Chapter 227 – Alpha and Beta
I got behind the wheel until late at night and arrived at the Siberian manor the next day at noon.
I passed through the guard post installed on the highway and received a brief inspection, but unlike the trips so far, this time it was a completely legal trip, so there was nothing to be caught.
“Huh? Now in the passenger seat… Oh! Go, Gongja-nim!!”
“Good job.”
In fact, there was nothing to catch, but the sentries recognized me first. The sentry, who had been looking suspiciously at the passenger seat, turned his head to see my face and trembled.
Moments later, the on-scene commander hurries over and salutes.
“Sorry for not knowing, Gongja-nim! A member of the 5th Battalion of the Standing Army…”
“It’s done. Do you know my face?”
“Ah. Of course. Probably all the people of the Territory know.”
“Every?”
From what I heard, it seemed that my mother had announced my existence.
Like a thunderbolt in the dry sky, Carol’s older brother has appeared, so the political scene in the territory will be shaken.
Of course, that’s not what I know.
I tried to drive through the guardhouse.
“It’s a lot of work. Then I’m going.”
“Young master, please tell us where you are going and how about we serve you from now on?”
“There’s no need for that. We’ll bother each other…”
“It’s annoying, absolutely not. I’m posting this in case something happens to Young master.”
What’s going on around Beast hunting isn’t easy.
“Are things that bad?”
“Thanks to the grand duke’s arrangements, it’s not a crisis, but we’re on maximum alert. Martial law has been imposed throughout the duchy.”
“Any casualties?”
“As of yesterday, 45 people were injured, 8 dead and 22 missing. Most of them came from vigilantes and civilian patrols.”
“…The damage is significant.”
Considering the number of people in the territory, it could be said that they were defending well with little damage, but not only their mother, but Carol and Lute themselves would not think that way.
After all, the mother’s vacancy is big.
It was because the time her mother was away from the manor took longer than expected. In the meantime, I must have used up all the miasma for reinforcement that I had left behind.
“Your Highness and the new commander are doing their best…”
“I know.”
If Carol and Lute join forces and use the power they received from me, they will be able to unleash firepower that rivals that of their mother.
However, the two lack motivation.
The mother flies through the sky spewing sparks like a missile. She is able to fly to the battlefield before the end of the day, no matter where in her territory happens.
I heard that it took far more than ten years to successfully fly stably, as it is a technique of extremely high difficulty that requires delicate temperature control so as not to burn the surroundings as well as balance in the air.
It was a feat that the two of them couldn’t imitate.
“Still, it’s strange.”
They are Siberian territories who have been plagued by beasts for hundreds of years.
It is an area where residents, regardless of gender and age, turn into criminals when a wild beast comes.
Even though there is a vacancy for my mother, there is a lot of time, but the damage done in just a few weeks was too great.
“Was there something different from usual?”
“Yes. The momentum was very fierce. It was like a moth to fire with bubbles. It happens occasionally, so we thought it would be like that at first too.”
“But now?”
“Your Highness said that they seemed to have noticed that the Grand Duke was away.”
The beasts noticed the mother’s absence? Is that why their offensive intensified?
It’s hard to believe. But again, it wasn’t impossible.
The intelligence of ordinary beasts is by no means low, but since ancient beasts are thousand-year-old monsters, they may have as much intelligence as humans.
Even a crow can distinguish between a farmer and a scarecrow after seeing a scarecrow a few times, but if it’s a beast, maybe.
The reason why they hide in the depths of the sea and don’t show up is because of the memory of running away in a dying state after being half-burned by my 7th-generation ancestor, the first Siberian duke. .
It would be safe to say that he was truly the enemy of the mortal enemy. The only thing they fear in the world is their mother.
Thanks to her mother leaving her seat, she lifted her heavy body because she wanted everything at this time.
In other words, now is the best opportunity to hunt them.
“Where are Carol and Lute now?”
“Two days ago there was a battle on the southwest coast of Yekaterinburg. You two are probably still there.”
“Okay. Thank you. I’ll have to hurry, so I’ll see you soon. Good job.”
As soon as I finished talking, I stepped on the accelerator. The commander’s puzzled voice grazes the back of his head.
“Princess! Please wait! How do you escort…?!”
“All right, all right. Oh, and my mother won’t be back for a while, so I’ll report that above. A letter will arrive sooner or later!”
“Gongja-nim, wait a minute!”
That’s how I leave the guardhouse behind and start running along the paved road.
As I picked up my speed, the surrounding landscape wheezes past my ears.
Passing by a village, I glanced out the window. The atmosphere felt stiff because of martial law.
It lacks the lively vitality of a coastal town.
The sight of vigilantes and freelance hunters walking around in a plaza that would normally have been used as a marketplace, carrying weapons the size of their bodies, made me feel eerie rather than lively.
“You seem to be in a hurry.”
“When did you come out?”
After driving for several tens of minutes and getting closer to the beach, I could feel the seriousness of the situation.
The middle of the pavement was cracked and shattered, and I had to slow down even for the sake of tires, and some of the bodies of medium-sized beasts that had not been disposed of were scattered all over the place.
Buildings and trees burned and collapsed to ashes are proof that Carol and Lute fought a difficult battle.
I was looking around at such a sight, counting when I came out of the tent, and it was right behind me.
