Still Loved Even In The New World
CHAPTER 130: The Story of the Moon Goddess (1)

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"Milein, I'm going first."

Milein:"father be careful."

staring at the innocent face full of smiles mixed with worries it made me reluctant to leave her. I rubbed her head and gave her a promise.

Cliff: "dad will be home later.dad also prepared some bread for you to eat until tomorrow, so you don't have to go out in cold weather like this."

Milein:"yeah, I know."

I nodded with a smile then put on a thick coat of animal fur.This coat is gray and roughly made, even so, this coat is enough to withstand the piercing cold from the cold of the snow.

when exiting the door, the cloudless blue sky and the snow-white blanket covering the ground looked quite beautiful. I have to go to work immediately to find some income.

my own job is as an adventurer, so it is a bit difficult to earn in this winter.For an adventurer, the easiest way to make money is to collect medicinal plants, for example, but in winter like this adventurers could only hunt some monsters on the edge of the city for sale, or run some missions provided by the Adventurer Guild.

today I already have a promise to hunt monsters with some friends.actually three-star hunters like me are strong enough to hunt some rank three monsters alone, but it would still be safer if we hunted together.

I don't know when I'll be home, maybe later or if we have bad luck we'll be back in town tomorrow. I can't bear to let that kid go out in this cold weather.

I was hoping that Milein would want to stay in the academy dormitory during the winter, but she refused and preferred to accompany an old man like me. For some reason, ever since her mother, Alein died, he became very clingy to me.

her mother used to be a great adventurer as well.she was a Magic Caster and became a five-star adventure, which was much stronger than me. Probably due to inheriting the talent from her mother, she was a very powerful adventurer, Milein is also good in terms of magic, which is why she earned the right to study at the academy for free.

I walked down a snowy path and went to the adventure Guild, a place where me and a few friends promised to meet.A lot of other adventures besides myself came in and out of the Guild building. it was actually not just adventurers who were pacing around the guild. there were also some ordinary people who wanted to sell the hunted produce or medicinal ingredients they had grown to the guild.

how else, many people are having trouble earning in winter like this. wheat and vegetables can not be grown, small and medium merchants can not run caravans because of snow and cold temperatures, he said, unless they want to spend more money to buy expensive magic tools.

however, if they spent money to buy expensive magic tools, they would not benefit unless they raised their trading prices by a fairly high margin.

raising prices is also a problem in itself. if prices are raised high enough, then the purchasing power of the community will also decrease, especially in winters like this where people will have difficulty collecting money.

that was why, even those merchants would send their people or farmers willing to work for them as impromptu adventurers during the winter.

I went in and smelled the scent of various warm foods ordered by the adventurers.

"ooee... Cliff, over here...!"

I saw the man standing and waving his hand at me. I walked towards his desk, there were already three other people who were going to hunt together.

"Yo, Cliff. long time no see."

Cliff:"well, Croom, it's because you're too busy after getting a wife."

Croom:"hahaha.I can't deny that."

my three friends were named: Croom, Rule, and a woman named Linze, who called me in the beginning was Croom who always had a vibrant personality.

Linze:"hey..!. have you heard?!."

Cliff:"what is it?."

Linze:"it was reported that in the western forest there was a group of adventurers attacked by the Ogre."

Rule:"oh, how's that?."

Linze:"of the 9 people only one managed to escape."

Croom: "then, are we going to change our purpose?."

originally our destination was the forest to the west, where monsters usually rank three and below, but because there was a rumored Ogre sighting, so maybe it's better to change the destination. Ogre itself is classified as a monster rank 4-5, but rarely there are Ogre who roam alone.Ogre usually will be with groups 3-4. if it is like that, if it is so, then a group of Ogres will fall into the rank six category.

Linze: "it's impossible for a three-star like us to fight against a bunch of Ogres, so we'll switch goals."

Croom:"other place is very far away.The only place we can go other than in the western forest is the forest near Lake Eisseen."

the forest near Lake Eisseen is directly adjacent to the western forest, so the distance is not too different.

Linze: "yes, even though there are only Goblins, but it's better than dealing with a group of Ogres."

Cliff:"but, that place still borders directly on the western forest.does..."

Croom:"maybe, but we have no other choice, right!."

Rule:"what can I do. let's leave immediately."

actually I was still a little worried that the Ogre would move to the forest near Lake Eisseen, but there was no other choice. we immediately got ready and set off with four people through the forest in the middle of the cold.

we went to the destination on foot. there was actually a horse carriage rented, but the rental price of 4 Copper Coins was too expensive for us. if used to buy food, the price of the 4 Copper Coins was too expensive for us, that kind of money can be for a whole day's worth of food.

even the price for the fur coat I wore was 3 Copper Coins, so it was too expensive for 4 Copper Coins one way.

only about three times the sand we had reached the edge of the forest we were heading to. When we entered the forest, there were only snow-white scenery and trees without leaves.

we walked into the forest to the thick snow and cold through a row of trees that left only branches without leaves, he said, giving the illusion that they had transformed from a lush green scene into sharp demon claws amidst the snow.

