Vermillion

Kay acted fast.

"Shit!"

Poisoning, kicking off the burning fire at your feet. The flames of the burning tree were scattered, and the darkness covered one side of the perimeter.

"Eileen."

Quickly rush over, cuddle up, and try to roll in to hide behind the ruined stone walls.

The commonly called "princess hug" posture - but it doesn't look like an arrow is standing in the chest of the princess (heroine) at the heart of it, no color or shit. Eileen's luxurious body, which fits softly in her arms, was surprisingly light.

"Hold on tight."

Eileen can't answer Kay's call like a whisper. He distorts his face in agony, ha, ha, ha, ha. He is breathing shallow and short repeatedly. Kay blued her face to the feel of lukewarm blood crawling down her palm.

- I failed.

In order to hide the lights of the incendiary fire, he was thus lurking in the wood - but the idea was sweet, which was shown in the worst possible way.

(Even in the game, he said he needed to be vigilant......!

Bandit NPC, nocturnal monster fearless of fire, or PK (player killer). At night, and inadvertently noticeable behavior in small numbers, was even dangerous in the game.

If (...) and (...) are (...) different (...) worlds (...) and (...) are (...) also (...).

Kay curses his own detours if he had at least a few more eyes on the meadow side. Eileen isn't as good at night as Kay, who stamped the "vision enhancement" crest, or "passive killing (passive sense)." Highest level of vision, a means of ranged attack called a bow, and sensitivity to killing. It was Kay who combined them that should have taken on the vigilante role.

At least it wasn't if you enjoyed the chat -

Though I'm about to be crushed by self-blame, along with the feeling that my vision is shaking.

"Ugh…… K, I………………………"

In her arms, Irene groans small with a fatty sweat on her forehead. Seeing that, Kay's head, whirling around, was so cold.

(- Now, what do we do?)

It's a waste of time. I switched my mind.

Gently take your head out of the shadow of the wall and look around. Now that the light of the incendiary fire has been lost, the tree stands at night are only illuminated by a slight starlight. It was a space almost equal to darkness - but Kay's enhanced eyes vividly reflected what lurked there.

(Three, … five, no six. this as far as you can see)

The shadow of a man who tries gradually to pack his distance, whimpering in the shade of grass. Considering the blind spot on the wall, you can see that there are two or three more ambushes. It was completely surrounded.

I'll leave it at this time to see who this raider is.

What matters is the fact that we are intelligent enough to work together and are surrounded and attacked by humanoid organisms that hold bows and arrows.

"... Ohh... Ohh... e... y..."

Irene squeaks like a rumor as she makes a fine tremor. I didn't hear it very well and didn't know what it meant. Blurry eyes, out of focus. I can't see it in the dark, but it looked pale too.

"You don't have to talk. Stay still."

Whispering in my ear, I think about what I should do.

- The decision was quick.

"Mikazuki, Sasuke, come"

Mikazuki answers the call. Carefully, but quickly, Kay straddled Mikazuki to avoid obstructing Eileen's wounds.

"Irene, it's a little patience. Bear with me."

Did you get Kay's word? Eileen nodded vaguely, whining about something small.

"Let's go!

Kick Mikazuki's flank. And the brown horse ran out slipping, without divulging a single voice of nagging.

"A horse."

"Let's get out of here!

The raiders, who were lying down, rise to the figure of Kays jumping out of the back of the wall.

Kahyukahun, and the sound of a bow ringing.

Kay's face is tense. He pulled his reins and shifted Mikazuki's path to the side.

The roar rises and the black arrow feathers tear apart the space where Kay's torso was until a moment ago.

(He'll do it!

At least one of them has a good bowman. Looking back, the men equipped with black leather armor were making a scene with their weapons in their hands.

Kay manipulates the reins and begins to maneuver irregularly on the zigzag as he sews between the trees. Sometimes the growing trees have become obstacles, which seems to have led to stray targeting of the raiders. All the additional arrows released deviate in a different direction and pierce the trunk of the tree in vain.

From what I've seen, there's no shadow of a riding creature either. - Kay was convinced that he could escape.

