I Possessed It Instead of My Younger Sibling

79 – First Encounters

“…Come to think of it, Georgia, Thiope. How many boss monsters were there in total that attacked the village this time?”

Lesby, who was staring blankly at Mistil Thein walking from a distance, asked the question that suddenly popped into her head to the two men and women who were staring blankly at her from either side.

“…Hmm? So I’m sure… weren’t there five? A Class D Goblin Shaman Love, a Class C Orc Sergeant and Gnoll Fighter, and a Class B-Shadow Lizardman and Flame Hound. “

“…Then, among them, who have been caught so far?”

“Uh…. I just managed to kill him in a surprise attack by our mercenary corps right before the defense battle started… The rest of the guys were all burned to death by that magic—”

“──No.”

At Lesby’s question, Georgia was about to say that she had caught all of the bosses, folding her fingers.

Thiopi, who was examining a place by her side, opened her eyes wide, and she denied Georgia’s words in a trembling voice.

“──Everyone isn’t dead yet!”

The place T.O.P pointed to was the place where the fire bird caused a big explosion by charging into the boss monsters.

There, there were two charred bodies.

“Oops…!!! ──Hey!!! It’s dangerous!!! There are still boss monsters left…!!!”

After confirming that, Lesby immediately shouted at Misteltein, who was getting quite close to the castle wall.

At that cry, Mistiltein lifted her head and looked at Lesby at the moment.

─Shhh!

A black lizard appeared silently in the shadows of the dark night and sharply swung the two curved swords, which were painted black even to the blades, toward the back of Mistiltail’s neck.

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-Kihi!

Covered in black scales from his head to the tip of his tail, the Shadow Lizard Man smiled meanly at the humans who walked without warning, hiding in the shadows of the corpses scattered around.

Because it is his specialty to lower the heads of such people.

He had almost been burned to death by a monstrous fire bird before, but he was able to avoid the fire bird thanks to kicking the ignorant pig’s head next to him and throwing himself with the recoil.

And immediately after dodging. He used the corpses of his subordinates who had fallen on the ground to hide, and then quietly crawled on the floor to get closer to the human who summoned the fire bird.

According to my experience in the swamp dungeon, my hometown, corrupt humans who carry canes and pour out attacks like that are very vulnerable to fighting in close proximity.

Because the number of dishonest humans who could not even resist his assassination in the swamp and dropped their heads was so great that he couldn’t even count his fingers and toes.

The Shadow Lizardman, who was holding his breath and looking for an opportunity, quickly swung his black curved sword without missing the moment when the consciousness of the human who had summoned the Phoenix was focused on the noisy human screaming from the top of the castle wall.

“…….”

Like other humans who have lost their lives to his own curvature, a human who can’t even react.

-Kee-Hit!

Convinced that his own sharp curve would make that monstrous human’s head drop, the Shadow Lizard Man relaxed and painted a cruel smile filled with joy on his lips——

“「Earth Horn」”

Kwajik—!

──A thick cone-shaped stone pillar suddenly rose from the ground, piercing through the gap in his consciousness.

-Key, yip…… ?!

It was a slow attack that would never have been hit normally, but the stone pillar entered precisely at the moment when the tension was relaxed, confident that the assassination was successful.

The shadow lizard man, who hit the heavy attack directly on his weak stomach, spewed out the air remaining in his lungs and was thrown into the air at a height of several tens of meters.

-Kek… ! Hey black… ! Kyaek… !”

Shadow Lizardman struggled with his limbs in the air, unable to come to his senses, spitting out a violent cough mixed with green blood, in pain as if his intestines had been crushed and exploded.

Mistiltane aimed his staff at the shadowy Lizardman, who was full of gaps, and in an instant released an intermediate wind magic that was stacked 5 times.

“”The Whirlwind of Blades””

Sagagakgak-!!!

──Kiaaa!!!!!

The Shadow Lizardman, whose whole body was slashed by a small whirlwind made up of dozens of wind blades, splattered green blood into the air and passed away.

‘Crazy… !!! Why does magic activate so fast!? Using intermediate magic in 1 second is difficult even for advanced mages, but 5 stacks of it!? I’m not really crazy… !? Besides, wasn’t he a professional fire magician?! Aren’t the wind and the earth more than expert level?!’

