Chapter 93 - Charge! Lion Clan’s Bomb!
Chapter 93: Charge! Lion Clan’s Bomb!
The lion people in the distance saw Su Mo stop and seemed to realize something.
In Su Mo’s vision, all the lion people turned their heads almost at the same time toward the Lioness standing in the center of the camp.
The eyes of the elder Lioness lacked some of the feral ferocity of a beast, instead having traces of more humanlike wisdom.
Looking at Su Mo, who was still waving the sheets, the elder lion nodded and said something unknown to the other lion people around her. Suddenly, a fierce roar rang out.
However, the elder was no doubt the leader!
Her prestige gave her power over the group. Within a few minutes, Su Mo saw her wielding her staff, and a magical small whirlwind appeared on her feet.
Striding out of the village, the elder Lioness moved extremely fast, though Su Mo’s eyes could roughly estimate the speed.
‘If I turn on the electric power for assistance, my speed can reach around 100 meters every ten seconds, whereas the speed of this lioness is slightly below mine. This can still be done!’
The distance between the both of them continued to decrease, Su Mo had also dropped the sheets he had been holding, placing it back into the storage space with a wave of his hand.
Su Mo could see that, after he performed that act, the Lioness’s eyes were a little alarmed, but there was also a trace of delight.
After the distance between the two of them closed to 15 meters, coincidentally, Su Mo took a step back while the Lioness stopped her running pace.
“Awooo~ Aw~”
“Hello!” Fearing that the other party would not understand, Su Mo made a friendly handshake gesture. The Lioness stepped two steps back in alarm.
‘Huh, am I so scary?’
Looking at the Lioness’s reaction, Su Mo touched his head embarrassedly.
However, Su Mo did not know that in the eyes of the Lioness, whether it was his armor or combat uniform, they were symbols of strength.
The more sophisticated the equipment, the stronger the combat ability it implied.
Similarly, this was the reason why the lion clan had not hunted him for meat as usual, but were instead willing to come over and negotiate!
Having just met with defeat, their clan could no longer withstand a second traumatic experience.
In their eyes, Su Mo… could only be a friend, not an enemy!
“Awoo, awo”
“I’m here to help you, I’m not in the same group with them.”
After some attempts at conversing, Su Mo experienced the difficulty of communicating between races.
Thankfully, when he was lying on the ground and spying on the kobolds, he had observed the communication gestures between Maeda Kento and the kobolds for half an hour; knowledge which came in handy at this time.
After a period of both parties stumbling over communication, Su Mo finally made the Lioness understand the purpose of his trip this time.
At the moment, although the Lioness’s eyes were still guarded, they held a little more joy in them.
The reason why the lion clan could not beat their enemies; they knew the reason too well…
Help from a human!
Whether it was the barbed spikes, cheval de frise, catapults, or the camp layout… these were the embodiment of human “wisdom”.
Now that Su Mo indicated his desire to help the lion clan, it was like sending charcoal in the midst of winter. The Lioness was about to tear up.
After confirming that there were no issues with the communication between the two parties, Su Mo gestured for Oreo to come over. She cautiously ran over from behind.
This time, the Lioness, who had already let down her guard, suddenly swung her staff and withdrew without looking back.
The lion people in the village started behaving as if they were facing an enemy, taking a battle-ready position, and preparing to rush out for a big battle.
“Oreo, tell them your identity and tell them that I’m here to talk about forming an alliance!” Seeing the situation worsen, Su Mo hurriedly shouted.
Oreo, who ran behind him, nodded immediately and howled to the sky.
“Awoo~oo~”
The energetic howl was mixed in with Oreo’s kind intentions and the escaping Lioness slowed her pace and turned her head around curiously.
“Awoo, wooo, woof, awoo~” Oreo barked in a proficient dialect, with her tongue flicking as she communicated quickly.
The Lioness from the other side had not thought that Oreo was an ordinary little translator. She turned around curiously, “Aw aw?”
“Awoo! Woo!”
Su Mo could not join in the conversation between the two, so he could only stand aside and watch on helplessly.
Approximately four or five minutes later, the Lioness seemed to have received some important news and, with joy on her face, she shouted to the back.
