chapter 70
70 – The old me, the old you (complete)
“stop.”
Moving with her, I raised my fist and told her to stop.
“Can you catch anything with those cute ears, Michelle?”
How many times do you say that you’re cute, won?
It’s so cool to keep looking so cute…
“For now. Goblins seem to know how to stand guard.”
Hearing rustling and growling, it must have been that a sentry had been erected around it.
It’s a monster that knows how to use low-level monsters like this… I’ll have to see how clever they are.
“First, let’s see how they move and move.”
“Leave that to me, Mr. Rabbit. Can you just tell me which way you’re going?”
Suddenly she took out a hook and whirled it around, threw it onto a tree, secured it, and started climbing.
“It’s in the north direction. Is that safe?”
“I’m relieved because I deliberately hung it on a thick branch. hehehe, you’re even kind?”
Now even winks. But strangely, since yesterday, I don’t have any objection to being teased.
Strange self-confidence and confident appearance… Hmm.
“Ah, if you need to shoot an arrow, blow a short whistle. I’ll use that as a signal.”
“great.”
After that, she rode the rope in an instant and climbed upward, completely disappearing among the branches and leaves.
The last time I saw her, there were two bows and two types of arrows on her back.
I couldn’t understand why it was like that.
Is it not heavy, or is it a small bow or a large bow, so it doesn’t really matter.
I thought I would take care of it, and soon I shook my mind and turned to the place where I heard the sound.
“Now it’s my turn to work.”
He took out his shortsword and dagger, and walked slowly into the bush with a low stance.
‘Is it 20 steps ahead?’
Judging by the sound of getting closer, it seems that they are feeling our presence.
Even moving a little wider, it is obvious that they are searching for intruders.
…Rather, using tactics would be poison.
The guy coming from the left is 8 steps, the one in front is 10 steps, and the one on the right is 9 steps.
He firmly held on to his weapon and wet his lips once.
Shall we grab it from the left?
Before that, let’s take a look at her skills. Getting ready to run left –
“Wheek.”
Let’s give a shrill, birdlike whistle –
Peek, Puck, Ping –
Wait a minute, three feet? Almost at the same time?
“Keeek?!”
“That’s-“
“Kak-“
As soon as I heard a scream, I hurriedly moved my feet to check their condition.
Did you really hit all three shots?
It also aimed at the head and died in an instant.
“That’s amazing. Wasn’t it because you were confident?”
It wasn’t a mouthful. I like it more and more.
I pulled the arrows from the corpse and carefully put them into the bag on my back.
‘Two this time. Did you just respond to the screams… wait?!’
Instead of coming in this direction, they seem to be walking backwards.
It must have been smarter than I thought. I can’t let you run away
As soon as I heard the sound of footsteps, I jumped out of the grass and threw the dagger I was holding in my right hand.
“Kyahak!”
As soon as the one that was pinned to my chest fell to the ground, I covered the other one’s mouth with my hand and stabbed his heart.
The weight-bearing blow shattered the creature’s weak bones and ripped through the inside, and the struggling body soon became quiet.
At the same time, an arrow flew through the wind.
“ki-soil-“
The guy who hit the dagger didn’t die completely, so she shot the arrow properly and finished off the guy who was trying to sound the alarm.
Standing up, I carefully drew out the short sword and carefully removed the corpse from myself so that blood wouldn’t splatter on my body.
Then I wiped the blood off the cloth he was wearing, and rolled him in the dirt and set it aside.
Again, he carefully removed the dagger that was stuck in it and put it back in his hand.
‘very good. Soft.’
From the first day, the sum fits so well, this is won.
Pushing through the grass with a higher feeling, I continued clearing the guards near the road I was going to.
It was time to marvel at the detail of her whistling whenever necessary, properly removing those from the back row of goblin guards.
“Wheeik-!”
As I continued to move, I heard a loud whistle and looked up, and a hook came down towards me.
A piece of paper was tied to the string,
Cutie. Are you good at it? Arrow please.
After grinning at the contents of her note, he took out an arrow from his back and tied it tightly to the hook.
Then lightly pull the line twice, and the line goes up smoothly.
“I like it more and more.”
For some reason, I keep liking her way of doing things.
***
“Yeah, it’s weird that I came here killing this much and not being caught.”
