Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

Chapter 385 I'll Still Be Mine Even If I Kill You

Tip looked at the corpses on the ground, his face pale, his heart beating like a drum, and he couldn't believe the scene before his eyes. His hands trembled slightly, as if he was trying to calm himself down.

The surroundings were full of the mess after the battle, and the pungent smell of gunpowder lingered in the air. The musketeers skillfully shouldered their weapons and then lined up to return to the main force, showing tacit understanding and discipline in silence.

The troops set out again, and after a long march, John's army arrived at an open area surrounded by dense forests. An ancient and magnificent stone fortress stood proudly in the center.

John stared at the fortress, feeling both alert and confused, because the surroundings were unusually quiet and the gate was wide open. It seemed that all the pirates inside had fled.

He ordered his army to first occupy the outer walls of the fortress and other buildings inside the walls, and he led hundreds of knights on foot into the central inner castle.

"Light the torches."

The soldiers slowly stepped into the inner castle holding torches, and only the sound of footsteps echoed in the empty space. After entering, the darkness seemed to open its mouth and swallow them up, leaving only the faint halo of the torches to highlight the surrounding outlines.

The air inside was damp, and the musty smell was mixed with the silence of years. The walls were covered with moss, and unknown insects crawled out from the cracks between the stones from time to time. The knights held their weapons tightly, looking around vigilantly, and the firelight flickered on their armor, casting mottled shadows.

As you enter the hall, you'll see a stone seat covered with fur.

John turned his head, lowered his voice slightly, and asked Tip beside him:

"Where is your treasure?"

Tip looked around, and then his eyes fell in the direction of the stone seat in the center of the hall.

"I'll come as soon as I go."

Tip lowered his head and answered, his tone was calm and anxious. Then he walked quickly around John and the other soldiers and walked towards the platform. The torches cast a shadow on his face, and his expression changed between light and dark.

When he reached the edge of the platform, he slowed down his pace, taking two steps at a time, and climbed up the steps quickly but carefully. Each step of the stone steps made a slight echo under his feet, as if responding to his eagerness. The firelight was gradually left behind, and Tip was completely in the shadow behind the stone seat.

At this moment, John heard the sound of a mechanism being activated, and then a stone slab fell from the gap above the door. With the sound of the stone slab falling to the ground, the exit was completely blocked. Since the light from the entrance could not shine into the room, the light of the torch suddenly became fainter and flickering.

"alert!"

John quickly issued an order, and the knights immediately entered combat mode. They formed a defensive circle, protecting John in the center, and the outermost knights raised their shields, ready to defend against surprise attacks. The silent air was filled with the sound of their breathing and the friction of armor.

At this moment, a majestic figure slowly walked out from behind the stone seat. The firelight illuminated its outline, and the first thing that appeared was a big foot like a frog's paw. As it took steps, a huge and strong frog man gradually came into everyone's sight. It was two meters tall, and its muscular body looked particularly strong and intimidating in the flickering firelight.

"Wa hahaha!"

The frog man laughed wildly towards the sky, and the sound echoed in the stone chamber.

"Well, you mortals."

Then the frog man said in a low and hoarse voice:

"You must be scared to see me in this form!"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the expected fear did not appear on the faces of these knights. Instead, they all looked resolute and calm, with their weapons flashing coldly, and they remained highly alert, as if waiting for the most appropriate moment to attack.

What made the frogmen most angry was John, who was carefully protected by them. John's face was calm at the moment, even with a hint of irony. It was as if this frogman who walked out of the darkness was just a small episode in his eyes, and did not move him at all.

However, John seemed to be focused on what was in front of him, but in fact he was browsing the system map that no one else could see. On the map, there was only one hostile creature marked, and that was the self-proclaimed powerful frogman in front of him. After confirming that there were no other threats around, John calmly turned off the system and turned his attention to the frogman Tip.

As for the question of the frog's strength, you can figure it out by just thinking about it. The reason why it showed weakness outside was because it had too many people to defeat the opponent. Now there are hundreds of people and they have to seal the entrance before it dares to use its real body to fight. To put it bluntly, it can only fight one against a hundred.

