Don’t mess with moles (1)
When Goat saw the suddenly formed hole, he let out a hollow voice.
“What’s happening······”
I really didn’t even expect it.
I never expected a seemingly ordinary mole to create something like this.
The idea of luring him with barley was good, and Vlad’s judgment of rushing out like lightning and catching the mole was also good.
However, I could never have imagined that as soon as Vlad grabbed the mole, the floor would cave in instantly.
“······I guess I shouldn’t have caught it?”
Vlad was dragged into the darkness as if he had been snatched.
Just like that, Vlad disappeared right before Goth’s eyes, leaving behind only a single scream.
“Leader! are you okay!”
Goth, who has finally come to his senses, shouts out loud towards the pit where Vlad was sucked into, but all he can hear is the empty sound of the wind.
After being left behind with Noir under the pitch-black night, Goth was at a loss as to what to do.
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“OMG······.”
As soon as the seemingly endless fall ended, Vlad drew his sword and glared in all directions.
“Where is here?”
Since the floor collapsed and I was dragged in, I know that this is underground.
“Where on earth am I, you bastard?”
Good profit!
Vlad grabbed the mole and shook it as if to vent his anger, but there was no way the thing writhing in his hands could respond in human words.
He is clearly the culprit that created this situation, but the reason we cannot do anything carelessly is probably because he still shines even in the dark.
“If only he wasn’t such a damn spirit.”
Vlad grumbled with his mouth, but acted astutely, activating his aura and trying to assimilate his eyes into the pitch-black darkness.
My experience in Shoara, where I worked at night rather than during the day, was helpful in this case.
Wow?
“shut up.”
The mole, sensing Vlad’s aura, made a noise as if he was surprised, but all he got back was a cold reply.
However, contrary to Vlad’s cold answer, the mole was quite relieved.
This was because, as the aurors flowed, I felt the blessings of the spirits from the armor and amber.
“Nothing in this world is easy.”
The first thing Vlad did after gaining some visibility through his Aura was to check the hole he had fallen into, but no matter how much he looked, it seemed impossible to climb back up here.
‘hmm,’
The next thing I did was explore where I stand now.
Although his vision was not perfect, Vlad, who had used all his senses from his fingertips and toes, realized that he was now standing in what looked like a passageway.
A passageway large enough for a human being to stand with just a slight bend.
It was a strangely large place for it to have been created by moles with small bodies.
‘I guess I’ll have to go out first.’
In any case, the guy who is currently struggling in my hand went out and stole the barley, so he must have a way out.
Vlad put saliva on the tip of his finger and checked to see if there was any airflow.
“There is.”
There was a faint but palpable wind.
It was proof that there was definitely a hole leading to the outside, no matter how big or small it was.
“If I don’t get out of here today, you will become tomorrow’s breakfast.”
Kuuuuu–
Vlad, who had threatened the mole just in case, started moving towards the direction he had found.
Vlad’s blue eyes, shining even in the dark, began to find their way.
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“What should I do with this?”
Goat, who was screaming into the pit at the top of his voice, realized that he could no longer solve the problem alone.
Whether you dig out the hole in front of you or find another way, you will need more people.
Purr-rrr-
“huh?”
As he quickly grabbed the reins and was about to go down to the village, Goat realized that he was being pulled by Noir’s movements.
“Where are you going? Where are you going?”
Chat Noir, who was quietly looking down at the hole where Vlad fell, began to walk towards the dark forest, not the village, with steps that seemed to indicate this direction.
It seemed as if he knew where Vlad was.
“······driving me crazy.”
Goth was embarrassed when Noir didn’t move as he wanted, but at least he knew that this guy wasn’t like this for no reason.
I also knew that it was a word that even barbarians considered sacred, and that sometimes it seemed smarter than people.
“okay. “Let’s go.”
The voice wasn’t the only thing that touched Vlad’s world.
Since Noir is also a being who has shared the world through the border, he was able to notice Vlad’s movements underground.
Sometimes animals react more sharply than humans.
“······But they said there was a strange sound.”
As Goth entered the dark forest, he suddenly remembered a story the villagers had told him.
On the day the girl disappeared, several village residents said they heard strange cries coming from the forest.
He said that even though it was his first time hearing a sound that was neither human nor animal, it was a feeling that made his bones sink.
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“······This looks like a tree.”
Vlad, who was walking in the dark while holding the glowing mole in his hand, realized that the floor he was walking on was not dirt.
Since you were obviously sucked into the ground, what you are stepping on must be dirt floor.
However, what was now filling the floor felt like hard tree roots rather than soft soil.
It’s like dried out tree roots.
‘You’ll find out when you go out.’
Although he was alone in a narrow, dark tunnel, Vlad did not lose his composure.
It was partly because of his bold nature, but also because the current situation was better than when he was struggling in Shoara.
And the fact that the wind was getting closer was enough to give Vlad a little hope.
Kkeun Iik- Kyu Ik.
As the wind grew closer and the air became fresher, a smile appeared on Vlad’s face, but the struggles of the glowing mole he was holding on to were becoming more intense.
“What on earth are you complaining about?”
Good profit!
They spread their arms wide and looked like they were talking about something, but since they were born from different species, there was no way they could communicate.
Maybe if he had a voice now, he wouldn’t have provided at least an interpretation?
“Let’s go out and see for now.”
Problems must be solved step by step.
Regardless of whether the mole struggles or not, the first problem that needs to be solved is getting out of here.
Unless you want to spend your whole life wandering in a tunnel.
