Chapter 254 - Know Your Place (3)

Chapter 254 - Know Your Place (3)

Tremble-!

The cries of the thousands of Chimeras were so powerful and ferocious that even a Peak Sword Master would’ve felt their skin crawl. After the Chimeras finished howling, all of them turned their eyes toward Henry and his allies.

“Everyone, brace yourselves!”

The first person to shout in this critical situation was none other than McDowell. He quickly pulled out his sword from the scabbard on his waist as he sensed the bloody fight that was about to break out. The others followed suit.

‘Damn it!'

Things weren’t going as Henry had planned. In fact, it seemed like nothing was going according to his plan. Henry thought his preemptive attack was going to be successful because he obviously obtained information through Skall first, but things were unfolding in a strange way.

Henry couldn’t help but curse.

“What a fucking son of a bitch...!”

Just like everyone else, Henry drew his sword and prepared to fight. He had thought that this battle would mark the end of his long-lasting conflict with Arthus, but he now realized how naive he had been. In fact, this wasn’t even close to the final battle he had envisioned.

It was truly an embarrassing situation for Henry; despite being the only magic swordsman on the continent and having the most talented people as his allies, he still came short against Arthus.

-Kiaaa!

Thousands of Chimeras rushed at Henry and his allies.

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“Run! Run away!” shouted a soldier. He was pretty short, only about one hundred and fifty centimeters tall.

At first, nobody believed what he said, despite his ear being torn off, because of his short and slender appearance.

However, only when it was discovered that the three more courageous soldiers had been killed did the troops of Enkelmann finally realize that something was terribly wrong. But unfortunately, it was already too late.

Narva made it through the gates of Enkelmann by himself, and his power was truly out of this world. As he casually flicked his fingers, a soldier’s brains exploded through his helmet, and when he hurled his fist at another soldier, his abdomen burst open and his organs gushed out.

The city troops tried everything, from arrows to boiling oil and spears, but nothing worked.

Narva simply destroyed everything that stood in his path, showing off his power. As he strolled down the streets of Enkelmann, he made everyone worship him and his godly power.

“What is everyone doing? I’m sure I told everyone to kneel?”

“Grr...!”

He was just one man.

One man.

However, due to his overwhelming strength and his terrifying aura, the city troops, who had gathered like a swarm of bees, had no choice but to give up any hope of resistance and kneel obediently.

“There we go, good job.”

It was a terrible humiliation for the Enkelmann troops. Even though their numbers were in the thousands, the most skilled soldiers were barely Sword Experts, and the soldiers whom Narva had killed earlier had been of that level.

Because of that, everyone had no choice but to surrender. Narva treated the city troops like dogs.

“Why aren’t you guys kneeling?”

Narva turned his head and gave orders to the peasants hiding inside their homes. Even though there was no way Narva could see them, they still heard his voice, as if echoing inside their heads. It was a strange phenomenon.

Soon, Narva found everyone who was hiding and brought each and every one of them to their knees. He then summoned a throne made of tentacles and sat in front of everyone as if he were their king.

After Narva sat down, the throne was elevated by the tentacles at the bottom. He then asked, “Who’s the highest-ranking human here?”

“...”

"Why aren't you answering? Hey, you there.”

“Y-yes...?”

“Do you not hear me?”

“Oh, no, I hear you!”

“Then why aren’t you answering?”

“Si-sir Harz, hide!”

Harris desperately tried to hide Harz, but there just weren’t that many places to hide in a vacation house. Before they knew it, a group of soldiers and regular people surrounded the property. A soldier gently pushed the door open, and Harz and Harris met eyes with him. The soldier seemed nervous and frightened.

“I’m... I’m sorry! But if we don’t take you, we’ll all die!”

The soldier, knowing that what he was doing was wrong, apologized to Harz as he got closer, and to make matters worse, the ring of light started to vanish.

“Oh, no...”

The ring of light disappeared; the caller scroll was spent.

Harz was in despair, while Harris looked downcast, hopeless. He knew that there was nothing left they could do. With that, Harris collapsed on the floor and asked the soldiers that had come in, “Ho-how dare you...?”

“We’re sorry, Sir Harris...”

The highest-ranking human in Enkelmann that Narva had been asking for was the leader of Enkelmann, Harz. The soldiers pushed Harris aside and grabbed Harz, who was shaking uncontrollably in fear.

As the soldiers dragged Harz outside, he burst into hysterical laughter. “Hahaha... So this is it...”

The soldiers, burdened by guilt, escorted him in silence; they couldn’t bear to look him in the eye. Without saying a single word, they threw Harz before Narva, and the monster proceeded to interrogate him.

“So you’re the highest-ranking human here?”

“Ye-yes... Yes sir...”

“Yeah?”

Harz no longer laughed; he was once again terrified, which was only natural. Even though Narva had the face of a beautiful boy and a slim frame, his murderous aura paralyzed Harz.

After hearing Harz’s answer, Narva extended his hand, and twisted tentacles came out of it. With a sinister and cruel smile, he bid Harz farewell.

“Okay, bye then.”

“What, what do you... GHAAA! GWAAA! Gwa...!”

The tentacles pierced Harz in his abdomen before he knew it. Everything happened in a blink of an eye. He trembled at the overwhelming pain, but despite being impaled by the tentacle, Harz’s anguish was more mental than physical.

“What... What have I...”

The pain Harz felt at this moment was due to despair and loneliness. Henry hadn’t answered the caller scroll, and Von, the person whom he had spent most of his time in Enkelmann with, wasn’t here either.

As Harz’s vision became blurry, fragments of his life flashed before him. He soon broke into tears; his pain worsened as he realized that he had lived his whole life as a civil servant, serving Henry and Von just to be forsaken by them. He had never done anything wrong, and yet here he was, dying miserably in the street.

“What... Cough... What was this all for...”

Harz’s lips turned blue as blood kept oozing from his abdomen.

His life was fading...

He was cold...

The world felt cold and cruel to him, but it was the memories full of regret that filled him with overwhelming sorrow in his last moments.

“He’s dead.”

Harz’s slight trembling finally stopped. Narva looked at Harz’s lifeless body with a cold, emotionless expression. Narva had killed Harz because of one of the things Dracan had taught him. He had told Narva that if he wanted something that someone else had, he had to eliminate the owner.

Narva wanted the people of Enkelmann, so he had eliminated the leader of Enkelmann. Simple as that.

Narva lifted Harz up in the air with his tentacles. He then opened his mouth like a snake and devoured his corpse.

Gulp-!

Narva swallowed Harz whole. He then licked off the blood around his lips.

“Ugh, he’s not good. I bet it’s because of his old age.”

With that, Narva retracted his tentacles and looked at the kneeling people.

“Well then, I guess I’m your leader from now on, right?”

The people of Enkelmann were stunned, but nobody dared to object. Seeing how obedient they were, Narva realized that Dracan's teachings had been correct all along.