Chapter 252 – Merchants Land (2)
The rune of ᚦ(Thurs) turned white.
It was a successful combination of magic and magic. 〈 cloud summoning 〉 was added to the mandala that developed the ᚦ (Thurs) rune.
Is it because the combination is easier than the frozen beam because the number of magic to combine is small? Or is it because the compatibility between magic is good?
The pigtailed elf who taught me the 〈 Summon Cloud 〉 magic in the past said.
〈 Sleep 〉 Magic and 〈 Cloud Summon 〉 Magic can be combined.
I recalled those words and sprayed the combined magic forward.
Fuhuaaaaa-!!
【What, what is it!!】
【Cloud? It’s a smoke screen! Don’t panic…】
Steam spreading as if 3-4 fire extinguishers were sprayed at the same time!
At the same time, the sound of someone falling to the floor was heard. The bullies who drank the sleeping gas fell into a deep sleep due to the effect of the ᚦ (Thurs) rune.
【It’s poison gas! Don’t drink!!]
【What. It’s just an aroma that puts me to sleep.]
It’s poison gas, you’re saying things that other people don’t like to hear. All druids are poison and pestilence, so there is no law to use them. Please stop hating druids.
Anyway, the quantity was larger than expected.
It’s been a long time since I’ve used 〈 Cloud Summon 〉 in a way other than compression injection, so it seems that I made a mistake in adjusting the output. It’s also because my manatong has grown so much like Jammin’s growing up.
‘Did I use this much steam to strengthen my attacks?’
That’s why the gun was so countable.
Whoa oh oh… !
As I was thinking about that, the wind blew through the smoke.
The strong wind kicked up the surface gas and blew it away, but the power booster 〈 Cloud Summon 〉 could not stand it and was scattered.
‘──Are you a wizard?’
Half-opening my eyes, I found two archers who were using mana. After all, it wasn’t an ordinary gang of bullies.
【You bastard bastard!! Kill me!!]
【I heard a spear, but it’s a wizard!! Don’t give me time to do tricks!!]
The bullies who put up a fight first and get fired when they get hit first.
It was a bit unsightly, but I was just happy. Even though those bastards hesitated, didn’t it mean that they were scum who were accustomed to murder after all?
‘If it’s not murder, if it’s garbage sorting, I don’t feel any remorse.’
I hung a spear on my shoulder while watching the bullies trying to beat me. I didn’t even feel nervous, perhaps because the difference in skills was so great.
“Lalilura. Watch out for Hella. Fran asks you to be on your guard whenever you can.”
“Yes!”
“Okay.”
I nodded at the trustworthy answer and raised my fist.
【Baekyeol Kwon Poongah.】
─Perbubububbuck!
He punched 5 people in the jaws with a jab with the Beast Regression buff. To the clumsy ones, both of my shoulders would have looked blurry, as if they were shot with a low frame camera.
【Oops?!】
【Yuck!!】
【Tap!】
The three were hit in the jaw and passed out. My daughter and I were the two who followed my movements with dynamic vision.
【Bheak!!】
【Kiyo Job!!】
Even one of them lost his front tooth while trying to avoid it. The other guy tried to block my fist with a sword, but it seemed meaningless.
─Parkin!!
The reaction speed was quite good, but the equipment was trash, and the weapon it defended was smashed to pieces. Yangachi dances forsythia with shrapnel stuck in his face.
【Kiyoyaaaaah?!】
【A bully who knows how to handle mana. This is another rare creature.]
It reminded me of my desperate struggle with the walking-king elk, and I felt emotional for a moment.
I kicked and stunned the pup that was pouring out its shattered front teeth. The bastard, whose face was turned into a honeycomb pizza by a piece of knife, was beaten with a spear.
─Thumbs up!
A gangster party that collapses on the grass with the sound of armor.
Thirteen people were instantly wiped out, including those who had slept soundly from the sleeping gas emitted earlier.
It was a situation where it was possible to subdue without killing, so I refrained from killing for now. It’s a confirmation kill because it can be done at any time.
【Damn it!!】
When I easily subdued their colleagues, the arch-magicians in the back spat out curses as if screaming.
[Oh mana of flame flowing in the south!]
Wizards entering the spell chant with their mouths open!
But the response was awkward. I had to either use the infinite spear as much as I could, or activate the CC and the dealing machine at the same time to tie my feet.
─That’s right!!
If not, it will allow access like this. I calmly made such an analysis and dashed at the mages.
