Chapter 574 – Side Story 77) Barbarian Knight (16)
Gaiden 77) Barbarian Night (16)
Henry immediately wanted to take the rescued heroes back to the pioneering base. But he couldn’t. Because no matter how much he could fly, he was too far to return to the frontier base in one day.
“I’ll take a day off here and go back tomorrow.”
Judging that he was far enough away from the cave where the Monster Lord was, Henry stopped his flight and landed on the ground.
Of course, there is no safe place in the land of monsters, but with the new Sanctuary Armor, Aegis, he was confident in protecting the heroes even when monsters swarmed.
“We… Are you really alive?”
“I mean… I thought I was really dying…”
The heroes who came down to the ground smiled dejectedly as if what had happened to them was absurd.
“If it wasn’t for Mr. Henry, we would be dead. Thank you very much.”
“Thank you, Henry!”
“Do you have a girlfriend? What if I don’t?”
“?! Clap clack! Police officer! Here, here!”
Haha. No. Your efforts to not give up and persevere until the end even in difficult moments than mine will save you all.”
“Ohhhhh…! A humble figure, cool!”
Haha…”
It was Henry who was awkward in the situation where everyone was saying thank you and praising him.
“You mean it’s strange anyway?”
“What?”
“I think we’ve been stuck in that cave for almost a week… How are we still alive?”
“Huh? Come to think of it? Henry? How many days have passed since we disappeared?”
“It’s been about 10 days.”
“Ten days? Hey… Can a person live without eating for 10 days? We didn’t even drink water, did we?”
“I didn’t drink it exactly. But… It’s definitely weird.”
Everyone questioned how they were still alive. But worrying about it didn’t mean that the answer would come out.
For reference, they were able to stay alive until now because the Dark Knight continuously injected nutrients while they passed out, but no one could figure it out.
“Whatever it is, does it matter? It matters that we survived.”
“Well, that’s right.”
The heroes soon stopped paying attention to the question. To be honest, I wanted to enjoy this moment while I was alive and breathing. The sunlight was so warm… The heroes realized how precious it is to be alive.
“Looks like you need to get something to eat. I’ll prepare a shelter for you soon, so stay there.”
“Ah, we will help too.”
“It’s okay. I can make it right away.”
“Then I will help you with hunting.”
“Everyone, I’ll receive your help when you recover a bit. For now, just rest well and try to recover your physical strength.”
“…I’ve said it many times already, but thank you very much, Mr. Henry.”
The heroes expressed their sincere gratitude to Henry, who worked so hard for them. He didn’t even care to say that he was young. He was respectful and showed respect for him.
‘Master. Is this the responsibility that Master told me? That responsibility… That’s really good.’
Looking at the people he saved with his own hands, Henry’s heart was filled with unknown emotions. I miss the master who broke up three years ago.
If he told me that he saved people, he would have given me the blow, saying he did a good job.
‘Master, older sister. Watch me. I’ll save people on your behalf. Whatever you were trying to do, whatever you ended up not being able to do, I will do it all. I’ll make it. Please watch over me.’
Henry smiled and looked up at the sky. I felt as if my master and my sister Arachne were looking down at me from the sky with happy smiles.
“Udadadadat! ‘The excavator is leaving!'”
Henry, who built an excavator out of nanoparticles, carved a cliff into a shelter. Then, thanks to luck finding his deer, he was able to feed the heroes.
And when night fell, Henry stood vigil with the hero Hawk.
He said he would stay vigil alone, but the heroes strongly appealed that he couldn’t make Henry stand alone.
“I… Lord Hawk.”
“Yes? Why, Mr. Henry?”
“I have something to ask you.”
“Yes, feel free to speak.”
“That… Have any monsters ever appeared in the Dark City before?”
“Monsters? Yes, there are.”
“I-is there?”
The fact that the monster had appeared in the Dark City was a surprise to Henry. Doubt welled up in his heart.
‘Really, the president of the Gizman Association…?’
“Can you elaborate on that?”
“Yes, of course. Uh… When was it? 33 years ago? At that time, a large monster named Siren attacked Dark City on the coast.”
“33 years ago?”
Henry recalled the face of the monster lord he had seen in the cave. The monster road, with wrinkles and age spots on its face, looked like the same age as the president of the Gizman Association.
“At that time, so many people were sacrificed. The senior heroes who were dispatched to stop the Siren also fell there. If the seniors hadn’t risked their lives to kill the Siren at that time, the present Dark City would never have existed.”
“Oh my god…”
“And when was it again? Oh right. The same thing happened three years ago. Then the sirens showed up.”
“… Even three years ago?”
“Yes? Yes. Sirens also appeared through the sea three years ago.”
“Could it be… Did many people die at that time?”
“Yes? No. At that time, several heroes were killed… But the casualties were not that great.”
“Really? The siren who appeared three years ago must have been a little guy, right?”
“No. It was huge. It’s a large monster.”
“Uh… But the casualties weren’t great? It’s a large monster?”
It could have been disparaging the skills of the heroes, so Henry cautiously asked Hawk back.
“Yes. Actually, this is a secret… Because I was there? I didn’t directly participate in the battle, but I did the work of evacuating citizens from the rear. Anyway, thanks to my psychic power, I saw the S-class heroes and the Siren fighting. .. There was an unexpected person in that position.”
“An unexpected person?”
“And that unexpected person caught the siren.”
“Sae, you beat the siren? Alone?”
“Yes.”
“That, who is that?”
“It’s called by a different name now, but back then people called him that way.”
“…”
“Steel armor.”
“… Who?”
