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rabbit meat
‘Why is Hans suddenly…’
Pulpouts stared at Hans, biting his lips tightly.
Hans was a bright and handsome young man, but now he looked pale, as if he would die within a few days. His empty left hand was proof that he was Hans.
“You arrived just in time.”
“I had a hard time. You are so stubborn.”
Hans responded to Selena’s words with a dry cough.
‘Selena and Hans know each other?’
Pulpouts’ head suddenly became complicated.
“Selena, how are you?”
“Alaina, it’s been a while.”
The girl who had been running wild calmly greeted Selena.
The situation was resolved thanks to Selena’s appearance in a situation that was almost over because of Joanna. If Selena had shown up even a little later, something would have definitely happened.
‘Alaina… Alaina…’
Pulpouts muttered the name softly. Having recently finished researching the strong while preparing for the rebellion, Pulpouts was able to recall the name.
Alaina, known as the Winter of the North, was a famous person. It’s just that I couldn’t immediately recall her because she was called by a nickname rather than just her name.
Winter of the North was a legendary wizard who single-handedly stopped the Imperial army heading north and the Master of the Sword. He was clearly the top wizard among the current wizards.
‘I heard that the frozen winter never leaves the North, so why Hans and…?’
Pulpouts’ eyes narrowed. He felt a chill down his spine at the thought of almost having to deal with the northern winter.
On this side there were knights, knights of the temple, and Joanna, but the opponent was one of the strongest on the continent.
Joanna, who had actually caused friction with her, was yawning peacefully, but Johelia, who was sitting next to her, kept nagging her, but she didn’t seem to hear her.
Selena and Alaina chatting away, and Hans looking around as if looking for something. Pulpouts couldn’t understand what was going on.
at that time-.
Vivian and Kanna came down. Pulpouts jumped up and stood between Hans and Vivian.
If nothing else, Hans was a shameless bastard who stole Vivian’s underwear. There was no telling what he might do.
Contrary to Fullfoot’s concerns, Hans glanced at Vivian and didn’t even glance at her. It seemed like he wasn’t even interested.
“Ohhh – You are the one who is loved by Mana. You are such a huge lump of Mana.”
Instead, Alaina showed interest in Vivian. Alaina jumped up and approached Vivian.
Fullfoot instinctively tried to stop him, but his body wouldn’t move. When he turned his head to him, Hans shook his head slightly.
His eyes were still as clear and transparent as the old Hans. Why would a guy with eyes like that be wearing Vivian’s underwear-.
“Hello! You’re such a cute kid!”
At that moment, Vivian shouted brightly. Pulpouts, who knew the girl’s true identity, felt a chill run down his spine.
The girl’s face crumpled in an instant. The air grew cold again. A magic circle appeared next to the girl. Unlike before, it was smaller.
As the knights tried to move, the magic circle shook violently and then faded.
“Hoo…, you did it?”
The girl looked down at Kanna and exclaimed in admiration.
Kanna kept her mouth shut and glared at the girl. Kanna’s body was trembling.
“You’re meddling with my magic, what an interesting trick. Then try this too.”
At the girl’s gesture, a slightly larger magic circle appeared. Kanna, who was holding Vivian’s hand, focused her eyes.
Crackle-. Kanna shook violently with a small sound. Vivian, startled, picked Kanna up.
“It may seem like a simple attribute on the surface, but it can be hidden inside like this. This is why wizards clash with their own magic rather than interfering with the magic of others.”
The girl’s face was still expressionless, but her voice was strangely soft.
“What if there are hidden properties?”
The girl who spoke with a voice mixed with laughter snapped her fingers. Then, the magic circle grew larger.
Kanna narrowed her eyes and glared at the magic circle. With a short crack, the magic circle was torn apart. It must have been quite a burden, because Kanna’s breathing was rapid.
The girl let out a small exclamation.
“Wow-. You quickly changed your attributes in that short time. Clever! It’s a good method, but like this-.”
