Academy’s Genius Swordmaster - Chapter 204
204. Jager (4)
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The headquarters of the New Beasts Union was located in the Najun Mountains, northwest of Rundalian. This fort, made by simply renovating the ruins of the former beast kingdom, was cramped and outdated, but it was a natural fortress with only one water defense ability.
Originally, it was a place that should have been the most vigilant, but all the gang members working here showed symptoms of chronic negligence. It was because of the excessively stable surroundings, the history of never allowing an intrusion, and the belief that their leader, Jage, could not be defeated by anyone.
“How’s the weather outside…how damn long do I have to stay like this.”
“It must be clear since it doesn’t smell like rain. what can i do This is our mission.”
“Does Mr. Jager need an escort in the first place? It’s been a long time since I’ve killed humans, so I’d like to be put on the front line soon.”
This was also true of the sentries who guarded the nature of the Jager’s dwelling. The eyes of the two sentries, composed of werewolves and wearbears, stayed on the spacious hallway that stretched out in front of them.
It was their duty to look at this scene and chat for 30 percent of the day. Behind her was a gate leading to the central area of the main castle where Jager was located.
Deploying troops was a route that was ridiculously infrequently used, but orders are orders anyway, so the two came here once a day to stand guard. Today, as always, the werewolf who had been standing there stunned muttered while yawning.
“Huh Ah -am … By the way, what’s going to do like this. It’s already been five hours.”
“As always, he must be giving advice to Mr. Jager. It usually takes this long.”
“Because I don’t like him very much. It’s like always covering the whole body with a piece of cloth. It turns out you’re human, isn’t it?”
“I don’t think so. When I saw it from a distance one day, it was almost the size of Jage. It is probably our compatriot who inherited the blood of a lion or a tiger.”
The Wear Bear sentry standing next to him nodded. He assumed that the ‘advisor’ who periodically visited Jager would be Wear Lion or Wear Tiger.
The mysterious guest, unknown to anyone except Jager, who had been around since the birth of the New Northern Union, was a decent source of gossip for the bored sentries.
“If I had known it would be like this, I would not have shown that we were fighting. It was placed in the nature for no reason.”
“Hehe, be proud. It means we are capable in our own way.”
The two of them were in the midst of killing time by chatting about this and that. Suddenly sensing presence, the wear bear sentry grabbed the spear.
“Wait, someone is coming.”
“what?”
The werewolf tilted his head. As I listened, I could really feel the footsteps coming closer. Not just one, but several. Before long, their eyes widened at the sight of a large Wear Bear walking out from the other side of the hallway.
“Umkano centurion…?!”
“My God, are you alive?”
The sentries stuttered in bewilderment. The centurion, whom I thought was dead, was walking in front of me. I heard that he was killed during the Rundalian raid three days ago. Umkhano replied briefly.
“…Yes.”
Umkano approached slowly and stopped in front of the two. The two sentries were still unable to close their gaping mouths. The werewolf, barely regaining his composure, said in a trembling voice
. I heard that the raiding party that went to Rundalian was wiped out…” ”
…They took advantage of their carelessness and ran away. The only one who survived is me. I am the only one.”
“That’s right. I’m so glad. No, you’re amazing.”
Indeed, Umkano, who I saw after three days, looked very tired and tired. Her hair was sloppy and her eyes were blurry, as if she would collapse at any moment. Her tone, which was always full of energy, was somehow slurred
.
At that time, the two guards saw the rope in Umkano’s hand. Judging by its thickness, it was not used by a beastman. The guards moved their eyes along the rope and took a short breath. “This human?
”
“…what are they?”
“They are the captives I took.”
Umkano replied in a gruff voice: To the ropes behind him were two human men and women with their heads bowed tightly tied, both black-haired, dressed in very expensive and attractive clothes to the eyes of a beastman ignorant of human culture. Umkhano continued,
“Both are sons of noble families…would be worthy as prisoners.”
“That’s right. It’s amazing that he even took prisoners in the middle of it.”
The two sentries looked at the human man and woman with sympathetic eyes. They were unlucky enough to be caught by Umkhano, who was reputed to be the greatest hater of humans. At that moment, the young man raised his head and the werewolf sentry met their eyes
. The werewolf shrugged at the ferocious gaze reminiscent of
“What are you looking at?”
