Academy’s Genius Swordsman

19. Blood and Eggs (2)

#19

A bewildered cry was heard from not far away. It was a densely overgrown bush that was taller than a human being. After confirming the direction, Ronan sprinted to the ground and began to run.

– Wedges!

Then another arrow flew. It was an arrow with a strangely high speed, unlike anything before.

Instead of hitting him, Ronan twisted his head to avoid the arrow.

In that momentary moment when an arrow passed like an arrow brushing past his eyes, Ronan could see the unusual shape of the arrowhead.

‘This···.’

The familiar arrowhead wasn’t the usual triangle or rhombus. Three triangular blades were attached to the center of the pointed arrowhead.

‘I remember.’

It was shaped like an arrowhead proudly shown by a punitive member who had been caught for poaching in the past. It was designed to break the bones of beasts, not humans, so its structure was horrendous.

It was said that if you feed it with mana and shoot it, it can instantly kill any small monster. The words of the comrade, who had been muffled, echoed in my ears.

– And this isn’t written by any peasant. Even in caribolo, only hounds of rank or higher can shoot.

Hound was a term used to refer to the elite members of the Caribolo. The poacher’s motives continued to show the greatness of the caribolo and its systematic organizational culture.

Ronan’s expression hardened fiercely.

“Caribolo.”

It was one of the leading poaching organizations in the continent that tried to kidnap Marpez.

‘I have no reason to keep you alive.’

Ronan, who had just hit the flying arrow, rolled up his hand and brought it to his lips.

“Stop shooting, Caribolo! You are my friend!”

“what?”

“You guys don’t even recognize members of the same organization, do you? Ahayute, the hunting dog of the Damas branch!”

Arrow shooting stopped for a moment. After confirming that the gap had narrowed sufficiently, Ronan swung his sword.

Asher’s telekinesis was cut off, and floating rocks and pieces of wood fell to the floor.

“I’m going to raise my hand, so check it out!”

“The hounds of the Damas branch…?”

Leading Ronan raised both hands. He moved slowly in the direction the arrow came from.

Before long, four men appeared among the swaying bushes.

“Ahayute? I’ve never heard of it. Have you heard?”

“no. Not at all.”

“What is it, kid?”

Three were holding bows and one was holding a dagger. Ronan frowned at the men’s behavior. Red blood was smeared on his clothes and dirty face.

There was a long trail of blood that seemed to have dragged something on the ground. Ronan found silver rings on the men’s fingers.

It was the same tamer ring that was tied to Marpez’s leg. The man with the dagger growled.

“Are you a hound? Damas branch?”

“okay. Why are you making me say the same thing twice?”

“You have to sound like a horse. I don’t know if it’s a contact, but it’s nonsense that a kid like you is a hound.”

“Just because you can’t do it doesn’t mean you can’t do it all, wild dog hyung. I don’t know where the branch is, but it seems that only idiots were selected and recruited.”

Ronan spat at the man’s feet. The man who laughed out loud grabbed Ronan’s neck. He said as he held the dagger to Ronan’s neck.

“Do you want to lose, blood?”

“Oh, you were a hunting dog, not a wild dog?”

“All seven of us are hounds.”

Ronan nodded.

seven people Looks like there are three more out of sight. In fact, I felt a sense of urgency from before.

“Good job. If you don’t believe me, you can just ask your wolf. After all, it’s not too long since I’ve been promoted, so it’s not unreasonable to not know.”

Ronan shook the man’s neck. The hounds roared when they heard the word wolf.

Wild dog, hunting dog, wolf.

To dismiss it as simply a liar, the boy in front of him knew all too well about Caribolo’s class system.

What’s more, if it wasn’t his mistake, didn’t he also hit the arrow that fed mana? As well as his unusual swordsmanship, he felt strangely credible.

said the man with the dagger.

“…this child is taking good care of you.”

“Are you going? The captain doesn’t seem to be in a very good mood today, so let’s just deal with it ourselves, shall we?”

“You don’t know. If that bastard is really a hound, there will be a quarrel with the Damas branch.”

