Chapter 300: Chapter 33, Episode 2: Humans Are Monsters
Sun WooHyun had dismantled the vigilantes and guards who initiated the rebellion and formed new security personnel. Barungo had used incentives and hypnosis to secure 50 security guards under his control. The moment he had the highly-trained armed men in check, he grew braver. Sun WooHyun had unknowingly allowed him to tear out his liver and turned him pantless. He didnât know that a primary principle, such as a restricting system, existed to control power. That was Sun WooHyunâs ignorance and simple-minded tendencies as someone who was from the military.
Beep beep beepâ
300 meters from the mansion, the guardsâ tent buzzer rang three times.
âEmergency! Itâs sir houngan.â
âItâs the head butler!â
The security guards jumped out of their tents with Kalashnikovs in hand. Sun WooHyun called them security personnel, but the workers still regarded them as guards. That was because they still inflicted corporal punishment and stole money, just like before. The hatred toward them was naturally directed toward Namir.
âWeâre landing. Number two, wait for the signal.â
âGot it. Standby at 300 meters.â
According to the manual, the first helicopter attempted to land in the square after spinning once around the Samaria farm. It was the cotton gathering point located midway between the workersâ living quarters and the farm ownerâs mansion.
âThe situation doesnât look good.â
Black Mamba looked at Jamal, turning away from the window. There wasnât a need to use his dimensional sight. He could feel the bloodlust poking at him like needles.
Clackâ
Jamal and Aishe combined their magazines. On the other hand, Ahmad, who was unfamiliar with the gun, grabbed his shamshir and darts.
10 pairs of bloodshot eyes looked up at the landing helicopter. They belonged to the 10 emergency members who were hiding behind an abandoned woodpile. There was a pile of cotton trees stacked in its uprooted state in the corner of the square. Cotton trees were perennial plants in the tropics where there was no frost. They used sick or diseased trees as firewood.
âCaptain, letâs greet them respectfully. Wonât the head of rites do something about them if we lead them to him?â
Toongbuktu stared up at the Gazelles in the sky at his team memberâs words. Helicopters were grim reapers to foot soldiers. The guards would be wiped out from existence if the Gazelles started shooting their machine guns from the sky.
âThereâs no need to bow down to those white pigs. Weâll be done for if they notice. Weâll suppress them and take them as hostages. Letâs go.â
10 armed people ran out from behind the pile of cotton trees and surrounded the helicopters. Three guards crouched as they approached to avoid the bladeâs wind. The other seven took up a ready position. Toongbuktu banged on the door with his Kalashnikov barrel.
âYou frog b*stards, get off with your hands in the air! Iâll shoot all of you if you take your time.â
âHuh, is this North Korea? The situationâs worse than I thought.â
Vulgar comments poured out of the mouth of the man whose skin was as dark as coal. Black Mamba almost laughed at the hostile greeting. Chad had been part of Franceâs colony for a long time.
They couldnât greet French military soldiers in uniform, no, a French military helicopter in such a manner. Either lackey had lost control or lost his mind. Either way, it wasnât pleasant.
âHow dare they shove a barrel into Sir Ddu-bai-buru-paâs face.â Ahmadâs face creased.
âWhat an idiot. Ahmad, get rid of that b*stard!â
Bangâ
Ahmad kicked open the sealed air door as soon as Jamal finished talking. Aishe jumped out from the other side.
âAgh!â
Toongbuktu covered his nose with his hands after the door landed on his face. Ahmad, who shot out like a cannon shell, swung his shamshir.
Whooshâ
Toongbuktu didnât have to worry about his squashed nose anymore. People who had their necks detached from the body wouldnât care about a broken nose or teeth.
The blade, which was dragged along with the sway of his upper body, turned once around his back. The second guardâs face was sliced in half.
Crackâ
Following the line of inertia, his left elbow landed on the third guardâs temple. The guard, whose head was caved in, collapsed on the floor. It was the Circassian three consecutive attacks, which flowed like water. Ahmad, who was experienced, did not hesitate with his Circassian Mamluk movements.
Aishe, who jumped out from the door, showed off her remarkable shooting skills. The MP5 continued shooting from a position that required one to roll on the ground like a spinner.
Bang bang bangâ
The guards fell back like dominoes after each person received a shot.
