Chapter 11-12 (2/2)
Walpurgis was breathing painfully She was also bleeding heavily and the place at which she sat down immediately turned into a puddle of blood I would need to take care of the demonic army quickly
It see a severe wound Countless other dead were on the ground However, the lucky ones who survived were standing up Walpurgis shouted again after taking a look at the situation
“Go, noill hold them down!”
She tried standing despite the pain but I pushed her shoulder to sit her back down Instead of running, I took a line of fuse fro it
“Just what?”
I kicked over a wooden board instead of answering The contents spilled out
They were is’ eyes went round at the sudden appearance of the h that helmet of hers
Fufu, that expression alone makes all this preparation worth it
To be fair, just burying the gunpowder barrel alone seeain It was quite exhausting to borrow them without permission In short, I stole them all
“They’re all loaded, so just grab one and shoot I’ll leave five with you”
I stuck the prepared round
Plop
I leaned on the stand and ai
“We have ten shots total Let’s make it count”
The deing towards us
“Kieeeghh!~”
When a demon’s monstrous howl sounded, the first round fired
Bang!
Chapter 12 - Lady Teis (3)
One of the orcs running over collapsed on the ground The sword he was carrying flew into the air and planted itself into the ground shaking
Bang!
The second shot fired
“Kueegh!”
A goblin that was ai its arquebus atlearned a lot about marksmanshi+p from monster hunter Ludd The Rank 5 Proficiency was really shi+ning through
Bang! Bla!
Walpurgis was leaning on the ruined wall and firing away enthusiastically as well When all ten shots were gone, no one was left standing They were all dead or squir out Still, it was too early to feel relieved
“The big fish is still here”
Hessax, who had fallen earlier, stood up His lower body was a ht in the explosion The way chunks of his thighs were ritted his teeth while taking slow methodical steps towards us
“Walpurgis! I planned to take you as a prisoner but I have changed my mind I will kill you as painfully as I possibly can By sunrise, this forest will be filled with your screams You dare make a trap like this in the middle of a nowhere like this?”
Even I shi+vered at the words dripping with malevolent aura The difference between him and I was massive He was only ame feel fear that froze h to physically fold me in half
“And you!”
Hessax took an ugly mace from his waist and pointed at me
“I have no clue where so like you came from but you will not be allowed even the relief of death I will turn your life into a living hell”
This was no idle threat His commander, Demon Lord Pejamut, controlled the aspects of blood and death In one word, he was a necromancer Obviously, his subordinates were also masters in the necromantic arts He probably planned to kill h endless pain
“Valler, he speaks true Please run I will try to stall him”
Even a Her attitude helped e I reminded myself why I came here I had already prepared for this
I knew Hessax would be the one chasing them as well I also prepared for in case the explosion wouldn’t take him out Theelse ready to take out the boss A big fish required a big rod to reel in
“Don’t worry about it”
“How are you so calm about this! Urkk!”
Walpurgis’ condition wasn’t very good I nodded to reassure her and shouted at Hessax
“Hessax!”
“What is it? Begging for your life will be of no use It is better for you to search for ice in a desert”
“I have no plans to beg to a de!”
“Kuhaha! Your bluffs are as transparent as they come! What kind of tricks do you still have left that you’re so confident in?”
Hessax s
Kuumph
It was a truly heavy sound I wouldn’t be able to hold out against even a single swing fro
“If you still have guns left, then go ahead and shoot! You will never penetrate this thick armour!”
Hessax pounded his ar an enor that no human would be able to wear Even a heavyas abnormal as that But that didn’t mean there wasn’t a way
“Kukuku, then shall we start after s your loud mouth first!”
Hessax waited no longer and darted forward
“Lady Walpurgis! Please buy me some time!”
“Understood!”
Walpurgis had already been preparing and lunged forward to stop Hessax
Clang!
While she crossed her tords to block the mace, I opened aon the old cabin to crawl inside I pushed what I had hidden in the cabin outside with all ht was no joke
“Kuuurgh!”
What I had hidden inside the cabin was none other than a leather cannon It was the lightest cannon used in the Eh to pull it around
It may be called a leather cannon, but it wasn’t ht, a thin copper barrel was cast and wrapped with leather to provide structural support This hy it was called a leather cannon It was an atteht, but durability also suffered as a result
“Despite this, it’s very useful in situations like this”
If it wasn’t a leather cannon, I couldn’t have used Filly to bring it here Even a “light” cannon was reht cannon required six horses One could understand how light a leather cannon is when co the two Its durability may have been sacrificed but the firepoas still there
(TL: Schlangel is a Gerhly similar in class to “falcon” cannon, which is heavier version of better known “falconet” cannons
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It was already loaded with gunpowder and a shot weighing about 14 kg I carefully ed and had a thin barrel
Since he was such a large target, the shot would land as long as I aimed carefully If I missed, I was truly a dead man
“Kuhaha! Is that all you have, templar?”