Then the man disappeared into the bushes. Hounds who changed their bows into swords approached with a smirk.

A man resembling a millet pointed the tip of a sword at Ronan’s chest.

“By the way, how did you do that?”

“Is that it?”

“Don’t look around, lad. There was a thing that floated stones and trees. Are you a wizard?”

He was talking about Asher’s telekinesis. Ronan laughed softly.

“Ah, that? There is nothing to hide.”

Ronan took out Marpez’s egg from his inner pocket. The men’s eyes widened when they saw their beautiful figure like a jewel.

“It’s all thanks to this. The last time I cut the griffon’s stomach, it came out. It’s probably like a magic tool.”

“I mean, you caught a griffon? no. This isn’t it, what the hell is that?”

“Look for yourself, senpai.”

Ronan lightly tossed the egg at the miller. The crowd of men greedily touched the eggs.

“Hey ah ah…”

“It’s the first time I’ve seen something like this.”

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Marpez’s egg was beautiful, yet indescribably mysterious. It wouldn’t be strange if he had any magical abilities. One of them raised the egg and cried.

“hey! Everyone come out and look at this!”

Then a man and two women appeared from different directions. Behind the trees, behind the rocks, under the bushes.

They all seemed to be snipers with huge hunting bows.

“Your throat is big. What is it?”

“It’s a magic tool that this little boy got by catching a griffon. Won’t you kill me?”

They, too, looked at the eggs in a very interesting way. Then two men walked out through the long grass. One was a man with a dagger that had disappeared earlier.

“Is that the child?”

“Yes, boss.”

The other was bald, about 2 meters tall, and was wearing colorful accessories all over his body.

Ronan could tell at a glance that he was a ‘wolf’ who served as the head of the branch. The wolf striding towards him looked down at Ronan.

“It’s the wolf weeping of the Demiré branch. Did you say you came from the Damas branch, Ahayute?”

“Yes.”

“Obviously, I heard that our branch is in charge of the lei we found this time, but what kind of work is that?”

Beum lowered her voice as if threatening. Ronan didn’t answer.

He looked around quickly. No more signs were felt. With this, all eight people, including the wolf, gathered.

The corners of Ronan’s lips rose. The most tedious process is over. For the first time, I felt favorable to my motive for being arrested for poaching.

“You did a good job of listening to me even when I was sleepy and disgusted. There is no such thing as motivation.”

“ok? What are you talking about?”

“First of all, let me correct… I am not Ahayute.”

spatula.

Ronan’s sword fired like a bouncing arc drew an arc. A red line appeared on Beum’s neck. The moment Beum, who reacted one step late, placed his hand on the hilt, his head fell off his body.

“ah?”

“You gave me the name of the bastard I hate the most. I have to act like a fucking poacher.”

The world Beum sees has been turned upside down. The pupil of the man holding the dagger widened.

Because everyone was preoccupied with eggs, he was the only one who witnessed the absurd death of the captain.

“everyone···!”

spatula.

But there was no room for resistance. Ronan, who kicked Beum’s body, swung his sword at the man.

The feeling of the cutlery cutting the flesh and cutting the bones was transmitted through the fingertips. The severed left arm and four fingers of the right hand soared into the air.

“You put it on hold.”

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

The man’s mouth opened and a muffled scream came out. Only then did the hunting dogs come to their senses and prepare for battle.

“What, what?! This bastard…!”

“uh? Captain…”

The fastest hound hastily put an arrow on the string. But the gap was already narrowed. A black sword shot was fired at the hounds.

“no···!”

spatula.

“Hey…!”

spatula.

“Hey Zen…!”

spatula.

Ronan’s sword was swung exactly at the poachers’ necks. Because of this, only elasticity close to a physiological response burst out sporadically, without groaning or screaming.

“Who am I…!”

spatula.

Among them, there were some who reached the level of Sword Expert, but it was meaningless. Humans die when their throats are cut off anyway.

spatula.

