Chapter 200 – Black Moon
Beside the horribly crushed Hergel, there were corpses that had been bitten or dismembered and were rolling around. Some faces are familiar. It must have been the homeless people he had seen in the back alley before.
“What the fuck…”
My brain got complicated.
I thought that if I were to attack, it would be in the forest outside the city, where no one could see, and I would hire a skilled assassin to deal with it quietly.
It is an act of crossing a dangerous bridge to riotously touch Hergel, who has resigned from the organization after handing over his seat to Germi.
So, for Johannes, the most optimal situation to kill Hergel would have been before he got too far away, and after he got out of the city, a subtle boundary far enough out of reach of people’s eyes.
I never thought that they would attack and kill me so openly in broad daylight.
“No, it’s not unexpected… I was complacent.”
It’s because everything I’ve been doing lately has worked out. The problem was that I was careless, saying that I could handle it however I wanted because they were stupid thugs at best.
There were only pathetic homeless people in the Harlem street that Johannes had entered, so it was my mistake to let it go in moderation, thinking that it would move as I expected. He had paid the price for predicting the guy’s plan by guessing alone, and indulging in arrogance and sloppy handling of the job, even though he hadn’t fully grasped the guy’s plan.
I should have looked a little more closely.
He clenched his fists in deep regret and anger. His nails dug into his palms.
Why did they do it so loudly in a city where people are roaming around?
What do you think… ?
“Ha, Hansung! Han Sung! I am not dead yet!!!”
“What, what?”
“I can’t feel the aura of death yet! If you use a potion… !”
After seeing Natalya next to her hurriedly taking out a potion containing a red liquid from her waist bag, she shifted her gaze to Hergel’s corpse.
One side of the beast’s face, with its muzzle protruding like a tiger, was sunken in, and the intestines were spilled out, and the lower half of the body was hacked to the point where the bones were visible.
It’s a terribly crushed figure, but it’s alive… ?
“What are you blankly doing! Hanseong!”
Roin next to him urgently pushed the city guard blocking the road.
“What, what are you guys!”
“Because I know him! I’ll be passing by for a while!”
Unexpectedly, Natalya and I approached Hergel, who was in a half-human, half-beast state. Blood was pouring out of his open stomach. The sound of his weak breathing, as if it would cut off at any moment, made his longings burn.
As if Natalya felt the same way, she could see her hand trembling as she opened the lid of the potion.
“This, profit…”
“Is there another bottle in the bag?”
“Yes!”
She took out a potion from the bag on Natalya’s waist, took the bottle cap off the cork, and poured it over Hergel’s abdomen and lower body.
In the past, when a troll’s fist broke his arm, just taking a sip of it was enough to instantly heal his bones. I have no doubts about the monstrous resilience I experienced with my own body, but is it really possible to save Hergel, who has become a mess?
No, this is not the time to think like that. Now we need to focus on saving lives.
He grabbed the intestines spilled on the floor and shoved them into his stomach, squeezing the wound to stop the bleeding.
“You can’t die, if you die, you can’t!”
Every time blood overflowed between the wounds, I wondered if my breath would stop, and my heart tightened. The overflowing blood soaked the robe.
“Don’t come out, go in… ! Go in!”
Despite my efforts, I could feel the blood flowing through my fingers. If only I could put the spilled blood on the floor back, wouldn’t it be possible to save it?
I bit my lower lip to let the blood flow, stopped the bleeding in my stomach, and looked at the thigh where the potion was applied. Slowly, the flesh is growing. The stomach is also healing little by little.
I turned my head and looked at Hergel’s face.
Thanks to Natalya’s potion, her sunken face was slowly returning, but her pale complexion looked like a corpse’s.
If I could put blood in it, it would be nice if I could put blood in it.
“Haha… !”
The tingling and heat of the intestines digging between my fingers made me feel uncomfortable. Red innards, innards, innards… Caught on a power line, clinging to the wall soggy…
“Wake… !”
He closed her eyes and shook her head. It has nothing to do with that time. That is a thing of the past focus in front of you focus! Have to live I can’t die, I have to live, I have to live… !
I forcibly suppressed the memory of her past as she slowly raised her head. Even clean water starts to come up when you hit the water.
