< Episode 240. spirit >
The village where the disappearance occurred was a small village called Faren.
It was a name I had never seen before in the game, so there was no information about it.
Seeing me leaving for Faren as soon as I arrived, Amy said there was no need for me to leave, but she had already made up her mind.
“That’s Faren.”
An official from Yeongju Castle, who followed us for directions, pointed to a small village visible down the hill in the distance.
Since it took almost a full day to get there, I was wondering if I could get some rest, but I wasn’t very excited about the shabby appearance of the village.
In the case of cities, the power of magic provides convenience no different from modern times, but these remote corners were truly the medieval countryside itself.
“Be quiet.”
Vivian, who came with us, muttered.
As she said, the small village of maybe 50 households was cold, as if no one lived there.
“There must be a chief in this village, right?”
“of course. “I will take you there right away.”
When the strangers entered, it was only then that the villagers looked at us with wary eyes.
Then the official in charge of guiding the route shouted.
“What are you doing! “The Lord of this land, His Excellency the Earl of Cromwell, has visited you personally. Come out and kneel before him!”
I stopped him with the thought that I should have told him in advance about his sudden haste.
“I’m fine. “I didn’t come here to be treated well, but to solve a problem, so I’d like to finish my business as quickly as possible and go back.”
“I understand, Your Excellency!”
For some reason, he had been looking at me with respect ever since I told him I was going to solve the case myself, but he was showing too much loyalty, which was difficult.
As the commotion broke out, the village chief came running out in socks.
Then, after hearing my true identity, he started fighting.
“Meet His Excellency Cromwell!”
“wake up.”
It would be a little uncomfortable if I had to experience this every time.
I tried to be nice to the trembling village chief and headed to his house.
When we arrived at the house, we immediately heard about the situation from the village chief.
“In fact, it was an occasional occurrence for people to disappear. “It’s been several years now.”
“How many years has it been?”
“Yes, Your Excellency. It’s been about 5 years or so. However, since this is a village located in a very remote area within the territory, everyone lived there as they expected.”
“But that’s not the case anymore.”
“you’re right. The frequency of sudden disappearances has increased recently. “Not long ago, it seemed like the disappearances that had been going on for five years were subsiding, but in just a few days, more people disappeared than the number of people who had disappeared so far.”
If it disappeared 5 years ago, does it have anything to do with the butterfly effect?
First of all, I have to check to see that it has increased significantly recently.
“Do you have any guesses?”
“That is truly strange.”
The village chief hesitated, as if he was reluctant to say something.
When the official next to me wanted to say something, I ended up asking first.
“You can just say it.”
“It seems like the work of an animal.”
“beast?”
I frowned without realizing it.
He also lowered his head as if he felt that what he had said was too insignificant.
“I’m sorry, Your Excellency. It’s not a big deal, but I never dreamed that His Excellency would come in person…”
“I don’t understand. “Are you saying that this much damage was caused to just an animal?”
“Actually, I have never seen it in person. However, eyewitnesses testified that a black-furred beast was seen in the surrounding forest.”
A black-furred beast?
If I came here just because of wild animals, it would be like using a knife to kill a cow to kill a real chicken.
“A beast with black fur…”
At that time, the official who followed me turned pale and muttered.
The official said as he looked at him as if he knew something.
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
“Now that you say that, I’m even more curious.”
“Well, that is…”
When the management was idle, the village chief stepped forward.
“There is a legend that comes from the southern part of the empire. It’s a story about a wolf-shaped beast with black fur. However, since it was just a legend, I took it as a nonsense story and did not report it.”
“Are the eyewitnesses saying that the legendary beast has now appeared?”
“Yes, but you don’t have to listen.”
A legend about a black beast from the southern part of the empire.
This was something I knew too.
Because it’s a story about a real spirit being.
‘Unlike other spirit creatures, it cannot be tamed.’
To be precise, if you didn’t raise them from a young age, you couldn’t tame them because of their extremely vicious nature.
Knowing this was valuable information I gained while growing the summoner playable.
“I guess I’ll have to check first.”
“Your Excellency, are you planning to come forward in person?”
“yes.”
The village chief seemed restless, perhaps because he was anxious about my coming forward.
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But since I’ve come this far, I’m going to take a look around myself.
Moreover, if it really was the spirit object I thought it was, I couldn’t solve it with ordinary articles.
‘Now that I think about it, he must be in the empire by now.’
The only summoner character among playables.
Now, I am also a necromancer, a type of summoner, so although I am no longer the only one, it is a profession that is different from mine.
It’s awkward to even call them the same summoner.
“Adrias. “I will go with you.”
Vivian was the one who woke me up from my thoughts.
Of course I was planning on taking her with me, so I nodded.
Her strength is on par with most named characters.
Even if this situation turns out differently than I expected, with her strength and my strength, I will be able to deal with it to some extent.
“First, we will go find the witnesses.”
First was information gathering.
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After investigating within the village for about half a day, we headed to the forest where people were said to be disappearing.
The forest was very thick and dense, like a primeval forest, but as someone who had experienced the Vayatra Great Forest, I was less impressed.
“There is nothing.”
We searched deep into the forest for nearly two hours, but we couldn’t find a single trace.
In the end, Vivian stayed quiet the entire time before saying something.
“That makes it even weirder.”
“why?”
“It is said that people who entered this forest went missing. But there is no trace of the missing people even entering.”
“ah!”
If there is no trace this neatly, it means that it has left a trace.
I had already heard eyewitness accounts of ghosts, so I had some doubts, but when I started to see features that were only visible to this creature, I gradually began to become more confident.
“It could be that beast.”
