The Spearmaster and the Black Cat

Master Achilles put his right hand in front of me, "Stop -" and gave instructions.

The master stares at the ground as it is.

"It's Zerelli's footprint."

I kept my gaze up and stared at the woods. It's certainly the footprint of the beast.

"Are you there?

Does the master feel signs, he doesn't answer my questions, he keeps staring at the woods.

I also checked with the Smeller of Secretion (Pheromones touch).

- The dark smell of the beast.

- The shape of a tiger comes to life.

Then part of the forest moved ahead where Master Achilles was staring.

From the woods emerged the Great Tiger, marked by black and yellow hair.

"That's Zerelli's Black Tiger."

Master told me his name as he turned his face to the black yellow tiger (Zerelli).

Black Yellow Tiger (Zerelli) is a carnivore with a maddening face.

It has powerful limbs and only around the eyes is a yellow, edged, characteristic face like a panda.

The area around the plump chest hair was shaped by a gradual uplifting muscle and accentuated black, with yellow hair stretching from the abdomen, which mixed with black hair to form a zebra pattern.

"Shuya, before they get their hands on us, we will storm. All right?"

In a tense tone, Master Achilles rushes out first, not long before I get back to him.

I couldn't help it, it took the form of chasing after my master.

Was Black Huang Tiger (Zerelli) frightened by Master Achilles' sudden actions, or can yell small and frightened?

There - the master's black spear approached the tiger.

The barked black yellow tiger (Zerelli) reacts to the black spear as he sharpens his eyes. Strengthen the four legs and move to avoid them reflexively.

Black Yellow Tiger (Zerelli) was able to jump to the side to avoid the master's first blow.

However, there are four small swords of magic drifting through the universe where the Black Yellow Tiger (Zerelli) avoided them.

I was waiting for a tiger so that my sword could trap me.

Exactly. You let me guide you on purpose.

Four little swords chop up a tiger so that it's conscious - oh? I heard you play.

Heh, the hairs on the surface of the Black Yellow Tiger (Zerelli) seem to be strong.

The sound of the sword being played sounds unique hard over and over again.

But when the sword blade extends to the inner belly of the tiger, you hear the sound of slashing the meat, not the sound of it being played.

At the end of the day, four swords were piercing Zerelli's legs one by one.

For once, I'll shoot you too!

I gave him a black spear blow to a black tiger who couldn't move.

Black Yellow Tiger (Zerelli) falls to the forefront on the spot.

This doesn't look like my spear worked.

He's already dead. He said you were already dead.

Didn't I? When I was remembering Hokuto Kamikaze,

"It worked. We're gonna dismantle it."

That's what Master Achilles says, cutting the black-haired skin and meat with a knife.

"Keep your back leg"

"Yes."

My master prompts me. They don't use witchcraft.

Sure, this is hard to strip alone.

Put it on a big desk. With all kinds of equipment, it would be possible for one person...

When I lift the back leg of the tiger, the master cleverly lets the knife break between the skin and the meat.

When I peeled off all the skin, the meat was now finely sliced. Cut into pieces at each site and quickly tie the strings through and tie them together, placing the meat in a leaf wrapping bag.

Then, "Whoa, this is..." The master made a rare grunting voice and was surprised. Apparently, there was a black glowing stone in his gut.

It's a magic crystal stone.

Master Achilles carefully removes the glowing and shining Demonic Crystal Stone and packs it in a different bag.

"What? The crystal stone?

"Hmm? This is... looks like a precious stone a monster could have built up with magic vegetables in his body. When I was an adventurer, I sold for a medium price. It is said to be Demon Stone or Demon Crystal Stone. I hear the labyrinth city will pick it up soon."

"Maybe it can also be used for a variety of ingredients or something?

"That's right. The magic crystal stone has many uses. It is even used in materials for blacksmiths, weapons, protective equipment, demonic props catalysts, and building materials. If you swallow it, it may lead to your own growth, or something like that."

Swallow and grow?

Well, it was a beautiful stone...

"Do you encourage growth with these stones?

"That was just telling the story. Because I don't want to drink without stone, I never did. I've seen the guy who drank it before, but the guy who drank it was acting strange to everyone's health. It didn't even look like the wind that grew on it. So I don't believe in talking about growing up."

Well, drinking a stone like this would make my stomach go crazy......

Even in the Middle Ages, blood was drained, lead was treasured as a medicine, and even in modern times, there was such a demma as radioactivity and cleansing of the skin.

"... I don't want a drink either"

Master Achilles is working on the demolition as he continues his conversation.

