章 16: Chapter 16

[T/N]~ Sorry If The Translation Feels A Little Rough I'm Quite Sleepy. Should Be Quite Readable Anyway.

Enjoy~

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In the end, after many considerations, Arata decided to run first, and after his strength was fully restored, he would come back to see if there was a chance to save Hancock and the others.

While this decision was ruthless, he had not fully recovered his strength. It was estimated that his escape was already his own limit. If he tried to bring Hancock and the others, it was very likely that one of them would be left behind.

Not to mention Tiger who could climb The Holy Land, Arata, who could control the wind, should definitely be able to do the same.

Now that he had made a decision, Arata did not hesitate anymore.

When the other slaves fell asleep at night, Arata used a hand knife to cut off the iron cage with some effort and sneaked out sneakily.

Arata was also at the "Swordsman" level anyway. If he could cut things with his sword aura attack, Slashing iron was naturally no problem.

Yasuo could use "Sword Aura", and so could Arata. It was just that the power may be low due to not having enough stars on the card, and Arata was still not fully recovered, so it took a bit of time before Arata could cut off the iron bar.

Fortunately, the iron cage was not made by "Sea Stone". Otherwise, Arata, who had no weapons, wouldn't be able to escape successfully.

As Arata expected, even though it was the gathering place of the "Celestials", the security of the place was very low.

Arata twisted the necks of the two guards neatly and came to the cliff smoothly.

It was impossible to go through the main entrance. The only way out was the cliff backed by the sea.

Arata was a capable person, and there was no problem if he fell into the sea.

Accompanying Saitama to exercise for several years, coupled with [Yasuo's] ability to control the wind, and his own superpowers, climbing down this cliff was not very difficult.

In fact, it would've been more convenient to fly but he didn't have much "ki" at the moment.

After reaching the ocean below, he didn't know how long it would take to reach any kind of land. Arata wanted to retain a little power to fly. To at least find a new foothold.

With his half-hearted superpower, relying on the power of the wind, he supported his body. Arata leaned easily and came to the mountainside in this way of half-climbing and half-supporting.

He wanted to come down before dawn and there shouldn't be any problem reaching the bottom by himself.

Because it was nightfall, Arata also climbed down while being unable to see the situation below. He also estimated the height of the cliff and the speed at which he was crawling.

But when Arata was halfway through his crawl, his buttocks touched a foreign object.

'Is this the end? The height of this cliff was lower than I thought? And this was obviously not the feeling that a rock should have.'

Arata thought to himself in his heart, and then stretched out his hand with uneasiness, and touched the back of the rock to see if it was the end.

But what horrified him was that when he stretched out his hand, another hand rose from below and touched his hand.

"Is it a [Celestial] scum? The guy who kidnapped my compatriots, I will kill you trash!"

When he touched Arata's outstretched hand, Arata clearly felt that he was caught by a powerful hand, and the other party also had a loud voice.

Feeling the huge force that his arm could not break free from, Arata quickly explained.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, I am not a Celestial, I am a captured slave, I'm just breaking out of prison, understand?"

Silence spread across the surroundings for a few seconds. It was quite dark but Arata could feel a narrowed gaze on himself.

"Hmm, seems like you're telling the truth. Why would those lazy pampered trash Celestials come out and climb cliffs in the night?"

Hearing what the other party said, Arata knew that he had cleared the misunderstanding.

"Indeed, those Celestials don't seem to have the courage to climb this cliff. But you make me curious, You actually have the ability to escape from the Celestials."

The other party easily believed Arata's words and released his hand. Arata's words were very reasonable. It was impossible for a Celestial to do such a thing.

Arata did not answer the other party's question but was thinking about the other party's identity. He climbed the cliff at night to run away, But what was the other party here for?

And why did this person's behavior of climbing The Holy Land was surprisingly similar to a certain Fishman?

Imagine running away and then meeting the man himself, The one who broke into The Holy Land to free the slaves all by himself.

"Little brother, since you escaped from there, do you know any Fishmen and where they're locked up?"

Maybe because of the darkness before, Arata couldn't see the other party's appearance and couldn't confirm the other party's identity as well

But now Arata could be 100% sure that the other party was the one who climbed up The Holy Land with his bare hands, freed the slaves, and later became the leader of the Pirates of the Sun, Fisher Tiger.

A faint ray of hope filled Tiger's heart. If Arata went with him everything would become easier.

After all, he hadn't been to the Holy Land, and it was a very large place. It was very likely that he would not be able to find the place where his compatriots were locked up.

But the person in front of him had finally escaped and asking him to come back with him would be extremely unkind.

That's why Tiger just asked Arata if he knew the whereabouts of his compatriots.

Arata naturally knew the whereabouts of the Fishmen. They belonged to the kind of race that was stronger and rarer than ordinary races.

The place where they were locked up was closer to the residence of the Celestials, and the security was naturally much tighter.

The only troubling thing in Arata's heart right now was whether to accompany Tiger to rescue people or not.

In the original, Tiger finally left The Holy Land safely. It was just that the rescued human was betrayed and finally injured in the chase, and then the human died of blood loss.

(T/N- I don't know what actually happened in the above paragraph. You all already know how shitty MTL is. Did the human betray them or did he get betrayed? Could someone explain this to me? I had stopped near the sky Island Part. I might have to edit the paragraph depending on your answers. Thanks)

If he helped Tiger, he could gain the friendship of the Fishmen, and the promise to Hancock and others would also be fulfilled.

But the only thing that entangled Arata was that Tiger was able to get out of The Holy Land alive, but it didn't mean that he could too.

While Arata was in a dilemma, the "System" that had been silent for a long time helped him solve this dilemma.

[Ding*, Mission Two, Help Fisher Tiger, Free The Slaves, and Leave Safely.]

[Reward: One Hundred Hero Points and One Chance To Draw Cards Randomly.]

Originally, Arata wanted to back down, because even if he did not go, Hancock and the others would be rescued. But now that system had given a task, he had to do it.

"Uhm... You actually want to save your compatriots, right? Then I will go with you because I also have some people who I want to save!"

Arata didn't have a choice, although the system didn't say what would happen if the mission failed. However, due to the urinary nature of the system, It definitely wouldn't be good.

Or maybe it was just him being too paranoid. Besides the benefits outweighed the risks. He could gain the system's reward, more favorability from Hancock, become friends with a famous pirate like Tiger, etc.

And this time the mission reward actually made stirred his heart. The previous "Unknown Type·Hero Points" had actually appeared this time.

Although there were only one hundred points, there was no doubt that this kind of thing was definitely out of luck. Arata had completed a lot of tasks in the world of One Punch Man before, but this reward had never appeared at all.