How a Two-Life Scoundrel Lives - Chapter 103
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【Chapter 103】
Right after the explosion subsided.
“Cough, cough cough!”
“Ugh!”
The scout members were scattered everywhere, coughing incessantly and writhing in pain.
“I-Is everyone alright!”
As soon as Begman regained his senses, he immediately checked on his subordinates’ condition.
“All clear!”
“I’m fine too! Ugh!”
Fortunately, the explosion’s power wasn’t that great.
Everyone was charred black, but there didn’t seem to be anyone particularly injured or dead.
“Second Lieutenant! Are you alright?”
“I-I’m fine. Ugh!”
Melvin, the culprit behind the explosion, was also charred black and had some burns on his arm, but didn’t seem seriously injured.
Since it was a magical explosion rather than a physical one, the actual damage seemed minimal compared to all the commotion.
“See? I told you I had a bad feeling about this.”
“Sh-Shut up!”
At Carlisle’s casual remark, Begman’s face turned bright red as he shouted.
“It’s because you were spouting all that negative nonsense!”
“…”
Carlisle glared at Begman as if he couldn’t believe it.
Magic wasn’t some superstitious belief…
“But it looks like we’re screwed now. What do we do?”
“…?”
“They’re swarming from all directions. Like a pack of dogs.”
Rumble rumble rumble!
As if to prove Carlisle’s words, Grimgand vibrated incessantly.
“C-Captain! This is bad! The barbarians from other areas are also rushing toward this location!”
Marder reported the situation he discovered through aerial reconnaissance to Begman.
The situation was obvious.
Barbarians who had been conducting mining operations nearby must have seen the explosion’s sound and rising flames and were rushing over in haste.
“D-Damn it.”
Begman’s face turned pale.
This was essentially the worst-case scenario that could occur during an operation.
Not only had they failed at the surprise attack, but they had also drawn in surrounding enemies…
“These rat bastard continentals!”
“We’ll kill them all!”
Meanwhile, the barbarian group they had originally intended to attack was also drawing their weapons and tools, charging toward the hill where the scout forces were positioned.
“All units retreat! Retreat!”
Begman shouted urgently.
The scout unit abandoned combat and sprinted at full speed toward Bowden Fortress.
In the current situation, fighting was forbidden.
Even if they could win the fight, retreating was absolutely the right choice now.
Fighting the enemy would only buy time for other enemies to approach.
Soon, a chase began with pursuers and pursued.
The scout unit’s retreat was far from easy.
“Die!”
“Where do you think you’re running!”
Barbarian warriors emerged from various locations, unleashing attacks on the retreating scout unit.
“This way!”
Carlisle used the [Whisper of the Earth] that Evangeline had given him to lead the scout unit along a safe route.
However, [Whisper of the Earth] didn’t eliminate enemies.
It only guided them along the safest possible path.
In that case…
‘I wonder if they can still chase us after this.’
A quiet voice flowed from Carlisle’s lips.
“Get up quickly, I’ll help you.”
Those were Gwen’s last words.
Whooom!
The noble and pure will of the girl soldier who had died trying to save her comrade enveloped not only Carlisle but all the scout members.
[Mutual Prosperity]
[Mutual Prosperity]
Get up quickly! I’ll help you!
Get up quickly! I’ll help you!
Effect:
Effect:
– During retreat and return: All unit members’ movement speed +50%
– During retreat and return: All unit members’ movement speed +50%
– During retreat and return: All unit members’ health, stamina, mana recovery +150%
– During retreat and return: All unit members’ health, stamina, mana recovery +150%
[Mutual Prosperity]
Get up quickly! I’ll help you!
Effect:
– During retreat and return: All unit members’ movement speed +50%
– During retreat and return: All unit members’ health, stamina, mana recovery +150%
[Mutual Prosperity]
Get up quickly! I’ll help you!
Effect:
– During retreat and return: All unit members’ movement speed +50%
– During retreat and return: All unit members’ health, stamina, mana recovery +150%
[Mutual Prosperity]
Get up quickly! I’ll help you!
Effect:
– During retreat and return: All unit members’ movement speed +50%
– During retreat and return: All unit members’ health, stamina, mana recovery +150%
[Mutual Prosperity]
Get up quickly! I’ll help you!
Effect:
– During retreat and return: All unit members’ movement speed +50%
– During retreat and return: All unit members’ health, stamina, mana recovery +150%
“Let’s run quickly.”