“…….”
It wasn’t a prisoner’s eyes. The eyes were tinged with scarlet like the sunset, and they were burning as if they were going to spit fire at any moment. The boy didn’t say anything, just glared at him. ”
This is… !”
Thinking that he had been pushed by a human or something, he suddenly became angry. It was the moment when Werewolf raised his arm without realizing it. Knock! Umkano’s hand flew like lightning and grabbed his wrist
. ”
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! The eyes are so chewy that I don’t know …!”
The werewolf sentry screamed, with such force that it felt like bones would be crushed. Umkano, who slowly withdrew his hand, warned with a firm voice, “Don’t
touch the prisoners… kill them. Isn’t that right?”
“That’s right…ugh…sorry.”
The werewolf sentry lowered his head. The warrior who had just returned alive from the enemy camp had a different grip. Suddenly, the werewolf standing next to him tilted his head. “That… didn’t the captain just say something?
”
“What do you mean?”
“I just wanted you to kill me…uh no. I think I heard it wrong.”
The Wearbear sentry shook his head after dragging his horse for a moment. Common sense made it impossible for Umkano to suddenly say such a thing. Umkano looked to the gate and opened his mouth. “Is Jager…in?
”
“Yes. That’s right. But today is the day the advisor is coming, so I guess I’ll have to wait a bit before going in.”
“…an advisor?”
“Yes. You come every week. The interview will probably be over in about two hours today.”
Umkano was silent. This was another piece of information he had never heard of. After a moment of silence, he nodded,
“…yes. I’ll wait and go in. Now get out of the way…kill me.”
“yes?”
The wearer’s eyes widened. This time he heard it clearly. He told him to kill me without fail. The werewolf sentry who heard it together frowned. “…Are you
okay, Captain Centurion?”
“Yeah. It’s okay… I’m going to kill you.”
Suddenly, Umkano’s face began to twitch uncontrollably. The two sentries fled in fright at the bizarre sight. At that moment, the captive man and woman quickly exchanged glances. ” Huh
…don’t you think it won’t work anymore?”
“Yeah. I’m sorry.”
The woman shook her head. The eyes of the two sentries widened. The werewolf, sensing something was wrong, was about to reach for the hilt of the sword. The figure of the captive young man disappeared from sight. “What the what?!
”
Even the beastman’s body vision couldn’t detect it. Only the ropes tying the young man were left lying on the floor. Only a human woman remained, staring at him in pity. “What the hell!
”
The werewolf pointed a long spear at the woman and shouted, “Chwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa” Suddenly, something like a warm liquid wetted his cheek. What is this? The werewolf reflexively looked to the side and widened its eyes. ‘s head was missing
.
A fountain of blood was welling up from the neat cross-section. The liquid that soaked half of his face was the blood of his comrades. The severed head of a bear was rolling at his feet. Thump…! The headless body and Umkano fell to the floor at the same time.
“Do do what the hell is this…eup.”
“Shh. Keep quiet if you don’t want to be the same.”
The werewolf, who was about to shout, gasped, and heard a dark whisper right behind him. He wanted to turn his head, but he couldn’t because something was pressing down on his back. The sharp, cool piece of metal, presumably a knife, was positioned exactly in line with the heart. Ronan, who caught up with him, opened his mouth
.
“I’m sorry. I wish I could have done a little better.”
“No. I’ve penetrated deep enough. What? Doesn’t it seem like it’s just now?”
“I guess so.”
Adeshan shook his head and untied the ropes that were tied to his body. It didn’t take any effort to untie the ropes that were tied in a special way in the first place. Ronan poked his head out and pointed at Umkano with the tip of his chin
. You can’t use that bear, right?
“Yeah… I think my mental strength has reached its limit. It’s a pity.”
“Then let’s just go with this child. Since he’s a sentry who protects his nature anyway, he should be able to go to Jager’s door without difficulty.”
“Shall we do that…”
Adeshan stared at the werewolf. The ash eyes shone with chills. Even if something went wrong, it was sure to go wrong. Sensing an ominous trace in his instincts, he shouted, raising his claws.