After slightly adjusting his posture, John raised his head, looked directly at Tip, and asked calmly:

"Let me ask you, there shouldn't be any traps or ambushes here that could cause sudden attacks."

Tip was slightly stunned. This question obviously caught him off guard. For him, no mortal had ever dared to ask him such a disdainful question in such a tense confrontation. He could not help but be stunned for a moment, but soon regained his confidence and arrogance.

"Ok?"

Tip snorted, with a hint of doubt and confusion. His brows knitted slightly, as if he didn't understand why John in front of him seemed so calm. However, his arrogance prompted him to give a proud answer:

"I don't have the strength to do these things. Mortal, this place will be the place where you will die!"

John did not respond to Tip with words, instead, he quietly raised his left hand and raised a middle finger towards Tip. Although Tip was confused by this action, the indifferent and slightly sarcastic smile on John's face showed that he did not care about himself at all, which undoubtedly hurt Tip's self-esteem and made him even more angry.

"Prepare to die! I will beat you into a pulp."

Tip roared, kicked his legs, and leaped down from the platform. In frog form, he was agile and powerful, his body was like an arrow shot from a bow, drawing an arc and rushing straight towards John. The air around him seemed to tremble because of his speed.

At this moment, John acted quickly, he calmly took out a short-barreled matchlock from his clothes, and instantly aimed the muzzle at Tip, who was flying in the air. He pulled the trigger, the gunshot was deafening, accompanied by thick white smoke spewing out of the vent, the whole action was done in one go.

Tipu was in mid-air, and before he could react, he was hit hard like a wild goose shot by an arrow. He immediately lost his balance and fell straight down from the air, hitting the ground heavily, splashing a cloud of dust.

"That's it."

John put the musket back to his waist, his eyes were as sharp as torches, and he led the knights behind him to walk slowly forward towards the knocked down Tip.

At this time, Tipu staggered to his feet, his left shoulder bleeding from the blow just now. But when Tipu saw him approaching with the knights, his eyes flashed with anger and cunning.

He suddenly opened his mouth, revealing sharp fangs, and a long tongue shot out from his mouth like lightning, like a flying arrow, heading straight for John.

At the moment when Tip's long tongue was approaching John, John suddenly caught the tongue. Tip immediately felt an irresistible force coming from the tip of the tongue, making it impossible for him to retract his tongue no matter how hard he tried.

John's face was calm, and he held Tip's tongue firmly with both hands, and swung it mercilessly, like swinging a huge whip. Tip only felt a tearing force spread throughout his body in an instant, and his body was involuntarily pulled to the side.

With a loud bang, Tip's whole body slammed heavily into the solid wall next to him. The wall cracked and fragments flew everywhere. The whole room seemed to be shaken. The knights looked in the direction John was looking and saw that half of the frog monster's body was embedded directly in the wall.

John then used his hands to exert force again, and after several back and forth movements, John threw away the tongue in his hand, shook his hands, and strode towards Tip, who was covered in blood. He then drew his sword and cut off Tip's tongue directly, causing him to scream in agony.

John grabbed Tip and threatened coldly:

"If you don't tell me where the treasure is, I will let you leave this world now."

Seeing this, Tipu nodded in agreement with a look of horror on his face, and hurriedly crawled on the ground and quickly came to the wall. He trembled and moved a stone slab, revealing a ladder leading to the underground.

John waved his hand to several knights:

"You guys, go down immediately and see if you can find anything."

The knights quickly went down the ladder. Not long after, one of them came back and reported excitedly:

"Sir, there really is a pile of boxes down there, filled with all kinds of coins, as well as many gold and silver products!"

Upon hearing the news, John nodded with satisfaction and immediately gave the order:

"Okay, bring everything up here, don't leave anything behind."

After arranging his men, John looked at Tip, who looked at him ingratiatingly.

“You did a good job.”

John said, and then, under Tip's horrified gaze, John took out another musket and pointed it at him and said:

"But even if I kill you, the treasure will still be mine."