Chapter 49 – A Strange Encounter
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After leaving the inn, the two moved toward the eastern gate.
“Are you really okay, Mr. Gaon?”
“Yes. Lee Cho-rin should have it. There is no place to write right now anyway. It’s better than letting it rot away.”
Magic stones are very expensive.
This stone, which can be said to be semi-permanent as much as it absorbs mana itself, is an essential item for making magic tools.
Chorin felt her face flush at the words that she would give up what she had barely gained from fighting her troll.
I hate her so much when I see her blunt and ignorant, but when she shows deep consideration from time to time like this, her heart couldn’t tremble more than this.
“… Thank you. Gaon.”
“It was nothing. Rather, you can see the gate over there.”
When she turned her head, the eastern gate was right in front of her. The moment he opened his mouth to say something, a lively, sweet voice came from the front.
“And! Look at this lijenny There really is a demonic realm!”
“My lady is in danger! Go slow.”
A conspicuous group of five in total was wandering in front of the demon spectacle. Among them, a lively girl who seemed to be about 15 years old, burst into admiration and sparkled with curiosity.
Seeing her like that, a woman called Jenny Lee hurriedly chased after her and shouted.
The other three men, including her, seemed to be knights, as they were also wearing light but luxurious leather armor.
Chorin, who was speechless for a moment, swallowed what she was about to say and opened her mouth with a grin.
“Somewhere, you must be a lady from a noble house.”
“It seems so. It’s probably the daughter of an aristocratic family. Four of them appear to be knights.”
“A knight must be very strong, right?”
“Yes. At least you will be stronger than me.”
Each one of them has reached the level of 5 stars.
It’s not a level that can sustain Aura for a very short time like Gaon, but a level that can be sustained for quite a long time.
Since the Demonic World in Lesti Manor is the limit of monsters that even trolls appear, there is no possibility that they are dangerous.
After confirming that their figures were completely swallowed up by the black forest, he turned her head to stare at Chorin.
“Then we will go. Today I’m thinking of going a little deeper. I think I will sleep for a day or so.”
“Ugh… All right. Then let’s go.”
Even though she was fed up with her comments about her homelessness, Chorin bravely moved her steps into the forest. Gaon took one last glance in the direction her knights had entered and followed them deep into the forest.
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“Kihehehe!”
“Kyakyapyeon!”
In a dark forest where not even a single ray of light was blocked, goblins sat around a bonfire in the center and were talking while roasting a huge firecracker.
I couldn’t understand it because it was the language of the other dimension they lived in, but it seemed like they were quite excited.
Gaon stared at it, then turned her head and signaled to Chorin.
Then Chorin, who nodded her head, put her hand forward and muttered her image, raising her mana.
Unlike before, instead of exuding a strong presence like a luminous glow, the magic power shimmering only in a faint green light was slowly condensed into a circle.
The speed was noticeably faster than a week ago. Chorin, who completed the magic bullet in less than half the time, exchanged glances with Gaon for the last time and fired it.
With a small noise, a magic bullet fired from the bush hit the back of the goblin, who was sitting with his back exposed and drooling at the grasshopper.
Quadduck—!
As if it had surely suppressed the energy of life, the magic bullet successfully cut off the goblin’s breath. The magic bullet that pierced through the back and tore off a handful of chests melted into the air and disappeared, and just as the goblins were about to stand up, Gaon rushed at them.
“Suck!”
Holding the spear upside down, I swung it vigorously with the strength and weight of the spear.
Kwajajajajak!
“Kieack!”
“Kyaaaaagh!”
Packed with mana, Gaon’s strength is enough to crush a person’s head with pure grip. There was no way their bodies could withstand the spears they wielded with all their might.
As it was, the three or four goblins that existed within the trajectory became one mass and were thrown in the direction the spear pole was swung.
The first one to be hit died instantly with his waist split in half, and all the others died from broken bones and ruptured internal organs.
“Kieek! Kieh!!”
When one of the goblins in particular made a noise, the others hurriedly picked up their weapons.
Gaon aimed his spear at the one with the bamboo stick. That one fired a poison needle, and it was coated with paralysis poison, so it was the most dangerous weapon for Gaon.
Poison is not compatible with Chorin’s ability.
Poison can be naturally healed by strengthening vitality, but it takes too much mana to do so.
It would be prudent to kill the one with the barrel first, even if the rest of them are going to split their flesh.
Kwajik! Awesome! Quad deuk-!
I punched a hole in the neck of one with a stab, grabbed the head of the one who was rushing from the side and twisted it, then swung the spear and broke the mouth of the one with the tube in its mouth.
Finally, as the skull caved in with the grip, the eyeballs came out and threw the lumbering creature to a goblin archer a short distance away.
Crisp! Watching the sight of the two heads exploding with a sound, Gaon took a long breath and relieved the tension in his muscles.
Oxygen is supplied and blood is circulated throughout the body, giving rest to overworked muscles due to rapid movement.
It’s only a few seconds, but that’s enough. Gaon immediately swung his spear again and swept the surroundings like a wolf rushing at a flock of sheep.
In the meantime, Chorin’s support continued, and I was able to annihilate more than 10 goblins before 10 seconds had passed.
“Hu— Lee Cho-rin. It’s all over. You are welcome to come out.”
“Yes! Gaon, where did you get hurt?”
“Doesn’t exist. Just grab the loot and move to the shelter now. It’s late.”
“I’m already taking it!”
As it had been done almost every day for a week, Chorin took out his dagger and proceeded to cut off Gaon’s ear before he could finish his words.
