Chapter 38 – The Season When It Blooms Part 1 (1/2)

Well, had to buy some groceries. Damn these expensive stuffs are killing my wallet. Anyhow, I will release the part 2 in some time. NOTE: It will be considered as Monday stuff, and for tomorrow, there willChapter 39. Yay~

Made this in time: 11:52 PM.

Oh I completely forgot about this: This chapter was sponsored by Michael Mccrea, and other people who gave donations in November. Sorry, but my gmail settings delete anything older than 3 months. Oh by the way, it’s already 1st March now for me. I am waiting for 1st April now. Heuheuheu.!!!

Chapter 38 – The Season When It Blooms Part 1

The place was『Labyrinth of Naga』, a dungeon which to me, based on the level, isn’t much of importance……in the lowest floor.

In front of our eyes was, the strongest demon in this labyrinth is not for『Naga』, the『Little Beast』who was panting and drooling.

They weren’t thin and frail like that time, but in their original form with lots of flesh. They are not that much big, but are great (?) demons bringing out the appearance of a C rank demon.

The one confronting that demon……was not me.

The one standing in front of Little Beast is……Elk with dagger in hand, and lowering her posture while preparing to lash out.

As for nervousness, yes she is nervous after all, judging from the way she looks like. Well not anything unnatural. It’s the first time for her to fight against a demon this strong without me.

No matter if Elk has gotten stronger a lot with the training and stuff, but still, nervous things make one nervous, no change in there.

After all, just a little while ago, it was an enemy she would run away if ever come across it……without any guarantee of running away unscathed.

Whilst I was thinking that, Little Beast moved first.

It rushed in with a speed not-so-good for a newbie, as expected of the strongest demon in the labyrinth. That rush which can insta-kill a normal person, or if truly lucky would get almost all ribs broken, wasn’t something the Elk from a month ago would be able to dodge.

Elk evaded that with a rather quick and sharp step. And while passing the demon, her naked『Dagger』flashed.

It was none other than the memento of her mother……which had gotten past the polishing work after I got a special whetstone from sister, and now it’s blade is showing the original shine of a crystal.

The next moment, the knife blade started shining in green, because of the green……wind magical power Elk was clad in was pouring out into the dagger.

Due to that, the air resistance became null, and that attack which had its sharpness increased a notch, ran along the nape of Little Beast’s neck.

Moreover it wasn’t something hit blindly with luck, but it was shot out after seeing through the movement of prey, aiming at vital and thinking of perfect angle. A perfect attack, seeming ready to stop at any point, if a counter-attack came.

Elk’s blade passed through while making a sharp *Slash* sound. And the next moment, quite a lot of fresh blood spewed out from that wound, maybe because her attacked cut the artery. A critical hit.

However not relaxing herself there, she quickly jumped back. Safely, with lot of composure, she didn’t let her posture break.

Next moment, the place Elk had been before was mowed down by the strong arms of Little Beast. It was most probably a hit in the dark after succumbing to the anger by being cut. After that it was staggering by being caught up in the momentum of its own attack.

Even an attack like that, if Elk too it head-on, the possibility of it not being just『hurtful』, but rather serious was great. This time she dealt with it using serenity. Good Job.

However, even so lowering the guard is never a good thing.

Though the Little Beast had its carotid artery cut, but it’s still alive. It will probably rampage for some more minutes. She will have to get over every attack it makes until the time it had bled enough to be in critical state. This particular thing is the difference between her and my, literally『One-hit Kill』fists.

In fact, it lunged out with a rush even wilder than before, again aiming for Elk’s life.

She evaded those two or three rushes splendidly, whilst not breaking her breathing order and keeping her guard up. Furthermore, she took out several throwing knives from the belt on her waist.

And after another rush, she looked here and turned around violently, conveniently the Little Beast stopped at that place to scare her, and the throwing knives pierced into it.

The knives flew in a straight line aiming at the fingertip of feet and hit them. Even the spectator, me was about to go『Whoa!』.

Well then were in for some trivia.

Most of the living beings use the fingers in the『front of feet』to stand up, and a lots and lots of nerves are concentrated there. They are helpful when using the back of foot to kick the ground.

That part is oversensitive to pain, for instance doesn’t it hurt like hell when the pinky finger of the leg hits the corner of dresser?

Using that point, Elk hit the fingertip of the hind legs. The Little Beast felt intense pain and was unable to stand up firmly.

Inevitably, the rush from after that became obvious, and with Elk’s current agility she could dodge them with lot of composure.

Fast-forward for several minutes. Though it fought hard to kill Elk till the very end, but after reaching the limit of blood leakage, the Little Beast……fell on the ground with a *bam*

And stopped moving forever after. Still not approaching it with lower guard, Elk confirmed its death and then only did she heave a sigh while relaxing her body.

……Yep, great. Elk finally completed her『Solo subjugation of Little Beast』quest.

At that point, both me and Alva, who were watching from a distance, met up with her. Noticing our presence Elk faced her vision her, whist on her shoulder, Alva, already familiar with Elk, was play-biting her ear as if to say『Good work』.

This time was Elk testing out her abilities. Basically we do not interfere in these battles, neither give out suggestions.

Of course, the current one was because I had confidence that she would take on a Little Beast herself, if it had gotten out of control, then I would’ve intervened and saved her. Those worry ended up for naught, as you can see Elk won easily. A complete victory for Elk.

「How you feeling?」

「……Frankly, it seems unreal」

Even now, while taking deep breath sucking in the cold air into her lungs, she was showing an awkward smile. Looks like she was having a hard time to believe the truth.

「Don’t tell me, I, actually killed a Little Beast by myself alone……something I aimed for as an adventurer……」

「You’ve worked hard for that, Elk. Everyday」

「No, but still, I never thought that I would reach till here in this short time……」

Certainly……it’s only 2 months ago when I first met her……. 2 months since that『Naga』’s case and 1 month since that『Subspecies』’ case. I started the training with Elk after killing of『Naga』, so the training time would be……less than 2 months, eh.

The Elk at that time barely won against even a single Goblin or Wolf, now defeated a Little Beast this brilliantly…….No matter if she knew the basic knowledge from before, growing at this pace is quite splendid and she even became stronger.

Well, there are still lots of parts where she got her ass saved by guard protectors and weapons……but still she subjugated a『Little Beast』one her own.

Though not to the extent of what my mom assigned to me, this must be the result of somewhat hard training menu which I gave to her.