Chapter 104 – Headhunters (2)

“A spirit?”

Celis, who was taking off my coat, made a strange expression. I washed her face with the water she had given me and wiped her face with her towel.

“Huh. They say a spirit is running rampant in the Great Forest of Maldigar. It was not a request from the guild, but Mr. Patrick said he heard it from an acquaintance.”

“Okay. But what is a spirit?”

“Oh, from there? What is a spirit…”

I tried to explain, but I shut her mouth.

‘How am I supposed to explain this?’

I didn’t care much when Belita brought up the word spirit. This is because I, who lived on Earth, had an abstract knowledge of spirits while watching various creations.

However, trying to explain the abstract feeling in words was a bit of a headache.

As I was thinking deeply, Celis approached me with a smile.

“If it’s hard to explain, it’s okay if you don’t. It’s something Yooseong chose anyway, so it’s not dangerous, right?”

I nodded.

Belita says it’s a lesser fire elemental that’s running amok, she says. Because of this, the firepower is not strong, and as long as you know the properties, you can deal with it.

“That was enough for me. Oh, it’s less polished here.”

“Where? Here?”

“No, here… Give it to me.”

Ceris snatched her towel and rubbed it against my face. He meticulously wiped off the last bit of water and put on a satisfied expression. He put her hand on her waist and nodded.

“As expected, my man. You are handsome.”

“Oh, I don’t know what to do with the compliment. Lady.”

Cerys opened her eyes wide, and she raised the corners of her mouth as if she knew.

“Yes, it is a key. Should I even wipe your face?”

“Oops, I’m sorry.”

“Hmmmm, sorry if there’s something I need to do…”

Seris crossed her arms and raised her head. She glanced at me, expecting something from her.

The smoke is still a bit awkward. Thinking so, he kissed her mouth. Her and her tongue warmly intertwined. After she finished kissing her, Ceris put her hand on mine and whispered.

“Mr. Yooseong, let KARA sleep…”

What is it?

“Did you marinate on purpose?”

“I did eat my fill of warm soup.”

“It’s too mean.”

“Isn’t the world originally a weak meat diet?”

Celis laughed bashfully and then she coveted my lips with hers again.

Where did you learn that word?

* * *

Me, Sister Seris, and Patrick Party arrived near the Daewoo Forest in Maldigar.

The Daewoo Forest in Moldigar was colored green to match the word Daewoo Forest. When it is added with the blue sky, there is a taste of seeing it by itself.

However, the faces of Sister Seris and I as we watched the scene were somber.

“No matter how you think about it, it’s not a week by carriage.”

It was inevitable that we had to travel for a week in a wagon to come to this Daewoo Forest. A wagon that rattled from running on bumpy roads for a week.

Since it was not a high-end carriage, of course, there was a lot of pressure on the hips and waist, and every time I walked, my hipbones throbbed.

I patted my waist and glared at Belita. Sensing my gaze, she whistled and murmured. She said with a sigh that she felt burdened as my gaze continued.

“You said you were sorry. You forgot to say you were drunk?”

There’s something else to forget, so why did I forget that part? While I was making a dissatisfied expression, Patrick approached me with a smile.

“Don’t do that too much. In the first place, if you want to sell spirit cores, you have to go to the Mage Tower in the capital. Since Daewoo Forest is located on the road to the capital, wouldn’t it rather save time?”

“Yes, but…”

I finally sighed.

Yes, nothing will change if you get annoyed at what has already arrived.

Think of something more productive.

“Are the spirit cores expensive?”

“At least it will come out enough for us to go through this hardship. It is rare for a spirit to be noticed by humans. We are very lucky.”

Patrick said as they walked toward the Daewoo Forest.

“Wouldn’t other people flock to it?”

“It could be. There’s no way anyone else hasn’t heard the story I heard from the coachman. Maybe someone arrived first.”

“Yes? Then what will happen if the spirit is taken away?”

“How is it?”

Belita interjected.

“It’s going to be a two-week vacation.”

“…What?”

