Episode 112
Was it the scent of the food I was cooking, or was it the warmth of the tent?
“Yes… … .”
Cassena Page thought about a quick sleep talk, then sat up in a daze and looked down at her hands.
“Are you conscious now?”
“uh? uh! I think I had a very strange dream… … .”
“Casena, casena, casena.”
When Fifi rubbed her head against his cheek, Kasena finally let out a sigh of relief, but her face soon turned pale as the people around her came into view.
“Su, su, su in… … ?!”
That seems like a normal reaction, but when I was trying to quickly warn her before she made a mistake, Kasena’s eyes lit up.
“Really, are you a real beast?!”
what? Bethuel and Barelzen were even more surprised than Lane at that innocent reaction.
No, can I explain this as innocent? If this were an innocent reaction, wouldn’t you be so scared that your whole body would shake?
The shock didn’t end there. She crawled over and touched the wolf ears of Zen, who was glaring at Cassena with her arms crossed, and she smiled brightly.
“Hey, you hairless kid! “Did you go crazy because you wanted to die?”
Varlzen, startled, hurriedly stood up and growled, shaking off Kassena’s touch, but Kassena’s eyes were still sparkling.
“What… … Miss, aren’t you scared? “Is that the prisoner?”
“I’m not scared! “Why are you scared of Suin?”
“???”
To hear the inside story, Kasena had never heard of beastmen being cursed creatures in the first place. I admire Madelia Page’s insight.
In addition, since he was six years old, he had cut off all interactions with his peers, his tutor, and other people, so there was no room for strange rumors to spread.
In fact, Kasena even had strange fantasies about beastmen, and it went something like this.
“Strangely, in old adventure books, there were often stories about meeting beastmen, but these days, they don’t exist!”
“An adventure book… … ?”
“So later, when my leg healed, I tried to go and meet the beastmen and write an adventure book! But this is how we met!”
It’s a gap in adventure books… … .
It seems like something happened as expected. I’ll definitely look into it if I ever get down to the Wall.
“Anyway, I’m hungry! “What is this smell?”
“It’s almost done. wait a minute.”
That was also the moment when ‘Lin’s Special Charcoal Meat Soup’ was introduced to the public for the first time in a long time. As she filled the plate and handed it out, Kasena started drooling.
“Would you like some, Mr. Barlzen?”
I recommended the ‘Lin Special Firewood Charcoal Grilled Skewers’ that I made to Barelzen. This is so delicious that it can be called a special move.
“Give me that too!”
“You can’t, young lady.”
Barelzen instinctively sniffed at the delicious smell, but turned his head indifferently at Lane’s question.
“Hmph, all meat is the same. “How can you become a warrior if you only eat the flesh like that?”
“Uh… … .”
“This is why hairless things. A true warrior must eat meat in any condition without any hesitation and provide nutrients.”
“But just give it a try. It’s not like we’re fighting right now… … Or do you still not believe me?”
I really, really didn’t want to eat it, but seeing the little boy look up at me like that strangely pricked my heart.
He looked at Bethuel to ask for help, but instead of helping, Bethuel only nodded to indicate that he should receive it.
Holy shit… … It is a warrior’s shame to run away from a charging enemy, and in the end, Varlzen watched Kasena swallow the chunks of her meat that had gone into her soup, gulping down her saliva.
“Wow, it’s delicious! Lane, this is so delicious!”
“Yes?”
Seeing that the light purple little boy looked fine even though he was eating a lot, it appears that there was no poison. If so, where can I go once… … .
‘Um, uhhhhhhhhh ───?!’
The shock felt like lightning flashing through my brain, and the strong signal that hit my tongue, or rather, the taste cells on my tongue sent out, even made me dizzy.
What is this incense?
And what is this delicious taste?
Does the gravy taste like this?
I was just dealing with the waves of doubt that were churning in my head, but the weight that had been heavy in my grasp suddenly disappeared.
“omg.”
I am shocked and realize the truth. She ate all the meat hanging from her skewer without realizing it.
“Would you like one more?”
“me! “Give it to me first!”
And as I looked at the little boy smiling at the empty skewer, I felt like I had lost for no reason, and my anger rose.
