My Demons - Chapter 162



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My Villains Episode 162

40. Again, the pursuers (6)

The waning afternoon sunlight cast a shadow down the mountain.

Wide wheat fields spread out beneath the mountain peaks, shoulder to shoulder with a cloudless sky. The half that was trampled and burned was nothing more than a lump of dirt, but the other half still waved in golden light, full of hope.

The wind blowing from the far south blew past the grains of wheat and soared up the steep mountain slopes. The wind also reached the man who was standing on the cliff of a peak.

The one-eyed bounty hunter savored the vitality and hope that had been brought there, and then spat out phlegm.

Then a tall young man wearing a cape approached him.

“Dirk.”

The one-eyed man glanced at the young man, then returned his gaze to the bottom of the mountain.

Because the bushes were low and sparse, there was little to block the view. It is a famous spot with a clear view of the foot of the mountain.

“What about them?”

“I stopped on a mountain road.”

“mountain path?”

“That’s the spot where the bodies were.”

A sharp single eye scanned the valley along the mountainside. Then Dirk noticed something and frowned slightly.

“You’re starting a fire.”

“… … Did you notice?”

“Maybe so.”

“I’ll tell Evan to launch the familiar.”

“no.”

Dirk scratched under his eye patch as he looked at the smoke rising from the hill.

“There are only three wizards and a druid. “It’s too dangerous.”

“Then what should we do?”

“… … “Bring the guys from across the street back.” “You mean now?”

“okay. Send a letter and tell them to tighten from behind. “I also tell them to hurry because we need to move before the fire blocks the road.”

“All right.”

“and.”

Dirk took something out of his pocket and handed it to the young man.

“… … What is this?”

“It is the ‘rod of judo.’ Look closely, and when it shines, throw it at them.”

The young man who was fiddling with the piece of metal he had been given glanced sideways at the rock wall behind Dirk.

“Are they coming forward?”

“maybe.”

“… … “It must be quite dangerous.”

“That’s why we brought in the mercenaries. “Don’t just step forward and get caught up in the magic, just control it from behind.”

As the young man retreated, Dirk, who had put on his cloak, turned around and walked away. As he approached the cliff wall, he put his shoulder through a small gap in the rock.

Sigh.

A long passage appeared in front of Dirk, who had dug through a small crevice in the rock. It was an exquisitely hidden cave.

After walking along the passage for some time, he arrived at a fairly spacious cavity. Small fireballs were floating in the air, dispelling the darkness of the cave.

Dirk slightly bowed his head to the one in the innermost part of the four figures in the cavity.

“Preparations are complete.”

“… … Hong, it ended quickly.”

The four figures were dressed so that you could tell they were wizards at a glance.

The three of them were wearing gray-white robes with deep hoods, and the middle-aged man who was making a sarcastic comment to Dirk was wearing blue robes and a wide-brimmed cone hat and holding a long iron staff.

“I’m glad this annoying companion doesn’t last two months.”

“… … I think so too, Master Widal.”

When Dirk answered with an expressionless face, the wizard holding the steel staff quietly glared at him.

“… … “Are we sure we should step forward?”

“I hope so.”

“You’re so shameless.”

“please understand. “It’s because there was an error in the information about the request target.”

One of the hooded spirits suddenly got irritated by Dirk’s calm words.

“Anyway, the bitch is half-hearted. Even if you eat three hundred gold coins, you still can’t catch a girl like that?

It was the voice of a young woman. The wizard of her iron staff looked at her and made a stern noise in her throat.

“Shut your mouth, Olide.”

“Master, aren’t you angry? “They’re putting on a show, black wolves and all, but before they get to work, they try to manipulate us.”

Despite the woman’s criticism, Dirk just stood there silently.

‘… … Let’s be patient. ‘I made a mistake and I feel like a fool.’

Dirk had stopped by a village called ‘Inbury’ while searching the Lidburn area two and a half months ago. He said that there he met a cold-faced knight, a large barbarian, and a blonde girl.

‘I can’t believe you don’t remember that. At least it only came to mind before the captain boarded the ship.

Even if…

Later, when he heard information about a new target – a wizard named ‘Erenar Rada Kalin’ – Dirk had completely forgotten about the three people he met in Inverri.

‘Everyone can see that it was a bloody swordsman, a red bear, and a fire witch, but you can’t remember that. ‘You idiot.’

Swallowing his belated self-reproach, Deuk smiled leisurely.

“I understand that Olide is angry, but I also did my best.”

“What about putting employers in this hole? best?”

When the woman named Olide lost her temper again, the wizard with the steel staff stopped her.

“stop. You can reprimand him later, Olide. “The important thing now is to catch the traitor and retrieve the banned book.”

“… … Phew. Yes, got it.”

