Fantasy Starting from the Stone Age - Chapter 50



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Episode 50. The Reason I Live 5 (+2 Volume Review)

Follow someone.

In other words, there are followers.

This is scary. It’s not liking or loving, it’s following. It’s a state where you like yourself for following someone rather than liking someone.

People in this state often do some truly absurd things in the name of ‘for you’.

And in a sense, all Datons were followers of Mineelan, and all Mineelan were followers of All Chaun.

Those who oppose such people, and even more so those who deny or insult them, are called this among the Datons.

Answer.

A traitor. It means a person who is not even a Daturn.

Just as Datang originally meant family, and later came to mean the most superior and wonderful nation in the world, the declaration of separation and severance of ties to not be a family is the worst insult in the world.

In this world, just bringing up this word once is like showing someone you are openly using vulgar language or cursing your parents.

Well then, you know what Echakado will hear.

First, when Echacado got down from his chariot and returned, the reaction of his disciples, or in other words, his followers, was one of disbelief.

“Master, isn’t that what you said?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Oh my god. You really brought a leopard. Isn’t that right?”

“What? Is that something that shouldn’t be done like that?”

“Huh!”

When he packed up his gear and went out, his followers were at a loss. Instead, the common people said this:

“Hey, get out! Get out!”

“Take that monster and get out!”

“Don’t even think about coming into the village again!”

Echacado’s reaction was simple: he laughed at them.

“I didn’t even think about it. It was an edict from my side.”

And the report went up to Ol Chaun of Mainirun, saying that there was such a vile person.

What was Ol Chaun’s reaction when he heard that?

“Huh······? Well, that could be the case, but why is that?”

“Yes? But he denied coming!”

“No, it’s not like you denied my existence, you just denied my words and actions. That could be possible. Am I some kind of perfect superhuman?”

Wasn’t it? It was really frustrating for the descendants to see him with the same expression, but he continued to speak.

“What did I tell you? Leopards are dangerous creatures, but they are kept alive not because they are evil, but because that is the only way to feed their children.”

“Yes.”

“But it was wrong to try to kill the leopard as soon as you saw it, and Echacado, who saved the cub, did something commendable.”

“Oh, that’s right. Then what should we do?”

Other Minnie Runners are also expressing their concerns about the current situation.

“I didn’t know the atmosphere was this bad. Please spread the word throughout Datang to stop killing leopards.”

“I don’t really know how our rules are being passed down in real life, so I guess I’ll just have to collect whatever I can find.”

“Shouldn’t we stop people from calling him a traitor before he dies?”

“That too, I should ask you to take up the position of dragon hunter again.”

All Chaun listens quietly and then says something.

“What the hell. Come to think of it, there was this bitch. Tell Gulmung quickly. I won’t let you kill her.”

“ah.”

“That is the most important thing.”

The moon was shining brightly. Fortunately, the glowing Osozoin Gulmung was able to convey Mainnirun’s intentions to her before Echakado could be killed. Well, then, I had no choice but to step aside.

When discipline eventually clashes, people end up with contradictory attitudes. All Chaun is great. His words and actions are also great. Those who deny those words are a failure. However, All Chaun respects those who deny his words and actions.

In the end, Daton decides to just treat them with contempt. He doesn’t want to ostracize them outright, but he also doesn’t want to treat them with contempt outright. If he were to harass them in a dark way, that would be against the rules.

So, they just look at it strangely and drive it out.

They were banned from entering the village. They were banned from interacting with anyone or sharing love. Those who wanted to become disciples were also banned.

“Okay. I did what I had to do. Right?”

“meow.”

“I just came back for the very first time. The first time without being acknowledged by anyone.”

Echacado showers this little creature with the affection he would give to others.

No one in the world has ever tamed a leopard.

It’s not that they are creatures that cannot be tamed, but that there is no reason to do so. Wild animals are ferocious. No matter how well you raise them, they can still show aggression. There are people who actually tamed tigers and lions and became friends, but that’s why they haven’t become popular as pets.

However, Echacado raises the young leopard as if it were his own child. He disciplines it when it bites him, feeds it meat that he chews, and hunts with it.

Every time he walks around with a large leopard, Echacado is met with even more contempt. People ask him why he brought such a vicious creature to the village. Echacado doesn’t care at all and trades his kills between neighboring villages.

In the end, the greatest dragon hunter was Echacado. Those who were trained by him also acknowledged Echacado, even though they did not say it out loud.

But he’s only the best dragon hunter at the Daton level. What about the others?

