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Half-elves Fall in Love (Web Novel) - Chapter 468: Rica Rescue Operation 8
Chapter 468: Rica Rescue Operation 8
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It is said that the distance of three days by ship is quite long. From land, it does not look like a ship is going very fast, but as long as the sails are set, the ship moves forward day and night without a break and the speed of the ship is a different dimension from that of a land boat.
“Let’s say that river rafting aside, I thought that sea boats wouldn’t make much progress without rowing”
“In the so-called inland seas between the Afilm Peninsula, galleys are popular, but in the southern part of the sea, human power is rarely used”
“With only sails, if the wind is against you, won’t you be able to go, but not come back?”
“If the wind is completely headwind, it is difficult, but if it is oblique or crosswind, we still have the skill to catch the wind. Combine that with a few different sailing routes in different directions and sailors can get where they want to go in most seasons”
“Hee……”
The logic of the sea is irrelevant when you live inland, so Dianne’s explanation is the first I’ve heard of many aspects of it.
“Anyway, the ship is always moving forward, so even if it is as fast as a person can run, it can go over 1,000 kilometers in three days. If we are not careful, they may have already reached Lapal”
“Then we would be seriously lost with only Jose-san’s information……good thing is we can rely on Naris and Luna’s information”
Praised by Anzeros, Naris puffed out her chest.
“The Red Whale, Rabines……and this contact address. The information on each of them is fragmentary”
“We’ll be able to back it up when we get to Lapal. I’d like to get a sailor around here who knows the area”
“It’s urgent and we’re going to be up against the powers that be in this town. If we think of the possibility of wasting time, we should not be greedy and go to Lapal to ask around”
“Isn’t it a one-shot game chasing a ship!? It’s going to be a big adventure”
Naris, who had puffed out her chest once, dropped her shoulders.
“Naris-chan, why don’t you stay in Sitar? The ship is probably too small and we can’t have too many people on it”
“N, No! I’m not going to miss out on a great opportunity to have a great adventure at sea”
“……I don’t understand your obsession sometimes, Naris-chan”
Basically, if you think it’s a carefree type of salary thief, the adventurer’s spirit will explode in strange places.
“As a prisoner of war, anger has accumulated, so I will clear it”
Aurora looks motivated. I thought she’d look good as a weak young lady being taken prisoner, but she just let the thugs make her butt hurt.
“I guess I’ve been cast in too many unsuitable roles this time……”
“Yes?”
“No, I thought that if we had used a really weak girl, the role of the kidnapper would have been more believable. Christie or Oregano”
“I’m sure Christie would be good at playing the part when she’s captured……but on the other hand, I think she might stir up too much of the thugs’ inferiority complex”
“……I can see that picture in my mind”
Why does Christie look so good on it? A married woman’s imaginary image that is pressed by an adulterous man.
“Becker, who was often on missions in Lapal, would have supplemented the missing information……but well, I guess it’s worth mentioning”
“It’s really a shame that 100-man special duty commander Becker isn’t here this time, isn’t it?”
Everyone follows Dianne-san, who rides a carriage while complaining.
“Laila……I’ll leave it to you. Your own answer is fine”
Finally, I left a message for Laila, who had left the town. I am not sure if she can hear me or not, but I think she will get the message. The answer to the town, as a dragon. Maybe it will be necessary.
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The estimated 1,000 km would not take so many hours on the wings of a dragon. It’s a ridiculous distance, but Maia’s speed makes it seem less so.
“But if I fall now, I’ll be in a huge puddle with no land around me……it’s scary to think……”
“You’re a bit of a slacker in a weird way, aren’t you? Don’t worry, you’ll die if you fall into the sea at this speed”
Sahul pointed out in dismay.
“Am I going to die!? I mean, it’s not like you’re just going to drown!”
“When you try to land on the water after speeding up to a certain extent, the water is incredibly hard. I tried it once and bounced off the surface of the water”
“……You’re a hell of a challenger, aren’t you?”
“I tried to imitate a seabird. I couldn’t do it”
What are you doing, dragon?
“I’m about to get there……but I didn’t find the ship”
“It’s possible they weren’t in a straight line, though”
Hilda and Dianne, who each have confidence in sensory enhancement magic, were looking out the window at the surface of the sea, but it seems that they were unable to find the ship.
“How many islands are there in Lapal?”
“The one officially claimed as territory is 73……or was it 76?”
“The data that came to the royal intelligence agency recently put it at 82”
Tetes adds to Dianne’s slightly outdated information.
“We can’t do it one by one anyway”
“Let’s go down to the capital, Faral. It is the largest island. Eighty percent of the population lives there, so we can easily find it”
“Eighty percent!?”
