Chapter 93 - Beginning Battle (1/2)

Ch. 93: Beginning Battle

“The plan is simple. The corridor that connects to the place the chief is in. Corne and the fairies will break the blockade that’s in the way. Then we will go through it and make contact with the chief, defeat him, and the job’s done.”

“You said it so easily…Well, that’s pretty much it though, I guess.”

Loren and Lapis had reached the entrance to the corridor that lead to where the chief was, led there by Corne.

Of course, they had left Feuille in the care of the other fairies, so he wasn’t there.

“Alright. You’d better not let Feuille in. If he manages to get in, we’ll leave the chief and just run for it.”

When Loren made sure to remind them, Corne put her fist on her chest and said with confidence.

“Leave it to me. In the worst case, I’ll use the spell > to stop him.”

“You can be pretty violent if you want to, huh…”

The spell that Corne had mentioned wasn’t something that would be used to stop someone.

It was a spell that could turn a living thing into stone, and if It wasn’t dispelled, the victim would be a stone statue forever, and was an offensive spell.

If Corne, who was a more powerful magic user than elves, and in a high position among the fairies on top of that, used such a spell on Feuille, there was no way he would be okay.

“I’m sure you know, but don’t kill him, alright?”

“Leave it to me!”

Corne said lightly, but Loren wasn’t sure how much he could trust a fairy’s words, so he was still worried.

“Putting that aside, are you fully prepared Loren?”

Loren looked down at himself.

There was nothing special he needed to prepare.

The clothes that he always wore, boots, and leather armor.

The black coat that he put on over all of it, and his black great sword in his hand.

This was all of Loren’s current equipment.

He had some other stuff that he brought with him, but they were either still wet or didn’t help him during battle, so he left them behind with Feuille.

“I’m good.”

“I see. Corne, if you could please.”

“I got it. Here it goes.”

On her command, the powers of all the casters in the village amassed to her. Apparently.

Loren did feel some in the air, but there wasn’t any flashing lights or explosions, so he couldn’t feel how much had been gathered.

‘That’s pretty much what magic is Onii-san. Feeling pressure even though it’s not an offensive spell is already quite incredible though.’

Shayna explained to him, but it still didn’t ring a bell to Loren, so Shayna sighed and started syncing her sight with his.

When she did so, although he couldn’t see anything until then, he started seeing a distortion around Corne, who was concentrating with all her might.

The distortion reached up to a height that even Loren had to look up at it, and judging from her size, he was able to see and understand that something powerful was gathering around her.

‘That’s the amassed mana.’

“I see now. This is convenient.”

‘It’s the eyes and sight of a no life king though, so I can’t link it for long. It could things that could make you slowly lose your mind.’

After saying so, Shayna cut the link and Loren’s sight became normal again.

“Okay then, here it goes!”

Something erupted from Corne’s body.

Loren didn’t know what it was, but he understood that she had unleashed whatever had been distorting the space around her that he had just seen thanks to Shayna.

It flew into the corridor in front of them, and after a while, air with a foul stench started seeping out from the other side, causing Loren and Lapis to cover their noses with their arms.

“The blockade is broken.”

Corne, who had been fluttering around earlier but was now barely able to move, told them.

“What the hell is this smell?”

“It’s most likely coming from where the chief is, but…I really don’t want to go near where this is coming from.”

“W-wait! That will be troubling.”

At Corne’s worried words, Lapis laughed told her she was joking.

“Okay Loren, after you.”

“You…I’m the front line, so I guess I should go first…”

Since there was no telling what as waiting for them at the end of the corridor, so there wasn’t the option of letting a priestess go ahead of him but being asked to go ahead didn’t feel good either.

But Loren steeled himself, knowing that nothing would happen if he didn’t act, and stepped into the corridor with Lapis following behind him.

There was glowing moss on the rocks and walls here as well, so they could see without a problem, but with each step they took, the stench got stronger and stronger.

As Loren started thinking about wanting to turn back because of the smell, the corridor ended, and they arrived in an open area.