Chapter 570-4: Time Flows into Hot Water 4

I thought I was going to die.

And whose fault is that!? This result is no different to having our s.h.i.+p stolen and being thrown in the river.

We hung onto debris of the badly damaged s.h.i.+p and somehow drifted to the riverbank.

The intelligence officers are also trained and have all followed us.

Its already night at this point so we arent able to confirm our current location and the officers are exhausted so we decided to rest until morning.

Its strange how reinforcements arent coming despite the ruckus we caused. What happened over there?

Aau.

When Sekrit gives a similarly dark-skinned a.s.s a slap, the girl cries out and tightens around my d.i.c.k.

I am sitting cross-legged while facing Sekrit and the enemy girl I saved is riding on top of me.

T-there should be one more s.h.i.+p waiting nearby but it suddenly moved upstream during the raid. It only raised an emergency signal flag.

The girl turns her head and answers with a hand still resting on my shoulder.

When I lightly bite her tanned neck, she lets out a scream and arches her back.

So, what faction do you belong to? Judging by your uniforms, Im guessing you arent bandits.

Sekrit extends her hand toward the girls a.s.s and she starts squealing intermittently.

It seems shes inserting a finger into her a.s.s.

After Admiral Sheele took control of the entire port of Teschilara

I never heard that persons name or that places name, but Sekrit seems to know.

Kuku, so that half-wit is independent now. Even so, I didnt expect a coward who would faint out of nervousness in front of the emperor to rebel, the backbone of the Empire appears to be shaking.

After fiddling with something on her crotch, she mounts the woman on top of me.

What are you putting inmy aagya!

I feel pressure being applied to my d.i.c.k mid-penetration from the other side.

Sekrit must have strapped on a d.i.l.d.o and stuck it in the girls a.s.s.

Hey, shell break from double penetration.

By the way, I am not raping her.

I saved her right before she drowned, but its the promise of being released afterward that got me her consent.

This loose hole wont break. Go on, tell him how many men youve been with.

She didnt seem like someone with no experience, though her insides are tight enough to make me think she isnt really experienced either.

Five in the frontand only one in the back

Dont lie!

Sekrit grabs both arms and slams her hips hard against the girl, causing her to arch back and scream.

Ten in front! Five in the backkyaa!

The girl squeals as her nipple is twisted and her neck is bitten.

103 in front, 48 in the backand five people simultaneously at most.

What a lewd girl!

The girl shrieks again from my d.i.c.k expanding inside of her.

You should have known from how easily you were able to penetrate her. Be more aware of the size of your thing, its big enough to make an average girl faint.

Sekrit leans forward to kiss me with the girl still in between us, tangling her tongue with mine as she rocks her hips.

Pleasure builds up from the girls insides tightening, Sekrits tongue, and the girls moaning and hot breaths as she rests her head on my shoulder.

Im going to c.u.m soon.

Feeling the urge rising, I grab the girls a.s.s cheeks.

Look downstream at one oclock, elevation 30 degrees.

Sekrit whispers in my ear as she is digging into the girls a.s.s.

I tilt my head in the aforementioned direction without stopping my hips.

There are multiple small lights on a tree-covered hill a short distance up from the riverbank they are too small to be torches, no the lights are being hidden. They either dont want to be found or are aiming for an ambush.

Sekrit looks at me.

Oh right, Im the one who makes the decisions.

Everyone, wake up. Spread out and hide behind cover!

The intelligence officers scramble to get up.

Its morning already!?

Idiot, its an enemy attack! We have to hide!

Their movements are sluggish, though they are not a combat unit so it cant be helped.

And the opponent has probably realized that we noticed them.

Sekrit and I quickly pull our tools out from the girl.

Higyii! If you pull out so fastyoull turn my a.s.s inside out!

When I stand naked in front of the girl, I hear a familiar slicing of wind.

I s.n.a.t.c.h a torch, toss it up in the air, and strain my eyes to discover a glowing arrowhead.

a.s.sa.s.sins mostly use stealth weapons or crossbows. Its kind of nostalgic to hear the sound of arrows.

I grab my Dual Crater and swing it up diagonally.

The blade repels the arrows with several satisfying metal clinks and the broken pieces scatter.

I examine the arrows at my feet as the next volley is being prepared.

The arrowheads are polished iron with no ink or dye applied.

In addition, the feathers are white like the ones attached to hunting arrows.

This isnt a night raid unit. These arrows arent even meant for battle.

The second volley is fired.

First I rotate myself to sweep away the arrows, then whip up a gust from the force of the return swing.

One arrow was fired at a delayed timing, but Sekrit deflected it with her prosthetic arm.

Sorry.

I hug Sekrit, kiss her and turn back around.

