Chapter 266 – Reunion
I didn’t tell Trisian what I was talking about with Roin.
The story that the enemy could be a single strong individual rather than a group is a story of possibility.
Do not underestimate the enemy unless you are certain. You have to keep all possibilities open. Stay alert.
This was a sure lesson I learned from Hergel’s case.
I followed the procession of the guards while being hit by the raindrops falling down.
Trisian, who walked at the head of the procession, was quite fast, so I could hear the rough breathing of the guards carrying large backpacks.
“By the way, Trisian-san, your stamina is quite good.”
“I was thinking the same thing.”
At my murmur, Natalya nodded.
Today, Trician’s armament is quite thick.
The proportion of iron covering the body is so high that I wonder if it could be called the stage just before full plate armor.
In addition, like the other guards, he is carrying a large backpack.
In terms of the weight he was carrying, if it was heavier than the guards, it would be heavy, but definitely not light.
And yet she was walking at a brisk pace, not disturbing the sound of her breathing.
“It’s not normal to move lightly with such thick armaments in the woods.”
The old man next to her shook her head and said in disgust.
The other day, I remembered the time when I misunderstood the traces of the Gemanic party as kidnappers and pursued them.
“Come to think of it, you were really fast when you heard the girl scream yesterday, right?”
“That’s right. It was hard to follow.”
Again Natalya nodded her head. Her old man, who was still, scratched the back of her nose and said.
“Being able to move like that with that body would at least prove that you know how to use mana.”
“Hmm… Is it mana?”
Even though she didn’t listen to any other explanation, for some reason she nodded her head in agreement with Roin’s words.
I don’t know how mana and her stamina are related, but at least I know from my body that it’s a great help in improving her stamina.
My physical strength has also improved to the point where it can’t be compared to when I was on Earth.
And that’s not all.
It reminds me of Roin’s smooth and fast movements.
Fighting skills… If you think of her lightly jumping up and down a 2-3M tall tree, mana will have an effect on her ridiculous jumping ability.
“Hmm… Come to think of it, Germi is also strong, isn’t she?”
Among my girls, the ones who are familiar with combat are Natalie, Loin, and Germie.
Natalya is a magician, so she doesn’t move directly, except for the two people who use her body to fight, Roin and Germi.
If Roin feels like he’s fighting overpowering opponents with smooth, quick movements like flowing water, Germi is a walking destruction tank.
With one blow of hers, she recalled blowing off the steel skeleton’s head.
She recalled when Germi and her body blended together.
If you think of her strong and sleek body, where does such a strong power come from? Can not understand.
No matter how much the beastman lineage had such power, it was physically impossible to generate such strong power from such a thin body.
Perhaps that is also due to the influence of mana.
“Are you Germi? It’s probably because you’re of mixed blood. You must know how to deal with mana.”
“Hmm. Didn’t she say she also uses magic from the 2nd level mercenary? Is that what it feels like? But you’ve never seen Germi use magic, have you? She never said she trusted anyone.”
“If she knows how to use magic, she can become a second-class mercenary, but she knows how to use magic and how to handle mana is different.”
“What do you mean?”
When I tilted my head at Natalia, not understanding what she was saying, she added:
“Hanseong-nim can also handle the mana in his body, right?”
“Ah.”
It was a feeling of understanding in a word.
Certainly, as she said, I don’t know how to use magic.
Still, mana can be handled.
Of course, you have to close your eyes and concentrate, but you move anyway.
“Move mana to strengthen her body.”
“You strengthen your body?”
“Yes. Hmm… I’m not good at strengthening my body with mana, so I don’t know how to explain it…”
“Would you like me to explain that?”
When Natalya seemed a little embarrassed, Roin interrupted.
“If you know how to handle the mana in your body, your strength will go up. You know how to move mana, right?”
“Robbery? Does it make you stronger? Huh. It does move Although I have to close my eyes and concentrate for a while.”
“Mana is a reserve stamina. If you turn mana into your body, your stamina will improve. And, if you consciously focus the movement of that mana on a certain part in your daily life, you can strengthen the movement of that part.”
“What do you mean focus on? ?”
As I tilted my head, the old man extended his index finger and pointed at his calf.
“For example, how many times have you seen me jump on a branch at a high place and climb onto it in one fell swoop?”
“Huh.”
I’m sure I’ve seen it like that a few times.
When she had previously encountered man-eating bears, she had lightly jumped onto a tree branch while Natalya’s skeletons got their attention.
Her jumping ability was not something that normal humans could imitate.