Keep going through the trees and push the meadow east.

(… Now, when it comes to treatment, what is wrong?)

Kay looked at the girl in her arm worried. Irene frowns at bitterness to withstand the swing of a horse.

Arrow wound to right chest. Though it is difficult to deviate from the position of the artery, depending on the shape of the cuff, blood vessels may also be damaged. At least I'm sure there's a hole in my lungs. I can't even breathe like this. Also, it wouldn't be good for you to flatter yourself to be rocked by a horse with all this scratch.

However, there was no option to treat it first.

If you do use the potion, the wound itself may heal quickly and completely. However, given the way you suffered when you healed your palm wound earlier, it would probably not be possible to return immediately if you treated such a serious injury. Worst case scenario, you could even pass out in pain.

Completely unprotected during treatment. Even then, you might be the wingman to fight while sheltering the fainted Eileen - considering all of that, the safer options will be limited every second.

That is, escape.

The surrounding terrain has already been grasped. If you let Mikazuki run like this, the chaser should be able to sprinkle it completely. You can go some further and then treat Eileen and distance her again.

Or leave Eileen to Sasquatch where the capacity is stable, and Kay's hand turns to play alone.

"Baugh, baugh"

and Kay's thoughts are hampered by the sound of the beast echoing from behind.

If you look back like you've been bounced, you run like you're crawling through the ground, three big black shadows.

"-" Hunting Wolf (Houndwolf) "!"

Black blurry furrows, pinky pointy ears, both eyes gleaming spookily even under the starlight. Indicates that the collar of leather around the neck is a taught (tame) individual, not a wild one.

Houndwolf. Also known as "Black Tracker".

It was a very popular monster in the game, as a pet for attack aids. It was difficult to teach because of its ferocity, and it was considered a difficult undertaking to hand, but once it was nostalgic, it becomes submissive, never betrays its master, and stands competent in all phases.

Big body, unparalleled agility, bottomless stamina, high attack power.

And most of all, fear is its pursuit (...) trace (...) force (...).

Make full use of your sense of smell as a wolf and persevere in pursuing your prey everywhere. If you are about as fast as the horse runs, you can run all night, and if you are about thirty minutes, you can even follow the horse's march.

Even if we go to the end of the earth, there is no way to escape them as long as the 'smell' remains. The only time Houndwolf stops tracking himself is when he is called back to his husband's whistle or when he eats a thousand slices of his prey's throat whistle.

Such a black beast to be called the vanguard of Reaper - three heads.

"……… This is..."

It's troublesome. Kay accidentally pounded his tongue. Houndwolf spreads and drives away, as a bunch of wolves do as they pack their distance. Occasionally, one of the three heads is stopping and howling in the night sky. I guess that's how they're trained to let you know where the 'prey' is.

Until a moment ago, it was an easy escape that now turned into a sweat-gripping hunting play in my hands. Besides, Kay is on the 'hunted' side - Sasquatch running behind him also shows the colour of fright.

"Damn, I could even use a bow......"

With Eileen in her left arm, she stared at the wolves, and Kay poisoned her with abomination.

If it's plain, for Kay the bow cavalry, Houndwolf is not enough opponent to be afraid of.

If you drive a bauser hose (Mikazuki), which boasts the highest performance of horse-shaped riding creatures, and you have a hundred bow arms, it's just a 'target' for Hound Wolf and other fast legs. Rather, the figure is so big that it is easier to retain than the meadow raven for not running away.

but now one arm is blocked in Eileen. I've been trying a lot for a while now, but I don't have the skill to support her with no arms. For Kay, who has always fought with bows in the game, I'm glad to say this situation is unexpected.

Assuming this is the game, Kay would throw Irene out immediately.

He could die from a crashing impact on the ground, or he could be eaten to death by Houndwolf. But if you use a bow in that gap, you can destroy these black beasts in an instant.

Afterwards - whether life or death - Irene should be harvested (...) and re-received meat (lispawn) at the base to be treated. This prevents both loss of ability (Despener) and loss of possessions (item loss). There is no disadvantage whatsoever.

