Chapter 261 – Carleya

#261.

A man was sunbathing on an island in the sea that connects the kingdom of Karlella to the inland. The muscles that covered her whole body toned make her realize that she had undergone arduous training.

At that moment when I was basking in the sun and admiring the beauties playing on the beach, a man hurriedly ran to me.

“Captain. It is said that some loach babies have appeared in the sea.”
“… Mudfish?”
“Yes. It seemed to have appeared about a week ago, but yesterday Ruerg was said to have been attacked.”
“… Ruerg?”
“Yes.”

Ruerg. He was one of the strongest in the Syraster Pirates, as well as one of the strongest in his shooting skills.

If he had reached the level of 8 stars, this would not have been normal. It was more correct to see that there was some other scheme than to simply see that he was on the wrong road.

“Those guys. Is there a vigilante behind you?”
“No. I don’t think so. I haven’t been able to figure it out yet, but it seems to be a 9-star swordsman. They said a jet-black river poured from the sky.”
“… It is a pitch black river.”

The man, Siraster, recalled an order he had heard from the emperor some time ago.

—If you find someone with black hair and black eyes, subdue them right away. It is an order given by him.
-Is that what he said?
─Yes. He said never to kill, but to capture. He said he also has a sword made of Orichalcum.

“Did he have an unusual sword?”
“Yes? If it’s an unusual sword…”
“A sword that shines in platinum or something like that.”
“Hmm… Come to think of it, I think he said he rode a golden sword and flew around.”
“… That’s him.”

After confirming some facts, Syraster immediately stood up from the beach chair. He had no time to procrastinate. The moment you find out that he didn’t move because he knew it was annoying, his mace would fly.

Leonard Carleya.

The one who exists behind the Japanese Emperor and Samui Sea, and controls all these seas. A sniper who reached the highest level of 11 stars.

The one who became the target, he must abandon the thought of surviving. The bullet that chases you to the end of the world will pierce your heart. Resistance must be no more than a pitiful struggle.

“For now, don’t go into an all-out war, tell them to pass the time by watching the liver from afar.”
“Yes. Captain!”
“And tell Emperor Il and the other Sailors.”

Siraster gave an order to the intelligence book and hurriedly moved toward the pirate ship.

The hunting time has come.

***

Percussion!

The glass crashed violently against the table, making a noise. A half-filled golden liquid glistens inside. The hand holding the cup was wrapped in his glove so that not a single inch of flesh could be seen.

There was only one person in the bar on board. The woman who sat in her chair took a sip of her drink. What made her so upset she kept emptying her bottle.

Her skintight leather trousers and revealing top, her cap on her head and two pistols slung around her waist let her know that she was a pirate.

The eye patch covering her right eye makes her realize that she has lived a difficult life. The woman was silently looking down with her one and her remaining eyes at her rippling glass of wine.

Knock-!

“Captain! I have an urgent matter!”

Then the door of the bar opened roughly and a man came in. The hairy, 2m tall man looks funny at first glance, but her eyes are so bright that she creates a strong sense of intimidation.

The woman called the captain looked at such a man expressionlessly. The woman who had been staring at her man quietly, without a hint of agitation, opened her mouth.

“What happened?”
“Hasn’t traffic in this area been blocked for some time now! It is said that some crazy cruise ship is breaking through there now. The Siraster Pirates are also trying to move in earnest!”
“Is the siraster moving?”

Who is Syraster? One of the four rulers of this sea. It was said that if such a person moves in earnest, there is such a strong person on that cruise ship.

The woman, Kiris Karleya, brightened her cold, sunken eyes.

Kiris Carleya. Just like her name, she belonged to the bloodline of the Kingdom of Karl Reya. Five years ago, her woman lost her father on her own 19th birthday.

Shortly before her death, she was able to escape unscathed by self-proclaimed vigilantes.

In the five years since then, she has become the leader of a vigilante group. She was currently floating on the sea trying to unravel the tangled threads of her father, the king’s death.

Her furry hair nodded her head as the woman frowned and let out her questioning words.

“That’s it! From what I’ve found, there seems to be a 9-star prosecutor on that cruise ship. She witnessed the fight from a distance and she said black rivers were flying around.”
“A nine-star swordsman… Identity?”
“I don’t know. She said she didn’t go any further than that for fear of misunderstanding. Anyway, now the Syraster Pirates are trying to capture the cruise ship. They probably think that there is a dark curtain behind them.”

A 9-star swordsman attacks the Siraster Pirates, called the Samurai, with the sole purpose of simply wanting to go to the Kingdom of Carleya.

If you think about it that way, it was rather strange. Nine out of ten I couldn’t help but think that there was something hidden, or that there was a fight on purpose.

“It’s definitely a chance.”

Kiris nodded slowly, agreeing with her furry words.

The reason they are called vigilantes is no different.

Islands scattered throughout the nearby waters are bound to be plundered from time to time by pirates. Because they stop such pirates, they are called vigilantes.