The lion people standing on the hillside, who were initially alert, were stunned for two seconds before cheering in jubilation!
Watching the enthusiastic Lioness walk over, once again reaching the fifteen-meter mark, Su Mo saw Oreo nodding to her from the side.
Although Oreo’s affirmation had been obtained, Su Mo still felt a strong sense of insecurity as he watched the alien race approach.
Clenching his fist, he forcibly restrained the urge to summon the electric spear.
Looking at the lioness who was walking toward him, Su Mo stretched out his hand in a handshake. The Lioness was taken aback, before putting her little furry hand in.
In the sunlight, Su Mo’s face showed a slight smile.
Unfortunately, the Lioness did not notice the coldness and trace of murderous intent in Su Mo’s eyes.
Su Mo had obtained false friendship from the lion clan, and the two sides temporarily reached an alliance. What came next went very smoothly.
With Oreo’s help, Su Mo the conversation the Lioness went back and forth, one sentence at a time, interspersed with Oreo’s translations.
The scenario where the both of them struggled to understand each other had passed.
Language has always been the biggest barrier in communicating between the different races.
Compared with the alliance between Kento Maeda and the kobolds, Su Mo believed that the alliance between the lion people and him would be much stronger!
“Oreo, tell them that I have a weapon that can help them successfully enter the kobold camp on the other side, but…”
“Why are you looking at me, translate the “but” part to them…”
Hearing Su Mo’s words, Oreo rolled her eyes and started translating.
Listening to the first half of the sentence, the Lioness showed uncontrollable joy on her face, especially when she heard the middle part of the sentence, she could not help but howl in excitement.
Then when she heard Oreo’s “but”, the Lioness immediately showed a “confused” expression.
“The biggest reason I’m going to help you deal with the kobolds is that the group of humans there have offended me. The kobolds are relatives of Oreo. If I help you deal with them, my conscience is uneasy.”
“Especially when I dream at night, when I think of Oreo on this wasteland, with fewer brothers and sisters, that she’ll be all alone in the future, not even being able to find a mate. When I think about those thoughts, my heart aches!!”
At this point, Su Mo’s direction changed.
“So, if you want to deal with them…”
“You have to add money!”
This time, Oreo understood what Su Mo meant and a humanlike smirk appeared on her dog face, and she began to translate.
The Lioness on the opposite side was taken aback for a while, and when she understood what Su Mo meant, she nodded immediately!
Turning her head, the Lioness yelled twice in the direction of the camp. After hearing the order, the lion warriors hesitated for a while before quickly retreating.
After a while, a large object was lifted out.
Even looking at it from a distance, Su Mo was going to go foolish with glee!
Six lion warriors, each responsible for holding one spot, laboriously lifted out a machine attached with propeller blades.
Su Mo was not unfamiliar with it at all. It was the power source that could be used on yachts or ships.
An outboard motor!
This thing was not small, especially considering the thick propeller blades, which would increase its weight significantly.
“The lion people look very poor, but they possess such valuables?”
“What do they use this thing for anyway? Do they want to start this thing up and turn people to death using the propeller blades?”
Ha hoo, ha hoo!
It was difficult for the lion people who were not too powerful to move the object. They moved it to about 20 meters between the two parties. Following the order of the Lioness, the six of them put down the object and returned.
Clapping her hands, the Lioness looked at Su Mo with triumphant eyes.
Obtaining this valuable item, Su Mo did not deliberately make things difficult for them as well. He went straight to the spot where the outboard motor was located and collected it into the storage space with a wave of his hand.
At this time, in the storage space, other than the weapons and the two bowls of oil-spattered noodles with water, the only items left inside were the explosion packs stacked together.
Su Mo slightly adjusted the positions of the items, and the outboard motor was placed in the storage space.
Seeing Su Mo’s gesture, the Lioness’s smile became wider. She was getting more satisfied with this powerful “ally”!
“Oreo, tell her that I am very satisfied with this object, so now I can show her the power of our weapons!”
After Oreo relayed the communication, the Lioness’s head nodded repeatedly. Su Mo’s heart was heavy when he took out a catty of explosives from the storage space and removed the tape on it. After separating half the amount, he took out the two-minute lead wire.
