Episode 025

They received reinforcements from neighboring villages, also of the Pequot tribe. Although the conditions for support were strict, most of their requests were met.

In addition, canoes, which were in short supply, were also provided. Now all that remains is to prepare to set out.

"It is time to take revenge for our fallen brothers. As a great Pequot warrior, strike fear into the enemy's heart! Let's go!"

The Pequot warriors, each carrying a spear and a club, shouted in unison.

Adadadadadadadadadada! Adadadadadadadadadada!

As the warriors' morale reached its peak, the 'Brave Snake' turned his head and looked at the great warrior 'Horned Toad' who was waiting next to him.

"Let's go."

"All right."

As the Horned Toad led the way, the Pequot warriors followed him. The 'Brave Snake', fully armed as a great warrior for the first time in a long while, also walked with a leisurely expression, escorted by warriors.

"It's been a while since I've had blood on my hands."

* * *

A few days passed by in a flash. Today, as always, the 'Honest Bear' woke me up early in the morning and did morning practice with his disciples.

After walking around the village a few dozen times, he began training his disciples from the basics, step by step, according to their age and situation.

Children who are not fully grown are given stretching exercises focused on physical strength and flexibility. Disciples who did not grow into warriors trained with a focus on physical strength, flexibility, and muscle power.

Push-ups, jumping jacks, tiger walks, etc. The young disciples were walking like tigers, alternating their steps with their arms and legs in a zigzag pattern, sweating all over their bodies and breathing heavily.

"It doesn't seem like much, but it's so hard!"

"I feel like I'm going to die!"

"I'll take a break this time."

I was already training seven disciples who were warriors in one-on-one sparring, and I turned my head and spoke firmly to the disciples who were walking like tigers.

"One more lap. One more lap. And then a break!"

"······."

Although there were groans of death erupting here and there, I ignored them and watched the warriors sparring. Extend your fist.

Kick with your feet. The warriors bent down and grabbed their opponents by the waist, trying to trip them up. I didn't train like it was a real fight because I didn't want to get seriously hurt.

While watching the sparring training, I learned the strengths and weaknesses of the fighters and gave them appropriate advice while demonstrating them myself.

"Aim for the weak point."

"Back. Quickly. Dodge."

"Attack. Boldly."

The warriors nodded their heads repeatedly, seemingly satisfied with my advice.

"Again. Sparring."

Once again the warriors began to spar one on one. As I was leading, I felt that there were some warriors who particularly stood out to me.

A brave wolf, a stubborn bear, and a swift deer. To be honest, the fast-footed deer was a bit unexpected.

Phew!

'The Brave Wolf' was a natural warrior. Although I had only been teaching him for a few days, he was absorbing my techniques like a sponge.

'Honest Bear' was a strong character, so in games he was like a tank. I thought it would be okay to use a shield and a club as your main weapons later on.

The 'swift deer' is naturally agile. Moreover, he was quick-witted and could distinguish between defense and attack, and moved boldly.

The rest of the warriors were neither good nor bad, just average.

[Quest: Raise a Warrior (8/20)]

Thanks to the physical training, we gained one more warrior today. However, just like last time, it seemed like it would take quite some time to complete this warrior quest.

However, there was a severe lack of personal training to guide them. It seemed like it would be hard during the day because of the tribal work, and I thought I would have to do some personal training after dinner.

'Okay, let's do that.'

I've been feeling a lot more interested in spearmanship and archery lately, and I'm feeling good because I've been steadily improving my skills.

I turned my head and glanced at the warriors from the 'Yellow Tree' village who had been watching our training since a while ago.

As soon as the warriors from the 'Yellow Tree' arrived in the village, they built a hut as if to show off their house-building skills to the 'Big Turtle' girls.

At that time, I heard irritating words one after another in my ears.

"What are you doing so early in the morning?"

"Yeah. Hahaha! Is it dancing or what?"

"Should I try learning it too? Hahaha!"

The expressions of the 'Brave Wolf' and several warriors hardened for a moment as they heard their conversation. I was a little offended, but I didn't want to cause trouble by being violent towards them as guests.

I already have nowhere to go. Finally, it was time for the training to end, so I had everyone gather in front of me.

