Overpowered Reincarnation Perks! - Chapter 13.7
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Judging by appearance and behavior, Arvan should be more threatening than me, yet it was strange that he pointed to me as the culprit, not Arvan.
‘The reason is probably one of two.’
One is that because I, who can’t even shake off the commander’s hand, managed to escape here unscathed, he might think I have some special ability.
The other is that among the 50 intruders, the commander identified, the last one should be Arvan, but since I unexpectedly popped up here, he might think I came in for a different purpose.
Unfortunately, both are wrong.
Your score is, bzzt, zero.
“Why should I answer when you’re falsely accusing me without any evidence?”
“Did you say false accusation?”
“Just blindly guessing and hoping to hit the mark, being a commander must be so easy.”
I deliberately spoke sarcastically, and the commander’s expression changed slightly.
It wasn’t an expression of finding me ridiculous for showing defiance when I couldn’t even resist, nor was it an expression of resentment for denying killing the lord.
Rather, it was an expression of finding something interesting. Children used to have that look in their eyes when they found a new toy.
“So it is you after all.”
What do you mean ‘after all’, stop making baseless assumptions!
He applied more force to the hand gripping my neck.
At this rate, either my neck will break or I’ll suffocate. Either way, it’s a dead end, and such an absurd bad ending doesn’t even qualify as a sad ending, so it must be overcome.
I desperately turned my head to look at the area where the soldiers were gathered. Thanks to Arvan’s considerably increased height, it wasn’t difficult to spot him.
Do you want to reverse the positions of [Castle Commander] and ally [Arvan]?
It was a bit embarrassing that I didn’t realize 80 minutes of cooldown had passed, being so absorbed in what we were doing in that room, but it was perfect for avoiding this crisis.
As I sent a signal to accept, the suffocating pressure on my neck disappeared, and I felt the touch of large arms embracing me.
“Ju-in?”
“Cough. Arvan……”
Arvan hesitated for a moment, seemingly confused by being suddenly summoned to my side when he had been surrounded by soldiers.
We were standing at the main gate, and the commander was in the middle of the garden surrounded by soldiers instead of Arvan, so the distance was far.
“I’ll explain later. Let’s escape for now!”
At my words, Arvan immediately sprang into action and kicked the door. Although the heavy door that usually required several people to turn the pulley didn’t even open halfway, it was enough for the two of us to slip through.
“C-catch them!”
“They’re escaping!”
The soldiers who belatedly grasped the situation aimed their weapons again and rushed over, but they couldn’t keep up with Arvan’s speed.
Since the fire alarm had sounded, there was no one in the square in front of the castle gate. Arvan skillfully jumped onto the buildings.
Despite the curved roofs and lack of footholds, he easily outmaneuvered the pursuing soldiers by sliding down railings and jumping up from window sills.
Indeed, his confidence in escaping wasn’t just bravado.
***
Arvan passed through the streets lined with buildings and took a secluded forest path, then climbed up a hill and put me down.
“They won’t chase us this far.”
Perhaps to throw off the pursuit, we didn’t go to the southern area. According to the map, there was a hill to the east, so this must be the eastern part of the castle.
“Thank you, Arvan. Were you surprised?”
Arvan still had a dazed expression, as if he couldn’t believe we had escaped from the castle.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you in advance. This is also one of my abilities. I don’t know the principle myself, so it’s hard to explain… I can’t use it often.”
When I explained that I could switch positions between someone I touched and a specific target, Arvan listened seriously and nodded.
“You mean a substitution ability? I know.”
“You know?”
“I think I’ve seen someone use an ability similar to Ju-in’s before.”
“There’s someone with an ability similar to mine? Who is it?”
“Master, long ago… This is also from too long ago so my memory is hazy, but it definitely felt similar.”
The Master who taught Arvan about the effects of herbs. Could they also use such a unique ability?
‘What kind of person are they?’
It’s fortunate that he doesn’t doubt my strange ability that I can’t explain the reason or principle for.
‘I guess it’s a bit less absurd than the ability to not be attacked after having physical relations.’
Of course, it’s not just my ability that’s absurd. I had many questions for Arvan too. Like how Arvan made the secret passage, or how he suddenly grew so large, there’s a mountain of curiosities.
“It seems we’ve avoided pursuit, so let’s go back home now. We need to come up with a countermeasure with the remaining people.”
“Arvan. Do you think they’ve realized it was us who attacked the central palace?”
“We didn’t leave anything that could identify us, so it should be fine for now, but it won’t be long before we’re discovered.”
It’s a different level of seriousness compared to just catching and imprisoning intruders. The residents of the castle all saw the big fire in the central palace, so trust would plummet if they just let it slide.
‘Plus, seventeen people died.’
The 12th district isn’t that big of a town. With the population suddenly halved and outsiders mixed in, no matter how much we hide it, the adjacent districts will inevitably notice. No matter how incompetent the command is, once they start investigating, they’ll notice the changes in the southern city’s 12th district.
“We should have planned more thoroughly and moved more carefully. If only the castle hadn’t called for monster hunters…”
“This was the best we could do.”
Arvan patted my shoulder and continued.
“It’s okay, everyone was prepared. We knew we might have to leave the castle and live like Durak if things went wrong.”
“Leave the castle?”
“Once the castle’s control wanes, staying here won’t mean much anyway.”
“But then we can’t save the other people left in the castle.”
“Since the ore warehouse was destroyed, they can’t carry out the monster luring operation, so the command will have to find another way to protect the castle. The monster hunters coming in is actually an opportunity. We can make plans with them.”
Arvan seems to think the command will protect the castle residents.
“They won’t have that luxury.”
“Huh?”
“They said the lord is dead.”
The system confirmed it. The commander’s words were undoubtedly true.
Now the castle’s control will rapidly deplete. Although it’s far from the mountains where monsters live, so we won’t be attacked immediately, the monsters’ activity range will gradually widen, so we’ll soon be able to spot them even from the castle walls.
‘The lord is dead, the planned operation has gone awry, they have to track down the attackers, and now they have to take care of the outsider monster hunters too.’
Can those incompetent, corrupt bastards really handle this emergency situation properly?
“What if we try to negotiate with them first instead?”
“Negotiate?”
I could feel Arvan’s bewilderment.
We set fire to the central palace and destroyed all the ore warehouses. Although we suffered considerable losses, many of the castle’s soldiers must have died too.
