Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 241

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Chapter 241
I snapped back to awareness at the Dragon Duke’s voice.
Just moments before, I had been thinking of my subordinates, now dead and beyond my sight.
Hauser’s voice was truly enigmatic, as if he were saying that all I needed to do was nod and he would bring every single one of those people from the third cycle back exactly as they were on that day.
Honestly, I was curious.
What did he mean—was he simply saying he would bring people from the fourth cycle who have no memories, or something else entirely?
Could there possibly be a way to awaken each of my subordinates’ memories from their past lives?
‘But if such a method existed, would I actually use it?’
Until now, the answer had been ‘no.’ That remained true until I faced Hauser again and learned that he retained his memories.
‘Now, honestly, I don’t know.’
I wanted to ask Hauser what he meant, but unfortunately, I now had to prepare myself.
I could sense presences, just as the Dragon Duke had said—presences I had missed due to my intense focus.
‘Fifteen, or… twenty?’
The number was considerable, and about five of them possessed remarkably formidable auras.
“At this level, they’re Imperial Palace Knights?”
Looking back, Hauser nodded as if sharing the same thought.
“I believe so as well.”
“The familiar movements suggest the Imperial Palace has come too.”
Had the Crown Prince come himself?
As I watched quietly, I suddenly turned my head in the opposite direction.
‘What?’
Confusion came with it.
A presence I hadn’t felt at all suddenly became apparent.
‘They can hide their presence to this degree?’
My hand moved the instant the thought formed.
Whoooosh!
Water surged forth, wrapping around us in a semicircle, and a massive fireball descended upon it.
Fire in a forest—these insane bastards!
The forest, its animals, and the beastkin who made this forest their home—none of it mattered to them.
It was the moment their true nature was laid bare.
“Hauser!”
At my signal, Hauser nodded quickly in understanding.
“Bring me one alive.”
“…I acknowledge the command.”
In combat, Hauser was not a frontline fighter.
Of course, with his balanced abilities, he would be competent even at the vanguard, but that wasn’t his strength.
His role was to strike from behind the enemy or exploit openings—if he wielded a gun, he would be closer to a sniper.
‘A man with a specialty capable of deceiving even my eyes…’
Various land animals flashed through my mind. Camouflage abilities, exemplified by the Chameleon, existed in other creatures as well.
Soon, the ones rushing toward us were revealed.
As I pushed through the undergrowth, water spears rained down like arrows.
“Dragon Duke, don’t leave my side.”
“….”
“I’m not disrespecting you. They already knew you were here when they came.”
The Dragon Duke seemed to be looking at the bone in his arms.
“…Or perhaps they came for this.”
“Yes, that’s possible too.”
Someone on the other side deflected a spear. The spear flying toward me reverted back into a stream of water.
They were the ones in black robes.
As I moved my feet once, sharp jets of water surged up from beneath their feet.
Puddles formed where the water spears fell to the ground.
This was no different from making this terrain my domain.
Splash!
As the robes tore, their forms became visible. I paused for a moment.
‘Clay golems?’
They resembled the clay golems the Crown Prince controlled. Artificial life forms created from the power of earth.
But they looked quite grotesque for that.
…They were half-human in appearance.
‘Surely this insane bastard didn’t….’
They rushed forward as if they knew no fear. Whether injured by the spears and water jets I created or not, they only advanced.
At the same time, I sensed a presence from behind. It was a presence I had missed earlier.
Turning around, I saw beastkin of various sizes wearing similar robes.
“Hmm? This isn’t according to plan?”
“There’s a person here.”
“Who cares. Sweep them away.”
A heavy voice rang out. I was familiar with the voice of one among them.
Just then, the person with the familiar voice suddenly removed her robe. She was a woman.
‘A Hyena.’
Years ago, when the Dragon Duke infiltrated the building where Ekion was imprisoned for rescue. The Hyena who guarded that area.
Unlike years past, she looked far more formidable. But I remembered her clearly thanks to her appearance being etched in my mind.
“It seems our objective might be in that hand?”
“The objective? You idiot, isn’t that the Dragon Duke!”
They seemed to be making small talk, but suddenly one of them rushed toward me.
“Either way, we just need to kill them, right?”
The one who rushed forward while removing his robe was a man with shaggy gray hair.
‘Swift movements, a Werewolf perhaps?’
He leaped from the tree and threw a punch that was quite vicious. I smiled casually and watched his fist.
“Well, that’s an interesting thing to say.”
