(EP.293)# 2
293 – Fall #2
Why is the wall on our south side?
silkygoat was the goat. cry
No, that’s a stupid question.
i have passed
The giant Great Wall Clarisse… !
In other words, the place where I am now is no longer the territory of the kingdom of Angmar, but a forbidden area, a land of lawlessness and barbarism.
“How… ?”
I’m going to North Korea!
Even if he roughly grasped the situation, it was confusing for every single thing. As I was activating my calm thought, Professor Balan opened his mouth, splitting firewood with an axe.
“When the wall fell, some people fell to the north side of this great wall. In other words, we can now see and see that we are exposed to a lot of risk.”
Was this disaster caused by the Wyvern’s riot and my magical aftermath? Looking up at the sky, the barrier over our heads is very high.
Balaan added an explanation.
“Again, if you want to go south, go west or east from here… . I was told that I had to cross the wall through the lower part of the wall.”
Indeed it will be. heights of several hundred meters. It would be foolish to climb up a thick wall without even a small gap at the entrance.
Shrek.
Still, I held out my hands in the air, just in case.
silkygoat was the goat. cry
No matter how high the barrier is, a country with ‘bird taming magic’ will have a chance to control the birds and climb over there again.
“… … .”
But the birds didn’t come as I expected. Not even the slightest flapping sound can be heard. Are there no birds in the forest?
─Go.
It is very quiet all around. The only sound I could hear was Professor Balan splitting firewood with an axe. In the forest, there is no sound of insects or birds that you should hear.
“Professor Balan, do you know anything about this northern territory?”
Balaan’s true identity is called Gamigin or Samigina, and is the leader of the demon army who pushed fear into mankind.
If she was Solomon’s close aide, she might know something about the geography and behavior of this northern part of the country. But Balan shook his head.
“I, I don’t even know… .”
“okay.”
It had been felt for a long time, but Professor Balaan knew nothing of it. At the time I was thinking about what would have happened if it had been the monk Vasago instead of Professor Balan.
I added a few stuttering words to explain whether Balaan had read my thoughts.
“Now, there were a lot of monsters on the north side of the wall that were strong enough to resist the Demon Lord’s control. No one can predict what will happen to the monsters that have their own ecology after the wall is built and after the Demon Lord is defeated.”
I understood a little bit what Balaan was trying to say. The demon king’s shadow army is a monster of endless lust for destruction and murder.
Even that Solomon was controlling their dominion through an item called the Crown of Domination.
After Solomon’s death, it would not be easy to predict how the monsters who were isolated by the wall would have lived.
Paz.
Then there was the sound of something echoing through the forest. It was when I turned my head to see if Stella, who had gone out to find drinking water and food, had returned.
Pass Ssuk-.
-Kyaaah!
I saw something small, dark, spurting out of the woods and crashing into my face.
“what!”
I reflexively reached out and blocked it. Thanks to that, I fell backwards and bumped my hips and back to the floor, but I don’t have time to worry about that.
―Grrrrrrr, grrrrrrr!
“Hey, what is this!”
It was a monster with five legs. It’s about the size of the palm of my hand.
The shape resembles a palm, but the difference is that it has a vertically ripped mouth and pointed teeth in the center of the body.
– Whoa!
Exactly, Kaching, Kaching-!
He gnawed his sharp teeth towards my face. I don’t know if the guy will eat my face if I stay still.
“Tae, Tae-oh!”
Professor Balan, who was watching this scene then, reached out to help me.
Thanks to that, I was able to throw the odd palm monster on the floor, and after crushing the body with my feet, I picked up the ax that was on the floor and smashed it with all my might.
Pasch.
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ㅡ Kiyi profit!
He let out a terrible scream and died with blood splattered in my face. A sense of relief finally settles in my heart when I see it flinch and then stop moving.
“What is this, huh? What’s going on?”
Even with calm thinking, the startled heart did not calm down well. It must have been because the situation was so dangerous.
Instead of me calming down, Professor Balan said while stroking the cross section of the dead body with a wooden stick.
“It looks like a monster. Um, I don’t know what kind of monster it is. It’s like a spider… , it’s the first thing I’ve seen that looks like a palm… .”
“I know this place is dangerous.”
It was about time I breathed a sigh of relief.
Pass-.
The grass shook again, and a sign of something moving was heard. Feeling sharpened by the attack that had just happened, I was ready to strike back at any time after I pulled out my wand.
“What, have you finally come to your senses?”
But it was Stella, a fairy with long ears and purple hair, who finally showed up.
* * *
“Today, I searched all the neighborhoods in the east direction, but there was nothing that could be called Suwon. Still, I was able to pick some fruits like this.”
🤩🤩🤩🤩
Stella Bellhawk laid out the fruits and mushrooms that she had been collecting all day today on the floor.
There was a lot of dust on each ash, both in size and shape, but everyone knows that they are not in a position to cover them up.
The good news is that my inventory ＜Squirrel Storage> is full of things like drinking water and emergency food.
I can eat comfortably for a few weeks by myself, so if you count three, you should be able to survive for about a week. If you save on supplies, you will be able to last longer than that.
Stella added, while thinking about the efficient distribution of food for a while.
