216 – Jarod, the capital of the Jaim Kingdom on the Matoto Continent (4)
13 The Hero’s Ruins is the site of a biological experiment built by a huge tribe that existed on the Matoto Continent in the past.
After breeding and breeding thin, long creatures like earthworms that descended on meteorites, they tried to use their characteristics to create a human race that transcends humanity, or, to put it simply, a god they believe in.
The ability of the earthworms that came on the meteorite was simple.
After parasitizing on a metal tool, it parasitizes on a human holding the tool.
Just as common parasites are parasitized by worms and then deliberately eaten by birds or fish to transfer themselves, they move to intelligent bodies using tools.
If the parasite lives on the plow, the human holding it will have a body and mind optimized for farming.
However, the tribe made a weapon and parasitized all the parasites there, and a ‘problem’ broke out.
When you hold a weapon in your hand, of course your body and mind become fit for using it.
However, that wasn’t a big deal. The problem is that these parasites are not originally creatures of this world.
In other words, the parasite itself was not suitable for ‘humanity’.
All but a very small number of humans with the qualities to withstand parasites failed to overcome the parasite’s erosion and turned into twisted monsters. As a result of the rampage, it collapsed overnight.
But perhaps, the god they hope for may have been born into this world.
When a monster kills a human or monster that has the same parasitic weapon in its hand, they take the parasitic weapon from the corpse.
The mind of the monster, which has already become one with the parasite and has been twisted, regards the weapon not as a weapon but as an extension of their limbs, and the parasite that has newly infiltrated the body transforms the body and mind as it recognizes.
As the number of weapons increases, the body and mind become more and more distorted. After it was repeated, what was born?
No one has seen it in person, so no record is left.
However, after that tragic night passed, a huge trace was left on the land of Matoto, which became the basis for the construction of the Grand Canal in the distant future, called a scar on the continent.
“Prove… I… !”
Harold aimed the dozens of weapons from the dozens of arms sprouting from his body, and stabbed and killed the same monster as himself with them.
“The blacksmith… future… ! Won’t go away…… ! Quit now… ! Because the ancestors continued… ! Me too! Connect…… ! Even if times change… ! No matter how much it changes…… !”
At first, Harold was only repeating screams and messy words, but as the monstrous state continued for a long time, he was slowly adapting, his distorted appearance becoming more serious, but the words he uttered gradually stabilized.
“I have to show… ! To people! I’ll show you! Yes! Many… Maane told people…… ! Let’s show it!”
At first, he pursued Chester and Monia to quench his grudge with the power he had in his hands, but now he started to move toward his own ultimate goal.
Harold’s ultimate goal. With the mass production of gunpowder and the appearance of guns, the status of blacksmiths will gradually decline in a world that is sure to change dramatically.
In order to pass on to the future what his ancestors passed on to him.
It shows how great a blacksmith can be. By making great achievements that only blacksmiths can do, they do not disappear in the changing times or remain as relics of the past.
From an early age, Harold watched his grandfather and his father work as blacksmiths.
He worked as a blacksmith for many years, and he saw his wrists and elbows all broken, pounding the iron with all his might while grunting in pain and struggling to even lift a spoonful of rice.
‘You have been working so hard and hard…… !’
Harold, filled with rage, seized the traveler on the road and began tearing them to pieces.
“Monster, monster! Who lives… aaagh!”
Harold stuffed the shredded fragments of the traveler into his mouth and chewed them up to fill his stomach.
Towards a crowded place.
Heading towards the capital, Jarod.
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“You said you didn’t need such a grandiose thing before? Did you suddenly change your mind?”
“It has changed.”
“Huh.”
At Eugene’s nonchalant answer, the owner of the tool store asked with a mischievous laugh.
“Don’t you know what experience that stubborn man went through to change so much?”
Eugene stopped putting the ‘original’ hand sling on her left arm after hearing the iron shop owner’s old friend’s sarcasm.
“What did you see?”
Yujin, who responded harshly and sharply, tightened the belt that was tied around his arm and made his lips crooked.
“I saw something really great.”
“What’s great?”
“A golden staff that, when freshly cut, creates a fire so intense that it can burn a raw tree full of water in an instant.”