When the situation was resolved, Dirk secretly breathed a sigh of relief and led the wizards seemingly calmly.

‘La-Palais Palace is famous for its powerful battle wizards. Among them, he is the one who received the title of Master.’

Master Widal frowned, as if he felt a single eye turning towards him.

“Is there something wrong?”

“… … no. no.”

Dirk grinned.

‘I’m looking forward to it.’

“Hurry up. “It will start soon.” Keek-!

A monster’s cry was heard from somewhere. When I heard it, it seemed to be a scream made by a small goblin-like creature.

The scream was quickly drowned out by other signs. The entire nearby mountainside was awakened by a large fire burning on the hill.

The fuel for that fire was none other than Anupad’s corpse. The offerings offered to the unknown being were now being consumed by the flames.

This is a fire that started because of Utequai’s stubbornness. He made such a fuss about having to erase the ominous traces, that in the end I had no choice but to follow his words.

Because of various measures taken, the fire died down after only burning the corpses, but there was no way the wild animals and monsters would have known such a situation. They just noisily retreated to avoid the hot fire.

Somewhere in the bushes at the foot of that chaotic mountain, I was walking along, holding my breath.

Bye.

«Ugh n

I tried to be very careful, but something that looked like a tree branch broke loudly under my feet. Because they wear heavy armor and studded boots, it is not easy to move secretly.

Fortunately, because there was noise everywhere, I was able to ignore it and keep walking. After some time, the bundle ahead of me made a gesture and whispered to me.

“Here you go.”

The bundle hiding in the bushes like a black panther raised his hand and pointed to one side. I quickly stopped and looked there.

Some distance away from the road leading down to the foot of the mountain, mercenaries were hiding. The group appeared to be a little over twenty people, and they were setting up an ambush using shallow pits or old trees lying sideways.

I slowly approached the bunch and asked.

“Is that all?”

It was nothing more than a whisper, but the guy managed to understand and nodded.

“The rest, go down. “I’m going to take the dogs down there and leave.”

“I’m going down… …

I looked beyond the point where the mercenaries were ambushed and down the mountainside.

It’s hard to see from here because it’s obscured by thick bushes, but if you go down a little bit, you’ll see a low hill that looks like a plain.

While I was thinking about what to do, two people followed behind me. It was Cole, an archer with an arrow in his mouth, and a freckled mummy wearing only leather clothes instead of armor.

After making a quick decision, I sent the two to the other side and approached the mercenaries with the bundle.

“……eww ”

……”5″.

Among the mercenaries, there was a familiar guy. A man who looked like a movie star, I think his name was Regan.

I quietly pulled out Hrunting and walked up to Batu and whispered.

“Do you see him? “A guy without a helmet.”

“A bunch?”

Underneath the deeply pressed hood, small lips moved hurriedly.

“… … Ugh, yes, it’s visible, I can see it.”

“what’s the matter?”

“No, it’s not me…

Glancing at the guy who was somehow shrugging his shoulders, I continued what I was saying.

“That guy■ must be the leader here. “If I rush at you, you target him first.”

“yes.”

Nodding his head quickly, Mungchi took off in an instant. As I climb up a pine tree that seems to be a couple of spans thick, I don’t hear anything special.

… … There are no monkeys.

After the bunch hid in the tree, I counted in my head for a moment. It was waiting for Kol and Mira to settle down.

After counting to twenty, I immediately jumped to the front of the market. I didn’t shout, but I also didn’t necessarily tone down my footsteps.

“… … “Uh, huh?”

A few mercenaries who were looking this way made stupid noises. I puffed out my thighs and jumped into their ambush.

“You fucking idiot!”

Someone shouted after the two mercenaries left.

In that short period of time, the Hrunting came out after wiggling its neck and stomach once, its tongue flailing with a bright red glow.

“Kill!”

Taking the sweet scream as a cue, I started running.

I raised my shield tightly and blocked the crossbow that flew from somewhere. He avoided the long ax that was struck from the front, and at the same time stepped on the back of the ax blade with his foot.

“Ugh, damn it-”

The mercenary with his impressive broken front teeth pulled the ax handle with all his might, but the ax that was stepped on by me did not budge. I struck away the iron club poking at me from the side and inserted the Hrunting between my broken front teeth.

“Kkereuk,”

With the knife deeply inserted, the head, with blood gushing from its mouth, was cut to the side.

Sigh-

The moment red blood spread in the air, my blood burst out.

bang!

It was ‘see blood’.

Blood droplets exploded and swept forward as if they had been shot from a shotgun.

“Keuok,”

“Ah, my, my eyes!”

Since they were well-armed, most of the blood drops were blocked by their thick armor.

However, the joints that were only touched by cloth or leather, or the face exposed under the helmet, were ruined, as if they had been hit by sharp claws.

