Chapter 96
“You are right . I am amazing . ”
Raon responded as Archie let out a dig that actually sounded more like a compliment .
“Crazy . ”
Naturally, the ship was damaged significantly .
However, it wasn’t completely destroyed .
“That swordsman is pretty strong . ”
Raon’s assessment was spot on . The swordsman was amazing . She was able to send out another boomerang shaped golden aura which destroyed more of Raon’s mana arrows .
There were still enough to pretty much destroy the ship though .
“Ugh, ugh!”
Redika’s body was shaking . Choi Han quietly observed the now-armless mage .
“I guess he’ll die . ”
Cale was observing Redika, who was nearing the end of his mana explosion . He assumed Choi Han would not do anything else since Redika would soon die .
“Aaaah!”
But he was wrong .
Spurt!
Blood splattered everywhere .
Choi Han had swung his sword one more time at Redika’s right eye . Cale turned away as he didn’t want to see that sight . However, he was now looking at the ship that was continuing to crumble .
Boom .
The ship was breaking apart, starting from the bow . However, Cale clicked his tongue while watching the destruction .
“There was another one left, as I expected . ”
At the same time, Cale was shocked .
“He was a magic spearman . ”
“Human, you didn’t know?”
“Yeah, I didn’t . ”
“I see . ”
A magic spearman was someone who used both magic and spears . Although the spearman was not at the spearmaster-level, he could use magic . The spearman, who had not been using magic very much while he had been on the island, flew over using levitation magic to save just one person .
Only the blonde swordsman flew up from the rubbles of the ship .
“Aaaaaaah!”
“Please save us too!”
The members of the organization who were still alive shouted toward the spearman, but the spearman did not even turn to look at them .
He just looked toward Redika .
“Pretty strong . ”
Cale could feel the strength of the secret organization .
If this magic spearman can use levitation magic on two people, he was at least at the upper middle-tier mage level . He was both an upper middle-tier mage and a spearman who was close to reaching the spearmaster level .
“Do not worry . He is still weaker than Choi Han . ”
“I know . It’s just that he is stronger than me . ”
Silence suddenly filled the area . Raon finally started to speak after a while .
“Stronger than you, mm, it is kind of obvious that, mm, there are many people stronger than you . So do not be too upset . ”
Cale wanted to say something back to Raon, but could not do so .
Bang!
“…Scary . ”
A golden aura hit Redika’s body, which exploded on impact . Cale could see Choi Han retreating on a whale while sending out an attack with his black aura .
However, it did not reach the magic spearman and swordsman in the air .
A frowning Choi Han tried to swing his sword one more time as Rosalyn slowly floated up into the air . The two of them peeked toward Cale, but could not call out to him . The silence continued, no, the screams of the people on the burning boat continued .
Rosalyn and Choi Han were ready to attack the magic spearman and blonde swordsman at any moment .
It was at that moment .
Splash-
They could hear water splashing . Witira, as well as some of the Whale tribe members, were swimming their way .
“How disappointing . ”
“That’s why I said we should just run . ”
The spearman sounded annoyed as he responded to the swordsman . He then looked toward Choi Han, Rosalyn, and the Wolf children . They were all still wearing masks .
“I can’t tell who they are . ”
“Maybe you’ll find out if we fight some more . ”
The spearman saw the blue mana swirling on top of Rosalyn’s palm and shook his head .
“It’ll be a draw at best . ”
Flick! Bang!
The large blue whip landed on the water . At the same time, Witira used the recoil of the whip to jump into the air . The spearman summoned a five-colored magic scroll that made Rosalyn certain it was covered in highest-grade Magic Stone powder .
“No!”
Rosalyn followed Witira and headed for the two enemies . Choi Han’s black aura also shot toward them like a bullet .
However, the spearman ripped the scroll in half before their attacks could reach them and both he and the swordmaster-level swordsman started to turn transparent . It was a long distance teleportation scroll . The blonde woman frowned as she parried Choi Han’s aura with her own aura . A small explosion occurred, and she used that moment to wave toward Choi Han and Rosalyn .
“Bye-bye, anonymous people . ”
She then looked toward the angry-looking Witira and started to smile .
“So sad . ”
Witira started to frown even more .
Crackle-
The usual noise of a magic scroll being activated occurred as the two people seemed to be almost completely transparent now . Cale was at a loss of words .
‘What a stereotypical villains’ escape . ’
However, not everyone was just sitting around .
“Ugh!”
