Carb Sears (R) 84

Chapter 84 – Gap.

The village was full of white, as if buried in an unexpected heavy snowfall. However, to say that it snowed, the surrounding green meadows were not stained white at all. Could it be that there are no survivors because the village, covered with dazzling white threads, doesn’t feel like it’s crowded? Thoughts came to mind, but they knew they wouldn’t.

“Then, let’s divide into groups of two each and find the survivors and the remaining female Silk Moss. The 4 Knights will be doing this for the first time, so take a member of the 2 Knights in pairs and ask them questions you don’t know.”

Donard’s partner was Gerardus, who had spoken this time.

“By the way, it’s unique to designate knights simply by number.”

Donnar felt awkward about the knights organized in numbers without a name. That would also be the case, because the Knights tended to come up with a cool name to show off their strength. Like the Eastern Knights and the Southern Knights, Paciphenia was basically called according to the direction centered on the capital city, but they tended to call each one by a fixed name.

“Aiolos-nim said it’s easier to organize them according to numbers than to decide on a grandiose name.”

That was why it wasn’t funny. After a brief chat, they moved forward, stepping on their feet wherever they went and cutting off the interfering threads. It was covered with so many threads that I wondered if this place was really a village, but the occasional traces of people were proving that it was a village.

“Are these all from Silk Moss?”
“Yes, it spits out so much yarn that it covers an entire village like this, mainly when building shelters or breeding grounds.”

At this rate, I couldn’t help but wonder why it was named Silk Moss. Actually, it was elastic rather than sticky, so it didn’t stick to the armor, but if there were several of them, it was so tough that you had to cut it off with a sharp sword to move forward. It seemed like it could easily be destroyed by fire, but it was certain that it would not only burn the village, but also kill any survivors that remained. Even if it was annoying, it would have been right to cut the threads one by one with a blade and remove the threads.

Cutting and digging through the threads of a large cocoon with a sword felt different from cutting the threads. A gurgling sound as if tearing cloth or leather. As more threads are removed, what is revealed is not a giant caterpillar, but an animal skin. When you look at the tanned look, it looked like a dugout where people lived. Gerardus went into the dugout with the scythe he had been using to pull the yarn out, and Donard followed suit.

And what they found inside was two relatively small cocoons that could fit a person. Seeing that, they tore off their cocoons without even having to talk. This time, he needed to be more careful than when digging up the large cocoon, so Donnar used a dagger to cut the thread. But this time he didn’t even have to cut all the threads. When the threads forming the cocoon were cut, the thinned cocoon could not bear the weight of the contents inside and vomited it out.

“Also.”

What came out of the cocoon was a naked woman without a single piece of cloth, as if she had just been born from the cocoon. However, since monsters cannot give birth to humans, she wanted to use this woman as the mother of Silk Moss. She was sure from the whitish fluid that flowed from her underside. He clicked his tongue at the miserable appearance and cut away part of the dugout with his sword to cover her body. This was the reason why there were no choice but to have survivors where the monsters attacked.

As he told Usher, the biggest characteristic of monsters is that they use humans as tools for breeding. Silk Moss was also a monster, so it was a natural fact. This woman’s belly must be full of monster eggs and seeds, not human. Even the process of dealing with it will be full of her pain and sorrow for this woman. When they took care of the women and brought them out, I could see people bringing them out from here and there. What they have in common is that they are all wearing nothing and are women. The man is invisible.

“It’s the female of Silk Moss!”

And none of those present here were ignorant of their fate. The knights laid or leaned the rescued women in a conspicuous place. Anyway, it didn’t matter because it was full of threads. They moved quickly toward the source of the voice.

-Kiririririk!

And there, I found a monster with a suspicious appearance, whether it was really the same species as the male. It was certainly the same as the male, full of fur, but the problem was its size and shape. It looked three times bigger than the male I thought was big, but the wings were so small I couldn’t even see them. Its body is so oversized that it is questionable whether it can fly only after that. However, the female Silk Moss goes wild as if that doesn’t make any sense.

“Stop the rampage! There are still survivors nearby!”
-Kiririk!