Linze:"look!."

we stopped and looked at the direction where Linze pointed. There, we saw a flock of crystal horned deer that are rarely encountered. deer antlers that can be sold as expensive medicinal ingredients. unfortunately, the antlers are very expensive, they are very rare, and only travel with a small group of 3-5 individuals.

Linze:"Croom!."

Croom:"yeah."

Croom immediately took out an arrow and aimed at one of the stag deer with the largest horns.The deer antler was a transparent blue like crystal, and was very beautiful, very beautiful, while the fur is brownish white that is not too striking against the background of snow.

Swoss....!!

after aiming for a while, Croom released an arrow at the target. With the sound of splitting the wind, the arrow shot out extremely fast.

splas...!!

the arrow hit precisely on the neck of the crystal horn deer. Due to its strong durability, the deer did not die immediately, but ran into the forest in surprise.

Linze:"let's follow the deer."

the arrow that Croom shot had poison on it, so even though the deer escaped, we only need to follow in his footsteps.

Cliff:"be careful.the deer went deep into the forest."

the others gave 'um' and nodded seriously.As adventurers, no one was unaware of how dangerous it was within the forest.

we followed the trail of deer left in the snow.on the snow there are traces of deer that are messy because a herd of deer that fled in panic in all directions. it's lucky that the arrow gave a wound to the deer, so we can follow the trail of blood left behind.

we followed for some time and saw a male deer with prosperous crystal horns, lying weakly under a tree. the deer's breath was extremely weak and unstable with several times letting out weak whining sounds.

I approached the deer and pulled out a dagger that I kept in my hip .

Cliff:"thank you for the blessings of your blood and flesh."

slap...!!

I directly stabbed the dagger into the heart of the deer to end the agony of the deer.

Rule: "the first hunt is a great advantage."

Croom: "yes, at least if we sell everything, we can get 1 Silver Coin."

Linze: "we'll discuss later. Let's find a place to rest first."

we immediately looked for a place to rest, and found a shallow cave not far from the deer was uprooted. Since setting out, this was our first time resting, he said, so everyone heaved a sigh of relief with a happy looking face after obtaining the hunted beast.

Linze:"I'll dismantle this deer first, you guys stand guard outside."

without saying much, me and the other two came out to watch the surrounding area.in terms of dismantling the monster corpses, Linze was the best, so we couldn't help anything.

Cliff:"Croom, kill that Goblin archer."

Room:"ok!."

Goblins are green-colored humanoid monsters with faces that later on and wide mouths full of pointed teeth.They use a variety of simple weapons that they made themselves, as well as a variety of other weapons, or some adventurer equipment that died from fighting monsters in the forest.

swoss...!!

guy...!

the arrow pierced right through the chest of the Goblin archer and killed him. The killing of the Goblin archer greatly reduced our pressure as fighters.

Linze:"I'm done."

I saw Linze who had just come out of the cave with the bag already full.he took out a stick with a red crystal on it.

Linze:"A fiery red fire, show your horror and burn my enemies to ashes. «Fire Burst»"

a small red fireball shot out rapidly towards the remaining batch of Goblins.

Booom...!

The small fireball exploded extremely violently and flattened all the Goblins around the blast area.

finally after a completely dark day, we finished cleaning up all the Goblins and took Cristal in their heads. There were at least about 40 Goblins attacking us, so this was still a good extra income.

Rule:"we've made a big fuss, along with the scent of blood, there might be a powerful predator coming here.we have to leave immediately."

we all left this place quickly.even though it was night, but with a bright moon hanging in the sky, we would have no trouble finding our way.

grosak.. grosak...!!

suddenly we saw huge trees being shaken together with the gurgling sound of falling snow.

Cliff:"watch out...!!"

we all immediately took our respective combat positions. Rule stood at the very front with a big two-handed hammer as a weapon, I prepared with a sword, Croom had already put an arrow on his bow, while Linze stood at the very back with the preparation of the spell.

emerging from the rows of trees, we saw three large figures that were over five meters tall. Their skin was pale with rounded distended stomachs, muscular hands holding large wooden clubs, and their skin was pale, while the face looks creepy with a wide mouth full of fangs.

Cliff:"Ogg...!!"

Croom:"fuck!. How could we possibly meet these monsters...!!"

it's really shit.we hunted into this forest to avoid them, but instead met them here.

Rule: "you leave immediately. I can delay a while. You take this opportunity to run."

Linze:"it seems impossible."

