How did this happen?

it’s a sandworm

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Knights are hard to catch alone, and when you catch them, you always have to hunt them as a team, including a wizard.

It was such a strong monster.

And since he knew that the monster lived in the desert and lived in the north, he was always on guard using detection magic.

And when the giant creature fell under the detection spell, it felt like a sandworm.

Only sandworms were this big.

And before they could say it was dangerous, Raymond yelled at them to get away.

Surprised by his feeling of Sandworm’s presence, he avoided his body as he said.

And tried to attack Sandworm using magic.

Sandworms had a habit of never missing their prey.

So, in order to live, I had to die.

But before she could do it, Raymond moved.

He swung his sword and even shouted at himself as a wizard not to step forward.

I thought it was because they were worried about themselves.

It was impossible to hunt sandworms alone unless you were a skilled person.

I don’t know how much skill he has, but I thought he wasn’t good enough to hunt sandworms by himself.

‘Sandworm’s leather is very tough.’

The leather was so tough that ordinary swordsmen could never cut it.

There’s no way I could deal with a guy like that alone.

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Kieeck!

But why are you fighting so well?

Raymond literally flew.

Sandshark’s head exploded with each swing of the sword.

Even when she thought it was dangerous, she solved it in a different direction than expected.

But that didn’t last long either.

“Red Mill!”

He was eaten by Sandworm.

Believing that he was Red Mill, she couldn’t watch him die leaving his wife beside her.

“Fire lance!”

Fired a spear of fire.

However, the firepower was weak. no, the fit wasn’t good.

The sandworm’s skin was impervious to fire.

I had to use thunderbolts instead of fire.

She forgot it in a situation so urgent.

And thinking that it’s not too late now, he prepared the thunderbolt magic.

The magic she learned when she became the 5th circle this time.

Gripping support-

Electricity starts to bounce over the magic circle.

The best magic she can do.

It was just before the magic unfolded.

Chow.

The sound of flesh being cut was heard.

It wasn’t just one sound. When that sound, which had grown countless times, stopped.

thump.

Worm’s body, which soared high, was shattered and turned into flesh before falling to the ground.

“eww… .”

And in the middle of it, I saw Raymond, who was lifting his clothes and shaking off the ooze as if he was embarrassed.

“Red Mill!”

hurriedly ran to him.

“clean!”

A bright light enveloped his body, and the filth on his body disappeared.

“Ah, thank you.”

Seeing him respond in a calm voice, Beatrice collapsed.

Worrying about it was pointless.

And only then did he know if his party had been able to remain unconcerned.

because I believed

There was a certainty that he would not lose to Sandworm.

“Sir Red Mill… You are strong.”

got to see him again

At first I thought he was a pitiful person.

I had heard that he had become a knight, but I didn’t expect him to be this strong.

With this much power, it would be at least a sword expert intermediate level or higher.

“Nothing. Anyone can do it if they know how.”

He even went so far as to be humble.

got a crush on him

It was an interest in the person himself, not a reason.

Even though he has skills, he seemed like a decent person who humbled himself and took care of his own people.

“But first I have to move.”

He said.

let’s move

I hadn’t even packed my by-products yet, but he was telling me to leave.

I was a little puzzled by him.

Wasn’t it about making money?

In order to make money, even a piece of a corpse like this is precious.

but let’s leave it

“I smelled blood.”

At his words that followed, Beatrice was able to understand what he said to leave.

‘Monsters can come around.’

Sandworms are very large.

And the smell of blood was very strong.

The body was torn to pieces and scattered in all directions.

Monsters in the desert who smelled it will come.

Doing so could put them at risk.

“let’s go.”

It was not the time to take care of the body.

If I hesitated to add even one more piece, I could be surrounded by monsters coming from all directions.

And that thought soon turned into conviction.

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Kieee

The cry of a sandworm was heard.

And besides Sandworm, the screams of other monsters were heard.

‘What kind of person was he?’

Before losing my parents, I wondered what I had done before becoming a knight.

To the extent that he could cut a sandworm into pieces, he must be a great person.

It was strange that such a talented person had not been known until now.

If you do well, maybe you can take it yourself.

A person of that level was enough to become a knight of his own family.

***

Sandworm’s by-products were not too wasteful.

It’s not that I’m short of money.

It was an excuse to come here to make money.

So, there is no reason to be attached to Sandworm.

‘Anyway, there’s no place to sleep.’

Half a day has already passed since I caught the sandworm.

Slowly darkness began to fall.

First night in the North. It is very dangerous, so choose your resting place carefully.

But there is nowhere to rest.

Monsters are more active at night than during the day.

Searching for food, all senses are higher than during the day.

