The Blood Knight’s Villains

My Villains Episode 108

27. Mountain Lodge (4)

I stroked the back of a sleeping bundle. The well-dried hair is as soft as silk.

A feeling that makes you feel at ease. Even so, the eyes do not close. It’s because of Atalanta.

I forcibly closed my eyes, trying to clear my mind. First off, it’s almost certain that she’s an arcane hunter, Atalanta. It’s similar to the face I saw in the illustration, and gray hair isn’t that common.

And it’s probably my sub character. There is the case of Ellen and Luke Utequai, but wouldn’t it be unlikely that this time would be an exception?

Next is the level and build…

but I don’t have any memories of rotting. At least for the last 23 years, I haven’t raised a rain hunter, so it’s rather strange when I remember.

Besides, the arcane hunter isn’t even my favorite character. It’s because the equipment sucks badly, the survivability is not good, and the PK performance is ambiguous.

So, the arcane hunter I raised was always one of the two builds. A PK build to hunt melee characters or a Nogada build to farm.

So Atalanta is probably one of those two builds. If you just look at the equipment, you’ll be able to recognize it right away…

“Poi.”

“What did you not sleep?”

little voice. Ellen was lying facing this way.

“I’m not very tired.”

“Aren’t you tired? You also spent a lot of mana.”

“Isn’t that tidy now?”

“Fuh huh?”

As I turned over to Ellen, resting my head on it, he pulled the blanket up to his nose.

“You must be a real genius. How did you get so good at it so quickly?”

“It is true that I am a genius, but I am not skilled. It’s just that I used

the ability I had originally .”

“Ugh yes. It is you.”

“…is it you? what do you mean?”

As soon as Ellen’s gaze drifted, she changed the topic.

“What do you think of Utequai?”

“What do you think?”

“We’ve been together already… well, how long has it been?”

“…about three months.”

“Three months? already?” “

It was the first day of June when I went to free him .”

“Oh was it? anyway. In three months, you will understand to some extent. what kind of person you are.”

Ellen took the words out of her mouth for a moment.

“hmm. I don’t think he’s as bad as I thought.”

“okay?”

“O” Heh.

and?”

“And what?”

“Is that the end?”

“huh. What more do I have to say?”

“No, that’s not it.”

I continued stroking the wad.

“I feel like we’ve become very close.”

“I? With that savage?”

“So are you, so am I.”

“I am not.”

“okay? Am I mistaken?”

“huh. Not at all.”

“Anyway, he seems like a good guy. Sometimes, no, sometimes, no, sometimes bullshit, but he’s kind. There are times when I cry like an adult like my age.”

At my words, Ellen narrowed her brows.

“…Are you old enough?”

“it is not so?”

“Do you know how old Utequai is?”

“I don’t know what exactly. Wouldn’t it be less than forty trillion?”

“what?”

Ellen shook her head as if it were nonsense.

“Forty. I don’t think he was over thirty?”

“thirty? Hey, at least over thirty-five.”

“I don’t think so.”

“There are three children, and the daughter is only you. I must be over thirty-five.”

“…is it. So why did you bring this up?”

I answered Ellen’s question by scratching my cheek.

“That bothered me a bit.”

“what?”

“It’s always like this. You and I sleep together and Utequai is alone. It’s a colleague, but doesn’t it seem like he’s bullying you?”

Ellen’s face frowned at once.

“I’ll tell you in advance, I can’t share a room with him.”

“No I mean. Even if you use a separate room-”

“I don’t think of you as a colleague yet.”

“Um why?”

“Why? You are a savage.”

“Is it that important to be a savage?”

“Then it doesn’t matter?”

“What is the background? Whether you are a savage or not, you are the same person.”

“Whoa.”

Ellen let out a deep sigh and shook her head with serious eyes.

“It’s not the same.”

“what?”

“The religion is different, the learning is different, the language is different, and the life is different. We know nothing about that savage.”

I wanted to retort, but I couldn’t say anything. It was because it reminded me of the scene where Utequai dismantled the ogres.

Haclio the scale ogre. Utequai dismembered the creature, devoting its neck and spine to his mother and chewing out his heart.

