighting humans. We need your help very much here.”
Cassena shook her head, wanting to nod immediately.
“But are you mistaken? What kind of misunderstanding is it?”
Here, I had no choice but to pay attention to Bethuel and Barlzen, but he soon nodded that he didn’t care if Beduel told me about it.
That’s why he carefully conveyed the story he had heard from Beduel—the connection between Enuel and the stormtroopers, and the loyalty passed down to the next generation.
I was worried that I hadn’t left something out, but Cassena suddenly shed tears, nodded her head, and shouted in a loud voice.
“Ah, alas… … ! Me, Lane and I… … ! Help Barlzen… … ! Only me, only me… … !”
I knew it was a one-dimensional and simple personality, but I didn’t expect it to be this much… … .
However, when it strikes the heartstrings of the warriors, is this simple personality rather effective?
It was clear to anyone that the warriors who overheard the conversation while standing guard outside the tent, as well as the warrior commander Varlzen, were deeply moved (they couldn’t hide their expressions).
“Who, who wants help? I do not need! It’s a warrior’s shame to receive help from hairless children!”
“No, no, we will help…” … !”
“Because I don’t need it! oh, dirty! Where are you blowing your nose now?”
“no! He said he would help!!!”
“Honey, get off! And you bastard, why are you touching my ear?”
The way he spoke was still sharp, but the hostility that flowed from Varlzen’s eyes and tone when we first met was surprisingly not felt.
I thought convincing Cassena was the biggest challenge, but I thought I’d get help instead.
Really, the world is full of unexpected situations, and that’s why it’s so beautiful… … Thinking so, the boy pulled himself one more step up the stairs to the truth.
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Looking at Cassena, who was struggling while clinging to Barlzen’s back, Rain and Pippi looked at each other and smiled, and a smile bloomed on Arakish’s lips as well.
‘Mysterious children with the scent of the gods… … .’
Then, the place where that smile headed was the dragon egg that he never let go of even for a second while carrying it carefully on his back. The place where Alakish’s alter ego and daughter’s life dwells.
‘My daughter, I hope someday you can smell like that too.’
* * *
During the 10 days the Duranchus tribe was preparing to leave, they were able to become quite friendly with the tribe members.
It was because Varzen introduced each member and even let them say hello, even though he was ticklish. The tribe members seemed to find it strange, but they gradually relaxed their vigilance.
Of course, the power of ‘Lin’s special charcoal grilled skewers’ was also added, but I won’t do it because a long explanation would look lame.
“What is this?”
“Ah, this is “delicious”.”
“The name of the food is ‘delicious’?”
“The name of the food is ‘Lane’s Special Charcoal Grilled Skewers’, in case you don’t know that it’s delicious… … .”
“?”
In fact, I can’t tell you even if I die, that I almost lost all credibility after being accused of being crazy for messing around like that.
Fortunately, there was an opportunity to restore trust, but it was the attack of the dead that occurred on the sixth day during a blizzard.
“No, you are dead!”
It is safe to say that Harvadonia, which is influenced by the Mountains of Madness, lives in symbiosis with the dead, and because of this, warriors sleep during the day and work from evening.
Perhaps thanks to growing up in such an environment, the fighting style of the Beastman Warriors led by Barelzen was quite inspiring.
“They came in droves without fear!”
Just engage in hand-to-hand combat with the dead. It’s just simply hit and run.
A fighting method that uses a huge physique and sharp teeth and claws to tear the limbs of the dead and render them incapacitated… … .
Ordinary human soldiers are busy running away screaming at the tough vitality of the dead after stabbing them several times with a spear, but the beastmen warriors are truly experts in fighting the abyss.
Watching Varlzen pierce the dead man’s heart with his claws and then bite off the head of the man who charged from behind, I laughed out loud.
“This is not the time to be admiring!”
“Yes. Lady, don’t use magic.”
“why?”
“Now it is the most difficult situation for the Battle Mage, and it is a melee situation that could cause damage to allies.”
“you?”
me? I’ve been through this kind of situation ever since I was young.
so no problem
The fireballs born from my palm rose high into the sky, split countless times, and rained down on the dead like shooting stars. No problems with coordinate calculations.
Roaring————!
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The dead people’s mobility was weakened by sparks aimed precisely at the bridge, and the fire that fell on the ground made them stand up as a barrier, restricting their passage.
“I’m doing quite a bit!”
Proudly, the beast warriors whistled and gave thumbs up.
Cassena then hit a stone in the face of one of the dead with telekinesis and shrugged her shoulders proudly.
However, when no one responded, he opened his fluke eyes.
“what! Why don’t you give me a thumbs up?!”
to praise that?
As the beastmen scratched their heads embarrassingly, Cassena inflated her reddened cheeks and began to blow things around with telekinesis.
“No, stop! stop! we were wrong! Now, thumb here!”
The fuss lasted for a while, but when Alaqish returned after going outside to check the terrain, he blew out the flames once, and all the dead were wiped out.
They say it is an absolute life form, and at times like this, you feel the difference in class as the same living creature… … A gap so overwhelming that you can’t even be jealous or frustrated.
Still, that struggle was not in vain, and since that day, trust has soared. And one annoying thing has increased.
“Teach me fire magic too!”
“yes?”
“Please teach me fire magic so that I can fight like Rain!”
“In the past, even if I taught you, you said you wouldn’t like it.”
“Teach me if you want me to teach you!”
