Volume 4 Chapter 19 (1/2)

Volume 4 Chapter 19: Sandstorm

Translator: “Pink Tea” Editor: ”Ryunakama”

Numerous tornadoes all started moving at once.

The first one to notice that was Edgar.

「Be careful! The tornadoes are moving!!」

Raging winds started shifting.

Some, coming our way.

「Captain! What should we do!」

「Calm down. There should be a human silhouette in one of the whirlwinds. First, locate that……!」

There is that silhouette.

We saw it during our previous survey.

……We didn’t simply get hurt for nothing.

An investigation is an accumulation of effort.

Expanding on analysis of found facts and results until they finally can change the tides.

It’s no different this time.

「Yes, found it……!」

Yes. Last time, when we got injured, I remember the size of the tornado where we saw that silhouette.

Compared to others, it was just a tiny bit larger.

There, I certainly saw a shadow.

It is inside these winds. Arrows or bullets will be simply repelled.

Physical armaments do not have much meaning here.

So we didn’t even bother to bring any of that. Instead—

「After analysis we found formation and magic that should be effective……」

Those 『Tornadoes』don’t come from the air but instead rise from the ground.

That’s where their source lies.

That’s something we understood after being hit with them previously. Thus—

「We should just blow them up along with the ground……! All personnel concentrated fire on the right tornado!」

「Rogerーー【Wind Blast】!」

Along with the squad nearby, Edgar fired mid-tier wind magic.

Usually, it would create a shockwave, which will knock away everything around. Each spell doesn’t have much power but if several such spells are used at the same area simultaneously, the effect will change.

「――」

An explosive blast occurred, with a force strong enough to challenge the tornado.

A cloud of dust rose, blocking the sight. However, the next moment, it all was blown away.

And we could observe the effect of the shockwave.

「We did it! The tornado stopped!」

The tornado coming our way stopped.

Not only that, but it also became smaller, weak enough to disappear any second now.

「It works!」

「Haha, we will make you regret giving the archeological guild, known for its tenacity and investigations, time to devise a plan!」

The squad members shouted energetically.

Even though all we did was stop a single tornado by working all together. It’s a considerable effort.

「Yeah, it can work. Then……」

Edgar spoke, looking at the dissipating tornado. That moment.

「Ooh, slowing my winds. And not only that, even finding me. Not bad at all.」

The shadow that we saw inside the tornado spoke.

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It was my first time seeing it without tornadoes or dust clouds blocking my sight.

「An insectoid……?!」

Rarely seen around this area, a species that looks like a mix between a human and an insect.

Other cities aside, but no one saw even a single one of them around Eniado for dozens of years.

That’s because the environment here doesn’t suit them.

In addition to that, the insectoid’s right arm was weirdly swollen, giving it a very peculiar appearance. No one would be able to overlook it.

Since when has it been in this desert?

And why inside a tornado?

「You bastard…… Just who are you…!」

When asked, the insectoid smiled with his eyes.

Then, opened its ant-like jaws.

「I will tell you, as a reward for catching a glimpse of me. I’m Majin, Lord of Purple Winds, Ammit. Remember the name of the one who will wither both you and the gods……!」

These words made the survey squad wince.

「A majin……?」

「Even in these lands……? And what the hell is that creepy arm……」

Ammit laughed aloud at those words.

「Unable to grasp this beauty, how very human-like…… In that case, learn it’s beauty with your own bodies. 『The Arm of Storms』that I received as a proof of my peerage from my master……!」

When he said that, purple sand and wind burst out from his hand with incredible momentum.

「Wha……?!」

It immediately began swirling around, forming another whirlwind around Ammit.

「That purple sand, tornadoes and storms. All of that was your doing……?」

「You are correct, puny human. ……Now, you did well, resisting the weakest winds I put up during my rest. For doing so well, you deserve an appropriate reward, witness, my power.」

As Ammit said that, the wind produced from that arm became even stronger.

In one go, the surroundings were covered in numerous tornadoes. And that isー

「Impossible…… They are many times larger than before……」

Yes. Easily over dozens of meters in diameter.

A number of such tornadoes were raging around. And that’s not all.