Endless Desecration (2)
Endless Desecration (2)
The Lepodesia Great Forest is the best-preserved natural area on the continent.
Although the forest suffered the ordeal of being reduced to ruins once due to the invasion of the Demon King's army.
Thanks to restoration efforts led by the Goddess of Abundance, it has now regained even greater lushness than before.
It was a great fruit born from the blood and sweat of many.
The lush nature of the Great Forest was a blessing not only for people but also for animals.
A naturally blessed land that maintains an environment almost as pristine as nature itself, even though it is inhabited by humans.
For the lives that lost their homes in the long war, it was like a paradise.
However, as it was a place where countless animals of the continent settled in peace, uninvited guests related to them would occasionally appear.
"Got it!"
Richard cheered in joy as he confirmed the prey collapsing weakly beyond the bushes.
Richard immediately jumped out of the bushes and hurried his steps with a 'hudadak'.
A deer with one leg caught in a trap was bleeding, its eyes moist with tears.
"Hehe, finally got this one in my hands!"
It had been some twenty hours since he set the trap and ambushed.
Afraid that the prey might show up the moment he looked away, he couldn't even properly go to the bathroom, let alone eat a meal.
As that hardship finally paid off, Richard couldn't contain the sense of achievement welling up deep in his chest.
The deer's resistance weakened more and more due to the paralysis poison applied to the trap.
Its pure white fur covering its entire body and large silver antlers were impressive.
It was undoubtedly a Silver Deer (Silver Deer), one of the rarest creatures on the continent.
A rare species that had become extinct due to the Holy Evil War.
Having obtained information that a very small number inhabit this Great Forest, packing his tools and hurrying over was indeed the right answer.
Due to its rarity and outstanding appearance, many people sought it for breeding or taxidermy purposes.
But the true value of the Silver Deer was none other than that shining silver antler.
It was an established theory in academic circles that eating antler velvet made from that antler could provide tremendous tonic and nourishing effects.
Therefore, if he could obtain just one Silver Deer antler, he could earn enough money to live idly for the next ten years.
"Hehe, let's hurry before someone comes."
Richard hummed a tune, picturing the luxury that lay ahead in his mind.
He drew the dagger at his waist and carefully aimed for the Silver Deer's nape.
It would be ideal if he could take it alive, but carrying such a large beast out of the Great Forest unnoticed was impossible.
Taking only the Silver Deer's antler was the most realistic compromise.
And to do that, he needed to first make sure to cut off the Silver Deer's breath.
Because if it thrashed around while he was cutting the antler, it could all come to nothing.
"I'll finish you quickly, so stay still~."
It was the moment when Richard, having taken aim, was about to strike down without hesitation.
Pewyung!
An arrow flying from somewhere precisely hit the dagger in his hand.
Chaeng!
"Ueuk?!"
Richard, having dropped the dagger, grabbed his numb wrist and squinted one eye.
"Wh, who's there?!"
And he shouted loudly toward the direction from which the arrow came.
Then an archer appeared from beyond the dense trees.
As the archer's face became clearer, Richard couldn't help but startle and jerk his body.
"De, Demeter-nim......?"
Richard roughly rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, wanting to believe he was seeing things.
But it was no different from trying to block the sky with his palm.
Because doing so wouldn't change the appearance of the woman slowly approaching him.
Her fine, long brown hair fluttering in the wind, her superior beauty from perfect facial features, and her outstanding curves that couldn't be hidden by the mermaid dress wrapped around her body.
She was clearly the Goddess of Abundance he had once seen from a distance at the victory ceremony of the hero Ion Rayhard held in a foreign land.
A beauty of that caliber was impossible to forget once seen.
"Wh, why would the goddess-nim come to a place like this in person?"
Richard, having instantly recognized who she was, immediately bowed his head deeply.
But Demeter paid no attention to Richard and moved toward the Silver Deer that had fallen in the trap.
With a pitying look, Demeter soon released the toothed trap that was biting the Silver Deer's leg.
Richard, sweating cold rain, could only watch that scene, swallowing his saliva with a gulp.
"The Silver Deer is a first-class protected designated creature, with hunting and capture prohibited."
Demeter began, treating the wound on the Silver Deer's leg.
"If you commit such poaching recklessly, you could go to prison... Surely you didn't know?"
"I-is that so......?"
Richard licked his parched lips and barely managed to play innocent.