Echacado’s younger brother. The current generation Bark Maza is now facing the greatest rival of his life.

“Hey, what is that?”

This is the first time I have seen such a large dragon. If the wingspan is fully extended, it is not 100 meters, but 150 meters. The head is four times larger than the body of the largest cow. It opens its mouth and swallows a cow in one bite. It is a giant monster that can swallow five cows at a time and dozens of people.

I can’t even think of hunting them. Those things are not something a person can deal with.

“Is that going to be a dumpling······.”

“We’re in big trouble. What if dozens of those things come down?”

“No. It’s just a mutant that’s unusually large······I think. Maybe.”

Still, its size and strength are astonishing. As he watches the giant beast head south towards Datang, Bark Maza mutters to himself, wondering if his brother will be okay.

Because I thought that he might have been alive before that, and if he was alive, he might have been reckless enough to challenge that.

I’m thinking to myself that that probably won’t be the case… but… well?

Meanwhile, the monster’s descendant, Osozoin Gulmyeong, has also been confirmed. And he plans to use the power of the World Tree to kill it. That’s the reason for the existence of the Great Forest.

However, the Great Calamity was powerful. It withstood all the spell bombardments from the World Tree that seemed to have opened up like the sun, moon, and stars, and then ran forward, opening its large mouth at the Osozoin Gulmyeong inside the World Tree.

The breath of the strongest dragon of this era pours out. It stimulates the dragon’s heart within its body and pours out the dragon’s technique of spewing out fierce magical power and flames onto the World Tree.

“Kuaaaah!”

The Osozoin Gulmyeong survived. The life force of the World Tree is strong. However, it falls down just like that. The Great Calamity flies up to the tree, chews on a few of its fruits, regains its energy, and then burns the Great Forest to its heart’s content.

“Do you think I’m going to die here? Huh? Since you let me live, you’re dead!”

Osozouin Gulmung regained his energy and used his power to rule over the entire Great Forest to attack the Great Calamity, but the Great Calamity was only able to crush the thickest trees with its force, set the earth on fire again, and then flew south.

The oyster looked like it was going crazy when it saw the direction it was heading. I was trying to chase it north, but why did it have to fly south?

“Emergency! Tell Mainilun! The demon is coming now!!!”

The first place you see is the ranch. The great herder Paldin Koa rushes in to stop the disaster that is happening on the ranch and fights the monster.

“Umm!”

“Crrrrrrrrrrrrr!”

Paldin Koa is a mighty Mineniron. His physical strength is comparable to the might of the Great Calamity, the metal he wields is comparable to its scales, and the lightning that the thunderbolt Motko Here spits is comparable to its breath.

The battle between Paldin Koa and the Great Calamity lasted for three days and nights. And what happened was truly a catastrophe······!

Paldin Core’s massive body is bitten by the jaws of the Great Calamity and torn to pieces!

“Eww!”

Fortunately, the spirit escaped and took possession of the nearest Quako tribe, but Paldin Koa was unable to stop the monster in its current state. Paldin Koa shouted as he ran away in a hurry.

“Gather all the Minnie Runs! Gather them all and stop that thing!”

It was a great disaster in the shape of a dragon. The terror and majesty it radiated were beyond imagination.

Darton is afraid to give it a name, because he feels that if he did, it would become even greater.

It has already burned dozens of villages, and finally All Chaun decides to step forward. He gathers his own pilgrimage group and heads north, but it happens to be the southernmost point on the pilgrimage route. It will take more than a month to gather the other Minniruns.

Spirits can’t stop it. At least, all spells won’t work on spirits that aren’t ‘cold’ level. So, seeing the spirits being slaughtered so mercilessly, the Datons have now given up on sending out spirits to fight them.

There was no other way than to catch it with physical force. If it had a strong body like Paldin Koa, it would have been possible to beat it up, so that would have been the most realistic solution.

The problem is that the average Quako is not as hardy as the Paldin Koa. It is ridiculous to think that they can catch a creature that even the best hunters of this era would have given up on, using prehistoric stones and crude metal weapons.

“It seems like spirit magic doesn’t work, but metal magic seems to work a little.”

“If you really want to be specific, it’s more of a physical thing than an order.”

“So what do we do now?”

Eventually, Daton decided to evacuate, because there was no way to fight it.

But it chases people. People run and run, and when they finally get to the forest beyond the ranch, the monster flies towards the forest.

“A great disaster is coming!”

“That’ll burn us all down!”

The giant can be seen from afar. People hide by going deep into the forest. It flies leisurely and enters the dense forest.