When Eugene said this, the startled tool store owner’s eyes widened.
“Is it a relic?!”
“Oops. Didn’t you hear from a wandering wizard before? The correct name for the relics is ‘magic’. I think he teased me a lot with that.”
After tightening the other belt, Yujin looked at the original hand sling on her arm.
As the name implies, a hand sling is a slingshot that is more like a slingshot than a bow.
Then, what is the original source?
It was the bow. A bow that allows you to shoot simply while holding it on your arm, shoot hard when unfolded, and allow you to handle arrows in a variety of ways.
“I thought there was no need for excessive things, but after seeing that, my thoughts changed a lot. It was amazing. I want one too.”
Eugene stood up and tapped his arm filled with the original hand sling.
I carefully checked to see if there were any places where the belt was too tight, if the blood flow slowed down as a result of tying the belt, and if there were any numbness in the hands, and if there were any difficulties in movement due to the weight of the original, which was several times heavier than the handsling.
“I didn’t have too much power, but I knew it would be a big deal if the opponent had too much power. So I decided to have it.”
After confirming that Eugene was fine, he asked.
“So, what did you say it was called?”
“Well? Hand bow? Handballista?”
“You… ….”
“A name is the heart of the person who creates it! Besides, this is my stuff that I found! They said they’d give it away for free, but can’t you name it anything you like?!”
“Then let’s call it dog poop.”
“Sorry! I’ll make it right! A cool guy! But where do you want to go with this?”
Eugene shrugged his shoulders.
“I have to go to the capital. If it were there, the work wouldn’t stop. I really liked the golden thrush. Even if you don’t do anything, the money comes out.”
“Oh, you know what, because it’s a golden thrush? After your client died, the sister of the owner of the caravan even killed her husband and ate her caravan!”
“What?”
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“It’s the devil!”
“Demon!”
It wasn’t the people around him who were watching Rex who were making such a fuss.
This was the reaction of Chester and Monia, who went to eat together after going to greet Senna on her way home from work.
“The devil is here…… !”
“It’s terrible… !”
The restaurant I went to with Senna this time was different from the previous one, and it mainly featured octopus dishes.
Chester and Monia, who had been waiting quietly without knowing what an octopus was, started making a fuss as soon as they saw the cooked octopus.
“It’s not the devil.”
Senna looked at Chester and Monia in disbelief as they tried to hide under the table while cutting off the legs of the grilled octopus. Came out of
“Are you really not a demon?”
“Maybe people in this country are possessed by demons and believe they are not demons!”
“But are you eating?”
“That…… !”
After sitting on the chairs, the two watched Rex grabbing the octopus leg and eating it.
“Look, Rex-kun eats well too.”
Senna patted Rex’s head saying, “It’s great.”
“Parents shouldn’t eat unbalanced meals!”
“Kuh….”
“Ugh…. I think it’s bad to threaten with your son!”
Monia resisted for a moment, but since there was nothing wrong with Senna’s words, she collapsed on her own.
After that, Chester and Monia noticed each other.
“Monia. You like to eat Try this.”
“Che, I’ll give it to Chester. Come on, ah~.”
“No, Monia, you first… ….”
“Ah~! …… aaa~!”
Senna ate octopus and drank wine while watching the pitiful behavior of the two couples fighting to feed the other person octopus first.
As her octopus legs cooled after a long argument, Monia brought her mouth to Chester’s ear and negotiated quietly.
“Chester.”
“Why? What. Why. I will never eat these bizarre, nondescript creatures. What if I get cursed!”
“If you eat first, then at night…… I will.”
“… ….”
Chester’s face hardened at Monia’s words, he munched his mouth and closed his eyes and ate the octopus.
After an embarrassing negotiation, Monia, her face as red as an octopus, saw Chester eating an octopus leg.
“…… Yes. It’s not as bad as you think. I don’t feel cursed.”
“Oh, is that so?”
After Chester ate the octopus first, the two couples confirmed that there was nothing wrong with their body and enjoyed the octopus dish.
“…… What are you guys doing?”
Only Sen, who had already finished eating, looked at the two couples with her face of absurdity.