Episode 240 Preparation for Departure (5)
Whether or not they came with good intentions.
Mana overflowed from the hand holding the sword.
Iriel, who felt an ominous feeling about him, asked.
“… My body is more than I imagined, so did you treat me or something? To say that, how can you not feel the gratitude in your eyes?”
“therapy? I don’t know if it was half-killed, but I don’t remember curing it.”
“Then what is that!”
They make a fuss like someone who witnessed a dying person become a zombie and come to life.
Just then, laughter was heard from afar.
“Ha ha ha ha ha! Isn’t it amazing? Because I, who became a disabled person, is alive and moving like this again!”
Elder Meird, who had been madly mad, stopped laughing in an instant and then flew his sword.
As Ray slammed the space and slashed the flying sword with his palm, the powerless mana fell to the ground, creating a thick cloud of dust.
Paaang—!
A sharp sword protruded out of the dust, where the front could not be properly distinguished.
Wedge!
Iriel and Ray hurriedly turned their bodies to the sword that was pierced with great speed as if an arrow was flying.
As soon as he dodged the sword, he counterattacked.
When I grabbed the sword made with mana and cut horizontally, the elder’s front end was cut off.
Elder Hana’s expression was still overflowing with composure.
As they clashed their swords pouring out destructive mana, the sand on the beach was washed away like waves in the aftermath.
Kaaaang!
The sound of friction between the two resounded and the hands of the two became more rough.
At that, she shouted, looking alternately at Ray and Elder Maid.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I’m crazy! There are two crazy people!”
He had to hesitate for a moment to attack Iriel first at the voice that made his mind go wild.
After hitting and receiving the sword for a while, the sword blades met, and there was a slight gap.
Ray tilted his head and asked.
“It’s pretty dense, right? What does it have to do with getting better?”
“Khehehe. mana received from you How does it feel to be under your own power?”
His expression slightly frowned at the elder’s words.
‘My mana… could it be that then…?’
Now he is alive again, but apparently he died with a sword stabbed in his chest at that time.
Perhaps, during those few minutes, the ‘Goddess’ blessing’ leaked into Elder Meird.
If so, it is quite dangerous.
I’m not sure how much power he has, but I’m more worried that he might have taken modern knowledge.
These are the memories of a previous life that I do not want anyone to find out and do not want to know about.
Unlike the first time, his hand that held the sword gradually gained strength.
Then, Elder Maid’s sword began to be pushed back.
Kwaaang-! Kwaaang-!
As the fluttering sword strikes continued several times, the elder, who boasted of huge mana, steals blood from his mouth.
However, he didn’t even have time to feel the pain in his wounds.
His eyes dropped as if he were looking at a monster.
‘I must have absorbed this kid’s power… But what the hell is this…!’
The power gap is too great.
How can one side be broken and the other intact when you wield the sword with the same mana!
It was frustrating and frustrating for an elder who did not know the facts, but it was natural.
Even if the quality of mana is the same, the mana load that handles it is different.
In addition, as the mana of free nature was absorbed into Elder Meird’s body, it lost its nature and lost its power like a stagnant water.
In other words, the amount of mana increased, but as time passed, his mana gradually weakened.
‘Still, it’s still worth a try.’
For some reason, the heterogeneous swordsmanship floating in my head is unfolding naturally as if it melts into my body.
He didn’t know it, but Ray, who looked at it, was quite surprised.
‘Duke Zahard’s swordsmanship!’
It is truly a blessing from the goddess.
Elder Maid was unfolding a sword technique that he had never seen before, as if it were his own.
Blessing is not only the memory of the mind, but also what the body remembers!
‘…I can’t keep this alive.’
It is impossible to know from where and to what extent the memories he had were absorbed.
He put his thoughts behind him and drew mana from the atmosphere.
Like a whirlpool, the mana gathered at one point eventually came crashing down on the elder.
Seeing it as a match, Elder Maid likewise pushed the mana of his whole body to the limit.
“Big!”
His blood vessels swelled as if they were going to burst, and he drew a sword and fought back.
However, as soon as the two swords collided, victory and defeat were split.
Chaeeng-!
A gust of wind through the forest sweeps through everything.
It sweeps away rocks and caresses bushes.
The destination of that free wind was Elder Meird’s abdomen.
Drizzling—
hot blood gushing down and the Elder kneeling and spitting out blood.
“Cool!”
As he looked down at the scene in silence, Elder Meird suddenly let out a laugh.
It was as if he had gone mad from intense pain.
“Hehehehe… he said he’s going to… leave the island?”
“….”
“There must be a lord chief among them… you… you don’t know the lord chief yet… the day you get to know him will be the day you experience despair. Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee
hee hee hee hee hee heard the words, but it gives off a strange atmosphere.
