Absolutely Do Not Touch Eldmia Egga - Chapter 130
After leaving the huge tent reminiscent of a circus troupe, I tied and dragged the invisible man once more and started wandering around the camp in search of a tent that might have been used by a captain.
Of course, I didn’t know what to do. Because there was no information to hear from the people who were locked in iron cages. It’s too hard to just stand in the middle of them and wait for Asili, so I just walk around hoping there will be a decent tent while I run away.
Only the sound of my footsteps and the invisible man trailing through the quiet night air reverberated, creating an atmosphere like a serial killer going to dump a corpse, but I decided not to pay attention to the yard that no one was watching anyway.
After wandering around for a while, I ran into Asilie again, and she looked at the invisible man behind me and asked with a puzzled expression.
“Eldy? What are you carrying behind you?”
“Invisible man. He was hiding in that tent earlier.”
“Ah! How did you know and catch that? Wait a minute. Maybe the dispel will work.”
“It looks like there’s something like noise suppression, but it’ll come off as well, right?”
“Yes. It’s a structure that cuts off the flow of magic artificially wrapped around the outside and blocks the movement. If no action is taken, everything will be canceled.”
Even if you cut off the magic that is being cast, you don’t know how to cancel the magic that has already been cast, so you dragged it around. Unlike projectiles, buff-type magic was just like having an extra layer of skin, so I didn’t feel inspired.
Anyway, after removing the spell with Asilie’s help, a man in an extremely ordinary outfit appeared. I took a good look at the face, which looked like it would have been around 30 years old if it wasn’t for the old face, but it wasn’t a face I knew.
“Mister, wake up. The Grim Reaper is looking for you.”
After hitting him three times at the same interval and speed, he came to his senses with half-closed eyes.
“Huh? Uhh…this is…aaaagh! A monster!”
“Who said that slave trader bastard is a monster? And where is such a handsome monster, you bastard?
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Even if you’re wearing a human mask, don’t be fooled! Save me! Help someone! A monster wearing a human mask…!”
“Have you seen such a madman?! Is that what comes out of the mouth of an asshole who kidnaps, confines, forges, and sells normal people into slavery?!”
I tried to listen quietly, but I couldn’t stand it at all, so I started to step on it as best I could after releasing the magic. And Ashley also joined in the expression of that anger.
“Who dares to call a human hunter a monster?! The monster is you, you bastard!”
“Aww! Eh, elf?! Why is the elf here?!”
The guy who had only caught my eye right away seemed to be even more confused when the legs suddenly increased to two. But what I need now is not a forum for rational conversation, but two minutes of hatred. It’s not enough to treat a normal person as a monster without grasping the situation. How dare someone who committed a sin ask for help!
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Sa, please help me! Please!”
“It’s up to you! Don’t worry! You won’t die with this!”
“Aagh!”
After about 2 minutes of violence, the exhausted guy gasped and grabbed my pants crotch and stretched out.
“That, stop! I was wrong! I was wrong, so stop!”
“I know it’s your fault if you don’t tell me! What idiot uses violence to get answers he knows! Tell me what I don’t know!”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… What do you want. I swear to God, we are just ordinary slave traders…”
“There is no god for slave traders!!”
“Aww! I was wrong! Please stop hitting me!”
A guy who is no better than a brute is trying to play a goura with a soul even while selling God. Well, in a world where gods exist, they are prepared to sell at least gods, so they must be selling people too. I pulled out the sword I was wearing around my waist to intimidate it even more, and brought it to the bound man’s hand.
“How dare you dare to sell the name of God and lie proudly. It seems difficult for you to see the sun tomorrow. Before you repent of your sins, let’s cut off your fingers first.”
“Aww, no!”
It’s quite nice to see the guy’s face turn into contemplation as he holds his sword in as if he’s about to cut it, suppressing his struggle to escape with force.
“If it doesn’t work, I’ll let it go! God will see if your tongue comes out of your mouth first, including your connection to the Itisel aristocrats and your confession of forgery of slave documents!”
“Everything, you’re right! It’s counterfeit!”
“Do you want to be arrogant and keep saying it in Hao? Keep your pride when licking the dirt floor isn’t enough?!”
I raised my voice, thinking that it would be over soon, and the guy shouted as he knelt down with his forehead on the floor.
“Wrong!! Paladin-sama is right! I! I kidnapped innocent subjects, forged documents, and sold them as slaves!”
what? Paladin?
I couldn’t control my expression for a moment, and I barely managed to hold back the fact that I was about to explode, and moved my eyes from the back of his head to Asilier.
