In the evening, after confirming that I had completely escaped the pursuers, I entered the Selida Forest dragging my body that was beginning to feel tired due to the pain. After some exploration, I found a river leading to the Sleeping Lake in the center of the forest.

"I was really too careless. I didn't expect that this Baron Ronan was a reincarnation, and he could also use the power of the remnants of Katari's Chosen Ones."

There is a faint pain from the wound on my left arm. It seems that the effect of the painkillers has worn off. I have no intention of changing the herbal medicine because I have no spare ones now and the current situation is not suitable.

Using local materials. Although the arrow that hit me was not poisoned, it was not treated in time when I escaped, causing the wound to open a lot. However, I do not know any healing magic, so I just did a simple thing in desperation.

After being bandaged, he escaped from the city of Wilsk and is now flying along the river towards the center of the forest at an extremely fast speed with the help of wind magic.

Right now, the top priority is to meet with the new Chosen One "Erica", hoping that she can deal with her affairs quickly and find a way to heal her injuries, and the Baron's affairs also need to be dealt with as soon as possible.

Although I was anxious, I didn't move at full speed. After all, this forest is not ordinary. Because of its owner's relationship, not just anyone can enter here, even me as the chosen one. If

If I felt the warning from the dragon on the way, I must leave quickly no matter what. At least that's what I did before, but now I follow the goddess's oracle to meet new people, and I don't know much about the dragon.

Will Shadir be generous and let me in?

"That's...a bridge in front of you?"

With the help of the setting sun that had not completely set, I saw traces of a broken bridge not far ahead. I began to slow down because I could smell the smell of blood in the air from a distance of nearly a hundred meters.

The dagger I was carrying was lost in the city of Wilsk due to a mistake. Just in case, I activated a fire magic that could be cast quickly and then walked towards the broken bridge vigilantly, and found it behind the bridge pier without any surprise.

The source of the smell of blood.

"This...this is...a fire badger?"

I looked at the large pool of blood and corpses in front of me and took a few steps back in surprise. Although only the skeleton and a small amount of flesh and blood were left, the monster's head was still completely thrown to the ground. Judging from the rough remains,

This should be a fire badger cub that is still underage. I don’t think it was attacked by other monsters, let alone hunted by a hunter. Not to mention the neat cut marks on its neck.

It may be caused by other monsters. The latter is because even if human hunters really hunt this fire badger, they will not let go of the fire sac hidden in its throat and its expensive fur.

The most valuable material of a fire badger, a complete fire sac can even buy a nice house in a bustling city, and the value of an adult fire badger's fur is not much lower than that of a fire sac.

I found a wooden stick from nearby and started to examine the fire badger's head. Sure enough, I found a very intact fire sac. However, after I poked it open, the liquid inside burned violently the moment it came into contact with the air.

The entire corpse was burned to ashes in a short time. As for the unburnable fur, I used magic to bury it in the nearby ground. After all, I didn't want to meet other monsters or beasts attracted by the smell of blood.

I didn’t feel it was a pity at all to destroy these priceless materials. After all, I had no need for these things. After the processing was completed, I checked the nearby environment and saw an unnatural hole on the ground near the body.

, after digging up the ground, I dug out a metal product from inside.

"bullet?!"

After washing away the dirt attached to it with river water, I looked at the deformed bullet in my hand, and I became excited. In the past, there were indeed reincarnated people who planned to make firearms, but they were not people with relevant technical knowledge, so

They just made crude gunpowder with low efficiency and then gave up. They didn't even touch the threshold of a flintlock gun. It was impossible for them to use a hammer to hammer out such a metal bullet produced on a mechanized assembly line. In other words,

The bullet in my hand was not from this world.

"Earth...Erica?!"

I suddenly thought about the person I was about to visit. I am afraid that only she, as a person who was sent directly from the earth, could have such a thing.

"So you came here with a gun..."

