Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 185

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“No response!

We need to move the carrier!”

Sion stood on the deck, watching the griffins grumble as if they disliked the salty air.

‘Originally, they lived in the mountains, but they’ve been forced to the sea, enduring tremendous dives and ascents, so their fatigue must be considerable. Above all, the environment is completely different, so they must be under a lot of stress,’ Sion thought.

“Kar륵!”

“Whoa, easy there, buddy.

You’re going to hit someone!”

“Pfft!

Mr. Dickinson.

Be careful.

You might get hit by a wing like Mr. Best and get slammed into the ground?”

“Seriously, Ms. Charlotte seems to be the only one comfortable.

Tomcat looks great and is so calm, but this one, even though she’s a lady, has such a temper….”

‘I think I’m going to get hit.’

That thought crossed Sion’s mind, and exactly 3 seconds later, Dickinson suffered a back smack from his griffin, Corsair’s, wings.

‘Maybe it’s because she’s female, but hitting a man’s back was very satisfying.’

“Kyaaak!”

‘Serves you right!’

Corsair cried out, as if saying that.

Then Hellcat, the eldest sister of the five griffin siblings standing next to her, fluttered her wings lightly as if agreeing.

‘Fortunately, they all seem fine so far.’

The griffins hadn’t refused the riders’ commands, flown in the wrong direction, or, in the worst case, disappeared somewhere after dropping the riders without returning.

It was solid proof that the trust between the griffins and the riders had been built up appropriately.

As McClusky, Hellcat’s rider and the leader of the squadron, was convinced, it was a kind of camaraderie formed through training.

‘But too many operations are too much.’

In any case, griffins are creatures that lived on land, especially in the mountains, not the sea.

The five griffin siblings had left their nest due to the fairies’ mischief and ended up living in the wide fields of the Clausen estate, but in any case, that was also land.

A place where they could rest whenever they were tired from flying.

In comparison, the current operational environment, the sea, was a very difficult place for griffins.

The unfamiliar scenery, the endless sea, made it difficult to distinguish whether it was the sky or the sea even for a moment, and the salty wind was not good for their feathers.

Above all, they were not small, but monsters with a certain size, and even carried a person on top of them and had to fly for hours.

Of course, they couldn’t help but get stressed because they couldn’t just land and rest when they got tired.

‘Fortunately, Mac said that during training, he always set a specific point and only allowed them to land and rest there.

He also brought the griffins in advance to give them some time to adapt to the sea environment.’

They did the best they could with five griffins.

It wasn’t just exploiting them to the fullest, but rather risking their well-being.

First of all, they gave the pirates shock and horror.

In the first place, no pirate ship survived after being hit by a griffin’s dive bombing, and the pirates trembling on the deck and the survivors of the pirate ships captured by other navies would spread rumors all over the neighborhood later.

If they survived intact, that is.

In addition, they smashed 9 ships, adding two more ships just now to the 7 ships from yesterday.

In a situation where capturing two or three ships in one voyage is considered a great achievement, they achieved several times that amount.

Of course, not only Hemon Isik, but also many naval captains and sailors who were questioning Sion’s actions formed an atmosphere where they would immediately applaud when the name Sion Clausen came out.

The sea is a unique environment, and sailors have a slightly insular [isolated] mindset compared to those on land, but once they see and confirm something with their own eyes, they believe it more than anything else.

As soon as they wore the lucky charm and followed the war hero Sion Clausen, didn’t they achieve a great victory that no one had ever dared to achieve!

‘O ignorant people.

This Sion Clausen has led his difficult steps to the far southern sea to save you.’

Even if he went on a rampage like that, they would just let it go once or twice.

It was literally the sound of Sion Clausen’s coin mooning [experiencing rapid growth or success], reaching even the deepest depths of the sea.

Everything was good, but Sion especially liked this part the most.

‘For a moment, I told the people of Erader Prince Best!

I told them again who the real star was.

Ah, honestly, this is the most thrilling.

Damn.’

Perhaps by now the news has reached Sardinia.

Reports that Hemon sends, as well as reports that other captains send to their families.

Perhaps the contents of the reports will be slightly different, but in the end, the conclusion will be one.

