chapter 67
67. Mullen Tribe (1)
Yuma climbed on the plank and walked solemnly to the sailboat of the Resen Kingdom.
Jerk─
When Yuma safely entered the Kingdom of Resene, everyone’s eyes turned to Yuma.
“Thank you for saving my life.”
As Yuma nodded slowly, Baron Hans hastily introduced himself.
“My name is Baron Hans of the Lesen Kingdom. My benefactor.”
Baron Hans bowed as low as he could.
Because I saw it clearly with my own two eyes. I don’t know the principle, but the next things that the magic cannonball that bounced off Yuma’s sword did.
Black dragons destroying three pirate ships.
At that moment, Baron Hans had an intuition.
I wonder if that man is a martial god whose name is now widely known throughout the continent.
“Yumada, Grand Duke of the Astes Empire.”
Hans’ eyes widened.
‘Yuma… .’
Yes, that was definitely the name of Mushin.
“You have been awarded the title of Grand Duke. Congratulations.”
Yuma tilted his head.
“Do you know me?”
“Well, of course. Your name as a dragon slayer has already spread throughout the continent.”
Yuma was soon able to accept the reason.
Well, I said that the information guild used to share information on a continent-by-continent basis.
The story of killing the black dragon was enough to spread throughout the continent.
Victory was achieved against Pyneton, a barbarian country with a conquering king. That was also an achievement worthy of spreading across the continent.
“Get up. And….”
Yuma stared for a moment at Hectos, the leader of the Dusk Pirates who died by Bell’s hand, then raised his head.
“You decide what to do with the rest of this pirate group, Baron Hans.”
Hans nodded frantically at Yuma’s words.
“all right.”
Yuma had already heard from the crew of the Amonga sailboat how Dusk was known in the pirate world on the continent.
The pirate group that put an end to the fight between pirates.
And Dusk said that the reason it was possible was because of the existence of Sword Master Hectos.
He was originally the eldest son of a family of knights from the Rasen Kingdom, but there were rumors that he became a pirate when his family was destroyed for rebellion.
In fact, he was called the only sword master pirate on the continent.
Of course, for now, Belle was just a cold, dead body.
Belle barely got her feet on the broken deck. There was a woman curled up with her body at the edge of her deck. Her tattered clothes became even more tattered. And there were dark burn marks on her back.
“…It’s alive.”
Belle was a woman and Mary was unconscious but alive.
“Kwaaak!”
One pirate other than Belle was also hiding there. My right leg wasn’t fine, though.
Only four people who saw the direction of the magic cannon pillar and desperately ran to the end were left alive.
Bell didn’t care what happened to the lives of the others.
Belle hoisted Merryman on her shoulder and jumped up onto the deck. And he boarded the Lesen Kingdom’s sailing ship again.
He then placed Mary down in front of the knights next to Baron Hans.
Hans stepped forward and bowed his head to Belle.
“Thank you. You are a citizen of our country, so we will take care of you.”
“huh.”
Hestia, who had already come over and was next to Bell, said. And she looked at Mary and said:
“This guy managed to survive.”
Belle looked at Yuma beyond for a moment.
“Yuma probably controlled the distance. He’s an innocent person.”
Hestia nodded her head loudly.
“Is that so? The God of War…does not let innocent people be swept away by death.”
Hestia let out a strange sound again.
Yuma stayed still with an expressionless face.
‘I didn’t do anything like distance control.’
The moment when <Absolute Counterattack—Bonsai> must decide where to strike. Because I didn’t have the time to worry about things like distance control.
Mary’s hand caught Yuma’s eyes.
There was blood clotted on the fingernails. The skin on her fingertips was cruelly torn. There was blood pooling there too.
The reason that the woman named Mary, who was used as a source of entertainment for pirates, survived was probably because she fought hard to survive until the end.
‘Anyway, I’m glad.’
The road ahead may be difficult, but the living must survive.
Belle approached Yuma.
“Did I do well?”
“Okay, good job.”
Yuma stroked Belle’s blue hair.
Yuma glanced at the Lesen Kingdom’s sailing ship, which was in great disarray.
“Are you going to continue sailing?”
“Uhm, I’m a bit sorry about this.”
Belle scratched her head as she looked at the scenery of the ship she had built.
The brown-haired Baron Hans looked at Belle and shook his head violently. Hans did not know Belle’s rank, but he seemed to be a close associate of the Archduke. Even though he was a commoner, the picture he was talking about did not appear.
“Not at all. I will never forget the grace that saved us.”
And then I looked at Yuma again.
“I think we should put aside the voyage for a while. We should return to the kingdom for maintenance and then set off again.”
“Right.”
“I would like to give you a reward for saving our lives and leaving you as an ally….”
“Then don’t even think about giving it to me, just send it to the Astes Imperial Court.”
I was angry that there was a way to repay it somehow.
“All right.”
Hans looked at Belle this time.
“I just saw that you were using a throwing dagger….”
Suddenly, he took out some dark-colored beads from a wooden box in the back and held them out to Belle.
“This is also a dark-colored sword made of iron called Ligeinen. It is used to throw a dagger and cut off the opponent’s breath, just like you did. It was made by the best blacksmith in the kingdom.”
“oh!”
Belle’s eyes sparkled with curiosity as she acquired a new weapon.
“Please take care of the rest of the living members.”
At Yuma’s words, Baron Hans and his subordinates repeatedly lowered their heads.
Yuma returned to Amonga’s sailboat with Belle.
“Now let’s go again.”
“Yes, Your Excellency.”