‘You can’t intercept with 〈 Lightning Missile 〉.’
Magic is prone to splash damage. There was a risk of hurting Hella-san if she chose a long-distance magic battle.
Also, the best way not to harm others was to take the lead in attracting aggro.
Because I won’t neglect the master of battle who attacks them.
[An arrow of flame!]
As expected, the attack magic flew towards me. It is a flame variation magic of 〈 arrow 〉 that is slightly less powerful but has a high area and speed.
─Whiririk! I activated the magic item of ᚦ (Thurs) rune equipped in the accessory slot. A talisman engraved with a rune of attack magic resistance.
I saw it when I got closer. The masked wizards were plump women. Maybe he’s the type who only studied magic and didn’t exercise, but his aim was clumsy.
Living on such a subject was just ridiculous, like a murderer.
Swoouu-!
I raised the mana and released the lion’s roar.
[A hawk to scold! Go scold!]
Scold and scold again!
【──Maegal!!】
─Pain! The arrows of flame that hit me flew like misfired fireworks. The mana of the offensive magic neutralized by the rune disappeared with a flash of light.
【Anit?!】
Wizards who doubt their own eyes!
But doubt it or not, this was all reality. Their magic was no better than the gunpowder in the pistol-shaped toy they sold at the stationery when they were young.
If you put it down on the floor and hit it with a brick, the smell of the battlefield, the flavor of gunpowder!
The spirit of Pax-Korea Americana, who used the pocket money he had saved for an instant explosion!
The feeling of overwhelming odds being in my grasp gave me a nostalgia that only my contemporaries could understand.
Memories welled up. I remember feeding my friends with water with a 32,000 won water-rifle that an older brother lent me when my friends attacked me with a water pistol that leaked.
The memories of childhood when friends gathered in the school playground during vacation and had a water gun fight with water soaked in ice.
Fire and ice.
Gunpowder and water guns.
The song of fire and ice that marked the end of my childhood!
They created a whirlwind in the sea of my neurons to leave enlightenment within me.
──Do childhood memories influence the life of that creature?
If so, can childhood trauma be an indulgence for future misdeeds?
When the baby bear, who should have been loved by daddy bear and mommy bear, lost his family to those who cheated on him.
That’s when he dedicated his spirit and body to killing all the dicks in the world.
Who should we hold that responsibility for?
Is it the fuck that hurt his mother in the past?
Is it a corrupt power baby bear who wants to harm innocent people?
If neither, should we just blame the whims of fate?
It was unknown. Because everyone improves the quality of their lives by turning their eyes away from the suffering of other creatures!
That was the harsh truth of the individualistic competitive society.
Damn… !
Realization made me stronger. Even without memorizing the magic name, before I knew it, my hands were frozen cold.
Did the spirit of the earth warrior with the power of a bear respond to the baby bear’s sadness?
Because of rumination and self-awareness of the harsh reality of the world, I was able to cast 〈 Freezing Hand 〉 as an incantation.
─It’s hard.
I took that cold reality into my hands.
Even the hand I reached out to others was so cold, I didn’t know that our lives could not afford to take care of others.
【──Ice White Kidney.】
Damn-!!
Throwing away the spear, he landed a long hit with the trick of a double-headed pumpkin. The palms of the extreme cold shattered the shields of the two wizards and hit their bodies.
【Kkyaaaaa!!】
After being hit by a cold punch in the pit of the stomach, their bodies flew away like paper. They flew like stones attached to a slingshot and hit the trees, shivering like aspen trees in the cold and passing out.
─Corruption!
So I stood face to face with a man who seemed to be the client.
Like a champion and a challenger in a title match.
【… I guess I underestimated it a bit. My eyes are rusty too.]
While saying that, the man wearing a turban and mask pulled out two swords.
【Is it a twin swordsman? He must be a man who knows how to be fashionable.]
I called up the window I had placed.
Everyone in the know knows this, but it is said that twin swords are equipment exclusively used by old people.
【However, the twin swords that those who are not good at are learning because they are drunk with mulberry are nothing more than Arirang dance moves.】
I just said that and raised my guard.
Provocation is provocation and practice is practice. If that bastard’s skills had special anomalies such as Nefertiti’s “Desert Serpent” Whipping technique or 【Gertur】, it could be dangerous.
What if there is a skill that is on a different level from ordinary martial arts, like [Gertur]’S spinning windmill defense?
‘Let’s avoid close combat.’
Since ancient times, martial arts are based on a meta that is more ‘if you don’t know, you have to die’ than fighting games. The twin swords turban man spoke in a grinning voice.
