Episode 2 of the Overly Competent Villain

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The Imperial Fleet Command is capturing prisoners.

This was an open rumor in the city of Crales.

The more Cromwell of the Brotherhood of Lords of the North became more and more rampant, the more the imperial army died or the news of the terror, the more prisoners were suppressed wholesale, and they were disadvantaged in terms of employment, purchase of daily necessities, and security.

That’s why most of the beastmen run away to the west or north.

Going north is to join the Brotherhood fighting for themselves, and heading west is a group of good people looking for a place where there is no fighting.

Above all, it was not a bad land for prisoners to live in, as public power did not work in the vast lawless zone of the west.

Among them, the city of Krales is the best place for prisoners looking for work.

Being economically wealthy means, naturally, that there are plenty of jobs. The beastmen who came with such a swollen dream took root in the city of Krales and lived well.

The change occurred five years ago, when a new fleet commander was appointed to the city of Krales.

Lord Heisenberg.

A veteran high-ranking knight who led the Northern Knights of the Empire. After he was appointed as commander of the Western Kralles Fleet Command, Krales’ prisoners began to disappear one after another.

“This is it. Be careful in dealing with the commander, mercenary.”

Louisa glanced at the soldiers surrounding her at the commandant’s residence, where she had been summoned.

‘Twenty knights. It’s crazy power.’

Most of them are former Northerners. There were also articles that Luisa had heard of while rolling on the battlefield.

And a veteran high-ranking knight at the top of these twenty knights. He looked at Luisa from the desk chair in the official residence.

“Louisa Heini. You’ve heard of it. She was the commander of the Special Task Force in our Imperial Army, maybe?”

Luisa looked at the middle-aged man staring at her.

A man with the gaze of a predator so ferocious that he will bite at the vital points and never let go. Even in the North, the unit he belonged to was notorious. Louisa greeted the man in front of her, bowing her head.

“It’s an honor to remember you, Lord Heisenberg.”

“It’s rather an honor that you remember me. Lieutenant Heini. How are the members below? I heard that you work as a mercenary.”

“······Yes, it’s just a small business.”

“Business. Yes business, good. I’ve heard rumors that you and your men ‘deserted’.”

Heisenberg rises. He came limping with a cane. Rumors that he suffered permanent wounds in battle with the Brotherhood of the North seem to be true.

Although Heisenberg walked with a limp on his crippled leg, he still felt the intimidation of being a notorious iron-blooded knight in the north.

His gaze came to the point where he was looking down on Luisa, and she didn’t budge.

“I heard that he works for Jacques Pietro.”

“I’m a regular. He pays well.”

“hehehehe…”

Heisenberg stared at Louisa quietly. What if this is Jacques Pietro’s arrangement?

Up until now, they had been confined to the line of disregarding each other and not encroaching on their territory, but Heisenberg received an object offered by Pietro’s subordinates ‘recently’.

And the Jacques Pietro Heisenberg knew was the kind that had no forgiveness for his enemies.

The Highney Squad is a thorough mercenary group that moves on money, and its skills are well known even to him who has experienced war in the North…

“I’ll pay for the beast you bring. But you’d better get out of this city.”

Looking at Heisenberg, who resolutely cut it off, Louisa thought that he was a wary beast.

‘They say he’s a cunning beast hunter, so I’m not sure.’

Louisa passed the illegal immigrant, the prisoner I pretended to bring, and left the base.

The presence of Pietro, who would have infiltrated the base with him, had long since disappeared.

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Lord Heisenberg is an Imperial Knight active in the North.

He has been engaged in guerrilla activities for a long time and has been fighting the ‘Brotherhood’, a group of rights advocates against the Empire, and has maintained a sluggish front line without being able to cross the stronghold of Cromwell, the leader of the North.

It has been more than five years since he fell into the brotherhood’s trap and was seriously injured and withdrew from the front line.

He wanted a position using his achievements and personal connections.

“There are so many of you animals living here. The fact that they are infested with cockroaches makes me wonder if this is really human land.”

The inside of the thick iron grate that could not be broken even by the brute strength of a beastman. Mir glared at Heisenberg, who looked down at his antlers with disgust.

“Human trafficking… would be illegal.”

