I Inherited a Beautiful Wife and a Territory - Chapter 23

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Inheriting a Beautiful Wife and Estate Episode 023

23. The Tyrant of Lazahar

Belast Port.

A massive trading ship was entering toward that place.

Volta opened his mouth toward the man who was the first to disembark from that ship.

“Oh, Vasco. Lucky you didn’t become snake food, it seems?”

“Don’t say such things even as a joke, Volta. Do you know how scared I was while sailing these waters? Damn it. It’s usually a calm sea where big waves are rare even when it rains, but of all things, it had to be waters where that monster roams around…”

As if truly frightened, the large man called Vasco trembled his body.

Volta looked at him mischievously and spoke.

“Hehe. Still, Serpenton is somewhat better. At least it lets you go if you offer tribute, right?”

“Do you think that tribute is just a few cattle or horses? No matter how much I sell, it doesn’t balance the books, the books. And you haven’t seen that snake yourself. If you actually saw it… you wouldn’t even be able to think of offering tribute at all.”

The terror that monster emanated.

Just recalling it made Vasco tremble uncontrollably.

The Fear – the killing intent emitted by higher-tier magical beasts.

The terror he felt then was that great.

At those words, Volta’s expression also gradually changed.

‘That fearless giant is only terrified of that snake. He used to scoff at it before…’

It meant that this sea’s tyrant was truly a being of terror.

Volta said with a laugh.

“Still, the real problem is the merpeople. Those cowardly bastards who drill holes in the bottom and run away – you rarely encounter Serpents, but meeting these ones is daily routine, right?”

“But they’re stupid, so you just need to prepare well. Once you get the hang of it, you can haul them up with nets in one go, right?”

“What’s the point of catching them? Most of them are creatures you can neither eat nor sell anyway.”

At Volta’s excited voice, Vasco nodded as if in agreement.

“That’s true too. Mermaids can at least be sold inland for ornamental purposes if captured, but mermen really have nothing worthwhile at all.”

At Vasco’s agreement, Volta nodded his head vigorously in affirmation.

“Right. If you catch a Serpent, its whole body is like gold. Not just those scales, but you’d mount the head on the ship’s bow, the meat and heart are the finest magical medicine, and even every drop of blood that would pour from that massive body – wizards would want to buy it all, right?”

“Are you crazy? How would you even catch that thing? Still, it’s fortunate that from around this time until summer, it goes somewhere else and stays quiet.”

“Hehe. I’m just saying. But haven’t you ever had such thoughts? A sailor should have such fantasies at least once as a child. Like slaying a dragon and marrying a princess. When you grow up, you become a bit more materialistic. A life where you catch that sea serpent and live with the gold coins you get, maybe even keeping an elf slave!”

Listening to Volta’s words, Vasco let out a quiet chuckle.

‘If that were really possible, nothing would be better. Then I’d first gulp down that sea serpent’s heart…’

Then wouldn’t he gain immense magical power that could transform even the most aged body?

-Lord’s Dignity resists Fear.

-Failed.

-Lord’s Dignity resists Fear.

Death.

No other thoughts entered his mind except that one.

A terror like being sucked into the maw of a gigantic monster.

‘What is this…’

He wasn’t the only one who felt fear here.

Leticia in front of him also trembled with a pale face. Though she was stronger than him, the fear she felt seemed even greater.

You see as much as you know.

Just like that saying, the fear Leticia felt seemed immense.

She had even wet herself, but didn’t seem to notice even that.

-Lord’s Dignity resists Fear.

Even during this, the same message kept coming repeatedly.

-Failed.

But this message followed each time.

He could guess the reason.

His Dignity stat was too low.

Since it was killing intent from a dimension far higher than his own level, his current level couldn’t resist it.

‘I can’t breathe…’

That killing intent grew thicker and thicker.

-Kyuaaaauuuung!

Again, a different sound came from far away.

It was the sound of the estate’s guardian spirit raging at the murderous intent threatening the estate.

That sound instantly erased the fear that had been consuming the surroundings.

‘Kyuung!’

The great Spirit Mage of the estate that Leticia had mentioned!

That Kyuung showed anger for the first time.

At the same time, tension could be felt in Kyuwong’s voice too.

It meant the opponent was that strong. Cliff guessed the identity of this killing intent.

There was only one possibility.

‘The lake’s Serpent has awakened.’

A being capable of spreading this level of terror.

There was no other suspect besides the Serpent said to be in the lake. And now a fight was about to break out between that Serpent and Kyuung.

Cliff jumped up.

Leticia was still trembling.

‘She’s in bad shape.’

Though better than before, she just sat there repeating deep breaths.

It seemed her leg strength had given out. As Cliff left her and headed outside, he encountered a man.

“Are you alright?”

“You seem surprisingly fine. Let’s go. We can’t have other damage to the estate.”

“What on earth is this? Fear of this magnitude…”

Teobaldt.

His face was full of tension.

“…If it weren’t for Kyuwong’s cry that followed, I wouldn’t have been able to move either.”

“It must be the lake. I heard a snake lives there. Anyway, just in case, we need to evacuate all people and livestock from around the lake and the river too.”

“Right now… the geese would be at the river.”

“Sigh. My precious geese… If I’d known this would happen, I should have boiled them all at that day’s festival.”

