Chapter 34 Akasha’s Snake (2) (1/2)
Yeon-woo looked for Galliard as he killed the Orcs he encountered throughout his journey northeastward.
The ‘Baotri’ that the Orc mentioned meant rugged rocky mountain. It was not easy to find a specific spot in the eastern desert area where everything around were rocky mountains.
Moreover, Orcs were not fools either. After noticing that their scouts weren’t coming back, they started sending groups consisting of more than a dozen Orcs and others even started to search for Yeon-woo on their own accord.
Fortunately, he managed to find Galliard’s cottage by then.
“Is this it?”
Yeon-woo muttered in a low voice as he stood in front of one of the mountains. It was the highest and steepest rocky mountain in the vicinity. The height of it made the other mountains around look small in comparison.
Yeon-woo narrowed his eyes and strengthened his eyesight.
Then, as if he had zoomed in with a camera, he found something barely peeking out from the tip of the mountain. It was a small cottage roughly supported by a few thick wooden pillars on a sloping cliff. It looked like it could collapse in any moment, but Yeon-woo shouted with joy because it was the same cottage he had seen in the diary.
Later I figured out, Galliard changes the location of his cottage with each round of the tutorial.
It’s so annoying to have to search every corner of eastern desert every time I visit.
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His brother also did not know why Galliard kept moving around. He could only guess that it had something to do with chasing Akasha’s Snake.
‘Let’s get in there first.’
Yeon-woo started to climb up the rocky mountain, lightly hitting the ground.
The slope was too steep and rugged to climb without a single piece of safety equipment, but thanks to his high stats and skills, it wasn’t too difficult for Yeon-woo. All he had to do was to pinpoint the safe places to step on with his strengthened vision, and leap up with his strong leg muscles. Yeon-woo climbed so fast that before he knew it he had already landed on a small yard in front of the cottage.
And he knocked on the door.
“Excuse me.”
But no sound was heard from the inside.
He expanded the scope of his senses and scanned inside the cottage, but he couldn’t sense anything.
“Is anyone here?”
He couldn’t just open the door and enter without the owner’s permission.
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In fact, Galliard was a character who seldom stayed at home and most of the time could be found outside walking around. So Yeon-woo sat on a bench in the yard, and began to wait for Galliard.
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“Who are you?”
The sunset was spreading across the sky when Gilliard returned home. When he arrived, Yeon-woo was in the middle of his meditation. He immediately opened his eyes and greeted Gilliard.
“I’m Cain.”
“I don’t care about your name. I’m asking you what are you doing in front of my house?”
Galliard eyed at Yeon-woo up and down with a look full of suspicion.
But to Yeon-woo, Galliard was a very intriguing existence.
‘Demi-humans… They actually exist.’
A tall stature reaching about 190 centimeters, a sturdy but sleek body frame, brown skin tone, well-defined, handsome features… And then, the long, pointed ears. Galliard was not a human.
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An Elf, one of the most prominent members of the demi-humans. Among them, he was a Dark Elf that was classified as a natural born warrior.
“I’ve been introduced by teammates. I’d like to buy something. Are you the Galliard?”
With a stiff expression, Galliard threw a freshly caught beast on the floor, and lowered his bow from his shoulder. He was getting ready for a fight.
Dark Elves were often treated as freaks even among the Elves. While most of the Elves loved peace and cared for nature, the Dark Elves were more cruel and sometimes cold-blooded hunters. In some cases, they would abandon their teammates without any hesitation if it was for a greater good.
Maybe that’s the reason.
When I first met Galliard, he was very doubtful and would always be on guard against others.
“I’d like to get ‘Undine’s Goblet.”
Galliard slightly creased his brows.
“Who told you that?”
“Braham.”
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“That asshole. I told him not to go babbling about this anymore.”
Braham was the name of an old friend of Galliard. He was the person who had been originally trying to climb The Tower with him.
‘And he was also one of the people that Jeong-woo called his masters.’
Yeon-woo was complete stranger to Braham, but he didn’t care at all. He was going to leave Galliard as soon as he got the item he needed.
‘There’s no need to befriend him just because he was close to Jeong-woo.’
Galliard had nothing to do with the betrayal his brother had suffered. He had never entered The Tower, and had no will to intervene in any other business.
But still, it wouldn’t do him any good to reveal who he was. Even if he did, it would just make things awkward for both of them. For Yeon-woo, it was enough to know what kind of people his brother had connections with.
“Okay.”
Galliard let out a deep sigh. Then he slung his bow back on his shoulder and picked up the beast he had dropped before.
“Come in.”
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Yeon-woo followed Galliard into the cottage. The inside was not much different from where ordinary hunters lived. Along the wall were stuffed heads of all kinds of beasts and various hunting weapons were placed on the floor. Some scraps of leather were scattered on the table.
“You can sit anywhere you want. Just give me some time to finish this.”
Galliard pointed to a chair with his chin as he pushed the pieces of leather to the side and placed the beast on the table.
The beast he carried home had a slight resemblance to a deer, but it looked very different from what he had seen on Earth. The size was twice as big, and its legs were full of muscles. On its head, two sets of goat-like horns were tangled together.
Galliard took apart the beast at a rapid pace. He drained the blood, removed the flesh, and took out the guts.
Yeon-woo looked at his skills with admiration.
“You into this kind of stuff?”
Galliard peeked at Yeon-woo.
Yeon-woo nodded.