chapter 141
Episode 142 Into the Storm
Rumble!
Kwakwang!
It was dark in the storm.
A strong wind blew in all directions, and thick bolts of lightning struck everywhere.
Giant lizards suffered from lightning strikes, or some turned around and ran away.
Crowalala!
Through the sound of wind and lightning came the sound of a lizard howling in pain.
Unlike the others, he wasn’t terrified. Instead, he endured all the pain and glared at me.
Kang was a great guy.
“I like it.”
Because I was protected by the elements, I was able to approach him unharmed.
In the storm, the others didn’t even dare to attack me.
“Would you like to sign a contract with me?”
At first, I was just trying to avoid Ajin because he was there, but the moment I decided to deal with him, it came to my mind.
While crossing the sand desert not too long ago, I lost quite a few monsters contracted with the summoning skill.
I thought it would be nice if these guys could fill that void.
Krrr.
At my question, the lizard showed its teeth and cried low.
is it refusal?
I gave strength to the hand holding the sword.
But soon the answer was known by the system.
[Contract Success!]
As expected, monsters easily succumbed in front of overwhelming power.
“Do you guys want to go too?”
The ones who ran away couldn’t help it, but all the ones who remained obeyed my contract obediently.
That’s how I got five giant lizards in the storm.
*
Ajin didn’t know how to close his gaping mouth.
It was just a mission that would end when a wizard from the west was brought to Capitel at the request of the captain.
By the way, by the way!
‘Why am I riding on the back of a giant lizard!’
It didn’t take long for Yoo Seo-joon to go in and out of the storm.
It’s surprising, too, that he took care of so many giant lizards, tamed one lizard, and rode out on his back.
“How did you tame it?”
To Ah-jin, who was surprised, Yoo Seo-joon just laughed and said,
“It is a trade secret.”
Thanks to this, they were able to move safely without being threatened by other monsters while passing through the rocky desert.
Quite aek!
The two Anemos, who had been forcibly climbed onto the back of the lizard by their owners, were just trembling, not knowing what to do.
*
It wasn’t until the grass began to appear that Ajin, who had been stunned by the lizard incident, regained consciousness.
“Soon we will enter the grasslands. This guy saved a lot of time.”
Ah Jin stared at the lizard’s back with a face still in disbelief.
Then he looked at me with a serious face.
“why? Is there any problem?”
“No, you’re not going to ride this guy into the grasslands, are you? From there, there are now nomads.”
Oh, are you worried that other people will be surprised?
There was something comfortable when riding on him, because even if the system sent monsters, they would get scared and wouldn’t approach.
So I wondered if I would just ride it all the time, but I don’t think there’s any need to surprise people.
If a huge guy like this suddenly appears, you can attack first and foremost.
“Then, let’s get down.”
Upon hearing my words, Ajin let out a big sigh as if he had lived, and let the frightened Anemos get off the back of the lizard.
“Thank you, first go to your seat and wait. I’ll call you back when needed.”
I approached the lizard’s face and stroked it.
The guy growled in a low voice, then turned and headed back the way he had come.
The reason why I didn’t use summon cancellation was because I didn’t want to surprise Ah Jin.
The advantage of my summoning skill was that I could summon and return the contracted entity wherever it was.
However, the downside was that the contracted existence could not last forever.
It was not a spirit or spiritual body, but a real life form, so if you died while living in your position, that was the end.
There seemed to be no penalty for losing a summons.
There were a few dead guys, but there was only a message saying they were dead and there was no other story.
Fortunately, the monsters got stronger from the time they signed a contract with me, probably due to the effects of my skills.
They even grew faster when I instructed them to practice in their own places.
“Shall we go?”
“yes.”
The Anemos, who had been frightened in the meantime, were calmed down by Ajin.
We rode the Anemos again and entered the grasslands.
*
Nothing much happened in the meadow.
There was also no message saying that it was not recognized as a field, or that it was eradicating viruses.
“It is quiet.”
“It has to be. I can’t help it in the desert zone, but from the grassland zone, the best warriors of the tribal union are constantly subjugating monsters.”
“It is for the safety of the nomads.”
As if my guess was correct, Ajin replied with a happy expression.
“Yes, that’s why all who become Allied soldiers like me want to join the ‘Black Wind’ unit. Rather than guarding frontier borders, I would rather protect them directly by their families.”
“How do I get into that unit? I think Ajin’s skills are good too?”
The mana energy felt from Ahjin was not just the energy felt from a soldier.
“no. Compared to them, I am less than a grain of sand. Perhaps they are as powerful as you.”
“As much as me?”
Ah Jin knew me as a great wizard.
You’ve seen me move the skies and call storms.
Even so, if they were similar enough to me, it could be considered that each of them was a warrior of one per hundred.
“Are these great people?”
“Rumor has it that when they swing their swords, they split mountains, and when they pierce their spears, they make holes in rocks and even run on the ground.”
fold the ground and run
That expression has been around for a really long time.
Are you using the axis method?
“I guess you haven’t even seen Ah Jin in person, right?”
“Yes, because I was always on the periphery. I only saw them once at the enlistment ceremony.”
Then, Ajin told me what happened at that time.
“It was soldiers in black armor who came in proudly on military anemos. Even the Anemos were well trained and showed off their dignity.”
For a moment, it was a description that made the Anemos we were riding feel shabby.
“Aren’t they also military trained?”
“He was twice as big as these guys.”
It was twice as large as the Anemos we rode, and larger than a normal warhorse.
That seemed dignified enough.
