131 – Touch from outside the sea (8)
Ant concentrated his mind and eagerly sniffed the human scent. The smell of humans different from Chester and Monia who lived on the island.
– Urgh… .
Ant, who was sniffing intently, felt that the smell had grown bigger than before, and let out a small cry as he gnashed his teeth.
“what’s the matter?”
Chester, who was waiting for Ant to track him down, stroked the crying Ant’s head and waited for Ant to give his opinion.
After crying for a while, the real Ant explained the situation to Chester with cries and gestures.
It taps here and there with its front paw, then makes a gesture of scraping the touched spot into one, then taps the scraped spot again.
“… … Right. Was that loud noise just a collective signal?”
“Hey, did you get caught? I missed one… … .”
“No, I couldn’t help not knowing. It’s not your fault.”
The fact that the number of people was divided into groups of 10, and including the one who escaped, the number would be approximately 21-22.
“Why 22?”
“Because there is a possibility that a group with a leader is a group of 11 people, not 10 including the boss, but 10 excluding the boss.”
“So what?”
“… … .”
What should I do? Chester said simply.
“Let’s give up.”
“Yes?”
“Fighting with 10 people ambush was quite risky. But this time, you have to fight more than double that number, not even a surprise attack, head-on.”
To be honest, this is really pointless.
“Then let’s give up the ambush.”
A strategy of approaching by surprise, digging in between them, instilling fear and shock, and killing people one by one in the meantime.
That was a bunch now.
“From now on, I will write this.”
Saying that, Chester loaded the crossbow with one hand and one foot, and pulled out the catapult with the other hand.
“From now on, let’s hit and run while killing one or two people from afar. Monia, run away with Ant.”
“Yes? What about Chester?”
“I’m done. I will move on my own.”
Chester decided to move lightly by himself so that his movements would not be slowed down by worrying about Ant and Monia.
“… … .”
Then Monia carefully grabbed the hem of her dress.
“We were meant to be together.”
“… … .”
Chester smiled at Monia.
“Then shall we? I thought it was a little too early to teach Monia, but yeah. It’s not bad to learn a little early.”
Chester laughed and rose from his seat.
“let’s go.”
Chester held out his hand, and Monia smiled and took it as well.
* * *
Of the myriad knowledge and skills that Chester taught Monia, there were two that Chester paid special attention to.
One is how to shoot a bow.
Monia, who is basically dexterous, quickly learned how to shoot a bow rather than worrying about anything else. I didn’t want to die from an arrow flying from behind.
Next, how to climb a tree.
The quickest and safest way to avoid a dangerous situation is to climb a tree.
If you’re the level of Chester, you can avoid danger just by running using landmarks, but Monia taught you how to climb trees intensively because that’s not possible.
Of course, there are people who cannot avoid danger just by climbing a tree, such as the person at the top or the giant creatures above.
Antwolves can climb trees using their heads, and bears are good at climbing trees.
So, the next step is required here.
Simple. In fact, it can’t even be called a skill.
“Come on, Monia! you can do it!”
Chester taught Monia while waiting for the sailors gathered on the beach, whom Ant had left to watch, to enter the forest.
“Ugh.”
At Chester’s words, Monia looked at the unstable branch she was standing on and at the branch Chester was sitting on.
“easy! All you have to do is find a branch thick enough to support your weight and jump on it!”
What Chester teaches is the “skill of flying through the forest” that was passed down to Chester’s father and bestowed on Chester, which was once possessed by a savage tribe called the Elves.
The beginning is to be able to move freely from tree to tree and from branch to branch.
You need to quickly identify a stable branch so that you can hop from tree to tree without the slightest delay before you can take the foundation off.
If the jump distance is less than you thought because your legs are broken, you can fall to the ground as it is.
Even if you step on a tree branch, you can fall to the ground if you lose your balance properly and slip.
Or, if you misjudge a branch and step on a weak or injured branch that is too thin or already dead, the branch may break and fall to the ground.
