## Chapter 1226 – Shurdic Great Desert

As I thought, Cloudy is shy about the strangest things. Of course, that side of her only made her cuteness stand out even more.

“Hehehe, Cloudy. Why are you so embarrassed about something like that? It’s a proud nickname. Right?”

I stroked Cloudy’s hair as she covered her face and touched her ear. I guess it’s because she’s lived her whole life as an assassin. She’s embarrassed by attention.

“Yes. You can be proud of it. After all, you made a name for yourself as a figure of terror.”
“Wouldn’t you say it’s similar to how a powerful nation makes a name for itself?”
“Ugh…”

There’s not much to enjoy in the desert.

Cloudy has lived with murder as a hobby. Of course, there were plenty of targets. She said many people showed hostility towards her just because she was a half-elf.

Collecting ears was a kind of game.

I also liked collecting insects when I was young.

This is quite something. I felt really good learning about Cloudy’s childhood. Of course, even Cloudy’s childhood would be much older than me now, but still, I wish she hadn’t been so embarrassed and told me about it.

“But the dark elf lords are angry. How many people did you kill, Unni?”
“I don’t know. I didn’t count.”

Too many to count?

Even if it’s just 500 people a year, that’s 5,000 in 10 years. I don’t know for sure, but the desert is vast and the population is large, so if she wandered for decades, she might have killed close to ten thousand people.

“Hey, Winia. Do you remember how many pieces of bread you’ve eaten so far?”
“Um… no. I don’t remember.”
“It’s like that.”
“Are dark elf lives kind of like bread?”
“I guess so.”
“Damn, I don’t even know what to say.”
“It’s a trivial matter. And what can the dark elf lords do even if they’re angry? Do you think any of those bastards are stronger than I am now?”
“Um… Unni? Could there be?”

Cloudy answered that.

“I don’t know for sure, but… a strong person like Katt would be competing for first place even in the desert.”
“And the moment they’re competing for first place with me, the other person has already lost. That’s why I’m number one.”
“As expected of Katt.”

But seeing how noisy it’s gotten, it seems like a lot of resentment has spread. The dark elves Cloudy killed and cut off the ears of must be someone’s parents or children. If family and friends go missing and a bunch of ears are thrown into a village?

This is just anger and hatred.
And terror is bound to skyrocket.

Not only that, but with the appearance of the ear hunter, dark elves blame the ear hunter whenever someone close to them goes missing, so the resentment has already been inflated several times more than what Cloudy did directly.

Is this the natural course of things?

“Still, it’s an embarrassing nickname. You have to throw away childhood nicknames when you grow up.”
“I like it.”

Since she says she’s embarrassed, I won’t use it for a while.
I should use it sometimes when teasing her.

“But Cloudy-nim really hates dark elves.”
“Yeah. I hate them. They’re hostile.”

I could feel the murderous intent in Cloudy’s voice as she said that.

How much does she really hate them?

“Well, what should we do? Should we move a little more carefully from now on?”

Karin said.

“That would be a good idea. Let’s rest here for a bit and then start again. Cloudy, you need to hide your identity when we leave. You’re the master of illegal entry, Half-elf Cloudy, so you’re okay, right?”
“Don’t give me weird nicknames!”
“Then how about Ear-snipping Ssakduk-ssakduk?”
“Katt!”
“Okay, okay. I won’t tease you.”

In that way, we took a proper rest in the city.

While resting, I found out that the situation was more serious than I had imagined. Dark elves from all over were offering bounties, and there were even rumors that you could become a real rich person if you added them all up.

Ear hunter… truly a celebrity.

* * *

But I didn’t care about being chased or anything like that.

After resting in the city, we headed straight for the forbidden desert. Whatever the case, that was our goal. Finding the fragment of God is our top priority.

That’s how I can amplify my power and smash everything that happens in the future.

We were moving like that when.

“Hey. We’ve got a tail?”

It seemed like dark elf pursuers had stuck to us.

“Did we get caught?”

Did we get caught after all?

“They might have noticed because of the number of people in our group.”
“Well, there’s that too.”

The bandit bastards have already confessed everything about us. It wouldn’t be hard to identify the suspects.

ㅡ…

Looking quickly, I could see dark elves quietly gathering from far away. But their skin tone was generally darker than Cloudy’s, although there were similar ones too.

