Water Nymph

By noon, a torrential downpour had arrived without warning. Guk, who disliked rain, chose to return to Arkham.

Many warlords tried to find out whether battle was about to begin, but Guk remained silent on the matter, merely ordering the Second to continue launching similar attacks.

Although they knew what awaited them on the other side, plenty of lads still joined eagerly.

After a simple night of rest, Guk once again came to the front lines as he had yesterday. This time, however, he was not at Cadillon, but upstream along the Sikasen River, in a section where the channel was relatively narrow.

From early that morning onward, the rain had not stopped. After a full day and night of torrential rain, the river seemed even wider than it had been yesterday.

Boom, boom, boom~~~!

Amid the dull roar of cannon fire, the lads braved the bombardment and charged toward the opposite bank aboard crude floats, paddling with oars or even rowing with their hands.

Their morale was high, and their roars never ceased.

Splash~!

Suddenly, a huge bathtub-shaped raft shattered with a crash, sending the lads aboard tumbling into the water.

Yet there was no explosion, no great blast. It was as though the float had simply fallen apart on its own.

"Where's Green Tooth?"

Guk lowered his binoculars and cast a glance at Kundraka.

"He's over there."

The Court Guard captain pointed, and only then did Guk notice that his old companion was directing a group of lads to pour something into the river.

Guk could not see clearly what it was. All he knew was that some black thing slipped out of a cage and darted into the water, after which Green Tooth ran through the rain back to the sentry post where Guk was stationed.

"Boss,