00817 Bottomless pit of death. ————————————————– ———————-=
In the end, even experts came to the conclusion that the news had stopped.
At today’s meeting, I carefully brought up the idea of sending the soldiers in one more time, one last time, but the atmosphere was not good.
The soldiers are also unusual. I heard people whispering that they couldn’t understand why they were so obsessed with it when they had already captured the enemy country’s capital. He almost got angry for a moment, but after hearing that I could come in, he kept his mouth shut.
When I returned to bed after a late meeting, there was a dead animal lying under the blanket on the bed.
… What kind of guy did this?
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Go Yeon-ju, with frowning eyes, let go of the man’s collar as if throwing him and walked away. In his right hand, something that looked like a ssamji was hanging on a string and fluttering around.
Go Yeon-ju slightly opened the mouth of her pocket and held it out.
“This one. “Do you know what it is?”
I took a quick peek and saw a pile of pink powder. About two-thirds of the pockets were filled. Was it on the tip of the arrow earlier?
I was curious about what it was, so I took a quick sniff, and a sweet scent instantly hit my nostrils. I got fed up and quickly put my head away. I don’t know why, but an alarm bell rang in my head for no reason. Meanwhile, the scent entered the nose and tried to spread quickly, but it was immediately purified by the power of fire.
“Knock, call!”
When Ko Yeon-ju coughed a couple of times and raised his eyes, he was shaking his head as if he had expected that to happen.
“As expected, it doesn’t work on Su-hyeon.”
“This… ?”
“It’s a weak medicine.”
“weak?”
“yes. “But it’s not an ordinary weak medicine.”
“… … ?”
After saying that, Go Yeon-ju glared at them again with narrow eyes.
“Su-hyun. “Do you know the herb called Aphrodisia?”
Aphrodisia? This is the first time I have heard of such an herb in the first and second rounds.
As I shook my head, Go Yeon-ju continued speaking.
“To begin with, not many users know about it. This powder is a medicine made from the herb called Aphrodisia. It is extremely difficult to obtain, and the preparation method is also very difficult. I have only used this once in my prime. “Some things I didn’t use because they were dangerous, and sometimes I couldn’t use them because I didn’t have them.”
“Does it seem to be effective?”
“Do you like it? It’s awesome. It’s even called living powder. As soon as you inhale even a little bit, it spreads throughout your body within 10 seconds. From then on, reason disappears and only instinct remains. Additionally, when it reacts with heat internally and externally, the speed of spread increases dramatically.”
“… … .”
Is that why they fired fireballs indiscriminately earlier?
When it comes to Go Yeon-ju in his prime, he probably refers to his Salmun days. In other words, the people who attacked us also had some credibility. Unless you’re an idiot, there’s no way you would have shot me so openly.
“What’s even more scary is that there is currently no known detoxification method. Neither potions nor spells will help. The only way to calm it down is through s*xual intercourse to the point of death… .”
Suddenly, a curiosity arose.
“Then, if you were hit by that powder… .”
“well? Since Su-hyeon is there, there’s no way he would get hit, but if he did… . It takes about 5 to 10 minutes for the powder to disperse… .”
Go Yeon-ju, who was muttering, suddenly made an unpleasant expression and glared at the guys tied up in the center with a murderous glare. And “Just thinking about it makes me angry.” He glanced at me.
“I want to listen?”
“no. That’s it. Anyway, it’s dangerous, so I’ll leave it to you. “A powder that strong can definitely be put to good use.”
When I received the bag and pushed it into my arms, I felt strange gazes on me. Ko Yeon-ju, Nam Da-eun, Jeong Ha-yeon, Lim Hanna… . The four women are looking at me with slightly blushing faces. I opened my mouth, unable to overcome the feeling of trembling.
“for a moment. “I won’t use it that way(?).”
Then, this time, Kim Han-byeol and Yu-jeong Lee gave a look of disappointment. no. What are you upset about again?
Anyway, I must have gained some extra income. Now we have to decide on disposition.
“It would be better to do some research first, right? “I’m so reluctant.”
Go Yeon-ju said, teasing her right hand in a playful way, as if she wanted to quickly use her seductive eyes. I allowed the use of my abilities and quietly fell into thought.
After being attacked like this, I have no intention of letting him go alive. I plan on killing most of them anyway. Of course, if I need to save them, I will save them, but that’s only for those who need them. Because they know that, they must have resigned themselves to silence.
However, after listening to Go Yeon-ju’s words, my fever suddenly rises. For some reason, I don’t feel like I want to kill him gracefully.
“huh?”
Coincidentally, there was one thing that caught my eye at that time. Perhaps because of the situation, Vivian is looking here and there and biting his nails. And in front of it was an iron barrel still bubbling with bubbles.
That moment.
“oh… .”
Suddenly a good idea occurred to me.
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The next morning dawned.
As soon as I woke up, I kicked the dozing watchman to wake him up and ordered him to clear the campsite for failing to be vigilant. Yu-jeong Lee and Su-hyeon Jin slowly got up and grumbled softly. Because a total of twenty-eight naked bodies were piled neatly on one side of the campground. It will probably be quite difficult to process.
Nothing much came of last night’s raid. They were interrogated until late, but in the end they all ended up being executed. Even when I spoke to him, he exercised his right to remain silent, and even with his seductive eyes, no information came out that I thought was this. Even the third eye was the same. If there’s one thing they saved, it’s that they carried out the attack even though they knew we were the Mercenary Clan.
However, his attitude of calmly waiting for death did change. To be exact, since the time I fed him the food Vivien made.
They didn’t want to eat at first. However, as soon as I opened my mouth and forced it in, a signal came immediately. well. How on earth can you express that expression in words?
