Chapter 50.2: Hallmenta (1)
The carriage traveled a long way and came to a city on the western frontier of the First Lord’s territory.
From there, I decided to just let Baros stay in the city.
He wasn’t at a low level per se, but to be honest, it seemed like it would be a bit of a burden to go with him in the demonic land.
Anyway, this was like telling him to wait while guarding the carriage, just like how it was usually during our travels.
This demonic land was so terribly wide that it was impossible to know how long it would take to find this mystery.
Of course, because of Baros’ personality, he insisted on following us. But I simply used my authority to stop him from doing so.
“Then let’s go.”
Baros saw us off at the entrance to the city gates.
I left the city on horseback with Asher.
I practiced riding a horse while I was staying in the city for a few days.
It was the first time I ever rode a horse in my life, but I was able to quickly learn it thanks to my super sensory.
As my senses developed, my motor nerves seemed to have also improved.
After practicing for a few days, my horse riding skill had reached a level where I could ride without holding the reins.
While riding my horse, I opened the map and looked at the road.
It was a map which was obtained at an expensive price. It roughly marked the topography of the northwestern part of Calderic and even the topography of the demonic land.
We couldn’t find a guide to guide us, so this mystery search had to be done completely on our own.
Ha···
To be honest, I couldn’t really tell anything much just by looking at the map
These were the areas where I used to come and go while playing the game, as if I was just traipsing through a park.
However, as one might have seen through the journey so far, the game and my current reality had different standards, so my geographic knowledge based on the game was meaningless.
It’s better to not have the expectation that we could travel comfortably and just roll with whatever might come our way.
A long time passed while we travelled on horseback.
Gradually, as the landscape of the demonic land drew closer, changes occurred in the surrounding environment and topography.
Dark clouds in the sky blocked the sunlight even during the day, and the grasses gradually disappeared, making it difficult to find anything remotely green.
Instead, only the desolate stretch of land and rocks glowing with dark red light often came into view.
Perhaps the horses also felt the ominous energy floating in the air, and the more they moved, the more they stopped and trembled.
“Let’s take a break before we continue.”
“Yes.”
We settled down and had lunch.
It was a scenery that wasn’t really suited for eating, but we had to fill our stomach.
It was always Baros’ job to prepare the meal, but now Asher was taking his place.
What was surprising was that, although not as good as Baros, she was also very good at cooking.
She used to live in the mountains, so that’s probably only natural. Especially considering that she was a wanderer for a long time before entering the Overlord Castle.
kugugu.
Amid our meal, a group of monsters came from across the plains.
It was a bipedal bird-type monster that looked like a giant ostrich. It was called a Mad Bird, if he remembered correctly. They inhabited the plains.
Asher got up silently and tried to deal with the monsters, but when she looked back, she saw another huge thing behind them.
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A giant lizard with two heads.
I raised my super sensory and zoomed in on the giant lizard.
··Twin Headed Lizard?
When asked to pick out bizarre monsters from the demonic land, one of the representative ones was the monsters with multiple heads.
Twin Headed Lizard was one of them.
So, the Mad Birds were not running in our direction to attack us, but they were being pursued by the Twin Headed Lizard.
As we got closer to the demonic land, it seemed that monsters that were near the border were already appearing.
Of course, there was no mercy in Asher’s hands.
The huge sword energy fired by Asher rushed towards the group of monsters.
The sword aura tore up all the Mad Birds and cut down even those at the back. But···
Keek!
Surprisingly, the lizard withstood Asher’s attack.
While its blood poured on the ground, it frantically shook its head and rushed with a scream.
Asher raised her eyebrows and fired a sword energy once more. It was a sword aura with a much stronger energy than before.
It finally split the lizard that was hit by it again in half.
Asher drew her sword with a slightly uneasy expression.
I could see why she looked worried.
The monsters of the demonic land are mostly like that.
They were not only strong but also aggressive and ferocious if compared to normal monsters.
If it was just a normal monster, it wouldn’t be strange if it immediately died right after Asher’s first attack. But this one was clearly different.
Of course, there were also monsters that were incomparably weaker. In short, there were a lot of annoying monsters here and there.
Even in the game, hunting monsters in the demonic land was like committing suicide unless you were at a certain level.
“Ah.”
As she sat back down to eat, she sighed briefly when she saw her soup bowl spilled.
Because she suddenly stood up earlier, it fell over and spilled.
I looked at the scene and smiled, then our eyes met. She coughed in embarrassment and poured another soup into her bowl.
“Eat more.”
“···Yes.”
