[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-492":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1620172,2087,"Chapter 492 - 494. Ah!!!","bear-school-astartes-chapter-492",492,"\u003Cp>\"Which of the gods?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The One-eyed Man leaned close to Barnabas’s aged face, staring with his single good eye. On his face was a fierce and delighted expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which one of the gods? Does it even matter? I’ve sworn to the gods!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barnabas thought in his chaotic mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his uncontrollable mouth said it too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does it even mat... glub glub!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the One-eyed Man clearly didn’t expect a reply. He immediately shoved Barnabas’s head back under the steaming water of the cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the submersion was only a few seconds, a bit better than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the One-eyed Man considered that the old man didn’t even have a chance to take a deep breath previously; any longer, and he’d drown, ending the fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again coming out of the water as if reborn, Barnabas’s mouth dared not stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All the gods! I swear! I swear to all the gods!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve never met anyone who could talk so much bloody nonsense as you, Barnabas.\" The One-eyed Man and his lackeys laughed loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You always invoke the gods.\" The One-eyed Man mockingly grasped Barnabas’s head once more. \"It’s time for you to meet one of them. Old man, Hades is waiting for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No—\" Barnabas’s plea was cut off midway by a splash of water. Once more, he returned to the painful abyss, his vision blurred, his lungs burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s wrong, old man?\" The One-eyed Man yanked Barnabas back up from the pot, taunting, \"Is it that the gods you believe in are mute, or have they already abandoned you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards overseeing the tied-up crew exploded in laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill him!\" prompted one person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barnabas felt the One-eyed Man’s hand tighten on the back of his head again. He didn’t inhale this time, knowing that struggling would only make it last longer and hurt more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why won’t you save me?\" he whispered in his heart. Even as someone usually optimistic and openhearted, faced with the current situation, anyone would succumb to despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the cauldron water rushing toward him once more...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let him go.\" Suddenly, a voice echoed from the bay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a woman’s voice, yet there were two sets of footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barnabas stared at the water, his nose only an inch from the surface. His head was pressed down, and he could only glance sideways to see with his peripheral vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he saw almost made him forget his precarious position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw Cassandra striding confidently from the bay, her figure tall and graceful, exuding a sense of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face was chiseled and sharp, like it had been sculpted. Her eyes were shadowed, only a pair of fierce brows visible, and perched on her shoulder was something unbelievable—a great eagle, a bird of the gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barnabas almost thought he had seen the daughter of Ares!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the other person? The silent man?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barnabas only thought it was a statue from Athens come to life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was as tall as the One-eyed Man, but not a hint of his clumsy bulk; his extraordinary height only made him appear more flawless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had hair like flowing silver and a finely chiseled face... In all his years on the Aegean Sea, Barnabas had never seen such a person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, the dazed Barnabas was pushed down once again by the One-eyed Man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His furious voice almost turned into a song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one dares speak that word in front of me! No one! And you ask me to let him go?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barnabas’s cries in the water sounded like a string of ’glub’ noises to the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Cassandra amused herself by tossing a small obsidian sphere into the air and catching it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little ball was painted with an eye, looking like a prosthetic eye for a disabled person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the eyeball is removed, and the prosthetic eye isn’t used to keep the eyelids open, the muscles around the eye socket would atrophy from lack of use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Cassandra brought out the eyeball, the One-eyed Man’s full attention followed its every rise and fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He said ’One-eyed Man,’ so you feel your pride is hurt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann watched quietly from the side as Cassandra used a shockingly exaggerated tone to mock the One-eyed Man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found the woman’s tone and expression quite interesting when she mocked others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra’s performance wasn’t over yet; it seemed she intended to infuriate the One-eyed Man into losing his cool completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand people hate nicknames, but... don’t you think it’s fitting? After all, you’re hefty... I mean strong, large, and indeed, with only one eye!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the One-eyed Man’s single eye couldn’t contain anything but his fake eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give it to me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared intently at the obsidian eyeball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me my eye! If you do, I won’t pursue the matter of you stealing it from me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann had originally wanted to see what Cassandra might concoct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, with the One-eyed Man valuing the obsidian eye so much, using it as bait or holding it as a protective charm in a fight could be a great str—huh?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought process of a female mercenary from the Ancient Greece Era was clearly much more free-spirited than the simple young Mr. Lan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right then, a sheep bleated its way past the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra revealed a meaningful smile and held up the faux eyeball, \"You want it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said, walking towards the sheep’s rear and lifting its tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The One-eyed Man froze, then panicked, \"If you dare do that, you’re dead!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, Cassandra merely smiled at him and then deeply inserted it into the cavity under the sheep’s tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheep, bewildered, lifted its head and let out a terrified bleat. Then Cassandra slapped its rump, causing it to sprint awkwardly between the One-eyed Man’s two men, bouncing up the hillside, gradually moving away from the harbor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The One-eyed Man... or rather, including Lann, and even the lifted-head Barnabas, everyone was stupefied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a good couple of seconds, the burly brute who controlled Cephalonia through violence and loans suddenly grabbed his head, releasing a cry of utter defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, ah!!!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann thought from the sound of his voice that it wasn’t the sheep that had something forced inside, but the One-eyed Man himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cassandra, triumphantly, wanted to pat Lann’s arm beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even in his daze, Lann instinctively distanced himself from this frightening woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill them... kill them for me!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The One-eyed Man, finally accepting reality, hoisted his massive axe and loudly ordered his subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>",1085,"2026-06-06T10:40:07.943Z",1,"novelbin.me","99159ab187931396d8daf768f397d88b94c4555829a3a01c96dc325bcc0526e0","bear-school-astartes-chapter-493","bear-school-astartes-chapter-491",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]