Episode 123
yesternight. Habun Castle Command.
Milland, Terian, and the strategist were gathered in front of a round table.
“Recon No. 2 found a group of Ice Trolls near Tunnel No. 4. number is thirteen. I think it would be better to hit a player from this side before they gather any more.”
Deputy Commander Terian pointed to the forest below Mount Sterrin on the map.
“If it’s Tunnel No. 4, it’s not too far from No. 5.”
“Yes. While we were removing the trolls, we would also like to check to see if other marine monsters have come up near Mount Sterrin.”
“Hmm, trolls are trolls too, but I’ll have to check out Shark’maul for sure.”
Milland’s gaze, who was looking at the map, turned to the fin of Sharkmal, which Ladin had left behind.
“This is unusual, so it would be better for the deputy commander to act directly.”
“I will obey your orders.”
Terian nodded immediately, as expected.
“Take the guerrillas and the Wolves mercenaries with you. Eliminate the trolls, investigate and return to the North Sea area. And the scouts… .”
“I’ll take No. 2 and No. 3 with me.”
“number 3?”
“Yes!”
Milland questioned it slightly, but Terian kept his mouth shut as if he had no intention of changing it.
“good night. Departure is two days later in the morning. Know that and prepare everyone.”
“Yes!”
The strategy officers left to come up with a detailed plan, leaving only the two rich men in the commander’s office.
“Since the 2nd Squad has witnessed trolls, there is nothing we can do about it, but why did they choose the 3rd Squad who had just returned? 4 and 5 didn’t even go out at all?”
“I felt something when I saw Raon’s Dalian.”
“What did you feel?”
“Yes. It is true that Raon’s power is astonishing, but if you look at the young talents of Yuukhwang and Oma, you will not be without a level of similarity.”
Milland nodded in agreement.
“But he has a spirit that goes beyond helplessness. I was overwhelmed by the ferocious wave to defeat my opponent. Even those wild Wolves mercenaries admit defeat and give them a thumbs up.”
“After all, you want to see if that spirit is real.”
“Well, it will be.”
“good night. I also wanted to fight, so there should be no problem.”
Milland tapped the map and nodded.
“Let me go.”
“Yes!”
“but… .”
His eyes deepened as he stood up after folding the map.
“Be careful. Because change is the most dangerous.”
“All right.”
Terian smiled, telling him not to worry.
* * *
Raon listened to Radin’s instructions to pack his belongings and returned to his dorm.
“Do, lord. Isn’t this a bit fast?”
Dorian sat on the bed and his legs trembled.
“I haven’t been back in a while, and it’s strange to leave right away… .”
“It is not.”
Raon nodded in agreement.
‘Certainly fast.’
It is not common to send out a reconnaissance team that has just returned from reconnaissance to an expedition right away.
‘Probably because of me.’
It seemed to have two meanings: to deal with Sharkmal alone and show off the skills of wiping out the Wolves mercenaries, and to experience the real battle here.
“Damn it, it’s really dangerous… .”
Dorian rolled over on the mat, hugging a cushion the size of a man out of his belly pocket. I carry all sorts of things.
“This should be enough.”
Raon put the things necessary for the expedition into a backpack and put it under the bed.
“young master. Ice trolls don’t even hold knives, is that true?”
“Really.”
Ice trolls have tough and thick skins like monsters living in cold regions. You can barely cut through a sharp sword that is full of Aurors.
“But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have regenerative power.”
“So it’s difficult.”
The troll’s unique regenerative power has not disappeared, nor has it been difficult for experienced swordsmen and knights to deal with ice trolls because they have excellent strength, agility, and intelligence.
“Still, you will be able to deal with it.”
“Yes? me?”
Dorian threw the full-body cushion he was hugging and jumped to his feet.
“If you use your feet, which is your strength, and aim for gaps, you will be able to catch enough. Just do what you learn.”
“Because the master is like that, I have courage… I don’t.”
He murmured fearfully and tried to dig under the mat like a mole.
“Then there is a way.”
“Way?”
“okay. How can you not be intimidated in the face of an ice troll?”
“Please tell us! I will do anything!”
Dorian swallowed dry saliva and looked at Raon.
“If you fight against me who uses the light sword, the ice troll will become that kind of monster. let’s go.”
Raon raised a sword with a cool smile.
“ah… .”
Dorian’s eyes widened like a madman. A drop of cold sweat ran down his forehead.
“Dorian?”
“Aww, after thinking about it for a moment, it’s okay! Suddenly, the troll looks like a moth?”
He said it was strange and laughed hahaha, and fell down on the bed.
– It’s crazy.
Lars tickled his tongue saying that there is no such person in the underworld.
Raon smiled and sat down on the bed. Now that the noisy guy is quiet, it’s time to practice.
