Hakai no Miko

Looking at the whole thing, it looked like an arrow.

However, it could not be an ordinary arrow, and some features were seen.

First of all, its length.

Normally, it is thought that the length of the arrow is about half the height of the person because they reach the hand holding the bow and pull the connected arrow to the chest. The average height of the human species in the western part of the ancient continent of Cerdeas is about 150 to 60 selci (1 selci is about 1 centimeter). The elves are lower and 150 selci or less. And if Zoan eat much flesh in his meal, he shall be about an hundred and seventy selch.

In any case, the length of the arrows was generally seventy to eighty selts.

However, the length of the arrow that Shahata laid on the floor of the festival table was unusually short, as little as thirty serches.

In this shortness, it's not an arrow that shoots with a bow.

In other words, it wasn't an arrow used in a mechanical bow, such as a crossbow that used a short arrow as well.

It is indicated by the ramp (shaft).

First of all, its thickness. The arrow was definitely fatter one or two times than a normal arrow. Even though it is short, the balance between length and thickness is clearly unbalanced at this thickness.

Moreover, the shape was strange. Normally, the thickness of the arrowhead (shaft) is uniform from head to buttocks. However, the shaft of this arrow was slightly thicker and thinner as it went towards the arrow wings. If an arrow with such a shape is placed on a crossbow, the bow may become in a lifted state, and even if it is ejected, it may fly in a direction unknown. That's not all. In addition to the thickening of the tip, there was an iron foil, and the center of gravity was extremely shifted forward. This will make you look down like you're bowing right away.

From these, it was clear that this arrow was not to be used in bows or crossbows, as Shahata had guessed.

It was unknown to Shahatha, but the throwing arrows were close to what was called the battered root in Japan.

There was no back cover on the arrow wings because there was little point in stabilizing them with the arrow wings if they were at a distance where they could be thrown, only a decoration.

Meanwhile, the (shaft) is thicker than a normal arrow in order to make it easier to grip. In addition, the thickening of the side of the knife was also a device to prevent the slippery hand from being injured by the knife when piercing the opponent.

If I knew the bow and arrow slightly, I would have noticed the difference with the ordinary arrow.

The bow and the arrow as a weapon of cowardice, because Zoan did not know it, and did not know it, is a deceitful trick.

Is it because of this that Soma-sama will be attacked!

Shahata was furious.

Shahata, who was unable to run on four legs because of the injury to her legs at a young age, had to use bows and arrows to survive the hunt. But a bow from Zoan, which is a weapon of the cowardly. In addition to the contempt of his family's brothers and sisters, Shahata, who was even distracted by the matter himself, lived a depressing day in the village of [Fang Clan].

Azure horses saved Shahata's life.

While serving as an escort for the pale horse, he could not stop the murder of Gadgeta in front of him. Even if I regret it now, I can't repent.

Shahata shook her clenched fist in anger and self-praise.

"Calm down, you're wearing two fangs."

Garam called out, calming the angry Shahatha.

"The matter is serious. I'll check it out just in case. --This isn't an arrow, is it?"

Shahata nods clearly to Garam's question.

"No, if you shoot an arrow with a bow or crossbow, it's not an arrow."

“So what exactly is it like?”

“I think it's a piercing in my hand or hurting the other person by throwing it at them.”

In order to resemble an ordinary arrow, the bite that is attached to it is not a long cutting edge like a striking root. It is a slightly larger but ordinary shape. In addition, the tip of the (shaft) was thick and there was no deep puncture. If we don't hit the spot so well, we won't be able to inflict fatal injuries.

That's why Shahata explained that even Zoan's gadgets, though not mountain swords, could not resist poisoning weapons.

After listening to them, Garam asks those in the [Clan of the Tail] who are watching the discussions as they drink their stubborn saliva.

"I want to make sure. Who was there when Lord Anunta was murdered?" Has anyone seen this arrow fired? "

Orluck made a sinister face, and the people of the House of the Tails who were clinging to the festival platform were fussy, but no one answered Garam's call.

When Garam asked over and over again, Orluk opened his heavy mouth.

"No. Anunta-sama was attacked when she was with her wife." When we rushed to hear the screams, they were already dead, and the arrow stood against your body. "

In the place where it was proclaimed that he was in front of God, he could not say anything false, and Orluk reluctantly explained the situation.

When Garam heard it, he pulled out the throwing arrow that Shahata had put on the floor.

