An old farmer was seen crossing the path that led to the village. The straw hat and shabby clothes he wore showed the hard work the farmer had done. A knitted basket he carried on his back was filled with some of the vegetables Fenrir used to find in the fields where he used to work. "Excuse me sir, is this really Lockwood village?"Fenrir approached the old farmer. Fenrir bent his body slightly so that his height was at the same level as the man. Fenrir didn't want the old farmer to look up too much because it would make the burden on his back feel heavier. Fenrir understood that because he had also worked in the fields. The farmer was wiser than Fenrir expected. He put down the basket he was carrying before answering Fenrir's question. "Right young man, this is the Lockwood village. How can I help you?"The old farmer looked at Fenrir carefully. It was rare for someone from the city to go to a rural village like this. To the old farmer, Fenrir's presence was like someone who was
Loki entered the forest and ran after the smell of the monster he had smelled earlier. Loki stopped several times to sniff the ground for traces of the smell. Loki knew the smell of the monster he was chasing, because this smell was often hunted by Loki. Loki just found out that in the human world there are also monsters like this. The monster that Loki was hunting was a redboar. A large pig monster that is about one and a half meters tall and about two meters long. Loki can tell the exact shape and size of the monster from the traces the creature leaves behind. From the urine to the feces that the monster excreted, Loki was able to provide definitive information. Loki was sure this was an adult redboar. Redboars are still similar to deer pigs that are common in the countryside, but these creatures are categorized as monsters due to their highly aggressive nature and large size. Unlike deer pigs, redboars are more likely to directly attack rather than dodge. Its high running speed a
Fenrir failed to meet with the village chief because he was not at home. Fenrir and old man Penn only met one of the family servants who was there. The servant said that the village chief had left the house in the morning and had not returned. The servant also did not know exactly where the village chief had gone. "Maybe he's out in the fields."Old man Penn guessed the village chief's whereabouts. "In recent times, the village chief has often been in the fields to monitor the harvest. He also usually visits his wife's burial place not far from the fields. We'd better come back later tonight."Old man Penn told the servant to tell the village chief that he had visited. Old man Penn also told the village chief to tell him that adventurers had come to this village. After saying all that, they said goodbye and left the chief's house. "You'd better come to my house, Fenrir. Although my house is not as big and nice as the chief's, it won't be a problem to add one or two residents.""Ve
"What happened to you, Loki?" Why is your body full of blood?"Fenrir was shocked to see Loki's body full of blood. Loki's body was full of fresh blood from the mouth to the whole body, making Loki look terrifying. Old man Penn immediately walked back a little and looked towards the kitchen where grandma Anna and Elis were. Old man Penn gave instructions with his hand to grandma Anna to bring Elis into the room. Old man Penn didn't want Elis to see that terrible scene. Loki, who saw Fenrir and old man Penn's reaction, felt confused."What is it, my Lord? Is there something wrong with me?"Loki turned around to ask Fenrir because he felt there was nothing wrong with his body. Loki looked at his entire body which was covered in blood, Loki felt that it was a normal thing. "Did you just fight a monster?""That's right, my lord. I hunted the Blackhorn monster.""Is that the blood of the Blackhorn?""Yes, my lord."Fenrir felt quite relieved after hearing Loki's answer, but on the one h
Loki ran at a slightly leisurely pace so that Fenrir would not vomit. But still Fenrir felt a little queasy in his stomach. It seemed Fenrir had a bit of a problem with motion sickness. Loki ran along the trail he had previously left behind. It was not a difficult thing for Loki. Finally, Loki had arrived at the place where he had preyed on Blackhorn. There were several small predatory animals that were eating the rest of the Blackhorn carcass. If they had arrived at this place, it meant that they were not far from where the two ogres were. "Earlier I sensed the demon's presence around here.""Are you still able to feel it now.""Wait a moment my Lord, I will try to smell its presence."Loki sniffed the air a few times then sniffed the ground beneath his feet and spun around a few times. Loki looked like a bloodhound searching for its quarry. "Forgive me, my Lord. I found no trace of him."Regretfully, Loki told Fenrir that he could not find the demon's whereabouts. Fenrir seemed t
The ogre wielding a mace in his right hand looked back in the direction of Fenrir's voice. He ran over and swung the mace he was holding towards the darkness haphazardly. Fortunately, the cave was not too big, so the mace that the ogre swung hit the cave wall and slowed down the incoming attack. Fenrir still had time to dodge by rolling on the ground. The mace hovered above Fenrir. Fenrir finally came out of the shadow of the cave wall and was seen by the two ogres. The two ogres grinned at the sight of their next prey. The two ogres immediately raised their respective maces ready to attack. Fenrir immediately cast a wind spell at his feet. Then cast one more wind magic for distraction. "Wind magic. Wind blast."Fenrir created wind to sweep across the ground and created soaring dust to block the eyes of the two monsters. Fenrir then began to flood his body and the sword he was holding with aura and channeled wind mana into it. Fenrir slashed his sword forward and created a wind s
"Isn't that the same symbol as the one on Mr. Penn's house?" Fenrir continued to look closely at the symbol on the altar. He wanted to confirm again that it was the same symbol as the one in Lord Penn's storage.From what Fenrir remembered about the symbol in Mr. Penn's storehouse, it was in the shape of a glowing star with the letter A on it. The symbol that Fenrir now saw was the opposite of the symbol in Mr. Penn's place. This symbol was in the form of an inverted glowing star with the letter A upside down to resemble the letter V. "Is the symbol at Mr. Penn's place upside down? Or is it supposed to be installed like this?"Fenrir asked himself and ended up not finding a definite answer. Because the symbol that Fenrir saw in old man Penn's place was lying on the table. "Is old man Penn related to this demon? Or is old man Penn the demon himself?"Fenrir quickly put aside his thoughts just now, because according to Fenrir there was no way that someone as good as old man Penn woul
Fenrir continued to look closely at the church. Fenrir wanted to make sure there were indeed people in that place. But because the doors were closed and the windows were also covered by curtains, Fenrir could not tell whether or not there were people inside.As Fenrir watched the church, a shadow suddenly passed in front of the window. The shadow was visible on the curtain hanging on the window."We'd better make sure to go there. It's possible that the entire village is praying inside the church."Fenrir did not go to Old Man Penn's house and instead took Loki to the church. Loki followed Fenrir's invitation without refusal. Fenrir, who was already in front of the church, did not immediately knock on the door. Fenrir prefers to look for a gap to peek at what is going on in there. Finally Fenrir found a gap between the windows that happened not to be covered by the curtains. Fenrir peeked from there and saw what the people were doing. Fenrir saw a lot of people standing and facing