Chapter 27 – 3. Isn’t It Natural for the Strong to Do Whatever They Want? Escort Warrior Eruka

[Hurry up!] I ran with all my might following Undine’s urging. If the cause of the sound is adventurers who are exploring, it’s good to share information and take a debt, and if it’s a sub-species, it’s even better.

[There’s a dog and a bunch of really big bugs!]

Undine, who flew overhead, closed her eyes and looked at the surroundings with the sprayed water droplets, briefly explained the situation to me. A situation in which numerous saber-toothed tigers and insects confront someone in front of a place where trees are piled up in layers. That someone was a human being was enough reason to help.

As I ran, wiping the sweat with the back of my hand, I heard shouts and the sound of weapons clashing. As the sound grew louder, I moved faster.

-Chaengchaeng!

“Turn around! You can cut your hair!”

“Katumaka moves even if his head is cut off, so we have to cut off his legs first!”

“Other entrances are under attack too!”

When Undine explained that the trees were piled up in layers, she was talking about a wooden fence. When I arrived, I could see the sight of countless saber-toothed tigers and insects pushing in to invade the fence at the entrance to the fence and beyond the fence. At the entrance, there were saber-toothed tigers and people slicing worms and holding on with their backs to each other.

Upon closer inspection, people’s outward appearance was a bit peculiar. There were only women dressed in what is often referred to as caveman fashion, in which bones and leather were attached to the body to reveal a voluptuous body, and all of them had animal ears and tails.

“Are you a beast?”

Lucky for you. The story flows easily enough to come to mind. I decided to rejoice later to find the beast tribe that was so hard to see in one day, and I hurriedly headed to the point where the beast tribe protected the entrance with their backs to each other.

-Grrrr…Kang!

It penetrated the head of the saber-toothed tiger, who was groaning defenselessly while staring at the enemy in front of him. Quickly pulling out the long sword that pierced his skull, he slashed the flapping fly-like insect in a straight line, and bodily fluids splattered everywhere.

“Ghehe!”

“Keep it off!”

Somehow, it seemed that the beastmen on the other side were all covered up, but there was nothing they could do. I left them behind and hurriedly dealt with the saber-toothed tigers that were making a mess at the entrance of the fence.
Sweating, they stepped out to help in all directions, and one by one they surely pierced their heads or cut their necks. On the battlefield, which was being organized step by step, the beastmen who were wary of me at first, perhaps not understanding the situation, were steadily helping me and clearing out the invading monsters.

-Seokkeok

The snout of the saber-toothed tiger, which was rushing at the back of a beastman who was breathing with his tongue out, was cut in a straight line. She inspected the neatly cut body as it fell to the furry floor and shyly thanked me.

“Thank you.”

“It was nothing.”

As a result of running around and helping, the saber-toothed tigers and insects that were herpes near the wooden fence were all crushed or scattered with their limbs cut off. The entrance to the wooden fence opened, and the personnel guarding the inside jumped out and began to organize the bodies.

Undine and I were standing on one side watching it, and at first, three beastmen who were facing back to back with a saber-toothed tiger approached me and thanked me.

“Thanks human, thanks to you, I blocked it easily.”

“The other side was also dangerous, did you sort it out in an instant?”

“It was quite strong, but…”

I shrugged my shoulders as I tucked my longsword back into my waist at the sight of them chattering happily.

“It’s okay. I had something to ask for help, so I was looking for the Beasts.”

At my words, the Beast Tribe, who had been laughing at each other, talked as if they realized something.

“You look neat, but you’re subtly revealing…?”

“Sometimes there are guys who go looking for the taste of the beast race.”

“Most of them don’t even make it this far, but they managed to come.”

Can’t you come here? I got help from Undine, but it didn’t take too long, and I was thinking about something uneasy about what they said.

“Stop!”

At that time, the personnel who were arranging the corpses of saber-toothed tigers and worms from afar came closer to me. I quietly moved my wrists and raised both hands above my head, showing a willingness to surrender.