“Again, today, I discovered a kind of monster that I didn’t see yesterday. The size is about 2m. He walked upright on both feet. It had a long, scaly tail like a crocodile.”
“If it’s a monster, I’ve seen it before.”
I showed Stella the corpse of the palm monster that I killed earlier with an axe. Stella, who had been digging through it with a wooden stick, nodded slowly and said.
“Instead of having no eyes, nose and ears, they have developed a sense of touch. Can you see the bulging sensory organ here?”
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Charlie, soggy.
“eww.”
I frowned at the sight of Stella casually poking around the corpse. The stomach is good too. However, this dissection has provided us with useful information in its own way.
“I think this guy is a monster that can sense magic. Perhaps he sensed Tae-oh’s magic and attacked him. Did you use any magic?”
Stella’s question reminded me of using the ‘taming a bird’ magic. Although the magic only failed, the magic was definitely consumed.
Did this guy sense it and attack me? In this forest, the use of magic seems to have to be taken care of as much as possible.
“It’s an interesting ecology. I’d like to present it at a conference. If only I could come back alive.”
silkygoat was the goat. cry
Neither Professor Balan nor Professor Balaan could laugh at Stella’s self-help joke. As she said, it was not easy to predict whether we would be able to go back alive.
“But the good news is that I have a lot of experience like this as an adventurer. If you listen to me, at least you won’t die.”
Stella drew a picture on the floor with a stick.
It was information about the monsters Stella discovered while walking around the forest.
There are a lot of insect-type monsters that crawl on all fours, and there are other beast-type monsters that are like a combination of a crocodile and a wolf.
Stella said he gave each of them a name.
“The name of the insect-type monster is Helmentis. The name of the beast-type monster is Hellhound.”
“Isn’t it too simple to give a name?”
When I asked, Stella shook her head.
“It’s good to be intuitive. So, when you hear the name of a monster, there are things that stick in your head. Then it will be easier to deal with.”
I hear it and it seems If you think about it, most of the names of the monsters were intuitive. It was a name given from the point of view of the people he was dealing with.
“Anyway, it seems Tae-oh has come to his senses, so let’s change the hiding place now. There’s a cave nearby that I know of. It seemed like three people would fit in comfortably.”
Professor Balaan and I walked behind Stella. While walking, Stella kept gathering grass and fruits that could be used as medicinal herbs.
Looking at it, I felt a little relieved that Stella had fallen north with me. Without her, the chance of survival would have dropped by more than half.
So we finally arrived at the cave.
The entrance was narrow enough that one person had to kneel to crawl in, but the inside was quite wide, so even if you stretched out, your head could not reach the ceiling. This is cozy enough.
moon crack.
At that moment, Professor Balan stepped inside and stepped on something. It was a white, dry skeleton. It was more like a human form rather than that of an animal.
Stella said as she was staring at the chains on her hands and feet.
“I will run away. There are a lot of vicious criminals escaping over the wall. Also, not only criminals, but also mystics, secret societies, and heretics are full of them.”
I’ve heard of it too. It is said that criminals who are vicious enough to be executed will choose to escape over the wall only when they are caught by the military.
Yes, I would just die like this.
* * *
We ate after tidying up inside the cave.
Even if it was a meal, it was impossible to make a fire in a cramped cave, so all I had to do was chew on the fruits, vegetables, and dried meat I brought with me.
Still, it felt good to fill my stomach. The sense of faithfulness that I survived this day even today fills my heart.
With that in mind, we set our future policy.
“First of all, our top priority should be to get back to the south of the wall as safely as possible.”
I lightly imagined what would have happened because of us who were now missing. It must be clear that both Mirna and Marmar are concerned about us.
Maybe they’re making a fuss about organizing a reconnaissance team or a subjugation team. If it gets into Airana Elgar’s ear, it’s sure to be like that.
It seems like the first thing we should do is to reveal the facts of our survival to the party. It’s quite possible if you talk to Marmar through the tail.
However, if there is one problem with the process, it is infested with monsters that sense magic. So, I tried to figure out if I could make a call with as little magical power as possible.
I think I could do something about it in about 30 seconds.
“Marmar, can you hear my voice?”
“Ah-! My tail speaks… ! No, comrade! What happened? Are you alive safely!? Everyone is mad now!”
Marmar said something like a machine gun and fired it. There are many things I would like to ask you. Of course, that’s what I was thinking too.
I just don’t have time.
“I don’t have time, so I’ll just say what I have to say. First of all, I, Professor Balan, and Professor Stella are all alive and well. I’ll cross the barrier and go back soon, so tell everyone. I will call you every evening.”
With that, the conversation between me and Marmar ended.
There were more things I wanted to say, but if I dragged the story for a long time, Death Grips, the palm monsters, might come flocking to me.
Anyways, everyone should be relieved to some extent now that I’ve told them that I’m still alive. Now we only have to focus on our survival.
“Then let’s all go to sleep. Going to bed early at night also helps you survive.”
At Stella’s suggestion, we all sat down in blankets appropriately. As I was slowly losing my mind from the rush of tiredness, I felt someone gently touching my side.
—Tae-sama, I have something to tell you.