Vol 1 Chapter 19 (1/2)
Chapter Nineteen: The Dragon Hourglass
The next day, we stopped by the weapon shop
“Hey, there you are, little shi+eld Hero”
“So, did you finish the armor?”
“Right on, I sure did Finished it a while ago”
He pulled out a piece of armor from behind the counter
It looked aggressive and wild I could see why they called it the Barbarian Armor
The sleeve holes were lined with fluffy fur, no doubt fro plate ofwere lined with Porcupine skin I put my hand inside, and found that the interior was formed of two layers of skin, and was stuffed with PikyuPikyu feathers
“…So I wear this thing?”
It looked like soht wear
The na, and I think it would make me look like a real apocalyptic headhunter
“What’s wrong there, young-in?”
“Nothing… It just looks like… so only bad people would wear”
“Little late to complain about that, isn’t it?”
What was that supposed to ht I was the lowest of criminals?
I guess I wasn’t in a position to choose my path to money, but this was a little ridiculous
“I think it will look good on you, Mr Naofumi”
“Raphtalia…shut up”
She sure was getting loquacious
“Anyway, hurry up and try it on”
“Ugh… I’d really rather not, but I guess you made it for me and all… Oh well”
I went into the fitting room and slipped into it
He had never taken , but it fit perfectly I was surprised The guy really was a professional Heat me
I left the fitting room, and stood before the two of them
“Well, your face seeh, but that arerous”
“What do you mean, ‘the look in my eyes’?”
“That sulky look you’ve got”
Geez, these people were starting to piss me off
“I think you look really cool, Mr Naofumi!”
Raphtalia was bea
I shot her a nasty look
If she thought she could just do whatever she wanted, she was in for so else…
“What is it?”
She asked me, normal-like Like she had no idea
Was she raised in a barn?
Oh, right, she was a deht have had a different aesthetic than I did
I checked h: The ar as the chain mail had It actually looked like it was a little better I looked at the old guy, and he winked at me I wonder if that meant that he had imbued it with a special effect for free
“Oh… Um… Thank you”
To be honest, it really didn’t fit with , I needed to have good equipment
Or at least that’s what I told myself
“So where are you two off to now?”
“Never e in town”
“Probably because the waves are co But where, and when, will they arrive?”
“Huh? You mean you don’t know?”
“Knohat?”
If the weapon shop owner knew and I didn’t, that meant that the country really wasn’t very serious about staving off the disaster I cursed theuy had to say
“You kno the kingdoeneral square?”
“I guess so You e of town?”
“Right Inside that tower is the Dragon Hourglass When the sands fall, the four Heroes, and those who fight with them, will be sent to the place of the destruction”
“Oh yeah?”
I’m sure that the other heroes and that woman already knew all this
“I don’t knohen it will be, but you can go look for yourself”
“I guess you’re right,”
If no one knehen, or where, ould be transported… that seemed like a crappy situation to be in
Just to o check it out
“Later, old man”
“Sure”
“Bye”
We said our thanks, and made for the clock tower
It was visible froher it seerow
There was a large building, so like a church with a domed roof, and the clock tower extended fro were open, and people came and went as they pleased
There olances They must have heard the rumors
“You would be the shi+eld Hero, correct?”
“Yes I heard that the ti up, so I came to see it myself”
“Well then, follow me”
She led iant hourglass
It looked to be around seven meters tall It was covered in detailed decorations that lent the whole thing a holy, mystical feel
It e
As I looked at it, I noticed this instinctual, powerful shock of eh my body
The sand was… red
It was strea down in silence
I could tell that it was running out of time
I heard a high-pitched beep, and a beaht shot out from my shi+eld to illulass
Then a small clock appeared in the corner of my field of vision
20:12
I waited a ed to an 11
So that’s hoorked It was a way of precisely displaying the time They wanted me to consider the time when I made my decisions
And yet… if there were only twenty hours left, there was only so much I could do If I went and picked herbs in the fields, I’d run out of time But I would probably need some medicine
“Woah, is that Naofumi?!”
There it was, from the back of the room, a voice I really didn’t want to hear I turned to look, and there was the Spear Hero, Motoyasu, walking over to le of women
I didn’t like the guy I wanted to kill him, then and there, but I held myself back
“Are you getting ready for that wave?”
He sickened ly
“Oh hey, are you still fighting in rags like that?”
What the hell? Just whose fault did he think that was? It was HIS, and that wo
Motoyasu looked like a completely different person from how he had appeared only one her level, and with much nicer equipment It wasn’t iron, it was shi+nny, like it wasa beautiful cri It was probably ireat skills
Through the breaks in his ar seriously about his defense
The Legendary Spear had changed as well No longer so, the new spear looked vicious and powerful, and I had to adn was pretty cool And the tip ell, it looked sharp