Chapter 22 – Beast Hanger (2)

Rick.

Nadia.

As soon as I called their names, the hand holding the arrowhead tensed without my knowledge, and thick blood flowed between my index and middle fingers. No, maybe sand. If you bite either of them in your mouth, the fishy grains will crumble.

When we met, I thought we would have a lot to say. But when I met their eyes, the words I had prepared sank into my throat. Even though it was definitely a moment I had been waiting for a very long time, I only looked into their eyes like a dumb dumb.

“Luca…”

Then I heard the voice of a strange woman. Who is it. Is it someone else in this room? I turned my head, but no one spoke. I turned her gaze towards her with her eyes of her doubt.

“Ah…”

The protagonist of the unfamiliar voice was Nadia.

No, it can’t be She was calling me in a much weaker, sicker voice than I remembered. It might be a bit unreasonable to measure the strength of others with only her voice, but even so, she was almost like a sick old man. Comparatively, the old man whose face I covered was rather determined.

“Damn… Damn… Luca…”

Then came Rick’s voice. Fortunately, he wasn’t very different from what I remember. Although useless accessories were scattered all over his body and he was dressed excessively, the essence was still a third-rate bully. Okay. Fortunately, he was still trash and a rat that ate the world.

But really, it didn’t matter how different they were. All that mattered was that they were Rick and Nadia. How much useless blood had been smeared on this sword while walking through the land of demons alone. If life could be bought with money, at least a hundred heads of demons would have to be weighed on the scales to measure the value of their lives.

Of course, there are so many other things that need to be sorted out.

I came all the way here to buy their lives. It will be well worth the price. For as long as I’ve been waiting for slowly.

“Oh my God… We… Will…”

As I approached them, I heard a human voice. When I turned my head, people who had nothing to do with me were looking at me with fear-stricken eyes.

“Will died of illness three days ago, and gave me the skin of his face.”

The professor looked at me with confused eyes whether to believe me or not. However, since it was this side that held the sword, there would have been no other choice.

“The outsider is leaving.”

As soon as those words were spoken, everyone except Rick and Nadia rushed out of the room. A embarrassed professor and the professor’s wife hurriedly pack their clothes. And when the red-haired girl, who had been walking leisurely, closed the door for the last time and left, only the missing party members were left in the room.

“Lu… Luca…”

Surprisingly, Rick was the first to speak. He spoke softly enough to make you feel awkward.

“You were alive. That…We had no idea. We thought you were dead…”

“That’s right. If you were alive, you shouldn’t have told me. If you did, I would have visited you…”

Nadia hurriedly added Rick’s words. I looked at them and slowly opened my mouth.

“Your tone has changed a lot, Nadia.”

“Is that so… Right? That’s right. Because I’m no longer a knight… I gave up my knighthood after the demon lord subjugation was over.”

“I thought you were proud of being a knight.”

“That’s true…I thought I didn’t deserve that…Because I couldn’t save any of you…I feel guilty…”

“I couldn’t save you.”

I rolled her lies out of her mouth. It was such a lax lie that it would crumble as soon as it was chewed.

“I guess you didn’t save it.”

“What are you talking about Luca. We did our best. Just…”

“It seemed like I was doing my best to erase my name from the world.”

She shut her mouth as if she was speechless. As I approached the table, I spoke to Rick this time.

“No, to be precise, the names of Ellie and myself. From the moment I set foot in the Empire, I’ve heard countless songs praising the warrior party. But our names are nowhere to be found.”

“Luca. That…That must be a mistake.

“You think I didn’t see anything there, Rick.”

“Really do your best…What?”

As soon as Rick heard me, he opened his mouth in a daze with a look of shock. She felt like she was about to burst into laughter.

“I was watching everything. From one to ten. From how you tried to break my finger to how you ruthlessly raped Nadia. And… To all the pain you gave Eli.”

His expression changed dramatically as he listed the evil deeds he had committed. Shock. Regret. And fear. Rick only pursed his lips, he tried to say something, then closed his mouth again.

“You have nothing to say to me, Rick. I’ve been watching everything.”

“I… I…”

“Actually, I don’t have anything to say either. Well, it’s not a situation where words are necessary.”

“Lu… Luca…”

He then trembled his hands as if he had intuited his fate. I leaned over the table and looked at him quietly before opening his mouth.

“Pull it. Rick.”

“Huh?”

“Pull out the arrow.”

Rick’s gaze fell on the pile of arrows strewn across the floor. It had rusted a bit over the years, but it was still sharp.

“Let’s play a game. Like you did before.”

“Wh…What game…”

“It’s a game I played with Ellie, in case you remember. We made a bet on which part of Ellie’s body the semen hits.”

