Episode 10 Hounds of Hell (3)
Bikir recalled the past.
It wasn’t that long ago, just a few days ago.
Something similar to the award Hugo Baskerville gave in the name of getting first place in the written exam.
‘Do you have any snacks you want to eat?’
‘Chocolate!’
‘butler. Go to the food storage and take as many chocolates as you like. But, don’t be too greedy. Just enough to carry.’
At that time, Bikir had been handed over the key to the food warehouse.
In the cellar following Barrymore, Bikir obtained a bag of chocolate beans.
‘In the past, the head of the family personally led the senators in the family to subdue the barbarians on the western front of the territory and reclaimed the vast jungles of the area as farmland. It is said that one grain of ‘bloody bean’ beans, a local specialty, can make 100 liters of chocolate.’
Bloody Bean. Magical beans boasting a rich flavor that one bean can make 100 liters of chocolate.
Bikir took out a single bloodbean from the sack he was wearing around his waist.
Then I looked at the hellhound, which had died a lot while crossing the water, and opened its mouth in the middle of the run, revealing the peculiar habit of a dog.
The way he approaches slowly with his mouth wide open is as if he is asking for something to be thrown into his mouth.
In the eyes of Bikir, an experienced hunter, it looked like that.
… Tick!
A bloody bean that Bikir flicked with his thumb went right into the hellhound’s mouth.
and.
The response came right away.
… Yep!
A hellhound swallowed something that flew into its mouth.
The guy started to stir up a game at once.
[Cahang! Crack! Yep!]
Foam forms at the corners of the mouth, and sticky mucous vomit trickles down.
Water squirts came out of her anus, and convulsions and seizures were occurring all over her body.
My heart pumped as if it were going to burst, and blood rushed out of my eyes as a result.
‘As expected.’
Bikir nodded.
A fact known to all hunters who have passed through the age of destruction.
That is the fact that canine monsters are weak to chocolate.
The substances in chocolate beans are like poison to dogs.
Even if it was a hound from hell, this was similar.
“Let’s see. How were your symptoms? Vomiting with mucus, difficulty breathing, incontinence, diarrhea, increased body temperature, increased heart rate, loss of appetite, convulsions, seizures, severe agitation… … And death?”
Bikir grabbed a blunt shortsword that day.
Then, he chased after the hellhound as it staggered away into the depths of the root hole in the sea of trees.
“The blow to the stomach and heart must have come first. The liver is next.”
However, a hellhound’s stomach, heart and liver are protected by ribs that are harder than steel.
I couldn’t squeeze through that gap with the blunt shortsword I currently owned.
In that case, it is best to aim for a place that is slightly off the ribs and still weakened by the chocolate.
“… … The answer is height.”
The lower abdomen, which the Hellhound’s ribs can’t cover, and the kidneys, which are overworked by the toxin from the chocolate, can take a hit.
Bikir laid his shortsword horizontally and stabbed it hard.
The blade was blunt, so it couldn’t cut or penetrate, but it was enough to pierce the skin, muscle, and kidneys under the flesh.
[Kang! I’m sorry… … ]
The more the shock comes upon the kidney, the weaker the kidney and the stronger the toxin.
The hellhound drooped on the floor, sipping hot feces left behind by the fire, and soon pulled out its one-meter-long tongue.
Vikir cut off the last breath of the hellhound, which had become irresistible.
Hellhounds are monsters of the canine family, and at the same time, they are monsters of the oil world who roam around with the hellfire of the oil world swallowed in their stomachs.
If you don’t kill it, you don’t know when its vitality will become a threat again, like an ember reviving from the ashes.
“I’ll have to look at the lights that went out again.”
Bikir raised his shortsword and completely extinguished the hellhound’s last spark of life.
puck! puck! puck! Wow!
With my blunt shortsword, there was no answer other than to beat me like a dog.
yet.
An amazing thing happened.
Tsutsutsutsutsu… …
When the hellhound died, an intangible aura escaped from its corpse and settled in Vikir’s body.
What many people call ‘experience’, ‘effort’ or ‘karma’ or ‘karma’.
When this mysterious and magical energy obtained by killing monsters accumulates in the body, it leads to strengthening of the body.
Vikir single-handedly defeated a high-ranking monster that children of her age could not dare to imagine, and as a result, her body became even more powerful.
In addition to the blessing of the Styx River, the experience gained from killing a hellhound was added.
Vikir’s body is now impervious to any amount of poison, magic, or other physical force.
“… … hmm. Are your bones thicker? You seem to have grown taller.”
The shortsword in my hand became much lighter than before.
