Chapter 249 (2/2)
Indeed, there would nore was eradicated However, it was no ordinary e that had attacked the city of Morksi
A heroic spirit of Fitun, the God of Thunderclouds, had connected the entrance of his Dungeon to a Devil's Nest near the city Fitun had then e Thisthe city of Morksi were fro the Devil's Nests
With that said, soe and others had been killed after trying to defend their territory from the new, unfamiliar monsters
However, this had had little effect on in with, such as Goblins, and h to hide warily in their nests from the unfamiliar monsters, such as Kobolds and Baboons
The Baboon at the front of the troop gave a frenzied shriek and hurled a stone in front of it The stone, having been throith the physical strength of ait to tue to topple sideways
The man screaround However, the Baboons did not flood in towards him
He looked up to see his horse neighing loudly, its legs kicking the air, seeoods' that had scattered fro the Baboons' attention away from the man
“N-now's roaned
Doing his best to ignore the pain he felt across his whole body, he began trying to get away The loss of his 'goods' was a painful one, but there would be no use in dying here
He was surely near the edge of the Devil's Nest by now If he could just somehow make a run for it and reach the city, he would be saved With nothing but this thought on this mind, the man ran But there was no way the Baboons would not notice him…
Suddenly, a voice echoed out from somewhere
“'Flying Sword!'”
A sword held by an arm made of black metal flew in to pierce the chest of one of the Baboons
The man stopped in his tracks with his eyes wide open in shock But the Baboons were even more astonished than he was
“'Rocket Punch!'” a woman's voice shouted
So down the Baboons
Before the man and the Baboons could recover fro black ar the trees
“A troop of Baboons, huh,” the ht these, even with both my arms, but…!”
“Against us as we are now, they don't stand a chance!” said the woman
With that, the two of theed in towards the Baboons
As they defeated the Baboons one after another, Vandalieu and his companions arrived onto the scene
“Less than ten days have passed since they first transfor their ar Natania has become able to use the Rocket Punch I told her about as a martial skill, too,” Vandalieu observed
“The training of Borkus-san and the others was pretty fierce, after all Doug got caught up in it near the end, too,” said Melissa
“Yeah, seriously I' we're sirumbled
The three of the pulled… or rather, pretending to be pulled, by Mähne
To the man, the troop of Baboons had been a threat that had caused him complete despair when he first saw the more than suitable ene
Thehis good fortune, turned towards his rescuers “Y-you saved uys adventurers? I'm sorry, but can you help me out?”
He had been surprised by Fang and Maroru, and his voice was shaking, but he forced hi hi the collars that showed that they were tamed familiars
“As you can see, e isn't usable anyoods that are still intact? In return, I'll give you a third – no, half of my profits when I sell them What do you say?”
He had already intended to give up on his 'goods' And the goods he had to keep up appearances were different frooods' It wasn't painful for hioods
“Your horse still looks healthy, though?” said Kanako, pointing at the horse that was still neighing loudly in dismay
Darcia clie, and she and Vandalieu approached the horse
“No, its leg is broken and it's ill, so it'll never get froan
Darcia exa It was indeed broken and twisted
“It's not that bad, and not much time has passed since it was broken, so it'll be simple to fix,” she said
With that, she activated her 'De in seconds
“I've cured the illness,” said Vandalieu, before theon
“You can use healing oods on the horse, I think I can hted
“Are these your goods?” asked Vandalieu, picking up a broken piece of a porcelain vase
“Yeah, they are It's salt from the Arthaba Duchy that's just east of this duchy There's a port there, though it's a little small The salt htly different fro that I'd be able to sell it for a high price around here!” said thean explanation that he had prepared beforehand
“Really? It tastes the same as the rock salt from around here to me And this vase looks like it's made of porcelain, but it isn't When I lick it, it tastes like drugs,” said Vandalieu
The s into Morksi and sell thehed nervously “Is that so? I see…” heaway from Vandalieu
Letting out a panicked noise, he ran past Kanako and leapt onto the coache that was now eotten out
He tried to e
“A wor into the fla behind the man
TLN: This is a wordplay/variation on a figure of speech thatinto the flame'
The man couldn't even resist as Sam put him in a chokehold, and his eyes rolled into the back of his head
“Bocchan, what shall we do with this s, so it is possible that he consu him for food Shall we use him as fertilizer for the forest?”
