Episode 91
‘Why is the Druid here?’
The reason why I couldn’t recognize the identity of the opponent was because of the dark red skin of the Crocmen.
Because the seal on her neck and her skin color were very similar.
Come to think of it, the Crocmen I killed were slowly transforming into human figures.
The Descent of the Spirit was released and he regained his true form.
Aww! Wow!
Dodging Crocman’s attack, I slightly lifted my body and kicked.
In addition, using the recoil of the instep of his stomach exploding, he swung to the other side.
Then another Crocman’s mouth came close to him.
Pooh-!
“Good timing!”
I thrust the black dragon sword into the roof of his mouth, and he fell to the floor.
Whoa!
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Just in time, Crocman’s tail attack grazed the top of his head.
I jumped up and stabbed the third guy in the stomach.
Fu-wook!
It was a perfectly coordinated movement until the very end.
‘There are quite a lot of 2 Spirits, but are there higher-level entities around?’
In general, druids used to drag dozens of lower-ranked ones than themselves.
In this situation, it was normal to doubt the existence of a third or fourth spirit.
Sure enough, ominous screams began to be heard from beyond the fog.
“Catch up!”
However, isn’t the Crocman’s movements suddenly changing?
The siege had been furious, and it had slipped away like the ebb tide.
“Huh? Why are you doing that all of a sudden?”
“I don’t know. Is the big one coming?”
The party formed a triangle again and stared into the forest.
However, the screams only gradually moved away, and there were no signs of attack.
“I think he ran away.”
“Yes.”
The last sound heard and the bizarre behavior of the 2nd Druids.
Everything was suspicious.
However, the fog was thick and it was too dangerous to pursue them.
If you make a mistake, the party may separate and be destroyed individually.
“What should I do?”
“Ignore them for now and do what you’re doing.”
“That would be nice.”
At my opinion, Adele Richter nodded her head kindly.
* * *
After an unexpected battle, we were slowly moving along the trail of the expedition team.
Because the visibility was so short, tracking was inevitable.
“By the way, when the hell is this going to go away? Isn’t it almost midday now?”
“You can’t expect common sense in the Forest of the Dead.”
“It’s a place that’s been polluted with magic, but where is the top?”
“That’s right. Druids that should only exist in the Deser Mountains appear.”
“Write! Yes. Wasn’t that strange too?”
I narrowed my eyebrows at Adele’s topic.
The corpses of the expedition members were no longer visible.
Because I couldn’t find any clues there.
‘How the hell are druids in the forest of the dead? Is that possible?’
All druids on the continent were under the influence of Brezhnev, one of the seven evils.
After being defeated in the fight against the Empire, they never came out of the Deser Mountains.
Unless there was a special event like the Physics tribe rebellion.
Moreover, it was questionable how a force of druids of that size managed to break through the Empire’s surveillance.
However, there was one word that ran through my head.
“Wait a minute, the Physix tribe?”
There was only one strange thing that had happened recently.
It was the same incident that Venderford was also involved in.
“Could it be that the fuss was to steal these guys away?”
“uh?”
Adele, who had been looking for traces of my words that poured out like a storm, raised her head.
She also seemed to have realized something.
“If Rey’s family is to be established, it needs a purpose. Why on earth would the druids have to do that?”
“I see. Are you trying to make this a base?”
“Maybe. If that’s the reason, we’ll have an answer soon.”
“Um. There must be a base for them somewhere here?”
“That’s right. Besides, the massacre of the expedition members is also explained.”
Adele Richter and I exchanged opinions and nodded.
It felt like something was finally unraveling.
However, the atmosphere that had been heightened by a single word from behind cooled down.
“How will you explain the expansion of the Forest of the Dead?”
“…that’s what it was.”
What was the reason we came to explore the eastern part of the continent in the first place?
It was because the forest of the dead was rapidly expanding its range.
The mere presence of druids in this place could not prove the phenomenon.
We can only speculate about the correlation.
‘Is he unexpectedly sharp?’
I thought you were just a sleeper to meet.
Apparently feeling my gaze, Camille slightly lifted her chin and said,
“I already knew.”
“What?”
“The fact that they are druids.”
“No, I knew that too.”
“You knew it later while fighting. So I won.”
What is this all of a sudden?
Suddenly, I wondered if this guy’s personality was originally like this.
I turned around with a bewildered expression, but Adele just shrugged.
‘Ah, originally, he had little interaction with Camille.’
Actually, it’s a bit ambiguous to say that I’m close.
Camille Felton passed us expressionlessly and spat out a word.
“It must have been funny. It was a joke.”
No, who jokes with a face like that?
Isn’t this complete nonsense?
As I was thinking about that, I heard Adele’s giggling laughter from beside me.
“Pu-huh!”
“Are you having fun with that?”
“No. I find Ray-nim’s flustered reaction interesting.”
“…”
When I looked at her with a punchy look, she laughed even louder.
yes. I hope you enjoyed it for a while.
Only then did I smile and try to move on.
But that was just then.
Cheer!
“Well?”
I stood still at the ominous reaction that ran through my body.
It feels as if all the senses are being suffocated.
This was an obvious life.