The magic spearman coughed up blood . An arrow had pierced through his stomach . The small mana arrow that flew from behind him was still spiraling in the spearman’s body . The injury was slowly being opened wider .
“Oppa! Y, you bastards!”
The blonde woman who was calm until now suddenly became angry .
Crackle-
However, the magic scroll fully activated at that moment and the two of them disappeared .
No more noise could be heard .
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“Ah . ”
Rosalyn let out a gasp and Witira’s whip passed through where the two enemies had been standing . Choi Han was biting down on his lips as he looked toward the small remains of Redika .
At that moment, Cale, who was just peeking his head out from behind Archie, heard a voice from behind him .
“I did it . ”
Raon casually answered .
“A trace of my mana will remain in that magic spearman’s body, even if he heals the injury . Only another dragon will be able to locate it . I will kill him immediately if he comes near us again . ”
Everybody looked toward Raon .
The Killer Whale Archie flinched, while Cale started to clap .
“Raon really is amazing!”
If it was possible to know when he was near, it gave them a way to prepare for the secret organization . Of course, there should be no more interactions with them since they had no idea about the identity of Cale’s group .
But it didn’t hurt to have extra protection .
“Yes, I am amazing . ”
Raon shrugged . There was a reason Raon had left the trace of his mana . Just by looking at the two enemies was enough to know that there were a lot of strong people within the organization . Dragons enjoyed overpowering strong people .
“… I will wait until I am a bit bigger . ”
“Hmm? What did you say?”
“It is nothing, human . ”
Cale did not hear what Raon had said, but Archie definitely did . Archie suddenly had a feeling of fear . The Black Dragon in front of him was young, but he recalled the stories that he had heard about the adult Dragons that could use Dragon’s Breath .
The Whales had heard stories that were passed down through the generations that the history of the continent would change if an adult Dragon became completely and thoroughly enraged .
Cale slowly started to walk toward the island .
Splash, splash .
Witira approached him once he got close enough to where the water was only at his ankles . Her two subordinates were behind her .
“Sorry young master Cale . We couldn’t focus on them because we wanted to get rid of the mermaids . ”
“That’s okay . It’s not like we couldn’t handle them . ”
“We will take care of the rest . ”
“Good . ”
Cale nodded his head as he took another step toward the island . Witira felt apologetic after seeing the slightly annoyed expression on Cale’s face . She felt like she got him involved in an unnecessary mess .
That was why she had her subordinates quickly hand over the thing he had asked for .
“Here is what you asked for . ”
“Oh, mm . Okay . ”
It was the mermaid corpse . It was very clean, just like it was when it was still alive .
Cale had asked Witira to bring over one of the strong mermaids that had absorbed dead mana .
“Who is it?”
“One of the mermaid royalty . ”
He never expected her to bring over a mermaid royalty in corpse form .
“Okay . We can go heal him right away . ”
Any mermaid would have worked to get rid of the poison, but a strong mermaid’s blood would make it faster, as well as make the future recovery much easier .
The poison in Ron’s body may not have spread everywhere yet, but he still had been dealing with the poison for a while . That was why Cale wanted to do whatever he could to get rid of it without leaving any problematic issues behind . This was the reason why he had asked Witira to find a corpse rather than Cale’s group finding it themselves .
‘We don’t have a solution for the arm right now . ’
Healing was possible if he still had the detached arm . However, Ron didn’t have the arm, and even if he did, it was probably rotting by now since so many days had passed since it was cut off .
‘…But there is a method . ’
The real arm was impossible, but a similar one was possible .
They needed a necromancer, those who deal with corpses . Necromancers were anatomists and technicians . It would be weird if they weren’t anatomists or technicians, since they mainly put corpses together for their use .
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Cale was certain that a necromancer that everybody believed to have disappeared was still on the Western Continent .
‘The problem is that I don’t know where they are . ’
Cale had no idea about it because it was never discussed in the novel . That was why he decided to think about that later .
“Commander Archie and the whales will take you to Hais Island 1 . ”
“Okay . You all still have things to do, right?”
The Whale tribe probably didn’t want to miss this opportunity now that the mermaids’ reinforcement was gone . That was why Whale King Shickler was not here and was instead still chasing down some mermaids .
“Yes, they were escaping to the East . We will chase after them to the end . ”
The phrase, ‘to the end,’ sounded vicious . Cale asked without thinking much about it .
“Will you obliterate the mermaids?”
