Chapter 160: The Battle Against Pride III (1/2)
I couldn't move.
Not even a single finger.
The translucent slime encasing me from the neck down did nothing but tremble and wobble after restraining me.
「Fuuhahahaha! Look at that, Nanassy! That moronic face! You lost so easily even though you were so confident. Are you frustrated? Huh? Areーyouーfrustrated?」
（Agathion）
I whispered stealthily to the magic sword, but it only tugged a few times on my back.
The current Agathion doesn't have the power to break free of this slime's restraints. The downside of its weakening has come back to bite me all of a sudden.
「Hey, answer me. You're frustrated, right? It's frustrating, right?」
Arcane came swaggering towards us. But he was still too far away for me to bite him.
Hmm, should I just admit defeat and be done with it?
We might get hurt if we don't. I feel bad for Evetta-san, but I don't think it would be a problem to have her accompany us on an adventure after these guys.
Though it's not a lot, I do have some leeway in terms of time anyway.
「Oh, then―――」
When I was about to admit defeat………
「O flames, flames. Great is thy―――――Kyaa!」
Rana started to chant, but suddenly let out a sexy yelp.
Upon closer inspection, I saw that the slime encasing her was wriggling and writhing. And each time it did, the shape of Rana's big boobs would change as well.
「What? No way! Eh, hyaa!」
Rana slammed her legs shut. It seemed that it wasn't just her breasts that were being groped.
「What the heck is this?!」
Hey! I demand an explanation!
「Oh, about that……」
The otter beastkin stepped forward. From the fact that she was continuing to wave her staff around, it seemed that she was the one controlling these slimes.
「These ”Blobs” that I've selectively bred are very fond of magic power. They usually eat the magic power that I release, but if they find magic power that's more powerful than mine, they'll try to devour it. It would be best for you to avoid chanting magic」
「………………urgh」
Red-faced, Rana fell silent. When she did, the slime calmed down as well.
It's frustrating. But I got excited by it.
「Eh, what?!」
This time, it was my sister who cried out. Just like Rana, well, her breasts got ignored, but her shapely limbs were being caressed by the slime.
「Fuhyahyahyahyahya! St, stop it! That tickles!」
「Huh? That's weird」
She was laughing at the top of her lungs. There was zero sex appeal.
「Hey, Kakyua, why is it doing that to her?」
The otter beastkin cocked her head at Arcane's question.
「Hmm. This elf-san. Maybe her latent magic power is more powerful than the magic power I usually release?」
「W, well, just make it stop. I didn't pay for this, so I feel bad. This isn't something that an unmarried man should see」
Arcane was covering his face with both hands. Ever since he saw the lewd things happening to Rana, he had been red up to his ears.
Are you that innocent!?
「Umm, stop it right away. Huh?」
There was something wrong with the slime encasing Ea.
Ea's belongings must have fallen out when she was being groped. Miscellaneous things and various seasonings were floating about inside the slime. Among them was Ea's signature spicy spice mix.
The moment it melted and dissolved into the slime………
『Pygyaayyyy!』
The translucent slime turned bright red for a moment, then burst like a balloon, turning into water.
「Oh, shoot」
Having regained her freedom, Ea was quick as a flash.
「Nanassy! Capture her!」
She vanished from sight before the silver-haired young woman could react to Arcane's order.
Without a sound, trace or presence, she disappeared completely from the world.
「Nanassy!」
「You're too loud. I can't detect the enemy」
Nanassy focused her senses.
Even if she’s invisible thanks to the cloak, there are puddles of water everywhere, so her footprints will be visible.
What will Ea do?
And then………
「Tsk」
Nanassy grabbed Arcane's collar and yanked him to the ground.
If she hadn't done that, he would have gotten an arrow in the forehead.
「Wakyaaa!」
The otter beastkin was struck down by something invisible.
At the same time, Nanassy caught an arrow that had appeared out of thin air. Her reaction time was impressive.
But has Ea forgotten about the rule against killing? Her arrows were all aimed at vitals.
A barrage of arrows assaulted Nanassy.
She knocked them all away with her two machetes, and some of the arrows got knocked towards Rana and me.
One of the arrows got lodged in the slime and just happened to snag on the piece of cloth on my shoulder.
「Onii-chan, Onee-chan, I'll be right back」
Ea appeared, twisted the arrow to entangle the piece of cloth around it, and then yanked it out.
After retrieving our pieces of red cloth, Ea vanished from sight once again.
「H, hey. What the heck was that? No one told me about this!」
「There's no way anyone would have told you, isn't it?」
I was taken aback by Arcane's far too moronic comment.
「One of them got away, but we've captured two of them. This Arcane-sama has won the――――――」
「No, you haven't」
It appeared that Nanassy understood the situation.
「She took the pieces of cloth from these guys. If she hides them somewhere, we'll never recover them」
I'd bet. If she burns and disposes of those pieces of cloth, there will be no danger of them being taken from us. With this, we no longer have to worry about our pieces of cloth being taken.
And the otter beastkin has been knocked utterly unconscious.
It's still a two-on-one situation, but trudging through the dungeon in pursuit of the completely invisible Ea is going to be a huge pain in the ass.
Ea can lay traps and lure monsters towards them. She's free to do whatever she wants.
Hmm. As expected of my sister. She's turned the tables on them completely.
「Hey, hey! Kakyua!」
Arcane shook the otter beastkin, but she showed no signs of rousing.
「Wh, what are we to do, Nanassy? We can't track someone who can vanish like that」
「No problem」
What?
「We only need to make her come out on her own」
「Hey, wait!」