Worthless Regression Chapter 44

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Ogre-2

A large city like Behenger is maintained by castle walls, knights under the lord, and private soldiers. People who dare to leave the safe city and live outside often have reasons why they cannot live within the city. In the worst cases, people are expelled from the city for committing a crime, and even if there is no such grand reason, there are also cases where people leave the city and live simply because they do not have money.

Lee Seong-min couldn’t figure out why the village that requested the ogre subjugation was living away from the city. There was no need to know. As Rud said, what makes mercenaries tick is money, not recognition. He received money and put in a request, so he just fulfills the request.

“But it’s strange.”

Rude, who was walking through the forest, muttered. He frowned and looked around.

“This forest. It’s quite spacious, but it’s too small for an ogre to live in… ”

Seongmin Lee also agreed with those words. Seongmin Lee had no experience encountering ogres, but he had at least basic knowledge about ogres. Ogres are one of the most powerful monsters among monsters that walk on two feet. This means that no matter what forest he goes to, he is worthy of being the top predator.

Why is such an ogre in a forest like this? The forest was quite large, but not very big. It was not very suitable for large monsters like ogres to live in.

“Ogres are omnivores.”

Rude walked with a stride.

“Eat anything that moves. Eat well even if you don’t move. Eat well without any worries. Still, there are likes and dislikes. Why, that’s the law. Just as humans are omnivores, they also like meat. “Ogres also like meat.”

Rude stopped in front of a broken tree. He frowned and looked at the cut side of the tree. It did not fall due to a woodcutter’s ax blow.

“Ogres are big. The height alone is close to 3 meters, and although it varies depending on the individual, there are some that are even taller than that. The bigger your body, the more you eat. … “It looks like there is no food in this forest that would satisfy an ogre’s stomach.”

Rude muttered while making a strange expression. Ogres are omnivores and prefer meat. Ogres do not discriminate between human meat and orc meat. They also eat common animals. Ogres also prey on their fellow ogres. Monsters are like that.

“The subjugation request came in yesterday, right?”

“yes. “They said the ogre was first confirmed two days ago.”

Rude muttered.

“It’s so strange. This forest doesn’t have a colony of monsters like orcs. There is no goblin colony. know? Ogres are very… I like my hair. They are vicious, but they rarely attack humans. Of course, when encountering an ogre head-on, the ogre is not a benevolent monster that just ignores humans and goes its own way. This means that ogres do not attack humans. “It means the ogres won’t attack the village first.”

Rude was explaining his knowledge to Lee Seong-min. Lee Seong-min, as Rudd sees it, is a kid who has just become a mercenary, and although he has skills, he has little experience. Rude’s perspective and attitude were not wrong. Lee Seong-min did not have much knowledge about high-level monsters like ogres. That’s why Lee Seong-min listened to Rude’s words while walking through the forest.

“Do you know somehow? If we attack the village, it will be a major accident. The ogre knows very well that if such an accident occurs, a proper hunter will come to catch him. Even though this village is outside the walls of Behenger, the people who live here are people who live within the territory of the Lord of Behenger. If an ogre-sized monster attacks the village, the knights will go out and subdue the ogre. “Even if it’s a monster, it’s the same as not wanting to die.”

“But we are not knights.”

“that’s right. We are mercenaries. A mercenary driven by money. But the result is the same. Because we came to catch the ogre. “Even if he didn’t attack the village.”

“It’s strange. “I’m not sure what that means.”

“It’s strange. There is no food in this forest that can satisfy an ogre’s stomach. There may be animals… In the long run, this forest is not a good home for ogres to use as their territory. The forest that the ogre uses as its home must be bigger than this. “There should be more meals that can be eaten without hassle.”

“Like orcs or goblins?”

“yes. Monsters have to eat monsters because there is no reason for mercenaries or knights to move.”

“Isn’t this a temporary residence?”

“That’s even stranger.”

Rude frowned.

“There are no forests around here that ogres can use as their territory. I thought that an old ogre who was pushed out of a territorial dispute might have run away here… That’s strange too. know? An ogre that has been pushed out of a fight for territory is a being that has half given up on living. They attack and eat everything, regardless of whether it is a village or not. But he didn’t even attack the village.”

“Is there some reason?”

“I don’t know why. Actually, it’s not something we care about. “The ogre in this forest is strange, as if it suddenly emerged from the ground, but what we need to think about is not ‘why’ the ogre is in this forest, but ‘how’ to catch and kill the ogre.”

Lee Seong-min nodded his head at those words. He was already carrying his spear on his back. This is his first time fighting an ogre. He would be lying if he said he wasn’t nervous.

It wasn’t tension caused by fear. The emotions Lee Seong-min was feeling were close to pounding excitement. This subjugation could be said to be the first real battle experienced after reaching the peak. On the way to Behenger, we hunted a few animals and killed monsters we encountered, but it couldn’t even be called real combat.

‘It’s been three years.’

Various traces of the ogre remained. Huge footprints. broken tree. While chasing the guy’s traces, Lee Seong-min felt a certain sense of discomfort.

“That’s strange.”

Lee Seong-min muttered. Rude nodded his head at those words.

“that’s right. Strange.”

“You bastard. “You don’t even poop?”

