Return of the Frozen Player 462
Fog and City(4)
“earth? India? It’s a place I’ve never heard of.”
The woman who introduced herself as ‘Monet’ was curious.
“Are all the people who live there as strong as you?”
“no.”
“but.… ”
If all the people there were as strong as the man in front of them, they would have unified the world right away.
Monet wondered again.
“But why does Ramadat hate vampires?”
“Because they are the ones who casually kidnap people and suck their blood.”
Ramadat, thinking of something, added an afterword.
“He bit me too.”
“Hey hey hey!?”
Frightened, Monet quickly ran to the corner of the alley.
She watched him, sticking out half her face like a frightened cat.
“Wow, did you get bitten? when? Where are you’?”
“I was bitten on this side of the shoulder two days ago.”
“… … It’s been two days since you were bitten and you’re not infected?”
“As soon as I was bitten, I tore off my neck and shoulders.”
“lie. Humans die then!
If you lie, you will get scolded!”
One hundred thousand words.
Ramadat tore off my shoulder on the spot to prove the fact.
“Look. You don’t die.”
“No, that’s ridiculous!”
Quickly closing the distance, she stared intently at the area around his regenerated neck and stammered.
I sniffed and sniffed.
“weird. No matter how much you take it, our blood doesn’t flow.”
“Are you on our side?”
While pondering something in response to that question, she opened her mouth with a determined face.
“Please follow me for a moment.”
* * *
The carriage stopped on a lonely road outside the city, where the bright moon was visible.
The coachman turned his head and asked.
“Are you really going to get off here? Even wagons don’t pass around here.”
“it’s okay. Here’s the money.”
After paying the price, Monet beckoned Ramadart to follow him.
After following her for another three hours, a rugged mountain range appeared.
Ramadat, who had been quiet so far, opened his mouth.
“Hey, it’s not a minute. It has already moved seven hours.”
“Now we are all here. It is our territory from here on out.”
“So who are we… …
Ramadat’s eyes narrowed as he continued to speak.
gone
It was because I felt a lot of people around me.
“Are those guys from that cage?”
“It’s because everyone is so wary.”
Monet waved his arms.
“are you okay! You are my guest!”
“… … What are you thinking?”
A man walked out from behind a tree.
With long knife marks on his face, he bruised Monet with his eyes.
“You brought humans to the realm carelessly.”
“Orca, this person is no ordinary human.”
“That is not for you to judge.”
Orca gave a light chin.
“Repress it. dragging it.”
“Now, wait a minute! Are you my guest?”
“No matter how much you are the daughter of the chieftain, you have no right to bring outsiders into your territory.”
“hmm.”
Ramadat looked around quietly and said.
“Monet. Do the ‘us’ you speak of repay the favor in this way?”
“I’m sorry, Ramadat. Leave this place to me.”
She stood in front of Orca with a face prepared for something.
“Orca, get out of the way.”
“I just do what I have to do.”
“It is an order. I will take full responsibility for this, so get out of the way.”
He stared at Monet and opened a sigh.
“You should take responsibility for what you just said.”
At the same time, the killing spirit of dozens of people who were heading towards Ramadat softened like a lie.
‘The training is going well. Much better than the vampires I met earlier.’
Then, following Monet, a huge stone wall appeared.
“Kik-ing, gong-goong.”
Kiki, Kiki, Geek!
The one who pushed the wall made of stone with difficulty
The woman turned around, wiping her sweat.
“Ramadat, welcome to the Twilight Claw tribe.”
Beyond the open stone walls, a number of uniquely styled buildings were built.
While preserving the wild appearance as much as possible, they were stone houses that seemed to imitate human houses.
“Monet!”
Then a group of people walked towards them.
The one in the lead was a stout middle-aged man with a build comparable to that of Ramadat.
With a long gray beard, his sharp eyes looked at Ramadat.
“What are you thinking, bringing in humans without permission?”
“He is my benefactor! He killed dozens of vampires and saved me.”
“flaw “
TH.
A middle-aged man took a few steps and stood in front of Ramadat.
A huge pressure, as if facing a mountain.
But Ramadat didn’t blink an eye.
didn’t
“… … For guys these days, fighting is good enough. Are there any mixed bloodlines among our ancestors?”
“It seems like you’re repeating the same words from earlier.”
Ramadat asked with an unusually tired face.
“I don’t know who the we are referring to.”
“Looks like Monet didn’t explain anything. Then I will do it.”
The middle-aged man lightly placed his hand on Ramadat’s shoulder.
“My name is Arnold Osman. Monet’s father, the chief who leads the Twilight Claw tribe… …
The pressure of the hand on my shoulder is getting stronger and stronger.
At the same time, Ramadat’s head began to rise.
‘Tall… … Are you growing?’
The middle-aged man’s body, which had grown in size, was covered with gray hair.
The mouth protruded elongated, the ears protruded, and the eyes sharpened like those of a beast.
After transforming, Arnold finished talking.
“And a werewolf.”
Ramadat stared up at him.
First time I’ve ever seen a werewolf.
He slowly raised his hand and squeezed the hand of the furry animal resting on my shoulder.
“Okay, Arnold. I know how glad you are.”
Kuguguk.
The hand, which seemed to never move, was slowly lifted up.
“I don’t like it when a guy who isn’t even my friend puts his hand on my shoulder.”
Arnold’s eyes widened.
* * *
I was assigned a room.
The inside of the stone house was much cleaner and more comfortable than I thought.
“Great! This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone struggling with my father!”
“is it.”
Ramadat unknowingly agreed.
It was because Arnold’s power was so great that he had to use his mana as hard as he could.
“I have a question.”
“What is it?”