But when that becomes a reality...

(I can't throw it out, can I?)

Irene frowns in her arms to withstand the swing of a horse.

You wouldn't be able to dump a weak girl, let alone throw her on the ground from a horse, and tell her to do such livestock work.

(If this is the world of [DEMONDAL], resurrection may also be possible…)

I can't be more impotent than the possibility that the game is similar to (...) and (...) is different. It was too risky to try in bump production.

"Wong, on!

Barking. Even as we think about it that way, the Houndwolves are chasing it up.

These black trackers, who do everything in their power, outperform Mikazuki today in instant foot speed.

Bauser hose boasts the best speed, the highest level of stamina, and excellent running performance in horse-shaped riding creatures in the game - Mikazuki, but is vulnerable to weighting. It's not a power type, it's a speed type. With just one more passenger named Irene, the highest speed was falling gakun.

"Hey Mikazuki, gut it! Your speed shouldn't be like this!!

Don't be impotent, Mikazuki sees Kai all the time. He still runs a lot. Kay, whose muscle density is unusual, is quite heavy compared to his appearance. That's where the passengers are added over weight, so it was already full.

(... you can't get away with it)

I knew it, but once again I realized Kay's eyes go away. In the first place, with a little acceleration here, Houndwolf's pursuit never stops. Earlier, the throwing knife that Eileen was putting on her hips caught her eye.

Unfortunately, Kay is not good at knife throwing. I've practiced, but haven't had a decent stab try in action.

Not to mention on a shaky horse right now, I just threw it at a moving goal, and it wouldn't even be a restraint.

(… I just have to compete with my card)

Reach for your hip pochette. It was a lead ball about the size of a quail egg.

It's rubble.

What I was carrying instead of an amulet for people. It would be less effective on beasts covered with thick fur all over their bodies, but better than none.

"If I could at least get a bee in my forehead..."

Set your aim for Hound Wolf on the right hand side. From Kay's foot motion, Micazki, who guessed the intent, circled the horse's neck slightly clockwise.

To the rapidly approaching Kays, Houndwolf in the matter jumps and eats away, lowering his posture as he runs.

And all the way into his legs, he tried to strip Mikazuki of his fangs, exactly at that moment.

Kay waves her right hand down.

Bit, and the sound of your arms cutting off the sky. Optimized operation, misaligned muscle forces, and combined debris are released from close range.

Without even giving wild animals time to react, rubble with extraordinary power burst into Houndwolf's face.

"Ghant!

With a powerful blow to his nose, Houndwolf briefly screams and flips to the spot. He held his nose on the ground, and the appearance of the beating beast soon became smaller and smaller.

One head left the front - and Kay's mind was about to loosen slightly, "Bullshit," Mikazuki's alarming voice. If you look at it, your left hand, one head that was approaching close range at some point, was already standing up to jump this way.

(- How about that!)

Kay's right hand stretches to his hipster dagger when he decides he can't take out the rubble in time.

Houndwolf kicks the ground at the same time as Kay pulls out his dagger.

No matter how handsome the wolf is, he can't change his posture in the air. On Houndwolf's neck, Kay stuck his dagger straight out.

The feeling of tearing the flesh and the blade of the dagger eating into the bones of the neck muscles. A humid noise leaks through the wolf's throat. However, it should be noted that Houndwolf, who did not even look frightened, opened his jaw wide and circled his neck in an attempt to put his fangs up on Kay's right arm.

Surprised by his obsession, and his struggle, Kay releases his hand from the dagger.

The black hunter, who lost his throat support, was knocked out by the meadow of the night as it was, without Kay biting him.

"There's only one head left............!

Rear, watch the last houndwolf to chase, explore Pochette.

The rest of the debris, two.

He placed one of them in his right hand and carefully set his aim.

"Gulululu......"

Houndwolf, who roared vigilantly, turns his orbit into small pieces while lowering his posture and tries to flirt with Kay.

He knew. That something dangerous will be released from Kay's right hand. And if you approach it inadvertently, you will get a painful counterattack on your fingernails that are sharper and longer than your own.

