Someone's Grave
The strange things I mentioned earlier-
Were human corpses.
“That looks dangerous.”
It was a cliff that anyone could tell would lead to certain death if they took a wrong step.
I heard Banshees lived around here…
‘This is messy.’
I couldn't even begin to imagine how nightmarish it would be.
Considering the Banshee's nature, there must be many people below.
People who bravely went to defeat the Banshee, only to be defeated themselves, caught between life and death.
But I couldn't just not go in.
So, I started to make my way down, pushing aside the corpses around me.
Grooooowl-
Bizarre sounds echoed around me.
I wasn't particularly fond of this kind of thing.
It would be better if they were still human, but Banshees were difficult to catch.
You had to concentrate your mana to attack, but their movement speed was so fast that it was hard to hit them.
The people who arrogantly descended into the Cliffs of Illusion probably died without considering that.
It was foolish, but that was the charm of the medieval era.
Everyone was so naive and pure.
Thud. Thud.
If I found anything suspicious along the way, I would nudge it with my foot.
Just in case it reacted.
“The Banshee is…”
Where could the Banshee be?
I had only heard that it was in the Cliffs of Illusion, but I had never heard exactly where.
Was this the only way, to keep walking like this?
As I was thinking that.
Screeeech-!!!!!
An ear-splitting shriek pierced my ears.
“Whoa!”
No matter how oblivious I was to my surroundings, I couldn't help but be startled when a sound of such decibels suddenly blasted my ears.
After the sound echoed for a moment.
Thump. Thump.
I heard the sound of someone walking towards me from behind.
I turned around-
“Grrr…”
A person, barely recognizable as human, with a sword in one hand, was walking towards me.
A sight that would terrify anyone who had never seen such a thing.
But I wasn't particularly scared.
It wasn't trying to surprise me; it was approaching me openly, so there was no reason to be afraid.
Thinking that, I cast a spell.
[Slash]
I used Slash to cut down the thing that was approaching me.
Swoosh-!
The sword-wielding person was split in half.
But even though it was split in half, it got up again.
Then, its upper and lower body moved separately as it approached me.
This was a bit unnerving.
Usually, they couldn't move well after being split in half like that.
But I didn't panic for long.
[Holy Shroud]
I used the magic I had learned at the academy.
Then, a fog spread out around me.
The fog was imbued with holy mana.
Of course, it was weaker than what priests used.
But-
“Grrrr…”
It was very effective in dealing with corpses that moved in such an abnormal way.
‘..By the way, the names of these spells are all weird.’
The naming scheme seemed familiar.
It felt like someone who had played a lot of games had come up with these names.
Thinking that, I slowly moved forward.
The fog was so thick that I couldn't see an inch ahead.
Even if I used [Detection] magic to check my surroundings, the mana was so distorted that it was almost impossible to see anything.
I had to rely on my own eyes to figure out what was going on around me.
How long had I been walking like this?
“Huh?”
There was a flower I had never seen before.
It looked similar to the Illusion Flower I had seen before.
It was probably a flower that only grew on this cliff.
So I carefully plucked the flower-
Swoosh-
With a strange sound, the flower was sucked into my pocket.
What was that?
I opened my pocket to see what was inside-
“Ah.”
Inside was the crystal I had picked up earlier.
I had found it before and forgotten about it for a while, but it suddenly ate the flower.
It was a little disconcerting.
“...It won't even go into subspace.”
It didn’t go into subspace either.
It probably recognized the crystal as an independent life form.
I stared intently at the crystal.
I wondered what was inside.
Curious, I started walking again.
Swoosh-!
I took care of the corpses that appeared from time to time, but I still hadn't found the Banshee.
There were a lot of strange things.
[Author: HeroOfOurTime]
[Title: Paladin Humiliation Hentai) Deleted in 1 Second]
[Content: (Picture)]
L: Oh, fuck.
L: Ah.
L: This is so fucked up.
L: What the hell, I thought this was supposed to be Paladin humiliation hentai!
ㄴ HeroOfOurTime: A male Paladin is still a Paladin though
ㄴ: No, but fuck!
L: This is illegal! This is illegal! This is illegal! This is illegal! This is illegal! This is illegal! This is illegal! This is illegal! This is illegal! This is illegal!
ㄴ: If you write it in the comments, how are other people supposed to know, idiot? lol
ㄴ: Seriously, what a legend…
L: I mean, you're telling me you stared at a hard-to-find drawing of a male Paladin being humiliated?
ㄴ: How would Namgoong-hyung know if it's hard to find?
ㄴ: Dude…
"Ah."
I clicked on it without a second thought because it was from a famous user who often uploaded NSFW content, but I was met with gay porn as soon as I opened it.
I went to the forum to relieve some stress, but I was immediately met with terrorism.
But I won't give in.
This wasn't the first or second time I've been subjected to such terrorism.
And if I keep trying hard like this, I might be able to find some good pictures.
With that thought in mind, I started scrolling down the forum.
The forum users started chatting about useless things, as if there was no particular topic of interest today.
I clicked on a post written by a familiar username.
[Author: Cthulhu]
[Title: Don't eat corpses..]
[Content: I ate a corpse last time and got food poisoning and suffered for a long time.. I just got better.. Seriously, don't eat corpses lol]
L: What kind of person eats corpses?
ㄴCthulhu: You might end up eating one if you get caught up in the mood.
ㄴ: Dude…
L: But can't you just go to a nearby church and ask for healing?
ㄴCthulhu: I have to save money.
ㄴ: No, but it would be more profitable to get better quickly and do other things lol
ㄴ: This is real martial arts lol
ㄴ: Is this for real? lol
L: I've met this guy in real life and he's literally 100 strength and 0 intelligence.
ㄴ: He's like Lü Bu.
ㄴ: If he's Lü Bu, does that mean he has multiple dads?
ㄴCthulhu: ?
ㄴ: Oops lol
"What the..."
I thought he would have a hard time after seeing him eat the corpse last time, but it was a little absurd.
It would be more profitable to get treated quickly and earn money by doing other things.
Well... I can't help it if that's what he thinks.
It's his life after all.
With that thought, I checked the posts one after another, and-
"...I really want to kill them all."
I was getting a little angry.
I clicked on the two posts below Cthulhu's, and one was a picture of a hairy animal copulating with a man, and the other was a picture of someone's toilet.
If it was just a simple disgusting picture, I wouldn't be so annoyed.
There was something important.
'...You're telling me you're broadcasting this live on the forum?'
Why was he watching a hairy animal copulating with a man?
Given the nature of the forum, it was impossible to get pictures from elsewhere, so he must have seen it himself.
The water was dirtier than usual today.
It was always dirty, but today it really smelled like a sewer.
"Ugh."
As if I had any right to be browsing the forum.
I regretted it.
So I closed the forum and focused more on exploring the surroundings.
If I saw something strange, I would search all around it.
How long had it been since I started searching?
"...Why aren't they coming out?"
The Banshees weren't coming out.
So I thought long and hard about why the Banshees weren't coming out.
For what reason weren't the Banshees coming out?
Banshees are basically monsters with a bit of intelligence.
Considering that...
"Are they scared?"
You could say they were scared.
Just as animals instinctively avoid strong opponents, monsters also have that instinct.
It couldn't be helped.
I felt a little better.
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There seems to be missing content.
ReplyDeleteI didn't find any discrepancies. Can anyone point out the issue.
DeleteThe next chapter says the banshee appeared after he broke a tomb, but this chapter doesn't say that he broke a tomb.
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