Chapter 66 – Awakening Madness (11)
Shuwaaaaagh—!
“Det?”
Something leaked from Tabula’s corpse.
Tree-like brown energy——no, mana? It flew in and permeated my body without giving me a chance to respond.
“Fuck, what!”
Shit-colored mana enters the body!
I tried to shake off her arm to release mana, but it was too heavy. It was impossible to touch this mana.
Wow…
As the mana was absorbed into my body, I felt my heart beat loudly. Like a defibrillator or a pump.
It didn’t hurt. There was no pain, and I even felt that my physical strength was slightly restored. My heartbeat gradually stabilized, and I blinked my eyes in a stunned mood.
Yeah shit The HP recovery event after a boss battle is a national rule.
‘… Plague.’
Let’s stop talking about dogs. I scratched my head and clicked my tongue.
I guessed it, but it seemed like there was some connection between Tabula’s magic and Beast Return.
The keyword is the word mana of nine gods.
The prophecy this bastard spoke of… Prophecy… I fucking forgot Was it the werewolf of the prophecy? Anyway, that’s also a concern.
It’s a pity that I couldn’t hear it properly because I wasn’t in a good mood. It might have been an opportunity to uncover the true nature of Beast Return.
“Arthur? What’s wrong?”
Tyrsi stumbled over and asked. Seeing him stand up and walk, he seemed to have regained some of his physical strength.
“Didn’t you see that just now?”
“I just… ?”
I guess I didn’t see Did it only show up to me? Or it could have been because he was a user of Beast Return.
“That’s it.”
I explained to Tyrsi what had just happened. Tirshi pondered over my explanation before replying.
“That is a succession phenomenon. This happens occasionally between people who use the same type of mana. It must have absorbed mana thanks to defeating Tabula.”
Succession?
“Is it dangerous?”
“It is not dangerous because it is filtered by the body of the absorber. In some churches in Romania, the pope holds a ceremony to inherit the divine power from generation to generation, and at that time, the mana that the body cannot accept is lost.”
Aww. In other words, Tabula and my mana resonated and were absorbed into me, and bad mana bounced off the body. I’m glad it’s not too dangerous.
Woo woo woo-.
I tried to be conscious of the inner mana pain. It certainly seems to have grown somewhere. Right now, I’m almost out of MP, so I have no idea how much it’s increased.
Anyway, it’s a similar type of magic.
‘The great madness that dwells in the sky… I wonder if.’
I remembered what Tabula had said while reciting the incantation.
The madness gods I know are Cthulhu and Sheogorath. Sheogorath… Oblivion… Skyrim… Britannia is the land of Nords. I hope that the ruined fucks are out.
“For your reference, what do you guess about the word ‘old god’?”
“No. Could it be a pagan god?”
Tirshi heard Tabula talking, so he sounded out his opinion without asking. I shook my head.
“If he had been a pagan, he would not have traveled alone.”
“Is that so too? Not even an Aztecan god-worshiper.”
Groups that rejected and executed pagans, including Romania, existed in each country. That is why pagans never roam alone.
Knowing that people are being persecuted, people who can communicate with each other like obsessive-compulsive disorder hang out together. They were common on Earth, so they weren’t particularly new.
‘Tabula must be a Germanian or a Berserk.’
It was because the magic they used and the Britannian accent gave off the smell of the people there.
By the way, Tirshi doesn’t ask about my face until the end. I was concerned and asked.
“Chemm. Ash? This is a different story, but do you remember my face?”
“Yeah? There’s no way it won’t fly, right?”
Tirshi asked strangely. There is even a smile on his dusty face.
“Why did you know from the beginning? Oh, that’s Mr. Nord, who I worked with at the time.”
“What… Say… ?”
I was amazed. I was so fucking surprised. To a certain extent, even including all the happenings that took place today, I was most surprised.
─Kwakwang!!
It was almost like lightning flashed inside my head.
Did Tyrsi know who I was from the start? Fuck? How is that possible? Tirshi, on the other hand, blinked as if he was even more surprised at my astonishment.
“Yeah? No, why are you surprised? I’m not an idiot, can’t you notice that Arthur lowered his voice a bit? We haven’t even exchanged a word or two until now.”
“Oh, that can’t be…”
Vector-speaking solemnly didn’t work at all!
I felt like the world was collapsing. The technology that gave the name of the Earth Hero had become an idiot-like joke due to my immaturity!
“Cook cook cook. Whoop whoop.”
Tirshi burst into a coughing laugh at what was funny. No, I’m fucking serious, but why is this lady laughing?
‘I’ll have to pay much more attention in the future.’
I made that promise in my heart. This situation was caused by my lack of proficiency in vector-voice laying.
From now on, I will make it so that no one can claim the Norse = Arthur Wayne theory with a more solemn and husky sexy voice!!
“Ku hu hu hu. Oh, by the way, things have gotten a little worse.”
Tirsi stopped laughing and said while looking at Tabula’s corpse.
“Even if we don’t know what that person is doing, there is a high probability that he is a member of some group.”
“Ah, yes. You’re worried about tracking.”
“Yes.”
Tirsi nodded with a serious expression. I also agreed with Tirshi’s opinion.
As long as Tabula was a lone illegal slave hunter, that’s fine.
But what if you are not a single criminal, but a member of a group of idiots who are secretly attacking the world? Of course, the guy who went to work suddenly lost news, so he’ll come out to investigate.
Come to think of it, I think it was a ‘mission’. 100% back… No, there is a group to belong to.
“Let’s take care of the aftermath.”