“Let's tie hi with a letter to explain the situation and a piece of his goods as proof,” said Vandalieu “I'
Fang let out a happy bark
“More is?” asked Kanako
“I have 'Status Effect Iift he left us”
He turned to face the horse Its leg had been fixed and its illness was cured, so it was standing once more, but it was unable to move because it hadn't recovered its stamina
Mähne and Fang had pity in their eyes, and the rat sisters were squeaking to cheer the horse up Vandalieu reached a hand out to pat it and calm it down
The horse let out a startled neigh and reflexively kicked its legs out, striking Vandalieu with a hard hoof
“Master!” said Natania, who had just finished taking the Magic Stones and body parts as proof of kills
But Vandalieu felt no pain “H for a shake?” he said,that the horse had taken his extended hand as a signal for a shake
TLN: 'Shake' is the trick cos to have them put their paw in your hand for a 'handshake'
Mähne and Fang were expressing a sense of kinshi+p in their eyes, and their pity grew deeper
“He's friendlier than I thought,” said Vandalieu “Shake,” he said to the horse
With another alarain, but Vandalieu was coan turning into fear
“I know you said you wanted another horse, but are you really going to take this one?” asked Doug
“Horses made of my spirit form have crimson eyes and do not breathe And if they are touched, one will realize that there is no heat in their bodies Considering the size of rown in strength after beco a monster, it would still be best to have onewhy the horse was needed “I suppose I could use 'Size Alteration' to e smaller, but…”
Meanwhile, the horse seemed to have yielded to Vandalieu It wasn't attached to him; it had merely yielded
“What are you going to name him, Vandalieu?” asked Darcia
“If I name him 'Hoof'… people would mistake his name for 'married couple' Let's na a word that es
TLN: In japanese, the English word 'hoof' would be spelled フーフ/fuufu, which is pronounced the same as the japanese word for “le translate but couldn't find any existing real-life language that spells/pronounces the word 'hoof' as 'hof'
Now that Hof had suddenly stopped doing 'shakes,' for some reason, Vandalieu patted his face
With the addition of Hof, the group waited for Fang to return froeon entrance with ease
The horde of monsters, which had included Mountain Giants, had created a path in the forest that ide enough for the carriage to pass through
“So, this is the entrance to Fitun's 'Labyrinth of Trials'… How simple,” said Vandalieu
If it weren't in the e cave
“It doesn't have a sign outside like the 'Trial of Zakkart,' said Darcia
“Vandalieu, Darcidono, I created that sign because there were tooits purpose Dungeons created by Gods are made so that only chosen individuals are able to enter, so there would be no use in creating a sign,” explained Gufadgarn, who remained invisible but was always in Vandalieu's shadow
“Shall we go in? We can gain prestige for being the first ones to clear the Dungeon, get Kanako and the others proeon to turn it into property of Vida's faction,” said Vandalieu
“Alright! We don't have e as D-class adventurers There arebards' work because I' no success as an adventurer,” said Kanako
“Master, leaving the matter of the lady Kanako and the others aside, we only recently turned down a promotion to C-class because we are not worthy…” said Simon
As this conversation continued, the party entered the Dungeon with no hesitation This Dungeon was likely equivalent to a B-class Dungeon for the as they ith Vandalieu
The only ones ere afraid were Mähne and Hof
“Mähne and Hof, you have nothing to fear If necessary, I can simply take you into e and h
Even with the encouraging words of their carriage, the two horses couldn't conceal their fear, but they entered the Dungeon regardless, as they would not be allowed to stay outside