Chapter 49 – Chapter 11. Hybrids.
Whoops, whoops.
Mafushu was nervous. Strangely, his body trembled on its own. His throat was also dry.
He hadn’t even started yet, but I felt like I was being pushed too far from the momentum. So he let out a groan while baring his teeth at his opponent. It was the roar of a desert warrior.
“Aaaaagh!!”
So it got a little better. She clutched her spear with both her hands, lowered her stance, and circled around him very slowly.
Jihyeok strangely liked that animal-like behavior. In my old memories, I was definitely close to a civilized person, but now I was closer to a beast-like savage. Still, that look in his eyes that he doesn’t want to lose resembles his husband, Gunda.
A couple is the same as a pair, very.
The mixed-race prisoner looked at Ji-hyeok with ferocious eyes like a wild wolf. The moment she saw the slightest gap in him, she was ready to pounce.
Obviously, the opponent was standing defenseless with his sword hanging down. Strangely, however, she couldn’t run towards him. The instinct not to attack her gripped her legs tightly.
… What? Is it a trap? … Why are you so still?
I was puzzled, but she didn’t care. He continued to look at him with suspicious eyes.
Clearly, the opponent was strong. It was something she had already seen and confirmed with her own two eyes. There was no room for doubt.
Still, he was a weak human being. A species that is physically weak. So she waited, believing that the opportunity would come. Persistently.
Jihyeok found this wary, mixed-race prisoner quite interesting. Even though I deliberately showed an opening, she didn’t bite. … It’s probably because they instinctively sensed danger.
I’m sure the beast has a good sense of battle.
I really thought it was a species born for fighting. … But unfortunately, she met the worst person she shouldn’t have met.
In the end, Jihyeok, who ran out of patience, moved first. He walked her slowly towards her. On the contrary, she backed away from her winces.
Why are you coming like that… ?
Ma Hushu, still staring at Jihyeok with wary eyes, aimed her spear and kept her distance.
However, Jihyeok continued to walk. Like a walk
It wasn’t until long before she realized that her partner was looking down on her.
How dare that kid… !
I wondered how much I had been looked down on to be ignored like this. Eventually, her pride was hurt, and she couldn’t contain her anger and rushed at him.
Mahu Shu shot out and stretched out her pike. Her spear, which went right into her heart, pierced only the empty space, not the heart. But she already expected the attack to miss. So, she swung the short spear horizontally.
She thought, though, that this time she must be right. It was definitely the right distance. Even if it’s not fatal, it can cause serious wounds.
… However, this time, she only opened the empty space. He kept narrowly out of reach.
Mafushu judged that if he accelerated a little more, a valid attack would be made. So she put more effort into it.
However, the results did not change. Always lacking a little. I thought it would be right, but it didn’t fit, so I thought I was going to be really crazy.
Ugh, ugh, aaaaa!!!
She half lost her temper and ran. Jihyeok saw this hybrid beast and clicked his tongue. Only the first time was good, but now it’s just a very beast. Even the spearmanship was learned over the shoulder, and it was Jung-gu Heating without basic prayers. … Neither bloodline nor spearmanship were rooted.
The mixed race beastman believed too much in his own physical abilities. That was the biggest downside. It was completely different from my previous memories. To the point where I wonder if it can really be this messy. If this was the case, I would have to completely replace it from scratch.
… Could that be better
Come to think of it, it might be better to start from scratch if you want to raise a warrior that suits your taste. Still, since he is a talented person, it seemed that he would become a useful enough hand if he thoroughly developed it step by step from the basics.
Mafushu stabbed and swung her spear frantically, with her eyes wide open. But in the end, she didn’t land a single effective hit. It was the first time she had ever felt so miserably helpless. She couldn’t quite understand. How could she be so far apart in her skills…
Shall we finish it now?
Jihyeok made up his mind to put an end to this boring fight. Anyway, her skills were confirmed in every detail. She had no reason to hold on to her anymore.
