The Death Knight Became an Escort Knight for the Saintess

82. Lizardman

82.

“Hey, you know… …. I must have lost my way… Same… place… ?”

It was during a rather late lunch when Frigate said that. Thanks to this, Celia had to feel her throat choking as she munched on the tropical fruit. As he roughly shoved the fruit into his mouth, he felt a little positive, but of course it didn’t last long.

Looking at the hardened faces of the two, Frigitt even had the illusion that he was not in a tropical jungle, but in the forest of Rebadaim, the northernmost part of the world.

Death Knight tried to send him a scathing glance, but soon changed her mind. Maybe that’s why it can’t be helped. Zerfied put down the banana he was holding and stared at him quietly. The bronze-skinned elf, who received the Death Knight’s intense gaze demanding an explanation, shamelessly scratched the back of his head, then opened his mouth with a sigh.

“No…… Well, originally, if you came in this far, you should see our tribal flag planted, but I can’t see it……. Did someone clean it up while I was away… Ha ha ha….”

Of course, Frigate’s jokes did little to thaw the frozen atmosphere. Prigit began to reminisce about a childhood he couldn’t even remember, taking in the two men’s cold stares. As a baby he was crying. I still wanted to.

He made an urgent excuse in a voice mixed with tears.

“Hey, hey, hey!!! Three years. Three years! It’s been three years since I left my hometown! No wonder I don’t remember correctly! If it were you, would you be able to remember everything when you leave your hometown for three years and come back? Moreover, in the jungle, where such indicators are hard to find?”

It was a reasonable statement to some extent. Here in the jungles of Lauren, where the trees are intertwined like a labyrinth and the darkness is maintained by tent-like leaves, it is hard to find anything like the ground cover.

Even if rocks or trees are chosen as indicators, the former may be crushed by the explosive vitality of plants, or the latter may collapse after being defeated in a competition for survival with another tree. Indicators that are likely to change are useless.

However,

“Mr. Frigit, why are you saying that now…… ?”

Cilia said, taking a small bite of the pineapple she had taken a big bite into. Frigitt flinched at her words. Four days had passed since they entered the Great Forest of Lauren. It was bound to sound a little shocking to hear that at this point, when I had gone quite deep.

As Freigit himself said, Lauren Jungle is a very complex place, and it is difficult to get out once you get lost. The bronze-skinned elf swept the back of his head and laughed awkwardly.

“Haha… under…. That… Two days, I thought it was long or not… Because three years have passed… The position of the flag may have changed…. In the meantime, there is a high possibility that more trees or bushes have grown and the shape of the environment has changed…. By the way… Didn’t see…. Yep, that’s right….”

After hearing the words, Zer Pied didn’t say anything, but he fell into trouble with his chin resting on his chin. And that appearance made the frigate even more teary-eyed. The elf thought that it would be better if he criticized himself. After thinking for a while, Zer Pied raised his head and looked at the frigate.

“If it is false, Mr. Freight. Is there any way to solve it?”

Hearing those words, Frey Gitte nodded his head as if pleased, and opened the map. Without hesitation, he pointed to a section of the map.

“As you can see, there is a large river running through the center of Lauren Jungle. This river is the Barun River, the largest water source in Lauren Jungle.

Our tribe lives on the other side of the Barun River, near the deepest part. The route I was originally going to take is the lower side of the Varun River. It’s very wide, but when I found my tribal flag, I was able to locate it and try to get help across the river.”

Listening to his explanation, Zerpied nodded slowly. The saintess of innocence carefully examined the map. Looking over, she tilted her head.

“What? Then, shouldn’t we just use the Varun River as our indicator? Why did you say you were lost?”

“That…… Even in the lower reaches of the Barun River, the area where we can receive help from our tribal patrols is limited…. I told you, I live across the Barun River. So, um, I’ve been trying to find an area where I can get that help, but it’s not easy…….”

“That’s why. Then what do you think?”

Frigit nodded and shifted his gaze back to the lower part. His pointing finger went up accordingly. The place where his fingers landed again was near the upper reaches of the Varun River.

“We are now near the lower reaches of the Barun River. Although I couldn’t find an area where I could get help……. So we will go upstream against the river.”

“Is there something sharp when you go upstream?”

“Yes. The lower reaches are so wide that we cannot cross the river by ourselves, but the upper reaches are possible. Even if swimming is impossible, you can make a raft and cross it.”

Esilia and Zerpied tilted their heads at the same time as they listened to the explanation. Because there was something I didn’t understand about what you just said.

“Then… ….”

“…… Shouldn’t we go upstream from the beginning?”

Frigit shook his head very firmly.

