Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 307



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Episode 307

Zeon frowned as he arrived at the Red Horn Crocodile Crew’s base following Zetoya.

Because the tragedy of the wooden Buddha statue was unfolding.

There were countless corpses of children strewn about.

Limbs were cut off and heads were rolling on the floor.

The entrails and blood that flowed out of the split stomach soaked the floor.

“Shit!”

Jetoya turned his head away, as if he could no longer see the bodies of his friends.

Like it or not, we’ve been living together for over a dozen years.

It’s like I’ve experienced both good and bad feelings.

When I saw those people dying so miserably, I felt sick to my stomach and almost vomited.

Zeon said to Zetoya.

“If it’s hard, go out.”

“No, I can stand it.”

Jetoyah answered, gritting his teeth.

Then Brielle said.

“It feels like it hasn’t been that long since you left.”

There were several items of luggage scattered on the floor that appeared to belong to the Helbrin mercenary unit.

It meant that he left in such a hurry that he couldn’t even pack his bags.

Zeon let out a small sigh.

“Whew! I guess I have to give him credit for his ability to sense crisis.”

“So you knew we were coming?”

“I don’t know about that, but it’s clear that he sensed the crisis in advance when he saw that his colleague didn’t return even after some time had passed.”

“No, if your colleague doesn’t come, shouldn’t you look for him?”

“These are not beings that can be understood with such general thinking. Their thoughts and senses are all geared towards survival. If they can survive, they can easily overlook the deaths of their comrades.”

A deep furrow appeared between Zeon’s eyebrows.

Even Zeon, who prides himself on having seen all kinds of human beings while wandering the desert, has never seen a group like this before.

Although he was a typical weakling, he was more cunning than other scavengers and more vicious than the devil.

They thoroughly avoided those who were stronger than them, but were extremely cruel to those who were weaker than them.

They bite madly as if they do not want to leave anyone weaker than them in this world.

They have excellent crisis detection capabilities, so if they notice anything even slightly strange, they immediately move their base.

“This is going to be a tough game of hide and seek.”

Zeon made a troubled expression.

It was a complicated sewer like a maze.

Tracking them down in these sewers wasn’t easy even for Zeon.

Then Jetoya said.

“I can find them. No one knows these sewers better than I do. It doesn’t matter where they’re hiding. I’ll find them.”

“We have to move faster than them. If we’re even a little bit late, we won’t even be able to see our tails.”

“I can do it. No, I will do it. I will definitely do it!”

Zeon nodded at the sight of Zetoya burning with fighting spirit.

“Okay! I’ll leave the tracking to you.”

“But please keep your promise.”

“Magic generator?”

“yes!”

“Must keep it.”

“I will believe you.”

Originally, Jetoya didn’t trust anyone, but strangely, she began to trust the man in front of her.

He didn’t know the reason either.

However, at least I instinctively knew that men were not the type of people to speak with two mouths.

Jetoya began to pursue in earnest.

In the desert, Zeon was the leader in tracking, but in the dirty underground sewers, Zetoya was the leader.

While Zeon uses sand to locate and track his prey, Zetoya uses the moisture that fills the underground sewers to pinpoint the location of his targets.

“Sniff sniff!”

Jetoya stops for a moment at the fork in the road and smells the air.

He said, pointing to the right.

“There’s a smell mixed in here.”

“Can you distinguish the smell in this stench?”

“If you put your mind to it, you can distinguish the scent you want from hundreds of scents.”

“Is it true?”

“People who came down from above like you have a unique, dry smell.”

“Dry?”

“Yes! Especially the smell of those who have been out in the desert for a long time has a musty feel. The smell is mixed in the passage on the right.”

“That’s great.”

Zeon smiled.

If Jetoya could really track the Helbrin mercenaries by scent, then that would be a different story.

Because you can track it right away without wasting time.

Jetoya said as he entered the right passage.

“I’ll start running from now on, so don’t fall behind.”

“Don’t worry.”

“Just go for a run.”

The moment Zeon and Briel answered simultaneously, Zetoya began to run down the sewer at a terrifying speed.

Jetoya was a human optimized for the underworld.

Like a lizard, his hands and feet clung to the walls and floor, allowing him to run along the water-covered walls as if they were flat ground.

With this ability, Zetoya was able to evade the pursuit of the Awakened Helbrin Mercenaries who were pursuing her for a long time.

“Wow!”

It was so bad that Brielle let out an exclamation of admiration at the sight of Jetoya running upside down from the ceiling.

Zeon was also impressed by Zetoya’s abilities.

‘At that level, I guess we should consider them a completely new species.’

A new breed of humans optimized for the underworld.

It was clear that humans are animals that evolve by adapting to their environment.

“This way.”

Jetoya came down from the ceiling and headed towards the left passage.

He sniffed all the way down the hallway.

It collects information in the air in real time.

He said with a confident expression.

“It’s not far now. We’ll catch up soon.”

“I get it.”

Zeon nodded and looked around.

I’ve already passed dozens of crossroads.

In the meantime, we entered deep underground.

It felt like we had gone several dozen meters deeper underground.

Zeon alone would not have been able to get here so quickly.

That was when.

“Eww!”

As if to prove that Jetoya’s words were true, someone’s faint scream was heard from up ahead.

Zeon said, increasing his speed.

“I’ll go first.”

In an instant, he passed by Jetoya, who was ahead of him, and disappeared into the darkness far away.

Jetoya stared blankly for a moment at the place where Zeon had disappeared.

“and!”

“What, are you surprised by that?”

