# 4
Helmut
Episode 4
‘If I have a scar, I too will become addicted.’
Although he had developed some immunity after living in the forest of Pahe, he might lose consciousness in the water if the poison seeped through his wounds. You must act carefully.
Helmut examined his body carefully. A shallow scratch will heal quickly.
The skin that had slightly rubbed against the stone floor earlier while avoiding the fish’s attack had already healed.
‘good.’
First, a cut was made in the vine to allow the poison to flow out.
Helmut first threw a bunch of vines into the water. It was a part where the water pooled and then flowed away.
The movement of the fish noticeably slowed down. For those who breathe with their mouths open, it was effective immediately. These guys don’t have the intelligence to act weak.
‘It seems to be working well.’
Since it is an aquatic creature, it will not have much immunity to the poison of flower vines. The paralyzed creature floating on the water looked like it was about to die.
Helmut slowly stepped into the water, holding the remaining vine. The water quickly reached up to my waist.
The paralyzed fish, even though they flinched, only glared and failed to pounce.
Helmut calmly walked forward while keeping an eye on them.
Submerged in water up to his neck, Helmut swam with a vine attached to his side. He naturally let his body float in the water.
At this rate, I felt like I could cross smoothly.
However, as I approached the other side and reached a shallow spot, my foot slipped without thinking.
-with a splash!
Helmut, who almost collapsed into the water with a loud sound, stepped with his other foot.
Mulkyung. It was a creepy feeling.
Helmut hurriedly lowered his gaze. The floor split open and the maw opened wide with pure white teeth. It was as if he had just woken up and a star had fallen before his eyes.
The blood in my entire body went cold.
Helmut hurriedly threw the pile of cut vines he had down and splashed around in the water. As he struggled, he headed towards the water.
However, the venom seemed to have no effect as the vine chewed and swallowed it and immediately stood up.
-Shoot!
The strong current shook Helmut like a leaf floating on water. I barely held on and didn’t fall over.
My whole body became stiff as the water crashed behind me like a wave.
A moment of desperation!
-with a plop!
Something heavy fell like a meteorite and hit the surface of the water. A huge splash of water hit Helmut. Helmut immediately fell to land.
“omg!”
I lost consciousness for a moment due to shock. The huge figure that fell onto the water trembled.
-Wow, it’s cool!
Helmut suddenly came to his senses and spit out water mixed with poison from his mouth. Helmut muttered doubtfully as he straightened his tingling body.
“Ella?”
It was a huge leopard with a ferocious demonic energy blooming all over its body. The fish, which had nearly fainted due to the thick energy emanating from its body, woke up and scattered in surprise.
-What you looking at? I came to take a bath. bath!
Elaga’s tail rises from the water! I hit him. There is no way Elaga’s body would be submerged in that level of water. The valley where Helmut was struggling looked like a shallow spring.
Elaga looked down at her feet and parted the corners of her mouth.
-Is this your first time seeing this fish? It looks delicious.
He put his head into the water. Something like a cloudy spray arose. Soon the green water surface turned dark red.
Elaga stuck her head out of the water again and licked the area around her mouth while cooing.
-It tastes good.
Helmut cupped his face as he saw Elaga strolling towards him.
Really, I almost died.
My stiff body slowly relaxed. Her whole body throbs as if she has been hit. Helmut stood up.
“Elaga.”
‘You were watching.’
Just as I was about to get a little emotional, Elaga struck the candle.
-How come you can’t do anything on your own?
The look in his eyes seems to say, ‘It’s so pitiful that he is so weak and deficient.’ There was a hint of arrogance.
-What are you doing? Without going anywhere.
A huge leopard pushed his back. Helmut, who nearly fell over even with a slight push, raised his eyebrows. My intention to say thank you faded away.
‘If you’re going to help, show up early.’
It would have been easier if I had taken the Elaga to cross. Helmut was disappointed.
But I didn’t say it out loud. She said, and it was obvious that Elaga would get angry, asking if she thought she was going to ride her anymore.
“I’ll go first.”
Helmut waved his hand and left as if nothing had happened.
-Do you want me to follow you now?
Elaga snorted and soon began to walk slowly.
*
I went upstream again and reached the other side where I had left a marker. Although she did not show herself overtly, Helmut sensed that Elaga was secretly following him.
‘It would be nice if we came together.’
I don’t think I like that. Although they don’t like meeting humans, they don’t bother them either.
‘That’s not being honest.’
Helmut decided to take it easy and take his mind off it. There is a different problem than that.
‘Are we on the right track?’
Helmut tilted his head. It must be around here, but there are no signs of anyone staying there.
