Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 312

Part 2, Episode 52: As the shadows

of the evil god

gathered together, Hyul’s memories became clearer.

The thoughts contained in the seal are a very important indicator in understanding the true name.

Moreover, it is still difficult to read Hyl’s personality.

Elric began to quietly look into the memory.

* * *

A place on the far-off Eastern Continent that exists beyond the mountain range that runs through the very center of the continent.

A small anglerfish, which was very small in appearance, was scared and being chased by something.

Distant past.

It was a very small size that may have existed more than a thousand years ago.

“I don’t want to die!”

Hul hurriedly hid himself in the shadow under the tree.

And after a while.

Crrr!

A monster with long fangs like a saber-toothed tiger appeared and began wandering around.

A low-level monster like an anglerfish was a high-level monster that could be torn apart in one bite.

Trembling….

Hel trembled like an aspen. I covered my mouth and held back a scream that almost escaped me.

please. Please get away from me.

How long has it been since I looked at you with such longing eyes?

The monster, unable to find its prey in the end, clicked its tongue in disappointment and disappeared somewhere.

I thought I would take a breather like that.

Food!

The danger did not end there.

“Huh!”

Another flying monster sitting on a tree had rushed towards me.

As it glided vertically, it tried to snatch Hul at once with its sharp claws.

Hul was startled and hurriedly pulled his body back.

Sigh!

Luckily, the claws only tore off part of his body and he was able to survive.

Hul started running again in the direction he came from.

Even after that.

Hyul had to face near-death situations several times.

Jumping out of the ground, coming down from the sky, trying to pounce on the water’s edge, etc.

Wherever I went, my life was in danger.

Unlike other monsters, Hyul did not have a large size or sharp claws, so he had no means to fight back.

All you have to do is hide in a large cover and avoid the body.

That was the reality that low-level monsters had no choice but to face.

“I’m hungry…”

As a result, I had no choice but to suffer from hunger all the time.

“I’m going to eat it! “Something to eat!”

Then, as soon as someone’s leftover corpse of a monster appears, they rush in like crazy.

Even though more than half of the meat was torn off and there was barely any meat left, it was the perfect meal for Hul.

There were many days when I couldn’t eat anything and had to dig up dirt.

In this way, one can survive one’s life.

Crack. Crack.

That’s how I ate it.

As I walked through the shadows in the dark, I avoided other people’s eyes.

And they ate and ate and ate the corpses that others had discarded.

Each time, Hul’s size grew, albeit slightly.

How much time has passed like that?

“Get out of the way!”

Hul, who was hiding and shaking, was nowhere to be found.

Hul, who used to pick up corpses rolling on the floor and eat them, was now able to proudly hunt down monsters one after another and eat them.

From the little guy at first.

Later on, even big guys.

Then one day, he encountered a saber-toothed tiger monster that had threatened his life in the past.

“Ugh. Hahaha. okay. You tried to eat me back then, right? “I’ll eat it this time.”

Hyel ran away from the guy, but the guy couldn’t.

Because the maw created from the shadows ate him up in one go.

Awesome!

“Kkkkkk… more… more…!”

Quad deuk, quad deuk, quad deuk!

The more you chew your food, the more you chew it. Hyul’s form also changed little by little.

Now he was the king of the forest.

If that’s the case, shouldn’t we have an appearance that matches that?

Fortunately, the physical abilities of the saber-toothed tiger monster were very extraordinary, so it seemed like it would be a good idea to imitate it.

So, Hul took on the form of a beast similar to a saber-toothed tiger, but with much greater strength and leaping ability.

“Is there anything more delicious?”

After completing all the changes, Hul’s eyes lit up as he savored his appetite.

Flash!

The monsters nearby felt threatened and ran away.

The air surrounding him was so full of murderous intent and fear.

* * *

“There are humans?”

Hyul, who had experienced all kinds of twists and turns from being a low-level monster to becoming the ruler of the forest, was now living a boring life.

Then, by chance, I heard an interesting story.

Outside the forest. There is a race of humans living here that has never been seen before.

“You’re not lying, are you?”

“How dare we tell a lie to Hugh Hull!”

“Hmm.”

“So please have mercy on us!”

The low-level monsters that looked like rats were lying face down on the floor, longing for Hyul’s forgiveness and salvation.

Hul has now gone beyond the mere form of an animal and has assimilated into the shadows of the forest.

He shed the mask of a monster and became a strange phenomenon.

Naturally, its dominance now had to be so superior that it could not even be compared to previous rulers.

All beings living in the forest had to bow their heads if they sensed Hyul’s presence.

And in order to survive from Hyul, only one condition was needed.

Just something to soothe his boredom.

Normally, I would only have those impressions, but for the first time in a very long time, I heard some exciting news.

Hul slowly turned his head and looked beyond the forest.

Lately, I’ve been getting the feeling that something unfamiliar is wandering beyond the forest.

I had heard that humans had a habit of cutting down and clearing forests, so I assumed it was an extension of that.

But there hasn’t been any major incidents yet, so I didn’t pay much attention to it.

