Chapter 88: All villains are the sa
“Move carefully. Kill anyone standing in our way.”
“Boss, are you sure…”
“We’ll be out of the country with a fortune by dawn.”
Everyone from the Berdoc rcenary Group made up their minds after Hogg reminded them.
“Their arrows are useless tonight. They can’t see us, and this armor that the Donians gave us can deflect arrows. Don’t worry. The treasure is ours!”
“Let’s go!”
“The treasure is ours!”
Hogg and the fifty other rcenaries moved. They were equipped with durable leather armor tightly wrapped around their bodies. It seed to slow down their movent, but it made them fearless against the arrows of the Ainos. They moved under the cover of darkness toward the campsite.
“Boss, it’s weird.”
Baxter, who had been scouting, ca back to make a report. He seed nervous.
“What’s weird?”
“It’s… It’s too dark.”
“Dark?”
“Look. There’s no light in the camp. I don’t see anyone guarding the entrance either.”
“Luck is with us then. I guess they’re too relaxed after the feast.”
Baxter frowned at Hogg’s words — sothing didn’t feel right. They looked down on the Ainos when they were drinking but they were still survivors of the forest. These people lived in the mountains full of monsters. People made fun of them, but so were out of fear of such strength.
‘What is up with him?’
The Berdoc rcenary Group was considered lowly by many people, but they were still a powerful group. Hogg was the leader of the group and he knew how to lead. But he seed to have lost his mind.
“Good for us. Durtee, go take a few boys and set the east side on fire. When they are busy putting the fires out, we’ll go for the storage. We’ll set everything on fire once we take what we need.”
“Okay.”
Hogg gave the order before Baxter could say anything and Durtee took ten n towards the east of the campsite.
“Let’s move.”
Everyone painted their faces black and began following Hogg.
‘Should I run away?’
Baxter hesitated, but he followed the group in the end. His instincts were warning him, but he was blinded by the fortune that would be awaiting them in the end. Dreaming of the fortune that those few potions would bring him blinded him. It would enable him to buy a large farmland and live a peaceful life.
‘And buy so female slaves… hehe.’
Baxter began to daydream as he followed along. None of them knew that there were eyes quietly observing them.
“They’re here. Do you see them?”
“Groups, to the east side.”
“It’s a diversion. They are trying to do sothing on the east side and go for the potions at the sa ti.”
“Do you see?”
The Ainos seed to be shocked by what they were looking at, as Joonbum asked through the walkie-talkie. So gasped and so seed bitter as they still had doubts that this would happen. But so were excited to use the night-vision goggles for the first ti.
“This thing is so good.”
The campsite had no light source other than the coals from the bonfire that had been put out. There was no way for anyone to make out any shapes in such darkness. But after putting on the night-vision goggles, their sight turned green and they were able to see everything, including all the rcenaries approaching carefully in the darkness.
“Start when they’re in range.”
Joonbum spoke quietly. There was a bright light from the east. It was a small torch, but it looked very bright through night vision.
“Ugh!”
The rcenary who lit the torch to prepare the fire arrows scread as he fell down. The other n also fell to the ground. Arrows had been fired at the rcenaries that had co to start a fire and they began to fall one by one.
“Hader! Hader is down! Put up a shie- ugh.”
“Where?! Where are they?!”
The rcenaries frantically searched for cover, but arrows kept coming at them, piercing their arms and thighs.
“Jon! Peter!”
“Argh!”
A man who put up a shield rolled on the ground as arrows penetrated their feet. Pretty soon, they were all down on the ground, moaning in pain. But as soon as everyone was down on the ground, no more arrows were fired.
‘We have to run…!’
Durtee snapped the arrow from his feet and began running, but he fell down again as another arrow pierced his thigh.
“Argh…!”
“You are surrounded. We will spare your lives if you give up your weapons and surrender.”
None of them had any critical wounds. All the rcenaries threw down their weapons as the voice ordered them to do so.
