Chapter 106 – Dragon Creek (11)

Life is something that doesn’t go as planned. I threw the knife on the floor and picked up a water bowl. Like a madman, I gulped down the water and looked at Ain. Next to it was a leather cart that had just been filled for the third time. It was the result of filling the last two days with heels and knife.

Peeling off the skin was more difficult than expected, and it took a lot of energy to regenerate the skin all over the body. I thought I could pull out leather with infinite power if I did it like a factory, but I reached the limit in two days. I rubbed my tired eyes and stepped on the knife that had fallen on the floor.

The porter pulled the cart out again. I looked at Ain and asked.

“Lizard.”

“Hee…Ha…Hee hee…Hiagh! Kyaaak! Kyaaaaa!”

Ain was staring at his empty space while drooling. He screamed like a crow, twisting his head and shaking his whole body.

“Did the fuck break it?”

“Rurrrr

“Hey, hey.”

I poked my finger in Ain’s belly, who didn’t respond. OK.

“Kiaaaaa!”

Ain started screaming like crazy. As a side effect of peeling off the scales several times, even touching the scales seemed to make the whole body tremble in pain.

“Kiaaaaa!

Ain, who had twisted his body so violently that he wondered if the chain that bound him would break, suddenly stopped and limp. White foam leaked out of his mouth. I got up after drinking the water and checked Ain’s pulse. Fortunately he was alive He shouldn’t be dead yet. I had to stop skinning, but there was still a lot left for this fellow to do.

The extracted leather was only enough to arm the Knights. I tried to use one more healer to do this leather production, but the northern priest politely refused, saying that he couldn’t use priests for such cruel work.

As a result of actually trying it by coaxing another priest, the efficiency didn’t come out much. It was because most of the priests either regenerated the leather once and it was over, or they only regenerated half of the leather and panted with all their strength.

Lucius, who was born as a half-elf, was an out-of-standard monster, meaning he couldn’t capture other children and run an infinite power factory using priests. I clicked his tongue in regret. If this plan is realized, there will be no need to fear demihumans anymore.

I looked at Ain’s toenails. The toenail itself was easily pulled out, but the efficiency was too poor compared to the effort to pull it out. Regenerating claws took more energy than leather. So, the claws were pulled only until the first night, and only the skin was removed from the next morning.

Ain’s hide was being used to make a vicious scale armor by adding it to his armor. The knights looked very satisfied with the newly patched leather. The old armor would be torn if accidentally scratched by the claws of the degens, but the new armor was strong enough to withstand the claws of the degens.

Even though the knight of strength stat 25 struck with all his might, there was no wound on the armor. It was clear that the leather was following the stats of its original owner.

It took a full day to refinish the armor like that. The knights, who had been ripping off the materials for three days and wearing scale armor, looked pretty good. The knights were also flirting with each other, tapping the armor with their hands to see if they were satisfied with their armor.

I could see in the eyes of the knights that the desire to kill overflowed. Some knights even made a vicious mace by driving the claws of demi-humans into their clubs. I also pulled out some claws and attached them to my mace.

* Poison property is added to the mace. Adds bonus attack damage and armor penetration properties.

This is it

Additionally, I tried throwing the scales into the fire. The scale itself was not burnt, but I could tell that it was rapidly getting hot.

After checking all these things, I leaned against the iron fence on the front line and asked the driver.

“The children are not coming.”

“That’s right. Originally, it resided nearby and stabbed it periodically, but it seems that the priest came and bought it over there as well.”

“Why are you wearing it? You said you needed a strong man like me.”

“It’s because we learned in our grand ducal days that running like that would only lead to dog death. This time, we may take a different approach.”

“Then should I keep waiting?”

“Actually, we don’t know where the demi-human dwellings are in the mountains, so it is dangerous to send scouts. The soldiers we sent several times didn’t all return.”

“I think it’ll be quicker to hit the demi-god’s base right away…”

I pointed at Ain in the tent with a node of my head. The knight asked.

“You seem to have already gone mad. Is that possible?”

“All animals have a homecoming instinct. Even if they go crazy, they will find their way home.”

So I decided to gather the knights and put my last plan into action. The reason why I did n’t kill Ain so far was to extract the skin of his, but I also did it because I thought that if I tortured him to this extent, he would n’t reveal his base on his own. Unfortunately, his intelligence was too high, so he just went crazy.

So I decided to rely on this child’s homing instinct. I wondered if Ain, who had gone crazy and had only instincts left, would go home on his own. I asked the knights.

“Have you never captured a human before this?”

“There have been several times, but all of them have failed to make them confess. But I can’t imagine using this method. I’ll have to suggest it to the Northern Priest next time.”

Will refuse I’m the one who was really about to pass out when he explained what I was doing.

In front of the knights gathered, Ain, who was tightly bound by chains, was jumping around. The soldiers seemed impatient to stab that delinquent with their spears right away, and the knights glared at the delinquent with very hateful eyes. I started explaining the plan to prevent the knights from killing the demi-humans in a seizure.