“That jump consciously channeled her mana into her legs.”
“Hmm.”
“When Germi broke Natalia’s steel skeleton in the past, she hit her hard, sending her mana to her arms and shoulders. As a result, her destructive power increased.”
“Hmm, I understand. You mean she uses mana like her muscles?”
“Oh, yes. That explanation is good that’s right. That’s how it feels. That way, she can generate power many times greater than what she originally possessed. But isn’t that different from Natalya playing a skeleton?”
“Hmm. That’s right.”
There is a distinct difference between Natalya using her magic as a skeleton and momentarily strengthening certain parts of her body using mana.
“But Natalya handles mana well. But isn’t it good to do it to her body?”
Natalya is a genius with her magical talents, to the extent that she entered the magic school at the top of her class at the youngest age.
There was no way she couldn’t handle her mana.
“Strengthening her body with mana requires a good workout. It is usually a skill that people who aspire to become knights usually train.”
“Hmm… Is there a difference between being good at singing and being good at dancing?”
“Yes. That’s a funny example. Magic requires divine protection to move energy into mana, but if it’s simply strengthening the body with mana, you can do it without believing in a god.”
“Uhm…”
After hearing Natalya’s explanation, I feel like she’s missing something.
I realized what it was while thinking about it.
“Didn’t I say that the interpreter magic that was cast on me, the white magic, and the runes used by the Dragons are completely different?”
“Yes. I don’t know much about runes, but you can use white magic even if you don’t believe in God.”
If it’s magic, it’s magic. Why are there so many types of bastards? I’m just wondering
“Anyway, then Trisian-san is strengthening her body with mana, so she doesn’t get tired?”
“Um, maybe so… ?”
To my question, Roin pursed his lips and answered vaguely.
“What is that ambiguous answer?”
“Usually, strengthening the body with mana is instantaneous. It’s to generate instant explosive power, but it’s a little strange that I don’t get tired for such a long time. Even if he knows how to handle mana, his physical strength has improved.”
In the end, it ended with the conclusion that it was strange that Trisian did not get tired even with such thick armor and a backpack.
The conversation had to end because the surrounding environment had changed.
No one could open their mouths at the sight unfolding before their eyes.
The trees that filled the surroundings disappeared and a wide meadow appeared.
The meadow was all white, as if it had snowed.
“And…”
“Wow…”
Filling the meadow were pure white flowers reaching shin level.
The meadow filled with pure white flowers overwhelmed the viewer.
“… How many hours have you been walking?”
“It took about three or four hours. This view is amazing…”
“Are these all herbs?”
“I think so.”
As the forest disappeared and a vast meadow appeared, the guards looked around as if at a loss for what to do.
“Do not mend!”
Trisian, who quieted the noisy guards, looked at us.
Taking that as a signal to approach, Natalya and the old people approached.
Gemanic and Beck, who were behind them, also caught up.
“I’ve heard of a flower garden, but… I didn’t know it would be this big. There must be a trace of something here. I will send the crew to search the area.”
“Oh, Trissian. I don’t think that’s necessary.”
Roin stopped Trisian from calling the guards.
“What? You don’t have to. Why?”
“Look, look.”
The gaze of the party moved to the place where Roin pointed with his finger.
I saw white flowers lying on the opposite side of where we had come, in what seemed to be another entrance to the meadow.
As Trisian and we moved toward it, the guards naturally followed.
The shin-high flowers were trampled here and there, and the places where they fell were mixed with mud and dirty.
The old man who was squatting in front of it, looking at him, tilted his head.
“Is that strange?”
“Why?”
“Hmm… I definitely expected one or two strong monsters. These are human footprints. There are quite a few of them.”
“How many?”
“Twenty or thirty people? It seems to be the same number as ours. It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long since there were footprints…”
Roin’s voice is confused.
She looked around her, frowning in displeasure that her reasoning had gone astray.
Roin’s intuition is quite good. No, it’s not a good thing, I’ve never seen her sense go wrong on the radar level.
But only this time, is she wrong?
“So this mysterious group attacked the guards who headed this way yesterday?”
“Hmm… No, that’s… I don’t think so. I checked on my way here earlier. The footsteps of the guards who headed this way didn’t go this way. The footsteps of this group and the footsteps of the guards do not connect. So I guess we didn’t meet.”
“Hmm, then should I follow these footsteps?”
The old man, who had been squatting and looking around at the footprints, looked towards the meadow in a tense state with his brow furrowed.
“Roin?”
“Come…”