“There is a reason our tribal patrols stay mostly downstream. As I said, if you go upstream, it will be easier to cross the river…….”

Frigit stopped talking for a while and looked at the Death Knight and the saintess alternately. The elf’s eyes were filled with regret.

“We have to go past the habitat of the dangerous creatures. That’s why I brought you guys here. Because such creatures do not live well downstream.”

The word dangerous creature reminded Esilia of the past four days she had entered Laurent Jungle. When she first moved for the first few hours, she must have been lying when she said that she was at the beginning of the jungle. Even though it was daytime, the sounds of insects and birds chirped in a colorful interweaving, and the tree branches and branches

She landed on flowers of different colors.

The animals encountered were also quite diverse. Toucan, sloth, macaw, etc. However, none of the dogs were considered dangerous. The animals considered most dangerous were gorillas with cubs. Rather, as soon as they met, the gorilla flinched and ran away.

While the saintess was agonizing over the fact, the Death Knight seemed to have already made up her mind, and she immediately spoke her words.

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“Okay, then there will be no time to delay. Frigate-kun, please guide me upstream.”

Hearing that, Freygit blinked her eyes quickly as if in surprise.

“What…… ? Are you really okay? The upper reaches are teeming with the real dangers.”

“Even if you stay here, there’s no way out. At best, all we can do is wander around looking for the mark of your tribe’s flag, and even if we are lucky, we don’t know how long it will take us to find it. In the worst case, you might not find it and wander around inside this great jungle.”

As usual, I would have looked for other ways to ensure Ecilia’s safety, but I couldn’t find a sharp solution at this time. If her choice was inevitable, it was better to decide quickly.

At the words of the Death Knight, who made up his mind, the frigate also nodded seriously.

“Okay then, let’s eat lunch and move right away. You have to move more while the sun is up.”

The elves, natives of the great jungle, were correct in their judgment. It wasn’t just for the rational reason of being able to secure more visibility when the sun was out. Those dangerous creatures, too, were Lauren’s dwellers, and they were firmly following Lauren’s law of becoming more active at night.

The saintess of innocence realized that fact more than two days after she made the decision to cross the river. As she got closer and closer upstream, she heard babbling mixed in with the birdsong. Here and there, a lot of water puddles that looked like swamps began to appear.

In one such swamp, the saintess could clearly see her spectacled caiman preying on goblins. It took only a second for her to attack a goblin who had come to drink from the small swamp. Of course, they were quite far from Ansang Caiman, so the saintess had no reason to be afraid of it.

What the saintess feared was the LizardmanLizardman Who killed Caiman with a single arrow.

“Kihaak-! Kiha-!”

A lizardman with 4 cubit muscles and colorful colors roared loudly as if he liked the prey he had caught. With that sound, a considerable number of Lizardmen appeared from behind. Everyone had a weapon, such as a sword or an axe.

That fact alone was enough to instill considerable fear in Ecilia. However, when the lizardman who killed the caiman picked up the caiman with one hand and immediately chewed it up, he almost screamed.

Although the spectacled caiman is not a very large crocodile, its size was about 4 cubits, similar to that of a lizardman. He grabbed the caiman with both hands and lightly swallowed her head first. He even tore off a caiman’s foot with one hand and put it in his mouth. It’s like plucking some chicken wings.

Frigate, who was hiding in the grass and watching, groaned.

“Damn… …. Have you already entered the Lizardman territory…. It wasn’t like this three years ago….”

The elf carefully placed his index finger vertically over his lips.

“You have to be careful from here. They go in groups, so once you get caught, you’ll be in trouble. Let’s go quietly.”

The Death Knight and the saint only nodded in agreement. To avoid attracting attention, they slowed down their movement. They moved along deliberately more complex routes than were relatively unobstructed where they were likely to be discovered.

It was a reasonable method, but the large tree roots that gradually protruded after three hours, the vines that entangled her feet, and the large stones that hid themselves in fallen leaves were quite hard for the saintess. Eventually, when her feet were caught on a stone root hidden in fallen leaves, the saintess nearly fell over.

Fortunately, Zerpied, who was following, did not miss the moment.

“Gemini, are you okay?”

The saintess rubbed her surprised chest and nodded slightly. To calm herself down, she leaned against a nearby tree. Her soft, moist feeling put her at ease. Huh? Soft and moist…… ? The tree…… ? It’s not that the skin is rough… ?

Before she could even think through her doubts, the frigate in front of her approached and asked.

“What? Okay…….”

Seeing the suddenly stiff figure of the frigate, Esilia and Zerpied simultaneously looked at the place he was looking at, that is, the tree Esilia leaned against.