TOP is astonished as if he had seen something impossible, messing around with his short hair.

They say you can see as much as you know.

Unlike the two people next to them who were stunned by their admiration, T.O.P., Who had knowledge as a mage, realized that in that extremely short workshop, a high level of skill that even a high-middle-level mage could not imitate was used, and awe I looked at Mistiltein with closed eyes.

‘… Uh?’

And then, Thiope’s eyes found something.

-Kreurre… !

I mean the Flame Hound, which hides secretly in the embers left by Firebird passing by, and is on the verge of spitting out a full-powered fire breath, aiming for Mistiltein.

Flame Hound’s most powerful attack, Fire Breath, is a very threatening attack that can only be counteracted by using all of her magic power while Tiopy is in perfect condition.

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No matter how strong fire attribute resistance is, even a flame specialist wizard will be charred as soon as he hits the breath directly.

“That way…!!!”

Toopi, knowing that, hurriedly pointed in that direction….

──Roaring!!!

It was after the Flame Hound had already let out a breath of flame that had exhausted itself.

“Oh no…!!!”

Along with Thiope’s scream-like cry, a fire so hot that it could melt even a rock rushed towards Misteltein in an instant–

“Shii it!!! (「The Great Waterfall」!!!)”

──The high-pressure water stream shot from the mouth of the young white snake that was wrapped around Misteltein’s neck collided with it.

Quaaa—!!!

The pouring water evaporates in an instant, the waves of flame approaching and the cascade of water trying to push it away.

It seemed that the confrontation between fire and water was going on tight, but…….

Keying!

“sh*t!”

The moment when the blue aquamarine ring on the tail of the white sand shines brightly. The young White Snake smirked——

──Quaaa!!!

-Cheer, kong… ?!

──The pressure of the stream of water shooting from the white snake’s mouth became even stronger, and it began to forcefully push the flames out.

-Keouuong… !!!

Flame Hound exerted all his strength to increase the output of his breath, but….

Shoot ah—!!!

The strong stream of water, which has already gained momentum, quenches the breath of flame in one fell swoop.

Kung─!!!

“Kang…!!!”

He hit the flame hound hard.

─Kooung!!!

The Flamehound, pushed by the shooting water and hitting a large rock, began to receive the strong water pressure of the water stream head-on, so strong that it could be called a waterfall, by the support of the rock.

Kwaduk! Poududeuk! Kwakjik!

– Sesame seeds, cracked seeds… !!!

Soon after, the bones and organs of the whole body began to break and explode.

Shoot ah…

And thanks to the water flow starting to weaken after about 10 seconds, the Flame Hound was freed from the water flow…….

-Ke, Khehehe… !!!

The flame hound, whose whole body bones were finely crushed, couldn’t stand up and just vomited up a lot of blood mixed with the crushed intestines.

Took-

I immediately lowered my head.

“Three, my God… Am I weaker than that young familiar…? After 20 years of magic…?”

“TOP!?”

“Nu, sister is dead! He’s not even like this!!”

Looking at the young white snake who broke the breath from the front and held down the breath, which could only be offset with all its might, Tiofi lowered her head powerlessly.

The other two were embarrassed and supported such a T.O.P.

“……What are you doing?”

“Shii it ♪”

Misteltain climbed up the castle wall before I knew it, stroked Baekmyeon’s head, and looked down at the three of them with bewildered eyes.

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“…Kheuheum! I’m sorry for showing you rudeness.”

After a while. After losing the boss and defeating all the monsters in confusion with the Cuff Mercenaries who came to their senses. I was sharing a formal statement with them.

“My name is Lesby, the leader of the Cuff Mercenary Corps.”

To the man who reached out his hand and spoke in a serious tone, I also held out my hand and opened my mouth.

“…I received an urgent request issued by the Karabog Mercenary Guild, and I am a gold-grade mercenary, Mistiltein, who came to support first.”

“hahahaha! Mistiltein, that’s a cool name! Thanks to you, all of our Cuff mercenaries were able to survive! ……But, gold rank?!”

