The Traveling Hero Won't Let the Innkeeper's Son Escape

When I felt the cold and opened my eyes, I noticed that I was falling over the snow. A little further ahead you can only see the cliffs, the high mountain peaks behind them, the slopes of the snow-covered mountains around them and the trees that have lost their leaves in the distance. He was in an open place, and he had a good view around.

But to be at a higher altitude than the village, or there are no clouds flowing, the snow is still shining, and the wind is strong. Sometimes I didn't weave my coat, enough to feel pretty cold.

"He is……"

I wondered if there was a melting demon who brought Ruth so far on the side, but the black smoke in question seemed a little far away. I'm sure Ruth was let go on the way and fell to the ground first. The cold is hard, but I thought it was on the snow that I fell. Was it not that tall, or somewhat painful, but not too much to move.

(What part of the mountain is this? Which way is the village)

But I couldn't be completely relieved. Fortunately, the knife was brought back to the sheath on his hips, but he was brought to the mountain without any other equipment. It's still a snowy mountain, and it's dangerous to spend long hours without knowing where you are.

"I'm here..."

Understand the view from above when being flown and the general location from the position of the sun. The rest is the distance, but thanks to frequent visits to the mountains, the shape of the surrounding mountains showed the general location.

(Normally it should be a place that takes two or three hours on foot and not half a day to consider the snow path. Let's hurry)

But when I tried to get up, I felt pain in my ankle. When I touched it, I could see it was swollen. He may be dislocated because he was forced to pull only one leg.

(No, I'm glad I just had to dislocate... this body is sturdy right)

It is often said that he is a poor minister, poor, unreliable, etc., but Ruth's body is very sturdy compared to that of his previous life. This time, too, if it had been the same as in previous life, it would not have been done with this degree of injury. This is predictable, but I feel that the people of this world are more robust than the people of previous life. If you say it in RPG style, it's the one with a different basic status.

"Secure it... Okay..."

Use the nearby tree as a knife to sharpen and attach the ankle with the cloth you had. First aid was all I could do, but for one thing the pain subsided to a minimum and I didn't have to have any difficulty standing and walking.

As he raised his face and tried to move towards the village, he saw black smoke diminishing at the edge of his sight.

(well... what about that melting demon...)

Given the strength of the melting demon, I'd like to avoid confronting Ruth because he's not the one who can fight and win. But that molten demon is heavily involved in Kia's abduction as well as the incident that took place in the inn. That's a matter of country by country. If I let him get away with it, it seemed like it would be a problem later.

(…………… Let's see how it goes first. Then let's think)

Ruth decided to move closer to where the black smoke was rising as she erased the signs. If he is also stunned, I wonder if he will manage to catch him.

But suddenly he felt signs from the back of the woods he was about to head for, and Ruth fled the scene reflexively.

Something like a black translucent knife stabs me where I avoided it. That was the same thing I saw at the Battle of the Inn. Ruth holds his knife in his hand and takes his distance. He used his legs to move faster. Painful ankles are ignored at this time.

"Mm, mullahs, war fire, l, z, billau... si... wata, si... mission..."

"You were alive too... but it's hard to say you're safe."

What appeared was a melting demon who, as expected, had been flown with Ruth to the mountains.

The figure is leaning because Wonok cut his arm off, and his neck is bent in a strange direction. The language is already so difficult to hear, so strange to be alive. But with Ruth firmly on the horizon and getting closer, the thought still seems to be safe.

"It should be hard for you to breathe anymore, let's not fight. I'll take you to the village."

"So, Ma, I...!

I did the arm left over by the screaming melting demon to the cut shoulder and forced my hand into it where the vivid, silly black liquid floated.

"Oh, aaaah, a!

"Wha...!

Even as he raised his voice, the melting demon pulled out a large rod-shaped one from the black part of his shoulder. It is the same color as black liquid on the shoulder, but it is kept in shape by the hand of the melting demon without flowing down. In shape it looked like a curved nearly two metres sword. I have no idea where the hell it was.

"... su... su, suuuuuuuuu! - Colossus!

"Hey, eh!?

As soon as the melting demon screamed, he had packed the distance from Ruth at once. Ruth also tries to back off, but the timing is delayed and he responds with the knife he had.

In a snowy snowfield, the sound of Ruth's knife and the melting demon's black weapon hitting him sounds. The black translucent weapon, which I thought was soft, seems to have the same material as a normal sword, and when it hits a knife, it sounds stiff. I don't know how it works, but it doesn't look like a normal weapon.

Ruth kicked the snow and pushed it back into the frightened gap, falling back again. But the melting demon doesn't allow it, and he comes packing a big step forward distance.

"Cine, lou sutu!

Avoid your opponent's thick muscles rolling out of his long sword to the side, hold his windy hand on the ground as he distracts his torso, and fly wide behind his back with the force of his hand as it is. Thanks to the snowfield, the opponent's speed dropped dramatically when the distance was taken.

"Ruth, Oma, eh... Shima, Tsu...!

"Wait a minute, why are you trying to kill me? Your purpose is to wage war and it doesn't concern me directly, does it!?

If I were to say so, what the melting demon wanted to kill was the presence of Kia, the prince of the subpeople, who would be the cut off from the war. Ruth happened to be involved in this case, but he is someone who should not have had anything to do with the Molten Devil's plan. I may have bought some grudges about the inn, but the matter is already known to the whole village. It's not what happens when you just kill Ruth.

"Rousseau, let's bra......, Shima, Tsu!

