Regression Life Starting With Two Traits

Episode 140 The One Who Crossed the Desert

Westerners of the continent referred to the eastern part as the unknown land.

The reason is that there is still not much known about the East.

A few villages along the border saw eastern soldiers because of the war, but that was it.

So Westerners had a strong perception that Easterners were savages.

In addition, even the southern part of the empire, no matter how close it was to the east, was virtually inaccessible due to the desert in the middle.

Occasionally, bandits in the desert plundered villages.

The people of the Empire, who had little information about the East, sometimes misunderstood such bandits as guerrilla forces.

“Somebody came across this desert.”

The soldier guarding the guard post in the eastern border lamented his life while wiping his sweat.

A fellow soldier next to him tapped him on the shoulder and said.

“It can’t be helped. How about we go get some cold desert beer after we finish?”

“Let’s do it. But have you heard the news lately?”

“What news?”

“I heard that Capitel hastily gathered the chieftains.”

“what brings you here?”

The soldier looked around for a moment at his colleague’s question and whispered in a low voice.

“Well, this month alone, nomads corresponding to 100 households have disappeared.”

“what?! Is it really?”

The soldier who heard the news was startled and screamed involuntarily.

“Hey man! Lower your voice.”

“So, you’re saying there was a mass murder?”

The soldier asked with an expression of incomprehension.

If you go a little further beyond the border area they protect, a completely new environment awaits in the east.

From the point where the desert ends, a wide grassland spreads out, and if you go further from there, a tropical rain forest area unfolds.

What awaited us next was the vast sea.

So most of the people in the east lived with nomadic activities.

There were settlers living in the rainforest, but they were few in number.

In such an environment, tribal states were formed in the East, and tribes formed alliances to survive.

And the person acting as the head of the tribal union was called a capitel.

“I don’t know about that yet. The grassland is so wide that there are limits to the search.”

“Huh, I guess a ghost is going to cry. So many people have disappeared, and now the problem has arisen?”

“Is it not possible? The population census itself is conducted once every two years. Nomads roam here and there, so it’s hard to understand.”

“Anyway, hasn’t something happened to the Union?”

“I don’t know about that, but I heard they infiltrated an elite unit in the west anyway.”

“Ah, can you? Are you saying that the Western Empire came across this vast desert area and killed or kidnapped over 100 nomads in our land?!”

“Looking at the circumstances, Capitel seems to think so. Isn’t that a big deal?”

“You mean there could be a war.”

It was then.

The two soldiers felt the wooden watchtower shake slightly.

“Just now, did you feel it too?”

“I felt it. Me, over there!”

Feeling strange, the soldier looked ahead and pointed to a place and stammered.

“Do you see that too?”

“Is it a monster? Are you a person? Is it too fast?”

“I think you’re coming this way?”

When the two soldiers saw an object approaching so fast that dust rose on the dry desert land, they instantly began to ponder what decision to make.

However, the two soldiers soon had no choice but to think the same thing.

“Look over there! further behind! A bunch of monsters!”

“emergency! Something unknown and a group of monsters are approaching at high speed! Prepare for battle!”

Once the thought was over, the action followed as quickly as it had been trained.

One person vigorously struck the bell installed on the watchtower and shouted inside, and another person raised a bow and shot it as a warning.

*

Avoiding the monsters, I ran nonstop along the road marked on the map.

How long did it run like that?

A watchtower was visible in the distance.

It seemed that we had finally reached the eastern border.

Then, an arrow flew by.

Even though it was quite a distance, the arrow was pointed straight at my head.

It was great accuracy.

Pak!

Without slowing down, I swung my sword and simply split the arrow in two.

But that was just the beginning.

Soon after, numerous arrows flew covering the sky.

I immediately created a large barrier from the elements of the earth.

Patter!

I heard the sound of arrows being driven into the walls I had created.

I put the wall in front of me and continued to move.

I didn’t think that they would welcome me because I came to fight.

Still, I thought I would do an investigation, but this was just a momentum to make a hedgehog with visible foot and foot arrows.

But, that wasn’t the case for me.

And when I think of the guys chasing me, I can understand their reaction to some extent.

rumble.

As I crossed the desert, there were a bunch of monsters sent by the system to catch me.

‘This seems to be a bit similar to the situation in the Empire.’

Still, it wasn’t such an unfriendly welcome in front of the imperial capital… … .

Having reached the front of the watchtower while thinking such meaningless thoughts, I left the wall intact and turned toward the approaching monsters.

‘Now that it’s like this, I have no choice but to deal with them and go in.’

There was no need to fight the whole East.

Fact-finding came first.

To do that, we had to create a situation where we could have a conversation first.

“Okay, Force, Fur, Zoforth.”

He summoned the elements of light, fire, and darkness in turn and fused the three.

“Let’s show off a splendid attack suitable for the hot desert.”

It was his turn to repay the warm welcome from the East.

When the three were combined like that, a fire close to the white flame that Prelia showed was created.

“Dissolve it without a trace.”

I stretched out my arms at the approaching horde of monsters and let out fused flames.

Roaring!

Huge streams of fire shot forward.

It felt similar to the dragon’s breath.

The monsters engulfed in flames evaporated without leaving a trace.

Wow!

As the flames were scattered and destroyed, the desert area was filled with haze caused by the heat.

I couldn’t feel any movement from the watchtower before I knew it, so I removed the barrier and looked up.

All appearing to be eastern soldiers were wearing turbans and greaves over large cloth garments.

They were just looking at the charred corpses of monsters with blank expressions.

“Hey! hey?! Could you please let me in?”