He dodged her spear wielding her booung lightly and kicked her in the chest with her foot.
Oops!!
The mongrel wolf leaped into the air and fell to the floor, rolling over. However, he immediately grabbed his stance and attacked him again, screaming loudly.
As for the momentum, it was a pass. Unfortunately, the fight wasn’t just about momentum. In the end, it was meaningful only when skills were the basis. What’s the use of momentum or anything if the hair falls off in one hit?
This time, Jihyeok’s fist was thrust into her stomach. But she fought back right away, gritting and enduring the pain that her eyeballs were about to fall out.
Among the attacks so far, this blow was the sharpest. Unfortunately, it still lacked power and speed.
He tilted her head slightly to dodge her spear, then hit her stomach vigorously with her fist again.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!!
This time, she couldn’t stand it either and collapsed in front of her. Her lungs startled, choking her, as she croaked and slurped her saliva. It was a bit unsightly.
However, even in that state, she managed to swing her spear and aim for his leg. Of course, he twisted his leg slightly to avoid it, and then kicked him in the head with his foot.
Ah!
Mafushu fell to the floor with an ugly look. She gasped wildly and barely got up. At first, it seemed that his breath was open again, but his will to fight was quite lost.
“You’re not going to attack me anymore?”
“Uh, aaaaa!!”
She groaned and leapt up again, thrusting her spear with all her might. However, Ji-hyeok, who lightly avoided it, raised her fist again and struck her in the stomach.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡ!!
Wow.
Ma Hushu fell in front of her and vomited everything from her stomach. Jihyeok grabbed her by the back of her head and slammed her head into the vomit. And when she lifted it up, a pair of nosebleeds burst and flowed from her messed up face.
Lower, lower, lower.
She forced her limp arm out and thrust her spear into it, but of course it couldn’t be hit as he was slow enough to cause her to yawn.
He laughed Still, there is persistence.
“Lie down for a minute.”
Jihyeok clenched his fists. She then slapped Mahu Shu’s chin intact.
… Ah…
She passed out with dizziness in her eyes.
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… Evil!
Ma Hushu jerked her upper body up with her shriek. Her whole body felt hot as if she had a nightmare.
Haha.
The mixed-race beast breathed heavily and looked around. It was a shabby, old room. Her eyes went to the table near the window. Someone was sitting there watching her. She was a human woman.
Yayel, a drug addict wizard, closed the magic book he was reading and asked cautiously.
“Now… , Are you awake?”
Mafushu stared blankly at the human woman with a blank expression. She couldn’t understand what was going on right now.
“Would you like some water?”
The mixed-race beast nodded her head slowly. Her throat was burning as if it were dry. Yayel poured her water into her glass and brought it to her. Su-in swallowed it all in one gulp. Then he brushed the back of her hand roughly on her muzzle and then looked at her again sharply. It was completely different from her dazed mood and eyes from just before.
“Here… , Where is it?”
“Oh that… , Wait.”
Yayel decided that the captain would explain better than he did. So she quickly left the room and called Ji-hyeok in the hall on the first floor.
Meanwhile, Mahushu got out of bed and approached the window. I saw the city landscape at sunset. And I saw the White Palace in the distance. … Right where she lived.
Why am I here…
As she was working her complicated hair, someone came into her room. She swung her body around in one go and got into her battle stance. She can attack right away. … But when she saw her opponent, her heart warmed.
… Ah.
It was him.
The same human male who gave her her hopeless defeat.
Ma Hushu reflexively hissed his eyes from side to side and hurriedly searched for his weapon. But as if he had no intention of attacking, he gave a glimpse of his empty hand, walked over to his table, and sat down in his chair.
“Sit there.”
He pointed to the chair directly across from him with his chin. It was the seat where the human woman had sat before. She glanced over and slowly sat down in the chair. There was silence for a moment.
There was a thick book on the table. It was a book titled ‘The Completion of Magic Theory’. … Apparently, the identity of the woman earlier was a wizard.