At that time, I clearly remembered the look in Utequai’s eyes as he prepared the offerings.

“…okay. You might be right.”

I was silent for a moment, then continued.

“Then Ellen.”

” huh?”

“Do you believe me?”

Ellen frowned at my question.

“Why do you ask for the obvious?”

“…well, that’s a bit impressive.”

“What is exciting?”

“just.”

After looking at me for a moment, Ellen turned to lie on the other side.

“I’m not confused anymore.”

” huh?”

“Don’t get confused.”

” ah.”

“I’m not confused anymore. It doesn’t even shake

.”

I lay down straight with an arm pillow. The lump digs into the armpit.

“Oh right. Ellen.”

After “O”.

“How old are you?”

Ellen was silent for a moment, then replied belatedly.

“Twenty.”

twenty years old good age But

“…even if you play a ball, you have to play it with some confidence.”

“what?”

“What if you look like you would believe even if you were 15? twenty? twenty?”

At my laughing words, Ellen jerked her upper body up.

“Not fifteen!”

“Fifteen isn’t?”

Ellen was silent for a moment, then laid back.

“…twenty years old.”

“Ah yes.”

“Then you just have to know that. Why are you arguing for nothing?”

This kid keeps crying.

“Aren’t you lying to me?”

“…. .what.”

“You said you believed in me.”

yo o” huh.

“I believe in you too, but I won’t lie about things like this.”

“……uh?”

“I hope it won’t. I’m not going to crack your trust for no reason

. right?”

This silence lasted quite a while.

Ellen glanced sideways at me, and I tried to keep my expressionless face.

“Even now, if I’m being honest, I’ll look at it.”

“One two”

“I’m not 20 years old.”

Ellen kept her mouth shut, probably hurting her pride. Unknowingly, I burst out laughing.

“…Fuh ha ha! Aren’t you twenty years old?”

“Not even fifteen!”

“Keuheop, then how old are you?”

“Don’t speak. You jerk.”

“why?”

“You’re annoying!”

Ellen screamed and turned around the pack and lay down.

…Ah so cute. I want to hit people

After giggling for a while, my heart calms down. Ungchi cries out loud, perhaps awakened by the sound of my laughter. He quietly swept the boy away and fell into thought.

I think I was very lucky to be the first to meet Ellen again. What if I had met a strange guy like Utequai or a dangerous guy like Luke first? He probably antagonized all the new sub characters he encountered.

The thought of Atalanta comes back to me. What kind of person is she? What kind of relationship will you have with me?

It is greed to want a relationship where you can entrust your life to each other like Ellen did.

Even if we can stand shoulder to shoulder like Utequai, we should be sensitive.

If you’re crazy like Luke… I hope it’s not just that.

Just don’t try to force a relationship. If it’s meant to be, I’ll meet you, otherwise I won’t.

Let’s just not waver. It is important to protect Ellen and get to know Utequai. Atalanta has nothing to worry about.

Thinking back to myself somehow makes me feel at ease.

Even though I fell asleep while repeating that, I found Atalante the next morning as soon as I entered the bar. When she was nowhere to be seen, he felt regret, but he tried to suppress it as he remembered the promise he had made yesterday.

After having a meal at a bar, they joined the ascendant.

According to Perso Haengsu, luckily there was a monk at the lodge, so he was able to receive treatment. Only minor wounds were cured, and the symptoms were slightly improved, but it was obvious that that alone was of great help.

The current number of people going up is twenty-seven. Three died yesterday and two died before that. In Seyvern, there was no word other than bad luck because bandits were rampant and he encountered greenskins in the forest.

But if I had fought a little more aggressively, I might have saved at least two lives…. I

shook my head to get rid of useless thoughts. There was something more irritating than that.

“Phoenix is a face that has something to say.”

“No no.”

Last night, Utequai’s level rose.

I think it was because of the battle with the greenskins yesterday. Well, since his last level up was almost a month ago, it was a sad time.

But the problem is that some of his bonus points were automatically distributed. Yes, it’s an amount equivalent to one level up, but it was a little annoying that it was out of my control.

