Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 241

241.

I snapped back to reality at the sound of Duke Yong’s voice.

Just moments ago, I was lost in thoughts of my subordinates who had died and were no longer with me.

Hauser’s voice was so peculiar; it was as if he was saying that if I just nodded, he would bring back all those guys from the 3rd timeline, exactly as they were on that day.

Honestly, I was curious.

What did he mean? Was he simply going to bring back those without memories from the 4th timeline?

Could there possibly be a way to awaken the memories of my subordinates from their past lives, one by one?

‘And if there were such a method, would I use it?’

Before, the answer was ‘no.’ That was until I faced Hauser again and realized he had his memories.

‘Now, I honestly don’t know.’

I wanted to ask Hauser what he meant, but sadly, I had to prepare now.

Because, just as Duke Yong said, I felt a presence. A presence I hadn’t noticed because I was too focused.

‘Fifteen, no… twenty?’

The numbers were quite high, and among them, about five had a considerable aura.

“At this level, they’re like Imperial Knights?”

Turning around, Hauser nodded, as if he had the same thought.

“I think so too.”

“If I sense familiar movements, that means the Imperial Family is here as well.”

Did the Crown Prince come himself?

As I watched quietly, I soon turned my head in the opposite direction.

‘What is it?’

I was also taken aback.

It was because a presence I hadn’t felt at all suddenly appeared.

‘To be able to hide their presence to this extent?’

At the same moment I thought that, my hand moved.

Whoosh!

The water that flowed out enveloped us in a semicircle, and a massive fireball landed on top of it.

Fire in the forest? Are these guys crazy!

They clearly didn’t care about the forest, the animals in it, or even the demi-humans who lived there.

It was a moment that revealed exactly what kind of bastards we were dealing with.

“Hauser!”

At my signal, Hauser quickly nodded as if he understood.

“Bring one back alive.”

“…Understood.”

Originally, Hauser wasn’t the type to fight on the front lines in battle.

Of course, he was well-balanced and would have been competent even at the forefront, but rather…

His role was to strike the enemy from behind or exploit openings. If he had a gun, he would have been a sniper.

‘A guy with a knack for deceiving my eyes….’

Several land animals flashed through my mind. Camouflage, represented by chameleons, was also present in other animals.

Soon, the guys running towards us were revealed.

As they emerged from the bushes, spears made of water rained down like arrows.

“Duke Yong, don’t leave my side.”

“……”

“I’m not ignoring you. Those guys already know you’re here.”

Duke Yong looked at the bone in his arms.

“…Or they’re after this.”

“Yeah, that’s a possibility too.”

Someone on the other side deflected the spear. The spear that flew towards me turned back into a stream of water.

They were guys wearing black robes.

As I moved my foot once, streams of water rose sharply from beneath their feet.

The puddles created by the water spears falling to the ground.

This was no different from making this ground my territory.

Boom!

The robes tore, revealing the figures of the guys. I paused for a moment.

‘Clay dolls?’

They resembled the clay dolls that the Crown Prince controlled. Artificial life forms created with the power of earth.

But they looked quite gruesome.

…Half of them looked like humans.

‘Could it be, is this crazy bastard….’

They rushed forward as if they knew no fear. They only advanced, whether they were hurt by the spears and streams of water I created or not.

At the same time, I felt a presence from behind. It was the presence I had missed a little while ago.

Turning around, I saw demi-humans wearing similar robes, of various sizes.

“Hmm? It’s different from the plan?”

“There’s a human?”

“Who cares? Just wipe them out.”

A heavy voice was heard. I was familiar with the voice of one of them.

Just then, the person with the familiar voice threw off their robe. It was a woman.

‘Hyena.’

Long ago, when I infiltrated the building where Duke Yong was held captive to rescue Ekion, it was the hyena guarding the area at that time.

She looked stronger than she did years ago. But thanks to her appearance being etched in my mind, I remembered her clearly.

“Looks like our target is in that hand?”

“Just the target? You idiot, isn’t that Duke Yong!”

The guys seemed to be exchanging jokes, but then someone rushed towards us.

“Either way, we just have to kill them, right?”

The one who threw off his robe while running was a man with messy gray hair.

‘Nimble movements, is he a wolf?’

The fist he threw out as he jumped from the tree was quite fierce. I smiled nonchalantly and stared at the fist.

“That’s quite an interesting thing to say.”

