Magicless Extra: The Villain’s Survival Method – Chapter 42

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝟐: 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (2)

Oswald also participated in this hunting competition. Originally, Lewis was supposed to participate, but Lewis was busy trying to find an excuse to break off the engagement on Wilhelm’s behalf.

Although an engagement was just a promise of marriage, breaking an engagement between noble families was no simple matter.

The best way would be to persuade Earl Bechand by giving him the information that Oswald had provided, but. . . the location was not good. If he did not give up on the margrave, he could not give up on the third prince.

‘𝘛𝘤𝘩, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.’

Even if he couldn’t persuade them directly, there were many ways to shake up the enemy camp. For example, spreading rumors. And if the rumors came from a reliable source, even the people wouldn’t be able to just ignore it.

The CID had already grasped the facts, but they just couldn’t touch it without any solid evidence. However, it was okay to spread the rumors.

Rather, it wouldn’t be a bad choice, because it might reduce the third prince’s power and reveal his true colors.

“What are you thinking about?”

“This and that. . . I was just worried about my future.”

“It’s good to worry. . . but for now, just enjoy yourself. There will be many days to worry, not just today, right?”

“Yes, Father.”

“Come to think of it, I haven’t given you a hunting dog yet.”

“You don’t have to. I have my familiar here.”

Jason peeks his head out of Oswald’s inner pocket.

“You’ve tamed a Great Eagle. Still, since you’re from the Winchester bloodline, you can’t not have a wolfhound, right? If you have the affinity to tame a Great Eagle, you should be able to tame a wolfhound too.”

It seemed like a hassle to keep two familiars, but. . . since his father recommended it, he simply nodded.

Then, a beast caught Oswald’s senses. The sound of the floor being crushed and dragged on as it moved indicated that it was a snake-type beast native to this place.

The beast approached stealthily between the trees, as if it were a hunter itself.

Oswald immediately raised his ‘Winchester V11’ and quickly aimed at the snake, which was camouflaging itself, and pulled the trigger.

Ta-ang!

Kwaang!

Ssssssssaaaaaa!

Along with the snake’s cry, a long creature with a huge body fell from the tree. It was a ‘Titano boa,’ the third largest among the snake-type beasts.

Beasts were basically ranked at least 3rd grade with 10 points, and there were two more ranks above that based on their size. The ‘Titano boa’ was a 2nd grade beast, with a score of 20 points.

“You have excellent senses. Did you develop them through demon hunter techniques?”

“Well. . . I was born with them to some extent.”

“Right, I forgot that you’re also a Winchester. But your senses are so developed. . .”

Wilhelm was amazed that Oswald could sense something that he couldn’t and accomplish it.

Afterward, after putting the ‘Titano boa’s’ corpse in his magic pouch, the two headed back into the forest.

As the forest gradually darkened. . . they moved to a suitable place and prepared to camp. While doing so, Oswald caught a wild boar that was passing by.

The wild boar was an animal-type beast worth 5 points. It was one of the stronger animals, which was why it was given 5 points.

“Why did you catch something worth so little?”

“Of course I caught it to eat.”

Oswald invested 1,010P to raise his butchering level 9 to 20 and began butchering the wild boar. Thanks to his dexterity level of 30, he was able to butcher the wild boar very skillfully due to the bonus effects.

“I didn’t know you could butcher too.”

“Hunters should know how to do everything.”

“Hahaha, you’re better than me.”

Oswald quickly butchered the wild boar. He hung the leather on a wooden stand and let the meat dry in the wind on another stand.

Afterward, Oswald found a suitable rock nearby.

He used the Blood Demon to materialize a chainsaw and used it to carve out a stone slab to cook the meat on. Soon, Oswald made a thin stone slab, washed the surface with water from his magic pouch, and returned to the campsite with it.

At some point, Wilhelm had lit a fire in two small huts. He was busy preparing to grill some meat on skewers.

“What’s that?”

“I’ll show you how to grill meat, eastern continent style.”

Oswald made some modifications to the campfire, placed the stone slab on it, and began to place thinly sliced meat on it.

After a while, the thin stone slab became hot, and the meat gradually began to sizzle and cook, filling the air with a delicious aroma.

Normally, cooking meat in a forest like this would be suicidal. . . but not for the two of them. Furthermore, Wilhelm had two wolfhounds with him, so guarding wasn’t difficult either.

He had thrown one of the wild boar’s hind legs to each of them, so they were happily gnawing away at it.

Oswald then used a branch to make wooden chopsticks and handed them to Wilhelm. He also enjoyed noodles among the eastern foods, so using chopsticks wasn’t difficult.

He then poured the prepared salt and pepper onto a leaf and took a bite of the well-cooked meat.

‘𝘒𝘦𝘶. . . 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦.’

Observing Oswald, Wilhelm also dipped his meat in the salt and pepper, put it in his mouth, and began to savor the taste.

“It tastes better than I thought. . . Do they grill meat like this in the east?”