“Whoa.” As the bloody smell spread, something hot surged from my lower abdomen. I wanted to activate ‘thirst’ right away and dye my vision red, but… … .

No, you don’t need to do that.

I swallowed and stretched out my left arm. He then pulled the mercenary who was clutching his eyes and strangled him with his arms.

Pew pew pew!

“Kwaeook!”

Just then, three crossbow bolts flew in and pierced the creature’s chest and stomach. I am

Holding the meat shield tightly, he jumped into the midst of the enemies.

As experienced mercenaries, the enemies did not retreat easily. It was veteran-like and very difficult to attack using solid armament and numerical superiority.

“You bastards with shields, go forward!”

When four more mercenaries were defeated, Captain Regan grasped the situation and began using Akda Guni.

It didn’t last very long. Something fell from above her head and crushed Regan’s shoulder.

“Huh? Hundreds of millions?” And before Riggan could raise his head, sharp blades pierced his neck one after another.

Pow, Pow!

“Kruk,”

As his handsome face became distorted, his subordinates shouted.

“Hey, Regan!”

“What is that bitch!”

Even as the mercenaries attacked in full force, the bundle squatting on Regan’s shoulder was extremely calm.

It kicked the falling corpse, blood spurting from its neck, and quickly rolled to the ground. In the meantime, he threw a dagger and stuck it in the neck of a mercenary who was reloading his crossbow.

“X arm, grab it! “That bitch killed the captain!”

“Kill the knight first, you idiots!”

Mercenaries holding swords and axes clamored to capture the bundle.

However, Mungchi leisurely dodged his body and charged at the crossbowmen, swinging his short sword, throwing a dagger, and kicking, instantly dispatching the three crossbowmen.

And by the time he flew away again and hid behind me, there were only four mercenaries standing.

“Um, is it over already?”

When I turned my head at the sound coming from behind, I saw Ute Kwai emerging from the bushes.

“There are few numbers.”

I nodded and held out my hand to the tight-lipped Steedman who had just appeared. The guy quickly ran up to him and handed him the javelin he was carrying on his shoulder.

“It looks like the rest have already gone down. “I think he’s waiting down there.” As a group of men appeared behind Ute Kwai, the mercenaries, who had lost all of their comrades, suddenly began to run away.

“Hueup.”

A spear thrown with a simple movement pierced the back of a mercenary.

Well, I was aiming for the neck.

Because I aimed while talking, I missed. It would have pierced her chainmail front and back, rendering her spear blade useless.

“Tsk. “I started the fire for no reason.”

“We have disposed of the evil offering. “You have no regrets.”

Arrows were fired one after another at the remaining three fugitives.

As the two fell down after being hit by arrows, a freckled mummy appeared from nowhere and attacked the last one with a sharp roar.

“You could set the fire after killing all the mercenaries. “It would have been a lot easier if I had let my guard down.”

“I couldn’t take the time. “If I had left it as is, my mother would have been angry.”

“……ugh ”

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I scratched my eyebrows and closed my mouth. It wasn’t very wise to pick Ute Kwai’s tail when she was crying about her mother.

“The enemy is gathering.”

Xanavas, who was holding a small thrush in his arms, was making eye contact with another thrush. As he whispered something, the thrush in her arms stumbled for a moment and then flapped its wings following the loud thrush.

“I hear there are a lot of people wearing armor.”

“How many people?”

“They don’t count people accurately. “Whether it’s one or ten, they’re just as threatening.”

“… … Then there is nothing we can do. “I have no choice but to go down and see.”

The guys waiting at the bottom of the mountain are probably mercenaries under Randall. He just killed Regan, so he’s probably certain.

I can’t quite figure out why they’re attacking me. It doesn’t mean I don’t know your motive, it just means I don’t know what you believe and attack.

Mercenaries who are no better than wild dogs attacking a party as dangerous as ours… … .

Well, so to speak, it’s irrational. Because mercenaries aren’t the type to take revenge at the risk of death.

I’m sure there’s something I believe in, but I don’t know what that is.

Ellen, who had been silent, suddenly opened her mouth.

“Something is ominous.”

“what?”

“… … I do not know.”

What is he saying?

When I made a puzzled expression, Ellen pursed her lips and then sighed.

“My heart is strangely heavy. “I feel kind of anxious.”

“… … Um, really?”

If it were anyone else, I wouldn’t know, but since it was Ellen, it was hard to ignore.

Just as Ute Kwai and Mungchi each have superhuman strength and agility, Ellen has abnormally high magical power.

If your magic power is high, you can see things that ordinary people cannot see. So it was natural that I couldn’t laugh off the anxiety he felt.

Moreover, I was also feeling uneasy inside, so Ellen’s words felt even more meaningful.

“… … good.”

After a short thought, I called my companions together.