Chapter 347

TL: xLordFifth

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He was nearby during Kuzgunak’sh’s sniping, so he noticed it, and now he is far away so he didn’t. Leeha thought that perhaps the reason Bluebeard hadn’t come to him yet was because of that. And that was the thing that prevented Leeha from approaching them hastily. If Leeha was alone and did not have anyone to talk to, he wouldn’t have been able to take a single step closer.

[Kyuuuu? Kyuuu!]

“U-uwaah? What’s wrong, Blaugrun-ssi?”

However, it was different now. The blue-green dragon sitting on Leeha’s shoulder flapped its wings and smacked Leeha’s cheeks.

[Kyuu! Kyuuu!]

“P...... Please tell me in a way that I can understand...”

[Kyuu!]

Flap, flap!

“Aach, stop slapping me! You’re getting in the way of my aim!”

Blaugrun tried to express his intention to Leeha. Should he aim first? Or should he focus on what Blaugrun is trying to say? The enemies in the scope already hid behind the chimeras. Leeha’s choice was simple.

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“Damn it, what the hell?!”

“W-who- what kind of attack-”

Pugwaaaaak!

Even as he said those words the chimera’s torso was pierced, and the slimy and acidic liquid gushed out. The warlock and sorcerer hid behind the chimeras and hurriedly stepped back. They could prevent the chimeras from attacking them, but that didn’t mean they wouldn’t take damage.

“Is there anyone who can attack from a distance without being heard? Is that even possible?”

“......There is, Ha Leeha! S-sniper Ha Leeha”

“Fibiel’s 1st rank in contribution, Ha Leeha? You mean that was true?”

It was still unbelievable for someone who was not attacked by Leeha during the national war. There were quite a few videos floating around the internet, but there were more people who thought that they were only fake edited videos that were for promotion.

“Can’t you send some summons!?”

The warlock let out a groan. Leeha was out of reach with ordinary magic. What could their magic do with a maximum range of less than 100m? Even if they used non-targeted magic, they could not even see Leeha’s figure, so it was difficult to aim. The next best thing was to send the sorcerer’s summons.

“Shit...... It’s easy for you to say! Should I send an imp? Just sticking our heads out of the chimera will kill us! It’s not even a distance that a spectral horse can reach-”

Kwaaaaak-!

Meanwhile, another chimera’s torso exploded. Avoiding the dripping slime, the two of them took another step back. It was still fortunate that the envoys from Minis were stunned and were only surrounding Count Avandone, but what if they correctly judged the situation and launched a counterattack? Ha Leeha from a distance, and Viscount Garde nearby. There were still quite a few chimeras left and the two people with dark magic-related professions were still able to control them in the meantime.

Kwaak!

Another chimera’s torso exploded again.

“Shit! At this rate, we will get attacked by the chimeras-”

Pooook-!

The sorcerer couldn’t finish his words. His head no longer had a part that could be called a mouth. He was only two steps away from the chimera. From the sorcerer’s perspective, it was a safe position where two chimeras acted as walls in front of him, but it was different from Leeha’s perspective. He saw a black mask poking out between the bodies of the synthetic monsters. As long as they appeared in his scope, there was no way Leeha would miss the opportunity to pull the trigger. Now, the warlock, who was the only one left, lowered himself further and built a wall made of chimeras in front of him.

‘Damn it, I should at least complete the mission!’

He forgot the main objective while trying to save himself. It also meant that those who experienced Leeha’s attack for the first time felt tremendous pressure. The warlock grunted from his crawling position and turned his body. His own magic didn’t work very well, but there were still seven more chimeras. Even using four of them would be enough to annihilate Minis’ envoys.

‘First of all, I must contact Faust-nim, just in case.’

Chiyou: Faust! Faust, are you alive?

Faust: What is it, Chiyou?

Chiyou: Hide, quickly!

Faust was surprised by the sudden whisper.

It was because Chiyou had rarely given him information through a whisper. Hide for no reason?

Faust: What’s going on?

Chiyou: Ha Leeha, Ha Leeha is going there-

Warlock minion: Boss! Boss! The sniper appeared-

‘Hmm?’

Overlaid with Chiyou’s whisper, the warlock’s whisper was heard. However, it was only for a moment. The warlock’s whisper was cut mid-sentence.

Faust: What happened?

Faust had a hunch with Chiyou’s sudden whisper and the warlock’s whisper getting cut off. He tried to whisper to the sorcerer and dark magician in succession, but it didn’t reach them either.

Faust: Chiyou! What did you say earlier?

Chiyou: Leeha went there! Don’t you know who he is?

Faust: ......Of course, I know.

Chiyou: Then you shouldn’t be so carefree! You might die, so hide yourself! You should always set your undead on standby!

It was an urgent matter for Chiyou as well. She tried to reduce the power of the NPC nobles and Faust while keeping the main characters alive at the same time, and making them move towards the desired direction. However, according to the information Sasuke heard, it all turned out to be futile. Sasuke, who followed the envoys from a distance to rescue Viscount Garde, whispered to Chiyou as soon as he saw Leeha, but it was already too late.

‘Damn it, how much can a musketeer do-’

However, Faust could not ignore Chiyou who was rushing him. He first called Crowley, who was at the lower side of Marching Plains, gathered all the chimeras and undead summons, and headed for the central route.

“Grrrrrrr–!”

“Grrr, grrr—!”

“Uwaaaaa! No, no! My cute experimental children!”

Faust and Crowley arrived at the central route at the same time and were only able to see the remains and the chimeras fighting each other. Crowley quickly approached and drugged the chimeras to ease their tension. The chimeras were synthetic monsters that had never been seen before and were made by Gibrid, one of the fragments of the demon king, during the second human-demon war, but the ‘alchemist’ had already prepared enough ways to deal with them.

“Corpse lover! Where have all your men gone? What is this? Only five precious chimeras are left!”

“......Unbelievable......”

Even Faust, who arrived late, could not fully comprehend the situation. Who fought, how, by what means, and in what way? To investigate the traces, a corpse was needed, but the chimeras had already swallowed them all. In the end, only the horse that the delegation rode, a few reins mounted on it, and a few swords scattered here and there, were indicative of the horrors of the situation.

‘It will take a day or two for the delegation to deal with a lot of chimeras.... But Ha Leeha alone was able to kill the chimeras with our three members?’

To be precise, Leeha only caught one chimera. The other two were caught and eaten by the other chimeras while fighting each other, but that was because they suffered wounds from Leeha, so it was the same as Leeha killing them.

“Oh, what a waste, oh, oh, I won’t be able to recreate them! Dumbasses! That’s why you should have only used someone you can trust as your subordinate-”

“Shut up, Crowley. I am in a shitty mood right now.”

It was an insult that even Faust, who was usually tolerant, could not easily tolerate.

“......Ha Leeha...”

The face of the human he briefly encountered for a very short amount of time during Kuzgunak’sh’s incident was deeply imprinted in the white lizardia’s mind. Grrrt, the lizard gnashed his teeth.

(To be continued...)

TL: The word for knight is 기사, which can either mean knight or driver.