NOVEL WEB Chapter 69
69. Don’t Worry
Jack’s punch shattered the giant pillar with a single blow.
“The poison stopped spreading. But…”
Even though the poison mist surrounding them was blown away with enhanced breath, for some reason, it didn’t escape outside the royal capital.
It was as if an invisible wall was covering the entire royal capital, keeping the mist in.
When Jack threw a nearby stone to test it, it bounced back as if it had hit an invisible wall in mid-air.
“Is there something there…!?”
This time, he jumped up and punched the air.
However, even his enhanced punch couldn’t break through the invisible wall.
“…No good.”
Jack returned to where the president and Hannah were.
“H-Hey, Jack. What was that just now…!?”
The president asked with a stunned expression, having seen Jack transform into a beast knight.
“Jack…”
Hannah’s face was pale as well.
“I don’t have time to explain in detail. For now, President, please take everyone to the fourth layer or somewhere closer to the center of the royal capital.”
Jack said.
“What about you, Jack?”
“I will—”
Jack thought for a moment and then kicked off the ground.
Enhancing his leg strength, he jumped high into the air.
Around the outermost layer of the royal capital, there were four towers about thirty meters tall.
Seeing the green mist around them, it was clear that they were also emitting the poison mist.
“Jack…?”
“It seems like the royal capital is trapped by some kind of invisible wall. And the poison mist is spreading. I plan to destroy all the pillars emitting the poison.”
Jack explained to Hannah and the president after landing.
“But isn’t that the job of the kingdom’s knights, magic corps, or adventurers—specialists in those areas?”
“No, as long as there’s something I can do, I will. If things stay like this, you all won’t have anywhere to escape.”
Jack shook his head at the president’s words.
“The monster we just faced would be tough for ordinary adventurers to handle…”
That’s why someone like him, who wasn’t ordinary, was needed, Jack felt.
It wasn’t a time to say he disliked or was bad at fighting.
“Will you promise me something?”
Hannah, still pale,
“That you won’t do anything dangerous, and that you’ll come back safely—”
“Ah, uh…”
Jack nodded firmly, though somewhat reluctantly.
—I can’t say it won’t be dangerous at all.
“I’m looking forward to Saturday.”
“Sorry. Make sure you come back, Jack.”
Said the president.
“If you quit, Highmat Transport will be in trouble.”
He smiled, but his eyes were filled with gentle concern for Jack.
“Yes!”
Jack nodded vigorously and took off running.
To do what he could do now.
And to accomplish what only he could do—
Jack, running with enhanced leg strength, quickly arrived at the second pillar.
Effortlessly, he destroyed the pillar along with the monster guarding it.
After that, he reached the third pillar.
There, too, a monster was waiting and was fighting a group of adventurers.
“Who are you? Why is a civilian mixed in here?”
“Did you get left behind, old man?”
Two young adventurers turned to Jack, frowning.
They were muscular and clad in iron armor, typical of warriors.
Incidentally, Jack only took on a human appearance when not fighting monsters.
“You’re in the way. Get lost.”
“Damn it, can’t you follow evacuation orders at your age?”
Some adventurers acted arrogantly towards civilians.
Jack had experienced such disdain more than once.
They seemed to be that type of people.
But now wasn’t the time to argue.
“Stand back. I’ll take care of this.”
Jack stepped forward.
“What? What nonsense is this amateur saying!”
“Don’t be ridiculous! You step back!”
With that, the two adventurers charged.
“Let me show you the power of a Rank A adventurer!”
Despite wearing iron armor, they moved with incredible agility to dodge the monster’s tail attack.
As expected of Rank A, their movements were beyond ordinary.
—But the dragon’s attacks surpassed their skills.
From its mouth, which they had barely avoided, white objects flew out.
“Its fangs—”
The fangs flew like arrows, raining down.
Unable to dodge all of them, the two lost their balance.
The bone dragon twisted its body and swung its long tail again.
“Gah…!”
Seeing the two being blown away, Jack immediately kicked off the ground.
Jumping about ten meters, he caught both of them under his arms mid-air.
After landing, he set them down.
“Who the hell are you—”
“Everyone, stand back.”
Jack declared to the astonished adventurers.
“Are you planning to fight alone!? That’s crazy!”
“Don’t worry.”
He said curtly, focusing his mind.
“Raaah!”
He let out a short roar.
Symbols like a knight’s crest appeared all over his body, and his skin hardened.
In an instant, Jack transformed into a knight-like figure clad in blue-black armor.
His head resembled a wolf, and a long tail extended from his waist.
This was his Code Beast—
Having fought several times, Jack had become quite adept at transitioning into this form.
“You have quite the aptitude, host.”
The voice of the war god Vim Forus echoed in his mind.
“If you could, I’d prefer it if you took care of these guys, God.”
“Unlike demons, gods cannot directly descend into this world. At most, I can leave fragments of my consciousness to communicate like this.”
The war god’s response was curt.
“So in the end, humans have to deal with this themselves.”
With a wry smile, Jack sighed and accelerated further.
Becoming a blue-black flash, he closed in on the bone dragon.
He deflected the tail, claws, fangs, and even its breath with a single punch.
Then he kicked off the ground and jumped.
“—Sink.”
With a quiet murmur, he delivered a full-force punch to its head.
A roaring sound and a shockwave followed.
The supersonic blow shattered the dragon’s head into pieces.
With that single strike—the battle was decided.
The bone dragon, having lost its head, staggered a few steps and slowly collapsed.
“He defeated the dragon all by himself…”
“And so easily…”
He heard the astonished voices of the adventurers from behind.
The next moment, cheers erupted.
The adventurers rushed to Jack.
“You’re amazing! Who are you?”
“That technique… It’s not magic, is it some kind of item?”
“To think you could defeat a dragon so easily.”
They praised Jack one after another.
The president and Hannah had been in awe of his Beast Knight form, but the adventurers seemed accustomed to such phenomena.
Among them, the two young adventurers from earlier stepped forward.
Both bowed deeply to Jack.
“S-Sorry for mocking you… Please forgive us.”
“Thank you for saving us, old man… I mean, uh…”
“Jack. Jack Jarse.”
“Could you be… a famous adventurer?”
“An adventurer? No way.”
Jack grinned with his beastly face.
“I’m just a transport company employee.”
Then,
“Hey, another group is coming.”
One of the adventurers called out.
A group of about the same number as them was approaching from behind.
“Again, huh?”
Jack, still in his Code Beast, turned around.
—Thump!
The moment he saw one of them, his heart pounded strongly.
“That guy—”
His whole body trembled on its own.
The symbols on his body flashed.
It was the same.
The feeling he had when he met Levin Hector.
“Could it be, he also has the same power as me?”