Chapter 260 – Carleya

#260.

A huge jet-black sword fell from the sky and pierced the pirate ship.

Kwagwawang!!

Then the sword exploded, and fragments of strong energy scattered in all directions. An inevitable death takes the lives of pirates.

“Whoa… This is the third time today.”

A week had passed since the interrogation of Siraster’s thug. I don’t know how it happened, but about 5 days ago, the raid started raining down. It was a faster response than expected.

Little by little, the appearance of pirate ships became more frequent, and now they continued to attack, saying that it was a few hours away. Of course, I’m not weak enough to be exhausted like this, but I’m trying to become a nuisance.

Percussion!

“Sir Tru! Thank you for your hard work today.”

Upon returning after confirming that the ship had completely sunk, Captain Bandani greeted us. Just a week ago, he had smiled at the sight of him defeating pirates, but now he didn’t see anything like that.

“It was nothing. I guess I’ll have to hurry up a bit more than that. There is no problem right now, but it could be dangerous if we continue like this.”
“… We are doing our best. But more than this is unreasonable. One more week left.”
“I wasn’t really blaming it. Then I’m just…”

There is no physical fatigue at all, but mentally it is different. It’s not like I’ve reached my mental limit yet, but I need to rest to prepare for the next attack.

The moment I returned to my room and sat down on the bed, the communicator beeped.

“Hello?”

– Ah, master! How you doing?-

“I’m fine. Sernia, is something wrong?”

-Do you have to contact me if there is work? It could be because the owner just wants to see it.

Sernia sticks out her mouth and gives her pouting eyes as if she is sad. It was so cute that I wanted to attack it right away, but I didn’t fall for it.

I contacted you just a few days ago, but I want to know what the hell is going on.

“Stop trembling flattery. So what can I say?”

-Hmm… Master. Didn’t I tell you a week ago that an emperor selection contest would be held in the Aman Empire?-

“Ah… That’s right. It was. But why? Is there something wrong?”

I’ve definitely said that before. The Aman Empire was formed thousands of years ago when barbaric tribes united, and it is an enemy of the Harpe Empire. There is a special tradition in the Aman Empire.

It was that the strong men of each tribe fought once every 50 years and elected the winner as the emperor. It seems to be a fairly old system, but thanks to this, the Aman Empire is always overflowing with strong people.

Since it was a country based on pure meritocracy, there were frequent cases where strong people who had skills but failed to establish themselves devoted themselves to the Aman Empire.

What does it mean to bring up a story about him now? Seeing my questioning eyes, Sernia opened her mouth.

– The winner of this competition, Bastino Guntra, is a typical van Harpe greeting. You said you had to go to the Aman Empire later. I’d like to tell you in advance just in case.

“Okay… ? There’s no problem, right?”

– Of course. No matter how anti-harpe-oriented it is, war doesn’t break out easily.-

“Then I’m glad.”

There was no shade on Sernia’s face. It wasn’t like he was lying simply because he didn’t want to worry me, but I nodded my head somewhat reassured.

“Oh! Sernia. By the way, how is Bianca?”

-Bianca Yurinas? Hmm… I just left for Yurinas Mansion yesterday. The story is well over, so don’t worry-

“Okay? I’m glad if the story went well. Is Tina okay?”

-Yes. In Christina’s case, she didn’t feel like she cared too much. But…-

“But?”

-Does it seem like you have something to decorate yourself? I don’t know.-

“… Okay? Hmm… Thanks for telling me.”

What the hell are you up to? When I returned later, I began to fear what would happen.

-You’re welcome. Master. Then I will go now. I have work to do.-

“Uh. OK, I’ll call you back later.”

Sernia waved her hand at me through her hologram and sent her eye smile before she cut off contact. When her beautiful face disappears, it feels like the inside of her room is getting cold.

“Anyway, the Aman Empire…”

I was just in a hurry because I thought I would only have this chance to go to the Kingdom of Carleya. I hadn’t looked around the entire continent yet.

Like the Aman Empire and the Dwarf Kingdom, there were a lot of places to look around. There is even an eastern continent with the same size as the continent here, so it can be seen that there is a long way to go.

“Ehh… It’s just a mess in my head.”

The more I think about it, the more my head hurts. I massaged my temples for a while, then laid down on the bed and went to sleep, thinking about what to do later.

***

KANG! KANG! KANG! KANG!

“This crazy… !”

Usually, when something happens on a cruise ship, a trumpet sounds to let everyone know. Then what is the situation now?

