Chapter 201: The Ocean is ... (1)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
Tap, tap.
Cale was quickly walking down the stone steps. His brother, Basen Henituse, was walking next to him while continuing his report.
“The Whale tribe discovered the enemy ships at the first boundary of the Northeastern Ocean.”
The northeast region’s sea route’s first boundary.
This location was the border between the Norland Kingdom and the Forest of Darkness.
“They are moving pretty quickly and should arrive at the Roan Kingdom in two to three days.”
Basen continued to observe his hyung-nim as he reported out.
‘He hasn’t even wiped away the blood......!’
Cale was walking while being covered in blood. Basen clenched his teeth after seeing Cale moving around without rest even though the battle had just ended as he quickly continued his report.
“The Ubarr liege and the representative of the Gilbert liege are currently requesting reinforcements.”
Cale listened to Basen's report before starting to speak.
“Your highness.”
- ...Yes.
Basen still had the video communication device in his arms.
It was directly connected to crown prince Alberu Crossman.
His father, Count Deruth Henituse, was currently dealing with the nobles of the northeast region and the rest of the kingdom.
Alberu looked toward Cale, whose tired and dirty face expressed that he had been at the center of the battle, with a stiff expression. Cale did not care about any of this as he only had one thought in his head as he started to speak.
‘I'm hungry.’
This gluttonous shield wanted even more food after fusing with the Vitality of the Heart. Cale was quickly taking care of business so that he could go eat something.
“Please send the First Mage Brigade and the First Brigade of the Royal Knights to the Ubarr shores.”
- Again?
“What are you thinking about doing with the Whale tribe?”
- I am still debating whether to have them fight with us or to still hide their identity.
Tap.
Cale stopped walking.
“Your highness, I know you probably have a lot of things you are curious about, but I will contact you later.”
- Alright, I understand.
“Basen, you go help father.”
Shouldn’t Basen learn a lot of things now if he was to become the future lord of the territory?
Cale looked toward Basen, who was not moving, with an odd expression. Basen looked at where they had arrived as he started to speak.
“...Hyung-nim, why are you trying to do all of the difficult and strenuous tasks?”
This area had been closed off for tens of years.
It was the underground prison.
He could see a faint light inside. Basen found it hard to understand this hyung-nim of his that was trying to send him away.
‘Why, why does he always try to do all of the hard things on his own......!’
He found it hard to understand.
However, Cale was having the opposite thought and found it difficult to understand Basen's point of view.
‘Difficult and strenuous tasks?
I didn’t want to deal with the other territories or the temples so I came here to do the easy task.’
Cale just said whatever came to mind as he could not understand Basen’s point of view.
“It is not hard. This type of task is more suited for me. You should head back up.”
Basen opened and closed his mouth a few times without being able to say anything.
‘What kind of person is suited for torture?!’
Cale was currently going to interrogate and torture someone.
Basen was thinking that this warm-hearted hyung-nim of his, the man who worked so hard to save the citizens of the territory, could not like nor be suited for such a task.
“... I will do so if that is your will.”
Basen turned around.
A thought was going through his mind.
He understood why his hyung-nim would choose to personally handle this kind of task when both he and his father were available.
At least he thought he understood.
‘I am still young.’
Basen Henituse, the seventeen-year-old young man. He realized that he still had a long way to go in order to be like the people surrounding his brother. He needed to grow in order to not become baggage.
Basen did not look back even once as he headed up and out of the underground prison.
Cale started to speak once Basen was no longer visible.
“Apple pie.”
A small paw appeared in the air, along with a piece of apple pie. Cale started to frown once he received the apple pie.
“What the? Why is the apple pie so moist?”
The apple pie felt as if it had been wetted by water. Cale heard mumbling as he started to frown.
“... I did not cry.”
“Haaaa.”
Cale let out a sigh at Raon's response.
“...I will go get you a new one if you do not like it. Human, don't eat it if you don't want to. An apple pie from a not great and mighty Dragon like me is not great.”
‘Aigoo.’
Cale let out a sigh and took a bite of the apple pie. He couldn’t just throw away something given by a child.
Furthermore, he was too hungry.
His stomach felt completely empty.
‘I could even pick up the dirt and eat it at this point.’
He really meant it.
The hunger became worse after the Vitality of the Heart and the Indestructible Shield fused together.
The two ancient powers didn’t necessarily, ‘fuse,’ together. They were still separate powers. However, there was now a connection between the two powers. If the Indestructible Shield was a person, the Vitality of the Heart had become that person's heart.
Munch munch.
Cale ate the apple pie as he opened the door to the underground prison.
Screeeeeeeech-
He then stopped eating. He heard the sound of a whip.
Fliiiiiiick!
“Ahhhhhhh!”