He closed his eyes and raised the chill of the cold that had harmonized with the outside world.
‘I said image.’
Lars said that as long as there is an image, Glacia can be operated in any way.
‘Then, they all look the same.’
Each time Limer helped the manga artist learn and Glenn showed Taehwabo, the image was important. It seems that the higher you go, the more you need to sharpen your image.
woo woo woo.
He took a deep breath and cleared his mind. Imagine clothes. I drew a dress of frost that can block both the inside and outside cold air.
From heavy but perfectly defensible iron armor, to light but strong leather armor, to robes to withstand wind and cold. I thought about a lot of clothes, but I couldn’t draw the image of blocking all the cold.
‘Perfect, and absolutely… .’
As I thought about it, one person came to mind.
Glenn Sighardt.
The dark red coat that Glenn was wearing seemed to engulf his dignity, and it seemed that any blade and cold would not cause a single scratch. The armor of the invincible I had imagined in my head was just like that.
oh oh oh!
Raon rotated the ring of fire and raised his concentration. He immersed himself in a world of deep images while imagining sewing clothes one by one with the cold thread made of glacia.
* * *
the next morning.
Raon and Dorian were standing in front of the gates. The sniper squad and the Wolves mercenaries, departing together, looked at each other’s weapons with serious expressions.
“it’s okay?”
“Yes. Whatever it was, I thought it would be better than fighting the master. haha!”
After talking about Dalian, Dorian murmured, “Compared to a mad swordsman, an ice troll is a bob.”
“I’m glad.”
“hello.”
A young man in a silver winter coat approached him as he grinned at Dorian, who was filled with confidence in a strange way.
In black hair, the skin is white. He was of average height and had a soft impression.
“My name is Beto, the leader of the Wolves mercenary corps. Yesterday I heard that our children were rude. I have nothing to say.”
He smiled and shook his head. Unlike Vice-Captain Cliff, he didn’t seem to have any intention of engaging in a fight. He was a person who exuded an atmosphere opposite to the temperament of the Wolves mercenaries he had seen so far.
“it’s okay. Because I enjoyed it too.”
“When you say that, I feel a little more at ease. Do you belong to a scout?”
“Yes.”
“You must be the best scout. I wish you all the best today.”
“Yes. me too.”
After saying hello, Beto headed to the Wolves mercenary group to check his readiness.
– I don’t like him. pluck your eyes
‘Why again?’
-You have snakes in your eyes. I don’t believe in that guy.
‘Do you know how to see ornaments?’
– It’s an experience. When the main king was in the Demon Realm, I met countless people with those eyes and faces. In nine out of ten, he’ll be a traitor.
‘Still negative.’
However, Raon did not believe in that man named Beto. Because he was hiding quite a few things.
‘Especially the eyes.’
As Lars said, he didn’t feel the snake’s energy, but his black eyes that seemed to contain darkness were young with strange power.
“Uncles!”
Everyone turned their backs at the chirping voice they heard from inside. A toddler who should be on a branch of frost came running with several pockets.
-Oh, isn’t she a pineapple girl!
“It was a little late. Everything is ready.”
The infant gave each of the pockets he brought to the swordsman and the mercenaries one by one. It looked like they were giving out snacks that I had ordered in advance.
“Wow, how do toddlers get cuter and cuter?”
“My cooking skills are improving day by day.”
“It’s the pride of Habun Castle. Boast!”
The scouts smiled and loved the infant like their own. He seems to be the mascot of this Habun Castle.
“There is one left.”
After distributing all the pockets, the infant came to Raon with the remaining one.
“It’s homemade jerky that my grandfather and I made. It’s delicious when it’s dried in the sun, so take it with you.”
“Why are you doing this to me? .”
“It’s the first outing. Please come back and buy it next time.”
The little boy smiled and handed the bag.
“Thank you.”
“If you are grateful, please come back and raise your sales!”
All the children said to be careful and went back to the tavern.
“I?”
Dorian pouted his lips as he looked at the empty hands.
“It’s meant to be shared. you have it.”
“Oh, yep!”
The boy grinned and put the jerky bag into his stomach pocket.
“Sort all! From now on, we will do the final check.”
About 30 minutes before departure, Deputy Commander Terian approached the front door. He nodded only after personally checking the supplies and personnel.
– It’s different from that old-fashioned guy.
‘I know.’
He was a different person from Limer, who came to him right before departure or checked it roughly.
Terian stood on the podium in front of the main gate and looked down at the soldiers. His gaze was fixed on its own at the strong presence.
“The mission has two goals. Elimination of gathering ice trolls and reconnaissance from the beginning of Mount Sterlin to the North Sea. I hope that we will be together until the end without leaving a single person behind.”
“Yes!”
