Hunter of the Perished World

When Jean came out of the Buryburia soup after washing her whole body with soapy water, Leona was lying on an old but clean couch that was dry and fuzzy.

"I love soap."

"I guess you changed your mind about what you said earlier when you were hunting pigs."

“People don't feel the same way at the time. ”

"Hunter, did you keep your clothes on?"

"Yes..."

"What's the point of wearing dirty clothes after washing? Give it to me. I have to suck it. I've got clothes in the room, so put them on."

"Well, you don't have to..."

"This is for Juul's hygiene, not kindness. Can I have it?"

"Wait, then…."

Gene had to take off his coat and backpack, remove the necessary items, including the empties, and return the clothes to the laundry quietly. The middle-aged woman muttered nervously.

"Ouch, what is that smell? Dust in oil... I'm not going to twist the flies."

The woman folds the laundry on one side and stares at the jeans dressed in new clothes. I wish I could wash my heart again, but I didn't think I'd say that. Leonardo and Gindo both received slippers in new clothes.

The middle-aged woman was inclined to wash shoes and everything, including the house. The woman placed the contents of the wooden crate on the wooden table on the porch. Groceries, bolts, crossbows, weapons, soap, everything you could find in Juju.

"If you want to buy something, pick one here, then tell me the quantity and I will prepare it for you. I don't take bargains, so make sure you know that."

"Is that what you do for outsiders?"

"Well, sort of. If you need anything, just let me know."

"Ju-Seong seems to have a very large reception area."

The middle-aged woman murmured as if Gin was tired.

"Wouldn't it be nice to say you don't look familiar, huntsman? It's better than being face-to-face, isn't it?"

"Well…. I think we have one for now."

"Hohoho! I'll take that as a compliment. I like meeting people. I especially like to watch outsiders like rats get cleaned up."

"Strange hobby lady...."

Leona was a little bored, thanks to this big lady. Gene examines the goods. Some of the things that were written in the sign said, "Chicken" and "Wild Rat."

The weapons were obviously not what Jean wanted, but the groceries and clothing branches seemed to be well-stocked.

"I hope you'll pay for today's accommodation."

"Here you are."

"Thank you."

Gene paid five chips. I could use soap and provide water like this, but 5 chips a night was very cheap. When you think about how much most free cities pay for chips per night, it's really expensive, but compared to being offered clothes, it's like a hotel.

"Then what do you normally do? We're not gonna have any guests, are we?"

“Huh? It's me... ”

Leona said arrogantly, but she didn't point out anything. Before the woman answered the question, I heard a cry from a distance.

"Seong-jun! Mr. Goode hurt his finger on the hammer!"

And the guards were coming straight for the front door. The woman runs toward the furious guard.

"Oh, this is bad! Is he hurt badly?"

"I think my nails are broken, but I need to disinfect them!"

"Bring some disinfectant and some rags to the forge."

"Yes, My Lady!"

Middle-aged women used to say that and looked at Gin and Leona.

"Phew... I'll be back in a minute. Just rest."

"Oh, that…. I will..."

"……."

A woman runs to Huddak somewhere, and Gene and Leona stare at each other.

"Is that lady a monk?"

"I think so."

"... I'm in trouble."

Gin and Leona are frozen for a moment, just like the ones who were sneaked out by the cameras.

He would, too, wear a white hoodie on her head with her apron on, not unlike the average citizen.

"My husband was originally a monk. Since the Point Age, people have been popping up and calling it a castle for nothing. But then, when he tried to catch a bear in the mountains, he was wounded, and there was pus, and it got sore, and he died. It's already... It's been 10 years. I don't have any kids. People are terrified that the world is going to collapse because he's dead, and someone has to do something about it. I'm the only one who can do it, so I don't know anything, but they call me Seong-ju. I had to live, so I started working."

After completing an urgent action, she prepares a meal and starts pouring out unspoken stories. Gin and Leona had nothing to do anyway, so she watched as she cooked and boiled something in the stove.

"It used to be like this when we drove all the estramorwn out and lived alone. But why would a stranger come to this imperial town? Maybe a couple of people in three months at the most. But I changed my mind after sending him away like that."

"How?"

Leona asked.

"If there had been a single dose of disinfectant, you wouldn't have died so foolishly. So since then, if there are strangers, there's nothing interesting about it. I'm trying to figure out if there's drugs or anything, or private therapy or anything like that. Luckily, I know how to write something down and take it out whenever I need it. I know how to make paper. I know how to make soap. About five years ago. I received refugees once, but they taught me that. Hey, I live in building 4. Those teeth... Oh, you can't tell me?"

Previous Seong-ju died and Hyung-ju realized that the knowledge of outsiders is absolutely necessary to live. That's why we treat hunters and whatnot with kindness and gain knowledge from them. She didn't just manage these outsiders because they were so spacious.

She gained a lot of knowledge, including how to grow cotton, how to make disinfectant, how to make soap, and how to make iron bricks. Occasionally, technologists joined Castle to become residents.

She thought hygiene was the most important thing, and that's why everyone kept clean clothes and cleanliness the secret to health.

Luckily, there's an easy valley nearby to get water, and the monsters aren't enough to burn the walls down, so it shouldn't be too hard to keep the monsters away from stealing crops at night.

Contemporary Seongju's judgment was accurate, and that is why Juuling did not develop weapons technology, but developed enough to ensure the health and safety of its inhabitants.

