𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑: 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 (3)

ᴀ𝚍𝑣𝑎ɴ𝘤𝕖𝕕  C̉̉ℎ𝘢ᴘ𝐭ᴇ𝚛𝑠  𝐤𝙤-f̉̉𝙞.𝚌𝙤𝐦/ᴀw̉̉𝙚𝐛s̉𝕥𝘰𝐫𝙞𝕖𝐬  𝑝ả̉𝑡𝘳ẻ̉𝑜n̉̉.ᴄỏ𝐦/Ả̉w̉̉𝚎𝑏𝚜𝕥𝕠ʀ𝐢𝕖𝘴  

Eleven was startled by the sudden gunshot, and Oswald, leaving her behind, loaded a magic missile bullet into his shoulder and pulled the trigger, aiming for the head of the creature that was bleeding on its shoulder. The head had to be dealt with quickly, as it would regenerate endlessly unless its head was blown off.

BANG !

KABOOM!

The magic bullet transformed into a blue magic missile and flew through the air towards the troll’s head. The troll dodged the incoming missile by moving its body to the side, but since the magic missile was a homing spell, it accurately hit its head and exploded.

BOOM!

However, a magic missile alone was not enough to bring down a troll. While the creature was still dazed, Oswald continued to attack its head with regular bullets.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

He momentarily turned off the bullet trajectory, which wasn’t helping much yet, and activated only the aiming point to persistently attack the creature.

Blood gushed out from the troll’s head repeatedly. . . . However, the effect was not significant because of the distance. Oswald took out another magic missile bullet and loaded it, aiming it straight at the creature’s head.

BANG! KABOOM! BOOM!

The creature finally collapsed, seemingly unconscious. Oswald quickly approached the creature, loaded his shotgun, and aimed it at its head, pulling the trigger.

BOOM!

BANG!

The troll’s head finally exploded, unable to withstand the close-range shotgun attack. . . . . . .

Meanwhile, Eleven, who had witnessed the entire battle, was in awe. She was amazed that Oswald had managed to defeat the troll using only his gun skills, marksmanship, and magic bullets, without using aura.

Originally, trolls were monsters that could not be easily killed without attacks using magic power. In particular, their agility made it possible to incapacitate them only after depriving them of their mobility with bullets imbued with magic power.

‘𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭. . . . . . . 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳.’

“Ugh. . . . . . . ”

Oswald was frustrated because he didn’t have an empty bottle to collect the troll’s blood.

‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵. . . . . . . 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭? 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳. . . . . . .’

He eventually turned around and headed back to the center. He encountered two more trolls along the way, and each time, Oswald gained the upper hand in the fight with the trolls by always striking first.

‘𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵. . . . 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭-𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳?’

The Winchester family was famous not only as gunsmiths, but also as a family of hunters before the advent of firearms.

The Winchester family entered the firearms business after realizing that firearms could aid in hunting. They developed and further developed firearms that were more suitable for hunting and had greater killing power.

Later, one of the Winchester family’s ancestors studied alchemy, chemistry, and engineering in the eastern part of the continent and returned to create the Winchester series.

“Let’s rest here for a while today. ”

The basin-shaped area had a cave formed between the tree roots, which was a decent place to camp. Of course, they didn’t light a fire because it could attract trolls, so they took out thick fur coats and wrapped themselves in them.

‘𝘜𝘨𝘩. . . . . . .’

Their bodies shivered. . . . . . . It was already cold, but it got even colder at night. Even though they were wrapped in leather fur coats, it was still cold. That’s when Eleven made a suggestion.

“Oswald-nim, would you mind if I held you?”

“ What? ”

“ I know how to handle aura, so I keep my body warm with aura. If you hold me, you probably won’t be cold. ”

Oswald seemed to be contemplating her words. Eleven, misunderstanding his reaction, immediately apologized.

“ I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to. . . . . . . Oswald-nim. . . . . . . ”

“ No, what are you talking about? Fine, come here quickly. ”

Oswald quickly pulled her into his arms before she could say anything strange. If he didn’t do this, he would really freeze to death while sleeping.

He pulled her into the fur coat and hugged her tightly. Sure enough. . . . Her warm body gradually melted away Oswald’s frozen body.

“ Thank you. ”

“ You’re welcome. ”

Oswald fell asleep, inhaling the faint scent coming from Eleven.

As the morning sun rose. . . . Oswald opened his eyes. She, who was still sleeping in his arms, woke up as she sensed Oswald’s movement.

“ Did you sleep well? ”

“ Thanks to you, I slept well. Were you uncomfortable? ”

“I wasn’t uncomfortable. ”

The two of them set off again after simply drinking water mixed with grain powder and eating dried meat.

Soon after, Oswald sensed a troll again and fired a bullet without hesitation to launch a preemptive attack.

BOOM! SWOOSH! BOOM!

As usual, the troll screamed as blood spurted from the bullets that hit its body, and soon it revealed itself and charged forward at an incredible speed.

His level 20 senses intuitively predicted the troll’s movements, and based on that prediction, he aimed at the spot where the creature would arrive in advance and pulled the trigger.

BANG! KABOOM!

A magic missile that he had loaded at some point shot out and hit the troll’s head, and Oswald quickly approached and blew its head off with a shotgun.

‘𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘵.’