CH 123

Subjugation and Rakain (14)

A big shadow eventually loomed over the man’s face. A huge beast had opened its mouth wide and revealed its sharp fangs.

He would soon be torn to pieces and stuffed into the beast’s belly.

The man instinctively realized his fate. At the same time, his mind went absolutely blank.

“Uhh!”

He tried to sneak away with his arms and legs while still being lost in fear. But at that moment, the beast swung its front foot at the man.

No, it actually tried to swing it.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Originally, the man’s head should have been crushed on the beast’s front foot. But instead, it was the beast’s front foot that had been utterly crushed.

The beast screamed painfully while swinging the rest of its front foot where remains of blood and flesh dripped as about half of it had been blown away.

“Take care of the herbalist.”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Meanwhile, a cool voice could be heard. It was the voice of Kergel. The Knights, who had been instructed by him, quickly approached the man.

The herbalist was struggling with his limbs still in place without knowing that he had been saved. He seemed to have been so overwhelmed by fear that he couldn’t properly judge anything.

The knight instantly clicked his tongue and hit the man’s neck. Then, the man fainted and drooped. The knight didn’t know where and how many more monsters there would be. Therefore, it would have been better to knock him out in many ways.

Kergel, who sneaked a glance at the knight who was now handing the man over to a soldier, looked over at the beast and the monster with such cold eyes.

The monster, who was still struggling with pain, also stared at Kergel with hostile eyes as if he realized that the ‘enemy’ who had hurt him was this very man.

A monster’s yellow eyes.

And Kergel’s pair of golden eyes.

The person and the monsters’ eyes looked rather similar in some way. However, Kergel, who was facing the monster, stared at those eyes for a moment before curling the corners of his mouth.

“……not a Suin.”

“Krahh!”

The monster raised its remaining front foot and opened his mouth as if it was threatening him. However, Kergel continued as he kept on looking at the monster with his cool eyes.

“Also, it was not born by the providence of nature.”

“Kraa!”

“……I don’t know who it is that has been playing this game, but don’t worry. I won’t let anyone like you to be born again.”

The monster attacked Kergel so quickly that he couldn’t even see it. It was so fast that even some of the Knights behind him were startled and surprised.

Then, came a huge gust of wind. Since it blew away the dust from the ground, everyone couldn’t even open their eyes and had to hold on to something so that they wouldn’t just fly away in the wind.

And before long, the breeze died down. Gilov was the first one to open his eyes and look ahead.

He could see that Kergel was standing all alone. The giant monster in front of him had already disappeared as if it had evaporated.

“Your Majesty!”

“The monster was artificially created by someone.”

Kergel opened his mouth to the knights and soldiers. Then, everyone closed their mouths and solely focused on his words.

“It seems that different species have been repeatedly crossed between beasts and animals. And… I think there was also a hybridization with humans too.”

“What do you mean, cross-breeding with humans!”

“What kind of madman could actually do such a disgusting thing!”

Those who listened to Kergel were shocked and their faces got distorted. Kergel, who was looking at the scene, eventually asked the Vice-Leader a question.

“Do you know where alchemy is most advanced?”

“For alchemy, it would be the Kingdom of Rakain. But why is it…… Ah! You think that it was an alchemist who had created this monster?”

As a Vice-Leader who was recognized to have a lot of miscellaneous knowledge, he immediately responded to Kergel’s question. Then, he realized the meaning of his casual answer and opened his eyes wide.

“Yeah. I can feel some traces of alchemy as well.”

In order to find out more about the monster’s identity, Kergel exchanged several attacks without killing the monster at once.

Of course, other people would have said that it happened in an instant.

“And the place where the development of alchemy is unrivaled would be Rakain. The level of alchemy in other Principalities and Duchies is still at its basic.”

Kergel muttered as if he was gushing out the words. The awe-inspiring gaze that was focused on himself had been unimportant.

And the thing was, Rakain had been picking fights with him.

Moreover, since they had hurt his country, the people of Seroif Empire, it could be said that there would be no such compromise with Rakain anyway.

Of course, some might ask how he could be so sure that everything was done in Rakain.

However, it was not a work of another country, it was definitely Rakain. Alchemy at the level where it could produce such sophisticated monsters could only be Rakain itself.

That was why Rakain had been able to stand up to Seroif as a ‘Kingdom’ so far.

In addition, the damage was too large to say that it had been personally done by a single alchemist.

It was his judgment that it had been clearly impossible to do this unless the government had fully provided its support and several alchemists were rushed to work.

“……As far as fighting, I have no intention of giving up. And I also have no intention of letting it end on its own.”

After reaching a conclusion, Kergel opened his mouth with his eyes gleaming sharply. Then, the Knights and soldiers who also showed their fierce energy eventually aligned with it.