Chapter 61 - EPISODE 61 – GREAT STORM (2) (1/2)

Terms used in this chapter:

Monster Hunter –  a hack and slash, strategy adventure game. Unlike traditional computer role-playing games, a player’s Hunter does not grow and has no intrinsic attributes whatsoever. Rather, the Hunter’s abilities are instead defined by the specific weapons and armor they select prior to leaving on a mission. – Source: Wikipedia

“Big.”

“Huge.”

Jude and Cordelia said as they stood in front of the huge main gate, which was around 5 meters high.

The village of the Great Storm tribe was bigger than they had expected. At this level, they wondered if calling it a city was more appropriate than calling it a village.

“More than 10,000 people live here.”

Red Wind spoke with a smile on her face, as Jude and Cordelia’s reactions somehow made her feel better, and Jude came to understand it.

‘The reason why the Devil’s Eye specifically paid attention to this tribe.’

It wasn’t just the fact that Red Gale himself was a great hero, but also because the power of the Great Storm tribe itself couldn’t be ignored.

“Who are you!”

“Red Wind?!”

A cautious voice and a delighted voice was heard beyond the main gate at the same time.

Red Wind smiled bitterly, and she stepped forward and raised her voice.

“It’s Red Wind! I’m back now! I want to see my father!”

She was bad at speaking the official language of the continent, but naturally, she was fluent in the language of the barbarians.

“What were they talking about?”

“Uh…I think she’s saying that she’s back? It seems like she wanted to see Red Gale.”

Cordelia asked in a low voice, and Jude replied in a low voice too.

Although Jude was able to read and write in the language of the barbarians, he wasn’t fluent enough to speak it naturally. After all, Jude had only memorized the text in the game.

‘It’s mysterious if you think about it.’

It was a game created for amusement, but the several languages that appeared in the game can actually be used like a real language.

Of course, there weren’t that many fictitious languages in the game like those created in the Lord of the Rings or Star Trek, as the game’s fictitious languages could be counted in one’s hand.

‘There are other really mysterious things apart from that.’

This world is identical to the world of the Legend of Heroes series.

He didn’t think that they had really entered the game.

It was more realistic to think that a world, which was identical to the game’s world, existed somewhere, and that the two were reborn in that world.

‘If so, why were they identical?’

The reason why this world was so identical to the world of the Legend of the Heroes series.

Did the production crew of Legend of Heroes imitate this world? Or was there something else?

It was an interesting point to think about for his amusement, but he couldn’t continue his thoughts. Because the main gate was opened.

“Red Wind!”

“Blue Wave!”

A blue-haired girl appeared after the main gate opened, and she widely opened her arms as Red Wind quickly ran and hugged the girl.

“I know her.”

When Cordelia spoke quietly, Jude also nodded his head.

She was the girl who appeared in Red Wind’s ‘Homecoming’ event.

Her body was completely frozen and became an ice statue, and the scene of Red Wind hugging her while wailing was still clear in their memories.

“Good. Really good.”

Because it did not turn out like the original.

Because they could meet each other again alive and laugh like that.

With her eyes red with tears, Cordelia turned to Jude and said.

“Let’s completely change it.”

The fate of the two people.

The future of the Great Storm tribe, who were destined to be destroyed.

“Yes, let’s completely change it.”

Jude and Cordelia had already changed many futures. As a result, more and more situations that were completely unknown to them had increased, and the dangers had accordingly increased too, but the two had no intentions of stopping their actions.

“Let me introduce you to my friends. They saved me.”

When Red Wind pointed to Jude and Cordelia, Blue Wave had a wary look but soon smiled widely and extended her hand.

“Red Wind’s friend is my friend. Welcome to our village. The chief told me you were coming.”

Cordelia blinked her eyes while Jude carefully interpreted it in his mind, and Red Wind said with a smile.

“Blue Wave welcomes you. My father said you were coming.”

Great Storm seemed to have informed about them in advance.

“Okay, then let’s go quickly. We have to stop the illness from progressing.”

Cordelia prodded on, and Red Wind nodded her head vigorously. She had left the village in the first place to cure her father, Red Gale.

“Let’s go!”

Red Wind energetically shouted.

And 20 minutes later…

Red Wind burst into tears.

“I was wrong! I’m sorry! Uwaaah!”

It wasn’t tears of deep emotion that she shed in Red Gale’s hug.

It was a cry that was 20% shame and 80% pain.

Spank! Spank! Pak! Pak!

Red Gale was spanking her butt.

To describe it more accurately, she was lying with her stomach on Red Gale’s knee and was getting spanked in the butt by his palm.

Regardless of whether others saw them or not, her pants were lowered as she was spanked, and there was a clear and bright red palm mark on her buttocks.

“She left home because of him…”

Cordelia’s words were somehow persuasive as it seemed like Red Wind had left her home for a completely different reason.

“…but is he really sick?”

Red Gale was spanking Red Wind.

First of all, he was huge.

He wasn’t as big as Landius, or rather, his palms were much larger than Red Wind’s butt, and Red Wind who was on his knee looked like a doll, so he was an enormous person that might be comparable to Landius.

