Chapter 259 – Carleya

#259.

On a splendid throne. A man was sitting and grooming his firearm.

The name of the man with fiery red hair is Leonard Carle. The king of this kingdom of Carleya, and the ruler of the sea. And, Tan, one of the five axes of the Church of Destruction.

The firearm that Leonard carefully groomed was shining with a platinum light.

Ebora.

It was a musket left by the first king, the Archer of Matan, and was an heirloom of the royal family of Karlella and an object proving that he was the owner of the throne.

This gun was made of whole Oricalcum, and had the effect of amplifying the power of magic bullets. In particular, it also played a role in supplementing Leonard’s flaws, so it was no different from a treasure that could not be measured in value.

“Kiris Karleya… A year like a rat. “

At first, Leonard sighed. It’s because I thought of my nephew, who luckily escaped from an attack five years ago and now gets on my nerves with everything.

He should have been killed then.

Leonard let out a small sigh of regret.

Leonard placed the now spotless, brilliant firearm on his lap and put his hand on his right eye.

My eye. It was the power that was innate in Karlella’s lineage, and the power necessary to succeed to the throne. It was a must have in order to demonstrate his ability as a magic bullet shooter.

Leonard himself had none of that. It looks like now… In fact, this was not the flowering of his talent as a magic bullet shooter, but only the power bestowed by the god of the Church of Destruction.

What this power has is very simple.

This is what makes it possible to see the death of all things. No matter how hard or powerful something is, there are always weaknesses. Thanks to this, Leonard’s bullet was sublimated into a lethal blow.

After gaining the Mystic Eye, Leonard never failed to kill the target he was aiming for.

Of course, it would be a different story if the bullet missed completely, but he reached 11 stars and it was safe to say that if he sniped himself, no one would escape it.

Leonard, who was alone in his thoughts, took his hand away from his eyes as he landed in front of him and focused his gaze there.

A sneaky move that no one in the kingdom would have noticed except for Leonard. The masked man in black, who was on one knee, opened his mouth.

“Your majesty.”
“Bring it.”
“I am here.”

The Masked Man was an intelligence group exclusively for Leonard himself, unrelated to the Church of Extinction or the Kingdom of Carleya. The masked man approached with his gaze down, handed over a piece of paper with information written on it, and returned to his original position.

“Hmm… Interesting.”

Leonard glanced at the paper and raised one corner of his mouth. The information written there was truly astounding. Strange, mysterious

“Imperishability.”

A story I once heard from a teacher. It is about one of the ancient gods who were said to have confronted Death, the god of the Church of Perish, in the mythical age long ago. An immortal who transcends death, who survives even if he dies.

Learning that the main character of the story, which he dismissed as just an old legend, actually exists, Leonard felt a sense of bewilderment and an unknown thrill at the same time.

That mighty god lost his power and fell from a distant heaven and became a mere human. What could be more interesting than this?

Even more so, I couldn’t hide my joy in the fact that the goal was coming here on its own. If this is the case, he can be bestowed even more upon death later.

The leaders of the Church of Destruction, including Leonard, belong to the same group, but their thoughts are different. There was no separate friendship either. In the post-apocalyptic world, they were nothing more than competitors.

After thinking about it for a while, Leonard decided to keep it a secret from the Church of Destruction. Leonard, who immediately took the letter from his bosom, swung his pen and called the masked man.

“Black.”
“Yes. Command.”
“Deliver this to the emperor and Samhae.”
“I will obey your command.”

The letter that left Leonard’s hand flew up and stopped in front of the masked man. As soon as the masked person’s hand is extended, it lands on top of it.

The masked man immediately took the letter in his arms, bowed his head deeply to Leonard, stepped backwards and became transparent, then disappeared.

Leonard, who had been still until his subtle perception distanced him, let out a low laugh.

“All is well. As long as the rest of them do it right.”

There was no worry about Rai in Leonard’s mind. Even though he was a god, he had no idea that he couldn’t catch someone who was only 9 stars now.

***

When I came up to the deck after the interrogation, the captain and several nobles were talking seriously.