In the end, I appeared in front of the guys who were waiting for me with a shield formation, and I brushed off the blood on my sword once.
ping, ping –
In the meantime, the sound of arrows continued to be heard.
Are you taking out the approaching sentries?
how good it was I’ve already seen enough of her skills, so there’s nothing for me to worry about.
The guy standing behind the shield is none other than the one-eyed Goblin King.
The huge club he was holding and the black cloth and iron armor he wore were impressive.
“…Aha, this one. Aren’t you guys more picky?”
The Minotaurs didn’t wear armor, so I even gnawed them, but this guy is openly armed.
“Be-gihr!”
After shouting something loudly, he pointed the club at me, and then stood still in that position.
“…Hmm?”
However, when nothing happened even after being in that position for a long time, the Goblin King looked back and showed a puzzled look.
Even the goblins who were standing in the battle line began to hum.
“Whee-whik!”
When I heard another boastful whistle, I understood what had happened.
“Puhahahaha, my God. I really like it.”
Did he kill all the archers he had?
So you shot an arrow earlier?
“Sa-Gehi? Cho… Sir…”
The guy gritted his teeth and went loudly once, striking the club once on the ground.
At the same time, the goblins lowered their shields and raised their swords, axes, hammers… various weapons, showing their armed status.
“These guys are also wearing armor. Even if it’s made of leather…”
Kicking my teeth in an unexpectedly twisted situation, I lifted the one-handed ax that was strapped to my back instead of the short sword.
“Okay, let’s try something.”
I had to move quickly this time, so I hopped lightly in place once or twice to warm up my legs.
The moment they took a step, I lowered my stance and kicked the ground.
“Interrupt the big one!”
I ordered her from the top of the tree in a loud voice, and an arrow flew swiftly and into the boy’s neck.
“Higre!”
The arrow pierced the woman’s hand, who was hastily covering her throat.
The problem is that it’s not that deep.
“The leather is also tough? It’s lower grade than the Minotaur? That’s funny…!”
I jumped deep into the open field to quickly increase the distance between him and his subordinates.
Are you trying to knock down a tree…!
“Avoid!”
After yelling at her, I picked up a stone from the floor.
And looking at the goblins running towards me, the poor posture gave me a rough idea of the level.
“That’s right. Even though they have been trained in tactics, their individual abilities are poor.”
I threw a stone at the head of the guy running towards me without covering his head, and his head was smashed and he fell backwards.
After seeing that, are you trying to protect yourself by holding up a shield?
“But, it’s already too late.”
They are not gathered, and there are no guys who can connect with the shield.
Then all you have to do is catch the fallen ones and kill them one by one.
Holding the shield with both hands, the shivering man’s shield was kicked once with a strong foot, and his clumsy posture collapsed.
What followed was obvious. If you chop down the back of a fallen guy with an axe, that pitiful breath will end.
The guy who shouted and tried to swing his weapon at me fired a throwing dagger dangling from the side of his leg and hit me in the stomach.
I quickly cut the throat of the guy moaning in pain.
Seriously, am I wrong with my arms and stature being vaguely small? You can’t do a proper check.
I glanced at the guys who were backing away in fear, then looked in her direction.
“Guhyaak! Cho-Sir! Toogmere!”
A guy who talks loudly and beats trees with a club.
The flying splinters of trees are quite creepy.
“Strength is business…”
The very moment when I wonder if she avoided it well…
ping –
and an arrow landed in the back of the head of the goblin who was confronting me.
“Huh, what the f*ck.”
Looking at the direction, it seems that he was hiding in a tree on the other side of me.
In the meantime, the guy was still hitting the tree he was knocking on without noticing.
He’s a smart guy, but is he hot-tempered or simple?
…Or maybe she’s amazing.
How did you think of opening the distance at that moment?
With a smile, I slaughtered the frightened green creatures in front of me.
Those who lose even the will to fight and try to run away are much easier to deal with.
Besides, if you were fast, would you be faster than me?
***
Apparently realizing that I had completely killed his men, he stopped hitting the tree and turned to me.
“Awesome, power once.”
To make a hole in that big tree with a club.
Have you ever thought of dropping a tree?
“Hax… Nigr.”
I shrugged my shoulders at the guy who kept talking to me in unknown words.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t know what you’re talking about. I know you’re upset.”
