247 – Waterway War (2)
“Nice.”
A mercenary said that as he looked at the body of a native whose head had been cut cleanly.
“I cut it with a single knife.”
“Not just the neck, but all the limbs.”
“There is a guy with good skills.”
They were the ones following the trail of the beacon after seeing the green beacon rising nearby.
Invaders who want to gain the upper hand in a full-scale invasion of the Tongdan continent by acquiring the knowledge and skills of the water people.
After this waterway war to rule the waterways began, the water people quickly disappeared from the Tongdan continent.
They crouched down in a secret lair known only to them who could freely roam the continent.
They say you can call a water person if you light a beacon the way the old jungle did, but the water people were quick to even run away.
When I saw the beacon and showed up, if I felt something strange around me, I just ran away.
It is not easy to chase a boat along the waterway in a wide plain, but the boats of water people who have tamed crocodiles are faster than most boats even if they go against the current of the water.
Chasing such a boat through the jungle where the roads were not properly laid was near impossible.
In addition, all kinds of means to catch the water people were made, but all of them ended in failure.
Then, there is only one option left. I had no choice but to find a hiding place and catch him.
“By the way, can you follow only these traces?”
“I have to try something. Fortunately, the traces of the crocodile remain well.”
Sometimes, the water people stop the boat and give the crocodiles a break. At that time, traces of the crocodile taking a break are left.
It was a great fortune to be able to find such a trail of rest and follow it by stepping on it.
Even a little, even a little bit, increases the chance of getting closer to the hideout.
“By the way, Captain, what are you going to do with those chasing after you?”
“Tsk… ….”
At the words of his subordinate, the man in charge of the water man tracking team twisted his face and clicked his tongue.
Another method of chasing a water person was to chase after the other person who was chasing the water person first.
“How many did you join?”
“I had the kids check it, but it seems like five or six got it.”
Here, the five or six do not refer to the number of people, but the number of forces following them.
“It’s been a lot.”
“Hasn’t there been a lot of people recently as ships have entered the port?”
“Then are those nobles who entered the war as a joke?”
The only boats that came in recently were those that nobles rode on, and if so, it was highly likely that the tails following them this time were subordinates brought by nobles who participated in this Tongdan invasion war for fun.
Hired hunters or mercenaries, or soldiers or knights raised by nobles with their own money…….
Hunters and mercenaries were at least better. They knew how to step back in moderation if they felt a little dangerous.
A soldier or a knight is a different story. They are proud to some extent, so if you threaten them, they will attack you like a winner. It’s all the more so because you’ll have the confidence that you can defeat at least one mercenary like this.
“For now, just go. Let’s be quiet and don’t bother me.”
“Okay.”
The mercenaries are a group of rogue boats. Since mercenaries who usually went alone gathered together holding hands, there was no way they could return as a proper organization.
It causes a lot of accidents, causes a lot of trouble, and commits a lot of crimes. As a result, even if a mercenary group is formed, it cannot be maintained for long and disappears quickly.
However, that’s why the mercenary corps, which overcame all those problems and formed a proud organization, had great value.
Such is the case with them.
They are all competent, patient, and know how to put up with the present moment and prepare for the future.
“Okay, let’s keep going. It moves quickly to where the river parted.”
“Yes, boss!”
And because they are like that, I knew that now is an opportunity that is harder to change than anything else.
This is an area where one big river flows continuously without a path where the river course diverges. It was not difficult to find the boats of the water people as long as they followed the river quickly.
You don’t have to find a hiding place.
Water The moment you capture even one person alive, you can sell them for an exorbitant price.
Tongdan Continental Invasion War? Water war? That kind of thing was good.
It doesn’t matter who wins or who loses.
As long as I can make money by getting involved in the chaos, it’s good enough.
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“The crocodiles are tired.”
“Crocodiles?”
“Yes. Actually, you’re not really tired.”
The water man sighed and explained the situation.
“There was a raid on the way, right? I was so excited about that that I didn’t listen, but this is also an extension of that.”