Damn, he was a wise beast. At the same time, I find it abominable.

"Like a game, you just have to be hunted by adults......!

Yes, throw up. Black beast. Stick around.

(- Death!

With the greatest willingness to kill, he boosted his strength all over his body.

Intense killer that makes you even feel physical pressure. Directional malice that makes your whole body hair stand upside down. An unintentionally trembling houndwolf's body stiffens for a moment.

That, the gap.

Kay's right arm braced.

Bishy lead debris cuts the sky. Kay threw with all his might, a special blow.

But happy or unhappy. Kay missed his sight.

The debris thrown at Houndwolf's forehead slightly plunders his ear and hits him on the back of it.

Lead strikes meat over fur, sounds painful. but that degree of pain for the beast was rather nothing but a backstroke of the nerves. Earlier, as if to deny that he held 'fear' of Kay, the wolf, stripped of his fangs, progresses with a fierce bark.

"You don't like Active Motivation (Active Sense) ………"

Kay sighs that she's not used to it. The rubble came off, and the attitude was calm, even though the bloody beast was imminent in front of him.

Anyway, the settlement is almost there.

The wolf, who was completely distracted by Kay, also remembered the existence of (...) Ugh (...) a head (...) when a brown fur appeared at the edge of his sight.

"Bullshit!

From the rear of Houndwolf, Sasquatch rushes in as he raises his nagging. Wolves who are accidentally taken aback with their mouths open. On its defenseless flank, Sasquatch slammed his right foreleg hoof relentlessly.

The black-haired belly was cut (...) or cracked (...) (...) (...) when the canvas made a breaking noise. The wolf threw up blood reflexes from his mouth and burst with a sasquatch hind leg kick. Houndwolf blew away with his guts scattered from his belly.

"Well Done!!"

When I heard Kay's delight, I said, "Well, I'm strong, aren't I?" Sasquatch looked good. A sharp bone blade unfolded behind his leg and on the back of his heel, folded without sound and simulated into just a hoof.

Bauser hose.

They boast the highest level of performance among horse-shaped riding organisms, but not technically horses. It is a fierce omnivorous monster, simulated on a horse at a high level. It is supposedly harder than houndwolf to get to grips with, and even if you succeed in serving, you need to be careful how you treat it.

"... Mikazuki, you did well too. Thank God."

Pom Pom, slap Mikazuki's neck, and get the labor done. I don't need to be told, but Mikazuki snorts when he sees Kai.

If you don't show proper gratitude this way, it's the bauser hose that bends the heso. Even the AI in the game did, so let's just say different worlds. If you've managed to find people, you should prepare some extravagant food, be it vegetables or meat.

(… but now Eileen's treatment is first)

Anxiously frowning, Kay sighs. That's it, it's heavy to think about.

Kay compared the meadow spreading on his left hand to the forest on his right, as he drove Mikazuki on his fast feet, - lost for a while, then swept his horse's neck toward the forest.

Kei, who couldn't hide his anxiety in the 'treatment' he was going to carry out, slowly stepped into the dark mixed woods.

†††

In the jungle, it was almost dark. Even the slightest starlight is blocked because of the leaves of the trees that grow overhead.

(If it's so dark, you won't be ambushed by humans)

With lined human night vision, you can't even walk. Then the tall, thin trunk trees make up the majority of the vegetation, which opens up the view compared to the earlier tree trees.

As long as Kay stays fully alert, even his beast opponents shouldn't take lag. Now, like Kay, Mikazuki, who has a 'vision enhancement' crest, doesn't seem to have a problem, but Sasuke, who doesn't have any enhancements, seems pretty hard to walk. Now Kay is pulling the reins and guiding them.

"Well... can we do this around here?

Halt Mikazuki's leg around a few hundred meters. Even if we look around, we don't see any organisms in the visual area. Mikazuki is also flat, so even within the sensing area, including overhead, no hostiles were considered present.

"Eileen. Do you hear me?

Speak up as you soak up the sweat that has surfaced on your forehead

"………………?

