C120: The King of All Vicious Beasts (2)
Chapter sponsored by Jana. Thank you for your support. Also Beast of Jévaudan will be changed to Beast of Gévaudan like someone recommended me in the comments.
Erendir, who had not been able to evacuate the Kunst auction house, had no choice but to grind her teeth as she saw raiders openly targeting her.
"I shouldn't have come here!"
I should've just taken a rest in Theon!
"There she is! There she is!"
Upon hearing the disturbance, the Liberation Army rushed at her with a ferocious force. For the Liberation Army, Erendir, who passed on the blood of the royal family beyond the nobility, was the enemy and goal that must be overthrown.
Above all, killing her will alert those hateful royals to the danger and strength of the Liberation Army.
The Liberation Army prepared bomb vests and rushed together to die because the Silence of fire was of no use now since they had the bombs made with special gunpowder and were no longer helpless against magic.
"You're too loud."
At that moment, it was Casey Selmore, who spoke.
"What?"
The Liberation Army was perplexed by Casey's sudden appearance in the air. Well, she suddenly emerged from the empty air like a curtain.
Erendir looked at her too.
"That's the power of a wizard who received the title [Colour]."
That was Casey Selmore's unique magic of wrapping a thin film of water in the air to distort the light and disappear, [The Mermaid's Raincoat].
Releasing it, Casey Selmore immediately pointed her cane at the Liberation Army, which was rushing toward Erendir.
"Stay quiet."
At the same time, moisture from the atmosphere gathered around the liberation forces, turned into bubbles, and trapped them all. The Liberation Army, which quickly floated in the air, clenched their teeth and tried to detonate bomb vests on their bodies.
"It doesn't work?"
The bomb, which had been intact in the magic of "Silence of Fire," which inhibits the action of gunpowder, failed when it was trapped in the bubble.
Casey scoffed at the bewildered Liberation Army.
"Even if it's special gunpowder, it's useless if it's wet."
Casey used the moisture in the atmosphere to make their gunpowder wet. The biggest misfortune for the Liberation Army was that Casey Selmore was present in the place they attacked. Of all things, who would have expected that a powerful wizard who uses the water element would be in the Kunst auction house?
"Don't be so proud of us for overpowering us! There are still more of our compatriots here! By now…!"
"Oh, you mean those people?"
Casey raised her hand and pointed to one side, looking at the Liberation Army still in high spirits. There, compatriots of the Liberation Army, who had just arrived at the scene, were brutally trampled on by two women and collapsed on the floor.
"Damn, what the hell is this……."
As a liberator, he remembered, those two women had little presence and he didn't even know their names. However, the two women knocked down all of their compatriots without a single wound.
In a way, it was natural not to know. One of the two who knocked out dozens of liberators was from the Nightcrawler Knights of the Security Agency, and the other was Casey Selmore assistant.
"Casey, I'm done organizing this side!"
Betty answered while waving cheerfully and Enya Joiners, who was by Betty's side, hurriedly approached Erendir.
"Princess, are you feeling well?"
"What? You were with Captain Trina before……."
"Ki, it's an honor for me to be remembered by you! I'm Enya, a member of the Nightcrawler Knights!"
Enya finished introducing herself loudly. If her senior Lloyd was here, he would have scolded her to not advertise the Nightcrawler Knights openly.
Erendir smiled awkwardly at the foolish and helpless appearance of the woman in front of her since just a moment ago, Enya brutally beat the attackers without changing her expression which was fitting for the name Nightcrawler Knights that criminals fear the most.
'And that woman, too.'
The girl named Betty who came here with Casey Selmore. She was small and cute like a doll, but surprisingly, she had the power to wield even a giant three times bigger than herself in one hand.
If Enya was a technical fighter who dealt with the enemy with a long-trained technique, Betty was rough and foolish, and destroyed her opponents with overwhelming force. Where in the world is that tiny, thin body coming from?
'That's not what's important right now.'
Erendir turned to Casey who was interrogating one of the captured Liberation Army soldiers.
"Do you think I'm going to say anything?"
"Well, if you don't, it'll hurt a little"
"What?"
"You know what? I'm a water wizard. I can only use water magic, but I can handle anything with water."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
The soldier seemed to have no knowledge of what a wizard with the [Colour] title could do.
So Casey Selmore decided to show a little bit.
"Can you see it?"
She pointed her fingertips and moisture gathered from the surrounding area forming a single drop of water.
"I can handle water. Of course there's a limit to distance and the quantity, but there's hardly anything more fluid than this water."
The drops of water turned into countless fish, swimming, and eventually turning into the form of a deer hopping in the air. The deer eventually turned into a winged bird, and while flying in the sky, it turned into raindrops and fell to the ground.
The water that fell on the floor evaporated and disappeared.
"It's like this."
As she moved her fingers, the bubbles that trapped the Liberation Army soldiers came closer to Casey.
"How much moisture do you think there is in the human body?"
"What?"
"The answer is more than 70 percent. All that blood running through your body is water. Then, if the water boils or freezes……How would it feel?"
"Aaah!"
Overwhelmed by Casey staring at him with a creepy look, the Liberation Army soldier screamed.
"Uh, um, shouldn't we do something?"
Erendir, who was watching the scene, became anxious and asked Betty.
Betty shook her head, saying,
"It's okay! It's okay! No matter how selfish she is, she doesn't do such a terrible thing!"
Betty, who was boastful, suddenly remembered the past when she was with her. She was always in pain, swayed by a selfish Casey.
"……Maybe?"
"Then you have to stop her!"
Just in time, Casey, who finished the interrogation, approached.
"I've figured out what they're doing. Why do you look at me like that?"
