Chapter 38.
A gaze that cannot be overlooked

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When the meal was over, the Lizardmen moved with Ivan and Delfino.
Of course, marching in the rain at night was not very pleasant.
There are a lot of lizardmen moving around, so he can’t just say it out loud.
peek.
Delfino looked at Ivan.
The gaze that asked whether it would be ok to follow them.
Ivan nodded briefly.
After another hour of traveling through the rain, they were able to arrive at the camp built by the Lizardmen.
It was spacious with a large tent installed in a fairly large cave.
In many ways, it was better than that narrow cave filled with the smell of a bear.
As soon as the Lizardmen arrived at the camp, they took their seats one by one in front of the large bonfire.
They terribly hated the drop in body temperature.
They didn’t say anything, but moving in the rain must have been something they didn’t want too.
Following the instructions of the Lizardmen, they were assigned a place inside.
There was, to their surprise, a large bathtub.
“Isn’t this a makeshift camp? How come they have a bathtub like this?”
When Delfino blinked his eyes and was shocked, Ivan looked around and spread his magical powers.
A thin barrier that surrounds them.
It was a soundproofing magic that became more natural than before.
Ivan stopped the sound from leaking out like that before he started explaining.
“Contrary to human perception, Lizardmen are a very neat race.
They probably have the most developed bathing culture on the Calan continent.”
They enjoyed soaking in cold water when it was hot and warm water when it was cold due to the problem of maintaining their body temperature.
Naturally, a bathing culture developed, and they were a very neat race that could not stand anything buried in the crevices of their scales.
It was different from the dirty troll cubs who lived their whole life without washing because they thought washing made them weak.
Those disgusting guys that spread rotten smell hundreds of meters away with their every move.
Orcs and goblins allied with such guys are also filthy.
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“Dirty greenskins, they’re useless people who know how to fight.”
After hearing the strange explanation that started with the excellence of Lizardman’s bathing culture and ended with a curse on Greenskin, Delfino mumbled tremblingly.
“Well, the Lizardmen I saw didn’t seem like that in particular…”
As an exorcist, he traveled to many places and saw Lizardmen quite often.
But he never once felt that they were particularly neat.
Rather, they were dangerous people who were not afraid to tear the enemy apart and wet themselves with their blood.
When Ivan saw Delfino’s face like that, he shook his head.

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“Because they are warriors.
Lizardmen rarely come out of their realm unless they are warriors.
The Lizardmen you met must all be warriors.
They may not have felt that way because they are those who are prepared to get dirt on their bodies.”
“You know them very well.
I noticed you speak their language too, and I thought they’re smacking their lips to eat us at any moment.”
“It’s a nothing special.
But thanks to that, we’re being treated like this without being attacked.”
It was very difficult for other races to learn because the language of the Lizardmen sounds like rough breathing, which was very difficult.
When Ivan spoke it, it came out favorably, but in reality they weren’t really that kind.
Placing the corpses of prey from which their hearts were ripped out was how they sent a warning to others.
There was nothing strange about being attacked as it was.
“It’s true that we were going to take a step towards the Lizardman, but it wasn’t supposed to be like this, we met too soon.”
The valleys and swamps that could be called the original Lizardman’s realm remained for a long time.
However, the fact that they have already appeared means that they are feeling threatened by the existence of the Orcs.
It was a good thing for Ivan, who tried to contain the orcs with their power, but the timing was not right, so he was dragged rather than taking the initiative.
“What was the conversation you had about?”
“I said we came to stop the orcs from crossing the mountain range.
Of course they didn’t believe it.
It’s not something we can do alone.
So I sold some names.
They’ll know us as some sort of envoys.”
“Did they believe that?”
“There are very few people who can speak the language of Lizardmen, so they have to believe it.
They have a rather violent image, but they are also intelligent races.
So, he bought some time, but he couldn’t keep the lie for long.
Because Ivan wasn’t a real envoys, and there was nothing he could promise them.
“Well, of course you have plans for the future, right?”
“…Ivan?”
The original plan was to find a dungeon nearby while keeping the Orcs in check.
He tried to approach the Lizardman side after seeing the situation after capturing the rewards by attacking it.
Unexpectedly, he met them so quickly that the order got mixed up.
It is the same as leaving the body without reward, it’s hard to just come in like this.
“For now, I will try something.
Because we have information that would make a Lizardman drool.”
“Can we trust them?”
At that, Ivan snorted.
“No way.”
Parents, brothers, and children, depending on the situation, hit each other on the back of the head.
But how can you trust the people you meet for the first time? Especiallt those guys with different languages, cultures, and even races.

