Chapter 853 – 844 on the Way Back – Yulkam
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The time when the sun goes down and the sunset colors the sky.
Ryuhi knocked on the door of a log cabin built on a good site in the village. He took a deep breath when he heard shouts of greetings coming from inside.
Dalkak—
Eventually, the door opened, revealing an attractive woman with tear spots on her droopy eyes.
A woman with her brown hair tied up pricks her ears and makes a happy expression.
=Oh my~ Who is this? What is the village chief doing at this hour?=
=Hello, Aunt Yura. Is Grandpa Toph inside?=
=That’s right. Honey! Chief Ryuhi is here!=
The former village chief’s second wife greets Ryuhi cheerfully and calls her husband. At that sound, a slightly stooped human with gray and white fur appeared behind the woman.
=Uhm. Please come in first. =
As if he expected her to come, her former village chief, who clearly had fewer days left to live, let her into his house with a slightly gloomy expression.
The house is large enough for a family of 10 to live in, but there are only four wives of the village chief.
The former village chief, Toph, led Ryuhi into the living room of her house and sat across from her, giving her a worried look.
=I came to see Don Salo Hojok in the morning…=
=Oh, he won’t be able to come to Yulkam anymore. That’s because Hwanin took care of him. =
=… I see. That’s a good thing.=
Tope’s wives, who were weaving, peeling garlic, and tanning nearby, asked Ryuhi.
=Ryuhi, have you decided to become Don Salo’s second wife?=
=Ayu~ I thought well! If you live in a village like this for a long time, your body will just get tired. It would be a hundred times better to live comfortably as the second wife of a nobleman. Cancer.=
=But Yua won’t want to do it, right? What about F and Blacksmith’s twins?=
Ryuhi smiled and shook her head, saying it wasn’t like that.
=For me, there is only Hwanin. Don Salo Hojok passed away because Hwaninnim advised him well. =
=Hmm? He… He was a man of such high stature that he was worthy of admiration for a nobleman… ?=
When the third wife with somewhat dark red hair asked, Ryuhi immediately made a stern expression.
Toph’s wives stop their hands and widen their eyes at the sudden change in expression.
=One of the people next to Hwanin is the royal princess of Marianole. The other two are princesses of level 6 noble families, and they are all great people, so you have to be careful when you speak. Because you can make a big noise.=
=… !=
The women opened their eyes even wider, moved their hands faster than before stopping, and closed their mouths as if to say, ‘I don’t know anything.’
Toph looked at the wives pitifully for a moment and then his face hardened.
If things had been resolved so well, there would be no reason to come to see him. But I can’t figure out why I came here.
To seek wisdom? Although I am honestly embarrassed, I now know that Ryuhi’s wisdom and tolerance for managing people are greater than my own.
=Then, why don’t you tell me why you came to visit me? I can’t figure it out with my hardened head. =
=Grandpa Toph, please take on the position of village chief again.=
=…=
Toph, who opened his mouth slightly at the completely unexpected story, let out a sigh that seemed to let out his cough.
= Well, there is no reason for a level 5 magician to rot in the village… Have you decided to follow the spirit master?=
=No. He is someone who has to go far away again. My younger siblings and I plan to follow Yua’s travels. =
Toph’s expectations were wrong again, and he couldn’t even close his mouth for a long time = I guess…= He sighed.
His wives also stopped their hands again and just looked at Ryuhi blankly.
After decades of living as the village chief’s wife, she has developed enough understanding understanding what will happen to Yulkam if Ryuhi and her younger siblings disappear.
There are quite a few traders and peddlers who visit Yulkam.
Their purpose is to create magic tools that Fnis produces, and the magic tools are made using the by-products of monsters and beasts that Yua and sometimes Huini go out and catch.
Moreover, the reason why the village is safe is that Enel is working hard to defend the village and Yua is hunting nearby beasts and monsters every day.
There are two blacksmiths in Yulkam: Belvido, the father of Huini and Ennel, and Hui, his daughter.
Huini is especially good at making weapons, so all the weapons used by her village’s vigilantes are made by her.
In other words, if they leave with Yua, it means that Yulkam will become even more difficult and poor than before.
Ryuhi looked at the former village chief and his wife, who were depressed and sighing, with an apologetic expression, and continued speaking.
=If me and my younger siblings continue to stay at Yulkam, people like Don Salo will continue to visit in the future.=
At least Don-Salo approached it in a moderate way. If his personality breaks down or a greedy nobleman comes to visit, Yulkam’s fate becomes dangerous like a lamp under a storm.
Is it for no reason that villages and villagers are said to be like ants and flies?
Toph nodded his head with a slightly resigned look.
=If you have treasure that doesn’t fit in, you’ll just get stolen or killed… Have you decided when to leave?=
=Yes. Hwanin will be leaving early tomorrow morning, and we are planning to leave similarly. Nothing good will come of staying for a long time. =
=If a decision has been made, then it is just another rumor… Chief Ryuhi, thank you for your hard work.=
=Phew. It will be very lonely and sad when Ryuuhine leaves…=
=… Thank you for taking care of me all this time. =
Ryuhi bowed her head and expressed her gratitude to the village chief and his wife who patted her on the shoulder.
