How a Two-Life Scoundrel Lives - Chapter 70
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【Chapter 70】
– Gwaak, gwaaaaaaak!
– Valhallaaaaa!
The surroundings were completely filled with enemies.
Horrifying undead monsters and savage, ruthless Barbarian Warriors were slaughtering the allied forces indiscriminately.
It was one-sided carnage, and also a massacre.
In that terrible hellscape, the soldiers ran to survive.
– R-run away!
– Retreat, retreat!
There was no need to ignite their fighting spirit.
A battle where defeat was predetermined from the start… The difference in power was so overwhelming that a proper fight couldn’t even be established.
– Huff huff, huff huff huff!
Gwen ran with her comrades, ran and ran again.
Even as her breath reached her throat, even as she fell along the way and scraped her knees and arms, she didn’t stop running.
She had to survive, somehow.
She wanted to survive and return to her family back home.
She didn’t want to die like this.
However, she lacked the ability to escape from this worst situation, and even luck wasn’t on her side.
– Hahaha! Run to your heart’s content! To your heart’s content!
Evil laughter echoed through the air.
Suddenly, a mage in a black robe appeared.
Crack, craaack!
Kwaaaaak!
The ground split open, and white bone hands burst out from within, grabbing the ankles of the fleeing soldiers.
– Kyaaaaaaak!
Gwen barely managed to escape from the bone hands’ restraint.
Though one of her military boots came off, Gwen could still keep running.
– H-hurry, I have to run!
Just as Gwen gritted her teeth and got up to run away.
– H-help me! Please!
A comrade’s desperate cry pierced Gwen’s ears.
Stop!
Gwen’s footsteps halted.
– Please don’t abandon me! Gwen! Save me! Pleeeease!
– ….
Gwen hesitated for a moment.
She wanted to live.
She wanted to run away like this.
But Gwen didn’t do that.
She wasn’t heartless enough to abandon a comrade in crisis.
– Get up quickly! I’ll help you!
– Th-thank you.
– Stay strong!
– Huuuk!
Gwen pulled her comrade with all her strength, but the Bone Shackles’ restraint couldn’t be broken with simple force.
– Tsk tsk. Such foolish girls.
The Dark Mage approached Gwen.
– Do you think the likes of you can escape from my restraints?
– …!
Startled, Gwen hastily picked up a pickaxe and swung it toward Crowley.
However, even if he was a Dark Mage, there was no way he’d be defeated by an attack from an engineer, a non-combat soldier.
Swish, Crowley’s dagger pierced her heart after dodging Gwen’s attack.
Stab!
– …!
Gwen trembled as if struck by lightning.
– Look at you struggling. Tsk tsk tsk.
Thud, Gwen collapsed.
– Sorry… I couldn’t… save you…
– G-Gwen…!
– My leave… wasn’t much longer… my family… I want to see mom…
That was the last memory Gwen left in this world.
[Alert: Residual thoughts have been read.]
[Alert: Residual thoughts can be absorbed.]
[Alert: Residual thoughts have been read.]
[Alert: Residual thoughts can be absorbed.]
[Alert: Residual thoughts have been read.]
[Alert: Residual thoughts can be absorbed.]
[Alert: Residual thoughts have been read.]
[Alert: Residual thoughts can be absorbed.]
[Alert: Residual thoughts have been read.]
[Alert: Residual thoughts can be absorbed.]
‘If she had run away alone… maybe she could have lived.’
Carlisle unconsciously gripped Gwen’s military boot.
‘Why did you have to be so foolishly kind…’
[Alert: Residual thoughts have been absorbed!]
[Alert: 【Mutual Prosperity】 skill has been acquired!]
[Alert: Residual thoughts have been absorbed!]
[Alert: 【Mutual Prosperity】 skill has been acquired!]
[Alert: Residual thoughts have been absorbed!]
[Alert: 【Mutual Prosperity】 skill has been acquired!]
[Alert: Residual thoughts have been absorbed!]
[Alert: 【Mutual Prosperity】 skill has been acquired!]
[Alert: Residual thoughts have been absorbed!]
[Alert: 【Mutual Prosperity】 skill has been acquired!]
