Chapter 6 – Kobold Hunt

We got a little lost, but as we retrace our steps, we were able to pinpoint our location on a map until the sun went down. As I had been an adventurer, I had been training to remember the way I came whenever I had a chance, so there was no particular difficulty in finding a direction.

Anyway, after finding the way, it was a breeze.

“Hey. Sister. It’s completely dark. Draw it.”

Before long, the sun had completely abandoned it.

In the mountains where not even the moonlight shines, at night, you cannot see an inch ahead. If there is no means to light up the night, further marching is impossible. Homelessness should be prepared.

Of course, for adventurers, homelessness is no different from everyday life. When I couldn’t even rent a stable because I didn’t have enough money in the city, when it was night because the quest took a long time. Or when you have to go on a long march. Homelessness always accompanies adventurers.

There is nothing to worry about. Because the experience of homelessness in this unexplored area is familiar.

There are nocturnal monsters, but those who live near cities, which can be said to be human strongholds, are not strong. Since all of those guys were skinny, it wouldn’t be a problem even if there were nocturnal monsters. Strong monsters come out only when you go far.

Even the pickiest goblins are diurnal. Above all, monsters are afraid of fire. If you light a fire and go to sleep in turns, it’s over.

“Then prepare for homelessness in a suitable place…”

—The light illuminates the darkness.

“Holy Light.”
“Oh oh.”

As Elise recited a prayer, a small ring of light appeared above Elise’s head, illuminating the surroundings.

A divine spell that illuminates in this way?

Elise was literally an all-around survival nun.

Aren’t priests and nuns really fucking dogs?
Versatility is more than a magician.

“It doesn’t last very long.”

Holy Light is a spell that summons a ring of shining angels, and is said to be a convenient divine skill that can be used as a substitute for a torch.

In addition to the advantage of being able to light up the surroundings in a dark dungeon or in the middle of the night, Elise explained that she had the effect of driving away monsters to some extent. This is because most monsters are afraid of or displeased with the majesty of this god. There is only real admiration.

There is a saying that slightly stronger monsters see this light and come closer, but I have never seen such monsters yet. I wonder if it should be at least an orc level. Of course, there was no way the orc was only two hours away from the city.

There’s no way the city’s rulers would let the orcs crowd around them.

“It’s a real bitch bitch.”

Anyway, in admiration, I applauded.

“Sir, what do you mean…? What do you mean?”
“It’s a word from my hometown that means the best of the best.”
“Okay.”

Elise responded with a smile at my absurd explanation.

Anyway, there will be flashlights. We marched without hesitation and arrived at a familiar forest area. I turned around and went back the way I came.

I used up all the oil without thinking about it earlier, but it would have been easy to make a torch if I had left a little bit, but it’s a little disappointing. Although he has a hwaseopja, it is impossible to make a torch even if he can light a bonfire with it.

“The duration is up.”

Holy light is off. It was fortunate that there was no attack by monsters on the way here.

The monsters that attack near the city in the middle of the night are wolves and giant bats that have been separated from their packs. Or there are imps, although they are weak, they are quite difficult opponents if you fight without lighting because they have bright night vision.

“Sister, can’t you use it one more time?”
“Unfortunately, this is not possible.”

Then I should prepare for homelessness around this time.

“Kat-nim. It would be nice to camp.”
“I see.”

I took the hwaseobja out of the pouch and cut it in half. Push type. Soon after, smoke came out from inside and a fire was lit. Actually, this is just a word, but it’s a completely different thing.

Anyway, this hwaseopja is made by putting some kind of flammable substance in a wooden barrel similar to bamboo and sealing it. It can be said that it is a must-have for most adventurers.

“A dry tree…”

However, the fire itself does not last long, so I took advantage of the lightening of the surroundings and gathered dry twigs and leaves. With Elise’s help, the bonfire was quickly completed. You seem to have quite a lot of experience in the field, but isn’t this special forces? It seems like it can do pretty much anything.

“Then Sister. Why don’t we take turns sleeping? Sister decides the order and time.”
“I don’t really need a night watch. I’m a good sleeper.”
“Um… Is that so?”

To be homeless in a place like this without a night watch was generally tantamount to committing suicide, but since Elise, who was no different from a special forces soldier, said what she said, she just accepted it. In the first place, I was a person who risked half of my life, so if something happened, I would just die.

Life was obviously precious, but these days, that kind of thinking has subsided. Living is so hard and beggarly that the lingering attachment to life begins to wear away. I do have a lofty goal to return to my hometown. However, the other world wasn’t an easy place to live for a dream that didn’t catch on like that… But what. Priests are stronger than most monsters.

So it’s good.

“Sister cover this and go to sleep. My armor is warm.”

I held out the kobold skin to Elise. Whether it’s an ominous thing or a nabal, if you sleep and get cold, your mouth will go back. In the worst case, it could lead to hypothermia. This is quilted armor, that is, I, who is wearing a cloth armor with excellent thermal insulation function like padding, decided to yield.

I want to take off at least this, but then I’m too cold.

“Thank you.”

Elise took the leather bag, put the kobold skull inside her at her feet her coolly, and wrapped the skin around her body her. Although the pagan crest drawn on the leather bothered me, it had no meaning in the cold.

No matter how ominous it is, if it is cold, you have no choice but to cover it.

How much does the medicine cost if you catch a cold?

“By the way, the leather seems a bit big. I think it would be better to cover it together.”

It was used as a flag, so it was a little big.

It’s probably because I patched several pieces together, so there’s a little bit left.

Hehe, I’m fine. How can I say, isn’t that leather a bit ominous? It’s creepy for me just to look at it. I’m afraid I’ll appear in my dreams.”

