chapter 42
Knowing everything (2)
since you came here.
I thought I would be addicted to it more than once.
Those who deal with poison are also poisoned, but no matter how much I am, I have no choice but to be like that now.
So, I prepared thoroughly in case I got poisoned.
Spaw!
A scratch on the right arm.
But it didn’t mean it wasn’t serious.
The poison buried in Karga’s large sword must have come in through a small wound. A deadly poison that causes abnormalities in the body even in very small amounts.
10 seconds after getting hurt.
It is moving vigorously, so the initial reaction came quickly.
Blurred vision with dizziness.
Poison 3 times.
As I moved, I tapped a part of the gas mask, and a round pill entered my mouth and I swallowed it.
After confirming that the symptoms were quickly alleviated, I swung my sword again to respond to his intense pressure.
Having received several more wounds like that, Karga was already intoxicated with the sense of victory and loosened up his body.
yes, as always
“You know everything?”
“What?!”
Karga, who had been careless, was also injured by the stab that he thrust forward quickly.
I didn’t lose momentum and this time I pushed him from my side.
He looked very flustered and was only busy blocking the attack.
own poison does not work
It was a bigger shock than anything else for him.
It’s more confident than that ignorant big knife.
It was because it was the pride of the clan itself that was more precious than life.
Karga, who kept being pushed away, bit his teeth and took a bottle from his bosom and threw it at his sword, breaking it.
A thick liquid flowed down the sword, and the guy growled.
“With what kind of confidence do you speak such lies?
“Oh, that’s scary.”
While replying smirkingly, I parried the attack of the guy who regained his momentum.
Shock enough to ache your wrist.
Karga tried to kill me with all his might, as if he would no longer look after me.
Block, block, spill, get hit, damn it.
6 times.
Chewing a pill again, I swung my sword and cut through the straps of his armor.
Karga spreads poison smoke. Applying different poisons to swords, throwing venoms at me, etc.
They tried to kill me with every means possible.
but… … .
“You know everything? Have you used all the poison you can use now?”
Thinking it was time, I caught my breath and said that as if provoking, and Karga responded as expected.
thud!
“What the hell are you?!”
As he slashed his long sword to the floor, he shouted with a bloodstain around his neck.
It was a boring story, but I decided to listen to it in order to proceed as planned.
“Everything was taken away by the filthy Empire bastards! I’ve been holding my breath and dreaming of a day of revenge! What kind of mind were we who came all the way to this place, leaving behind the sacrifices of countless compatriots, do you dare to do a foundation!”
Those who were here were a kind of minority people who did not belong to the empire and continued their own culture.
According to a separate investigation, it was an established theory that it was a people called Sidiruin, and that it had already been exterminated.
Well, in a way, it was self-inflicted.
“What right do you bastards have to kill all of our compatriots and block my path! What the hell are you guys up to! Are you saying that the will of one of you is greater than the grudge of countless compatriots and brothers who died?!”
As you can see, they have been living quietly in the western part of the continent as generations of people dealing with poison.
It was inevitable that the territory of the empire, which continued to expand its power, collided with them. Still, in the beginning, I tried to find a peaceful way.
The empire only tried to eliminate the damage to its own people to the extent of asking them to lower the strength of the poison or not to throw it in the river when disposing of it.
It ended because Sidiruin rejected all the proposals and sprayed deadly poison in the area.
“I, we just want to get revenge on the Empire! What did you come here for? If you’re here for the worthless fame or money, back off! me and you… … The size of the will they embrace is different!”
I admit that their vengeance is great.
Otherwise, he would not have spoken of revenge even when his body was melting because he could no longer bear the poison.
With fewer than a hundred people, they might succeed in causing a truly terrifying event.
“If I had to say… … I don’t really care if you guys get revenge or not.”
I had to go through a lot of hard work to break this down.
I’ve been here before, and I’ve been here much later. I can’t even count how many times I’ve changed my life because of this place.
Thanks to that, I was able to master poison like I do now.
But that’s all.
I haven’t been back since I couldn’t find what I was looking for here either.
Obviously, the venom of these guys was great, but before they took revenge in earnest, the world was destroyed because of the Dark Lord, and their circumstances were not known.
“But if you want to take revenge, you have to do it to the Empire. Why are you harming the people of Ammon?”
The empire isn’t as clean as it is, so I didn’t mean to stop it even if I took revenge.
However, if the damage spread to Rize, wouldn’t it be impossible to leave it alone?
“What if my daughter gets poisoned because of you guys? To see him suffer from the symptoms of addiction? Until I get dirt in my eyes, no, I’m never going to see that.”
Of course, I will make an antidote in advance, but being sick is still sick.
In fact, no matter how much you take an antidote, if you continue to be exposed to poison, of course your body will be broken.
You can’t make Rize go through such hardships, can you?
… … It seemed that Claire, who was her original purpose, had been taken aback, but that was different.
He clearly remembered what he was going to give to Claire.
“what? daughter? You’re going to trample our cause over just one child?”
“Be careful with your words. Aren’t you worth a lot more than the cause you’re talking about? What are you talking about for such a cause that you can hide and belittle me?”
“… … her.”
come.
As if his anger had reached its limit, Karga shuddered briefly, then bared his teeth like a beast.
I secretly gave strength to the hand holding the sword while maintaining a smile with one corner of my mouth raised.
This would be the last time.
“I must kill you, tear you to pieces, feed you to disaster, find your daughter, and make you look like you… … !”
is this kid?
At the same time as I rushed at him in a fit of fuss, he also twisted the long sword he held with both hands and tightened all the muscles in his body.
He used to be angry, but as always, his head was cool.
