Chapter 137

Chapter 137 \nAfter teleporting back to the island, the base was already buzzing with preparations to meet the Amar Fleet, which had come to subjugate them.\n

For the time being, I exited the warehouse the way I came in, and hid in its shadow. Looking at the harbor, 16 ships were sailing out with 4 of the large ships staying in back. I expanded my map view to check their position, but they appeared on the edge of the map before quickly leaving its range.  

I put a hand in my pocket and took out a detonator. Yes, the night I took Mimi I had snuck back in again to set C4 bombs beneath all the pirate ships in the harbor. I pulled the device’s trigger, and seawater around the 4 remaining ships blew up as a series of dull explosions sounded out. There were also faint sounds in the distance as well.

“What is it!?”

“Hey, it’s going to sink!”

“What was that sound just now?!”

Pirates who’d been running around the harbor along with ones in the dwellings above came rushing out. They all looked into the harbor as I leaned position from the warehouse, holding out my M2A2…

I aimed for the head of a map looking down from the top of the wall using the attached scope. Due to the balancing of VMB, when aiming with a sniper, the crosshairs disappeared. Therefore, it became necessary to use a scope, or to physically use the iron sights. This rifle was equipped with a x3.5-x10 and had no iron sights. \n

I aligned the scope’s crosshairs to the man’s head and immediately pulled the trigger. 

Thanks to the silencer, the shot came out sounding like air. I then heard the sound of popping. I wasn’t looking directly at the source as I moved back into cover behind the warehouse. I cycled the rifle, pulling the bolt’s handle to eject the spent cartridge and load a new one. I leaned back out to find another pirate staring at his dead friend who’d just lose his head to his right. 

I crushed one pirate’s head after another. Their bodies fell as I began to aim for the pirates at the lower layers. Basically, for a sniper user, it was important to kill as many enemies as possible before your whereabouts were found. 

“Hey! What’s happening!” 

“Captain Kada! We’re being attacked from somewhere –”

If this position was found out, I should move being being attacked —

“Undead! There is an undead behind the transfer warehouse!” 

— I was found out. Huh. I put the rifle away and pulled out my pistol from the holster at my waist. I wouldn’t need a silencer for this, and held out the pistol while pulling out the machete with my right hand. Due to the three-dimensional structure of dwellings in the walls, the base didn’t show the exact placement of enemies in my view. So I wasn’t aware of the remaining targets, but I didn’t plan to let any of them go. \n“Why is there a skeleton here!”

“Do you know? Which sunken ship this guy came out of?”

“… Did you wander out of the deep-sea prison?”

The pirates standing before me tried to keep their distance as I slowly walked toward them. They didn’t seem like they were going to attack, so I just kept my pace. I held my machete while relying on the crosshairs for the Five-seveN in my left hand. I then began to down the pirates with two shots each. The last pirate looked at his friend as he collapsed to his knee, stunned by the appearance of the cane like object that spewed fire. 

“ —Eh?” 

I ran forward and slid, using the momentum to aim for the fallen pirate’s neck with my blade. Using the momentum, I cut the man’s head off as I soared straight up while spinning.  

[~~~, ~~~,Fireball]

[~~~, ~~~—-]\n\n“It’s really an energetic skeleton…”

I ran up near the top, kicked off and jumped onto the top level. 

“Are you the leader of Kaidou?”

“So you can talk, huh.”

While I exchanged magazines, I called out to the beast man who stood before me.

“Yeah, I’m Kada, leader of Kaidou.”

“I’m Yona. It’s time for you to sink into the sea. I’ll pick you up from the bottom, and guide you into the deep sea, close to the eternal darkness.”

“Don’t joke with me, skeleton! You’re the only one who will sleep alone at the bottom of the sea!” 

In Kada’s hand was a large double edged hatchet. Was it a viking axe? From the lower layers, I could hear footsteps and shouts from people coming towards us. At the top of this not-so-wide area, it would be a hassle if more pirates joined the fight.