As the girl waved her hand lightly, a small magic circle appeared and snowflakes appeared right away. The snowflakes that hit Kanna’s head gently scattered.
“If it’s so fast that it’s hard to react, then it’s useless. This won’t work.”
Contrary to her firm voice, the girl’s eyes sparkled.
He said Kanna-.
Even though his nose was bleeding, he was staring intently at her. For some reason, seeing that made Pulpouts think of Aaron.
“Yes, if you’re a wizard, you have to have venom!”
The girl’s voice rose noticeably.
As the girl waved her hand, a magic circle appeared in a different place than before. Just as snowflakes were about to appear, sparks flew and the magic circle dispersed.
An expression of unspeakable admiration appeared on the girl’s face.
“You spread it in advance. You even created the mana net, which is the basic skill of wizard battles. You’re a genius.”
The girl’s eyes sparkled.
To hear that the Northern Winter, the pinnacle of magic, called him a genius? – Pulpouts swallowed hard.
At that moment, a small piece of ice flying towards the girl was blocked by something and fell down.
“And you tried to hit me in the meantime? You’re such a spoiled brat.”
Despite the content, the girl was smiling brightly.
Kanna fell to the side with a peck. Vivian, who hurriedly picked up Kanna, glared at the girl.
“To fall down like this is a lot to teach you.”
Pulpouts opened his eyes wide at the girl’s continued muttering. He knew what she meant.
at that time-.
“You! Even though you’re just a kid, your pranks are too much!”
Vivian has been squeezing into the northern winter.
Of course, it didn’t reach me, but Vivian’s appearance of scolding the northern winter as if disciplining a child-.
The full foot stopped right there.
***
‘You stupid bastard.’
First, Balhar Khan adjusted his sword as he watched the man sleeping comfortably, unaware of the situation he was in.
Kangshin’s hand, starting from the index finger, slowly shook. He let out a long, slow breath filled with tension.
‘There is no next time. It has to be done once and for all.’
If I failed, I was sure to get in big trouble.
It had to be done cleanly and in one go.
Balhar Khan matched his breathing with the man without him even noticing.
Finally, when his muscles were taut, Balhar Khan kicked the ground. His new form lengthened and shot forward in an instant.
He ran a fairly long distance in one stride and reached the creature. Once he reached the creature, Balhar Khan stabbed it with his sword without hesitation.
The guy who had been sleeping oblivious to the world opened his eyes late, but the sword was already right in front of him.
Without even a scream, the head of the squire was blown off. Knock… Knock. The guy’s neck rolled long on the floor. The corners of Balhar Khan’s mouth went up at the spray of red blood.
“You can’t let your guard down.”
I shook my hand lightly. A small amount of blood on the sword sprayed to the side.
The guy was no pushover either. He was just Balhar Khan being Balhar Khan.
While Balhar Khan was enjoying the remaining sensation in his hands-.
“What are you doing?”
At the irritated voice, Balhar Khan hurriedly picked up the rabbit. Because of its large size, it looked more like a monster than a rabbit.
‘He was quite the guy.’
Balhar Khan nodded at the headless rabbit. If it were a simple fight, he could have defeated it with his fingers, but hunting was completely different.
The rabbit, whose ears were huge and whose senses were extremely sensitive, would run away at the slightest sound. That was why he had to put in a lot of effort. He was able to catch it because it was him.
Balhar Khan, who had been nodding with satisfaction while looking at him, hurriedly headed towards Aaron at the shout.
Aaron sat sipping his drink before a pile of firewood. Balhar Khan coughed, holding out a giant rabbit.
“It took you that long to catch just one?”
Balhar Khan’s lips curled at Aaron’s rebuke.
“It’s not just any rabbit, it’s a rabbit imbued with dragon mana! As you can tell just by looking at its size, it’s very sensitive and quick.”
