Episode 43
A week has passed since then.
Although Hemis’ order to capture the battalion commander was given, Choi Hyun-seok’s day did not change much.
Hunting, cooking, and training with raiders in the late evening.
The only thing that’s added is that you have to cook for Battalion Commander Doras as well.
“Then shall we go?”
Today, Choi Hyun-seok left the kitchen with a plate of food on it.
The destination is Doras’ office.
It must not be forgotten that winning Doras’ favor is the core of Choi Hyun-seok’s plan.
“Hehehe! That pig. How will he react this time?” “I guess he’ll make some weird groaning noises while eating.” “I see you’ve been gaining weight lately. Won’t you be unable to leave the office later?” “That’s a bit difficult.”
Choi Hyun-seok’s goal is to take Doras to the forest and deal with her.
It would be a big problem if he got so fat that he couldn’t even get out of the house.
“Should I tell you to lose some weight and give you more meat?” “It seems contradictory, but let’s try.”
Choi Hyun-seok and Rachel continued their idle chatter as they moved.
Finally arrived at Doras’ office.
dripping.
When I knocked on the door, I heard a familiar voice.
“Come in.”
As he opens the door, Choi Hyun-seok thinks.
‘Your voice sounds a little different than usual.’
Doras knows that Choi Hyun-seok always visits at this time.
That’s why, whenever he knocks on the door, he welcomes me with open arms.
“Oh! Isn’t that Choi Hyun-seok? Come in!”
They are so excited that anyone who sees them might mistake them for a couple.
But today, all I did was tell him to come in dryly.
I had a bad feeling about this.
“You came today too.”
When I opened the door, I saw Doras sitting on the chair as usual.
“Yes. How are you?”
“Well… that’s right.”
Choi Hyun-seok noticed the change right away.
‘There is no food on the table.’
There has never been a time when there was no food on Doras’ table.
He was always eating things like fruit or meat, but today for some reason he was just sitting there blankly.
“Did you bring meat?”
Doras asked.
Choi Hyun-seok nodded, placing the plate on the table.
“Yes. But Lady Doras, what’s wrong? You don’t look so well…”
Choi Hyun-seok asked with a pretended worried expression.
Then Doras smiled faintly.
“As expected, you are the only one who knows how I feel.”
“ha ha ha…”
Choi Hyun-seok, who had been smiling bashfully, couldn’t help but be embarrassed by Doras’s subsequent words.
“The peace has been broken.”
“yes?”
The peace was suddenly broken?
Did that pig get the wrong dose of antibiotics?
“My peace has been broken.” “What do you mean, my peace has been broken…?”
“Commander’s Match.”
Choi Hyun-seok opened his eyes wide at the mention of the commander’s match.
“no way…”
“Yes. Tomorrow we will have a battle to decide the position of battalion commander.”
It was a shocking sound.
Doras is competing in the Commander’s Match!
I might have even had to step down from my position as battalion commander.
In the worst case, Doras may die.
“I guess I was looked down on because I ended up like this.”
Doras looked at her own flesh and smiled self-deprecatingly.
“I guess that’s why I don’t have any appetite today.”
“that…”
“But still, I have to enjoy the meat you gave me!”
In that moment, Doras’s attitude changed and she began to eat the meat greedily.
“Whoa! Thud! It tastes even better because I’ve been filtering the food for three hours!”
Choi Hyun-seok closed his eyes.
‘It’s the end…’
A week’s worth of hard work just flew away.
There was no way that stupid looking pig would win the commander’s match.
‘That’s why you should have taken care of yourself regularly, you little pig!’
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I felt like grabbing Doras by the collar and screaming.
If he had acted a little more like a battalion commander, this wouldn’t have happened.
Of course, if that was the case, I wouldn’t have become Choi Hyun-seok’s target.
“That’s a big deal.” “Um, um, um! Thud, thud, that’s right. If it’s okay with you, could you come to the commander’s match tomorrow? If you, Khwaak! Thud! Watch over me, I think it’ll give me strength.”
“yes…”
Choi Hyun-seok nodded and prayed inwardly.
‘Please…! I wish someone worse than Doras had challenged me to a duel!’
***
The next day.
Choi Hyun-seok finished his work with dull eyes.