“What are you going to do about the darkies?”
“What do you mean, what am I going to do?”

Cloudy’s massacre of the dark elves was entirely their fault. In the violent desert, if you look down on someone just because of their birth, you should be prepared to die.

They walked into the lion’s den and died, and that was the end of it.

That’s all.

But no matter how much they walked into the lion’s den, their bereaved families were bound to hate the lion. That’s just how people’s minds work. But Cloudy, who hid her identity, had wiped them out, so from the bereaved family’s point of view, they wouldn’t even know that the bastard had been killed for insulting a half-elf.

So it’s natural for them to hold a grudge.

But that doesn’t mean we should sympathize with them or feel guilty.
This is actually something to be proud of.

Killing someone who insulted you.
That is a valuable thing.

“We have to protect Cloudy’s proud title.”

That’s why we don’t have to show mercy to the guys who attack us. There is no mercy or compassion in a life-or-death battle. Whatever the case, if things have come to this, we have to kill them all.

“If they try to do something, I’ll kill them all.”
“Darkie. But even if you kill them all, they’ll still chase us.”
“Yes, Katt-nim. Killing them won’t solve anything. It will only lead to more aggressive pursuit.”

That’s right.

“I know.”

If the dispatched subordinates don’t return, they will conduct an investigation, and from there, the pursuit will start again. Now that they’ve found out about us, we can’t avoid a collision.

“It’s a bit of a hassle, but we have no choice but to work.”
“Katt… I’m sorry. For making it troublesome.”
“What’s troublesome about it? Cloudy. Is it troublesome to drink water when you’re thirsty?”
“Huh? No. It’s not, is it?”
“It’s the same. This isn’t troublesome… it’s just drinking water because I’m thirsty.”

That’s how natural it is.

“If they attack, we have no choice but to kill them all. Or subjugate their lords. It’s okay. It’s a simple matter.”

As Liztina said, that’s the only way.

“Hehehe, thank you.”

Cloudy smiled at those words.

“Ah. Katt. The dark elf lords have a lot of things.”
“What!”
“Among them, the guys who founded the dark elf kingdoms must have piled up a lot of gold and silver treasures.”
“Good! If things go well, we should use that to create a relief fund!!!”

Wealthy raiders are always welcome!!!

“Then stop for a moment.”

I stopped them.
And.

“I’m going to go say hello to those guys.”

Just moving, the size of the pursuit team was gradually increasing. It’s safe to say that they’ve already identified us.

Are they not attacking rashly because they’re not sure? Or are they waiting for reinforcements? I don’t know for sure, but I’ll find out if I go ask.

ㅡKwaaaang!!

Immediately, I kick off the ground and shoot my body towards them. My body, which had become a bullet, reached them in an instant.

ㅡKukung!

As I landed like that.

“…!”
“…!”
“…!”

They were shocked and drew their scimitars.
Screw that. Let’s ask something.

“Why are you following us?”

ㅡHwaak!

As I asked that and lightly waved my arm.

ㅡPachangchangchangchang!!!
ㅡPachangchang!

In the blink of an eye, the scimitars they were holding were all smashed and scattered into fragments.

“Heok!”
“T, that can’t be!”
“What on earth is this!”

You look like pushovers.

“Last question. Why did you follow me? If you don’t answer, I’ll do as I please.”

The moment I declared that.

“T, there was a suspicious group, so we came out to investigate.”

A dark elf who looked like the leader said.

“Suspicious group?”
“We heard information that there was a group of ear hunters… and came out to investigate according to orders.”
“Ear hunter? What’s that?”
“A heinous criminal that our dark elves are chasing now.”
“Really? If they’re heinous criminals, you should catch them. But did you find them?”
“…”
“Don’t tell me you suspect me of being an ear hunter?”
“…”

ㅡgulp.

The guy swallowed his saliva and then pointed at me.

“Tall… long, jet-black hair…”

ㅡTremble tremble tremble.

The guy’s hand and voice were trembling.

“And a burly, muscular man with a face full of scars… I heard he’s traveling with the ear hunter.”

That’s me.