“Ah, I’m impressed again. Don’t impress me This is because Uncle Patrick planned this.”

Belita snapped her chin and pointed at Patrick. What do you mean Patrick made it up? I turned to him, and Patrick had a troubled grin.

“What are you talking about?”

“Heh heh, Belita also… I thought she would say it right away. Big! Before answering, let me ask you a few questions. How many requests do you receive per week?”

“You mean a request? I think I get about four on average.”

It was possible because I was only given a job that could be completed in one day.

At my answer, Patrick shook his head.

“Too much. You guys do a lot more than is necessary.”

“I know that other adventurers do this much, but…”

“Are they the same request as you? Even if they work every day, most of them are just quests that they can earn for the day, such as collecting herbs or patrolling. There are almost no friends who receive subjugation requests like you do, except for those who are in debt. Those friends also overdo it and get seriously injured.”

“Still, we tend to rule out dangerous things…”

“Yes, I guess. But won’t the fatigue continue to accumulate? What if you make a mistake and get seriously injured? Even if you regret it later, it will be too late.”

Patrick said with a serious expression.

At his advice, I seriously considered it once.

‘It’s a mistake due to fatigue…’

Has that happened in the past half year?

After we work, most of us take the next day off. Sometimes I do them consecutively, but that was very rare.

There were cases where Seris and Kara made mistakes during the request. But it was because I was an inexperienced newcomer and less used to the newly learned martial arts, not fatigue.

‘I see, so it is. Why are they so full of energy?’

Come to think of it, even if both Celis and Kara were tired, they woke up energetically in the morning. As if all the fatigue had been shaken off.

Kara, who sleeps a lot, but how is Seris able to do that?

-Heheh… Heck… Heck… Haaaaah

…Because it eats me every night.

I can’t get tired of taking my life away.

‘Somehow, I thought I was a bit tired these days.’

I looked back at Seris and Kara with an unfair heart.

“Wow, sister, look over there! Deer, deer!”

“Really? Wait Kara, sister with this… Ey!”

Fuck! Kiin…

“Uh? Was it really right? Yoosung, I caught a deer. How about venison for dinner tonight?”

A peek laughed out.

I looked at Patrick and nodded.

“Holiday is fine. After all, it’s like taking a break.”

Yes, you must have had a lot of trouble with Amy, but let’s take a break.

I smiled lightly and turned my head back to Celis. She was walking this way with her deer on her back.

Wheein-

The wind tickled my hair and left.

* * *

In the center of the Great Forest of Maldigar, unlike the outer part, thick and tall giant trees were planted. A woman is sitting at the top of the giant tree.

Her light green hair, which swayed, reached down to her waist. She looked neat in her white dress, but the curvaceousness of her chest and her silence followed indicated that she was a mature woman. In addition, her features and features were pretty, so if she were a human, she would be able to target even the king’s concubine.

Unfortunately, she is not human.

Her pointy ears protruding through her lustrous green hair suggested that she was an elf.

She felt her friend return to her and opened her closed eyes.

“Ah, how many are there this time?”

Ea, the lower spirit of the wind, buzzed around her and talked about what she knew.

“Two teams this time… Four on one side and seven on the other side? A little too much.”

– Ying-ing!

“Don’t worry, I’m not afraid. When you’re here, what’s there to be afraid of? Right, Weria?”

Fist-sized drops of water circled around her along with Ea. It was Weria, a low-level water spirit. The spirits clung to her side and boasted to her to believe in herself.

The green-haired elf smiled contentedly and jumped down from the tree.

-Huh?!

-Wheein!!

Surprised, the spirits hurriedly exerted their power.

The water spirit stretched out like a whip and grabbed her elf’s arm, while the wind spirit blew with all its might, slowing her descent.

Thanks to this, the elf was able to reach the floor by leaping as if jumping down the stairs.

“Wow, this time it’s more stable than last time?”

-Yingying!!!

– Weeing! Weeing!

Her spirits vented her anger, saying that she was crazy. The wind spirit blew out a strong wind, and the water spirit’s fluid body lengthened and shortened, making it jagged.