They are skilled with the bow. Their second volley was clearly targeting me.

It should not be normal to aim at a single person in the dark.

But they are amateurs. Their coordination is all over the place, and their aim wasnt divided, thats why the arrows concentrated on you standing in front.

Something feels off.

The response from repelling the arrows was strong, yet there is no control despite the seemingly high amount of skill and power.

Hey.

I know.

Sekrit pulls the string tied around the bottle she took out with her mouth, winds her arm back and throws it far out in front of her.

The bottle spins in the air and disappears in the darkness, then a large explosion can be heard several seconds later.

Did it hit? More importantly youre naked, where did you get that from?

I cant see in the dark, I just threw it randomly. And a woman has many pockets. Because of you, I also got a few more.

Following the explosion, I see torches that were once hidden thrown away.

Also, the footsteps that could not be heard before become irregular, clearly fl.u.s.tered.

It doesnt seem like they were hit. They were probably surprised and ran.

Were chasing. I want to find out who they are. I doubt they have time to set up an ambush in their panic.

Sekrit and I put on our clothes and kick the a.s.ses of the intelligence officers laying on the ground.

Youre done too. Are you going to escape now?

In this situation and when Im naked? Are you a demon!? At least take me to a safe place. Also, my a.s.s is turned inside out and wont go back to normal.

Left with no choice, I also bring along the female prisoner.

The pursuit ended quickly.

Their base was a mere ten minutes away from the riverbank.

What is this?

Kuku, this iswow. Fufuh.

I stare blankly with my mouth agape while Sekrit covers her face and chuckles.

It was a village so empty that it could be called deserted.

It doesnt look anything like a garrison. Rather, its already in shambles.

Not only are the conditions poor, the wood fence surrounding the village is broken in various places, with temporary repairs done on it, and the building that stands in what is believed to be the center has traces of being burnt.

There isnt a single road nearby. If you look closely, you can see they planted trees to disguise the place so its not visible from the river.

No wonder I didnt notice.

Did you know?

I ask the girl who is restlessly touching her a.s.s, but she shakes her head emphatically.

A hidden villageoh, a lookout.

We take cover from the hooded individual wielding a bow.

There is still some distance to the village.

However, the lookout is not moving and is staring in our direction like we are not covered by the gra.s.s.

Did we get noticed at this distance?

Sekrit stops laughing.

There would have been a shout if we were noticed. Its like that person is trying to listen for any sounds

Finally able to reverse her a.s.s, the girl joins in.

Our attack has become more difficult though. Thats a girl.

Hey, dont push that d.i.l.d.o against my a.s.s.

What if it goes in?

The lookout fixates on our location and approaches carefully.

Just when I thought I had to jump out and attack, the person turns in the opposite direction of the river and runs off.

Attack!!

The sound of galloping horseshoes follow the order.

It suddenly gets rowdy within the village and the villagers run out, and thats when multiple flaming arrows rain down.

Cavalry then storm into the village, accompanied later by individuals wielding spears and crossbows.

It seems like they are being attacked by a different faction.

So this is the reason the village looks so damaged.

Meanwhile, the villagers arent simply being beaten one-sidedly.

The archers provide steady fire, and the skirmishers are somehow able to compete against the enemy with nimble movements.

Their total forces are two hundredno, three hundred. Do you know anything about them?

I push the female prisoner forward.

Thats the Kimyul flag! Theyre a group with only land soldiers, but they are hostile to us. We just fought them last week.

Lets get this straight.

We were a.s.saulted by the rebel army, then attacked by a mystery village at the place where we drifted, that village was then attacked by another rebel army, and that rebel army is hostile with the initial rebel army.

Its so messy.

Right after the comment was made, a villager gets dragged down and stabbed to death by a spear.

Ah, my dear!!

Having witnessed it, the wife and daughter cry out.

The rebel army soldiers kick the wifes face, step on the daughters chest and raise their sword

Ill be back.

I ran toward the village faster than the words left my mouth.

Hii, theres an enemy coming from the river

I punch the villager who hastily points a spear at me, pick up that spear and throw it.

Thanks to the training I did in secret, the spear flies in a nice arc right into the mouth of the soldier about to stab the daughter, piercing through the back of his head and pinning him against the wall behind him.

The gazes of the enemy soldiers all focus on me.

Who the h.e.l.l are you!?

I answer with the swing of my Dual Crater.

I slash another one down his shoulder, then with the momentum of running, stick my elbow out and tackle one more into the wall, crus.h.i.+ng him.

Gugya!

I grab the man by the lapels as black blood squirts out of his mouth after his organs get destroyed and turn around, using the body as a s.h.i.+eld against two incoming spears.

