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Leos’ chain sword pierced Torigal’s heart, and Torigal stretched out her hand and whispered.

“Revenge…Revenge…”

However, he was unable to continue speaking until the end and died. Leos picked up the corpse, walked towards the gate where the monsters were, and threw it away.

As I started throwing them one by one, monsters came rushing in. Since there were no mutant monsters, Leos killed all the monsters that had disposed of the corpses by beating them to death with a mace.

“…”

At that moment, the tramps watching behind the scenes swallowed dry saliva and became nervous. A man with overwhelming force in anyone’s eyes. It wasn’t just that he was strong. The courage and power of action to kill nearly 10 people in an instant. Just as their minds were filled with concerns about what to do if force was used against them, Leos slowly walked towards Lochen and Hemina without saying a word.

Leos first questioned Lozen, who had been beaten even more.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes…it’s okay. Thank you so much for your help.”

I didn’t really put any blame on those words, and then turned to Hemina, who was right next to me, and asked a question.

“And you?”

“Me too…I’m okay…Thanks…thanks to you, I lived. This time too…”

Leos didn’t show any particular reaction to Hemina’s story, and looked at Rakarte.

“Are you asking me to help you?”

“Okay.”

“Faron, bring out the intermediate healing artifact.”

Faron took out a healing artifact from his inventory and spoke in a concerned voice.

“Rakarte’s Intermediate Healing Artifact takes a long time to recharge after use. I only have a few spares, but do I use them both?”

“Yes. Leos asked me to use it, so I have to.”

After thinking for a moment, Faron inserted the needles of the intermediate healing artifact into Hemina and Rochen, one by one. Wounds that disappear in an instant along with the mana that is injected in an instant.

Hemina and Rochen, who were experiencing an intermediate healing artifact for the first time, repeatedly lowered their heads in amazement at the rapid changes occurring in their bodies.

“Thank you…this is precious…”

Rakarte answered that question briefly.

“We just did what Leos told us to do. If you’re going to be grateful, thank that guy.”

With those words, the killing squad members moved to a place where there were no people.

However, since Leos was still there, the vagabonds who were watching were still holding their breath nearby. This is because I was curious about what Leos was saying and what he was doing.

Leos spoke quietly.

“I won’t say anything about people living nearby. But if I catch them acting subhumanly like those guys just did, I’ll do the same to them. If you want to live, don’t beg or take money from others, but do your best to struggle. Because I won’t stop you from staying here.”

With those words, Leos also turned his head and left the place.

Hericia, who was next to me, spoke in a whisper.

“Leos, you were really cool just now! You came forward for the people, right? I think it felt that way back when I was working as Gatekeeper… It’s hard to explain, but it was really cool”

“Hericia is confessing to Brother Leos! Brother Leos! Will you accept it! No…you’d better think about it. If you’re my older brother, I’m sure you’ll find someone prettier and wiser than Hericia…”

“Aaaah! What am I confessing? What are you talking about, Bendict!”

When Hericia started hitting Bendict randomly, Bendict crouched and defended himself. After Hericia noticed that only her fist was turning red, she grunted and ran away.

“Confession…I didn’t confess. You know?”

When Leos remained silent without answering, Hericia scratched her head and trudged out of the room.

“Isn’t it fun to tease your brother? It would have been really fun if we had someone with a pure motive like that during our time in prison, wouldn’t you say?”

“Terrify moderately.”

“Hehe, I understand. Isn’t this a sign of friendliness? You know, when we were in Kampang, there were really only subhuman bastards.”

“Still, some of them were humane.”

“Well…I guess so. The problem is that only about 4 to 5 out of 100 people were normal.”

Bendict laughed heartily, then changed his expression and asked seriously.

“Brother, you shouldn’t be too nice to people. When weak humans find a place to lean on, they try to become parasites at all costs. It’s not a question of good or evil. That action itself can be harmful to your brother.”

“…”

“I know you will take care of it, but I am worried. I am worried that they will come looking for you whenever a conflict or problem arises in the future, or that people who are in extreme situations will beg you for their lives. Of course, you don’t have to worry too much. If there are people who act shamelessly, I will take care of them all.”

Leos spoke while looking at Bendict.

“Excessive Bendict.”

Bendict immediately lost his serious expression and smiled brightly.