“You’re laughing. It was so tasteless that I just swallowed it all in one go. Who on earth would eat something like this? “I guess I’ll eat it up because it’s good for the dead.”
“is that so? It was an ambitious project… … sorry.”
“No, man! I’m just saying it’s a bit like that. It’s not that serious… … Yes, it was delicious, you son of a bitch! “Don’t feel bad and gloomy just because you heard a man say something like this!”
“Then would you like one more?”
“… … .”
Varlzen glanced around outside the tent and shook his head ever so slightly to see who was there. When Lane and Fifi started giggling, they immediately burst into flames.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Varlzen get along so well with someone. “They are even human children.”
In this strange situation, or rather, in this situation that should have been normal, even Alakish, who always had a dignified expression, raised his eyebrows.
“They are really strange kids.”
“That’s right.”
Bethuel, who was sitting next to me, responded in a surprised voice, but then smiled.
“So it’s not that bad.”
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After the brief commotion was over, I explained the current situation to Katsena Page.
What happened in the Imperial Palace is all true, we were brought here by the power of Karenden (probably) and we were able to survive with the help of Alakish here.
It was a bit of a worry, but Cassena accepted the situation more calmly than expected.
Rather, the sight of him approaching Alakish in a friendly manner and asking him various questions once again surprised everyone.
I heard later that he was jealous of the friendly conversation between Yoshhar and I at the Imperial Palace. And he said he was disappointed that he didn’t introduce himself.
“The important thing is from now on. Listen carefully.”
“Yes!”
“Currently, the beastmen are being seriously misunderstood, and that misunderstanding has led to conflict after conflict, to the point where they are on the verge of fighting with humans. “I really need your help here.”
Kasena immediately shook her head, wondering if she would nod.
“But is it a misunderstanding? “What kind of misunderstanding is this?”
Here, I had no choice but to look at Bethuel and Barelzen’s thoughts, but Bethuel soon nodded that it was okay if I told him.
Therefore, he carefully relayed the story he had heard from Bethuel – the connection between Enuel and the assault corps, and the loyalty that had been passed down to future generations.
I was worried that I had missed something, but suddenly Kasena burst into tears, nodded her head, and shouted in a loud voice.
“Ah, well… … ! Me, Lane and I… … ! Let me help Barlzen… … ! Just me, just me… … !”
I knew he had a one-dimensional and simple personality, but I never thought it would be like this… … .
But is this simple personality really effective when it comes to touching the hearts of warriors?
It was obvious to anyone that not only the warrior commander Barelzen, but also the warriors who were standing guard outside the tent and eavesdropping on the conversation, were deeply moved (they were unable to hide their expressions).
“Who, who wants help? I do not need! “It would be a shame for a warrior to accept help from hairless little guys!”
“No, no, we’ll help you…” … !”
“I said I don’t need it! Oh, it’s dirty! “How are you going to clear your nose now?”
“no! “I said I would help!!!”
“Boy, get off! And this bastard, why have you been touching my ears since a while ago?”
His tone of voice was still sharp, but the hostility in Barlzen’s eyes and tone of voice when they first met was surprisingly absent.
I thought that persuading Kassena would be the biggest challenge, but I never thought I would actually get help.
The world is truly full of unexpected situations, and that’s why it’s so beautiful… … As he thought so, the boy dragged his body one step higher on the stairs leading to truth.
Socrafres.
– You can inherit your ‘unique magic’ research progress in the surrounding environment.
– Progress 50% -> 53.8%.
Lane and Fifi looked at each other and smiled as they looked at Kassena, who was struggling while hanging on Barlzen’s back, and a smile also appeared on Alakish’s lips.
‘Amazing children with the scent of the gods… … .’
The next destination where that smile was directed was the dragon egg that was carefully carried on its back and never let go of it for a moment. To the place where Alakish’s alter ego and daughter’s life resides.
‘My daughter, I hope someday you too can smell like that.’
* * *
During the ten days while the Durancus tribe was preparing to leave, I was able to become quite familiar with the tribe members.
This is because Barlzen introduced each member one by one and even made them say hello, even though he was tickling, and the tribe members seemed to find it fascinating, so they gradually relaxed their guard.
Of course, the power of ‘Lin’s special firewood charcoal grilled skewers’ was also added, but if I explain it at length, it would seem lame, so I won’t.
