511 – Human To Human
“Whew. It feels good to cause a ruckus. But it’s frustrating to think about cleaning up the aftermath.”
“Huh? You were thinking about cleaning up the aftermath? I thought you always just left without a second thought.”
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“When I came to Ende, I was much more organized than you!”
Thanks to everyone gathering in the open space, Ende felt deserted. The Regressor and I walked along an unusually empty street, talking.
“Honestly, I don’t really care if I go to the vassal states. I don’t need to consider Ende’s circumstances anymore.”
‘It was much easier to stop the Wolf King in the vassal states than in Ende. If Ende was destroyed, the vassal states would have gathered all their forces to fight the Wolf King. Fighting the Wolf King in Ende is just my stubbornness.’
But that stubbornness is incredibly persistent. Is it because I’m a Regressor? In situations where I have no idea about the cause and effect, I’m extremely proactive, but in situations I’ve experienced at least once, I become quite meticulous. Seeing me line up at the top in Ende, make contact with the upper echelons, and bring in the Beast Faction makes me feel like I’ve really regressed.
…Or maybe it’s just routine. Anyway, I understand that the Regressor wants to end Ende’s problems as well as possible.
“You’re not going to abandon Ende, are you?”
“I’m saying that because you said you have a way. I don’t know what else will happen here, but I’m saying that going to the vassal states is also an option.”
“You don’t have to. I’ve seen all I need to see from the pig beastmen. I’ve also let them know that they were human, so I should let the wind carry what has already happened.”
Primitive desires are not shameful. It’s strange not to be able to say what is obvious as obvious.
I want to live better. I want to make what they have mine. Isn’t that obvious? But some people say that humans are inherently superior to beastmen, and others say that since they’re equal, it’s natural to give them up. It’s amazing.
I just want to remove the wrapping paper that covers the beastly desires. I’m telling them to go back to being beasts.
The Regressor looked at me with suspicious eyes.
“…Are you subtly implying that you look down on humans?”
“If you think I’m looking down on them, then Mr. Shay has set his expectations for humans too high. I’ve always had the same attitude.”
“Well, I don’t necessarily expect much, but I can ask for a somewhat reasonable response.”
“Even that common sense is different for everyone.”
“That’s true, but there are also parts that are the same, so it’s common sense.”
“There’s something wrong when there are different parts. In the end, someone will have to fix those different parts. That’s what a fight is.”
The defeated Regressor tried to say something more, but he groaned instead.
“So? What can I do to make those idiots come to their senses?”
“For now, Mr. Shay, please continue to cause a ruckus like you’ve been doing.”
“How should I do it?”
“You don’t have to worry about it. Whatever Mr. Shay feels like doing is a ruckus.”
Wild and farmed are different. No matter how much I rack my brain, I can’t keep up with the Regressor. So do whatever you want.
Then the Regressor narrowed his eyes and asked.
“Have you been subtly implying that you look down on me since earlier?”
“Of course not. Here they come!”
As soon as I shouted, several horse beastmen appeared before us. They seem to be fast on their feet. It hasn’t been long since we escaped the open space on the wind, but they’ve already found us.
“I found them! Here! They’re here!”
“That’s…!””Puhing? I’m just a scout!”
As the regressor fiercely threatened, Mal Suin ran away with his tail between his legs. He had only learned the most basic qigong to use for running, but it was fast enough to make him lose the will to pursue.
“It would be easier to kill than to catch. But I don’t need to do that!”
Immediately after Mal Suin disappeared, several Suin jumped into the spot. A Suin wearing a cloak who had found me and the regressor shouted.
“Report to Chief Grull! We’ll hold them here!”
“Beast Clan?”
In Ende, there are few people who can compare to the regressor’s strength. The reason why ‘few’ is attached is because he is there.
Grull. A pig Suin who is reasonable. The regressor grabbed Cheon-aeng and tensed up.
‘Why the Beast Clan? Did you decide to side with Ende this time?’
The regressor had learned excellent qigong with his overflowing energy, but he was still a little lacking compared to the qigong masters who were reasonable. It’s not something that can be explained simply by strength or speed, but a difference in judgment and sense in an instant, in other words, a difference in talent.
There are countless treasures and powers, including Cheon-aeng and Jijan. I don’t unconditionally support fighting. However.
‘How annoying! Fighting an opponent you don’t know whether you’ll win or lose!’
The regressor shouted, pulling up his qigong.
“Get out of the way!”
Cheonggeomgi, Meteor Shower.
Broken debris and boulders floated up, swept away by the storm. As the regressor wrapped the wind around him and slashed it down, hundreds and thousands of debris poured down on the Beast Clan warriors.
I thought I would incapacitate them quickly, but the Beast Clan warriors were not that easy.
“Cloak!”
The Beast Clan warriors who saw the debris pouring down immediately covered themselves with the leather cloaks they were wearing.
Thud, thud, thud.
The leather cloaks made a sound like a drum beating. The debris that had been bounced off by the anti-ballistic qigong fell powerlessly to the ground. They had unfolded the anti-ballistic qigong and easily withstood the regressor’s attack.
