Chapter 763

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Chapter 763: A Great Story (3)

Trespassing into the administrative district of the Hezara government aboard the Keniscita.

In fact, the Keniscita, with Mushio at the helm, was advancing toward the administrative district with tremendous momentum.

Even looking at the map, the distance to the government marker was rapidly decreasing.

"Did you often commit 'unauthorized entries' like this when you served the Black Flash too?"

When Yeongwoo asked this, Mushio stared into the void, lost in reminiscence.

-Lord Hizaki mainly went around to duel. Therefore, it was difficult to consider it as trespassing.

"Ah, is it because the opponent also knew they had a scheduled duel?"

At that, Mushio shook his head.

-No. Lord Hizaki's visit meant an imminent duel, so everyone simply prepared humbly for their deaths.

"No... wait. So it was a daily routine to just barge into someone else's home, demand a duel, and walk out after cutting off the opponent's head?"

Mushio replaced his affirmation with silence at this, and Yeongwoo couldn't help but drop his jaw.

"You punk, that's exactly what trespassing is."

-Trespassing and an unavoidable duel are a little different.

"It's an unauthorized duel request. Besides, going over unilaterally to fight is even worse than trespassing."

Yeongwoo could finally fully understand what Mushio had said.

The meaning behind the phrase that Great Ones were all 'extraordinary.'

After all, wasn't the interior of Hizaki's monster ship, Sauron, lined with extravagant jewel paintings praising his own achievements?

Just as Dorta Muo, the owner of the Keniscita, had been crazy about sword training, Hizaki was a man crazy about dueling.

"Then he must have lived while buying an enormous amount of debts of gratitude... no, just a whole lot of grudges."

-Perhaps that was the cause.

"You mean the cause of the Black Flash's death?"

-Yes. After leaving Sauron for a duel as usual, he was never able to return.

"He must have finally met his match. Anyway, the fact that he stayed alive while dueling every single day means a lot in itself. I wonder who on earth defeated Hizaki."

-There is no way for me to know.

"But you were the one who dropped him off at his last destination, right? Then wouldn't you know who his opponent was?"

At this question, Mushio gave a slight shake of his head.

-The final destination was Larbo, the home planet of the Seodo family.

"Then the Seodo family must have killed Hizaki."

-It is true that Seodo is an extraordinary family, but they are not at the level where they could take down Lord Hizaki. And above all...

"Above all, what?"

-Rama Seodo, who was the head of the family at the time, died.

"What. Then who killed Hizaki?"

-...

Silence hovered inside the ship.

Then Mushio opened his mouth again.

-Even a Great One's journey is bound to have its end.

"No matter how much of a Great One you are, you can't see even an inch into the future."

Of course, that would be a thing of the past now.

Because Lemu, a Great One who could foresee the future at least partially, was born.

"Well, Dorta Muo died too, didn't he? Everyone dies in the end."

-But Great Ones are great even in the moment of their death. Lord Hizaki must have also been someone's great challenge.

"Sure. But surprisingly, it could just be that someone with a tremendous grudge spent their entire fortune to hire another Class 3 being as a hitman."

Of course, since it had to be an experienced fighter capable of killing a duel fanatic like Hizaki, it wouldn't have been an ordinary Class 3 being.

"Well, anyway, it must have been a great fight."

It is hard to even imagine just how they fought.

And the same was true for the final fight of the training fanatic, Dorta Muo.

At the very least, wouldn't he have been able to execute Blazeflow perfectly?

However, coming to the present, the perfect Blazeflow had been lost, and now only its embers barely remained.

"Those Great guys leave behind a lot of questions even after they die."

The moment Yeongwoo muttered this, Mushio, who was at the helm, reported.

-We will arrive at the administrative district soon.

They had finally almost reached their destination.

And the administrative district in question was already visible through the hologram at the front of the cockpit.

"The planet is quite pretty. It looks just like Earth."

-However, it is much smaller than Earth. That is probably why they are using this place as an administrative district.

"Why? What does that have to do with the size of the planet?"

-Because the larger the area that needs to be managed, the higher the security difficulty inevitably becomes. In fact, even within that planet, they are only using the northern hemisphere.

"Then there wouldn't be any particular need to worry about where to land."

-I will make an appropriately impressive unauthorized landing while ensuring we don't cause too much damage.

As Mushio was making an extraordinary landing announcement, a side of the Godial inner panel at the front of the cockpit finally shone brightly, conjuring up another hologram window.

Pi-aat!

Then, an urgent voice came through the comms from inside it.

「This is the Hezara 02-3 Administrative District Control Tower. Please follow the guide beam and land at the designated anchorage.」

Along with that, a green guide beam actually shot out from the northern hemisphere of the planet, but the Keniscita, carrying Yeongwoo and Mushio, was already veering far off the guide beam.

At that, a flustered voice sounded from the control tower's side.

「Look here! 10011!」

To this, Yeongwoo couldn't help but ask.

"10011? What's that?"

-It is the Keniscita's craft identification number. It is a sort of pseudonym shown to the other party.

"Ah, so it's like a license plate number."

-They must have realized a big problem had occurred the moment they saw our identification number. Lord Dorta Muo attached a very rare number to it, it seems.

"I roughly get what you mean. We have something similar on Earth too."

It would be something like the license plate number 1111, wouldn't it?

Such numbers are incredibly rare, and vehicles with that type of license plate are generally expensive goods.

In other words.

-Yes. They will think that there is a high probability we are a monster ship. But they wouldn't know that this is the Keniscita yet. Therefore, we must let them know.

The monster ship made up of three layers of Godial, Keniscita.

