Raising Paladins

Episode 90. unexpected leader (2)

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Bubbles bubble up from the gills of the hermit crab.

A hermit crab with gills that allows it to breathe like a fish even underwater.

It was their first time with Meisa and Hansson, but they quickly adapted.

A group that swam for a while.

Carl saw a faint light above him and signaled with his hand.

‘Wait a minute.’

Carl’s head quietly appeared above the surface of the water.

A knife sticking out only its eyes above the water.

After confirming that the surroundings were safe, I waved and the rest of the party rose to the surface.

“Fufu… … .”

Hanson spewed water from his mouth.

It was surrounded by stone walls leading to large cave passages.

and.

“… … It is the blood of our clan.”

Dark blue bloodstains along the inside of the passage from the puddle.

Seeing that, Tri-Garta was furious.

“I am sure. The fishmen used this passage to kidnap our family.”

Carl nodded.

The party slowly and quietly came ashore and squeezed the water from their wet clothes.

The cumbersome robe had already been taken off.

“canine.”

“Yes, Carl.”

“Didn’t you say fish people with octopus heads?”

“That’s right.”

“Did you see the noses on their faces?”

“If it’s a nose, is this nose that breathes?”

Tri-Garta pointed to her nose.

“okay.”

“Hmm… … I guess I didn’t see it. I thought it was natural because they walked on land, but now that I hear Carl’s words and think about it, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a nose. The tentacles of the octopus wriggled right under the beaky eyeballs.”

“I know roughly what kind of people they are.”

“… … ?”

“There are two main groups of octopus-headed fish people. One lives in the depths of the sea, and the other spends half of its life in the sea and half on land. Deep-sea fishmen who live in the depths rarely meet other races. But I often see them coming up on land. It is their fault that trade ships and warships passing through deep seas go missing.”

“that… … .”

“They don’t have noses. In the sea, it breathes with gills under its tentacles, stores air in its lungs, and lives on land using the stored air. So they can’t smell it.”

“Then it should be easy to infiltrate.”

Meisa said with a happy face.

“okay. You just have to be careful with the sound. They have poor eyesight and can’t smell, but their hearing is rather sensitive. In the sea, they communicate by emitting sound waves that only their own species can understand. Of course, it is impossible on land.”

The group nodded.

“Everyone unload their weapons and go.”

Carl untied the steel sword from his belt and carefully placed it on the floor.

Both Meisa and Tri-Garta laid down their respective weapons.

Hanson was staring blankly at the party because he had left his steel shield at the starting point.

It was impossible even for Hanson to dive long distances with a huge steel shield on his back.

“Meisa.”

Carl called Meisa.

“Yes, chief.”

“Wring out the hair.”

“ah… … yes.”

Meisa untied her blond hair.

And when I squeezed it with my hand, a considerable amount of water dripped out.

Tri-Garta, who was watching this, said with a slightly admiring face.

“Priest Carl is very thorough. All I could think of was that my wet clothes would drip.”

“You’d better be as careful as possible. Then we will move.”

“yes.”

Perhaps thanks to their weapons being unfastened and their shoes removed, there was almost no sound even though the group of four moved in the silent cave.

After the party moved along the bloodstains for about 10 minutes, an open field suddenly appeared and dozens of tents made of algae were visible.

“Lower your posture.”

Tents that appear to be temporary dwellings for the fish people.

Bloodstains led to the tent near the passageway exit.

Carl calmly focused his mind and raised his senses with divine power.

‘There are no fish people inside.’

A bloodstained tent.

Carl felt the presence of a weak creature inside him.

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Judging from their similarity to Tri-Garta, they seemed to belong to the sea lizard family.

“let’s go.”

The fish-men wandering around outside the tent are also nowhere to be seen.

They must have thought that the sea lizard clan would not dare to pursue them, so the tent village’s defenses were full of loopholes.

As we quietly entered the tent, Tri-Garta’s eyes widened.

“Ho-Hales!”

Tri-Garta made a little loud noise.

But no one blamed him.

The scene unfolding before my eyes was so terrifying.

“This is my comrade!”

Tri-Garta rushed over and caressed the face of Ho-Hales, who was bound and covered in blood.

The whole body was torn and cracked, and blood flowed from all over the skin.

In addition, the area around the eyes is so swollen that it seems as if it has been beaten over and over again with an iron, making it impossible to see.

It is a miraculous situation just to be able to breathe.

Anger flared up in Tri-Garta’s eyes as she looked at him.

“Hales! open your eyes! I’m here!”

“Garta… … ?”

Ho-Hales moved his head slightly, perhaps recognizing his colleague’s voice.

As Tri-Garta tried to free the ropes that bound her wrists, Ho-Hales said.

“no… … .”

His sad eyes turned to his wounds.

It was a deep wound that seemed hard to undo.

“What are you talking about! I will take you!”

“… … Then it will be known that you came.”

“… … !”

Unfortunately, Ho-Hales was right.

Currently, the fish people think that the sea lizard clan cannot find the passage and cannot track it.

