Chapter 440 – The Yard and the Back Boat

000

“Captain… That guy has been shoveling alone since earlier… Maybe he’s a new member of the investigation team. He’s not on the list.”

A little far from where the research camp was set up, dozens of men were looking at the wilderness with their robes on.

As ordered, they have been repeatedly interrupting the investigation at the investigation camp for weeks, but they seem to have come out to investigate again without getting tired of it.

A large man called the captain puts his sharpened ax down on the ground and approaches the subordinate who is reporting to him and takes away the telescope he was holding.

“…Hoh. It’s true. Is it the dark horse clan? Huh? But what’s behind it…”

The man finds a black-haired man doing the shoveling as his subordinate he said, and a dark-haired woman who seems to be directing him from behind.

“Glasses, white clothes… Navy blue hair. That woman looks familiar.”

“Ah. That woman is that. She was the captain of the investigation squad… She is that woman who knows whether it is Matisse or Artis.”

“What!? He’s a big guy who’s been stuck in camp and never came out! You idiot! Say that first!”

When the man groans, he immediately puts the ax on his shoulder.

“The ‘1 million gold’ the boss talked about is that woman.”

“Bae, a million…!”

At Dokki Nam’s words, the men around him sighed and swallowed.

“Yes! It’s because of that woman that we’ve been through so much pain here for weeks now! With that woman alone, we can end all the hardships and receive a huge salary…! We too can officially work as the boss ‘ subordinates. !”

“Oohhhhh!!!”

They raise their voices loudly.

“You idiots! Then what are you doing if you get caught by those guys!”

“I’m sorry, Captain…!”

The man’s voice was obviously the loudest, but I couldn’t resist or refute his words.

A savage group that was thoroughly divided up and down.

Because what existed there was only a class relationship based on power.

If you talk back or show a defiant attitude, the bloodthirsty red ax will come flying at you and tear your head and neck down.

His fear-stricken men His were both loyal and blind at the same time.

“Okay! Let’s have a round today! Bring the horse! And, just in case, prepare ‘that guy’ too!”

“Yes Yes!”

The end of his gaze is looking at the wilderness with greedy eyes.

That the man digging hard there will twist their lives tightly.

They didn’t know yet

001

“The one approaching loudly from the front is the leader of the bandit, who was investigated as targeting me. His name His is Volfors. He is single, 37 years old.

“I don’t like such personal information. Are there wizards?”

Attis answered Cleon’s question. He frowned and shook his head.

“There’s no way there’s such a high-level manpower in a rural yard.”

“Then this should be enough.”

At Artis ‘answer, Cleon took the shovel in his hand instead of the caliburn he had hung around his waist his.

“Ohhh. In the hands of human weapons, even an ordinary research tool becomes a weapon that can harm people.”

When her Artis her muttered to Cleon’s choice her as if she was interested, Cleon, who also could n’t bear to tackle her, answered her.

“…I think it’s dangerous to hit someone with a shovel, no matter who holds it.”

“… I just did it. Any weapon is fine. As long as I can punish those idiots.”

When Cleon gave an answer that interrupted the excitement of Jokjok’s words, Artis waved both legs as if he was dissatisfied.

What. Putting that aside… The important thing was to deal with the enemies in front of me.

‘Compared to Maxwell’s time, it’s quite direct. Are the inclinations different for each regressor? If not-‘

The ax man who saw Cleon standing still holding a shovel – Volfors thought he had frozen in fear.

“I’ll take care of the woman! You guys deal with that man!”

“Yes!”

As it is, it passes Cleon and turns the head of her horse to target Attis, but-

The next moment, Cleon thrusts the shovel into the ground and swings it upward with all his might her,

A large amount of dust and gravel bounced up, striking the eyes and legs of the horses that the ax man was riding.

Thanks to that, the man’s horse lifted its front legs in bewilderment and pain-

“Uh, ee, ugh!”

The ax remnant uttered a ferocious voice and, unable to overcome its own weight, rolled off his horse.

“Very, Captain!”

“I’m not worried about you.”

The wild bandits stopped talking without realizing it, worrying about the captain.

However, they will not understand the fact that they made the fatal mistake of losing their mobility while riding a horse.

