Chapter 42 – There Are No Stories Where Only One Side Is Saved. (With Illustrations)
No matter how much the swamp whale is called a spiritual creature, is there a need to stop it by investigating its migration route in the empire?
If you ask me, there is unconditionally.
It’s not a vicious personality that will attack anyone passing by, but the truly terrifying thing about this size is that it turns the path it travels into a swamp.
If you kill a swamp whale, the debuff effect will slowly disappear, but if you pass through farmland or a city, it will be very catastrophic.
I don’t know if the imperial family had a little bit of a heart for the people of the empire, so I don’t know if it was commissioned, but in the end, it’s also for the citizens.
“Huh… Chew.”
I cursed at the anatomy of a swamp whale.
He said he would do his best to handle it by penetrating the brain without inflicting any damage as much as possible.
Why is this crazy monster’s brain located so low?
Beyond common sense, it is literally a real monster.
‘Should I go into the mouth and stab it?’
It’s something other platinum would never do out of pride.
The same below.
But I made up my mind to do it even while spitting out curse words.
‘I heard that the reason why the imperial family mainly entrusts requests is that I handle the work without measuring…’
I guess that was just to make me feel better, but now there are women waiting at home, so I think I should measure myself.
…For now, until this time.
*****
-Boo-woo-!!
Now you get used to the thunderous sounds of swamp whales.
“Chief… If we go on like this, there won’t be any answers, right?”
They are chasing the tail of a swamp whale far away from a distance.
One guy who rushed in bravely swung his sword, but it didn’t leave a single wound.
Conversely, one arm is completely broken by a gigantic gesture, so everyone is watching from afar.
“Bitter…That’s how many years you spend, play, and eat. Do you have any weaknesses? Do wizards not know that?”
The wizard’s expression almost distorted at Lilzo’s words, but then returned.
Even though his head is empty, Lilzo’s temper is famous for being dirty and cruel, and he has skills to match.
“It’s a spiritual creature, so if we want to solve it at our level… It’s impossible unless we take out our organs.”
“… Fuck. It’s too wasteful to leave like this.”
It was next to impossible for Liljo to just ignore this opportunity because he hadn’t had any hot pay lately.
Did you find the spirit creature wandering the forest first?
It’s illegal and sleeping. It’s like passing by and finding a pile of unowned jewels.
When it comes to the flesh of spiritual creatures in the back alleys, it is something that cannot be bought even with a thousand gold.
As Lil Joe was grinding his hard teeth, a man with a bow on his chest came running.
Lilzo, who was following the swamp whale, stopped in his tracks as the guy who was supposed to keep watch from the tree hurriedly came down.
“Captain…Is there a strange guy?”
“Yes?”
Lilzo, who was handed a mana-eating telescope, observed the area around the swamp whale.
“What? Are you crazy?”
I see a man who has come all the way to the forest with his bare body and is wandering around the swamp whale.
“Your muscles are just right! Huh? You’re not kidding, are you?”
Lilzo slapped the back of the head of a subordinate who was praising his muscles.
Pak-!
“Ouch!”
The subordinate who had been hit by the pot lid-like hand let out a scream.
“Hey, you idiot!! Don’t you know that no matter how much muscle you have, it’s useless if you don’t have mana?”
There is a huge difference in efficiency and time between breaking a rock by building muscles and breaking a rock by training mana.
This was the reason why even the articles who were obsessed with systematic training put much less weight on running or strength training than on seniority.
‘I think our eyes just met…’
No way.
Lil Joe chuckled and passed the telescope back to his men.
How many trees are there and how far is the distance from here?
That could only be done by elves and beastmen from the Federation, who are gifted with senses.
It is a separate area from strength.
“Uh-?! That, that!”
The subordinate holding the telescope started making a fuss.
“What else?”
“It jumped and went into the whale’s mouth?”
“I told you to be on guard with this bastard, but you drank too much, didn’t you?”
Lil Joe’s annoyance reached a point and he put his hand on his scabbard.
“Captain. I saw it too.”
The wizard behind us approached, inserting a telescope.
“…It went into the mouth of a real swamp whale?”
“It’s hard to believe, but I saw it too. Maybe you’re an expert at something like that? It didn’t seem like a person who would commit suicide.”
“What’s that got to do with going mouth-to-mouth with an expert?”
-Buooooo!!!
The attention of the mercenaries was focused on the cry of the swamp whale, which was different from before.
“Has the swamp whale’s weakness been in its mouth… Or did it go in and directly touch its organs?”
Rilzo’s eyes widened at the mage’s self-talk.
“I’ll catch up right away. Start trapping around and setting traps.”
Should the opponent have a dagger in their bare hands?
Even with a strong-looking body, if you prepare thoroughly, you can kill even famous guys.
My experiences and life so far prove that.
‘Muscle? If that’s the case, getting hit with a knife is normal for each other to die. A young bastard who is full of blood who has lost his temper…’
Unless it’s a really special case, mana purity and seniority are a race against time in the end.
No matter how great the shell called muscle is, there is a great chance that the inside will be empty.
Up until this point, there was no guy with a solid stomach to beat himself against the guys with big muscles.
It’s all superficially noisy.
‘For a man, a well-fed stomach is enough.’
There was no option for Lil Joe to give up the swamp whale, which was a great opportunity.
*****
It came from the mouth of a stinking swamp whale.
It was easy to escape because he lay on his side as he died.
