The Duke's Son :Re-Chapter 73

Roh Jun-Yeop dreamed of becoming the Bow Saint. However, as his level was still low, he trained with guns rather than the bow because they were more powerful early on, thereby promoting rapid growth. This was especially true with Roh Jun-Yeop’s third-slot Skill, Phantom Shooter: it was an active Skill that required the use of a gun to summon a number of ghost guns, just like now.

Tatatatang!

The two blurred ghost guns floating at Roh Jun-Yeop’s left and right imitated his rapid fire. It was like there were three Roh Jun-Yeops on a shooting spree, and it made defensive Skills that reduced the power of projectiles meaningless.

“Kuaack!”

The thugs restraining the blacksmith were hit by the bullets and collapsed, but the others didn’t react.

"C-Captain?”

Dazed, they watched their captain get blown away, unable to stand again after a single strike from the blue-haired girl.

Butler Hwang didn’t miss the opportunity that Jang Yeon-Ju and Roh Jun-Yeop had created. As the Kang family’s butler, he was very versatile. Not to mention, he was a former F1 driver, which was an honor given to only twenty people in the world.

Butler Hwang handled the bike much better than Roh Jun-Yeop and Jang Yeon-Ju, zigzagging through the incoming thugs and stopping the bike in front of Blacksmith Song with a perfect drift, impressing Jang Yeon-Ju and Roh Jun-Yeop.

“Get on!”

“...Wow.”

Blacksmith Song got on the bike with a laugh. “Huhu! Butler Hwang, you’re still alive, eh?”

Butler Hwang replied, “I must stay alive until the young master becomes an adult.”

“Is Kang Dae-Seong still a kid?”

“I’m talking about the youngest one.”

“Did Dae-Guk have another child?”

“...Are you senile?”

“This guy, just because we are both growing old doesn’t mean you can treat me as an equal!”

“I-I’m sorry.”

Blacksmith Song wasn’t just a craftsman. His sheer age alone was intimidating.

Butler Hwang was well over sixty years old, but even he was like a grandchild to Blacksmith Song, who was ancient to the point that even the Yaksha acted polite around him.

“Hold on tightly!”

Butler Hwang pressed on the accelerator and rammed the thugs who were targeting Jang Yeon-Ju with magic- and other ranged attacks. Then, he made a U-turn and blocked the thugs rushing at Roh Jun-Yeop.

Thanks to Butler Hwang, Roh Jun-Yeop had time to aim. He fired rapidly and secured an escape route.

Jang Yeon-Ju retrieved the remaining bike and shouted to Roh Jun-Yeop, “Get on!”

Roh Jun-Yeop scrambled to the back of the bike just as two hatchets flew toward the back of his head. If it hadn’t been for Jang Yeon-Ju swinging her hand to block them, his head would’ve been split open.

“These crazy bastards are determined to kill people—Ack!” Roh Jun-Yeop was gritting his teeth with anger when he screamed. Looking down, he saw Jang Yeon-Ju’s elbow jabbed in his solar plexus.

“Focus! Grab my waist and hold on tightly!” she told him.

“Got it!”

“Kyak! That’s my pelvis! Move your hands!”

“I got it! I’m sorry. Calm down!”

She had a body shaped like an hourglass. It seemed there were many places to hold on, but it was difficult when she freaked out every time he touched her. Roh Jun-Yeop grumbled and balanced using only the strength of his lower body as he reloaded his gun.

Some thugs were pursuing them in vehicles, but it was pointless.

“What a bunch of hillbillies.” Roh Jun-Yeop lowered his gun. He had no reason to waste bullets stopping the chase.

The arcane bike's maximum speed was seven hundred kilometers per hour. The driver had to be high-level, however, to achieve maximum speed, but Butler Hwang’s driving skills meant there was zero chance he would be overtaken by thugs driving normal vehicles.

Blacksmith Song watched Roh Jun-Yeop and Jang Yeon-Ju closely, frowning. “These brats aren’t warriors from the Kang family, right?”

Butler Hwang explained, “Yes, they are the new subordinates of the young master, who has entered Lion’s Castle.”

“Didn’t you say that he’s the youngest son of Dae-Guk? It seems the child didn’t take after his father and is weak?”

“No. The young master is greater than the duke.”

“Oh? Then why are his subordinates like this?”

The assailants who’d thrown hatchets at Roh Jun-Yeop had been shot in the shoulder and thigh. In other words, Roh Jun-Yeop could’ve killed them, but he had spared them instead.

Nothing was more foolish than showing mercy on the battlefield.

Butler Hwang said, “I don’t think they have been educated enough. The young master entered school a month later than the others. He must not have had enough time.”

“Teaching others how to kill is easy. If Dae-Guk’s youngest son were half like him, there would be no need to have this useless conversation.”

“......”

Butler Hwang disagreed. He had watched Kang Jae-Hyeok for sixteen years. In terms of personality, he absolutely wasn’t inferior to Duke Kang Dae-Guk.

Recalling the boy killing the man who’d broken into the estate, Butler Hwang laughed and said calmly, “Let me just say, the eldest young master was reluctant to spar with the young master.”

“...Dae-Seong was reluctant?”

Blacksmith Song pursed his lips. There was no need for further explanation regarding this child named Kang Jae-Hyeok.

......

