Chapter 279: Looks like you need a beating
"They’re searching the island for survivors!" A man with long furry ears said with rage, clenching his fists.
"Calm down, Karl, they don’t look as strong as the last patrol. We’ll kill some of them, then capture the rest to question them." An older man with furry ears said.
"But Sir Carolus, what if they find something? Like...THE CROWN!" Karl pointed to Kai holding the crown in his hand.
"That demon bastard! They were after the crown after all! They want the power of her majesty! I’ll never forgive them!"
"Calm yourself, Karl! We have already lost 70% of our population, we cant afford to jeopardize the rest of them! Her Majesty told us to protect them with our lives, and that’s what we will do! So pull it together!"
Karl sighed and took a deep breath. "I’m sorry. I’m just angry."
Carolus shook his head and patted Karl on the back. "Trust me, kid, we all are. I don’t blame you for being angry, but we have to keep a level head, or we’ll be doing more harm than good."
"You’re right. So what’s the plan?"
"We’ll strike when they dock once more. We need to catch them off guard. After they dock, wait for them to spread out and take them out one by one. I’ve already called for backup, so we’ll have to wait until then."
Karl nodded. "Understood."
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The crew docked at another island to learn anything about the realm they were in. This time, they managed to find a place that was recently leveled. Buildings were still standing, albeit they were in extremely poor condition; the dirt wasn’t fully dead, spots of green poking out of the black soil, and there were tons of bodies around.
"This is horrible. Not even children were spared." Nadya closed the eyelids of a child who was caught in the battle that took place on this island.
"Hmmm? Barry, do you feel that?" Kai asked as he scanned the entire island with his senses.
"I do. Demonic energy."
"Demons were here?" Sasha asked
"Seems that way. Wait, what is this?" Barry grabbed a pill from the ground and handed it to Kyana.
"Kai, it’s one of the demon pills. It wasn’t just demons who attacked this place."
"Seems like something bigger is going on here. Spread out and see what you can find."
Everyone took a direction and went off to search for anything that could give them some answers. At that exact moment, Carolus ordered his men, who had arrived not too long ago, to attack.
"We’ll make them suffer!" Karl growled as he charged toward the island.
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Sasha was kneeling on the ground, swiping the dirt off of some object she found. When picking it up, it looked to be a rod of some sort. Not a magic staff, but more like a support beam. Being a dwarf, she understood craftsmanship, and just by touching this rod, she was able to determine the way the houses were built.
She placed the rod down, then brushed the dirt away from a lump she saw in the ground. A body came out, lifeless, bloodied, and very, very unfortunate. This person looked to be around her age.
"How sad. They didn’t even get to live a long, happy life. You know, I’m grateful to Kai for saving me back then. If he didn’t, I would have been in the same situation."
Sasha continued to look around, but suddenly, she sensed something coming her way. At first, she thought it was someone from the group, but the closer they came, she could sense that their mana signature was not familiar.
"Survivors?" She muttered, "Maybe I can ask if they-" Sasha moved just in time to avoid being blasted in the face with a beam of mana.
"Or not." She took out her hammer and waited for them to come close. When they landed, she noticed that they looked similar to Amaya and Patty.
"State who you are." She demanded.
"State who WE are? The arrogance of you people! You come into our home, destroy our land, kill our people, and you DARE tell us to state who we are? We’ll rip you to shreds!" The beastkin charged toward Sasha with a bloodlust so thick that a weak-minded person would have passed out.
Alongside him were two other beastkin who also charged in to attack. They were all angry, one of them even crying from anger, and they wanted to kill Sasha.
"If you don’t want to talk, then I’ll make you talk." Sasha loved battle. Besides having sex with Kai, it was one of her favorite things to do. Her blood was boiling, and she was itching for a fight.
She spun her hammer around, then slammed it into the dirt, cracking the ground, and three earth pillars jutted upward, slamming into the three beastkin.
"Arghh!"
"Ngh!"
"Dammit!"
Two of them were hit, but the one who spoke to Sasha managed to defend himself.
"Don’t think this is enough to take us down!" His claws sank into the pillar, then the top half cracked, and he threw it toward Sasha while launching himself forward at the same time.
"I was hoping that wouldn’t be enough to take you out. Come, I’ve been waiting for a good fight!" Her hammer morphed into a war axe, and she sliced the pillar in half.
The beast man came from behind, using the pillar as a distraction to attack her blind spot.
"Do you think I’m new to this?" She moved faster than what should have been normal, blocking the man’s claws with the belly of her axe without even turning around.
Sasha elblwed him in the face with her right arm, spun to her left, and grabbed his hair with her left hand, slamming the man onto the ground, then kicked him away with enough force to shatter a few ribs.
"Arghhhhh!!!!"
Just then, the other two attacked her, one from the right and the other from the left. The right man swiped at her face, missing as she stepped back.
The left beastkin attempted to kick her in the side, but Sasha grabbed his leg and then slammed him against the other beastkin. Her axe morphed back into a hemmer, and she crushed both of them with it, not killing them, though.
The other beastkin came back, seeing his companions knocked out. "W-Weren’t you guys just a search party? Why are you strong?"
Sasha had no idea what he was talking about. "You’re probably confusing me with someone else, but it doesn’t matter anyway. Since you attacked me, you all need a beating!" She cracked her knuckles and lunged in for more.