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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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Krrr!
A group of three orcs wandering through the forest walked along the road, their eyes filled with fear and wariness.
They were holding fairly sharp blades, though I don’t know where they got them from.
They were perfectly prepared to stab anything that appeared with the blades.
But a death sentence was passed on them without a shred of mercy.
“Fall, Second Frost Spear.”
Along with a chilling voice from somewhere, a frost spear is created above their heads with a cracking sound.
The orcs scream grotesquely and try to move their bodies to escape, but the frost spears fall much faster.
Nearly twenty frost spears rain down from the sky like raindrops.
If it was raindrops, it would just be a tap, but the frost spears pierce through their bodies mercilessly with a thud.
Starting with the crudely made leather armor, even the thick and hard muscles are easily pierced.
Thus, the three orcs were all pierced through their bodies like skewers and died miserably.
“There are so many of them, it’s sickening.”
“But why are you catching orcs? Seeing you find even those passing by and kill them one by one, did you have some grudge against orcs?”
“There’s no way.”
“Then why? They’re pitiful…”
“Ha, orcs are pitiful? Ah, well- that might be so, but…I can’t care about every single thing like that.”
It was Seryu and Kvasir who were exchanging trivial conversations.
After helping Rikchak Castle, they came near the western forest through teleportation.
After that, they started hunting the orcs that appeared while wandering around the western forest, and eventually started to go deeper into the forest.
However, even after four days of entering the forest, they couldn’t find the mysterious spear unit.
There were no traces. They had no choice but to go deeper.
It’s called the orc territory, but the word “territory” is meaningless, as there are few of them.
What I felt while hunting orcs with one magic attack was that the difference between having and not having ‘Jinmara’s Fragment’ was significant.
Thanks to that, there’s no fun in hunting. The repetitive act reminded me of grinding.
It wasn’t bad considering that the experience points were decent, but it was still boring.
And while leveling up, I learned a useful skill.
[Detection (Passive)]
It’s a skill that I was able to obtain by wandering around in the forest for several days, and it’s an ability to detect living creatures approaching within a certain radius.
Furthermore, if I develop it a little more, it seems like I’ll be able to quickly grasp and respond to even flying arrows or attacks from blind spots.
When I was playing Greek and Roman mythology, I had a special skill called Blessing of Darkness, so I had a way to prepare for sudden surprise attacks, but it’s not like that in Norse mythology.
In the meantime, I have no choice but to feel relieved that I got Detection.
“It’s boring.”
“You’re right. Time doesn’t pass, and the scenery around is boring. There’s nothing special – if only something fun would happen.”
“For example?”
“Meeting that mysterious spear unit?”
That’s right, I wish that would happen. Seryu agreed with her words.
But at that time, something caught Seryu’s Detection.
A living creature is coming this way not far away.
Orc? Thinking so, he walked leisurely in that direction.
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
Seryu and Kvasir simultaneously let out puzzled voices.
It’s because the one approaching from afar was a single woman.
She has silver hair and is wearing a tiara-like headband, a black see-through top, and an overcoat.
She wasn’t wearing anything except underwear and knee socks on her lower body, so her thighs were exposed, and a strange sexiness flowed every time she took a step.
Before I thought she was pretty, I wondered why such a beautiful woman was in the forest? Why is she wandering around here in such clothes?
Moreover, she doesn’t even have a weapon in her hand.
“She, no, doesn’t she look like a queen?”
“…I’m curious. Do humans live in the western forest?”
“No.”
“It’s not like an orc is wearing a crown, is it?”
“How could such a beautiful person be an orc?”
“Right?”
Usually, in novels, dragons polymorph and wander around like this. It can’t be. Even if they polymorph, they won’t wander around the forest wearing a jewel-decorated tiara in the forest.
And she also looked this way.
“…”
“…”
Our eyes met. Her blue eyes sparkled like jewels.
Brilliant silver particles begin to gather in her empty hands.
The gathered particles stretched out and transformed into a sharp cone-shaped spear.
The spear was not only sharp but also huge, and she lifted it very lightly, even though it looked quite heavy.
“…”
She raised the spear and took a throwing posture, then pulled the spear with a short, strong shout.