“Arnold and Jeanjo Ghost. Which of the two is stronger?”
Monet’s face went pale.
As if he were afraid to hear that name.
she asked biting her lip.
“Where else did you hear that name?”
“hmm… … I had not heard of it, but I had met.”
“yes!?”
Monet covered her mouth with both hands and widened her eyes.
“Yeah, but how did you stay alive?”
“It wasn’t fine. throat was cut
de “
Even in the days when super regeneration was S-class, it was cured by attaching at least a severed head and blowing hoho.
What’s more, now that it’s an EX grade after the 5.5th floor.
‘I’m curious.’
In the past, I was sure that if my brain or heart was destroyed, I would surely die, but now I don’t know.
“… … Will Ramadat survive even if his head is cut off?”
“uh.”
“I hate to say this, but it looks like a real monster.”
“Aren’t you here?”
“Only a great warrior can attach a severed head.”
“Right. So what is the answer to your question?”
After thinking for a while, Monet cautiously opened his mouth.
“When the full moon rises, the father prevails. If not, Ghost will win.”
“… … Hard to believe.”
Ramadat was genuinely surprised.
The feeling of intimidation of Ghost, which he had faced himself, was several orders of magnitude higher than that of Arnold.
Monet laughed.
“You don’t think that what you saw earlier is your father’s strength, right?”
“Wasn’t it?”
“Absolutely not. Werewolves are divided into three stages.”
She stretched out one of her slender arms.
“The first stage is a stage that uses only the power of a werewolf while maintaining a human body.
total.”
“It was the first stage when you fought the vampires.”
“that’s right. And step 2… …
Monet blushed slightly and lowered his head.
After a while, her arms were covered with beautiful silver hair.
“This is how you get into the shape of a werewolf.”
“Then what is step 3?”
“We call it ‘liberation’.”
“Liberation, from what?”
Retrieving her arm, she smiled lightly.
“It is liberation from everything that imprisons us.”
“I don’t understand at all.”
“For example, do you think Ramadat can handle 100% of all his powers?”
“Yes, of course.”
Because if you can’t control your power, you can’t rise to a high level.
“I don’t think so.”
Monet said firmly.
“Because the power that Ramadat handles is all that he has accumulated.”
“… … Isn’t that all my strength?”
“No.”
she shook her head.
“Your potential. The power underlying the unconscious. Only when you reach the level of intentionally using it can you say that you are using all your power.”
“How could such a thing be possible… …
“there is. Is my father available right now?”
“hmm.”
Looking into her confident eyes, Ramadat thought quietly.
‘I’ll have to ask to see it tomorrow.’
As dawn broke, Monet came to visit him.
“Ramadat. Father calls me.”
“egg plant.”
Following her, hundreds of men and women were sitting in a circle in an empty lot.
‘The number of people is less than 300 people.’
Considering that the number of vampires is about 50,000, the number is unmatched.
Arnold opened his mouth.
“I heard a lot about the story. First of all, as the father of a child and the head of a tribe, I express my gratitude.”
“It was nothing.”
“But at the same time, there is something I want to ask.
all.”
“what?”
Suddenly, I felt the force of a needle piercing my skin.
“Are you an enemy of vampires?”
Ramadat pondered for a moment.
It didn’t take very long.
“Uh, I am the enemy of vampires.”
“… … Right.”
The murderous spirit disappeared as if washed away, and Arnold, who got up from his seat, lightly bowed his head.
“The enemy of an enemy is a friend. Forgive me for being rude in the morning.”
“Joe, Chief!”
“How can you look up to a human… … !”
“That sounds funny.”
Arnold lowered his head casually and sat down.
“Just because the other person’s status, class, or origin is different, it doesn’t mean that I didn’t commit any crimes.”
“But the stature of our werewolves… …
“Phase? still so virtuous to us
Was there anything left?”
Arnold snorted and leaned his chin crookedly.
“The country we defended for hundreds of years has been plundered by bats, and we have been driven to a remote mountain corner. Not to mention, the moon doesn’t even rise in the city anymore.”
It is because of the red fog that covers the moon every night.
The moon rising during the day couldn’t gather enough moonlight to transform.
“In my generation these things happened
It’s just shameful. But do you still have nobility left?”
Arnold’s gaze was all over the werewolves.
“If there is, throw it away. Because we are losers who couldn’t protect the people who worshiped us.”
A thick, breathless air from the morning hung over the vacant lot.
It was always difficult to face the harsh reality that we had been ignoring.
peel.
“excuse me.”
Then, Ramadat quietly raised his hand.
“what?”
“I heard from Monet last night. Werewolves are divided into three stages, and the last stage is liberation.”
“I don’t know why you’re bringing up that story all of a sudden, but that’s right.”
Arnold nodded, and Ramadat demanded.
“okay? I can only imagine in my head
This is not going well, but can you show liberation directly?”
A chilly sense of desolation, worse than a moment ago, settled in the clearing.
The blue-lipped Monet crossed his arms like a broken nutcracker and made an ‘X’.
‘That’s not it! Not that in this mood! In the first place, that’s incredibly rude!’
Arnold’s eyes darkened.
“Do you know what you mean?”
“hmm? Oh sure.”
I just mean to show you what liberation is.
However, the words that came out of Arnold’s mouth were a little different from what he expected.
“… … fresh. I never thought the day would come when I would be challenged to a ‘duel’ by a human.”
“Chief! It’s not real! I will deal with that person who does not even know the subject matter!”
The man called Orca I met last night
He ran out with an angry face.
“No, no. It is the shame of a wolf to avoid a duel.”
Arnold shook his head excitedly and stood up himself.
Then, a terrifying eye light flowed from his eyes.
“Wake up. A ignorant human being.”
