episode_0040

About 1 hour has passed since infiltrating the pirate island.

It seems like the right time has come, so I untied the ropes.

“Huh? The ropes…”

“Please allow me to investigate. Don’t worry. All of you will be able to return home safely. First, please stay here quietly.”

After saying that, I lightly broke the iron bars of the prison and went outside.

The first thing I did after going outside was, of course, to destroy the ship.

Rustle

Quietly, secretly.

The sword flashed, and the pirate ship split in two, sinking halfway as it was.

This prevented the pirates from escaping by ship in case of an emergency.

‘But… no matter how much I look, I can’t find any traces of the beastmen. Surely the Beastman Alliance must be using these pirates to smuggle Enlargement Pills.’

Ugh… ack…., Sa…ve….

As I was wandering around the island trying to find traces of them, I heard quite a commotion.

I wondered if it was some kind of party, and as I walked towards the direction where the sound was coming from, the sound gradually became clearer.

“Aaaaargh!!”

“Save me!!!”

“Po, poison!! I’m poisoned!! Save me~!!!!”

“….”

I think I know what the situation is without even looking.

The screams grew louder as I got closer. Pirates running out as if fleeing.

I knocked the pirates down one by one with blows to the head and walked towards the source of the pandemonium.

“…What are you guys doing?”

“Has Young Master arrived?”

“You’re slow. We’ve already subdued them all.”

And at the end of it all, there were two women tidying up their clothes after taking care of everyone.

If you only looked at the women, it felt like celestial maidens descended from the sky tidying up their clothes, but looking at the pirates rolling around in agony around them, screaming in pain, it wasn’t quite like that.

“…Even though there weren’t any beastmen, this is too much. The plan I had carefully prepared has been completely ruined.”

“It couldn’t be helped. The guys were looking at us with dirty eyes. If we hadn’t moved first, we would have been violated a lot, right? Or do you want that?”

“I was deeply displeased, Young Master.”

“…Haa. Okay, if that’s what you guys say.”

Still, it’s a relief that they’ve completely subdued them.

“Did you guys come straight here?”

“Yes.”

“That’s right.”

“…You must have been very thirsty for women.”

I scanned the surroundings.

Half of the pirates were knocked down by Baekryeon.

Half of the pirates were knocked down by Seolrin’s poison.

Some of the guys who ran away from Baekryeon and Seolrin were caught and knocked unconscious.

“Where’s the captain?”

“He’s here.”

“I haven’t used poison yet.”

“Hiiiiek?!”

Already terrified, he trembled as he looked at me at Seolrin’s words about poison.

Hey, don’t look at me like that.

It makes me feel bad when a man looks at me like that.

“Hey. You see the situation, right? If you say something wrong, this lady here can make you fall asleep forever with poison right away. Understood?”

“Yes, Yes! I understood! I understood for sure!”

“If you understood, that’s enough. You guys have something you’re smuggling, right?”

“Hick….”

As soon as he heard my words, he gasped and avoided my gaze as if he had something to hide, so it seems like he was smuggling something.

“Where is it?”

“Wh, where are you talking about…? I don’t know what you mean?…”

“Seolrin.”

“Can I kill him?”

“Yeah. With the most painful poison possible.”

As Seolrin took out a dart from her bosom at my words, the captain was startled and shook his head several times and said.

“I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you!! I’ll really tell you!!!”

“It’s too late. You should have said it when I told you to.”

“I’ll really tell you! Please save me!! Please save me!!!”

As Seolrin slowly, slowly approached, he now screamed almost frantically.

“Sm, smuggling! We were smuggling!! Enlargement Pills!! We were selling Enlargement Pills!!”

“Seolrin.”

“Okay.”

“Kkuaaaaaaaack!!!”

* * *

There were many worries about this matter, and there were many things that were prepared, but compared to what I had worried about, the matter ended quite simply, and I even felt a sense of emptiness. But no matter what I thought, General Yeom of the Yeom Kingdom, Yeogi Buk, laughed heartily and said.

“To clean up so perfectly! Amazing! As expected, it’s Jaryong!! Above all, to find all the people who were captured by the pirates!!….”

“…Yeah, things worked out easier than I thought. It was a relief.”

After poisoning even the captain, I rummaged through their warehouse and found ropes to bind them all.

After that, the situation was concluded by shooting up a flare and calling the Yeom Kingdom army to take them away.

“Some of the captured people don’t seem to be in good condition. To be precise, they are malnourished, so there are those who need to be urgently moved inland and shown to a doctor.”

“Yeah. The situation needs to be sorted out.”

Since I seemed to be the one with the highest command authority here, I shouted at several soldiers, including Yeogi Buk.

“The circumstances of Enlargement Pill smuggling have been caught here! Some personnel will remain for the management and investigation of this place, and the rest will transport the pirates and escort the captured. Execute!”

“Execute!”

Following my orders, they began to load the pirates and people in need of protection onto the ships.

In the meantime, one person approached me.

“Thank you.”

“….Are you the informer?”

“Yes.”

“Do you have any information to give me?”

At my words, the informer thought for a moment, then trembled and said.

“It would be best to leave here quickly.”

“Is there a reason to hurry? And there weren’t any beastmen here, but surely there was a deal between the Beastman Alliance and these pirates, right? There weren’t any beastmen mixed in with the pirates?”