Brielle attacked Jetoya like that.

Jetoyah said angrily.

“Then aren’t you surprised? He’s faster than me.”

“Zeon’s abilities are only to that extent. You’ll find out later when you come up to the surface.”

“But I’ll die if I go up to the ground.”

“what?”

“As you can see, it is completely adapted to living underground, so if exposed to the sun, it will dry out and die.”

The humans of the generation before Jetoya could still go up to the surface if they wanted to. However, the children who had perfectly adapted to living underground like Jetoya could not endure the sunlight and heat of the surface.

“Oh, sorry!”

Brielle apologized quickly.

Because I never thought Jetoya would have such circumstances.

“No, it’s okay! Someday, when I awaken, I’ll be able to go up to the surface and endure.”

“You haven’t woken up?”

“As you can see.”

Jetoya shrugged, but he didn’t look intimidated at all.

That’s how much faith there is in oneself that one day one will awaken.

Of course, this is assuming you survive until then.

＊＊＊

It was just as Zeon, who had been running, had turned the corner, leaving behind Zetoya and Brielle.

A fine silver line was captured in Zeon’s eyes.

He instinctively lowered his head.

wickedness!

In an instant, his hair was cut off by silver thread.

It was a trap set by the Helbrin mercenaries.

The silver sword, made by combining the byproducts of the demonic spirit and titanium, was sharp enough to cut through the sturdy body of a martial arts awakened person in an instant.

Moreover, the installation location was exquisite.

It is installed in a position on the face that is not protected by protective gear.

If Zeon hadn’t discovered it in advance, he would have run away and lost the upper part of his nose.

Just by looking at the hair that Zeon had cut off, you could tell how sharp and vicious his teacher was.

An attack was launched towards Zeon, who barely managed to avoid the blessing.

“Dead!”

“You fucking punk!”

Those who attacked with anger were the Awakened Helbrin Mercenaries.

The martial arts awakened ones swung their weapons with auras, and the magic awakened ones used various skills.

It was an attack that occurred without any time to dodge.

Zeon’s response to this was simple.

After crossing both arms and protecting only the head, he took all the attacks with his whole body.

A normal Awakened would have lost his life in this one attack, but Zeon had a robe made from the hide of a Leviathan.

Any attack was simply bounced off.

Kwakwakwang!

Zeon’s body shook with the explosion. However, contrary to his appearance, he was not in the least bit shocked.

As soon as the first attack was blocked, Zeon counterattacked.

Shushu shu!

Dozens of fire missiles flew at the attackers.

“Ugh!”

“Ugh!”

Those who had attacked Zeon were pushed back with a groan of frustration.

Only then did Zeon straighten his back and look at those who had attacked him.

The men wearing turbans and deshadas were the Awakened members of the Helbrin Mercenaries.

At the center of it all was a hot topic.

“Kaaaak! Thud! I never expected it to be you.”

Hotsim spat on the floor and looked at Jeon with a disgusted expression.

When the men he had sent to capture Jetoya did not return even after some time had passed, he left the place with an ominous feeling.

The sewers were wide and there were many crocodile dens.

It was creepy, but there was no reason to insist on staying in just one place. So I moved to find a new place to stay, and this was the place I found.

Zeon’s gaze turned to the back of Hotsim.

Dozens of people were gathered together, shivering.

They were elderly people and women.

The men were already all dead, lying on the floor.

The Helbrin mercenaries massacred them before Zeon even arrived.

“Why didn’t you come a little later? Then we could have cleaned things up neatly.”

“I’ve met many people who are worse than demons, but you are the best among them.”

“Hehehe! That’s an honor. To receive such praise from a strong person like you. Damn!”

“Is that the hot heart of the Helbrin Mercenaries?”

“It seems my subordinates have confessed. Yes, my name is Hassim. As you can see, I am the captain of the Helbrin mercenary unit.”

While answering, Hotsim looked at Jeon from every corner with a secret gaze.

Just by looking at his appearance, you wouldn’t know that Zeon was such a powerful Awakener. However, he was a monster that survived the explosion that destroyed all of Alton’s mana.

The tenacity with which he pursued the Helbrin mercenary force that switched to Plan S, and the cruelty with which he killed his own men in an instant.

The opponent was a real strong man.

Such a strong man was chased all the way to this dirty sewer.

Hotsim said with an expression that said, “I’m speechless.”

“I don’t know what kind of enmity they have with us that they’re chasing us like this, trying to kill us. Did they have any family in the survivor village?”

“What grudge did you have that made you attack the survivor village?”

“Ouch! I asked a stupid question.”

It is not a crime for the strong to prey on the weak.

At least that was the law of the desert.

So the Hotsim mercenaries don’t feel guilty about pillaging survivor villages.

The same was true for Xeon.

If he was strong, it would be natural for them to be eaten, and conversely, if they were strong, it would be natural for them to trample on Zeon.

Hotsim called someone’s name.

“Alton!”

Kwakwakwang!

As soon as he finished speaking, an explosion occurred centered around where Zeon was.

Hotsim, who noticed Zeon’s pursuit, had Alton plant the explosives in advance.

It was an explosion focused on Zeon.

The power was also enormous.

Hotsim shouted.

“Everyone, get ready.”

He knew.

That an explosion of this magnitude would be incapable of dealing with Zeon.

Phew!

At that moment, a single fire missile was fired through the explosion.

“Ugh!”

Alton screamed and fell to the ground.

A fire missile pierced his forehead.

“Fuck!”

Hotsim, who suddenly lost his most important power, gritted his teeth.