“Black fur?”
“yes.”
“There’s nothing Adrias doesn’t know.”
“I studied a lot.”
The moment we go deeper into the forest while having a trivial conversation.
My senses went off with alarm and Vivian threw herself towards me.
‘Earth Wall.’
Because the increased magic skills were manifested through will alone, it was possible to deal with them faster than by drawing a sword.
In an instant, the ground rose up, hit something bluntly, and disappeared.
“Adrias!”
“it’s okay.”
Before I knew it, Vivian had come next to me, pulled out her sword, and was wary of the surroundings.
The person who attacked me has long since disappeared without a trace.
“It’s the beast. Shadow Fang.”
Shadow Fang, one of the spirit creatures.
As its name suggests, it was a wolf that never left any traces and was extremely cruel.
Anyway, I never thought we would actually meet here.
Most spirit creatures live in demonic areas or remote areas, no matter how much they call it the outskirts, I never thought they would exist in a place like this.
“Let’s chase after him.”
“I would chase it if I could, but…”
Now that it’s confirmed that it’s really him, it’s a pain in the ass.
It was as precious as a spirit creature, but it could not be tamed, so it had to be killed in the end, and it was one of the most difficult spirit creatures to hunt.
In order to catch this stealthy and quick creature, the ideal solution would have been to set a trap, but as a spirit creature, its intelligence was so high that even most traps could not be caught.
“I can chase you.”
“yes?”
“Follow me.”
Vivian suddenly started running somewhere.
I wondered how they could chase after the shadow fang, which has the ability to erase traces, but seeing their confident movements somehow made me trust them.
I followed behind her and asked.
“How are you chasing me?”
“It smells like milk.”
Milky smell?
I tried to raise my senses using mana, but I couldn’t feel anything.
I didn’t feel anything at all, but I had nothing to lose by trusting her in the first place, so I continued to follow her.
“hmm?”
As I was following Vivian, a sharp, murderous feeling suddenly pierced my entire body.
Vivian and I stopped, feeling suspicious of the shadowy fang showing its presence.
‘Do you really want to show your presence?’
Contrary to its vicious nature, Shadow Fang does not emit any energy, including life.
Its characteristic is that it acts leisurely, literally like a shadow.
However, the guy who was following Vivian and was able to chase her was clearly radiating murderous spirit.
“It’s right in front.”
After listening to Vivian and thinking for a while, I soon realized something.
‘The number of missing people suddenly increased, the smell of milk, is it alive?’
No matter how much I thought about it, there was only one conclusion.
“I think there’s a cub nearby.”
“young?”
As if he had understood what I was saying, the invisible guy suddenly appeared and started attacking me.
However, we, who had already drawn our swords, blocked the wolf’s attack and naturally counterattacked.
Kang!
Squeak-!
Vivian’s sword was blocked by the man’s mineral-hard fur, but Galak’shur gently skimmed over the ligaments of the Shadowfang’s forepaw.
Whick!
It ran at us again with such agile movements that it was hard to believe that it had just been cut.
But the opponent was bad.
Squeak–
Wood clatter!
The still inexperienced swordsman shook the space.
Instead of being able to cut it cleanly like Maximin, the space was shaken in a mess and turned the shadow wolf into a mess.
“iced coffee······.”
Vivian watched me with admiration, and I awkwardly put Galaxur back.
“It’s different during practice and in real life.”
“no. “It was amazing.”
There was some talk about the sword for a moment, but first it was Dead Shadow Fang.
No, the guy was still breathing, crushed by his persistent vitality.
Vivian said as I felt a little sad about that and tried to pull out my sword again.
“I’ll do it.”
“yes.”
She took a deep breath, corrected her posture, and imitated the martial arts movements I had used.
I taught it once and Mak Si-min showed it to me once, so I thought I could follow it to a certain extent…
Sigh-
I stared blankly at the tip of the sword falling almost without making any noise.
Tuk!
The head of the shadow fang soon fell and looked at me with a helpless expression.
“Vivian.”
“how is it?”
I actually called her name, but no words came out.
I definitely knew she was talented, but I had no idea it would be to this extent.
“It’s different.”
Cutting space?
It wasn’t such a grand concept.
It felt like her sword could only cut down those who were focused on it.
That’s why it felt even more amazing.
“huh. “I didn’t want to copy it, so I changed it.”
Vivian spoke calmly and looked bright.
And for some reason, I was embarrassed by myself, and I nodded my head.
“As expected, Vivian has a brilliant talent. “I really couldn’t have imagined it.”
“You put a lot of effort into it.”
She sheathed her sword and looked at me quietly, hoping for praise.
Seeing the puppy-like expression on his face as if he was begging for more, I unconsciously lost my winning spirit and only smiled.
“If I had missed Vivian, I would have been in big trouble. “I’m so glad I brought you.”
“huh.”
I meant it.
It was fortunate that I brought her with me… and it was fortunate that I changed her fate.
“What should I do with him?”
Vivian saw the dead Shadow Fang.
Vivian’s shocking performance left me mesmerized for a moment, but I immediately captured her.
Shadow Fang’s leather was light and as strong as iron, making it a good material in many ways.
In the first place, we were too strong, and if the 2nd year trio had been against us, we were so strong that we wouldn’t have been able to break through the leather.
“It’s done.”
“You said you had a baby earlier, right?”
“I guess. “I’ll have to look for it first.”
If it is true, the fate of the cub will probably change depending on its growth level.
Since they cannot be tamed once they have grown to a certain level, I could not keep them alive as they would pose a threat to my territory. If I could tame them, I would take them in and raise them.
< Episode 240. spirit > end
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