When he thought that Cleon’s muttering her had resonated, his body her jumped out of the spot like an arrow and rose to the same height as the roaming wild bandits on horseback.

And then, with both hands in his hand, I squeezed it-

Bang!

With a blow so strong that it makes a clattering sound, it strikes the torso of one of its subordinates his.

“Quaaaaagh!”

A savage that screams after falling off its horse and rolling on the ground.

Cleon landed after the attack and looked at the enemy with cold eyes.

“I guess he did n’t die because he hit his arm on purpose. Well, he won’t be able to use that arm for a few months.”

“Haha! Alright! You’re doing great, Cleon! That’s the momentum! Fuck it!”

Artis, who raised his arm as if it felt good to be attacked by a field enemy, could I accept it as cheering?

But if you get attention in that way-

“Kuh…! This guy is dangerous! Let’s take that woman and run away!”

“Y-yes!”

At least the wild bandits, who quickly judged the situation, took the reins of their horses while talking like that-

“What, what? The horse doesn’t move!”

For some reason, the horse they rode did not budge.

As if something was holding the horses’ hind legs, they were chained in place even as they tried to move forward.

“What is this!?”

And, while looking at each other’s horses, what they found was a black chain tied to each of the horses’ hind legs.

It was not physical, but magical.

Of course, it was created by Cleon.

A black chain, tied to a black wedge of the same color, was driven into the ground where Cleon stood.

Originally, it was a magic that was performed with flame magic, but since it was made with Cleon’s pure black magic, it did not harm the horses with their legs tied at all.

In the end, the wild bandits tried to hit the chains with their swords and spears, but there was no way to release Cleon’s chains with those that were not endowed with magic.

“Keuuu… This guy was a wizard…!”

When a man who staggers up from his seat his grabs his own ax.

The red magic stone embedded in the head of the ax was sending out magical energy, turning the entire ax red.

“It’s the first time since that woman seven years ago that I’ve made this Blood Ax-sama Volfors-sama so angry!”

Volforth roared loudly.

Perhaps the power of the ax, the man’s muscles under the robe swelled greatly.

‘Is it a magic stone enchanted with muscle strength? A blood ax is not even funny.’

Cleon let out a sigh at Volforth’s act of spitting out loud tinnitus while using a magic stone for those who can’t use body strengthening magic, one of the lowest among magic stones.

As if pursuing it, Artis was talking.

“Ah-that woman. It’s about her own mother her. She got kicked out for not working too much.”

“Everyone, shut up!”

“How do you know so much about this wild enemy…?”

An innocent and natural question passes through Cleon’s head, but he soon shakes his head.

“Sorry, but this is also work. Including making you angry.”

Then, when he said that to the gang of bandits glaring at them, the ball force raised the corner of his mouth as he lowered the sack to the ground with a thump.

“A wizard with a shovel is not even funny.”

“Well, anyone would think that compared to you, you don’t have the talent to make others laugh.”

“…That’s what you said we were funny guys?”

“Is that so?”

A moment of silence passed between Volforth and Cleon.

“Don’t kill me!!”

Enraged, Volforth slams his ax on the ground, and a powerful shockwave hits Cleon, probably from the enhanced muscle strength and magic stone power.

Thump, thump, thump!

The shock wave, which grew larger each time it approached, at some point the dust rose higher than Cleon’s height.

In addition, the range was wide, so it seemed that there was not enough time to avoid sideways.

“How is it! The power of my ax that buried your comrades yesterday!Haha!”

Had Cleon been ‘misunderstood again’ as being overwhelmed by technology?

Volforss immediately becomes flattered and bursts into laughter.

Cleon hit the shock wave in the same way and struck a blow loaded with magical energy-

Something like the shockwave created by Volforth, bigger and wider.

As it is, it swallows Volforth’s shockwave and spreads itself toward the wild enemies.

“What, what!?”

“Dae, copy the captain’s technique- Ugh!”

Those who are blown high in the sky by the shock wave fall back to the ground, being attracted by the force of gravity without even taking a fall.

Only Volforth was able to hold out on the spot with an ax and his own strength of his, but the shaking of his legs from the huge impact caused him to lose his balance.