It was quite annoying, but since it was an emergency, it seemed prudent to make Cassena a part of the force as well.
So, where should I go for the fire magic intensive training?
「Hmm?」
But there, something truly envy happened to the point of grinding teeth.
Arakish, who had been watching my education with interest, saw Cassena’s kinship limits and taught me by unraveling some of the words in the structure of runes.
Even Cassena quickly began to write. When he drew a rune in the air with his fingertips, an intense flame was created and a huge amount of heat was blown out in all directions.
“saw? saw?!”
Cassena smiled brightly and looked back at me.
I was so surprised that I couldn’t answer right away. There are at most one or two runes to use, but the power is comparable to 3 stars… … .
I tried to copy it roughly, but I gave up because the rune itself was similar to the chanting type Altigma used by witches.
There had never been a day when Paige’s bloodline was as envious as today. Damn, I want to learn from Jinryong too. Where is this opportunity?
“I think it’s more powerful than the one Lane used last time?!”
“Iknow, right… … .”
I replied languidly, but perhaps thinking that I had pouted, Arakish kindly placed his hand on my head (Alakish sometimes behaved unbecoming a red dragon like this) and shook his head.
「It’s just that she has a strange knack for handling dragon words, and it has nothing to do with Emmit’s lineage. Ah, maybe it’s because of that lineage.”
Hey, you were trying to comfort me, right?
Still, it was comforting to see that the progress of the unique magic had risen in the diary I opened without much thought.
“Hey, 53.8%!”
Day after day passed like that, and it was dawn on the tenth day.
The movement of the prisoners was done by separating the entire tent that formed the village, so on the tenth day the place where the village used to be was simply empty.
Chief Beduel sprinkled the blood of a walrus he had killed in the morning on the site where the village once stood and gave a short benediction.
“El Duira Tour Quius Beira (May the sun shine our way).”
“““Durciel (I want it to be so).”””
The facial expressions of the beastmen leaving their hometown, which had been the home of their tribe for a thousand years, could not be said to be bright. Barlzen alone was enough to look back from time to time.
I still remember the day I left the mage tower of the Osarius School and the sense of loss I felt then, so I could deeply understand the feelings they felt.
“You’ll be able to come back, Varzen.”
“Come back? when? how? They will all be eaten by the abyss now.”
“It’s the day the abyss ends someday.”
Varlzen laughed incredulously, then gently tapped me on the back of the head as if not to worry (it was so unexpected that I couldn’t help but be surprised) and commanded the warriors to form a formation to protect the arrowheads.
Then I paused to look north, at the end of the world, to the endless mountains on either side, blasphemously piercing the sky.
‘Mountains of Madness… … .’
Why?
The sound of the wind whistling around that wondrous taboo snowy mountain was sometimes eerie.
It’s like the sound of a flute played disquietingly in ancient times… … At that time, downy hair would stand up on his spine. I’m not afraid though
– You can’t stop the erosion of the abyss. It was just chosen to deliver.
Let’s see where that goes.
After all, I’m a great wizard.
I resolutely raised my fist towards the mountains and ran to Cassena Page and Fifi, who were waving their arms in front of me to come quickly.
* * *
… … Whoo oh oh… … … … .
Somewhere in those mountain ranges, where the ghastly glow was conjured by the devil, in the abyss of time and space beyond the reach of mortal consciousness and beyond the reach of immortal eyes.
As the primordial monstrous creature twisted its body in eons of agony and let out a terrifying scream, the terrifying abyss exploded and the dimension shuddered.
The cause of this endless pain was the seal of ＜the things that came＞ that bound the king’s limbs.
The shape of the seal is chain-like as a whole. The characteristics of the chains are like the sun, emitting heat so high that mortal eyes cannot look directly at it, burning everything it touches at once.
Wrapped in thousands of layers of chains, the king groaned in unending pain in the taboo time and space that transcended dimensions.
However, even these seals could not last forever in the face of the immortal authority and absolute abyss of kings.
Little by little, little by little, slowly.
The power of erosion, which had gnawed away at the structure of the chain over a long period of time, severed one of the chains at this very moment, greatly weakening the texture of the seal.
Du… …
… … Abiras… …
… … … … Graam Shar’kas… … .
Through the cracks in space and time where the chains were broken, the decrees of the Forgotten Kings flowed out, heading for the mountainsides desolate with ancient ice caps.
The absolute thought, which swirled strangely and bathed the clouds with complex brilliance, reached a boy clinging to an ice wall with his heart pierced by a wedge of light.
As the thought rushed forward, the wedge of light was eroded to a black color, and then lost its power and shattered into countless light sources.
“… … .」
For a thousand years, this land was an unexplored snowy landscape where only isolation, desolation, and the stillness of eternal perdition lingered.
However, the moment the boy fell in the snowy field opened his eyes, the abyss of extreme power ran out of control, and the screams of all kinds of beasts crying madly and running away shook the mountain range.
On the other hand, inside the body of the boy who stood up quietly, something like a spider web was woven black, and all tissues and organs as small as the pierced heart were restored in an instant.
「Eurtiema, ron Shar’kas al broos.」
This is the interpretation of the primitive language that the boy prostrated himself in the face of his thoughts.
king
Your Shar’kath is here.
If someone who had lived in the age of the gods had seen this hopeless scene, he would have screamed like this, running away with all his might.
woke up, woke up
Shar’kas, the White Commander of the Spider… … .