Will I win?
I couldnt see the ogres stats because it was too far, but for so reason I felt that way. I thought about how it would be worth trying if I received a full buff and polymorphed to Abomination.
It would be impossible for to defeat a normal ogre, but that guy who ca out of the cave was smaller than an average ogre. Being big doesnt necessarily an being strong, but in the world of monsters, its usually the norm.
I opened the dinsional door and borrowed Yoohyeons paper airplane.
-There are people there?
-Yeah. They are talking to the ogre right now, so go listen.
-What? Are you sure youre not mistaken?
-Even though Ahjussi sotis did crazy stuff, he is not a person to lie, oppa.
Thislooks like its Yeowools words.
Anyway, the two of them sent the paper airplanes through the portal at about the sa ti. And they told the contents of the conversation.
-Hmm People from the Ezekium side co to the village and ask where the ogre are hiding.
-The ogre talks very briefly, and only speaks singular words with no clear aning, such as scary, , a little strong.
It seems to have intelligence, but not very high. Or maybe its just that it doesnt know how to speak.
Anyway, to summarize the information:
-The village of those people is receiving a lot of help from the Ezekium Military Post.
-The Ezekium Military Post was very interested in the intelligent ogre and set out to find it.
-The people of the villages are hiding its location, but they dont think itll last long.
In response to their request, the ogre cried, touched by the people who thought of him kindly.
An ogre is crying Such absurdity
The reason for the ogres intelligence wasnt being brought up in the conversation, but one thing was certain. Theres soone with enough power in the Ezekium Military Post to capture an ogre alive.
Well, its only natural since Ezekium was the very empire that made the Kingdom of Ruat its de facto vassal state.
-Be careful. The Transcendence Knights are looking for you.
-Thank you. , afraid
-I think you should move now Do you have a suitable place in mind?
-Its nice to live here. Food, a lot. You guys are nice too.
-What should we do about this
-The Transcendence Knights are suspicious of us. They are asking whether we are stopping the monsters around here with the help of that ogre.
-Those guys, until they get what they want, they wont back down.
Now I know a little bit about the situation.
The Transcendence Knights dispatched from the Ezekium Military Post seed to be suspicious of the village. However, the villagers seed to have no intention of exposing the ogre.
No matter how I thought about it, its a perfect premise for a bad ending. I could picture a future where the ogre was caught and the villagers were massacred.
As there was no proper counterasure, people just asked the ogre to stay hidden in the end. The ogre nodded his head eagerly with its frightened face. It was an unbelievable sight which stayed there even after I rubbed my eyes.
After a while the people went back and the ogre went into the cave while scratching its head.
-Yoohyeon-ah, follow those guys. And Yeowool, watch over the cave.
-Then the dinsional door should remain open
-Dont worry, I wont close right now.
I planned to close it and reopen it after eting Geom-in in Ruat capital. But now that I need to use one door here, I could use the second dinsion door there, but it was difficult to give up the location where it was currently since it was close to the sea. There might be fish in the lake that I can use as a food source, but it was incomparable to the number and taste of the fishes in the sea.
In other words, with the current arrangent, the forest shelter, Korea Shelter, and the seaside shelter were connected.
After making a decision, I called Geom-in.
-Im going to be a little late because I have sothing to look into here, okay?
-From the ogre, you an?
-That guy is very timid. Hell surely tell what I want at the slightest threat.
-Uh well, take your ti.
-Anyway, I really cant believe that a cowardly ogre exists.
-Could it be that its another monster wearing an ogres mask?
Just like , people found it hard to believe too. Da-jeong even told to quickly go to the cave and open the dinsional door. She really wanted to et a talking ogre.
-If you co out, it will be a ss. So wait a bit.
-Che
I received a full buff like always and approached the ogres cave. When I looked inside the cave, I could see a ss of furniture. And the ogre who found in the dark revealed its teeth and warned .
Grrrrr.
But I ignored its warning and went inside.
Suddenly, a heavy, thick voice was heard.
Do-dont co!
This guy hes really not fit to be an ogre.
.
.
.
The ogre, Little Fist, glared at Seongho warily. For a second, he thought that the Transcendence Knights the Ruat people had been talking about had co. Turns out, the man wasnt one. After all, the mans armant was poor.
Transcendence Knights were always heavily ard with armor and weapons. On top of it, the Transcendence Knights he rembered never travels alone. In many ways, it was clear that the dark-haired man in front of him was not one of the Transcendence Knights.
You, knight, no.
Seongho was surprised by his unexpected words. He certainly wasnt a knight. The important thing was that the ogre had the eyes that knew how to judge a knight.
Even though his tone is slurred, his thoughts are fine.
Then the story speeds up.
He raised both hands and stepped back.
As you said, I am not a knight.
Cave, purpose, speak.
I ca here out of curiosity. Ive never seen a talking ogre before.
