The Blood Knight’s Villains

My Villains Episode 119

31. The Arcane Hunters (2)

The battle is over.

Steedman and Genessa were treating wounds on their hands and arms, respectively, while Cole and Utequai were vigilant, and the rest cut off ears from goblins and orcs or were collecting useful items.

“Okay.”

With a moan, I undid the loop on my left shoulder girdle and pulled the strap. When I took off the armor and pulled back the quilted clothes, I saw that my shoulders were black and bruised. The stabbing pain seemed to have broken a bone.

“Oh, sir.”

“are you okay? Are your arms moving?”

“Oh, not quite like that.”

The reason I became like this was none other than the hammer that the warrior son of Mordor was holding.

At first glance, it looked just like a good quality war hammer, but it turned out to be a magical weapon with a ‘shock’ spell.

In the game, ‘Shock’ is a probabilistic option that has the effect of inflating the damage of normal hits.

Even against Mordor, the hammer only shone with the final blow. Unfortunately, the option seems to have been triggered then.

It doesn’t seem to be a rare item, and it seems to be a magic item with good options, but I was beaten very badly.

I swallowed my curse and handed the warhammer to Utequai.

“…Uhm. It is a strange thing.”

“Use it as a sidearm. Dolme has to be left at the gateway, so it’s empty in Longville.”

Utequai tweaked the hilt several times, examining the hammer with interest. Perhaps because of its size, the war hammer looks like a hammer.

“It looks very useful. I will use it well.”

Ellen was hastily applying ointment to my shoulder while Utequai smiled in satisfaction.

“How stupid is this idiot that he doesn’t know the magic weapon right in front of him?”

“……No.”

“Stay still and put down your armor.”

Ignoring Ellen’s bruises, I examined her shoulder blades.

“Haa, it’s so dented.”

It sounds kind of funny, but I was more annoyed at the broken shoulder blade than the body injury. The body heals quickly, but it is said that plate armor is hard to find

. Looking at the approximate estimate, I wonder if it will be complete tomorrow.

As I was about to put the dented pauldron back on, Amias approached and held out something.

“…what’s this?”

“Some small orc was doing it, but I don’t know what it was.”

“A little orc?”

Are you talking about Pancog of Madness?

What Amias held out was a white string necklace. When I touched the surface, it was like leather or tree bark. Looking at it, it was a strange object that felt like something was tickling.

Ellen, who was sitting next to her, looked at the necklace and made an interesting expression.

“Can you feel the magic?”

“okay? What do you think it is?”

“I don’t know.”

The reality is that this is the problem. Even if you look at the product, you can’t judge whether it can be used or not, and if it can be used, what kind of effect it will have.

I’m going to go to church and purify myself, then I’ll try it. then you know what

“What are you going to do now?”

“Hmm.”

At Amias’s question, I turned to Utequai.

“What about trolls?”

“I don’t know here. We need to go a little further.”

“How far?”

“excuse me.”

Utequai, with a dagger or war hammer stuck in his waist, pointed somewhere. Following his fingertips, he saw a bush between the two peaks of Graduil Mountain.

“I like the troll forest. There is a way for people to come and go nearby, so the troll must be over there.”

The freckled Mira, who was standing next to Amias, agreed.

“Oh me I think I heard a similar story at the blacksmith? I heard there are trolls living deep in the mountains, but that could be over there.”

“Mmm.”

I looked at the bushes and other peaks for a while, then shook my head.

“I can’t do it today. If we meet the same group as we just met one more time, someone will die or be seriously injured. There is no need to take risks.”

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement with what I said. However, Utequai muttered softly with a sad expression on his face.

“I only ate 100 points today. It is unfortunate.”

I’m sorry too. I caught two bosses, but only got about 100 points.

After roughly finishing the probation, we headed to Longville by road.

In preparation for lodging, he packed plenty of supplies, but he was back before sunset. Because you can’t really predict the future.

Climbing down the mountain range, I didn’t see a group of small monsters at all.

As we descended to the foot of the mountain, we witnessed a terrible scene.

“What is that?”

“crazy.”

In the middle of the road leading to Longville, neither a deep mountain nor a forest. Dozens of corpses were literally strewn across the main street in broad daylight.

Among them, the corpses of heavily armed mercenaries were a little under thirty. Most of the mercenaries were stabbed to death by spears or arrows.

The rest of the dozen orbs were corpses in unusual outfits decorated here and there with wide cloth and iron rings.

“…Nude people.”

Amias murmured a deep wariness.

“These filthy bastards. I must have been running behind.”

“Were the rumors true?” Amias as well as other mercenaries were not hiding their hostility. Where that hostility was directed was the survivors at the center of this terrifying landscape.

“…Alkarf.”

One of the four survivors muttered something softly. Then, slowly, he got up from his seat.

Tall, gray hair, tanned skin, and cool, beautiful features. It was a very familiar face.

“……Nix?”

“Attilia?

”

Her true identity was Arcane Hunter Atalanta. Unlike when I saw him at the mountain hut, he was armed.

As I took a few steps forward, Atalante drank a vial of what appeared to be a wound-healing potion. The wound on his side healed, spewing foam and smoke.

Atalanta wiped her lips and showed a wry smile.

“I heard that you are in Longville. You lied about your name?”

“Well, I didn’t lie. Nyx is…

kind of a nickname.” “Hmm, was that a nickname? It seemed likely.”

On her left arm, Atalanta wore a guard made of steel scales. The shape completely covered from the shoulder to the fingertips was similar to the ‘manica’ used by Roman gladiators.

Other than the guard, there was no armor made of metal.

He hadn’t worn a helmet at all, so his gray hair was exposed, and he was wearing leather armor that looked like a corset. One side of his side was torn wide, exposing his leopard-like waist.