【Why is that? Did you suddenly get scared after laughing at my favorite sword?]
【Vertical.】
【Oops?!】
─Puffy!! I fired a frozen beam from my fingertips.
A triple combination of Beast Return and 〈 Freezing Touch 〉 and 〈 Cloud Summon 〉!
Considering the risk of injury, this method is the smartest.
The turban man, who had been provoking, rolled uglyly on the floor. The stray cold froze the grass, and the turban man’s body stiffened. He had an intuition that if he was hit, he would be followed.
【This guy!! Fight fair and square!]
[Write down symptoms.]
I made fun of his pronunciation and fired a series of vertical lines.
─Fu-hwa-hwa-hwa-hwa!!
Cold air cannons flying at a rate of 2 per second! The turban Nam, who was concentrating on his evasion, was out of breath.
I, who is no less powerful than most magicians, is using the cost-effective frozen beam in quick succession. I’m in a hurry to dodge, so I’m sure the physical strength will be intense.
【Fuck you!!】
Turban Nam got angry and swung his sword at nothing.
“Wurrrr.”
The mother bear, who had been crouching at the action, began to run amok.
It seems that the sword in his left hand was a magic item, but the bear did not intervene in our fight and ran towards Ralilura.
【What, what?! Stupid beast!! Help this way—-]
【Vertical.】
─Zeuong!! The turban man, whose concentration was broken, was hit by a frozen beam (physical).
【Kahak!!】
The pressure of the gas engulfed his torso, causing his blood to splatter frozen powder. As if kicking a potted plant, I fell to the floor with what was left of the turban that had been sprinkled with ice from his blood.
《The true nature of Amenemhet, the son of the sun god, is declared through the revelation of truth (sA ra imn-m-Hat mAa-xrw Dd.Fm wpt mAat). Arise as God (Dd.F xa m nTr).》
Frank chanted a spell and summoned a golem. An earthen golem bigger than a bear charged.
“Sorry. Please be quiet for a moment.”
“Whoaaaaa!!!”
─Thump! The mother bear, who was fighting with Lingling 3.5, was overpowered to the ground and arrested. The other side also ended without my help.
‘Well, it’s past the time for us to get into trouble with one or two bears.’
If even Lalilura hadn’t worried about the bear cub, she would have been able to take it down by herself. Perhaps the reason the mother bear ran that way was because she smelled the cub.
I left the mother bear with the party members and looked at the turban man.
【Huh, huh, huh… !!】
The chest, hit by the low-temperature gas jet, looked like pork before being slaughtered in a freezer. It’s the one hanging from the ceiling with hooks.
【It’s hard to live like this. Invest in defense too.]
I pushed the kid with my foot and knocked him down.
【Hey. Are you a foreigner too? What now? It’s okay to be a little considerate with the affection of an outsider. If you answer honestly, I’ll let you go without pain.]
【… Stop talking nonsense! Even if you die, do you fire the information!]
【Oh yeah.】
I knew that.
【Kill! Such a bad guy must die!!]
It was when I tried to lift the spear, which didn’t matter anyway.
Hella-san, who had been quietly entrusting it to us, shouted in anger, as if she had experienced a battle during the request. She snorted and stamped her feet.
【That bastard must be a bully from Twostars Co.! They must have tried to dominate the dye market!]
【Well, I think so too.】
The dye market was a market that could sweep hands in various fields such as alchemy, blacksmithing, and tailoring.
Even in the 21st century, expensive dyes were far behind. In a different world where mass production is difficult, talking about it only hurts.
These bastards are planning to get rid of dyes such as Warpool and take profits with their own dyes that dominate the market.
【… Huh.】
The turban man kept his silence as he searched. But such a right to remain silent only added to the persuasiveness.
‘I guess that’s why I used wild animals on purpose.’
Who would be suspicious if an animal said it ruined the field?
Wouldn’t it be a plan to control the mother bear to exorcise the dye in its natural state, monopolize the dye market, and then raise the price?
Didn’t mobile telecommunications companies and public electric companies show fear of monopoly in Korea as well?
Before Wi-Fi, the fear of the internet access button attached to the middle of a mobile phone was shared by everyone in those days. If you log in for 1 minute, you just get a few thousand won, damn it.
Even as the turban man searched——no, because he knew he was going to be searched, he made more bravado and chatter.
【No matter what you guys say, I won’t be able to open my mouth. Torture or not, do as you please.]