Thinking that far, I suggested it first.
“Rogues are common. Besides these guys, there are plenty of guys hiding. If we collect the bodies and incinerate them, it will be difficult for them to track us down.”
“Indeed. I think it’s an appropriate response.”
Tirshi considered my opinion carefully before accepting it.
“The people Tabula was targeting were ordinary people. Even if there really is an ‘unidentified group’, this gang of bandits would be one of many, many customers. There’s no way Tabulla would have even reported the location of this lair.”
“Because he wasn’t a meticulous looking guy.”
Even if the thieves are destroyed, the guards don’t care.
After getting enough people to use as ‘sacrifices’ from the thieves, he killed all the thieves and escaped. Isn’t that the main method of the group that Tabula belongs to?
If today’s work was one of the “Usual tasks” That were repeated every time, I would have omitted thorough reporting, contact, and consultation.
Even in the 21st century Korean military, even if there are cases where patrols or guard missions are thoroughly carried out, there are few cases where even minor details are reported.
So we started to clean up the case.
Except for the boss who was saved, the rest of the corpses were gathered in one place. From the corpse, I took only weapons that could be money and put them in my bag.
Tabula’s large body was buried away from it. It was not an easy task to dig a hole enough to enter because it was so big.
“Arthur. How will you cover your face?”
Tirsi asked after tidying up. Is it her own kind of naughtiness that she keeps calling me Arthur?
“My mask is broken, so I’ll take this instead.”
Instead of the broken animal mask, I took the black iron mask worn by Tabula. I had to cover my face, so I decided to bring it.
Tirthy nodded her head in agreement.
“Will you give it to me? You’ll feel uncomfortable, so I’ll disinfect it.”
“Thank you.”
Tyrsi cleaned her mask with her disinfection magic. In the meantime, Tirdo and I wiped the blood and dirt off her. The wound was able to stop bleeding easily thanks to the potion.
“… This mask is enchanted.”
However, as a result of Tirsi’s appraisal, to her surprise, the mask Tabula was wearing was not an ordinary iron mask.
“It’s not a high level, but the ‘impression camouflage’ and ‘stealth’ effects are enchanted. It’s not a mask, it’s the effect of a wooden amulet stuck inside the mask.”
Tirsi, who was examining the mask with magic, said.
“Impressive?”
“It is a magic that blurs the impression of the wearer and makes it difficult to remember the shape of the mask or attire. ‘Stealth’ is about making it hard to be discovered while hiding.”
“Ah, somehow.”
I wondered how that huge body didn’t show any signs even while I was sweeping away the bandits, but it must have been the effect of a magic item.
“Arthur has this. You can wear this when you go to the transport guild. It would be useful if you want to hide your identity.”
Tirshi sterilized it well with magic and returned it to me.
The crude wooden talisman attached to the mask had a shamanic feel to it. It seems that Tabula himself made it.
“Would you mind if I take it?”
“Because I hate masks.”
Tirshi said in a tone of refusal. He says he’ll give it to you for free, but he has nothing to offer. Let’s be grateful
‘Honey.’
It was a little annoying that it was used, but to get even a magic item that seemed useful. I felt a surge of energy in my tired body.
Since he also shared mana with me, Tabula was a very generous bastard.
I could understand why there are scumbags who only target people in a different world teeming with monsters. The amount of income you get every time you do it is different.
“Should the stolen goods be taken by the people who were hostages?”
Tyrsi asked before burning the body. He was thinking of finishing all the clean-up so that no one else would come here at all.
“The amount is small, so let’s do that. I’m sorry to those who suffered from the thieves, but it’s the price of their lives.”
Food and the like were all eaten up by the thieves’ bastards, so there weren’t many stolen items. If they were divided, they could all be moved at once.
So I followed Tirsi to see the hostages. They shuddered from the tumult of the battle, and when they saw us they rejoiced with joy.
“Thank you so much for your help!!! You guys are my lifesaver!!!!”
The one-armed peddler—perhaps the son of the master of the transport guild—was greeted with tears in his eyes. He was an adult, so he cried for a while, but the problem was the kids.
“Thank you!! Thank you!!”
Hehe!!! Hey hey hey hey hey!!!”
“Hey! Hey!”
The children who were kidnapped and confined at the height of their sensitivity made a sea of cries at the fact that they could get out of here.
“Now! Guys! Stop! Aren’t those people in trouble!”
Neither Tirshi nor I could calm the crying father, but this one-armed peddler quieted the children in just two minutes.
“Now we can go home too! Let’s all work hard a little more!”
“Yes!!”
“Yeah!!”
“Hey! Hehe!!”
Perhaps relying on the peddler while imprisoned, the children stopped crying and calmed down. I admired his skill and bowed to him.
“Thank you for calming me down.”
“No, it’s for the people who saved their lives!”
It was a pretty humble answer. This person will also want to go home quickly, so is it a win-win for each other?
─Heavy.
Since the children were in poor nutrition, I decided to carry more than half of the stolen items by myself. Turned on Beast Return and wore more than 4 bags on his back like a bundle merchant.
“〈 Fire Missile 〉.”
Finally, burn the corpse with the only fire magic that Tirsi has learned.
─Rumble!!
As I was about to come out and start a fire, the cave collapsed in flames. The soil inside could not withstand the high heat and collapsed.
“It would be nice not to have a backache.”
“Iknow, right.”
Tyrsi blocked the mana and extinguished the flame.
This is the finale of our paper retrieval adventure.
Anyway, it feels good to do a good job. And make money, too.