"No one has ever seen this shot as an arrow. Then, let me proceed with the [Wearing Fang] saying that this is not an arrow. If you have any objection, you may later become an elf unrelated to us through Shnupa-sama and see if this is really an arrow."

Garam cuts these words to confirm the reaction of Orluk and the others. However, the Orluks could not have raised an objection.

After confirming that, Garam continues to speak.

"Throw it at me, or stab me with your hand, or I won't be able to use it unless I get close to the opponent." With that in mind, Lord Orluk--no, let's ask all the [tail clans]. Were any of you trying to harm Lord Anunta? "

Orluk was overwhelmed by Garam, but he was furious with this question.

"Bullshit! There's no such disloyalty in this [tail clan]!" There's no way I'm here! "

For [the tail clan], whose fear of the chief is stronger than that of other clans, it is unlikely that their brothers and sisters will harm the chief. It was an insult to be suspected of such a thing.

Garam speaks indifferently as he is directed at the furious anger of the [Tail Clan].

"That's right. - Then whoever killed Lord Anunta will be revealed?"

Orluk clogged up his objection.

It is unlikely that anyone from other clans would visit this hidden village. In that case, there would be only one person in the settlement other than the "Tail Clan" who was there when Anunta was murdered. There was only Gadgeta who called himself Hashamuta.

“You probably checked to see if Gadgeta was carrying any weapons or anything suspicious when he was welcomed into the village.”

Garam said, "But", and raised the throwing arrows high so that they could be seen by all the people who were gathered together.

"This is a short wooden stick that can be disassembled." As long as it is only a small sacrifice, there will be plenty to hide. Not to mention that even if they brought in just a short stick of wood, they wouldn't be suspicious. After that, if you steal the eyes of the watchman, pick up the appropriate feathers, and insert them into the wooden stick with the wings, you will be able to make this arrow-like thing. "

With that, Garam waved his hand holding the throwing arrow down with the following words.

And I used it to kill Lord Anunta!

In the sight of the throwing arrows thrust against the floor with a violent sound, Orluk could not help but repeat the figure of Gadgeta who attacked Anunta and thrust the throwing arrows.

“The only outsider in the village. Of course, they'll be the first to suspect us. But if the murder weapon was thought to be a bow and arrow, then so be it. Without a bow, let alone a one-armed gadget, it doesn't look like the killer. In addition, I taught you about the [Wearing Fangs] that uses a bow while being a Zoan, and if you offered it to yourself, you would have jumped without hesitation if you lost your coolness. And that's what happened."

Garam sighed deeply as he dropped his shoulder.

However, the [Wearing Fangs] proved that it was possible to kill Lord Anunta without a bow.

So Garam sews the skin of a cow out of the luggage that one of the warriors he brought with him, and spreads it out in a large piece of cloth.

It was depicted on a map of the Sorbian Plains.

"Behold! This is the map showing the territory that I swore to the god of beasts in the presence of [Angry Claws] and [Bone Clan] and you [Tail Clan]!"

Zoan, a hunting race that drifts through vast plains with cattle, is a good hunter with a good sense of direction. Therefore, even if there is no map, it is not difficult to explain the location and location, but it is prepared to explain to the "family of the tail" that has been away from the plain for more than 30 years.

There were indeed signs depicting not only the [Clan of Bones], but also the [Clan of Tails].

Besides, Orluk looked at her with a gaze.

"You're ridiculous! You want to take over so much territory?! That's impossible!"

The frame showing the area to be ceded to the [clan of the tail] depicted on the map was exactly half as small as that of the two clans of the fangs and claws, but it was still large. If you look at the current situation of the "family of the tail", which is greatly reducing the population due to the needy life in the mountains, it is large enough for the compatriots to live in.

Surprised and suspicious, Garam says:

"We give the land to the king of the tribe, and we receive grain and cattle from it. If we just get food, we don't have much space.”

There is no lie in Garam's words.

The development of the Sorbian Plain started by the pale horses was going well, and the quantity of grain harvested and meat obtained from livestock farming continued to change the previous year's record every year. From there, the food paid to Zoan for the rent of the land was immense, and the Zoans could no longer live without hunting.

That's why it was possible to cede territory to both bone and tail clans.

However, as Orluk said, it was impossible as it should be.

Even if you present it under suspicion of the murder of the chieftain, it may be taken as the atonement or compensation for the murder of the chieftain. Therefore, it was Garam who hid the specific content of the assignment until now, but now they thought that it would be a big testament that they had not (tried to) alienate the return of the [Tail Clan], and revealed this.

