“Hey, it’s f*cking real. This really works, doesn’t it?”

 

“A good harvest for the first time in a while. Let’s see… wow, isn’t that a Griffin?”

 

“We’ll get more Griffins later. But what’s that thing with it?”

 

The noise definitely belonged to humans.

 

Rough, loud voices that were harsh to the ear. I didn’t feel good. The calm sensation in my heart faded away, and it began to beat fast.

“What… Wait, isn’t that a woman in the corner? A human woman?”

“A banshee, she must have transformed. Oh, but banshees bring bad luck… “

“That’s because someone dies when that b*tch cries, you idiot. You’re just pretending to be smart at the end of the day.”

 

Without any hesitation, the people who came into the cave chatted with excitement.

 

Two men and one woman. They were all very suspicious, armed with odd-shaped equipment, and as excited as hunters who discovered wonderful game, rather than being frightened by the sight of Popo and Griffin.

 

I had a feeling I knew what they were– Poachers.

 

I had heard of poachers, who illegally hunt and collect monster cores by purchasing relics in the black market. They seemed to have been led into the forest after detecting magic with the relic they had.

“Hey, that’s a shame. Banshees are supposed to be dirty old witches, but this one is a beauty…”

 

“Let’s get this over with. I saw earlier that there were paladins all over the place, and if we get caught, we’re really screwed.”

 

I didn’t move a muscle. I hardly breathed. Popo and Griffin were strangely still.

 

The man holding a light blue shining sword approached Popo as if he was amazed. Popo’s mouth was tightly closed, hiding its teeth.

 

“I don’t think they’re coming here. The legend said that a giant lizard cub was asleep here… but what the f*ck is this? Rabbit or raccoon? What was the name of this thing? It looks so stupid.”

“Hey, let’s get this one first. The monster is pretending to be a human being.” The flaming red-haired woman gestured toward me.

 

At that moment, a man who was scratching his stomach turned toward me, smacking his lips.

 

“Ku, ku, ku, ku…”

 

Griffin let out a sound of laughter. To be exact, it was more of a low, bizarre cry, but to my ears, it sounded like a laugh. And… Popo opened its mouth. Popo’s wide-open mouth enlarged throughout its huge body, revealing a space full of eerily beautiful sharp teeth and skeletons.

 

I didn’t make any noise until the end.

The sky seemed to be getting darker and darker, and the heavy rain began to pour. The sky-high trees didn’t help much either.

 

“Lord Izek.”

 

Someone put out a cigarette of leaves. Izek shook his head as a gesture of rejection and looked at Durahan’s corpse at his feet. It was the monster he’d caught a while ago. Only the remaining monster core and the severed head rolled around at his feet.

 

they only

 

wet hair that kept blocking his view. Everyone seemed tired of the three-day search, but it was strange that none of

 

here, too.” Ivan, who almost kicked the Durahan’s head, muttered

 

had been hearing it for three

 

“You know what, Iz.”

 

back because he knew what he was going to say. Ivan shrugged at his friend’s broad, stubborn

 

had been searching the forest area for

 

didn’t make sense to search this place, where only monsters lurked, but Elendale’s efforts, including the City Guards, the Knights of

 

crazy about fighting were working together

 

hypothesis that the madman who kidnapped Rudbeckia, intentionally threw a shoe over there to lead them

 

it was

 

had indeed been dragged into this area, by now… no one had the courage to

 

“Iz.”

 

of looking back, Izek stared at

 

kept looking at it. Something as ominous as a

 

been

 

“It’s been four days.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Four days.”

 

There was silence.

 

felt miserable. It was the same for Izek, who said this. It was around dawn

 

much later that he found

 

a day after Ellenia had sent a message

 

no one knew until then that something had happened to

 

It didn’t make sense.

 

no one knew about her disappearance for nearly a day, who required servants for

 

Nevertheless, that had happened.

 

he blame? Who should he

 

hanging around all day. The coachman and the

 

when they found out she hadn’t returned home? The Duke who was in the

 

visiting Freya, and

 

Or himself?

 

wet with rainwater roughly

 

was the only

 

her fault, but it was never her fault. His foolishness, him not knowing how Rudbeckia was being treated in his house when he was absent, came backstabbing like a sword.

 

particular, the chief maid who was close to

 

out how harsh they could

 

of what happened on the day of his birthday party was revealed, because the maid was forty years old, Ellenia covered for her. He thought that was the root of

 

shouldn’t have

 

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