Episode 33.
He thought of the rumors that had even reached the Caldert family.
I know it’s a nearby cave in Toaster Village, but I don’t know the exact location.
“Should I look for them all?”
When I asked the residents before leaving the village, I could not get any answers.
Most of the residents said so.
“No matter how many caves there are near my village, I don’t know where they are. Well, even though I know some caves.”
In conclusion, I don’t know.
If it was a cave that the residents knew about, they would have easily noticed that the Ancient Snake had appeared.
So I decided not to bother looking for the location the residents said.
“It’s been a while since I’ve been climbing a mountain.”
I had never climbed a mountain except to climb a mountain to go to the ruins.
“Let’s remember it well.”
There must be clues in the rumors you’ve heard.
A cave near Toaster Village. In other words, it must be near Toaster Village.
But why was the discovery delayed?
“A place that is hidden, or where even locals don’t go often.”
It must be a place where there are many monsters.
According to the villagers, there are many monsters in the mountain behind Toaster Village.
“The location must be the back mountain, if that’s the case…”
It would be difficult to find all of those mountains. And he thought of travelers or mercenaries climbing the mountain.
“The first discoverer was…”
Gold Mercenary.
The discoverer didn’t defeat the Ancient Snake, but I heard that he made a big contribution.
Why did the discoverer make such a big contribution?
“Perhaps because it was not an easy place to find.”
Based on that idea, I searched the back mountain.
I kept searching, but couldn’t find it easily.
The ancient snake they were looking for did not appear, only small monsters such as goblins and kobolds appeared.
“wait for a sec?”
Small monsters such as goblins and kobolds.
Small monsters tend to avoid places with stronger monsters to survive.
Thinking like that, I thought I could determine the location of the Ancient Snake.
“Ancient Snake is a large monster. And it’s a strong axis even among large monsters.”
There will be no other monsters in the Ancient Snake area.
Thinking like that made the search much easier.
“You can find a place where you can’t see monsters.”
I spread mana around as much as possible.
It was to check the living things around.
It was harder than I thought to move while constantly spreading mana.
“Because if you put a little too much effort into it, it will stimulate other monsters.”
I can defeat it, but I don’t want to deal with it.
While carefully spreading mana, I found a place where all the monsters around were gone.
When I searched for the center of the place, I was able to find a cave.
“This is it.”
I could tell without even going in. A bloody aura emanates from inside the cave.
Apparently, he noticed the mana I spread.
“Ancient Snake…”
It’s a difficult opponent to deal with, so be careful.
If you are an intermediate sword expert, you can pierce the ancient snake’s scales and inflict damage.
“But what makes this guy tricky is his poison.”
Poisonous mist spewed from its tail and poisonous teeth coated with strong poison.
Those two areas are the problem.
However, those two parts were also ingredients for making snake wine.
“Soaking liquor, poison teeth, and tails. Add these three ingredients in proportion. Then, an antidote is added and aged for one year.”
If so, the snake liquor made with the Ancient Snake is complete.
Thinking of the purpose brings a smile to my face.
Considering the snake liquor, being picky is not a problem.
“Besides, for a year.”
Seventeen, the coming-of-age ceremony. You can also drink alcohol at that time.
“Even if there is no coming-of-age ceremony, I will drink alcohol.”
I’m not a big drinker, but I like good or healthy alcohol.
If I had the opportunity to drink such a drink, I would cheat on my age.
“Anyway, don’t you get tired of just radiating energy?”
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Normally, if you’re going to radiate this much energy, shouldn’t you come out of the cave a long time ago?
Is there something to keep
“What should I protect?”
I thought about Ancient Snake. It is not a monster that protects something.
Why don’t you come out of the cave?
“Shall we go in first?”
I slowly entered the cave. And I realized one thing.
‘This cave… was artificially created.’
It was not a naturally formed cave.
“Hey, Ancient Snake! Why are you not coming to meet me?”
An Ancient Snake with a warlike personality.
Even though he came into the cave, he only emits energy.
“It’s really strange.”
I approached the place where the energy came out.
There was an Ancient Snake there. As I said, it was a big snake. There is a round thing on the tail. Perhaps poisonous smoke comes from there.
Ancient Snake just stared at me, coiled up.
“Wait a minute, I think there’s something in that coil?”
The coil is abnormally inflated. as if holding something.
“How long are you going to stare at me like that?”
He clenched his hands.
Then the Ancient Snake started wagging its tail.
A poisonous mist that comes out of its tail. The poison mucus had a color, so it could be seen with the naked eye.
“what?”
The Ancient Snake, who thought it would attack me, was just wagging its tail.
What the hell is in that coil?
“I’m not doing anything wrong, am I?”
The poison that comes out of the tail ends with paralysis. It is also weak enough to be ineffective against those who have reached a certain level.
The scary thing about the Ancient Snake was the poison in its teeth.
Even ogres have venom that will go away if bitten incorrectly.
“Well, he’s not my opponent.”