Looking at the color, it seems that a rough conclusion has been drawn. Will that decision be good or bad… As I approached them, their eyes focused on me.

“Ah, you are here.”
“How did the story go?”

I don’t know the aristocrat’s way of speaking around. As soon as I asked the captain about the main point, the nobleman who was waiting in the back came forward.

“Sir Tru. Promise me one thing before that.”
“… What promise are you talking about?”
“Please promise me that you will definitely take me to Carleya land.”

In other words, this meant that I should not run away alone. You can’t say that to a knight, so he must be saying it around him. I nodded as if it were natural.

“Of course. Does that mean you decided to go?”
“Right. Once you’ve made a promise, I’ll believe it. Enough then.”

After saying that, the nobles left. They just needed reassurance. Confidence that they are not the only ones taking risks unilaterally.

It was truly aristocratic.

Even in this situation, the fact that I did not want to lose, and the fact that I, as a knight, made a promise and believed that I would keep it to the end.

Of course, I have no intention of breaking it.

As the nobles disappeared from sight, the captain, who had been withdrawn to one side, asked again.

“Sir Tru. I look forward to. From now on, I will only trust True Lord.”
“Don’t worry. Isn’t it because they are watching over this vast sea? There is probably a boundary line spread from some starting point, but you just need to quickly pass through that place.”
“Then it would be nice, but I’m just getting anxious… By the way, how did the interrogation go?”

Seeing that his one-armed fellow was invisible, the captain put on a slightly confused expression as if he had intuition for the outcome. I guess I’m more of a sympathetic type than I thought.

“First of all, the interrogation was successful, but I don’t know much more than I thought. The only thing I know is that the ‘Ciraster Pirates’ are in charge of this.”

There is no lie in my words. However, the whole truth was not revealed.

As a result of interrogating him, I learned that he was not at the terminal level. It is one of the pirates that exist under the Ciraster Pirates and is said to receive protection by paying a certain amount of money every month.

Since the due date for the reward was a week later, there was a high possibility that the tracking would be attached from then on.

“Ciraster… It has become difficult.”

Siraster Pirates.

They were a group of pirates who occupied an important part of the Samaritan Sea, and were practically the rulers of a quarter of the sea.

Captain Syraster, the captain of the pirates, is a swordsman who has reached the level of 9 stars like me, and can be considered the strongest human on this sea, except for the emperor and Karlya.

And that means, I don’t know if it’s true, but if there is a guy called Emperor Illumination, there’s a good chance he’ll be stronger than me.

10 stars for a pirate theme. If you’re at that level, just openly go to the duke’s or marquis’ family and be loyal to them, so give them a title. It was hard to believe that they were at a level where they could give it away, but they were barely plundering in a place like this.

In all probability, there must be some hidden truth.

Of course, that has nothing to do with me. No matter what truth is hidden, I just have to stop by the ancient ruins to recover my soul and recover my skills.

I didn’t care what happened because of that truth.

“Then let’s go.”
“Yes. You must have been tired, so please go and rest.”

After parting with the captain, I returned to my room and sat down on the bed.

“It’s bothering me…”

Things just get more and more complicated. After subduing the Sea Serpent, I wanted to finally arrive at the kingdom in a relaxed manner, but the pirates are rampaging.

What I don’t understand is that there is no response from the kingdom even though the pirates are rampaging like this.

If you don’t stop them even though they do crazy things like curfew off the coast of their country, it’s one of two things.

Either their abilities are beyond imagination and they haven’t noticed it yet, or they’re in the same group, so they’re just silent.

If it was the former, it would end with the fact that the Kingdom of Carleya was more stupid than I thought. But if it’s the latter, the story is different.

As Sernia was worried about, there is a high possibility that the newly crowned king is a member of the Church of Destruction.

Even by blocking the road leading to the inland, Carleya has something to do. Couldn’t that have been a general purpose?

Of course, this is just my brain fiction. Hopefully the former case is correct.

I sighed in frustration and sat down on the bed to begin my personal training.