"Haha, that's right. Rather than that, take a look at this furry part. It can be the same material as the jacket I'm wearing. I think I saw it earlier in the fight, but this plays the sword blade. Pretty sturdy hair and skin. It can be used for leather clothing if tanned. And the thin meat here can be eaten raw. This gut is important, too, huh? Sometimes they eat" raw "when there is no spark and only prey on their journey. You should remember that. This heart and liver are nutritious. Besides, if you want water, you can rip your stomach, squeeze what's in it, and suck it."

"I know you eat raw, but do you smoke?

Break your stomach into raw meat or...

It stinks, but it's important to stay hydrated for survival.

"That's right. Only if. Hmm, ah, water attribute for shuya? Besides, don't talk about it differently because you're a vampire. I'm sorry. I forgot to stick around."

"Fine, as far as I'm concerned, it's enough for you to treat me normally"

While we talk about that, we will take a good look at Master Achilles' handcuffs.

I imitated it and tried to get it right from the other side, but it was surprisingly difficult, and at the end of the day I just saw how the master did it.

The bone collects a portion of the femur from the head to the spine and packs it all in a large magic bag.

For meat, divide the bags into special magic bags for each area.

"I roughly recovered it. I wash the skin so I can help, and the smell of blood around here makes me feel different again. We're leaving."

He nodded at the words and returned to the rapid-flow side with his master, going a little south along the river.

The master approaches the edge of the river when he finds a place where the momentum of the river is weakening.

The river is beautiful water. I see small shrimps and fish swimming.

The master is cleverly using a knife to stretch the tiger skin and washing the fur with river water. Sometimes, he applied drugs and stretched them out without diffusion.

Mm-hmm. I can't do this at first sight. In the end, I mostly just watched, but I learned to tann my skin easily.

When the master has finished washing, he dries his fur with the magic of wind life before packing it into a magic bag. And set off for the woods.

"Come on, this way"

Going deep into the forest.

The master spoke as he felled the fine trees.

"There's an earlier fur, but there's really a place where it takes a process to dry it up to strain right away and scrape off the fat that's still there or apply a lot of special vegetable oil, well, this time it's good. Unlike normal fur, it's extremely durable and hard to rot."

Ho, I guess what I just did is it doesn't even go into skin tanning.

But this magic bag is still going in.

Proceed smoothly through the forest.

Then you see giant trees that are different from the other trees.

The giant tree was a thick trunk like Baobab, a tall giant tree.

There are many branches stretching up the side and a large number of green foliage.

That looked like a big roof and made me feel a great natural richness.

Directly beneath the giant tree completely blocks the sun.

- A cold, cool breeze blows through my body.

...... large

I was silent, just... looking at the giant tree.

When I look at a giant tree like that, I hear a strange tone.

Huh? What?

"- Devonchi, Devonchichichichichichichichichichichichi"

"- Devonchi, Devonchichichichichichichichichichichichi"

This strange song tone......

It sounds slight from earlier, but I can hear it repeatedly......

I turned to my master for help.

"Hmm? What's up?

"No, that sound..."

"Oh, is that it? That's unusual. Isn't that good?" The tone of the child spirit. "

Strange word came out. What is Child Spirit (Devon Chitch) ….

"Child Spirit...... what is it? It is"

"It is said that“ rare phenomena ”occur in places rich in nature. From what I've heard, these phenomena occur in places where magic vegetables are prone to be born. Besides, it's also famous that under those conditions, wonders and monsters don't come close. Normally, the place where magic is said to be born is where" vain demon resonance ”occurs, emitting its first light, producing not only spirits and magic, but also bringing in a large number of monsters."

Something vain about a rare phenomenon.

"In the case of the child spirits and in the case of the vain..."

"That's right. Honestly, there's a lot to figure out, but in my view, where child spirits gather and occur, including forest spirits and other spirits, there's a strong influence of" God of the earth, Gaia, "or" God of plants, Sadura, "doesn't it occur? And. Well, this is just my view."

The name of God came up.

"I see.“ Master, "but you don't understand."

"Naturally. What do you think I am?"

The master frowned and showed his troubled face.

"No, I'm sorry. Because a master knows everything."

It doesn't even go as far as a real encyclopedia, but it's an identification.

"There are so many things I don't even know..."

"That's right. But you may be right about what I just said."

"Well. I always thought that such a natural area might be like a kind of sanctuary...... Or I wonder if there is a way to the divine realm (Seulos)..."

The divine world (Seulos)? I guess the gods live there by name.

"You won't know unless you ask the clergyman of that lineage or the great man of the University of Magic for more information. I don't think anyone understands. Oops, that's Devon Chitch's voice again."