Carlisle dashed forward at a terrifying speed.
“M-My body suddenly feels light?”
“I’m overflowing with strength!”
“I don’t know what it is, but let’s run for now!”
The scout members, enhanced by the [Mutual Prosperity] effect, chased after Carlisle at tremendous speed.
* * *
Thanks to Carlisle’s efforts, the scouting party seemed to safely escape the danger zone.
However….
“What, what is it! Why did you stop?”
Begman asked Carlisle, who had suddenly stopped in his tracks.
“We can’t go forward.”
“Why?”
“There are enemies ahead.”
“…!”
The reason Carlisle stopped was because red arrows had appeared in all directions.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble…!!!
Meanwhile, Grimgand vibrated so intensely it made his grip tingle.
“Then what should we do now?”
“We have to fight.”
Carlisle answered Begman’s question while adjusting his stance.
“It looks like we just need to deal with the ones right in front of us?”
“R-really?”
“Here they come.”
As soon as Carlisle finished speaking, dozens of barbarian warriors burst out from the grass field and charged toward the scouting party.
“Keheheh!”
“How dare you crawl into our territory!”
Battle erupted.
“Kugh!”
“D-damn it! There are too many!”
With so many enemies, it was natural for the scouting party to be pushed into a defensive position.
Swoosh, bang!
The flare that Begman shot up painted the sky with sparks.
It was to request support from their allies at the fortress.
But that might have been a meaningless action.
They would have to wait at least 30 minutes for reinforcements to arrive.
But the enemies were right there, threatening the lives of the scout members.
Perhaps all the reinforcements would be able to save would be their allies’ corpses.
“This is annoyingly troublesome.”
Carlisle frowned and gripped Grimgand.
“Just die.”
Swish, swishhh!
Thunk!
As Carlisle swung Grimgand, pitch-black blades erupted from the ground and pierced through the barbarian warriors.
Blade Hell.
The one who opens the vast gates of death.
The vanguard of judgment.
The divine authority of Hell’s First Lord [Grasim] manifested, turning the battlefield into a literal hell of blades.
Perhaps because Carlisle had grown stronger after taking the elixir, the range of Blade Hell was vast enough to cover the entire surrounding area and more.
“Kraaaagh!”
“V-Valhallaaaa… gack!”
The barbarian warriors floundered in the Blade Hell, meeting their deaths looking like meat skewered on spits.
“He’s, he’s a monster.”
“As expected, Sigmund is still Sigmund.”
The scout members were amazed and stuck out their tongues watching Carlisle cast Blade Hell and sweep away the enemies.
But it was still too early to be surprised.
“Continental brat! I’ll be your opponent!”
A barbarian warrior covered in multiple large tattoos charged toward Carlisle.
‘4-star level.’
Carlisle immediately recognized that this barbarian warrior was at a similar level to the Butcher Tribe’s Zarkan and Bjornsen brothers he had fought before.
“I, Vargar, centurion of the Executioner Tribe, will be your opponent!”
The barbarian warrior who revealed his name as Vargar leaped high into the air, then began spinning like a top while swinging his massive greatsword.
It was a combination of [Thunder Leap], which Bjornsen had also shown before, and [Spinning Slash], a technique that was like a symbol of barbarian warriors.
Whiiiiii―!!!
Vargar spun at an invisible speed, trying to cut Carlisle in half.
‘Focus.’
Carlisle calmly watched Vargar and swung Grimgand.
Crash!
With a roar like an exploding bomb, Grimgand precisely penetrated the opening in the spinning Vargar.
Slash!
Grimgand’s blade cut Vargar’s body diagonally in two.
Thud!
Vargar’s bisected corpse collapsed to the ground.
Sonic Genesis Slash.
It was an ultra-high-speed slash combining the Soul Severing Sword techniques [Yearning] and [World Opening].
“V-Vargar sir!”
“This can’t be!”
The barbarian warriors were shocked to see Vargar cut in half with a single sword strike.
They couldn’t even imagine that Vargar, who was considered quite a strong warrior within the tribe, would die to some pale, sickly-looking wastrel.
The scout members were equally surprised.
“He, he killed a centurion with one strike?”
“When did he become so strong?”
For ordinary soldiers, Carlisle’s growth rate was in the realm of incomprehensible mystery that defied common sense.
But Carlisle showed no emotion about killing Vargar and paid no attention whatsoever to the reactions around him.
