Arena, Alien hunting

“What happened? ”

My father asked.

The exhausted helicopter rushes in, breathing heavily.

“They were all dead, Father. ”

The Lycans, gathered in the words, tremble violently.

“Aah! No! ”

A Lycanslope woman sits down and vomits. She was the third wife of Brother Jason's mother, Hera.

Hera was greatly shocked to hear that all seven of her sons had died, even Jason, who was most anticipating.

“You're lying! Where's Jason? Jason's dead, too? ”

“I saw Jason's body. He was shot in the head by a human weapon. ”

The helicopter responded calmly. At that, Hera squeezes her head and screams.

It was then.

“Shut up.”

My father's low voice rang out.

Hera stopped crying. She looks at her husband with a frightened face.

“You can have another son. Stay out of trouble. ”

“Hehe.”

Hera sighs in horror and disappears from the crowd to a quiet place.

My father stared at the helicopter again.

“Where did they go? ”

“Headed west. If we keep going, we should be in the Human Village by tomorrow. ”

“The village. ”

My father closed his eyes for a moment.

He decides how to deal with the arrogant humans who killed ten of his sons.

Soon, he said.

“Take care of it as usual. ”

“As usual?”

The helicopter bites back. My father nods.

“Let them go to the village. ”

* * *

I walked all night and suddenly the day started to dawn.

“Dude, look! ”

Suddenly, Joon-Ho pointed ahead and shouted. The fog is cloudy, making it hard to see what lies far ahead.

However, I looked closely at Junho's words and saw something really strange.

I doubted my eyes.

“A village?”

I did.

It was a village where people lived. In the firefight, I saw a ranch where I collected a family field as well as a herd of cattle and pigs.

I never thought I'd see a village inhabited by Lycans Rope in this forest.

“You're alive! ”

“I think we're out of the woods now that we have people living here! ”

Joon-ho and Hye-soo were happy to run.

But I couldn't shake the feeling of suspicion.

“This close to the Lycans' realm, but there's a village where people live? Something's not right.”

“Look, brother. The town walls are very high. Is that what they made him do to stop Lycans Rope? ”

The town was enclosed like a wall, just like Hyssoo said.

“… Let's go first. Maybe it's not just an ordinary town, but a place of bandits. Be very careful. ”

“Yes.”

“Okay."

The world of the arena should not be viewed in the same way as the modern world of the 21st century.

I heard that the human society in the arena is far less secure than the modern world. Who knows if the villagers will turn into bandits and try to rob us?

You approach the village cautiously.

The town is surrounded by wooden planks, but the gate inside is half open.

It was still early in the morning, so no one could see it.

But I decided to be discreet.

“Silf.”

Haha?

Silf appeared in the air and stood above my head.

“Look inside the village. ”

Mwah!

Silf winds up and enters the town.

I quickly scoured the town and asked Sylph to come back.

“Do people live? ”

Mmmm.

Silf nods.

“How many? ”

Silf wrote the number 234 on the ground.

Although it is a small village with a population of 200, it was quite surprising considering it is located in this dangerous forest.

“Are you all asleep? ”

This time I wrote down the number 28, which means about 28 people are awake.

“I'll take the lead. ”

Kang Cheongseon stepped out.

“Yes, please. ”

Kangcheon Seong led the way into the village. After that, I thought we'd be in line.

The landscape in the village was ordinary.

densely packed with crude wooden houses.

When I came through the town gate, I noticed a vacancy that looked like the town square first.

In the middle of the void is a well, and the lady holding the well stares at us with her eyes curled.

“Who are you? ”

The lady asked.

It was the same language as the Lycans killed last night. It looked a little bit like Russian, but this time I was able to understand the language.

“Did you get it, bro? ”

I nodded at Junho's question.

“I think it's because we're the testers. ”

He was right.

It was right to give the investigator the ability to understand every language of the arena to carry out the test smoothly. Otherwise, this phenomenon cannot be explained.

“Hey, there……. ”

She talks to him again with a scared face.

I stepped up and answered.

“How do you do?"

Surprisingly, my mouth also flowed with the same language as the woman who is not Korean. The rest of the team was surprised.

“Who are you? ”

“We are travelers. I wandered through the woods in the wrong direction and found this town. ”

“Travelers? This forest? ”

“Yes.”

She looked unbelievable.

I can't believe you're a wanderer wandering around this forest full of Red Apes and Lycans.

I made a contingency statement.

“Yes, I had a hard time wandering through the forest under Lycans Rope's attack. ”

Then I carefully examined the woman's reaction.

“La, Lycanslope? ”

On close observation, she was sensitive to the word 'Lycanslope’.

‘You're afraid of Lycans Rope. Let's be strong, shall we? ’

I told you.