"dissolution!"

"Thank you for teaching me, Soy Sauce!"

The Yellow Tree warriors burst into laughter as the children and warriors shouted loudly.

"Thank you for teaching me? Hahaha!"

"What is soy sauce?"

"Oh my! My stomach! Hahaha!"

My disciples' expressions changed as if they were really angry at their laughter. The 'swift deer' and the 'stubborn bear' spoke one after another, snickering.

"Those kids have been annoying me for a while now."

"You damn bear! This is so frustrating! I'm angry. I won't leave those guys alone."

Before I could stop them, the disciples strode towards them, centering around the 'Brave Wolf'. At that moment, a welcome notification sounded in my head.

[Tiring!]

[Quest has been activated.]

[Quest: Scold the laughing warriors of the 'Yellow Tree' (0/3)]

[Reward: A certain amount of experience points.]

'The timing is incredible.'

I was already in a bad mood. There were just the right number of people. I moved ahead of my disciples to clear the quest cleanly.

A heavy silence fell between the two groups, and a war of nerves ensued.

Clang! Clang!

Standing facing the 'Yellow Tree' warriors, I pointed out three of the men who had been laughing at us with a finger. 'Red Face' just watched quietly, his eyes shining coldly, as if exploring.

At that moment, those who had been pointed out to me stepped forward, making a fuss.

"Why do you teach us too?"

"I want to learn how to dance too. Haha!"

"I want to be taught, sir!"

I said with a smirk.

"Teach me."

Attack always starts first. Before I knew it, I was flying towards them in an instant and showing off a fancy kick. My foot hit the warrior in the center squarely in the neck.

puck!

Leaving the warrior behind and this time to the right. He used the recoil of his feet in the air to slam the warrior on his right into the face.

puck!

In the blink of an eye, two warriors briefly lost consciousness and fell to the ground. The man on the left paused in bewilderment, his expression shocked, and he twisted his body and stretched his leg out toward her forehead.

Phew!

Eww!

With a short scream, the warrior collapsed on the spot with a look of utter pain on his face. At the same time, the 'Red Face' and 'Yellow Tree' warriors, who had been watching from behind with curious eyes, each tried to run out with a stone sword and a club on their waists.

My disciples also did not stay still, but were ready to jump into the fight at any time, venting their enthusiasm. At that time, the 'Brave Wolf' saw the very angry 'Red Face' and gave a warning with an indifferent expression.

"Red face! Put that knife back. Don't you want to die?"

"······."

For some reason, 'Red Face' hesitated at the warning. The other warriors of the 'Yellow Tree' also stood still in their place, perhaps aware of the 'Brave Wolf', and glanced at 'Red Face'.

I was sitting in a relaxed posture, thinking about what the 'brave wolf' had said a little while ago.

'You don't want to die? Wow! That's cool.'

It felt strange. It's like being surrounded and escorted by bodyguards? 'Red Face' twitched her eyes like an aspen tree.

"Brave, brave wolf! Don't act so cocky. I'm not the same as I used to be."

"I'm not the same as I used to be."

The 'brave wolf' answered briefly with an indifferent expression. Finally, a message appeared saying that the quest was completed.

and.

'It's time to come.'

When the atmosphere between the two groups became tense, my disciples went to see the adults with surprised hearts.

I looked up and checked the map window, and saw dozens of blue dots rushing towards me.

"What are you guys doing?"

"Put your weapons away!"

The village elders, the 'Forest Hunters', and the 'Strong Soul Warriors' stood between the two groups, shouting.

"We are brothers who share the same blood. Even if we cannot share friendship with each other... Brave wolf! Back off. You too. Quickly!"

"Red face! My son should have prevented this from happening. Everyone, put away your weapons."

After the warriors of the two villages retreated at the words of the two chieftains, the elders spoke at length for a while as if to persuade them.

"···You may be angry because of your youthful spirit. But, the guys who will form a family in the future are not even children, so why are you splitting up into two groups and fighting? I won't say much. Reconcile right now, in front of us."

After a while, the warriors of the two villages began to reconcile with light hugs.

"I didn't mean to tease you. I'm sorry!"

