88. Episode 88

While looking around the village, Park Jeong-pil arrived soon after.

Someone I knew said it would take a while, but I didn’t check the time, but it seemed to take less than thirty minutes.

The guy, who had been struggling as if showing off how much effort he had put in, caught his breath for a moment and started reporting right away.

“Brother, I came to find out!”

“So what?”

“Nothing happened!”

“… … what?”

Sewoon frowned.

An incident to the point of annihilating the player, but the residents were unaware of it.

Because no matter how much I thought about it, it didn’t make sense.

“Really! The players all disappear about a month after the players come in, but they say they don’t know anything?”

“No way… … .”

“Rather, they asked me if there was a promise between the players. Isn’t there a time limit of one month?”

Sewoon was still frowning, but he hurriedly continued talking.

“I heard the same answer from three residents, so that’s for sure! Oh, but it wasn’t an incident, he said something a little strange happened.”

“What?”

“It is said that the day after the players disappeared, traces of a battle remained in the village.”

“It’s a battle mark… … .”

“Well, the ground is dug and there are bloodstains on it. that? But the residents said they didn’t know anything.”

“Isn’t that even weirder? There’s a battle going on inside the village, and there’s no way you don’t know anything about it.”

“I don’t know that either. Since all three of them said the same thing, I was like what did you mean?”

“hmm… … .”

Due to the lack of information yet, I can’t come up with a proper answer even if I roll my head.

A few hypotheses came to mind, but even those were without information, so I couldn’t make a decision.

‘As expected, I have no choice but to find survivors.’

I was wondering if I could find a clue, but I was a little disappointed.

After thinking, Sewoon turned his head.

“The position of the predecessor player. Did you say you knew?”

“yes! As usual, while I was asking about what my older brother asked me to do earlier, I also asked about his location again!”

“Okay, let’s go right away.”

“Me, but brother.”

“why?”

“Can’t we fill our stomachs while we’re in town?”

When I asked what he was talking about, it had nothing to do with the search for survivors.

Normally, Sewoon would have easily ignored Park Jung-pil’s words, but… … .

“… … Is there a good place?”

“I know one after another about the restaurants in this town! Just trust that Park Jung-pil!”

Is it because of last night’s party? Sewoon also seemed to have relaxed a bit.

* * *

“Heh, brother. How was it?”

“It’s fine.”

“Your eyes got really big for being okay?”

Certainly, the level of restaurants that Park Jeong-pil guided us to was excellent.

It was served with meat stew and garlic bread, but it felt completely different from what I ate at the base.

In particular, the taste of softly cooked vegetables was amazing.

Apparently, during the tutorial, I ate meat rather than vegetables, so the texture of the vegetables felt new.

Thanks to the crunchy texture.

Crunchy!

Sewoon was still holding a skewer in his hand.

It was a dish cooked over direct fire with various vegetables as well as meat, and although meat is meat, the texture of the vegetables was fantastic.

Sooner or later, I thought that I should fill the subspace warehouse with some fresh vegetables instead of raw meat.

“Brother, here it is!”

gulp.

Sewoon finished eating the skewer by swallowing the properly grilled bell pepper, and saw a small valley in front of him.

There was a small stream flowing through the center, but everything else was made of rocks except for that.

“Where are you?”

“I don’t even know that!”

“what?”

“Because he was a person who lived in hiding in the first place, there were only rumors that he had seen him around here. Well, can’t you see it if you walk around?”

Maybe Park Jeong-pil. It seems to be doing something well, but it is 2% disappointing information power.

Sewoon sighed for a moment before manifesting the power of greed.

– Opened the treasure house of greed.

[ Searching ]

– With the magic developed in the colorless tower, you can explore the surrounding terrain and creatures.

Ugh!

Sewoon’s circle rotated fiercely, spreading mana around.

The mana that extended as if scanning the surroundings made the terrain more three-dimensional.

“Oh, you are my older brother! What kind of magic is this again?”

“Shh.”

“Suck!”

If it had been before, I wouldn’t have noticed that Sewoon used magic, but I immediately noticed that he was a tower player and that Seun was spreading mana.

He never taught me, but he seems to have realized how to deal with mana.

‘hmm… … .’

What I was looking for now was not the shape of the terrain.

Sewoon handled mana more delicately and began to find ‘traces’ around him.

Then, various traces engraved around it appeared.

Unnaturally bent twigs, hardened feces, hair clumps clinging to rocks, etc.

I thought it was a difficult place for wild animals to live with only a small stream, but there were quite a few traces of animals.

It seemed to be the traces of animals that came to drink water.

‘Even if it’s not reliable, the information will be true.’

It was difficult to find traces because most of the surrounding terrain was composed of rocks.

It was difficult to find footprints, the easiest to find on rocks.

Meanwhile… … .

Ugh!

“found.”

“Oh oh!”

The mana consumption of the search magic was greater than expected, so while trying to reorganize it, I was able to find traces of people.