“Kuh… You damn bastard…!”

Volforth somehow manages to align himself and tries to target Cleon again, but-

“He’s a strong guy.”

Already, Cleon had closed the distance to Volforth.

Unlike Volforth, who could not move on the spot because his arms were momentarily weakened after using the shockwave, Cleon did not have such a penalty.

Hiding behind the dirt created by the shock wave, he came forward and hit the shovel head at Volforth.

Fuck! And a heavy sound was heard.

There was a strong shock to Volforth’s left arm his, but-

“…!”

Cleon quickly distances himself when he sees that his arms are still movable, and that the armor glistens beneath the torn robes.

“Chi-it… As expected, this robe is in the way!”

While saying that, if I took off the torn robe with one hand and tossed it away—

The appearance of the mithril armor hidden under it is revealed.

The full-plate mithril armor that covered the whole body was a piece of equipment with strong defensive performance that turned the wearer into a mobile fortress boasting defense beyond imagination.

In addition, since they had resistance to magic, there were as many people as there were stars in the sky who wanted mithril equipment.

However, since it is one of the rarest metals, it is natural that the price pierces the sky.

“… It’s about Eustes. I’ve never seen him use such ridiculous equipment.”

Cleon shook his head, recalling the first meeting with Eustes.

‘…The wild enemy wears full-body mithril armor? …There must be a sponsor behind it. Then, after all, they are regressors.’

“Cheuk… It looks like you can’t even open your mouth in surprise. You guys can’t beat this body. Because, this body’s trump number is not limited to this mithril armor.”

Then, the moment he grabs the flute hanging from his neck and tries to blow it-

“Are you stupid?”

“Five.”

Artis’ admiration. Cleon’s fist hit the man’s face.

“Gagging…”

Volforth, with a strong blow, rolled on the ground again, but Cleon jumped in pursuit without missing it.

As it is, the body of a bear-like man clad in mithril armor is pinned to the ground.

Mithril itself blocks magic, but in that case it would be fine if it wasn’t magic.

Right away, Cleon casts a magic to increase his body weight and sits on the chest of a man’s body. Clenched his fist

And, once again, it was to hit Volforth in the face.

Fuck! When he hears it again, his teeth his break and his nose breaks.

“That, stop…”

Volforth tries to stop Cleon with unimaginable pain, but when Cleon cannot move even one arm, Cleon strikes the man in the face once more.

Just like that, he lost consciousness and passed out.

“Why don’t you wear a helmet after covering your whole body with mithril?”

Cleon brushed off his hands and got up from his seat, tore off the string from the flute the man was about to blow and put it in his pocket.

“Ugh…”

Then, looking around, I saw that Volforth’s men, who had been blown up into the sky by the shock wave earlier and then fell to the ground, were broken somewhere, or fainted Volforth’s men were scattered.

Cleon shakes both his hands and picks up the shovel he had put down on the ground.

“Are you going to dig up information? I won’t kill you.”

Talk to Artis as you trudge along, and she responds with a smile on her lips.

“Ah. This is fine. Whoa. You did better than I thought. Cleon.”

As if very satisfied, Artis stood up from the box she was sitting on and opened it.

Surprisingly, there were only shackles and ropes inside.

“…I thought I put in a barrier generating device.”

It was because she looked so relaxed when the wild enemies ignored Cleon and tried to target Attis.

Apparently, she thought that she, wise enough, would have prepared a way to protect her body in her own way.

Apparently, Cleon’s expectations of her were wrong.

“I don’t need anything like that. No, if I had, I’d have used it to protect my assistants.”

As Artis said, he handed the rope and shackles to Cleon’s hand her.

“Because I believed you would take care of it.”

“…As a guardian, I just want you to be a little more careful.”

It was fortunate that the wild bandits were foolish, but if they had been more clever, they could have tied Cleon’s feet and used his horse’s mobility to target Attis.

No, if I had known that they were like that, would Cleon use Caliburn to generate power?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt like a rock-paper-scissors game, and Cleon shook his head at a situation where the answer was not clear.

“Anyway. Can I tie these guys up?”

“That’s right. Except for Volfors, everyone will be handed over to the government and sent to the capital. They’re going to prison.”

