Episode 49 Husband hunting (4)
The forest immersed in darkness is terribly silent.
The silence of the forest was terribly dark.
The sky seemed to have sprinkled a handful of coarse salt on the black carpet, but not a single ray of starlight could penetrate the dense vines, roots, and leaves to reach the bottom of the sea.
There is not a single sound of bugs chirping around.
Tack-Tack-Tack-
The dusky sound of dim embers gnawing firewood.
“… … .”
Morgue Camus. She was glaring at the savages of Balak with her whole body bound.
She has good observation and memorization skills, and while being brought to this place, she was able to figure out the names and status of the attackers to some extent.
Through the faint warmth and light of the embers, the silhouettes of savages are visible.
The person believed to be the leader is a girl around 17 years old.
My name is Ian.
Her hair was a mixture of silver and black hair, pointed triangular ears, and her face was painted with charcoal soot, so her features were unrecognizable.
But one thing is for sure.
She was strong enough to stop Vikir, a junior grader.
Beside him, a man grumbled as he put wood in the campfire.
The name of the man who shot himself with an anesthetic needle is Ahhun, and he has been dying ever since, as if his back hurt from Bikir.
Most of the other women and men also looked about 17 or 18 years old.
They didn’t make a big fire, they covered the fire with ashes to make a quiet fire, and they sat around it.
“I couldn’t find a husband.”
“I liked the girl I met earlier.”
“I’ll catch you again someday.”
The three female warriors whisper among themselves.
Camus could not speak the barbaric language, but he could hear it, so he could roughly grasp the situation going back to their conversation.
The savages of Balak always said that around this time of year, they would go on a ‘husband hunt’, ‘s*xy hunt’, ‘son-in-law hunt’, and ‘daughter-in-law hunt’.
The targets are other tribes, and sometimes cross the borders of the empire.
The reason why people are looking for a spouse in other areas is simple. This is to avoid genetic diseases caused by incest and to bring in fresh blood from the outside.
For this reason, most warriors who go out to find a mate want a superior seed.
Once they kidnap a person of the opposite s*x they like, if they are judged to be a useful seed, they immediately start making children, and if they are judged not to be useful, they enslave or kill them.
They especially welcomed women, because women are more important than men in increasing the population.
Is that why? This savage boy, whose name was Ahhun, had been staring at Kamyu and smiling viciously.
“I like the men in my tribe and run amok. After catching such an excellent female.”
Kamyu, who understood Ahhun’s words, gnashed his teeth.
“Are you asking me to take the seed of you barbarians? I would die otherwise!”
Camu immediately tried to bite her tongue, but Ahhun gagged her mouth faster than that.
Ahhun giggled and thrust an arrowhead under Kamyu’s chin.
“I guess this cheeky slave needs some education.”
The moment he is about to put his hand on Camu’s body.
… chin!
Someone blocked Ahhun’s way.
Iyen. A female warrior who leads Balak’s young hunting team.
She brought the tip of her bow to Ahhun’s chest.
“go away.”
Iyen’s words were short.
Ah Hoon’s brow furrowed.
“What is it, chief? I caught him.”
“dog sound. little bit smaller.”
“What are you talking about! I shot an anesthetic needle and put a noose on it!”
“Who made that possible?”
Ah-Hoon is speechless for a moment when I-Yen asks coldly.
she continued.
“If I hadn’t interrupted that ‘boy who was good at swords’ earlier, you would have died.”
I mean Bikir.
When Iyan mentioned the situation earlier, Ahhun began to tremble.
he exclaimed furiously.
“So, are you saying that this female belongs to the captain?”
“of course.”
“The captain is a woman!”
“What does it matter?”
At Iyen’s question, Ahhun shut his mouth as if he was at a loss for words.
Before long, a sharp blue life began to emanate from Iyen’s whole body.
A silver aura overflowed from the bow she was holding tight.
Seeing this, Camus widened her eyes.
That is the liquid aura that is the symbol of the graduates.
It was weak, but it clearly showed the level of a lower grader.
A 17 year old graduate. To think that there were other geniuses besides Vikir and himself in the world.