The ogre shrugged his shoulders, quickly getting smug.
I, a special, being.
You are definitely special. Were you always this special?
Magic, Human, Magic.
Humans used magic on you, you an?
The ogre shook his head vigorously. It seed like he didnt know how he got his intelligence.
Instead, he warned Seong-ho.
Here, danger, humans, seek.
But do you know why they are looking for you
I dont know, humans, strength, like.
For strength I dont think they looked for it since you are not strong.
I am strong.
A bit strong.
You, eavesdrop, offended.
Seongho was taken aback when the ogre suddenly snorted. However, if he thinks about it carefully, this cave was indeed his territory. It doesnt make sense for soone to co and just ask questions.
For housewarming, a gift is needed.
Wait a minute.
Seongho went outside and opened the dinsional warehouse. He quickly walked towards the hind leg of a cow that had been butchered in Texas. Even that big friend will be satisfied with it.
The ogre was startled when he lifted the hind legs.
That, gift?
If soone needs to ask sothing, they need to give up sothing first.
You, good, human.
The ogre was very happy to receive the hind legs. Then, he looked at it and asked if he could eat it.
If I eat, human, surprised.
You an I shouldnt be surprised if you eat it raw?
Friends, know, . You dont know.
Im confident that I wont be surprised, so just eat it.
Seongho had seen all kinds of bad things while going through the apocalypse. Not only that, he was aware that he even made those bad things happen by himself. Since that was the case, there was no reason to be surprised after seeing a talking ogre eating raw at.
The guy chewed the at and looked at his eyes.
I eat. You starving.
Did he feel sorry for eating alone?
Seongho took out beef jerky from his backpack. It was sothing he prepared to eat in situations where it was difficult to reveal ones abilities. Since he had dinsional gates and dinsional warehouses, it was rare for him to eat such ergency food.
Im okay. I can eat this.
Too small.
It seed like he wanted to share so of the at with Seongho, but Seongho politely declined.
Thank you, but its okay. By the way, talking about the people earlier Where did they co from? Rest assured, I wont harm them.
Town, nearby, lake.
Are they from the Ruat Kingdom?
Yes. They, , you, friends.
Is he using the principle of friends of a friend is also a friend?
Okay. From now on we are friends. So whats your na?
Little Fist. Good friends, give .
It seems that the na Little Fist was given to him because of his small size.
I Just when Little Fist opened his mouth, a paper airplane suddenly flew into the cave. At the sa ti, Seongho felt sothing approaching them outside. In terms of movent, one is a human and the other is an animal.
This footsteps sound Hornbill? It was clear that soone had co riding a hornbill.
The ogre wondered and Seongho put a finger to his mouth.
Shhh theres soone out there.
Friends, looking for .
I dont think your friends rode hornbills though.
Little Fists impression beca grim.
Not friend.
Then it should be soone from Ezekium. Transcendence Knight was after your friends.
It was the lies of the Transcendence knights that they were suspicious. They didnt trust the villagers from the beginning.
The suspicious movent quickly disappeared, but Seongho was able to guess. The Transcendence Knights would soon arrive.
Those Transcendence knights will co looking for you. Can you handle them?
Little Fist, weak.
I thought you said that youre a bit strong before.
Special, humans, strong.
Have you ever fought before?
Long ago.
Seongho looked into Little Fists stats by analyzing his abilities. Even though he didnt know the stats of ordinary ogres, he certainly didnt think the stats of Little Fist was on par with it. It was so low to the point that he thought Seokhyun would be able to win against Little Fist in an one-on-one battle if he polymorphed into an Abomination.
On top of it, the skills that defined an ogre, a roar and the Stone Skin skill were nowhere to be seen.
Just where did it go?
Seongho said with strength in his voice. Soon they will co. If you cant kick them out, theres only one way for you to survive. You will have to run away right now.
Here, my ho.
There are scoundrels coming to that house right now.
House, precious.
Its just a cave, isnt it? You can find it again.
This cave, my house.
It was really a weird thing. Ordinary ogres had no concept of a ho whatsoever. They had such a strong body to the point they could live anywhere undisturbed. However, Little Fist had an attachnt to this cave. Well, in the first place, it was not easy to find a cave like this.
Seongho had a lot of questions about him, but he couldnt help it if he was stubborn like this.
Then, I will go first.
Friend, see you tomorrow.
If they co, they will fight you matter what, so can we really et again?
Little Fist deliberately knocked on his chest.
I, humans, kick out.
Even if you kick them out, they wont give up easily, wont they? If the current group doesnt have enough people, theyll co back with more reinforcents.
The guys shoulders slumped, as if he had nothing to say.
Seongho looked at him for a while and said, There is only one way for you to live as peacefully as you are now. It was running away. If you dont like that, you have to raise your fist and fight.