The meal was a fairly expensive amount of four chips at a time, but I stopped thinking that gin was expensive when the chicken meat soup became clear to the salt liver.

"Delicious!"

Leona shudders and eats barley rice in the chicken meat soup. It's been a long time since I've had a proper meal like this, so I tasted it slowly.

"I don't know if it's because I don't have kids, but kids like this feel good just to eat."

"She's a good person. I'm sure."

The Holy Spirit gives Leona a big nod.

"You know what, man?"

"Why."

"I just realized"

"What?"

"Man, he lives to eat good food."

"I agree."

"Right?"

Leona pushes the food out of the spatula. Having a hot meal for a long time made me feel good, about halfway through my career. If anyone chews sour and dirty meat that flows from monster juice, it's a good thing they won't cry when they face this kind of food.

After finishing eating, Jin looked at the Holy Spirit. Although Seong-ju was dressed like any other anak, Jin knew that this attitude also belonged to one charisma.

Such charisma is very rare and at the same time noble.

"It's a shame to say this, but I'm a hunter, and what I can tell you won't be much use to promote the benefits of this castle."

"That's okay. Even if it's someone who doesn't have anything to eat, we're good with chips anyway. It's hard to run a generator these days. There were fewer monsters to catch."

"But I think I can help you with something."

Gene gets to the point. Fortunately, because he was a deserted person, it was quite favorable for Jin not to put much effort into meeting him. After Leona finishes her meal, she stares at Jean, wondering what she has to say.

"Help?"

"Don't take this the wrong way."

Gene opens his mouth with a serious expression.

"Juuling will be destroyed within a year or six months. It will collapse, rather than be destroyed."

"…… Well, what do you mean?"

The words that were close to the threat of gin hardened the Holy Spirit's expression.

"By termites. I'm sure it will."

"……."

Leona couldn't help but notice the smile on her face. Hiding in the funky and long dress worn by Seongju was a muscle, not a flesh house. I was trying very hard to make a body like that.

That's why her expressions were quite sharp, and she was like a beast.

He has managed over 600 lives alone.

It's impossible for a person to do just what's good. The frightfully stiff expression of the Holy Spirit told me all about it. The time that the Holy Spirit had lived was not just warm and peaceful.

He stood up even after his husband's miserable death and became Seongju. He further developed the castle called Juul.

"When I get information, I am the first person to review its reliability."

So I was saying that it's not as comforting as slippery tongue teasing.

"I don't sell lies for a living."

"You'll have to."

We were all expressing openness, but not stupidity. The Holy Spirit warns with a silent voice.

"I found the red bear who killed my husband and tore his limbs with my bare hands."

The Lord's forearms were heavy enough to do such a thing.

It was a very polite threat to tear your limbs apart if you pick up any nonsense.

As the Holy Spirit said so, Jinn's words were really like those of a shaman, so it was natural for him to express such calm anger. Instead, it was a good thing you didn't call the guards right away, saying you were scamming.

"Like you just said. Don't you think there's a reason monsters are disappearing these days?"

"Yes, it is."

"Did you know that termites are starting to colonize the area?"

"Yes, but they only steal corpses. I heard they don't hunt for themselves. We've lost our prey a few times, but we don't have a way to get rid of it, and we don't care about it very much because it doesn't do any harm. He didn't steal the crops...."

Gene cut off the Holy Spirit's words as if they were blind spots.

"Ants are omnivorous. Why do you think they don't steal the crops? The crops are in the ground, and the root vegetables can be eaten as much as you want."

"Well…. I don't think you've thought about that. Maybe it's just because there's so much to eat..."

"It's not that termites don't hunt. I hunt, but I do it very slowly."

Knowing the nature of the game is the first thing to hunt. And Gene knew very little about the characteristics and habits of a creature that had been twisted for a long time.

"The ants have grown large enough to spread throughout the area. We need more food to keep the herd alive."

"Get to the point, hunter. I really don't like the sound of this."

"Ants usually forage the corpses of beasts defeated in battle, but when they hunt, they hunt 'colonies'. Fixed, immobilized colonies. Could be a herd of beasts, could be a nest of monsters."

Gene points to the ground.

"It could be a human city."

In these words, the expression of the Holy Spirit turned to dust.

The game of termites is slow, but sure. They choose a colony to feed, and they dig numerous underground tunnels. In other words, it turns the colony's basement into a shell. And when they are ready, the cave breaks down the pitted ground and buries the entire colony in the ground.

And they hunt things buried in the ground very easily.

The work is very slow and discreet. That's why it will be too late if we find out at the beginning of the raid.

The princess who heard such an explanation was silent and expressed other questions.

"But I've never heard of termites doing that."

"Of course. The whole town collapsed and disappeared. And when they plan a hunt like that, they never touch the colony. Keep your guard up and the colony will be gone."

It was very rare for those who knew that termites had such properties because they were just buried and all gone.

Gene bites like a wedge.

"Haven't you noticed any earthquakes or sinkholes lately?"

"……."

"I can see that look on your face."

"Yes... When the last hurricane passed, I had one. I thought it was because of the rain... I don't think that's the reason...."

The ground was weakened, but I had no idea it was the work of a termite.

"Consider paying in advance for a future crisis. In the past, we used to call this insurance."

After all, he was the one who said he was here to sell insurance.