Thinking of this, I didn't feel very relaxed. After all, in my memory of the earth, the people I had come into contact with who were related to guns were not so easy to deal with.

"Erica... I hope you are a good companion."

Taking advantage of the darkening sky, I endured the severe pain and ran quickly towards the Sleeping Lake.

“It tastes pretty good.”

I took a big bite of the roasted rib meat in my hand. Unexpectedly, the meat of this strange creature that looked like a wild boar was as tender as beef. Unfortunately, I only had a small amount of beef ribs that I carried with me from the emergency food bag.

The salt tastes a bit regrettable. If I could have barbecue sauce and a large glass of cold beer, I would be too happy to sleep tonight.

I glanced at the wooden rack full of meat strips hanging near the vent. I had learned this simple method of making dried meat from hunters in the Caucasus before. In order to save some food reserves, I spent several hours cooking it.

and baking, but because I lack spices, I doubt how it will taste after drying. On the other side of the vent, the group of birds actually built a large nest nearby, and they are also busy at the moment

They had dinner together, and the food was a large amount of unknown grass seeds they brought back from somewhere. Although I initially wanted to give them a whole box of compressed dry food as a thank you gift for today, it seems that they are planning to give it to them tonight.

Changed my appetite.

After a good meal, I began to sit in front of the fire and sort out today's battle records, and drew the fire-breathing wild boar and the known relevant information in my notebook.

"The head has an armor structure similar to a carapace, which can block 7.62-caliber bullets..."

"There are extremely sharp bone spurs from the forehead to the back, which are extremely dangerous when sprinting..."

"Before it breathes fire, it will make a strange roar, which sounds like vomiting..."

"It looks like a wild boar, but the meat is like beef..."

"tasty."

I turned to the page with the map and started to add the location of the bridge. Compared with the forest range in my memory, I guessed that the area should be near the edge of the forest. Maybe there were people coming and going there often, but maybe it was because

The road was abandoned due to the appearance of fire-breathing wild boars.

"The aboriginal sphere of influence is closer than I thought... It seems we need to be more careful."

So far, I have no idea of ​​contacting the aboriginal people of this world. Judging from the little information obtained from the fishing boat, the level of human civilization in this fantasy world is estimated to be similar to that on earth from the classical period to the early medieval period.

The quality of the broken bridge and the large number of iron nails and iron arrowheads found on the previous fishing boat are enough to illustrate the extent of the development of iron smelting technology.

Thinking back to the distribution of human beings that I saw on the aerial view before, the continuous conquests between various places had a sense of feudal separatism. In this case, a foreigner wearing strange clothes would easily be detected in a city or village.

Being attacked as an enemy, not to mention the backward and ignorant feudal system that constrains people's thoughts and morals, the sense of superiority of living in the upper class of society will make the nobles disdain the lives of the people at the bottom, and see low-status outsiders.

It is even more likely to cause evil thoughts.

This unknown world may be great, but it does not mean it is safe enough. At least judging from the current intelligence information, this is the result.

After sorting out the records, I looked at my watch. It was already 8 o'clock in the evening, and it was time to rest. The birds were also squatting in the nests and sleeping quietly. They seemed to be more alert than me.

, so when I saw how quiet they were, I relaxed my vigilance.

I threw a few branches into the fire and was about to take a rest when I suddenly heard a subtle "rustling" sound coming from the entrance of the cave. The branches placed for cover on the steps outside were moved, which made me immediately vigilant.

I got up. I quietly drew my pistol and was about to get up when I saw that the birds in the nest had also woken up, but they did not issue a warning or fly away, they just stared at me blankly.

"Not an enemy? Or do you mean there is no threat?"

I wasn't sure why the birds reacted like this. For the sake of safety, I got up quietly and planned to set up an ambush at the entrance of the cave. I looked down at the 90TWO in my hand and hesitated a little. According to my personal habits, I didn't give any

This 9mm caliber pistol is equipped with a silencer, and the only pistol equipped with a silencer in the past seemed to be the HK45, but unfortunately I didn't bring it with me. The reason for my hesitation was that I was shooting in such a somewhat enclosed space.