Her silver bobbed hair swayed, and her blue eyes had a look as if she was looking at prey.
A beast, that’s the gaze that comes to mind.
…Huh?
‘Beast?’
And in the blink of an eye, the pulled silver spear was thrown.
The silver spear split the air and flew straight towards Seryu with a speed that was hard to believe it came from such a slender body.
I thought it was nothing and held out my hand to create a protective shield.
Just in case, I layered three membranes, and a hard green wall was instantly formed.
Kwaang!
“!?”
“Seryu! It’s dangerous-!”
Contrary to my expectations of blocking it easily, the three layers of the protective shield couldn’t withstand the strong physical force and shattered.
It literally couldn’t withstand it. I guess it’s a destructive power that exceeds the output of the protective shield.
But Seryu didn’t retreat or dodge.
The golden shield, Aegis, appeared in the air.
The silver spear hit the exact center of Aegis, and with a loud explosion, the silver spear was deflected.
“Oh!”
The woman wearing the tiara from afar made a small sound of admiration and looked surprised.
She laughed and spread her palms, and the deflected spear disappeared into particles and gathered in her hand again.
The newly created spear was more vicious and huge than before.
As if made to kill a large monster, the spearhead was not cone-shaped, but heavy like a blunt weapon.
“What the hell, this. Why is the game difficulty like this?”
Kvasir next to me asked again, as if she didn’t understand for a moment, but I didn’t answer.
I pushed Kvasir back and activated magic before she could attack.
“Spread.”
Crack!
A bitter cold wave swept through, and the surroundings began to freeze.
The unidentified woman flinched at the sight of the ground freezing.
“Surround, bury. Third Ice Pillar.”
And ice pillars rose around her, trying to trap her.
However, before the ice rose, she swung her spear and broke the ice, then flew into the air and spun the spear once.
A heavy whooshing sound echoed, and she took a stance while airborne and threw the spear.
“Blow, freeze. Cut. Fourth Whirling Blade Wind.”
The wind blowing from behind turned into blades and intercepted the flying spear.
However, the spear seemed to have some mysterious power, and the wind blades made of chill were offset.
But that was enough. The spear’s trajectory was deflected and it crashed behind me.
The ground was dented and dust rose, perhaps because it was as heavy as it looked.
Seryu saw her landing on the ground from afar and running, and immediately created ice pillars in front of him.
“Kvasir.”
“Yes? Should I help too?”
“No, stay put.”
Kvasir’s brows furrowed slightly, but then she stepped back, saying she understood.
She had already seen Seryu’s skills at Kajark Castle, so she could trust him like this.
“Haha! Not bad! Magician!”
At the same time as a refreshing voice was heard, the ice pillars collapsed.
The woman holding the silver spear appeared amidst the flying ice dust.
I created ice spears and shot them at her, but she seemed to have a great talent for spearmanship, and the ice spears broke off just by lightly swinging.
I threw ice spears at her, dropped ice swords, made ice spikes rise from the ground, and made various attacks, but she didn’t give in easily.
In the bitter chill, she wielded her spear like a noble flower and survived everything. Without any injuries!
She took a step forward and finally approached Seryu, raising her spear high.
“Victory is mine!”
Seryu smiled at her who burst into laughter of joy, opened subspace, put away the grimoire, and took out a sword.
The magic sword, Barisada – the purple blade was drawn out in the air.
“Victory? I wish that were the case.”
Seryu smiled brightly and swung Barisada in his hand widely.
She seemed surprised at the sight of him wielding a sword, but then she scoffed.
Yes, how well can a magician who uses magic wield a sword? Let’s see you swing it.
It was such a sneer.
Clang!
“Keuk!?”
The moment the sword and spear collided, I felt the power was equal.
When I pushed the spear with all my might, her body floated up and flew backwards.
She landed lightly and smiled faintly.
“Oh….this is. This is truly unexpected. I shall test you further.”
What nonsense, just as I was about to say that, she once again took a throwing stance and created the heavy spear.
“Do you think I’ll just let you throw it again?”
Buzz!