“Are you a human from outside? For what purpose?”
“I came here because I was looking for something. There is no particularly bad purpose.”

“That is for us to decide. Stay still with your hands raised like you are now. There will be a search for a while.”

A wolf-eared man with long gray hair approached slowly, holding his spear in one hand. I lightly stretched out one hand and touched the waist and thighs, then put my hand inside my pants or chest.

“Nothing particularly dangerous… Except for the sword at the waist…”

However, the more he searched, the more the prisoner’s words stopped, and his hands became something strange. Curious, I glanced at her complexion, but as she rummaged through my arms, she put her nose close to the slit in my clothes and sniffed it, blushing.

“Ah… It’s dangerous… I’ll have to look more…”

“I… Isn’t it over? I think I looked all over.”

“What are you talking about? No more smells, no need to search! Be still.”

As I tried to sneak away, he grabbed my wrist and held me in place. What to do with this I looked around and gave a helping look, but the other prisoners and even the three people who had talked to me were looking at me with their eyes shining and interested.

-Tuong!

“Get away from humans, Rudella! I will interrogate you now. Who are you, human?”

However, while crossing the group of beastmen, a tall beastman approached me. She pulled her silver hair up in a ponytail, revealing the nape of her pure white neck, her fangs exposed, and her sapphire blue eyes shining as she asked me a question.

“I am a human mercenary from Hormia. I came to take a request to the jungle.”
“Mercenary? Ahh, the small people running errands? I have heard of it.”

Be small It was quite refreshing to be ignored in the first meeting. His actions are confident, and his gripping form and tone are very firm. These bitches, once broken, are so brittle that they can’t be undone. While imagining nonsensical things and waiting for the next word, a rather absurd answer came out of her mouth.

“I get it. Just go back.”

“…? What do you mean go back?”

“I know what he’s doing, so that’s okay. Can’t you hear me?”

This bitch… She forced a smile from growing irritation, but she tilted her head with a puzzled look on her face and asked, “Why aren’t you going back?”

However, someone else stepped forward between the beastmen who split and made a passage.

“What are you doing, Eruka, to the customer who saved the village!”

“Tsu, Tsuruka sister. No, priest…!”

“I asked you to bring the customer who saved the village, so why are you kicking it out?”

“…A dangerous human being. Grabbing the witches so easily…”

“Then you should be even more precious! Get back into town! I will serve the guest.”

As she glared at me with disapproving eyes, the bitch named Ruka soon ignored the beastman named Tsuruka and walked lonely into her village.

“Excuse me. I am Tsuruka, the priest in charge of this village, albeit in a humble way…”

Tsuruka nodded as she lightly put her hands on her stomach. Her luscious golden hair flowed down her bent waist as if it almost touched the ground.

– Swoop

She slowly lowered her back and their eyes met. Golden hair like the sunset, and magical red eyes. The fangs protruding from her thick pink lips were rather cute. I just stared at Tsuruka’s face for a while, stunned by her beauty and cuteness that I’ve never seen before.

“Cuk-Cuk… You must be very tired, go into the village. I will take you as a guest and treat you.”

“Is that true?”

“Just now, she is my escort, Eruka… As you can see, she has a bit of a rough personality, please forgive me once more…”

I waved my hand at Tsuruka, who slowly bent her back.

“As an outsider, I fully understand that you are wary. Rather, thank you for treating me.”

“Be humble…”

I will take her to her village- I sat next to Tsuruka, who lightly turned her back and guided her way to me.

Tsuruka, who narrowed her eyes with her smiling face, looked at her in my direction and slowly, discreetly, took a deep breath through her nose. She inhaled her breath for a long time, then exhaled it, but Tsuruka’s face was slightly flushed.

Maybe the beast races like the smell of humans? I walked along, exposing the part of my neck that was drenched in sweat. It was always nice to feel the cold air entering your body with a slight breeze.

“Sniff sniff…” “Keu eun…/” “Keu heung…”
I walked along the hull next to Tsuruka, sweating as if I didn’t know anything, but I heard the sound of sniffing next to her. I glanced at Tsuruka’s complexion, but even though she tilted her head as if she didn’t know anything, when I looked at her from the front, she slightly poked her nose out towards me and sniffed her.