“Ten of them got rid of them all at once. We're pretty strong. ”

I continued to tell the surprised lady.

“Can I meet the person in charge of this town? I'd like permission to stay here for a few days. The Lycans are afraid of us, so we don't have to worry about them chasing us and raiding this place. ”

I said, she looked even more scared.

“Now, wait a minute! I'll get the chief. ”

She ran somewhere in the burinake.

“Bro, can I talk like that? ”

Joon-ho asked.

I shrugged.

“I tried to see the reaction once. ”

“So what was it like? ”

Hye-soo asked.

“... It's a little strange. ”

“Yes?”

“This town is a little strange. There's more than one or two suspicious corners. ”

“Tell me more. ”

Gangcheongseong said.

I answered.

“It's weird to have a village with Lycans roaming in the forest, but the door to the woodwork is open and no one is guarding it. ”

“Ah…! ”

“It's true.”

Then I realized something strange while looking around the village, including Junho, Hyesoo and Gangcheon.

“Did you see her reaction? We killed ten Lycans and we're even more afraid of them saying they're afraid of us. ”

“Could it be that Lycanslope has transformed into a villager? You said you could transform into a person. ”

The comet argued. I shook my head.

“Sylph said people live. Silf, right? ”

Meow.

Silf wraps his tail around my neck and nods.

“Are you sure it wasn't Lycans transforming? ”

Hye-soo asked.

Silf nods.

I'm sure Sylph was that sure.

Above all, there were fields and ranches in this town. It's hard to see Lycans ranching with farming.

A short while later, about a dozen townspeople emerged.

“Are you the traveler? ”

An old man with a fake beard with a cane asked.

I answered.

“That's right.”

“My name is Levil, the chief of this town. ”

Leville? That's an odd name. Is this a common name in the Arena world?

“We're just travellers. I'd like to stay in this town for just one day, but would you allow me? ”

“You fought Lycans Rope? ”

“Yes, something like that is nothing. ”

“Haha, that's great. Otherwise, our town will be bullied by them a lot. You guys are always welcome here. ”

“Thank you."

“With an empty house, you won't have much trouble staying for a few days. I'll show you around. Come with me. ”

“Yes.”

“Come on, leave it to me and let's get to work. ”

The chief disbanded about a dozen strong men who came out with him.

The men scatter their horns, and we walk through town guided by Chief Levil.

“Isn't that strange?"

The chief suddenly asked.

“What's that? ”

“Isn't it weird to have a village like this? ”

“Oh, yeah. It was definitely bizarre. There are villages in these dangerous forests. ”

“Haha, it's definitely dangerous for beasts and monsters to appear in the forest. But you know what's even scarier? ”

“I don't know.”

“Taxes.”

The chief sighed and said.

“There's nothing as scary as murder tax. I'd rather Lycans Rope than the merciless lord. All the people in this town have fled from the tyranny of the lord and have been hiding. ”

“You must have done a lot of work. ”

“Tell me what you want to do. Working in a field or raising a cow or fighting Lycans? It wasn't just me. ”

‘That's the last lie. ’

I concluded that at the end of the analysis.

It seems to be a town formed by people who have been hiding from tyranny.

But I doubt that we'll be fighting Lycans Rope.

I went through the men who showed up with the chief earlier, but none of them were properly armed.

‘Let's see. ’

I need to know what this old chief, Levil, is up to.

I think he has some sort of relationship with Lycans Rope.

I need to know who this town is and why you're lying to us.

“Here we go. Pretty handy, huh? ”

The chief showed me a shoddy house made of wooden planks. Well, it's better than sleeping on the ground.

“Thank you for your kindness. ”

I once again thanked the chief.

“Let me know if you need anything. ”

The chief smiled gladly and left.

When we were alone, Hye-soo frowned and said.

“Brother, is it okay to stay here? Like you said, this town feels a little weird. ”

“There's more than one or two strange things about listening to my brother. Wouldn't it be better if we didn't stay in a town like this? ”

Hyesoo and Junho were reluctant to think about this town. Gangcheon is silent, but I think the same thing.

I told you.

“Like you said, this town is suspicious. But we have to stay in this town. ”

Everyone became a curious face. They asked me why.

I told you.

“Let's suppose we just skip town and keep going. Will they be able to outrun Lycans who are chasing us? ”

“ ……. ”

“... I don't think so. They're faster than we are. ”

Yeah, it is.

So is my conclusion.

“Well, think about it. We can't outrun Lycans at the speed of movement.We can't even fight an invaded tribe. They're not fools either, so they'll come at us with no more caution. ”

It is not an automatic rifle that can bend the Moshina River completely, and it is limited in ammunition.

“But he couldn't have given us an impossible test. There's a clue somewhere that you can definitely complete the test, and I think it's in this town. ”