‘hmm?’
As he became more and more certain that he was going outside, there was a strange sound in Vlad’s ears.
Teuung-! Tung-!
A sound as if hitting something hard.
Vlad listened to an unidentifiable sound and quietly assessed the direction and distance.
Judging from the echoing sensation, it seemed like the sound was coming from outside, not the tunnel I was currently in.
“quietly.”
Kyu-
The shining mole calmed down before Vlad even said a word.
Vlad quickly stuffed the mole into his armor pocket and began to move forward cautiously, holding his sword with both hands.
Teuung-! Teuung-!
As we moved forward, the sound grew louder, and now we could even feel the vibration through the tree roots on the ground.
Even the pile of dirt on the ceiling was breaking and falling, so I don’t know, but it felt like something was being hit with tremendous force.
‘see.’
Vlad, who had been wandering through unknown sounds and vibrations, was finally able to find a small ray of moonlight in the middle of the passage.
As I approached the place, there was a hole in the ceiling large enough for one person to go in and out, and today’s moon was shining through it.
‘good.’
Since you have found a clear path, there is no reason to hesitate.
Vlad sheathed his sword and began to climb towards the moonlight, taking a careful leap.
The glowing mole was just curled up in Vlad’s arms, as if he was clearly aware of the situation at this point.
Teuung-!
Vlad, who was climbing with his fingers stuck into the pile of dirt on the crumbling ceiling, held his breath as the porosity became clearer as he climbed.
I don’t know what it was, but I felt like I needed some kind of determination to get out of this place.
‘Nothing is easy. doesn’t exist.’
But even if I regret it, there is nothing I can do about it now.
Even if I had known this would happen, I would have reached out for the mole.
Vlad made up his mind, took a deep breath, and put strength on his fingertips.
‘Sigh!’
With such a strong determination, the head is pointed outward.
Vlad with his head sticking out looked like a mole he had caught.
But even though the appearance was funny, the judgment itself was a good one.
‘······What on earth is that?’
The view under the moonlight was beautiful enough.
A bunch of moss spread out like the grass of a green plain.
And in the midst of the group, there was a tree raising its head.
It was an oak tree that looked unusual at first glance, like the tree of Hainal that stood on the hill, or the maple tree seen in Alicia’s Amber Stone.
Teuung-!
Ahhh!
And a being swinging an ax with ferocious force in front of an oak tree.
A monster that was standing on two feet but was too large to be considered a human was screaming non-stop and striking at an oak tree with the ax it was holding.
The mole was not quietly crouching down.
He was trembling in Vlad’s arms.
Because I knew that the unknown monster I was seeing was here.
‘Damn it…’
Vlad, who realized the situation, quickly lowered his head and began to think about what to do.
The most important thing will be the identification of the enemy.
I don’t know why an unknown monster is hitting the tree, but if it’s not related to you, there’s no need to deal with it.
“······.”
Vlad stuck his head out again, this time closing his left eye and looking through the world at the trees and monsters.
There, I saw a screaming oak tree and a monster that seemed to be enveloped in a black shadow.
‘It’s yellow.’
And the remnants of the voice remaining in Vlad’s world showed that the tree that was now screaming had a yellow tint.
It was a light of the same color as a mole suspected to be a spirit.
‘I was kicked out of here.’
Vlad let out a small sigh as he felt the mole trembling in his arms.
I don’t know the exact reason, but I thought he was chased out of town by that crazy monster.
“······I guess I should do it.”
What?
There was an accident, but somehow the spirit’s home was found.
Although there seemed to be a passenger, Vlad was just as in a hurry, so it would be okay to receive concessions first.
“Whoa.”
The trick of a one-hit kill is its unexpectedness.
If you have quick feet, you may be able to achieve surprise in the form of a surprise attack.
Vlad slowly begins to recall his world through deep breathing.
Through the strong rising auror, Ramund’s strength was increased and the remnants of his voice were incorporated into the sword.
And his world, which did not yet have color, was captured in his eyes.
Teueuung-!
Ahhh!
‘now!’
The moment the monster struck down the tree and raised the ax with a shout.
White lightning began to jump out of the small hole with an explosion-like charge.
He?
Wow-!
The monster comes from an unexpected angle and the glowing mole moves at an unexpected speed.
“Hwaap!”
Vlad’s strike, which completed the unexpectedness through its sharpness that caught off guard, quickly approached the monster.
Suddenly-
Vlad’s sword, dyed white, was slitting the throat of a monster that could not even turn its eyes.
It was a sword that contained the full blow of a knight who could now stand alone.
Neck that rolls down.
A body that falls apart.
And an oak tree stopped screaming in pain and looked at Vlad in surprise.
There was a scene under the moonlight where everything was quiet under Vlad’s sword.
“What the fuck…”
However, Vlad, who had created the silence, only hurriedly raised his sword again.
Vlad’s world, whose color had not yet been decided, began to stretch out roughly toward the sword.
I cut it down, but I couldn’t cut it down.
Because the cut off head actually meant nothing.
“Is it you guys again?”
With Vlad’s growling voice, the monster’s torn body began to stand up again.
As if the neck that had fallen off in the distance had nothing to do with it.
A huge body, a section that has been cut but has already been smoothly closed.
Because it was not a monster active in the north, Vlad did not know, but in the central region, this monster was called a troll with fear and respect.
Ahhh-!
A huge roar began to echo from the neck that was rolling on the floor.
It was a horrifying roar that the villagers heard.