‘This is…’
[Mutual Prosperity]
[Mutual Prosperity]
Get up quickly! I’ll help you!
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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and mana recovery +150%
[Mutual Prosperity].
This was the name of the power Gwen left in this world through her lingering spirit.
Though she wasn’t a war hero who achieved great military feats, her final moments were worthy of being called heroic.
‘I won’t forget your end.’
Swish, Carlisle carefully embraced Gwen’s military boots.
* * *
Right after collecting the corpses of fallen allied soldiers.
“Wait a moment.”
Carlisle spoke up as if something had occurred to him.
“What’s the matter?”
“Since we’ve come this far, I thought we might as well loot what we can before leaving.”
“What are you planning to loot?”
Begman tilted his head curiously.
“That Dark Mage bastard’s dungeon.”
“Ah.”
“Since we’re already out here, let’s go raid it.”
“That’s fine by me… but do you know where that bastard’s dungeon is?”
“There’s a way to find out.”
Carlisle looked back at Evangeline.
Actually, Carlisle knew where Crowley’s dungeon was located, but it was difficult to say so outright.
However, as long as Evangeline was by his side, there was no need to beat around the bush.
“Can you guide us there?”
“Of course.”
Evangeline nodded and cast [Memory of Earth], creating Crowley’s form to recreate the situation from that time.
“That bastard.”
“Just looking at his face makes me angry.”
The Scout Members growled at the earthen figure of Crowley.
Though it was just a figure made of earth anyway…
“Let’s follow him.”
Carlisle followed Crowley’s figure.
“Here it is.”
Crowley’s dungeon was located in an abandoned common cemetery about 2 kilometers away from Bowden Fortress.
It was a place used for roughly burying unidentified corpses that were discovered by chance.
Even that was only used in the past, and since no one visited it now, thickets had grown densely over it.
“It was here?”
Begman made an expression as if he’d been caught off guard.
They say it’s darkest under the lamp…
Crowley’s dungeon was located beneath a stone slab positioned in the center of the common cemetery.
“Let’s go in.”
“Wait.”
Begman grabbed Carlisle.
“Why?”
“Wouldn’t it be dangerous?”
“That bastard is dead, so there’s no way the undead would be fine.”
“Huh?”
“When a necromancer dies, the undead stop functioning too.”
“Is that how it works?”
“Yes.”
Carlisle nodded and explained.
“The guardians in a necromancer’s dungeon would just be undead anyway, so there shouldn’t be any particular danger.”
“I, I see.”
“Even if a dangerous situation arises, we’ll be absolutely safe today at least, so don’t worry.”
Carlisle said this while glancing at Maranello.
As long as the Northern Reaper was by their side, it wasn’t an exaggeration to say there was nothing Carlisle’s group needed to fear.
Meanwhile, Maranello watched Carlisle with a pleased smile.
‘To think the Young Master is leading the Scout Members.’
How much heartache had he suffered because of Carlisle’s wayward behavior until now?
From Maranello’s perspective, he felt like bowing to Carlisle.
To think the Northern Scoundrel had grown so admirably in just two months since enlisting…
‘Ha. Since he’s a trash-like guy, there’s nothing but trash-like stuff here.’
Unfortunately, in Crowley’s dungeon, there wasn’t a single useful item to be found even if you searched with your eyes wide open.
Of course, since it was a Dark Mage’s dungeon, it was full of various items and materials about dark magic, but most were so utterly evil that they were things you wouldn’t want to touch.
At least it was fortunate that they could gather various potions and valuable items like gold coins, gold bars, and various gems that had been collected over decades.
“Let’s take what we can and get out.”
“Let’s do that.”
Carlisle’s group left the dungeon with money, potions, and several corpses of Decaron Army soldiers that hadn’t been turned into undead yet.
Whoosh, crackle crackle!
He didn’t forget to set fire before leaving the dungeon.
Thus, the dungeon that the evil necromancer Crowley had cultivated over his lifetime, along with all the dangerous items and dark knowledge stored within, disappeared into a handful of ashes.
‘Are you watching?’
Carlisle thought of Crowley, who would be suffering in hell by now, and smiled coldly.
‘Now there’s no trace of you left in this world. Your research materials that you studied your whole life, your belongings. They’ve all burned to nothing. This is my final punishment for you.’
