Almark - Ch. 16 - HAPPY TIMES
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Imagine getting off screened
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I'm hoping they're playing dead as the mercenary said "what a waste" and "they need retraining". Almark possibly already ambushed the forward party and have servants of the house play dead to ambush the rest. That's why the assault is not yet depicted. It'd be recounted from Almark's perspective next chapter.
Fingers crossed. I really like the butler.
True. I assume that they didn't realise it was a sword. Even for an adult, that sword is comically large, so for a child in the South it's so out of place that you wouldn't even perceive it (selective attention, see the invisible gorilla experiment). I was also wondering why, in the previous chapter while they were traveling, no one really seemed to notice the huge sword so I'd say that the cloth covering the scabbard was sufficient to hide what it was, even if the handle was still visible.
I was pretty shocked to see the gruesome scene. It's quite the cliffhanger and I really wonder about what happened.
Unfortunately, I don't think it's that easy to play dead, because you still need to breathe, and this guy is calmly walking by and assessing the situation. Though I'm confused as to why he's walking on his own, unaware of where his men are. There are 4 guards dismembered at the entrance (apparently, they were quite ineffective) so I guess the mercenaries were together during a frontal assault, and then rushed in the mansion and separated to deal with the unarmed servants and find their target.
There are some other odd elements. The assault was at night, so I don't understand why there were so many servants in the corridor and the cook is all dressed up. Also, Almark was in a mercenary group who travelled with their family so wouldn't he have thought of finding a way to keep the civilians away from combat? The defensive spikes don't appear to have done anything.
In any case, if the assassins were indeed that successful, Almark and friends will be on the run.
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I’m expecting these clichés:
- Mentioning his father’s name
- Blasting the f’kers with dragon’s fire (or whatever the name)
thanks for the chapter! I'm happy that they had fun together, but now I'm so hyped for the next chapter!! Can't wait to see what happens next, and I also don't think those servants are truly dead.
the second one is also unlikely, Almark can't control any decent spells yet, sure he could blast out fire but he would just crash and faint right after that.
It's basically a suicide move, because Almark has to be 100% sure that the fire would hit the right target, and for the evil dude to go down with that move, or else Almark and anyone else nearby him is basically dead. With how experienced Almark is, I don't think he would choose a move like that due to how risky it is.
Edit: after some more thinking I think the "mentioning his father's name" could work if it's just Almark vs the mercenaries, with little/no risk of anyone hearing it.
Also, what I think would likely happen is for Wendy or Mouzan to provide support with magic somehow.
the first one definitely won't be happening, Almark's entire thing is that he needs to hide the fact that he comes from mercenaries. The evil guy may recognize him due to how he looks like his father, but I doubt that he could shout out the father's name mid-fight.
the second one is also unlikely, Almark can't control any decent spells yet, sure he could blast out fire but he would just crash and faint right after that.
It's basically a suicide move, because Almark has to be 100% sure that the fire would hit the right target, and for the evil dude to go down with that move, or else Almark and anyone else nearby him is basically dead. With how experienced Almark is, I don't think he would choose a move like that due to how risky it is.
Edit: after some more thinking I think the "mentioning his father's name" could work if it's just Almark vs the mercenaries, with little/no risk of anyone hearing it.
Also, what I think would likely happen is for Wendy or Mouzan to provide support with magic somehow.
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His secrets will be out of the bag one day, the girl is his potential sweetheart, and the guy, he listened to when everyone refused, they’re pretty close compared to the rest of the class. It might not be the next chapter but if he’d let anyone know, these two are the top contenders.
For the 2nd one, shounen mangas have a record of putting the MC into a desperate situation where nothing else would work, but the most risky move. In a typical scenario we could see an MC deceive the baddies into thinking he’s not a mage only to blast them off, finishing the job. But I do wish that this manga is not a typical one.
Not saying that they (or even any of them) will happen since I wrote those outta my ahh for entertainment and nothing to back them up, but they’re clichés because they happened multiple times and people like them.
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With as active as Almark was on the northern battlefields, he may not need to mention his father's name for another northern mercenary to know who/what he is.
1. they're children
2. so many bullshit is going on (war in the north, assassins of nobles, some dark-magic-fuckery going on with monsters in the academy and a boy who is obviously some kind of bad guy).
Once all of them are sufficiently dealt with and Almark has achieved some great things enough for him to be allowed to be nobles can they get married I think
though yeah honestly these two needs to get together soon, they're old enough to date at least!
