Episode 109. The path of the prosecutor.
Theresia poured a little healing potion into the mouth of an unknown woman.
“Are you out of your mind?”
“female… Where is it… ?”
“It’s near the border between the east and south.”
“Border line?”
“Yes, he was being chased by a kobold, so I saved him-”
The unknown woman rolled her eyes as if remembering something, but then jumped up, pushing Theresia’s chest.
Pop!
She lowered her head and looked at her breasts. The wounds of her blade digging into her skin were not visible.
“Huh, why am I alive?”
Theresia got up from her ass and asked her.
“I healed you.”
“you? why?!”
“So you wanted to die? Isn’t it true? “If he truly wanted death, he wouldn’t have run away from the kobolds.”
An unidentified woman stared into Theresia’s eyes. She soon flopped down in her seat and cried.
She covered her face with both hands and lowered her head deeply to the ground.
“Save me… Help me… .”
“What happened? explain it to me please.”
“Huh… .”
“What have you been going through? “You have to tell me so I can help you.”
Theresia rubbed the back of an unknown woman. She continued to sob, unable to continue her words.
While listening to their conversation, I pointed with my finger to the place where black smoke was rising and asked.
“What is that smoke?”
Now she raised her head, looked at the smoke, looked at me, bowed low, and said:
“Help me.”
“I asked what that smoke was.”
“… Nose, kobold. “It’s a kobold.”
“Kobold?”
“yes.”
“Kobolds are acting?”
The woman looked at the Strange symbol engraved on my armor and gulped.
“That’s right. We were hungry, so we caught a kobold and roasted it… . As the smoke rose, his colleagues suddenly came from all directions-”
Is it stupidity or ignorance?
Kobolds are the ones with the best cohesion among monsters that move in groups, so you didn’t know that?
‘Then it appears that the party this woman belongs to is a group without hunters or knights.’
“I ask you again, where are you from?”
The woman couldn’t keep her eyes still for even a moment and answered with a look in her eyes.
“In the east… .”
“East?”
“Yes, I came over to the south for a while to dig up some herbs. As I was about to go back, something invisible suddenly blocked my path… .”
It looks like he came down before the barrier was set.
“Do you know when something called ‘something invisible’ was created?”
“Yes, it was early morning yesterday. “We came down to dig up herbs before evening.”
“It was early morning yesterday. “So you were planning to go back early yesterday morning?”
“That’s right. But this is Strange’s territory, and I wandered around thinking that if I took a wrong turn I could be taken away by the knights… .”
The woman bowed once again and continued speaking.
“I was hungry, so I tried to catch a kobold and eat it. I’m really sorry!”
Theresa didn’t know why she was so scared. She said she was more scared of being captured by Strange than of being killed by a kobold.
‘but.’
If you are caught by us, not only will the person who committed the crime die, but everyone involved will disappear.
Maybe he did something like that to protect his family.
“Okay, wake up.”
“yes! Sir, knight.”
The woman stood up.
I continued the conversation as I walked in the direction where the black smoke was rising.
“How many kobolds are there?”
“uh… . Now, I’m not sure. “There were more than us, so there must have been more than ten.”
“Ten? “Then how many of you were there?”
“It was six.”
“Did six merchants run away from ten kobolds?”
“… yes. “I’m embarrassed to say this, but there’s no one in our party who knows how to use a weapon.”
“Then you don’t even know how to use a blade. “You mean you came down to this far away place without any mercenaries?”
“That’s right. If you, a commoner like us, use mercenaries to dig up herbs, there’s nothing left. “The belly button is bigger than the stomach.”
I risked my life to come all the way to the south to dig up medicinal herbs. Even the territory of Strange, an object of fear to the people of the East.
I couldn’t erase the question, ‘Is there a reason for that?’ from my mind.
This is inevitable because there are a lot more herbs in the east, the land of wizards, and you can get them safely without having to go far away.
“name.”
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“What’s your name?”
“So, what’s your name?”
“… “This is Angelina.”
“Last name?”
“doesn’t exist.”
“No way. “Does it make sense that most of the land to the east is managed by the Glazers and there is no castle?”
Angelina answered in a weak voice.
“Yes, although I am now affiliated with the upper east. “I don’t have a last name because I was born in the North.”
“You were born in the North?”
“Yes, if you look closely into my eyes you will see. Can’t you see the emerald color, the symbol of the northern warriors?”
I finally saw her eyes. I didn’t notice because she kept her head down, but now that I look at it, I can see that her eyes have a really clear forest blue color.
“Right.”
“But why did you ask for the name of a lowly merchant?”
I was trying to find out if you really came from the east. I couldn’t answer like this, so I just kept silent.
There’s no need to explain the reason because it’s not a relationship that will go deep anyway.
“help me!”
As I got closer to the black smoke, I heard a man’s scream. Angelina was so startled that she clung to my back and trembled.
“Are you going to help us?”
The answer to her question seemed to be answered more by actions than words. When I arrived at the place where smoke was rising, I cut down all the kobolds I could see without hesitation.