Apparently, even at a cursory glance, this guy seems to have no tolerance for physical pain, befitting his insignificant body. If you’re making assumptions like this, you’re in a bit of a hurry. I had no intention of impersonating a paladin, but I had no intention of correcting this misunderstanding, so I spoke in a moderately sarcastic tone as if it were absurd.
“You called me a paladin while you just hid with magic and tried to kill me by ambush?
“I’m sorry! A lowly person did not know you! I never imagined that you would walk this far from the Holy Kingdom. Please forgive me!”
Is this… the taste of an illusion?
scent. It’s fun to experience this myself. Asilie was already more than three steps away in case anyone would be found out, closed her mouth and closed her eyes tightly while laughing.
“Did you believe that if you ask for forgiveness after doing this, it will end? You ate everything from one to ten.”
“I will tell you everything! This time I will tell you everything without lies and repent!”
“We’ll find out later whether that statement is true or false. At least it won’t be a matter for me to judge here now! Guide me to the forged documents you guys created and the workshop!”
I forced him to his feet and shoved him off his back. I stood behind him, who couldn’t even look back, shrugged at Asilier and punched him with both hands.
At a gesture as pan-dimensional as asking for forgiveness by putting both hands together, Asilie had to struggle with laughter once again.
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“This is this place. All important transactions and other paperwork were handled here.”
Coming to the place called the studio, I thought it was really fortunate that I didn’t kill this guy. I thought it was just a simple campsite, but the studio was a secret space that I decided and made separately.
Obviously, the appearance of a wooden secret door on the floor of the ordinary tent we passed was a sight to stimulate children’s hearts, but at the same time, it was very unpleasant because it was proof that these crazy people had been here for a long time.
“How many years have you been doing this blasphemous thing?”
“Well, we’ve only been together for about three years. We’re just filling in the void created by the hunters before that having died due to a failed transaction. If you pay for it, you’ll be guaranteed safety that money can’t buy. .”
To use the expression ‘outside’ even though I’ve been living by selling people for three years. Even if his head goes out, he is a solid guy.
Still, it’s a very useful information wrapper right now. Asillie and I put him in the lead and started packing up all the important documents that could easily be taken inside.
Among them, there were also contents that there were collaborators not only in the aristocratic faction but also in the royal faction. Even though this part is considered nothing new, on the other hand, at this point, didn’t the King’s faction directly step forward and try something? I have a question.
Maybe I tried my hand through other means, but somehow I killed them sooner. I’ll have to ask Sir Ekaf about this later when I get a chance.
“Eldy. I think I picked out all the important things and packed them without overdoing it.”
“Me too. Let’s go soon.”
“Is this going to the Holy Kingdom?”
He was the one who intervened between us and asked a question even though he was watching intently, but of course he didn’t have the loyalty to explain, so I chose to just knock him out rather than tease him annoyingly. The snout is also light, so if you take it with you, you will be able to use it well.
What was important to me right away was the content of the document. Even though there was nothing that could be a contact with Count Bossa, it was because it was in one barrel, so there was plenty of things to smash.
“The war has been a long one. I would have thought that the thieves and slave traders would conspire to this point.”
Words are thieves, but I was looking at a document with records and locations of transactions with those who were used like hidden soldiers, and Asilie came up to me and started talking to me.
“Hmm. If this was really Count Bossa’s work, maybe he was thinking of making an army out of thieves?”
“So I want to destroy everything, but the distance is a bit far.”
“Let’s see… Here, here. And here, you can go around the forest in two days, right?”
Saying that, Asilie pointed out that the forest that was supposed to be the thieves’ hideout was in a position that would take three days, if not one by one.
“Here? I can’t use the flying dragon because it can get caught.”
“It’s okay. This is something that can be agreed upon with the spirits, so once you get into the forest, the distance won’t mean anything.”
“Is there such a thing?”
Even though we were living together like that, when I was surprised by the story I had heard for the first time, Asilie nodded as if it was not a big deal and replied.
“Basically, they are just beings that harm the forest and the spirits. If you offer a deal in the name of solving the problem, the spirits will be happy to help. Of course, it’s possible with me as an elf. I don’t remember it well… The level of walking all day reduced to an hour?”
“Is it like an elemental gate? It’s amazing.”
“The concepts are different, but you could say they’re similar.”
I was supposed to be tired after working hard all day, but after hearing Asilie’s story, I suddenly feel refreshed.
Thinking that tomorrow will also be a rewarding day, my heart started pounding.