I regressed and became the Sword Ice King-Chapter 210 - - Trip to the East 29
The attribute of the cloak Raph had worn from
The beginning of their trip enabled him to hide his hair and face, his eyes included. Due to its effects, his ocular prowess had been reduced to mere vision, without the unique abilities of his trait.
It was something he had to keep in mind since it meant he wouldn’t be able to use his ocular abilities if he were ever blindfolded or in a situation where he had to hide his eyes.
So it came as a shock to him when he could, only to find a situation he didn’t expect. Every Merchant and their assistants were between the level of 50 and 60. He found this surprising at first but slowly accepted it. After all, it only made sense that they attempted to escape without the Mercenaries because they were capable of protecting themselves along the way.
As he sat silently on Elsie, who charged forward at an incredible speed, closing off the distance and running at the same pace as the carriage, he scanned the Cabin of the Carriage, only to find the most intriguing thing in it.
’Something abnormal is being kept in there’.
He thought as he stared at Malen, who remained stoic in his expression even after Raph had asked him a bothersome question. Though, Raph couldn’t care whether or not he answered. After all, he could see it all.
"I will ask again, what exactly is in the cabin, Sir Malen?" Raph asked with a raised tone as he glanced at Colby, who shivered and shifted away from his cold gaze. "Oh….does it belong to you, then?". He raised a brow as he stared at the man’s expression.
But just then, Malen stepped into the conversation. "What does it matter? It’s simply part of what we’re supposed to deliver"
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Raph smirked at his response, unable to tell if he was joking or being serious. It was one thing to lie strategically, but it was another to lie foolishly. He had expected at least Malen to have observed his eyes by now, but he could tell that the man was still in the act of processing the information.
".....Where’s the third helper boy?" He asked as he looked around.
"I don’t see a reason why we need to respond to that," Malen replied harshly.
Raph chuckled as he looked away, towards the horses and the path that they currently rode on. They didn’t have a particular destination in mind, so they didn’t have any form of protection against him or Elsie, other than whatever was in the Cabin.
’...it’s like a beast….the energy levels are unnaturally created from an unnatural fusion of mana circle and aura star’. He thought in contemplation, but he had a feeling he would find out soon enough.
"Stop the carriage, Malen. We don’t have all day". He instructed with his chill voice as he gazed at the man who had been staring at him in tension all this time.
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It seemed like Raph was perceived as a great obstacle, or at least, that’s what he could tell from the gaze, and he was right.
Malen was concocting all sorts of plans in his head, anything at all, to get perfect revenge on this boy who stood in his way.
There was no method of escaping with the goods; he had contemplated that many times already, and he was aware that the loss would be on his end.
’After all, a 9th star…..is equivalent to a level 90 on normal standards…..I can’t afford to fight against a being on that level….but the Red Peacemakers surely can’. He had made up his mind long ago to escape on his own once his plans failed, but he found this difficult to understand.
He had made a certain level of self-preserving plans that would aid him, but all that was focused on Cruz. Other than that, he was also trying hard to understand the concept of Raph’s eyes.
From a normal viewpoint, he looked blind, but from another, there was something ethereal about it that made him feel uncomfortable when he stared into it.
’Can he see energy pathways?’ He wondered. There are many occasions where you would meet an individual with the capability of seeing others’ level of energy pathways to tell their mastery of aura or circle.
Just like Raph, whose ocular prowess was blocked, Malen’s ability to scan others was also blocked. Well, it was from the very beginning but now that he could scan his energy, he realized how gravely he had underestimated the situation.
’It’s no wonder they escaped from the mountain, baby, but what happened to it? And what happened to Cruz?’ He wondered and for some reason, the curiosity led to him asking.
"Stop the carriage? If Cruz had told you everything, then I had expected he had told you our reasons on why we can’t follow such a command". He said with a bitter tone in his voice.
’Have I been reduced to this?’ He wondered.
