Chapter 72
‘…G?’
The moment Pierre, the commander, saw the small white creature, he thought of something.
Seeing a rat on a ship was not a strange occurrence, so there was nothing unusual about it.
However…
Whoosh!
“?!”
At that moment, a sharp and chilling killing intent struck Pierre suddenly.
As he watched the white mouse flying toward him, he was caught off guard and reflexively activated his magical barrier.
But…
Crack!
“!?”
The magic barrier, which had been created by a 7th Rank Warrior, cracked visibly upon impact from the white mouse’s attack.
Pierre, the Commander, felt his spine chill as he watched the crack spread through the barrier that was strong enough to resist most forces.
“This… What is this? How is this thing…?”
The ability to break the magic barrier meant that it was using magic.
While Pierre could not understand how a mere rat, not even a demon, could do this, one thing was clear—this creature in front of him was no ordinary beast.
“Damn it!”
With confusion mounting, Pierre quickly drew his red rapier.
Gathering magical energy into it, he attacked with lightning speed toward the white creature.
Though Pierre’s background wasn’t entirely trustworthy, his combat abilities were still respectable, and his speed was among the best.
The rapid strike, almost invisible to the eye, was aimed directly at the creature.
But…
Smack!
“!? What…?”
The rat disappeared from his sight in an instant.
Pierre, feeling dumbfounded, quickly turned his eyes toward where the rat had vanished.
At that moment…
“Shaaahh!!!”
“Ugh!”
Pierre caught sight of the rat in midair just before it vanished again.
He quickly thrust his rapier toward it once more.
However…
“!”
The rat easily dodged again.
But this time, it didn’t stop there.
Smack!!!
“Ugh!”
As Pierre swung his sword and created an opening, the rat lunged and struck with its sharp teeth, sinking into Pierre’s shoulder.
Blood immediately began to pour from the wound.
“This… This is insane…”
Pierre, known for his swift and precise rapier techniques, found it difficult to avoid the rat’s attacks, even though his swordsmanship was fast and sharp.
The speed, which he had always excelled at, was no match for this rat.
A rat, not even a great warrior.
“Damn it!!!!”
Enraged, Pierre swung his rapier once more.
The flurry of attacks, like a burst of light, targeted the creature, and the rapier strikes began leaving countless holes in the ship’s walls and floors.
In modern terms, it looked like the traces of a machine gun spraying its fire.
At first glance, it seemed like Pierre was wildly swinging his sword, overwhelmed by emotions.
But even with his flaws, Pierre was a 7th Rank Warrior—someone used to battle.
The continuous flurry of attacks successfully cornered the rat into a corner.
“Shaaahh…”
“Ha! It’s over now. There’s nowhere left for you to run, filthy rat!”
The rat, trapped in a corner, was helpless.
Pierre swung his rapier, filled with condensed magical energy, and aimed directly at it.
However…
Whoosh!
Clang!!!!
“Huh?”
In an instant, the rat took a peculiar stance and bounced the rapier away with a surprising force.
As Pierre lost his balance while attacking, he staggered.
And…
“! Ah… No…”
Smack!!!!
The rat, seizing the opportunity, struck with deadly precision.
Pierre felt a sudden and terrifying pain, and then the sound of his rapier falling to the ground echoed.
However, Pierre didn’t even feel the sensation of his rapier leaving his hand.
That was because…
He no longer had a right hand capable of feeling that sensation.
“Gaaahh!!!”
With his hand completely torn off, Pierre collapsed onto the floor, overcome with pain.
But the greatest shock he felt wasn’t physical—it was mental.
“Ah… No… This… This doesn’t make sense… How could this happen to me… The Supreme Navy Commander-in-chief of the Franz Kingdom Navy… This disgrace… How could this…?”
It was an impossible thing.
It shouldn’t have happened.
He was Pierre, the Navy Commander-in-chief, Grand Admiral, of the Franz Kingdom’s Navy.
How could someone like him be defeated by a mere rat?
Such an absurd thing… could never be real.
At that moment.
“Shaaaahhh…”
“Ugh… Uhhhhh!”
