Episode 61
Be careful of the shishi
061 ? Beware of the Shiseum #3
Irregular, branch-like horns.
Multi-faceted, multi-faceted, multi-faceted.
The sight of it rushing towards me with that thing in front of me gave me goosebumps. If I ran into that thing, beautiful holes might appear all over my body.
“Fuck, come at me one by one!!”
It was truly a do-or-die situation.
Even though I was holding a sword, I was filled with hesitation, wondering if my attacks would work on those muscular young deer swinging their sharp antlers.
“Long live the sun!”
“Insufficient task values.”
“Oh, shit!”
Kwajik, kwajijik-.
Eventually, the deer bump into me and the shock makes my eyes dizzy. I hear a loud noise like a tree branch breaking.
I thought I would die from a hole in my body, but fortunately that didn’t happen, perhaps because the crocodile skin suit was thicker and stronger than I thought.
But it hurt so much that I could not help but scream!!
“This fucking hurts!! You, you damn green dragons!”
Kwajik, kwajijik-.
The only saving grace was that the deer that were rushing at me were struggling and moving their bodies this way and that, their antlers intertwined.
It’s a situation that reminds me of the old fairy tale about a deer that got caught on a tree branch while showing off its antlers, and couldn’t move. I can’t even laugh when I think of myself being trapped in there.
“Luna, save me!”
I was trapped in the horn prison and screaming. I was curled up on the ground and the deer’s front legs were swept around, and I felt like I was going to be crushed to death.
Then Luna, who was watching the situation from the tree, took something out from under her raincoat and threw it toward the ground.
“Hatsan! Cover your nose!”
It was a wooden water jug similar to bamboo.
It fell down spinning around and around, landing on the deer around me, spraying liquid over their heads.
“Fuck, what the heck is that smell!”
I thought I had a tolerance for most smells thanks to the environment I grew up in. But even to my mind and senses, it smelled really bad.
It’s so spicy and tangy that it feels like your nose is on fire.
Tears were flowing and my nose was even running, it felt like I was receiving chemical, biological, and radiological warfare training.
“It’s so fucking spicy!”
“I told you to hold your nose. Anyway, it’s habanero pepper oil that deer hate! Just hold on a little longer!”
I don’t know what habanero pepper oil is, but it smelled so spicy that it brought tears to my eyes.
Moreover, the wild fawns, who are full of arousal, cannot stand this scent and start running around and falling to the ground.
Seeing those guys suffer more than I do gives me a little strength.
“Fuck! You guys are so annoying! I told you I’d kill the guy who came first!”
Thinking that I couldn’t miss this opportunity, I tried to swing my sword at the necks of the fawns that were struggling on the ground. At that very moment-.
“Ha, Hassan, no! Kill him!”
My hand stops at Luna’s voice.
“Why? What do you mean, ‘I can’t kill you!’”
“These, these deer in the Deer Forest are offerings to Diana! If you kill them without caution, you don’t know what kind of punishment you’ll receive!”
Because my nose and mouth were numb, I was too unconscious to understand what was being said about the offerings and such.
But one thing is certain: these fawn cubs belong to someone and should not be killed carelessly.
Shit, these guys beat me up so bad, I can’t kill them? Even the rules of Yu-Gi-Oh are probably a little more merciful than that.
“Fuck, so you’re saying I shouldn’t kill you? You’re a real bastard.”
So I put my sword back in its scabbard, clenched my fist, and swung it with all my might, striking the head of the first fawn that rushed at me with all my might.
Sigh-.
Kkuruk, pruruk, eeeing… .
The guy who got hit flailed around, making a very pitiful sound.
Kid, when it was time to pounce, why are you acting weak now? Of course, I am not so weak as to be fooled by such a cowardly scheme. I am a damn ruthless Samaritan.
So it was when I raised my two fists, clenched together, to hit the head of the lying deer.
Multi-faceted, multi-faceted, multi-faceted-.
From somewhere, I heard the sound of hooves hitting the ground, and soon my body was lifted into the air.
“Ugh!”
The scenery before my eyes changed in an instant, but soon I was caught by the inexorable force of gravity and pinned to the ground.
Thanks to that, I was able to hit my waist and back against the floor so hard that I couldn’t even scream, only groan.
“That… , ugh… .”
I thought the deer fawns were all rendered inert by the chili oil. I opened my eyes, enduring the pain, wondering what on earth was going on.
What I saw was a deer with beautifully shining, light amber-colored fur.
Its horns are the highest and its appearance is so majestic that you can tell at a glance that this young deer is the boss of these deer.
Then Luna’s voice was heard from above the tree.
“Ha, Hassan! It’s him! He’s the one who ran off with my purse!”
“Ugh, shit, this kid is it. Alright, you hold on tight.”
So I endured the pain and got up from the floor. The deer was looking at me with an extremely arrogant and noble gaze for an animal.
I suddenly feel angry because it seems like they are ignoring me and laughing at me. How can a beast like me look down on me!!
“Meteor Swarm!”
I pretended to be lying on the ground and threw the rocks, pebbles, and sand that I had been holding tightly in my hands towards the fawn’s eyes.
This is by no means cowardly, as it is an act that comes from human wisdom in using the surrounding environment and tools.
Pitter-patter, pitter-patter!
At that moment, the fawn thief flinched after being hit by that attack.
Ta-dat-.
I kicked the ground and jumped up, grabbed the scruff of his neck, and held him tightly with both arms. I planned to strangle him until he passed out and then drag him to the guard post!
Kwaaaaak-.
I pulled out all the strength I had and squeezed and crushed the bastard’s torso.