“Wait a minute…”
The very moment when he was about to call Camille Felton, who foreboded an enemy invasion and went ahead.
Toow-! Hey profit!
A subtle shock wave was transmitted through the air, and at the same time, a terrifying blast sound was heard.
‘Damn it! Where is it?’
He pulled out his black dragon sword and quickly scanned the surroundings, but he couldn’t see anything.
It was because the fog was so thick.
However, a space gap formed on one side of the forest, and something dark gray suddenly popped out.
The long, thick spear-shaped object flew towards Camille at an incredible speed.
“Dangerous!”
Sensing a strange feeling, I hurriedly screamed.
Reflexively, Camille Felton turned and raised her aura to strike the spear.
However, it was not easy to ricochet a spear larger than a ballista arrow.
Kwak Kwah Kwah!
“Turn it off!”
Camille was pushed backwards, unable to overcome the force of the spear.
Soon after, he completely disappeared from sight.
Koo Goo Goo!
Soon, the forest of the dead fell silent with the sound of several beautiful trees falling.
“This, what is this…”
Adele Richter looked in the direction Camille Felton had disappeared with a puzzled expression.
But now was not the time to stand idle.
snap!
“Wow!”
I wrapped my right arm around her waist and threw her to the back.
Soon after, a terrifying wind pressure swept over the place where we had just been.
Kwak Kwah Kwah! Tuoong!
The object that slammed into the ground with a deafening sound was a huge gray blade.
Adele, who witnessed the scene from the air, was unable to breathe properly.
He was so tense that he could feel the energy going through his entire body.
“Eutcha!”
Chew hahahaha!
Scratching the ground with my feet, I slowed down and quickly looked behind me.
cooong! thud!
Eventually, the fog cleared with a heavy vibration, revealing the true face of the being that attacked us.
“Ah… that, that!”
Adele let out a low moan with a terrified expression on her face.
It was because the identity of the opponent was so unexpected.
The guy who appeared while blowing away the fog with wind pressure was a knight on horseback.
About 5m tall, gray skinned.
The four arms attached to the torso each held a spear, sword, sword, and mace.
I stared at him and muttered quietly.
“The Four Horsemen, Tetra Manus.”
Tetra Manus was one of the four guardians of Ingjet, the giant god.
“I heard he’s a guy who stays still in the depths of the forest of the dead…”
“That’s right. That’s why there are rumors that it’s a kind of gargoyle. Seeing that it roams freely, it doesn’t seem like that.”
“Anyway, it’s not a good situation. He’s after us.”
“Is it because of the Sabi Knight’s approach that the Druids fled earlier?”
“It’s not impossible. Anyway, can you come down now? It seems like you’ve been held too long.”
“oh!”
Startled, she loosened her limbs.
It seemed that I was still hanging on to it without even realizing it.
Because of the situation, the reddened face quickly returned to normal.
The blood was gone because of the fear.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m so surprised.”
“Look at Camille. I’ll take care of that guy.”
“Oh okay.”
There was no way that smart Adele didn’t know that she would only get in the way.
Staggering, she moved cautiously toward the direction Camille Felton had bounced off.
Koo Goo Goo!
Then the Sabi Knight’s head turned towards Adele Richter.
It seemed to recognize moving objects first and then act.
‘I can’t let Adele get attacked. Then you can’t appreciate that beautiful face, can you?’
The thinking mechanism was a bit strange, but the conclusion was the same in terms of protecting colleagues anyway.
I lifted the black dragon sword and started moving forward with exaggerated steps.
Sure enough, Knight Sabi’s gaze turned to me this time.
He immediately moved his lower left arm and delivered a terrifying stabbing attack.
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Judging by the dark aura on the sword, it seemed that he was trying to use some great technique.
Hey profit!
The speed at which the sword blade was fired was so fast that I didn’t even think about avoiding it.
Reluctantly, I thrust in the black dragon sword covered with an aura.
Whoa!
Then, a huge shock wave burst out and the body was pushed all the way back.
Like Camille Felton, who received the javelin.
Quagga Gagagak!
“Big…”
If there was a difference from that time, it was that I had withstood Sabi Knight’s spear.
Two long furrows formed in the ground, but somehow they did not bounce into the forest.
Even if the attack was blocked, the situation was skeptical.
Pop! Pop!
Red blood ran down the blade and fell to the ground.
The shock that was so powerful that it transcends imagination broke the grip and blood flowed.
Besides, the aftermath of the shock still lingered, and the whole body was tingling.
The moment I bumped into him head-on, I realized one thing.
‘This must be difficult?’
If I didn’t do my best, I felt like this place would become my grave.
Glancing in the direction where Adele disappeared, I stared at Sabi Knight and muttered quietly.
“Ha! After all, it makes you do it seriously.”
Dudeuk! Awesome!
At the same time, there was a scream that sounded like bones breaking.
It was a sound that was created when the skeleton and muscles of the face returned to their original state by canceling the seven-fold technique.
The brown hair was also dyed to its original black hair.
It’s like being immersed in darkness.
Before long, I flashed a blue light and said,
“Now that you’ve seen my true self, don’t even think about going back alive.”