Chapter 10

"Thunder God's Descent"

"Thunder God's Descent"

"Yes!"

Yeong-su cheered.

Just how sturdy was the glass? The coral spear shattered like a glass cup.

The lizardman with the broken spear was taken aback and retreated.

However, the lizardmen still holding spears charged at the truck despite their comrade's broken weapon.

Zing! Zing-zing!

But the truck was strong. It seemed indestructible by any means.

Zing! Zing-zing! Zing-zing!

‘Huh? Do these guys not think at all?

The lizardmen hammered the truck as if they had no thoughts.

Even if they did this, their weapons would only break. Did they just pick up coral from the water and use it as a spear?

However, he soon realized why they had discarded their weapons.

Swoosh!

The lizardmen opened their mouths wide and stretched their necks.

"Are you snakes?"

Or, since they came from the water, are they eels?

Crack!

The lizardmen bit the truck with their teeth.

This time, the sound was different.

Screech, zzzzz…

It sounded like someone was scratching the car with a key.

"Wow! To withstand the supposedly unbreakable lizardmen's teeth!"

The fishermen's voices of admiration could be heard.

But, the sound of the car being scratched and scraped was clearly heard.

That meant the truck, which was thought to be invincible, was not invincible after all.

A red light went off in Yeong-su's mind.

‘If I stay still, I'll be in trouble.’

Vroom!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Sand flew in all directions.

But whether he put the truck in forward or reverse, the sand hole only got deeper.

Pant, pant…

His breath grew short.

The truck was being scratched, and the surrounding lizardmen continued to bite and hammer it. The wheels didn't move, and he feared they might flip the truck over, trapping him in a closed-off situation.

His breath grew short, and his heart continued to race.

Huff, huff, huff, huff…

Yeong-su repeated his breathing to regain his composure.

‘Stay calm. Stay calm. It hasn't broken yet. The glass hasn't shattered, right? Stay calm. Stay calm…’

Crack!

Then, a lizardman's open mouth lunged at the front window.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Crack! Screech, screech, screech…

With the lizardman biting and hammering right in front of him, he couldn't stay calm at all.

In the midst of this, Yeong-su noticed the lizardmen's teeth that were tearing at the window.

Screech, screech…

The sound of scraping was there, but logically, the glass, which should be weaker than the car body, wasn't even scratched.

‘What… is this?’

Screech, screech…

‘The teeth…’

The scraping sound was coming from the teeth, not the glass.

‘It wasn't the car being scratched!’

He had been confused, thinking the supposedly invincible car was taking damage from the teeth, but it was the opposite.

The moment he realized this, the storm in his heart turned into calm waves, and peace found its way in.

"Hmph! Attack all you want. In the end, it's only a loss for you."

Vroom!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Yeong-su pressed the accelerator again.

The wheels seemed to be freed from the sand as the lizardmen clung to and shook the truck, but it didn't happen.

Indeed, he needed the fishermen's help to get out.

However, if he couldn't drive away the lizardmen in front of him, he would remain trapped.

‘Let me think, the attack method…’

Clearly, he had something to attack the lizardmen with.

Yeong-su pressed the terminal and checked the list of items he had brought.

‘Gas gun!’

Although it was in liquid form, if he opened the window and sprayed it through the gap, he could at least make them uncomfortable and drive them away.

He reached for the glove box in a hurry.

Creak!

Clunk!

"Ouch! It hurts! Oh…"

In his haste to open the door, he hit his elbow on the spare battery left on the passenger seat.

As if struck by the Thunder God's Fist, Yeong-su rubbed his elbow to make the tingling sensation go away.

Then, his eyes met those of a lizardman biting the window.

The lizardman's round eyes narrowed into a crescent moon.

"Are you going to break it?"

Yeong-su's pride was hurt.

To be mocked by a primitive creature that used coral as a spear and bit when things went wrong…

It felt like his human dignity had been compromised.

"I'll electrocute you to death with this!"

Yeong-su wanted to grab the battery and electrocute the laughing lizardman.

‘Wait a minute?’

He saw the jumper cables that had fallen on the floor.

The truck's body was made of metal, which conducts electricity.

‘This might be possible…’

Yeong-su quickly connected the jumper cables to the terminals.

Then, he bit one of the cable clamps into the metal body of the car on the passenger seat side.

"This will be quite a shock."

Yeong-su grounded the remaining cable to the metal.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

"Get away, get away!"

"It's the wizard's lightning spell!"

Lightning radiated from the truck.

Whoosh!

Sizzle!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Bang!

Lizardmen screaming in pain, burning, and exploding…

‘What, what is this?’

Yeong-su was startled and pulled the grounded clamp away.

Crack, pop, pop…

Outside the window, residual electricity sparked and flew in all directions.

