chapter 31
31 – Monster Hunter.
Ed showed the proof of Saint Mary of the Church of Truth, but the hunters who blocked the entrance did not open the way easily. In the case of necromancers, most of them are necromancers in the north, so you don’t have to think much about them.
As the Central Necromancer Association said, the enemy of necromancers was necromancers, and quite a few terrorists were necromancers. If a necromancer mistakenly learned Coresis, a method of using mana, on his own, there was a side effect of falling into his own world and not being able to distinguish between right and wrong. Because of this, some people grew up to be terrorists.
In the case of Ed, he graduated from Terut Academy in the north with excellent grades, became a first-class necromancer, and was recognized as a special necromancer in three years. He is different from a terrorist, but I think they will understand if I explain it to the hunters in front of them one by one. did not
“I, a paladin of the Truth Church, am watching over you, so you don’t have to be so careful.”
Arebijou stepped forward and refreshed the atmosphere. After going through the humiliation of Ed losing 3 times in 3 matches and meeting a skeleton he had never seen before, he wondered if he could do something other than monitoring, but he thought he would have to step in at a time like this.
The people of the Hunters softened a little, as if Arrebijou’s aim had worked.
“Keuheum. So what do you think of Desert Lizard after that? Zombie?”
At that time, a craftsman from the dismantling plant came out and asked Ed.
“Yes, it’s a zombie. It’s a fresh guy because I killed it with a sword stabbed in the head.”
“I heard that most northerners use skeletons.”
Since the father-in-law seemed to know about necromancers, Ed added an explanation.
“That’s right. In the northern winter, zombies’ flesh freezes and their behavior slows down, so I don’t like them that much.”
The craftsman at the dismantling plant knew that and asked, so he nodded his head after hearing Ed’s neat explanation. I thought that a self-taught guy who had mastered Corosis would not be able to answer so smoothly, so I spoke so that others could hear.
“So what are you going to do with that Desert Lizard? Since only the head is pierced, all the leather will be of the highest quality and the bones will be made into skeletons?”
“Yes. I want to sell all parts except bones.”
“Four million energy if you remove the bones.”
“I don’t know the price of Desert Lizard.”
“Five hundred for me too, excluding the bones.”
Suddenly, craftsmen from other dismantling yards participated and the auction began. I don’t know if this could be done in a place full of hunters and dismantling craftsmen, but the auction continued and the auction was successful for 6.6 million Enel.
‘The price was decided by auction, so that price must be right.’
“Then I will take it straight to the scrapyard over there. Could you open the way for me?”
As the auction began, hunters began to slowly leave, so the path was easily opened. Ed, along with Glowin and Arebiju, transported the Desert Lizard along with the craftsman at the dismantling yard who had just offered the highest price. Ed laid the Desert Lizard down from where the craftsman had taken it to where the craftsman ordered it, and Ed removed the core made from the Desert Lizard’s body.
The father-in-law was surprised to see that the Desert Lizard, which had been moving around vaguely but alive just now, had completely stopped breathing.
“If this happens, there will be no need for a transport team? Are all necromancers like this?”
“This method does not work when dealing with northern monsters. Should I say that they are structurally diverse?”
The craftsman carefully examined the Desert Lizard’s body and confirmed that the only wound was its head, so he brought six ingots worth 1 million Enel and six ingots worth 100,000 Enel.
“I’ll have everything except the bones covered by tomorrow morning, so come pick it up.”
“I got it, thank you very much.”
Ed and the group left the dismantling yard and headed to a nearby cafe. Since there is a big commotion, Ed and his group cannot avoid the gaze of others. When I entered the cafe, bought a cold drink and was drinking it, Glowin said.
“Ed, if you do this work in earnest, wouldn’t you make much better money than Glodia?”
“If a guy like that is caught every day, I think we can make a lot of money.”
Ed also thought he received a high price for the effort he put in. The Desert Lizard’s legs were heavily cursed with incapacity, and the skeleton that was taken out was able to aim for its head, which was a vital spot.
“You really didn’t use your full strength last time, did you?”
“Except for summoning, I showed you one by one. In practice, of course, you use it in the right place at the right time.”
At Ed’s words, Arebijou nodded. What I saw today was a combination of summoning and curses. I don’t know if he fought in harmony with the Desert Lizard, but he couldn’t use his martial arts skills.