“S-class Villain Steel Armor. He defeated the Siren. I saw it myself.”
“…”
‘Master!’
Henry doesn’t know his master’s name. It’s because Master didn’t tell us. But I knew how he was called by others.
Steel armor.
The world, people called Master Steel Armor.
‘Master… As expected! I knew it!’
To be honest, I couldn’t believe that I had beaten a large monster, the Siren, by myself.
Heroes deal with villains, but monster hunters deal with monsters. The monster hunter knew better than the hero how dangerous the monster was.
Not to mention, he couldn’t believe that he had caught a large monster by himself.
But if that person was Master, I could trust him.
Master was a man like a warrior sent by God to save this world. If any monster caught Master, he could not be an opponent.
Hearing that Master had defeated the Sirens and saved the Dark City, Henry felt better for nothing. To him, Sabu was his second father, friend and brother.
“Do you have any more questions?”
“Yes? Oh, no. It’s okay. Thanks for telling me.”
“With something like this. Aren’t you curious about my three size? If it’s Henry, I can tell you my three size…”
“Yes? Uh…”
Although Henry is capable and mature, he was a 15-year-old boy after all. He was taken aback by his sister’s coy voice that seemed to be tempting.
“Dude, don’t do anything weird. Go to the speed star?”
“Ouch! Hey! I was just kidding! Are you going to tail Henry that I’m crazy?”
“I think you’re going to hit it. Okay, it’s shift time now, so go and rest. Henry, get some rest too. You must be very tired from bringing us.”
“Ah, yes. Thank you.”
“Ayu, no big deal. We’re more grateful. Hurry up and go to sleep.”
“Yes.”
It was another hero who saved the embarrassed Henry. Just in time, it was time for the night shift, and as soon as it was time, the heroes got up.
In fact, none of these heroes were asleep. It was because I was afraid that if I fell asleep like this, I would wake up in that cave again. Everyone didn’t show it, but the terrible time when I almost became food for monsters remained as a trauma.
‘Chairman of the Guizman Association… Are you really like that?’
Returning to his seat, Henry closed his eyes.
If you meet the president of the Gizman Association, you will get the answer.
*****
After two more days of flight, Henry and the heroes were able to return to the pioneering base.
Oh oh oh oh oh-!
Aaaaagh!
Help me! Run away!
“This, this…!”
“Oh my god…”
“Dogs, the pioneering base…”
And they were embarrassed by the appearance of the burning pioneer base.
From small to medium to large. All kinds of monsters were pushing into the pioneering base and destroying everything in sight. The flames soared at the pioneering base, and people’s screams resonated in the land of monsters.
“Damn it! I’m one step late!”
Even though they are of different species, the monsters did not attack each other. They only attacked the pioneering base and focused on destroying it.
One thing that meant was that those monsters were the monster lord’s army.
Kyaaaaagh!
“Kyaah! Save, live …!”
“No!”
At that time, Henry saw a person in danger. In front of the woman, a terrifying looking monster was sticking out its terrifying teeth.
Hastily transforming his gloves into twin pistols, Henry fired his gun at the monster.
Big profit!
Puck puck puck-! A bullet composed of nanoparticles penetrated the monster’s head and tore her body apart.
“Quickly run away!”
“Ah, ah… My legs are weak…”
“Henry! Drop us off! We’ll take them and escape!”
“Ah, yes! Please!”
The heroes who landed inside the pioneering base with Henry took care of the woman who came back from the dead.
They knew their limits well. Even if she blocks the monster, she won’t last long and she will die. Their psychic powers were specialized for reconnaissance, but they could not exert great power in battle.
So the heroes decided to do what they could. To evacuate citizens.
“Mr. Henry! Welcome!”
“Go first! I will stop the monsters!”
“… You must be safe! You must not die!”
Henry stayed behind to give the people time to flee. The heroes who wished him luck soon began to evacuate with the citizens.
“Aaaaa! Die! Die you freaks!”
Looking around, I saw heroes and monster hunters desperately stopping monsters.
‘Could it be that they all died?’
As he remembers, there were quite a few heroes at the pioneering base. However, what I could see now was a small number of less than 20 people.
Where the hell have all the heroes gone?
Kihehehehehe-!
‘Oops!’
Henry came to his senses at the monster’s scream that came from close by. It was not the time to think otherwise. Now was the time to stop the monsters.
“‘The bullets are out!'”
The twin pistols spewed fire. Then the monster running towards him had a hole in his body and fell down.
Henry’s Showtime has begun.
“Oh, no!”
“‘The rope is out!'”
He changed his belt into a rope and saved a hero in danger,
“‘The hammer is out!'”
“Khehehe?!”
He changed his hat into a giant hammer and hit the ground, causing the monsters to fall.
Based on the experience he had accumulated so far, Henry made all sorts of weapons to attack the monsters. Six times more nanoparticles became wings for the best monster hunters.
“Henry! You’re back!”
The faces of the heroes and monster hunters who risked their lives to stop the monsters in Henry’s performance brightened.
Thud-! Thud-! Thud-! Thud-!
“… Uh?”
But even that was short-lived, as the earth shook as if an earthquake had struck, and they stared blankly ahead.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big. That one was too big. A gigantic monster, nearly 100m tall, was walking towards the pioneering base. As he cried, the world shook as if it were struck by lightning.
“Chuckling! Where are you Gizman! I’m back! I’m back to avenge you! Traitor Gizman, show up!”
And on top of the giant monster’s head was an old man.
“Monster Road…!”
Upon discovering the old man, no, the monster road, Henry bit his lip.