“Kheuong! Oh, don’t come!”
“sorry.”
Adeshan said calmly, despite the ferocious threat, she was slowly approaching the werewolf,
“Don’t come! Agh!”
The knife behind his back didn’t matter anymore. The werewolf, who couldn’t stand the anxiety, was about to rush into the match. Suddenly, a black mist-like thing rolled over Adeshan’s shoulder. A strange and terrifying energy that he had never seen before in his life. The werewolf’s eyes widened
.
At the same time, the werewolf sentry stopped moving. His limbs stiffened as if paralyzed, and he was speechless. He felt the alien energy he had just seen seep into his body. Taking a deep breath, Adeshan opened his mouth. “I’m sorry
. ”
“Huh… billion.”
The werewolf’s head dropped in convulsions. Ronan lowered the knife he was aiming at his back. The werewolf, who had lost consciousness while standing still, lifted his head after about a minute had passed. “Clunk.” “…There is
nothing wrong with the alert.”
Ronan let out a sigh of relief. The werewolf’s eyes were dull gray. At the look of the puppet sentinel, he licked his tongue. “Your abilities are awakening in earnest. I’m getting a little scared now.
” ‘
Adeshan succeeded in taking over the mind of a human for the first time last night, considering that it took her a full day to take over Umkhano’s mind, her growth rate was literally unrealistic
. The lesser the better, the easier it is to control, but this was already far beyond Ronan’s expectations. Ronan, who looked at her profile, opened his mouth. “I’m glad you’re a good
person.
” Why suddenly?”
“Just like that. You stopped that bastard from hitting you just now.”
It was Adeshan who controlled the Umkano and grabbed the werewolf’s wrist a moment ago. Ronan was genuinely glad that she wasn’t evil. Adeshan played with her hair as if she was embarrassed
. Because it was just something I had to do.”
“Thank you. Please stay like that.”
The voice was sincere. Adeshan’s face slightly blushed at the words that sounded rather meaningful. After a moment of silence, she responded with a friendly smile.
“huh. I will.”
After hastily disposing of the corpse and bloodstains, the two tied a rope to each other again. Then he gave one end of the rope to the werewolf sentry. A soulless voice flowed from the mouth of the werewolf whose mind had been taken over.
“…Then let’s go. You prisoners.”
****
What happened after that went like water. Ronan, who was disguised as a prisoner, and the werewolf sentry, whose mind was controlled by Adeshan, continued to advance towards the heart of nature. Unlike the outer castle, which was infested with enemies, the number of troops deployed in the main castle was surprisingly small.
‘It’s fortunate.’
I don’t know if it was because I was careless, but it was really fortunate. No matter how well the holy blade of La Mancha worked, the beastmen were difficult opponents. Prisoners he encountered occasionally took an interest in Ronan and Adeshan, but most of them got out of the way when they heard that they were prisoners to present to Jaeger.
“Don’t touch me, man. Are you going to take responsibility?”
“okay. What are you so angry about?”
Compared to Umkano, the conversation between the werewolf sentry was becoming remarkably smooth. In any case, the obstacles in front of the two were things that could be properly avoided or removed, and they continued to move.
Ronan and Adeshan, walking along the corridors, stairs, and temporary bridges between buildings, arrived at the center of the castle before they knew it. I don’t know if it’s because there are still customers asking for advice or something, but now I really can’t find people around me. Turning around a corner, Ronan smiled.
“at las.”
He knew instinctively that he had reached his destination. A wide hallway stretched out in front of me, as if twenty horses could pass through. At the end of the hallway hung a huge gate that looked as if the captain lived there. Ronan looked back at Adeshan and said.
“You worked hard, senior.”
The three-hour drama that seemed like three days came to an end. Now I had to rush in and win Jaeger’s throat. It was Ronan’s car to say that it was okay to release Werewolf’s control over his mind. Adeshan’s mouth, which had been silent all this time, opened softly.
“…lie.”
“What is it?”
Ronan raised his eyebrows at the incomprehensible reaction. Adeshan’s face was pale. She raised a trembling hand and pointed at the door.
“There is… Zaifa over there.”