And, falling to the ground can result in bruises, fractures and even death.
Chester has been doing this since he was very young, having been taught by his father at the age when he could walk and run.
“Uh, Chester sometimes runs really fast. Does that have anything to do with this?”
“yes? Of course there is. That running is an application of some of the skills I am teaching you now.”
Sometimes, Chester runs like he’s flying, like he’s not bound by anything.
If you run like that, Ant can catch up in an instant or even overtake depending on the terrain, and obviously, the creatures on the island, which are much faster than humans, could not escape Chester’s pursuit and were caught in vain.
“Can I be like that too?”
“If you learn it properly. are you okay. I will help you.”
Chester’s words bolstered up Monia’s courage, and she ran lightly from the tree branch she was stepping on.
“Five.”
It was my first time doing it, so I took a short enough distance for practice, but obviously this took courage.
Overcome the fear of falling, be liberated from the shackles of the earth, and be able to run like a human being. the first step in its initiation.
“Hey!”
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Landing on a tree branch, Monia almost lost her balance and fell, but Chester quickly supported her and prevented her from falling.
“how? Isn’t it more scary than you thought?”
“It’s scary!”
It was very scary.
“… … Still, it’s okay. I could.”
“yes? Great.”
Chester looked at Monia as if she had praised her every time she did in the past.
The look in the eyes of a baby who needs to be taken care of, who has just started walking.
Monia, who didn’t like that look, glared at Chester with her cheeks puffed out in protest.
Chester giggled at the sight and supported Monia so she could stand properly on the branch.
“Okay, let’s go next.”
Saying that, Chester jumped off and moved to a tree a little far away.
Monia moved from tree to tree step by step following Chester.
* * *
“… … Calm down.”
Urgo, the man the sailors call ‘big brother’, arrived ashore at Rotin’s call and watched the movement of the forest before saying so.
“Be quiet?”
“yes. The sounds of creatures are extremely low.”
Urgo.
A man from the grassland tribe who has been living as a ray of wind with his horse since he was born.
However, his tribe was swept away in a war of aggression by a certain country and perished.
Urgo, held captive as a slave and imprisoned in an iron cage, collapsed in despair as everything he held dear was horribly abused, was met by Rottin, who happened to pass nearby while traveling.
Hearing the news of the war, Rotin’s movement route, which was trying to avoid the vicinity, accidentally came into contact with the place where Urgo’s tribe was located, and Rotin saved Urgo.
Urgo, who lost everything precious but was able to take revenge, devoted his life to Lotin and followed Lotin into the sea as a child of the meadow.
Although Urgo’s prosperous youth passed and he gradually entered an age of decline, his body with innate dragon power grew stronger as he fought against all kinds of seas, all countries, and all kinds of people, and soon became a legend among sailors. .
A legendary sailor like a mast that stands tall and unbreakable in front of any sea and wind. In some regions, it is even considered as a symbol of faith.
“Seeing that you can’t hear the creatures this far, it must have been a big disaster in the forest recently. All the animals have run away.”
“Right. I did not know.”
Rotin laughed as he listened to Urgo. And I looked at his profile as he quietly gazed at the forest.
In this world, there are people who are unique from birth and deserve to be called heroes.
what is a hero
It refers to a person who overcomes what an ordinary person cannot overcome.
A person who can do things that normal people cannot do.
It refers to a person whose footprints are left in human history and cannot be erased throughout life, passed down from generation to generation, and is respected and praised.
Ordinary humans cannot defeat the devil. If asked to face the terrible devil who had lightly butchered dozens of people, even Rottin was not confident.
But that’s because they are just normal people.
Urgo is different.
The unmistakable bowl of a hero. He is not just a talker, he is a hero who has left his footprints in all kinds of places throughout his life and has become an object of faith.
“There is a devil in that forest. How can I win?”
“If you order, I will make sure to do it.”
Hearing Urgo’s confident reply, Lottin smiled and patted him on the shoulder and walked forward.
“Okay, then let’s go.”