Since the weight of the sword could not suddenly decrease, it must be said that the strength of the grip has increased.
boom- boom-
Other 8-9 year olds handle the knife as if wielding it with one hand, which is difficult to wield with both hands.
However, there is still a long way to go before he regains his former strength.
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‘At this pace, I’ll be able to recover all my strength before the coming-of-age ceremony.’
Bikir is only 8 years old now. The level is Sword Expert Advanced.
The other Baskervilles are on the verge of becoming visible only after the coming-of-age ceremony.
After the next seven years had passed, he was more than confident enough to regain the power of his previous life.
‘Right now, if I get first place in the practical test, there’s a reward.’
Vikir looked down at the hellhound’s corpse with a satisfied expression.
If the corpse of this monster, which is still hot, is brought to the family, it is a matter of course that it won first place in the practical evaluation.
Going out of the boundary area could be a bit of a problem, but it’s a rebuke to the guardian knights who play the role of the guide dog, but rather praise from the examinee’s point of view.
Oh my God, an 8-year-old child went out of the border area that even young dogs struggle with, and went to the forbidden zone to catch a B+ grade monster, and that alone!
Hugo’s expression was already expected.
… chin!
Bikir grabbed the hellhound by the tail and began to drag him away.
The corpse of a monster is subject to gravity and different laws from the human world because its soul is held as a mortgage in the demon realm.
Because of that, Hellhound’s body was much heavier than it seemed, but Vikir’s strength was different from that of a normal 8-year-old, so it didn’t matter.
Deodeuk-deuk-woodeuk!
Bikir continued to move forward.
It was an uphill road strewn with thorns, but it felt like a well-paved flower road.
Now go down and submit Hellhound’s corpse to the Guardian Knights and take the title of No. 1 in Practical Evaluation.
And when I thought of the reward I would get, a smile came to my lips.
A huge reward that he had never dared dream of in his lifetime, even a treasure whose real value no one knows in this day and age, was waiting for Bikir.
… … at that time.
One of the factors stopping Bikir’s steps is here. no, several
Grrrrr… …
The cries that flowed from the depths of the sea behind them.
The burrow the roots are twisting, the howl coming from deep in the throat is getting closer.
“… … Oops.”
Bikir put down the hellhound’s corpse for a moment.
I forgot.
Hellhounds are monsters that live in packs.
yet.
Yellow and red sulfur fires began to burn in the darkness of the sea of floods.
Eleven Hellhounds came and surrounded Bikir.
however.
“… … .”
Bikir just smiles, not flinching at all.
Rather, the hellhounds who faced that smile just shrank their bodies low and growled as if they were anxious.
Do dogs recognize dog owners?
It seems that even those who passed through the world of destruction and passed another round of reincarnation could not wash away the smell of blood that was deeply embedded in their souls.
Just like the viper Bloody Mamba who froze at the sight of Bikir in the cradle, it seems that the Hellhounds of Red Mountain and Black Mountain do not dare to act carelessly in front of Bikir, who reveals his true intention to kill.
Before long, Bikir opened his mouth.
“Come on guys. There are still a lot of beans left.”
Bloody bean beans rattle at the waist.
Considering the body that became stronger after catching one hellhound, the growth rate when all the hellhounds gathered here were caught… … I can’t even guess.
When the vikir and the hellhounds were in such a tense confrontation.
I’m sorry… …
The ferocious hellhounds suddenly curled their tails between their crotches and began to withdraw.
“… … ?”
Bikir was a little surprised.
A hellhound that once bares its teeth will never show its back, even if it dies.
But now, the hellhounds were running away in blatant fear, only their backs were invisible.
No matter how heinous the killing spree that Bikir spewed out was, he still had the body of an 8-year-old child, so it wasn’t enough to get more than 10 hellhounds out.
What then?
What external factors could cause these hellhounds to run away with their tails down?
Eventually, Bikir soon learned what it was.
Grrrrr… …
The sound of spit and brimstone boiling.
The owner of this district who makes all hellhounds out has appeared.
Six eyeballs burning in the dark.
Three heads poking out of the root hole of the sea.
“… … Did something like this live here?”
A top-notch monster that makes even Bikir look surprised.
<Cerberus (Κέρβερος)>
Risk level: A+
Size: 7m
Discovery Location: Red and Black Mountains 7th ridge
-aka ‘Hell’s Dog’
It is not interested in the ghosts who want to enter hell, but the ghosts who want to get out of hell are immediately torn to pieces and made into rags.
It lives deep in the oil world, where all the ghosts finally head, and leads to the ultimate of monsters of the Yugye species.
The three-headed dog, which symbolizes hell itself, appeared.
