43 – Episode 43: Ninja of Salvation (6)
“We’ve already arrived! Wow, this is the biggest beehive I’ve ever seen!”
Beldergard, standing next to Yugumgyeong, wiped the sweat flowing down his face.
A massive beehive stood before them.
“What will you do? Will you go straight in? I think we should take a break-“
“There might be someone captured inside, so I’ll enter immediately. I’ll open the way first, so follow me along with the Rebirth Corps. Hyaat~!”
– hehehe!
Yugumgyeong smoothly interrupted Beldergard’s words as if taking a breath, and she set off first.
“…I envy the strong fools who don’t have a single thought. I wish I could live like that. I’ll wait here. Now, go and thoroughly search every nook and cranny of the beehive. If you find a golden shining bead, bring it to me.”
At the command of Veldegard, the Rebirth Corps nodded lightly and fell silent.
Veldegard, who had been quietly observing them without any expression or words, grabbed the orange-haired female member of the Rebirth Corps who happened to pass by her side.
“Do you still have linguistic abilities?”
In response to the strange question, the woman nodded slightly.
“Yes, I do.”
“Good. You will be the one to talk to me here.”
“Understood.”
“What’s your name?”
“Eva.”
“Don’t answer in such a curt manner. What did you do in society?”
“Understood. I was a member of the Resistance group, White Dolphin.”
“White Dolphin!”
Veldegard laughed gleefully and clapped her hands.
“I think I’ll be able to hear a very interesting story! Great! Why did you join White Dolphin?”
“The Red Whale Matap sent poisoned tea to my parents and assassinated them. More precisely, I ‘thought’ they were assassinated.”
“I see. Matap wouldn’t do such a thing. It’s a well-known fact among people. If… your parents were assassinated by Matap’s conspiracy, what do you think the reason was?”
“My parents were magicians of the Transparent Serpent Matap. They believed in the delusional notion that the Red Whale Matap was conducting unethical biological experiments.”
Bang!
– beee!
– Hornettt!
The screams of the Beirixes echoed all the way outside the beehive.
The creatures, who were patrolling the air, entered the hive through the hexagonal door.
“It seems like it has begun. How far did we go? Right, delusion! Your parents must have been third-rate magicians with an inferiority complex towards the Red Whale Matap! It’s clear that they had mental disorders!”
“That’s correct.”
“And now, even their daughter suffers from a mental illness! Only the inferior ones shed dirty blood. Our Matap’s ‘Superior Genetic Theory’ has never gone astray!”
“The Red Whale Matap is always right.”
Even when her parents were insulted right in front of her, Eva showed no reaction.
Her sharp eyes remained calm and steady, like stagnant water in a well.
“What happened at the White Dolphin?”
“I disguised myself as a merchant and gathered information about the Matap.”
“Did you kill anyone? Before entering the Reincarnation Period, I mean.”
“I killed about five people. They were the ones trying to expose my true identity.”
Beldergard shook his head exaggeratedly.
“That’s truly terrible. Are there any family members left?”
“I have one younger sister.”
“How old is she?”
“She’s about to turn thirteen.”
“It’s too young to be left alone. What’s your sister’s name?”
“Her name is Mina. They said she will be protected in the Matap until she becomes an adult.”
Mina. As soon as Eva uttered that name, her eyes flickered.
“I said that if I do well here, I’ll be able to see her someday.”
Witnessing that slight flicker, Veldegard raised an eyebrow.
“Do you know where that child is now?”
“They said she’s being protected by a magician named Joseph Manglobe. They say he’s a very powerful and kind person…”
“Joseph? You mean Joseph! Wow!”
Veldegard let out a loud whistle.
The Joseph Manglobe he knew was an extremely “passionate” magician who was highly regarded in the Red Whale Tower, where all kinds of wizards gathered.
“Wow, Joseph! Yeah, you’ll definitely be able to see her. I guarantee it!”
“Thank you. I believe it too.”
“Remember, Mina might look very different from what you remember! Kids grow up so fast, you know! hahahahaha!”
Tears welled up in Veldegard’s eyes as he laughed heartily.
Thud!
“Huh?!”
A loud noise resounded, and a group of people burst out from the collapsed beehive wall.
“What’s going on? Did you already find the essence of the mountain spirit?”
Perplexed, Veldegard muttered to himself, trying to make sense of the situation.
Those who emerged from the broken wall were twelve members of the Reincarnation Corps and thirty people covered in sticky Virex slime.
With a grimace at the sour smell of the slime, Veldegard called forward the leader of the Reincarnation Corps.
“Who are these brats? Did you find the bead?”
“These are the civilians we rescued. The bead is still intact.”
“Who the hell told these idiots to do something so useless?”
Belldegaard, in a fit of rage, struck the face of the gang member in front with his fist.
Blood poured from the gang member’s partially turned head.
“Crack!”
A tooth fell to the ground along with the blood.
“I am Yugyeomgyeong.”
The gang member next to the man who covered his mouth with his hand spoke in his place.