Perhaps, if you accumulate too many level-up bonuses, they will rise automatically. I was a bit suspicious because there was Ellen’s case, but I think she’s a bit of a special case.

She stared at Ellen as she activated her feather decoration and climbed into the wagon compartment, then suddenly tilted her head.

“But Ellen.”

“why.”

“Are you tall?”

“…key?”

“Oh, stand up straight.”

At my words, Ellen slowly landed on the ground. He looked up at me with an expectant look on his face.

“…was it really big?

“It looks big.”

“really?”

Ellen’s face brightens slightly. I nodded as I put my hands on the top of his head and my breastbone.

“Yeah, it was definitely great. look at this You never made it this far.”

“Is that so?”

“I think he’s about 2cm tall…

Considering his height, he’s a lot bigger, but now I’m noticing it. Did he notice it late because he was always sitting?

“No, how old are you and how tall are you? Aren’t you under the age of fifteen?”

“No!”

The journey that started again with small events was very peaceful.

The mountain was still. It was hard to believe that he had been attacked by the greenskins the day before.

Judging from the occasional grotesque human-looking trees or gray wolves, it seemed that other ascendants or mercenaries were clearing out the monsters along the way.

I didn’t find it particularly boring or boring. This is because it has been trained during the journey.

There’s only one reason why I can’t lie down on the carriage and chat with Ellen or play with Mungchi. It was because of the sight.

As long as your eyesight is open, someone other than you can detect the enemy’s presence early. However, in a situation like this, a person with sensitive senses like me had to be as alert as possible.

Right now, if I hadn’t noticed and notified of the Greenskins attack yesterday, the ascending would have been annihilated. Maybe I or Ellen got hurt. I had to keep my head straight to prevent that from happening.

As the sun went down, despite my nervous vigilance, what stood in our way was a huge and heavy monster that everyone on the way up noticed.

thump thump!

“It is a monster! Ent!”

“God damn it, get ready for the fire!”

The shout someone made was wrong. The monster in front of me was not an ‘Ent’, but a ‘corrupting spirit’.

Unlike Ents, which are inhabited by spirits or have acquired egos through a long life, decaying spirits are monsters created by the gathering of the forest’s malice. It was a giant that was created by gathering all kinds of rotting things in the forest.

The one who now appeared in front of the ascendant was based on the withered trunks of fir and fir trees. It looked like it was covered with sore leaves, broken twigs, and the carcass of a dead animal.

In the game, he appeared as a random encounter. After all, reality was full of the crappiest encounters.

I immediately shouted at Ellen.

“Summon the Ellen Dance Spirit! No, take the antidote first!”

“antidote? What antidote?”

We have a total of three antidotes. They are items that are effective against blood poisons and neurotoxins, respectively.

What poison did he use?

“I don’t know, eat all at once! Utequai you too!” Ellen hurriedly rummaged through the sling bag and took out the poison. I drank the antidote all at once, chewed and swallowed it, then quickly jumped forward. and yelling.

“Don’t light it! The whole mountain will burn!”

At my shouting, the most veteran mercenary in the ascending line, ‘Tomod’, reacted as if he was dumbfounded.

“Hey, there’s no way to deal with that guy unless it’s on fire-”

“I’ll take care of it, so back off! He’s going to spit poison!”

As soon as I finished my words, a pair of gaping eye sockets turned to me. I held my breath as I drew as close as I could to him.

“Sigh!”

At the same time, the decaying spirit spewed smoke from its mouth.

Cloudy smoke obscuring the view. I quickly lifted the shield, but the smoke was easily blown over by the wind.

Ugh, my stomach is sick. I feel like I’m going to throw up any minute.

But it was not unbearable. In addition to the poison resistance of the dragon slayer’s seal, he was able to withstand the powerful poison that he spewed out thanks to drinking the antidote.

I threw away my shield and slashed the bottom of my hand with Hrunting. It seems like it’s been quite a while since I drew a blade with my own blood.

Whoo!

Then the wind blew from behind.

The dancing spirit Ellen had summoned was struggling. A desperate dance that scatters the giant’s poisonous smoke into the air.

The wind clears the view. The giant was right in front of me. I kicked the ground straight away.