At the same time as I waved my hand, the ground rippled and water filled it. Thanks to that, the guys merged with the clay dolls fell in with a splash.

It was a swamp. They would be stuck for a while, as they sank up to their thighs.

“Duke Yong, if any of the guys who fell into the puddle try to come up, shove them back in!”

I turned my body halfway and extended my fist, using both legs as an axis.

Wham!

Thanks to the surprising speed of my response, the wolf demi-human and my bare fist collided.

‘Clockwork?’

Strangely, this guy had something that looked like clockwork or a steel device attached to one of his arms.

But the frown was fleeting.

Despite his massive size.

Screech! Crack!

The one who flew away, breaking trees, was the wolf.

But I wasn’t entirely happy either.

‘…What is this power?’

I knew because I had fought in the 3rd timeline. It was different from the usual level of wolves.

Rather, it was the level of the Imperial Family’s collateral line, that is, the collateral line’s apostles or the Imperial Family’s highest-ranking knights.

“Wow, look at him fly away so pathetically.”

“What’s the point of a wolf getting stronger?”

“Um, it’s hard to say that….”

I raised my head.

One of those who were looking down from the tree seemed to have recognized me.

“Why doesn’t anyone know? That hair, it’s an Orca…?”

Then, a slender demi-human who was still wearing a robe clapped.

“Oh, right! I thought it was a zebra because of the color?”

“That’s quite an interesting assessment.”

“?!”

The slender demi-human was hit by my fist and fell to the ground without even having time to react.

I turned halfway around and kicked another guy off. And when I reached out my fist again.

Thud!

I was grabbed. It was the hyena demi-human.

“Oh, it’s troublesome if you ignore me too much. Pretty baby?”

I smiled brightly.

“Who are you calling a baby? You wanna die?”

The stream of water that stretched out from my grabbed fist became a sharp saw blade and turned around.

The surprised hyena let go of my hand, but only after showing a red streak in the air.

“Kuaaaak! What is this guy!”

And from below, I heard the voice of the wolf demi-human. It seemed Hauser was doing his job properly.

Turning around, Duke Yong was holding the bone in one hand and pressing down on the demi-human merged with the clay doll, who was trying to climb out of the water, with his foot.

Then, he would lightly punch the guys who barely escaped, and I couldn’t help but laugh at the absurd attack.

“…Looks like Yong isn’t a combat specialist.”

I lightly grabbed the fist that flew towards me. I saw the hyena with a flustered expression.

“Wow, it’s the opposite this time. Pretty lady?”

“…Eek! Raccoon!”

The hyena demi-human who was grabbed by me suddenly turned into white petals and scattered.

Instead of panicking, I looked diagonally upwards. On the tree branch were the hyena demi-human and the demi-human who had probably recognized my identity.

It was a very small demi-human. Black eyes and mottled hair.

“Hic, you only call me when you need me……. That’s too much!”

“Shut up and assist me.”

It seemed to be a raccoon demi-human. The raccoon demi-human’s ability was ‘Transference’ [teleportation].

Since they could move the opponent like now.

Even if it wasn’t for combat, it was quite a troublesome ability.

“Looks like the raccoon doesn’t want to fight, why don’t you let them go?”

“Shut up. What’s a water beast doing.”

“Your prejudices are getting boring.”

In my hand was already an axe made of water. I grabbed other tree branches with streams of water and swung around like Tarzan.

‘No, is this Spider-Man?’

Either way, I kicked the raccoon behind the hyena and dropped them to the ground.

While the remaining hyena was flustered.

“Where are you looking? It’s this way.”

“What?”

I swung the axe down.

Clang!

The hyena barely blocked my axe with the protective gear covering his arm.

‘Blocked it?’

I knew the hyena’s strength as well as the wolf’s. These guys didn’t have the strength to block this attack.

But…….

I found the same clockwork device on the hyena’s chest that I had seen on the wolf demi-human.

The hyena demi-human raised his mouth with a resentful face.

“I didn’t think I’d have to use it here, but it seems you’re the greatest of the fish, right?”

“Already trembling in fear, but your mouth is free, huh?”

“……”

The hyena demi-human deliberately took his strength away and bounced back.

Then he threw something somewhere.

“Damn Orca X.”

Towards where Duke Yong was.

My body moved instinctively.

Wham!

It happened in an instant. At least what happened after this was not something that happened as expected.