Episode 60
Meeeeeeeee!
Syang looked back at me and shouted nervously.
“I’m sorry. I had to kill this guy without causing any harm.”
Huh?
I clenched my fist and placed the longsword into my gauntlet.
The aura in both fists rose like a mist.
“Bones may be broken, but skin may not. Teeth in particular must not be broken.”
I punched the White Saber in the side that was being crushed by Syang.
Phew!
White Saber straightened her tail and trembled.
Syangdo was startled and stopped crying. The guy carefully observed my expression and pressed the White Saber with his foreleg. It looked like he was offering a sacrifice.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
“… … I should add one more piece of information about the White Saber. The White Saber has a really good grip.”
I pounded it for a long time, but the guy’s breathing didn’t stop. I pounded it all over its body, worried that I might scratch its leather, but it seemed that the White Saber was holding up because I was able to control the force appropriately.
“Well, it looks like I won’t be able to move for a while, so should we deal with the slime first?”
Before I knew it, a large slime was slowly approaching me. It seemed like it was planning to ambush me from behind, and the slime gave off a distinctive smell that came from corroding iron.
“A brand on a slime core? That’s a bit too much.”
Even if I thrust my longsword deep, I doubt I would be able to reach the core of the giant slime. Its core was shaped like a plum pit, and its surface, like a wrinkled rock, had a familiar branding engraved on it.
Slime had the ability to command monsters and wild beasts, as the scouts of Hebron had discovered. There were many wild beasts around him, and Solon and Adol hunted them down ferociously.
Maeeeeeeee… … .
Suyang shivered.
The bastard’s bloodshot eyes were about to turn black.
Phew!
Meeeeeeeee!
He punched Syang in the stomach.
Unlike when I struck the White Saber, I didn’t let go of my strength. The full-power strikes continued.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Maeeeeeeee.
Suyang cried bitterly.
Every time his cries spread, the monsters and wild beasts that had gathered to kill me flinched and stepped back.
“Don’t talk back, don’t be fooled. You can do it, right?”
Syang nodded repeatedly as if he completely understood what I was saying. Rather than blaming me, he glared at the slime.
He gave off a murderous vibe as if he was going to chew the bastard to death with his strong teeth.
“Inferno, burn that guy.”
Slime was weak to fire, especially spirit fire.
The slime’s transparent body rippled. Bubbles seemed to form inside its body, and soon it began to boil.
A slime that sensed danger slithered toward me. A pack of frightened beasts also slowly advanced toward me.
Bubbling!
The slime’s body gradually shrank. It stretched its body nervously, and each time it did, long tentacle-like things would pop out and swallow the beasts nearby.
As the beast melted in an instant, the slime grew slightly larger. It seemed like that was how it grew in size.
“You have broken the law. This is my land. If you hunt on my land, you must have my permission and pay taxes on the game.”
Srrrrrrrr!
I pulled out Serenade. As I poured my aura into the sword, iron multiplied from the handle, covering my hand, wrist, and forearm. As I poured out more aura, my entire right arm was protected by Serenade’s armor.
Woohoo!
A fire aura formed around the armor. It protected me.
Antaria Sword 11 seconds of brilliance.
It was a simple stab. The characteristic of the radiance was that it would instantly close the gap between the opponent and the aura would surge from the tip of the sword and pierce the opponent’s body.
A single flash of light struck the giant slime. A sharp, upright aura opened the way, followed by the longsword Serenade. Soon, my hand, wrist, forearm, and elbow were dug in, but they could not reach the slime’s core.
The shoulder passed the upper arm and dug into the slime’s torso.
If I went any further, my neck would melt.
-… …I will help you.
It was then that I first heard the voice of the primordial darkness. It was a softer voice than I had expected, and it had a neutral feel to it, with no discernible gender.
“Please.”
It was the first time that the dark spirit Dimes had taken an active role. Dimes, Iredem, and Bloodgu were beings who had not been summoned for a long time. They had to save me because without me, they would have to live an empty life in the infinite spirit realm.
Darkness formed at the tip of the sword. The dark energy created by my aura engulfed the slime’s core.
The darkness of the beginning erased the existence of the slime core. In an instant, the slime’s body lost its strength and sagged.
It soon became a thick liquid and soaked the ground.
I took a step back as I watched my shoes melt.
Syang bit me and put me on his back. But before that, I managed to grab the White Saber that was lying on the floor.
“… … You hid the slime’s core?”
Dimes didn’t answer. Instead, he pulled out the slime core from the dark space. A small, bulging mass appeared, and immediately a clear liquid-like substance began to form around it. The core was creating the slime’s body.
As Dimes pushed the slime core into the dark space, the liquid the core had painstakingly created slumped and soaked the ground.
“… … This will sell for a lot of money. Wizards will love it. Fresh slime bodies are hard to come by. Especially a strong liquid like this that corrodes iron and living things, I think it could fetch as much as gold.”
I’ll have to check to see for myself, but it looks like the slime core can create an infinite number of bodies. With its ability boosted by the Trickster’s Mark, it seems like it’ll grow at a rate that’s incomparable to that of a normal slime.