Sure, still, I can hear you.

"... is it Devon Chitch? What are they doing?

"No harm done at all. He likes to surprise and make people laugh. Most of them are supposed to get along well when they meet Devon Chitch, and are delightful to travellers and adventurers. Monsters don't come near the area where the tone rings."

"Heh, that's weird. There's a lot of noise, a lot of uniqueness."

"That's the tone. There are still a lot of trees and branches out there.

"Yes, I'm a little interested. I'll take a look."

That's how I walked away from my master, near the very roots of the giant tree, and I saw it.

Observed with the Magic Eye, it can be seen more clearly.

These are the child spirits.

Sometimes, it emits blue and white light.

It's a character with small hands and feet that's anthropomorphic.

There are two big holes in the three moons and two small, round holes in the eye.

This one has a big face. Oh, there's a lot of scratchy holes over there. There was also one with a beard.

Tiny and adorable limbs.

Plus, he's moving without taking care of him, walking around, dancing every single one of them, making his head cool, jumping up...

I tend to have an eye for this little child spirit, but this giant tree, it's big again.

I was turning my gaze back on the giant tree, and my master talked to me.

"There's a bigger area of giant trees growing around the realm of elves, isn't there?

Is there a tree growing bigger than this? I want to see that.

"Ma, for now, I'm going to camp here today. Collect dry firewood and fallen leaves appropriately, so help."

I pick up leaves and firewood as my master told me, but sometimes I raise my gaze and look.

I couldn't help but look at this giant tree.

The master is beginning to place the collected leaves and firewood in the center of a little empty space under the giant tree.

I wonder if I'll light a fire.

Thought I'd light a fire, but the master gets away from it and takes out the bag.

He stuck his hand in the bag and when he grabbed something, he was beginning to sprinkle white powder all around him.

"What is that white?

"Oh, this is" bug-shunned cacho wood chips. "I think if you smell it, you'll know a little bit, but somehow it smells good with a twisted, cool feel on your nose. Now the little bugs won't stop by."

"Sure, the smell is intense"

It smells like mint, hacka.

"Mm-hmm. Good, this would be good. And then for dinner, meat is the main thing, and there's a little mountain vegetables."

"Is that pork and tiger meat from earlier?

"Yes."

Master Achilles reaches for a different bag as he smiles.

I was taking the previously cut meat out of the bag. Stab the knife in the meat and gently slap the meat out as you sing your nose.

The way meat is cooked is not much different from modern times. Arrange the beaten meat straight around the firewood.

"I don't have a fire yet. Maybe after a little while."

"Okay."

After Master Achilles says so, he distributes his gaze around to look for something.

And when he found the pit of the tree that was at its roots, he withdrew the Devon Chitches with his hands, and poured a leather water bottle into it and poured water.

Because of this, the child spirits move to slip through.

"Master, what's that?

"This is a technology that you can use when you don't know where you're going or when you want to see where you're going. You should take a look."

Put the small leaves on top of the poured water, then the master took out the thin little wire and rubbed it up and down when he pinched the wire with the palms of his hands.

Place that rubbed wire on a floating leaf, then the wire spins.

On that wire the Devon Chicks are dancing like a joke......

However, the wire movement has not been interfered with by a debonchitch. Doesn't seem to work in reality.

Nevertheless, azimuthal magnets or... magnetic forces exist even on this planet. That is.

"Now we can know the direction. The spinning tip is north. The opposite would mean south. But there are also lands where this method cannot be used"

Imagine a sea of Fuji trees driving magnetism crazy.

"I see, this is convenient, has this method been around for a long time?

"That's right. Grandpa taught me a long time ago."

The wisdom of my ancestors, you shouldn't know it moves with magnetism.

Though you think I'm a magnetic force, maybe a total unknown force.

As the master sat at the end of the root stretching from the giant tree, he began a long story about his future plans.

They're going to continue training for monster hunting and adventurers, including these wild lodges.

By the time I finished talking, the area was completely dark and about to be at night. When the master takes the meat stabbed by the knife he left alone, he carefully taps the meat out with the knife pattern again.

I was beating you earlier. Will it soften?

Then he's taking a bottle out of his nose and spraying some powder on the meat.

They also seem to be spraying salt. At the end of the descent of the meat, the master rubs the firestone up and down as he nods his tongue, and hangs the spark generated from the firestone on the dry grass. Immediately, the fire burned and the firewood was on fire.

The fire is smooth. Experience is quick around here.

I'm more concerned about the powder earlier than that. Ask me.

"... what powder were you hanging earlier?

