Chapter 57: Suspicious Woman
TL: Akabane
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"Hey Frey, how's it going?"
"I'm doing great. I'm just the same as always."
"Well, that's good to hear, just like you."
Frey, on behalf of Meimei, is going to compete with the Haten-ryu for the Kikagei-ryu signboard.
I thought even she might be a bit overzealous, because if she lost, the Kikagei-ryu would disappear, but it seems I was mistaken.
She was fully motivated, but her mind was calm. She is in perfect condition.
"I'm sorry ...... if I hadn't lost to Ryu, this wouldn't have happened."
"Don't be a p*ssy. He didn't fight alone from the beginning and let his underlings to cut you down. So don't be so gloomy."
"Ouch. ......Hey, Frey, I'm injured, you should be more patient with me."
Meimei complains to Frey, who lightly smacks her on the head, her lips pouting.
After a night's sleep, Meimei recovered enough to stand up.
With fractures all over her body, it would normally be difficult for her to speak, but Meimei is surprisingly unconcerned.
The toughness of the beastmen is astonishing.
We have already heard what happened to Meimei from her.
When she was about to return home after finishing her business in town, she was ambushed and attacked by the disciples of the Haten-ryu. She fought them off, but was defeated in a fight with Ryu, who appeared later, and was apparently seriously injured.
After hearing Meimei's story, we told her what had happened afterwards.
Frey found Meimei collapsed and brought her to Athena and Mirialia, who restored her with recovery magic.
Soon after that, Tao Ron, the master of the Haten-ryu, came and then the disciples were to duel with each other for the sign of the dojo.
But Meimei, the only disciple of Kikagei-ryu, wasn't in a position to fight, so Frey had to fight instead.
This Tao Ron guy is not only a smart guy, he's also a very bad guy.
He had eliminated Meimei in advance and then proposed a match between the disciples. However, he miscalculated the existence of Frey.
He probably had no idea that we would have a disciple other than Meimei.
It's the same for me.
I'm sorry to say this, but I honestly didn't think Frey would come forward on her own. I don't know if it was to repay Meimei and the Kikagei-ryu, but I was happy for her to be able to use her power for someone else.
The duel is today at noon, in a few hours.
The opponent would most likely be Ryu. This time, he would come to settle the matter with his own hands.
I don't know how strong he is now, but he is probably better than Meimei.
Even though she had been weakened by fighting so many opponents, the way she was beaten was one-sided. The person who lost clearly said he was stronger than he was.
The question is whether Frey can beat Ryu, who beat Meimei?
Frey had lost once to Meimei. Can Frey really beat Ryu......?
Frey has grown up since then, but it will be a close match for sure.
"Well, we'll be rooting for you too, so good luck!"
"Don't lose to someone who is a coward."
"I'm not going to let him beat me."
Athena and I give a pep talk, and Frey clicks her tongue in annoyance.
With that by my side, I asked Mirialia, who had been making a difficult face since a while ago.
"Hey, Mirialia, what have you been thinking about since a while ago? Did you get a stomachache from eating breakfast that Frey made all by herself?"
"No. ......The spirits have been acting strange since a while ago, they're afraid of something."
What do you mean "afraid"?
Gooooooooo!
""--?""
I was about to ask Mirialia to continue when suddenly, the cry of a raucous beast echoes through the air. It is a heavy, painful cry that shakes the very core of your body.
"What is that voice?"
"I don't know, let's see what's going on outside."
We were curious, so we went outside and looked at the town.
And then...
"There's smoke rising from the town!"
"Not only that, but there are ...... monsters."
What?
The story of Mirialia is true?
Monsters are running rampant in the town.
Concentrating on the physical enhancements to my eyes, I see that, although vague, monster-like creatures are attacking people and destroying private homes.
There are more than one or two of them, more than I can count on both hands.
What the hell is going on......?
How is it possible for monsters to appear in a town? And where the hell did that many come from?
As I was questioning this, Mirialia pointed in the other direction and said, in a panic.
"Look! More and more monsters are descending from the mountains into town!"
"What the hell is ...... happening?!"
I followed Mirialia's hand and looked to see a horde of monsters barreling down the mountain toward the town.
What the hell is that number? Ten or twenty won't fit in there. They must be well over a hundred!
This is no time to be surprised, the town will be crushed by the monster horde if we don't move quickly.
"You guys, we've got to do something about the monsters right now. Athena, go down to the town and kill the monsters. Me and Mirialia will go to the mountain and hold them back."
"Okay!"
"It's a hassle, but it can't be helped."
I chose this camp for a reason.
Athena, which has a speed, defeats monsters while helping the townspeople in town.
On the other hand, Mirialia can't show her power in the town. It is much more efficient to use wide-range magic in the mountains where no one is around.
And I will stop the cause of this inexplicable phenomenon.
It is impossible for a large number of monsters to suddenly appear spontaneously from within a mountain that is not a dungeon. There must be some cause.
My experience, or rather, a bad premonition, was appealing to me.
I have a bad feeling that this problem is a bad one.