“What?”
“Yugyeomgyeong went ahead of us and entrusted us to rescue you. He said if even one person goes missing, he will report Matap.”
“What report? The brat who doesn’t even know the law dares to!”
As the commotion grew, the eyes of the rescued individuals turned towards the frenzied Belldegaard.
Belldegaard, who had been staring at them for a moment as if threatening them, forced a smile.
“Oh, there was a momentary misunderstanding! Don’t worry! We are the Red Whale Matap! We came to rescue you along with Yugyeomgyeong!”
The expressions of the people brightened at those words.
“We came from the Red Whale Matap to rescue you!”
“Matap is trustworthy.”
“Is the one who gave a knife to Bob also a member of Matap?”
“The person who said they were a carbon nanotube or a runaway?”
“Old man. They said they are a runaway ninja.”
Belladegard’s eyes widened at the unexpected name.
“Escaped ninja? The guardian deity of Goldon is here?”
“Oh, yes! I saw it. When I asked who it was, they answered, and it was just as the rumors described. They bought us time so that me and the others could escape. Ugh, my head is throbbing again.”
Bob, who had answered, gently touched the raised lump on his head.
Escaped ninja.
If Belladegard’s memory was correct, this was the person who had killed the disciple of Yugumgyeong.
It was a fateful meeting between two people with a deep connection.
“Should I go and support them?”
To Matop, Yugumgyeong was just a small nuisance, not a big threat.
Although they regarded each other with suspicion, they were not hostile towards each other.
“What are you doing? Everyone, go back inside. If you find the bead, help Yugumgyeong.”
“Understood.”
The reincarnated members, who had been waiting for Belladegard’s command, moved again.
“They’re just showing off.”
Although the exaggerated nickname of guardian deity was a bit embarrassing, it was nothing for someone who was on the level of Yugumgyeong, who had just started to gain fame.
A few hundred thieves from the border? They meant nothing to Chilgeomgyeong.
Personally, Belladegard wanted to just watch, but he had to help Yugumgyeong if he wanted to follow Matop’s policy.
“Eva, guide the people to the nearby village.”
“Understood.”
Having sent the villagers away like that, Belladegard let out a sigh.
The rumors of the lowly ones spread like a disease, and the only solution was to drive them away.
It would be best to eliminate them all, but using that method now could lead to a clash with the Black Guards, so he decided to endure.
“Lord Veldergard.”
“Hmm? Why are you two still here?”
A woman member of the Rebirth Corps leaned on the shoulder of a male member, blood dripping from her head.
“This member seems to be seriously injured. She’s been saying strange things since earlier.”
Veldergard approached her. The woman was constantly murmuring something.
“Eavesdropping magic is planted in my ears… Eavesdropping magic is planted in my ears… It whispers to me… I am not a member of the Rebirth Corps, I am Alice, a farmer from Telas…!”
“The suggestion has been released. Looks like the frontal lobe surgery didn’t work well.”
Veldergard clicked his tongue after confirming the woman’s trembling pupils.
The Rebirth Corps, which had to appear perfect even if it wasn’t perfect.
Evidence of imperfection cannot be preserved.
“Take her away and kill her quietly. Disguise it as Virex’s doing. After it’s done, come back here and report to me.”
“Understood.”
Thunk!
“What now?!”
Veldergard, exhausted from the repeated commotion, looked up at the beehive.
Winged Virexes were falling from the broken wax wall to the ground.
“…She’s like a monster.”
In order to create confusion in their path, Saegyeo was hiding as a shadow for a moment when they were suddenly drawn to a strange place.
– Sawflyyyy!
The angry bee monsters, who were hiding, missed the day and passed by.
Other guys were also running in one direction as if the soles of their feet were on fire.
It wasn’t the direction of the rice and his friends who were trapped in monster eggs like Kinder Joy chocolate.
It seems that new warriors have joined.
Well, it’s natural for monsters to come and break down a big building.
It’s like the neighborhood gang leader can’t just leave the sandcastle the kids built while giggling and shouting all over the neighborhood.
“Nin?”
I remembered the relic, the first target that came to the beehive to support them.
Even at this moment, the Sandsalif and the Wild Tribe must be trembling like vibrators.
Seeing that I’ve only been hearing monster screams since earlier, it seemed like the warriors were fighting well.
Put out the urgent fire first, and then grab the relic.
Wooong-
I fired the Ninja Radar.
I’m starting to get tired. The limit seems to be coming soon.
Amidst the busy movement of various organisms around the beehive, multiple green lights were only still in one place.
When I investigated with the radar earlier, the concentration of monsters wasn’t this high.
It’s evidence that there’s something important that needs to be protected in this emergency situation.
The relic is here.
Orphe and Diana, I can guarantee it with a Tribo.
No, I’ll just bet on Tribo.
Anyway, that brat is an underground country enemy, so it doesn’t matter how many times they die.
Using the Ninja Chakra Control and Naruto Running alternately, they headed there.
The end of this battle is slowly becoming visible.