“Cruig….”

Celia finally understood why the wood was so soft and moist. She leaned on not a tree, but a lizard man clinging to a tree and mimicking the color of tree bark.

“Kwaaaaak – !”

White teeth appeared in an instant. A big hole that was deep and deep inside it. There was no need for Ecilia to look inside the hole. The Lizardman’s neck was already caught and completely broken by Zerpied. It was before she even asked her if she was okay.

“ Kalhaaaaak – ! ”

A huge roar shook the forest.

“Damn it, run away! Just now, I overheard his cry!”

Frigit’s prediction was correct. Right away, a lizardman with a spear came out of the grass. After that, Lizardmen with weapons such as axes and swords began to appear. In a situation where the road was blocked in an instant, Frigate let out a curse.

“Damn it…… ! Already… ?”

And seeing the corpse of one lizardman being thrown towards the group of lizardmen that came out, I had to shed a somewhat grotesque question. It was an absurd proportion to make as many as five corpses out of one corpse.

“Already… dead… ?”

The elf stared blankly at Zer Pied, staring at the five corpses of lizardmen whose heads and chests had been blown off.

“No, what… Lizard Man with one hand… ?”

There was no time to answer the question. A bloody sound pierced the air from the air. Sharp arrows rushed to drink their blood. Zerfied didn’t particularly pull out a kite shield.

There were a good six ‘living’ shields. The Death Knight protected herself and her saintess by grabbing two of her six corpse shields.

And then, holding on to the Lizardman shield he threw at him, his head exploding and his eyeballs dripping down his neck, and blocking the arrow, he seriously wondered what was scarier: the arrow that was about to kill him, or this hideous corpse. I was worried.

Six quadrupedal lizardmen immediately rushed towards them from the grass as soon as the barrage of arrows was over. He seemed to have judged that the arrow attack was meaningless when no screams were heard. Seeing the colorful lizard man running in front of her, the saintess trembled slightly as she recalled the sight of chewing and eating a caiman a few hours ago.

Quadruped walking was quite effective. Because it boasted a much faster speed than when it was bipedal. The leader of the Lizardman patrol, who reached in front of the Death Knight in an instant, immediately pulled out a jungle sword from his waist and swung it.

“Kruhaak!”

Death Knight’s response to that was simple. As before, he grabbed the leader by the neck and lifted him high.

“Cruig?!”

Although they were of different races, Celia could clearly sense the perplexity of her leader. How embarrassed she was, she was pathetically playing with her tail in the air, not even thinking that she was getting entangled in that long tail.

And it wasn’t just the boss who was flustered. The members of the patrol, who had risen again on their legs and drew their weapons, also watched in a daze as their leader was grabbed and lifted into the air with one hand.

Also, the bronze-skinned elf too.

“Gehehe… ! Khehe… !”

The leader of the Lizardmen patrol, who was getting strangled, made a grotesque sound. Death Knight had no intention of letting him continue to suffer. He released the boss. Into the air.

“Kiaaaaa……… !”

The Lizardmen patrol had serious doubts about whether they were capable of flying like dragons. The doubts were completely put to rest when the screams of their leader echoed and landed somewhere in the forest far away. The patrolmen immediately changed their stance to quadrupedal walking and moved their feet quickly.

Of course, Zerfied didn’t want to show the ignorance that led the rangers to part with their leader. Because he was a Death Knight who knew ‘chivalry’.

Lizardmen never considered their tails useless. It was strong and flexible, and an excellent substitute for a foot or hand. Sometimes it was also used as a weapon. Until now.

Death Knight satisfactorily grabbed a total of five long tails with both arms, which acted as an excellent rope that was comfortable to hold.

After a while, five echoes crossed the forest air.

She seemed to have gone back to when she first boarded a ship. So, to the time when the first experiences approached as absurd beyond novelty.

“Ah… you… oh, that’s why… ? By hand… ? Five… ? Picked up… Lost… ?”

The bronze-skinned elf tried to understand what he had just experienced by gesturing and gesticulating, but it didn’t seem to work. After repeating the action for a moment, the frigate stopped it. It wasn’t because he understood. It was because someone appeared in the nearby grass with the sound of a horse.

“Hey, stop talking bullshit. Some kind of lizardman falls from the sky.”

“Really? He said I clearly saw him flying from this direction.”

“Isn’t this bastard having a nap? Hey, I told you not to drink and come when I was on patrol.”

“No! Because it’s true, right?! Apparently, I saw it with my own two eyes flying from this direction…… ?”

It was three women who showed up. To be precise, elven women with bronzed skin like the frigates.