“It’s cheap. “As long as there’s something to eat.”

Rude frowned.

“Ogres are considered apex predators in most places. They are confident. I don’t hide my shit. Rather, I use it as evidence of my domain. however… “There are signs of an ogre, but I can’t see any poop.”

It wasn’t just the ogre’s excrement that was invisible. There is no trace of a ‘meal’. Instead, I found another trace.

It was the corpse of a deer that had been horribly torn to death. It should have been seen as a piece of dismembered meat rather than a corpse. A piece of meat dismantled using the ogre’s unique strength. Lee Seong-min and Rude looked down at the deer’s corpse.

“I didn’t eat it.”

“Why?”

There were no traces of eating on the torn and dismembered corpse. There aren’t even any bite marks. just… It was just torn apart.

Bodies continued to be discovered. The corpses of various animals were torn apart indiscriminately. The sight of internal organs hanging at the base of a broken tree looked grotesque.

“Strange.”

Rude muttered. Rude had experience subduing ogres. He caught three ogres, but none of the ogres that Rud had defeated were this strange.

“Is it really an ogre?”

In such muttering.

Seongmin Lee felt it with his own skin. I was shocked and got goosebumps. Before hearing it with his ears, smelling it with his nose, or smelling it, Seongmin Lee ‘felt it.’ It was a warning from a sense that could be said to be a sixth sense that Lee Seong-min gained while practicing on Mt. Mushi.

Seongmin Lee immediately pulled out his spear. Rude did not feel what Lee Seong-min felt. However, Rude did not question Lee Seong-min’s actions. He immediately stepped back and drew his sword.

thud.

You can only hear sound after feeling it with your skin. It was the sound of something moving. Heavy… It was the sound of footsteps. Thump, thump. The sound of footsteps is approaching.

Crunch, crack! The tree collapses due to the wave of the hand. Where was such a large figure crouching? Rude and Lee Seong-min swallowed their shock and saw the ogre that had appeared. No, should we call that an ogre?

“… What is that… ?”

Rude muttered. The ogre that appeared… It was strange. It was a strange sight. With its size and appearance, it could be said to be an ogre without a doubt.

But it’s different. A huge mouth was pierced. Something that looked like a thick thread was tightly tightening the ogre’s lips. It wasn’t just the mouth. There were traces of tatters all over the ogre’s body. Rude swallowed.

If you look closely, its body was different from that of an ogre. The shapes of the right and left hands are different. The right hand was the thick hand of an ogre, but the left hand had thin fingers and long nails. Seongmin Lee saw the thread stuck in the ogre’s left wrist. The shape of the muscles and the color of the skin are slightly different. And the pupils. The ogre’s eyes were of different colors.

“… chimera?”

Lee Seong-min muttered. Rude’s shoulders trembled at those words. chimera. It is a monster created by combining monsters with other monsters. Of course, monsters called chimeras do not occur naturally.

Chimeras are a product of magical research.

“Let’s run away.”

Rud said in a low voice. A chimera based on an ogre! I had never heard of such a monster. If it was really an ogre chimera, the odds of winning were slim. Even though Rudd was an S-class hunter with the skills of a top expert, he was not confident that he would win against the Ogre Chimera.

Chimeras undergo various magical treatments. The goal of chimera research in the first place is the ‘ultimate end of the species.’ The limit that a species can reach is clear, and there are insufficient conditions to overcome the species’ limit to achieve evolution. That is why chimera research began. Chimera research is a study to artificially reach the ultimate species by mixing different species.

in other words. All chimeras are people who have undergone various procedures to reach the ultimate goal. Even if it is a simple Orc Chimera, its base is just Orc, and its strength varies greatly depending on the type of treatment performed on it. Moreover, if it is a chimera based on an ogre, which can be said to be the highest predator in its own right… It is not a monster that an S-class mercenary can deal with.

“Keuuuuu!”

The ogre let out a loud roar. Because of the tightly pursed lips, the shout became a hum. Only after seeing that, I could understand why the ogre didn’t eat. It’s not that he didn’t eat. He couldn’t eat. Because his mouth was closed, he couldn’t eat, and he must have torn up the game to vent his anger.

Hunger becomes brutality. The ogre started running. She has to run away. Just as Rud said, Lee Seong-min took a step back. However, the ogre attacked faster than Lee Seong-min and Rudd could escape.

Lee Seong-min’s wide-open eyes catch the ogre’s movements. The guy swung his huge fist. That heavy violence targeted Lee Seong-min’s body. If he is hit, every bone in his body will be shattered, his internal organs will explode, and he will die.

Die.

here?

The thought of asceticism in the mountains passes through my mind. The steps he took every day were caught in Lee Seong-min’s consciousness. Should we call him conscious or unconscious? ‘Should be.’ With that thought in mind, Lee Seong-min took a step forward.

This is not Mshi’s mountain.

Lee Seong-min’s body was not heavy.

Muyeong Talhon, Japanese food, dance and soul, one form

One step, two steps, no pain.

Seongmin Lee’s body disappeared. Rude’s eyes, who were looking at Lee Seong-min from behind, were wide open in surprise.

Before we knew it, Seongmin Lee was entering the arms of the ogre.

fantasy,