Chapter 123 (1/2)
Cliroith trees was Eunius with Aleist's defender platoon as his guards
They hadn't even gone halfway to their destination point, apart froe, there were numerous other problems
Namely…
”Why are you lot so slow!? I' here too, and yet you're just thatwith me?”
”W-wrong! It's just, we've been doing nothing but cleaning every day, so…”
The cave they were searching for had an entrance halfway up the ht for it, Aleist's platoon was slow on their feet
With all the beauties gathered together, Aleist's platoon emphasized appearance over capability On a side note, the deh
”Give y already… oh, we've got company”
Eunius himself didn't believe in the holy sword But in the place the sas said to lie, for some reason, powerful monsters would make their homes
Ogres were the least of their worries, and apart froe monkey-like monsters and monsters that seeether wandered the land To Eunius, rather than the holy sword, he was after theit
Taking a stance with his special reatsword, he directed its tip towards the monster that came out
The footing was bad, and be that as it may, the le thing going in their favor, it had to be the fact there was only one foe
”I don't believe those holy sword ru all over the place Looks like I can enjoy myself”
”This is why you battle junkies are… everyone, get behind me”
Aleist had his subordinates from his platoon step down as he drew the tords at his waist and took a stance They were both one-handed swords, but their hilts were fashi+oned a bit on the longer side The blade portions were made just that much shorter
”Why tords again?”
”'Cuz I've got ic like Rudel and Luecke just doesn't suit me”
As the two of thee monkey before their eyes raised a war cry as it leapt towards the ability would have instantly sent it towards the wo the way, it extended an ar fast to the tree
While the eneht, in the next instant, froh a spot it would pass through
If it had continued on, it would have been impaled
”Her than the previous one… Aleist, this one's mine”
Eunius looked at the eneht back to the o While its power and speed seelance, he could feel the enemy before him was smarter
His face changing to a ferocious sic sword to cut at theblade extended towards thefroe it The terrain was on the enemy's side
”I could just blow the whole area away, but that wouldn't be interesting”
”That's the reason you won't blow it away? No, I don't quite knohat to think about blowing away the landscape”
”… And you're one to talk In that wilderness training in the fundamental curriculuic to clear a path?”
”Stop it! Don't talk about that time!”
Leaving an e at hi li it to a human
Its fur was practically the ic sword, not only did the arm remained unsevered, it was barely even scratched Perhaps it had grown its coat longer than the previous one, or perhaps this was a superior variant…
Eunius leapt back to take distance, changing his stance from slashes to one specialized in thrusts
His face was the epito that, the monster intimidated him, but it didn't make any poor approaches
A few seconds passed…
As both sides glared at one another, the first to e li the round, Eunius's mouth curved into a smile
”Looks like you really weren't any different from that last one Just a little bit harder and a little more clever, but that's about it”
Eunius stepped in and lowered his stature to e where its tip still wouldn't reach
Athe form of a sharp spiral as it enraptured the e air hole opened up in its chest After slae tree behind it, the round and Eunius put his sword away on his back
”Alright…on, next!”
Aleist put his sword away, reverting his shadow to normal as he called over to his subordinates His for to Eunius
(He's properly acting as their co officer, that Aleist But…)
Aleist held no ulteriorthe actions he usually would, but Eunius understood how that looked to his female subordinates
When he was the one who fought, they were directing favorable eyes towards Aleist, but he didn't notice anything of the sort
(… It's interesting, so I'll keep quiet It'llback to the boys)
Without infor his subordinates' affection points, Eunius set out for the next waypoint
There were a number of places the holy sas said to rest
But those were along the same vein as buried treasure, and the people of this world did not hold theenerations prior had once dispatched forces to a number of prominent points to try to find the holy sword, but the results were a disaster
The sas never found Many people were invested,was thron the drain Therefore, the existence of the holy sas thought of as so of a fairy tale
Then caame He knehere exactly the item called the holy sas supposed to be He knew, and he led Eunius right to the site
”Even so, ould've thought the holy sas this deep in the mountains”
”Isn't that precisely why it's so deep in the mountains?”
Eunius used a short sword to clear away the overgrown grass and tree branches as he made a path Aleist similarly used a one-handed sword to move forward Behind them, the women of the platoon walked with the supplies
But Aleist was shouldering all the heavy luggage In order to fight, Eunius was barely carrying anything
More than that, they really couldn't have Eunius carry anything
”They should just put the is away in the treasury”
”Maybe they didn't want it to be ht you'd want the holy sword, Eunius”
To be honest, Aleist didn't want the holy sword Knowing the truth, Aleist knehat sort of thing the holy sas
It had long since accomplished its role and lost its power, it was an article barely able to maintain its own shape Its rusted hilt had already rotted through He had seen the scene in his ga that could be used as a weapon
Aleist knew this place as little more than a place to farm EXP
(Once Eunius learns the truth, I'et ether)
From the depths of his ht were necessary But lately, that was starting to feel dubious
The weapons he now held in his hands were the same, just because he possessed them, that didn't mean he'd be able to use them immediately The more powerful they were, thethes were different fro the weapons he waswere the best ones for him
”We should camp around here today”
After Eunius looked up at the sky and confirmed the position of the sun, he concluded any erous and decided to search for a place to rest
”It would be a real help if there ater around…”
Said Aleist as he directed a glance to one of his subordinates The beast tribe feht smiled as she pointed out the direction she smelled water
”Captain, there's a pond in that direction”
After saying thanks to his subordinate who infor in that direction Norerous place But Aleist didn't think they would get too many of these chances