My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 83

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 83

Episode 83. Land of Eternal Day (Complete)

Perhaps feeling awkward about revealing his bare face, Kargon awkwardly smiled as he brushed his face.

“I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve shown my face in front of a human.”

Black hair mixed with gray, tied back.

Blue pupils gazing into the distance with awkwardness.

A plain nose that wasn’t prominent but not completely flat like a pig’s, and deep scars crossing his right eye and cheek.

Kargon’s face as he spoke looked like nothing more than a somewhat scary-looking middle-aged man.

Except for one thing.

If you excluded the fact that his skin color was green.

After taking a deep breath, Kargon turned his gaze to look directly into my eyes.

“How is it? Was it shocking?”

“…What if I said it was shocking?”

“Then it can’t be helped.”

Even at my retort, Kargon didn’t furrow his brow but chuckled and responded leisurely.

I shook my head toward such a Kargon and said.

“Don’t worry. The shock… I honestly did receive it, but it’s not the kind of shock you’re thinking of.”

“Then that’s fortunate. I almost regretted allowing you to pursue me for a moment.”

As if he had never had such thoughts.

Kargon shamelessly smiled and replied without his expression changing at all.

‘Speaking of which, so he did allow it after all.’

There was no way a skilled person like Kargon wouldn’t have noticed me following him.

But Kargon continued to let his presence slip as if he hadn’t noticed.

This from someone who had never once let his presence slip whenever he approached after battles with orcs ended.

So I had been thinking something was strange about it, and it seems he was indeed aware of me following him.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

Kargon walked toward me with large strides.

In his hands was a familiar fish that looked like a mole, flopping around.

“Karnack, I brought something to eat.”

“Wow! That’s the best, Uncle Kargon!”

The little boy called Karnack jumped up and down in place as he received the Moldy Fish that Kargon handed him.

And as if he had been waiting, the boy who tore into the Moldy Fish raw laughed happily and chewed with his mouth moving.

After gulping down the Moldy Fish like that, the boy suddenly muttered with a drooping face.

“It’s delicious but… isn’t there more of that thing I ate a few days ago?”

“Sorry, Karnack. That was something the big brother behind me brought as a gift, so there’s no more.”

“Hmm. It’s okay. I like Moldy Fish too, you know?”

Saying that, Karnack tore into the Moldy Fish again.

Kargon patted Karnack’s head like that and turned around.

“You must have a lot you want to talk about. Shall we move away from here for a moment? I’ll answer everything I can.”

“…Alright.”

Kargon nodded at my answer and looked after Karnack again.

Though Kargon’s hands still looked rough and crude without removing his gloves.

When patting Karnack, they were more careful and warm than anyone’s.

“Keep eating. I’m going to talk with that big brother for a moment and come back.”

“I’ll be fine by myself. Don’t worry, Uncle Kargon!”

“…Yes, I understand.”

Kargon carefully patted Karnack’s head with his hand, then finally turned around and approached me.

“Let’s go. Somewhere a bit… far.”

Thud!

With those words, Kargon lightly kicked off the ground.

As I followed his presence that had disappeared into the darkness with my eyes, I glanced back.

There, Karnack was sitting in front of the campfire, chewing the Moldy Fish bones and all.

“…”

Taking in the small child who looked to be only about 6 years old in human age, I kicked off the ground following Kargon.

* * *

Halfway up the ravine.

Kargon, who had been bouncing up by kicking off the ravine walls, muttered in front of a small cave in the gap.

“This should be far enough.”

We had gotten sufficiently far from Karnack.

At this distance, there was no need to worry about voices carrying over.

Therefore, Kargon stopped and turned to look at me.

“First, you must have been confused that an orc speaks human language.”

“No, that’s not why.”

From my perspective, orcs are monsters.

Monsters that hunt and eat people.

So I do think of them as enemies.

‘But when you think about it, there’s Cheo-ri too.’

I know well that this guy sleeping on my shoulder as if nothing happened isn’t an ordinary snake.

He’s definitely some kind of monster, I just don’t know what kind of monster.

Because of Cheo-ri’s precedent, it wasn’t so surprising that monsters could understand human speech.