Just by branding the core of a slime, an eccentric wizard might show up willing to pay astronomical sums of money. Just the branded goblin corpse that had been sold to the wizard of the Jayson family a while ago was worth 440 gold.
“Thank you, Dimes. You can keep that for the time being.”
They caused a stir with the fake gold mine, but now they have a gold mine that is just as good as the real thing.
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The slime liquid that fell on the ground was of poor commercial value. It was not only because it was absorbed into the ground, but also because it discolored as it melted the dirt floor. The magicians of the magic tower wanted the uncontaminated essence of slime.
The beasts and monsters that escaped the slime’s control began to scatter.
The two knights of Hebron approached me with their swords drawn, and I gave them an order.
“Adol, Solon, mobilize your forces and kill all who flee. I will not spare anything that rebels against me, even if it is a mere wild beast.”
“insect!”
The two groups of troops advanced in a circle. They quickly formed an encirclement, and the enemy lost their way while they attacked or threatened the troops at hand.
Adol raised his sword and shouted.
“Exterminate!”
* * *
Before leaving the Nuha area, I stayed for a while and practiced my aura. Perhaps because I hadn’t destroyed the slime core, I couldn’t absorb as much magic power as before.
As soon as I casted my Aura, I dashed into the wasteland. Flying falcons flew over the wasteland, and the wind spirit summoned by El sent winds in all directions to scout.
There was a group of bandits running towards them, ignoring the surveillance net. They were a group of bandits who were trying to plunder the gold ore transport wagons crossing the wasteland before the monsters that had appeared in the Nurha region were defeated.
They were no ordinary bandits, bringing 40 expensive horses. A horse cost 20 gold, and a well-trained war horse cost over 100 gold. At most, 800 gold were charging toward them. As they got closer, the horsemen’s sturdy physiques and clear eyes became more clearly visible, and at least 20 of them seemed to be war horses. At most, 3,000 gold were moving. It was a military force that the Baron’s family could not mobilize.
Elle overheard the enemy’s conversation and recited their conversation to me.
“… … The atmosphere among them is ominous.”
It was a large-scale transport involving 25 carriages. The escort force surrounding the area numbered 50, but they hid behind the carriages instead of moving along the road.
The wagons were lined up in two rows, with Hebron soldiers stationed between the wagons.
“I heard there are wind elementals. They must have sensed our approach. They can’t stop us.”
The leader of the 40 cavalry was clearly a knight. In the first place, it was absurd for bandits to be armed with expensive long swords.
‘Tch! I worked hard to make it look good, but you ruined the setting like this?’
I wrote a script for this.
I was involved in a series of processes from gold mining to spreading rumors and attracting them. Everything was perfect, except for one thing, the reaction of the Count of Srein was excessive.
Count Srein attempted to seize 25 wagons carrying gold ore from Hebron with 20 knights and 20 cavalry.
If successful, Srein could solve his immediate economic difficulties and strengthen his military.
“We have to finish this before support arrives. Speed up. Advance!”
Doo doo doo doo doo!
Forty cavalrymen picked up the pace. Twenty war horses galloped forward, their powerful muscles showing.
In the exhibition, the warhorses were also covered with armor, but in order to maintain the minimal setting of ‘bandits’, they removed the armor from the warhorses. Thanks to this, the warhorses were able to run long distances with ease.
Instead, the heavy feel typical of war horses has been reduced.
Since they formed a defensive line with wagons and responded, the cavalry had no choice but to turn left or right to attack.
As the lead knight raised his longsword, the forty cavalrymen split in two. The broad-shouldered knights headed north, while the somewhat smaller-looking cavalrymen moved south.
“firing!”
The soldiers stationed between the carriages suddenly stood up and released their bows. The arrows drew an arc and aimed at the cavalrymen, but hitting the fast-moving enemy was not as easy as expected.
Plop! Plop! Plop!
That not-so-simple thing happened.
Two horses were struck by arrows and fell out of line, and one rode on with an arrow in its rump.
“Shoot!”
There was a wind spirit in Hebron. When the spirit guided the arrow, the arrow changed direction in the sky and hit the wide body of the horse with a hard hit.
“We are bandits! Throw down your weapons and surrender!”
He was a truly gentlemanly bandit, suggesting surrender before they could even engage in a proper fight.
“Second row, aim for the horse! Fire!”
A group of soldiers appeared on the roof of the carriage. The number of guards was fifty, as it was reported to the enemy. Most of them were soldiers, and the knight was dispatched to hunt the monsters that had been infesting Hebron.
The number of soldiers swinging their bows between the carriages must have been at least a hundred. To be exact, there were 112. They had been provided with bows and crossbows, and had been instructed to target the horses, not the riders.
“Fire first row!”
The archers split into two groups and fired at the instructors as they had been trained. The enemy force seemed to be constantly being bombarded with arrows, and the cavalry, not even wearing light leather armor, became huge targets.
Arrows and bolts were pounding into the flanks of the horses. The cavalry, who had been through a lot, charged forward with their arrows dangling, but it wasn’t just the archers who had prepared for them.
Heeeeeeling!
The cavalry charging from the south and north collapsed almost simultaneously. The vanguard fell first, and they fell into the hollow ground. The cavalry following them sacrificed two more men before they could turn around.
“It’s a trap! This is their trap!”