“Yes, grilling over an open flame is delicious, but eating it like this is also a delicacy.”

Then, the smell of the grilled meat attracted a fairly large prey. Oswald immediately took out the Revolver B12 from his magic pouch, turned the muzzle with his left hand, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Ta-ang!

Kwoo-ooo-ooo! Kwoo-ooo-ooo!

Soon, the bear, as it was presumed to be, let out a scream, and it was felt rushing toward them. The Revolver B12 was a firearm made to deal with large monsters or beasts, so it was expected that the one he had just shot would die instantly. . . but it didn’t die easily.

So, Oswald continued to pull the trigger with one hand, following the direction his senses led him, while eating the meat with the other.

Ta-ang! Ta-ang! Ta-ang!

Three bullets quickly flew through the air and hit the creature rushing toward them.

The speed at which it was running slowed considerably, but it didn’t stop. The two wolfhounds growled nervously, ready to rush out at any moment.

Then, Oswald turned his head to check on the creature.

‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳.’

It was an upper species of the beast grizzly bear, with a strong defense because the main parts of its skin were petrified like stone. However, that didn’t matter to Oswald, who had already turned his gaze away.

As Oswald pointed the muzzle at its head, a red aiming line appeared and touched its head, and he fired the remaining bullets twice in a row after confirming it.

Ta-ang! Ta-ang!

Two bullets accurately flew in a straight line and pierced the glabella of the ‘stone bear’ that was rushing toward them, and it was unable to hold on any longer and slid toward them, collapsing.

The 2nd grade beast, ‘stone bear’. It was as strong and large as the ‘titano boa’. Among the beasts of a higher grade than that, there was its upper species, the ‘iron bear’, and there was also the ‘owl bear’.

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“Oswald Winchester. . .”

A handsome man with one arm missing stroked his chin with his remaining left arm, deep in thought. In front of him sat the empire’s most beautiful woman, the second princess, Arwen.

“Sir Lyman, is your arm okay?”

“Don’t worry, Your Highness. It will grow back soon.”

“That’s a relief.”

It was a wound from when he had faced Oswald before, but another person had interfered. He didn’t know who it was, but it was a Platinum-rank powerhouse who had reached Sword Master.

There weren’t many Platinum-rank powerhouses, so he could have found them if he had tried. . . but he hadn’t found any clues about the one who had cut off his arm.

“But I heard that you were beaten by that lapdog.”

“That uncouth bastard dared to harm my beautiful Sir Lyman. Even though it happened at the academy, I can’t let it slide. . . I want to punish him personally.”

“What can I do for you?”

“How about sending him a warning and sending him some suitable assassins?”

“It will be difficult to deal with a demon hunter with assassins.”

“Then, what would you recommend?”

“I will send him a gift myself. However, there is something I need. . .”

“Just tell me what it is, Sir Lyman.”

“I need about 100 pure virgins.”

“Very well, I shall arrange for them to be delivered to you shortly.”

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The next morning. . . perhaps because of the stone bear’s corpse, small beasts or animals didn’t dare to approach Oswald and Wilhelm.

Oswald put the meat he had dried yesterday into the soup powder he had prepared in advance and boiled it with carrots and potatoes.

The two warmed their stomachs with the soup. They stored the remaining meat, leather, and the stone bear’s body in their magic pouches and stood up.

From then on, Wilhelm began to use his two wolfhounds to demonstrate his skills. As if not to be outdone by his son Oswald, he hunted seven ordinary wolf packs worth 5 points each and even hunted a ‘saber tiger’ worth 20 points and a ‘grizzly bear’ worth 10 points.

When the hunting was almost over, Oswald prepared dinner. This time, it was tomato meat stew.

He took the tomato sauce out of his magic pouch, put it in a cauldron, added water, and put in thickly sliced meat. Then, he added sliced potatoes, onions, and carrots.

After that, all he had to do was boil it.

While the stew was boiling, Oswald began to import firearms. Then, with a rustling sound, two people appeared at their campsite.

“Hahaha, I came here because I smelled something delicious, and look who it is, Earl Winchester.”

“Marquis Valian, welcome. I was wondering why I suddenly felt the need to make more stew. . . I guess I knew you were coming.”

As Wilhelm had said, Oswald had already noticed their approach. According to his father, Wilhelm, Marquis Valian was participating for the first time this year.

In that case, it was likely that he hadn’t prepared much for the hunting competition that lasted for 5 days. Of course, he could go out in the middle, but in that case, 30 points would be deducted.

The problem was that the couple didn’t have much experience in camping, and since they were bad at cooking, they had reached their limit with just the amount of dried meat they had brought.

Then, they smelled the delicious stew and came here without realizing it.

A little while later, the stew was finished, and Oswald handed bowls of stew to Marquis Valian and Alicia. The two of them hesitated for a moment before losing their minds to the smell of the stew and beginning to inhale it.

“It seems like we’ll need to grill some meat as well.”

“I’ll prepare it right away, Father.”

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