Chapter 59 – Awakening Madness (4)
There is no doubt that this is the thief’s lair.
We backed off at once. I threw meat with bones on the black kite, which was begging for something to eat, to make it shut up.
“Shall we rush in?”
Asked Tyrsi, who was hiding in the bushes. I threw more chicken to the kite before answering.
“Queek queek queek? (How many humans?)”
“Kiet. (I don’t know.)”
Don’t tilt your head. Because it heats up
I can’t believe that these bastards are descendants of King Dragons. Thinking that dinosaurs somewhere in the world might be fooling around like him makes me feel my fantasy shattered.
“Kiki profit. Cheek. (Still a human. There is also a back.)”
“… What? (…Back?)”
“Hey. (There.)”
The kite chirped as it scraped away the bones. It was an unexpected addition. Tirshi and I circled around undetected and followed the kite.
“Keeeee (here!)”
“I feel squeamish. (Quietly.)”
We quieted the crying kite and investigated where it pointed.
─Pasasak.
What appeared to be a bush was camouflage. Sons of thieves. I even made an escape route in case of a splash.
“What are you going to do?”
Hiding nearby again, we designed the operation. Even if they penetrated into the place they found earlier, the thieves inside would jump this way.
There are also hostages, so in order to completely annihilate them, one side has to block the entrance.
─Quickly.
It was when we were sharing the details of the operation. Suddenly there was a sound of stepping on branches in the bushes next to us.
We exchanged glances and switched hiding positions. Two people approaching with careless footsteps.
“Oh shit. I am so damn tired.”
“This is why everyone hates going to the grocery store. My heart trembles, I am tired going up and down.”
What appeared were thieves no matter where you looked. Two bastard boys
A hood is wrapped around her head like the quack we saw at Clara’s forge. Is the hood in this world a symbol of chewy?
“Hehe. But can I get a taste of the girls now?”
“We are going to move our base this week after the deal is over. What did he say? You didn’t want to do business where a mithril class adventurer lived, did you?”
“Damn it. I’m afraid of girls, so what should I do with stealing?”
“Kuk-kuk. Are you going to the boss?”
“If that’s the case, you’ll search for it too, bastard.”
Those guys came this way while talking.
Idiots who are busy revealing their identities through the contents of conversations to see if their minds are relieved because they are closer to home. These bastards are 100% thieves.
─Nod.
Tyrsi and I gestured to an agreement.
In a surprise raid, the first bread is a surefire victory, but this time I decided to send it. If you cause a commotion right in front of your hideout and get caught, it will only become a nuisance.
Passeuk…
The thieves continued to chatter and entered the cave.
Was it a shortcut rather than a secret passage? Or maybe they’re stupid bastards, so they made it up and used it roughly. People who use fire doors as emergency exits are common on Earth. That’s all safety insensitivity.
“──Those bastards, they are planning an escape plan.”
A few minutes after the bandits disappeared, we started talking.
“Yeah. I don’t know exactly when, but I have a reason to get things done sooner rather than later.”
“I think it’s better to jump right in.”
I said looking at the entrance.
“The trading partners they were talking about must be a fence or something like that. Our thesis is of course important, but if the hostages who were taken are still alive, and those people are also the target of trade with them——”
“——Today could be the last chance, right? I am of the same opinion.”
Tirshi, who picked up the wand, gazed through the cracks in the cave between the hood and the scarf.
“Shall we enter from both entrances at the same time?”
“Can you take care of yourself without me?”
“I’ve been having a lot of trouble lately, so I’ve learned some magic. There is a shield magic that can be activated and moved, so you can cast it in advance.”
Tyrsi grabbed the wand and chanted several spells.
One of the spells reached me as well, raising a breeze. As the wind penetrated his body, his weight became lighter.
“This?”
“〈 Breeze Walk〉. It’s a magic that makes you move faster. The maintenance time is only 1 hour.”
“It’s just that. Enough. It will be of great help.”
Perhaps it was the effect of magic, his body felt light. When I rolled my feet, I could hardly hear footsteps.
“I’m going in from the other side. The operation will proceed as planned. You know?”