Since the subordinates of this savage group could not have useful information, it was the correct answer to deal with them quickly.

However, a man wearing mithril armor and wielding a magic stone ax even though he was a low class.

Volforth was clearly a man with a huge backer.

When Cleon turns around with shackles and rope in his hand and tries to restrain the savage group—

“Ah. Cleon.”

Artis calls his name her once more.

When Cleon reflexively turns her body her to look in her direction her.

The next moment, Artis brings her lips to Cleon’s cheek her, and they hit it softly before it falls.

The bitter and sweet scent of the special cigarette she smoked passed Cleon’s nostrils.

“…”

Cleon is n’t taken aback by her sudden skinship her, but she feels helpless, adjusts her glasses and backs away from her.

“Ah. Did your face blush a little?”

Cleon asks her as Artis raises the corners of her mouth and wipes her own lips with her fingers.

“…What are you doing.”

“Should I say thank you for protecting me?”

“It’s what you get paid to do.”

Artis knows. After answering, he got up from his seat.

Turn one’s body round

When the white robe fluttered in sync with the movement, she only slightly turned her head to look at Cleon.

“It’s not that I’m not thankful.”

“… What a strange guy. Really.”

“Once we arrest them, let’s go back to camp. That’s it for today!”

Cleon watched her trudge her while singing her hum song.

‘Ugh…’He raised her body her and hit one of his savage subordinates her with mana shock as he tried to escape.

It was just moving to finish the work.

002

“Come-hit-uh-“

I heard Lila’s whining.

The tent prepared for Cleon’s party was newly installed right next to the investigation headquarters.

When Calia asked what the unicorn wagon was loaded with, it was to build a tent for their dragons.

Thanks to that, they were able to spend their time without paying attention to others, but inside the tent, each person’s bed was separated by a curtain.

By the way, Lyla’s area must have been a different place, but after washing her body her and returning to Cleon’s area, she came back and asked Cleon to make her a lap pillow.

Cleon leaned back on her bed, looking down at her lila her.

“Is the work hard?”

“It’s not difficult… There are just a lot of annoying and trivial things. The investigators are also from the East, so even if it’s a research camp with state-of-the-art facilities, if you can’t use magic , it’s just junk.”

“Ah…”

Cleon nodded his head as if he knew what he meant.

“I mean. It was hard to set up the equipment of this survey unit and give lectures on how to use it. That woman, Artis. Didn’t you teach the assistants like that…”

My name is a former professor…

Leila, leaving the same complaint, buries her face in Cleon’s lap of her.

And then it was to sigh and inhale.

“The smell of Cleon.”

“I took a shower.”

“Yeah. There’s a unique smell that only comes from Cleon.”

It was Cleon looking at Lila muttering with her face buried, but she soon turns over and looks up at Cleon.

As they quietly looked at each other’s faces, Layla’s hand reached out and touched Cleon’s face her.

“…Something. Isn’t the distance oddly close since daytime?”

When Cleon said that, he took Laila’s hand her, and Laila glanced away at her.

She replied with a bitter smile on her face.

“Ehh-? Ahh. Maybe so. There are so many new girls around me, I wonder if Cleon will be taken away.”

“…Straight forward.”

“That’s right, if you don’t tell me directly, it won’t be conveyed.”

Cleon scratches her head at Lila’s words her.

“It’s okay. I won’t leave Layla alone.”

In response, Layla shuts her mouth for a moment, then she smiles mischievously and pinches Cleon’s cheek of her, which was touching her face of her.

“Can you prove it?”

“If given a chance.”

For a while, when there is silence between the two of them-

Layla looked at her Cleon and gently nodded her head.

Let her cling her body her Cleon’s arms her carefully lifting her own back and the back of her head her.

“Yes…”

And, the lips of the two people touching softly.

How much is it Kissing while spending time alone like this.

After she falls off as smoothly as it did when she was attached, Cleon quietly questions her.

“What about the soundproof barrier?”

When Cleon asks, Laila answers with her smile her.

“I hit it when it came in.”

“The preparations are thorough.”

“A good woman is like that.”

While saying that, Layla put her weight on Cleon’s upper body over her.

She collapsed into bed with him.