"I apologize if I offended you."

"If you have any questions while you are in town, feel free to ask."

I too made up with the 'Yellow Tree' warriors by awkwardly hugging them.

"I hit you. Sorry."

"It's okay."

"No one was hurt. That's fortunate."

After making peace with the warriors who woke up after being hit by me, I hugged 'Red Face' one last time. Upturned eyebrows, long, slanted eyes, stubborn lips.

Even on the outside, he seemed to have a vicious and annoying personality. As expected, 'Red Face', whose head only touched my chest, whispered a warning with a smiling face.

"It would be better if you didn't catch my eye from now on."

I responded to his absurd warning in Korean.

"I want to get it."

"···what?"

When 'Red Face' blinked in confusion, I laughed and turned away coldly.

* * *

After the morning commotion, we had breakfast and went out with the villagers. As we entered the dense forest, we began setting up traps in suitable locations here and there.

And I was teaming up with the 'Forest Hunter', listening to what he had to say and watching how he set up the trap.

"···If you look here, the grass is lying down differently than in other places. And do you see the deer hair here?"

"yes."

"This is a path that animals pass through. Set traps here."

After the explanation, the 'Forest Hunter' himself demonstrated and skillfully installed the trap.

"Now you try it."

"yes."

The 'Forest Hunter' followed me without saying a word. For a while I walked around with a bark rope to use as a trap, looking for another animal to pass by.

'Found it.'

Just as the 'Hunter of the Forest' had taught, there was grass lying down and there was also animal hair. And also the poop of an unknown animal.

"Beaver dung. Remember that. Beavers are quite useful for their leather."

The 'Hunter of the Forest' calmly taught what he knew. And when I was installing the olmu with my clumsy movements, he gave me appropriate advice.

"···Yeah, that's right. You did well for your first time. You'll get used to it as you keep doing it."

After successfully installing my first Olmu, I felt a strange sense of accomplishment. And it was fun.

"I think it would be a good idea to install a few more."

"yes."

I followed his instructions without question. I tilted my head as I watched him walking alongside me. So far, not a single question has been asked about the events of this morning.

There was no distinction between who started the fight and who threw the punch first. Just like my father who didn't ask me anything when I had an accident.

'I feel sorry for nothing. I hope you won't get in trouble or anything because of me.'

After a while, after setting up the olmu, we returned to the village following the two chieftains. The warriors of the 'Yellow Tree' also helped us set up the olmu.

The 'fast-footed deer' walking alongside me was secretly chewing on the warriors of the 'yellow tree'.

"···They sweat profusely and enthusiastically set up the traps to impress the adults with daughters. Oh my! If I can't start a family here later, I might have to go to another village and do such humiliating things. Ah! My head hurts. There's no girl I like, and I'm already getting a headache."

"······."

"A very big two thousand days! 'The Moon Rises' is saying this because he likes you, so take him with you before another guy takes him. Don't regret it later and have a headache."

I responded to his advice with a smile and no words.

"You should stop laughing like such an idiot and listen to me."

I answered briefly and soullessly.

"Think about it. I'll try."

* * *

A dawn before daybreak. I felt like I was lacking in evening training, so starting today, I woke up earlier than my disciples and started doing personal training.

After fighting against a virtual opponent, this time I picked up a stone spear and practiced spear techniques according to the textbook that was stuck in my head.

Stab.

Swing it.

Sweep it up.

And cut it off.

And bring it down.

Boohoo! Boohoo! Boohoo!

The air was cut sharply as the window passed. At that moment, someone ran urgently towards me. Wind and clouds?!

"A very big two thousand days! The spirits are running wild. Something is strange. I have a bad feeling about today."

There was something about his serious expression and trembling voice that was too unsettling to just pass by. And then the mother dog, who had been watching me practice next to her, suddenly started barking at the entrance to the fence with her fur standing on end.

Woof! Woof! Woof woof woof!

"What is there that makes you bark?"

I looked at the map window that was always open with a look of doubt. Dozens of red dots were running menacingly toward the fence entrance.

'The enemy.'

I screamed when I saw 'The Wind and the Clouds'.

"Intruder! Pequot! People. Wake up!"