“Ah… That… That thing…”

Looking down at the table, there were rows of tableware and utensils. It wasn’t much, but I thought this would be enough.

“The targets are you and me. How about the eyes for the first target?”

“Lu…Luca. I…”

“Nadia can do the signal to start. You sucked it back then too.”

When I mentioned the name, Nadia winced and her body trembled. Rick still hesitated, stuttering his words.

“Luca. We really need this…”

“Don’t worry.”

No more words were needed. I said, bringing my hand to the table.

“I won’t use my index finger either.”

When Rick heard that, he looked at Nadia, unsure of what to do. But she seemed intent on looking at me.

“Then…Then prepare…”

Nadia opened her mouth and Rick looked at her with her fierce gaze. But soon she gritted her teeth and held her bow tightly. Nadia looked at him like that and barely uttered a word.

“Pos… Start!”

Before she could finish her words, Rick pulled out an arrow and pointed it at me with a much quicker hand than expected. My hand is still on the table. The tip of the arrow was pointed directly at the pupil.

“Aaaaa!”

And before I could pick up anything, an arrow flew in and came right in front of my eyes. Rick’s eyes turned to hope for an instant.

Knock!

But the moment I grabbed the tip of the arrow with my teeth, my eyes filled with joy instantly died. The shaft broke with a crunching sound, and the sharp point fell into Rick’s mouth. Before he could react, I tossed the arrow into his eye.

“Aaaaagh!”

Rick closed his eyes, spraying his blood. I crushed a plate on the table, grateful that the arrowhead had not penetrated my eye and into my brain.

“Stand up, Rick. Even then, it wasn’t over once.”

“Aaaaagh!”

“What about the second one? The first thing you guys were aiming for at that time was probably the nipple. Let’s do that, Rick.”

“What a fucking bastard… What a fucking dog!”

“Shoot when ready.”

“Fuck… There’s a limit to ignoring people!”

He screamed in despair and set an arrow on his bow. But this time, before he could pull it off, I threw the piece of plate first.

“Aaaaagh!”

The fragment didn’t penetrate, and Rick fell backwards on impact. I picked up some shards of glass and went towards him.

“It would be disappointing to only get stuck on one side, right?”

“너…너이 개새끼…아아아아악!”

Once again, a shard of glass was lodged in the nipple on the other side. It’s probably because I didn’t get stuck in the hole.

Thinking that it was unnecessary to ask anymore, I silently began to remove unwanted parts of his body one by one. Wrist tendons, Achilles tendon, shoulder muscles… As the pieces of glass slipped through his fingers, his body became a rag.

By the time the pieces in his hand had run out and Rick’s screams had given way to excitement, I had reached his feet. Rick gritted his teeth and struggled to get away from me at all costs.

“Uuuuu…!”

I grabbed the hem of his clothes as he tried to escape and tore it off. The splendid ornaments erupted into the air, revealing the ugly body hidden beneath them.

As expected, the pieces were placed precisely in the holes of both nipples. It didn’t look good to see dirty blood and unknown bodily fluids flowing, so I twisted it little by little to get the pieces out.

“Guuuuu!”

When the twisted piece opened vertically and opened a hole that shouldn’t have been opened, I took time and slowly pulled out the two pieces. Rick passed out in agony, then he woke up again with a surge of pain, and his bodily fluids sloshed from the orifices all over his body.

“Ughhhhh…Save me…”

Rick turned his back on me and ran away, banging his chin on the floor. Watching my baggy pants slip off the carpet, I said to Nadia without turning my head.

“Nadia. Can you bring me the box at the door?”

“Huh? Uh…Yes. Ah…I see…”

She crawled toward her door, trembling all over her body. You might even think of running away. Her mind, riddled with her sense of defeat, seemed incapable of even that kind of creativity.

Soon, she came over to me, dragging her crate with her whimpers. She then looked up at me like an asshole waiting for her compliments. As if he believes that if he does, I will save him.

“I brought it Luca. W…Here.”

She pushed her box in, gasping for her little labor. It’s in a glass bottle, so you’ll have to handle it with care. I heard a jingling sound from inside and opened the lid to take out a potion dripping with red liquid.

“Rick.”

“Uhhhhh!”

“From what I heard from Professor Hayde, you asked for this.”

“Fuck…Fuck it…”

He didn’t answer But I’m sure you’ll hear it.

“You must have thought this was some kind of energy pill, but strictly speaking, this is a physical strength potion. It is the work of the famous Professor Heide, so the effect is certain. Hemostasis, restorative power enhancement, etc. It has all the effects you need.”