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The first floor living room where light was created using secret techniques because the sun did not rise.
Yurpa asked while looking at Ryuhi, Ephnis, Huini, and Enel, neatly dressed in the equipment he gave them.
=What are the armor dimensions?=
=It’s exactly right. And I barely feel any weight… It’s also very easy to move around. =
Ryuhi is impressed when he feels that it is thick enough to adequately cover his body and yet is easy to move around.
The leather armor made by Mr. Belvido was not of this quality.
= Yes, yes. Additional functions were added to focus on unity. Since it is a low-level magic pottery, you can use it moderately and then dispose of it if it breaks. The key is the necklace, bracelet, and ring you are wearing!=
The leather armor worn by Ryuhi, her three younger siblings, and the Huini sisters is at the level of supplies made by Yurpa in one night, and is a magical weapon with only increased defense and resistance to contamination.
If you took your time, you could have made it into a high-end magic weapon, but such equipment is too much for a novice adventurer party.
Ephnis and Huini were half frustrated by Yurpa’s explanation.
The leather armor, which was said to be roughly made, was of such quality that it took Huini a month of hard work to make it, and the strengthening secret magic given to it was of such a quality that Ephness could only bestow it if he was prepared to fail several times.
It is leather armor with the same level of defense as plate armor. Yurpa said she was a low-level magician, but in reality, she was probably intermediate or upper-intermediate.
In particular, Ephnis experienced a blank mind when she first heard about the functions given to accessories.
She absentmindedly smoothed the copper-colored, clunky bracelet on her forearm. So, Life Shield Bracelet… Did you say that?
Since it increases the health of the person wearing it by three times and shares it, doesn’t that mean that even if Ryuhi casts a healing spell on himself from the rear, the party members will never die?
In addition, resistance to various abnormalities, poison, disease, and curse…
=Do you understand? The Life Shield Bracelet is close to relic level. It is best to keep it a secret because someone who finds out about its performance may become greedy. So, yours was intentionally made in the shape of an ordinary bracelet.=
Of course, not only that, but the necklace and ring worn by the four are high-level magical weapons that double the natural recovery of vitality, stamina, and phase power.
If you combine the effect of the armor you are wearing, it can be said that you will never die unless you commit suicide.
Ryuhi and her three sisters aren’t the type to do reckless things because they are blinded by public interest, so at this rate, they will keep everyone safe until Yua becomes an adult.
=This… I don’t know if I can accept these treasures…=
When Ryuhi touched the copper-colored arm on her wrist as if it were a burden and spoke, Anne scolded her.
=Of course I should take it and help with the infant. The Doryeong said that she was going to become a hero when Yua grows up? If the master says so, it wouldn’t be strange if he became a great hero rather than a hero. If you want to follow a child with such genius qualities, you must have the support of such equipment.=
Plus constant effort.
The women, who understood the words that Anne deliberately did not say, nodded with a determined look on their faces.
Clap – Yurpa lightens the mood by clapping her hands and then sings Ephnis and Huini.
=Fness and Huini, come here and get this. I’m glad you’re a mystic and a blacksmith. If you work hard to build your skills and repair equipment, information about your belongings will not leak out. =
=This is… Rain, a secret book?!=
=Oh.=
=I am writing about the realizations I gained while learning Buyeo’s secret arts. I think it will help you build your skills. I’d like to give Huini something better, but I don’t know much about metal smelting…=
=No!? Just the leatherworking recipe book my sister gave me is a great help!=
Huini was shocked and shook his head.
This is a book that describes the properties and characteristics of hundreds of types of leather.
If you have this, leather processing will be no different from mastering it. In addition, they were equipped with tools for processing diamond stone, as well as repair and crafting tools.
In fact, I was worried that my stomach would explode because I was being fed so much, but it was even better… !
While the equipment and precautions were being handed down in the house, Hwanin first came to the Kueh barn behind the house with a toddler wearing a life shield and accessories.
=…=
Beep.
And I guess I should say I expected it…
Hwanin also looked a little troubled as Yua, who was not chosen by Silu, pouted her lower lip and looked despondent.
If Silu had been by his son’s side, it would have eased his worries a bit. However, attaching a gray Quein Gelfree is not as good as not giving it…
Pippi~
=….=
Toddlers are more mature than other children. In fact, compared to the immature and idle male adults in Yulkam, the infants are much more mature.
However, her actual age is five years old, and she has little life experience, so she is a toddler who cries in her mother’s arms.
Speech! Beep~
A story about how you can get angry if you look down on yourself and laugh at yourself.
Yua pouted and got angry at Silu for looking down on him.
=What! But you are also weaker than your Norn sister!=
Beep?! Bye! Beep!
Flap flutter!
=It’s natural that I’m weaker than my dad! He’s five now! But you said you were two?! At the age of two, Kueh is an adult… ?!=
Pfft! Beep beep!
Puddeodeok! Burbubbuk!
=Evil!? You must have hit me?! Mr. Lee… !=
“…”
Seeing Silu, who had grown close to an adult, and the infant begin to argue, Hwanin quietly left the barn and backed away.