“And the energy I could feel from each of them was incredible.”
Ajin trembled for a moment.
Thinking back on that time, I felt like I had goosebumps all over again.
“Ha, just thinking about it makes me shudder.”
I admired him so much, I wanted to meet him once.
“I feel that Ah-Jin is also capable enough to stand side by side with them. Have confidence.”
I hadn’t seen Ajin fight yet, but the mana I felt from him definitely told me that he was a skilled swordsman.
Wow!
It was then.
A woman’s scream was heard in the vast meadow.
I turned my head to where the sound came from, but I couldn’t see it.
It seemed to be out of sight beyond the horizon.
“I’m not shy, but can I go with you?”
It was also understood that Ajin was doing this.
His mission is to get me to Capitel anyway.
And I’m a stranger
An investigator from the Western Empire who came to investigate, suspicious of the East as well.
However, I had a request from Penzaric.
“sure. Of course I have to go.”
It was a request to make sure that the Empire and the East do not go wrong.
We rode Anemos and ran towards the sound.
visor! visor!
As I got closer, I heard the sound of weapons colliding.
And soon the reality of the sound began to be seen.
“Leave other baggage and get on the wagon!”
Six middle-aged men were fighting the monsters, each holding a weapon.
The monsters they were dealing with were Lizardmen.
There were a total of 20 of them.
Behind them, nomads climbed into wagons and prepared to flee.
“dad! welcome! let’s go together!”
The children shouted, but the fathers shouted with hard faces.
“Come on!”
visor!
However, it was difficult for six people to stop twenty Lizardmen.
There were guys approaching the wagons avoiding the middle-aged men.
“We will help! Back off!”
Ahjin shouted first and stopped the Lizardmen approaching the wagon.
“Oh oh! Are you allies!”
“Yes, I am Ajin from the Border Guard! Wagons, let’s go!”
Azin is accustomed to giving instructions to people.
He seemed to have quite a bit of experience.
I stretched out my hand toward the Lizardmen on top of Anemos.
‘Edaforce, tie them up.’
[All right.]
Edaforce, the element of the earth, began to bind the Lizardmen by growing the surrounding grass.
Big?
Kiek!
The Lizardmen were surprised by the grass that was suddenly restrained and tried to escape.
However, the more they struggled, the more the grass tightened the Lizardmen.
Cra la la la!
Before I knew it, 20 Lizardmen were tied up.
“What is this?”
The middle-aged men who were dealing with them all looked at me.
“Are you also a member of the Allied Forces?”
“I am just a guest.”
When I smiled and told those who asked me, Ajin stepped out.
“This is the wizard who came to see Capitel. Hurry up and leave this place. We’ll sort out the rest.”
“no. We will help too.”
A man who seemed to be the representative of this group stepped forward and said.
The people in the wagon about to leave began to come out one by one, perhaps feeling safe.
[Starts eradicating the virus.]
The message came to me when I put my sword into the chest of one of the Lizardmen.
I felt a sense of incongruity at the moment, so I shouted at the people again.
“Don’t come out, everyone go in!”
just as expected.
More Lizardmen were coming out of the forest that seemed to be where the Lizardmen came from.
There seemed to be fifty of them.
“Hee!”
Surprising sounds were heard everywhere.
“I’ve heard that there’s never been anything like this during an attack by monsters… … .”
Ajin also had a confused face.
“Ajin, hurry up and evacuate the people.”
“Are you going to handle it alone again? This is different from when I was a lizard!”
“I know it too.”
I had no intention of dealing with him alone.
Because there are summoners.
I spoke to Ajin again.
“First, evacuate the people. Because you might get caught up in it.”
“You’re trying to use range magic! All right.”
Ajin misunderstood that and started to encourage people.
“Everyone, avoid! The wizard will use range magic.”
Seeing that Ajin started to run away with the people, I stretched out my hand toward the meadow.
“All troops! rush! Protect the nomads!”
As soon as he was about to use his summoning skill, the ground started to vibrate with a loud shout.
When I turned to where the sound came from, there were soldiers riding Anemos running through the meadow.
They all wore black armor and carried spears.
“It’s a black wind bag!”
someone in the back shouted.
It was the unit Ajin had told me about.
As the story goes, the Anemos they rode were large.
The Anemos were also clad in black armor.
Quite good! Quack!
Hundreds of Anemos roared loudly and bravely charged towards the Lizardmen.
As they ran, the soldiers, changing formation in a line, held out their spears.
Then, like its name, it became a black wind and instantly penetrated the Lizardmen group.
Crowra!
The screams of Lizardmen who were pierced by spears, hit by Anemos, and trampled on covered the meadow.
Suddenly, the black wind became a black storm and began to deal with the Lizardmen.
The mana felt from each one of them was amazing, but it was spectacular to see a hundred soldiers move in perfect order while matching the sum.
Eventually, all the Lizardmen were dealt with.
And one of them, who seemed to be the captain, approached us.
“Are you okay?”
He took off his black helmet and was a brown-haired man with a square jaw and strong eyes.
And I soon knew he was someone I had seen somewhere.
“Aren’t you, by any chance, Camille Hassen?”
I asked, remembering the name of the person in my memory.
Hassen Camille was the name of one of the hundred or so newly acquired card figures.
And the person on the card resembles this man.
The man with a surprised face at my question stared at me intently and aimed the spear he was holding.
“who are you. How do you know my name?!”
As he shouted, he felt the momentum of the black storm from earlier.
He felt the mana around him vibrate.
It was like entering an invisible mana storm.