“By the way, it’s true that Desert Lizard suddenly collapses, doesn’t it? Does the curse really work that well?”
“If your willpower is low, it works well. There are times when it’s hard to interfere because you have too much mana, but most of the things I’ve failed so far have been willpower. I’ve tried using monsters twice when I encounter them, and they all work well.”
“will….”
He recalled that Arebijou was powerlessly defeated in the third battle. And in relation to that, when I remembered seeing Ed’s face at the end and collapsing with a fever rising to the top of my head, I still had a fever, so I gulped down my drink.
Ed looked at Arebijou and felt ashamed of being cursed so easily the other day.
“At that time, Mr. Arebijou was defeated by me twice, so the curse worked well.”
“That’s not it. Huh… I see.”
Ed seems to have misunderstood something, but Arrebijou, who thought it was better, decided to think so. Glowwin, who had no idea what had happened, gave up while looking for a link. Now, if the two share the same room, it seems like they will be able to know more about Dalian and the Church of Truth.
‘I’ll have to be careful with authority.’
Because Arrebijou believes in Trillia, the goddess of truth, she was able to use her authority to dig up information. Glowyn wanted to keep her belonging to the Carla a secret from Ed, so she drank while thinking of a way out.
“Does it taste good?”
After watching the two women drink, Ed tried it too, and the refreshing taste seemed to have the effect of boosting energy in the heat. While staying here, thinking that he would come often, Ed and his party finished their tea and stood up.
“Are you going to rest today?”
On the way home, Glowyn asked Ed.
“Yes. After hunting another Desert Lizard tomorrow, I plan to go far. It would be better if I had something to mount.”
“One more…? Ed, do I have to ride too?”
“Aren’t you here to keep an eye on me? Looking at it earlier, it would have taken a long time to get in without Mr. Arebijou.”
At those words, Arebizou nodded as she had a story to tell in front of the barrier earlier, and Glowin smiled with a slight prick of conscience.
***
Nerein Glasir, commander of the guerrilla forces in the North, read the reports and sighed upon hearing one piece of news.
“I was predicting that winter would come earlier and get colder this year. Is this prediction correct?”
The news was that winter would begin in early November and the temperature would drop by 2 degrees compared to last year.
“Yes. I received the most up-to-date prediction, so it is probably correct.”
It occurred to Nerain that the fourth line of defense might need to be pushed back slightly, but it was unclear whether that would be possible with less than a week left. If it is the strongest cold weather I have ever worked in and the most favorable weather for monsters in the north to run amok, then a lot of Gigant-level monsters will appear.
“All of the unit’s captain-level necromancers will need to be stationed in the north. Please deliver this to all units.”
“Yes, Commander. I will deliver it right away.”
Nerain looked out the window after the lieutenant left. The cold, white, clear sky somehow reminded me of that guy who disappeared in the north.
‘Gigant Slayer… . ‘I’ll be fine without him.’
Nerein thought that other people could perfectly fill the cracks created by Ed Frozenborn, who was placed in the north and slashed the most Gigant-level monsters in the shortest amount of time.
***
“I think we’ll have to spend this winter on the northern front.”
After taking a shower after a good night’s sleep, Gray said to Demona in bed.
“Really? Is it the first two years of winter without you?”
Unlike Ed, who created a vacancy each time after enlisting, Gray, who filled the vacancy every time, Demona suffered a winter without Gray in two years.
“If you spend this winter, you will be assigned to the headquarters, so it will be the last time you are away.”
“Whoa. Are you worried about me? I’ll be waiting for you.”
Demona hugged Gray’s body and kissed him briefly on the cheek.
Gray gave a slightly satisfied smile at Demona’s aegyo, but his heart was different.
Gray did not believe in Demona, who abandoned Ed, who had already suffered on the frontlines for several years, for proper compensation. Gray used Demona to land a blow on Ed, and it’s done.
‘It would be better to make evidence of meeting another guy while I was away and end the relationship.’
When he approached with a little consolation in difficult times, he thought it would be better to end it before it became difficult to deal with the light commoner woman who opened her legs to herself, who was no different from her nemesis at Terut Academy.
Gray nodded while responding roughly to Demona’s chatter, and closed his eyes as he felt drowsiness.
‘We need to make a fait accompli before being dumped by Gray. The child who inherited the blood of the 6th generation… .’
Demona noticed that the way Gray looked at her had changed.