Absolutely Do Not Touch Eldmia Egga - Chapter 103

It was fortunate for me that the body of the man whose head had been torn off fell backwards.

It’s not because of the bloody waterfall that director Quentin Tarantino would have liked very much if he had seen it, but because he didn’t have the confidence to look at the cut surface of the guy who wasn’t even cut perfectly.

No matter how often there are stabbings, cuttings, and decapitations, anything that is not aesthetically pleasing is not good.

The blood that splattered all over the place… Maybe it’s because the afterglow of the curse still lingers on me, it passes right through and falls to the floor without asking me. I wonder if it is considered death only when all cell activity is stopped, but it is absurd that I can be cursed to such an extent if I do something.

His past was a part of which I was very curious, but now I can’t afford to be immersed in the afterglow of victory while worrying about that.

I pushed unnecessary questions to one side of my consciousness and inspected my battered body.

“It’s written… It’s become a rag.”

Not only the arms stretched forward, but also the right shin and left thigh, where he knelt, are not very healthy. Since he saved his life in return, complaining can be considered a luxury, but unfortunately, in reality, it was not enough to clear the stage just by defeating the boss, like in a game.

The captain the guys at the gate were talking about must be that guy. Leaving aside his strength, he was a guy who couldn’t even touch him in a normal way. If that guy was just a soldier or a mid-boss, I’m confident I’d cry while peeing.

Anyway, I think the reason why their pursuit hasn’t continued until now is purely because of the trust in that guy’s abilities. Whether you capture or kill me, you must believe that you will be able to deal with me.

However, a normal group would sense something strange within half a day and organize a pursuit party. Until then, if I go around bleeding profusely like now, of course I will face a situation that will make it difficult to guarantee my life.

Before that, you need to finish treatment and find a place to hide as far away as possible.

“Since it’s early fall, at least you won’t have to worry about hemostatic agents.”

I was so exhausted that I couldn’t raise my mana any more, but I couldn’t even rest for fear of dying from excessive bleeding if I stayed still.

Fortunately, the artery didn’t seem to be injured, but it might be that I simply couldn’t feel it because my physical condition was not making sense. I walked into the woods with a desperate longing for the medicine pouch I usually wear and began to search for medicinal herbs, grateful that it was midday with the sun rising.

“Spirits. This isn’t a battle, it’s an after-effect, so I’d like to ask for your help.”

I spoke out of my mouth to change my mood, which kept getting depressed even after winning because of my body aches, but the spirits had already understood my intentions and were moving.

What you are looking for are plants called black thistle and bubble nettle. The former has the same appearance as thistle, but as a plant from another world, it has an extraordinary hemostatic effect, while the latter can be used as a simple disinfectant by soaking its leaves in water.

If you want to use black thistle as a hemostatic agent applied to the affected area, you need to dry it and grind it. Now that it’s an emergency again, they’ll dry it off without saying anything.

Should I say that it is like my life that is not inferior even if it is a pronoun of luck among misfortunes? Both felt relieved that it was not a difficult environment to find, and I was able to find plants by the time I arrived near the stream, following the guidance of the spirit.

Asilie showed a feat of finding it by smell alone. It is a memory that remains as one of the feats that I tried for years but could not even imitate.

Leaving behind the nostalgia brought by the sudden good memories, I dug up the ground with my hands to pull out the roots of the thistle, and when I picked it up with my bare hands, far from disinfecting it, I took a nettle leaf that was still in its shape, using the end of my half-cloak as a glove, tore it off, and then approached the streamside. started treatment.

Among other world folk remedies, it belonged to the most fist-fighting first aid, but even that alone is a good thing for a body that has become battered. Now that I’ve even found running water, wouldn’t it be a luxury to wish for anything more?

“Thank you spirits. Thanks to you, this poor human will live without dying.”

Taking off his clothes, washing the affected area, and treating it wasn’t a big deal in itself, but it wasn’t easy because his body was getting heavier and heavier, probably because he used his mana quite excessively in the process of pulling out his neck. Because the mana that he had been using as if he was breathing all his life was completely discharged, it was just watered cotton itself, excluding the discomfort of an ordinary body.

