NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 67: Foresight.
Chapter 67: Foresight.
There are many people in the Sand Berserk Tribe right now. Since it was the funeral of one of the powerful tribe kings in the red sand desert.
Other tribes also send their representatives to attend. Fortunately, there is no problem with accommodation because they can set up their tent anywhere outside the city.
However, the main reason they come is to know who is going to be the next king. Although the first prince's chance is high, if he doesn’t control or wipe out the other princes and princesses, there will be a problem in the future.
Different from the kingdom that had a crown prince who would succeed to the throne. The tribes don’t have a crown prince position, which means anyone can be the king or leader of a tribe.
Even some Sand Berserk Tribe elders were interested in becoming kings.
The funeral still hasn’t started because they need to wait for the princes and princesses who left the tribes to return. Each of them brings their guards to protect them.
The soldiers guarding the tribes pretend they don’t see anything; if they stop the royals from bringing their people, the one that is going to die is them. The king is no longer here to maintain the peace.
When the fourth prince and sixth princess arrived at the tribe, they went straight to see their mother.
Levi and Ben are waiting in the tent, not far from the city. There are too many people in the tribe right now. Along the way, he made friends with some vagabonds and mercenaries. Because of certain incidents, the people know that Levi is an adept warrior and the horned bear is strong.
"I am telling you if my life is in danger, I am going to flee." The vagabond said:
"It's easy for you, but I have a family to feed." One of the mercenaries spoke.
"Be patient; drink some tea." Levi pours tea into several cups, and there is also some fruit like dates and flatbreads on the plate.
The people here don’t know how, but Levi always had food and water that he shared with others. The fourth prince is stingy and only provides some provisions to them. The problem is that because some water sources had been poisoned, the price of water became expensive.
While they are eating, the servant comes closer to Levi and whispers something, and he nods his head.
At night, Levi comes out alone and enters the fourth prince's tent.
Without wasting time, the fourth prince explains to Levi his plan. He needs to escort the prince's mother to the secret camp.
"Why?" Levi asked. Because he is not close with the fourth prince and the shaman named Virgil.
"From what I see, you are close with the vagabonds, and you look like someone who can be trusted."
"I don’t think I am the best person."
"Don’t worry, I know you prefer mana stones to gold; this is the advance payment of 30 mana stones; the rest you will get once we arrive at the secret camp." A pouch of different-sized mana stones is put in front of Levi.
Levi doesn’t immediately take the pouch and consider the offer. The way the prince readily gives him the mana stone is concerning. In the end, he agreed to take the mana stone.
After Levi left.
"Do you think he suspects anything?" asked the fourth prince.
"I don’t think so; once he leaves, we will leave with our people," Virgil answered.
The fourth prince's plan is simple. Levi and others will escort the fake fourth prince's mother as a decoy. While the real one will follow the fourth prince using another route.
They are not stupid enough to wait for the funeral to finish.
Levi smirks while walking toward his tent, and a small mouse climbs onto his shoulder.
The next day, Levi leaves, escorting the fourth prince's mother. The vagabonds had been ordered to follow him. Compared to mercenaries, vagabonds are weaker not only in their skills but also because most of them are just regular humans.
After a while, an unknown caravan followed them from behind.
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A few days later, the funeral starts. There are two ways to honor the dead: by burning them or by burying them underground. The deceased king had already ordered that he be buried before his death.
A large hole had been dug, and the coffin was gradually put down in the hole. Next are the concubines to accompany the king in the afterlife; most of them have already accepted their fate, while the others cry and struggle.
One by one, the king's concubines are pushed inside the hole.
"Bury the hole." The man in charge of the funeral ceremony spoke.
The queen watches the scene with other princes and princesses. They show various reactions; fortunately, they had sent their mother to a safe place.
Among them is the third prince in the crowd.
‘It’s time.’ The third prince makes a hand signal and disappears from the crowd.
Suddenly, some people who were watching the funeral dashed straight toward the queen and another royal. However, everyone is already prepared for an ambush.
The people start clashing with their weapons.
One of the queen's female servants is scared to come closer to the queen. But her expression suddenly changes, and she smiles. "For freedom." The female servant mutters.
The queen turns her head and sees the smiling female servant's face.
"KABOOM!" The female servant's body exploded and engulfed the people nearby. The body part fell from the sky.