"We, Zoan, are brethren of twelve brothers born of the first god of the beast. If you think your brothers and sisters are in a difficult situation, you have stepped into the conquest of an area that is important to your clan!"

Garam's voice, which was gently clattering, began to pound with excitement.

"It's a good idea to say that we killed Lord Anunta when we tried to alienate our return!" Even so, if you use Gadgeta's rhetoric (anzan) as a shield to argue that our [family of fangs] murdered Lord Anunta, that's fine! "

And Garam barks.

Let's say that we are the [Clan of Fangs] [speaking only with a blade]!

The festival stand and its surroundings were silent as if they had struck water.

Until then, what I thought was true was denied. The [Clan of the Tail] remembered the impact of the collapsed earth that they thought was the stone.

Among them, Orluk was in a hurry.

Orluk is not stupid either. I had already noticed that the man who called himself Hashamuta was suspicious. Still, he acted like he believed that it was the only way to return to the plain.

To escape the pursuit of Holmea, life behind the hills was a pain for Zoan, the inhabitant of the plains.

In the mountains where it was impossible to run on four legs, hunting was difficult, and it was even difficult to procure food for the day.

Therefore, in winter, thousands of compatriots die every year from hunger and cold. Many of them are inferior old people and young children. In the middle of winter, one child dies from the north wind. It is no longer everyday tea and food that the mourning voices of couples who noticed their children not breathing with the sunrise echo in the village.

To see the plight of such a clan, many birds always stopped in the trees near the village. And the birds shall aim at the bodies that shall be put into birds' graves. The birds jerk off as they watch someone in the village die, making a creepy noise that they urge from time to time.

In the circumstances of such a settlement, Orluk could not help but curse his helplessness, which had not fulfilled his heavy responsibility.

Return to the plains.

It was a grief for Orluk, a duty imposed on himself that must be fulfilled.

The plains had already been recaptured by other clan members. But I'm not saying we should just go back to the plains.

Although it was to avert the destruction of the clan, while abandoning their ancestral land, it was impossible to return to the place where other clans risked their lives and recaptured it with blood.

It is not just a matter of pride.

The same Zoan, who dwelt in the same plain, was once a struggle over each other's territories. In other words, each family was like a single country.

To succumb to such an opponent and beg for mercy is, in other words, to cede the sovereignty of the country and entrust it with the right to kill. I didn't know when (how) I could take the debt that transferred the territory in any way.

Of course, Orluk didn't think of Garam as a man who would do such a thing.

However, the next Chief of Garam is not necessarily the same. Even if the next sheikh is okay, what's next? What's next?

Though it be to survive the present plight, let not the sons and daughters suffer.

For Orluk, the cause of avenging the chieftain was precisely a gift.

But it all came to nothing.

It is no longer in the name of the cause. The [Clan of the Tail] was put on a spoken word by someone who no one knew, and fell into a great rebellion that pointed its fangs at our compatriots who showed mercy to us.

A sense of regret and self-repentance hangs over Orluk's shoulders.

But still, Orluk raised his face.

If this is your fault, I will gladly offer you my head. However, it was no longer the responsibility of the entire [tail clan]. I couldn't possibly admit this.

"What you're saying is just reasoning!"

Orluk barked.

"Besides, even if Hashamuta is a gagging man, it doesn't change that he belongs to the [Fang Clan]!" I don't want to mislead you about your responsibilities - no, I'm sure it's a nostalgia for our anger! ”

Difficult habits are also difficult.

Orluk himself knew that his words had no weight of truth.

If you spit such words at this place declared to be in front of God, you will not know how to punish God. On the contrary, it is bound to fall into the swamp of Genovanda after death.

But still, Orluk barked.

Not the mercy of other clans, but the power to reclaim the plains.

In order to bring the discussion into its form, Orluk barked in readiness to shed the dung of the swamp of Genovanda.

However, it was only for the convenience of Orluk and the [Clan of Tails].

Considering the plight of the [Clan of the Tail], Orluk's words were nothing short of spitting out his generosity to the [Clan of the Tooth] and [Clan of the Claw] who proposed the assignment of the territory and bathed them in mud.

At last, the beast that shouldn't be the most angry in the plains, and the man who was also called a mad warrior, were seriously angered.

"Hey, come on, you."

Zug was laughing as he peeled his fangs.