“hehehe, this is the west side. It’s lawless. In this city, I’m the law and I’m the king.”

Mir seemed to understand why Heisenberg had been appointed commander of the Western Fleet here.

Those hateful eyes. Beyond the discrimination and hatred towards prisoners, it is the hatred that rises from real anger as food.

The eyes she sees in the mirror every day.

“How am I…?”

“You beasts are ferocious and violent, but there are many uses for them. Even a young girl has the strength of a decent adult man.”

Heisenberg gave a wickedly twisted smile and stopped talking to Mir. When he disappears, the guards guard the bars where the prisoners are imprisoned.

Mir looked around and realized that he was not alone in this bar.

“Who is your sister…?”

“you······.”

male child. It was the child of a beast woman who had witnessed Mir being kidnapped and had been chasing after him.

“I’m… Mir. What’s your name?”

“Rosa! But unnie, your name is very unique~”

“Yes. But it’s the name my mother gave me.”

Mir. She doesn’t even know what that means. It’s just that her mother, who was the concubine of the Mayer family, is the only trace left on her.

While thinking about that, Rosa asked, grabbing Mir by the collar.

“Sister… have you seen my mother?”

Come to think of it, the child’s mother was nowhere to be seen. I definitely witnessed them being captured together…

“Hey. Where is this child’s mother?”

“Shut up, you bastard!”

Soldiers menacingly bang on the bars. Mir thought it would be difficult to hear an answer from them.

“Huh, huh…!”

Rosa cries over the soldier’s threatening behavior and her mother’s absence. Mir hurriedly hugged Rosa and patted her.

“It’s okay. I’ll be back soon… to save you.”

Mir let out a light sigh as he realized that he had no choice but to wait for someone quietly while wearing the handcuffs that sealed his superpowers.

‘I’m waiting for Jacques Pietro.’

When Zach asked for cooperation, saying it was the only way to save the prisoners, he accepted without hesitation.

But did he believe in Jacques Pietro and do such a dangerous thing?

‘It wasn’t like me.’

He is his mother’s enemy. An enemy he has long hated. However, I just met him face to face and believed him with the feeling that it wouldn’t be a lie.

It was impossible.

‘There was a reason.’

Her fortune judged that her company with Jacques Pietro was auspicious. And he was also an enemy of Commander Heisenberg.

Although relying on the outcome of the fortune-telling, Mir saw this as an opportunity to save the beastmen.

As a daughter of the Mayer Group, she has lived a comfortable life, but she is aware of the discrimination against prisoners that are deeply rooted in the imperial society.

I want to save it if I can. That is Mir’s honest feelings.

“Ugh…!”

“Go in!”

It was then. Soldiers dragging a prisoner woman from somewhere. When Rosa saw the woman they had thrown into the prison, she screamed in fright.

“Oh, Mom!”

“Ro, Rosa…”

Mir hastily helped Rosa and the thrown prisoner woman. The smell of burning flesh wafted from her.

“This, this?”

curse of fortune. An evil black magic that limits the powers of slaves and makes them subservient to their masters.

Enslavement magic was popular over a hundred years ago.

“How did you do this…”

Mir glared at the soldiers in disbelief, but they smiled meanly and giggled.

“What are you kidding me about?

“what?”

Before Mir had time to panic, the soldiers grabbed Mir in turn. Realizing what that meant, Mir’s complexion turned blue.

“Hey, wait…!”

Mir, who was wearing sealed handcuffs, had to be dragged helplessly.

Is this how livestock being led to the slaughterhouse feel? Goosebumps appeared on the nape of his neck and arms.

“That b*tch’s voice was amazing earlier.”

“That’s right. He said to please look after my daughter. Your turn will come soon anyway, so it’s a futile resistance.”

A tendon bulges over the neck. I could hear my pulse pulsating.

Frozen and dragged along, Mir complained of lack of oxygen due to uneven breathing.

However, he arrived at the execution site without even having time to feel fear.

“Is it next time already? You’ve caught a lot.”

There was a wizard there. A black magician with a very friendly energy.

“This is the end for today. I don’t know if the kid will die while holding the seal, so I have to take it slow.”

“A young beastman is worth it.”

The black magician’s eyes turned to Mir. It was only then that Mir realized the reality and came to his senses.