A masked person appears and escorts the third prince out of the scene. "Contact the other tribes and federation, and we can begin the plan; once I become the King, I will honor the deal."
That day, the entire Sand Berserk Tribe was in chaos.
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At night, Levi sets up camp, and not far from them is another caravan.
The fourth prince's mother and servants, after finishing eating, go inside their tent to sleep.
Several people are on guard while the others go to sleep.
Levi stays in the tent, sitting cross-legged. He has already investigated the caravan that had followed the same path as them in the past few days. Just like he suspected, they are here to kill them and capture the fake fourth mother.
The weird thing is that Levi thought that they were from the first prince's faction; instead, they are from the second prince. The prince wanted to threaten the fourth prince to work with him.
While he is thinking, his body absorbs the mana in the air into his mind. This time he used the normal mana breathing technique. Ever since he got the Blood Venom bloodline, he has tried to improve the bloodline by eating cooked and raw monsters. However, it doesn’t show any changes.
Maybe he needs to eat a strong monster like a dragon. Nonetheless, he will die first; according to Clara and Otis, the dragon is stronger than a master-rank human.
Outside, the guards are talking without keeping watch. Although they respected Levi, even if they get caught, they will only get a warning.
However, today their luck is not good. Many figures, their heads covered with cloth, dash toward them while holding a scimitar.
"Who are you?" The guard shouted, but the enemy was faster and cut off the man's head before he could take out their weapon.
Seeing the enemy's movement, the guards know that they are not ordinary humans.
"I surrender!"
Stupid, fight back!"
"Intruder!"
The scimitar slashed the guard's body. Blood splatters into the sand.
The guards inside the tent wake up and come out of the tent. Most of the escorts here are ordinary humans and apprentice-rank warriors. One of the guards is an adept-rank warrior, but even he can’t fight several adept-rank warriors at the same time.
The enemy kills the escort guards like chickens, and many of them have already fallen to the ground.
"Where is Levi?"
No, spare me!"
The enemy soon drags a middle-aged woman out of the tent. "We already captured her; kill them!"
Upon receiving the order, the intruder begins to kill anyone that they see. The adept, seeing that there is no hope, lunges his sword at the nearby enemy, using all his strength while being attacked. He managed to take down one of them before collapsing on the sand.
Other than the fourth prince's mother, the escort is already dead.
When they thought their mission was complete. The enemy leader remembers something. According to the information, there are monster tamers on the escort team.
"AHHHH!" A sword pierced the man's body from behind. When the intruder falls to the ground, the attacker has already disappeared.
Next, they saw a large horned bear come out of the sand and maul the intruders. In just several minutes, the monster manages to kill and injure the intruders.
"Apprentice rank falls back; adept rank kills the monster!"
The intruder was still confident in his ability to kill the monster since there are several adept ranks here.
The intruders’ scimitar is infused with mana and begins to glow blue. Although the attack manages to injure the horned bear, It’s like being cut by a kitchen knife.
The enraged horn bear mauled the closer intruder; the bear swung his claw, and the man tried to block it. What happens next is that his hand and sword are broken because of the impact. Now he is defenseless.
The others try to save their comrade, but it is futile; the horn bear bites off the man's head, and blood splashes everywhere.
"Damn beast!" The man shouted and didn’t realize there was a crimson-scaled figure behind them.
The intruder watching the fight shouted, "Behind you!"
However, it was too late. The figure's crimson hand brought the man back.
"It’s a Dragonborn!" Levi Blood's venom dragon transformation looks like Dragonborn, who lives in the Beast Kingdom.
"Everyone attack together!" The intruder leader knows, even though the Dragonborn is not as strong as a dragon. It required experience to kill them.
Adept rank at the same level can be defeated if the enemy has more experience and skill. In war, even the apprentice rank can kill the adept rank if they are not careful. That’s why when humans invented muskets, normal humans finally had a weapon to kill apprentices and adepts.
However, over time, the warrior and mages adapted to the situation and created armor, weapons, skills, and spells to defend themselves against bullets and artillery.
More people join the fight, but it doesn’t make any difference.
The horn bear rips apart the enemy arm. While the Dragonborn dodge and kill anyone near him. Blood splashed and spurted from the neck and limbs.
"Stop or I'll kill her!" The intruder leader put the scimitar on the fourth mother's neck.