Chapter 74 (1/2)

Chapter 74 – Mysterious Crater

Sasa Sasa Sasa

Pes.h.i.+ Pes.h.i.+

While running through the jungle…

Gra.s.s. .h.i.ts my face as usual.

It bends like a whip and directly strikes my face.

But, there’s no pain.

Probably because of the evolution into the Baby Angel Vampire.

My skin might have become even tougher.

「Tokukawa nya~ The gra.s.s is pes.h.i.+pes.h.i.+ hitting you, are you all right nya?」

「No problem」

「I see nya~ I’m unhurt thanks to you, Tokukawa nya~ Nyanya」

I hear a happy voice from the rear.

Because Ado is running quite fast through the jungle.

Chiko is holding me around my belly so that she doesn’t fall.

Chiko’s cat hair is tickling my neck.

Chiko also sometimes rubs her cheek against my back.

When Chiko gets excited she gets closer and starts rubbing against me.

It may be Cat tribe’s habit.

「Goshujin-shama~ We will be leaving the jungle soon deshu~」

「Nu. True」

In response to the voices, I look forward…

And surely, an open terrain come to sight.

Excellent.

I can finally say goodbye to the gra.s.s. .h.i.tting my face.

There’s no damage, but it feels uncomfortable.

It’s p.r.i.c.kling.

「Nnya~? Strange nya~? We should still be advancing through the jungle nya~」

Nn?

Eh?

I hear Chiko’s confused voice.

It seems we shouldn’t be getting out of the jungle.

「Chiko, what do you mean?」

「Nnya~ We should keep on advancing through the jungle nya~」

「But, it’s open terrain in front of us…」

「This is strange nya~ We should be going the right way, though nya~」

Nn?

Why is it?

But.

Well.

We will understand soon.

We will be leaving the jungle after a few seconds.

Uun.

However…

What is it?

I have an unpleasant premonition…

Sasa Sasa Sasa

We leave the jungle.

「We are out deshu~」

Ado vigorously left the jungle…

However, this is…

A large cave-in?

The terrain is greatly scooped out like a crater.

As if a meteorite fell here.

「W, what the meow is this nya? What nya~! This wasn’t here last time nya~」

「Nu. What is this?」

「A big hole deshu~」

「Yeah」

Poka~n

Poka~n

Poka~n

Poka~n

We blankly stare at the crater.

I feel like.

This crater was made recently.

「Looks new deshu~ Great Hole-san」

「Nu. I think so too. An after battle trace? If that’s the case, the one who left the crater here… may have quite the skill」

「Nyanya~ So huge nya~ The me~ow is this nya?」

We fixedly stare at the crater.

Uun.

Fu~mu.

Anyway, it’s a huge hole.

It’s larger than the crater left by En-san and Tortoise-san.

This is…

Made with magic?

Or from a clash of some big monsters?

I don’t see anything special in the crater.

It’s just a hollow hole.

「Lord. We should be more careful from now on」

「As En-san said. We should watch out for whoever made this」

「Deshu ne~」

「Lord~ Let’s check the surroundings?」

Uun.

What to do?

We may be able to find out the cause of this crater.

But…

I feel like it would be better to quickly leave this place.

Uun.

However~

I also feel that it would be good to check it out.

Ado and En-san are both here.

「Let’s see. Let’s take a look at the center of the crater for now. Ado, please」

「Understoodeshu」