Raph chuckled as Elsie slowly got closer to the Carriage. "That’s for me to know, and for you to not". He replied. "Stop the carriage, Malen or we will resort to violence". He added as his gaze flickered between Colby and Malen. ’If they had any trump card left….now would be the time’.
Colby glanced at Malen and then at Raph, a hot sensation burning within his abdomen as he felt a ferocious amount of anger cloud his head. ’What?! Are you telling me that my profits will be annulled because of a single child?! How dare the heavens go against me?!’ he thought as he glanced at the Cabin.
’Yeah, that’s right. The profits first, then Granny Swan wouldn’t mind. She doesn’t want to let our profits reduce either’.
He panted ruggedly as his eyes dilated and his fingers shook while he raised it to the Cabin. ’Yes….Yes, it’s inevitable that this is released upon the world. For the sake of our profits! We need to escape!’.
Colby Merrier was always a Merchant in and out. He smelled profit from a mile away, legal or illegal and placed his hands into any form of business that would smell money.
It was thanks to this attribute of his that he was easily recruited, or better still, kidnapped by an unknown entity who wanted his profits for her laboratory work.
Unable to fight her off, or stand his ground, he became their merchant.
Getting raw materials when they required it, as well as illegal ingredients, he would get them all. It came with an advantage, as these business trips always had a side of profit which would easily go to his profits. Thanks to that, he would easily become one of the richest Merchants in the West and East.
It never bothered him what they used those materials for, dead or alive, human or Beastmen, demons or beasts, children or adults; it didn’t matter as long as he gained profit.
"Malen" " his rugged voice called out with a hoarse tone, and the man, in turn, slowly turned towards him, his eyes bulging a little at the expression the bald man-made at the moment.
Raph noticed his rather bizarre expression as well. Like a mad scientist about to take the greatest gamble in his life. ’Who is he, by the way?’ His failure to learn about the other merchants and their Helper boys may have become an obstacle he would regret later, but for now, he would simply just learn with the flow.
"You wanted to see my helper boy, did you Not?!" he asked with a mad glint in his eyes, and at that moment, Malen had shifted on his spot.
"Don’t release him until we find a good spot to–"
"It’s too late!!" Malen was cut off by Colby, who tapped on the Cabin and said with an evil smirk.
"Wakey Wakey, living meat is available".
A moment of silence diffused between them, but Raph’s gaze widened as he noticed the blizzard surge in energy from the figure within the Carriage. Elsie shifted as well, her snout rising in the air as she howled aggressively in anticipation of the inevitable.
"Husband, be ready! A creature of great power is about to be released!"
Her voice caught the merchants in surprise but it seemed like it was too late, as a gust of malevolent green energy busted out of the Cabin with a shockwave.
BOOM!
The cabin was suddenly blown apart from its top surface as splinters of wood broke and shattered into the air.
Raph and Elsie had to shift away slightly to prevent the splinters from getting to them, but as soon as they did, a terrible hollow cry escaped into the skies and a creature jumped out of the Carriage causing the whole construct to slam into the ground, breaking the iron wheels like a twig and startling the horses as they neighed in fright. A crater was formed from the collision as the two men were flung into the air together with the goods and wooden fragments.
Bags of foodstuffs, grains and barrels of types of equipment were flung into the air in disarray, some damaged, and some getting into the process of being damaged, but at that point, Raph had activated his Storage ring and stored all the necessary goods just before the rest of the debris slammed into the ground, including the two men that rolled across the harsh soil of the sand Roads.
Elsie halted in her tracks as a large Beastman slammed into the ground a few feet away from them, causing a deep crater.
Raph raised a brow in surprise as he jumped off Elsie, who growled aggressively in anticipation as the dust cleared.
It finally did, revealing a Reptilian beast with humanoid arms, ferocious horns, a tail adorned with jagged spikes and a mace at the tip. Its scales were as hard as metal, and it glowed crimson with the sun as if it were a humanoid dragon.
The creature glanced at Raph and then Elsie and, with a sudden surge of power, screamed in fury.
*ROAAAARRRR!!!!!*