It didn’t stop there, and as he continued to scoop up two or three bowls, the reaction changed every moment. He swore at the second bowl (to be exact, he asked where they were feeding such crappy food), and cried and begged for the third bowl. I said I was wrong, please don’t do this, I’d rather kill myself, I want to at least die like a human being.
However, as I scooped up the fourth bowl without stopping, the guys who suddenly became quiet started to appear one after another. He abused drugs too much and lost control of his mind. No matter how much I touched it, it didn’t respond and eventually it was put to rest in that state.
Anyway, it may have something to do with vagabonds, but I decided to think of it as a minor incident that occurred during the expedition. First of all, though.
After incinerating the body and completely clearing the campsite, we finished a simple meal. Go Yeon-ju and Lim Hanna quickly prepared a meal in case Vivien tried to do it again, and thanks to that, they were able to eat a normal breakfast.
After making all the preparations, I immediately announced my departure without wasting any time.
Under clear weather and clear skies, we walked into the forest.
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The forest became deeper and deeper. Everything was covered with dense trees and thick bushes, and I almost missed the open scenery I had always seen on the grassland. In addition, there were places where the bushes reached up to the waist, so the marching speed naturally had to slow down.
The forest gradually went beyond the rough and became scary to the point where it felt brutal. The road had long since become blurred and disappeared, and it was no longer possible to properly determine the directions north, south, east or west.
Hanna Lim led us confidently at first, but little by little, her steps slowed down and she began to take each step more cautiously. It’s good to be cautious, but the speed was too slow, so I took the lead in the middle.
Anyway, after two transports, we were almost close to our destination. And I probably know the place roughly. I swung my martial sword and advanced, cutting through the tough, sparse bushes. Then, the clan members who had been following quietly began raising their weapons one by one to more actively open the way.
How much time has passed?
As I continued to move forward, the dense forest suddenly disappeared and my walking became easier. When I raised my head, a wide open space about 100 meters long suddenly appeared in front of me. The fact that you often see blackened bushes or cut down trees seems to be the work of users who entered earlier.
“Arrived?”
Someone asked softly, but I slowly shook my head. It’s not there yet, we still have to go a little further, but it’s safe to say we’re almost there.
Obstacles will also disappear. I marched leisurely for about five minutes, crossing the clearing, and stopped just before the forest blocked me again. Then he extended his index finger and quietly pointed straight ahead. In the forest that reappeared, a hill of moderate size, hidden by bushes and trees, rose quietly.
“huh? where? where?”
“Isn’t that it? Hill.”
I heard some disturbing noises behind me. It was worth it. The hill was so integrated into the surrounding landscape that even I could have passed it if I didn’t look closely.
Before it was fortunately discovered, this vacant lot must have been a dense forest, so it is no wonder that it has never been revealed. Rather than a simple optical illusion, I think it may have been magically processed.
Thinking like that, I walked closer to the hill, being wary of my surroundings.
As I walked along the perimeter of the hill, it didn’t take long before I found an entrance that looked like a tunnel. We stopped marching, surrounded the area, and stared at the entrance.
The earthen entrance seemed to be about 5 meters high, but it seemed to get narrower as you went down. No matter how much I increase my eyesight, there is no end in sight. There is only darkness swirling around like a black hole. It’s as if it’s waiting for it to go down your throat.
“There are clearly several signs of going in, but there are almost no signs of coming out.”
Go Yeon-ju was already nearing the entrance and looking at the ground. Kim Han-byeol looked a little anxious.
“There’s no trace of it coming out?”
“no. There isn’t one. but… .”
“but… ?”
“well. Now we will know how far we went in and how far we came out. “If you just wandered around the entrance and left, it would be a meaningless trace.”
Go Yeon-ju, who said that, shrugged her shoulders and raised her crouching body. The clan members said no more. It seems like the tension is slowly rising.
Eventually, I ordered a short break in the name of maintenance, then finished all preparations and stood up.
“I will go in. “Everyone, please get into formation.”
Then, one by one, the clan members stood up and began to take their respective positions. I watched quietly and then saw a woman walking lightly behind her and her mouth opened.
“Hannah Im. Let’s take turns.”
“huh?”
“Let’s take shifts. Please lead the way.”
“I… ? Ah, yes. “That’s how it should be.”
Although I understood it right away, Im Hanna’s face had a slightly uneasy look on her face. It was as if she didn’t know why he walked behind her. Not only did she feel the awkward stares from not only Im Hannah but also those around her, knowingly or unknowingly. Those eyes were looking at me, not Im Hannah.
I felt like my head was spinning again, but I forced myself to shake it off.
“… Then we will enter.”
I took my position as the keeper in the center and quietly announced the start.
After a while.
The sound of footsteps hitting the dirt steps began to echo in the quiet, dark tunnel.
—————————= Review of the work ——————– ——-=
It’s 16 minutes behind schedule. sorry.
Something a little strange happened near the end of today’s writing.
“I will go in. “Everyone, please get into formation.” As I was typing, I typed ‘formation’ and suddenly said, “I’m going in.” Everyone is Jinhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha… .” The ‘ㅎ’ continued like this.
I was so surprised that I repeatedly pressed the Enter, Space, and Backspace bars, but I only stopped after reaching 9 pages. The page was completely plastered with ‘ㅎ’. Actually, it may have been an error, but when I looked down it, it felt eerie for some reason. I feel like I’m laughing like this… .
The air was bad at the time, so I opened the window to ventilate the air, but I kept getting distracted and writing while glancing to the side. Maybe I’m just sensitive, but I like watching or reading scary things, but at the same time, I really hate them to the point of disgust(?). Maybe that’s why I’m a little nervous. ㅜ.ㅠ
fantasy,