“Guys. Beasts have a homecoming instinct. It is the ability to find a home no matter how far away it is. If it’s an average high-intelligence demi-human, if we let it go like this, it’ll be afraid of tailing, so it twists and turns away from us, or it commits suicide. Will stop him from going to the group. But this child. What about this crazy child?”

He wasn’t pretending to be crazy, he was really insane. This was certain because I checked the status window several times. Even while I was explaining this openly, Ain was gazing at the mountain range. He put his foot on his bouncing back like a live fish and broke the chain with his hand.

“Aaaaa!”

As he screamed, Ain started to glow again. When the knights raised their weapons and prepared to attack, I raised my hand to stop them. You just have to wait. Now I just have to wait a bit. Ain, who had been rolling on the floor and twisting his body for a while, jumped up and looked at the mountain range, then started screaming and running.

“Kiaaaaa!

The soldiers trembled at the grotesque cry. I pursued Ain only with specially selected knights. Half of the knights were left here to prepare for an unexpected situation.

***

A peaceful village. The king of demi-humans was praying for the demi-humans who had not returned. Deorgon, who was in the cave across the mountain, was harassing them again today, asking why they couldn’t bring a strong man. Ain, who reported that he had failed his mission today, was brutally killed by Deorgone’s punch.

The king of demi-humans did not know how long he would have to live on with these sluggish raids. Even when it was said that a strong man comparable to the old man appeared in the human village, Deorgon expressed his anger at the demi-humans’ lack of income. He cursed several times to bring a human man quickly.

Every time Deorgon screamed, a chilling aura flooded the entire mountain range. The king of demi-humans promised to kidnap the man in the next raid. If the kidnapping doesn’t succeed this time, it will be you who will die.

“Captain!”

One of the Ain soldiers who stood guard screamed. The king crawled out of the tent. Many of the villagers were already looking at the skirmishers. The soldiers who were recovering from the poison of the last battle crawled out of the deep resting tent.

“Tell me.”

“Eltarim is back!”

“What?”

Eltarim. He was a warrior captured by the knights during the last raid. Like most warriors captured by humans, he was a king who thought he too would have chosen death. How did he escape? Like the great warriors, did Elletharim escape the humans and arrive at the village?

Cried the king.

“Let’s all go out to the entrance! We will see Elletarim with our own eyes!”

Corner of the mountains. The village of demi-humans in the basin was located in a concave place, so it did not go unnoticed by people. Let the children run to the entrance. From a distance, they could see Elletarim running out of gasp.

The king of demi-humans let out a shout of joy. Originally, each warrior was precious due to the nature of the small number of demihumans. The demons followed the king and screamed. Elletharim roared in the same way as if he was cheering at the shouts.

“Kiyo oh oh oh oh!!”

The children shut their mouths. Eltarim’s condition was strange. Only then did the subhumans know that he was not normal. Empty eyes, staggering steps, and even a skinny body. Eltarim was no proud fugitive. His movements were those of a madman.

“Ki-oo-oh-oh! Ki-yo-oh!”

The children began to murmur. What? What happened? Come to think of it, the patrolmen patrolling the outside hadn’t returned. Shouldn’t the ranger, rather than the sentry, have discovered Elletarim first? The king of the degens was able to spot a group of people following him behind Elletharim. They followed Elletharim with shiny scales.

“Ohhh! The rangers!”

The king shouted again in delight. But he soon realized that it was strange. They were carrying weapons. Great dragonians do not take up arms. The demi-humans frowned even more and looked closely at the party following Eltarim.

“Quaaaaagh! This is not real!”

Eventually, Ain Hana, who realized their true nature of her, grabbed her own hair and began to go mad. The demi-humans, who belatedly confirmed what they were chasing Elleharim, fell into fear and began to go mad. The king of demi-humans, too, could only tremble in fear upon learning the terrible truth of the pursuit team.

“Uh… Ugh… Ugh…”

They weren’t children They were humans covered in the skins of demi-humans. The bloody club at the forefront had the claws of demi-humans embedded in it. Eltarim howled.

“Kiyo oh oh oh!”

The children in panic began to cry louder than the sound. Lucius, who was in the lead, threw a stone the size of his head at the demi-humans and shouted.

“Kill them all!”

“Aaaaa!”

“Kill! Kill them all!”

At the same time, the knights with the intention of killing Elletharim, who were running in front of them, tore them to pieces and moved forward. They went mad just for the fact that they could kill the children. He was remembering the north, which he had been brutally trampled on for the past four months.

There was no one who could stop the anger once unleashed. Faced with the brutal rage, the demons hesitated and began to retreat. No one can be cold-hearted to a killer wearing their own skin. Ain’s blood soaked the mountains. A stone thrown by Lucius crushed the demi-humans who were covering the entrance.

A one-sided slaughter had begun.