“Yeah. See you inside, Arthur.”
“Alright, Ash. Kite You did a good job too. Get paid here.”
“Keeeee (rice!!)”
I threw the leftover chicken leg to the kite and moved to the other side. He turned around and returned to the first entrance he found.
Shasha shak—.
Stood in front of the entrance He took off his bag and hid it in a nearby bush. There was no watchman at the entrance of the cave.
That’s their mistake
‘Stupid bastards.’
If he had set up a watchman, he could have heard them fighting and tried to escape. The result of squeezing out the intelligence lacking in the heads was always a mess.
Those who have lived their lives abiding by the rule of law can be protected by the law even if they make mistakes——but murder robbers are not.
Murdering a thief who causes crime in another world is not a crime.
Lack of human rights awareness? Opposite. In order to respect the rights of ‘people’, we do not take care of the rights of the scumbags.
Britannia does not treat those who do not pay taxes as human beings.
Others sell themselves into slavery to pay taxes. However, the poor and the murderous robbers, who are the evolution of the dark, do not pay taxes and disturb the public order.
That’s why I called the criminal-type thieves “Humanoid junk mobs.”
How dare those bastards make me go this far?
“Kurrrr.”
I let out a beastly sound and aroused hatred.
“Trauma——on.”
I released the anger in my heart. From the suite in my heart, another me born out of violence and intent to kill, Professor Slayer, roared.
-Kill the Professor!!!
─Kill the professor!!!!!!!!!!
─Kill all the professors in the world!!!!!!
“Kreurreu—!! I can’t stand it, Woong-nyeo!!”
I suppressed my brain-boiling rage and whispered as if incantation.
“〈 Summon Cloud〉!!”
Push Yi Yi—.
The white clouds created around me seeped into the cave like mist. It was similar to the acting that often occurs at idol concerts.
This magic was one of the reasons I decided to attack the thieves’ lair alone.
──That name too.
“Sweet leaf camouflage concealment technique—— Mamamoo.”
Mamamoo.
In other words, a demon-slashing fog.
Summon 〈 Cloud 〉 High-density water vapor completely blocks people’s vision like a cloud. In front of this magic, the numerical superiority filled with gossips is meaningless.
Of course, my view is blocked in the foggy cave. Although I can overcome the blindness caused by the fog with a little trick.
Woo woo woo-.
It’s a magic I’m not familiar with yet, but with time, the concentration and amount of fog gathered. The decrease in mana was felt in real time. It was a lot smaller than expected.
‘Or did my mana pain increase a lot?’
Anyway, it’s good to have enough mana.
The created fog persists until I dispel the magic. Just as Hotulusil used magic to restore intelligence by manipulating the clouds, I can control the fog as long as my mana is maintained.
‘I can’t use it as an offensive magic, but.’
It was impossible to move the fog quickly and give it the ability to kill like a blade or hammer.
This is the limit of magic itself. It takes high magic skills to give that level of physical power to steam with high durability and maneuverability.
If possible, isn’t it a wide-area skill that is maintained almost as no cool? Even if I had a magic like that, I would never be able to use it.
Still, this is enough for today.
‘I cover my eyesight and use beast reversion.’
It’s a perfect plan.
“Ninnin.”
With a small voice, I transformed into a kimchi ninja and entered the den of bandits. The fog followed my will and pursued me.
Fill the cave with fog with magic? It’s stupid.
‘They follow me wherever I go, so what’s the point of pulling more than necessary?’
Ten meters around me was obscured by thick fog. The cave was narrow, so it was covered to a greater extent than expected.
This was a good thing. The thieves outside the fog don’t know what I’m doing. It will stimulate a person’s sense of fear.
What if it’s not a human but a monster?
Even if you’re human, what if you’re a crazy psycho killer?
That was the reason I was afraid of the killer in the misty night.
Even if you shoot arrows, it will be difficult to hit them. And even if I happen to get hit, it is impossible to pierce Beast Return’s mana coating.
‘All I can see is the bottom of my feet.’