Silu’s eyes widened as she looked at her Norn and herself. She thought, though, that she might notice the qualities and potential of her own son, her infant, and allow her infant…
Bleep—yo!
Pababag!
Seeing her swinging her wing bamboo and using the Kupo Era she learned from Norn, it doesn’t seem like she has even 1% intention of following Yua.
Plop, plop!
=Ouch!=
After being hit by a 270-degree crescent moon kick in the Kupoera style, Yua bounces off and rolls around, and Silu, who follows behind, laughs and says, “Beep!”.
It roughly means ‘Go and drink more of your mother’s milk, little one.’
=You, you…=
And Yua, who inherited Hwanin’s blood and was able to understand the context of what the beast said, was furious at the ridicule.
It would be better if you could just use a weapon, but the reach difference is too big to fight with bare hands.
Even if you analyze her trunk and movements as her father taught you, you can’t get close to her because of her overwhelming reach. The difference in skill level is also small.
Yua looked around her and found the mop handle that her father had used when sparring, so she took it and took a pose.
It’s a baton, not a spear, but this is better.
…
=…=
… Slap!
=… Hot!=
Tudadadak—papak, that, pababababat!
“…”
Hwanin just gave up and watched his son and Silu fighting in earnest.
Taking Kueh back to reality is a bit of a risky act.
It is certain that there is a person who was active in Nionebres and has returned to the modern world. Whether they are the person who returned or the person’s descendants, when they see Kueh, they will immediately recognize that he is a creature from the other world.
Of course, I plan to change my appearance by filling Yurpa’s disguise and miniaturization magic tools, but that is a limited freedom.
Because she was a Hwanin who even thought about releasing Kuedl, she arranged a meeting between her son and Silu…
=What is it? Why is Yua fighting with Silu?=
=Isn’t it obvious? She tried to give Silu to that little boy, but she refused because she thought it was a poor thing and her arrogance got higher.
=Aha. … Uh? Wait a minute, is Silu also a spirit beast?=
=Yes. Thanks to the energy it received from Norn’s side since it was young, it also grew into a spirit beast. But that would be its limit.=
=You mean it can’t grow like Norn…? ?=
“Hmm. Since the parent object is straw colored, the individual value does not seem to be high. “If a colored kueh like Gelfree was the parent, there would have been a possibility, right?”
Hwanin made his decision after seeing the lovers ready to leave.
Once you have taken charge, it would be right to take responsibility for it until the end. It looks like Kuedo doesn’t want to be separated from him either.
The reason we couldn’t attach a thread was to have the child accompany the child to the forest-type labyrinth for supplemental training.
In addition, he also trained Ryuhi and the three sisters.
Early in the morning, Hwanin came out only to be seen off by Toph, the former and current village chief, and retraced the way he came toward the level 6 forest labyrinth.
Although nearly six years have passed, the scenery was not one bit different from Hwanin’s memories.
A grassland as rugged as a hill. The lightning-quick peak towering in the distance, the temple grounds in full bloom with flowers, and the Great Lake of Oljot visible in the distance.
Thanks to this, Hwanin traveled without much difficulty and went to the place where he first set foot. He passed all the monsters, monsters, beasts, etc. That he encountered along the way to Ryuhi, the three sisters, and Yua.
It was very useful for first forming a party and trying to get together since there were not one or two moderately strong individuals, but as few as three to four or as many as seven or eight.
Anne nodded as she watched the women fight well against eight wolves as large as cows, not allowing a single attack.
=You’re better than you think? A doctor can communicate with just an eye or hand gesture. =
According to her assessment, Ryuhi, Apnis, Huini, and Ennel fought very well.
As has been done before, Ryuhi gives tactical instructions from the rear and uses holy magic, and Efnis supports Huini and Ennel by casting weak strengthening secrets or giving weak attributes to weapons.
Then, Enel uses her sword and shield to draw out aggro, while Huini uses her spear’s reach to attack and reduce the number of enemies.
In addition, Yua also played as a dealer following her mother’s instructions, creating a very stable team of 1 tank, 2 damage, 1 heal, and 1 support.
The job grades are level 3 to 4, so they are well-balanced.
Ayoung asked the women who had successfully fought several battles. Have you ever experienced matching hands and feet?
Huini then swung her ordinary spear and laughed, shaking off her blood.
=After the baby was born, there were several groups of monsters that attacked the village. She got used to it a little while fighting with it.
There, the five proudly picked up ordinary weapons that Huini had smelted and produced.
The relic-grade weapon that Hwanin gave him was stored in the subspace bag given to him by Yurpa, saying he would use it after he had gained a certain level of skill.
That’s right, if you look at the effectiveness of the armor and accessories provided by Yurpa, they are in the top 0.1% of the currently active adventurer party.
If you add relic weapons to the mix, there will be no growth.
=But if you save too much and let it get old, it can be a problem, so when you change your armor to better magic tools, you should also change your weapons.=
=Yes, sister.=
The women nodded, saying they would keep Anne’s advice in mind.
In this way, the group of 17 people + 5 animals, equivalent to a labyrinth raid team, proceeded smoothly toward the labyrinth.