“Do you need a lot of skills to work for a ducal family?” Roh Jun-Yeop finally spoke to Butler Hwang once they were almost out of Grishi.

At first, he’d thought of Butler Hwang as a burden, but on the contrary, Butler Hwang had helped out a lot. If Butler Hwang hadn’t rescued Blacksmith Song in time, the battle could’ve continued longer than expected, and unforeseen variables could’ve occurred.

“I can’t deny it. Still, this isn’t something I can brag about in front of students of Lion’s Castle.”

"You are too modest. I don’t think I can drive as well as you.”

Butler Hwang smiled. “If you become a member of the Kang family, you will naturally develop skills you never had before. There is no need for you to worry just yet.”

“Huh?”

Roh Jun-Yeop tilted his head in disbelief, but before he could respond, he suddenly trembled. Jang Yeon-Ju’s eyes also darkened.

An aura had suddenly appeared, lurking tens of meters ahead.

There was no mistaking it. The two of them had some of the highest Insight stats among the second-year students, so their senses were as sharp as a blade. Jang Yeon-Ju gave a warning. “Butler Hwang, from now on, just look ahead and drive. Don’t look back no matter what happens.”

Then, an unfamiliar voice came from right in front of them. “Mr. Song, where are you going?”

The speed of the arcane bike was extremely fast. The distance of a few dozen meters was narrowed in an instant, and they naturally got closer to the mysterious being.

A beastman!

Jang Yeon-Ju and Roh Jun-Yeop were shocked by the uninvited guest’s appearance. At first, they had thought he was a lunatic in a white tiger mask. However, as they neared and locked eyes with the vertical pupils in his blue eyes, they realized the truth. It was a beastman—a being with human-level intelligence and a physique with the features of a beast.

Beastmen were among the otherworldly races commonly encountered inside the gates where civilizations lived. However, few beastmen were active on Earth. After all, for what purpose would an otherworlder choose to isolate themselves from their kin and dwell with humans? The answer was obvious: they either were spies or couldn’t live in their original home. frёewebηovel.cѳm

Either way, there was a high chance they were criminals.

“I warned you, didn’t I, that you wouldn’t be able to step out of here until you made what I asked for,” the white tiger beastman said coldly, reaching out a hand that was no hand at all. It was the front paw of a tiger, large and powerful, and the sharpness of each thick claw was like a blade.

Claaang!

Accelerating, Jang Yeon-Ju used the bike’s handlebars as support and delivered a powerful kick to the beastman’s reaching paw.

However, that paw was as hard and steady as a building’s support pillar.

Unlike Jang Yeon-Ju, who almost fell off the bike from the recoil, the beastman continued forward and tried to grab Blacksmith Song.

“Get lost!”

Tatatang!

Fortunately, Roh Jun-Yeop played an active role.

He activated his Initial Skill to maximize the power of his marksmanship and fired dozens of bullets, repeatedly hitting the white tiger beastman’s huge front paw.

The force of those shots caused the beastman to stiffen slightly, and his razor-sharp claws barely grazed Blacksmith Song’s collar as they sped past.

“These brats.”

The bike carrying Blacksmith Song was rapidly moving away, so the beastman instead chased after the bike carrying Jang Yeon-Ju and Roh Jun-Yeop.

Jang Yeon-Ju was behind the wheel but hadn’t regained her balance, causing the bike to slow down.

“Fuck, seeing him running on all fours is terrifying. Hey! Speed it up! Quickly!”

Roh Jun-Yeop shouted fiercely when the distance between him and the white tiger beastman continued closing no matter how much he fired.

Jang Yeon-Ju was also doing her best. Enduring the pain of her broken wrist and ankle, she managed to regain her balance and pressed hard on the accelerator.

It was just that even a few seconds of delay were fatal.

Once Roh Jun-Yeop’s Initial Skill activation time ended and the power of his shots weakened, the beastman increased his speed even more and was about to grab the rear wheel of the bike.

Am I going to die?

This was an opponent whose power was unlike anything he’d encountered when going on missions with the guilds. Roh Jun-Yeop’s heart sank as he faced the unstoppable white tiger.

Just then, a harpoon flew from the direction of Butler Hwang’s bike and struck the head of the beastman.

Baaaaaaaang!!

A dragon harpoon! It was an artifact that became more lethal the larger the target, especially against targets bearing the name of dragon.

The white tiger beastman, who had been fine after being hit by dozens of bullets, couldn’t withstand the power of the harpoon and flew back, rolling on the ground.

By the time he managed to raise himself up, both bikes had disappeared from view. The harpoon that had dyed his white fur red had also been dragged away by the chain it was connected to.

The white tiger beastman thought, Well, well. I put my claw to his neck, but he kept saying he didn’t have it. The dragon harpoon was the precious item that he had been trying to get from Blacksmith Song. However at a crucial moment, not only had he not gotten the dragon harpoon, but Blacksmith Song had used it to hold him back.

Unable to contain his anger, he roared.

Soon, dozens of vehicles arrived behind him. They were vehicles driven by the gang who’d lost Blacksmith Song.

They didn’t dare to make eye contact. As they trembled, the white tiger beastman ordered them. “Find a way to infiltrate Lion’s Castle.” His only comfort was that he now knew the dragon harpoon existed.

The ferocity in his tiger eyes gradually calmed as he stared at the sunset coloring the ruined city.

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