Right now, my field of vision is wide open in the shape of a boa constrictor that has eaten an elephant. To secure visibility, the space above the floor 2 meters in front was not fogged.
Through this, I peeped into the inner structure of the cave.
If I hadn’t done this, I would have hit a wall and fallen over, doing all sorts of slapstick comedy.
And even if a thief appears in front of me—
“Children!! What is this smoke!! Is it fire?!”
──This is how only I can see it.
A human leg appeared two meters in front of the fog. I clenched my fists and dashed, punching the space above my legs.
Poop!!
“──Keuk!”
The young thief had no time to be embarrassed by my sudden appearance as the fog lifted. My one stroke hit the chest of the guy in the cheap armor.
─Blow up.
When I got out of the way, his corpse fell forward, vomiting blood. His ribs were shattered and his heart shattered as if gunpowder had been fired into his stomach. It was impossible for him to survive.
I clenched my fists as if checking the texture remaining on my fingertips.
‘It’s easy.’
It wasn’t unreasonable that the thief was taken for nothing.
Because the space above the bridge is thick with fog, it is impossible to secure a view without coming one meter in front of my nose. This is because there is a blank area of fog in the shape of an upside down funnel.
From the point of view of the thieves, they thought that some kind of fog was approaching, but it must have felt like One Punch Man was popping out from 1 meter away.
In other words, I can launch a surprise attack on all enemies while the fog is maintained.
There is no hope that the mere thieves can escape this attack. Dealing with surprises like this requires skill and reflexes to stop the car without giving a damn while avoiding a jaywalker that jumps out of a gap in the side lane while driving.
‘A bastard who becomes that will become an adventurer or a mercenary.’
Jurr-.
I stepped aside to avoid the blood flowing from the corpse’s mouth. With his eyes open, I coldly looked down at the fallen thief’s corpse.
For me, this was the first murder.
‘There’s nothing more special than I thought.’
Unlike war films that pursue reality, there was no fear of killing Hoe Eng and shrinking. I didn’t think this bastard would come out in my dream later and give a damn.
If there are people who commit murder and suffer from PTSD, it seems that there are people who do not. Maybe I belong to the latter.
It was strangely dirty, but in order to live in another world, you have to have a bit of a psycho temperament.
Living in a different world, it was inevitable that one day you would get blood on your hands. It’s a world where even a 14-year-old country girl kills a goblin with a scythe and goes back to help.
Even if I stayed in college and lived a quiet life, one day I might have been suddenly attacked by killers, assassins, and monsters. I learned it while exploring the ruins as a slave.
If it was inevitable that one day my hands would be stained with blood, there was no reason why it shouldn’t be today.
─Such.
He released the strength from his tightly clenched fist.
In this fight, I will have no mercy in my hands.
These bastards are the ones who attack and kill people.
There may be some who haven’t killed anyone yet, but he’ll get his hands dirty before long. It is dark and silent. There is no sane bastard among those who hang out with murderous robbers.
‘If I leave him alive, he might try to take revenge later.’
If they attack from the front saying they want to take revenge, they’ll beat you back, but there’s no such thing as “Political party” In the dictionary of murder robbers. There is a high probability of poisoning food from behind.
Not only holding a grudge against me, but something that might harm Fran.
Better to die here.
─All right.
I slipped the ax from the thief’s waist. Because it was Eva who put the blood of these scumbags on Fran’s weapon.
But what the fuck weapon looks like a barbarian axe. It’s a fucking bandit weapon.
“Ah-oh!! Sick people!! What the hell is this fog?!”
“Jacob said he was going to see him, so why isn’t he coming?!”
Realizing that the fog was spreading, the thieves made a fuss. It must be frightening and embarrassing to not be able to see the faces of my colleagues because of the thick fog.
Manipulation of natural phenomena was such a powerful thing.
Speaking of druids, everyone thinks of an image of touching a piece of grass and spreading plague, but the real power of nature is in the sky.
Storms and thunder are also part of nature.
A druid who handles nature was one who handles the power of the gods.
Therefore, the night of slaughter that will be held in this cave tonight——was the punishment I bestowed on behalf of Heaven.