Whether Camus was surprised or not, Ayen didn’t care at all.
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Meanwhile, Ahhun shook his head in front of Iyan’s power.
“If you twist me, attack me anytime. It turns them into blood cakes.”
“… … It doesn’t twist.”
“You say no?”
“… … no. anyway. to give up That female captain, do as you please.”
Ahhun shook his head, brooding over his anger and sorrow.
Iyen finally took her eyes off Ahhun and looked back at Camus.
Camus did not particularly think that she had saved him.
That would be too.
“Your eyes are good. The physique is also good. It seems like he was born with good bloodline.”
This is because Iyen thoroughly looked into Camu with the eyes of seeing the product.
“I too was captured and sold into slavery by your Empire bastards, especially the Morgue bastards.”
“… … .”
“You too will be.”
After speaking, Ayen closes her eyes for a moment and seems to think of someone.
“However, you will not have the same luck as me.”
Soon after, Iyen opened his eyes and gritted his teeth as he glared at Camus eyes.
“Take your time, slowly, deep in your bones, even your soul. To make tongue licking between my toes a daily routine… … .”
But Iyen couldn’t finish his words.
… Kwak!
It was because a loud explosion erupted through the bush behind him.
“die. Beast-like barbarians.”
A voice like a death sentence.
At the same time, ice picks flew in and intercepted Balak’s hunting birds.
In less than a second, three or four hunting crew members in the rear died.
And behind him was Morgue Adolph, who was smoking red-colored mana stems.
Soon after, Morgue and Baskerville’s pursuers are thrown into the battlefield one after another.
“I’ll pay off the debt from earlier.”
The Staffordshire Baskervilles and the Baskerville triplets swung their swords and cut down several Balak hunters.
Morgue’s mages were also desperate.
Numerous attack magics flew in and created a loud light and explosion.
… … together?
For some reason, Balak’s hunting team is unable to respond in a mediocre way.
Although the difference in strength is so great, if they are determined and focus only on running away rather than fighting back, they will be able to minimize the damage.
But why?
Balak’s hunting team and the wolves they rode were greatly embarrassed and restless.
As if I was more worried about the light and sound that Morgue and the Baskervilles made by surprise rather than the surprise.
“Ugh!? These crazy bastards made such a fuss in the flood sea at night!?”
Ah-hun was taken aback and stepped back.
His gaze, trembling with anxiety, was fixed on the darkness beyond the floodwaters, not the swords and magic that raged around him.
It was the same for their leader, Iyen.
“… … .”
Iyen moved hurriedly.
The first thing she did was not to counter Morgue’s magic or Baskerville’s sword, but to kick the sand to extinguish the fire.
When even the faint light disappeared, Balak’s hunting team finally began to move.
They rode on the backs of wolves and shot arrows as they retreated into the depths of the sea.
“They run away. Leave no one alive!”
Staffordshire, the lead dog, spurred on the chase, encouraging the Hounds of the Baskervilles.
And there was a shadow approaching Camu taking advantage of this terrible darkness.
Bikir. In an instant, he cut the rope and noose from the stake and rescued Camus.
Even then, Kamyu, who was suffering from paralytic poison, was delighted when he checked Bikir’s face.
“… … hey! you!”
“Shh.”
In the blink of an eye, Bikir hugged Camu and fell to the rear.
no. she was about to fall
If it weren’t for the silver shadow that blocked my eyes out of nowhere.
“I knew you would come. ‘The boy who used the knife well’.”
Iyen was facing Bikir head on.
She continued by examining Vikir’s entire body.
“A strong body capable of covering this long distance in a short amount of time.”
“… … .”
“The upright mental strength to break through the darkness of floods.”
“… … .”
“A hot virgin who would risk his life to save his woman.”
“… … ?”
Bikir frowned.
Why did I have to listen to the evaluation of the barbarian woman right in front of me?
The moment Bikir just passed her and tried to dodge to the rear.
Ayen points a finger at Camu, who is in Bikir’s arms.
“I won’t ask about the past.”
The corners of her mouth curved in a gentle arc.
“pass.”