But, as expected of a deer fawn that is the leader in the wild and extorts money, it was not an ordinary strength, and it started to run around with me hanging on to the scruff of its neck.
Plurk, lurk!
Boom, bang!
He made me bang against trees and rocks as if trying to throw me off his body. Damn, how can a young deer have such wisdom?
The pain pouring down my waist, back, shoulders, and arms made me feel like I would lose my grip at any moment, but I never gave up on holding on and wrapped my arms around the bastard’s body even tighter.
“Ugh, ugh!”
A groan escaped from my clenched molars. However, if I lost to this little deer fawn, I might not even be able to escape the Bronze Deep Sea, let alone get to the Gold Tier.
“Get behind me!!”
Ugh, stop, stop, stop… .
“What the hell!”
I was startled by a deer that suddenly spoke to me. As I panicked and lost the strength in my grip, the deer escaped my restraints and staggered around, turning its back to me to escape.
Although I was momentarily dumbfounded, I couldn’t let him go, so I jumped onto his back as if I was flying.
Purruk.
The fawn eventually fell over as I pressed down on its torso with my fairly heavy body weight. So the fawn and I ended up showing off our ground techniques by flailing our arms and legs.
I was in so much pain that I almost cried because a four-legged fawn was kicking my torso here and there.
“Fuck, f*ck! You have four legs, you coward! Fight fair and square with your own two legs!”
Anyway, it was at that moment that I grabbed one of its legs with my hand, thinking that I had to stop its movements.
Deering-.
『Actaeon lv. ?? 16
Status: Diana’s Curse》Immature Horn Shedding》Resistant Hoof》
My eyebrows furrowed as the words appeared before my eyes.
“Actaeon?”
Stop.
The deer’s movements stopped abruptly. Soon, the creature began to tremble as it got up from its seat and began limping towards somewhere.
“Hey you little shit, where are you running off to! Fight back!”
A fawn that turned around to look at me as I shouted loudly, then limped away again and disappeared into the grass.
What the hell, are you telling me to follow you?
I looked back and forth between the tree where Luna was and the surrounding forest for a few moments, lost in thought. But I couldn’t let the deer go like this, so I had no choice but to follow it.
“Luna! Wait there for a moment!”
“Ha, Hassan!”
* * *
The deer continued to limp through the wide forest, but showed no sign of running away, and occasionally stood and looked back at me, as if it was guiding me somewhere.
Of course, this kid is so clever that he’ll steal money from people, so I can’t let my guard down because he might be setting up a trap to lure me.
It was a high level fawn. Anyway, it wasn’t an ordinary fawn.
After walking for a while, the deer stopped at a cave-like structure made of rocks. It squeezed its body inside and then neighed loudly several times inside.
“Follow me?”
Phew.
I fucking thought I’d end up talking to a deer fawn. This world is fucked up.
I wondered if I would be attacked by other deer that had been waiting for me as soon as I entered the cave.
Fortunately, the cave was very narrow and confined, so there was no space for other chicks to hide.
What is this, more than that?
As my eyes became accustomed to the dim light inside, I saw all sorts of odds and ends piled up on the floor and in the corners as if they were being stored away.
From broken dishes to old armor, rusty weapons, or even bundles of cloth whose meaning is unknown.
It literally looked like something that would happen if wild animals collected and hoarded human belongings.
“This 10-year-old has done this a lot, and it’s not something you’ve only done once or twice!!”
Pitter-patter, pitter-patter.
Then the deer began to snort and rub its antlers against the cave walls.
I wondered if it was some kind of beastly mental illness, or if it was just scratching its horn because it was itchy, but soon I discovered writing on the cave wall.
Me. Actaeon. Chiros. Disciple. Human.
What the heck, who wrote this?
As I was wondering, the deer continued to point at the letters with its antlers. I asked him.
“Human? You’re human?”
Purruk-.
A deer is stamping its hooves. No matter how you look at it, it’s a baby deer, yet it claims to be human. Is it some kind of identity disorder?
No, maybe in this world, the definition of a human is very broad. Even those who wear human skin and act inhumanly are called humans.
Even though it looks like a deer, it’s high level and capable, so isn’t it more human than a human? I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about, but anyway, I was completely out of my mind.
“Do you understand what I’m saying? If you do, try hitting your hoof against the wall.”
Dalgak-.
Oh my god, this is so amazing. An animal that understands human speech? Even though there are so many different things in this world, this is my first time seeing something like this.
So I had a picture in my head of this little guy being sold at the market with a leash around his neck. How much would he cost? Wouldn’t I get at least one gold coin?
Purruk, purruk-.
Then a deer spoke to me. Soon, it began writing something on the dirt floor of the cave with its hoof. It was crooked and hard to read, but I was able to read it somehow.
“I… am cursed… with the appearance of… Shishim?”
A deer adding letters with its front hooves.
“Oh, the deer shape. Are you saying that you were cursed to have the shape of a deer?”
Nod, nod.
“Fuck, this is such a weird world.”
A deer writing on the floor again, swoosh, swoosh.
“You’ll repay me if I help you lift the curse? Can an item held by a pure virgin lift a curse?”
Nod, nod.
It seemed like this was no ordinary deer. It had the culture to write like this and even have a conversation with me.
Is it really true that humans are cursed to become beasts? If that’s possible, curses are really fucking scary.
Anyway, I think I know why this deer ran off with Luna and Rene’s things. It needs the virgin’s things to put a curse on. Besides, Luna can’t be called a virgin anymore…
A deer that writes letters on the ground with its hooves while lost in thought.
You figured out my identity. My colleague Lapu, surprisingly, for the first time. You. Helped me put a curse on you. Thank you. I swear on the River Styx.
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