I was just surprised that they were completely different from the orcs I knew.

Hearing my words, Kargon looked surprised for a moment, then chuckled.

“Is that so. So that’s how it was.”

“Then what did you think?”

“…We are demons as you say, so I thought you’d say we were cunning for possessing reason.”

Saying he heard something truly unexpected, Kargon shook his head.

“Actually, there’s one thing I’m curious about.”

“What is it?”

“You and that child called Karnack are a different species from those orcs rampaging without reason up there, right?”

“No. We and they are completely the same species.”

The same species…

Could it be that they also possess reason and self-awareness?

I tried asking Kargon about such thoughts.

“They don’t. Those children… don’t possess reason and self-awareness.”

“Even in the future?”

“Even in the future.”

Kargon only spoke with firm finality.

Shaking his head as he said that, Kargon let out a small sigh and plopped down on the ground.

“…In the distant past, orcs who had self-awareness and could speak like us were common.”

Kargon, whose face was contorted as if in pain, caressed the scar on his cheek with his hand.

“More precisely, it would be correct to say that orcs regained intelligence and self-awareness under the guidance of an outstanding clan leader.”

The primordial orcs were nothing more than giant monsters without reason like the current orcs.

But in the distant past, after a great clan leader appeared, orcs came to possess intelligence on the same level as humans.

“…Is that possible?”

“Of course it’s possible. That’s how orcs were newly born.”

As intelligent beings rather than monsters.

Under the clan leader’s guidance, the species called orcs were perfectly reborn.

However.

“The brilliant age of orcs couldn’t even last 200 years before it came to an end.”

“Why on earth? Didn’t you say they were reborn as intelligent beings?”

“It’s truly ironic that it was because the village caught fire.”

The orcs’ homeland is Berdine.

As such, orcs possessed bodies capable of withstanding Berdine’s heat.

Creatures of barren land and scorching heat were truly ironically extinguished before even hotter flames.

“The conflagration burned not just the village but everything. The orcs and the civilization they built, as well as the Clan Leader who gave the orcs intelligence.”

“….”

“What happened after is as you would expect.”

All the orcs with intelligence burned to death.

The orc who could implant intelligence also disappeared in the flames.

Therefore, the remaining orcs became monsters once again.

Kargon was stating this fact in a calm voice.

“Then you are….”

“I’m just an old monster.”

And he was an orc who had lived through those times.

I pressed my lips tightly shut at Kargon’s words.

His expression that seemed unbothered looked so bitter.

I couldn’t bring myself to speak.

“…The time when orcs had intelligence was quite long ago, wasn’t it?”

“Probably over 100 years ago.”

“Then what about Karnack?”

Unlike Kargon, Karnack was still a young orc.

If that was a story from over 100 years ago, how should Karnack be explained?

The answer to that was very simple and clear.

“Among orcs, individuals with intelligence are born with a very small probability.”

All orcs lost their intelligence.

But occasionally, orcs with intelligence are born.

And such orcs.

“All die at their parents’ hands before reaching adulthood.”

For the reason that they’re not similar to their kind.

They were fated to be killed by fellow orcs.

“About 5 years ago, I happened to find Karnack on the verge of death and picked him up.”

That’s all there is to it.

Kargon, who spoke briefly and concisely, smiled bitterly.

Perhaps because he was inside the dark cave, his face looked even darker.

“So, what’s your reason for telling me this?”

I had been curious since he first started talking about orcs.

Kargon’s reason for telling me this story?

It might just be because he trusts me.

But I had a feeling that wasn’t it.

And usually in situations like this, my hunches were mostly correct.

Sure enough, Kargon slowly nodded and opened his mouth.

“I want to entrust Karnack to you.”

“…What?”

“I will die soon. I’ll become unfindable anywhere in this world.”

Raising his hand, he clenched it into a tight fist.

“When I die, that child will feel the same loneliness as me. Perhaps even worse loneliness than mine.”

He wanted to prevent that at least.

That’s why Kargon chose.

“And that someone is me?”

“That’s right.”

Though we’ve only known each other for a few days.

During their time together, Kargon learned that the small human was kind and good-hearted.

He could entrust Karnack to this person.