Apparently, there were eyewitness accounts of humans.

In fact, to Hul, the outside of the forest was like the outside of the world.

Even after becoming the ruler, I never thought about going outside.

Just this size was the most suitable nest for him.

But right now.

My curiosity to know more about the unknown world grew stronger than my fear.

“I’m curious.”

Hul pretended to tell the low-level monsters to leave and stroked his chin with his hand.

How long was that like that?

Sigh!

The scale has shrunk to very small size.

The small body of the anglerfish days that I don’t even remember anymore.

He moved to the outskirts of the forest, jumping from one tree shadow to the next.

“….”

Then I was able to see it for the first time.

The edge of the forest. A woman drawing water from a well.

‘It looks unusual.’

It’s so small and delicate.

I don’t know if he could actually catch a low-level monster with a body like that.

Even when Hyul was at his weakest, it would have been much better than that.

If I had been born in this forest, I think I would have died before even living a day…

‘Didn’t you say that those humans are clearly ruling the outside of the forest? ‘How?’

Hul had to feel that all the speculations he had vaguely imagined on his own were being shattered.

Since he ruled the world outside the forest, he had a firm belief that the human race would be just as strong as he was.

But how on earth was it possible to become the ‘best’ like that?

‘Or is it similar to mine?’

Could it be that she, like herself, who was once a ghost, was just a low-class person among humans?

I’ll have to take a closer look.

With that thought in mind, Hul pulled out a part of his figure from the shadows.

Slurp!

“oh. “Is this a kid you haven’t seen before?”

The woman also looked this way with a little surprise, probably because she had finally sensed Hyul’s presence.

However, even after seeing the strange figure with only wide open eyes, I was not scared at all.

Instead, he carefully approached me while flipping one side of his hair.

“Are you thirsty?”

Then he handed me a basket filled with water.

“….”

He looked at the basket and thought for a moment.

Should I drink this water or not?

Could it be that there is something poisonous in it and that it is trying to kill me?

“I’d like to give you more, but I have to go. You can use that basket and leave it next to the well. “Then let’s meet again next time.”

After speaking, she turned her back and left somewhere.

“….”

Hul stared blankly at the woman’s back.

And then he lowered his gaze back to the basket she gave him.

My own face was reflected in the lapping water.

licking!

He emptied all the water in the basket and sank back into the shadows.

His shadow did not go into the forest.

This was the direction the woman left.

* * *

The place the woman was heading to was a village located beyond the forest.

Hul was following her at a distance so as not to be noticed by others.

‘I guess this is where humans live.’

I followed along to see if I could catch a glimpse of the secret to the strength of humans, but I still couldn’t see anything unusual.

Or should I say it is quiet and peaceful?

At this point, it seemed like there wouldn’t be much need to do anything even if all the humans here were brought to the forest.

‘Strange. ‘It’s so strange.’

Hul tried to calm his confused mind somehow.

Just a few days.

Let’s look at just a few more days. While making that promise.

Meanwhile. On the road to the village, a man was waiting for the woman along with several soldiers.

‘Who is it?’

Hyul didn’t miss the way the woman was shocked and trembled when she saw the man’s face.

It seemed like he was a high-ranking opponent.

So I focused more on my senses in the shadows.

“I see you, Master Tao.”

The woman hastily bowed her head to show respect.

She was just a quarrel, but the other person was the son of the lord who ruled this village.

The lord’s son, Fergen, approached with a smile.

“Where are you going?”

“yes. “I had to use up all the drinking water for a while to get water…”

“You’re telling me to leave that to the others and eat in the room with me? What are you all doing? “Why don’t you help me?”

“It’s okay.”

The local soldiers stretched out their hands to hold the crock pot. But the woman shook off their touch.

Fergen nodded as if he had expected it.

“okay? Then it’s a command. “Stop whatever you are doing and come to my room.”

“I don’t like it.”

“….”

He laughed at the firm refusal and then said with a straight face.

“Are you now refusing my command? “Aren’t you calling me because you have something to tell me?”

“Then can you tell me what that ‘job’ is?”

“What what?”

Fergen, who only wanted to spend the night with the woman, stuttered and could not answer the questions asked.

“Then I will go.”

The woman lowered her head and hurriedly passed by him.

“Stop!”

But she didn’t even pretend to listen and hurried on.

“profit!”

Fergen could not overcome his anger and grabbed the arm of the woman who was turning her back.

“If you fight, you will act like a fight! “How dare you!”

“Aaaah! “Stop it!”

The woman tried to escape somehow, but it was not easy to shake off Fergen, who was larger than her.

The soldiers only watched the surroundings to prevent others from approaching, and they seemed to have no intention of stopping them.

thud!

The two people lost their balance and rolled on the floor.

It was difficult for the woman to resist the pressure from above.

Part of her top was torn. She wanted to ask for help, but there was no one around to help her.

“Someone…please help…!”

A woman’s heartbreaking voice flows out faintly.

“….”

Hul was quietly watching the scene from the shadows.

Wizard who swallowed talent