"Whew!"

But the melting demon didn't stop attacking Ruth. He's not even on his way to mistaken for Kia because he's mouthing his name.

(What do you mean, why is this guy after me?

But even if I tried to put the question in my mouth, they wouldn't give me back the answer. He hits Ruth again and again with a large machete as his foot is taken by the snow and a heavy attack on his weapon. It's only a matter of time before we lose our strength.

(I can't help it, let's go away for once)

Ruth turned his back on the molten demon.

I want to put them out of action and take them home, but Ruth doesn't have that much skill. It is Othi who will be killed as he is. Then I thought I should prioritize my life. I feel sorry for you, but I have to think so.

It was easier to escape than to fight. There is no way a melting demon walking on a snowfield can beat Ruth, who adds wind magic to his feet and runs just like the ground.

Ruth rushed straight out to those with trees. But the moment I try to get around behind a tree, there are multiple explosions ahead of me.

"Become"

The ground that was in front of Ruth, who had fallen on the brink, was decided with the snow, and the exposed platform stained black. If I'd taken a step faster, I'd have just gotten caught up.

"To, Ga, Shh!

Looking back, the melting demon held his sword as he unfolded his magic, and the momentum to kick the snow was looming. The magic in my hand is smaller than what I saw in the village, as much as in the palm of my hand, but the power cannot be foolish as far as I can see earlier. If Ruth receives it properly without a shield, he is certain to become incapacitated.

"Will you let me get away with it so easily………"

The melting demon who is targeting Ruth really wants to fight. Running away without opponents seems impossible given that they use witchcraft.

Avoiding the rain of magic pouring down to prevent progression, Ruth fled to the side.

But Ruth, who had concentrated on avoiding it, was delayed in reacting to the melting demon that had followed him wave down his sword.

"Ah, blah!

Ruth, who took it with a knife at the critical place, distanced herself around behind the molten demon so that she could receive power.

(But you can't beat me in a melee fight...)

Ruth's basic style is the coordinated attack of a bow and knife. And obviously, if the opponent's power was above him, it was common to strike the knife and weaken the opponent with a bow. Because direct attacks are likely to lose power. For this reason, the presence of a bow becomes essential when it is the case with an opponent who is also capable of close and long distances. I've never fought people, but I knew I couldn't move properly without a bow.

"But how in this situation with no bow at heart...... Yikes!

Suddenly the inside of my chest complained of burning chili. I remember this pain. Ruth retrieves the wind talisman he had borrowed from Wonok, who had hidden it inside his clothes while keeping an eye on the molten demon.

"It's glowing black..."

It is a strange expression to glow black, but the phenomenon that is happening on the talisman felt that the word was the most correct. The black brilliance overflowing from the center of the gem gradually increased in size, and I noticed something else peeking at my head from that center.

Ruth reaches out her hand at it even as she is alert.

"Is this... bows and arrows?

What emerged from the talisman was a cylinder packed with bows and arrows. Both are black and decorative, with nothing but green stones attached to the center of the bow, but strangely, they are the same size as what Ruth usually has.

"In the meantime, Colos......!

Looking at the melting demon running out with his sword in his hand, Ruth immediately takes an arrow. While he felt slight resistance to the coming melting demon being in the shape of a person, he hit his head that he was being targeted for life and quickly pulled the bow.

"Ha!"

The bow, which feels a good weight, gives the arrow a strong force simply by gently pulling it off, running to tear the wind at the same time as letting go of his hand. And as I approached the melting demon of my purpose, I increased my speed as if it were stretching.

"Gaa!"

The arrow, which shows an unusual movement, stabs the shoulder of those without the arms of the melting demon who could not cope. The opponent, who lowered so that he could be flown lightly, pulled out the arrow as he raised a roar of pain when he woke up with his fallen body. The arrows pulled out had disappeared like the knife the molten demon had unleashed before the scrubbing.

"Yes, dah!

Melting demons complain of pain, as they did when they ate Wonok's attack. I shake my hands to make him recover, but he won't stop bleeding from where he stabbed him, just like he did then. Apparently it's not just a bow and arrow.

(Wow it works......... and that arrow, did you change your movements along the way?

If the wind is blowing, the arrows will be more or less affected and will be reversed from where they were intended. So normally you release an arrow over the calculation. But the arrow I just unleashed, once it should have flowed in the wind, orbited Ruth to the targeted position as if he had willed himself along the way.

That's the bow that came out of the talisman borrowed from Wonok. I also felt that the trajectory that I couldn't try with common sense wouldn't be so strange if it were to be that Wonok's.

(I can... Don't get lost, I have to!

I feel resistant to pointing weapons at people's shapes. But that's not why I'm going to be killed in silence. And now Ruth had all the means to counter it.

(I'm going back to the village. You can't die here to wait for Alec in the village...!

Ready, Ruth ran out with a bow on his back as he carried an arrow.

A melting demon who sees the movement throws the sword he had. Ruth avoided that by flying sideways, coming in a curved orbit like Boomerang. As he dances in the air, he sets two arrows toward the unarmed melting demon and pulls off his bow. Without taking the sideways snowwind as a thing, the arrow, which changed direction as if to modify the flushed motion, thrust into the melting demon as it pivoted heavily.

"Uggia!"

One was avoided and reversed, but the other hits the foot. One leg was flown backwards, and the Molten Demon, who danced through the universe in recoil, fell on the snow. The melting demon roared with anger in his eyes -