The sight of people being blown back or falling out of windows after being shot could only be seen in movies. When a bullet penetrated the skull, the target would only fall backward. With tremendous pressure and stimulation applied to the brain, it would suffer fatal damage. The front and back muscles of the body would contract immediately, but because of the larger back muscles, the target would fall backward. On the other hand, if the torso was shot, the target would fall forward because their abdomen would contract first.
Tatatatangâ
The helicoptersâ bodies reverberated.
âHow dare those b*stards!â
Jamal, who had been carefully scanning the scene, jumped out. He turned once in the air as though he was tumbling and landed right on a mound like a spider. It was the kind of movements that a cat would cry over.
Bangâ
A loud noise followed. Blood started splattering from the mansionâs rooftop when the muzzle started firing from 400 meters away. It was the machine gunner who had been aiming for the helicopter. The assistant gunner fell into the trench below, head-first, as soon as the gunner was hit.
âIdiotic b*stard!â Jamal said, smiling in satisfaction.
Bangâ
The 50-caliber Barrett bullet revealed its undefeatable strength. The 60-centimeters sandbag exploded below, and the assistant gunner collapsed where he was.
âAhhh! Itâs the devil!â
The workers, who had been loitering around, threw down their axes and ran. Their surroundings grew silent after a single display of strength.
Jamal slung the fuming Barrett on his shoulder and turned to look at Black Mamba. He looked exactly like a child waiting for praise.
âUgh, theyâre so straightforward.â
Black Mamba shook his head. A small group had gone to face Allah for a single reason, which was shoving a barrel in his face. He found it ridiculous. The people, who had acted like cats with bells, turned into wildcats in the next second.
It wasnât that surprising, however. Their experiences alone gave Ahmad the title of the Circassian Mamluk, father of all assassins, Jamal the title of the attack unit leader of the ANO, an evil terrorist organization, and Aishe, who grew up as a guerrilla since she was 13 years old by the eastern mountains of Turkey, the title of the Kurd warrior. They were later known to be part of the Seven Hojang, the seven-member guards of Ddu-bai-buru-pa.
Whooshâ
The second helicopter, which was about to land, raised its height.
âStop descent. Number two, warning. Warning.â
The pilot in the first helicopter shouted into the transmitter a little too late.
âAdvisor, should we wipe them all out with the chain gun?â
Vooomâ
The pilot increased the number of rotor turns. At any moment, he was about to shoot down with a machine gun.
âDonât interfere. Youâre a soldier, and youâre planning to kill the civilians? Iâll resolve personal matters privately. Hold off from descending!â
Why werenât there a single ordinary person around him? Black Mamba didnât realize that his resonance waves and his desire to fight had affected those around him.
When Black Mamba got off the helicopter, Ahmad and Jamal immediately guarded him, both on his right and left sides.
Boomâ
His dimensional sight spread instantly.
âHo, look at them!â
100s of people had gathered. He could feel their evil intentions and their guardedness around him, which he had only ever felt on the battlefield. The situation was unusual.
âThe Gorgon would have been perfect.â
It wasnât the kind of situation that could be resolved with a conversation anyway. An overwhelming frightful visual was required to break their spirits and decrease the kill count. The steel rope attached to the Gazelleâs lower plate used for transporting goods caught his attention. The steel rope of 20 meters in length and a diameter of 10 millimeters also came with a three-kilogram hook on its end. It was a good enough substitute for the Rakshasa.
He sliced off 10 meters of the steel rope with his Vajra and stretched out his right hand toward the first helicopterâs pilot, sending a departure signal. The helicopter, which had been waiting for his orders, took off immediately.
He looked down at the steel rope in his hands. He vividly remembered the moment when he had used the Gorgon in Kaparja Valleyâs underground room. The bodies that were diced and the weapons that were crushed by the Gorgon in its cycloid movementâeven the simplest weapons ended up as mass destruction in his hands. Coincidentally, he now had to see blood again.
Jamal, Ahmad, and Aisheâs eyes grew wide. Ddu-bai-buru-pa was holding onto the winch that had been attached to the helicopter. Why was that heavy object in their masterâs hand? Black Mamba ignored their curious gazes.
âJamal, the farm is under the control of an unknown power. Thereâs a high possibility that our family member, the lackey, is suppressed.â
âWe must ensure Mr. Lackeyâs safety before they use him as a shield. I believe Ahmad will be the perfect person for this.â
âLeave it to me, sir.â Ahmad looked at Black Mamba with twinkling eyes.