Kiris was a member of the royal family, although he is not known now. As such, he could not leave them alone, who could be called the people, and eventually hardened into this form.

Of course, funds are essential to run a vigilante group. It was not possible to maintain the organization simply by protecting it. So one thing I decided on.

It’s about robbing pirates, not innocent people. In fact, what vigilantes do is not that different from pirates.

But that alone was enough to make people glad that they were vigilantes.

“You’re right. This is your chance to dig into the case from 5 years ago!”
“…”

There were too many suspicious parts in the incident five years ago.

How could pirates infiltrate that place? And why was the keel of the escort fleet broken at that time and unable to move? There were so many suspicious things.

Perhaps that was only known to his uncle, who now overthrew him, and to the pirates who killed his father then. Of course, pirates were later executed.

But Kiris didn’t believe it. That day, the look in the eyes of the man who killed his father. It was so different from the guys who were brought in as criminals.

Above all, the force was different. At that time, he was so weak that he couldn’t properly measure his strength, but he had something to know even if he didn’t bother to do such a thing.

At that time, the guy who cried and begged for help like a coward. It didn’t match the butcher I saw that day.

As Kiris continued to remain silent, the furry exclaimed in an exasperated tone.

“Princess! Hurry up! You never know when an opportunity like this will come!”
“… Be careful with your words. You would have said that I am not a princess right now?”
“But… ! … Sorry. I made a mistake.”

Before that incident, Kiris was a princess. It wasn’t just the title, but she was just a weak and pitiful girl who had never really fought.

Of course, even at that time, the power as a magic bullet shooter passed down from the royal family was being trained, but he hadn’t done his best.

It took only five years for such a woman to sit at the head of her vigilante group. Did she really get into such a position easily?

Of course she wasn’t. With her bone-breaking efforts, after such a horrific practice that she would rather die. It was a position she had achieved by crossing countless lines of death.

Now he is just Kiris, the leader of the vigilantes.

… Reclaiming her position as Kiris Karleya would only be possible later, after killing the current King, Leonard Karleya.

Dalgrak- Dalgrak-

Kiris quietly shook her glass without saying anything for a while. She made a clear noise as her ice slammed against her glass.

Kiris stared at her ice, narrowing her eyes as if looking somewhere far away, then tilted her glass, emptied all her liquor, put it on her table, and stood up from her seat.

“Tell everyone. Now, I’m going to have a fight with Siraster.”
“Yes! Captain!!”

Could it be because she drank too much at once? Kiris felt a thousand fires of heat welling up inside her.

It was a burning feeling that would burn all of my organs if I didn’t vomit it out right away. The anger that had been piled up over the past five years and had been sunk at the bottom of the deep abyss began to rise to the surface.

Kiris reflexively grabbed the grip of her pistol at her waist.

The time for revenge has finally come.

***

Shuuuuung— Kwagwa-gwang!

Another shell hit the river in the middle and caused an explosion.

“Ah, chews. It bothers me so much.”

On that day, after overcoming attacks from three directions simultaneously. There were five or six fights a day for three days.

The problem was, I don’t know how these bastards shared their information, but they weren’t willing to fight me head-on.

They were just focused on damaging the cruise while shooting shells and bullets from afar.

No, since it keeps getting on my nerves, it can be said that this kills two birds with one stone. It’s a situation where I can’t help but be annoyed.

If you fly away to catch them, in the meantime, you will pour an onslaught on the cruise, so the situation is sluggish after all.

The distance traveled for three days was only a level that would normally take less than half a day, so I said everything. At this speed, even after a month, let alone a week, he couldn’t set foot in the Kingdom of Carleya.

“The Coast Guard or whatever, what are those bastards doing!”

Even though the pirates were running rampant like this, they didn’t show a single sniff. Even the bastard who claims to be General Francis, introduced by Lord Rhonda, seems to be someone you can’t trust.

How should I stir them up so that rumors spread that they are well-cooked? As I was thinking about him and watching the guys who were attacking meekly from afar, a huge column of water appeared from behind them.

No, something rose from the sea floor and formed a column of water.

“That… Ship?”

From the outside, there was nothing different, but if I had to ask, could that be considered a submarine? It’s a form that relied solely on magic, but the function is the same anyway, so if that’s the case, that’s acceptable.

Flag with a musket drawn diagonally on a blue background. Ships with flags that looked quite healthy and peaceful to be called pirates began to appear in all directions.

And while the pirate ships who saw him panicked and couldn’t come to their senses, they wrapped around him from left and right and hit it with a dagger and completely smashed it.

“Oh…”

An exclamation of admiration came out. The sight of the guys who had been harassing me for a long time being destroyed in one fell swoop gave me a sense of pleasure.

─Chwaaaaagh!

At the same time, a column of water rose from the side of the cruise. The moment when a column of water that is bigger than anything else rises and soon the whole body of the ship is revealed.

“…”

I met eyes with a one-eyed beauty with red hair.