“There is only one town that looks like a town. It’s not so different from Talc, though”
“……Lapal is a surprisingly small country”
“It may be small, but it has a strong navy. The main island has never had an enemy warship come ashore. ……If Celesta’s current maritime brigade were to get serious, they might be able to do something about it”
“There’s no advantage for Celesta to go that far……besides”
“Well, that’s the way it is. It’s also a place that is easy to target from the coastal countries of Shale Island and the Southern Great Plains, so if we forcefully occupy it, we’ll need to attach the tiger beast’s marine brigade next time”
If the navy is routed through another route, Quika would be in big trouble.
“Anyway, we should go to Faral to gather information. I’m sure they speak Northwestern”
“I wonder if they won’t think it strange that such a conspicuous army of beautiful women suddenly appears in a town that has never been visited by enemy forces”
“I’m sure they won’t. Maia, get down”
“Is that it?”
Maia turns slowly. Faral was a town that had taken the gloom out of Sitar. No one seemed to find our presence strange, although there were a few whistling, playful beastmen.
“It’s a town protected by a solid naval force……isn’t it?”
“Yes, but it’s also very tolerant when it comes to merchant ships. Owl-dono would have said that on a ship you are in a different kingdom and if you stand in a foreign country from there, you are as different as a person. So I hear that here, no one cares about your status on land or where you come from. That said, if you are not careful, there are many crimes committed by foreigners against other foreigners……”
“Help!!”
The screams of Tetes interrupted Dianne’s conversation. ……Scream? That’s okay, isn’t it? It was a very tension-free voice, but for some reason, an unknown ogre had grabbed her by her narrow waist and was fleeing the harbor market.
“Why Tetes……”
“Naris seems weaker”
“Eh, Anzeros-san, you just said that in such a confident tone!”
“But at first glance, Tetes looks like a normal town girl”
“Dianne, what are we going to do? Do you want to beat him?”
“It’s a little troublesome if Maia goes. Almeida, please”
“I understand”
She tucked the iron cane under her arm without transforming it and ran through the crowd of people……perhaps because it had become troublesome and on the way she used a nearby palm tree, the roof of a house, or the shoulder of a passing ogre as a springboard and flew quickly at once. She caught up with Tetes before she disappeared from sight and Almeida’s iron cane strike from the large upper step hit the ogre’s head. The horns snapped off with a sound that could be heard up here.
“Aah, poor thing”
I muttered. The other party was Tetes and if left alone, he could have been killed, so it was easy.
“Hyuu, you’re good”
“Good job!!”
For some reason, the port market was filled with cheers.
“……I see, it’s not a criminal paradise like Sitar”
“Well, I guess no one likes to arbitrate crimes between strangers”
We followed Tetes and Almeida, who were surrounded by cheerful people, to the back of the market.
“I was so surprised when I was suddenly grabbed. I could have escaped if I wanted to, but I thought it would be delicious to have Master help me out here”
“No, I can’t do that!”
“No, let’s do your best to help. I am a female slave, remember?”
As expected, Tetes had plenty of time to spare. Then we dragged the fallen ogre up and Almeida interrogated him about what he was up to.
“Oh, I was simply told by my brother to go and kidnap some woman at random!”
“Are you involved in the slave trade?”
“It’s not that big of a deal. It’s a drowsy time when your brother is wooing a woman in the drought”
“In other words, it’s just a meat urinal?”
“……Little elf, you’ve got a serious face and a nasty tongue”
“…………”
Almeida said nothing but her ears turned red. Yes. She got used to the words. Compared to Tetes, who doesn’t even feel uncomfortable anymore, she’s much more normal.
“Should I turn you in to the military police?”
“Heck, no. My brother is a big man. The guards are nothing”
The ogre smirks even as he puts his hands behind his head. Tetes looked at him in dismay.
“You’ve been bragging about your brother all day, haven’t you?”
“The time is ripe for these idiots to be talking big. My brother is a member of the 『Red Whale Pirates』……”
“…….Wh”
“What did you say?”
“Eh”
Tetes reacted with a jerk and Almeida instantly transformed her iron staff and placed the tip of the blade right on the nose of the ogre.
The ogre stopped breathing, startled by the suddenly transformed spear.
“You said red whale. Is that the name of your brother’s pirates? What is the origin of the name? Is there a name for such a place?”
“Wh, What are you going to do after hearing such a thing!? The red whale is my brother’s old territory, now it’s been taken over by a fucking merchant……”
A dart flying from somewhere pierced the ogre’s shoulder as he was about to rush to his feet……but Maia jumped up and caught it before it could hit him.
“Uoo!?”
“I’m in the middle of something over here. Don’t touch him”
“Oops. I’m not going to let you do it. I was just punishing the idiot henchman who was talking about the shame of his superiors”
A middle-aged human man emerged from the alley. He looked like a pirate from the outside, wearing a long coat, a hat with a suggestive emblem and a large saber on his waist. I’ve only seen pirates in picture scrolls from time to time, so I don’t know any real pirates.
“Brother!”
“Hey, hey, it’s really unsightly, but……good job, getting this many elves, beastmen and other young, beautiful women to join!!”