It means that the situation is so urgent that there is no time to blow the trumpet. An urgent moment when a sailor looking at the sea has no choice but to hit the bell hanging right next to him!

Phew!

The moment I thought of that, a strong shock shook my stomach. Fortunately, the cruise was not broken, as if it had not been hit directly, but there was a commotion from all sides with the sound of water columns soaring.

I roughly pressed down my disheveled hair, took out my sword, and stepped out onto the deck, where Bandani approached me.

“You came quickly! It’s a big deal! They are attacking from three directions at the same time!”

Looking around, the ships were approaching from the directions of 2 o’clock, 6 o’clock, and 10 o’clock, respectively. It was so close that I wondered why I didn’t know until now.

As if answering my question, Bandani continued.

“The entire ship was enchanted with invisibility magic! It seems that he is a direct subordinate of the Siraster Pirates.”

The Ciraster Pirates seem to be a high-tech pirates team that also pilots stealth ships.

Anyway, whether it was a direct subordinate or not, that wasn’t the important thing right now. I asked as I looked at the three ships that were still approaching and firing shells at this moment.

“Can you hold out?”
“… I will do my best.”
“Just hold on for five minutes.”

Paaang!

After saying that, I got on top of the sword. The air exploded in the aftermath of the sword shot in an instant.

Late in the morning, now the world is wrapped in darkness. Even at this moment, they started shooting as if they sensed me approaching.

The Kaga Gaga River!

“Fuck…”

Auror is loaded on the bullet. It meant that each and every one of the many sailors on that ship was an Auror user. Of course, I wasn’t going to be affected by such things, but if a mere sailor is this strong, how strong is a captain?

While thinking about that question, I counterattacked. One o’clock was in a hurry, so there was no time to measure things. A pitch-black river poured down like a shower.

‘If I do this, I’ll stick out my head!’

Even though the ship is in danger of sinking, is it still aiming for a surprise attack? Of course not. A man emerged from among the crowd of sailors with a crossbow and fired at me.

─Wet love liquid!!

The strong air thickly wrapped around the bolt of the crossbow shimmered in a cold blue color like the sea. If nothing else, the penetrating power seemed enormous.

The strong wind rotates and makes a fierce sound. A natural disaster called a hurricane rushed at me alone.

“Huh!”

Of course, that doesn’t mean I can’t stop it. Just as his strength was enormous, my strength was also not normal.

Kwaaaaang!!

The moment the bolt met my sword, it spread a strong shock. For an instant, I almost lost my balance in the air. Platinum wrapped in jet black swayed in sync with my movements.

8 stars. I don’t know what his main weapon is, but the skill he just had has definitely reached that level. Do you think I showed a gap? He pointed his crossbow at me again.

It couldn’t have looked so arrogant. I was a swordsman and he was an archer, so he must have thought that fighting from a distance would be advantageous.

Even so, he couldn’t even fight properly if he had no place to step. I was compressing the aura to sink the ship in one blow, but there was an explosion from behind.

Kwagwagwang!!

“Fuck really… !”

Looking back, I saw that a boat almost adjacent to the cruise was firing shells mercilessly. There was even a ballista with a chain attached to the deck, and pirates were crossing the line on that line.

Not even 5 minutes had passed, but the cruise was already in danger. Fortunately, no matter how much the pirates screamed, they couldn’t handle the numerous articles.

Of course, there were also strong players, but even so, they were only 7 stars. It was a coincidence, but it was good to come here.

They were only aiming for when the knights came over, so they were unable to step forward.

After seeing that, I immediately lowered my sword.

Shuwaaaaan—!

The condensed aura of the sword burst out, and a bright pillar of light rose from the sword body. The pillar of light, which stretched endlessly as if reaching the sky, stopped only after soaring hundreds of meters.

It crashed into the pirate ship according to my movement.

─Blood, blood, blood!!
─Damn it! I don’t want to die here!

The cries of the pirate crew are heard.

The captain also raised his crossbow to block the blow, but to no avail. The vortex of strong air fired from the crossbow did not leave even the slightest trace in the pillar of light, and it was shattered in vain.

Before long, the pillar of light split the boat with the sea.

─Koo-gu-gu-gu-gu!

As if Moses had descended, the sea parted in an instant. Although it was quickly filled up, it was enough to reduce its power.

Along with that, the pillar of light also produced an explosive output for a short moment, flashing a black light like a flickering light, and then scattered into the air.

Some of them are still alive, but they have long lost the will to resist. I nodded under the judgment that I was not a threat, and immediately turned to deal with the guys attached to the cruise ship.

… The attack of the day passed like that.