“Okay, sorry. I won’t do that from next time. Let’s go Wait, tribesmen.”

The green-haired elf took the spirits and walked into the forest. Then, small trees sandwiched between giant trees, and houses built on the trees were revealed. At the same time, other elves sitting peacefully around the house.

This was her tribal nest where she stayed.

She crossed the village with a smile on her face. Her destination is the interrogation room in the center of town. Climbing the ladder, I saw a small tree house with an elf man.

Her elf man saw her and greeted her.

“Ariel, where have you been?”

“A short walk. I also confirmed that other humans came in while I was out.”

The elf man’s expression hardened.

“You came again?”

“It was a trap set for that in the first place.”

Ariel shrugged her shoulders. The man sighed.

“Yes, it is.”

“What about the humans you caught earlier?”

“In. Bolt is being interrogated.”

“Still? Didn’t it start last night?”

“I told you. That guy is crazy.”

The man shrugged his shoulders. Ariel scratched her cheek in amazement before opening the door and entering the tree house.

Unlike her refreshing air outside, her refreshing and fishy air welcomed her. There were no windows, so only a few candles were barely lit in the dark interior, which was because it was effective for interrogation.

“Quaaaaah!!! All said, all said!! I don’t know anything anymore!”

“Hey, don’t lie. You, you still know more.”

“What bullshit! I don’t know, aaaaa!!!”

A man’s horrible scream hit Ariel’s ears. Ariel didn’t care and approached the crouching elf.

“Bolt, are you still doing it? Aren’t you tired?”

“Huh? Oh, it’s Ariel. Hee hee, hee, it’s so much fun, but I can’t help but get tired of it.”

A large burn mark remained on Bolt’s face, who smiled happily. Ariel knew that the scar was from the past when Bolt was abused as a slave.

“Did you find out anything?”

“T, nothing special. These guys are idiots. Everything we knew, just talking about things.”

“Okay?”

Bolt looked at the tortured man with Ariel’s expression of regret. My body is in a mess as I must have whipped it here and there with a heated knife. He frowned, but he didn’t feel sorry for him.

Are you human too?

Disgusting.

“Yeah, but the other day, did you get an answer to the letter you sent to the other tribe?”

“Huh? It’s been a while, haven’t you heard? Got rejected They said it was too dangerous. The last time you went, did you leave this forest at all?”

“Those cowards.”

Bolt murmured with disgust in his eyes. Ariel was also there.

No matter how much she fears reprisal, she abandons the forest and runs away. Guys who have no pride as elves. It was a shame to even call them kin.

It was when Ariel was making a bitter expression.

A man covered in blood, already tortured, raised his head. He looked at Ariel and murmured.

“Dirty devils.”

Ariel ignored it.

“Fucking goblin Kamp bastards. You guys will meet properly someday. You won’t be able to die in peace, and you will live as a slave for the rest of your life!”

“Everyone, shut up human!”

Bolt stabbed the heated knife into the man’s thigh. The man let out a painful moan.

“Aaaaagh…! Damn it, damn it! What the hell, why are you doing this to us..!”

Ariel again ignored the man’s desperate voice.

“Bolt, take care of these humans soon. New humans have arrived.”

“Me, really? Good, good!”

Bolt smiled brightly, like a child getting a new toy. Ariel looked at her and she smiled happily.

“Crazy bastards..! Also, are you thinking of making another victim like us?! With those fake rumors!?”

Ariel turned her back. Now that her talk with Bolt was over, she had no reason to be here any longer.

“You goddamn cunning bastard! What the hell, what the hell are we doing wrong! Seebaaar!!!”

Ariel walks out of the interrogation room and down the tree. She was satisfied when the loud voice was no longer heard.

But suddenly, the words the man said lingered in my ears.

– Fucking goblin Kamp bastards. You guys will meet properly someday. You will not be able to die in peace, and you will live as a slave for the rest of your life!

Ariel frowned at her.

“It’s low class…”

It has fallen to the level of being human. Ariel shook her head and resumed her steps.