Chapter 20 - Leader of the Anti-Human Alliance
Leader of the Anti-Human Alliance
Translator : Elizabeth
"W-We did it..."
"We... We won!"
"The country of the human bastards has fallen... We did it! It's liberation! We are free now!"
"We will not become slaves!"
"Glory to the Dragon Princess (Yong-hee)! Glory to the Liberator!"
Liberas, a devastated world where numerous races including elves, dwarves, beastkin, dragonkin, etc., lived lives like colonial slaves, oppressed and discriminated against by the evil called humanity.
Those demi-humans, who couldn't even imagine a life without chains, lived through hell every day, pinning their faint hope on the extremely small Anti-Human Alliance Resistance led by Grandine, called the Dragon Princess or Yong-hee.
I was transported to Liberas the moment I fell asleep after spending the first night with Yukino in Omitamano, and there I met Grandine, the leader of the Anti-Human Alliance.
"Trash-like human bastard, crawling all the way here alone, your liver must be swollen out of your belly (you have some nerve)! I'll gouge out your heart!"
"Uwaack! Wh-What is this crazy bitch!"
I fought a life-and-death battle with her out of nowhere using the power I learned in Astraia and Omitamano, and after fighting for 3 days and nights, it ended in a draw.
Although both collapsed, I, who had no allies nearby, was bound by the demi-humans and dragged to the Resistance base. I was almost executed, but thanks to Grandine's whim, who took note of my power, I kept my life.
Her intention was that if it's a human with this much power, he would be a tremendous asset even on the human side, and since they wouldn't want to give that up easily, she would take me hostage and get what she could.
But naturally, the humans of Liberas didn't know me, and fundamentally, the humans there were incarnations of greed and selfishness, so as long as it wasn't them, they didn't care who became what.
Realizing I wasn't a bargaining chip, Grandine tried to kill me, but as I made this and that food so the demi-humans could fill their stomachs even in poor conditions using the life knowledge I gained while traveling long in Astraia and Omitamano, she changed her mind little by little.
Starving children filled their stomachs, even if not luxuriously, and when I taught the principles of various weapons including guns that only humans used roughly, the dwarves understood it perfectly and created them.
As I taught combat skills to elves, dragonkin, and beastkin, they also became stronger gradually, and equipping even weapons, Grandine's Anti-Human Alliance Resistance acquired solid combat power and raided the 'Livestock Farms' raised by humans.
Liberating the demi-humans who were captured and living in forced labor at the 'Livestock Farms,' we continued a difficult fight for a very long time.
Although I was also human, the humans of Liberas were scum who couldn't be treated as people at all, so I had no qualms about bringing them down.
And the day of the decisive battle.
All the demi-humans liberated until now gathered in one place and launched an all-out attack on the country of humans, and after a fierce battle, we brought down the human country of Liberas and liberated the demi-humans.
After everything ended, Grandine invited me to the deepest secret place of her lair.
"Hey, do you know what this place means to us dragons? The deepest part of the lair is where dragons keep what is most precious to them... for example, the rarest treasures, their hearts, or relics inherited from ancient ancestors. Now there are no dragons left in this world, nor any inherited relics, but..."
Grandine said so and hugged me while closing the entrance to the deepest cave.
"To me, Honey is much more precious than such things♡ Thank you, Honey. And I love you. Thanks to Honey, we could finally be liberated. Honey loves me too, right? Then... receive all of me. I want to give my everything to Honey. And I want to bear Honey's child. From today on continuously... let's make this our newlywed home and live together♡"
Kissing Grandine, I worried about one thing inwardly.
It already happened twice... Surely there won't be a third time.
This time I can really settle down and live, right?
Harboring such worry in my heart, we became naked, and we joined bodies fiercely enough to make the deepest cave of Grandine's lair ring loudly.
And when I opened my eyes, I had been transported to the 4th world.
I don't know exactly when and where the Search Team and Subjugation Squad perform what missions.
So I had no way to confirm what they did near Taebaek where Grandine and the demi-humans of Liberas were transported, or what happened there.
I just confirmed very briefly the fact that Grandine was transported to the mountainous area of Taebaek through cameras installed in various places on the day they were transported.
Since very thick fog covers the surroundings once the interdimensional transfer phenomenon begins, their appearance could only be confirmed at the moment just as the transfer started, and one of the 4 transferees confirmed then was exactly my 3rd wife, Grandine.
The problem is that Grandine and the demi-humans of Liberas haven't come out at all even though it's certain the interdimensional transfer ended, so their whereabouts haven't been reported in the media either.