“What is this?”
“Ah, this is called ‘delicious.’”
“The food is called ‘delicious’?”
“The name of the food is ‘Rain’s Special Charcoal Grilled Skewers,’ just in case you don’t know how delicious it is… … .”
“?”
In fact, I can’t tell you even if I die that I almost lost all credibility because I was labeled a crazy person for being so fussy.
Fortunately, there was an opportunity to restore trust: the attack of the dead on the sixth day of the blizzard.
“Oh, you’re dead!”
It is safe to say that Harbadonia, influenced by the Mountains of Madness, coexists with the dead, which is why its warriors sleep during the day and become active in the evening.
Perhaps due to growing up in such an environment, the fighting style of the beastman warriors led by Barlzen was quite inspiring.
“They came in droves without any fear!”
Just engage in hand-to-hand combat with the dead. It’s just simple striking and fighting.
A fighting style that uses its gigantic physique and sharp teeth and claws to tear apart the limbs of the dead, rendering them incapable of action… … .
Ordinary human soldiers would stab the dead a few times with a spear sword and then run away screaming at the tenacious vitality of the dead, but the beast warriors were truly experts in the fight against the abyss.
I even laughed out loud as I watched Varlzen pierce the heart of the dead man with his claws and then rip off the head of the man who came at him from behind.
“This is not the time to be admiring!”
“Yes. “Miss, please don’t use magic.”
“why?”
“This is the most difficult situation for the Battle Mage, and it is a melee situation that could cause damage to our allies.”
“you?”
me? I’ve experienced this kind of situation to my heart’s content during my lean days.
So no problem.
The fireball born from my palm rose high into the sky, split into countless pieces and rained down on the dead like shooting stars. No problem in calculating coordinates.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The sparks aimed precisely at the legs worsened the mobility of the dead, and the fire that fell on the ground caused them to stand up as a barrier, restricting their passage.
“It’s pretty good!”
Proudly, the beast warriors whistled and gave a thumbs up.
Then, Kasena used her telekinesis to hit one of the dead’s faces with a rock and shrugged her shoulders proudly.
But when no one responded, he opened his halibut eyes calmly.
“what! “Why don’t you give me the thumbs up?!”
Praise that?
As the beastmen scratched their heads in confusion, Kasena puffed out her red cheeks and started throwing things around with her telekinesis.
“No, stop! stop! We were wrong! Now, here’s your thumb!”
The commotion was short-lived, and Alakish, who had gone outside to check the situation and returned, let out a single burst of flame, and all the dead were wiped out.
They say it’s an absolute life form, but at times like this, you end up feeling the difference in status as the same life form… … The gap is so overwhelming that you can’t even be jealous or frustrated.
Still, as if the struggle was not in vain, trust rose sharply after that day. And one more annoying thing happened.
“Teach me fire magic too!”
“yes?”
“Please teach me fire magic so I can fight like Rain!”
“In the past, even if I taught you, you said you didn’t like it.”
“If you want me to teach you, teach me!”
It was quite annoying, but since it was an emergency situation, it seemed wise to make Cassena part of the force.
Well then, shall we go to intensive fire magic training?
“Hmm?”
But something so envious happened there that it made me grind my teeth.
Alakish, who was watching my education with interest, saw the limits of Kassena’s blood relatives and taught me some idioms by interpreting them in the structure of runes.
Even Casena quickly began writing. As she traced the rune into the air with her fingertips, she burst into intense flames that radiated her immense heat to all sides of her.
“saw? saw?!”
Kasena looked back at me with a bright smile.
I was so shocked that I couldn’t answer right away. There are only one or two runes used, but their power is comparable to that of a 3-star… … .
I tried to roughly follow along, but the runes that interpreted the sayings themselves were similar to the chanting type Altigma used by witches, so I gave up.
There has never been a day when I was more envious of Paige’s veins than today. Damn, I want to learn from Jinryong too. Where is this opportunity?
“I think it’s more powerful than what Lane used last time?!”
“Iknow, right… … .”
I responded helplessly, but Alakish must have thought I was pouting, so he gently placed his hand on my head (Alakish sometimes behaved like this unbecoming a red dragon) and shook his head.
