Cave King – 78
Aside from that, they looked very human in appearance. But were they human?
On the other hand, the boy and non-monster rowers of the boat all had human ears.
Perhaps the boy was also a slave.
Erevan glared at Arder for a good second and then shouted loudly at the boy.
“I don’t care what his name is! Lord Heal is the master of this island!! Not me!”
“Ah-ahh!!”
Erevan pointed at me with his axe. And the boy quickly bowed towards me.
“Please forgive me! Lord Heal!”
The boy with the glasses bowed to me, and then to Erevan again. And then he said something to Arder.
When Arder heard, he took one look at me and laughed mockingly.
This little man? He seemed to ask.
Well, perhaps I didn’t look like a lord, since I was holding a pickaxe…
Arder continued to say something in a self-important tone.
The boy quickly translated for him.
“Listen to what I have to say, if you value your lives…”
“Eh?”
Erevan looked at him menacingly, and the boy quickly rephrased it.
“Oh, uh. No. If you would be so good to listen to our humble request… We, uh…”
“Ah!? Speak up!”
Erevan shouted. At the same time, Arder was also scolding the boy angrily.
From what I could see, Arder wanted to make some kind of demand.
But the boy was too scared of Erevan to say it honestly.
“Well, well, Erevan.”
I patted him on the shoulder and took a step forward.
“I’m Heal. What’s your name?”
“Huh? Oh, my name is Berfalt…”
“Berfalt, huh. Let us speak plainly. What is it that you want with this island?”
“Uh, uhh… Sir Arder was commanded by the Dragon King to make a map of the Barleon continents coast… But about one week ago, we were attacked by the Sanfaris navy. We lost five of our ships. And most of our food and water…”
“I see. So you couldn’t replenish your supplies.”
The boy with glasses nodded.
“Yes… Perhaps I won’t sound very convincing, given we were defeated, but these men really are strong. I think it would be best if you yielded to them.”
“What!? Who are you telling to yield!?”
Erevan’s voice boomed and Berfalt shrieked as he recoiled in fear.
“Erevan! …In other words, you just want food and water? I don’t mind sharing some.”
“Re-really! Oh, uh, but it’s not just that…”
“There’s more?”
“Yes.There are many who are sick and wounded from the battle. And they want them to be treated here.”
“I see. I suppose it would be difficult to do that on the ships…”
I looked at Baris.
Should we allow them to do that as well?
Baris looked conflicted, but finally nodded.
“It should be alright. We have quite a few people who can use healing magic. And so we can accept them, as long as they are not armed.”
“Th-thank you! I will tell Sir Arder!”
Berfalt seemed very happy as he translated.
But Erevan looked at me worriedly and asked,
“Chi-chief… Are you sure?”
“We cannot abandon people who are in need… Besides, they aren’t allies of Sanfaris. It might be good to be on friendly terms with them.”
“I suppose. But…”
Erevan was right to be worried… I felt the same.
This man who was called Arder. Ever since he stepped foot on the island, he’d been looking at it as if sizing up its worth.
Obviously, the World Tree and the Mappa statue caught his interest the most… Also, the extravagant armor that the monsters wore.
Many of them wore accessories that included gems and precious metals… While these things were abundant for us, they might have looked like the greatest of riches to him.
But they had just lost… Surely they wouldn’t actually try to fight in their current state?
Arder nodded at Berfalt and then offered his hand in an exaggerated motion.
I suppose he wanted to shake on it.
But when I held it, Arder let go immediately and turned on his heels and returned to the boat.
There was something about his eyes… It reminded me of the way that many humans looked at monsters.
Perhaps they really weren’t human. And perhaps they had nothing but disdain for us.
Berfalt turned to me.
“Mister Heal! Thank you! We’ll send our sick and wounded immediately!”
“Fine. We will also make preparations to accept them.”
“Thank you! I must return at once!”
So saying, Berfalt hurriedly returned to the boat with Arder.
Thanks for the chapter desu~
Eh~
They’ll probably be on good terms for a while and even trade before “England” tries to invade Heal’s “Indian” territory…and get their asses kicked this time around.
At this point, his island is more equivalent to Atlantis if anything.
Thanks for the chapter
That’s a bit unexpected. They came from a different continent but were beaten by the Sanfaris navy? Did they know about the nations of the “first” continent, or they learned in battle, while getting spanked around. Idk, I didn’t expected them to be related to the Sanfaris kingdom, Heal’s birthplace, at all.
Thanks for the chapter! Awesome translation! God bless you!
Sea battle is drastically different from land, seeing that their ships are generations behind, they probably are new to it.
No, I mean why do they know of that kingdom (Sanfaris), but Heal, a prince from that kingdom, doesn’t know about them. This connection is something I didn’t expect, and it probably mean nothing in the long run.
They probably had a run-in with the Sanfaris navy out in the sea and the kingdom announced themselves as such towards the empire’s forces or something…?
But the reason why the translator knows both languages is unknown to me.
This story can really piss me off sometimes, this MC is Just a idiot, If u dont want do fight or kill unnecessarily okay but dont be a fucking idiot that accept being treated like shit
Of course they’re not human you moron. What human has webbed dragon-like ears? Also Heal is being really dumb. He can tell that they are being looked down on and are eyeing all their fancy jewels and equipment. This is just asking for trouble since he isn’t trying to show he’s a force to be reckoned with. If he froze the entire ocean or controlled the water into a giant wave or dragon then these guys with unknown intentions wouldn’t think twice of trying to do something but no. All they see is some apparently weak human in charge and a bunch of treasures that look like they could easily be taken by force.
I think I know what he’s getting at: he saw the slaves. He doesn’t want to go into battle with them since the slaves would also be hurt.
He also doesn’t want to show his hand right away, let the pompous captain think they are pushovers will he gathers more info.
What’s probably gonna happen is he will heal and save the wounded, free the slaves as the cost, the cause a mutiny in the process when the majority of the crew would want to stay on the island B-)
Hey, Heal sent Kamyu off to buy slaves and now here’s three galleons worth of them. What better way to lure them onto the island than to look all naive, foolish, weak, and wealthy? Once the dragon men are on the island, and start making threats, BLAMO, beat them down, “tame” them, and now we have dragon-men and slave labor, for free!
I hope those people kill some monsters on the island so the MC realizes his stupidity and naivety
Thx for the chapter! Sanfaris navy ships might start patrolling more if they have to go to war the the vadar, so i wonder if “Atlantis” will take a neutral stance and act as a “heal”ing post. Get it?
We need someone nto remember him that not everyone is a good people and if you let them they can abuse your good will……but that won’t happen because this island is overpowered they really don’t need anything from outside to survive