“Coming to think of it, the passenger seat wasn’t empty from a while ago. I came out to see if you would be bored.”
“I’m fine. The passenger seat isn’t even empty.”
“Don’t tell lies that will be exposed as soon as you turn your head. Just be honest and say you’re bored.”
Count reached over the back of her back and pulled her by the nape of the chair.
“Did you hear about the casualties in your sudden haste?”
“Yes.”
“They say he’s sick of the duties of a nobleman. Isn’t that a pretty commendable act?”
“Since it’s a family that lived their whole lives with the people’s taxes, we have to do something like this.”
Of course only if you can.
I have no aptitude for strategic magic. Therefore, in the past, regardless of my will, I was unable to follow in my mother’s footsteps.
But now it’s different. I have power now. Even if it’s not strategic magic, it’s a formidable power that only I can use.
Then you won’t avoid fighting.
“That, if you just keep playing and eating, there’s no taste of rest. There must be times like this so that you feel comfortable when you play and eat later.”
“…Well, if you’re a noble, that’s half sincere, but the other half’s attitude is great. I’ll give you praise as a monarch.”
Then he smiled softly.
“You seem to have the pride of being a nobleman in your own way.”
“Did you listen to me?”
“I heard. It sounds a bit snobbish, but pride is born from that kind of heart. It’s much more persuasive than saying that you will devote yourself to the bottom and the end.”
I really can’t stand hearing things like that.
It was much more unfamiliar than playing a bit of pervert play.
“Do you want to act like a wolf? Stop flying.”
“What are you talking about? I have a clear understanding of her strengths and weaknesses. Unlike her.”
“I don’t think it’s that different.”
“Speaking of which, ‘Dances with Wolves’ seems to worship you a bit too much.
“Hey, no matter what. What do you think of a wolf dance?”
“Well, this went a little too far. Huhuhuhu…”
He works on driving while chatting with Seda.
We got pretty close to our destination. Because of the shortcut, the time was greatly shortened.
The road is temporarily closed because it is too close to the beach, but it would have taken almost half a day if it had not been through it.
There was no problem.
Even if beasts come out, if they are regular size beasts, I can clean them up without difficulty by myself.
It happened when I was so relieved.
“…Wait for a sec.”
“Why?”
“Something’s coming… Be careful!”
-Puuuuu——
It was an incredibly loud roar.
The closest sound would be whales singing, but compared to this sound, it was like a children’s lullaby.
Like pouring water into the sink and immersing your face in it, screaming loudly.
The sea, the beach, and the road we were on shook so much that we felt a clear vibration.
The calm waves became rough at once, and the cliffs shook and the soil and pebbles falling on the sea made a splash.
The next moment, the wind rushing in from far away blew up and hit the car body hard.
The rattling and swaying vehicle and the trembling windows.
“What, what? What happened?!”
“Princess!”
“Brother, are you okay?!”
As if the tent had been shaken, the party came out all at once, and the girls who looked outside opened their mouths.
“What is that…?”
“It’s him. Carol was right. If he didn’t know he didn’t have a mother, there’s no way that coward would ever come out to the surface.”
People here often call them Alpha and Beta.
According to the memoirs left by the first head of the Siberian family, he was an alpha, judging from what he looked like.
It stuck its head above the surface of the water, opened its thousands of speckled eyes, and felt the first sunlight in hundreds of years.
Like when a whale jumped out of the water, the current that rose with it poured down like a waterfall.
It was an overwhelming size. Much more than the guy in the Seoul ruins.
The head alone is hundreds of meters in size. Its head is bigger than that of a small uninhabited island, and its body is obviously even bigger.
It looked like it had grown hundreds of times in size by gluing together all the life in the sea.
A large hump like a swanfish, a snout like a marlin, and a mouth full of ferocious teeth like a sawfish. The fins and tentacles attached here and there, as well as the jellyfish-like flabby skin, flickered and flickered with an unpleasant glow from the inside.
She was so gigantic and violent that she could be clearly seen even though she appeared at a distance of 2km from the coast.
“It’s really creepy. Well, that’s why babies look like that.”
I don’t know how horrible the rest of it must have looked after being submerged in water.
It is a life form that is a disaster itself, but seeing it from a distance like this, the appearance was really spectacular.
We were fascinated and visited the endangered species of the century.
“Your Highness… It may be because of your mood. But I have to tell you.”
Then, Seda tilted her head.
“What?”
“I think that nasty creature is looking at me.”
“…What? No, you know that? It looks like there are thousands of eyes alone.”
“I can feel your gaze. My skin is thrilled.”
Se-da speaks like a master of Murim.
It was unlikely that she would be joking at a time like this.
But look at how strong the beast is.
Because of your beauty? Are you a man?
It can’t be. Aren’t humans the same as ants to him?
“Ah.”
At that time, she had a memory that flashed through her mind.
Memories of those who once absorbed the remnants of ancient beasts and accepted them together.
Memories from a thousand years ago.
Then I saw the laboratory where the ancient beasts were imprisoned.
Cedar’s distant ancestors too.
A scientist who performed all sorts of experiments and tortures on ancient beasts a thousand years ago, perhaps the very first beasts, she looks exactly like Seda.
It was said that it was the same as if it had been removed and implanted in how powerful the genes were.
Then the thing he’s looking at Seda right now is…
-Kureureueeeee!!
The next moment the ancient beast let out a furious roar.
