The Killer’s Otherworld - Chapter 34



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034. One-eyed Tasium (2)

“Ugh!”

“Sigh.”

At that sound, the nearby agents covered their ears and sank to their seats. Blood was seeping out of the hands that were covering their ears. Some were so terrified that they couldn’t even cover their ears. However, Icarone seemed unaffected and continued to cut off Tashum’s legs with his movements.

‘You’re persistent. You have to get down on at least one leg to attack from above… … .’

If you jump, you can attack other parts of Tasium, if not the neck. However, even though it is slow due to its large size, it is still as fast as an orc. Considering that it is nearly 6 times larger than an orc, it is incredibly fast. If you are not careful, you can be hit in the air while attacking. Besides, no matter where you attack it other than the neck, it will not cause much damage.

Delphine, who had been blankly watching the battle between Icarone and Tashum like the other members, shook her head.

“This isn’t the time for me to be like this. The sergeant is risking his life and working hard like that!”

It was Delphine, whose title had suddenly changed to Sergeant. He carefully laid Celis down next to him and shouted at the surrounding members.

“Everyone, arm yourself with a bow! Put an arrow in that monster’s head!”

“Oh, yes!”

“all right!”

When the men heard his voice, they quickly realized their mistake and began to shoot arrows at Tashum.

-Ting! Ting! Tidding!

The ten-man squad fired arrows with great interest, but they were blocked by Tasium’s strong skin and fell helplessly to the ground. However, Tasium’s eyes, which had been only concerned with Icarone, turned around to see if it was effective.

“Those bug-like…… guys……!”

“this.”

Tasium changed his target. It was Delphine who was injured and couldn’t move quickly. On the other hand, Tasium, whose legs were tattered, didn’t slow down at all. Looking at it now, it seemed like the wounds he had inflicted on her in the beginning were healing. It was truly an incredible resilience.

“Koooooo!”

-Kuuung!

Tashum, who had already run up to Delphine’s nose, swung down his large club. There was no scream, so it seemed that he had been completely crushed. He seemed like a very capable commander, so I had planned to continue using him, but it was too bad.

Tassum’s back is visible, half-bent over to crush Delphine. Icarone runs towards it without hesitation.

-Knock!

Tasium’s back felt as hard as a stone floor. At the moment when he was about to jump up to his head with acceleration and stab Ray in the neck, his transcendent power ‘Inspection’ was activated.

‘The back of the head? No, this is the front.’

The thought was short. It was right to follow the intuition at a precious time that could change the outcome of the battlefield. Icarone wrapped one hand around Tashum’s neck and spun around, stabbing Ray into the eye pointed by the intuition.

“Ugh!”

With a roar, Tashum swung his arms wildly. When Icarone pulled out Ray, green blood gushed out from Tashum’s eyes like a dam had burst. Tashum, who had only one eye, was no match for Icarone’s swinging fist after losing that eye. He climbed over his head and fell backwards, thrusting Ray and Guido into the back of his neck with all his might.

“Kuweeek!”

Despite Tasium’s groans of pain, Icarone’s hands did not stop. She held the two swords that were nothing but the handles, and used gravity to hang on to her neck, further spreading the wound. Icarone was stuck to Tasium’s head as if a spiderweb had been attached to her hands, as she thrashed around madly.

As the green blood fell like a heavy rain on the ground where the agents were, at some point Tashum’s moans stopped.

-Kuuung!

The heavy body fell down, and a thick cloud of dust rose up. The head appeared to be separated from the torso by more than half. And as the dust slowly settled, the figure of the man standing on Tashum’s back was gradually revealed.

“This, Icarone’s 10th Lieutenant…….”

“Chief of Staff……”

They didn’t remember how they had treated Icarone all this time. They were just staring blankly, intoxicated by this absolute inaction. Icarone, who was looking around at them, found Delphine looking at him with her ankles completely crushed in the corner.

“What a lucky guy.”

“Hey, Icarone-sama, please reprimand me for my carelessness!”

It was Delphine, kneeling without even looking at her ankles. Icarone didn’t even spare her a glance and returned to the tent, speaking in a flowing voice.

“Take care of the blood.”

“Oh, yes. I understand! Captain!”

The word “Captain” was particularly loud.

Blood, not that of a common ogre, but of a named ogre. It was precious blood that would probably be even more effective than the trolls with the highest recovery power. Delphine gave orders to the ten people in a hurry and watched Icarone’s back as he entered the tent as if nothing had happened.

‘Where did such a monstrous person suddenly appear…? Anyway, someone like that is the leader…? It seems Delphine’s luck hasn’t run out yet.’

At that moment, the lights in the buildings of the village began to turn on one by one, and the villagers began to come out. They were not sleeping, after all. No, it was abnormal to sleep in this commotion. Delphine tried to call Icarone while being supported by Dian and Richer. As the hero who saved the village, he was the one who should receive the villagers’ thanks.

But the expressions of the residents who came out and approached the tens were not ordinary. They were not faces filled with joy, but faces filled with worry. Anger, or fear. Their faces were definitely not suitable for the current situation. At that moment, an old man with gray hair stepped forward and spoke.

“Oh, the giant is dead…….”

“The giant…….”

Something is strange. Was this situation not created by force, but was it really worshipping the ogre? But can’t one truly worship something that requires one to sacrifice one’s own children? At that moment, a middle-aged woman with a fierce expression shouted venomously.

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“It’s all that woman’s fault! Celis, that woman’s curse! Now our village can’t be saved…….”