"Hey, why are you guys trying to go it alone? I'm coming with you!"
"No, Frey, you stay here and protect Grandpa and Meimei. If the monsters come to the dojo, there will be no one left to fight. Besides, if you get injured before the match, it'll be stingy. More importantly, if we run out of time, we might lose the match. That string-eyed b*stard is not afraid to say that."
"Ngg......!!!"
I puts my hand on Frey's shoulder, who grits her teeth with an unconvinced expression, and says, "Don't worry about it."
"Just get it over with and we'll all cheer you on."
"Tsk, I don't need that. Just get the hell out of here."
"Thn, we'll got to work."
Mirialia and I went to the mountain, and Athena went down to the town. Before we did, I said a few words to Athena.
"Athena, don't just take it easy."
"Ha, don't worry. I won't die until I become the world's greatest adventurer. Dale and the others, be careful too."
"Yeah."
Athena and I parted ways, and Mirialia and I went into the mountains.
The mountain was filled with a variety of monsters. From the lowly goblins and orcs to the mid-level ogres, golems, and other monsters.
It was still strange, these were not the kind of monsters you would find in the wild. They were all monsters that would appear in a dungeon.
"I may be a little harsh on you, Mirialia, but I want to leave this place to you alone. You don't have to beat them all, you just have to buy some time. Can you do that?"
"Don't kidding, it doesn't matter how many of those mooks there are. Just go and stop the cause."
"I'm counting on you. Look, you don't have to be too hard on yourself. This is a new situation, and I don't know what's going to happen next."
"I'm not weak enough to worry about Dale."
"I'm counting on you. I'm off."
Leaving the horde of monsters to Mirialia, I continue onward. Activating my body reinforcement as fast as I could, I ran up the mountain at high speed, passing through the monsters unimpeded.
(I could feel the strong magic power from above. There must be something there.)
I had already activated my detection magic over a wide area to find the place where I felt something strange.
I was sensing a strong magical reaction from far above. Monsters are coming down from above, and there is no doubt that there is a cause.
"It must be somewhere around here ...... that's--!"
I reach a place where the reaction is strong, and as I look for what I'm looking for, I stutter when I find something.
"Don't tell me ...... that's the Demon Gate!"
In front of me is a jet-black space that doesn't match the mountain landscape. A large, round-shaped darkness is swirling violently. Furthermore, monsters were crawling out of that space one after another.
No doubt ...... that was spatial magic.
Moreover, even among the high-level spatial magic, it was a demon gate.
A gate is a magic that connects different places. With that magic, you can move in an instant from one place to another, even if they are far apart.
"Hey, hey, why is the gate in this place? And the fact that there are monsters out there means that the place on the gate is connected to a dungeon, ain't it? I don't know who did this, but they've got to be kidding. I'm gonna smack the sh*t out of you right now."
I pulls my sword out of it's sheath and unleashes all of my magic power.
With a wide swing, I aimed at the gate.
"---!"
"Oh, I hope I'm not interrupting anything."
"--?"
I was about to swing my sword.
I felt a strong killing intent from behind me, and I quickly readied my sword. A high pitched clash of swords against swords rang out.
If I hadn't noticed it a moment too late ..... my head would have been cut off.
"Oh, that's funny. I thought I could kill you with that."
"You're the one who put up the gate."
"Oh, my God, you're so obvious."
If you've been found out, at least show a little urgency, you son of a b*tch.
I don't like the way you're acting.
The person who attacked me and probably caused the gate to appear was a suspicious-looking woman.
She had long, wavy black hair that reached down to her waist. She has a beautiful face, but her skin is white, her lips are red, and the eyes behind her droopy pupils are full of madness.
She is tall and slender, but her breasts are huge. She's got nice shape, and if I hadn't met her like this, I would have turned my nose up at her.
She is dressed like a combination of an adventurer and a mage. She wears a black chestplate that looks like a bathing suit, her navel is exposed, and she wears a long skirt that covers the lower half of her body. Overall, she is dressed in an intriguing and erotic manner.
However, she carries jet-black daggers in both hands, which do not match her erotic attire. This suggested to me that this woman was a twin-sword user.
She is more of a mysterious woman than a suspicious one.
She is the kind of woman for whom the word "bewitching" is truly appropriate.
She is beautiful, but like a rose that will sting you if you accidentally touch it.
No, it wouldn't be enough to get stabbed. The aura of evil and disastrous atmosphere that overflows from this woman tells me that she is no ordinary person.
To put it bluntly, I think she's worse than the demigod I defeated the other day. Why is such a monster here, this son of a b*tch?
"Who the hell are you, and what's your purpose in opening a gate in a place like this?"
"Oh my God, you're so impatient. Since we've just met, let's talk about something a little more sexy."
"I'd love to, but I've got to break down that gate as soon as possible."
"I don't care. I'm going to have to kill you, after all. You amuse me, so I'll tell you who I am and what I want."
With an eerie sneer, the woman raises her sword.
Sorry Athena, Mirialia, this might take a little while. I hope you can hang on until I kill this woman.
"Come on, let's dance with me."
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