Cliff spoke with regret.

Still, people came first now.

Sometimes there were children who followed Kyuung around.

‘If Kyuung is really fighting that snake, those children are in trouble too.’

The children might also be in danger.

Still, he had faith.

It was Kyuung.

If Kyuung was nearby, it seemed like the children and geese would somehow be saved.

‘That snake rarely comes out of the water, so if they were somehow brought up to land…’

The geese and children might have survived.

Cliff and Teobaldt came outside with urgent steps. On the way out, Cliff asked Teobaldt.

“What about the wolves?”

Cliff had left the beastmen to Teobaldt.

“…They’re creatures with strong instincts by nature. When hit with Fear of this magnitude, they can’t move. No matter how much that Fear disappears, they’ll just tremble all day today.”

“What about elves too?”

“That woman seems to have been affected too. Yes. I hear that elves and dragon-kind have the worst compatibility.”

They were among the strongest in this estate, yet they were of no help at all right now.

‘I didn’t know they had such a weakness.’

Now, people who couldn’t handle magic were actually in better shape.

Of course, they felt fear just the same.

The killing intent that had just threatened them.

This didn’t spare ordinary people either.

“Lord Deputy, it seems the Serpent has awakened from hibernation!”

“I think so too. Still, the old man seems fine. Leticia wet herself and is still sitting there in shock.”

It seemed Nigel had the same thought as him.

Cold sweat and a hardened face.

In that state, Nigel spoke heavily.

“She must feel the killing intent that monster released more keenly. I’m just an old man who doesn’t have much time left anyway. More importantly, Lord Deputy.”

“What?”

“You must offer a living sacrifice.”

He took back thinking the man was fine.

“Old man, have you gone senile?”

He must have gone crazy with age.

But Teobaldt said the same thing.

“If it’s a Serpent… they’re called tyrants of the sea. The reason they’re called tyrants is also because they act like kings.”

“That’s right, Lord Deputy. Sailors actually prepare living sacrifices in case they encounter Serpents. There are stories of some islands regularly offering sacrifices to Serpents and receiving their protection.”

He seemed to have seen something like that too.

Stories like maidens being offered to giant snakes.

Still, it wasn’t that kind of crazy act.

“Usually livestock like cattle, horses, or donkeys are offered as sacrifices. When they receive the sacrifice, the Serpent withdraws its threat and retreats.”

This was different from Krakens.

Krakens just destroy ships.

It’s known to be a kind of curiosity.

Out of curiosity, they wrap ships with their tentacles, and if there’s resistance, they apply force and crush them. Taking the entire ship down to the deep sea is the Kraken’s behavior.

But Serpents threaten and extract sacrifices.

If you don’t give sacrifices, they kill everyone as punishment.

This is their way.

‘So they’re saying to offer a sacrifice?’

The problem was whether there was livestock in this estate to offer as sacrifice.

And from what he thought, this time it wouldn’t end with just a sacrifice.

“But… if the Serpent is already angry, the story would be different.”

Shiiiiiiiak!

It was very far away.

Probably at the lake.

From there, the Serpent once again shot out a roar, expressing its anger.

Kyuuuuuaang!

Kyuung didn’t back down and confronted it.

“Enough, quickly evacuate everyone near water! Kyuung and that snake probably… can’t be stopped.”

This fight had already begun.

As Cliff shouted that, Tom from the lodging also came looking for them with support.

“Lord Deputy, what is this…”

“The Serpent that was in the lake seems to have awakened. And now it looks like it wants to have a match with our estate’s mascot.”

“A, a Serpent… you mean the tyrant of the Rajahara Sea is in this estate?”

The tyrant of the Rajahara Sea?

Come to think of it, he vaguely remembered hearing about it.

The sea surrounding the Yusta Peninsula was the Rajahara Sea.

And a Serpent had been living in this sea since long ago.

‘I don’t know if it’s really just one…’

The Rajahara Sea wasn’t wide enough for more than two Serpents to live. Come to think of it, this lake was indeed a narrow place for a Serpent to claim as territory.

It would be right to think it usually traveled between the lake and sea.

“I don’t know if it’s that tyrant or not. But…”

Only one thing was clear.

“Right now that so-called tyrant and our Kyuung are fighting.”

The Serpent that used to go out to sea in winter to show off its presence.

The tyrant of Rajahara was surprised as it entered the lake it used as a hideout. There definitely hadn’t been any creature with enough presence to threaten it around here.

That’s why this place was his complete territory and hideout.

But this had changed.

Grrrrr.

The Serpent felt uncomfortable.

This area is my territory!

The Serpent radiated its aura like that.

Then surely that creature in the river would appropriately retreat.

Since there would be nothing good from fighting each other.

But the opponent was more hot-blooded than he thought.

Kyuuuuuaaang!

The mighty monster outside also roared.

That this was the territory he protected.

His initial plan to threaten appropriately and make it retreat had gone awry. Now there was no choice.

The Serpent and the threatening monster outside (Kyuung).

The situation had come where one of them had to die or submit. The Serpent stuck its head out of the water.

Kyuung in the distance also ran toward the lake.

Shiiiiiak!

Kyuaang!

As Kyuung leaped into the lake, the full-scale battle between the two monsters began.

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