Chapter 212 – Discovery
Jigsaw Jigsaw!
“Ugh!”
I barely managed to stop the two elves who had been hit by magic from collapsing and breaking the back of their heads.
Thud!
As we threw the soldiers, who were quite heavy because they were wearing armor, to the bottom of the wagon, Glinda, who was nearby, asked.
“Kaldrash, what are you going to do now?”
“We have to use hypnosis because there is no other way now.”
After answering that, I am a hypnosis app created by Nakamura, a dwarf from a different world from Japan… No, I opened a hypnosis book.
“Let’s see… Hypnosis to use in this case…”
After finding the most suitable spell among the 32 hypnotic spells written in the book, I immediately placed my hands on the soldiers’ heads and chanted them.
“Mnemosyne, bring the memory. Mnemosyne, twist the memory.”
Two small circles floated in the air, and the circles wrapped around the heads of the two soldiers.
“I announce it by the power of the goddess. Give them the blessing of the river.”
Wow!
With a bright halo, the rings penetrated the heads of the two soldiers.
Heald, who had been silently watching the situation while holding his breath, asked me cautiously.
“…What will happen now?”
I shrugged and answered.
“I know when I see it.”
Moments later, the two soldiers lying on the carriage floor opened their eyes.
Then they looked at each other with bewildered expressions, and said, “Ah! We were checking the carriage!”, And hurriedly jumped out of the carriage.
“Huh…That’s absurd magic.”
Hild admired seeing us completely unaware of us right in front of us.
“This is basic.”
When I raised my nose in a slight smugness, Dorothea muttered curtly, perhaps because she was grumpy.
“Even after reading the book and copying it, Yoo Se is.”
“Isn’t this something anyone can do? Only at the level of me can I replace the entire memory without any discomfort.”
“Nuye, Nuye, I hope you’re doing well.”
“Are you pissing right now?”
“Ah! Don’t touch my hair!”
It hasn’t been a day or two since this guy tickled me, so I, who had condemned him by messing with his hair moderately, told the others that they could be relieved now.
Then, Margaret and her mother showed a visibly relieved look, and Camilla, who usually shows little emotion, showed her heart sweeping, perhaps because she was secretly scared.
In the meantime, I saw Sophia’s complexion turned white and asked.
“Sophia? Are you feeling unwell? You look pale?”
Then Sophia took her mad startle and shook her head from side to side.
“Yes? Oh, no. I’m suddenly getting some motion sickness.”
“Is it because the seats aren’t good enough? Shall I change them for you?”
Saying that, she willingly stood up from her seat. Sophia, who was sitting next to Camilla, said that she could use her healing magic, but she refused.
What… If she says she’s fine, there’s no need for her to be fussy.
“Okay. If you change your mind later, tell me.”
After finishing the conversation like that, I calmly sat down as I watched the carriages outside begin to move one by one.
***
Rattle! Rattle! Rattle! Rattle!
The ride on the wagon out of Elven Wood was simply the worst.
Unlike the well-paved city streets, the unpaved roads in the Great Forest with tropical rain forest-like vegetation gave the impression of riding a cultivator rather than a wagon.
Did it run for about 30 minutes like that?
As if she couldn’t hold out any longer, Dorothea hurriedly ordered.
“Kaldrash! Cushion!”
“Yes, yes.”
For the anal health of our cutie Dorothea, I, who was willing to put air bubbles under her buttocks, asked others.
“Does anyone else need it?”
Then, you and me all raised their hands.
They didn’t say anything, but they all seemed to be suffering from the same pain.
“It’s nice to be honest.”
After making additional air cushions for six people, I regretted not using them earlier because I was saving mana for the soft seating feeling unique to air bubbles.
After all, people should enjoy civilization.
Has it been another 30 minutes since I sat on the cushion and passed the time in a daze?
Glinda, who was reading a small palm-sized book, raised her head and said,
“Looks like we’ll get to our destination soon.”
“How do you know that?”
“I heard the voice of a spirit carried by the wind.”