【Uh. I say so.]
─Two kwak!! I hit the top of his head and smashed it. Then, the mandala of runes was developed. I spread ᚨ (Ansuz) on the floor and used ᚦ (Thurs) with my hands.
‘It’s convenient because I don’t have to use runes on the ground every time.’
The applied skills received from the Prophet’s alter ego were also quite helpful. The spirit that escaped from the turban man’s body widened his eyes.
─I-I can’t believe it!
The soul was hit by the rune of ᚦ (Thurs), and the eyes were blinded.
As if he had been given a confession, he was in a daze, so he would have answered the question honestly. It will be more comfortable than the last time I interrogated the ogre.
I spoke like a teacher in the 70’s and 80’s who asked for help while slinging a spear over my shoulder.
【What is this boss doing?】
Yo-yo fuckin’ gangster bastards in the port city.
Let’s hear what these guys are doing.
***
I ripped off the information from the turban guy—name is Salgarland—who became an answer vending machine, and went to the party member.
“Franc. Let go I will break their heads.”
“Hey, Miss Hella! Why are you like this without answering! Don’t get excited!”
Ms. Hella snatches the Morning Star she brought for self-defense.
Fran was stopping such Hella, but it was a bit like me intervening. Hella’s anger and Fran’s dissuade were justified.
Reluctantly, I left it with Fran and went to Ralilura. If it’s a power struggle, there’s no way Fran will lose to Hella-san.
“Ah, senior!”
Lalilura, who was in tears, saw me and turned bright.
“Why are you crying?”
Having asked that, I took a look at the situation and noticed. Our junior was showing the mother bear a cub that Lingling had caught with No. 3.5.
“Pyanuuuuu… (Mom…)”
“Crrrr… !!”
But the mother bear did not even recognize her cub and bared her fangs with bloodshot eyes.
He might have bitten and killed his own child if the Franc golem hadn’t subdued him with only his head. Larry Lura rolled her feet and then she asked me.
“Senior. Please talk to him. Why are you doing this?”
“You don’t have to ask. He was given a stimulant. To make it easier to control.”
I showed the turban man the medicine stick I took.
It was a leather pouch containing a dark blue powder. The cubs fed this to excite the bear and steal its reason.
“They say their name is the Fangs of the Shadow, but they say they are a shadowy group with only a shiny name. Because it was subcontracted, he said he didn’t even know who the person upstairs was.”
It seems that Turbannam himself predicted that it might be a problem in the dye market while working.
By the way, that bastard has already reached Buddhahood. If there is a hell, I will go there.
All that was left was a small amount of money and a bag of medicine.
I gave up because if I took the twin swords and sold them, I would be tracked down.
“So, is it cured with medicine or healing magic?”
“No, it can’t be fixed with normal medicine. It’s an addictive substance even at a glance, so you’ll need to create an antidote or magic exclusively for this drug.”
Healing magic and potions were not omnipotent.
If all diseases are cured with medicine and treatment, how can the temple survive? There must be a limit to ripping off medical expenses.
“I can’t fix it… Then these children are so pitiful.”
Tears welled up as if she had empathy for the bear cub named Larilu.
I said it like someone else, but I felt the same pity for the tragedy that befell the bear family.
As a veterinary student, I always have the fact that I am a human 〉 beast, but compassion for other creatures is an instinct that all living things have.
“I don’t know if it’s specialized in research like vaccines, but with commercially available items and common healing magic—”
Having said that, I kept my mouth shut as the thought flashed through my neurons like lightning.
Even if it is an addictive substance, if it is a drug that intervenes in the mind, it must contain something magical.
‘Then can’t I try to heal with the rune of ᚦ(Thurs)?’
ᚦ (Thurs) is the rune of well-being and protection.
The rune I used before, in case Veronica was swept away by my dreams, was also ᚦ (Thurs). This rune also had the effect of mental protection.
The forced sleep effect and confession effect that put the enemy to sleep in the first place were also derived from effects related to dreams.
‘Let’s try.’
I tried it and it didn’t seem to do any harm. Thinking so, I floated the mandala of ᚦ (Thurs) on my palm just like before and aimed it at the mother bear.
─Paaah!
The spirit of the mother bear seemed to come to mind like a 3D map. I scouted the inside as if I was flying a drone, and noticed a sense of incongruity and opened my eyes wide.
In the inner world of that mind, something was burning that looked just like the one I saw when I was running amok.
That sunspot that rose in the sun of the Old God’s Mana.