It was a welcome offer, but I was a bit reluctant, as I tend to be superstitious, so I declined.

I was a grown man, but I was afraid of ghosts. Wasn’t superstition permeated throughout Korean culture in the first place? Having lived in such a place all my life, it is inevitable. I still can’t sleep with my head to the north.

Once upon a time, when I said this to another adventurer, I was criticized for being barbarian’s savage custom. But it’s true, damn it.

“Then why did you recommend it to me?”
“Isn’t the nun going to be fine. She has divine powers.”

It is clear that Elise will be protected by something like divine power.

But since I don’t have a specific god or religion to believe in, I have no tolerance for such demonic things.

“…Just come in. It’ll be warmer that way.”
“Eh…”

I crawled next to Elise and put on the extra part. How to say, covering this ominous hide made me very uneasy. To put it concretely, it felt like sleeping with your head to the north.

“Then, can I trust only the nun to sleep? Are you really awake at night?”
“If something approaches, it’s a level where you can break it right away. I’ve been trained that way.”
“Kiya! As expected, Sister! Isn’t this so cool!”
“…It’s a little embarrassing for you to compliment me like that.”

I closed my eyes at Elise’s words her.

I was a person who could hardly fall asleep even if I lay down to sleep. But ever since I came to this world, there hasn’t been a day when I haven’t been tired, so I just fell asleep when I lay down.

I’m worried because I can’t sleep, it’s so hard to wake up in the morning because of insomnia. Well, these words are just something that warm-backed and full-bodied bastards say.

If you’re really tired, you’ll fall asleep as soon as you close your eyes. If you have trouble sleeping, try working or exercising.

With the sound of a burning bonfire as a lullaby, I fell asleep.

***

It was dawn when I woke up from a fucking nightmare.

“Oh, fuck. A distant dream, this is it.”

Fortunately, it seems that there was no attack by monsters last night. However, his body felt as heavy as lead, perhaps because he had not slept. There was no way I could sleep normally while covering myself with that fucking skin.

I just covered it up and slept. I’d rather head north… Oh, that’s okay.

“Are you awake?”
“Oh, Sister. Good morning.”

The sun was rising. It seems that it will be okay to move slowly as the surroundings are getting brighter. After simply washing my face with water from a canteen, I stood up stretching.

“Let’s go back quickly.”

Elise, who seemed to have woken up before me, was already ready to depart.

I took the kobold skin and skull.

Elise took out her map and led the way, and so we set off for the city. I wonder what the map means.

“I’ll be there in about an hour.”
Hehe, very perfect.”

Finally back to the city Thinking that he had worked hard all day and earned 1 silver made me smile. Since my weekly living expenses are about 30 coppers, I have 10 coppers left even if I live without doing anything for 3 weeks.

Come to think of it, I didn’t bring a rake mushroom either. I’m going crazy with joy.

“Hi-Hi.”
“You look in a good mood.”
“Because work is over. Isn’t Sister nice too?”
“Of course.”

Even if I didn’t buy the fucking Madecassol… The cost of living itself doesn’t cost that much, but the necessary items are a bit expensive. You have to drain your savings to buy one piece of equipment.

After walking for a while, the sun came up.

And under the sunlight, strange monsters appeared.

“Annit!”

I screamed in surprise. What crawled towards us were two black [Giant Spiders]. Although these spiders, which are larger than guru dogs, are low-class monsters, they are monsters that female adventurers shun due to their ugly visuals.

“I will kill you at once.”

With ferocious momentum, as if she would jump out at any moment and shatter her head, Elise pulled out the Morning Star.

“No no, wait!”

Elise raised her arms high. I grabbed her arm in amazement.

“I’ll do it. I can sell their shells to the blacksmith.”
“Is that so?”

Since the giant spider’s carapace peeled off intact becomes a material for armor, you can usually sell it for about 1 copper if you take it to the smithy. Of course, a shattered or cracked shell has no commercial value. If the skilled Elise was hit with the Morning Star, she would surely be broken in one fell swoop.

ㅡQuiyik.

The Giant Spider lifted his front paws while making a strange cry. I thought that even if it was Elise, I would be frightened if I saw her eight eyes glaring and green sap dripping between her fangs her, but I was the one who freaked out.

“Hee!”

I mean, I’m weak against gross things…!

After making an unsightly noise, I measured the distance and kicked him in the mouth with a front kick. Fuck! There was a popping sound, and two fans were ripped out. As I said, I was a 3rd Dan in Taekwondo. The mortally wounded Giant Spider convulsed.

“Turn around!”

And it ends with a knife cutting through the brain. Unlike its ferocious appearance his, the Giant Spider’s combat power was poor. It seems that the simple structure is a little unfavorable to humans. Of course, if these spiders start to grow and become larger than humans, I can’t help myself.

ㅡ Quiik!

Another pounded on me. I jumped up with a bit of a jump to somehow ram my fangs into me. After hitting the mouth of the guy who jumped up with a simple raised slash, I ended it with both hands down and slashed.

“Great.”

It was a perfect hunt. Both are perfect kills with no damage to the shell. I took a small dagger out of my pouch and ripped open the carapaces of the dead giant spiders.

“It’s terrible.”
“It’s so disgusting, Sister.”

When the spider’s carapace is removed, the inside is full of muscles and internal organs. Adventurers often eat this spider meat, but only when starving. I don’t really want to eat it.

I skillfully peeled off both of the shells. The bodily fluid clinging to the inside of the shell stretched like a thread with a cheerful sound.

“Sister, I’ll give you one of these as a gift. You don’t have to keep it, sell it and buy something delicious.”

He held out one of the shells to Elise. It is a kind of scoring gift.

“Um… So… Go, thank you.”

Elise accepted the shell.
Women are weak to gifts.