Chapter 22 (2/2)

Whilst I was thinking such things, we finally got out of that narrow s.p.a.ce and ended up in a much wider cavern system.

「Is this the place?」

「No, not yet. Come inside here」

Lydia pointed her fingers ahead towards the destination, and a small hole to the extent that only a small child could barely enter, appeared.

「Hmm, I suppose this is going to be a bit tight………..Zeph-kun do you mind going first and seeing ahead? It should be a straight path」

Path……..

In my vocabulary this small hole is nowhere near as big as a “path”.

「………I guess that’s fine but, you said that I should go first, does that mean that Lydia will also follow in after? 」

「Yes of course. I already said that I would be your guide, so I intend to keep to my promise and guide you all the way」

She proudly declared as she stuck out her chest.

No matter how I think about this, it’s impossible for her to fit in this tiny hole.

In a chest-like meaning that is. (TL: her chests are huge after all~)

「I understand. I will go ahead, however, you don’t need to force yourself alright? 」

「Zeph-kun you took the words right out of my mouth」

No, that is definitely the words I’m supposed to say.

“Ahhaha”, Lydia was laughing out loud, to be honest it was not a laughing matter.

If you were to get stuck in this kind of place, you would most definitely die.

「Lydia」

「Hmm?」

Lydia turned to face me and I chanted time square.

And then

「Sleep Code!」

It was a magic that could cast an abnormal effect on others, Sleep Code

It was a magic that could only be cast in a short distance, furthermore the prerequisite for activation was that you needed to be able to make eye contact with the other party, it was a very effective magic that was able to immediately place the other party into a sleep like state.

The effects are brutal, however even just closing your eyes during the incantation would greatly lower its effects, and because there was a need for a chant it was an easily counter-able type of magic that would be useless if someone expected it to be casted.

It’s quite effective towards the various demons, however, it was difficult to cast on multiple enemies and the range wasn’t that big so it’s a regrettable thing.

However, if I combine this magic with Time Square, the practicality of the spell increases by several levels.

In the time that is suspended by Time Square, using a magical ability within this time will negate the chanting period and the magic is invoked as soon as Time Square ends.

If I use this, even if the spell required a chant to cast, I am able to disregard this disadvantage and it is possible to seamlessly invoke the spell as if it had no chant time.

However, the down side to Time Square was that it could not be used in conjunction with spells that required an extensive/long chant.

With a thud, Lydia crumbles to the floor.

I carried her and laid her down on the side of a big boulder.

She was letting out small breaths as she was sleeping.

It would seem that Sleep Code has properly taken effect.

Although I don’t really see any monsters nearby, but just in case I decided to hide her.

「Black Coat」

Clothing made out of air was hiding Lydia’s figure, it made her body look transparent.

Black Coat was a magic that hid the object with a layer of air, it a.s.similated the figure of the object or person into the background, and made it very hard for someone to discover something amiss without looking closely.

After putting on this magic, moving in the coat is really difficult, that’s because unless one moves really slowly, it easily peels off, and you need to master the skill in order to be able to move effectively.

However, if you were to just lie still, it would be impossible for someone to discover you.

「Then, I shall go ahead first」

As I said this to Lydia I slipped into the tiny hole.

When I thrust my head in, my back, arms and foot all hit the rock wall.

Even for someone like me who had a small build, it was really hard to pa.s.s by.

It might be really doubtful whether Lydia could even enter up to her shoulders.

Although I may have been rash, I feel relieved to have left her behind.

Well, as long as I brought back the Poseidon’s tears, I’m sure she won’t have any complaints, right?

………….If I find lots of it, I will be sure to pocket/pilfer some for myself though…

I was laughing (Kukuku) as I proceeded to slip past the narrow hole, and on the other side a large cavern s.p.a.ce even bigger than the one we were previously in appeared.

On the opposite side, I could see a little bit of the sea.

I suppose the nippers were carried into this s.p.a.ce as it was connected with the sea?

In this wide s.p.a.ce, even now there were several groups of Nippers lying about.

Let’s get warmed up by hunting a few of these!

Nippers were monsters that were composed from the blue magical system.

In terms of Magic there are certain types of affinities that are compatible and incompatible with each other, for example red is weak to blue, or green and sky has similar lineage so it won’t be effective to attack a green elemental monster with sky magic.

Soul magic was the only exception, it was a magic that was ineffective against all the other types of magic, However if it was used against the same soul type monster, than it would actually show increased effectiveness.

This is after all, one of the indisputable logic’s of this world, if I kept rambling on about these things there would be no end to it, so I will leave it at this for now.

Coming back to the point, using sky magic and green magic against the blue type Nipper monsters is actually the most effective, if going by the book.

「Well then, What should I do?」

Whilst scratching my head, I walked towards the Nippers.

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