The sound is much louder than in the wild. It may be a good deterrent to intruders, but it will also scare the birds.

After a brief weighing, I put the 90TWO in my hand back into the holster, silently picked up the M1A, quickly installed the silencer and hid against the wall. With the advantage of my position, I could completely shoot it without being discovered by the opponent.

But I am also very concerned about the strange reactions of the birds. What should I do if the opponent is really a non-threatening or non-hostile aborigine? Drive it away? Or knock the opponent unconscious and quickly evacuate the stronghold?

Either method is not a good choice for me. Moreover, it seems a bit premature to make such a judgment before it is confirmed that the intruder outside is an aborigine. Maybe it is just an animal that happened to pass by.

maybe.

The footsteps outside became clearer and clearer, and it seemed that they had climbed up the stairs and were approaching the entrance of the cave. At this time, I was very sure that they were human footsteps. I nervously raised the muzzle of the gun and pointed it at the entrance of the cave. With that,

There were some swaying flames in the fire, and my nervousness was getting stronger and stronger, but I noticed that the footsteps coming from the entrance of the cave had no intention of slowing down at all. Although the space I was in did not lead directly to the entrance outside,

The fire here is not that difficult to detect, so either the other party is really unwary or very confident in his own skills. My heart began to change from nervousness to panic, and my heartbeat began to speed up gradually, and just then

At this time, the figure of the intruder appeared at the entrance of the cave.

"Put your hands up!"

At this moment, I realized how stupid I was. The moment the opponent entered here, I neither shot nor subdued him but warned him. This may be the most ridiculous thing I have ever done in my life. It is better than using a pan to block the opponent before.

The bullet scene was even more ridiculous.

And just when I was in a brief panic, the other party seemed to be stunned on the spot. This is a completely normal reaction, not to mention whether this aborigine can understand the English I just subconsciously said, I am afraid that even the weapon in my hand

I don’t even know what it is, maybe in the other person’s eyes I’m just a weirdo who yells with a weird “stick”.

Although it had an inexplicable start, in order to regain the initiative, I decided to fire a shot first to deter the opponent, so I quickly swung the muzzle and fired at the opponent's feet. Because of the presence of the silencer, the shot was not fired.

It was too loud, but the gravel splashing from the ground and the sudden holes should be enough to let them know that I was holding a weapon in my hand, but when I pointed the gun at the opponent's head again, I heard something unexpected.

response that comes to mind.

"Don't shoot! Erica!"

At this moment, I seemed to be hallucinating, because this woman, who I thought was an aborigine from another world, actually raised her hands and spoke to me in fluent English, with a bit of a British accent. The same thing as Severna.

The accents are different. Her accent seems to have a bit of a local flavor. Unfortunately, I can't tell which accent it is. After all, I don't know many British people at all. But the tone of the other person's voice reminds me of London.

The girls I met in the bar were from the northwest of England, and their accents were very similar to hers.

After a brief distraction, I quickly recovered and turned on the additional gun light on the right side of the gun body. Because the light from the fire was not enough to illuminate the entire cave, I could only roughly see the outline of the other party, and she was still wearing a mask.

face cloak.

"Who are you? And take off your hood to reveal your face before talking to me."

The strong light emitted by the gun light instantly illuminated the other party's figure, and the other party subconsciously covered his eyes and took a few steps back to lean against the wall. In response to my request just now, the other party did not refute anything and was very obedient.

He took off the hood of his cloak and revealed his appearance to himself. The person was indeed a woman, but other than that, I was surprised in every aspect.

Under the bright LED light, the light blue hair on her head exudes a wonderful halo, giving her a very unreal feeling, and the purple pupils in her eyes are as bright as gems, and her delicate face
To be continued...