The lizardmen holding onto the car were electrocuted as if in a movie, with tens of thousands of volts of electricity, burning or exploding to death.

"Wow! The wizard used the lightning spell!"

"Ugh! As expected, the wizard!"

"Damn you, lizardmen like orcs!"

The fishermen cheered.

Yeong-su looked at the UHPB (Ultra High Performance Battery) sticker on the car, dumbfounded.

‘Hey, even if it's high-performance, it's just 24 volts, right?’

He had seen 24 volts used for electric fishing, but to make lightning?

It didn't make sense, but it had already happened.

Swoosh…

The lizardmen running to other fishermen froze.

They were captivated by the light emanating from the car for a moment.

Swoosh…

The lizardmen looked around, checking each other's eyes.

They nodded and turned to run towards the sea.

"Look! The lizardmen are running away!"

"The wizard did what even the lord couldn't do!"

"Ah! They were more troublesome than whales! Now night fishing is no problem!"

‘Running away?’

Yeong-su could see the lizardmen running towards the sea.

He couldn't just let them go.

On the floor, there was a waterproof work suit made of rubber, connected to shoes, and rubber gloves.

In case the mission to help the fishermen was to teach aquaculture, he had prepared to enter the sea and work.

Rustle…

Yeong-su quickly put on the suit.

Click.

Holding the battery, Yeong-su ran out and followed the running lizardmen into the sea.

Swoosh…

The lizardmen, glancing back, were startled and ran faster.

Splash!

The lizardmen dove into the water.

"Are you going to let them get away!"

In business, he had done the same. If he showed mercy to a fleeing opponent, they would only come back stronger.

He had to strike when they showed their weakness and make it impossible for them to recover to survive.

Upon reaching the sea, Yeong-su immediately threw the jumper cables attached to the battery into the seawater.

Then,

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Yellow and blue lightning struck the sea.

The high-voltage current surged so much that it leaped out of the water, but not a single spark reached Yeong-su.

Soon, the lizardmen who had dived into the sea floated to the surface.

"Wow!"

The fishermen cheered in relief.

‘There are still some alive…’

Yeong-su pulled the jumper cables out of the seawater and turned towards the land.

Swoosh…

Swoosh…

Some lizardmen who had infiltrated further inland but hadn't entered the sea were still alive.

They cautiously observed and avoided Yeong-su.

Originally, they would have entered the water to escape.

But, seeing what happened to their comrades, none of them were foolish enough to enter the sea.

Swoosh…

Swoosh…

The lizardmen, exchanging opinions with nods and tongue clicks, eventually started to run along the beach.

"Where are you going!"

Yeong-su chased after them.

But his feet sank into the sand.

The lizardmen, with feet adapted for running on sand, fled quickly.

However, with the intention of electrocuting them when they entered the water, Yeong-su was almost halfway into the seawater, following them.

Swoosh… Save me…

The sound of the fleeing lizardmen grew distant.

But, mixed with the tongue clicks he had heard so far, there was a different sound.

Swoosh…

Swoosh… Run…

"Swoosh… I'll stay and block you! Everyone, run! Tell everyone. Don't even think of revenge!"

Then, one of them broke away from the fleeing group and turned towards him.

Yeong-su hesitated.

"Swoosh… Human wizard, I'm sorry for attacking you. If I had known you were a wizard, I would have fled without attacking."

"…"

"Swoosh… It's frustrating. With these hands, we can't make nets… Our ancestors only wanted to borrow human nets…"

A rough hand with long, frog-like webbed fingers was visible. With such hands, they could grasp things, but precise work would be impossible.

"Swoosh… Is it because we can't communicate? How did the great descendants of the dragon, the lizardmen, come to naturally kill and steal from humans…"

"…"

Unlike the silent Yeong-su, the lone lizardman was talkative.

"Swoosh… Yes, the longer I stall, the more time my comrades have to escape. Please, don't attack, wizard."

"Hey."

Swoosh?

The lizardman tensed, gripping the coral spear tightly at Yeong-su's call.

"Can you understand me?"

"Swoosh? How can a lowly human speak the language of the great descendants of the dragon, the lizardmen?"

‘Should I… just electrocute him?’

Yeong-su's hand, holding the battery, trembled.

But he soon regained his composure and glared at the lizardman.

"Hey…"

"Swoosh?"

Yeong-su shouted as he put the battery on the ground.

"Put your head down if you can hear me."

"Swoosh?"

Yeong-su, holding the cable, glared at the lizardman.

"Do you want to die?"

Crack!

Boom!

The two clamps clashed, generating lightning that grazed the lizardman's head and gouged the ground.

"Swoosh… Swoosh…"

A stream of hot liquid flowed between the lizardman's legs.

"If you don't want to die, put your head down."

The lizardman pressed his head to the ground.