"" Cellular powder. "Spices. They go well with meat and fish. It has a fragrant scent and doesn't take away the smell of meat."

"Scent......"

The meat burns to the fire and smells good. As the gravy began to drip all the way down the knife pattern, the master took the roasted meat.

"Sounds good. Eat shuya too."

Fragrant, smells good.

I'll take the knife too and bring the roasted meat to my mouth.

Yummy. Every bite of meat was fragrant and the story of meat was about to begin in my mouth alone.

The thickness of the meat is too juicy. Ethnic or wild. Good. But what's celu powder?

It's an accent not found on Earth......

Pepper, chili, pepper, sesame seeds, all subtly different.

Hmm, but, speaking of, close to the pepper?

"Meat doesn't taste good until it's more mature, but we don't need it now."

The master doesn't seem convinced by this delicious BBQ, he says that, even as he carries the meat to his mouth.

"The meat tasted pretty good right now."

"Meat doesn't taste as good as fresh, but fish is the other way around, right? When the meat is aged, it becomes superb meat. There is a trick to how it ages... but it doesn't matter if it tastes good or tastes bad to live. I just eat meat now. That's all.

"That's right, master. You have different years."

Master Achilles nibbles, raising the mouth angle of the abundant line where the wrinkles stand out.

"Ha, even so? Actually, Lunga's aged meat. There's a cave under the house, you see, growing that mushroom, right? There are several separate rooms over there, but there are dozens of mature meats stored in one of them. I don't eat anything but a special day, but do you want to try it next time?

"Oh, sure."

After such a repetitive conversation, it was too late at night to go to sleep.

The master said, "This is training too," and for some reason told me to push precautions before going to bed.

I was reasonably convinced that I was high and trained again. Sleep quietly.

Late at night, when the source of the incineration is still smoking...

Hmm? Feel anything on your neck? I opened my eyes. Hmm? Why, Master Achilles was beside him... Master, Achilles' eyes were serious.

Ah, ah "~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. Ahhh, the knife is on my neck...

"Now, Shuya. Once, you'll be dead."

While we talked about that, the master missed the knife and left me.

"Why?"

Good.

I thought my master was actually Uncle Mohaw......

I was worried about my ass...

"Hmm? I thought I said this was training too. You're gonna be an adventurer, aren't you?

"Yes, it is..."

Watching me smile softly, the master spoke out with a harsh eye for the wrong person.

"Shuya, why don't you lick a little“ adventurer ”? Being an adventurer often means working with strangers. What if that stranger was a bandit or a chaser? If that was the case, there is no life for Shuya now. But Shuya is a vampire. Eighty-nine out of ten - the Lord will prevail. But if you don't want to reveal who you are, you should come out in the future. That's why it's also this“ training ""

Right. I was definitely relaxed.

I answered firmly to my master's harsh gaze to reflect.

"I was definitely relaxed...... is there a trick to exploring any signs?

Not a pheromones touch......

If I had the technique my master was using, I could detect it more quickly.

"Do you have one? Actually, that's what this training is all about.

"Oh."

Was it still there?

"It's one of the methods of witchcraft, a technology close to immortal witchcraft, a way of detecting magic."

You perceive magic vegetables?

But magic is magic, right? Is there a way to know that in witchcraft?

That's not like a pheromones touch.

"Is it magic?... Can I do that too?

He's a demon, so I guess he'll unleash his magic outside and explore.

"I can. First, look at me with your eyes."

As instructed, when I caught my magic in my eyes and looked at Master Achilles with my magic eye, I could see that the magic released from my master was circular on one side of the perimeter and extended to a considerable area.

"This... do you do it all the time?

"No, it's only time to explore forest areas and signs. Because of this, this technique is one of the techniques of witchcraft called" mastery inspection ”, which can detect“ magic "within the range. I'd say it's the most important thing in witchcraft. So it's like I majored in magic."

Detect the magic magic. Try to get into some more magic vegetables and ask questions.

"Detecting a magic spell with" mastery "? What is a magic vegetable in the first place? And it just seems like a normal magic release to me."

In my questionable words, Master Achilles gives me a surprise look for a moment.

"What? Have you even forgotten the magic? Magic is all universal and principle. It is ubiquitous in all the world. All living things, spirits, but immortal monsters, but moving things have magic and magic in everything. And it is said that all organisms, including the human race, live by absorbing magic vegetables so that they breathe. This isn't just about people, it's about monsters, okay?

Principle principle… do you mean that magic vegetables are prevalent in the atmosphere?

"And just now Black Yellow Tiger (Zerelli) would have had the Demon Stone, right?

"Yeah, sure."