“I-I am Mir Mayer! Mir A. Mayer of the Mayer Group! I am the daughter of Chairman Mayer!”

She immediately resorted to a last resort. It was so urgent. but······.

“Puhahahahaha!”

“???”

The reaction was different from what I expected. soldiers screaming. They mock at Mir, who is embarrassed.

“If your b*tch is Mayer, then I’m from the royal family.”

“Ji, really—”

“I’m talking nonsense because it looks like the b*tch is going to search.”

they didn’t believe That Mir is the daughter of a conglomerate of the Mayer Group. Her intention of revealing her identity and escaping in case of emergency had not worked at all.

When you think about it, it was a strange thing. Why did you think this would work?

‘I trusted fortune telling… too much.’

I foretold that it would be auspicious to act with Zach. Because she has read the heavenly secrets, Mir often relies on them to make judgments.

Mir’s miraculous powers had such strong foresight, and when a conclusion is reached, the rest will fit into it.

The fact that she would be able to escape if she revealed that she was the daughter of the Mayer family was just an insurance to ensure that she was safe according to the conclusion of the fortune telling.

– Chii Ik!

The seal on which the black magician carved the evil demon was burning red. He was imbuing the seal with the art of obedience, just as he had engraved on other beastmen.

“By the way, does that seal have to be continued every half year?”

“Originally, the technique of obedience is powerful, but it is so consumable. You need to periodically renew the technique to maintain it.”

“There should be one or two people who have lost track of it. If they’re unlucky, they’ll say “Queek!” to the first bread.”

Every time the conversation between the soldiers and the warlock continued, my muscles stiffened. The knuckles that clenched the collar went white, and my pulse quickly went away.

Really like this? Will the seal be engraved like this?

Regret lingers as the red seal full of heat approaches with a chik sound.

Mir glanced sideways at the soldier tying him to the chair. It was a look of desperate appeal.

“What are you flirting with, b*tch? Stay still, if you don’t want to see your pretty face getting burned.”

Wrong. He has no pity for himself. As always, he intends to inflict cruel torture on the beast he considers a beast.

“Ha, don’t…”

In the end, I let go of my fears through fostering. The dew on my eyes obscures my vision.

Seeing this, the soldiers laughed.

“Do you think this year scared you?”

“Even animals are afraid of fire.”

can’t breathe Beads of sweat poured down his forehead.

– Damn!

However, the violence inflicted without remorse. A rough hand slapped Mir’s cheek.

“Hey, deer girl. Look straight ahead. Don’t make me do the job twice. Maybe not? Shall we look after you?”

nonsense. Mir knew that it was meant to mock him. But… just in case, even if…

Mir whispered in a low voice.

“Do not.”

A child’s trembling voice full of fear. The soldiers asked again.

“What? Can’t you hear?”

“Ha, don’t… don’t. Please… this is it.”

The soldiers’ expressions twisted wickedly as they watched the stammering pleas they couldn’t pronounce properly.

“Nope?”

Grabbing her hair, she puts a red seal on it. A relentless act without the slightest hesitation or sympathy. Mir closed her eyes.

One second to shiver like that little cat.

2 seconds… 3 seconds.

The heat that touched the skin disappears, and the sound subsides.

I couldn’t even feel the rough hand holding my hair for a moment.

“·······?”

In a steep breath, Mir slowly lifted her closed eyelids to contain the pain.

“Keep, keke? Kkeuk geuk…!”

The soldier who tried to seal himself smells ‘ripe’. Smoke billowing from the boiling of human intestines. It is a familiar landscape that I have seen recently.

“what······.”

It wasn’t just the soldier. All the soldiers and warlocks who stood guard around them were all down.

There are those who block the column of blood rising from the nape of their necks, while others give off the smell of burnt skin that has already turned bright red.

In a place full of silence and the smell of death, the ‘man wearing a hat’ stands calmly and gazes at Mir.

He, the criminal who would have done more evil than anyone else here, the terrorist who killed his mother in terror, carefully untied the handcuffs on Mir’s hands and said.

“I’m late. Are you hurt anywhere?”

It was a soft voice like never before.

Relieved by that, I get an attack of dizziness.

The body that started to get out of control started to let out emotions.