Balhar Khan grabbed the rabbit’s two arms and spread them apart. The rabbit was so large that it completely covered Balhar Khan’s upper body.
Not only was it big, but it was so sharp that it would run away as soon as you got close. It was only someone with his level of skill that could catch it with a single swing of the sword.
“That guy called the Imperial Knight Marshal caught a rabbit, tsk.”
Balhar Khan clenched his fists in anger for a moment at the sight of the man openly clicking his tongue and stealing the rabbit, then hurriedly released them.
Aaron moved his dagger, and the rabbit was soon neatly trimmed.
It was such an amazing feat that it looked like the rabbit had shed its own skin. He put meat on his sword and set it on fire.
Balhar Khan swallowed hard at the fragrant smell of meat. Since that day, Balhar Khan had not eaten properly, so his mouth was watering.
At that moment, he took the rabbit meat out of the fire. The outside was cooked to perfection, had a brilliant color, and was oozing with fat.
Gulp. Balhar Khan stared at him blankly.
at that time
Kwaaaaang!…..!!
A rough sound was heard from the side. I turned my head and saw the apostle grabbing the dragon’s hind legs and tearing them apart.
The dragon resisted fiercely, but unlike before, its movements were slow. It felt exhausted. Its body, once as huge as a mountain and felt like a mythical creature, was now covered in wounds. It was now a fierce and crude fight.
He kicked the apostle attached to his leg as if the red disaster had not yet arrived. The apostle flew far away. However, as soon as it touched the ground, it got up and rushed at him again.
Of the many knights, there were now less than ten left. Many knights were trampled by dragons or burned to death, but the number of knights eaten by apostles was similar.
‘Eating an article from the same side-.’
When the Sado was injured, he would put the entire imperial knight in his mouth. Then he would become clean and healthy again.
Thanks to that, even after fighting for more than three days, my condition was no different from when I first started.
“Huh huh-.”
I turned my head at the sound of the wind blowing.
Aaron was holding the meat and blowing on it, ‘Hoo-hoo-‘. Balhar Khan gulped at the fragrant smell.
I can’t say it out of pride, but I really wanted to eat that meat. My stomach was craving it.
‘I am Balhar Khan. For nothing but meat…’
And there was no way that a worthless bastard like that would share the meat he had cooked with all his heart….
“Tch, that won’t work. Eat it.”
Balhar Khan doubted his ears as Aaron casually handed over the meat. He hurriedly ran to the guy’s crumpled eyebrows.
“….thank you…..”
Perhaps because of the accumulated sorrow, Balhar Khan stuttered for a moment after receiving the meat.
‘……Isn’t he just a bad guy? If I think about it, I was able to survive thanks to following him….’
Balhar Khan muttered quietly while looking at the meat. Was it because he received kindness from someone he had never expected in such an extreme situation? His eyes felt stinging for no reason.
Balhar Khan quickly put it in his mouth before the bastard could snatch it away again. The meat juices burst out, enriching his mouth.
‘….But why dirt?’
Balhar Khan muttered for a moment and then swallowed. The dirt tasted good too.
“Eat lots. You have a lot to do.”
“…..what to do?”
“If you eat it, you have to pay for it.”
In an instant, the one who had eaten the meat released its body. Balhar Khan took a step back, feeling strangely eerie.
However, I couldn’t even take two steps before I was stopped by the bastard’s gaze.
“The estimate has been issued.”
The bastard muttered something incomprehensible while putting his fingers between his teeth and pulling out the meat.
“It would be adequate, except for three knights.”
Aaron’s voice was extremely calm as he spoke. It was monotonous, as if he was talking about someone else’s business.
Aaron waved his hand at Balhar Khan. Balhar Khan narrowed his eyes, not understanding what he meant.
“Go and catch those three.”
Only then did Balhar Khan realize why Aaron’s tone was so calm. He was talking about someone else.
“Why me…..”
“You ate meat.”
