Chapter 654
Episode 166. Traces of Kaldran Snow Field (1)
East Area 5, Kaldran Snowfields.
In the Kaldran snowfield at this time, it was common for experienced adventurers or hardened uninhabited islands to get lost and freeze to death.
Of course, the party that came to the snowfield now had nothing to do with verbs, but finding the way with only the map Ronil gave them was a daunting task.
That would be if it wasn’t for Shuri. Shuri was doing a good job of guiding the group this time as well.
“Kyahaha! Come on, Shuri. Let’s kiss this sister. How can our Shuri be so smart? Is it because he resembles the owner?”
[Meaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak.]
When Shuri pushed Sandra away, Zephyrin snorted.
“sister? You’re talking funny, biotic golem lady. The red jade tomb of Jin Runkandel is at least a thousand years old.”
“Oh my, why are you fighting over something like this?”
“Are you arguing? I just found you funny.”
“Hedo, tear that mouth crosswise.”
“From a while ago, there is nothing that I can’t believe in the physical beauty butler. You should know that there are more monsters in this world than you think.”
“Hey, if you’re that confident, why don’t you try it first? I assure you, the moment you touch even one of my fingertips, Hedo will surely draw his sword. Then, of course, we will fight until the end, and I think I know which side will win.”
“Ah really. How did I get treated like this? It wasn’t just my master’s order… … .”
“In Sota Desert, Jin couldn’t fight because of the stolen items, and this time it was because of the owner’s order. The title of Grand Duke of the Demon Realm is fine. Even if you always lose, you have a lot of excuses.”
“Ha, okay. Then bio golem, you hit me first. I will definitely kill you.”
Unlike Zephyrin, Sandra tried to swing her fist at once, but Hedo pulled it and couldn’t reach Zephyrin.
Hedo sighed heavily as he watched Sandra thrash in his grasp. Since the beginning of the journey, Sandra and Zephyrin have been engaged in a constant war of nerves.
Looking back, the atmosphere was not very good when they first met in Sota Desert.
“Don’t you think there is not too much tension in enemy territory?”
said Jin.
“But Jin, that keeps getting on my nerves. Did you just see it? First of all, make a fuss.”
“Is it a secret from Jin that you deliberately stepped on my heels the whole time you were walking?”
“If you two do it one more time, I’ll leave you somewhere and go alone. Everyone will have no problem escaping the Kaldran snowfield without me, right?”
Sandra and Zephyrin shut their mouths at the same time.
‘Powerful, great!’
‘Damn it, if I told my owner that I was kicked out for fighting a living golem, I’d be treated worse than this… … .’
Sandra was just Jin’s words, and Zephyrin was because he knew those were not empty words.
As the two became quiet in an instant, Hedo felt resentful of Jin for finally intervening.
The group quietly moved forward.
It was a very slow pace. Since Ronil’s last visit to the snowfield, knights stained with chaos had been encamped here.
The moment they discover me, I will send the main unit from the Garden of Swords. In the worst case, Rosa may come to visit.
It would take a considerable amount of time for her to directly track her from the Garden of Swords to the Kaldran Snowfield, but it was unpredictable if she would use the Chaos Dragon or the Prophet’s Den used in the Sota Desert.
‘If Oul-nim was there, I would have been able to move so fast that it couldn’t compare to this, but it’s frustrating.’
Owl was currently in a situation where he could not help Jin as he was tracking Jonah’s whereabouts.
For the past three years since the subjugation of Gleek, Jonah’s runaway cycle has been getting shorter and shorter.
When I think of Jonah, my heart aches.
‘I have to use the purifier for my sister too… … . Before the encroachment ends, we must find it.’
According to the news Oul sent to Tikan a few days ago, it was not yet in the complete encroachment stage.
The Barmal Alliance couldn’t find her better than Nameless.
Jin felt a little bit bitter that he was still not enough to perfectly protect his family even after gaining such great power.
That’s why I felt like I was able to understand my father, Shiron a little bit.
I walked for three days, clearing my thoughts. Fortunately, the party was able to cross the snow-covered stony mountains without being detected by the reconnaissance knights.
However, during the trip, I couldn’t get any additional information about Valeria. There was nothing but snow and rocks and a pale, dark sky day and night.
“… … It looks like you’re almost there.”
In the distance, I saw a dead-end cliff that cuts through the depths of the snowy mountain.
Shuri pointed with her paw to one side of the cliff, which was the location of the cave, though not yet visible to the party.
Jin sent Shuri back to the red prison.
It was because I felt confused. It had been like that for the past three days, but a particularly thick aura spread around the cave.
