Reader’S Regeneration Life [EN]: Chapter 341

341

The Southern Turkey Hunt

It was fully expected by both sides that the eastern part of Nudia, bordering the Holy Prussen, would quickly fall.

There were those secretly bribed by the Light followers, those completely obsessed with the Light’s teachings, and those who wished to remain nobles of Nudia but were threatened by the Light followers and forcibly joined the Holy Prussen side.

Frankly, eastern Nudia was practically Holy Prussen’s territory, more so than Nudia’s.

Having seized over half of eastern Nudia, Holy Prussen decided to move south instead of directly attacking the center of Nudia.

This was because Light followers were causing unrest in the southern region, and more importantly, the Light follower forces had been swept away from the capital when the previous king of Nudia was overthrown.

“Pintz Moahen,

I have succeeded in assassinating the commander of those resisting in the south.”

One of the fairies spoke, not concealing her exhaustion.

She had endured many hardships to lure out and eliminate the stubbornly resisting commander of the south, and finally, today, she saw the fruits of her labor.

It was a valuable achievement, but Pintz Moahen, the one who carried on the will of the forest and the faithful servant of the Celestials, simply nodded.

As servants following the descendants of Light, they had only done what was expected, and he didn’t believe he, as a fellow servant, had the right to praise them for it.

Now that the Celestials had emerged from the sanctuary and begun moving in earnest, it was more important for him to be loyal to them as their servant than to concern himself with the will of the forest or anything else.

“What about the Holy Prussen’s clergy?”

“The Holy Knights are reorganizing, and the rest are resting to regroup after the battle.

They are all praying and wishing for victory in this honorable holy war.”

“Such benevolent people.

They could simply use healing magic and order them to fight to the death, and they would gladly jump into the fire, but they take such good care of them.”

“I agree with Pintz.”

If other sane people heard them, they might curse them, calling it nonsense.

But unfortunately, they all considered themselves warriors fighting in a glorious holy war or servants of Light.

This meant that misguided beliefs outweighed reason, dominating their bodies and minds.

“Faithful people?

Are you here?”

At that moment, a woman’s voice echoed from outside.

Pintz and the other fairy, recognizing the voice as belonging to ‘Punisher’ Shaiella, a powerful figure even among the upper Celestials, quickly stood and bowed their heads.

“You were inside.

I heard the news.

You have succeeded in defeating the vile ones once again.”

“That is correct.”

“You have worked hard.

I will tell my brother that he is also pleased.”

Shaiella’s brother was Lu, considered the central figure among the top Celestials.

The one who guided the Celestials’ beliefs and decisions showed such a reaction, so Pintz, a faithful servant, naturally wore a moved expression, prostrated himself on the floor, and showed only gratitude.

“Our descendants of Light highly value your abilities.

So, I have a favor to ask, and that’s why I came to find you.”

“Just give us your orders.

We will do our best to accomplish them.”

“I’m relieved to hear you say that.”

With those words, Shaiella handed something over.

Pintz carefully took it with both hands, but instead of opening it to check, he looked at Shaiella as if seeking permission.

“Ah, open it.”

“Yes.”

Only when Shaiella granted permission did Pintz open the paper she had handed him.

Soon, she sighed and slowly spoke.

“Descendant of Light, this is…”

“Our descendants of Light are ridiculously too bright, so we are easily noticeable wherever we go.

So, we are far from secretive.

That’s why moving at night is the best way, but until now, we haven’t done such a thing for those who follow us.”

“…”

“But now is the time to teach them not the warmth of Light, but the thunderbolt that strikes in the darkness.

We plan to show them this time that even if they hide in the shadows because they are afraid of the light, they cannot escape our judgment even in that darkness.”

Pintz nodded at the Celestial’s words as if they were right.

Humans who foolishly abandoned their intention to resist the descendants of Light, beastmen who sympathized with them, and even their own kind who foolishly fell for sweet talk and refused to join the ideal world.

She thought it was only natural to pass judgment on these truly foolish people.

“And it’s much more fun to punish those who think they are far from punishment than those who are prepared for it.

I heard that you can use the port while organizing southern Nudia this time, right?”

“That is correct.”

“Conscript all those skilled in shipbuilding from there.

And have them do the work as written there.

The rest will be taken care of by the humans.”

Pintz couldn’t help but tilt her head for a moment at Shaiella’s words.