The middle-aged pirate looks around at us as he says this……no, he stops looking at me.
“An? There’s a boy in my way”
“…………”
“Get out of here. I’m not going to eat them. I will eat them in a way. You know what I mean! Don’t worry, I’ll get tired of the same girls after three days anyway. Return them one by one…….”
“Stop talking in your sleep”
Maia expressionlessly throws the dart back at the middle-aged pirate. But he quickly took off his hat and brandished it, entangling the dart.
“Take a minute. Good, a lively woman is worth eating……young lady, come on”
“……Sure?”
Apparently, this pirate has some skill. I knew there was something to it since he’s using a big ogre on his chin, but it seems he’s some sort of genius swordsman worthy of the knight class? However.
“It’s about time you let me have some fun”
It was Dianne who controlled Maia with her hand.
“I’ve been doing a lot of nitpicking lately. I need to exercise once in a while”
“Oya Oya, this is a sexy dark elf. I like the dark elf, she has big tits unlike the white elf. I also want to hug the girl in the white coat……”
“You talk a lot”
Dianne-san instantly jumped into the man’s pocket and stuck out her fist. A fist like an iron stake, striking the chest.
“Gaa!?”
The pirate was slammed against the wall.
“Brother!?”
“I, I’m sorry. I got a little caught off guard……”
“You better get serious soon or you won’t be able to bluff your way out of this one”
Dianne, threw a mid-round roundhouse kick at the middle-aged pirate who landed staggering under the wall. The pirate slams into the wall again.
“KKu……you bitch”
“Hey, are you still awake?”
The pirate, who was leaning forward as if protecting his stomach, was hit with a swift, downward backward kick. He was kicked in the back and slid five meters on his belly on the ground.
“Brother!?”
“Well, don’t make a fuss, Robin……damn it, my arm remembers it. But you made me take it seriously, one or two raw wounds……”
The pirate pulls out his saber with ease. But Dianne released her stance and sighs.
“……I’m not impressed. Toughness is admirable, but I think Naris is good enough”
“I’m being held to a standard there?”
“If Naris-chan can win, I guess I’m good enough”
“Reaction speed isn’t a big deal. It’s not my turn”
“Well, I’m afraid even I’d be a bully……”
“Anzeros-san, why don’t you take care of it?”
“I’m not a fan of middle-aged people like that. Shameless bastard makes me want to hit him with all my might”
Everyone except Luna, Hilda and Maia act like they’re stoking a middle-aged pirate, so the pirate makes his complexion look strange, raises his saber and attacks the nearby Anzeros. Anzeros dodged it without changing her complexion and swept. The middle-aged pirate thrusts his hands into the ground, uses his sword as a cane and stands up while clenching his teeth……and then he sets out to capture Hilda-san and take her hostage.
“You fools……don’t move, you little bitches!”
“Why?”
“Why, because you can see I’m holding this woman……?”
Hilda had been secretly creating illusions since the commotion began and was standing three meters away from the pirate. It was that illusion that the pirate caught. The pirate’s eyes were black and white, as if he had felt a momentary grasp.
“Now then, it seems that there is no point in playing around with pirates who are in a bad economy. Let me ask you a straightforward question”
Dianne kicked the pirate’s hand with the saber and swung her beautifully raised leg down at an angle, making the pirate crawl to the ground.
“Where is this red whale? Is it related to a man named Rabines?”
“……Gu, ha……what, are you some kind of that fucking merchant……?”
“Answer me. I’m in a hurry”
Dianne smiled wickedly.
“If you say sticky, that’s fine. It’s an emergency. You’re a precious clue and you’re going to have to feel a little pain that you don’t want to remember”
“Hii……I’ll, I’ll tell you! The Red Whale is a small island half a day due east of the Seven Star Archipelago in the south, my old territory, as that idiot said!”
“The Seven Star Archipelago?”
“Y, You don’t know……where are you from?”
“I’m a stranger”
Dianne tried to continue the interrogation by putting her foot on the back of the middle-aged pirate who was crawling on the ground. Then, a couple of pirate underlings came running into the room.
“Big Brother!”
“Vice-captain! Who are they?”
“Oh, you guys, fuck these bitches!”
The middle-aged pirate suddenly stood up and became energetic while keeping his distance. However, only five reinforcements appeared. And they don’t seem to be as strong as he is.
“Hilda. Do you think they can last a minute?”
“With Almeida and Dianne, I’d have to bet on the ten-second standard”
“……Within that time”
“I’m with you. I don’t think we’ll have time to bet again”
Robin, the ogre, is on his feet, and there are seven pirates in all, including his older brother. The three Red Arms, Dianne, Aurora, Anzeros and Neia are on this side. There were also seven combatants. Oh, if you include Maia and Sahul, there are nine. ……While I was recounting the allies, the pirates were all folded up like a comedy.
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