“My name is Kang Ji-hyeok. He is the person who will be with you in the future.”
Mafushu opened his mouth with a gaze that was still wary.
“I… , Why are you here?”
Actually, it wasn’t that I didn’t have any guesses. However, I sincerely hoped that it was not a guess. Really. … Really.
“Sur gave it. You, to me As a winning prize.”
Ahhh…
Mafushu’s expression immediately collapsed. Her head gradually lowered.
At last… , It turned out like this…
She failed to prove to her father that she was a proud desert warrior. Missing the championship, she eventually became a commodity.
Her heart ached so much. She bit her lower lip. But her eyes kept blurring. She desperately held back her tears.
Mafushu was terribly desperate. All her life she was not recognized by either her mother or her father. She was shunned by her mother because she was half a prisoner, and by her father because she was barren.
Half beast! A useless existence that can’t even carry on a bloodline!
However, no matter how hard she struggled, her veins and infertile body could not be changed. Then she wanted to prove herself worthy by becoming an honorable desert warrior. That was her last chance to be accepted by her parents.
But… , In the end, the ending was like this. All her efforts so far have been in vain, and she has become a mere commodity.
She was so miserable that she wanted to die. No, she might have been better off dead. … But she couldn’t.
Suicide was the most shameful death for an honorable desert warrior. On top of that, the honor of her father, Sur, also rested on her shoulders.
Ma Hushu quickly wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and then raised her head again. She had an honor and a pride that even death could not defeat.
She was the daughter of Sur. She is the daughter of the noblest in this desert. So she had to keep her honor. … Even if she becomes a slave.
“… So, are you my master now?”
“Although I am the master, I have no intention of making you a slave. I will treat you as a single person. … Assuming, of course, that you don’t do anything presumptuous.”
“That won’t happen… I know honor. And I consider it very important.”
Hearing that sound, Jihyeok briefly thought of the past. … Even then, she called herself an honorable warrior and shouted that she would not bend to the end.
Still, contrary to the expectation that she would rebel for a long time, she quickly accepted this situation. She tried to convince Ji-hyeok, who had decided to threaten her if she didn’t succeed, to the point where she felt embarrassed.
Apparently, from the moment she became her product, she must have expected that this situation could happen. Participating in the contest must have been her last struggle.
In fact, even historically, it was often the case that powerful people bestowed children on the winners of competitions in this way. In that way, they form a bond with the strong and continue to spread their influence.
Mafushu was also a similar case. As the daughter of her Sur, she must be aware of the physiology of such power. Of course, her Sur would have treated her as her hand, which almost discarded her.
“Then what am I going to do… , Master?”
She felt slightly strange when a wild beast with light brown skin called her master. However, Jihyeok was not emotionally shaken. The period of such bloody energy has long since passed.
“You don’t have to call me master. Call me boss You will be part of our team from now on.”
“… Yes?”
Mafush didn’t immediately understand. Jihyeok only roughly explained the current situation. You can tell me more details the next time you ride the wagon.
“Right now, I am on my way to carry out the mission of the Hero test, and Mafushu just joined you.”
“Okay.”
“Follow me. Let me introduce you to my colleagues.”
Mahu Shu quietly followed behind Ji Hyuk. In the hall on the first floor, the team members had set up a round table in advance and sat around it, waiting for the two of them to come.
“You came right away.”
Bald Gide welcomed the two with yellow teeth and a friendly smile. Jihyeok and Mafushu also sat side by side in the chairs.
“Now, this is our team. Say hello to everyone.”
They introduced themselves one by one and shook hands with Mahushu. Her expression is much better than before.
After the introduction, Jihyeok patted Mafushu on the back.
“Now, let’s forget all the old things and start over.”
“… Yes, chief.”
The captain held out his hand to the mixed-race beastman.
“Welcome again, Mafushu. You came to our team.”
Mafushu slowly took his hand.