Even though she lived in the forest, she had a rough understanding of the world.

And of course, she knew what a ship that floats on the water looked like.

From that perspective, the ship drawn on the paper Shaiella handed over was completely different from what Pintz imagined, and no matter how many times she looked at it, it seemed strange.

“It seems like you’re wondering what that is.”

“Ah, no!

It’s not that I have any objection to the words of the descendants of Light…”

“Don’t worry.

I’m not going to punish you.

Rather, if you weren’t curious, I was going to say that you’re just a lump of meat that moves without thinking, just doing what you’re told.”

She said it with a smile, but Pintz noticed the cold energy within.

Shaiella, who had a very different appearance from the descendants of Light she had imagined, was honestly intimidating, but she couldn’t show it.

So, she managed her expression and waited quietly for Shaiella’s next words.

“Humans are a strange race that trembles with fear when shocked, and only when fear increases do they get closer to the truth.

In that sense, I’m thinking of showing the wrath of Light in the south of Hispaña [a region roughly corresponding to modern Spain and Portugal], which is said to be the best place to live.

But it’s farther than I thought, so it’s difficult.

Our descendants of Light shouldn’t lose too many of our kind before the final battle with the demons, and the clergy of Holy Prussen are busy organizing Nudia, so until recently, there was no good solution.”

Shaiella paused for a moment and pointed to the paper Pintz was holding.

“Until some human thankfully used something like that.”

The paper contained a rough outline of the Griffin Mothership that Zion had planned.

It was obvious that the news would reach Holy Prussen, as not all the pirates were drowned, and the Mothership had already been revealed to the Hispaña navy and the kingdom’s people.

Nudia and Holy Prussen had seriously considered the Mothership at first, but decisively, there were no flying monsters that could be operated from above, and since it had already been revealed, it could no longer be used as a decisive weapon like Hispaña.

So, it seemed like interest had faded, but the Celestials paid attention to that part.

If they used this Mothership, they could mitigate their weakness, the short airtime, to a negligible level.

“Dozens of our kind will drop flames from the night sky of southern Hispaña.

Most of them are staying in the lower ranks, quite weak friends, but what can we do?

I can’t push them away because they say they want to help our task even like this.”

“The descendants of Light all have noble intentions, so they should.”

“I’m worried about those guys, so I’m going to follow them a little.”

“Even Shaiella?”

“I can’t rest assured if I only send them.

Shouldn’t we prepare for the worst?”

It was a word to pay enough attention, but Pintz just tilted her head.

If they flew up from this ship, crossed the night sea, and headed into the sky of Hispaña, what human could block the judgment of the descendants of Light falling from the darkness?

It was highly likely that they wouldn’t even know that the judgment was being passed, let alone block it or even avoid it.

“I can’t give you much time.

By now, Hispaña and Nudia will have expressed their intention to resist us by joining hands.

Do you understand, Pintz Moahen?”

“Of course.

Within five days, I will build a glorious ship for the descendants of Light!”

It was a task directly requested by the descendants of Light.

Not an order, but a request.

This was definitely a huge deal, so Pintz was determined to finish the job as she wanted.

And since she had taken on the job, she decided to go even further to make herself stand out to the Celestials.

‘Stupid humans.

Even though it’s a hastily made ship, how can it be so ugly?

Those who don’t appreciate beauty don’t deserve an ideal world or salvation.’

Thinking that, Pintz immediately called her fairies and Light followers and gave them orders.

She told them to search all over the seized southern Nudia and gather all those who had even a little skill in shipbuilding, and that they could threaten to take their entire families hostage if they didn’t cooperate.

After that, things progressed rapidly.

In the port that had completely fallen to the Light followers, anyone who went against their will would be branded as a heretic and burned at the stake, so technicians gathered, and soon, they closely examined the appearance of the ship that Pintz had presented and immediately started working.

“Um, but why are you asking for these lamps…”

“You’re stupid!

Are you saying that the descendants of Light should head to a dark place when they fly up!”

“Ah, yes.

Yes.

I understand.”

“Don’t think about arguing and focus on your work.

If you do anything wrong, you won’t go to a new world with us, but you’ll burn in terrible pain and fall into hell!”

Threatening them like that, the technicians worked to the death and succeeded in creating a Mothership by modifying Nudia’s warship in just five days.

If what Zion had shown was simply a form of laying a flight deck on top of a trading ship, what they had created gave a considerably different feeling, with lamps and jewels attached everywhere, and the white hull and sails.