I waved my hand at the soldiers on the watchtower and shouted.

*

The general with a shaggy beard sat across from me and stroked his beard.

Surprised by my inaction to get rid of the monsters, the soldiers checked my appearance and let me inside in surprise once more.

They really did look like the Asians of our world.

They just took them to our world and looked like they could be believed to be Koreans, Japanese, or Chinese.

When I first arrived in Fantasia, I felt like I finally understood why I was so misunderstood.

I must have misunderstood as well.

However, because of that appearance, a place to talk was created.

“So, you’re from the West?”

The general, who had not said anything, cautiously opened his mouth.

“That’s right.”

“Hmm, what are you here for? I’m in charge of the border in the tribal union, so I can’t let you in without knowing your identity.”

“I guess so. I don’t want to cause trouble either. I just came to do some research.”

“inspection?”

Since he was a general in charge of the border, he must have known about those who crossed the border and entered the empire.

“The fact that you Easterners infiltrated in the southern town of the Settric Empire has been revealed. I’m here to find out if you ordered it, or if there’s another dark side.”

“What?! Do you suspect that there is a group manipulating our eastern tribal confederation from behind?”

“If that’s not the case, is it the Eastern Tribal Confederation’s fault in slaughtering innocent villagers and infiltrating the Empire?”

At my question, the general fell silent again, then got up and walked around the barracks.

“I have nothing to do with internal politics because I was assigned to look only at the borders. If there’s one thing I know, though, it’s that the Eastern Confederation would never do such a thing.”

“How can I believe that?”

“Most of the tribes are nomads, and the few settled tribes are also located in the jungle. That’s why we all know that the people of a village are precious. Even if there is a war, there is a rule that never touches civilians.”

“Even so, didn’t you plunder from time to time?”

“If you’re talking about desert bandits, we’re taking action on that too.”

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Not a guerrilla army, but bandits in the desert?

I never thought it would come out like this.

However, this time it was beyond the scope of what thieves could do.

“However, it wasn’t looted, it was infiltrated and tried to disrupt information and plot something. Are you still going to pretend that the thief did it? Since they must have crossed this border too, wouldn’t the general know something?”

When I questioned him, the general finally covered his head.

“I don’t know! Certainly, a long time ago, a unit-level group of soldiers headed west. But since there was no news, I thought they were killed by the Imperial Army! All I know is that it really ends there!”

He said it in a really unfair way.

“And who are you? You came to work for the Western Empire with our looks? Aren’t you the infiltrator sent by the Empire?”

“Infiltrate? Which infiltrator sneaks in with his target revealed like this? I am an investigator who has come to find out the facts, and I am the advance party to fight according to the facts.”

I was confident

Rather, it was made up of a tribal union rather than a single country, so even if there was a fight here, I thought I could deal with the east as much as I could until the arrival of the imperial army.

“ha.”

Perhaps my self-confidence had rather shrunk the general, or perhaps he was stunned at the thought of my inaction in the desert, the general sighed deeply and sat back down in his chair.

“What do you want me to do for you?”

That was the general’s conclusion and question.

“You can cooperate so that we can investigate the matter. Then you won’t see any harsh blood.”

There was also a request from Penzaric, so I hoped for an amicable solution.

As I came, I kept thinking.

Please, I hope it’s the demon’s decision, not the East’s own decision.

“great. Then let’s do this.”

The general then ordered a subordinate to bring parchment and a quill.

The general, who was in a hurry to write something down, rolled it up, stamped his seal on it, and handed it to me.

“This is my letter of recommendation. There will be a village on the border before passing through the grasslands and into the rainforest. It is the center of the tribal union. Find Capitel there.”

“Who is Capitel?”

“It’s not a person’s name, it’s the head of a tribal union. When you meet him, show him this letter of recommendation. As a wise man, he will surely make decisions that will benefit both countries.”

“great.”

I put the letter of recommendation handed over by the general into the magic pouch and stood up.

And as I was about to leave the barracks, I turned around and asked.

“By the way, how do I get there? Do you have a map?”

The map I received before leaving showed only the desert and the border area here.

“that… … .”

The general, hesitant for a moment, tousled his hair and called someone.

“hey! Call Ajin!”

“yes!”

Soon, a man called Ajin entered the barracks.

Like the other soldiers, he was wearing a turban, baggy clothes, and greaves.

He wore a curved sword at his waist.

He had diamond-shaped eyes, brown eyes with a clear aura.

“Ajin is the most knowledgeable soldier in our border guards, so he will be useful. Our eastern part didn’t draw a map… … .”

The general spoke to Ajin as if he was ashamed of something.

“Ajin, take this person to Capitel. That is your mission this time.”

“All right!”

Ah-Jin accepted the mission without asking questions.

He seemed to have great faith and loyalty to the general.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Azin from the bear tribe.”

“This is Yoo Seo-jun.”

“Our general was too shy to speak properly, but we lead a nomadic life, so the sky is our map. So I don’t really feel the need for guidance.”

Ah, I expected it to some extent, but I didn’t expect to say it openly like this in front of the general.

Unexpectedly, the general cleared his throat once, as if he was familiar with Ah-jin’s personality.

Ah Jin seemed to be an honest and straightforward person.

“Then let’s go. General, I’m coming!”

He smiled broadly, said hello, and led the way out of the barracks.

“Keuheum, please, I hope that the affairs of the Empire and our Eastern Union will be resolved well. I don’t want war either.”

“Let’s try. then.”

I bowed to the general and followed Ajin.

Ah Jin, who went out first, was waiting with two large birds.