Even if it’s a strong poison, you don’t have to bite it. And it doesn’t move like that, it’s just breathing poisonous smoke.
A poison that doesn’t work for me. The Immobile Ancient Snake.
I’m going to use a secret technique and catch it in one room.
“Don’t make any sudden movements.”
‘Because I can’t blow my head off by mistake.’
Gathered mana.
In order to write a secret skill, a preliminary action is required.
Since stepping into the superlative level, it was very easy to use the draw.
I poured mana into my sword and threw it at Ancient Snake.
“Wow, I won’t avoid it until the end.”
A clean cut. The Ancient Snake split in two.
You can’t tell the head from the body, but if you think of it as a human, the head and neck are probably separated.
“first···.”
I took out the pouch from the foam. Because it was a strong poison, it should never have leaked out.
That’s why it’s a pocket I bought with some money. It’s magically treated so it never leaks.
“And this cost quite a bit.”
Gloves with magic treatment.
Putting on gloves, he pulled out his fangs and put them in his pocket.
About half full
“The tail…”
As the Ancient Snake was a huge body, the size of its tail was also formidable.
With that in mind, I bought something at a crazy price.
It was something that could be said to have cost almost all of my possessions.
“Subspace pouch.”
The tail was cut off and placed in a subspace pouch. Judging from the fact that it enters without any obstruction, it seems that there is room in the pocket of the subspace.
“It is expensive.”
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Now that we had everything we needed, it was time to check that the Ancient Snake was guarding it.
Removed Ancient Snake’s corpse.
It was a square stone statue. Judging by the line at the top, it seemed like it could be opened and closed.
“By the way, I heard that there was only Ancient Snake in the rumors.”
What the hell is this box for?
I opened the box. It felt heavy as if it were made of stone.
“uh···?”
It was one book.
I can’t figure out the title because it’s in ancient letters.
Then I remembered that I had a necklace that could interpret ancient characters.
“I left it at the Caldert family…”
I didn’t think I would ever use it, so I left it in the drawer of my room.
It must have been an unusual book, since it was kept in a box and was protected by the Ancient Snake.
“Shall we go now?”
The moment I tried to put the book into the form, I felt a familiar energy outside the cave.
bloody aura. It was the Ancient Snake.
It was the second.
“Ah, was it like that?”
The question was finally resolved.
The first discoverer was not a gold mercenary.
Apparently, the first discoverer was different. The first discoverer seems to have defeated the Ancient Snake guarding the book, took the book and left.
And the other Ancient Snake left alone was guarding the cave.
“First of all, what should I do?”
A guy with bloody energy is approaching at a fast pace.
overpayment. Even if he couldn’t get the fangs, he planned to catch them at once using his secret technique.
However, I changed my mind.
“There is room in the subspace pocket, and the pocket with fangs is only half full.”
You can take one more.
And at the moment, I came up with the idea of catching it easily without blowing my head.
A sinister smile comes out of nowhere.
I sprayed the exorcism sword thread and installed a few strands taut at the entrance.
“The moment the guy coming at high speed touches the thread!”
It’s thrilling just thinking about it.
And it came true as I thought.
The Ancient Snake, who spotted me near the entrance, immediately charged me.
And the moment it touched the thread, it split apart and fulfilled its fate.
“sorry. For preventing me from even taking proper revenge.”
First of all, I also took by-products from other Ancient Snakes.
A smile came out of me when I saw my pockets full.
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Now I have to go back to Baron Drake, who will be waiting for me in the village.
“Haru will be fine.”
I entrusted it to Baron Drake, but I’m a little worried.
Judging by the affection that Baron Drake gave to Har, it seemed that his master gave more than I did.
He might force you to sell it to me again after getting close with Har, so you’d better go back quickly.
“By the way, other monsters will take care of those corpses, right?”
Perhaps when only one of the two Ancient Snakes survived, the surviving one ate the corpse.
So other people wouldn’t have thought that there were two Ancient Snakes.
I left the cave and quickly returned to the village.
When I arrived at Toaster Village, the first thing I saw was Baron Drake having a party.
“What the hell is this?”
Among the villagers, I approached Baron Drake, who looked very drunk.
“Baron Drake, what the hell is this?”
“Hmm. Waiting for you is a bit boring. I threw my own money and held a party.”
Baron Drake felt new.
I felt that he was an open person, but he got along well with the commoners of the village.
“You are a good person.”
“hahahaha, didn’t I tell you? It’s been a while since I became a noble. If I hadn’t made a fortune as a merchant and donated that money to the empire, I would still be a commoner.”
“Even if you have just become an aristocrat, it is not easy to live with commoners like this without hesitation.”
Among the nobles I knew, there were people who changed completely as soon as they received their title.
The appearance of a person who was a commoner not too long ago becoming aristocratic.
I didn’t like that look. Is it because half of my blood is the blood of commoners?
“Heh heh, I’m glad anyway.”
“What?”
“This is how I received it because there was no owner in the Kirton manor.”
Baron Drake’s shocking words left me speechless for a while.