Because they already knew the operation, the prosecutor, the soldiers, and the mercenaries answered loudly.
“It leaves in 20 minutes. Let’s all do a final check and make up our minds!”
He left those words and disappeared somewhere.
“As directed by the deputy commander, one last check to make sure there are no missing items.”
“Yes!”
“hey.”
As Ladin had said, as they were about to make the final check, the swordsmen who departed together approached.
“Listen to this.”
“Do you know what will happen to you if you get a little dirty?”
“Treat it with care.”
“If even one is missing, I will be scolded.”
“Think like your lover. No, though.”
They threw heavy objects, such as tents, tents, and food, in front of the scouts and returned with a giggle.
“What is this?”
“What is it? I’m asking them to carry their luggage.”
“Why would the scouts cost this?”
Raon tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.
“You never know when you will fight, so you should save your strength. It’s been like this every time they’ve been assigned here.”
Radin sighed. The scouts began to pack the prosecutors’ luggage as they were used to.
“What can I do? His position and strength are weak, but he has to be tough.”
“Well… .”
Raon looked at the swordsmen of the guerrillas. They didn’t care about this as if they were doing it for granted.
The middle-aged man with a mustache, who was called a shogun, did not say anything as if it was natural, even though he had seen all of this.
‘That’s right.’
If they prepare to fight, they must prepare to scout. It was incomprehensible to pass the burden on to a colleague who had a harder job.
-Humans cannot survive unless they do Gabjil.
Lars smiled coldly, saying that humans are obvious.
“Hey, it’s dirty! Leave it all!”
Dorian came forward with a rare frown. He slid between the scouts standing blankly and put all the things the prosecutors left behind in his belly pocket.
“Seniors! I’ll take it all! Don’t worry, just trust me!”
“Oh oh!”
“Really?”
“Isn’t it heavy?”
“Not at all heavy!”
Dorian took a pose showing off his arm muscles and snorted and blew.
“Hey, newbie! Apologize for calling you an eccentric!”
“Hey! You eat this!”
“yep!”
The scouts applauded Dorian for having all his belongings, and provided him with snacks. I’ve felt it before, but he had such a good personality that he was the type to be loved by superiors and colleagues.
Twenty minutes later, Terian in winter clothes came back. All the troops lined up in front of him.
“depart. In front of the 2nd and 3rd scouts!”
“Forward!”
Raon and Dorian followed Scout No. 3 Radin to lead the group.
“Open the door!”
“Open the door!”
Instead of the side door that was used to go out for reconnaissance, the main gate in the middle of the castle opened, revealing a pure white snowscape covering the sky.
“Advance!”
* * *
“Today we will be staying here, and tomorrow we will leave early in the morning. Let’s all pitch our tents and get ready to camp.”
“Yes!”
At Terian’s instructions, the soldiers began to move.
The mercenaries set up their own tents and prepared meals, but the swordsmen were different.
“Have you got the ingredients we gave you earlier? Make a light stew with it. The chief and vice-lord must also eat. If you make it tasteless, be prepared.”
“You four, come this way. Help me set up the tent.”
The sniper swordsmen came to the scouting corps and ordered them to prepare food, and took a few to do chores.
“under.”
Dorian smirked at the absurd situation.
“Is this correct?”
“What if it doesn’t fit? I have no power.”
Radin took out the pot and sighed.
“Did the deputy commander or the commander not say anything?”
“You don’t know. You came here when the deputy commander wasn’t there even now.”
He said before and now that he only comes when Terian is away.
“It is not often that the commander or the deputy commander comes out of the castle. It’s us who bump into each other, so if we do, it’s our own fault.”
Radin said he had no choice and started a fire.
“Oh, I’m mad!”
Dorian took the ingredients from his stomach pocket and swung his fist in the air.
“Well… .”
Raon put the pot on the fire and narrowed her eyes.
“I thought unity would be good in a place with so many battles, but that’s not the case.”
“Most of them are, but they are not shoguns. From the beginning of the year, they are docile, and the weak are amazingly chosen and used.”
“okay.”
Raon calmed his red eyes as he watched the shoguns who did not work and kept chatting.
Then you can just grab them.
* * *
Jin was quick.
Only people who are confident in walking on snow gathered, and even though many were moving, it didn’t take long to reach the front of Tunnel No. 4.
However, contrary to expectations, the group of trolls that Recon No. 2 observed was not seen, and no traces of them could be found.
“What happened?”
“sorry.”
Terian asked the second scout commander, but the only answer he got back was his droopy shoulders.
“Are you sure you saw it right?”
“Wow, that’s for sure. Thirteen trolls were gathered on the outskirts of the forest!”
“Isn’t that why you said that only the reconnaissance team should move? At least one inspection must be put on the scout.”