And he wasn’t just huge.

Like Landius, he was a man with tightly packed muscles, and his upper arms were thicker than Cordelia and Jude’s waist.

‘He’s also needlessly good-looking like Landius.’

Red Gale also inherited the blood of the winter elves who were known to be good-looking. His clean face without a beard gave off a neutral charm that felt closer to Kamael than Landius, though because of his huge build like Landius, it felt different.

As Cordelia thought to herself while nodding, Red Gale ended his punishment and withdrew his hand.

“For the next month, you are grounded.”

At the somehow familiar words, Jude and Cordelia reflexively recoiled in surprise, but fortunately, Red Gale’s focus was on Red Wind.

He spoke in a very grave tone, before he moved his chin as a gesture to Blue Wave who was waiting in the corner. Blue Wave quickly ran like a squirrel and supported Red Wind, because Red Wind couldn’t even properly walk due to her butt being spanked.

“Huhu…I hate you, Dad!”

“Hmph! Take her away.”

Red Wind didn’t just run out of her village but even crossed the border.

Generally, it was normal for someone to not return in that situation. In fact, Red Wind was caught and confined at the slave auction house.

Violence was not good, but Jude understood the feelings of Red Gale who scolded her harshly.

“Haa…”

When Blue Wave and Red Wind left, Red Gale let out a sigh, and his face was mixed with concern and relief.

Although he looked to be healthy at first, he was worried about what kind of hardships she had suffered across the border.

But now wasn’t the time to continue worrying about his daughter.

Red Gale adjusted his seating position and then said.

“Thank you very much. For saving my daughter. Great Storm told me. Please understand that I can’t get up because I’m unwell. Really, thank you.”

It was a rather crude pronunciation of the official language, but they had no problems in understanding it.

Jude smiled and replied.

“It is thanks to Great Storm’s guidance.”

“I’m Great Storm’s warrior. You are Great Storm’s warriors too. You will help, Great Storm said.”

While he was seated, Red Gale rolled up his sleeves to show the golden emblem on his right upper arm.

“I have one too. But Jude’s emblem is silver.”

Cordelia was very happy as she showed her emblem, while Jude quickly proceeded with the conversation instead of taking the trouble of showing his arm.

“As Great Storm said, you are under a curse now, and not an illness. This necklace will stop the progression of the curse.”

When Jude handed over the Sun’s Necklace, Red Gale spoke with a very serious face.

“He said that it was necessary to cure your disease. I’m really thankful to you for handing over this valuable item.”

“It’s okay. I’m just lending it to you until the curse has been resolved. Please return it later.”

Jude clarified that it was a rented item, and not a gift, before he continued his words.

“I’m sorry for the rush, but we’d like to hurry up and get ready for our departure.”

“Ah! I understand. Great Storm said to help you. You may take anything from our tribe. But there are conditions. I want to welcome you today. Prepare now and leave the departure to tomorrow morning.”

They were strangers, but at the same time, they were his daughter’s benefactors, and Great Storm, the guardian deity of their tribe, had made them his warriors.

Moreover, they even presented a solution to the illness he was helpless against, so whether they were strangers or not, Jude and Cordelia were already friends of the Great Storm tribe.

It wasn’t just because Red Gale was a mighty warrior that Haraken, an executive of the Devil’s Eye, attempted to get rid of him.

His human charm, derived from his honest and upright personality, and his strong bond with the wild gods, were enough to make him the central figure of the barbarians.

“Okay. We will do so.”

“Good. White Frost will guide you.”

After speaking, Red Gale clapped his hands several times, and the young man who was waiting outside the door, entered.

He was a handsome young man with white hair like his name.

“Guide them to the items storage. Give them whatever they want.”

“I will do so. Please come this way.”

As soon as he replied to Red Gale, White Frost spoke to Jude and Cordelia as he took the lead, and Jude and Cordelia headed for the items storage in excitement.

And 30 minutes after…

“Wow, there are a lot of amazing items.”

“Because barbarian weapons were quite rare in the Legend of Heroes series.”

Most of the items they first saw were equipment.

“Let’s change our armor first.”

“Yeah, because the dwarf items are too conspicuous.”

The performance of the ancient dwarves’ work clothes from Frost Anvil were excellent, but their color was a problem.

They will have to wander around like mad on the white snowfield in the future, so the yellow color was too eye-catching.

“Most of them are made from bones or fur.”

“It’s like the equipment that appeared in Monster Hunter.”

Thanks to the Winter Protection, they were relatively free from the cold, so they chose equipment that considered mobility rather than wearing heavy clothes.

A dozen minutes passed like that. Cordelia suddenly spoke in a lively voice.

“This! This is it! This is the best!”

“What is it?”

Jude unintentionally looked back and swallowed his breath in an instant.

“How is it, Daddy? Isn’t it cute? It’s so cute that you can’t even breathe, right?”

Cordelia coquettishly said, and Jude neither affirmed nor denied it.

Because she was really cute.