The warriors that Grull had personally raised are not inferior to the Obelisk. They had achieved the universe with qigong, and although they could not grasp the danger, they had trained the strong Suin’s body instead, and in comparison, they were like military generals. The level of qigong may be lower than that of a general, but if it is not a fight between humans, the level of skill is not a factor that needs to be considered that much.
It was the same now. The regressor is the type who relies on strength rather than qigong.
“Tsk! It would have been easier if you had collapsed with this!”
The Beast Clan warriors gritted their teeth at the heavy shock and shouted.
“Don’t confront him with a sword! He’s a master. Push and pull with the buffalo hunting squadron!”
“Thank you for thinking of me as a master!”
Without anyone telling him to, the regressor immediately ran out. I looked at Aji quietly as I watched the regressor cause a scene as he was told.
“Aji. Shall we go?”
“…Yes.”
Aji nodded weakly. As if he was deeply saddened by what had just happened.
The plan is this. No, rather than a plan, I should say it’s a matter of my mindset.
The wind of Okma has come true. They have gained the right to ruin something on their own like humans, and they are abusing it. I don’t need to touch anything when they say they’ll take care of it.
That’s why I want to check the wind from the other side now. If I listen to that wind, I might be able to protect the city.
“Huh? You!”The moment a pig-human who recognized me pointed a finger, I grabbed his finger and broke it. I grabbed him as he screamed in sudden pain and slammed him into the wall.
My strength isn’t strong enough to break a stone wall, but my earth magic made it possible. The wall caved in exactly as much as I pressed him into it. The pig-human was perfectly embedded in it as if he had been one with the wall from the beginning.
I looked around and found my next victim.
“Next.”
“Wh, wh…. Ack!”
Before the word “pig” could come out, I threw a card.
Swish. The card imbued with electricity pierced the pig-human’s shoulder. Blood spurted out. It was just a scratch to the pig-human who lived a rough life in Ende, but the problem was the lightning current flowing through the blood. The pig-human, who was convulsing from the electric shock running through his nerves, collapsed on the spot.
“My hand is faster than the eye. I guess that’s not the right thing to say at a time like this.”
I shook my hand and opened the gate of Oberi.
Oberi’s guards were weaker than ever now that Oberi’s executives were temporarily absent and the regressor was causing a scene in the middle of Ende. And there was a delicious prey that everyone in Oberi coveted.
“Woof woof woof woof!”
“Rescue the humans!”
Dog-humans, including Oberi’s guard dogs, took advantage of this gap to attack Oberi. The proud and pure Oberi suffered the humiliation of being captured twice in a short period of time. Oberi himself probably didn’t feel anything, though.
The dog-humans attacked the pig-humans as if to vent their pent-up anger. The pig-humans, who had only been hastily filled in with numbers, collapsed helplessly.
A coup d’état that happened at a coincidental timing. It wasn’t something I had planned. This was something that would happen someday anyway. It’s the same with having a coup d’état. It’s the same human being who falls.
“Magician… I’m not forgiving you! I’m just letting you go because you’re with the king!”
“…Huh?”
“No, Your Majesty. I didn’t shout at you…. Tsk, anyway! See you next time!”
A human shouted and led the others. The humans, who had gained momentum, ran through the neat streets of Oberi and opened the front doors of each house. If there were humans, they rescued them, and if there were pigs, they swung their fists. The fists did not distinguish between men, women, or children. They only distinguished whether they had pig ears.
Either screams or cheers echoed. There was more blood flowing than last time. Last time, only humans were the target of the attack, and the humans who carried out the coup d’état did not use violence against humans.
“This is not a place for pigs to set foot in!”
“Was it okay when you were acting like a master?”
However, such self-restraint was not exercised against humans with different ears. On the contrary, they only carried out more brutal retaliation.
“…Ow, ow.”
Aji closed his eyes tightly. From Aji’s point of view, the last time would have been much better. At least humans weren’t suffering then.
Well, I think the same thing. Aren’t you getting too excited?
The one with the real power is somewhere else.
“Kyaaak!”
The desperate screams of the dog-humans echoed. In front of Oberi’s prison, an alley where a considerable number of humans were confined. The dog-humans who had rushed in to free the humans were swept away like autumn leaves in the wind. The Oberi guard dogs hesitated and retreated as they watched their fallen comrades turn into blood clots.
“Why? Didn’t you say this is not a place for pigs to set foot in?”A huge pig-man walked out in front of them. The dog-men screamed in protest, their tails between their legs from the intense pressure.
“S-stop! Didn’t you hear me just now? If you resist any further, it will be considered treason against the vassal state…!”
“Try me.”
The beastmen were called the Enger Plains wanderers. They were nomads with a mix of tribes, races, and origins, and they didn’t belong to any country. Even if another country cried out treason, it wouldn’t be much of a threat.
From the beginning, talk of treason was a trivial threat to a strong man who believed in reason. Grool sneered and raised his fist.
“Scared animals are just noisy. Stop barking like dogs and show me your strength.”
“Ugh…!”
The surrounding dog-men all backed away, so I, who had been standing still, ended up moving forward. Grool found me in the chaos and spoke as if he had been waiting.
“I’ve been waiting for you, magician.”