Chapter 44 (1/2)
……How troubling”
“Mhm……”
“Yeah……”
“Yea……”
“I’ry……”
Eleave half-hearted replies to s
Only Beck’s response was unknown as to whether it was a reply or not
“Ed, Ed”
“Hm? What?”
“The firedrake froone quite far away”
“How do you know?”
“Because I can’t hear the voices of the fire spirits that surrounded the firedrake”
I also concentrated and tried to listen to the voices of the spirits; it certainly seems like there aren’t any fire spirits nearby
“If you’re able to do that, I wish you would have said so before we came across it”
“I thought you were already doing it
Since having a lot of fire spirits around after the breath attack wasn’t strange either”
“Also, I don’t knohy but that firedrake also seems to possess [Stealth Steps]
Why the hell would a dragon know so like skills……”
“Oh, skills aren’t really exclusive to humans in particular, you know?
The firedrake having [Stealth Steps] h”
“Was that so…”
“Putting that aside, if you’re leaving this place, now is the time to do it”
“But, we’ll encounter it if it coht?”
“Nevertheless, won’t it be dangerous even if you stay here indefinitely?
Having entered its lairsent over here too”
“We can defend against it if its breath coht?”
“Can you?
Just then, its breath deviating away fro a request to the fire spirits”
“Was it…… Wouldn’t we have died there if Melby wasn’t here then?”
“That’s right Shouldn’t you be grateful?”
Melby puffs out her chest in pride
Huh? But I’m sure Elemia said that it’s breath shouldn’t hit us, based on our position in relation to the lair?
Well, Eleh……
Anyway, I’ve decided e should do, now that it’s become like this
“――Everyone, please listen
There’s also a chance of it suddenly collapsing, but it’s better than co across the firedrake”
If I use the hardening ic 《Concrete》 in addition to 《Tunnel》 , there should hardly be any collapsing
The other e the scope offrom the firedrake,I’ve decided which one takes priority
I quickly set to work but,
“――Please wait, Fellow believer Orochi
I object to that plan”
Unexpectedly, Miguel declared that
“Hey, you couldn’t be saying you want to try fighting that firedrake, could you?”
“Nothat
Froation of the wyverns setting up their lairs near the Nest
The firedrake being here was outside our expectations but ――no, it’s exactly for this reason; it’ll be bad if we don’t examine the scale of this lair”
“Mhm…”
Miguel had a point
Scouting out the scale of this lair to confirer of being connected or not makes sense
“Fellow believer Orochi, I’uel
Hence, if we avoid the path the firedrake took just now and advance towards the interior, there’salso a chance of being able to come out to the surface from another exit
In that case, there’s no need for Fellow believer Orochi to take the risk and dig a tunnel using [Earth Magic]”
This tiuel
I can dig a tunnel without risk if I use 《Concrete》, but since I said “there’s the danger of collapsing” at the beginning, it’s hard to refute it
“I-I am also in favour of the reconnaissance
Even if there’s a little bit of danger, it’s better to check the situation”
Donna also agreed with the reconnaissance
“For everyone” were the ic keywords to move Donna
“I think I’ll support Fellow believer Orochi
There was a large error in the information we first received so I think we should retreat first, then seek instructions from Fellow believer Nebil”
Only Beck was in agreement with me
It was a very Beck-like view, since he had the role of shi+eld and was expected to protect the party members
Now then, the ainst two
Of course, it wasn’t as though I couldn’t clai the priority but, leaving Donna aside, it doesn’t seeuel or Elemia would assent to that
“……I got it
Then from there, search for another exit and escape
――That fine?”
At ave small nods
We decided on the actions to take in the e chased by the firedrake, then set about scouting out the firedrake’s lair
Taking up a line foruel, Donna, Beck, and finally me at the rear, we advanced to the lair
The inside of the lair was pitch-black
Thus, Eleht) at our respective lowest intensities to maintain a minimal amount of illumination
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The sand-coloured cloaks stood out all the more within the darkness, so we took them off and left them in the first hole
Also, the bulky ite nets were discarded as well, prioritising agility
Ele at the head was, of course, due to the value of her scouting ability
I was at the rear to be on the watch for the firedrake’s return, and I was to use all the ic I could to buy time if it did return
Beck, as in front offor the combat-weak Donna at times of need with his characteristic defensive ability
Melby, as invisible to everyone, listened carefully to the voices of the spirits, to spy on the movements of the firedrake
It wouldn’t be strange for the firedrake to return from behind us at any time
That said, eren’t in much of a haste, as there was also the risk of theus unawares
We continued at a steady march
Eleue Transference], but the nearby Miguel probably had Eleue transferred to him
I did tell Elemia to put some distance between us, but if she drifted too far aouldn’t be able to provide support at the critical moment
Then, Elemia stopped abruptly
Using hand signs, she signaled to us ere following to erase our presences, then using [Espionage Techniques] and [Darkness Magic] together to couish her own presence, she peeked inside from a corner
A few seconds later, with even more caution than at the start, Elemia returned to our side
Naturally, she didn’t co a noise or things like that
“……It’s there”
Elemia’s words were direct
“You say it’s there…… What is?”