Quickly letting go of the corpse and before the two can pull their spears out, I lop off the head of one with my Dual Crater, then grab the helmet of the other and twist the guys head 90 degrees.

Are you hurt?

Hiu

The daughter wets herself from being on the verge of death and tries to crawl back home, but I lift her up and carry her under my armpit.

In a situation where enemies are all over the place, going back inside a dilapidated house is a bad move.

Let go of my daughter!

I slap the mothers hand as she threatens me with a kitchen knife, disarming her, then carry her in the same fas.h.i.+on as her daughter.

Despite her delicate outer appearance, the mother was fast and strong.

b.a.s.t.a.r.d, who are you!? Are you under Druize

Theres another faction involved?

I cant remember any more than this, dont show up.

Reacting to the shout and sound of hooves from behind, I toss the mother and daughter up in the air.

Kyaa!

Now holding the Dual Crater with both hands, I chop off all four legs of the leading horse, then thrust my sword into the rider of the next cavalry and toss him to the left.

Yotto.

I catch the daughter in my left hand without missing a beat.

The mother, who I also intended to catch, twirled in midair and landed safely by herself.

Fuu!

Once again she tries to intimidate me, but I dont want her to struggle and forcefully carry her, this time squeezing a little tighter.

Kyuu.

Having her pa.s.s out will make it easier for me to save her, hopefully she forgives me.

Let me drive this rebel army away first.

I rub the unconscious mothers a.s.s.

Watching your husband die before your eyes is sad, but Im sure you need a new man to help heal your heart.

We can no longer do that. Another enemy of the enemy has been added.

Sekrit pops out unexpectedly and points to the river.

When I climb a nearby watchtower, I see a huge s.h.i.+p moving on the river.

The red-painted s.h.i.+p is far bigger than the merchant s.h.i.+p we were on and the s.h.i.+p of the first rebel army that attacked us.

Four Nehru-cla.s.s ma.s.s-produced combat s.h.i.+ps. Two Hargear-cla.s.s gunboats. This is absolutely not the equipment of a rebel army.

What is the Emperors fleet doing here!? Does this mean the consort s.h.i.+p ran

The captive female hits her hands together like shes satisfied with the outcome, but stamps her foot in frustration as if she was angry she wasnt told earlier.

Normally, the village cant be seen from the village due to the trees obstructing the view.

However, the village is currently a battlefield.

The sounds of fighting resound loudly, horses kick up clouds of dirt and smoke rises from flaming arrows.

With this much of a commotion, the village can easily be located from the river.

Ah, they dropped anchor. Not good.

The girl tries to flee after muttering, but I grab her by the collar.

Hey Sekrit. Can that s.h.i.+p attack the village at that range

Sekrit replies, laying low while closing her eyes and covering her ears.

Thats what the gunboats are for.

Smoke envelopes the red body of the s.h.i.+p as I feel a thunderous boom that travels down to the pit of my stomach.

The two factions fighting in the village instantly stop what theyre doing and look up at the sky.

Then all h.e.l.l broke loose.

Hooded villagers fly in the air along with chunks of the earth, rebel army cavalry are blasted to pieces.

The stone building which served as the defensive stronghold caves in and collapses, while soldiers who tried to a.s.sault that area fall over like toys from the scattering debris.

Sh.e.l.ls also drop near me, which I turn my back to, in order to protect the girl under my arm.

Rocks pelt my back, but they dont go further than breaking my skin.

The rebel army who were attacking us has already fled.

On the other hand, the villagers have no place to escape and are running back and forth.

At this rate, theyll be annihilated in the blink of an eye.

I strain my eyes on the battlefield.

Therethat person is in the center and giving instructions to the hooded villagers.

Pess, try to support the front somehow! Mook will have to deal with the one who circled to the bagueh!

I grab the guy who I think is the village chief, or the guy who took that role, and pull him to the ground by the neck.

Guwa!? Is this it?

I put my hand on his head as he closes his eyes in resignation, and pull his ears.

Wait, why does he have ears here?

Theres no time so I have to skip over things. Anyways, youre being bombarded from the river. Do you have any siege weapons?

W-what are you saying!? Youre also our enekyaain!!

The man lets out a weird scream when I tug on his ear hard.

His ears are quite fluffy, but this is no time to be worrying about that.

Answer me. Do you have cannons?

No.

The man curls his tail and responds in a miserable voice.

What about catapults? Ballistae?

We have just one, an old style ballista in the storagekuuun.

Sekrit comes up to me and tells me it wont work.

The Nehru-cla.s.s and the Hargear-cla.s.s have armor. Even shooting it up close wont penetrate them.

I ponder for two seconds and hit the village chief on the head.

Were abandoning the village. Gather everyone here. Get the ones hiding too.