“It’s because of these people! Why! Why did you kill the giant who protected our village!”

Another woman grabbed a member of the 10th company by the collar and shouted. The member, who had been standing there in shock, roughly pushed the woman away and pulled out his sword.

“What are you doing! I saved you from that monster, and you didn’t even say thank you……”

“What! Why! Yeah, we should just kill ourselves like the giant! We’re already dead anyway!”

The woman ran towards them more fiercely and shouted. It was as if her behavior was not normal. Then, a girl wearing a pure white one-piece dress came between them.

“Mom! Don’t do this! They’re the ones who saved me… sob.”

Celis tried to stop the woman while shedding tears. But the woman grabbed Celis and threw her to the floor, saying:

“Yeah……, this is all your fault. If you were dead, this wouldn’t have happened!”

“Oh, Mom…….”

Celis was shocked and speechless as she watched her mother screaming with a look of irrationality in her eyes. Delphine also had a hard time coming to a conclusion on what to do about the situation.

At that moment, a familiar voice was heard from behind Delphine.

“How disgusting, parents who eat their children…….”

The villagers were startled by Icarone’s appearance. The woman who had been shouting so viciously was seen taking a slight step back. She had been watching the battle with Tasium through the window. She had regained her sense of reason in the face of absolute inaction. At that moment, an old man who seemed to be the village chief stepped forward and spoke.

“It is an inevitable choice for the safety of the village.”

“Safety? For that girl too?”

Icarone pointed to Celis and spoke. At those words, the old man looked at Celis for a moment, then turned his gaze back to Icarone and continued speaking.

“In the days when there was no protection from the giants, our village was frequently attacked by goblins and orcs, resulting in more than ten deaths per year. But now, there is only one person, of course, a child who has not yet reached adulthood… I, no, the people of our village believe that this choice is the right one!”

A cold smile appeared on Icarone’s lips. There was a world of difference between fighting to protect the village and dying, and sacrificing one’s own child for its safety, knowing that one would die. The simple calculations only made him laugh.

“That’s right… Since you don’t have the strength to protect the village, you’d rather leave this place than be protected by monsters. Don’t live a dirty life for that one gold mine.”

Some of the villagers flinched at his words. This was because they had been hoarding the gold mine among themselves without reporting it to the government in order to monopolize it. They did not know how he knew the information that should never be revealed, but since he was not the type to do anything by force, they just kept quiet. At that moment, his sharp voice was heard again.

“Delphine!”

“Yes, Captain!”

Delphine’s answer gained strength. In the meantime, she had developed a sense of awe for Icarone.

“Pack your bags. I don’t want to be in this unpleasant town any longer.”

“All right!”

As Delphine went to pack her things with the crew, there was a hand grabbing Icarone urgently. It was Celis, the girl with clear and pure eyes who was almost sacrificed.

“Excuse me, what’s going to happen to our village?”

Icarone remained silent at Celis’s words and looked around at the villagers. Fear, anxiety, nervousness. Yes. The actions just now were just anger created by such a weak mind. In the first place, I don’t understand why people don’t leave the village when they don’t have the ability to stop the periodic attacks of monsters, but this place could also be part of the Byren territory ruled by Ierie, so I do what I can as a 1st Lieutenant.

“There won’t be any monster attacks for the time being. Tell the adults to strengthen the fences and take up weapons. Those who don’t have the will or courage to protect will just continue to be robbed.”

With those words, Icarone climbed onto Leon. Although he understood people’s reactions, he still felt uncomfortable.

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It’s been two days since they left the village, and Delphine says that they will finally arrive at Castle Byren in half a day.

It was a longer journey than expected. The Ten-Man had been supporting Icarone to the point where it felt burdensome, like it was treating the Knight Commander Raven since the time of the One-Eyed Tashum. It had long since been changed to the title of Captain.

It’s more comfortable than you think to have someone respect you and take care of you. With just a word, you won’t be bothered to talk any more, and you can do whatever you want without any inconvenience while the quick-witted Delphine and Diane go.

As Icarone was thinking about returning home, he began to wonder how Gudong was doing.

“Hey, Captain, look over there.”

“hmm?”

The place Delphine pointed with her index finger was the sky of Byren Castle. The surrounding sky was a clear blue without a single cloud, but that place was particularly red. Something was strange. There were two possible causes for such a phenomenon. Either there was a widespread fire or some kind of magic that was causing such a light. Icarone, anxious, increased her speed and stretched out her senses as much as possible.

‘scream.’

It’s clearly a scream. When I strain my eyes, I see a faint haze rising in the red sky. If the entire castle is on fire and people’s screams are echoing, there’s only one reason. An enemy invasion!

“Here!”

“Hey, Captain!”

As Icarone spurred Leon on, the men looked at Delphine in confusion. Delphine, too, could not shake off her ominous feeling as she looked at the red sky. She also spurred her horse and shouted to the men.

“We also follow the captain! Run at full speed!”

“insect!”

The members must have sensed the mood, because their answers were all solemn.

Icarone, who had already entered through the shattered gate, saw a miserable sight. Most of the houses were burning, and many had already been reduced to ashes. People, women and children alike, were bleeding and dead. Occasionally, groans could be heard, but Icarone’s mind was focused on only one place.

“Heeeeelp.”

In front of the mansion, where Leon had been hastily stopped, Icarone slowly got off of Leon. Then, he knelt down on one knee in front of the mansion door. What he was touching with his fingertips was a corpse that had been burned black beyond recognition.

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