Chapter 592 – 592. Kurdel Mountains (5)
Eunhyun received an urgent message from Eleanor and listened to the contents of the urgently delivered news.
“… Did the princess have precognitive dreams?”
-Yes. I got a call from my older brother and I contacted you right away.
The content of the communication is about Yuria.
While she was training day and night to become a queen, while preparing for the coronation ceremony, it started by taking a short nap during the break.
She said that the content of the dream she had during her short sleep was so vivid and nerve-wracking that she had to deliver the news.
The content of the dream was none other than Illyana’s appearance.
In the snowfields whipped by her wild blizzard, Illyana ordered two invisible beings to kill all humans and collect her corpse and soul.
Illyana’s attitude when she gave orders to kill humans and her appearance were so indifferent and emotionless that Yuria felt terrified.
She taught herself magic and is now married to Eun-hyeon and has a baby in her belly. She is living a very gentle and happy life.
However, Illyana, who appeared in her dreams, was an evil person herself who did not hesitate to harm or even kill others for her own purposes.
“… Hmm.”
Eunhyeon and Erin, who had stopped hiking and were taking a break in a nearby cave, pondered the precognitive dream Yuria had.
“Snowy mountains full of blizzards… Hyuna, is this a coincidence?”
Erin, who was unsure about the fact that they were similar to their current location, asked Eunhyeon, who was concerned about it.
Yuria doesn’t know where Eunhyeon and Erin are right now.
She must have wanted to seek counseling from Eun-hyeon because she was very concerned about the content of her dreams.
“Eleanor. What do you think?”
-… It bothers me a little to dismiss it as just a coincidence. Furthermore, isn’t the place where you and Erin are now similar to the place the princess described in her dream?
As expected, Eleanor also had similar thoughts to Erin.
I was very concerned that Yuria had a precognitive dream at this timing.
-Furthermore… It is also a problem that the person who appeared in that dream was Illyana-sama.
Of course, the current Illyana’s doing or planning to do such a thing is, of course, absurd.
It didn’t even think of Eunhyeon, Eleanor, Erin, or even Yuria, who had the dream herself.
Unlike Yuria, however, Eunhyeon and her other wives immediately came up with other possibilities.
-If… Could it be another Illyana-sama?
It was Lily who spoke cautiously.
If it wasn’t Illyana here who became Eun-hyeon’s wife, but Illyana from another parallel world in another dimension.
– It’s not something that can’t be said at all. No, it seems more likely this way.
Even Illyana agreed with Lily.
-I thought that the identity of the child’s future knowledge might actually be a story that happened in another world where I was.
One world out of countless parallel worlds.
I wonder if the things that happened there were made into stories in the book, and through what process did he come into contact with Yuria?
She only knew the stories and events she encountered in her books, but this time she may have indirectly experienced an event in that world through a precognitive dream.
She tried to guess the identity of Yuria’s future foreknowledge, but it was difficult for her to come to a definitive conclusion about that special ability that even she could not explain herself.
-Still, what I can be sure of is that the precognitive dream he had is a story that would have actually happened in another parallel world.
“… Even if it’s a coincidence, it can’t be overlooked.”
All of a sudden, rumors are spreading that he is in the Kurdel Mountains and that there is a demon here.
I had a strong hunch that it might be somehow related to Yuria’s precognitive dream.
Maybe she’s doing some tricks here, just like the other Illyana did in the parallel world she was in.
“Thank you for telling the story of the princess. I’m glad I was able to hear from you in advance.”
-Huh. If you have any clue that ‘me’ is involved, just come.
“Okay.”
-…
Eunhyun’s answer came right away, but Illyana knew it was a lie.
It is an unavoidable fact that it will not be easy to back down now that you have noticed that the situation is going strangely.
-Baby.
Illyana let out a small sigh and called out to Erin.
“Yes! Miss Illyana!”
– I’ll ask Hyun.
“Lol. Leave it to me!”
Erin was so full of her unfounded confidence that she responded briskly.
It was somewhat comforting to hear her speak so brightly, so Illyana smiled lightly.
-Okay. Will you trust me?
“Yes!”
After communicating with their wives through the crystal ball, Eunhyeon and Erin set up a tent in the cave and spent the night inside.
Early in the morning when the sun rose, Eunhyeon and Erin cleaned up their tents and gear and climbed the mountain again.
If the identity of this demon in the Kurdel Mountains was something other Illyana had done, she felt the need to sort it out quickly.
If possible, she understood Illyana’s mind that she didn’t want Eun-hyeon to be involved with another herself, but as an apostle who had to get rid of her threat by receiving the order of her goddess, this is what Eun-hyeon had to do.
Rather than finding Orichalcum, Eunhyeon set the top priority to uncovering the identity of the demon in the Kurdel Mountains and getting rid of it.
“But how do I find it?”
However, although Erin changed the priorities of her goals and plans, she felt a little frustrated.
Because she felt helpless in finding an elusive being called a demon without any clues in this vast mountain.
“If you keep going up the mountain, you will meet.”
“Huh? How sure are you?”
“Because over there, we are nothing but delicious-looking prey.”
Whether or not there really was another Illyana behind it, whether it’s really a demon or a monster or a specter, they love humans very much.
It can become stronger by consuming human corpses or the magic it contains, so it would be natural for it to seek out and hunt humans coming up the mountain.
It’s almost certain that the news of adventurers who are trying to find Orichalcum and make a big profit has been cut off all at once.