Lesby, who had been expressing his gratitude with a cheerful smile, suddenly opened his eyes wide and raised his voice.

“Is there a problem?”

“Ah, no, I’m sorry… I was very surprised that he was a mercenary of the same rank as me. I thought he was at least a ruby-level mercenary.”

When I ask a question, Lesby smiles shyly and apologizes.

I nodded his head to mean okay. She cast her gaze at the man and woman next to Lesby.

“Ah! We haven’t introduced our members yet.”

Noticing my gaze, Lesby began introducing the two of them.

“This is the vice-captain of our mercenary corps, a mage specializing in fire magic, Thiofi.”

“My name is T.O.P. Please teach me a lot!!!”

“…Please take good care of me.”

A female wizard with red hair cut short like a man’s, looked at me with sparkling eyes and politely held out her hand.

I let go of that burdensome look and held her hand.

“The guy next to him is called Georgia, the original member of our mercenary corps. Even if he speaks a little rough, he’s not a bad guy, so please understand.”

“No, brother! How wild am I! Where in the world is there a gentleman like me!”

“Sometimes he talks nonsense, but in that case, you can just ignore it.”

“Oh dear…!”

Georgia, a sleek man with a long spear, glared at her Lesby as if it were too much. Lesby didn’t even care, as if she was already used to it, and continued her conversation with me.

“Really, I told Sister-in-law Godica that you met an ogre a long time ago and got sh*t… Huh?”

Seeing that, Georgia put her head down and muttered as if she was really pouting, then she raised her head at the sound of someone calling.

“Captain! Vice-captain! Georgia!”

“Oh! Another original member of our mercenary corps just arrived.”

Lesby, who noticed a middle-aged man running from far away waving his hand, said with delight.

“Thanks everyone for your hard work! Here, I brought a recovery potion and a mana potion.”

“Thank you, I was pretty hurt anyway.”

“Thank you, I was a little dizzy because I lacked magic.”

“Oh! There is only one brother!”

“hahahaha, I can’t even fight, so I have to do something like this… Huh? Captain. Who is that guy over there?”

The middle-aged man approached with a wry smile, handed the potion to the three of them, and looked at the three of them drinking the potion with a satisfied expression.

She questioned me as I stood next to the three of them.

“Ah, say hi. He’s the lifesaver of all of us.”

“…Are you the one who used the fire bird magic earlier?”

“…Yes.”

“Ohhh…! Thanks to you, I was able to save my life! Thank you so much…!”

As she nodded slightly to the man who asked in her slightly trembling voice, the man opened her eyes wide.

She then bowed her head deeply and expressed her gratitude several times.

“…Ah! By any chance, aren’t you tired! Here’s an upper-intermediate vitality potion! Please try it!”

“Thank you.”

She rummaged through the large bag on her back as if she had suddenly remembered the man who was bowing her head deeply, and she took out a bright yellow potion and handed it to me.

I looked at the potion with a strange expression for a while, then opened the bottle cap and drank the contents.

“Gold-grade mercenary, Misteltein.”

“Ah, I’m Pocari, a regular member of the Cuff Mercenary Corps….I’m an incompetent guy who can’t even awaken mana, so I’m always doing chores.”

“hahahaha. As I always say, don’t belittle yourself so much, Pocari. Without you, our mercenaries wouldn’t function properly!”

“…hahahaha, thank you.”

Pocari says he is incompetent with a bitter expression.

Lesby comforted Pocari by patting him on the back, and Pocari held out his hand as if to shake my hand with a shy expression.

I grabbed the outstretched hand with a nonchalant expression.

… For a little while

“……Uh. Hey…. The handshake is a bit long…. hahahaha….”

Pocari smiled awkwardly and tried to remove his hand, but ──

Kwaak-

── Rather, I firmly gripped his hand.

“…Ugh?!”

Pocari frowned as if in pain, and the atmosphere around her began to stiffen little by little.

“…What are you doing, Mistiltein? Stop playing boring jokes.”

Lesby, who was next to me, tried to tell me to stop, but I opened my mouth while carefully looking at Pocari’s shaking eyes.

“…You are the Demonic Church.”