Chapter 35 (1/2)
Chapter 35: Level Up to Power Up
Konjiki no Wordmaster Chapter 35: Level Up to Power Up
Crouch took the proof of subjugation, along with the rest of the Clay Viper, so Hiiro had to leave the cave empty-handed
But then, he realized soh not to the extent where he couldn’t walk The reason was quite clear
(It istic effect of parallel writing)
He had written 『Speed』 on himself multiple times, and the effects stacked It raised his speed just fine, but it put a strain on his body unbefitting of his level His body creaked as it tried to keep up with his accelerated movements
(This is quite painful…)
He thought, as he carefully walked forward as not to lose his way When he finally got outside, he saw Muir sleeping under the shade of a tree, and Arnold looking after her
As Hiiro was late, Arnold issued a complaint
“What the hell were you doing? Did you not knohat path to take back?”
“No I see So you didn’t see?”
Crouch disappeared into the ground Perhaps he cah probability that Arnold never saw him
“See what?”
“No, it’s nothing How’s the shorty?”
“Well, she hasn’t received any serious injuries, and she’s just unconscious There’s no helping it She let out thatsqueezed by the Clay viper for a while”
Muir was fast asleep Even after releasing an a, her body showed no external injury Even her clothes didn’t look burned in the slightest
“I’m sorry, but until Muir wakes up…”
As Arnold was about to say so, Muir opened her eyes
“Uu…”
“Muir? Are you alright, Muir?”
“… Un… cle?”
Her eyes were still unfocused, but she could make out Arnold before her
“Yeah, it’s e at all?”
Muir’s vision slowly cleared, and she realized that she was already outside of the cave Moving only her eyes, she shi+fted her gaze to Arnold
“My body hurts a bit, but I’m fine The monster…?”
“If you’re talking about the snake, we took it out”
And Muir gave a sorrowful expression
“I… I’m sorry… Because of me…”
Though the monster was defeated, Muir felt depressed over the pain she h because of her But the next words made her doubt her ears
“Ahaha, what are you saying? It’s because of you ere able to take out that snake, you know Do you re?”
“… Eh?”
Arnold bluntly explained everything he saw to Muir The contents were things she couldn’t believe herself Her oer had stopped the Clay Viper’s iven an opportunity to defeat it
But Hiiro wasn’t denying it He simply stood with his eyes closed and his arn of affirmation
“Uncle… is this true?”
Even now, she couldn’t believe it But Arnold had absolutely no reason to lie But the fact that her oas able to change soainst that powerful
At that point, Hiiro tried testing soround
“Oy, Hiiro What are you doing?”
“Shut up and watch”
And soround It was as if a Television screen had been created And on it, scenes fro back
(It see『Project』, I can show others scenes from my memory How convenient)
The other two seenized the scene as one he had experienced hiic
“C-could this be the battle we just had…?”
“Yeah, shorty”
“W-what?”
“This is the truth Take it however you will”
Hiiro spoke as he lowered his gaze to the footage on the ground Muir copied him and looked upon the scene
What was displayed was the moment when she was captured by the Clay Viper When suddenly, a huge electric outburst occurred, and Hiiro took the opportunity
After that, her body continued to let out a faint light, and Arnold caught her Arnold showed clear signs of being electrocuted Even Hiiro and Arnold’s conversations were clearly audible
Seeing Muir’s shocked face at the video, Hiiro thought to himself what a troublesoain The effective tie would be cut off That’s why he had to use 《Parallel Writing》’s stacking effect to lengthen the duration
“Is this… true?”
As if she was still in doubt, Muir asked Arnold And he nodded gently
“Yeah, so you finally awakened You did well, Muir”
“Fue…” (ED: Rishi+a is that you!?)
Muir broke out in tears and clung to Arnold He patted her head and said
“I told you, didn’t I? That you would beco Spirit』 has acknowledged your efforts”
“Sob… Sob Ueeeeeeen” (TL: What’s here are crying onomatopoeia, I don’t knohat to put)
“Now you can fight too But reinner Let’s take this one step at a time Okay, Muir?”
“Ye… sob… ye… Yeah!”
Arnold wiped off her tears, and she smiled happily
“Um, can I have a moment of your time?”
During that scene, the words of so out
“H-hey, Hiiro We’re currently going through an emotional moment”
“Just look around you”
“What do you… yes?”
They were surrounded by monsters
“Oh… Oh my…”
His words were understandable
“Well, it’s not like we’re in a safe area It’s not like we care what they’re doing e attack either”
“You… you damn monsters! Read the mood for a second!”
“For now, let’s clean up Shorty, you stay here You can’t ht?”
“Ah, yeah”
Muir realized that nothing changed That she was still someone as protected But then Hiiro spoke
“Oy, shorty If you’ve got soot to earn your keep Next time, you’re on your own”
“…Yeah!”
Those words bestowed strength unto her heart The fact that she wouldn’t be protected anyhtly uncoreatly outweighed that In order not to let hi
She closely watched the backs of the two protecting her Up ‘til now, she had always been watching the backs of people protecting her But next ti beside them Muir unintentionally clenched her fist as she followed their fighting style with her eyes
“Fly away”
Using 『Burst』, the enemies were bloay in an instant But…
“UHYAAAAAH”
Hiiro had forgotten that Arnold was there too
“W-what are you doing, Hiiro!? That was a close one!”
“… Well, I thought that if it was you, you would be fine”
“There’s no way I would be fine, ninnyhammer!”
Even during battle, these two never changed
“Okay, then old man, step back”
“It’s too late for that!”
As he shouted that, Arnold noticed Hiiro writing another word, and he backed off
“Next is this”
Hiiro shot the words straight at a group of roup, he activated it
And suddenly…
The entire area of effect of the word froze over, and the monsters within its scope were frozen solid Its area of effect was just around 4 tatami The vertical area was also the same
“O-oh, a”
Arnold stared at the block of ice in a, and even Ice He was truly a first class ician
Thinking that he didn’t want to lose, Arnold continuously used his 《Wind Fang》 to take down enehters before the monsters ran off
“Alright, that’s all of them”
“Yeah”
The two of them sheathed their weapons and returned to Muir They found her with an expression of shock frozen on her face