We cant, how can we think about running when weve hidden and lived in this village for generations! Besides, well be blasted to bits if we go outside!

Interrupting the village chief, a sh.e.l.l directly hits and destroys a house.

The roof caves in and people scream.

I grab and tug on the chiefs tail.

Youre not choosing whether to protect or throw away your village. Youre choosing whether you want to perish with the village or leave and stay alive. Do you actually think you can protect the village?

I grab both sides of his face and show him the cannonb.a.l.l.s falling on the village.

Hey, the landing craft is coming.

Sekrit says calmly.

Get ready in five minutes. Intelligence officers, stay here and help.

I toss the chief away and run toward the river.

A small boat full of soldiers from the red s.h.i.+p makes its way to the sh.o.r.e.

They just bombarded the village, so its clear what theyll do once they reach the village.

I push my way through the bushes to the river.

Preoccupied with landing, the enemy soldiers noticed me only when I had already ran close and jumped up with my Dual Crater, ready to strike.

Hmp!!

I come down with my Dual Crater, swinging right at the tip of the landing craft.

Rather than slicing through the vessel, I slam the flat part of the blade on the boat and push the sword until it dents the surface of the hull.

W-what the-!?

The stern is liftingno way!!

The bow of the boat with about ten people in it sinks below the water from my single blow and the entire boat flips vertically.

Pa.s.sengers get flung out like they were fired from a catapult.

As usual, youre so ridiculous.

Sekrit, who came a bit later, stuffs her ears with dry gra.s.s, sits down the female prisoner and rests her prosthetic arm on her head.

You had an artificial arm? But whats with ugly tube thing?

A boom rings out and a smoke trail follows a cannonball that hits a larger landing craft.

On hit, several people are sent flying and a few seconds later the impact spot explodes, reducing all those on board to dust.

An explosive shot huh ? Those dwarves could have turned White City to rubble with this.

Sekrit mutters mockingly as she carries the fainted female prisoner.

A cannon!? Is there a cannon being operated somewhere on the sh.o.r.e!?

Landing craft, come back! Youll become a target!

Contact the gunboats! The village can wait, concentrate fire on the riverbank!

This is good, a perfect score.

Sekrit and I high-five each other and return to the village.

The bombardment of the village ceases and the area near the riverbank starts to get hit with a barrage of cannonb.a.l.l.s.

Of course, it doesnt hurt anyone since n.o.body is there.

This is everyone pretty much.

When I reach the village, all the villagers are gathered around the chief.

Most of them are puzzled or have doubtful looks on their faces, but their questions can be answered after we escape.

Good job. Time to depart.

When I pat the chiefs head, he sticks out his tongue and pants happily.

Mmm, weird.

Why do you have ears on the top of your head? Wait, you also have a tail too.

We are beastmen. This is the hidden home of the beast tribe, weve been living here secretly until the recent turmoil caused us to be discovered.

Inspecting the mother and daughter I saved, I see they have ears like those of a cat, I also notice a soldier who is dragging his injured leg has dog-like ears, and a girl who is keeping her distance from me has a round rabbit-like tail on her b.u.t.t.

Theyre non-human, what should we do?

Sekrit asks bluntly.

Mu, mu

I reach for a girl closest to me and flip up her clothes to check her body.

Its fine. Ill save all of them.

Back in the bathroom.

Thats the story. As a result of my personal investigation, the mayhem in the Empire is not simply a battle between rebels and the emperor. I came to the conclusion that with the prevalence of factions that have battles.h.i.+ps, the situation was too chaotic to be settled quickly or easily.

And the sworn enemies of the Empire will be more greedy than us for this information, wanting it in more detail.

I see, and as usual you made the beastmen fall in love with you, slept with them and impregnated them?

Nonna, uninterested in the circ.u.mstances of the Empire, ignores my heroic story and changes the topic.

But wait. According to Aegir-samas story, wasnt it one week ago that you went to the Empire? These peoples bellies are too big. Do pregnancies progress faster for beastmen?

Celia says while pulling on the ear of a beastman.

See? Its human nature to want to pull on those ears, right?

A little faster than humans, though it still takes about half a year.

As to why they have gotten so big, we alsoknow since we get filled every night.

The girls look at me and my d.i.c.k like they are monsters.

Stop, that hurts.

Then, the mother and daughter I saved first chime in while rubbing each others bellies.

We didnt fall in love and mate with him.

He forced himself on us and made us bear his child.

The mother and daughter smile.

Continue.

Nonna says, drumming the bucket.

Hurry up.

Melissa stares at me with cold eyes.

Haa, haaplease go on.

Catherine approaches me in an oddly aroused state.

By the sounds of it, the woman wasnt pregnant when traveling with you. Now, you can easily identify the b.u.mp even when shes clothed.