What they are doing there is something only the Search Team would know, but seeing the people being carried in ambulances earlier, I could tell they showed absolutely no friendly attitude at the very least.
'Damn it, I should have warned them in advance.'
It stands to reason, as the history of the demi-humans of Liberas was a history of oppression, discrimination, and slavery by humans.
Their way of life was to grind their teeth if it was a human, and attack and kill immediately if they saw a human alone.
I haven't heard any talk of deaths occurring yet; by a stroke of extreme luck, it seemed they didn't suffer a disaster thanks to the Search Team Hunters moving in groups.
I increased the speed heading toward Taebaek while stepping on the accelerator harder.
The Subjugation Squad moving out means the Countermeasures Headquarters clearly defined Grandine and other demi-humans as enemies, and unlike the Search Team whose purpose is contact and negotiation as much as possible, the Subjugation Squad's purpose is killing.
I don't know how many demi-humans were transported from there, but they are all people I know. I didn't want them to harm people on this side any further, and I wanted them dying at the hands of the Subjugation Squad even less.
And above all, Grandine...
If they touch her wrongly or even kill demi-humans in the Subjugation Squad, Grandine will go crazy and rampage.
If that happens, the absolute majority of the Subjugation Squad will be annihilated, and from then on, reversing the situation becomes impossible.
Only one of two outcomes remains: either Grandine dies, or the Subjugation Squad all die.
The problem is that right now, Lily and Yukino are in that Subjugation Squad.
Before considering who would win if the three fought tangled together, I hated the fact itself that such a thing would happen.
"Damn it, faster... faster...!"
I drove the car at almost the limit speed the vehicle could endure, but since I couldn't ignore all signals or cars in front and back, there were delays, however small.
Considering Subjugation Squad vehicles would have no delay as the leading car secures a lane in advance... it's the time when those cars would have almost arrived in Taebaek already.
I continued reckless driving, expecting to hear some news through the radio by any chance.
"Dragon Princess, something is approaching from far below the mountain. It looks quite similar to the transportation means the humans messing around here rode until now, but this time the scale is much larger."
"Dragon Princess! Over hundreds of humans are heading this way. Everyone is heavily armed, different from the humans who came before. It seems they came for the purpose of combat."
Grandine, who established a base in the thick fog inside the mountain, snorted upon hearing the scouts' report.
"Ha, right, indeed. Of course, I knew they would come out like that, human bastards worse than beasts. Have you revealed your true colors only now? Just because it's a different world, there's no way the nature of human bastards is different. Trying to kill us, did you think we would just take it? Everyone, listen well! If human bastards try to kill us, what must we do?"
"Kill before being killed!"
"The place might have changed, but the Liberas Anti-Human Alliance remains the same! We will not become slaves! If humans try to kill us, we will simply kill them first!"
"Uwaaaaaah!"
The demi-humans shouted, uniting under Grandine.
"Dragon Princess! There is no need for you to step forward yourself; we will kill them!"
"I will give instructions while observing the war situation from here. Everyone, absolutely do not die, and show those trash-like human bastards..."
Just then, Grandine stopped speaking, smelling a certain scent flowing on the wind.
Wondering if she smelled wrong, Grandine sniffed the air a few times, gained certainty that she didn't smell wrong, and her eyes shined.
A strong light dwelled in Grandine's bright yellow pupils, and she ground her teeth and jumped up from her seat.
"Smell... I smell that bastard...! Right, as expected, he was here! I felt it instinctively, it wasn't a mistake! But this... it's not the person himself. I smell that bastard from 2 people. And it's the smell of human females... That damn bastardddddd!!!"
"Dr, Dragon Princess?"
Seeing the enraged Grandine, the demi-humans got scared and stepped back half a step.
Grandine growled with flames lightly held in her mouth.
Perhaps because emotion control wasn't working well, flames spewed out from her mouth little by little every time she spoke.
"I changed my mind! I will step forward in this fight myself! I finally caught a clue of that damn son of a bitch! I have to confirm with my own eyes! Everyone, until I grasp the situation, do not kill humans recklessly and stall for time! I will give the kill order after finding out what I need to confirm!"
"Yes!"
As Grandine kicked off her seat and stood up, dragon wings soared in a small size from her back and floated her body in the air.
She shouted with a voice full of malice while cutting through the mountain at tremendous speed and flying to the lower layer.
"I wondered where and what he was doing, why do I smell you from human females? And two of them at that? Abandoning me and disappearing, was it to set up house with human bitches because you're a human bastard after all? I won't forgive... I won't forgive... I absolutely won't forgive...!!! I won't let you get away with it! Let's see your mugs, what kind of bitches you are! I'll tear your limbs apart and kill you!"