"It's not just about language magic, it's about spirits and magic."

"Magic, magic vegetables are deep."

In my words, my master can't help it. Show your face that.

"Deep or nothing, it's obvious... I'll explain it further. It is said that if you defeat a monster, the demon of that monster can be absorbed by the person who defeated it to accelerate growth slightly. It's the same with people."

"Absorbs magic vegetables..."

Does that mean you grow up killing people......

But it's important to be able to detect the magic.

"I know how to detect that magic vegetable. That's what Shuya was talking about earlier. It looks like a magic release, right? Exactly... what I'm doing is“ circularly aware "of my own magic, the release of magic by witchcraft. In the meantime, try it now."

“Conscious."

"Yes."

Start releasing magic.

I let magic emanate from my whole body.

Magic spreads like a circle.

"Unleash your magic with witchcraft as long as you can. And don't forget to be aware of" circling "? But you can't stretch it thin. That makes it a fairy sorcery."

"Yes."

Circle, do not extend thinly......

Well, as my master says, I am aware of magic.

Spread the magic, huh?

The moment my magic touches my master - I get a strange feeling.

Unexpectedly, my cheeks reacted to my movements all the time.

I felt Master Achilles present.

- That's a big round feeling. I can see with my eyes that there is a master there, but when I meditated on my eyes and felt the master in this "mastery check”, I felt something unknown and different.

Is this magic?

I also get a very small feeling in the woods trees around me with a different feeling than Master Achilles. The Child Spirit (Devon Chitch) was also found in a slight reaction.

Too strange......

My released magic spreads as-is, beyond Master Achilles, around the front of the woods, and the magic stops.

Whoa, that's it?

Apparently, my witchcraft mastery is limited at the moment by a radius of around thirty to fifty meters.

Sounds like my mastery range is a lot smaller than my master's.

Of course.

"Hmm. You would have released your witchcraft and felt my presence?

"This is one of the techniques of witchcraft."

Sounds like a skill, but not a skill.

You're in the realm of witchcraft.

"That's right. I can detect magic vegetables. It's just that even if we detect a magic vegetable, we won't know until we actually see it with our eyes, right? At the speed and magnitude of the movement, I can see the approximation."

"I'll remember"

"And it consumes a lot of magic. Not as good as fairy magic, though."

That's what they say, and immediately stop releasing magic and stop mastering.

I see... I feel a little weak.

As I was told, the magic consumption is high.

"You feel weak... you seem to have consumed a lot"

"Right...... the trick is to instantly extinguish magic. Without keeping a grip? In addition, it immediately“ releases ”the control and immediately" stops ”the magic, which consumes less magic than it maintains. This would require skill. If we continue to do the numbers, our senses will grow sharper and our grasp will widen. The more you do it, the less magic you consume and more precision you gain. I've been through everything."

Proficient mastery? And pheromones touch.

Now my defensive abilities jump extraordinarily.

"Okay. I'll do it again and again."

Master Achilles has nodded as many times as he was convinced.

"Mm-hmm. That's it for today. It's late for the night and we're going to bed."

"Yes, I'm off. Master."

From the next day onwards, the training in Faraway Inn will increase.

These trainings were carried out frequently, ensuring that they were equipped for surprise attacks.

Besides training away from home, I also do what I do without training in martial arts.

The master easily draws a map to the precious new parchment.

Pointing out that map, he spoke about the countries and terrain around him.

In the position of the plateau zone inhabited by the Goldiba people surrounded by mountain ranges, to the south lies the territory of the elves, the [Kingdom of Terramay], further south of which lies the [Vortex Forest of Demonic Mist] and the kingdom of the people [Kingdom of Oseberia].

And [Mount Bardok], where dragons are said to live at high altitudes, has [Kingdom of Leften] and [Kingdom of Thermalia] to its northeast and southeast.

Beyond the northern Mahaheim Mountains lies the [Gordics Grand Desert], which awaits difficult desert journeys for caravans and travellers. There are also several oases in the desert, [the Bishop of Armev] as a country, and further north, [the religious state Heslifart] and [the Holy King of Arkhamnellis], and to the northeast of the Great Desert, they have the Great Forest, which was [the former Befaritz Great Empire].

He explained it plainly to me as a master.

Spring, summer, autumn, winter, which is the basic season.

He also taught lightly about the fact that there were ninety days of the season, and three hundred and sixty days of the year, and about the sacred churches of various races, gods, spirits, religions, and people.

I was seriously asking......

Honestly, there's too much information, I think I'll forget it soon.

At the end of the day, he also gave a light explanation of slavery, and the rare classes in seating ended.