Sion Clausen’s great victory, complete destruction of pirate ships.

‘The nobles in the south are starting to notice.

That the Erader Prince coin, which they believed would moon someday, could crash in the blink of an eye.’

Erader Prince has not yet been officially removed from the position of successor.

Princess Vanessa has not achieved any great achievements that have threatened Erader Prince’s position.

Therefore, it cannot be said that Erader Prince has completely fallen.

But people originally remember what they see and hear more intensely than anything else.

What the nobles in the south saw was Erader Prince, who was constantly in conflict with Sion Clausen, and after several victories, the prince who fiercely pecked at them after a rather painful defeat.

And what they heard after that was that the war hero, the kingdom’s holiness, Sion Clausen, who was subtly at odds with that Erader Prince, had achieved achievements that no one else had achieved.

‘In addition, everyone knows roughly that I support Princess Vanessa.’

Perhaps they will repeatedly agonize over it.

It was not someone who followed Erader Prince who achieved the achievement, but rather Sion Clausen, who was at odds with him, achieved feats that even any commoner or sailor in the south would applaud and cheer for.

If they are at odds with such a hero, they may face a backlash, and if they greet him with a smiling face, they will be conscious of Erader Prince.

They would have to wait and see what kind of decision they would make between Sion, who proved himself with performance, and Erader Prince, who crashed due to his personality.

‘Anyway, in the political arena and power struggles, the most important thing is justification.

Skills, talent, in the end, cannot overcome justification.

In that sense, the part that Erader Prince still has as the eldest son is the most powerful justification and weapon that not only I but even Princess Vanessa cannot easily touch.’

Sion was seriously worried about how to break that part.

“Sion, two griffins are returning over there.”

Hemon, who had been watching the sky, spoke up.

Sion smiled slightly as he watched the man who had only been looking at the sea until recently now busily looking at the sky to check the griffins’ sorties and returns.

“It looks like Ms. Ribbit and Super Hornet, who went on reconnaissance, are returning.”

As Sion said, Super Hornet, the youngest of the five griffin siblings, who is the smallest but versatile in many ways, and Ribbit, the rider of such a griffin and the youngest, landed on the flagship.

“Ribbit!”

“Did everyone return first?”

“That’s right.

I was a little worried because you were the last one.”

As Charlotte patted her on the back, Ribbit smiled and spoke.

“I’m mainly in charge of reconnaissance missions.

Ah!

Come to think of it, I have something to report to you, Young Master!”

“Okay, go ahead.

I’ll take care of Hornet for a while.”

“Yes, Sister.

Sion, Young Master!

Sion, Young Master!”

As Ribbit called him eagerly, Sion stood next to Hemon and spoke.

“I’m not running away.

More than that, you’re a little late?”

“Yes!

I went on reconnaissance a little further this time.”

“I told you to be careful.

If the griffin gets tired, you will die, the griffin will die, and even everyone here will be in danger.

Remember, Ribbit.”

“Yes, yes!

I kept checking Hornet’s condition and judged that it was okay.

I’m sorry, Young Master.”

Although the griffin’s activity radius is very wide, its stamina may be depleted faster than usual due to various circumstances.

In that case, even a griffin called the strongest in the sky would become helplessly powerless and eventually fall into the endless sea.

‘Non-combat loss is the worst.

That can never happen.’

For that reason, Sion urged them to prioritize the griffin’s condition above all else.

The riders were also gathered because of the part ‘I want to fly freely in the sky,’ and it was a natural emphasis because they had to cherish the griffin, which was the driving force.

“Then, Ribbit.

Shall we hear the reason why you went on reconnaissance further than usual?”

“Yes!

I think I found something very important!”

Ribbit is still a 17-year-old girl.

While McClusky is almost forty, Dickinson and Best are in their thirties, and even Charlotte is in her late twenties, Ribbit is still too young.

In particular, Sion judged that it would be too much for her to bear the horrors of war, so he was actually keeping her behind for the time being.

“···Okay.

Something important.

Tell me in detail.”

From Sion’s perspective, she’s just a high school girl.

Therefore, Sion was unconsciously thinking that Ribbit had found something not very important and was just excited about it alone.

