Chapter 255 - To end a race war (1) (2/2)
Mars and 78 stepped out of the prayer room and was met with Jake that stood right outside the prayer room and waited for them
”...What do you want kid?”
”I am here to invite you Mars to join the human war effort”
”...Yeah, no that's not going to happen, I am going to end this farce of a race war my own way”
”I knew you would say that, wait you said you are going to end the war!? How!?”
”by breaking some stuff, now I'll stay at the castle for a little bit more and rest and then I'll leave”
Finished saying what he wanted Mars walked off with 78 and tow that was being unusually quiet as they walked back towards the castle being led by the maid from before, amongst the yelling and screaming of the citizens that saw 78 Mars asked her
”What's on your mind 78?”
”...Who's Varvei?”
”She's my lover, well one of them anyway”
”...I see”
78 lowered her head seemingly in deep thought, Mars gave a sigh as he fended off a pitchfork and kicked the peasant that had tried to stab at 78 in the stomach before he walked onwards towards the castle where the castle guard held back the angry mob that tried to kill 78 or at the very least tried to rip off her ears and tail, as he entered the castle he was met with the king and Jake that had returned before him
”Jake tells me you have a way to end the war?”
”Sure I do, or at the very least I will deescalate the war”
The king gave a deep nod before he spoke again
”In that case, allow me to assist you with all my might lord Mars”
”Drop the lord, I aint lord over nothing”
”...Yes Mars”
Mars gave a nod before he let out a yawn, he was still tired from the trip and mentally tired from fending off the people that tried to kill 78
”That can wait until tomorrow... Let's go 78”
”Okay...”
After the two of them returned to the room Mars laid down on the bed and regulated his breathing and soon fell asleep...
When Mars woke again the only thing he heard was silence, which was odd since he had sharp enough ears to normally hear all that was going on in the castle, Mars however was not distruibed by this and went through his morning stretches before he looked for 78 and quickly found her sleeping in the dobbel bed.
'Well then let's see what's going on...'
Mars walked out of the room and noticed that their assigned maid was missing from her post outside the room and opened his mouth to complain
”....”
Mars then realized he was unable to hear his own voice and then he gave a cold smile as he thought
'So that's what going on... Let's mess up whoever's plan this is'
Mars walked back into the room and unwrapped the cloth that covered the adamantite broadsword while humming a tune he could not hear himself
'Well then let's go'
Mars then activated [Instant movement] and [Half awaken] just to be safe before he disappeared from the room and reappeared at the end of the hallway where he looked first left then right before he disappeared from view once more, things continued like this for sometime until Mars smell a familiar smell and decided to follow it
'....I knew it'
Mars found a knight sitting and leaning against the wall of the hallway, his eyes were wide open and there were tears in the corner of his eyes
'Looks like it's too late for you....'
The stomach of the knight was ripped open along with his armor and his internals laid sprayed out on the floor
'From the looks of it the attack happened in the middle of the hallway... and there are light traces of bloodstains leading further down the hallway...'
Mars gave a sigh in this soundless world and closed the eyes of the dead knight before he followed the footsteps that were outlined with slight traces of blood for a little while before he found another corpse of a knight and continued onwards after he said a silent prayer for the knight
'looks like they were fleeing while escorting someone... most likely the king and that kid... this formation is impressive though, looks like I need some more time to understand it through my senses...'
Mars shrugged and leisurely continued on his way with the adamantite broadsword on his shoulder, soon he found the assailants that had infiltrated the castle, they were in the process of trying to force open a door that seemed to be reinforced by a fe overlaid magic formations but most importantly Mars had now identified the assilents from their fluffy ears
'Beastmen huh... Looks like there's a girl in there too and see seems to be leading them... Don't tell me... Nah no way'
Mars took a few more steps down the hallway before the asialents spotted him and after sending out some hand signs two beastmen broke off and charged down the hallway at him, their movements were in sync, Mars got a bad feeling about this before he gave a wide smile
'just from their footwork alone they have had extensive training... Looks like this will be interesting..!'
Mars, wearing a wide smile took a stance and decided to enjoy this fight so he tuned down his strength a bit as the two beastmen lept at him and swung their dual swords down, Mars raised his boardsword and blocked them as no sound spread out from their clash
'Clang~'
The lack of sound made Mars make his own sound effects in his head that is