Chapter 29 (2/2)
Zeros re it Manticore and Wyvern redients They're luxurious enough that even nobles would hardly ever have the opportunity to savor them, with the exception of the Death Mantis, which was an unheard-of type of meat In addition, in this world not only did no one think of eating insects but also erous creatures with ferocious strength It's certainly not soet their hands on
And it's also certain that one has ever eaten a Death Mantis before, except for thisme eat!?”
”Hredients!? And even a Death Mantis!?”
”Ah, that's the whitish meat Isn't its sweet flavor delicious?”
It was delicious If she didn't know the true identity of theshe's ever tried before But the Death Mantis is an insect Fro food
”It is delicious, but…”
”I think that the Big Spider ht also be delicious I'd like to try it at least once…”
”Are you going to eat that? I don't think you're sane”
”We already eatthat weird, right? They are meat all the same”
”Uu… but…”
”Deliciousness is justice We should be lucky we have so to eat in this situation, you know?”
He has perfectly adapted to a survival lifestyle Being a ht be able to live alone in the wilderness even if the world were to collapse
On the other hand, Christine looks at the strange meat skewer on her hand But after soer and eventually eats it In the end, she arrived at a fundamental truth: Deliciousness is justice…
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After lunch, they start walking towards the exit again And they encounter a monster on their way
”'Wuant', is it? Do you want to defeat it? It's just a sh…”
(TN:ウォーアント The name of the monster, but no clue how to translate it as It's pronounced as 'Uooanto', yeah really)
”But, its level…”
”Its level is 103 You will be alright with this weapon”
Zeros points his finger at the Azure Dragon katana he lent her
(TN: 青龍刀[seiryuutou], don't quote atana, shouryuugatana, and like 3 other readings)
Modded Evil Azure Dragon Katana 【Azure Dragon Katana v38】
A fiendishpower An absurd weapon, forged by achieving an exquisite balance between e-class h steel like paper Extreerous to touch with one's bare hands
Special Abilities
Body Strengthening– Cutting Enhance Enhance– Simultaneous Offense and Defense
TN:攻防一体[koubou ittai], itat the same time, but couldn't think of a better name
(It didn't display the attack power, is the one doing the appraisal this ti to feel that this ability every ties the contents of the appraisal at its whim
The laws of this world appear to be somewhat unusual, and the acquisition of the skills themselves seems to also deviate fro them
”I'll seal its movements, please attack as soon as I do that”
”… I-I understand I'll do my best”
Christine seeiven that they've been in a dangerous situation after another, however, unbeknownst to hiic incident and the on katana and runs towards the Wuant
”Plasic confines itsit in place
In the blink of an eye, she slashes at the monster with her sword
”Teaaaaaahhh!!”
―――Zuban!
With a single big strike, the monster is cut fro The ic weapon seemed to be incredibly powerful
”Eh!? Eeeehhh!? What's with this power!?”
It was due to the custo' With this, it was proven that it was a dangerous weapon even for low-leveled beginners One can only iine ould happen if Zeros wielded it
”… This weapon is too dangerous This is bad…… Let's seal it once we get out”
”It's scary to keep using it, but… with this, I'ht, I'll stopwill I et too fired up”
”Did you make such an absurdly powerful weapon just for funsies?”
”I regret it now To be honest, it ht have been a bit overkill”
He now understands, that even if he ame, it's still a heinous creation A low-leveled newbie can one-hit a monster five times their level with this sword The balance of the world would be destroyed with one swing of this katana
And naturally, one's level will increase whenever a strongertoo rapidly puts a great burden on the body, and if the level gap is too wide, the body will try to adapt to the pain and ht enter in a forceful state of sleep to protect the consciousness
The sy for a few days, if one is unlucky And, Christine was the latter
Her body, unable to withstand the pain, shuts down as she falls into a deep slu her
Zeros hurries to support her body as she eventually loses her consciousness in the underground dungeon
”What was the level difference I wonder?”