“Two or three ships that looked like pirate ships gathered and headed somewhere busily.

Just in case, I went ahead of the ships and there were several islands, and it seemed like they were going there.”

“···Huh?”

This doesn’t seem like something not very important?

Sion unknowingly let out a sigh and asked Ribbit again if she was sure.

Ribbit confidently said that even if she didn’t know anything else, the pirate ships were definitely heading to a place where several islands were located.

‘···The pirates may be heading to an uninhabited island to take a break, or if not….’

If not, it could really be a secret base they had secretly prepared.

Sion thought about that for a while and then spoke as if he had made up his mind.

“Ribbit.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

“Go and take the other riders and griffins down to rest.

And tell the other riders to get a good rest today.

Tell them that the flight may be a little longer tomorrow.”

“Yes, Young Master!”

Hemon, who was watching Ribbit running away, turned his head slightly.

“Do you think the same way, Sion?”

“Just as our Hispania navy has to return to port for maintenance after a long voyage, the pirates must have set up secret bases on some islands in the sea and are using various supplies.”

“It would be really nice if we could find them like this, but it was a bit difficult because the pirates wouldn’t open their mouths even if they died.”

“If we send the griffins again at this point, stamina problems may occur, so we will have to check tomorrow, Hemon.”

“Hmm.

That’s a bit of a shame.

I want to check it right away.”

Sion smiled at Hemon’s muttering.

He didn’t say that he couldn’t send the griffins, but he didn’t say that there was no way at all.

“Hemon.

Don’t you have the remaining pirates you locked up down there?”

“Yes.

As you said, Sion, I locked them all up down there.”

“Call them all back up on deck.”

Then Hemon tilted his head but nodded as if he understood right away.

‘Before, I didn’t even know the approximate location of the base, so it was just threats.

But….’

Originally, people tend to spill the beans as soon as a secret is revealed and can no longer be called a ‘secret.’

‘There’s no problem if I say a little about it because it can’t even be called a secret anymore!’

That kind of psychology is triggered.

Especially in a situation like now, where life and death are at stake along with threats, that unstable state of mind could be the key to unlocking the secret lock.

‘I’ve already thrown all the guys who were arrogant or defiant into the sea, so the remaining guys have noticed that if they say something wrong, they can be buried alive.

They will definitely tell.

Definitely.’

Even though they are pirates, they still threw people into the sea alive.

If someone asks if he’s okay with that, Sion would nod his head as if it were natural.

In the first place, they are guys who know that their lives will disappear like that someday, and they will be buried in the sea or hanged, and their bodies will be hung in the port, or they will die and fall down anyway.

Above all, he told them how to survive, but he didn’t want to show mercy to the guys who kicked it away, and Sion’s current situation didn’t even allow him to do so.

‘I will kill all the pirates and their bases, and even that captain or whatever, within a month.

And I have to join Princess Vanessa quickly.’

There’s no time, it’s too tight.

So Sion becomes a person only in front of the same ‘people.’

Sion didn’t need to be a person in front of other worthless trash.

“Sion, I have gathered all the pirates on deck.”

At Hemon’s words, Sion immediately moved and approached the pirates who were kneeling and sitting precariously on the deck boundary without railings.

Then, feeling a very slight ‘conscience’ in his heart, he kicked the pirate closest to him into the sea.

“Keok?”

Another pirate fell off the ship and splashed into the sea!

This time, it wasn’t about tying something heavy to the chain and burying them alive, but whether he kicked them like this or just kicked them, they would become fish food in the same way.

“Friends.

I’m in a pretty bad mood right now.

My friends ignored my kindness and didn’t open their mouths, but unfortunately, news came from another ship.

They said that the place where our friends live is on some island.”

Following the ruthlessness of throwing a person into the sea without hesitation, the pirates, who were trying to keep the secret to the end, began to shake uneasily as they said that someone else had revealed it.

Sion knew very well that even a slight breeze at times like this would cause people’s hearts to fall like dominoes.

“If you tell me, I’ll spare you.

This is the last time, friends.

Don’t test my patience.”

And after a while, Sion was able to receive a very detailed report from his friends.

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