Chapter 197 – The Weak Meat
After the fight, while collecting the corpses of the giant monkeys and burning them, Master whispered to Hakwoosun.
“Come to think of it, you didn’t take out the inner hem.”
“…!”
After hearing Master’s words, I hurriedly turned my head.
Of course, there was nothing that looked like Naedan at the place where the owner of the forest died.
“Oh, fuck.”
The problem was that the head was too hot.
Calmly thinking about it, if it was the inside of a monster pretending to be the owner of the Great Forest, it would have contained a fairly large amount of mana.
“It’s a pity, but I can’t help it. It’s already gone, so what can I do to regret it?”
I laughed with a mental victory like that, and luckily I hit the head of one of the surviving monkeys.
“Can’t you speak the common language of the continent?”
Then the monkey nodded eagerly with a frightened expression.
Well, since these guys killed the guy they worshiped like a god in one shot, it’s not unreasonable to be afraid.
“Go and tell your people. Your captain is dead, so don’t put a finger on the treasure we brought.”
I went and counted, and you know if even one number is empty, right?
“Yes! Yes yes!”
He hurriedly nodded his head up and down, got up from his seat, and ran toward the village.
“Then…Is this roughly finished?”
As I muttered that while getting up from my seat, Heald, who had watched the development, development, and ending of the incident, shook his head and said,
“You’re such an outrageous bastard. I can see why Ozma and Gabriel fell in love.”
“I was pretty good.”
Saying that and shrugging his shoulders, Hild scratched his cheek and said.
“I’m sorry for being uncooperative earlier. I tried to act as a mediator in my own way, but I didn’t know that the owner of the forest would make such a request.”
“It doesn’t matter because it’s already over. I didn’t think it would end like this in the first place.”
Although he killed Daeppang in a fit of anger, it still had value as the monkeys’ power was the strongest in the forest.
This is because it was clear that if the top predators of the food chain were artificially erased, the forest ecosystem would be destroyed.
I passed out and pointed to a monkey lying on the floor.
“Did he say his name was Dharma?”
“It’s different.”
“Looks like he’s the smartest of the monkeys here, but the next chief should have him. Still, wouldn’t it be easier to talk later if we put a guy who can speak a little better?”
“…I get it.”
“Then, this is the end of traffic control.”
Mate!
I clapped my hands and called attention, and looked around at the unscathed party despite fighting fiercely until the very end and shouted.
“Let’s go back!”
***
By the time we returned to the monkey colony, the situation had already ended.
It was because the news that the owner of the forest had been hit by a single blow had spread, and the guys who had been so powerful up until a while ago knew it and crawled.
Thinking that I felt a strange sense of humanity in this part, I asked Heald.
“So where is the shortcut to Elven Wood?”
Then Hild pointed in the direction of the north with his index finger and said.
“There is a cave if you go straight up from this village. From the outside, it looks like a natural cave, but inside there is a tunnel dug by the Beasts long ago, so you can safely go to the Elven Wood without bumping into the monsters of the forest.”
“Hoo.”
Certainly, such a method can drastically reduce travel time.
“Then let’s cover the lack of supplies here and leave before evening. Staying for a long time will only waste time.”
After hearing my words, Heild nodded his head and was about to leave, but asked me insinuatingly.
“By the way, is it okay if I ask you one thing?”
“What?”
When I asked while tilting my head, Hild slightly blushed and asked.
“How can I become strong like you?”
It’s a much more obvious question than I thought.
I answered in a playful way to Heald, who was looking at me with a nervous expression.
“The difference in talent.”
If you twist it, will you be born again?
***
“Oh! Teacher! If you take that too, our children will starve to death!”
“Don’t talk bullshit and get out of here!”
In the village of giant monkeys that took over in an instant, the demonic delegation read that it was supply and took the act of exploitation, and left the village before evening.
“Is that guy named Dharma trustworthy?”
When I looked back and asked, Hild nodded and answered.
“He’s a guy with basic fidelity. He’ll give back at least what he’s given, so you won’t have to worry too much.”
“Then I’m glad.”
