250 – Waterway War (5)
In the pyramid where I just got Anubis, when I didn’t know much about Anubis yet, there is a function of Anubis that I learned about by mistake.
A function that emits only intense light, not heat, fire, or an invincible curtain. Upon experiencing it for the first time, Chester realized that a light that was too intense could trap a person in a shock of pure white darkness.
An intense shock that even Urgo could not dare to resist. Chester had no intention of just making fun of this powerful power that no human being could ever resist, though he had no use for it in his normal life.
So he researched a method to use. For example, in the case of a group melee like this, they close their eyes to protect their eyesight and burst into light, unilaterally defeating enemies immersed in pure white darkness, or running away from them.
In this case, I couldn’t escape with the water people who were confused by the light, so I moved in the direction of defeating the mercenaries.
Of course, even a small amount of light penetrates the eyelid gap and reaches the eyes, so even if the eyes were closed, the sight could not be completely protected from the enormous amount of light.
The Chester family also had blurred vision.
Out of blurry vision, Chester brandished Anubis and his machete at all who stood.
I have already learned how to distinguish between family and friends when the light obscures my vision.
Chester didn’t confuse Rex with Senna, and of course, Monia, who was up in the tree, didn’t confuse either.
Monia also began to shoot stars at the mercenaries with a blurry vision.
It doesn’t matter whether you hit the head, the body, or the limbs. Just shoot, shoot, shoot again.
“Keah!”
“My legs! My legs! I can’t feel my legs, my legs!!”
“God!”
Senna shouted at the water people in Tongdan language, calming them down and killing the others.
“Everybody calm down! Chester did it! Calm down everyone! I’m clearing out the enemies right now!”
“Snow! My eyes are burning! Snow!”
“That is an illusion! It’s all an illusion!”
While everyone was doing this, Chester found a few figures who were particularly unfazed and still.
A mercenary with a lot of experience who wants to remain calm and not panic as much as possible.
Or a mercenary who recognizing the language of the Matoto continent shouted by Chester and reflexively closing his eyes, but unable to move due to blurry vision.
He was a mercenary to be prioritized over others.
“Ugh!”
At that time, the mercenary’s attack, which was wielding a weapon due to confusion, reached Chester.
“What! What’s the matter! Who was right?!”
The mercenary shouted with a confused expression when something caught on his weapon.
‘Damn it. My senses are still confused.’
Because of the explosion of light, the sense of sight was destroyed, and other senses related to vision were also damaged to some extent.
Because of that, no matter how much he sensed Chester, it didn’t work as he wanted, and he couldn’t avoid attacks that he could normally avoid.
He unilaterally kills the mercenaries, but at the same time Chester’s body is also getting more scars.
“Wait, who are you! Don’t come closer!”
“What language is that?”
Chester saw a mysterious shadow approaching him and heard the voice of someone warning him not to come.
It’s a language I don’t understand, but I think I know what it means.
However, before Chester could even approach, the mercenary in front of him was hit by Monia’s starlight and collapsed.
Chester stared at the corpse lying in front of him, then, just in case, cut his throat with a machete and put an end to it properly.
How many people did he kill?
When his vision was somewhat restored, Chester saw a mercenary fleeing with a water man.
“… ….”
Clearly he saw it, but Chester knew full well that it would be reckless to run into the jungle in this state and pursue someone.
However, the situation was complicated in many ways.
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The situation was different from the time of Jaim Kingdom. At that time, they were not the cause of the situation, so even if they chose to run away in case of danger, Monia also accepted it.
However, this happened entirely because of them calling the water people and boarding their boat.
That’s why Monia must be more concerned about them than she was in Jaim Kingdom.
“Whoa. Rex! I’m going to catch that guy! Take good care of me here!”
“Huh? Dad? Okay!”
Leaving those words for Rex, Chester started running after the mercenary.
* * *
The leader of the Golden Rice Mercenary Corps ran through the jungle carrying a water person tied to a vine.
“Hoo! After! After! After!”
