Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The three arrow feathers, with the last reflection of the sun, accurately hit the head of the goblin that rushed to the front. A young girl who had just swung over with a vine and was crouching on the tree where the two of them were leaning, pulled out the small arrow feather in the leather quiver at her waist, and shot at the goblin under the tree with a short bow.

The hunter life since she was a child made the girl's hands very steady, and her gentle eyes were now like eagles, as if all targets could not escape her shots. This allowed her arrows to accurately hit the goblins under the trees, even in the darkened forest, turning them into corpses with screams, without a single miss. The sudden change of events surprised the two teenagers, but when they looked up at the girl, they turned into heartfelt joy, which was the goal of their trip.

"How did you get here?" because of the girl's condescending design, the timid goblins didn't support it for long before they broke up. After all the goblins had scattered and fled, the girl jumped down from a tree and looked at Charles angrily and asked, "How did you let Charlotte come to such a dangerous place!"

The girl's accusation made Charles lower his head, and the care that had come to his lips was swallowed. It was like this no matter what time he was a child on, and whatever they did together was his fault. He was just worried about her, why didn't she understand her mind? Oh yes...... In her eyes, there is only Charlotte, and she is just a small person.

"Delia, don't blame Charles. Charlotte helped Charles up and said, "You haven't been in the village for so long, we all thought something happened to you and came in for you, Charles was just worried about you." Now that he's got a bad ankle injury, let's find a safer place to talk. ”

"Charlotte, your arm is hurting. Delia glanced at Charles's somewhat swollen ankle, then walked to Charlotte's side with a painful face, looked at his arm that had oozed some blood, and said, "There is a cave in front of us that our family uses to rest temporarily, we can go there to treat your wounds, this must be very painful." ”

After the three of them walked to the cave and lit a fire, Delia took out some ointment from the cave with a strange smell, lit it at the entrance of the cave, and said, "Recently, my father has been lying at home to rest because he has been sick from hunting, and I have to take care of him at home, so I can't leave. Uncle Santos, who was originally planning to bring you this news tomorrow, brought you the news, but who knew that you would be in such a hurry and run over alone. ”

The lit ointment is something that hunters use monster feces and other ingredients to prepare when it is burned, and the smell of burning will make the monsters not notice the smell of humans in the cave, which can be said to be almost a necessary item for wild camping.

"I'm sorry. Charlotte, who was sitting by the fire, looked a little embarrassed and said, "We don't know this is the reason, we think something happened to you, we are too anxious." As a result, instead of helping you, you were also in danger of being surrounded by monsters, and if it wasn't for Delia, we might have died there. ”

"It's none of your business, Charlotte, it's definitely Charles's instigation of you. Delia rummaged through the rucksack she had visited in the cave, found the white linen for bandaging, and applied the freshly pounded herbs to Charlotte's arm. After carefully bandaging Charlotte, Delia tossed the gauze and ointment in her hand to Charles, leaving him to take care of his wounds.

"It's not fair. Charles muttered as he pulled up his trouser leg and applied the little ointment he had left to his ankle. Although there were not many ointments made by Delia, most of them were used on Charlotte's arms, and the excess ointment even leaked through the delicately bandaged ones.

"You'll stay here tonight, and I'll take you back tomorrow morning at dawn, and we'll all walk the road where there are few monsters. Delia wiped her hands and sat down by the fire near Charlotte, put a deer leg on the fire and roasted it, and said, "You must have run out without the permission of your uncle? ”

The girl's words reminded the two reckless young men, and the two remembered their parents. They never thought when they made up their minds, and when they feared for Delia's safety, their parents would also worry about their safety. This is a mistake that all young people make, and it is only when they get into trouble that they are reminded of what they have done and that people worry about them.

Guilt kept the two in silence, and for a moment it was only the fire burning in the cavern, with the occasional crackling sound. However, this silence did not last long, and the faint sound outside the cave made Delia, who was concentrating on roasting the deer leg, suddenly stop her movements, put the deer leg in her hand aside and picked up the short bow.

