Vol 6 Chapter 22 (1/2)
Chapter 22
Volume 06 Chapter 22
Translator: Silver Editor: Namorax
「Hidden Deformities」
The next day, the sun had yet to rise
Since our numbers had increased sorass as we continued northwards
We numbered a hundred and fifty cavalrymen
The hoof beats of so many horses kicked up quite a ruckus
There was nary a hint of any travelers or peddlers on the road, so excluding us everything was rather quiet
Ariane shuffled about behind ray cloak Closing her eyes, she see
“Do you hear anything, Ariane-dono?”
“Shush!+”
When I looked over er to her lips and shushed me
The highas surrounded by a wooded area and nothing of mention could be seen
“……So’s here!”
The moment Ariane opened her mouth, an unidentified creature burst out of the bush near the front of the cavalrymen
“Aaaggghhh!!”
“Wha-What is that thing!!!”
Several cavalrymen shouted as they were knocked off of their horses by the surprise attack, their horses following right behind them
The enemy had appeared fro for us
While they were humanoid in appearance, no one would ever confuse them with humans
Bodies covered in dull, gray skin and attached to the ends of their arms were three sets of hands
Their most notable features were the ones from their necks up
What looked like a giant earthworm curled around their necks seeh their throats, so as if they were still functional
The creature’s mouth looked like an opened sea anemone was fixed in the center of their face, however, I suddenly heard the sound of bones snapping as the creature’s mouth shot out at one of the pinned down cavalrymen
“Gyhaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”
The cavalry ed into the thicket in his final moments
So off of the highway, butinto the horse’s sides the moment they entered the woods
“fuck! What’s going on!?”
Zahar unintentionally cursed as he watched the scene unfurl before his eyes
Since the attackers had struck the cavalryuards avoided any injury, the horses however were frozen in place by sheer terror
The man I assumed was the leader of the cavalry shouted orders in an attempt to reestablish order, but the worm-men continued to appear one after another
“Ariane-dono, do you knohat those are?”
I asked Ariane what they were, but she calmly shook her head
“I’ve never seen them before…… but they’re definitely undead”
“The stench of the dead has swept into this area……”
Ariane raised an eyebrow as she glanced over the zombie-like undead
While Chio in a whiff of the area
Another new form of undead has appeared
assu that these undead and the spider chiins, then they’d been placed here to prevent anyone fro the capital
The situation had continued to deteriorate while I’d been contes
“Everyone, help our allies!! Use your spears to keep your distance!”
Zahar began shouting directions at the guards behind hiuards took out two rods and attached the a blade to one end
They seemed to have detachable spears
Not even a minute had passed since Zahar’s order, yet all of theed to assemble their spears
The guards brandished their spears and charged forith hearty battle cry
I tightened my hold on shi+den’s and prepared to act, but Zahar turned around and yelled, “Arc-dono, protect Princess Lille!” before raising his own spear and charging forward
I brought shi+den parallel to Nana’s horse and saw that the Lille had turned pale at the sight of as unfolding before us
It was unavoidable, really
Her eyes were bearing witness to true horror
I felt a chill run down my spine as I watched a worm-man’s mouth tear out a chunk of meat from another cavalryman
“Ariane-dono, Chiome-dono”
As I keep an eye on Lille the two of them leaped off of shi+den and drew their weapons
“We’ll leave the enemies around the capital for Arc”
Ariane raised her slender lion-motif sword as she joked around
『ーInfernal Flame, reduce all that you consume to ashesー』
After calulfed the blade of Ariane’s sword
Ariane si leap forward
The hood of her gray cloak fell froe with the worm-men
The flames around her blade coiled like a serpent and mercilessly incinerated any worm-man they came in contact with
『Water Style: Water Shuriken!!』
Spheres of water appeared above Chiome’s head and transforns
Through the air as Chiome launched her water shurikens at the wors
The shurikens penetrated their targets with the sah-powered water cutter
“Kyun!”
Watching the two fight seemed to excite Ponta since she puffed up her tail and started to raise a gust of wind around herself, preparing to fly off──
“It’s too dangerous this time”
I gently grabbed Ponta by the scruff of her neck and told her to behave
Since the opponents were surprisingly quick, especially the sections above their necks, Ponta would be devoured in no time