âThere should be a prison facility on a farm this huge. Look for a short and ugly Asian. Avoid any conflict with the b*stards. Iâll wipe out the opposing power.â
âYes, sir.â
Ahmad disappeared without a sound.
âJamal, do you think crops grown by farmers are rightfully theirs, or it belongs to the person who found them while passing by?â
âOf course, it belongs to the farmers, sir,â Jamal replied to the sudden question as though it was an obvious fact.
âA hunter-gatherer, whoâs unaware of the concept of farming, discovers crops that a farmer raised. What do you think heâll do?â
âItâll look like itâs a free-for-all.â
âYouâre right. To the hunter-gatherer, the farmersâ crops are no different than the deer or the fruits on the trees they caught. Do you think the farmer can convince him?â
âIf the hunter-gatherer doesnât know the concept of farming, itâll be hard to convince him. I understand what youâre trying to say, sir. Power is stronger than moral justification, right?â
Black Mamba nodded at Aisheâs words.
âThere are 100s of people gathered. I feel their ill intentions and madness. From what I can sense, theyâre not soldiers. They may be members of a cult. Lives are important, but lives without morals and ethics are not. Thereâs simply a power clash between those who are barbaric and those who are strong. I donât like this situation either. However, the lives of my family members are more important than the lives of 100s of my adversaries. Get to cover, and kill those whoâre carrying guns.â
âYes, sir.â
Jamal and Aishe went to search for cover. The reason why he suddenly brought up the abbreviated version of Hobbesâ The War of All Against All to his subordinates was to reaffirm his own beliefs.
Heâd visited Samaria farm intending to take a holiday. Ombuti and Mohammad were supposed to be in charge of the farmâs maintenance and system. He was planning to encourage the lackey. Perhaps, that was Asuraâs fate. Blood spattered whenever he moved.
Barungoâs neck jerked backward when he finished casting the long spell. His pupils disappeared, leaving just the whites of his eyes. The pa shook like a snakehead as though it had just been picked up. Barungoâs body shook violently. He was in a trance. He had connected to the lwa Damballa Wedo that he served.
Boomâ
The happenings that went on in the square unfolded before his eyes as though it was a live broadcast. That was Damballaâs ability. He had to know the enemy before they fought. Barungo wasnât stupid enough to believe in the emergency station guards and wait while doing nothing.
A helicopter landed on the square where the emergency guards had gathered. His subordinates approached. A man and woman jumped out of the helicopter and moved their swords and guns. His 10 subordinates were swept away. A burly Arab jumped out with a larger gun. All of them were heathens. Another b*stard casually got off the helicopter.
âHm!â
Damballa shook. A small groan escaped through his clenched jaws. The last person, whose appearance was overwhelming, didnât seem to be human. He gathered all of his spiritual power to see his actual form.
âAgh!â Barungo screamed.
A light exploded the moment he tried to see his actual form. Damballaâs power jumped out of him. Barungo twisted his body as though he was mad. The connection broke. When a connection forcibly broke, the hounganâs[1] heart took a blow. Blood dripped down from Barungoâs mouth.
âHoungan!â
Wadanka jumped in, opening the door. Barungo relieved the shock from the forced disconnection by drinking the Vodouâs secret medicine.
âWadanka, a Petro[2] has appeared. The b*stard must be the guy Namir calls master.â
Barungoâs voice trembled. The other was a presence with limitless abilities whom Namir was unswervingly loyal to. In return, the Rada[3] lwa, which he had served and received help, fled. It meant that Petroâs spiritual power was strong enough to draw Damballa Wedo out from a physical body.
âYouâre here, houngan, and there are 400 other Maroons on the farm. There are also guards armed with guns. Petroâs avatar is also a human. Thereâs nothing to worry about, sir.â Wadanka was calm.
âHm, thatâs true. The guyâs bound to die by a gun or sword unless heâs a zombie. Give the mambos[4] their yorunba[5].â
The reason behind the eerie feeling, which he felt during the Rada ceremony at dawn, was that b*stard, Petro. The b*stard was an evil spirit that wasnât included in the top 300 ranks of spirits. If he responded poorly, his 10 yearsâ worth of efforts would be in vain.
[1] The official term for the head of rites.
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[2] A rough and unforgiving spirit.
[3] A spirit of morals and principles.
[4] Female priests.
[5] It is a Vodou secret drug that puts one in a trance.