Chapter 32 – How can that be?

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Ririka☆

「Yaaaa! !」

「… Fu!」

――Zashu! !

――Supan! !

「《Thunderbolt》! !」

「《Wind Cutter》! !」

――Bachibachi! !

――Zubabababa! !

Yūji-kun and I are in the vanguard, stopping the enemy’s progress, while Mārin-san and Suzu in the back are using magic to reduce their numbers. The two in the rear guard ―― Mittsū-san and Fu ̄ rin-san are taking out the enemies that are attacking from behind.

It’s pretty easy to be honest.

When traveling with 2 people, there’s no time to rest because there are many monsters.

Eh? Did I not say that the effect of Reizanmaru makes it harder for the Undead to antagonize me?

… I mean, this is actually a smaller number… ?

Because before I made this sword, I used to get attacked by enemies if I walked for about 30 seconds, but now it’s only once every 3 minutes, you know?

Look! ! A lot has changed! !

Though we’ve encountered 1 in 3 minutes, so having companions is nice… ! I’m glad we got lost!

…Maa, if we hadn’t gotten lost, we’d probably be in the next city by now…

After all this time, all the undead in this forest are undetectable. This is what Suzu had told me, so it must be accurate information.

However, she have no idea what kind of monster ― or undead ― will appear.

In this forest, skeletons and goblins roam everywhere, and more numerous than that, monsters that look like human hands, something that gave me a hard time when I came here alone. And rarely anything that is an amalgamation of animal body parts.

When we see one, we choose to run. We are no match for it.

「――《Wind Blade》! !」

『…… ! !』

That’s right. The thing about hand monsters like these is that they can take you by surprise.

There are two kinds of hand monsters. The first kind I encountered in this forest is one that nullifies physical attacks ―― in other words, it slips through. The second type is a hand that is difficult to use magic on. Physical attacks can penetrate these hands, but they block most MP-using skills.

I can say that this one is easier to defeat because I mainly use physical attacks, but it’s also tricky because Suzu makes a sad face… I don’t want to see Suzu’s sad face…

That’s why the balance was so good when it was just Suzu and I! Like Suzu for the translucent hand, and me for the MP blocking hand!

「… Something wrong? Thinking?」

「E! ? N- Nothing! It’s nothing!」

「… I see」

「S- Speaking of which, how much longer do you think it will take to get to the city?」

I shouldn’t… I shouldn’t… I was walking in a daze… The enemy’s body moves on its own, so I could do it unconsciously, but I can’t do it unconsciously when talking to people.

We’ve walked quite a bit, and we should be there by now, so let’s get back into it!

「That’s right… It’s about 30 minutes away… ?」

「Thank you very much」

「No, no. Ah! Yes, yes! That sword skill of Ayane-san’s! Where did you learn to do that! ? And I’m also curious about the sword! !」

「I- I’ve only learned a little bit of swordsmanship in the past. I made the sword myself」

「So you learned――you made it! ? ! ?」

Apparently, it was more shocking to have made it.

「Eh! ? You made that… ?」

「Ehh! ? That’s amazing! ! You made it so beautiful! !」

「That’s incredible… You made that…」

The other 3 were also surprised. It’s always nice to be praised.

――Gyu…

「Suzu?」

「…… What do you think! ? This is what’s so great about Ayane! ! There’s so much more! ! ――」

「Stop ittt! ! !」

20 minutes later. Suzu and the others talked about me – no. It was a group of 2 boys and 2 girls who were being lectured.

Why is this happening! ? ! ?

Author’s Notes:

How did that happen… ?