“Sir. Are you okay?”
“no…”
Choi Hyun-seok couldn’t help but lose sleep at night.
Because all the hard work I had put in for a week was about to go down the drain.
And it’s not just a week.
A quarter of the given month’s worth of important time was wasted.
“Cheer up! What if that pig awakens and turns into a wild boar? Then there’s hope.” “Would that happen?”
“No…”
Rachel answered in a very weary voice.
Honestly, she feels the same way as Choi Hyun-seok.
Because the chances of Doras winning seemed so slim.
Compared to the other battalion commanders, Doras seemed too weak.
Although it is said that you can’t tell everything by looking at someone’s appearance, Doras was in that situation to an extreme.
“I’m worried that the pig, which must weigh over 500 kilograms, will be able to move properly. Honestly, I think it might die of a heart attack on its way to the commander’s match.”
“yes…”
Doras is quite large, standing at about 3 meters tall.
The problem is that it looks like it’s two meters wide when viewed horizontally.
It almost looks like a round ball.
I wondered if it was possible to walk with such a large body.
“Ugh… All the work I did for a week was in vain.” “What can I do? I should find someone else.” “But just in case, don’t give up hope! What if the other person is a short-legged goblin?” “What’s going on? You’re the one who’s making such great claims.”
Rachel put her hands on her waist and puffed out her chest in response to Choi Hyun-seok’s praise.
“Ahem! Aren’t you and I a community of shared destiny? We should support each other!” “Okay. Let’s just go for it! What if the other person is just a regular soldier with a few screws loose in his head?” “That’s right! No one knows until they open the lid!” Choi Hyun-seok and Rachel prayed.
I hope Doras’ opponent is an idiot who doesn’t know the subject.
“I’m screwed…”
The results of the prayer were disastrous.
As soon as we arrived at the arena, the first thing we saw was a large, deer-headed demon king.
‘Well, we are similar in height…’
The deer head was similar in height to that of a dora.
The problem is that the entire body is made of muscles like steel.
The muscles revealed on the black skin were top-notch at first glance.
Boohoo! Boohoo!
The deer’s head swung the hammer, which seemed difficult to even lift, as if it were a cotton swab.
‘If you get hit even once, you’re finished.’
The moment that enormous hammer struck Doras, it was obvious that he would be reduced to finely chopped pork.
“Oh! Choi Hyun-seok! You came, huh?”
At that moment, Doras, who had discovered Choi Hyun-seok, waved his hand.
I didn’t like the way he was laughing, whether he knew the situation or not.
He was already sweating profusely, struggling even to stand.
“Wow, fighting… haha…”
Choi Hyun-seok forced a smile and waved his hand.
At this moment, even he couldn’t control his expression.
The situation was that desperate.
‘I’ll have to be busy going around the battalion starting tomorrow. I don’t know if there will be any more idiots like Doras.’
In Choi Hyun-seok’s mind, he was already busy looking for a replacement for Doras.
“Are you both ready?”
“Yes, Mr. Royger!”
That was when.
Suddenly a man appeared between Doras and the deer head.
‘How long have you been there?’
Choi Hyun-seok looked at the person who appeared with a puzzled look.
‘Human? Or is it a demon?’
He was different from any Demon King army I’d seen before.
An appearance that almost resembles a human.
A well-toned body with a height that appears to be about 2m.
He was also dressed normally.
His face was a little different from that of a human, but he was handsome enough to be called handsome.
And the defining feature is black hair.
This was the first time Choi Hyun-seok had seen black hair like his since coming to this world.
‘That’s the high-ranking demon I’ve only heard about…’
Since it is a duel to decide the battalion commander, the one presiding will likely be the commander of a higher-ranking unit.
Choi Hyun-seok is at least the commander of that tribe.
Or I guessed that he might be a division commander.
“Then let’s get started right away. I’m busy, so I’d like it if you could finish quickly.”
The high-ranking demon spoke.
Dorath and the muscle deer started running towards each other.
At the same time, Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes grew wide as if they were going to pop out.
“Oh, crazy…”
I can’t help but swear.
Because Doras, who seemed to have difficulty even walking, ran.
And at crazy speed too!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every time Doras hit the ground, the ground split apart.