In life soone had to take care of themselves. He might be able to get help from others, but in the end, the only thing he could trust was himself. Little Fist pushed his chest out intentionally and blew out his nose.
Humans, et. talk.
I dont think conversation will be possible though but do as you like.
Leaving those words behind, Seongho went out of the cave. Of course, he didnt leave completely. He entered the dinsional door and spoke to Yoohyeon.
The guy from earlier, is he running away?
Yes, the hornbill is really fast. I can barely follow him even now.
Explode your paper airplane near him. I will go there.
Wi-will you kill him?
No, I will capture him alive. Can you do it?
In the past, I couldnt entrust this kind of task to Yoohyeon because he couldnt control it delicately. But its different now. He could control the paper plane expertly and control the intensity of the explosion as well.
I can.
Seongho patted him on the shoulder with a happy face. These days, whenever he asked the shelter mbers to do sothing, the answer he got was always they can do it right away. It was evidence of their growth.
Do it now, please.
Okay.
At that ti, two intruders quietly appeared. Amongst the two, Seokhyuns face told him that he wanted to leave right away.
Im sorry, but Ill take care of this. Do you know the details?
I even heard that the Transcendence Knights or sothing is coming to catch the ogre.
I think of stopping him first before contacting you.
And? Do you want to dig up any information?
Since hes from the Ezekium side, he must know a lot.
He wouldnt say it easily.
The scarab sitting on Da-jeongs head handed Seongho a note at that mont.
They are called Transcendence Knights because they truly have transcended humans? They are not only strong but also use various items They will surely be a hard opponent.
They even use an ether blade. What it is Isnt it a lightsaber? It even cuts rocks.
Arent they a complete monster?
Seongho stuck his tongue out at the specs of the Transcendence Knights. Of course, not all Transcendence Knights would have ether blades, only so.
Seokhyun clenched his fists.
I want to fight him.
We havent even stopped him, yet you want to fight already?
If hes stopped already, wont he be unable to fight anymore?
Ah, yeah
Anyway, Seongho asked the scarab.
You guys are still interpreting the journal that Geom-in found in the palace, right?
Nod.
Even now, he was living alone in the palace. I dont know whether hes struggling or sipping honey leisurely, but the point still stands.
Continue the interpretation, especially learn a little about the Ezekium Empire and the Transcendence Knights. There must be a reason they want to find the talking ogre.
After requesting that, Yoohyeon hurriedly opened her mouth.
Hyung, I succeed! The guy passed out!
Judging from the fact that the man fainted from a re explosion, it seed that he was not a Transcendence Knight, but just a scout.
What about the hornbill?
They fell down together, but the hornbill got up right away!
Okay.
Seongho hurriedly drove out of the motorcycle. Soon after, he could see a collapsed man on the floor and an adult hornbill. It poked its master with its beak, before seeing Seongho and welcod him with its little wings.
It seems like these guys like all humans.
Seongho imdiately ran to the man and tied him up with a rope. Then he put him on the seat of his motorcycle, driving back, and set him down near the cave.
Now, the hornbill displayed even more affection to Seongho by rubbing its beak at him.
If anyone sees it, they will think that I am your owner.
Seongho opened the dinsional door and let the guy in. Then he went back to where the man was located and covered the mans eyes with a piece of cloth he got from the shelter before waking him up.
Hey, wake up.
Uh what, what is it? Ugh!
Im the one who will do the asking. All you need to do is give the answer. Got it?
Huh To think the Ruat guys who said they didnt know anything had friends With this, their deaths have been decided.
Im sorry, but I have nothing to do with those Ruat or sothing people.
Then there is no reason for you to do this, isnt there? I am a scout of the Transcendence Knights, the sword of Great Ezekium. And I know you arent soone from the empire either.
Didnt I tell you I have nothing to do with them?
There can be no such guy!
He suddenly started to get angry. Judging from the shaless attitude, it seed that this was common sense on this continent.
Seongho lowered his voice.
Stop talking nonsense and answer my questions. Why did you co to see the ogre?
Answer .
Seongho asked several tis, but he kept his silent.
Seongho put his fist on his cheek.
Im not a very nice guy, so Im willing to use violence. Give the answer I want unless you want to be thrown into a monster nest with broken limbs.
Huh Ive heard countless low-quality threats like that. You cant be a scout if you dont have a warriors heart.
Why did a re scout talk about a warriors heart?
Are you insulting ?
He trembled with rage.
Seongho scratched his head and called Seokhyun. Then he undid the mans blindfold.
What what are you?
The man was greatly taken aback by the appearance of a monster wearing only sothing similar to underwear.
I am Rabbit Pwincess.
Wh-where are you looking at?
Um I just need to get information from this guy, right?
Nod.
Then, their eyes t.
No matter what kind of torture you guys do
As Seokhyun silently lowered his pants, the man suddenly began to break out in a cold sweat.
What, what do you want to know?
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