It was a bit like the fact that I arbitrarily erased the allied powers of the Beast Tribe, so I made it possible to maintain the castle to some extent.
Instead, the Naga faction, which was pushed back to second place by the giant monkeys, will gain power again.
The master of the forest is dead by my hand.
Has it been about an hour since we chatted like that?
We were finally able to arrive in front of the natural cave that Hild talked about earlier.
“It’s pretty dark inside.”
“Because it’s a cave.”
I weakly fed honey chestnuts to Dorothea, who stared at me saying something obvious.
Geeing!
The ball of light that rose from the palm had roughly the same amount of light as a light bulb.
It was brighter than a torch and darker than night wine, but if you put it next to it, you could use your hands freely, so it was one of the essential magics when exploring places like dungeons.
As the Demon Soldiers, who knew how to use simple magic, also used the same magic, the inside of the cave was as bright as daylight.
It would be okay to enter the tunnel as it is, but Hild, who was experienced in shortcuts, said it would be easier to camp near the entrance and break through tomorrow at once rather than resting inside the narrow tunnel, so he decided to do so.
The Demon Soldiers set up tents around the cave and busily prepared for camping.
Originally, they would have tasteless food such as biscuits or beef jerky for dinner, but at lunchtime, they were able to enjoy a luxurious meal because there were many supplies brought from the monkey village.
“This fruit is fucking delicious.”
Maybe it’s because the environment is similar to a tropical rain forest, and bananas grew in the Great Forest.
Of course, there was no way the monkeys would hate bananas, and I, who recognized them at a glance, brought a bunch of them and shared them with my party.
“It’s a fruit called banana in old literature. Usually, it’s peeled like this and eaten raw, but it’s also said that it’s roasted over a fire.”
“Do you roast this?”
Dorothea, who was chewing on the white flesh of the banana, looked down with a grim expression.
He said in front of the fire witch that he would eat it even after roasting it, so is it a natural conclusion?
Perhaps because wizards are basically impatient with questions, Dorothea lightly toasted and ate a banana with a flame from her hand.
“…Something tastes like sweet potato?”
Of course, the reviews weren’t very good.
“Actually, I prefer to eat them raw.”
When I smiled as I said that, Dorothea threw the banana she was holding in her hand, perhaps realizing that she had been harmed.
After such a noisy evening, it was time to go to bed.
“Good night, sir.”
“OK.”
After saying hello to Master, I entered the single-person tent and lightly wiped off my sweat with a wet towel.
I really wanted to take a shower, but I couldn’t help it in such a poor environment.
At least I should consider it fortunate that I am not hot because I know how to use wind magic.
Normally, I would have used the same tent as Dorothea, Camilla, or Sofia, but I decided to put up with it because I had eyes for the soldiers.
It was because I didn’t want to make good memories for the soldiers.
… Looking at it this way, I also have a strong desire to monopolize.
It was time to change clothes with such a self-deprecating smile.
“Patrasch, are you sleeping already?”
A familiar voice came from outside the tent.
“Heild?”
What’s going on at this late hour?
Puzzled, I asked Hild, who was standing outside, to come inside.
Then, Hild, who had taken off her usual light armor and was wearing a much lighter outfit, walked through the tent and came inside.
In the process, I lowered her waist deep, so naturally, her deep cleavage just passed my view, which is more glamor than I thought.
Stepping into the tent I was sitting in, she looked around her lightly, then sniffed at her.
“Oh, I’m sorry if it smells. I didn’t turn on the ventilation.”
When I hurriedly apologized and tried to use magic, Hild blocked my arm and said,
“No, it’s okay. I can’t express my dissatisfaction from someone who suddenly came to me.”
Then he slumped down in the seat across from me and asked, looking at me slightly.
“It’s nothing else, the reason I came to you now is because I wanted to ask you something.”
“What are you curious about?”
Then, instead of answering my question right away, Hild took a quick look around her, and she looked around the outside first.
She then asked if he had confirmed that there was no one around her, sweeping her chest with a relieved expression.
“That… Does sex feel good?”
… What?
I was momentarily frozen by her answer beyond my imagination.
