Chapter 256: The Kannaoi of fire and oil (2/2)
Ah right, the ebi chili was good too The thickness of the sauce was notYeah, that one was nice
But…the ood
You dauise of mayonnaise shrie of shi+ki as left behind
Also, the ht to my mouth hurt and numbed me, this was the first time in this world that I felt I was fed poison
This is the worst
The waitress explained that ‘there’s a lot of people that get addicted to this dish’, those guys ues
Must be that black pepper-like thing, yeah Moreover, it was hard to get used to it
The hot taste of the chili pepper was plenty enough already Just what in the world where they thinking when they made thisweird like: ‘I can understand how soet addicted to this’
That ues, definitely
(And you see, the things I like to eat the most are famous swords At present, I can eat almost all weapons But it is not like you can always find those, you know That’s why I norer If I had to choose froons If you try putting on scales, I aht Seriously)
Probably because he was provoked by our happy dinner, the self-proclaion Slayer Sword speaks about his own likes in food
A sword is talking about eating…
That feels kind of bizarre already
This sword, Einkaref, can eat
This sword is a weapon that was made with a special tree as its core
The name of that core was Parasite Tree
This tree parasitizes on dees it into nutrients for its own body Attacks other organise tree
One tiic clad crystal was considered as a parasitic target as well, and was utilized as an ingredient for crafting which attracted the attention of everyone
And so, the equipment that was born from this were quite powerful, but at the sa their capabilities, they had to continue feeding the to Einkaref, the equipory can predate on strong weapons and outstanding h the increase variates between each one
Einkaref said that, in his case, his affinity with dragons is high
Eating plenty of the dragon scales that are his favorite, and also nails, fangs, and horns, he increased his Dragon Slaying power…but after the death of Iori, there were nosleep at the dwarf village
Being unable to continue eating, falling into a dormant state was unavoidable, and in that time, his ability as a weapon had plummeted
Moreover, the equipments that were made from the parasitic tree all had some will of sorts, and only people that are able to communicate with them can properly utilize them
In other words, theirtheir performance capabilities is difficult
Hence, this trend didn’t continue for long and the use of parasitic trees for weapons was discarded
It is truly an understandable and obvious end
But in the knowledge that Beren has, the weapons made from the parasitic trees suddenly faced an abnormal decline in their power, and the reason of it was not understood, so they were steadily throay
The reason was ood while and because they hadn’t found an owner for a while so they entered a dormant state
From the dwarfs’ perspective, they had done the proper maintenance, so they couldn’t understand the reason why their perforht now, at this veryme the reason why this happened to him and the other weapons
I don’t know if it’s because of hi a sword or because of the parasitic tree part of his, I can communicate with him
It seems like it is easier to speak with me co a stor up the in their report, I spoke about a variety of things with the intention of giving out supplementary information, but Beren’s eyes fleide open His mouth was also wide open
It is unusual of Beren to make faces like that
And then, Tomoe asked me to reveal how I knew that information, so I told them that I spoke to the sword At that moment, a hard to describe atmosphere covered the room
No well, isn’t this the usual?
It would be one thing if so happened, but…it is about me, so I would like it if you were able to cope with about anything Just kidding
…Hah…
Ah, the fried rice was normal
Everyone had praises for it, but for me, it had a taste that I seriously could only describe as normal
It is a bit of a pity
“I now understand the reason for the perfor about a weapon that eats materials and cannibalizes on other weapons just…sends shi+vers down ht?
I heartfeltly agree with Beren’s words
“And so, Hokuto and shi+, you said that you encountered strange mercenaries The first one sounds like the ones we came here for, but the other ones, I have no idea What are the ‘people of Apple’?” (Makoto)
When Hokuto and shi+ did so out fro to the settle the state of the hyu special to one around a good amount of places What they said ithin e already know
What piqued ht together with, the mercenaries
One of the parties called thearden They had quite the ability, and were going around defeating the rand labyrinth
And the other one was…a group of two that called themselves people of Apple
Hokuto and shi+ both said that they have ‘outrageous’ ability, and one has the looks of a dancer and the other a sister
Both omen
Tomoe muttered: ‘it is them huh’
Maybe she has met them before, or she saw them in a memory of someone; whichever it is, it seems like she has an idea of who they are
“Waka, about that Apple—” (Tomoe)
“E-Excuseto speak about those people, Iroha-chan lifts her hand nervously -along with a frail voice
“What is it?” (Makoto)
Iroha-chan and To and interrupt each other
It see to say, so this ti
“About those Apple people, I probably have met them-desu Uhm…they saved h she is dressed as a dancer, is an expert at sniping, name’s Haku-san; a person that has the same silver hair, is dressed in a priest outfit, and provides incredibly precise healing, nahtly
I see She learned of the those two, I…” (Iroha)
It seems like Iroha-chan had been betrayed by the adventurers she hired at the outskirts of Kannaoi, and at that time, she was saved by the Apple people
Hmmm…
That’s why she was able to come all the way to Mizuha huh
Even so, I feel like the speed they moved at ay too fast
Those two probably have some sort of…teleportation-like technique to mobilize
Iroha-chan obviously knows this, but it doesn’t coe, she told us that those two are no longer in Lorel
She said they headed to the north
If they are mercenaries, it is a valid possibility that they went to the war’s front line
But for so me that’s not the case
Whichever it is, there’s no point in ht now
The ate about the Apple people or the keyword ‘Apple’ fro the tirand labyrinth
Also…
“…”
Staring at Iroha-chan, she looks back at etsu-san and the others about Iroha-chan, at worst, on’t be able to journey together any about it rationally, there’s no e could bring her with us to the labyrinth
It see a nu
It is probably better to deal with this in a Kouroup at the city, and us for the labyrinth
What is the correct answer?
In this kind of e is currently in a lull state
The latest report of the situation I received was that there’s no real need to enter the defensive, and they are currently using the negotiations and raids cleverly to produce an advantageous stalemate
It is the situation that Reht, the matter of Tomoki and Iroha-chan occurred after we arrived here
In other words, irregular events
In the first place, the Kuzunoha Coather the cards that Tsige currently needs Can’t go changing that
Just like Mio who suddenly said she wanted to go to the kitchen while thewas about to enter its second half Yes, just like Mio who turned around on her way just to say that she will be back by bath tie
Since she was looking atto the kitchen to learn how to make the mapo tofu
If I teach her the normal recipe later, I will be able to rest at ease…probably
“First, the grand labyrinth If it seeate the city at the sath, that is” (Makoto)
“As you will I think that’s a good plan Even if there’s the need of everyone here to beat the labyrinth, we still have more personnel Let’s leave the people I chose as spares just in case to these guys here You can do it, right?” (Tomoe)
“Yes!”
Beren and the others return an affirmative answer at the confir pressure on them
It is true that if there’s the need to, we can increase the amount of people
I unconsciously tried to divide the ith only the people that are here
The a has increased and the independence is growing closer That’s why, first, we have to secure the cooperation of the roup
After that, let’s do all the miscellaneous business we have here In my opinion, it feels like it will mostly be about Tomoki, and that depresses me
We have decided on our plan