But even up to this point, Yeongwoo hadn't quite grasped the exact meaning of 'letting them know it is the Keniscita.'

Kwaaaaah!

Soon, the interior of the craft vibrated, notifying them that they were currently breaking through the target planet's atmosphere, and a moment later, the sky above the Hezara 02-3 Administrative District spread out through the hologram window.

And along with it, the full view of a large-scale city built around a towering spire in the distance.

"That must be the administrative district over there."

As Yeongwoo pointed at the exceptionally tall central tower, a communication sound flowed out again right on cue.

「10011, you still have a chance to receive Hezara's hospitality. Please follow the next guide beam and land.」

Then, a pillar of green light truly shot up in a corner of the city.

At this, Mushio looked back toward Yeongwoo.

-Now is the time to choose. We can either land near there as the Hezara side wants, or, alternatively, we can take this opportunity to test out the sturdiness of the Keniscita.

And Yeongwoo's answer to this suggestion was.

"Since the Earth Ship passed the detection line earlier, they should be well able to deduce that we are the ones who came out of the Earth Ship."

-That would be correct.

"So, let's give them a little taste of what a visit from the Earth Ship means first."

Then Mushio, who had been looking back at Yeongwoo, immediately turned his head forward.

-In that case, I will personally show you just how sturdy a ship clad in Godial armor is, Captain.

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Then he quickly wrapped his hands around the steering yoke and began charging toward one of the spires erected at the four corners of the administrative city.

Kuwaaaah...!

"Don't tell me you're going to ram our head into that?"

-You will only feel a light vibration.

"No, no, not that. Didn't you say earlier that you wouldn't cause too much damage?"

-This much will be considered minor damage.

However, the Hezara side's stance seemed completely different.

Because as the Keniscita started dashing toward the spire, they hurriedly shot up a green guide beam at another location near the spire.

「10011! State what you want! And please, land following the guide beam!」

-...

However, Mushio responded with silence to the very end, and eventually, it happened.

Kwaaaaak!

The awl-like hull of the Keniscita pierced right through the upper part of the spire.

Kwadedeudeuk!

For the sake of the passengers protected by three layers of Godial armor, the sound sensor on the outer plating relayed the brutal rupturing sound into the ship.

And following that.

Tuk.

Mushio suddenly turned off the Keniscita's engine, even going as far as taking his hands off the steering yoke.

-Landing now.

At that, the Keniscita engaged in a sort of unpowered flight due to inertia.

Passing the disastrously broken spire, it began to fly toward the center of the city over there where the tall tower stood high.

Then the altitude gradually lowered, until eventually, the bottom panel made contact with the ground, initiating the 'grounding maneuver' Mushio had mentioned.

It pushed forward, smashing and destroying all buildings and fixtures in its path.

Kwajjajajajak!

"Crazy... Isn't all this someone's livelihood?"

-Normally, there are no civilian houses in the central area of an administrative district. Most are guard barracks, armories, or ammunition depots and the like.

"...Then that means the area around the spire you smashed first was actually full of civilian houses."

-Greatness is sometimes accompanied by sacrifice. Let us begin our daily task now.

With these words, Mushio opened the outer plating of the Keniscita.

Chwiaaaat!

Sticking his head out of the ship at this, Yeongwoo could see the central tower towering so high its peak didn't even fit in his field of vision, and the Hezara forces swarming in darkly from the other side.

"Incredible."

Fortunately, the soldiers in black armor were not Kaujos, so it wasn't a huge burden for Yeongwoo.

How strong could autonomous government soldiers be anyway?

He didn't know for sure, but they surely wouldn't even measure up to Saljeo's high-level bodyguards.

Kung, kung, kung!

Even so, the sound they made while doing a high-speed march was quite intimidating, and following that, a presence possessing a considerable level of martial prowess was felt coming from the direction of the tower.

Tatat!

A tall man was running over with a toad resting on his shoulder.

"It looks like that's my conversation partner over there."

As Yeongwoo muttered this, Mushio added from inside the ship.

-One should be the security officer, and the other should be the administrator.

"I can tell who the administrator is just by looking."

The moment Yeongwoo said this, the tall man stopped about 20 meters away.

'He must have met quite a few strong guys.'

Then the man bent at the waist and set the toad down on the ground.

At that, the toad said something to the security officer, then began to walk alone toward Yeongwoo.

This was also when the hundreds of troops surrounding the area halted their advance.

'They are roughly 30 meters away... They seem to know well that ordinary troops would be meaningless against me.'

As Yeongwoo internally admired their calmer-than-expected response, the toad, having soon approached up to 10 meters ahead, glanced at the pad in its hand, then looked back and forth between Yeongwoo and the Keniscita beneath him.

-Welcome... to Hezara. I am Upte Kaimas, the administrator in charge of the 02-3 Administrative District.

As the toad bowed deeply at the waist along with its self-introduction, Yeongwoo gave a nod and looked around.

"I've historically had good chemistry with amphibians. Nice to meet you."

Then Upte, still keeping its bow, twitched its eyelids and said.

-If it is not an intrusion, may I ask for the esteemed name of the Great Planetary Ship Captain?

It was a question aiming to fish out as many as three things at once.

Your name.

Whether you are the owner of the planetary ship that passed the detector earlier.

And even whether you are a Class 3 being.

"……"

To this, Yeongwoo blinked quickly and asked Upte in return.

"Have you ever seen a Great Planetary Ship Captain before?"

-...Excuse me? Ah, no. How could that be?

"Then take a good look now. I am exactly that Planetary Ship Captain, Jeong Yeongwoo."

-Then, are you a Great...?

"I am on the pretty extraordinary side, yes."

-Ah.

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