The captain of the Amongar sailboat bent his back at a right angle.
Living in the far north, I only vaguely heard of the greatness of Musin.
As I witnessed it with my own eyes, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of awe.
The ship proceeded further to the northern end.
And six days passed. It was a time in the calm, sometimes violent sea.
Yuma and the others saw a very large island.
A huge barrier made of light brown rock.
It seemed to be a barrier to prevent anyone from entering.
The empty space in the center of the wall that appears to be the main gate. A ship entered that space.
I saw a dock where boats could dock.
Sigh…
The captain was nervous and slowly anchored the ship at the dock.
Yuma gestured with his chin.
“Everyone get off.”
Everyone nodded without saying anything to Yuma’s words.
If they were going to attack, they would have attacked earlier.
They probably gave up their plans to attack after seeing the imperial flag flag hanging on the ship.
About 30 male fishmen with skin that appeared to be a pure sky blue all over caught my eye.
In his hand was a trident-like weapon.
The solid muscular upper body is exposed on the outside. The bottoms were leather shorts.
The fishman man, who seemed to be the most powerful of these 20 people, approached Yuma, who was the first to set foot on the island of the fishmen and Mulen tribe, and asked.
The Fishman men were well over 2 meters tall.
“Are you members of the Astes Empire who responded to the rescue request of our Mulen people?”
It was quite surprising that the words that came out of the mouths of the Mulen people were the common language of the Egatorz continent, the same language used by the people of the Astes Empire.
Yuma nodded.
“Yes. Yumada, Grand Duke of the Astes Empire.”
“Yuma…!”
The fishman’s eyes widened.
As the gatekeeper of Mullen, I had engraved in my mind the names of those who had to be treated with the utmost respect.
The blue-skinned fishman kneeled in front of Yuma, his navy blue hair flowing.
“I am Nereus, warrior of Mulen.”
Yuma scanned Nereus’ body.
Long ultramarine blue hair, and light blue skin.
Blue eyes.
And on the wrists of both arms, blue and transparent fins the same color as the skin were fluttering.
Three lines that appeared to be gills were drawn on both sides of the neck.
The appearance of other Mullen tribes was also similar.
The only difference was the color of their skin. Nereus and most of them had light blue skin. However, two out of the 30 people had gray skin and light green skin, respectively.
‘The majority have light blue skin, but it seems that sometimes fishmen with other skin colors are born.’
There were many interesting things.
“Please follow me. Everyone in the group. I will take you there.”
Nereus stood up.
Behind Nereus, 30 Mullen people moved simultaneously.
“wow….”
Hestia followed behind the Mullen men, pricking her cat ears.
Belle’s pink eyes too. Clone’s Geumando was busy taking in the scenery of Mullen Island.
The eyes of the captain and crew members who followed behind were also busy, shaking their bodies and becoming very nervous.
Even though it was on an island and not in the sea, a scenery different from the human world continued to be depicted.
Trees with a faint blue glow.
Various houses made from trees and grass.
Those who live a life similar to nature.
Birds similar in size to parrots with pink feathers glided in the sky in a flock.
Tweet─
Except for Yuma, the eyes of everyone in the group followed the birds’ movements.
“These are friends called Plumi.”
One of the Mulen warriors was quite impressed by the scene of about 20 people moving their eyes at the same time, so he told me their name.
Belle, wearing a coat full of fur, said as she looked at the Mullen man who had just told her the name of the bird.
“Isn’t it cold?”
“The Mullen people are naturally very resistant to cold.”
“That’s amazing.”
Nereus’s steps stopped at the place where the chieftain of the Mulen tribe, who could be said to be the king of the fishmen, was located.
“Yerkur, King of Mulen, is waiting.”
“Go in.”
Yuma went inside with Clone, Bell, and Hestia.
Yerkur was tall enough to be about 250cm tall. The large man was sitting with his body bent.
“Nice to meet you, Yuma. My name is Yerkur, King of Mulen.”
Yerkur’s firing line reached Yuma.
Yuma looked directly at the big blue man.
[Lv.142] Yerkur
Race: Fishman
Class: Emperor, martial artist
Level: Master
Innate characteristics: royal blood, favor of the great sea
“Yes, nice to meet you. Yumada, Archduke of Astes.”
Yerkur appeared to be a warrior who used his fists.
“Normally, we don’t stay on the island for this long. At most, we only come out about once a week to check on the continent’s movements….”
Yerkur continued speaking while looking at Yuma and the others.
“But right now, I can’t stay comfortably in the underwater city.”
Something came to mind when I heard that Yuma was an underwater city.
“Is it Atlantis?”
Yerkur burst into laughter.
“The legend of Atlantis is very fascinating, and it may actually exist somewhere… The underwater city of Mullen is not Atlantis. It is an old friend called Haekarun.”
Yerkur continued speaking as he looked at Yuma who nodded.
“Anyway, the enemy invasion is so severe that not all people can stay in Haekarun. Moreover, they are spreading the energy of chaos into the sea.”
“Aura of chaos?”
Yerkur continued speaking while stroking his thick beard.
“Those black hazes are not causing any direct damage to our Mulen people. But they are very slowly killing the life of the sea, these friends of the Mulen.”
“Do you know who those enemies are?”
Yerkur frowned.
“I haven’t seen it yet because it’s hidden in the fog. He just keeps sending his subordinates. But if we were to infer the huge shadow beyond the fog from the monsters depicted in old historical books from a thousand years ago… it’s probably Leviathan.”
Leviathan.
It was the moment when Yuma realized the dark cloud hanging over the Mullen people.