“Indeed. Chester, is that so?”
Sena relayed the explanation she heard from the water person. Chester, who was learning the Tongdan Continental language from Monia with Rex, thought for a moment after hearing Sena’s explanation.
“You can get off if you want. You never know how long the crocodile will rest.”
“…… I am saying.”
“I see. Monia, how are you?”
“Me?”
“Yes. You decide.”
Monia thought for a moment before speaking.
“Let’s just stay together.”
“Why?”
“If these people are captured or killed by their pursuers because of us, they will feel uncomfortable in bed.”
Chester nodded and conveyed his opinion that he would stay, and the water people nodded his head saying yes.
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Perhaps because they knew that they had decided to stay out of consideration for them in Monia’s tone, their eyes were a little more friendly.
Thus, preparations began to stay there until the crocodile moved again.
While the water people were preparing, the Chester family played and watched the crocodile.
The crocodile had a vicious and rugged appearance that ordinary people would be afraid to approach.
The appearance reminds me of the foreign feelings that can be felt from a snake-like creature that is somehow different from normal creatures.
While appreciating the disparate appearance that reminds her of a sculpture that doesn’t seem to be the same creature as herself, Monia looked at the crocodile’s exterior and drew it in her notebook.
“Chester, what do you think of this?”
“I don’t really want to hunt. If you’re not going to sell it for money, there’s no need to catch a tough guy like this.”
Chester pressed his fingers against the crocodile’s back. During the raid, he was struck by an arrow shot by a native with a crude bow, and he clearly saw the arrow ricochet off.
“But what if you have to catch it?”
“If you have to catch it, you can catch it. This, the tree is not going to climb. Then there is nothing dangerous.”
Monia smiled at Chester’s words that she could catch them without difficulty as long as she wasn’t attacked.
“Why are you laughing so much?”
“No, I like seeing Chester confident.”
“What?”
“I was so scared on the floating island.”
“Mmm.”
Chester couldn’t refute Monia’s words.
You weren’t wrong when you said that you were scared.
“Umm, after traveling around and experiencing it, I realized that I was much stronger than I thought.”
“Ohh~.”
Monia let out a small exclamation when Chester said that with her face saying that she was embarrassed to say such a thing. Chester touched Monia with the feeling that she should not tease her, but she tried to tease Monia even more.
“Ugh~ Our Chester is so strong~.”
“Hey.”
Monia giggled as she covered Chester’s reddened face with embarrassment.
“I’m not even Rex.”
“Hee hee.”
As her Monia massaged her own face, Chester grabbed her Monia’s chin, pulled her face, and kissed her gently.
“… ….”
Of course, while traveling together, Sena, who is accustomed to hearing the hot sounds coming from the couple’s bedroom at night, didn’t care if they hugged each other and bit or sucked each other, but the water people didn’t care. It was different.
“Kuhm.”
“Hmm, hmm.”
Tongdan Continent, a wild land where no civilized society has established itself properly.
As Chester dealt with, there are many people who go around naked, and s*x and exposure are not very strange, and at the same time, it is common for them to cling to each other and move around when their eyes meet, and even in broad daylight like wild animals without paying attention to others Where there are tribes that don’t think it’s strange that people get hot and gooey like that out in the open and in front of other people.
However, it was quite burdensome for Chester and Monia, who do not care about other people’s eyes and show affection to the good water people, even if they are the most civilized people in this land, as they travel and interact with various tribes.
“Those are passionate people.”
“Because it’s good that a married couple is hot, well.”
“Kuhmm…. But, since we are there too, I want you to pay a little more attention. Or do it out of sight…….”
Of course, it wasn’t that Chester and Monia didn’t care about others.
It’s just that I’ve been living in an island-like environment for the first time in a while, so I’ve just acted like I did when I was alone on an island.
On the island, no one was watching, so in many ways, I was free.
After kissing her intensely, Monia, who finally checked the people around her, blushed in shame for kissing in front of others.