Hero without Blood or Tear - Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Take your positions before your master, oh, you soldiers who come as death fighters!”

As there were many dead bodies in the village, I summoned them back as undead .

“Hm…”

Although I checked the status window, the experience level did not increase at all .  Certainly, something like hobgoblins was no longer effective .  The undead summoning at experience level 4 was requesting me to turn the undead into stronger monsters .

Stronger monster…

It wasn’t that there wasn’t a way .  In fact, there was something very usable .  That was, by practicing summoning undead on the body of the Demon Dragon Schwarzertoyel, I felt that there would be a surging up with respect to the experience level .

That wasn’t the end of it .

The dragon heart .

A treasure like no other .

An enormous amount of experience .

It was like a comprehensive gift set, and it could also be described as a deluxe edition for a future hero .  If the task at hand could be completed successfully, I felt that I would achieve great accomplishments .

“Oh, Kurulark . ”

“Yes, my master . ”

“From now on, address me as your highness . ”

“Yes, my lord . ”

The reason was that 2 syllables were more practical than 3 syllables .

“Explain to me the powers of this mountain region . ”

“Yes .  Many monster races live here, but they are largely separated into two factions . ”

They were called the Wild Hog Rock Faction and Thunderbolt Tree Faction .

“Why were they named that way?”

“That’s simple .  They were named after where each faction held their meeting . ”

Where the Wild Hog Rock Faction met, there was a large rock that looked like a wild hog, and where the Thunderbolt Tree Faction met, there was an old, dead tree that was hit by lightning .

Most of the hobgoblins like Krulark were said to belong to the Wild Hog Rock Faction .

“What are the situations like between them?”

“It does not look good .  It won’t be all that strange should there be a head on clash soon . ”

“Do you usually get into fights in this mountain?  I would think that the demon dragon might not have let those things happen?”

“That was certainly true .  When the demon dragon was alive, no one dared to cause such incidents .  However, it has already been 10 years since we were in contact with the demon dragon last . ”

“Huh?  That long?

The demon tribes tried all that they could to get in touch with the demon dragon since he no longer issued any commands or made demands .

“Following the specified protocol, they made offerings, or even petitioned with their lives .  However, the demon dragon did not respond . ”

It has been 10 years already, not just a few .  No matter how fearful they were of the demon dragon, the demon tribes began to have different attitudes .  Ten years may not even be a consequential period of time, but the meaning was different for the demon tribes .  There was no way that Schwarzertoyel did not know that .  So the fact that he did not show up could be a proof that something had happened .

“So, are you saying that the two factions are now about to get into a fight?”

“Yes .  Although they are holding themselves back, still fearing the demon dragon, but it is only a matter of time that something will blow up . ”

I nodded my head, listening to Krulark’s explanation .

“In that case, I should free them from their agonies . ”

“Are you saying?”

“It is also the king’s duty to gently push the citizens’ backs when they attempt to take a step forward . ”

That’s right .

Let me go there and encourage them .

***

Accompanied by Krulark, the hobgoblin vampire, I set out in the late evening .   It wasn’t necessary to worry about not being able to run into the demon tribes in the mountain lands .  That was because they were nocturnal, by nature .

“My lord, where would you like to go?”

“Let’s first go to the Thunderbolt Tree . ”

After three hours of traveling on the mountain trail, a dark old tree came in to view in the distance .  And there were several camp fires below that .  There were quite a few, perhaps, over 50 orcs around the campfires .  They were drinking and talking loudly .

“My lord .  Do you want to have a chat with them?  Then I’ll go there first and…”

“No . ”

I shook my head .

“No chatting .  I despise those who only talk .  Everything must be demonstrated with action . ”

I walked towards them, after leaving Philly in Krulark’s care .

Crunch .  Crunch .

The sound and the feeling of snow with each step felt good .   As every one of the orcs was rowdy, having a blast, they were quite surprised when they saw me .

Tapping on the fellows next to each other, they pointed in my way .  They must have felt weird .  That was because a human was approaching them in the middle of the night, all alone .  Furthermore, if the human’s spirit seemed unusually high then it would certainly add to that .  Ordinarily, they would rush and attack at once, but they must have felt something strange as they stayed put .

“…… . ”

They were only fiercely staring at my direction .  Despite the many eyes that stared at me, I calmly walked into the center of the crowd .  Then picking up a skewered meat that was cooking over the campfire, I devoured it without asking .

“Um, no good . ”

I threw the skewered food to the ground and stamped on it .  At that moment, as if pre-synchronized, they all picked up weapons and rushed me .

“Krrrrah!”

When the orcs were about to hack me with the large axes, I used shadow explosion .

Kwaang!

As the camp fire was caught up with the black explosion, the fire woods and fire scattered all over the place .

“Krrrrraak!”

“Krah-ak!”

The large sized orcs went rolling on the ground .  Then a battle ensued shortly .

Kwaang!

Taking out my sword, I hit away an axe that someone threw .  Then stretching out my left hand, I used absorb blood and tear .