“Are there only one or two similar bastards in the world?”
“…”
“I don’t think it’ll do any good to say it anyway, but I’m a warrior of love, so I’ll just say it once. I don’t care about anything else. If you attack us, you’ll all die. Really, not a single one will be spared. It won’t even take 5 seconds to do it all.”
“…”
“Get lost. Tell all your friends what I said.”

The warrior of love.
Protects love.

So I can do this much.

“You haven’t done anything stupid yet, so I’m personally bestowing my infinite love and giving you a good word. Did you understand? Tell all your brethren.”
“…I understand.”

The guy nodded with difficulty.

Confirming that, I returned to my original spot. Just like when I came, I kicked off the ground and instantly. The body that had reached the demigod level was always full of intense power.

“Did you inform them well?”
“I kindly explained that they should all get lost if they want to live.”
“Hmm… Whether they’ll do as you say… Frankly, even I’m very skeptical.”
“Hehehe, me too.”
“It seems like this world is full of violence after all.”

That’s right.

“Let’s start again. Let’s go to the forbidden desert.”

We started moving again.

* * *

Of course, as always.

The situation is not resolved by speaking nicely.

“You are!!!! Surrounded!!!!!!!”

ㅡThundering!!!

A large army of dark elves filled the horizon. Among them, a guy with a loud voice shouted at us like that. Looking at the mana in his voice, he seemed to be quite skilled, but it was just laughable to me.

“Ear hunter!”
“Ear hunter!”
“Ear hunter!”

Such sounds were heard from all directions.

“Receive our hatred! Our anger!!! Ear hunter!!!”
“The enemy of my children!!!”
“The enemy of my father!!!!”
“I’ll fillet you as many times as the number of ears you’ve cut off!!!!”
“I’ll kill you! I’ll definitely kill you!!!”
“I’ll kill you, ear hunter!!!”
“Ear hunter!!! Ear hunter!!! Ear hunter!!!”

Each and every member of the dark elf army spewed out murderous words while venting their hatred.

These bastards finally united and came.

We would have reached the forbidden desert if we had gone just a little further.

I looked at Cloudy.

“U, ugh…”

Cloudy was frozen with an awkward smile and her head slightly bowed. Her face was red, and her body was trembling.

ㅡFlapping flapping!

Her ears were also flapping.

She was currently steeped in embarrassment.

“Cloudy. Everyone is shouting your name. You’re a superstar now. There’s not a single person among the dark elves of the Shurdic Great Desert who doesn’t know you.”

At those words, Cloudy covered her face with her palm.

“I didn’t know they’d show up so grandly…”

Cloudy, who had been embarrassed for a moment.

“Katt. I can’t beat all of these guys by myself.”

She removed her hand and said that while looking at my face.

“Don’t worry. I can do it.”

The large army of dark elves.
When I saw it, it was really nothing.

“Ear hunter! Ear hunter!!!”
“Die!!! Die!!! I’ll kill you!!!”
“The enemy of our brethren!!!”
“I’ll repay you for the pain my family suffered!!!”

Watching the scene of them shouting like crazy made me feel like I was watching a sitcom, and it was enjoyable. This warrior of love, Kim Katt, will personally bestow love upon them.

“In the end, misunderstandings can only be cut off with a sword.”
“Shall we bet on who kills more?”
“Oh, you’re going to get completely destroyed again, so you’re talking about betting.”
“Are you scared?”
“Scared, my ass.”

Karin and Liztina burned with fighting spirit.
I don’t know if it will be their turn.

“Haa.”

Cloudy sighed.

“It’s really pathetic. In the end, they just died because they were weak. If they were stronger than me, they wouldn’t have died by my hand.”
“That’s right.”
“You’re free to ignore or insult the other person. Of course, the other person who was insulted is also free to repay that humiliation. Katt. That’s only natural.”
“Yeah. Cloudy is right.”

It’s such an obvious truth.

It’s different from modern society on 21st century Earth. If you kill someone there just because you got insulted, that’s a crazy psychopath. But here. If you’re insulted, you have to kill the other person no matter what. Not doing so is just because you don’t have the power.

“The result of doing such an obvious thing is such an embarrassing commotion.”

Cloudy shook her head and drew her sword.

“Unni? Can you even describe this as a commotion right now?”
“Um… then what should I call it? A feast?”
“Just call it a birthday party.”
“Hehehe, a birthday party. I like it.”

Anyway, shall we start?