She had gone up froo It seehting one-on-one as opposed to when one is fighting in a group all at once, in which case, the experience points will be equally distributed a to suppress the symptoms of the body optimization as much as possible However, in Christine's case, her body immediately started the process
In fact, the level of the knights, during the Far-flung forest training camp, went up little by little, so the syishness The polar opposite of Christine, basically
Because of it, Zeros would have to carry her from now on, however…
”Don't I look like a kidnapper?”
He looks like a shady ed man, people would definitely look at hiirl The world was unfair…
Moreover, Christine is cross-dressing as a boy, which would still look bad for hist the fe aith a pretty boy between his arms It would certainly look bad If such a ruo outside anymore
”What should I do then? This situation is a bit…”
He had two options left: —to keep going forward or to stay where he was
In the end, he decided to keep advancing while carrying Christine on his back He chose her safety over appearances
Incidentally, her breasts were unexpectedly big
(TN: 911 yes hello)
Zeros starts walking while trying to hide his bewilders by chance
And resigning hiet a bad reputation…
”fuck! These ants!”
”Don't be ione to where Christine-sama is! I'one for a long ti did happen, we…”
A group of Giant Ants is preventing the knights froether, threatening the to defend their own nests
Inside dungeons, where there's no need to obtain food, breeding is their ressive to any intruders invading their territory
The ht to rescue the Lord who outside theyet
”Syll! hold back the ants on the left!”
”Alright! But I won't last for long, I'll only buy you a bit of tiht withSyll Soctas! Hurry up and kill theroups in order to defeat the Giant Ants, using the narrow terrain to their advantage When one Ant gets stuck in the tunnel, the four knights step in to strike it down
They're already exhausted but they haven't found Christine yet
The late Lord Edward entrusted her daughter to their care, so they swore to absolutely protect the heir to the Elwell house no matter what
They are all well aware that if they weren't picked up by hi in the slums, they wouldn't be the people they are today That's why they feel an extreratitude towards the late Lord, and therefore, towards his precious daughter
”Aah! that hurt! The ants are starting to gather together I'll cover you, guys 〖Aqua Jet〗”
The battle gets easier once Iris and her party join the fight
”Wait, calm down a bit, Iris!”
”It'll be fine if Zeros-san is there, right!? It's gonna be dangerous if we start losing our cool!”
Jane slashes at the Giant Ant with her greatshile Rena focuses on swiftly stabbing the joints
”Thanks for the help!”
”Let's help each other, alright? It's common sense for mercenaries”
Some people, however, don't understand that siirls were decentand rees [celsius] storhts crush and shatter thein with
”How eon,endlessly”
”I don't want to think about that, but we have to keep going”
The knights were starting to grow impatient There's a massive swarm of ants in front of them, but they won't be able to rescue Christine if they don't advance forward
”Knights-sans, calm down too There, do you hear that?”
”What do you hear?”
”Wait, they're acting really strange!”
The Giant Ants start alerting each other in a hurry, busilytheir antennae andunexpected must have happened as they see sound shakes the tunnel, reverberating loudly on the walls And at the same ti them off their feet
The Giant Ants run away all at once in different directions, disappearing fro on…”
”An earthquake? No way, it won't collapse, right?”
”Don't say unpleasant things We won't be able to escape at this point, you know!”
”Oi, There's so out froician!!”
Walking slowly out of the dust cloud, a shabby-looking irl, the knights were co to rescue, on his back
”Christine-sama!”
”Oh? Everyone's here By the way, the exit is this way, right? I've been wandering around for a while, you see…”
”Rather than that, is Christine-saht She just fainted after leveling up too fast”
Zeros finally takes a break and puts down Christine, leaving her with the knights Nearby, Rena and Jane are disic stones of the eon
As they have to collect the materials before they are consu to notice him On the contrary, he's treated asabout such things The loneliness of a cheat oldhis heart
In the background, the voices of three young girls happily talking to each other…