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“Still, there’s no reason to be hostile since we’re useful to each other.
Riding that tight line would be a problem, but I’m not that nervous.”
Having said that, Ivan removed the soundproof barrier.
They could think of it as quietly discussing opinions, but if it takes too long, it will be suspicious.
A lizardman was approaching this way.
He wasn’t the first to talk to Ivan.
Lizardman’s face, resembling a reptile, was difficult to distinguish by human aesthetic standards, but it was known because the distinctive scale color was slightly different.
“It’s cold at night, take a bath?”
He spit out the common language with a lot of breath.
Just as it was not easy for other races to learn the language of Lizardmen, it was not easy for Lizardmen to use the common language.
Therefore, he tried to communicate mainly with short words.
“Is that all right? It’d be nice to soak in the hot water after getting wet in the rain.”
When Delfino responded that way, Lizardman looked at Ivan.
The words were too long that he couldn’t seem to understand it.
First of all, he was not the previous leader, but he seemed quite familiar with the common language.
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After all, the leader of the group can’t take care of everything by himself.”
Ivan, who muttered to himself, translated into the Lizardman’s language, and he nodded and spoke in lizardmen language.
“It’s not good when your body is cold.
There’s a heated stone over there, so if you want, take it and heat it up.
Clean water can come from that spring over there.
If you need more, call me.”
He introduced himself as twenty-seventh claw.
Of course, that’s what it means.
The original pronunciation was slurping sounds, so Ivan couldn’t tell Delfino.
When he turned away, Ivan checked the bathtub.
“I’m very anxious to take off my clothes and wash in a place like this, but we can’t help it.
If you walk around with a stinky smell from your body, they’ll look down on us.”
“Uhum…”
He took a warm bath and slept in a soft sleeping bag, but the next day, Delfino’s face was not bright at all.
It seems that he couldn’t sleep comfortably because there were lizardmen around.
He marveled at Ivan, who showed no sign of tiredness.
“You are really brace.
I couldn’t even close my eyes.”
“It’s also my ability to fall asleep quickly and comfortably in any situation.”

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It wasn’t that Ivan invested his precious points in sleep skills for nothing.
Even in this case, it’s important to rest comfortably.
Being able to sleep comfortably even in an anxious and chaotic situation was a pretty big advantage.
Although it may not seem obvious from the outside, it was good to say that it has saved Ivan’s life several times.
After a light breakfast they set off.
It rained slightly less than yesterday, but it did not stop completely.
The winter rain was colder than snow, and it was not a good thing to black out the mountain road in it.
After walking for a while, Ivan suddenly looked at something.
Then, soon after, the Lizardmen also raised their weapons.
Unfortunately, Delfino couldn’t read their expressions.
Reading the emotions from the Lizardman’s face was not at all familiar.
“Looks like an orc, why do they move in this rain?”
Ivan muttered like that and glanced at the Lizardman Captain.
‘Ferocious Tooth’
He had no sign of avoiding a fight.
“I don’t think it’s that dangerous, but be careful.”
Having said that to Delfino, Ivan pulled out his spear.
Tick, Tick!
Raindrops hit the spear.
The cold winter energy climbed the spear and reached Ivan’s hand, but the heat of battle pushed it away.
Whoo.
Whoa.
Steam rose from his heated body before the battle.
A strange but refreshing energy descended on his body.
It wasn’t the exciting and intense power of Asgard that I usually felt.
The soft and warm divine power made his body light.
Ivan glanced at Delfino.
He shrugged his shoulders as if he was nothing.
squishy!
A low breath, signaling the start of the battle, emanated from Ferocious Tooth.
The Lizardman warriors all raised their weapons and ran forward.
Ivan did the same.
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Tadadak!

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Ivan ran out through the rain and held out a spear.
Blood was sprinkled through the chest of an orc that had appeared through a crack in the tree.
The orc’s body, which had lost his life, cooled down, but Ivan’s body grew even hotter.
Cheeky!
bang!
thunder steps.
Another orc lost its life as the violent stride began.
But strangely, the guys did not back down, but rather looked at Ivan.
While fighting the Lizardman, they seemed to care about him more.
‘What is it?’
Even though he was puzzled, his body moved naturally.
Dodging the orc’s sword that was about to cut his throat, he smashed his chest with his foot, then stabbed the guy behind him in the heart.
There weren’t many at first.
The battle ended when the last remaining orc over there blew his whistle and then his head was cut off.
peek-.
He looked at Ivan as he died.
Ivan just felt a little uncomfortable about it.
What does that mean? Is it because it is strange that there are humans among the Lizardmen? Ivan hid his trembling emotions and looked at Ferocious Tooth.
In any case, Ivan was now an outsider, and the decision had to be made by Ferocious Tooth.
“I think it would be a bit difficult if all the orcs around gathered, would you like to fight?”
“We’re going back in a hurry.
I’ll deal with you guys there too.”
No one was seriously injured.
There was one person who had scratched the sword, but he did not want to be healed by Delfino.
“Well, as expected, the Lizardmen are close-minded.
Even if you are priests, they are still wary of humans..”
Delfino couldn’t finish all the words he was holding back and bit his mouth.
Because Ivan was squatting under a tree and digging.
Ivan raised his head and coughed embarrassingly, wondering if he had found any surprising traces.
“No, I just saw a precious herb.” (TN: never forget farming, you should learn too Delfino)
taltal.
Ivan pointed forward as he brushed away the mud on the herbs.
“Let’s go.
Before the orcs come.”