And at that moment, as it greedily searched for the person who was here, there was something rushing towards its belly.

Kwajik!

“Ugh?”

“Kuung!”

It was Echacado, the adult leopard and dragon hunter. Now in his middle age, Echacado was ready to hunt it when everyone else had given up.

“Take it off!”

The leopard bites and tears off the scales. Echaca also uses an axe instead of a spear to strike the scales. The dorsal scales are solid, but the belly is different. The Paldin Koa and the spirit beasts only attacked the belly.

The scales on the belly are tattered, and if you just peel off the scales and stab the dragon’s heart inside the flesh, no matter how strong the dragon is, it will die. That’s what we’re doing now.

The Great Calamity is raging. Dare to shed its scales? It stomps on the very stinging thing and thrashes its limbs.

But I dodge. I dodge, I climb up again and hit with my axe, and now the moment when the Osozoin Gulmog is using the trees to restrict its movements is my chance. If it flies up, there is no way, so I have no choice but to peel off all the scales on its belly now.

“Can that work······?”

There are many Datons who know how to hunt dragons. I know what that Dappa and that ferocious leopard are trying to do.

But is that possible? It seems impossible to even peel off the scales of that thing.

bang!

And eventually it passes by and the Echakado flies away. But the leopard keeps chewing at the scales, and eventually tears one off completely, revealing a small space.

Those who saw Echakado’s struggle approached him and spoke to him.

“Hey. You.”

Echacado stands up, trembling. His chest bone is probably crushed, but he still stands up. His arms and legs are fine. His non-spear-throwing arm, to be exact.

“what are you doing?”

“I have to catch the dragon. It’s the best game. I’ll catch it.”

It was almost madness, one of the Dartons said cautiously.

“Hey, you can’t catch it that way.”

“······what?”

“Yeah. That’s impossible.”

“why?”

“Why······. No matter how you peel off the scales, will the iron spear still enter the flesh? Not even the horn of the Paldin Koa.”

“The Gigad tried that too, but it was impossible. But it can’t be done. That can’t be caught without the fire of All Chaun.”

“Yes. If it’s the fire of the coming year, then I’m sure that······.”

Echakado says:

“shut up.”

“No, we were worried about you······.”

“I can’t help you.

Echakado then approaches.

“I’m not doing this because I think it’s going to happen. I’m doing it because I have to. What’s going to happen? How many people will die before that bastard comes? How much of this forest will burn? If I can catch him now, I have to catch him now.”

“No, I said you can’t! Come on! That dragon is a monster! It was a monster from birth, and even the Minnie Runs can’t do anything about it. But you······.”

“What. Half-pun, Dappa, not a Bark, not a Daton, not a Daton, a Bark, an inferior half-blood man, the master of the vicious leopard, what else······? Are there any other titles I don’t know?”

Echacado grabs the spear and roars loudly, heading towards where his fellow leopard is fighting hard.

“Listen! You damned datons! World! My name is Echacado!”

And then he runs. The leopard gets his attention and creates an opportunity.

At that moment, his and the leopard’s spirits commune. Their minds connect and infuse the spear with powerful strength.

It was something that the Bark tribe could only create after hundreds of years, something that Daton could not create because he could not communicate with such a powerful animal.

This hybrid created an animal spirit that is a combination of a human and an animal soul in just over a decade.

There was no blessing or curse. He did it because he had nothing and was an inferior half-blood.

“I live only to tell you that you are wrong!!!”

He swings his arm with all his might. The spear from the javelin flies out, flying towards the small hole in the scale that ‘no one but a cripple can miss’.

The fangs of a beast in the shape of a leopard, and they pierced the heart of the Great Calamity.

She was old. She had once been the best hunter in her tribe, but now she had given up the title of chieftain. Her time of death was near.

My brother probably died 20 years earlier than me. Now I don’t miss him. I’m just an old man sitting in bed waiting for the day to die.

“Senior, come out!”

“why?”

“There’s someone looking for you right now! Oh, come out first!”

And what I saw when I went out was a pilgrim group of Datons sitting on a giant giraffe, leading dozens of herds of cattle, beasts, and people, and a cart carved out of an absurdly huge dragon’s head.

No, it’s not quite right to call him Daton. The face of the master of the pilgrimage group looks half like that of a Bark. She slumps down in surprise.

“Ah, no, how······?”

“I came here to tell you that you were wrong. What do you think? You fucking bitch. You could have succeeded too, right?”

The seventh Mine Run. Perhaps Paron Echakado lived just to say this.