Raising Paladins

Episode 53. A troll caught on a walk (1)

“Somehow it looks dangerous.”

The entrance to the cave is large enough for three or four adults to enter at the same time.

Meisa, standing in front of him, said to Carl.

Woo-woo-woo-

The wind blew up from inside the cave, and a sound like a growl of a huge bear spread out over and over again.

There was also a thick smell of blood.

“If you’re afraid, you can wait here.”

“no. I will go with you.”

“Is that so?”

Carl nodded at Meisa and immediately tried to enter the cave.

Then Meisa was startled.

“knife! Let’s light a torch and go!”

“ah… … .”

In fact, since the sword is already using divine power, there is no need for torches or lanterns.

It’s because you can strengthen your eyesight with divine power.

However, the situation is with Meisa, an ordinary person.

“I knew it would be like this, so I brought it.”

Meisa pulled out the cloth she had brought with a confident smile.

Then, after picking up a stick from the surroundings and winding it around the end, he also poured oil from the temple and lit it with a flint.

Roaring!

“how is it?”

Meisa smiled and looked at Carl.

Carl nodded his head at her bright smile, which seemed to be looking for praise.

“… … You did very well.”

To be honest, from Karl’s point of view, Meisa was just a cute little kid.

She had aged so much in her previous life, and Meisa, who brought things and was happy that the items were used at the right time, was like a child.

Maybe he could see Meisa’s real face today in this cave.

“Let’s go.”

“yes.”

Serureung-

Seemingly nervous, Meisa pulled out the steel sword from her waist.

No, I was trying to pull it out.

chuck!

“… … to?”

The palm of the knife struck the grip of the steel sword that had been pulled out and put it back in.

“These caves usually get narrower as you go deeper. If the person behind draws a knife, something suddenly appears and can startle and stab the comrade ahead.”

“ah… … .”

Meisa is confident in her swordsmanship, but is the first to explore a cave like this.

In fact, because he was raised in a noble family, swordsmanship sparring was only done in a well-equipped environment.

Because of that, the real battle part was very weak.

The same goes for outdoor activities.

‘You really know a lot.’

When I was quietly admiring the knife.

Suddenly, from the other side of the cave, above my head, something fluttered and flew up.

Papababat!

“Kyat!”

A swarm of bats that could number in the hundreds.

Meisa screamed involuntarily and shrank.

Food Deok!

After a while.

“It has passed. Stop getting up.”

“… … yes.”

Perhaps because she was holding a torch, she was never bitten or scratched by bats.

But I was too ashamed.

He said he could fight, and confidently followed, saying he would join the hunt for cave trolls… … .

Because I was just surprised by a bat or something.

‘You just told me to insert the sword because of the same situation.’

What if the sword didn’t put the sword in time?

You may have been startled by the bat and unconsciously swung it.

Thinking that way, the sword seemed even more amazing.

“Cross without touching the water as much as possible.”

As I continued to enter the cave, water appeared on the floor up to my ankles.

Carl pointed to the water and warned.

“There are many cases where bad things live in the water of deep caves, so be careful.”

“yes.”

In bats, dull-colored water where you don’t know what might live.

In addition, the sharp stones that descended like icicles above the head are threatening.

I promised myself that I would do well, but I couldn’t help being nervous.

smart!

Drops of water falling from stones like icicles.

Hearing the sound of water droplets in the quiet cave was somehow bleak.

It was then.

Okay!

Something caught on the toe of the knife that was going ahead.

Meisa quickly put the torch over there.

OK,

“omg… … !”

Meisa breathed in vain.

Three skeletons were lying on the floor of the cave where the light hit.

Three corpses completely decomposed, with only bones remaining, without maggots or insects, as if it had been a very long time since they died.

The sword’s foot touched the armor the corpses were wearing.

“… … How did he come to such a deep cave and die?”

Scavenger’s Lawless Zone.

Of course, it doesn’t fit the word that it’s a lawless zone now that Carl has cleaned up all the scavengers.

But it was still true that there were many rough forest trails and rock caves around the oak trees.

This is the place I finally found after wandering along the mountain roads for several more hours.

But it was surprising that there were people, and corpses at that.

“It was mine.”

“My own… … What?”

“Look here.”

The knife extended a finger under the flickering shadow of the torch.

“Here is this corpse in leather armor, with a sword stuck in the back of the armor. But the corpse next to it had no weapon.”

“This guy stabbed the man in the leather armor in the back!”

“Surely it will. Judging from the traces of footprints that have continued so far, the stride length is consistent and there has never been a trip, so these three must have been colleagues when they entered. But something caused an infighting.”

“Bah, footprints? where is that?”

“Over there.”

Carl pointed down at Meisa with a chin gesture.

When Meisa hurriedly lit her torch, there were really faint footprints.

It was a very old footprint, obscured by dust and the corpses of all sorts of insects.

‘How did you see this?!’

He obviously didn’t even see himself carrying a torch.

Meisa exclaimed inwardly once again.

“Judging from the one in front and the relatively light leather armor, it seems that he was the captain of the two people following. After he died, the two of them in steel armor attacked each other again, and in the end neither seems to have survived.”

“ah… … .”

Meisa salivated at Carl’s explanation.