“…That is….”

The informer couldn’t continue speaking properly.

What the heck did he see here that he’s acting like this?

“Speak. What did you see here? Who did the Beastman Alliance send here?”

“….Demon King.”

“….?

Huh? Demon King?

Why is the Demon King suddenly popping out? Could it be that the Heavenly Demon came here?

No, that can’t be.

It is unknown whether the Heavenly Demon has properly revived or not right now. But here, the Demon King….

【Intuition】

At that moment, something flashed through my mind as if warning me.

At the same time, the Intuition skill was activated, and I unknowingly turned my gaze beyond the sea.

Splash… ah…. ah….

It’s coming.

Something.

I can’t express it clearly, but something… at high speed….

“Great Hero Cheonwoo! All personnel have been put on board!! What will Great Hero Cheonwoo do?! Will you stay?! Or will you return for now?!”

Yeogi Buk shouted loudly at me from the ship.

Splash…. ah…. ah…. aat….

Meanwhile, the sound of the waves splitting is gradually getting louder.

“….Get off the ship!!!”

“??”

“Young Master?”

“Cheonwoo?”

At my words, Yeogi Buk, Baekryeon, and Seolrin looked at me as if they didn’t know what was going on.

Whether they did or not, I hurriedly drew my sword and listened carefully.

“Oh, Elder Gibok. Something is approaching from the sea over there!”

“What? What’s that….”

The direction where the sound is coming from is…., straight ahead.

What’s in front of me is…. a ship!….

“I, it’s coming!! It’s coming at a considerable speed!!!”

“It, it’s going to collide!!!”

Swaaaaaaaa!!! Kwaang!!!

The ship was pierced by something.

Everyone there was surprised by the strange sight.

Only I, who inherited the memories of the Sword King, was able to calmly grasp the situation and confirm what the opponent was aiming for in this situation.

“Seolrin!!!”

“?!”

Jjeong!!! Kaaaaaang!!!!

The spear barely stopped right in front of Seolrin’s nose.

But if I hadn’t blocked it with my sword, the spear would have pierced Seolrin’s head.

Krrr! Pasrr!

The pierced ship collapsed, and just as everyone was barely seeing and understanding the information about what had just happened, I looked at the one who accurately aimed at Seolrin. A man with blue hair and a height of about 2m.

“Who are you?”

“I should be asking you that. Who are you? You’re someone I haven’t seen before?”

Is he a beastman?…

His eyes are not like those of humans, but have a shape I have never seen before.

That’s a typical characteristic of beastmen.

‘Status Window’

『Great Sacred Sea Conqueror』Gyo Cheon

Level: Cannot be observed Health: Cannot be observed

Strength: Cannot be observed Mana: Cannot be observed

Agility: Cannot be observed

Mana: Cannot be observed

Skill: Cannot be observed

Durability: Cannot be observed

“!!”

Cannot be observed…?

What is this…

I have seen the status windows of many people so far. But this is the first time for this.

Cannot even be observed?…

“Who the hell are you?”

“Hey, I can’t understand what you’re saying. Shouldn’t you be telling me who you are instead of me?”

“….Jang Cheonwoo.”

After I said my name, he seemed to be thinking about something, and then he smiled and put away his spear.

“I’m called the Great Sacred Sea Conqueror. My name is Gyo Cheon. But…, I smelled a bit of an Imugi…, so there’s an Imugi’s offspring?”

“!!”

“Come to think of it…, they said they needed some of the Imugi’s blood…, I guess I can take him.”

Chills

Only then did people start to react.

Soldiers barely crawling out of the collapsed ship.

Baekryeon hurriedly drawing her sword.

Seolrin, realizing that she had almost died a moment ago and that she was the target.

Everyone, only then did they begin to move as if time had stopped and started flowing again.

“Cough cough!!… Great Hero Cheonwoo!! Who the hell is that?!”

“Young Master! Th, this man is!!”

Chaechaechaeng!!

Even if they didn’t grasp the exact situation, they realized that this man was the enemy and aimed their weapons, but no one thought of rushing in first.

No, would it be more accurate to say they couldn’t?

“….Everyone, take the remaining safe ships and return.”

The number of ships destroyed by the Great Sacred Sea Conqueror is 1.

The remaining ships are fine. So you can get off this island.

“Heh heh heh, that won’t do. I can’t just let you go back after making such a mess of this place, it would ruin my reputation.”

Unless the man in front of me blocks me.

And perhaps the only person who can stop this man is me.

“I’ll stop him, so hurry.”

“Puhahahat, what did you just say. Stop me? You alone? Me? Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve been ignored like this.”

Tapping the ground lightly with the end of his spear, he soon emitted a thick killing intent and said.

“I was once called the Crazy Demon King. But what is some worthless brat saying that he will stop me alone.”

“Ugh….”

“Cu, cough…”

It presses down on everyone around him like 【Sword King’s Pressure】.

There’s no choice. Then…

【Sword King’s Secret Art】

“Great Sea Split”

“?!”

Jjeoong!!!

“Baekryeon! Take Seolrin and run away immediately!!!”

Leaving those words behind, I chased after the Great Sacred Sea Conqueror, who was hit by the Great Sea Split and flew far away into the sea.