EP.21 Dance with Orcs!
Cloud lying on the bed didn’t even think to open his eyes.
‘Are you really sleeping? In this situation?’
What’s with all these crazy bastards?
Are all Heroes like this these days?
Krapa moaned and went out of the room to check the situation.
Outside the cabin, on the deck, there was absolutely chaos.
Customers who do all kinds of things to save their lives, sailors who shout to stay still if they want to live, and even the captain who shouts and gives orders.
And at the heart of it all was a great storm.
The whining customer flies away in the strong wind, and the boat shakes in the waves.
“…Should I get out of here now?”
Maybe now he should spread his wings and fly away. With that thought, Krapa shook his head.
If you do, he will be disobeying his master’s orders.
And even if he flew, it was clear that in this strong wind, he would fall without a long way.
Because that damn garlic is out of control!
“Should I really leave it to luck just as the child said…”
It was time for Krapa to sigh and return to his room.
A large wave formed in front of the bow.
A very, very large wave that could swallow a boat.
– Hey, look at that!
– Damn it! hold on tight!
-Help me! I want you to live!
In the midst of the chaotic crowd, Krapa fell to his knees.
“Master…”
Why did you drive this faithful servant into such limbs…
For the first time since Krapa was reborn as a blood race, he resented his master.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Nature’s wrath struck the ship.
* * *
Krapa spent his childhood as an ordinary boy. His father was a blacksmith in a small town, so it can be said that he grew up in a wealthy family.
It was in the middle of living such extremely ordinary days.
In the dark night, a group of people wearing hoodies attacked the village.
Their physical abilities far exceeded that of ordinary humans, and the villagers were slaughtered without any resistance.
Krapa couldn’t avoid them either.
He was slowly dying with his sister in his arms.
Is this the end? Does my life end in such a vain way? At least he wished his sister lived …
It was time for all kinds of thoughts to pass through.
– Hmm, these guys look pretty useful.
He saw a beautiful woman in his blurred vision…
“Stop sleeping and wake up.”
“Ok!”
After kicking the boat, Krapa woke up from a dream filled with old memories. Waking up from his dream, he jumped to his feet and turned his head to look around.
Dry land.
Withered trees and seemingly endless plains.
There were no shabby wooden walls or straw beds in sight.
“Here…”
“The western part of the continent. It is the land of the orcs.”
“Orc? Why is the orc territory suddenly…”
“Why are we coming here? We came out because accident. If you’re more alert than that, bring some of those fallen over there. I will gather branches and make a bonfire.”
On the shoreline pointed by Cloud, fragments of ships, crew members, and guests were rolling or floating. Krapa carried the crew and guests by his side.
‘Damn it, I’m looking for lower things at the orders of the lower ones.’
Double shame!
Krapa felt a sense of shame that he had to live like this for a moment.
‘What am I thinking now! It is the master’s command. I have a duty to obey his orders!’
His owner told him to monitor Cloud’s every move and report it. To do that, he had to win Cloud’s trust, and in order to earn his trust, he had to pretend to obey him.
So, what he is doing now is ultimately included in the master’s orders.
Krapa appeased his sense of shame and threw each of the humans he picked up near the bonfire that Cloud had lit. About twenty people gathered around the campfire.
“Good work. The weather is muggy and we have a bonfire, so we don’t have to worry about hypothermia. Leave it alone and rest until they wake up.”
“All right.”
“Yes? Now respect again? Just talk nonsense like you did before.”
“…no.”
‘Did you keep it?’
Krapa added a line to the report about the Cloud in his head.
– Kim at the back.
* * *
As time passed, those who had fainted began to wake up one by one.
“What, what?! Where am I?!”
“Howl, you go and explain.”
“…Yes.”
Krapa came up to people every time they woke up and explained the situation. The reactions of those who heard the explanation varied.
“Hey, what nonsense is that?! It’s the land of orcs. It’s the exact opposite of the direction the ship was going!”
Denial of reality.
“Oh, Orc…? Monsters that are more cruel than barbarians…? Ah… it’s over… I’m already dead…”
Despair.
“I am in the land of orcs…? Damn it! How does a captain named sailing!? When I get home, I’ll tell my father and drop the harpoon!”
Anger.
“Ha… I heard that orcs are so barbaric… If caught… ha ha…❤”
???
…anyway, all those who had fainted were awakened and aware of reality.
The atmosphere was dark because most of them were in a state of negative emotions.
Clap!
The sound of applause called their attention. They turned their attention to the applause.
The person who applauded, Cloud said with a smile.