Shallow mud that sticks to the rocks around the stream.

More than half of the tracks were off, but judging by the length and stride, they were clearly human shoeprints.

“As expected, he is my older brother!”

The reason why Searching’s mana consumption was high so far was because the scope of investigation was wide. Conversely, if you only looked at the path based on the traces you already found, the mana consumption wasn’t that great.

“I need to concentrate, so follow me quietly.”

“yes!”

Seun and Park Jeong-pil started to head towards the inner side of the valley.

* * *

“Brother, are you okay here?”

“that’s right. … … maybe.”

“Tongue, brother? Maybe?”

It’s been quite some time since I entered the valley along the trail.

The problem was that the first traces he was looking for were mud marks on his shoes, so now they are barely visible.

Even with the search magic, there were no plausible traces, so they were just moving forward by relying on the direction and feeling of their footprints.

“How about going back? I think it would be much quicker if we brought the clan members and searched widely.”

“He said he was hiding.”

“So if we all find it together… … .”

“I’m hiding in a valley like this, how can I stay still if dozens of people are probing the valley?”

“ah?”

Besides, if the opponent was cautious, they could change their residence after noticing that someone had entered the valley.

So it was better to find survivors within today if possible.

‘Still, there are not too many traces… … .’

Sewoon is going through difficulties and is thinking about what to do.

“Kang-”

From the road to the left of the bifurcated valley came the cry of a beast.

The sound was so weak that Park Jung-pil could not hear it.

I don’t know if this sound has anything to do with the survivors, but it’s the first sound I’ve heard since entering the valley.

“let’s go!”

“Yes, yes!”

Sewoon’s steps quickened.

It even stepped on the footsteps and ran over rocks and rocks, moving quickly like a beast.

In the meantime, what’s great is… … .

“Brother, let’s go slowly!”

Even while complaining, it is true that Park Jeong-pil is following Se-un closely.

To follow Sewoon, who has an overwhelming agility figure and even footsteps. No matter how much I signed a contract with Vallefort, it was faster than I thought.

‘Come to think of it, I’ve never seen this guy fight.’

Is it because the first combat method was bait?

Even after that, Park Jeong-pil was consistently active as a chaser, such as provoking and luring monsters, delaying time, or reconnaissance.

With Valefort’s strength and that speed, he could fight in a different way.

Later, when I had a chance, I thought I should try sparring.

As I was speeding up like that, a wolf’s howl was heard nearby.

with him.

“Ugh, ugh!”

“Kreung!”

The voice of a person presumably dealing with wolves was also heard.

There was no way the villagers would venture into such a valley, so there was a high possibility that this person was the survivor Sewoon was looking for.

The moment he jumped over a high rock and found about 20 wolves surrounding the man, Sewoon pulled Durandal out of the air.

-Through internal air, the third herbivore of the blood sword method, blood attack (血狼襲擊) is strengthened.

Sewoon’s internal energy glowed red and formed the shape of a wolf.

Thanks to Sewoon’s internal skills, which achieved the 1st grade, the shape was clearer and sharper than before.

Feeling the wolves dying, I turned my head, but it was too late.

Kwagwagwa!!

“Wake up!”

As soon as Sewoon reached the floor, ten wolves around him were hacked to the ground.

It was obviously a sword cut, but the wounds on their bodies looked like they had been bitten by a beast.

Immediately as I was preparing for the next attack, I felt the back of my right hand burning hot.

– Satyr stigma now responds to Tale of Blood Rogue.

– The stigmata’s first ability, ‘Fear’, awakens.

Koo Goo Goo!

A red air current swirled around Seun.

overwhelming life.

As a result, the remaining wolves sat down without being able to avenge their comrades or run away.

There were also those who fell headlong to the ground or urinated in fear they couldn’t handle.

‘It’s thanks to this name.’

Horror, a potential that was acquired when the tinnitus of Blood Rang was created. In addition, it seems that the synergy effect is taking place by exerting the power of the stigma of the satyr.

It’s not just a fear that makes you run away in fear, but an overwhelming fear that takes away the opponent’s intelligence, including the survival instinct.

It is more powerful than before when fear was used as an option for Gray Mantle Wolf.

“As expected, brother! Hey, it kills me!”

Apparently, allies are not being targeted.

The moment I took a step to finish it, the burning stigma cooled down like a lie.

‘Is there a time limit?’

It was a power that even Sewoon wasn’t used to, so it was harder to handle than I thought.

When the fear was released, the wolves came to their senses and began to run away in a hurry.

The fear caused by the stigma has been relieved, but I don’t think I dare to think of attacking Sewoon.

“Brother, are you not going to follow me?”

“Leave it. Rather… … .”

Sewoon hung the sword around his waist again and looked at the man who had been bitten and covered in blood.

Although the equipment was worn out, Seun’s intuition as a regressor was telling him that he was a player.

‘found.’

Sewoon reached out his hand to the man.

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