All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 202

◈ Chapter 202

101. Charging Bastards – 2

The other monsters carried swords, shields, and crude armor.

Monsters that attacked adventurers, martial artists, and merchants often modified their spoils to fit themselves, resulting in such clumsy equipment.

That’s common everywhere, so it’s not surprising.

However, the staff held by that troll was different.

“That doesn’t look like something it looted.”

As they observed, the monsters emerging from the ruins aimed their weapons at Ian and Danju.

“Kuaaaaah!!”

“How noisy.”

Danju shouted briefly and swung his sword.

As the monsters struck by his aura were cut down, the troll in the back raised its staff.

“Uooooooo!!”

“Is it trying to use divine power?”

“Doesn’t seem like it.”

It seemed to be just to boost morale.

As the staff was raised high, the orcs behind it stepped forward.

Danju snorted disdainfully at them, who were frowning with hideous faces and trying to block the aura with their shields.

“Hmph!!”

Danju, who dashed out quickly, swung his sword.

No matter how thick the shields they held, they couldn’t block a sword imbued with aura.

As he lightly sliced through the monsters as if cutting cheese, the troll holding the staff gnashed its teeth.

“Kyaaaa!!”

And holding the staff, it ran to block Danju.

Ian, who was watching it, lightly waved his hand.

-Kwaaaang!!

The charging troll crashed into the wall.

Its entire body was shattered to the point that even the troll’s regeneration couldn’t recover it.

As the staff it was holding fell, Ian reached out his hand, and the staff flew into his hand.

Kirke, who saw the staff in Ian’s hand, also conveyed her assessment.

While he was checking the staff, Danju, who had swept away the monsters, said calmly.

“I don’t know how that was made, but let’s go inside for now.”

He and Ian slowly entered the ruins.

As they entered the dark and musty interior, Kirke quickly scanned the ruins.

‘How many are captured?’

‘They caught quite a lot.’

‘Why did they capture them? For human sacrifice?’

‘Monsters are trying to have slaves?’

While Ian was intrigued, Danju looked around.

As Ian slowly spoke to him, who was trying to investigate the ruins.

“It’s the Ruins of Powar.”

“Powar? That’s a very old ruin.”

“Do you know anything about it?”

“I don’t know the details. It’s just that they were guys who used to be in this area a long time ago. But they weren’t proper guys, so they were all wiped out in the Forest of Warriors. Still, their ruins remain.”

He thought that Powar wasn’t anything special, so there wouldn’t be any ruins.

But here they were.

He looked at the unremarkable corridor and said.

“I didn’t know that monsters would gather in those ruins like this.”

He drew his sword again.

A group of monsters was rushing in from the corridor.

Danju and Ian exchanged a quick laugh and quickly dashed out.

Since Kirke had already explored, there was no need to investigate the ruins thoroughly.

They quickly moved to the stairs leading to the 2nd basement floor.

And they were met with an astonishing sight.

“Wow. What is that?”

Danju exclaimed.

The 2nd basement floor of the ruins resembled a village.

Orcs, goblins, yagas [a type of forest-dwelling spirit in Slavic folklore], and trolls.

It seemed that different monster species were forming a city-like system.

“I’ve seen monsters of the same species gathering, but I’ve never seen so many different individuals living together like this… Hmm. It reminds me of when I went to the South.”

“The orcs of the South?”

“Yeah. About a year or two ago, the orcs of the South gathered and created a city called Grimmer. It’s a bit similar to that.”

While he was explaining, Ian looked around.

In the center of the ruins, there was a large statue embodying the symbol of Rubellin.

“Hey. Look over there.”

Ian turned his gaze to where Danju was pointing.

The monsters seemed to be engaged in some kind of forced labor.

“Still, it’s absurd.”

A goblin was holding a whip and swinging it.

The ones being hit by the whip were humans, dwarves, elves, and beastmen.

Those with shackles on their arms and legs were being whipped while carrying or making something.

“I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. Monsters don’t usually capture others and use them as slaves like that, instead of eating them.”

“I’ll take care of the monsters. You save them, Danju.”

“Alright.”

Ian went straight into the fray.

As Ian appeared inside the fairly large ruins, one of the orcs who discovered him roared.

“Kuooreo! Kuooreo!!”

Could the meaning of the roar be that a slave has escaped?

Armed orcs rushed forward at their roar.

-Swish!!

Ian cut them down in one blow.

The monsters were shocked by the power, but they rushed in even more, and Ian continued to cut them down without a care.

“Kuaaaaaaa!!”

While he was massacring the monsters, a shout that echoed throughout the entire ruins was heard from within.

What emerged from there was a giant ogre.

The giant ogre, holding a huge black mace, strode towards Ian.

“…Human.”

“It can even talk?”

“Why do you think we can’t do what humans can do?”

“I guess that’s true.”

“I am the great Black Mace.”

The giant ogre opened its mouth in a slightly clumsy tone.

Ian nodded at that.

“Ian Brandon.”

“I know. Demon Slayer.”

“Is that so?”

Ian spun his sword and aimed it at Black Mace.

“What are you? And where did you get that symbol on your chest? Lastly, one more thing. Why are you capturing humans and other races and not eating them, but using them like that?”

At his question, Black Mace grinned, filled with contempt.