While retrieving his loot, Chorin stretched out his hand to the floor to absorb his blood. The blood of her goblins was reconciled with her mana, and the earth that had been stained red returned to earth.
Soon after, he retrieved all of her loot, absorbed her blood, filled up Chorin’s mana tank, and opened the map to move towards the shelter.
The pace was very fast. Not only Gaon, but also Chorin’s stamina improved to the point where he could run at full speed for 30 minutes.
It can be seen that the limit of human beings has already been exceeded, considering that people on Earth said that they could not run at full speed for more than 10 minutes. This is all thanks to the absorption of karma.
Even if Gaon catches just one monster, he can increase his physical abilities at once due to the experience accumulated in his soul, but Chorin was not.
After catching goblins in her demon realm for a week, her physical abilities improved even more. Now, even if you compete head-on with the Orcs, you won’t be pushed back easily.
Moving quickly, regardless of the terrain of the forest, they soon stopped in front of a shelter.
“Gaon? Why are you like that?”
“… There are traces.”
It was hard to see because it was hidden by the bushes, but there were definitely footprints on the floor.
“A trace? Are you Monster?”
“No. People. It seems that there are people who came to the shelter first.”
“So what? Should I go somewhere else?”
The shelter is quite large. In the first place, as large-scale troops are periodically dispatched to subjugate the Devil’s Land, it is inevitable to make enough to accommodate all of them.
So there is no case that we cannot be together because there is no space left. It’s just that I’m not sure if the people in the shelter ahead are safe.
However, it was too late to find another shelter now. The sun must be completely gone on the way.
Even though the forest of the Demonic World blocks sunlight, due to the nature of monsters, they exert greater power at night regardless of the presence or absence of light.
That would increase the amount of activity, which means that there is a high possibility of encountering them along the way.
Gaon, who was worried, decided to take a look at her condition. The monsters here aren’t that strong anyway. And that meant that the people who came in and out of this place were also arrogant.
At most, they would be on the level of 5 stars, but they couldn’t escape the feeling of Gaon. If you can figure out the whereabouts first, it can be said that it is easy to sneak out of the body.
“Lee Cho-rin. Let’s sneak up and take a look. If the power difference is too severe, move to another place and if not, try talking.”
“… I will trust Mr. Gaon.”
“Then be careful.”
Gaon, who gave the last advice, followed the footprints and approached the shelter. Only the sound of breaking through the bushes echoed quietly through the forest.
It was the moment when I was approaching in such a secret way.
A presence was detected in Gaon’s spirit.
‘This…’
I felt the girl squatting between the bushes.
After holding her pose for a moment, the girl then took a tissue paper from her pocket and stole it between her crotch and stood up.
Then she spoke to the woman who was standing on her watch with her back turned, and together they began to head for the shelter.
The girl, estimated to be about 15 years old, was the girl Gaon called the girl he had seen before entering her demon realm.
Although he was a little sorry for the fact that he stole the scene of an adolescent girl urinating, Gaon continued to pay attention to it without reaping his feelings.
Coincidentally, they also found a group of goblins hiding on the way back to the girl.
Goblins capture females of other races to reproduce. Maybe that’s why guys are sensitive to women’s body odor.
Unfortunately for the girl, she must have accidentally smelled the pee of the goblins passing by. Of course, as the escort knight was at the level of a 5-star, there was nothing to be done or suffered.
Thinking that he shouldn’t miss this opportunity, Gaon ordered Chorin to follow him from a little distance away, and quickly moved past the route in the direction where the goblins were waiting.
After a few tens of seconds, the distance between the girl and the goblins had shrunk to about 20 meters.
“Miss! Back off!”
The escort knight stopped the girl and was wary of the direction the goblins were hiding. It seems that he finally realized that they were hiding out of curiosity.
In response, the goblins seemed to know that they had been caught, and immediately jumped out of the bush and attacked them.
At a 5-star level, five or six goblins could be dealt with in less than 10 seconds. However, perhaps to protect the girl, she did not actively step forward.
That would be the case, because the rest of the knights will come to help if she just waits here. For her part, she cannot take even the slightest threat.
Anyway, she actively tried to deal with the goblins, but what if additional goblins who were hiding intruded? That was a smart move.
It was also a helpful choice for Gaon.
“Lee Cho-rin. Please apply as a bolt here.”
“Yes!”
Gaon gave Chorin a simple instruction and then rushed right into the goblins.
They were all taken aback by the sudden support, but Gaon was already close to them. It didn’t even take 5 seconds for them to turn into chilly corpses.
Gaon, who pierced their hearts with her spear in a row in an instant, was hit by Chorin’s bolt and confirmed to kill the creeper on the floor before she faced the girl and the escort knight.
“Are you all right?”
“Ah, thank you! Thanks to you, I was safe!”
“… Thanks for the help.”
At Gaon’s question, the girl smiled brightly and nodded her head, while the escort driver simply nodded her head while looking in the direction where Chorin was hiding.
She doesn’t speak, but at the sight of her wanting to reveal herself, Gaon waved her beckon to her Chorin, and she revealed herself splitting through the bushes.
Seeing the same woman, was she a little relieved? The tension in the escort knight’s body loosened. Even so, the appearance of never being vigilant tells us that he has had a pretty good training.
‘I hope it goes as expected.’
Even though the escort knight is at the level of 5 stars, he did not notice that Gaon was there, so there is a high probability that he is mistaken that Gaon is stronger than himself.
If so, those who call themselves young ladies and have something to protect won’t bother to argue with Gaon.
In this case, even if they do not cooperate actively, they may allow them to share the shelter.
At the same time as Gaon thought, the other three knights appeared from the side of the bush.