Unlike me, Karga, who couldn’t overcome his rage, swung the sword with all his might, and as always, he turned his body slightly at the right timing, like this.
“uh?”
spam.
After escaping behind him, I lightly shook my sword.
I put the sword in the scabbard and finished it perfectly, then turned around and Karga similarly turned to me.
“yes yes… … bloke… … .”
Between the left hand wrapped around his neck, the blood that he couldn’t stop gushed out, and soon after, he laid his heavy body on the ground with a cooing sound.
An attack aimed solely at ending a battle when emotions are at their peak.
How much did you struggle to break that one move? Now, it has become standard to induce that movement to kill Karga.
It was the same this time too.
But the work here is not over yet. There was nothing to be gained by searching the bodies of the goblins or the goblins, so I left them alone and headed for the passage through which Karga came out.
The concentration of poison in the air got thicker the further I went in, and for some reason I felt like I was short of breath, so I touched my gas mask for no reason.
There’s still plenty of free time for the gas mask, so there’s no need to worry, but that guy in the back was a dangerous existence even at this point.
There was nothing wrong with a little more attention.
Knock… … Knock… … .
Gradually, the scenery changed to its original appearance untouched by humans, and the sound of water dripping from the stalactites overlapped with the sound of my footsteps.
how far did you walk
I stopped at the end of the road that finally appeared and looked down.
There was a cavity that was comparable in size to the huge cavity we saw earlier.
and in the middle of it.
The existence that seemed to claim to be the owner of the place was breathing slowly with a huge body.
Kurur… … .
The existence that they call Jaejae.
The biggest slime I’ve ever seen was there.
* * *
A few days ago, outside Findel.
There was still a gloomy atmosphere in Hazel’s house.
“Uncle, when are you coming?”
Fourth, Frederick muttered with his red eyes frowning.
However, it was clear to each other that the feelings of the other three here were the same, even without saying it.
Among them, the youngest, Nora, was particularly depressed.
“Claire, I want to see you for a moment.”
“Rowen hyung will say no.”
As the second, sleepy-looking silver eyes half-opened, Delan said that, and Rowen, who was standing in front of him as if watching, quietly revealed his eyes resembling a bird of prey.
“Of course not. Are you going to increase the number of sick people?”
“Claire is not sick.”
“That kind of hurts too.”
Rowen spoke calmly at Delan’s words, but as if he couldn’t hide his worries, he secretly turned his gaze to Claire’s room.
Just then, the door opened and a person came out.
Hazel, who had an impressive aged face, frowned as she looked at the four children huddled together.
“… … What are you guys doing?”
The three of them who had been squatting on Hazel’s horse pressed close to his feet, moving only their hips. Rowen, who did not participate, also sneaked a step closer.
“Can I go see Claire?”
“When can we play together?”
“How is Grandpa all right?”
Hazel twitched her cheek and waved her right hand at the sight of the children starting to chatter like birds chirping.
“Claring noise! Do you have time to be here like this?”
“Morning training is over. only… … Everyone is wondering if Claire is okay.”
“The kid is fine. It’s because I sang a man’s song on a fictional day, sniff.”
He said that he didn’t like it, but the children showed a look of relief, and Hazel twitched her lips for no reason and drove the children away again.
“If you’ve finished your business, go away. If you guys make a fuss here, the little fox will spew poison again. go fast hurry.”
The children who were pushed out with sullen expressions expressed their dissatisfaction with their whole bodies, but they calmly followed Hazel’s instructions.
Rowen, who was watching the scene from a distance, chose his words for a moment before opening his mouth.
“Me, Master. I have a question.”
“I told you not to call me Master. I don’t intend to have such a sticky relationship with you guys who have been in charge of it.”
“Grandpa Sabu!”
“Sniff, I don’t listen to your words.”
Hazel, who frowned once more at Frederick’s shout, nodded her head at Rowen, as if telling Rowen that it was okay.
“You and Master, how is it okay to inhale Claire’s poison?”
“That’s because the poison is still weak.”
Hazel, who started off as if it was nothing special, continued by scratching her left shoulder for no reason.
“It’s the fox kid’s ability to spit out poison, right? In order for a person to wrap or spit something out, there has to be something inside. The poison that the child’s body can produce is weak. Me and that kid, with that much poison, would be fine even if I ate the entire cart.”
“Then what about us?”
Nora, clinging to her feet again, blinked her large black eyes.
Delan and Frederick were also giving burdensome glances behind them, so Hazel twitched and snorted.
“Hey, you guys are weak too. still young Resistance to poison is not something that can be easily developed. Quietly if you know… … .”
“Introspection, can you raise it?”
Hazel’s words were interrupted by Delan’s voice, which was rare.
Hazel made a face that said something useless, but in the end, she couldn’t stand the pressure from the four children who showed no signs of backing down.
“You can do it. Just like I said before, you guys are still children… … The process will be very painful.”
“It’s okay to be sick.”
He said it in a serious tone, but unexpectedly, Rowen answered immediately.
“If it’s suffering, I’ve suffered enough to experience it there. So compared to not being able to be together as the five of us, being sick is really not a big deal.”
“… … .”
At that, the other three children also nodded their heads.
On the one hand, I was envious of the bond toward each other, and on the other hand, I felt a little regretful because I knew the inside story.
It’s like a damn bastard.
He felt resentment toward Irvin for entrusting these children to him, but soon Hazel clicked her tongue and erased the useless thoughts.
“Yeah, it’s training that I have to do someday anyway.”
Hazel, who muttered, thought for a moment, then raised the corners of her mouth slightly.
“Then, when the boy comes back, shall we surprise him?”
There was a bit of playfulness there.