Su Mo quickly inserted the fuze into the gunpowder, then dug a hole in a spot, and placed the explosive pack down.
“Wait a minute, tell her to retreat quickly after this is ignited. This thing here is very powerful. It will be deadly if we are slow to retreat!” Giving a solemn reminder and watching the Lioness’s nervous expression, Su Mo lowered his body, took out the lighter, and lit up the wire.
Crackle, crackle.
After the time fuze was ignited, it started to burn in small segments.
Su Mo shouted, and the three of them quickly retreated.
On the way back, Su Mo suddenly felt lighter on his feet. When he looked down, he was surprised to find two small whirlwinds had appeared on his feet.
Like a special effect, the small whirlwind hovered over his ankles, assisting with Su Mo’s running motion.
“Is this magic…what an amazing power!” Turning his head, and seeing the Lioness’s face full of kind intentions, Su Mo’s heart was slightly moved.
This kind of power comes and goes without a trace.
Compared to the kobold’s fireball technique, this kind of wind technique was even more astonishing.
“Boom!”
Before Su Mo could continue to feel the wind magic on his feet, a huge impact surged from behind them, knocking them all down at once.
Countless shards of gravel exploded into the sky, pelting everyone’s heads like rain.
The Lioness did not expect such great power. When she turned her head around, she was in complete shock.
At the spot where the picric acid bomb was placed, yellow clouds rose and dispersed into the sky.
In the same spot, a deep pit with a diameter of about two or three meters had appeared instantly, and there was still a large amount of bomb smoke drifting out from the pit.
“Aw… aw… awoooo?”
She fell, sitting down on the ground. There was an undisguisable sense of panic and shock present within the eyes of the Lioness.
This kind of terrifying power was akin to heaven’s punishment in her eyes. It was not inferior to the huge boulders dropped from the sky by the catapults.
In fact, this was even more powerful!
“Oreo, tell her that the artifact I want to give to them is four to five times more terrifying than this but, if they want to use the power of this thing, they will need a fearless warrior!”
Receiving Su Mo’s instructions, Oreo began to relay his words. As if to ensure its accuracy, Oreo spoke very slowly and worded each phrase strictly this time.
Su Mo could feel that Oreo had emphasized the pronunciation of the words “four to five times” and “fearless warrior”.
Given such a clear explanation, the Lioness was not a fool either. She understood immediately, showing a serious expression on her face.
Standing up, the Lioness took the initiative to stretch out her hand, and the two shook hands to express kind intentions.
The next moment, raising her head, the Lioness roared into the sky, and the lion clan warriors who were still paralyzed on the ground all stood up and began to gather.
The three of them walked back in the direction of the camp and arrived in front of the warriors that had already assembled themselves.
“Such a tough and tenacious bunch. Compared to the kobolds, the fighting spirit of these defeated lion people is too terrifying. They can still gather morale after being beaten and defeated.”
Seeing the neat troop formation before him, Su Mo clicked his tongue silently.
At the same time, he raised his estimation of the Lioness in front of him slightly higher than before.
Following that, Su Mo did not speak further, but quietly watched as the lion clan began to move.
In the end, a lion warrior who looked stronger than the others came forth, picking up his spear and roaring to the skies.
At the same time, the Lioness glanced over and nodded in his direction.
“It’s him? It’s not surprising though, only such a strong warrior will be able to exert the full power of the explosives!”
Seeing the lion warrior approaching, Su Mo instructed Oreo to ask for a piece of rope from the lion people’s camp. While he was doing that, he took out three of the 3-catty explosive packs from the storage space and, together with the remaining half a catty that had been left from before, and tied it around with tape.
Su Mo held the rope and motioned for the warrior to open his hands. He tied the explosive pack firmly to the warrior’s hands, took out a two-minute lead wire, and inserted it into the pack.
The lead wire was placed along the lion warrior’s leather clothing, running all the way up to the neck.
“Oreo, tell him that as long as he rushes to the entrance of the camp and lights this thread, he can bring all those kobolds in the defenses to hell together!”
Solemnly patting the lion warrior on the shoulder, Su Mo gave him a look of respect.
Brother, I respect you as a brave person!