Barisada, which absorbed Seryu’s mana, let out its name, and then an unusual purple aura surged.
Another transparent blade appeared on top of the blade, and Seryu moved his steps and swung it lightly.
And the moment it was swung, the sharp part of Barisada’s blade disappeared.
“!”
The disappeared blade appeared in front of the spear she was holding.
With a clanging sound, sparks flew.
Because she was lightly holding it to throw it, the spear slipped, and she staggered.
It looked like nothing much, but the spear that was created to be thrown this time had tremendous weight.
“Tsk!”
Clicking her tongue, she tried to throw the spear again, but each time, Seryu interrupted.
Since she couldn’t throw the spear freely, she had no choice but to hold the heavy spear and run towards Seryu.
I swung Barisada at her who charged with the spear in front.
Barisada, which has the characteristic of making the distance between spaces zero, hit the side of her spear endlessly like a ranged weapon.
Once, twice, three times.
Sparks flew as the metals collided, and her silver spear gradually crumpled with the continuous attacks.
It’s damn sturdy, it’s crumpling, but it’s so huge and unexpectedly tough that Barisada’s blade doesn’t penetrate well.
Feeling like I was charging with a shield, I swung Barisada downwards towards her ankle when she didn’t stop her charging speed.
Clang-!
“Huh?”
Surprisingly, she lowered the spear and blocked Barisada’s attack.
Did she predict the location where the blade would appear by looking at the trajectory of the sword swing?
Not only is she strong, but she’s also quick-witted.
I glared at her and raised Barisada.
A blue sword aura covered Barisada’s blade once again, and she, who had come close, took the initiative.
I lowered my upper body to avoid the silver spear that was swung with a whoosh.
My back shivered at the spear, close to a blunt weapon, that passed over my head.
She used the recoil of swinging the spear to rotate her body and continued the next attack.
The sound of the huge, blunt weapon-like spear cutting through the wind is incredibly threatening.
Even so, Seryu didn’t even blink and confronted her with only one sword.
I avoided the heavy attack and used Barisada’s special technique to inflict wounds little by little.
Unless I completely escaped the sword path or defended, I couldn’t avoid Barisada.
Her breathing became increasingly rough, and gold dust flowed from the large and small wounds.
Seryu dodged the spear that was striking down from above, then stepped on the neck of the spear and stuck it into the ground.
And he aimed Barisada at her heart.
“Keuk! How dare you!”
She flinched and stopped moving as if she was frustrated.
Seryu took out the grimoire again and activated magic.
Black stems rose from the shadows on the ground and stuck to her open ankles and wrists like ropes and pulled tightly.
She naturally dropped the spear, her hands were tied behind her back, and she lost her balance and fell to the ground.
“Eek!”
She seemed frustrated, moving her arms and trying to break the ropes with force, but they didn’t break easily.
The force tightening her, even though it seemed like it would stretch and tear, made her let out a hollow laugh and lower her head.
Seryu squatted down and looked at her.
Her blue eyes haven’t lost their light even though she’s restrained.
It was a face that seemed like she would run away as soon as she saw a chance.
Besides, she was dignified, with her chest puffed out, so there was an air of not being able to be treated carelessly.
‘She’s a desirable woman.’
She was a woman I wanted to have. Since I hadn’t relieved my desires for a while, I briefly thought of raping her, but I held back because of Kvasir behind me.
Seryu opened his mouth while meeting her eyes.
“Now, let me ask the loser. Who are you?”
“You’re a more rude man than I thought. I am Brynhildr, Queen of Eisenstein!”
“What?”
Brynhildr, who introduced herself, frowned as if she didn’t like something.
“Don’t escape reality. I repeat, I am Brynhildr, Queen of Eisenstein, the land of the sea.”
[You have met Brynhildr, Queen of Eisenstein, the land of the sea!]
[Eisenstein is a land located west of Xanten, and can be considered a powerful maritime nation.]
[Although they do not have military power like knights, Eisenstein has powerful javelin throwers.]
[And Brynhildr, the Queen and supreme commander of the powerful javelin throwers, has the ability to create spears with her bare hands.]
[Treat her generously, you will benefit greatly in the future.]
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