Chapter 151 (2/2)
”What do you want to do, Zig? Shall we keep exploring?”
”Of course not. I've already found what we're looking for.”
After a while, the demon man gets up.
He stands up like the dead and starts walking in the opposite direction of the tiger tribesman, angry.
If we follow him, we can find the rest of them.
But suddenly a voice shouted behind me, and my body stiffened.
”We meet again, boy.”
”!?”
I turned and saw the tiger man.
When did he come back!?
Did you already know we were here?!”
”Why so surprised? I'm a beast-man, I have a good nose.”
”I guess I have no choice but to face you.”
We each drew our weapons.
But the tiger man smiles fearlessly and exhales a puff of purple smoke.
”Don't be silly. I have no intention of fighting. I just want you to tell me a little story.”
.....A story?
Taking advantage of my momentary confusion, the tiger man tossed two balls into the air.
Those are smoke balls.
This is bad.
The smoke ball rolled under my feet, and expelled a large amount of smoke.
The hallway filled with smoke and a metallic sound echoed from nearby.
Aide is fighting him?
Then so am I.
”Gaha!”
”Agu!”
”Aide, Celtina!”
”You're the last one.”
Something hit me on the head and I lost consciousness.
When I woke up, I found myself in a small room.
Nearby are Celtina and Aide, who are tied to a chair with a rope.
”...Are you all right, Zig?”
”Yes.”
”I was worried you were dead☆ because you didn't wake up at all☆”
Celtina had tears in her eyes.
I could see that she was really worried about me.
However, that feeling is very hard for me to handle.
”What is the situation?”
”...Two men came in, looked at Zig and Celtina with a smile, then left. But the tiger man didn't show up.”
Suddenly, I felt a pressure around my waist.
Come to think of it, my back was aimed outward.
This situation is dangerous in a whole other sense.
”What are we going to do? ☆ They're going to kill all three of us☆”
”Ugh, use your tools.”
”...Zig, why don't you call Yazumo?”
”Yazumo, if you're here, show yourself.”
Yazumo slid out from under my feet.
Well, now things have changed. We have to get out of this place as soon as possible.
I ordered Yazumo to bite the ropes that had me bound in my arms.
I released Celtina and Aid while Yazumo went to check if there are people outside the room.”
”...There doesn't seem to be anyone.”
”Yaz, yaz!”
”Let's go.”
We quickened our steps toward the exit.
Suddenly, Yazumo warned us to be alert, so we stopped moving and stuck close to the wall.
A familiar voice comes from around the corner.
”Brother, what should we do with those three?”
”Torture them, do whatever you want with them, but find out what they want and why they are here. After that, you can sell them to slavers or whatever you want. But for now we have to deal with that damn customer.”
”Who are those guys?”
”I don't know, asshole. I just want to make sure not to provoke those monsters.”
”What if they're one of them?”
”...The deal with the demon tribe is off the table. We'll do the usual, and then we'll get rid of all of them. In the meantime we'll pretend we have nothing to do with it, so don't let any of them escape.”
The men hurried up and ran into a ditch.
The tiger man also seems to have left the place.
This is bad. We won't be able to fulfill the king's request if we don't attack the demons first.
We'll have to defeat them somehow.
”Let's go. We have to go after them.”
”Are we still going? I want to take a bath☆”
”...It's the leader's order.”
We had just exited the building when a voice echoed from behind.
”Those three got away! Whoever finds them, hurry up and bring them back!”
Hueeeh!
We were spotted.
We ran out like rabbits.