On the way out, I opened the box, activated the signal artifact, and threw it to the ground.
“Whoa-“
The mercenaries surrounding him were good no matter what.
I saw the black blade in my hand.
‘It’s the same with Romerius…’
Has your senses become rusty to the point where you relentlessly pull out and rely on weapons you might be reluctant to do?
Or does that matter at all now?
If it’s a change in mindset, is this a positive thing?
“There – drop your weapon!! Say it only once!!”
Roman’s expression twisted at the thought-breaking voice.
“Tsk…One…Two…”
When I counted the numbers with my eyes, it seemed that no one was missing.
Those who cast magic and those who feed arrows to their bows and hide in trees.
And even the size with one ear missing and shining teeth.
Perhaps thanks to Romerius’ potion, the traps spread throughout the forest seemed to glow… More clearly than before.
“If we leave the swamp whale as it is, we’ll pretend we don’t know.”
Lilzo’s booming voice echoed through the swamp.
‘I want to see Rike. Do you want to eat?’
It’s clear what to do now that I’m determined to end it right away without prejudice.
Cheerreuk-
Take out the Warhammer and chains from the inventory.
To the mercenaries, it would appear to pluck weapons and chains out of thin air.
“Is it magic?!”
Seeing the wizards whose casting had not yet been completed, Lilzo looked at Roman.
Clap-!
Attach a chain to the end of the warhammer and wrap it around the forearm.
“Isn’t there a woman waiting at your house?
I’ll kill you though
Casting of the wizards is all over.
Lilzo’s expression, which was showing off his sparkling teeth with a vigorous smile, changed to a stern expression.
A blue aura flows from the weapons of some mercenaries.
“Kill!!!”
*****
“Seria has been talking about Mr. Roman lately, and whenever he says it, I am surprised and my heart hurts…”
On the way back after completing her request safely, Lilyne lamented.
The party members, Lark and Chambers, just laughed and said they understood.
“Be a little more comfortable. You said you were learning directly from Roman? Then you should be curious.”
“That’s right…”
The day when Lilyne saw Roman fight directly was a long time ago.
That day, when she saw Yeo Jin-man, whose whole body was covered in blood, she was surprised and kicked her buttock.
I still vividly see him holding a chain and strangling a huge monster.
“I told you to take care of it. Lilyne probably wants Seria to stop being her adventurer after all. If I had a younger brother like Seria, that would be the case.”
Chambers spoke as if he knew Lily’s heart.
“····”
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It was the day before when Roman drank like crazy alone and got completely drunk.
After getting so drunk that he couldn’t even visit her house, he started spitting out his own stories that he would never normally do.
Half of it was incomprehensible.
According to Roman at the time, he said he had a very cumbersome system.
Mentally or physically, you have to be hot to fight properly, and sometimes you feel like trying to determine if your opponent can kill you.
It is an action that is lethal in practice and can cost lives in vain.
Even knowing that, he said there were times when he couldn’t get his mind right.
I never looked down on my opponent, nor was I arrogant.
He said he just couldn’t control his emotions.
It was a story that Lark and Chambers had heard together.
“It must be because he never had a party and was alone all the time. He was covered in blood every day, but there was no one to comfort him except alcohol, and no one to look at and acknowledge his hardships… There were times when his mind seemed dangerous, right?”
That was exactly what Lilyne was worried about.
Even if it was her greed that made no sense, Lilyne said that even if Seria learned everything else from Roman, she didn’t learn the ‘desperateness’ of living, and if she didn’t know it at all, she did.
It is enough happiness to live moderately without overdoing it and earning moderately without overdoing it.
Silently killing lives for a long time alone can make even the strongest person sick.
In Liline’s eyes, Roman had been deeply ill since the old days.
“Sometimes I feel sorry for him because he seems to be trying to say something strange to pretend that nothing is wrong or to be lighthearted.”
Lilyne strongly sympathized with Chambers’ words.
“It would be nice if Roman-san found a good woman and settled down sooner rather than later…”
“That’s something you have to do on your own. Only with her coming to her senses…? I can’t imagine it at all.”
“I’m sure it won’t get stronger there, will it?”
“At that time… I can’t even joke about it.”
*****
It’s definitely a nightmare.
‘This is a dream… I’m sure if I close my eyes and open them, I’ll be in my room…’
Charreureuk-
Crisp-!!
A warhammer on a chain shattered the last mage’s head.
There was not a single scream as the flames of life were extinguished.
Lilzo was experiencing his first hardening of the body.
As soon as the battle began, the madman’s mood changed drastically.
A storm made of blades blew.
The mercenaries were shattered and swept away at a speed that could not even react in front of their eyes.
A man’s head exploded right in front of him, and Lilzo’s face was drenched in blood.
‘What just happened…?’
Concentration was disturbed by fear, and he was unable to create an aura.
Like a frog with a snake in front of it.
Like a slave with a master endowed with terrible violence.
“Ahh-!!!”
Tonz, who had been drinking and raping with them right in front of his eyes, was cut to pieces.
Chow-!
Lastly, Geruta, who was holding a dagger, was sliced like butter.
Geruta couldn’t even let out her scream and died from her surprised face.
“This…This is…!!! A monster, a monster…!!”
Lilzo now knows.
Until this time, while killing the other guys, that man’s vicious gaze won’t fall on him.
That monster is targeting you.
That now I’m the only one left