“At this rate, it can shine alone even under the dark night sea while receiving only moonlight.”

That was the first thing Shaiella said after inspecting the Mothership.

Pintz was relieved that things seemed to be going well, judging by the Celestial’s reaction.

“You finished the job well.

You worked hard.”

“Thank you, Descendant of Light.

Then, when are you going to depart?”

“I’m going to go right away, even tonight.

I can’t give the foolish ones even one more day, so I’m going to go with the clergy who have experience in sailing.”

“Ah, I would like to join you on this glorious first voyage, but…”

“I know your heart, but we also need reliable people to continue performing tasks here.

You understand what I mean, right?”

Pintz immediately understood that she was being told to stay and focus on other tasks.

In the end, she gave up the honor of boarding the ship, but she watched for a long time as the Mothership headed out to sea against the backdrop of the setting sun, a brilliantly shining pure white ship carrying Shaiella and dozens of Celestials, and the sailors.

―

“I applaud your courage.

Although the light you have received is weak and you are staying in that place, I cannot help but admire your willingness to sacrifice for the task.”

Having secretly set sail from the southern port of Nudia and reached near Hispaña with the help of the Nudia clergy who knew the sea route well, the sun had already completely set.

Originally, the night sea was a dark space where they had to rely only on moonlight, but they were free from that difficulty because of the lamps installed everywhere on the ship, the jewels that reflected light by receiving moonlight, and the hull painted in pure white.

“Show those foolish ones who ignore the descendants of Light’s worries, dismiss the descendants of Light’s sadness, and make light of the descendants of Light’s anger, our worries, sadness, and anger.

Unlike the foolish humans, we stay in the sky and can use magic, so we will once again show them that Light sent us down to this land as judges.”

“…”

“Let’s go, everyone.

To those who do not follow the light, let them know that what awaits them is only a flame like the scarlet mouth of a demon!”

With those words, Shaiella was the first to fly up from the deck of the ship.

Following her, dozens of Celestials sent silent cheers, ran down the deck, slid down, and soon soared into the sky with powerful flapping.

Watching the magnificent scene directly, the sailors shed tears of emotion.

To them, who had only prayed all their lives, the sight of those pure white wings fluttering proudly and flying to the land of unbelievers was no different from the agent of God going to deliver divine punishment.

‘Please give judgment to the foolish and punishment to the fallen!’

Those who were obsessed with the light prayed earnestly and at the same time believed without a doubt that they would return safely.

Meanwhile, Shaiella and the Celestials reached the coast in an instant as expected.

They stopped the ship some distance away from the port city of Hispaña in case there were any human ships and flew up, so they couldn’t see the castle or the city right away, but that would soon be revealed.

‘It’s fun just to imagine.

To those who only think of war as a distant story, to those who don’t even know what the judgment of Light is, let alone fear it, I’m going to punish them!’

An exhilarating and enjoyable imagination just thinking about it.

Shaiella tried to cool down the excitement that was enveloping her whole body with the night breeze and increased her speed even more.

She wouldn’t be able to use much magic because she had to concentrate on flapping her wings, but she wasn’t too worried because humans were foolish things that were surprised and rampaged at a little flame and harmed each other.

As she was moving through the wind for a while.

‘…Huh?’

Shaiella frowned and wondered if she had seen something wrong.

She had a feeling that something was watching them on the high cliff on the coast ahead.

‘…Surely not, right?’

She wondered if she was mistaken, but soon it was revealed that it was not her mistake.

The black uniform she was wearing fluttered in the night breeze that blew from somewhere, and the moon, which had been hiding between the clouds, revealed its appearance again, brightly illuminating the appearance of someone standing in place.

If it were his personality, he would have come out wearing an ordinary set of clothes that would have been fine even if they were stained with blood and dust, but this fight was not just his own fight, but the fight of everyone in this world to survive.

So, this time, instead of his usual appearance, the man wore the uniform he had worn at the previous commendation ceremony and was ready to greet the unwelcome guests flying towards Hispaña.

Shashasha!―

The wind blew again, and the grass leaves flew around, and the moonlight poured down on it.

A sword in the hand of the man wearing a black coat and a uniform decorated with a gold chain emitted a sharp energy.

“…”

And.

As if foreseeing the bloody tragedy of the slowly flying turkeys, the moon hid behind the clouds.