“Luca… Such a fucking dog…”

“But I think it’s a bit late to take it by mouth now and wait for the effect to take effect. So I think it’s better to inject it directly into the colon.”

“Sir…What…What?”

Rick hurriedly looked back. And he found the contents inside the potion bottle.

The contents of the red potion reflected in his black eyes. And, dozens of nails crashing into it with a mad jingling sound shattered inside him.

“Damn it! Lu…Luca!”

Realizing everything, Rick tried to struggle, but it was too late. I slowly pushed the stopper of the bottle into his open back hole.

“Lu…Luca…Ah…Ah…!”

He had only gone outside the entrance yet, and he twisted his back with a suppressed scream. Nadia, who was watching from the side, flinched and stepped back as Rick cried out in pain.

“Ughhhhh!”

I indifferently pushed the bottle in and looked at his moaning face with my mouth open. The thick bodily fluids leaking from his eyes and mouth were clearly a symbol of pain, but in the meantime, regardless of his will, a glimpse of pleasure came out. You must be feeling it instinctively as your prostate is stimulated.

As soon as I saw that expression, my lips moved involuntarily.

“You look like a real rag right now, Rick.”

“Ugh… Ugh…”

“You look good. You acted so proudly.”

“Ah…Ahhh…!”

Without knowing what I was saying, I spat out the lines that were pushed out of my throat without inspiration. Rather than coming out through my head, it felt like it was flowing naturally from a memory that happened sometime ago.

“Did you like this?”

“Haaaaa!”

As he continued to speak, the tip of the potion bottle went into Rick’s mouth before he knew it. If I pushed in just the last curved part, everything would go in. While I was immersed in such thoughts, another unexpected word came out.

“I finally found my role. The warrior’s party…”

Of the warrior party. Public toilet.

…

It was only then that I realized what kind of memory those lines had flowed from. Okay. In the end, because you are at the end of all this revenge.

In my head, the face of Ellie, who was tormented by Rick and Bobby every night, came to mind. The expression on her face as she felt pleasure regardless of her will and suffered again from that fact. The words she heard then flowed out.

“Give me strength, Rick.”

I pushed the last part of the bottle all the way in. Rick struggled as blood flowed with a stiff sensation.

“Aaaaagh!”

Seeing that the bottle was all in, I raised my fist. It was a sight I had imagined dozens of times while I was hardened into stone, walking through the land of demons alone with a sword and bare fists, but when I faced it, I couldn’t move my body. I took a deep breath and covered Eli’s eyes with my hand.

Don’t look Ellie.

Then, with all his might, he crushed the bottle stuck inside him.

Clink!

“Aaaaa!!!”

There was a scream of pain that made even the listener feel dizzy. The voice scraped with blood, not breath, tore through the entire space. Dozens of nails filled in the potion bottle exploded from inside him, scattering along with sharp shards of glass, tearing apart his fragile flesh.

But even though she had suffered such a wound, not a single drop of blood escaped. At the same time as the shrapnel was stuck, the leaked stamina potion seeped into the wound and wiped it away, and regardless of his will, the wound healed in an instant and the gaping flesh tightened again. Then, it was torn apart again by the shards of glass embedded in it, and the pain permeated.

“Ah…! Ah…Aaa!!! Ah…Aaaaagh!”

Pain. Cure. Wound. Play. While repeating all of this dozens of times in a second, Rick screamed and cheered like a man whose brain had been damaged. The red stamina potion that splattered from inside of him stuck to my eyes and flowed down his cheek.

“Rick.”

I called his name as I wiped the water from my eyes. Rick, wandering through death alone, answered my words with instinct, not reason.

“Uh… Uh…?”

“There are three more boxes outside.”

“AA AA AA!!!”

It was just a simple delivery of facts, but he looked at me screaming more than necessary. With his hands and feet all tied, Rick bent his head, prepared to break his neck.

“Luca! My… I was wrong! If I could do this… I would have done this! Please… Please stop!”

“Did Ellie keep doing it because she didn’t pray like this?”

“That…That’s…That!”

Even while he was talking, the pain crept in between words, as if the nails and shards of glass were stabbing him. I looked at him for a long time until the image of him like that became fragments in my memory, and nodded my head coolly.

“Then I’ll reduce the number a bit.”

“Uh…Huh?”

Rick, perhaps a little unexpected, bent his head and looked at me with hopeful eyes. I looked into his eyes, picked up the bottle, and opened his mouth.

“Nadia.”

“Huh? Huh? I…Me?”

She stammered at her words, flustered as if she had been stabbed with a knife. I left a very simple instruction for her.

“Put it in instead and wake up.”