She wore leather boots that covered her knees, but her toned thighs were exposed.

In his right hand, he was holding a spear a little over 2 meters long. It was a very bizarre-looking window with no seams between the blades of the spears and the fins of the spearheads, and the whole was pure white.

I looked at her quietly and opened my mouth.

“Are you like this?”

“It’s not what we did. But would you believe me if I told you it wasn’t our fault?”

Saying that, Atalanta gave a somewhat cynical smile.

“There’s nothing I can’t believe. What happened?”

It wasn’t Atalanta who answered my question.

“Poi won’t waste time.”

“……what?”

As I turned around, Ellen, who had risen from the ground and was holding a wand, answered.

“You are a nude people. They are the ones who eat murder with stealing.”

Steedman, tightly gripping the axe, nodded.

“Nothing too surprising. Rumors have already spread that the Nudans are running after other mercenaries.”

Atalanta, whose expression hardened, alternately glared at Ellen and Steedman.

“Kadhabun. we are mercenaries They say they are righteous warriors who fight and earn money.” As soon as Atalanta finished speaking, the mercenaries spat out one word at a time.

“A political party? Do any of the Nudans know how to say such a thing?”

“Dare to the subject of filthy nude prostitutes.”

“Did you think you would be safe even if you dared to do something like running back?”

As I was about to look back at Amias’ gang, Utequai screamed.

“Shak’tak! Aqun-ta baby, shut up! Only Phoenix speaks!”

oh my ears hurt

As the Amias gang kept their mouths shut with their faces painted white, I asked Utequai.

“Did you learn mind reading?”

“I enjoy learning the martial arts. But I never learned to drink like that.”

“…Uh yeah.”

I looked back at Atalanta and shrugged.

“All of them are just common racists, so don’t get too angry.”

“So it’s your fault and it’s not your responsibility?”

Atalanta hesitated for a moment, then sighed.

“…okay. I was ambushed on my way back to Longville.”

“Ambush?”

I glanced around. The gentle descent and flat road seemed to leave no corner for an ambush.

Atalanta, probably noticing my question, quickly continued.

“I did a magic trick. It looked like an invisibility

, but it popped out from the side of the road and said, “Busssssss Poi.”

Ellen’s determined voice continued.

“You put invisibility on 30 people? This is impossible unless you are the Grand Master of the Council of Dawn.”

“It may not be invisibility. We don’t know exactly about magic.”

“Is it natural to change words? Guess who isn’t a nude?”

“I didn’t change my words, but Alkarf, so you’re saying we attacked first?” Atalanta continued talking with her chin shaking as if she could not control her resentment.

“We were only sixteen. Do you think I would have made a fool of attacking mercenaries twice as many?”

“So you’re saying that four mercenaries survived an ambush right in front of you?”

“okay. We are fighters in the wilderness.”

“You know. Famous fighters in the wilderness. Aren’t you a gangster that protects thieves and murderers of prostitutes?” Atalanta’s face flushed red at Ellen’s sarcasm.

“Alcarbatu! Say one more word. I will thread you through this spear and make you food for crows!”

“Try it. I’ll burn you alive.”

Oh, I’m really going crazy.

“Stop it!”

After barely holding back Ellen, who was about to shoot at her, she reached out to Atalanta, who was holding the spear.

“Attilia calm down.”

“Haram milanole!”

“Calm down and lay down your weapon.”

“Don’t give orders.”

“It’s not an order, it’s a warning. If you want to save the rest of your teammates safely, be quiet.”

Atalanta turned around and looked at her comrades. Except for her, all three of the nudein warriors who survived were symptomatic enough to be unable to move.

Raising her head again, Atalanta showed a determined look in her eyes.

“What are you going to do with us?”

“For now, throw away the window.”

“What will you do if I throw it away?”

“Let’s go to Longville. We’re going to call the guards and investigate what happened.”

“I can’t. No one will believe us.”

A dim light flowed from Atalanta’s bright brown eyes. Then, the glow even dyed her gray hair purple.

Seeing that glow, Ellen exclaimed in astonishment.

“Secret Arcane! It is the power of vision!”

“Everybody back off!”

Gathering the shield and javelin in my left hand, I shouted at the party.

“Step back!”

“What is Poi saying?”

“Quickly!”

He pulled out the Hrunting with his right hand and looked back at Ellen and the Utequai Amias gang.

“Go quickly!”

At the same time, Atalante, her eyes widened, shouted.

“no! Can’t-Go!” A dark light soared behind Atalanta’s back. The void drawn by the power of the arcane took shape.

A dark purple beam of light erupted from Atalanta’s back, wriggling like a snake.

And it rushes like an arrow.

“Oh my gosh-”

Bang!

The shield made from the corpse of the underground lord exploded with the ‘Void Spear’. I groaned, enduring the shock with my waist.

“Why are you standing there stupidly, you bastards! Get out of here quickly!”

As the mercenaries and Utequai Ellen retreated, Atalanta’s brilliance grew brighter.

“This witch—!”

The void spear hanging from Atalanta’s back hung down and flew towards Ellen, who was floating in the air.

I quickly drew out the bloody blade and flew towards it.

Swish!

Hrunting, dyed in a brilliant red light, split the spear of emptiness.

“Keuk!”

The source of the power of vision is none other than the mind. When the spear of emptiness, which was created with mental power as fuel, was cut by the blade, Atalanta swallowed her screams as she gnashed her teeth.

Right after that, I turned around and raised my shield.

Bang

also had two.

A second void spear hidden behind Atalanta’s back struck the shield and quickly retreated.

I quickly straightened my posture and immediately kicked the ground.