“Hmm, I knew it would be like this. Although it is difficult to closely monitor the entire snowfield, the area near the cave where Hester disappeared is surely guarded.”
“If you intend to keep entering, it seems that you can’t avoid a battle from here. 12 riders.”
Zephyrin and Hedo said.
“It’s not an expected problem anyway, I’ll go in.”
“You know very well that there are so many variables from here on out, right? I honestly don’t know. I wonder if Hester survivors are worth the risk to save.”
“That’s not for you to judge, Zephyrin.”
“There is no such thing as a tyrant. Of course, if Hester was in that cave, he wouldn’t have to worry. To be honest, you don’t think there’s such a possibility for Jin too, right?”
“hey! Our own colleague disappeared over there. Whether there is a possibility or not, isn’t it the right thing to go? Don’t the demon tribesmen have any camaraderie at all?”
“I can see where you are barking. Jin-kyung, I mean, I’d rather find a place other than the snowfield. Missed Sir Ronil, and as far as I can see Runkandel too. If they had caught it, they would have already tried to negotiate or threaten it.”
As Zephyrin said, there was no possibility that Valeria would remain in that cave.
However, Temar’s tomb was always composed of ‘sub-space’. In Baolai in the Great Plains of Andre, in the coast of Sucheron Kingdom, in the world of Cats, and in Wantaramo Forest.
Ronil said that Valeria disappeared without a trace right in that cave.
‘If there is a subspace in that cave that leads to Temar’s tomb… … .’
It means that Valeria reached Temar’s fifth tomb and took refuge there.
Or it could have been forced to move because certain conditions were met by chance rather than escape.
“Subspaces can exist, Zephyrin. All of Temar’s tombs I’ve been through have been like that.”
“You mean a Hester survivor could have entered there? It makes a little sense now. The reason why you didn’t give up hope.”
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“You can go on a subspace date following a snowfield date! Romance, again, romance!”
“And there’s something I didn’t understand from the beginning, why the hell did you bring this living golem? It’s not that I have a sense of power, and I always say stupid things like this.”
Zephyrin was asking Hedo, not Jin.
Hedo didn’t answer and wiped the frost off his glasses.
“… … Jockey 12, then the entry has been decided. How are you going to do it?”
“I think Zephyrin would do well to take care of all the knights first.”
Although he was in high spirits, Jin thought that if he was Zephyrin, he could overwhelm all the knights near the cave. Although she has always been defeated by Jin in one way or another, she was definitely one of the strongest in the world.
“Then it will be obvious. Keep your eyes peeled until full-scale reinforcements arrive, right?”
“It’s too simplistic.”
“I can’t do anything other than that. Because we can’t assassinate all that many people without a trace.”
“So what am I going to do?”
“Please cover me while I search for traces of subspace inside the cave.”
“Well, I like it. I still needed someone to take my anger out on because of some living golem.”
“Zephyrin.”
“why?”
“I want to ask you a favor.”
Jin said while making eye contact with Zephyrin.
Zephyrin almost showed a look of bewilderment in his eyes. It was the first time he had ever seen the demon speak to him in such a respectful manner.
“ask… … ?”
“If possible, I want the articles to end without too much pain.”
-Does that mean that most of the remaining knights in the Garden of Swords did not revolt because they were engulfed in chaos rather than arbitrarily?
– There must be no self-righteous people. But like you said, most will. What mad knight would want to fight under such a monster? No matter how strong the monster is. The knights who make up Runcandel are especially proud.
Jin recalled the conversation he had with Jorden while receiving the family swords.
Most of the knights in the Kaldran Snow Field were forced to become monsters of chaos.
It was impossible to purify them all. Judging by the size of the marriage period in the first place, they were almost completely encroached upon.
As Zephyrin tried to answer something, Jin bowed his head to her.
Soon, Zephyrin shrugged as if he couldn’t help it.
“… … Let’s do it. I don’t like doing it for you, but I guess it’s more dignified that way.”
“Thank you. Let the debt be paid off.”
“Can we start right away?”
“okay.”
“When something unexpected happens, we give a signal. When I roar three times in a row, get out of the cave immediately and prepare to escape.”
“Go and die. no! i don’t want to die Until we get out of here, be sure to live, demon dragon! Keep the promise you made to Jin. Understand?”
Zephyrin changed into her true form and snorted.
[You’ll be fine on your own gloomy date, bio golem. Judging from my years of experience, it seems that the Heister survivor Jin is trying to save is more than just an ally… … Whoops.]
“What, what!”
The knights of the snow field, who sensed Zephyrin, began releasing spirits in earnest.
Sandra was swearing at Zephyrin’s back as she flew up.
