Chapter 39 (1/2)
–A feeling that they'll be seeing so incredible takes hold of Reiji The s rotted chokes him as it assails his nose Then, for some reason, the air turns warm Goosebumps break out across his body
Can't the others feel it? Or is he just not used to it? Ornot to be able to see it? Is the calmness exhibited by the soldier only superficial? Are they hiding a maelstrom of nervousness deep inside? Only Hadrias remains steady fast titania's eyes betray her, they depict her nervousness
Reiji casts his gaze doard and rubs his eyes The rain water that flows out fro tricks on him, but it sometimes flickers red
A sudden clearing appears through the trees
”…This is” Everyone hears Hadrias's gasp The situation is just like the scouts reported Everyone doubts their eyes, but the scene before them is one littered with the corpses of mazoku
”What is this…” Reiji too stares at the scene before hih escapes hiht everyone away from the round that wasand hardening, so into the sky, an incomprehensible black marsh, and the uncountable remains of mazoku
What the heck happened here? The bright sun shi+ning through the clouds illuminates a scene no one would ever expect to see, a countless number of corpses It looks like a natural disaster struck No matter how you look at it, that's what this looks like
That's also the only way anyone can describe this Reiji can still hear thehis ears It's a gruesoe evokes a sense of pity It's a painting straight out of hell; it's hell on Earth
With the scouts and soldiers leading the way, Reiji follows Hadrias froht?”
The straight path before their eyes is a blee Only there is the destruction that surrounds them absent There are no traces of blood or pieces of flesh It's as if soh- no as if that person were deterht to the foot of theeven once The corpses of side the road's entirety
Mizuki ic…”
”Mizuki?”
”I'ic caused all of this” She speaks with complete certainty She treestures to the unnatural iceberg and ic”
”You understand it well, Mizuki…”
”No, really There are faint reic residue The ice and ical procedure”
”…You're right” Reiji focuses his vision as he sharpens his senses He too has, [Detect Remnants] He didn't understand how to use it before, but now, the ical procedure is clear to him It's like a thick cloud has been cleared away However, the residue within the ical procedure Spells only need to be coh to defeat mazoku Yet, the remains here are incredibly detailed— ”Mizuki, what is this?”
”Yeah, whoever created these ical procedures is incredibly skilled I can't understand the”
”True, but a sophisticated technique like that, does it have any use except against large numbers like this?”
–This isn't nore mazoku army was destroyed out of nowhere The belief that this situation was impossible vanishes from Reiji's head
As ie arainst one another If two such powers did collide, then casualties would have been incurred fros to mazoku More importantly, before all that, where would such a powerful ar such a e is i event that seems to have happened
The horses, sensitive to the tension everyone is releasing, cry out Everyone, while atte to soothe their restless horses, continues forward on the damp path They hear titania say, ”This is…!?”
Hadrias's gasp follows hers as she stops to stare He says, ”Even Baymass…”
Reiji and his party, proate It's the ree…”
Mizuki screams
The body is no less than 200 e of a pitch black cruiser The massive beast possesses thick, leathery skin, liiant horn Its di power caused it to freeze up in fear According to Mizuki, the round with ic
”To take down a special, second class demon…” Fear captures titania's heart She naets to folloith an explanation She just breathes in and out because of shock
The Bay ory and his knights, and Hadrias look at it with gri soldiers soon draw near and are also overwhel of knees that overcoue, but fros
”Th-this…situation… As reported, the one” Many soldiers speak with anticipation as they drop onto their knees and s their saliva
Hadriason airs or saying anything foolish
”Who did this?”
”Ha, ha, there ht be more than 10,000 here…”
That's when everyone forgets themselves Ten thousand, no one doubts the number Everyone roars in exhilaration Once they return to their senses, Hadrias speaks his disbelief
”Te- Ten thousand…”
”Except, that figure doesn't appear to match the number of corpses?”
”As frightening as it sounds, the number is reasonable once the scope of the mazoku's offence is calculated”
Hadrias oncethe scout's words ”Wasn't the estimate 1,000 before?” It's a voice where surprise ainst that nule Even the inable number
Hadorias readjust his expression as titania glances towards him ”We ht have happened had they attacked Metal or Klant—”
”What happened here? When could this have occurred? Hadrias-kyo, do you have any ideas?”
Hadrias shuts his eyes as he considers titania's questions He soon arrives to an answer, ”…I cannot think of a single person who ht be responsible for this, but there was a furious thunderstoro I believe the mazoku must have been eliminated then”
”During the thunderstorm…” (The text literally reads, ”Thunder day”)
Hadrias continues his lie after titania's ) He says, ”According to a bishop fro with fury that day” That thunder may have been the embodiment heaven's fury
Could this really be Goddess Arushna's deed? Impossible, there's no way a convenient development like that could have happened If such situations were possible, then there would be no need for Yuusha But this just deepens the mystery With no idea as to what happened, all they can do is guess
During the middle of that conversation, Mizuki's anxious voice leaks out, ”Suimei-kun, I hope you're okay”
”I hope so, too…” Reiji is in cos Just where is Suireat if the mazoku were eliminated before—
”Mazoku! There are survivors!”
Everyone turns around to look towards the warning A soldier that was searching the area screams there are still mazoku
The re the corpses? Or did they fly in from somewhere close by?
Hadrias gives quick orders, ”—They're co towards us! All hands, prepare for battle!” He draws his sword fro soldiers They move without flaw The soldiers armed with spears take fores line up behind the
While Hadrias gives out orders, Reiji turns towards Luka ”Luka-san, protect Mizuki!”
”Understood”
”Re- Reiji-kun!?”
”I' to back them up Mizuki, wait here with Luka-san Tia!”
”Yes, Reiji-sama!”
”Tia, back ic! Let's use our horses to attack froives soroup of soldiers trying to ambush the mazoku from the side He rides his horse to the sa close behind Meanwhile, Hadrias coht