"What's wrong?" Delia's unusual behavior alarmed the two of them, who were immersed in guilt, and they looked up at the dark cavern and asked the girl, "Haven't you already lit the ointment? And there are no monsters around here, they won't find us, right?"

A loud roar gave the two of them an answer, such a huge roar that only one creature in Kanas possessed, and that was the sturdy and tall Minotaur. Charles and Charlotte hurriedly grabbed their weapons, extinguished the flames in the cave, and slowly adjusted to the darkness before looking nervously at the entrance of the cave.

In Canas, where there are no powerful monsters, the Minotaur is the most powerful monster. These minotaurs who have to be handled carefully even by ten mercenaries in the Central Plains country, even if one comes, it is not something that three people can deal with, not to mention that from the roar, it can be heard that there is not only one monster coming.

"How could a minotaur, who had never left the depths of the forest, suddenly come here. Charles grabbed the sword with a trembling arm and whispered through gritted teeth. The appearance of the minotaur made his heart beat violently, as if he could break through the restraints of his chest at any time and jump out on his own.

"Shhh......h But strange things often don't happen alone, these minotaurs, who have never left the depths of the forest, as if they know they are there, run straight in the direction of the cave, accompanied by herds of goblins.

"Why is this happening!" Delia shouted loudly as she shot an arrow to kill the goblin who appeared at the entrance of the cave, looking at the huge body of the minotaur who appeared at the entrance of the cave, a look of despair appeared on her face, and the original expectation was not fulfilled. After the Minotaur reached the entrance to the cave, Charlotte rushed to Delia and protected her behind her.

The scarlet-eyed minotaur strode into the cave without hesitation. Delia, who was a little calmer because of Charlotte's protection, kept shooting at the minotaur with the short bow in her hand. But it didn't have much effect, and the muscles on the minotaur made these arrows only slightly hurt the minotaur, and he couldn't move on.

Looking at the minotaur who was getting closer, Charlotte, who was at the forefront, swung her short sword at it, and he was greeted by a huge fist. Charlotte was born weaker than others, and even though she trained with Charles the day after tomorrow, she still didn't make much progress. Even the regular warriors, who were not necessarily rivals, knocked Charlotte out of the air without difficulty.

He only stopped when he hit the cave wall, a mouthful of blood spurting out of his mouth, and the immense force of the minotaur hurt his internal organs. "Charlotte!" Delia scurried towards Charlotte, while Charles limped towards the Minotaur in an attempt to stop it.

Even Charles, who was not injured, was far from being the Minotaur's opponent, not to mention that his movements were not fast, he didn't even wave the long sword in his hand to follow in Charlotte's footsteps, and was knocked out by the Minotaur on the rock wall next to him with a punch. But the monsters were not interested in Charles, and they walked straight towards Charlotte.

At this moment, a trace of white light shone from the forehead that had been wrapped in the headband, and finally the obscured headband was reduced to ashes. The birthmark that had brought glory to Charlotte and humiliated him was shining brightly, and the mark that did not belong to any god on it was slowly fading, and the mark of the god of war was showing on his forehead.

A force that had never been felt before erupted from Charlotte's body, the internal organs that had just been injured by the minotaur were no longer painful, and the scratches on the arms were also a little green, and the wounds under the straps healed instantly. The minotaur who had already arrived in front of the two of them roared angrily at this change, and smashed his huge arm at Charlotte with all his might.

Bang! The minotaur could even shatter the arm of the rock, and it froze in mid-air. It was unbelievably caught by Charlotte's not-so-strong arms, and before the Minotaur could react, it was kicked out of the way. Charlotte looked at her hands that suddenly possessed great strength, looked up at the group of monsters in the cave in front of her, and picked up the short sword she had dropped......

(To be continued)