I glanced at Linze and there was an Ogre to forty several tens of meters which intercepted the path of our retreat.no other path, I instantly moved backwards and placed Linze in the middle between the three of us. as a Magic Caster, he had the most firepower, but was also the most vulnerable to attack due to his weaker physique than fighters like us.

Croom: "we can only fight."

Rule:"moving."

hoaa...!

the monster roared and dashed towards us with a bat in their hands. The Ogre first swung the bat vertically towards Rule who was holding the big hammer. Rule dodged to the left agilely, immediately running forward quickly to cover the distance.The big hammer was swung with a red light that coated its surface.

Rule:"matter the ugly monster...!"

Bang...!

Roars...!

the hammer struck the monster's foot and made him roar loudly in pain. Before Rule was happy, the Ogre had swung the hitter in his hand back towards Rule, Rule used the large hammer in his hand as a shield.

Bang..!!

the hard impact made Rule thrown because of the impact of a very hard impact.His body hit the tree trunk until he twisted blood and was no longer able to stand.

unfortunately, not only was Rule thrown, but Croom was also thrown quite hard in the snow and received another blow while trying to stand up.

for me, I slipped between each slit of Ogre's movement and gave him some incisions in his body and legs, but because of the thick skin, the wounds inflicted by this low quality sword did not threaten the Ogres at all.

the cooperation of the four of us was split because each of us had to face one Ogre. I slightly looked at Linze with the corner of my eyes. he was currently taking cover behind his magic shield which was continuously struck by the two Ogres who had eliminated his opponent.

That Ogre-Ogre would leave his opponent who was already unable to fight back and switch towards an opponent who still had the ability to fight.

before long, Linze's magic shield was shattered and his back was hit hard enough that he was thrown from inertia.

the blow was very crushing and would probably break his spine.although he could be healed, perhaps he would no longer be able to become an adventurer, and the worst possibility was that he became paralyzed.

Giff:"Linze...!"

instantaneous anger filled my heart at the sight of my wounded friends.

Cliff:"fucking monsters... «Martial Art: Lightning Sword Slash»."

I dodged the beating from Ogre who was fighting me and ran towards Ogre who was hitting Linze.I jumped high with a flash of bright lightning on top of my sword that kept crackling.

Cliff:"mat...!!"

I threw my sword towards the chest of the monster with full force.When the sword pierced, a burst of lightning lightning lightning suddenly occurred and made the forest very bright for a moment.

the pierced monster roared and fell with its huge body.The monster's body flashed smoke and the smell of burnt flesh.

although the attack was effective, it would also consume a lot of my energy.I gasped for breath while staring at the other Ogre who was still left.maybe out of anger, I was gasping for air, Ogre who was closest to me directly swung his hitter towards me. Due to running out of stamina, I could only see the hitter coming towards my face.

it just seems to get here. Milein, I'm sorry.

as the hitter got closer to my face, I closed my eyes and waited for the death to come.

Bang...!!.

but suddenly I heard a loud crashing sound and the pain I was waiting for never came. I opened my eyes and saw Ogre who was about to hit me thrown a few meters away with a long bloody scar on his side.

I was puzzled and looked around curiously. I finally saw a long, shiny white shadow hit the Ogre I fought at the beginning very quickly. The ogre was thrown and blood and flesh were thrown into the air, leaving behind a long, bloody scar on the side of their bodies.

I looked in the direction the shadow came from and saw a girl hovering in the air, staring coldly at the Ogre using her eyes that glistened like a starry sky with a dazzling winter light.

his skin was milky white and looked very soft like gelatin. giving the shadow of a noble who could not be bothered.

her hair was silver which exuded a kaleidoscope shine under the bright moonlight.her hair fluttered slowly waving like magic which gave her a holy maiden-like charm in fairy tales.

the silver armor gleamed cold metal like a divine armor that looked luxurious and graceful.in her hand, the girl held a golden silver whip that had sharp thorns like razor blades.

although the girl's posture was like that of a little girl who was not even more mature than my son, but the serenity on her face gave the charm of a domineering and decadent queen.

the whip he had in his hand gleamed with a bright metallic luster, then he whipped it at the two Ogres who were still standing in fear. The whip instantly threw the two of them a few meters away. you can imagine how much energy is needed to achieve this effect.

"«Martial Art:Whip Blade»"

he let out a smooth sound like a whisper of wind, but had toughness and strength.he again swung the whip towards Ogre who was trying to stand.this time the Ogre was not thrown, but it split into two as if the whip was an extremely sharp sword that cut through the clay mud.

The ogre did not even have the chance to feel pain and he was already two separate halves.The warm bright red blood instantly stained the pure white snow. between the blood and the snow gave a contrasting and frightening sight, but there was a beauty of its own.it was as if the blood was a red rose blooming over the cold snow.

very strong...!!

(the end of this chapter)

the winter light I said was Aurora.

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