“But what was it that made them fight each other? If we had come all the way to this deep cave, we wouldn’t have been normal.”

“They must have come hunting for something, too. So, even when entering the cave, you must have been heavily armed.”

“ah… … .”

“The prey is probably that guy.”

“… … ?”

Carl’s finger slowly pointed in one direction of the cave.

Even in a deep cave, the interior is exceptionally deeply carved.

But there was nothing in Maysa’s eyes.

“What are you talking about?”

“Give me the torch, and load the crossbow.”

“to?”

“hurry.”

Meisa’s expression is that she doesn’t know what the hell it is.

However, Carl’s expression was unusual, so he did as he was told.

After passing the torch, he put the crossbow he was wearing at his feet and pushed hard with both hands to reload.

Clap!

Meisa quickly inserted a bolt for a crossbow from the bolt tube she was wearing around her waist.

Then Carl said.

“You only get one chance. Shoot carefully.”

“What the hell… … ?”

“coming!”

Sureureung!

The steel longsword that the sword drew like lightning cut through the air.

Then, surprisingly, blue blood spurted out of the empty air.

At the same time, a shrieking sound like tearing was heard.

“Quaaa!”

“… … !”

Meisa almost let go of her crossbow and covered her ears.

It was because the screams I heard a while ago hit the cave walls and shook my eardrums as if tore them apart.

However, Meisa quickly came to her senses at the amazing sight in front of her.

“There was a shaman.”

kurrr… … .

A body bleeding with its left arm cut off.

The grotesque beast, with blue skin that stretched like a corpse blown up by water, looked like an old man.

However, the sparse hair, the long, ugly fingernails, and especially the fangs protruding arbitrarily were definitely those of a monster.

“A cave troll shaman. Sometimes among trolls, there are variants that are born by eating the meat of their own kind, and this is it.”

“Oh, that can’t be!”

“Shaman’s characteristic is the ability to assimilate the surrounding colors by evolving from the glowing skin, which is a characteristic of cave trolls. It gives off a scent that entices the enemy and makes them unguarded… … .”

Whiik!

The troll shaman’s massive claws slashed at Carl’s throat.

However, the lightly dodged sword swung the steel sword again.

“Cheak!”

This time, the troll’s left thigh was sliced off.

“… … Or I’ll throw that powder on you and curse it to make enemies fight each other.”

Charr!

As Carl said, the troll grabbed the bone necklace that was hanging around his neck with his free arm.

Then, he picked up a strangely shaped glass bottle threaded into it and pulled out the stopper.

Then Carl said.

“Are you going to just watch?”

“… … !”

Clap!

Meisa pointed her loaded crossbow forward.

The moment the troll pulled the plug, her crossbow shot.

“Cheak!”

A bolt that pierced the troll’s hand with precision!

At the same time, the new type of sword moved.

Chop!

thud!

The giant troll’s head falls to the ground first.

Soon after, his body collapsed.

Wow!

As he collapsed, his height and body, which seemed to be 1.5 times that of an adult man, made the cave tremble with shock.

The strangely patterned bottle he was trying to scatter in the air was quietly held in Carl’s hand before he knew it.

“Your workmanship is quite good.”

“ah… … hahahaha… … .”

Things happened so quickly.

Meisa didn’t even know that the troll shaman was hiding in stealth.

However, he acted according to the instructions of the knife, and fired the crossbow the moment he had a hunch.

Thanks to that, we were able to stop the troll from casting dangerous spells.

It was his first adventure after becoming a battle priest, so he was very hectic.

‘T, I caught a troll… … A rare cave troll shaman… … .’

Originally, it was really nonsense.

I heard that even cave trolls are savage, so you need to put in at least one Templar troop.

Even so, it’s dangerous, so the only thing I’m prepared for is the cave troll hunt.

However, with just three swings of the sword, the sword cut off an arm, cut off a leg, immobilized it, and dropped its neck.

‘I heard that it’s hard to even get hurt with a decent weapon… … .’

After the war between the Paladin of Dawn and the Lich King.

Most of the monsters that formed the Lich King’s army died in the war and disappeared.

I heard that only a handful of monsters survived and hid themselves in the rugged terrain of the empire.

But to think that a troll shaman was hiding so close to Meirium.

That, too, was a surprise to Maysa.

back.

A knife that finds the stopper and closes the vial.

The rope he had prepared wrapped around the troll’s body.

Then he picked up every troll corpse dripping with blue blood and put it on his back.

“Wook… … .”

A troll whose limbs are cut off and blood flows from all sorts of disgusting smells!

However, Meisa vomited admiration inwardly at the way she wore it without hesitation.

In particular, it was surprising how strong he was without frowning even after carrying such a heavy load.

‘Where does such a slim body get such strength from?’

Carl said to Meisa, who had been blank for a moment.

“Let’s hurry up and get out.”

“yes? what… … ?”

“The armor these corpses are wearing. The knife looks good too, so bring it all. The leather armor seems a bit rotten, so leave it alone and only the items made of iron.”

“yes… … .”

Skill is skill, boldness is boldness.

In addition, even the thriftiness of robbing them of the corpse’s things if they don’t seem to need them.

Meisa was learning a lot in one day.