But if the prisoner, who was so disfigured that he couldn’t move, disappeared, he would know that someone had broken in.

Then they could have blocked the only entrance, the sea passage.

Or do you move your place of residence?

“That’s right. Rescue will be difficult.”

“but… … .”

Carl said with a cool judgement.

However, as always in the world, it is full of things that are difficult to understand with logic and reason alone.

Tri-Garta wept at last.

A hot tear fell down Ho-Hales’ cheek, and he smiled bashfully without opening his eyes.

“I thought I was just dying, but I’m happy to be able to hear my comrade’s voice like this.”

“Sorry… … .”

“Will you do my favor instead?”

“Tell me anything, anything.”

Ho-Hale’s breathing hard.

It seemed that the end was not far away.

“The young clan are all alive. save them.”

“The young clan… … ? Is that really?!”

“I don’t know why… … They didn’t harm the young clan they kidnapped. On the contrary, I’m gaining weight by keeping it locked up and feeding it well… … .”

“… … ?”

“It’s clear that he’s up to something bad. The place is a prison of bones at the end of the tents. Look… … You will know right away.”

“ah… … .”

“Save them before they harm the younger clan. They are the future of the clan.”

“I will definitely rescue you!”

“Yes, yes… … .”

A comfortable smile crept across Ho-Hales’ lips.

At the same time, the head that was facing Tri-Garta dropped.

“like… … !”

Tri-Garta hugged him tightly.

At that time, Meisa and Hanson were looking at Carl with worried faces.

“I don’t have a good feeling, chief.”

“Me too.”

During the battle for the Mayrium City Hall last time.

Carl once saved people who were being used as test subjects for suspicious drugs.

I also saw a mayor who ran a summoning party of demons by sacrificing people under a withered golden apple tree.

As Ho-Hales said, it was a very ominous omen that none of the sea lizards, especially the young ones, had yet died.

If a family of sea lizards were kidnapped for food, it was common for them to eat the younger lizards first.

“How about taking this?”

Took-!

Carl reached over and snapped the small pearl necklace hanging from Ho-Hales’ neck.

Tri-Garta nodded.

“That would be nice. It’s probably a sign that you promised your fiancé a future. The fiancé is also someone I know.”

“… … Right. Go back at once.”

The formation of the tent village was roughly grasped.

There were no guards or patrols, but it was too much to carry out an attack with the four of us now.

In order to rescue the young clan, it is necessary to pull out the fishermen from the tent village all at once, and then carry out the action.

The group of four went back the way they came.

***

“Ho-Hales was a great warrior who did what he could for his people even in the face of death. His story will serve as an example for other warriors.”

A liberator’s dwelling with a heavy atmosphere.

The liberator also spoke to the people gathered in a serious tone.

Carl’s group and the sea lizards have a moment to honor Ho-Hales.

In addition to Liberator and Tri-Garta, there were several other sea lizards.

The Pharaoh clan’s army was commanded by generals.

“Now that we know the location and layout of the enemy camp, what is there to hesitate more about, let’s advance!”

“That’s right! Your people are dying, what are you waiting for, liberator!”

“Let’s attack!”

The generals are enraged because of Ho-Hales’ story.

The liberator comforted them, but his anger seldom subsided.

Then Carl said.

“What are you going to do now? They said that the sea lizard’s weapon couldn’t pierce even the scales of a fish-man.”

“that… … .”

When Carl made a sharp point, the shouting generals fell silent.

Then the liberator asked with a sad face.

“Carl, do you have any other options?”

“There is a way to attack them.”

“Oh oh… … !”

The generals’ complexions brightened again.

“As far as I know, two kinds of ore are produced in the sea lizard clan’s mine. Blue ore and red ore.”

“You know the clan well. you’re right. That is blue ore.”

The liberator pointed at the sharp trident hanging over his quarters.

The weapon, which gleamed with blue light, looked very strong and sharp.

“Blue ore is harder and more flexible than red ore, so it is usually used as a weapon. However, it is red ore that can pierce the scales of fish people.”

“How do you know?”

This time, the liberator also had a questionable expression.

It is clear that Carl used divine power to find the enemy’s tent village and to grasp the general situation with the prisoners.

However, he insists that red ore, which is rarely used, will work against fish people.

It is also an outsider who is not from the sea lizard clan.

It was natural to have doubts.

Of course, it was after Carl brought the means to break the sea lizards’ suspicions.

“It fell into the tent where Ho-Hales was.”

He took out what Carl had brought with him.

It was a large, shiny piece of scale.

A huge piece of fish scales different from normal fish scales.

It was the scales of the octopus fish race.

“That… … !”

“you’re right. It is the scales of the fish race. Could you prepare one red ore? One that has been forged as sharp as possible.”

“of course.”

A piece of red ore was prepared immediately at the liberator’s command.

the knife that took it.

I put the fish scales on the floor and hit them hard with the red ore.

bang!

Then, surprisingly, the fishman’s thick scales shattered.

A light of hope flashed in the eyes of the liberators and sea lizard generals.