In other words, if you choose the wrong place to sleep, that place becomes your grave.

“It’s a bit low here.”

There are no sand dunes, and I settled on a flat place.

And there he took out the sleeping bags he had obtained from William.

“Can you spread Silence and Invisible?”

Then, he handed over the Intermediate Magic Stone to Beatrice and asked for it.

Why you should have a mage on your team.

It also shows its importance when camping.

She accepted the magic stone I gave her.

And stared blankly at me.

I was puzzled by her for a while, then I realized the meaning of her gaze at me.

‘Ah, Magic… .’

Magic stones are expensive.

In particular, the magic stone I gave you is not an intermediate level magic stone that you can easily buy.

“Ah, that… .”

I was trying to make an excuse about the magic stone.

“All right.”

But before that, she nodded as if she understood.

What did you think?

Without asking further, she reached for the magic stone I gave her.

Wow!

And I used two magics.

Silence that erases our voices.

Invisible to erase the appearance of looters and monsters.

With those two magics, you can still sleep safely to some extent.

“Sleep first. I’ll keep a vigil.”

“thank you.”

“good night.”

“good night.”

The group buried themselves in their sleeping bags and closed their eyes one by one.

I buried myself halfway in my sleeping bag and used my sword as a support to guard my surroundings.

Magic isn’t omnipotent.

Among the monsters, there are also monsters that find food with senses other than sight.

Such monsters could not be avoided by erasing their sound and appearance.

That kind of thing had to be vigilant and vigilant.

‘Monsters are monsters, but humans are more dangerous.’

There are three things to watch out for in the North.

Monsters, heinous environment. and human.

In the North there are plunderers.

you have to watch out for them

Whoa oh oh!

The desert wind was very cold.

And it was sharp.

A sandstorm blew up and obscured my vision.

Although it was blocked to some extent with magic, it became impossible as the distance increased.

… !

Then a sound came from afar.

The sound of weapons colliding.

The cries of monsters.

people’s screams.

It came from not too far away, but was drowned out by the sound created by the blowing sand.

The very faint sound was quite annoying.

‘If we’re going to fight, we’ll fight from a distance.’

The fact that the sound can be heard all the way here in the savage wind.

that they are not that far away.

I didn’t think of going to rescue them.

It’s dangerous to move in a sandstorm like this.

I learned not to sacrifice myself to save others, even in my previous life.

“Sir Red Mill.”

However, it seemed that Beatrice heard the sound as well.

her eyes looked at me

She was asking with her eyes.

What are you going to do?

I thought you were sleeping

Since it was her first time being homeless, it seems that she did not sleep well.

“The wind noise is fierce.”

I said that and closed my eyes.

There was no need to set boundaries.

Monsters won’t pay attention to us anymore.

They will smell that sound and the smell of blood, and they will rush to that place.

“… .”

I slightly opened my eyes and looked at the quiet Beatrice.

She turned and turned her back on me.

It doesn’t matter if you think it’s selfish.

Because my safety is of the utmost importance to me.

… !

The sound was right.

And only the sound of monsters and wind filled the desert.

After a night with a fierce sand wind blowing.

The hot sunny morning has arrived.

“I got all the sand in my mouth.”

“Rinse it with some water and you’ll be fine.”

I walked at a pace that was neither slow nor fast.

Catching monsters in the desert should be avoided as much as possible.

I don’t know if we were an army.

It was very dangerous to deal with monsters coming from all directions.

… hahahaha!

It was then.

What was the faint sound of laughter.

frivolous laughter. The laughter, as if it had found a pleasant toy, was getting closer.

The sound made me feel a strain in my lower back.

There is only one group in the desert that can make such a loud noise.

And the group must not meet now.

“run!”

shouted at the group.

Even though they were puzzled, they started running at my words.

‘There is a difference in speed.’

I can get away with it alone.

No, even with Beatrice and Mahol, it was enough to get them out of the way.

But I can’t.

Magical flight had its limits, and she couldn’t take all of us with us.

And above all, the sky is dangerous.

Even though there is nothing in the sky right now.

If, at least once in a while, something starts to fly in the sky, you have to hide from it.

But when I carried it on my back, the only thing I could carry was two people.

And, of course, that slows it down.

“hahahahaha!”

I thought too long.

They’ve already followed right behind us.

“Don’t look back.”

told the group

The party followed my words.

I was looking straight ahead and running. But that won’t last long.

“under… .”

A sigh comes out.

And I glanced back.

There were at least a few and at most a dozen or so.

Those who ride six-legged mounts resembling camels

‘harrier.’

The beings to be most careful of in the North.

took an interest in us.