Living as a mercenary and traveling all over the world, he fortunately heard Chester’s cry, and as soon as he heard Chester’s cry, he closed his eyes and lowered his head.
Thanks to this, I was able to recover my senses quickly by receiving less light than anyone else there, and even while recovering, I was able to see the enemies aiming at the confused mercenaries, so I was able to avoid the attack by lying flat on the floor.
While avoiding the attack by lying on the ground, he persuaded one of the water people using the language of the Tongdan Continent. Hearing the language he knew in the chaotic situation, the water man obeyed calmly, and the leader was able to use that fact to easily pull the water man out and capture the body in a surprise attack.
“Hoo! After! After!”
The moment the vision was restored, the captain started running hard with the bound water person.
My subordinates will die, but as long as I have this water person, I can make enough money.
If he added the money he was saving as a mercenary group’s joint fund and the supplies he had prepared so that he could turn it into money at any time, he might be able to make his dream come true.
His goal was to become a nobleman.
Surprisingly, it is said that there is a country that sells titles of nobility for money. I wanted to go to that country, buy a title, and wield power based on that, and live proudly.
That was his dream.
The reason he had this dream was because of a certain family he saw in his hometown, the kingdom of Biend.
It was a family living in a poor village. The eldest daughter who was exceptionally beautiful in the family.
‘Was it called Tiara?’
When she accidentally stopped by that village, a certain noble boy whom she escorted fell in love with her at first sight.
Her
She praised her for her beauty, like her aristocrats, and then, using her own power, enrolled her in an academy where only her nobles lived.
Tiara proceeded silently to her woman, then she said she would later confess to her when she entered her academy revealing her truth.
‘I don’t know if it worked out.’
Seeing her, a commoner like himself, turn her life around when he suddenly fell in love with her aristocrat, he wanted to be like him too.
Tiara. How is she living now? Is she enjoying the splendid life of an aristocrat whom she only heard about?
He wanted to be like Tiara. He became an aristocrat and lived a happy life.
The dream was finally coming. I’m sure if I can finish this job, I can live happily ever after.
It is not the life of a mercenary or a lowly citizen who is manipulated by someone, but the life of a powerful person who lives by commanding others with one finger!
“Ugh! Ugh! How long are you chasing me!”
‘By the way, why are you doing this!’
The leader was frightened when he saw Chester running at a terrifying speed from behind.
As I moved too much while my senses hadn’t been restored, I stumbled and fell several times, unlike Chester, who usually ran freely through the forest. In the end, I was shortening the distance with the leader.
“Damn, damn!”
If they abandoned the water person and ran, they could have escaped, but the leader didn’t dare to do that.
‘This, how much is one of these!’
Chester reduced the distance by accelerating even more thanks to his senses that gradually became clearer.
Lightly jump over tree roots that tripped over before, and won’t slip even when stepping on moss that slipped while stepping on it, and runs while deftly dodging bushes that got snagged a while ago.
Running relentlessly, Chester picked up the catapult, picked up two stones that had fallen on the floor, and tied them to both ends of the catapult.
After making an instant bola that simple, throw it at the running leader’s leg.
The centrifugal force and the weight of the stone added to the bola, and it was entangled in the captain’s leg at a fierce speed, and the captain, who was running, fell face down and rolled around as both feet were tied.
“Kup! Whoops!”
After checking the water person’s condition, Chester approached the captain.
Raising Anubis, aiming for the twisting heart of the captain and striking it down.
Kwajik!
“Cheuk!”
The leader, whose heart was pierced, tried to hold on to Anubis, who had pierced his body, but realizing that his arms were not holding his strength, he struggled to open his mouth and barely uttered a word.
“T.”
“Huh?”
“T-ara….”
“… ….”
Hearing the unexpected name, Chester frowned at him, twisted Anubis open the wound in his heart, and pulled it out roughly.
“…… These are Koreans.”
It was recognizable because the facial features were different from those of the Matoto continent and those of the Tongdan continent.
‘Why did you call Tiara?’
With that thought in mind, Chester freed the bound water man.