The Snow Swordsman stood next to Therian and said that the scouts were insufficient in many ways. Looking at it, it seemed that he wanted to increase his influence even by crushing others.
“We’ll talk about that later. It’s important to find the traces of these guys now and figure out where they are.”
Terian lowered his head again and scanned the snow-covered land.
“Even if an ice troll moves like a beast in the snow, it doesn’t make sense to leave no trace. Find the remnants left by the trolls! If we don’t get them out of here, we’ll come back with great damage later!”
“Yes!”
“All right!”
The scouts, prosecutors, and mercenaries nodded and divided their divisions.
“Anyway, trolls are never just caught.”
Radin frowned as he kicked the snow.
“The traces of the Ice Troll have disappeared. It looks like we’ll have to start the search first, so get ready!”
“Yes!”
The scouts clinged to the ground like short-legged dogs and began looking for traces of the troll. The mercenaries and swordsmen of the sniper squad also released a sense of the troll’s movement direction or presence to feel.
‘I’ll find out on my own.’
Raon did not follow the trail and took a vigilant posture. If it was the search ability of the scouts who lived here all their lives, it was obvious that they would find it quickly, and because her role was not to search, but to protect, she focused only on vigilance.
However, contrary to expectations, the troll did not appear until two hours had passed, and only one trace could be found.
‘What else happened?’
Even if ice trolls aren’t monsters that leave a lot of traces. I can’t find it this far.
It was clear that something strange had happened again, so I felt like I had to move on my own.
“shit!”
Terian frowned and rolled his feet.
“Hey, I’m pretty sure he went to Mount Sterlin… .”
Recon Captain #2 swallowed dry saliva when he saw the only trace of the troll left.
“There are countless monsters on that mountain, not just ice trolls. You can’t move your troops just by looking at their traces.”
“Okay… .”
“The lower of the north is shorter. If it’s late, it’s night. for now… .”
“Can I take a look too?”
Raon stepped forward and saw the last traces of Terian’s feet.
“You?”
“Yes. Let’s see.”
“Didn’t you just join the scouting squad? And the new job you got is probably the escort of the scouts, right?”
Edquill, the sniper, who had been clinging to Terian’s side, wrinkled his nose.
“Don’t be shamed for going out for nothing, go in. The sun is setting and there is no time.”
“stop.”
Terian closed the mouth of the slurred sniper.
“For now, the direction is Mount Sterlin.”
Raon looked at the only traces on the floor and nodded.
“It’s something everyone here knows about. Because I don’t know the exact location. This is what you are doing!”
The shogun was annoyed as if he didn’t like being part of the reconnaissance squad.
“Let’s figure it out now.”
“under! Where do you come from? Are you too young for the skills you’ve heard? Now you are wasting our time.”
-I want to freeze that crappy mustache from head to toe and fry it in lava. Crunching your mouth is disgusting in itself.
‘It’s a little cruel, but I sympathize.’
Raon closed his eyes, ignoring the remarks of the sage master who continued to tease his mouth. This is also an opportunity for growth, so I focused my mind.
oh oh oh!
By operating Glacier, he opened up a sea of sensations made with images.
It has now grown quite wide and has grown to a size that cannot be called a spring water.
The sea was spread thinly, but the presence of the troll was not caught.
Originally, I would have stood up like this, but I wanted to firmly hold that position because of the sarcastic master and swordsman in many ways.
‘Then how?’
This is also an image.
If you open the trapped sea, you will be able to reach the sense of Glacier from a little further away.
Raon opened the bank of the sea, which was blocked like a lake.
Aaah!
The sound of water that should not be heard resonated in my mind, and the black water that had been filled in the sea of senses began to spurt out.
‘Come this way.’
It was sent up in the direction the troll’s footprints were headed. The sea of sensations, combined with the coldness of the land, began to gallop towards Mt.
I searched for the expected direction by manipulating the whip-like wave of sensation, but I could only feel a large number of monsters, but did not catch the presence of the gathered trolls.
‘Then maybe.’
changed direction. Instead of the snow-covered forest that ice trolls like, it poured a stream of sensations at the foot of a mountain or into a valley.
As I opened and focused on the sense of fairy tales, a sign of the wild was caught as if my field of vision suddenly brightened in the vicinity of a mountain valley.
There were more numbers than they had heard, but it was clearly an ice troll with cold hair wrapped around it.
“Whew… .”
He took a deep breath and stood up. The reconnaissance team looked at them with low expectations, and the sniper commander and prosecutors were laughing at them.
“Looking at your face, it’s obvious. I just wasted my time Deputy Commander-in-Chief, let’s prepare for the camp here… .”
“Did you find it?
“What?”
“I found it.”
Raon rolled up the corners of his mouth towards the snoring scoundrel.