He would simply kill.
‘I need to break through quickly.’
Right now, Carlisle’s mind was focused only on quickly breaking through the encirclement and escaping the danger zone.
* * *
Thanks to Carlisle’s great performance, the scouting party successfully returned to the fortress without a single casualty.
“You really worked hard. We lived thanks to you.”
“Our youngest is the best! The best! Oh, he’s not the youngest anymore, is he? Haha!”
The scout members all praised Carlisle to no end.
Since he had essentially grabbed the scouting party by the hair and pulled them out of the worst situation, it was only natural that everyone would praise Carlisle.
“You all worked hard.”
Of course, Carlisle’s reaction was as dry and indifferent as always.
In contrast, the treatment of Lieutenant Melvin, the new officer, and Adrian, the new recruit, was absolutely terrible.
“Khak, ptui!”
Wilson openly brushed past Lieutenant Melvin and spat out yellow phlegm with a loud splat.
“I had expectations because he was supposed to be a mage, but there’s no trash worse than this trash.”
The other scout members felt the same way.
“What kind of mage is that supposed to be.”
“Of course. There’s no way a high-level personnel like a mage would come all the way here. They must have sent him because he’s such a failure.”
Lieutenant Melvin, completely deflated, hung his head low and couldn’t say a word.
Having failed the magic and thus the operation, and nearly getting the entire reconnaissance team killed, he had nothing to say even if he had ten mouths.
“…S-sorry.”
Lieutenant Melvin apologized to the scout members in a crawling voice, but no one even bothered to respond.
“Everyone’s angry because they almost died, so don’t take it too much to heart.”
Only Begman, the reconnaissance captain, offered words of comfort to Lieutenant Melvin.
Adrian’s situation wasn’t much different.
“Do you want to get kicked out of the reconnaissance team? I know it’s your first real battle, but what are you going to do if you freeze up and tremble like that?”
“You bastard! Won’t you snap out of it?”
“I’ll let it slide since it’s your first time. But if you do it again, know that you’ll die by my hands first.”
Adrian had just trembled while gripping his sword, doing absolutely nothing.
It seemed like he had lost his mind, experiencing real combat for the first time in his life.
At least since he was a young, green recruit, he wasn’t treated as poorly as Lieutenant Melvin.
“Were you very scared?”
“S-sorry!”
“It’s fine. Everyone has a first time. As long as you didn’t run away trying to save yourself.”
Kudo warmly looked after Adrian.
“Right. Freezing up was a bit much, but at least you didn’t run away. Just do better next time. I was like that at first too.”
Private Russell also shared his own experiences with Adrian, helping the young recruit regain his composure.
‘What a mess from the very first operation.’
Carlisle was having such thoughts as he walked when.
“Oh! 3rd Company!”
“You guys failed your operation and barely survived, right?”
“Woo!”
Just then, the 1st Company Reconnaissance Team and 2nd Company Reconnaissance Team, returning from their operations, sent mockery and jeers toward the 3rd Company reconnaissance members that Carlisle belonged to.
“I’m not in the mood to play with you bastards, so get lost while I’m asking nicely.”
Begman growled at the 1st and 2nd Company reconnaissance members.
“Oh? Looks like you’re pissed off?”
“These weak bastards always have such high pride.”
Wilson flared up.
“You fucking bastards! What are you looking at! Huh?”
The other company reconnaissance members didn’t even blink.
Since they were also reconnaissance members, they were soldiers hardened by the battlefield, so their so-called ‘guts’ were no ordinary thing.
“What? Want to fight? Go ahead!”
“Puhahaha!”
“Acting tough after failing your operation!”
Then not only Wilson but the rest of the 3rd Company reconnaissance members stepped forward one by one.
“Done talking?”
“Want to die?”
The atmosphere turned menacing in an instant, and both sides slowly closed the distance when.
“Because of an incompetent captain, all the trash are going to die…”
Thwack!
“Argh!”
“Say more! You bastard!”
“This bastard!”
Starting with Begman punching the 2nd Company reconnaissance captain in the face, a full-blown brawl broke out.
“…This is really something else.”
Carlisle shook his head in disgust and tried to quietly slip away from the scene, when someone blocked his path.
“Are you that brat from House Sigmund?”
“…?”
“Perfect timing! You fucking bastard!”
The 1st Company reconnaissance captain suddenly threw a punch at Carlisle.
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