Blood was being splattered onto the walls. A lot of blood must have been on the walls already, as you could not even tell that the new blood had landed on it.
“Ah, young master-nim, you're here.”
Ron gently greeted Cale, however, he had a cold gaze as he looked at Cale from head to toe.nove(l)bi(n.)com
‘Why is this old man's gaze so cold?’
One was to die peacefully.
The other was to die after being tortured some more.
Those were his only options.
Being able to live was not one of them.
Cale sat down on the chair in front of Clopeh and looked down at him. Clopeh continued to shake and avoided Cale's gaze, however, he could not lower his head.
All he could do was look under Cale's eyes around the chin area as he continued to shake.
Cale remembered what Choi Han had said before he went off to be treated.
“The Sekka household is a white snake household.”
Cale opened his mouth to speak.
“White Snake.”
Clopeh was the white snake. This white snake that was covered in blood gasped at Cale's words.
“What is the legend that you were trying to fabricate this time?”
Clopeh realized something.
There really is nothing this person, this esteemed sir, did not know.
He knew everything, including the fabricated legend.
Fear started to fill his body.
He then slowly started to speak. The man who had been silent throughout Beacrox and Ron's torturing finally started to speak.
Cale then heard everything.
- You are smiling.
Cale touched the corners of his lips after hearing the comment Alberu made as soon as the call connected. He could feel the smile on his face.
‘I guess it makes sense, since I learned about a lot of things.’
Cale had learned a lot of information from Clopeh. Some of that information included why a strong bastard like the helmeted knight had not revealed himself until now on the western continent, as well as why Arm had gone to the western continent.
He also realized the problem that was assigned to him.
There was only one conclusion.
‘I changed the story.’
All of this had happened because the war and, ‘Arm,’ had been revealed too early. However, it was not time to think about that problem right now.
There was one more thing.
‘I feel like I'm a pretty lucky person.’
Cale thought about the crown in his bag as he leaned on the couch and casually responded back to Alberu.
“I seem to have gone crazy from fatigue.”
He thought that the crown prince would scoff at him. However, Alberu started to frown while remaining silent, making Cale think this was an odd situation and continuing to speak.
“I plan to go to the Ubarr territory tonight.”
- ...With that body?
‘What’s wrong with my body?’
He felt full and fine after eating a couple of apple pies. The regeneration abilities of the Vitality of the Heart had gotten even stronger. He may be covered in blood right now, but his skin had become smoother and he felt as if he would be fine even if he did not sleep for about three days.
Cale responded to the crown prince without a moment of hesitation.
“Yes sir, I will be going with this body.”
“Haaaa.”
He could hear the crown prince sighing. Cale felt upset for some reason.
However, he needed to move quickly.
The mark Raon left continued to send signals to them. The helmeted knight was coming back with the ships.
They needed to kill that bastard this time.
That was the reason he was taking Ron and Beacrox with him.
He had no plans on letting the knight die a peaceful death.
He also left a message with the ancient Dragon Eruhaben through the video communication device. Eruhaben would probably call him back soon. Cale had quite a lot of things to do, so he was in a rush.
That was why he got right down to business.
“Your highness.”
- What is it?
“The Whale tribe.”
Alberu was still debating whether to have the Whales fight with them or to hide their existence.
- What about the Whales?
“Let's hit the Paerun Kingdom.”
Silence filled the room.
Alberu started to laugh after a while.
- Ha, haha-
He laughed for a long time.
Alberu then looked at Cale Henituse's mess of a face. He could also see Cale's sharp gaze.
‘This punk really is amazing.’
The crown prince started to smile.
- I like it. I like it very much.
He then said one last thing before hanging out.
- Take care of your body.
Click.
He hung up without even waiting to hear Cale’s response. Cale just called for Ron with an expression that seemed to be saying this was normal behavior for Alberu.
“Ron.”
“Yes sir.”
He pointed to the corner of the room as he gave Ron the order.
“Go bring Mueller. On and Hong as well.”
“...You want the Cats to come up from the training ground as well?”
“Yes.”
Cale had thought that this battle would not be difficult, and as such had On and Hong continue training instead of taking part in the battle. There was something for the two of them to do now, however.
Ron soon brought the three over to Cale.
The mixed-blood Dwarf Rat Mueller was shaking while keeping a distance from the Cats, while On and Hong immediately rushed toward Cale. However, they flinched at his blood-soaked appearance and just roamed around him.
Cale asked the two of them a question.
“Are you ready?”
“Ready!”
“We're good to go!”
Cale got up after hearing those responses.
He was heading toward the Ubarr territory.
The ocean was somewhere that Cale had nothing to protect.
On and Hong.
The ocean would soon be covered in a poisonous fog.
The name of this operation was, ‘Ghost.’
They will all die without realizing what happened.
That was most suited for the quiet night ocean.