"Oh, no, nothing."
"Hmm. Because I trusted Casey!"
"Oh, I was wondering what it was."
Like a genius detective, she immediately caught on.
"Oh, my. Who do you think I am? What I said was just a threat. I don't actually do that, and I don't intend to."
"Right?"
"You don't have to worry because I'm not going to do it unless it is someone evil."
"……Doesn't that mean you're going to do it against evil?"
"Unfortunately, in my life, I have yet to meet a man who I would call evil by my standards. Oh, of course there's only one."
Did she think of someone at that time? Casey shut her lips and seemed to be lost deep in thought.
As soon as she tried to ask something, Casey, who regained her senses, took the lead.
"Anyway, I think the situation is very bad right now. It seems that all kinds of people got tangled up here while the security was weakened. So it's time to escape."
"Oh, yes."
"Princess, I will serve you!"
"Yes, please."
Casey patted her chin, checking the faces gathered.
"That's not a bad combination. Two forward and two backward."
Even their individual power is excellent.
Erendir 3rd princess, who is born with magical powers inheriting the blood of the imperial family, Enya Joiners of the Nightcrawler Knights of the Security Agency, where only elites can enter, Betty, her devious but skilled assistant and herself a water wizard with the [Colour] title.
With this kind of power, they can escape this crowded Kunst auction house safely.
"Oh oh oh oh—!!!!"
Just as she was thinking so, a scream filled with the joy and despair of a beast rang out in the distance and she got goosebumps on her skin.
The four instinctively perceived that the one who made that sound was a very dangerous thing.
"What was that?"
Casey replied in an uncharacteristically serious tone to Erendir, who spoke in a trembling voice.
"I don't know what it is, but it's not something a normal beast would make. We need to get out of here as soon as possible."
"I agree. Let's go."
* * *
The Beast of Gévaudan, who appeared while tearing down one part of the building of the Kunst auction house, could not support his huge body and fell on his four feet.
For him who was considered a wild beast, his arms were closer to those of a human than those of a wild beast.
The three heads of the black beast glanced around and its tail, full of black mane, disappeared in an instant, leaving a blurry afterimage.
Quang!
The outer wall of the Kunst Auction House exploded and scattered debris in all directions.
"Ahhhhhhhh!"
"Run away!"
Those who had been frozen by the appearance of an unprecedented monster, only then realized the seriousness of the situation and ran away screaming.
The Beast slowly stretched out his arms, looking down at the fleeing people with murderous eyes.
Kreung! kunk kunk!
The heads of innumerable beasts that make up the hands revealed their teeth or howled as they watched those fleeing. People looked back and saw the giant hand approaching them.
"Avoid it everyone!"
At that moment, a white flash flew in and cut off a finger. The head of the beast on his finger cried painfully and died with his tongue pulled out.
The faces of the people who recognized the newcomers were bright.
"It's the Clockwork Knights!"
They were elite knights from Leathervelk.
Crrrrrrr.
The Beast glared at the Clockwork Knights. It was impossible to have good feelings for humans that suddenly appeared to interfere with him.
The Clockwork Knights looked up at the Beast of Gévaudan and swallowed their saliva.
"We suddenly got a report that the auction house had been attacked, but what the hell is that monster……."
"Everyone, be quiet! Whatever it is, we must take down that monster for the safety of the citizens."
Only then did his subordinates shut up at the leader's firm order.
Each of them raised the output of the horse-shaped magic golem they rode to the maximum. The magic golems twitched as white steam came out.
Then the Beast moved.
"Kyao ooo!"
The countless beasts on its body were howling all at once, and the Beast of Gévaudan raised a huge hand and slammed it towards the Clockwork Knights.
"Avoid!"
The horse-shaped magic golems driven by knights scattered in all directions. The monster's arm hit the ground and a huge shock wave spread, creating a cloud of dust.
The ground hit by the beast's huge palm cracked sharply. Maybe he touched the sewage pipe underground but water soared through the gap.
"Kwaaaaaaah!"
But the attack of the Beast did not stop there. Its huge tail swung like a whip, stirring mercilessly in all directions. With the sound of the air exploding, the windows and exterior walls of the surrounding buildings shattered, and the ground exploded.
The Clockwork Knights focused on avoiding the attacks. The knight commander, who was desperately moving, secretly shed a cold sweat on his back.
'What a ridiculous speed that doesn't suit his size. Where the hell did that monster come from?'
* * *
A half-destroyed exterior wall from where the night sky of Leathervelk can be seen.
In the bleak wind, the half-exposed reinforcing bars sway precariously with a squeaking sound and Rudger stood there, looking down at the scene unfolding under the raging wind.
A giant beast with three heads and twisted horns with the mouths of a myriad of beasts on his body, it was clearly a cryptid in his memory.
But it was not like the guy in the memory because Rudger got rid of that guy back then.
"Hans."
The crude dagger made of teeth he gave to Hans as an assurance.
It was Rudger who gave it, but it was purely Hans's will to use it and Rudger thought Hans wouldn't use it when he handed it to him.
Hans had a good reason but he eventually used it and the howling monster in front of him proved it.
It wasn't meant to be used lightly. He didn't even have to think about how much trouble he would have to go through to remove that tooth from his body.
"Hans."
The figure of the monster running wildly, seemed to be in agony.
The Beast of Gévaudan, no Hans, was in pain, destroying everything around him, but also being hit by the swords of the knights.
"I can't leave my long-time companion alone like this."
I don't like fighting, but I have no intention of avoiding it if I have to.
[Ater Nocturnus]
A black shadow covered Rudger's body along with a black cape that fluttered out behind his back and a black crow beak mask covered his face.