He swung his big body like a caterpillar and shook off the knights. The shell was quite sturdy, and it was full of scars, but no bodily fluids leaked out. I just ran amok with that bloated body, but the area around it is already a mess. Even now, the knights put their spears in front of him to prevent him from struggling recklessly and try to stab him by narrowing the gap, but it was not easy. If he struggled, the spear bounced off instead of being pierced, and holding onto the spear seemed to be the limit.

“Ouch!”
“Who put that spear in?!”

Even if I was lucky enough to stick the spear in, it wasn’t luck. After inserting one, the spear became like a weapon that he wielded and beat them. It was fortunate that it was not a type of spear with blades or weights on the back.

“Does he have any weaknesses?”

Donard asked Gerardus just in case. It was clear that he knew more about the monsters in this area than that.

“It’s weak point is under the chest, but I can’t aim unless I first pierce its sides with spears so that it doesn’t struggle!”

Donard listened to him and turned to look closely at the silk moss. It was hard to see as it continued to rampage and hair all over his body, but he could see that it was using his legs to cover his chest area.

“Guys who can use a sling!

He must have thought the same thing, so some of his companions who were carrying spears with them slipped out and took up slings. It’s true that the natives know better about the monsters here, but I don’t know how strong their shells are, but they’re probably not as hard as dragons or crayfish. As proof of that, isn’t Silk Moss having a hard time getting scars on her body even with a spear that doesn’t have enough strength?

-Kiririk!!

Soon after, the bullets from the sling hit the guy’s legs that were covering his chest, and the silk moss female screamed in pain. Again, no matter how hard it is, it is much weaker than the carapace of a crayfish that has just shed. His legs, struck by the sling’s bullets, were already tattered and shattered, spraying clear bodily fluids.

“Once more!”
“Okay!”

Once again hit by a barrage of bullets, all of his legs were broken and he fell, revealing his weakness.

“Git!”

When he called Git, who was nearby, he dug in without hesitation and stabbed Silk Moss deeply in the center of his chest with his spear. Going under the giant monster was dangerous and could be crushed if you made a mistake, but Git slipped out to the other side with the momentum he had dug into.

-Kkirik, kkiik…!

It must have been the place that corresponded to the heart. I could feel Gerardus and other knights looking at them in amazement, but for those who had dealt with really tough guys like dragons and crayfish, they were easy prey because they were just rampaging. Rather than that, finding survivors was more important now. After knocking the female down, I looked inside the huge cocoon she had ejected from, but the inside was filled with the smell of blood and secretions.

“Have you already eaten them all…?”

Anyway, the size of the village was small, and I expected that it would not take long to eat all the people, but all the men who could not be used as the mother of monsters had already been eaten by females, leaving only bones and debris. As if it should be considered fortunate, the inside of the cocoon was terrible. Aside from the bloodstains everywhere, the smell of filth filled all over the place. I knew that it was all the result of eating humans.

But the filth didn’t even look like a person alive, so it’s more believable to say that it ate something else. It was no longer human, but the filth of monsters. At this rate, even if this village were to be maintained at all, it would not be able to function normally. Because all the workers in the village died. After confirming that there were no survivors left, there were several women who came to their senses when they came out.

“Aaagh! A monster! A monster!”
“Calm down. They are gone now.”
“Why are you here so late?! How much am I! How much!”

I don’t know if I can call it sane. There were people who were screaming or getting angry like that, while others were muttering incomprehensible words. This was already a pure white hell of women full of screams and laments. Then he saw the woman he had rescued. She sat blankly, clutching the skin he had covered her with.

“Are you feeling better?”
“…Are you a knight?”
“Yes that’s right.”

I didn’t expect an answer to come back. Because I thought I might not be able to speak in shock. At least, if you answer with a little relief at her appearance, which looks okay.

“Thank god.”
“Yes?”

However, there was no case that the woman opened her mouth after that. She still couldn’t hold her accountable for her misfortune, so she put her refugees on a cart pulled by some hill disbinies. And after sending them back to the territory first, Gerardus spoke to them.

“I think we can go to the next town now.”

I couldn’t get rid of the uncomfortable feeling, but they still had work to do.