‘One, two, three… … . ‘Fifteen.’
There was no need to use aurors.
They were small monsters that I could subdue with just my physical strength. Of course, most of them were similar in size to me, but compared to others, they were easy opponents.
Flutter!
I stabbed the heart of the first guy who ran towards me. I lifted it above my head and then slammed it down with all my might towards the ground.
bang!
The bloody sound of the blade breaking the kobold’s skull was heard.
Quad deuk.
The remaining guys circled around to keep their distance from me, and soon ran away, making strange noises as if they had decided that this was an enemy they could not defeat.
“Kie, kieek, kieek!”
I looked around.
A bonfire with a whole kobold tied up and roasting it, and four men collapsed in front of it.
And among the people here, the only middle-aged man came towards me with a limp.
“Thank you for saving my life, knight!”
* * *
Angelina and Pavlov.
They were a merchant couple who came from the east to dig up medicinal herbs. Moreover, he was also acquainted with Kaipa, who was fully entrusted with this operation.
“Actually, the reason we were able to harvest medicinal herbs in the south is because of Baron Kaipa.”
Let Angelina speak first.
Pavlov looked at me and continued speaking.
“Until a few years ago, I was a goblin hunter. “I ended up joining the Bourbon group because I accidentally got seriously injured.”
“That’s right, when I signed up at the top, they showed me a list of things I needed. “Most of the valuable medicinal herbs came from the south, so we came down every morning to make a living.”
“And I was caught by Baron Kaipa while digging for herbs here. “When I told him about the situation, he forgave me.”
“Instead, he said he wouldn’t forgive me if I left this area and went near the village. After staying here, I met the kobolds today… .”
After hearing the circumstances, I understood the whole situation. However, it was not possible to forgive unauthorized people for entering the territory.
‘but.’
This is Kaipa’s territory.
Although it is Strange’s territory, the most important thing is the lord’s opinion.
“Follow me. “Even if I can’t send you back to the east, I will let you live here in the south.”
Angelina and Pavlov clapped their hands at the same time.
match!
“Are you sure?”
“You’re not lying, are you?”
I answered while stroking one of the horses they rode.
“Okay, let me take this horse instead.”
Pavlov rushed over in one step and answered, fixing the horse’s saddle.
“Okay, at this point, do whatever you want. “Compared to the grace that saved my life, this is nothing!”
Although we had to experience some unexpected events, the results were still very good.
I thought it would be hard to go back because I lost my carriage, but now I can go back on horseback.
“Let’s erase the traces first.”
“Trace?”
“Okay, Pavlov, you gather all the kobolds and burn them. Angelina, you throw the dead in the forest and feed them to the beasts.”
Angelina answered with a frightened expression.
“Ji, as food for animals? “They are colleagues who have been with us for a long time-.”
“Then you will take them all?”
“… … .”
“If I leave them here now. “I’m sure someone will come after us.”
“Why?”
“Kobolds take the corpses of dead humans and use them as food. But what do you think it would mean if not only kobolds but also human corpses remained here?”
Humans won this battle.
And although there were deaths, they escaped from here. So where did the survivors go, and who brought them here?
Based on this little analogy, if the Rothschild we met last night were to come after us.
And what if they are looking for me in units this time?
Not only will your plan go wrong, but you could also die here.
Angelina nodded with a reluctant expression and dragged her colleague’s body into the forest.
Pavlov glanced at her with pitiful eyes, plugged his nose with a piece of cloth and began burning the kobold corpse.
* * *
Clark, one of the five generals, who had the appearance of a steel gorilla, tilted his head.
“That’s strange, I think the fight with the kobolds came from over there. “Why are these guys dead here?”
Four corpses scattered in front of him.
At first glance, it looked like it had been eaten here and there as if it had been attacked by a monster, but there were more than one strange thing.
What kind of monster dragged the corpse into the forest instead of eating it on the spot?
Moreover, most of the tooth marks left on the body were not from kobolds but from forest beasts.
Another general moving with him, Wendy. She said irritatedly as she approached with her nine tails wagging.
“I guess I ran away from a kobold and found myself here!”
“No, that can’t be possible. “Then who put those charred kobolds in the fire?”
“It’s not me. “Well, didn’t the kobolds try to roast and eat their dead compatriots?”
“That can’t be possible! Do you think monsters will eat your food?”
“Oh, that’s right.”
“under… . really.”
Clark sniffed and looked around, and began stroking the ground with his palm as if he had found something.
“Yes, that’s right. “This was clearly made to look like it was a kobold attack.”
“who?”
“It’s simple. “Whose territory is this now?”
“Strange.”
“Yes, Strange. “Then who is in charge of this area in Strange?”
“… Baron Kaifa?”
With a wicked smile, Clark picked up a piece of clothing that had fallen to the ground and took a deep breath.
Write-
Then, with a satisfied expression, he slowly exhaled and answered.
ha!
“Yes, Kaipa. I think there was a woman too. “She remembered the smell, so she said let’s chase it.”
fantasy,
