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Go straight for the dragon king! (3)
“Catch that thief!”
“A thief, a thief!”
“A thief!”
There were still more than twenty steps left in the spruce forest.
-Swish, swish, swish, swish!
“Heo uh uh…!”
Alain closed his eyes tightly and flopped on the dirt floor.
He wrapped his arms around his head and bent his knees to the chest.
‘Boo-wook!’ The woolen robe was ripped long by the ice and gravel.
Hot tears flowed down her cheeks and wet her cheeks.
Her back, curled in a moon shape, trembled in front of the terrifying force.
Alain just wanted to live happily.
With my beloved niece and nephew, no one gets sick and innocently.
In summer we dig herbs together, in winter we sit side by side and bake cookies.
You don’t have to be rich, so just be healthy.
Was that too much wind?
-Dudoodukduk!
“Black, ugh…”
So am I going to die here?
In front of all you gave me, I was too greedy.
– Whoops, whoops!
“Ugh, uh…”
She swallowed a choked breath, barely holding back her cry.
And only a few seconds after that…
“Ouch……….. uh······?”
I realized that I was still alive. The innocent eyes opened wide.
Alain carefully lowered his arms and moved his gaze.
Right now, none of the flying arrows were hit, but I thought that if I moved it wrongly, something big would happen.
Her frightened lips trembled, and the tips of her eyes were still dripping with water droplets.
She forgot to breathe and looked around the stocky bushes.
The surrounding area, where the white snow was frozen, was shining like jewels in the midday sun.
I’ve never seen a jewel in my life, though.
“Huh, huh…”
However, a more unrealistic event was unfolding in front of me than holding a jewel in my hand.
The young man opened his mouth, not knowing whether this was a dream or his birthday.
Dozens of arrows that had obviously been rained down like harpoons were lying around like an abandoned iron skewer a few feet away.
I didn’t understand.
I swear to God that I saw them shooting at me, and it was absurd.
“Uh, how….”
Maybe this is the lord, or is it the trap of the robed lily? My heart pounded.
Come to think of it, it seemed like a little while ago there was a sound of something falling.
Could it have been those arrows?
“I must have died! Find the body and bring it back!”
“Yes!”
Shake! Alain was startled and quickly got up.
The footsteps of mercenaries echoed from not far away.
I was busy rolling my eyes and looking for a place to hide.
Just in the vicinity, a large fir tree was standing, clutching a rock with its roots.
Icicles descended like a curtain under the oblique rock, creating a secret space.
It was truly luck. The young man ran and ran as if he were swimming without looking back and forth.
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Once he passed the hurdle of death, his courage surged. back up!
“Hey, Cole.ベン・・・・・・・!”
As soon as she hid under the rock, mercenaries in armor and helmets came out of the bushes. Suck!
“what is this. Why are all the arrows here?”
“these guys! Can’t shoot a single bow properly? uh? Does everything you eat go out as poop?”
“sorry!”
“Pathetic bastards…”
“hey! You go into the forest, inside!”
“Yeah?”
Fortunately, Alain was wearing dark clothes today.
It was because he had received orders from his superiors to act like a butcher.
His hair color was similar to that of winter wood, so it didn’t stand out. She held her breath, ready to die.
Because someone might find you by looking at the white breath.
If this was the last chance given by the Lord, she would never let go of it, even if her nails were pulled out.
Meanwhile, the mercenaries wandered around and continued their conversation. ‘Crumb, crumble!’
“Forest, forest?”
“Yeah, the four of you go. If you come out before sunset, there is no problem.”
“But, but, here is the Manastone Cave…”
“Uh-huh! There is a magic stone cave, there are no beasts, but they are crying!”
“Child. Still, boss. Even the superiors said they didn’t even walk.”
“Don’t die and go in. The guy who ran away wouldn’t have gone that far anyway.”
“Where are you going to get hit by an arrow and fall to death? Animals usually hide and watch when they are awake. If you can see bloodstains, finding the body is an instant.”
“You have to find it and kill it. Because he is an apostate.”
“·················ogue.”
They were all talking about me.
Alain clenched his red, red fists, holding on and holding on.
No matter how close they came, they did not shed a single moan.
How much time has passed
-Puss rook, puss ruk!
Finally, something miraculous happened.
“…Jeez, there aren’t any Esprit balls here. move!”
“Yes!”
When the mercenary captain spoke in a hoarse voice, the subordinates quickly responded and dispersed.
A search team was also seen entering the spruce forest with a dead body.
Alain licked her lips as she looked at their backs.
I remembered the words of the village elders who told me not to go into the forest recklessly, and that there is a cave that you can never get out of once you enter.
But it’s the first time I’ve ever heard of a ‘manastone cave’.
-Kiririri, Kiriri…
As if they had become quite distant, the falcons, who had been silent with her until now, began to cry loudly.
Alain squatted motionless until more than an hour had passed since then.
I had to run away to a safer place, but I was so scared and nervous that I couldn’t turn my head.
In fact, it was questionable whether there was such a thing as a ‘safer place’ in Atsuma.
Even if they return home safely…
“Hey, Brandy.”
Zeng! It felt like being hit in the back with a hammer.