By leaving nothing behind, denying his entire lifetime, his very existence.
That was Carlisle’s final revenge against Crowley.
* * *
After returning to Bowden Fortress, Carlisle put military boots on Gwen’s corpse and completely sent her off.
Though rigor mortis should have set in, the fact that he could easily put the boots on might have been thanks to [Purification Breath].
The next night.
“Is everyone gathered?”
“Yes.”
The scout members answered Helen’s question.
“Then let’s begin.”
As soon as Helen finished speaking, Begman stepped forward and pointed at Carlisle.
“Kid.”
“Yes?”
“Stand up.”
“Why?”
“What do you mean why?”
Begman glared at him.
“Don’t you want to get promoted? If you don’t, just say so. I’ll make sure you keep rolling around as a private.”
“Ah, so that’s what this is about.”
Carlisle’s expression became indifferent as if he finally understood.
“As you all know, our kid here is a direct descendant of the Sigmund Family. A very fresh Sigmund who completed his succession ceremony and commissioning ceremony just two months ago.”
“Hahaha!”
“You all know, right? That Sigmunds must pass the Noble Proof. I counted the number of battles this guy participated in over the past two months, and it was exactly ten times. So now it’s time for us to evaluate this guy.”
Begman swept his gaze across the scout members.
“The evaluation is simple. We just need to judge whether our kid has the qualifications to become a commanding officer in our army or not. You’ve all been watching him from the side, so don’t worry about others and vote according to your conscience. Got it?”
“Yes!”
“Then… anyone who thinks the kid doesn’t have the qualifications to become an officer?”
“…”
No one raised their hand.
“Then anyone who thinks the kid has sufficient qualifications to become an officer?”
This time, all the scout members raised their hands one by one, expressing their opinion that Carlisle was qualified to become an officer.
Unanimous.
The entire scout unit evaluated that Carlisle had the qualities to be an officer, a commander.
Ding!
A notification window appeared before Carlisle’s eyes.
[Notification: Unanimous!]
[Notification: Congratulations!]
[Notification: You have completed 【Noble Proof】!]
[Notification: Unanimous!]
[Notification: Congratulations!]
[Notification: You have completed 【Noble Proof】!]
[Notification: Unanimous!]
[Notification: Congratulations!]
[Notification: You have completed 【Noble Proof】!]
[Notification: Unanimous!]
[Notification: Congratulations!]
[Notification: You have completed 【Noble Proof】!]
[Notification: Unanimous!]
[Notification: Congratulations!]
[Notification: You have completed 【Noble Proof】!]
Clap clap clap clap clap!
“Wow!”
“He’s getting promoted the fastest among us! Hahaha!”
“Wheeee!”
“Now you’ll become an officer, Private Carlisle.”
The scout members genuinely congratulated Carlisle.
“Sob…”
Maranello, who was watching, once again pulled out his handkerchief and wiped away tears.
Just a year ago, he couldn’t even imagine that Carlisle would pass the Noble Proof…
“Congratulations, Private Carlisle. No, I should call you Second Lieutenant Carlisle from now on. Though you’ll have to remain a private until you pass the promotion review.”
Helen also gave Carlisle congratulations in a plain and calm manner.
“Thank you.”
Carlisle bowed his head to Helen and the scout members in return.
And that was all.
Carlisle just stood there blankly without saying anything special.
“What, that’s it?”
“Don’t you have more to say?”
“Why is his reaction like that?”
The scout members tilted their heads in confusion.
Because Carlisle didn’t seem particularly happy.
Helen quickly stepped in.
“As a celebration, I’ll specially allow some drinking tonight.”
“Ooooh!”
The scout members’ eyes rolled back white.
Since they couldn’t even remember when they last had alcohol, it wasn’t strange that they were all going crazy now that drinking was permitted.
“Private Carlisle.”
“Yes, Sir Helen.”
“Come out for a moment. Let’s talk privately.”
“Sure.”
Carlisle readily answered and followed Helen.
Receiving everyone’s congratulations in such a noisy setting felt like sitting on a bed of thorns.
And…
‘Do I really have to get promoted?’
Carlisle had quite a negative stance toward promotion.
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