The question of whether I had caught that too was on the tip of my tongue, but I tried to keep it in. Even if I had said it, it would have been a loss for Balhar Khan.
“Why? You can’t even catch three knights?”
“I can catch it. But…..”
Balhar Khan nodded, trailing off.
Even if the Red Calamity was in bad shape, it was a battle between giant monsters that seemed to come out of a myth. How could you get in between those guys?
“Can’t do it? It’s useless.”
“You can do it!”
“Yeah, you’re a rich man now. You have to pay for the food.”
“…..”
Balhar Khan chewed his lip and drew his sword. As the bastard said, the apostle was focused on the red disaster. It felt like the knight was supporting the bastard, so it was dangerous but not impossible.
Then suddenly-.
‘Why am I listening to that guy?’
Balhar Khan chewed his lip. It was because of the bastard’s changed mood.
His characteristically rough speech was still there, but there was something heavy about him.
I really couldn’t resist him as if he were the king of demons.
Plus, after seeing that noisy scene for three days, I felt like swinging my sword.
‘Because of the price of meat…’
Balhar Khan, overcome with mixed emotions, drew forth his spirit and aura. As his strength surged, he kicked the ground and leaped forward.
The formation was such that the Apostle faced the Red Calamity from the front, while the rest of the knights supported him from a little distance away.
Balhar Khan headed towards the one at the back who had his arm burned off. Not because he was the easiest, but because he was closest.
Kwaaaaang! The ground burst apart at the feet of the red disaster. At the same time, the knights retreated in a hurry. The apostle instead jumped towards the red disaster.
It was a perfect situation for Balhar Khan. As he was about to thrust his sword, the knight suddenly turned his head.
Knock knock. With a strange sound, the knight’s head turned back. Balhar Khan knew something was wrong.
He tried to block it by twisting his arm in a bizarre direction, but it was too late. The guy’s blown off head rolled on the floor. Knock- knock-. It looked similar to the rabbit head I had eaten earlier.
At that moment-. Knock knock-.
The other knights’ necks turned at the same time. Balhar Khan gulped as he saw the eight helmets looking at him.
Balhar Khan instinctively looked for Aaron, but he was nowhere to be seen.
Balhar Khan, who realized that he had been hit, ran in a hurry. Thick marks were drawn one after another where Balhar Khan had been. His bones were chilled.
Balhar Khan ran desperately, not even minding rolling on the ground when he felt the cold.
‘…. like a dog!’
When they gave me the meat, I was honestly a little touched. But then I got hit in the back of the head like this, and tears welled up in my eyes.
At the sound of a crash coming from behind, Balhar Khan quickly turned his sword while securing his balance with his right foot.
Paang-! The knight’s brilliant aura pressed down on Balhar Khan’s sword. It was so crude that it was hard to believe it belonged to a knight, but the heavy aura made him seem threatening.
“It’s irrational-.”
Balhar Khan bit his lip and pulled his sword. The bastard followed him and pressed down on his sword. To be defeated so easily-. It was a shame to be called a knight.
The problem was that his aura was more than enough to make up for the lack of skill. Plus, there were two more knights behind him. I don’t know where the rest of them went, though.
‘This is worth doing.’
With that thought, Balhar Khan moved his sword.
Although the opponent’s aura was rough, Balhar Khan was a skilled swordsman who had risen to the rank of Imperial Knight Marshal. Furthermore, after seeing Aaron’s swordsmanship, he realized that simply clashing with the aura was not the answer.
It wasn’t easy to actually do it. Balhar Khan took a step back and pulled the sword away as much as he could. I hate to admit it, but I didn’t have the sophisticated technique to do it like that.
It was fortunate that the opponent’s sword was crude.
“You are not even worthy of the title of knight.”
Balhar Khan looked down at the torn men and spoke coldly. Balhar Khan’s condition as he spoke was not good either.
‘….This is truly an ignorant divine power.’
