Chapter 43 (1/2)

Volume 1

Chapter 43

After Fell’s fight with the Orthrus, I got on his back and we ran off again .

When the sun went down we decided to make camp nearby .

“Hey, is this still Orthros territory?” I asked .

“Yeah, we still got a ways to go before we’re out of it . ” Fer said .

There are still Orthros around? Is it OK to just make camp here? I looked around worriedly .

“Don’t be afraid, the Orthros won’t come around here . They saw who was the strongest in the previous fight . ” Fer explained .

Well, I must admit . . .

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The Orthros that he defeated was probably the strongest of them all, and Fer had killed him with a single slicing blow .

As Fer says they will probably not come, but I can’t be calm while we’re still in the Orthros’ territory . I’ll get Fer to make a really secure Barrier .

“Now that’s understood, how about food?” Fer said .

“It’s not OK, we’re still in Orthrus territory . Make a really secure Barrier . ”

“Aruji-, Sui is also hungry . ” Sui said .

“Is Sui’s tummy empty? Let’s make dinner then . ”

“Hey, why do you treat me different from Sui?” Fer growled .

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Of course I treat her different, she’s a lot cuter than you are .

Since Fer was getting grouchy I got ready to make dinner . I checked what was left in the Item Box but a lot of the meat had been used up .

“Fer, how far have we got through the forest?”

“Ummm, we’re about half-way . ”

That means if it’s taken about three weeks to get here then it’ll take us about the same time to get to the other side of the forest? About three weeks . . . we’ve barely got enough supplies . However there’s the Net Super so it should be OK, and we can use less meat by putting it on rice bowls .

So maybe I should use some meat I haven’t tried before? I’ve still got that Black Serpent meat . It’s a snake though . Since the old guy at the Adventurer’s Guild said it was a luxury item I think it’s supposed to be delicious but . . .

I’ve heard it said that snake meat tastes like chicken but I’ve never tried it myself . However the orc meat was delicious when I tried that for the first time so maybe the Black Serpent will be the same . Right, I’ll cook some Black Serpent . It looks like chicken, a bit anyway .

Everybody likes fried food .