Keeping her eyes closed, Eileen whines as if she was having a nightmare, but she has no idea what she's talking about because it's Russian on top of her unclear pronunciation.

Hold Eileen and slowly descend to the ground. He laid his cape on dead leaves and rotten soil, laying gently on a luxurious body.

"Alright. I'll take care of Mikazuki, Sasuke, and Vigilance."

Mikazuki answers with his nose ringing and Sasuke begins to glance around his surroundings with a crisp look. Though in the dark, Sasquatch shouldn't have seen almost anything.

"Well, and"

Wash your hands gently with water from the water bottle and examine Eileen for scratches. I can't see the wound because of the black outfit, so I try to take out the dagger to cut the fabric but nothing on the sheath. So I recall that the dagger was taken on the road by Houndwolf in an earlier battle.

I had no choice but to borrow one of Eileen's throwing knives and slit her black chest.

"……… Hmm."

When an arrow was growing on the boulder, a peek into the chest of the girl she wanted did not give rise to evil emotions.

"... if I'd stabbed him two centimeters up, he'd have hit the right subclavian artery."

The arrows were stabbed as they entered between the ribs. From the shape of the wound, it can be seen that it is not a type with a "blade" or a "return", but a simple conical shape, rather close to it. In other words, when pulling out an arrow, the risk of the wound spreading is low.

Either way, I just want to block the wound as soon as possible, but Kay thought it would be better to have her health restored at all before pulling the arrow through.

"Irene. Can you hear me? Can I have a potion?

Calling in my ear, but the reaction is not fragrant. Eileen has been mumbling rumors for a long time now, but on top of her faint voice it was apparently Russian.

I have no choice but to drain the potion slightly over my mouth. but

"… Nrессконо…"

Most of it falls from Irene's lips with her face on it. I didn't know what you were talking about, but you're probably saying "yummy". In any case, the consciousness has been in a state of constant confusion for a long time, with little communication of will.

(... no, but depending on what you think, this might be a good opportunity)

So, with the potion in one hand, Kay rethinks.

Treatment with potion apparently involves a lot of pain. Irene was in a chilly sweaty state just by fixing a cut on her palm. I don't want to imagine how much pain it would cause if that were to pull out an arrow stuck in my chest and block that hole.

"…… while the consciousness is blurred, it is better for him to just finish, …………?

Think often and make decisions.

All right, one nodded Kay, took off his cage hand and rolled his sleeve. Just in case, place a few spare potions on your knees for immediate use, exhale and put your hands on the arrows.

…………

In-game, I've pulled out arrows many times before, but when it came to doing it in real life, the boulders weighed differently. Eileen's chest beats through her left hand holding down the wound.

Deep breaths.

"Let's go."

Getting ready, Kay pulled through the arrows carefully, but boldly, to reduce the pain, not to spread the wound.

"Ugh......!?

As soon as Irene looked at her in pain, she turned to herself with a groan. From the wound, black blood overflowed. Venous blood. The artery is not cut.

"Now, don't complain, Eileen…………."

'Cause it's for you,' Kay whined softly, tilting a bottle of potion.

A thick, water-colored liquid drips and - touches the wound.

"Huh!!!!!

Juh, and the roasting sound of meat sounded, and Eileen opened her eyes slightly.

"Grr -!!!"

Along with the screaming, he continues to drool the potion as he rushes to hold onto his rampant body as it jumps. Without enough potion, the scratches blocked halfway through was the most important thing to avoid.

"Awwwwww!!!!

Eileen tries to rip Kay's arm off with so much pain or so much silliness that she doesn't seem like a little girl. And the roaring scream of the beast, which I don't think is roughly what the maiden raises.

"Sorry, Irene, calm down. Forgive me!

Eileen's chest, the water-colored potion, dived into the wound suspiciously peristaltic, as if it were a willing slime or something. From inside Eileen's body, a creepy sound of gopogopo echoes, similar to that when the pot of water boils.