“He just has a strange talent for manipulating verbs, and has nothing to do with Emmitsa’s lineage. Ah, maybe it’s because of that lineage.”
Hey, you were trying to comfort me, right?
Still, it was some consolation to see that the progress of the unique magic had increased in the diary I opened without much thought.
“Wow, 53.8%!”
One day passed by like that, and before I knew it, it was dawn on the tenth day.
Because the movement of the prisoners was done by separating the entire tents that made up the village, on the tenth day the place where the village was was just empty.
Chief Bethuel sprinkled the blood of the walrus killed in the morning on the site of the village and gave a brief blessing.
“El Doira Tur Quiusveira (May the sun shine on our path).”
“““Durciel (I wish it to be so).”””
The expressions on the faces of the prisoners leaving their hometown, which had been the home of their tribe for a thousand years, could not be said to be bright. Barelzen was enough to look back from time to time.
I still remember the day I left the Osarius School’s magic tower and the sense of loss I felt at that time, so I was able to deeply understand what they were feeling.
“You will be able to come back, Barlzen.”
“Come back? when? how? “Now the abyss will swallow them all.”
“The abyss will end one day.”
Varlzen laughed as if I was dumbfounded, gently patted the back of my head as if to stop me from worrying (this was so unexpected that I couldn’t help but be very surprised), and ordered his warriors into a protective formation with arrowheads.
Then I paused and looked north, at the end of the world, at the endless mountain ranges stretching out on either side, blazingly piercing the sky.
‘Mountains of Madness… … .’
Why?
The sound of the wind blowing through that wondrous golden snow mountain occasionally sounded eerie.
Like the sound of a flute played disquietingly in ancient times… … Every time, the hair on my spine would stand up. I’m not afraid though.
– You cannot stop the erosion of the abyss. It was simply chosen to be conveyed.
We’ll see about that.
Even though I look like this, I am still an archmage.
I resolutely raised my fist towards the mountain range and ran towards Kasena Page and Fifi, who were waving their arms at me and telling me to come quickly.
* * *
… … Whioooooooo… … … … .
Somewhere in those mountain ranges that glow darkly as if the devil had performed a spell, in the abyss of time and space where mortal consciousness cannot reach and immortal eyes cannot reach.
As the primordial monster writhed in eternal agony and let out a horrifying scream, a terrifying abyss exploded and the dimension trembled.
The cause of this endless pain was the seal of
The overall shape of the seal is chain-like. The chain’s characteristics are like the sun, emitting heat so intense that mortal eyes cannot look straight at it, instantly burning everything it touches.
Wrapped in thousands of layers of chains, the king groaned in endless pain in a taboo time and space that transcended dimensions.
However, even this seal could not last forever in the face of the kings’ immortal authority and absolute abyss.
Little by little, step by step, gradually.
At this very moment, the power of erosion that had been eating away at the structure of the chain over a long period of time broke one of the chains, greatly weakening the texture of the seal.
Du… …
… … Abiras… …
… … … … Graam Shar’kas… … .
Through the gap in time and space where the chain was broken, the edict of the forgotten king flowed, heading towards the middle of a mountain range barrenly covered with ancient ice.
The absolute thought that swirled strangely and bathed the clouds in complex brilliance reached a boy who was hanging on an ice wall with his heart pierced by a spike of light.
As that thought rushed forward, the wedge of light eroded into blackness, and before I knew it, it lost its strength and broke into countless light sources.
「… … .」
This land was an unexplored snowy landscape filled with isolation, desolation, and eternal silence for a thousand years.
However, the moment the eyes of the boy who fell into the snow were opened, the extreme abyss exploded, and the mountain range was shaken by a scream that caused all kinds of animals to cry and run away like crazy.
Meanwhile, a black spider web-like thing was woven inside the boy’s body as he quietly stood up, and all the tissues and organs around his heart that had been pierced were restored in an instant.
「Eurtiema, ron Shar’kas al broos.」
If we were to interpret the primitive language that the boy spoke politely while prostrating himself towards the thought, it would be like this.
King.
Your Shar’kas is here.
If a person who lived in the age of the gods had seen this despairing scene, he would have run away with all his might and screamed like this.
I woke up, I woke up.
Shar’Kas, the Spider’s Hundred Spirits… … .
fantasy,