Saying that, Glinda twitched her long ears, put the book she was reading in her arms and stood up.
Then she felt her carriage stop just as she had said.
The shouting and loud noise of soldiers coming from outside.
Judging by the sound of something heavy dragging on the floor, it was probably the sound of a gate opening.
I used the camouflage magic and peeked my head out of the wagon.
As expected, a line of wagons lined up in front of the castle gate.
‘It would be impossible to escape now.’
Having made a quick decision, I tried to put my head back inside, but my eyes suddenly landed on the tall castle.
‘Is this the fortress that Queen Marv made with magic?’
The general way to build a huge building in another world is to pile up bricks made by cutting rocks or stones one after another.
However, the huge fortress standing in front of him denied such common sense.
Should I say that it feels like it was made by carving a whole rocky mountain?
Ironically, the huge fort, which was white as a whole, was an artificial building, yet retained the grandeur of nature.
It was like looking at the walls of Constantine in the royal capital.
Eventually, the train of wagons, which had stopped for a while, started moving again, and the wagons we rode were able to cross the deep moat and enter the outpost safely.
***
While the wagon that came into the castle stopped for a moment, we had an emergency meeting.
“Now what?”
Somehow we succeeded in escaping through the strict security of Elven Wood, but the outpost we are now in was in the exact opposite location of the village of beasts, the starting point.
Because they had come so far, it was difficult to go back the way they came, and entering the great forest again without proper emergency food was like committing suicide.
Even Hild, the forest keeper of the beast village, shook his head, saying that it was impossible to return to the beast village from this position. Margaret, who had been sitting quietly in the corner, suddenly raised her hand.
“Isn’t it just a simple idea?”
“?”
Then everyone in the party put question marks on their heads and looked at Margaret.
There are only five great mages in this position right now.
However, when the person who seemed to be the most stone-headed in the group suddenly took the right to speak, they were dumbfounded.
Either way, Margaret took the map lying in the middle of the carriage and connected the two points with her fingers.
“Uh?”
Seeing that, someone gave a startled voice.
Well, it was an answer I hadn’t even thought of.
Maybe everyone’s vision was narrowed because they only thought about going back to the Great Forest.
“I heard that this is the border area between Doom Land and Elven Wood anyway? So, wouldn’t it be faster to go around the Vulcan Mountains and go to the Demon Castle without having to go back to the Great Forest?”
“Exactly…”
Glinda, who knows most of the terrain near Elven Wood among us, responded positively.
“Normally, it would be considered suicide to avoid the Great Forest and enter the Vulcan Mountains, but in the current situation, it might be better to use this route. In the Vulcan Mountains, it is easy to get drinking water by melting snow, and there are many wild animals. Because it goes around.”
Dorothea, who had been quietly listening to the story, also nodded.
“If you go beyond the Vulcan Mountains, Dragon Mountain, the home of the Demon Dragons, is right in front of you. Then you can ask Gav for help.”
After hearing the two of them, Master whispered to Hakwooseon.
“You’ve got an answer.”
I agreed with that too.
“Then let’s go with this plan.”
***
It was after nightfall that we started moving in earnest.
Widely!
“…”
I looked around the quiet warehouse and gestured to the others inside the tent.
Then, one by one, the party carefully got off the wagon.
Finally, after seeing Margaret’s mother getting off, I stood at the front and started to move cautiously.
“Cheuk!”
Taking advantage of the night, I suffocated the soldier guarding the warehouse, moved the corpse to a place out of sight, and signaled to Master.
Master then took the initiative and led the other party to move from wall to wall.
Usually, when escaping from enemy lines in this way, time is of the essence.
I moved as quickly as I could because it would save time if I didn’t have to fight.
It took about 15 minutes to get from the warehouse where the wagon was located to the gate that they had passed through during the day.
Now it was just the last hurdle to cross.
But, as if not to allow such an easy escape, a loud whistle suddenly rang out throughout the fort.
Beep beep!
‘Fuck.’
Fucked.