Now, it would be dangerous even if the two soldiers who were fighting at the gate earlier rushed in at the same time

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You can’t always go comfortably. Rather, compared to what I will do in the future, the current situation may be very affluent and leisurely.

With that thought in mind, I asked the water spirit to sweep the spot I was in, sweep it up, and then move in the opposite direction from the one I had walked.

Now we have to find a place to hide.

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It’s already been decades since the past, but the man was once a candidate for corps commander.

Although, due to their own negligence, they were swept away by an absurdly powerful curse and almost lost all their powers, so all of that was just the glory of the past. Due to the years of being entangled with curses, he often showed signs of madness… but he was still capable enough to commit himself to secret missions without hesitation.

Above all, the fact that there is no way to kill him due to the curse that binds him may be a curse to the person himself, but it was a considerable merit from the position of the Demon King’s army. So he was appointed as the captain of the imperial princess kidnapping mission and he was doing well.

Because of that, the soldiers who witnessed his death in front of their eyes had to face transcendent fear as well.

“What the heck…how…”

The one who led the pursuit party stopped at the line of retreating in white, but most of the others sat down in their seats.

It was around sunset in the forest that they decided that the captain’s return was too late. Even that was not a judgment that there was something wrong with the captain, but it was close to a sense of crisis that madness might flare up and he might act strangely.

Since there was no means or way to attack, let alone kill the captain, they naturally had no worries while moving along the bloodstains. Rather, there was even room for admiration at the fact that there were too few bloodstains for dealing with the captain.

So even when I saw the red hair rolling on the floor, I didn’t think it was the captain.

“Yeah, he was a hero after all. There’s no way he could have killed the captain without that, right?”

“We’ll never catch them with our skills. This mission is a failure. We must go back and report to the military.”

“But… Judging by the traces, he’s also seriously injured. Rather, now might be an opportunity. I think we should hunt him down and kill him or capture him alive.”

“Didn’t you see that he was seriously injured? Didn’t you see him swinging his sword as soon as he entered the gate? I don’t know what happened, but the other side’s plan was completely exposed! It would be correct to see all of them as traps!”

Those who belonged to the elite accepted the scene unfolding before their eyes and began to analyze the situation as calmly as possible, but there was no sign of unification of opinions.

All opinions are valid and all claims lack adequate evidence.

As a result, the analysis, which consisted only of predictions and assumptions, gradually began to degenerate into an argument.

“Even if he’s a hero, he’s an 18-year-old boy! He’s even wasted years in the Empire because of his uncooperative attitude! It’s surprising that he killed the captain, but do you think that’s why we should fear him blindly!”

“It’s not a problem that will end simply by killing the captain. I don’t know what happened at the end, but the captain’s attack hurt him only once until he came here. Avoiding the invisible captain’s magic like that Do you think it makes sense? We’re all being fooled right now!”

“stop!”

The leader’s cry felt like a deliberate scream, but there was no problem in conveying his intention and achieving his goal. Anxiety and doubt filled his eyes as he looked at the bloodstains leading into the woods, leaving the silent pursuit party behind.

It had been a forest he had been wandering around like a front yard for the past few weeks, but the forest reflected in his eyes now was no different from a labyrinth of terror inhabited by an unknown demon.

“…Humans, collect the captain’s body and return. And erase the traces of the camp and finish preparing to leave. We will pursue him.”

“…are you okay?”

“Of course it’s not okay. I don’t think it’s okay to have the captain who was thought to be immortal die and have no certainty. I just don’t want to think that someone as big as the captain died without doing any damage to him.”

It’s a problem even if the opponent is a hero, but it’s a problem even if it’s not.

In the meantime, it was clear that if the captain had dealt a blow of conversion, and if he was scared and missed it, it would come with ridiculous repercussions.

“We’ll be back before dawn. If…if we don’t return by then, assume we’re dead and return.”

There was no questioning, so the six demons followed the trail and went into the woods.