To think that I would be cornered like this by those savage men who don’t even know how to use a sword-. Balhar Khan muttered while forcibly pressing on the bleeding wound on his abdomen.
The wound was so deep that his internal organs were about to spill out. Other minor wounds were also scattered all over Balhar Khan’s body.
But since he could not fall, Balhar Khan stuck his sword into the ground and stood firm.
At that moment, the shattered knights began to rise up, tangled together. Balhar Khan blinked. He had clearly thrown the pieces away, but how could they rise again?
Balhar Khan could only stare blankly, as he had no strength to move.
at that time-.
“I have to break his head.”
A sound of a car getting off was heard from behind. Aaron, soaked in blood, passed by with the sound of footsteps that were pressed down.
Aaron approached the men, swinging his sword like a club, and smashed their heads with a light gesture.
The last one got up and rushed at him, but Aaron easily blasted its head off as if he were handling a child.
Aaron, who had just wiped his hands, threw something.
It was a potion. Balhar Khan was moved by the unexpected kindness. No, his insides were about to burst out. Balhar Khan hurriedly shoved the potion into his insides. A sharp pain struck him.
“Stop playing and catch more rabbits.”
The one who spoke lightly stepped forward.
“…Where are you going?”
Balhar Khan asked, enduring the pain
Instead of answering, the bastard blocked my view with his sword.
There, giants and dragons as huge as Taksan were fighting, shaking the ground. Their battle, which was more fierce than before, was so fierce that no one dared to go near it.
Aaron was also huge, but he was only a human.
Those monsters were literally the stuff of myth. The species itself was different.
Aaron’s back as he headed towards them looked so small. But how could he just walk on without any problem?
Balhar Khan flicked his sword and stared blankly at the red disaster and the one heading towards the apostle.
Then suddenly, he muttered softly.
“I really like rabbits…”
***
‘Tsk, we’ve been fighting for three days straight.’
I search for my tongue as I watch the guys arguing noisily.
I expected it to take quite a while, but I didn’t know it would last three days and nights.
‘Seeing as he doesn’t have any reinforcements, I guess he was sure he’d catch the Red Calamity.’
The apostle was riding on the red disaster. Unlike the red disaster that seemed tired and slow, this guy was actually more agile than before. It seemed like the knight he had eaten was being absorbed.
‘I guess you were planning to train him here.’
This was a kind of training ground. They fed him the knights they sent with him to build up his strength, and trained him with the Red Calamity, instilling in him what he needed.
‘Did you plan on feeding the red dragon too?’
If it had succeeded, the results would have been pretty horrific.
Of course, assumptions are meaningless.
Because his training will fail.
I exhaled and looked up at the red disaster.
The red disaster was struggling to get rid of the apostle climbing up its body. It was so big that it seemed like a mountain was moving.
If I left it any longer, it looked like it might even tear off its wings.
‘I guess I’ll have to deal with both.’
I was hoping it would be easy, but I didn’t expect the guy named Sado to recover while tearing at the article. It’s fortunate that at least the Red Calamity has passed.
‘The knights were potions-.’
I clicked my tongue slightly and adjusted my grip on the sword.
At that moment, the red disaster flew up, pushing the guy away with its wings. The guy struck the ground and drew a long line.
The one who suddenly got up let out a long scream as he looked at the red disaster floating in the sky. The white wings behind him flapped.
It came to mind a little, but it quickly fell back to the ground as if it was not used to it. The wings did not seem to belong to it.
The Red Calamity breathed its breath at the fallen man. Unlike before, its power was terrible. It hit him directly, but it only melted his armor.
As the white armor melted, the creature’s hideous true form was revealed. Its skin was melting and flowing stickily, and every now and then, something like another creature’s hand or foot would emerge and then go back in.
‘Once I went up, I came back down after a while.’
He muttered as he looked at the red disaster rising high.