“Hey, do you think I smell bad?”

“Kahang?!”

Surprised with her big ears pricked up, Tsuruka covered her mouth and touched her hand.

“No, it is not. Fragrant, to say the least. Oh that’s not it Originally, we, the Beasts, are supposed to identify each other by smell, right? It was an act I did to find out who you are, if it bothered you…”

Rather, I waved my hand at her and stopped her at the sight of Tsuruka, who spat out her words like her rapid-fire cannon.

“No. I did it because I was afraid that I would be rude. I must have been sweating a lot…”

I loosened the seams of the armor over my upper body lightly and made the armor loose. My upper body, which met the outside air, was hot with perspiration. Tsuruka, who was examining my behavior in her way, swallowed her saliva and looked at me, then lowered her head and started guiding her again.

I got a rough idea from the reaction of the beastmen who were searching my body earlier and from seeing Tsuruka. I guess it’s like the smell of sweat or my own smell brings good results… Aren’t beastmen too easy? After slavery was abolished, it must be the safest race. I continued to walk beside Tsuruka while thinking about various things.

“It’s modest, but this is the house where I stay. While you are in the village, I will serve you here.”

“It’s modest, it’s nicer than any mansion in the city.”

“Whoops… Thank you.”

“Excuse me, but the reason I came here has something to do with you, so I want to ask for help.”

“Ah… I know you came here looking for something. Is your name Cassano…?”

I’ve never said it, but the feeling of my name coming out of the other person’s mouth was unexpectedly creepy. I replied with a smile while slowly reaching my hand on my waist.

“Ah… Yes it is. So do you know what I’m looking for?”

“You don’t have to be vigilant. It’s nothing else, the reason I found out the name of the customer is because I’m always looking around this village with my ability, so somehow…”

As Tsuruka raised her head slightly and looked at Undine, who was standing far above her head, I realized that Tsuruka could see that she was rubbing with Undine. I apologized to Tsuruka while averting my gaze a little embarrassed.

“Sorry. They treat me, but I doubt it…”
“No – please raise your head. Cassano-sama sorted out the beasts, so other barriers and entrances couldn’t be penetrated.”

“Is that so…”

“Sometimes this happens, but there were an exceptionally large number today… I would like to take this opportunity to thank you one more time.”

– Nod

After greeting her, Tsuruka slowly reached out her hand from the sleeve of her long dress. Looking at Tsuruka’s beautiful hand with her puzzled eyes, she said shyly covering her mouth with one hand.

“Ah, I gave her a hand to guide you…If you don’t like it, I’ll buy it.”

“No. Then…”

– Thump

I followed Tsuruka, feeling my small, beautiful hand and soft skin being held in my hand. I followed her and told her the purpose of coming to this village.

“It’s nothing else, I’m looking for a flower called Dalbureumi. But they say that only beastmen can get this.”

“That’s right, we grow or manage the colony, so it’s a flower that only we know… Can we just take the moonflower?”

“A dozen is enough. Is it possible?”

“Dalflower flowers are actually quite valuable in our village… The amount you can get is limited.”

“At most, one song a day. There are many cases where there is not even that, so we have to look at the cultivation area or colony every day.”

Tsuruka’s rather stern answer made me a little daunted. Doesn’t that mean you can’t give it away?

“But I can give you enough of that. But… I’m afraid I may have taken too much of the customer’s time.”

I shook my head at Tsuruka’s caring concern.

“It is much better to get something even if it takes a long time than to go back empty-handed. Thank you for your help.”

“Whoops… I’m happy to help.”

Seeing Tsuruka’s shy smile, I tightened my grip on her hand. Tsuruka, who was guiding her to the room where I would be staying, looked at me with the strength of her grip, and then, startled by my deep gaze, she looked forward again and walked.

Deep blush was visible on her slightly transparent cheeks, and she followed Tsuruka with a silent smile.