“Let’s keep going up.”
“Huh.”
The two of them continued climbing up the mountain covered in pure white snow.
Using the snowmobile, he could climb up easily and quickly, but he didn’t want to make him wary by instilling the idea that he was different from the adventurers he had dealt with so far.
It is not that there was no risk at all while climbing the mountain.
I encountered groups of snow rabbits a couple of times more, and besides that, I met four other monsters from the snowy mountains.
‘Ah, it’s really hard.’
Inside Erin, she became aware that fatigue was starting to build up in her body.
The magic beasts’ combat power itself wasn’t that difficult to make them nervous.
But more annoying than that is the environment in which she and Eunhyeon are standing now.
The snowy fields that fell down to her calves prevented Erin from standing up, as she had to take a leap with great effort.
Since Erin usually pursues the style of swordsmanship that boasts fast speed with her slender legs, it was too much for her to show her full potential in the current situation where she was wearing several layers of thick winter gear.
But just because she can’t display her full power, she can’t take off all the equipment she’s wearing.
The moment she takes it off, it is clear that this bloody blizzard and temperature will immediately come upon her and take away her stamina and body heat.
Nonetheless.
Kreuk!
Eun-hyeon, who disappeared leaving behind an afterimage, appeared in a group of demon beasts and slaughtered them so easily.
If it was heavier than himself, it was heavy, and even wearing equipment that was never less, Eunhyeon swung the sword at a speed that was difficult to perceive with both eyes.
He pierced the blade of the red moon into the mouth of the beast that was rushing towards him, swung it upward, and tore it in half with his head.
The Demon Beast that had already been dealt with in one blow didn’t even look at it and swung the blue moon at the next Witch Beast that rushed right into it.
‘… How is that possible?’
The two reddish-blue blades that Eunhyeon wielded were blurry, making it difficult to even recognize them from the field of vision.
Among adventurers, he is quite well-known as one of the three swordsmen who belong to the very fast axis, but Eun-hyeon’s swordsmanship exceeds her own speed.
He harbored in his heart the impression of great absurdity, but he could not get it out of his mouth.
It was as if he had been saying to himself, ‘Just that much?’, Who complained that he couldn’t generate power because he was wearing heavy equipment.
‘… It can’t be like this.’
Erin clenched her own fist with her own power, which held her Levantine, and jumped between Eun-hyeon and the magic beasts.
He decapitated the demon beast that was aiming at Eun-hyeon’s back and kicked the torso with his leg.
He realized once again that he could not do anything by entrusting everything from one to ten to Eun-hyeon.
She boasted to Illyana that she would assist with her grace, but she was so ugly that she had an excuse in her heart that she could not generate her full power due to the inconvenience of her equipment.
In order for her to follow in his footsteps, she herself had to work desperately to grow.
“Under.”
Eunhyun let out a small laugh.
It was the smile she embraced when she saw Erin, who had blocked the monster’s attack coming from behind her and cleaned it up.
It is very dazzling to see a disciple and wife showing signs of growth little by little despite the uncomfortable climate and environment.
“Ha… It’s hard… !”
After arranging all the attacking monsters, Eunhyeon and Erin immediately started moving.
It wasn’t until after checking the safety of the beasts’ corpses that they spread their distance, Erin threw her body on the white snow and lay flat.
The number of monsters Erin dealt with was about 30%.
Was she somehow helpful? She was not confident in her performance.
It was because she felt the consideration that Eunhyun was yielding the treatment of her magic beasts to her Erin herself for the sake of her own growth.
She thought she was confident in her stamina through constant training, but her accumulated mental fatigue due to continuous battles with the beasts was no joke.
Eunhyun smiled and reached out her hand to Erin, who was lying on her back in the snow.
“Shall I pick you up?”
“Really? Do it!”
Erin jumped up in delight and stretched out both of her hands toward her Eunhyeon.
Unlike her, Eun-hyeon, who seemed completely untired, took off her backpack from her back, put it back on her chest, and carried Erin on her back.
Originally, if she wanted to get her body up and walk again, she could do so, but Erin didn’t hesitate at all when she got the chance to fool Eunhyeon.
“Hi-Hi.”
Erin, who was riding on her Eun-hyeon’s back, put her arms around her Eun-hyeon’s neck, and she hugged her tightly and smiled.
“Am I not heavy?”
“At all.”
If you include the equipment Erin is wearing, she is walking through the snow carrying the weight of three people, but Eunhyun did not struggle at all.
Even though it was just an empty answer, Erin was very happy with it.
“Are you all right? Shall I get off?”
“Are you okay. Did you look very tired? Shall we redo the training?”
“…”
Erin didn’t answer.
Because she didn’t want to increase her training here.
Knowing her own answer, Eunhyun’s face with a mischievous smile while smiling is very hateful.
With her slight emotion, she tapped Eun-hyeon’s shoulder with her fist, and Eun-hyeon answered right away.
“Okay. Sorry. It was a joke.”
“Chi, Hyun is great. Uh… ? Hyuna. Over there in front.”
Then Erin saw something blurry in her blizzard and pointed with her finger.
As she got closer, the figure caught her eye.
“… House?”
Erin made a puzzled expression.
In this mountain full of snowstorms, cold every day for a year, and infested with demons, the only log cabin that existed was a very unnatural and incomprehensible appearance.
Eunhyeon and Erin moved towards the very unexpected and openly suspicious house.