Choi Hyun-seok found it difficult to even follow Doras’ speed with his eyes.
“Eeeeeeeeeee!”
The deer head on the other side also ran while letting out a strange cry.
The bastard’s movements were also amazing.
Definitely a talent worthy of the position of battalion commander!
But Choi Hyun-seok had a gut feeling.
‘She’s one step below Doras!’
As soon as the two giants clashed, Choi Hyun-seok could see that his prediction was correct.
Kwung! Boom!
Doras pushed his opponent roughly like an African buffalo.
The deer head was too busy defending itself to even swing its hammer.
“It’s over…?”
It took less than a minute for the match to be decided.
“Eeeeek…”
The deer’s head fell to the ground, covered in blood.
It seemed as if the occasional twitching was still hidden.
“It’s over. The winner is Doras.”
The high-ranking demon spoke briefly and then disappeared.
It was as fleeting as it appeared, and it disappeared in an instant.
Doras didn’t seem to care much, perhaps because it was something she was used to.
“Whew! It’s been a while since I moved around, so it’s tough!”
Doras approached with her large body.
“Choi Hyun-seok! I think I gained more strength thanks to the meat you gave me. Thank you!” “Yes… I’m glad it helped. Hahaha…!”
Choi Hyun-seok didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
***
Bobo’s house.
There was a round desk in a dark room.
Hwaruk…!
A single candle on the desk struggles to light the room.
Choi Hyun-seok and Rachel were sitting on chairs facing each other with serious expressions.
“This is a big deal.”
“This is a big deal.”
“Kwang…!”
Bobo barked softly as if in agreement.
“Sir! Why did you bring Bobo to the strategy meeting? You worked so hard to set the mood, but now it’s all ruined.” “Don’t be so mean. Bobo is basically in the same boat as us. And by the way, this is Bobo’s house, right?”
“Oh, really?”
I’m so used to it that I forgot, but this is Bobo’s house.
And Choi Hyun-seok is Bobo’s trainer.
Strictly speaking, it could be said that he was in a dependent situation.
“Anyway, what’s important right now isn’t the mood. It’s what we do going forward.” “That’s right… Who knew that stupid-looking pig could be so strong?”
The power of Doras displayed in today’s duel was far beyond expectations.
If things continued like this, there would be a major disruption to the plan.
“I thought he would be somewhat strong since he was the battalion commander… but I didn’t know he would be this strong.”
Originally, not just anyone, even if they were a battalion commander, came to the corps headquarters.
Among the battalion commanders, only those with truly outstanding skills or who have achieved great achievements can come.
So, Doras, who was leading the battalion here, had to be strong.
“How about choosing a different battalion commander and starting work from now on?”
Choi Hyun-seok shook his head at Rachel’s suggestion.
“Dismissed. Do you know how strong the other guy is? Maybe even stronger than Doras. And there’s no guarantee that he’ll be as obsessed with meat as Doras.” “But you’re going to fight that monster pig? Even if you fight it with Bobo, it seems dangerous.”
“That’s true…”
Regardless of whether Bobo could defeat Doras or not, the moment the fight started, there was a high probability that Choi Hyun-seok would become a bloody mess.
Choi Hyun-seok, who had been thinking hard, spoke with a sigh.
“Whew… I didn’t want to bring up this plan.” “Do you have another plan!?” “Oh. It’s dangerous and has a lot of variables, so I tried not to use it if possible, but I guess there’s no way around it.”
Choi Hyun-seok took something out of his bosom.
“What is that?”
“First of all, this is the Demon Encyclopedia.”
Choi Hyun-seok held out a thick book.
It was ‘Useful Encyclopedia to Know! – Demon’s Hand’ that I previously purchased from the warrior shop.
“And this is a map showing the distribution of monsters in the nearby forest.”
The next thing he handed me was a map with several crudely drawn lines and pictures on parchment.
“Use these two to push Doras into the trap.”
“Sir, could it be…?”
Rachel smiled wickedly, as if she had noticed something.
Choi Hyun-seok also smiled and nodded.
“Yes. There is an old saying that goes like this.”
The words that followed were spoken simultaneously by Choi Hyun-seok and Rachel.
““The enemy of my enemy is my friend.””
In order to survive, I had to borrow the power of the devil.