He tied the hatchet to the back of the road, took out an awl from his waist belt, and held one in each hand.
Guys like that should be killed by cutting through the armor.
With a thump, the guy hit the ground once with a club, then bent down once and charged at me with a loud roar.
It’s slow.
I moved to the left of the guy, raising a dust wind, and in an instant, I stabbed him deeply once in the back of his leg.
I put a lot of force into it and stepped back quickly, frowning at the dull feeling of having to pull it out with great effort.
“Keah haaa!!”
Perhaps stabbing deeply was the answer, so he screamed and whistled without losing sight of his collapsing stance.
Fang –
This time, I opened my eyes wide in surprise at the sound of the arrow that came a little stronger.
“Keuheuk, Cho-Sir…!”
This time, a longer arrow was lodged in his shoulder.
I smiled at the sight of him apparently hurting him.
“So that’s why you brought two…!”
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Rolling my feet quickly, I evaded the club he wielded by jumping high in place.
Perhaps it was because he swung too hard, his posture faltered.
That’s why I really like the awl against you guys. He reacts well whenever he gets injured.
Immediately after, I stabbed the back of his ankle and the back of his knee several times quickly, and quickly spread the distance again.
The dark red blood on the awl was quite impressive.
“Looking at you, it’s not long, huh?”
“Gahaaagh…!”
With a very contorted face, he didn’t let go of the fallen guy and jumped on his back and stabbed the back of his neck deeply.
“Aghaaa!!”
I strongly stepped on the back of the guy who was screaming sharply and jumped up and landed on the ground, dropping my hand and letting go of the club, indicating the end of the job.
“Now what? It will take a long time to die of blood-“
Fang –
I heard the sound of arrows being fired once more.
It pierced the guy’s remaining eye diagonally.
“Kahuk…”
“oh…”
As he gurgled and shook his hands, another arrow landed in the same spot.
Just like that, the guy dropped his hands and stopped breathing.
“Awesome.”
At some point, did you change location again and snipe?
He’s quick and quick, but he has a good sense.
He paces well, hahahaha… Really good?
I smiled at the thought of running lightly to her as she descended on a rope from a tree in the distance, and praising her.
She landed lightly on the ground, lowered the rope, rolled it around and kicked it around her waist, then turned her head to me with a smile.
“That was great, Mr. Lewis!” “Awesome, Mr. Michelle!”
After speaking at the same time, I was dumbfounded for a while, and then we burst into laughter.
It would have been even more so when they saw each other’s big smiles.
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Returning to the village, he delivered the death of the guy and the location of the retrieved items, and received a large down payment.
“As expected, it’s white clay. And Mr. Lewis, thank you very much for your hard work.”
“She did everything, what,” “He did everything, what…”
Feeling hit again, this time I cleared my throat and avoided her face. She touched me once and smiled.
Yeah… It was from that day. that we went together.
I still remember the moment I fell in love with the girl who approached me like a match made in heaven…
***
“You were awesome then, yes. Really awesome.”
He smiled as he recalled the woman who always helped her neatly from behind.
“It was really hard to pretend to be a normal mother in front of my kids… Well, now you both get a rough idea.”
“Did you really need to?”
Sometimes I think of her glaring at her children with fearful eyes, and I ask her a question I’ve been wanting to ask for a long time.
“At first… should I say I wanted to play the role of a mother? A kind mother in the morning and a woman who attacks you at night. I wanted to try that kind of life…”
Taking a deep breath, she touched her face.
“Because I’m so sensitive to the passing of the years, I think those kids… didn’t look good. And… I really think they did it for nothing.”
As she touched my leg and crumpled my face, she ended up shedding tears.
“If I knew you would become like this… No. No… What would I do to regret what had already happened.”
I hugged her and kissed her on the cheek and ear as she trembled.
“That’s right, it’s already happened. Nothing changes.”
Then he grabbed her head and kissed her.
The end of the salty kiss mixed with tears was sweet.
Like the ending I met.
Embracing the broken me, and trying to give her a happy future after having to endure that long time alone, I wanted her to feel what I feel too.
I kissed her neck and unbuttoned her nightgown buttons one by one.
He bit her ear and whispered.
“And falling for you and loving you will never change.”