“No . This might sound funny, but the balance will be destroyed if they are all gone as well . We need to keep them alive, but will keep them in check . ”
“…The Whale tribe is a very scary tribe . ”
Witira did not respond and instead just smiled back at Cale . Cale did not like this smile very much . Although he shouldn’t speak since he had helped the Whale tribe by blowing up the island, the Whale tribe had a tendency to think that they were the greatest tribe alive .
It made sense why the mermaids would hate the Whale tribe that ruled the ocean under the name of peace .
But there were always two sides to a story .
‘Not my problem . ’
Cale was someone who only moved based on what benefit he could gain from each situation . Thinking about this would not benefit him, so there was no point in thinking about it .
“Then I am going to go now . We are in a bit of a hurry . ”
They needed to quickly heal Ron now that they had the necessary ingredient .
Cale arrived at Hais Island 1 and quickly entered the tent .
“Ron . ”
“Young master-nim . ”
Beacrox stood up and looked toward Cale . He saw Choi Han and Hilsman coming in with the mermaid corpse and closed his mouth .
Ron was sleeping . The assassin was not aware that people had arrived .
Sigh .
A deep sigh came out of Cale’s mouth . A pile of highest-grade potions was sitting next to Ron’s bed .
“Beacrox, remove the covers . ”
“Yes sir . ”
“Can you lend me a glove?”
Beacrox, who was removing the blanket, suddenly flinched . He started to speak without looking at Cale .
“…Are you going to personally do it?”
Beacrox quietly observed his father’s face as he recalled what his father had told him . Ron had told Beacrox how strong the organization, ‘Arm,’ was every time he was awake .
He heard Cale’s confident response at that time .
“Yes, I will do it . ”
Beacrox took a white glove out of his pocket and handed it to Cale . Cale put it on and inspected Ron’s infected areas . The poison seemed to have settled down a bit after being doused in highest-grade potions .
Cale motioned to Choi Han, who quickly brought the mermaid corpse over . The corpse cast a shadow over Ron’s body as Cale took out a dagger and cut open the mermaid royalty’s corpse .
Drip, drip .
The mermaid’s blood started to drip one to two drops at a time before spurting out . Cale guided the corpse to make sure that the blood landed on Ron’s sides and thigh . He then cut the corpse in other places as well in order to hit all of the infected areas .
“Beacrox, pour a highest-grade potion . ”
“Yes sir . ”
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Siiiiiiizzle .
The potion, mermaid blood, and mermaid poison mixed with each other and started to sizzle . However they could see that the mermaid blood that was mixed with the highest-grade potion was evaporating the poison .
“Oooo, ugh . ”
Ron started to groan . His eyelids started to shake .
It was because the mermaid poison that was deep in his body was starting to disappear .
Ron’s eyes slowly started to open .
“…Young master-nim . ”
“Stop talking, I am busy . ”
Ron still continued to ask .
“Are you healing me right now?”
“Yes . ”
Cale verified that the sticky poison that was stuck to Ron’s body was gone before looking toward Ron .
“The poison is gone . Now you just need to recover . ”
“I see . ”
Cale took off the now-bloody white glove and threw it into the fire .
“Ron . ”
“Yes, young master-nim . ”
Ron looked back at Cale . Beacrox was looking at Cale as well .
“There is nobody left in that organization that knows your face . You know what I mean, right?”
Cale turned away from the fire in order to look at Ron as he continued .
“It means it is now time to go home . ”
The poison was gone and the person who took Ron’s arm was no longer in this world . That was why Cale was saying that they could now go back to the Henituse estate .
The word, ‘home,’ made Ron slowly close his eyes .
“Yes, young master-nim . ”
Cale nodded his head and patted Beacrox’s shoulder . Beacrox had been holding his father’s hand since earlier .
“We will start Ron’s recovery as soon as we get back . ”
That was the last thing Cale said before leaving the tent . He could see the endless ocean and sky . After working hard all day, it was now night time . The night sky over the ocean had a way of making people emotional .
“I guess I’ll finally get to rest for a bit . ”
Cale started to smile . They’ll need to deal with Ron’s recovery, but at least Ron was still alive .
Cale was thinking that he could now enjoy the slacker life at home for a bit .
“Young master-nim, you’re back!”
“Long time no see, Hans . ”
Hans greeted Cale with a bright expression .
“Umm, young master-nim, what about Mr . Ron?”
“The poison is gone . ”
“Oh, wow . Thank you very much . ”
“Why are you thanking me? Everything has been fine while I was gone?”
“Yes . There is nothing to report . ”
After seeing that Hans did not seem worried at all, Cale believed that he would be able to live the slacker life once again, even if it was only for a year .
Well, at least that was what he thought .