Seeing Demeter, known as the most benevolent goddess, with such a cold face made his knees go weak involuntarily.
"I-I'm sorry! I really didn't know anything about that...!"
Begging for forgiveness was the only way to survive.
Judging so, Richard bowed his waist even deeper.
Demeter looked at Richard with a thread-like gaze.
"......If you didn't know, then it can't be helped. I'll overlook this just this once. I sincerely hope you won't do such a thing again."
"Thank you! Thank you! Th-then I'll be on my way..."
"Wait a moment."
Demeter stopped Richard, who was turning around in a fluster to leave this place.
The poacher had no choice but to stop his step from moving forward at the voice of the goddess that could not be defied.
"D-did you call for me, goddess-nim?"
"It seems you've left out the most important thing."
"The most important thing...?"
"Haven't you apologized to this Silver Deer that you've injured?"
"What?"
For a moment, Richard was so flustered that he unconsciously tilted his head.
No, perhaps this wasn't fluster but absurdity.
Apologize to a deer?
No matter that it was the goddess's words, he couldn't accept that one at face value.
"Demeter-nim, what kind of apology should I...?"
"You bow your head to the Silver Deer and say you're sorry."
"B-but even so, telling me to say sorry to a mere creature..."
"There is no nobility or baseness in life. If it is a being living in this world by its own will, even a mere creature should not be treated carelessly."
At that truly goddess-like benevolent remark, Richard found no words to say.
Even if he had found them, he had no courage to say them in the goddess's presence.
"Come, do it quickly."
Richard subtly grabbed the hem of his pants.
It was already upsetting that he had to let go of the Silver Deer he had caught right before his eyes, but being told to apologize to that same deer made him feel like his heart was about to burst.
But Richard had no other choice.
Because picking a fight with the goddess to preserve his petty pride was not a wise move.
"I-I'm sorry..."
Having made a quick calculation in his head, Richard finally bowed his head to the Silver Deer.
But Demeter pressured him, saying his voice was too small, to speak with more sincerity.
Richard, secretly chewing his lips, reluctantly raised his voice.
"I'm sorry......!"
Only after he shouted the apology loudly did Demeter finally allow the poacher to disappear from her sight.
'Damn it...'
Richard left the Great Forest carrying the humiliation of having apologized to a mere deer.
*
Pewyung!
Evening after the sun had completely set.
From the modest archery range located behind the cabin, the sound of arrows being shot could be heard quite frequently.
As the sharp arrowhead split the wind and flew, a small animal nearby fled into the forest in surprise.
Pewyung!
The one doing unscheduled archery in the dead of night was none other than the cabin's owner, the goddess Demeter.
She held bow and arrow in hand, aiming at the target beyond, but for some reason her accuracy was terrible.
Completely different from the results she had shown last time at the large archery range in the forest.
It wasn't that the accuracy had decreased because it had gotten dark.
Demeter had good enough eyesight to accurately aim for the Demon King's army's forehead even in pitch darkness without a single light.
The reason she was now achieving her worst results lay elsewhere.
Pewyung!
"What's going on, Demeter-nim? Nothing is hitting the target properly, is it~?"
Richard did not hold back his mockery as the arrows leaving the goddess's hand kept missing the target.
"Try shooting with a bit less tension in your waist. Or should I lend you a hand?"
"Ugh......!"
Demeter, trying hard to ignore the annoying voice coming from behind, nocked another arrow onto the bowstring.
Even though the distance was not far compared to where she usually practiced, she couldn't hide the trembling in her hands.
Because Richard, sticking right behind her, was freely molesting her defenseless private parts.
"Don't hesitate and shoot quickly!"
"Ahheut?!"
Just as Demeter was drawing the bowstring, Richard, without warning, poked the goddess's pussy with his finger.
At that atrocity that lacked any delicacy, Demeter staggered and released the bowstring.
As the arrow of the Holy Mother, known for hitting the mark every time, stuck into the ground nearby, Richard giggled and sneered.
"Wasn't archery your specialty~?"
Richard, busy toying with her fully exposed vulva while having hitched her mermaid dress up to her waist.
The panties that should have been guarding her secret crevice were lying forlornly on the dirt ground nearby.
'Demeter, the heavenly goddess, being treated like that...!'
Watching my pitiful wife being thoroughly humiliated, I couldn't suppress my lethal excitement.