“Hehe, is that also true? I’m stupid and my thoughts always jump here and there, so please understand! By the way, brother, do you want to eat meat today? I tried it, and when you cook the beef jerky, it tastes like boiled beef!”

“You eat it yourself.”

Leos looked at the sky, leaving behind Bendict who was chatting next to him.

“Bendict.”

“Yep! Brother!”

“What do you want to do when all Red Gates disappear?”

“I’d like to open a restaurant. Even though I haven’t learned anything, I’m good at cooking.”

“The guy who boils beef jerky in water and eats it?”

“Is there a problem?”

“Why are things that are meant to be dried and eaten resoaked? It’s inefficient.”

“Hmm… Brother’s cooking is inherently inefficient, but it tastes good. I’ll make it for you later.”

Bendict naturally stood behind Leos and asked a question.

“What are you going to do, brother?”

“What?”

“Red Gate…won’t these all disappear someday? The fight against the empire will end someday…”

“I’m not good at living a normal life anyway. If you are defeated by the Empire, you will be summarily executed.”

“Isn’t it okay to win? What will you do if you win?”

“…”

Leos thought for a moment and then said as if throwing it.

“Why not open a restaurant next to you? If you’re next to a tasteless guy, wouldn’t you look relatively delicious?”

“Brother! Didn’t you do that too much?”

Leos walked with a smile on his face for the first time in a long time.

What the man wanted was this kind of small daily life. A simple everyday life, talking and joking with close friends and just relaxing.

A normal life that can never be returned to.

‘Belin…Imperial Shadow Corps…Even the emperor and the empire’s scum-like groups that moved under the emperor’s orders.’

There were so many people he needed to take revenge on, so ordinary life was no longer a luxury for him.

*

Leos and his party cleared out all the Red Gates, sealed them one by one, and slowly moved forward. It was a noticeably slower pace than just running or walking, but because we were moving forward while creating a perfectly safe zone, the available space continued to increase, and the sense of stability for the entire troop force increased accordingly.

“The 25th Red Gate seal is over!”

As one of the killing squad members shouted loudly, Leos shook off the monster’s blood all over his body and tried to move to the next gate. But Rakarte stopped it and said,

“I’ll take a break for today. The sun has already completely set.”

“ done. Because I want to finish everything as quickly as possible.”

“War is a long distance marathon. If you run for a while and collapse from exhaustion, you gain nothing. Even if you have superhuman strength, it is impossible to maintain this pace while fighting a civil war that could last hundreds of days, or even years. You must have efficient movement through sufficient rest.”

Leos was silent for a moment and then agreed.

“I understand.”

“First, go to the temporary lodgings and rest comfortably. I will look into whether there is a place nearby to set up a base. It would be okay to pitch a tent on the ground right now, but the smell of rotten monsters and blood is everywhere here.”

Rakarte said so and went out to scout the surrounding area with members of the assassination team. A total of 25 Red Gates were sealed, making a larger area a safe zone than expected, so you had to walk quite a bit to see the monsters.

‘It’s safe from monsters, but not from people.’

Leos decided so and first figured out the locations of all the tramps. This was because I thought there might be a spy planted by the empire, and secondly, I explored all of the surrounding terrain one by one.

While exploring both the ground and the sky, even launching a Spirel, to be able to respond even if someone were to make a surprise attack in a remote location.

– rustling

When Leos turned his head at the sound of some living thing moving, masked people quickly crept out around him.

“What is it? Fuck, there’s only one person? No, I don’t even have any luggage. I told you to trace the guys who have many people as much as possible! ”

“Sorry…I’m sorry, Captain.”

Leos assessed the situation without saying a word.

‘Are they a group of marauders?’

The same tattoo is engraved on the collarbone area. To be exact, there were marks of being burned by fire, more like a brand on a slave than a tattoo.

“Do you have anything?”

A dirty-looking guy started walking forward, and Leos spoke to him.

“If there is no?”

“If you don’t have it, you have to remove it with your body.”

As the man gestured, looters began to surround him. And the man continued talking.

“Will you follow me quietly? Or do you just want to die here?”

About five guys. I was confident I could kill them all in less than 30 seconds. Leos thought for a moment. Should I kill them all here?

Of course, it wasn’t the conclusion.

“Guide. I’ll go where you want.”

I have no intention of killing only the loaches. These insect-like guys are like monsters, and if you kill some of them, they keep popping up.

There is only one solution. Find their base and kill them all.

That was it.