The white rat began to make a chilling cry as it stared at Pierre.
No… It was the cry of a white monster.
What had been a creature Pierre hadn’t even thought about just moments ago…
Now, it sounded like the cry of a devil from hell, echoing in Pierre’s ears.
The white little demon began to slowly crawl towards him.
Pierre froze, his body seized with terror, and he abandoned all his pride and dignity, screaming with desperation.
“Please… please spare me! I… I was wrong! Please… please, just spare my life…”
Whether the creature understood his words or not was the least of his concerns.
He was just pleading for his survival, instinctively.
Like a mouse before a cat, Pierre begged for his life.
However, unfortunately for him…
The white creature didn’t understand his behavior.
What it saw was simply the prey that had been partially subdued, lying on the ground.
Nothing more.
“Shaaaahhh!”
“Ahhhh!!!”
***
“Phew… It’s done.”
After descending from the ceiling, Ambasha looked down at the corpse before her with a satisfied expression.
She felt a deep sense of relief as she gazed at the creature that had just become Jeppy’s delicious meal.
The strongest person on this ship, confirmed through several cross-checks.
Pierre, the Grand Admiral.
The only person on this ship who could have posed a threat had now become a confirmed corpse.
With the last variable removed,
Ambasha now had nothing to fear.
“Now that the strongest one is gone… there’s no need to be cautious anymore, right?”
She had already confirmed that everyone on this ship was a subordinate of Duke Oaklean.
And Duke Oaklean was not only her father’s enemy but also her own.
Eradicating all of his subordinates was only natural.
“Fortunately, I’ve got a decent weapon now too.”
Pierre’s narrow-bladed sword.
The red rapier.
Unlike other weapons that would be hard to wield without magic, this one was light enough for Ambasha to handle with ease.
She would need to learn how to use it, but having a weapon she could swing with magical energy was a huge boost compared to fighting with her bare hands.
With her equipment now complete, Ambasha looked at the white weasel, who had finished its meal.
“Now, let’s go, Jeppy. We’ll bring salvation to everyone on this ship.”
“Kkyeoing~ Kkyeoing~”
The cute creature rubbed its cheek against Ambasha’s shoulder.
With that, the little girl and her tiny beast left the cabin.
And…
“Hmm?”
“What… What are you doing here…?”
The patrol guards, who had opened the door and spotted them.
Looking at them, Ambasha smiled sweetly and said,
“Goodbye.”
“Eh? What do you… Kkhuuuuu!!!”
In the blink of an eye, Ambasha swung her rapier and decapitated the soldier.
“What… What is this?”
“This… you… what are you doing all of a sudden?!”
The soldiers, taken aback by the surprise attack, immediately drew their weapons.
However…
Smack!!!
“Huh?”
In an instant, a soldier’s face was torn off.
Blood spurted from his comrade’s body, and the remaining soldier’s face froze in shock.
Before they could figure out what had caused this…
— “?! What… What is…?”
A white shape entered their line of sight.
With that, the soldier’s life came to an end, leaving only one thought in his mind.
‘…G..?’
***
“Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!”
“What’s going on… What the hell is happening here?!”
In the largest room of the ship, the central meeting room, the ‘navy’ personnel gathered.
They were seized by extreme fear and confusion.
A little girl and the white rat she carried had begun wiping out dozens of sailors.
The two of them, appearing frail on the outside, had massacred nearly 80% of the crew on the ship in less than half a day.
An unimaginable massacre, even though they had witnessed it with their own eyes.
In this situation, they could do nothing but stack barricades at the door and tremble, praying that the creatures wouldn’t come to them.
“…The others… are all dead, right?”
“They… they must be… even Darius couldn’t do anything before he died.”
“Ughhh…”
Even the strongest, a 4th Rank Intermediate Warrior, had been torn into two pieces by the white rat’s teeth.
It was no surprise that the others had been swept away like a bundle of straw.
In the face of the inevitable, the four remaining navy soldiers in the room could only hold their breath and pray to the gods that the creature would not come to them.
Crack!!!
“Yiiieek!!!”
Of course, their prayers had little effect…
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