The gushing blood soaked the grass. The bodies, which had fallen slowly with one beat, fluttered like fish out of the shore. The last remaining hound dropped his weapon and shouted.

“Live…!”

spatula.

It didn’t take long for the job to be finished.

****

“Whoa! Whoa!”

“That’s why I told you to be prepared.”

Asher, who made eye contact with the corpse, vomited again. Asher, who came late after hearing Ronan’s call, had to witness a road to hell that could hardly be believed to be real.

None of the bodies lying on the ground had a head. Heads with their eyes wide open were floating among the bushes like chestnuts in late autumn.

“Hey, what are all those people… Whoops!”

“Caribolo. The poacher cubs I mentioned before.”

It was a disaster on a different level from the Luna Goblin incident.

Although the site itself was cleaner than when the intestines and limbs were scattered like fertilizer, the Luna Goblins were monsters, not humans.

Asher cried and said.

“Hey, this is murder…!”

“Everyone is a bounty, so it’s okay. maybe.”

Ronan, who was smoking a cigarette, answered sarcastically. In fact, most of the poachers belonging to Caribolo were wanted.

Even the lowest-ranking wild dogs had a bounty hung around their necks, not to mention the elite hounds.

“Let’s put it together.”

“Hey, are you going to put this in…?”

“Then will you come with your hand or telekinesis?”

It was for that reason that only the hair was cut completely. Ronan started crumpling his heads in his backpack.

Ronan and Asher each put five and three heads in their backpacks. The feel of the liquid slowly wetting his back was terrifying.

Ronan looked at Asher, who was breathing heavily, and pulled on his hood.

“Follow me.”

“yes···?”

Ronan and Asher crossed the high grass. The bloodstains from before Ronan wielded the sword led them.

After walking for about ten minutes, the grass was cut off and a vacant lot appeared. A bloody smell, incomparable to the previous ones, swept over the boys. Ronan pulled out a cigarette and asked.

“Are you feeling less guilty now?”

“This, this, this… all…”

“okay. This is what the kids in their backpacks did.”

Asher was speechless. There were well over a hundred animals that seemed to have died, regardless of species. Deer, wild boar, leopard, unknown birds and even a little squirrel…

The blood that made up the river was running down the slope. In a corner of the vacant lot, separated meat and leather were neatly piled up as if dismantling was in full swing.

Useless heads and guts were thrown around the ground. Asher did not move as if it had taken root in its place.

“You’re too much…”

“Professor Baren must be sad.”

Ronan exhaled smoke and laughed bitterly. The strange beasts that seemed to be part of the phantom species were also cold corpses.

In some cases, the phantom species in demand were sold as pets, but unfortunately, the phantom species here seemed to have a higher value as meat or material.

“I’m glad I got this anyway…”

Ronan pulled a rolled parchment out of his pocket. It was a different parchment than what Professor Baren had received. A map drawn in blood marked certain places.

– Draw everything.

Ronan ordered him to draw the locations of every branch the man knew.

The man who could no longer wield a dagger desperately drew a map. The index finger of his right hand, which Ronan had left on purpose, was his brush and lifeline.

-All, I’ve drawn everything, so will you spare me? right?

The man who drew the map begged for his life, throwing away all his pride.

-no.

Ronan decapitated him without a second thought. At first I said it was put on hold, but I didn’t say that it would save me.

Ronan muttered as he rolled the parchment again.

“If you give it to Baren, she will like it.”

Seeing the dead phantom species naturally reminded me of them. Ronan rummaged through his pockets. Nothing was caught except for a bag of cigarette dust.

“Hey, where did you spill it?”

Come to think of it, it looks like they haven’t picked it up since I handed it to the hounds before.

Ronan moved to the site of the massacre, leaving Asher behind. Upon reaching the scene, he furrowed his eyebrows.

“Eh?”

The bloodstains that had splattered everywhere were all erased. The blood that had been accumulating in the grass roots or in the ditch was also gone.

what? Did I take the wrong way?

It was the car Ronan was walking around. A strange sight caught my eye.

“···What is that?”

The blood that was still there was gurgling and moving somewhere.