The glory of his clan drove the lion warrior to raise his head and howl to the sky, not being afraid of death at all.
After thinking about it, Su Mo took out his lighter and solemnly handed it over to the lion warrior. He taught him how to use it.
This time, with the help of an incredible weapon, the morale of the lion clan was unprecedentedly terrifying. The team of three to four hundred lion people sallied forth in a mighty manner.
Surrounded by the troop of lion people, Su Mo and the others walked in the direction of the kobolds’ camp.
Along the way, the Lioness enchanted everyone with the wind spell, marching quickly toward the camp.
It was dozens of kilometers of road, but this group of lion people only took less than two hours to arrive at the nearest hillside.
“Aw! Aaw!” The Lioness yelled uneasily and, after receiving Su Mo’s repeated affirmation, she roared!
Hundreds of the injured warriors rushed forward, and three hundred intact lion warriors took cover quietly.
Among the crowd of wounded soldiers, the lion warrior carrying the explosive pack lowered his head, remaining completely inconspicuous.
When the lion clan charged, even if he could have been faster, he still stuck with the crowd with patience.
“You can do it, Moore!”
The lion warrior secretly cheered himself on in his heart and, at the same time, he estimated the remaining distance. He took out the lighter and pressed it, and the ensuing flame from the lighter ignited the fuze that had been firmly grasped in his hand.
Crackle, crackle.
The lead wire began to burn down his neck, igniting his fur along the way, and leaving burn marks on his skin.
However, this pain was not enough to extinguish the fighting spirit of the lion warrior named “Moore”.
Hunched over, he looked at the remaining distance of less than 100 meters. Around him, more and more wounded lion warriors were being blown into mangled pieces of flesh by the kobold mages on the guard tower. Moore’s eyes flashed with tears, but he gritted his teeth and rushed forward, breaking out from the crowd.
This time, the kobolds realized the anomaly that was this lion warrior as well.
Strong muscles, strong thighs, smooth mane, and…that tough animal face!
“The lion clan, charge!”
“The lion clan will never die!”
“The lion clan, all glory is with us!”
Moore yelled three times in a row. In the eyes of the kobolds and the humans behind them, Moore dashed forward like a fool.
Everyone was looking at Moore’s trajectory, and they did not seem to understand how he was going to rush in with the tall walls and doors barring his path.
The next moment, as he closed the distance, Moore pulled off the animal skin clothing on his body and threw it aside, revealing the bright explosive pack underneath.
The explosive pack covered by floral sheets and tape looked ridiculous.
The kobold mages standing behind the door and guard towers started laughing!
Kento Maeda, who was supervising the battle from the rear, heard the laughter. He turned around curiously and looked towards the gateway.
“Oh no, it’s an explosive, get down quickly!”
Seeing the familiar explosive pack and the ferociousness on Moore’s face, Kento Maeda felt his scalp almost explode. While yelling, he crawled back down quickly.
The kobolds, who were preparing for a battle at the gates and towers, were at a loss watching all the humans quickly flee toward the back and lying prone on the ground. Their faces were etched with a look of bewilderment!
However…
Boom!
A huge sun rose slowly from the entrance of the camp and even Su Mo, who was 500 meters away, was terrified by the huge impact!
The little yellow mushroom cloud rose from the ground and gradually dissipated into the air.
The ground was blown up, ejecting rocks and gravel chaotically, and the air was filled with smoke and dust.
After the field of vision became a little clearer, everyone fixed their eyes forward and found that…
The gates of the camp that the kobolds prided themselves on had disappeared. Replacing it was a large pit with a diameter of over ten meters.
All four frontal guard towers had disappeared along with any kobolds near the gates.
In the entire camp, there were only a few dozen kobolds left standing behind…
“Aawaawawwaawaaw!” The Lioness stood up and yelled, and the three hundred lion warriors launched a charge.
After a meaningful glance at Su Mo, the Lioness quickly followed suit.
Lying in the trenches, Su Mo silently took out the old mobile phone from the storage space.
Looking at the new lion people who appeared below the humans and kobolds on the search list, Su Mo gave an inexplicable smile.
Lowering his body, Su Mo hurtled swiftly along the trench.