As I swept my hand, the ground undulated and water surged up. Thanks to that, those mixed with the clay golems sank with a splash.
A swamp. Sunk up to their thighs, they wouldn’t escape for a while.
“Dragon Duke, shove them back down into the pit as soon as they climb out!”
I pivoted my body halfway and extended my fist using both legs as my axis.
Crash!
The Werewolf responded with astonishing speed, and my bare fist collided directly with his.
‘A spring mechanism?’
Curiously, one of his arms had something that resembled a spring or steel apparatus attached to it.
But my frown lasted only an instant.
Despite his massive frame.
Screech! Crack!
It was the Werewolf who went flying, splintering trees in his wake.
But I wasn’t entirely satisfied either.
‘…What is this power?’
I knew from fighting in the third cycle. This was different from ordinary Werewolves.
Rather, it was on the level of the Imperial collateral branches—the collateral Lions, or the highest-ranking Imperial Knights.
“Wow, look at how pathetically he flew.”
“A wolf getting stronger doesn’t amount to much anyway.”
“Well, to say that….”
I lifted my head.
One of those watching from the trees seemed to have recognized me.
“Why doesn’t anyone know? That hair—isn’t that an Orca…?”
Then one of the Slender Beastkin still wearing robes began to clap.
“Ah, that’s right! I thought it was a zebra because of the coloring?”
“That’s quite an amusing assessment.”
“?!”
The Slender Beastkin didn’t even have time to respond before taking my fist directly and crashing to the ground.
I spun halfway around and kicked another one down, then extended my fist again.
Grab!
It was caught. A Hyena Beastkin.
“Oh my, you shouldn’t underestimate us. Pretty thing?”
I smiled brightly.
“Who are you calling a thing, you bastard?”
From my trapped fist, a stream of water shot out, transforming into sharp saw teeth that whirled around.
The startled Hyena released his grip, but not before crimson blood streaked through the air.
“Gaaaah! What is this thing!”
And from below came the Werewolf’s cry. Hauser was doing his job properly.
Looking back, the Dragon Duke held a bone in one hand while his other remained in his pocket, casually stomping down on the clay-formed Beastkin hybrid struggling to emerge from the water.
Those who barely escaped were simply punched away by him, and I could only laugh at how absurd his attacks were.
“…Dragons aren’t combat specialists, it seems.”
I caught the fist flying toward me with a light tap. I saw the frustrated expression of the Hyena.
“Oh, this time it’s the opposite. Pretty lady?”
“…Profit! Raccoon!”
The Hyena Beastkin I had caught suddenly became white petals and scattered away.
Instead of panicking, I looked upward along the diagonal. On a branch above were the Hyena Beastkin and another Beastkin who had apparently recognized my identity.
It was a Beastkin of very small stature. Black eyes and mottled-colored hair.
“Hic, blood, only call me when you need it…. This is too much!”
“Shut up and assist me.”
It appeared to be a Raccoon Beastkin. The Raccoon Beastkin’s ability was ‘Transposition’.
Being able to move an opponent like this, it was quite an annoying ability even if not combat-oriented.
“The Raccoon doesn’t seem interested in fighting, so why not just let it go?”
“Shut it. What does an aquatic creature know.”
“Your prejudices like that are becoming tedious now.”
In my hand was an axe made of water. I grasped another branch with a stream of water and swung through the air like Tarzan.
‘No, is this Spider-Man?’
Either way, I kicked the Raccoon clinging behind the Hyena and sent it tumbling to the ground.
While the remaining Hyena was caught off guard.
“Look here. It’s this way.”
“What?”
I brought the axe down.
Crash!
The Hyena barely blocked my axe with the protective gear wrapped around its arm.
‘It blocked?’
I knew the Hyena’s strength well enough, no less than the Werewolf. These creatures shouldn’t have had the strength to stop this attack.
But….
I discovered a clockwork mechanism on the Hyena’s chest, the same as what I had seen on the Werewolf Beastkin.
The Hyena Beastkin’s face twisted with indignation.
“I didn’t expect to use it here, but still. You’re the most impressive among the fish, aren’t you?”
“You’re trembling in fear already, yet your mouth runs so freely?”
“….”
The Hyena Beastkin deliberately released its strength and bounced backward.
Then it threw something somewhere.
“Damn Orca X.”
Toward where the Dragon Duke was.
My body moved instinctively first.
Boom!
What unfolded in an instant. At least what happened after this was not something that occurred as expected.

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