Having made that judgment, Kargon was now making this request to me.

“I….”

“You don’t need to answer right now. I just wanted to tell someone about my situation and vent.”

“….”

“It doesn’t matter if you refuse. Originally, creatures must move forward on their own to survive.”

Clank.

Kargon stood up with the sound of armor hinges clashing.

“The reason I came far away from Karnack’s ears… was simply because I didn’t want to tell him that I’m dying. Karnack knows everything too.”

“…That kid is really admirable.”

“Is that so? I think so too.”

Hahaha!

Kargon laughed out loud and pressed the helmet he had taken off firmly onto his head.

“…Before you go, let me ask just one thing.”

“What is it?”

“Isn’t there a way to live?”

“There isn’t.”

Kargon spoke as firmly as when talking about the Orc Lord and looked back at me.

“I’ll go ahead. You can organize your thoughts and come down later.”

With those words, Kargon threw himself down into the ravine again.

I looked down at the ravine where Kargon had disappeared with a complicated expression.

“…Tsk.”

He says all that and then says it’s okay to refuse?

Why doesn’t he just say he’s going to make me feel guilty?

But I couldn’t give any answer.

It was natural.

Not because I couldn’t take responsibility.

I’m someone from outside.

I’ll eventually leave the Tower.

‘No one knows whether Karnack will become a target for the roster or not.’

It’s complicated.

It’s been a while since my head was this complicated.

As I let out a small groan and scratched my head roughly, I stared blankly at the system that suddenly appeared before my eyes.

[Kargon has half-opened the door to his heart.]

[Conditions are relaxed.]

[Remaining time: 0 hours]

[Accompany Kargon]

[Condition achieved.]

[Moving to the next floor.]

There were over 24 hours left, but it’s just letting me pass.

Really fucking thanks, you damn system.

My head was already complicated, and now it’s going to get more complicated thinking about the next floor.

I let out a deep sigh and muttered while messing up my hair.

“What does half-opened even mean, not fully opened?”

Making people feel uneasy.

I let out another long sigh and threw myself down into the ravine.

[5th Floor]

[?r??? La??]

As expected, the conditions for the 5th Floor were hidden.

* * *

Having descended below the ravine, I walked back toward where the light was visible.

When I arrived there, Karnack was fast asleep with his belly full, eyes closed and snoring softly.

“Even his sleeping face looks like an ordinary child.”

The way he slept with his mouth moving was no different from a human.

Who would look at that appearance and think he was an orc?

I plopped down heavily beside the campfire and looked to the side.

Kargon sat perched on a rock, maintaining his silence.

“Hey, Kargon.”

“What is it?”

“I can’t give you a definite answer after all. Sorry.”

“…I see.”

“Still, I’ll watch over things as much as I can help.”

“Really? Thank you so much. You are my benefactor-.”

Stop.

Kargon suddenly stopped speaking and looked up at the sky.

Very abruptly.

Kargon, who had looked up at the sky, trembled all over as he stood up from his spot.

“Please, take care of him.”

“What? Wait-.”

Whoosh!

Before I could grab him, Kargon kicked off the ground and disappeared above the ravine in an instant.

Staggering backward from the fierce wind pressure, I watched Kargon disappear in the distance and muttered quietly.

“What was that all about?”

What kind of situation made him act like that?

I muttered softly, but no answer came back.

“Mmm… What’s happening?”

Karnack, who had just woken up from the noise, rubbed his eyes as he got up.

I approached Karnack and said.

“Nothing’s wrong-.”

No, I was about to say that.

The moment I turned around and opened my mouth.

“-!”

A roar I had heard once before struck my eardrums.

Staggering momentarily from the feeling of my eardrums bursting, I urgently raised my head to look up at the sky.

“…They’re coming.”

Countless orcs were approaching.

The moment I recognized that fact, the system filled my vision as if it had been waiting.

[5th Floor]

[Protect Karnack]

[1/1]

[※The moment the count decreases, it’s a failure, and Karnack’s heart stopping is the criterion.]

After quickly checking the system that filled my vision, I dismissed it from view.

What I saw next was.

“Damn, this is insane.”

Hundreds of green masses falling from the sky.

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