Chapter 487

After passing through a long crypt across the city, the place we arrived at was a fairly huge cave.

Contrary to what seems to be created naturally, the space where you can feel the strange vitality is a kind of hiding place, where everything from food to weapons and beds is arranged. Someone is sitting in a bar-like area of a bar, drinking, someone sitting around a table playing cards, and someone checking their weapons with a tense face.

It was a new feeling because it felt like a criminal’s den, as if it were drawn in a picture, but I was a little embarrassed because it was a different scene from what I had heard separately.

The information about the Itis-L smuggling route written in the note ends at the smithy. Most of the rest is information and things to be careful of as they go over to the demons. I thought it wouldn’t have been a little since there wasn’t anything unusual up to this point, but I couldn’t help but hesitate for a while.

I was told that it would lead all the way to the beach, so I was just wondering if I should just go my own way, ignoring the pouring eyes, when a beastman who was yawning while sitting facing the cave found me, got up from his seat, and approached me.

The beastman, one head taller than me, was close to a canine, so I personally felt strangely affectionate.

The thick leather armor worn on the body is strong enough to be considered a full plate armor made of leather, but the weapon is not visible. It was a piece of equipment that was difficult to understand, but when he raised his finger and pointed at me, I immediately understood.

“Hey, you. Are you a stowaway? Come this way.”

Fingernails and hands with minor scratches.

They were fighters, their own occupation group that they could choose because they were beastmen. Judging from the fact that they were dressed without a creaking sound even though they came close, it was highly likely that they were combatants preparing for a melee during the voyage.

“The blacksmith says it goes all the way to the beach.”

I couldn’t even recognize the expression of the prisoner, but I could tell that there was no hostility. Still, it was a different scene from what I had heard, so once I stopped walking without losing my guard, the wolf-man answered with a big smile.

“Because this is the hideout of Quansala, a hidden smuggling route near the city beach. It’s a secret job, but you can’t lay it out like a street vendor on the beach.”

It’s a common language so natural that it can’t be compared to the Krul I met when I robbed slave traders in the capital. The equipment and the behavior... It was a part where you could guess that he had been with the Humans for quite a long time.

“That’s right. Will you tell me the details?”

“No. I’m just a brawler, a guide, and a gatekeeper here. I’ll put my weapons away for a while before taking people to the captain.”

It could be said that revealing this was truly threatening, but thanks to the tone and gestures, you can see that it was not a threat, but a laugh. But I only looked at the hand he held out as if asking for a weapon, but I didn’t unload the equipment.

“I understand what you’re talking about, but I have no intention of unlocking the weapon. I’d like you to call the captain or guide me.”

I don’t intend to disrespect the rules here, but taking a weapon is one thing. I also spoke in the most friendly manner so that there would be no misunderstanding, but I couldn’t help but change the atmosphere in the cave.

It happened in an instant that silence fell in the cave that had been noisy without knowing it. He didn’t pull out a weapon or show a threatening attitude, but he could feel that everyone’s eyes were focused on the wolf beastman.

Under his chin, his fingernails brushed past with a cool breeze, but it didn’t feel cold.

It means it’s worth doing.

I responded by snapping my fingers a couple of times in front of the wolf beast looking at me alternately with my nails with a face that must have been bewildered.

“You treated me politely, so I gave you a chance. Let’s relax.”

And then he jabbed him right in the face.

The blow, which would have never been light since he was wearing the gauntlet, hit him on the bridge of his nose, but the wolf beastman didn’t even scream. Instead, while bleeding from his nose, he quickly pulls back and corrects his stance, aiming for my thigh and swinging a sharp low kick.

It was clear that there was no fighting technique like modern times in this world, but this was a low kick. This time, it didn’t seem like he was particularly touching, so he raised his legs without hesitation and took a defensive stance.

– Pleasant!

It was safe to say that it was almost the same time that the iron greaves and the leather shin guards collided with a sound so heavy that it was hard to believe that it had collided with the cave, and the shock spread across the guy’s face.

Either that or not, I took advantage of the gap in the attack and dug inside and struck the guy in the stomach with the elbow I swung with all my might. This time, a short moan escaped from his mouth.

“Crazy, you’re going to fight a beastman with fighting techniques!?”

But those moans were overshadowed by the cries of the other outlaws who were horrified at our fight. In the meantime, I tried to finish it off by swinging the elbow on the other side, aiming for the face of the hesitant guy, but even though it was quite sincere, he quickly lowered his head and raised his arms to block my attack and fell back.

No matter how strong the body of a beastman is, in the end, the body structure is similar, so if you hit it hard, it hurts the same. Even if it was hit on top of the armor, it would have been enough power to stop breathing and stiffen up to the chin for an instant.

“It’s strong.”

“It’s absurd. To think the day will come when you’ll be praised for being strong after being beaten by the Humans with martial arts.”

I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t pick up a weapon or because I didn’t chase down the hesitant wolf beastman and give it a final blow, but there was no situation where other guys drew their weapons and rushed at me. As the wolf beastman implicitly mentioned, it might be because he has the most outstanding skills, so he can’t rush forward.

“As the guest said, let’s relax a little.”

...Maybe it’s because the werewolves don’t want their help.

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