“What do you mean?”
“I can’t tell you easily… Don’t bring forward the joy of the future. I am the body that wanted to die here anyway. Waiting for the day when you hate me will come back… I will wait for you at home.”
Spitting out blood, he stabbed himself with a sword into his abdomen, but his body began to scatter as powder.
It flies into the air without leaving a corpse as if entering rest.
Ray and Iriel left it alone.
Until the powdered flesh completely disappears.
* * *
Stopping motionless on the shore where only the sound of the waves can be heard, they look down at the elder’s sword.
How long have you been like that?
In a situation where there was only silence, it was Iriel who spoke first.
“…What was that about?”
“I don’t know either. It won’t hurt to be careful though.”
“Are you thinking of putting surveillance on the young chief?”
“That would be difficult.”
He is a spiritual chief who has reached the height of his one-of-a-kind military power.
Even if you put a receiver on it, you’ll probably notice it right away.
“Then…”
“You should always be vigilant. I don’t know what they might be up to.”
Certainly, as Elder Meird said, I sense that there is something with the young chief.
He was also the first person of the clan who insisted on going outside, although he waited for a reason, as did the chief of the clan, Josue, who was closed.
Besides, let alone reading the elders to make the situation this far, I couldn’t even tell where I was at the moment, so I got a really mysterious concept well.
He looked at the nearly finished ship, lost in thought.
For some reason, I thought that sending everyone outside might not be as good as I thought.
* * *
Work resumed the next day.
As the flesh was added to the frame and the framed belly, and as it gradually became more complete, a fire was lit in everyone’s hearts.
Now, even though no one told me to, I do my best on my own.
“We don’t have enough iron plates here! Who will bring it?”
“Here it is.”
“Thank you.”
Amicably helping each other with their work, they complete the ship little by little.
Having nothing to do, Hael came out to look around and stuck out his tongue as he looked at the elegant ink-colored large ship.
“Oh my God… I have to make it in the end.”
“We have to go through the sea, so of course we have to make it.”
“Umm… at this level, we can get out without much trouble, right?”
Overwhelmed by the size of the ship, which couldn’t even be seen at first glance, he tried to speak, but Ray just shook his head as if he didn’t even notice.
“It’s a bit difficult because the sea is going crazy over what it has eaten. Still, since the iron plate is thick, it should last for several hours.”
“Then I’m glad.”
It’s nice to hear that
If you can hold out for a few hours, wouldn’t it be possible to escape at maximum speed?
Apart from the land, if I could at least go to the calm sea, I would have no more wishes.
Ray quietly sat on a rock and opened the map in his arms.
“It is not too late to leave in two days. This is where we are…”
His fingers trace a straight line away from the shore.
“We have to get out in a straight line as much as possible.”
Hael nodded at his words.
“There’s not much time, so you’re thinking of making a forced breakthrough.”
“that’s right. If the boat was stronger and had more time, it would have gone round and round along the shore.”
It’s safer that way.
It just takes a long time to go back.
When Hael affirmed as if he knew, Ray put the map back in his arms and saved it.
The paper is crumpled no matter how many times I have tried to straighten it.
His gaze turned over the horizon.
* * *
The manufacturing of large ships, which had been worked on since early morning, entered the completion stage as the sun went down and the sunset began to set.
Raise the last remaining mast and insert a rudder to control the direction.
Then, the large ship that worked for a week was finally completed.
Ray, who was sitting on a wooden barrel, stood up.
“Oh, that’s pretty good.”
It seems to be stronger than I thought.
The seams of the wood are meticulously fitted with iron plates, and the iron plates are doubled and tripled to protect the outer and inner bottom plates.
In addition to that, I will cast a strengthening magic, so if it is a moderate wave, I will be able to withstand it.
He praised the hard work of the slaves as he lay down and shook his legs excitedly while the boat was being built.
“Everyone has been through a lot. Finally, we have a ship that we can ride on. The reason we were able to make it this fast must be because you all put in a lot of effort and sweat.”
As soon as the words are finished, cheers erupt.
“Waaaaaa!”
“at las……!”
“Good job everyone!”
The venue quickly turned into a festival venue.
How hard has it been so far!
Those were the days when I worked more like a slave than a slave, swearing at him who was lying in the shade looking good after going through all sorts of humiliation!
That ended as of today.
What awaits them now is alcohol and delicious food to relieve their fatigue.
Thinking of enjoying a pleasant festival, I rub my palms and lick my lips, but the saint in front of me smiles.
“From now on, men make small boats and oars for rowing. The women smoked the food so it wouldn’t go bad, and packed all the clothes or clean cloths that could be worn. You will be very hungry at sea.”