Even though I could have run away to another area, the red disaster would always come back. The red disaster would never run away from its own territory.
I had to kill the apostle before he came down.
‘First, catch the apostle.’
The calculation is complete.
I took a deep breath and expanded my body. My muscles were completely relaxed.
The apostle was a man who moved by instinct. He had no habits. Because of that, it took quite a while to figure him out. I had to read every move he made.
He finished calculating in his head and kicked the ground. He was flapping his wings as he looked up at the red disaster in the sky.
It looked defenseless, but I knew it wasn’t.
‘Three steps.’
The bastard’s reaction range was three steps. If you entered within that range, it would react so quickly that you would disappear from view for a moment.
I stopped at four steps and swung my sword.
It was the master swordsmanship of the sword that cut through space. Since he had been practicing swordsmanship for three days, he was able to perform it more easily than before.
As a long line was drawn around his neck, the bastard raised his hand. Push. With a small sound, black blood poured out of the bastard’s hand.
The reaction speed was unbelievable. It jumped straight towards me. As it was irrational, the time between actions was short. There was no hesitation.
Before I knew it, the guy was right in front of me. I was no taller than him, but he only reached his knees. He was taller than the troll.
‘If you swing it here-.’
I swung my sword, grimacing at the pungent smell. The bastard kicked his foot, and I only managed to brush past him. It was as expected.
‘The center of gravity is off, and to match the height of him-.’
A huge fist approached quickly. When I actually faced it, the feeling of pressure was truly overwhelming.
However, I had already drawn my sword and twisted my waist. The bastard’s fist passed through the blade and flowed to the side.
Even though he had let it slip, a huge shock came through the sword. It was an incredible force. However, he had already lowered his center of gravity for him.
‘Then I’ll pull the other arm towards my face.’
I stabbed him without even looking at his reaction. My sword passed through his clammy hand. An unpleasant sensation ran through my sword.
………!!
The guy’s creepy howl shook the surroundings. It was quite loud, but because he was focused, it sounded like it was coming from far away.
‘Next is-.’
I didn’t let that get to me and just thought about the following.
The guy was holding the sword that had pierced my hand. I was thinking of pushing it back with force. At the same time, the guy swung his right hand.
The situation was blocked on all sides.
‘The guy doesn’t think about distance.’
I pulled my sword instead. The left hand of the guy who was pierced by the sword was quickly pulled out.
Then, because of the difference in size between me and the guy, his right hand ended up being blocked by my left hand.
I immediately twisted my sword and pushed with all my might. The sword went deeper and caught the guard. The guy was strong, but I wasn’t weak either.
‘Next is pulling-.’
I was able to block at least one of the guy’s hands.
………….!!
The cold blood of the pouring guy cooled down the excitement that had built up in him.
I deliberately looked for the guy’s blood on the corner of his mouth.
The fucking taste dampened my excitement.
The guy was stupid, but the destructive power was real.
The bastard’s speed was too fast to see and react to.
I had to anticipate, select, and lead.
It was a crude fight against a giant behemoth, but paradoxically it required more precision than any other fight I’d ever fought.
If you make even the smallest mistake, it could be fatal. I kept thinking about it and maintained my heightened tension.
‘Next is-.’
I kept thinking about the guy I saw for three days, constantly anticipating what would happen next. I somehow managed to drag him along.
The guy whose chest had been cut let out a scream of pain.
I was drenched in the black blood of the burst guy. His blood was as disgusting as his melting skin.
The bastard’s blood got into my eyes, but I couldn’t close them, so I opened them wide.
At that moment, the bastard let out a long sigh of anger. He seemed to be quite angry, and he howled loudly and charged at me roughly.
The thing was so big that the ground shook with every step it took. The presence of the thing, conveyed through vibrations, was so strong that it was almost dizzying.
Even so, it was nothing more than an irrational monster.
‘Then, next is-.’
I took a deep breath and readjusted my grip on the sword.
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