Humans who step on the ground with both feet and use tools leave traces in a different way than monsters.
But no matter where Helmut looked, he couldn’t find any special traces.
‘Either die already… … Did he leave?’
I felt a little disappointed. It’s been a long time since I passed the threshold of death. He wished he could meet that human.
‘Let’s look around a little more.’
After walking for about ten more minutes, I saw something unfamiliar on the other side. A fence twice as tall as Helmut, made by stacking branches of various types of trees.
Monsters don’t weave fences. human traces.
But the joy of discovery was short-lived, and Helmut became suspicious.
‘It’s so clumsy.’
Any monster living in the forest of Pahe could jump over that much of a fence in an instant.
‘Isn’t it made for the purpose of preventing it?’
Helmut suddenly realized.
‘Area marking group.’
If you break that thing, that person will know. That someone has entered their territory.
‘It would be better to give advance notice.’
If the fence is broken, the human may feel uncomfortable. Elaga didn’t like Helmut touching my collection of miscellaneous items.
“Elaga, I’ll go alone from here.”
If you go with Elaga, it can be taken to mean that you will fight.
Helmut, who spoke, hesitated a bit and then placed his hand on the fence. It was a fairly strong fence made of large and small tree branches woven together.
Helmut climbed the fence with strength in his hands and feet and carefully got down without jumping off.
It has been more than ten years since that human settled here. I didn’t know there was a trap inside.
‘It’s this way.’
In front, it was seen that trees had been artificially cut down to create a narrow road. Since you are not visiting with hostility, it is correct to follow the path.
However, we also had to keep in mind the possibility that the other party might be hostile to the visitor.
Helmut walked along the road nervously. His surroundings were as quiet as death. To a strange degree.
‘It feels strange.’
Helmut, with a chill down his spine, looked back anxiously. That moment,
puck! Something hit him from above. His body collapsed in an instant.
Helmut barely managed to turn his head to an angle to prevent his face from falling to the floor. My breath caught in my throat as his hand grabbed the back of my neck.
I was hit the same way as my first hunt a few days ago. On the contrary, it was Helmut who suffered this time.
“Oh my.”
A harsh, growling tone resonated in my eardrums.
Helmut stirred his body. However, his hand pressing down on the back of his head was not clumsy. He couldn’t move.
Even if I break his neck like this, he won’t be able to resist. An overwhelming difference in power. My heart was pounding like it was going to explode.
“What is your name?”
I felt slightly out of breath. Helmut shouted urgently.
“Heh, Helmut!”
“Last name?”
“I don’t know… … .”
“Who sent you?”
My hands felt strong. The pain I experienced for the first time felt like it was going to break my neck bones. Her mind went blank. Helmut barely answered.
“I-I myself…” … .”
In an instant, the hand holding the back of my neck disappeared. Helmut got up and rolled over. A cool blade touched the tip of his neck.
“Don’t think about doing anything foolish.”
The wrinkled, beard-covered face was that of an old man, but its eyes were as cruel as those of a wild beast.
A huge, muscular body, a grip that grabbed Helmut. Powerful energy flowing throughout the body.
Elaga, with his high eyesight, can be described as a ‘strong human being.’
A shiver ran through my whole body. Helmut trembled.
‘You really are a strong human being!’
It was Helmut who was thrown into the forest of Pahe as a baby. Although I had received Elaga’s protection, I was accustomed to the murderous gaze aimed at me.
But the pressure I felt from the monster in front of me was truly suffocating.
It doesn’t matter whether you feel murderous intent or hostility from him. The pressure that seems to be weighing down existence!
A hoarse, rough voice came from the assailant.
“If you want to live, answer my questions. Kid, how did you get here?”
“Elaga told me. “You are here.”
The reason I was able to answer that question was because the monster loosened his energy. Helmut spat out as if he was being chased.
“It’s called Elaga.”
The strange man, who seemed to be thinking about the name, frowned. The sharp energy has completely subsided. He was thinking about something and soon asked.
“Why did you come to see me?”
When asked why, I was at a loss for words.
The person in front of me was a human being. A particularly strong human being. Helmut was curious about the fact that other humans existed nearby.
But strangely, Helmut was unable to respond to the stranger’s words.
‘The reason I came… … .’
Curiosity led him. And then we met.
What are we going to do when we meet?
To become independent, you learn how to hunt, ask questions, think, and learn. Until now, Helmut had lived a simple life.
Helmut, whose purpose was to meet him, lost his purpose after actually meeting him.
No, I didn’t lose it.
There was something essential beyond the curiosity that came to him.
A word caught in my throat, as if I knew it or not.
The reason I came to see him.
Hot confusion gripped Helmut.