It was as if the memories of her past had been stabbed, and her heart began to throb. The mana within her body begins to wriggle. Near the pit of the stomach, the thread of mana that arose in a stir flowed into the heart. The mana that flowed into her pounding, powerfully pulsating heart, along with the fast-flowing blood, traveled through her aorta and quickly dispersed to her fingertips.
Magical power flowed through her Shinigami robe. It crossed the puddle of blood on the floor and flowed into Hergel’s body.
I couldn’t figure out what this was, but I could vaguely guess. Robes and scythes can absorb blood and convert it into mana.
In that case, on the contrary, mana is fatigued, no… Not blood vitality? Anyway, I’m sure it could be replaced with something similar.
While pouring her magic power into Hergel’s body, he examined her face. Her complexion is noticeably improving.
The city guards approached Hergel while he was healing his wounds by spraying a potion made from the precious troll’s blood.
“What are you guys?!”
“Because I know him! Only first aid!”
In place of me and Natalya, who were looking at Hergel’s wounds, Roin in the back stopped the city guards from interfering.
I poured out all the potions that contained about 1L. If you include what Natalya had, it would be about 2L.
Even one sip would be fine because it has the effect of attaching broken bones right away. At first, I was dubious about pouring it out, but I realized it while watching the wounds on my stomach and thighs slowly recover. In addition, since mana was poured into Hergel’s body, he instinctively felt that the dangerous section had passed, and after finding some composure, he got up and looked at the city guards.
“Natalie, look at Hergel. I’ll have a talk with the City Guard.”
“Yes.”
“Because he is my father-in-law, it was a little urgent to save him. Since the emergency is over, I will answer your questions in good faith.”
“Are you not related to homeless people?”
“…”
I looked at the city guard asking a question. Her face was not visible because she was wearing a helmet. Everyone knows who did it and for what purpose, but there’s no reason to tell the city guards about it, and it’s annoying to prove it. If you’re going to deal with Johannes yourself, it’s much easier without the city guard.
“Are you homeless? Did the homeless make my father-in-law like this?”
“Yes, these beggars who crawled out of the back alleys are these beasts… They say you’re gang assaulting your father-in-law. As we ran, they stopped attacking and fled into a back alley… It sounds like you’re a highwayman looking for money. What did your father-in-law do to carry so much money in his wagon?”
“You are a slave dealer.”
At my answer, City Guard looked at Hergel, who had collapsed on the floor.
“Slave prize… Number… If… ?”
The boy opened his eyes and looked at me. He has no intention of dealing with it for a long time.
“Excuse me, would it be all right if I take my father-in-law with me? I think we should take her to a proper treatment facility.”
“… I get it. Could you show me your ID before that?”
It bothers me so much
When I took out the 4th grade mercenary card from my pocket and handed it over, the city guard took a closer look at it.
“Level 4 mercenary… Hanseong… I get it. I have to do some research on this case later, where do you live?”
“I’m staying at an inn called Wing Shelter.”
“Wing shelter… I get it. In two or three days, the investigator will be visiting. You can come to the guards before that, but if you run away, you will be put on a wanted list, so you must respond to the investigation.”
“Yes, I understand. May I take my father-in-law with me?”
“… Okay.”
The City Guard nodded his head somewhat disapprovingly.
“Hey Natalie. Can you move it?”
“A mud golem would suffice.”
The mud golem Natalya had summoned carefully lifted the gigantic Hergel. I admired Hergel, who was hugged by the mud golem.
“It’s a miracle that you survived without dying even after that happened…”
“If I was a normal person, I would have died, but even if I was of mixed blood, it would be because I am a prisoner. The life force of a beastman is rumored to be strong.”
There is a degree to being strong, I just thought I was dead.
Half of the face was sunk in, the stomach was cracked open and internal organs were spilling out, and the lower half of the body was hacked to pieces, so it was a gruesome sight with bones visible. He said it was alive.
“I think the city guards were also a big help. If it wasn’t for them, even if Mr. Hergel was a prisoner, he would have died long ago.”
Natalia is right.
If it weren’t for the strong life force unique to Hergel’s beast, the timely activity of the City Guard who drove out the homeless, and even the potion Natalya had, Hergel would have died long ago.
Crucially, even pouring mana into Hergel’s body was of great help.
As if to show off, I almost got hit even though I knew Johannes would attack.
“Johannes completely exceeded my expectations. I never thought I would do something like this in the city…”
I had a very bloody experience thanks to this damn pup. How am I supposed to pay this back…