“The answer to the first question is simple. Stupid human. As I just said, I am Black Mace.”

“The second?”

“The second was given to me by my collaborator.”

“Collaborator?”

“Yes. A collaborator with magnificent wings and horns.”

“Hoo.”

“He understood my concerns. Those morons are greedy. They don’t know how to endure, they don’t know how to wait.”

He grabbed one of the orcs who was screaming and trying to rush at Ian next to him and tore it apart.

And he chewed on its flesh.

That alone silenced all the monsters who were causing a commotion.

“The collaborator said. The reason why these guys are dominated by vulgar instincts is because there is nothing to follow. That’s why I received this.”

Black Mace raised his mace.

The symbol of Rubellin was also engraved on the mace.

“I used this symbol to create a focal point. I made this symbol the center, not me, Black Mace.”

And he promoted a non-existent god and won over the monsters.

Let’s dominate humans.

Let’s dominate elves.

Let’s dominate dwarves.

Let’s dominate beastmen.

Let’s dominate everything on this land and offer it to our god.

As his collaborator said, he used faith to attract monsters, and they came over more easily than he thought.

They all had the desire to become the masters of the continent.

“It’s more fun than I thought. More than dominating with power and violence.”

At first, there were guys who resisted.

But after giving them food, providing them with suitable prey, and spreading faith, they gradually accepted it.

Still, those who resisted were trampled and used as food.

“Yes. This is it. This is the answer. And as I moved like this, demons came.”

Then the demons suggested.

“Let’s do more. Let’s really dominate the world.”

And he received power.

Black Mace swung his mace strongly, and at that moment, black flames soared from his mace along with malice.

“Who is that collaborator?”

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t even know who it is, but you’re talking about a collaborator? How pathetic.”

“He gave me what I wanted. Isn’t that enough?”

“Okay. Then the third. Why aren’t you eating them and using them like that?”

When Ian asked, Black Mace smiled even more deeply.

“I always thought. Why do we have to be chased by weaklings like you.”

And why should we fear such weaklings?

The reason was simple.

“We can’t unite. Because we have nothing in common. But you humans. Elves. Dwarves, half-animal things. You have something in common. So you stick together.”

“A common point. What is it?”

Black Mace grabbed a goblin who was trying to escape with a cruel smile.

And he crunched and chewed, saying.

“You die better.”

“Oh.”

“But we can now unite too. Then we who can unite without dying well, and you who can unite while dying well. It’s easy to know who is superior.”

“So?”

“It’s just making you inferior ones make what is needed for us superior ones. Appetite can be satisfied with other guys.”

Equipment must be good.

That way, the number of slaves can be increased.

That way, food can be produced.

That way, it can be dominated better.

Black Mace pointed to the prisoners’ workshop.

“Look. You die better, but you make things a little better than us. So isn’t it natural that you have to work for us superior ones?”

Black Mace, who spoke arrogantly, aimed his mace at Ian.

“So you make for us too.”

“I like making things, but I don’t like being told to make them.”

“Then be eaten quietly! Human!!”

Black Mace jumped up.

The ogre’s powerful strength and speed.

Even the flames of malice rising on the mace.

It was a force that even a decent master could not easily handle.

But.

-Swish!!

Ian was far from a decent master level.

“Wh…why…?”

Black Mace, whose upper and lower body were separated, collapsed.

He seemed unable to understand that he was dying like this.

“You just die better.”

Ian, who ridiculed him, stomped on Black Mace’s head and crushed it.

And he turned his head slightly.

“Haaap!!”

Danju, who had already gone to the prisoners’ side, moved.

As he rescued the prisoners, Ian threw the sword on his waist into the air and said to Myane.

“Sweep them away.”

“Myaaaaaaa!!”

At Ian’s command, Myane cried.

And ice and flames began to soar around.

All the captured ones have been rescued for now.

Everyone was suffering from not eating properly and excessive labor.

In addition, they were mentally quite weakened by the shock of being captured by monsters and living as slaves.

“Hmm. There’s a martial artist from the Forest of Warriors who went missing about a month ago. There’s also an expert-level explorer. Still, they’re probably beyond recovery now. A slave life for monsters. Seriously.”

Danju, who brought the prisoners, looked around.

“I need to investigate here first… What should I do with them?”

“We need to divide the work.”

As Ian looked at him, Danju sighed.

“Alright. I’ll take them out. Everyone. Let’s go.”

As Danju took the prisoners who were moving staggeringly, Ian turned his head and stared at one place.

Someone was walking out of the shadows of Rubellin’s platform.

“Are you that collaborator? Judging by your appearance, you don’t seem to be a demon. If you were a demon, you wouldn’t have crawled out in front of me without fear.”

“Huh? Haha. Ah. Yeah. I’m not a demon.”

He laughed coldly.

At that moment, bat-like wings spread behind him.

And his face changes.

His face changed from a human face to a reptile face, and after sprouting two long horns, he clenched his fist and said.

“I am the second child of Gehern. Dragonia Primbel. A dragonkin…”

Cheonma Divine Art [a martial art technique], Chapter of the Moon.

June Bone Pill [likely a medicinal pill to enhance bone strength].

-Swish!!

Before he could explain himself.

The six silver sword energies spewed from Ian’s sword cut off his arms, legs, and two horns.

“Keoeok!!”