“As you all know, the ship was wrecked in a storm. And we fell to the land of the orcs. In such a situation, we have only one option to take. We have to somehow get to the border and get out of here.”
“Move..? Is it possible? If orcs caught us while moving, it would be the end…”
Someone said in a confident voice.
The person who mumbled the desperate words earlier. He looked like he had given up on everything.
At those words, Cloud shook his head.
“That’s right. If you encounter orcs with these personnel, there is no answer.”
“Then…”
“By the way, is there a better way than the one I suggested? If yes, please present it. We will review it positively.”
“…There is not.”
“Then do what I say. Wouldn’t it be better to live even a little bit more than dying here?”
Cloud looked around at the people sitting around the campfire one by one. Facial expressions are better than before. It was a positive sign.
“I can’t hear you anymore.”
And whenever things are going to go well, there’s always a guy who lights a candle. Because it was a familiar situation, Cloud did not wrinkle his expression.
Really.
He looked at the man who was about to die with no expression on his face.
A young man who appears to be in his mid to late teens. It was the guy who had expressed his anger earlier by talking about his father. Next to him stood a middle-aged man who appeared to be an escort.
“Why?”
“It looks like you are trying to take the lead in this group, right?”
“Yes, but is there any problem?”
“…You are brave. Well, that’s not bad. But taking the initiative is another matter. You must not take the initiative. Only I can take the initiative here.”
His voice, speaking as if it were natural, was full of arrogance and confidence.
What. Is there any great way?
Cloud tilted his head and asked.
“Why are you the only one who can lead this group?”
“Of course it is because I am a noble. Isn’t it strange that the commoners should follow the nobles, and the nobles follow the commoners?”
The young man who spoke up to that point looked at the reactions of others. He didn’t even need to look. From the moment the word aristocrat came out, everyone had their eyes closed or restless.
The imprint of the ruled engraved over a long period of time was a reaction.
The young man smiled contentedly and continued.
“So from now on, I will control you all. This is an order, not a suggestion or request. Those who do not obey my orders will be judged in an instant… keek!”
The young man kicked in the side and rolled over the floor. A middle-aged man standing as an escort immediately drew his sword.
“Kalios! bloke! What is this doing!”
Cloud glanced at the sword at him and ordered Krapa.
“Howl, beat him. As long as it doesn’t interfere with movement.
“Yes.”
The middle-aged frowned at the light conversation that seemed to clear something.
“What? You dare insult me! Repay that insult with death!”
A horizontally swung sword aimed at Krapa’s neck. It was a clean cut with no frills. Krapa blocked it with his palm.
“What?!”
The middle-aged was astonished.
You can block his own sword just by sticking out your palm?!
It’s ridiculous.
The knight’s sword is not something that can be stopped so lightly!
But there was not much time for him to be astonished.
Krapa’s fist hit the middle-aged man’s face.
puck!
There was a dull sound, like being hit with a blunt weapon. Krapa got on top of the middle-aged man who fell backwards. He started beating, waving his fists as it was.
“Heh heh. Heh heh..!”
…with a bizarre laugh.
Cloud sighed.
“Don’t hurt theie bones. Because we have to go with them anyway.”
“All right!”
The voice is very bright.
Um, have you been tormenting by me for so long? I think it was a bit too much to pickle up the jerky with garlic juice.
Cloud reflected a little.
It didn’t mean I wouldn’t eat garlic though.
“You know who I am, and do you do this?!”
Callios, who rose from the floor while wriggling, glared at Cloud with a terrifying force.
“Who are you?”
“I am the legitimate heir of Prona Kingdom, Viscount Goldenbaum. This is Callios Goldenbaum. Now do you understand? What you did made Viscount Goldenbaum… gossip!”
After kicking his stomach, Callios rolled over the floor again.
“Ugh… you, you! Did you really hear what I said? I…”
“I heard it. You said you were the son of a Viscount family in the countryside? I thought you were going to be some great aristocrat.”
“What..? A rural area..?”
Callios gave him a look of disbelief.
Rural area?
Am I right?
Sadly, it seemed to be the right thing to hear.
‘They say that our family is a rural family..?’
There are only two cases where this is possible.
Either you’re a crazy idiot or…
Or his family has a ridiculously superior background.
The latter was more likely to be the case when thinking rationally.
“Da, who are you..?”
Cloud squatted down and made eye level with Callios. A frightened figure of Callios was formed in his cold, sunken eyes.
Cloud said.
“Who do you think it will be?”
Last one from the survivors is SUS 👀