Eventually, Irene's body movement, which was rampant, turned into a fine cramp, and her open eyes turned around at some point, turning completely white.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Sometimes whenever Eileen coughs up, she thinks of it as hardened blood from her mouth, and a red and black chunk is thrown out. And after it was over, did the potion volatilize, and more gases began to rise from the mouth and nose that knew neither vapor nor hot air.

"... ahhh..."

Finally, around the time my body cramps have subsided, I start blowing bubbles from my mouth. The same, nagging, watery foam as the potion.

………………

It was so spectacular that Kay, who had forgotten to breathe, quickly regained her mind and rushed to take Irene's pulse.

"…… good. Alive……………."

Pikun, I keep blowing bubbles with a tingling cramp, so on second thought, it was normal to be alive. But Kay finally takes a breather by making sure of the fact that 'Eileen's heart is moving' himself.

The next time I checked the wound, like the cut on the palm of my hand, I still had a white scar but the hole itself seemed to be completely blocked.

Place your ear on your chest and check the breathing sounds. It's a little early, but I can only hear regular heartbeats, and I can't hear respiratory related abnormalities.

"Rest assured for once, or..."

In the meantime, I'm so sorry to keep my white eyes on forever, I'll gently close my eyelids.

"…… be careful not to get only serious injuries over here"

- Without it, in the same eyes as this. Kay shrugged.

"Buru."

I agree, just to say, Mikazuki snorted small.

"…… Hmm?

So I look up.

Beyond sight.

At the end of the jungle, which was dark until earlier, I can see the light.

Every shake, orange light.

As I watch, one, two, the number increases.

"" Fire (Will O Whisper) "...?

I suspected a form of the lower spirits, but soon realise it wasn't.

That's an artificial fire. It's a pine light.

Because of the fine movement, there is no doubt that someone is walking around with a pine light, but it is too far away from the boulder and too dark to even see the handles well.

"... those guys from earlier, they're not."

The opposite direction. Besides, if we got ahead on foot, it's too fast.

…………

What to do.

I get lost a lot and draw conclusions.

"Let's go. Mikazuki, please."

With Eileen in his arms, he rode Mikazuki again. Put your helmet back on, put your mouth cloth on and cover your face, while checking for a single weapon. The dagger is gone, consumed two pieces of debris, but everything else is in place. No problem.

Okay, and he nodded small and took Sasquatch's reins, and Kay gently kicked Mikazuki's flank. Walk slowly on regular foot. There is little velocity, and the ground is soft rotting soil, so there is no hoof sound.

When I walked out, he and I weren't that far apart. As the distance shrinks, I see the details of that light.

"…… Village."

It was a small village created by cutting open vacant land in the midst of the groves.

In front of a large log house, several villagers with pine lights can be seen rushing to each other. They all wear clean clothes and are not bad in blood or flesh. It is a small village, but does it live quite well?

The other side hasn't noticed this one yet. Whether you make contact or hide, the decision was left to Kay. Kay looks at Eileen in her arms, often thinking about the pros and cons of each.

(…… I still want to avoid Nojuku)

A bitter look. Eileen is depleting her health. If possible, at least just for her, there was a desire to prepare a warm bed.

"…… Alright, let's go"

Just in case, adjust the position of the holding Eileen so that only the servel can exit immediately. Once again she regained her temper and Kay let Mikazuki run.

Unlike earlier, blunt footsteps tread on soft soil. The first thing I noticed was a dog in the village square. Turning toward the Kays, he barks hard.

"... Whoa, something's coming!

"Everybody gather around!

"A bonfire! Bonfire!"

You must have listened to the footsteps late, the villagers begin to panic.

(…… English? At least don't make sense of the word)

A number of bonfires were set up while I thought so, and the momentum and burning flames lighted up the village perimeter in a clear light. With a combination of weapons and farming tools, about ten villagers turn to Kay and make their own gains.

Gently pull Mikazuki's reins, slowly approaching the village while slowly slowly slowing down from the rush to an ever-walking speed.

Of the villagers who stood on the weapon, a tough looking man with a short spear went in and

"Stop! Who are you!

And who threw what at me?

hours since the Kays moved into the [DEMONDAL] world.

- First villagers, it's an encounter.