147 – name-10

It is felt.

I hadn’t even entered the den yet, but this time something was different.

A damp smell of magical power stung his nostrils. Plus, the smell of blood.

“I hope it’s not a wolf this time. What’s so bad about those who don’t even have meat…”

Perhaps the tension of the guards had eased, and they exchanged meaningless words. Having been fooling around for days, it wasn’t that I couldn’t understand such a reaction.

“Go back.”

It’s still far from night, so people in black won’t be walking around easily.

In the first place, that outfit was unsuitable for an assailant. It wouldn’t matter if you couldn’t even choose what to wear like a bandit, because that outfit was inefficient.

If he had the ability to buy black cloth and wear it to each member of the unit, it would have been better to wear cheap armor or even ordinary clothes that could be disguised as upper ranks.

“Looks like they’re here. Missed enemies can threaten you if I provoke them.”

Whether drugged or magically manipulated, in the end one must sleep and rest. They don’t seem to be going out in broad daylight, so even if you send them to the castle alone, they won’t be attacked.

“But alone…”

“I fought alone from the beginning. Don’t worry and move.”

If the opponent is a wizard, it might be sensing my movements through some method. Delaying time was dangerous.

“hurry!”

“Oh, I see!”

The guards drove wagons that looked more like shabby, covered wagons. When the sound of the horses’ hooves faded, I drew my sword and slowly entered the cave.

There was no fire, but I could feel what was ahead. Except for being dizzy from the smell of blood, there was no problem in the battle.

As I continued to move forward, I had no choice but to make eye contact with the men guarding this place.

“Who are you!”

There was no time for conversation. There was no room to take care of the situation, no reason to show mercy.

Red, bloodshot eyes, strangely out of focus, and even the smell of blood. There was no misunderstanding with anyone else.

“Suck!”

There was no time to delay. The opponent was a wizard, and apart from that ability, something beyond my imagination might happen.

Of course, they didn’t have the ability to take my sword.

“Heuk!”

There was a strange feeling that the sword did not reach the target position, whether it was because of magic or if my mind was distracted, but the difference did not affect the win or loss.

Within seconds, the living humans turned into corpses.

“…”

As I stared blankly at their remains, a young woman’s voice hummed in my head.

-Are you okay?

“To this extent… what.”

It was a holy sword. At first, she was the one who said whatever she liked, but now she used to look at me.

“I don’t have time for this. I have to keep moving.”

No regrets. Even if I had plenty of time, I didn’t even feel like mourning.

So, there was no time to waste on a place like this.

When I went in while still defeating the enemies in front of me, there weren’t as many people as I thought.

No matter how large the cave was, it couldn’t fit hundreds of people in it.

“…Is this it?”

On one side of the cave, a wooden door was firmly locked.

Even if no one told me, I could realize that the main body was here.

“Even if you use all the kids to block it! Aren’t you ashamed to be pierced by one person!”

“That, that’s… not your average guy!”

“Are the magic tools I gave you toys?”

“It was the same for those who wore it! The moment the magic touches the body, the flames disappear in an instant…”

“You think that makes sense!”

Confirmed. He’s not a very talented wizard.

It might be an overly harsh comparison that the comparison target was Farseer, but it couldn’t be helped.

If Farseer had made a temporary shelter, he would have known through and through what swordsmanship I used to break in and how quickly I arrived.

It seemed that there was no need to worry about hiding a secret passage or escaping through teleportation.

The door was locked tight. There was no key, and there seemed to be no way to get inside.

As long as that door remains.

“Haaaa!!!”

Taking a deep breath, I stretched out my fist deeply and smashed the door at once.

“I’m sorry…”

Force control failed. Or maybe the method is wrong. My extended fist did not break down the door as thrillingly as I had hoped.

I just briskly broke through the block of wood and threw my fist behind the door.

“Hmm.”

– Can I laugh?

“Yes.”

As soon as my permission was granted, the holy sword smiled lightly.

“What! What happened!”

Apart from my embarrassing situation, there seemed to be a commotion on the inside as well.

A sharp piece of wood hit my arm. The skin wasn’t weak enough to bleed, but the rough and stinging texture was clearly felt.

Had I known it would be like this, I would have kicked in the door with my foot, but that didn’t change what I had to do.

After pulling out his hand, he took a few steps back and slammed the door with all his might. The door that hit my shoulder instantly lost its shape and scattered like a wall made of clouds.

“Excuse me.”

I thought it would be a bigger criminal organization, but it may have been smaller than I was worried about.

Upon entering, several people who appeared to be wizards were chanting spells. The man who seemed to be the boss of a criminal organization was looking for a way to escape with a clear expression of bewilderment.

“That bastard, a warrior.

Maybe the rumors spread about me, but the man who seemed to be the boss looked at me and shouted. His eyes were trembling with fear, but he was looking at the broken door behind me, not anywhere else.

lucky. No matter how you look at it, that man had the eyes of someone who wanted to live.

If such a person was looking behind me without concentrating on anything else, there was a high possibility that the only way out would be this door I entered.

“Somehow…”

In the corner of the cave, a foot was visible. The feet of disorderly people who are not uniform in gender, age, and size.

A small cloth was covered over it. Like, it looked like a blanket for the dead.

Dozens of feet, stained with dirt, caught my attention.

A little bit angry

The magic they fired was too slow. To the point where it’s awkward to think that the flash is so slow.

The sword was stained with blood.

/////

Laurel was reading her letter with a serious expression.

“What’s happen?”

her mother asked with a worried face.

“I don’t think this is our only problem. It seems to be a bigger problem than I thought…”

It was strange. It was too sloppy in the sloppy parts, and too neat in the neat parts.

“They say they can feel the presence of warlocks in other territories as well.”

Laurel frowned.

It was common for warlocks to steal corpses, but it was rare for such a crime to happen simultaneously in so many provinces.

Considering that there must be some Yeongji who have not been able to figure out the disappearance itself, the situation could have been unexpectedly serious.

Laurel frowned.

“I didn’t want to bother you…”

For some reason, Enerel was helping them, but Laurel knew full well that Leodrin’s estate was not very attractive in his eyes.

If he hadn’t been a hero, no matter how willing he was, he wouldn’t have gotten involved in such a dangerous thing. It would have been the case if I had just a little more power that I could trust and use at a time like this.

But now, Laurel had no choice.

“It may not have happened recently. Mother, I’m sorry… but I guess I’ll have to go through the reports and letters again.”

“Don’t overdo it.”

Laurel’s mother smiled and pulled out a bunch of letters she had been keeping.

Now that most of the key members have fallen, Leodrin was not a very strong family. All they could count on was the connections they had made with the names of the dead.

There was no condition to directly move the investigation team or train spies, so there was no choice but to find clues in every passing word.

“In the worst case… There is a possibility that these wizards were rampaging even before the invasion of the demon king army.”

It was a more plausible hypothesis than that such a huge organization suddenly appeared at any moment.

In the chaotic situation where the Demon King’s army was raging, it was a situation where I couldn’t care about each and every disappearance of the residents,

It was not easy to extract only the key contents from a letter embellished with rhetoric. It was even more so if the letter was not one, but an innumerable amount.

There were many nobles who wanted to accept Leodrin’s last heir as their daughter-in-law, and interested men sent intricate letters.

Today, small and trivial things like defeating bandits and the well-maintained hunting grounds somewhere under the mountain.

“Laurel?”

“Yes, mother.”

The Leodrin family widow fiddled with the pen in her hand and tilted her head.

“Are these people different no matter how you think about them?”