“What?!”
“Ahh!”
The Ainos, who were covered in black, showed themselves from the darkness and it made the rcenaries tremble. At that mont, a scream echoed from the other side of the camp. Durtee recognized whose scream it was and none of the Ainos seed bothered by the sound.
‘They knew we were coming!’ Durtee thought as he thought about the arrows that were all aid at their thighs or arms.
‘We’re dood.’
*
“Argh!”
“Oh, they began. Let’s go! Move!”
It was a scream instead of a fire, but Hogg did not care. He figured the scream would draw more attention to the east side.
“Durtee is doing well.”
“He’s probably eager to finish it quick!”
Everyone seed to be thinking the sa thing. They ran towards the campsite courageously.
“Go! Go! Move!”
Baxter was still hesitant. He ordered his boys to move in, but he was backing away slowly.
‘Sothing’s not right. It’s really dangerous!’
His instincts that allowed him to survive to this day were warning him of a grave and imminent danger.
‘I knew it!’
The torch that let out a dim light imdiately went out as soon as Hogg and the rcenaries entered the camp and the screams began increasing from the east. The camp beca pitch dark and it was impossible to see anything.
“ARGH!”
The scream ca right in front and Baxter opened his eyes wide in shock. He felt all his hair rising and sweat rolling down his back. His hands which were holding onto the hand axe beca sweaty. Fear struck him.
-Boy, do you know what’s really dangerous in the forest? It’s not the monsters. It’s the Ainos. They live where the monsters that we fear lurk. If you encounter them in the forest, run away. That’s the only way to survive. And always think twice if you get the chance to work on sothing related to them. They never forget.-
The mory of an old rcenary who mumbled it to him every ti when he first began his life as a rcenary ca back to him. It was over twenty years ago but the mory ca back clearly.
“Argh! Arrows! Ainos!”
“NO!!”
“S-Shields! Ugh! Help!”
There were black figures moving about within the darkness. Baxter began running toward to the entrance.
Joonbum watched the hesitant Baxter running away quietly through his night-vision goggles and turned to the others. The rcenaries who had entered the campsite were on the floor, moaning.
“Ugh! Please! Don’t kill !”
“Monsters! The Ainos are monsters!”
All of them were shivering on the ground as many of them were felled by the arrows. There were no more courageous fighters left. Then, a man began screaming while waving around his sword and shield.
“CO! Co you dogs! Let’s fight in the glorious battle! You cowards! Co out! I, Hogg of the Berdoc rcenary Group, will fight you — argh!”
An arrow penetrated Hogg’s leg, stopping his shout. He broke the arrow and began screaming again.
“I won’t be stopped by so arrows! n! Follow !”
“Let’s go! Follow the boss!”
A few responded to Hogg’s brave advance. They knew from experience that it was the only possible way to survive on the battlefield.
“Argh!”
“Ugh! It HURTS!”
But it was no use. More arrows were fired at their thighs and they fell to the ground. All of them began trembling.
“AHH! Monsters!”
“Oh Gods! Save us!”
They began screaming in fear as they saw a black figure with a strange-looking head appear from the darkness.
“Co out! You filthy Ainos dogs! Show yourself! Fight !”
Hogg swung his sword frantically as he shouted alone. He could not figure out where he was due to the darkness and he was also mad from rage and fear.
“Is he calling us filthy?”
“I’m lost for words.”
“They are as Joonbum said. Those filthy dogs.”
Joonbum grinned as the young Ainos nearby him mumbled. It was the first ti they had ever watched a fight with beings other than monsters. All of them were watching with Joonbum using night-vision goggles.
‘It’s not as shocking as I thought it would be.’
Joonbum rembered so people that were traumatized after attacking or killing other humans in the movies. There were so movies that focused on such feelings.
‘But it doesn’t affect .’
He was nervous, but he was okay. He then rembered people telling him that he had changed.
‘Have I really changed?’
“Co! Co out, you monsters — argh!”
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