It see on in this direction He probably thought I was not so attention to He was is like a predator that had cornered its prey
“Lady Walpurgis!”
After taking a careful look at the situation, I realized noas the perfect opportunity Walpurgis threw one of her swords at Hessax’s face and retreated The auntlet in surprise, I lighted the cannon’s fuse
Tsssssssss
Kuaaaammm!
The flash of light frohtdarkThe direct fired shot froh Hessax’s chest in an instant
Klang
Sparks showered as his arround
“Wha… what is…”
Hessax couldn’t close his h to fit a fist through He would never have anticipated to be hit by a cannon of all things I ser controlleddown this insignificant mini-boss countless times
“You said to shoot if I have anything left Ah,bullets”
I was technically correct Bullets in this time were not explosive rounds, but a simple ball of metal
“If you’re wearing big arer shots”
“ damn you…”
Kuumph
Hessax collapsed with a hefty thump Blood pooled out where he collapsed and soaked the surrounding ground
“A… Valler, your resourcefulness knows no bounds… To kill him with a cannon…”
Walpurgis was barely standing while leaning on her sword
“Are you alright?”
“Fuuu…”
Walpurgis let out a long sigh and collapsed forward as she could no longer stand I hurriedly took her in irl her age She was still only 16 years old
“Huuugh”
Her pained groans made my heart ache Still, she tried her best to hide the pain so as not to worry me
“It seeet your help… for the rest of o Save yourself…”
After those words, she fainted Her breathing was shallow as if she was about to die at any moment
“Walpurgis”
I swayed my head side to side She wasn’t even a little bit different I owed her countless debts She died protecting me numerous times in the past
“I’ve always felt sorry and thankful Now, I finally have a chance to save you”
I took out a healing potion It was the potion she gave erly placed the potion down beside me and carefully removed her chest armour
Since she fainted,her drink it was not an option Plus, if I removed her hel her face at any cost
She said she’d rather die, so even I hadn’t seen her face before It would be better to pour the potion on the wound itself The potion was more effective this way as well
Clack clack
I undid the ties holding the front plate and the back plate together and untied the connection to the gorget as well Then the breastplate was pushed back with notable resistance
“W, what? Is there so inside?”
It felt like there were small air packets inside so I lifted the plate to take a look And I was truly surprised
Jiggle jiggle
The uni back, I never saw her out of her a to press theainst theainst ar
But my excitement lasted for only a moment and dissipated when I saw her padded shi+rt soaked in blood I quickly took her shi+rt off Her white skin ruined with blotches of blood A thick smell of iron wafted over
Plop
I hurriedly took the lid off the potion and started pouring the potion over her chest
Did she fight even with so like this…
“Hnnngg…”
Walpurgis moaned once more but her tone indicated she was in a aze unintentionally went towards soli that looked like a burn scar continued upward
“Hmm…”
That was probably related to Walpurgis’ secret Considering where the scar lead to, there must be a story behind it My curiosity suddenly sprouted Walpurgis was essentially in a co the helmet off would be easy
Healing potions were not soically recovered any wounds the moment one drank them That would be convenient, but nowhere close to reality Moving after drinking the potion hindered the healing Muscles needed to be as still as possible to re-attach themselves properly It wasn’t just thethe potion as well
Though there were various kinds of potions, the majority of them put the user to sleep for the stated reasons If not sleeping, then one needed to stay still in the proper position for an hour or so to heal properly It was only natural since ent entity which could find its own position and link up with others
“Hmm…”
I fell into deep conteis I shook my head and dressed her back up
“No, that’s not right”
I needed to respect her secrets as much as I respected her
Clack clack
I donned her arht She’d need at least 30how severe her wounds were I decided to clean up the is in the meanwhile
“There is the good loot I’ve been eyeing at”
I rubbed my hands as I walked over to Hessax’s corpse The way he carried around a bunch of expensive ite bank vault Today was a good day
“I wonder what he has”
“Hessax’s Armour” and “Hessax’s Mace” always dropped but other ite through Hessax’s corpse in anticipation
TL Note: Sorry for long hiatus folks Had sootten a new, cooler cover which will be uploaded along with next post