My God, Brandi! Her eight-year-old niece would be home alone!
“Crazy, Alain. Crazy, crazy, crazy…!”
Alain was contemplating and hurriedly escaped from under the rock.
Blinded by the thought of wanting to live, I completely forgot the existence of my beloved family and the village neighbors who took care of the child.
I didn’t know that maybe everyone would be upset because of me.
I would have died if I had been beaten to death by myself, and I did not want to even imagine such a terrible situation.
My stomach churned at the sensation of my heart going down to the top of my head.
I felt like I was going to vomit right away. Stupid and stupid Alain!
“Brandi, my baby. Brandy…!”
at that time.
-Job
Two pairs of well-groomed boots stopped in front of Alain, who was crawling out of her body.
The woman could not even scream, dared not even raise her head, and shook her chin.
Tears, which had been quiet for a while, began to pour down like inclement winter rain.
Ahh······.
“Ahhh······. Please, save me, save me…”
“Teacher, are you okay?”
However, instead of the blade, a soft voice like cotton returned. I couldn’t believe it.
Alain raised his head blankly. Are you finally hearing hallucinations?
Is it time to die?
“Hey, there’s blood on my forehead… I’ll take a look. It looks like he’s bleeding profusely.”
“·················ogue.”
The man, who quickly lowered his eye level, pulled out a clean cloth and medicine box from his bare bag on the side.
For a moment, Alain wondered if I was already dead.
It’s the first time I’ve met such a kind person in my life, because he didn’t even look like a commoner.
Her fine-grained brown hair swayed under the ruffled beast fur hood, and under her shiny glasses, there were rare pink eyes.
Her white skin and soft fingertips were like a dream.
He smelled the scent of wild flowers in spring and the freshness of the sea in summer at the same time.
His quick and elegant hand movements made him intuit that Confucius was a precious family spirit.
“Thousands, angels . . . . angel······?”
It really looked like it was shining.
“Yeah, it looks like an angel has lived forever. Fortunately, the wounds are not deep.”
He carefully wiped Alain’s forehead with a cloth moistened with medicine, said so with a small smile.
His voice was also silky.
“You didn’t even hurt your eyes. It must have been covered with blood.”
“ah······.”
At that moment, Alain’s right eyelid opened and his field of vision widened.
She was still unaware that she was bleeding.
It must have been that he had been hiding in the shade of a rock and had been scratched by the root of a tree.
In fact, I saw that there was not one angel.
Behind him stood his companions on horseback, with small animals such as wren and cats in their arms.
It reminded me of the old days.
When I go to the side of a person who has lived a good life, I have heard the priest say that an angel will come to meet him.
Alain blinked silently.
I, I didn’t live by sinning…
“Ah, the introduction is late. My name is Heineken.”
“·················ogue.”
His friendly eyes drew a curve like a crescent moon. Indeed, even the angel had a name.
Alain wondered if he would be able to see Brandi’s face for the last time if he asked him.
You’re probably hiding wings that can fly far away.
“I am the guild leader of the ‘Somaek’, a mercenary guild specializing in magical beasts. All of these people belong to Somaek. I did not approach it with bad intentions, so you can rest assured.”
“Are you a mercenary?”
At the word ‘mercenary’, the young man got tired of blue again.
It was a stimulus that was hard to bear for Alain, who had been suffering from the fear of death until recently.
She was now unable to think logically.
“Evil, ugh, Heo-eok…!”
“Oh my God, sir! Teacher!”
-dump!
Thus, Alain met the ‘second death’ in front of the angels.
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Of course, in the eyes of Jesse and his friends, it was ‘fainting’.
*
I was going through a spruce grove today, but again, it couldn’t be that easy.
At least for us.
– Tap, tap, tap…
A large bonfire was spreading the heat to everyone.
I carefully spread the medicine on Alain’s forehead, which I found out because the clothes had a name tag on them.
It was a pity that I could not use the healing power immediately.
Unlike Barun, it is said that Atsuma has a paladin, so he might find himself in a difficult situation after using ether.
– Owl, Owl Owl…
Still, there is no law to be destroyed, so when I walked down from the mouth of the forest for a long time into the ground, there was a large and cozy cave.
It was found by Lofi, our reliable protector (“Nyaaao.” “I salute you, Master of the Great Fire Lion.”).
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Originally, even if something happened, I was planning to stay at the Guild Chamber or the temple behind it…
“What the hell was that during the day? It looked like they were chasing a thief, and mercenaries rushed in with a dozen.”
After witnessing the commotion, we temporarily halted our march.
Sir John, who left the patrol, had not yet returned.
“dozen?”
“Stella-nim, ‘one ride’. It is a unit of counting twelve.”
The Crown Prince questioned the unfamiliar unit, and I immediately corrected Mr. Ga-in’s expression and added an explanation.
What is Dasu, the Korean protagonist?
“It’s the first time I’ve seen the Chamber, but it’s definitely weird.”
“Besides, he didn’t have any luggage.”
François, who was sitting with one leg outstretched, helped out.
He had a very heavy expression on his face.
“I can’t even see the stolen things, but it’s unusual to call them a thief and shoot a bow.”