Chapter 44 (2/2)
Miguel asked quietly
All of us couldn’t believe what she said next
“A Firedrake”
“……Huh?”
“A firedrake was there Also, this firedrake is larger than the one from before……!”
Elemia said, her face pale
“……Melby, can you sense them?”
“The fire spirits? Uh uh……It doesn’t seem like they’re there……”
Melby said with bewilderment
“If it’s you, Melby, could you approach it without being noticed and use [Appraisal]?
Her skill level was lower than mine, but Melby also possessed [Appraisal]
“I wonder……
If it’s not a corpse, that would mean it spoke to the fire spirits and told them not to stay near it
Perhaps it even rounded up the spirits to help with the construction of its lair?”
“H-hey… Are you saying that firedrake can use [Spirit Magic]?”
“It’s… possible
I can’t deny the possibility of a firedrake like that noticing my [Appraisal]
Rather, Ele discovered”
“Then, ithere”
“Yes Let’s quickly leave this place
Of course, take great care not to be noticed”
Ending the mental conversation with Melby, I turned to face the four children
“……Anyhow, let’s leave this place
That’s enough of a result for our reconnaissance
After this, we should survive and bring this information back to the Nest alive”
This time, no objection was voiced
However,
“But, which way do we go……?
Even if we returned, wouldn’t we come across the first firedrake……?”
Elemia said worriedly
“For the ti, we’ll return to the place ere at before we started descending
Until that point…… We can only pray that we don’t meet the firedrake”
“In that case, I’ll be the vanguard and scout
If it’s nearby then we’ll bypass it with Fellow believer Orochi’s [Earth Magic]”
Scouting is probably necessary
I think we’ll know about the firedrake’s approach because Melby is here, but there is the chance of the fire spirits separating like they did with the firedrake inside
“Got it
Be careful”
“Of course”
Elemia cautiously returned down the path we came
We were separated from Elemia, the scout, and the smaller firedrake was in front, so this tiuard, followed by Beck, Donna, and then Miguel in that order
Whether it be the hand signs fro of our clothes, <yatagarasu> ‘s training was as expected
As I advanced with caution, I address Melby
“I thought it was soer firedrake”
The breath flying towards where Elemia promised was safe had been because the firedrake Elemia identified before the landslide was the smaller one
Even though the firedrake should be inside its lair, suddenly co across a firedrake (the son to the one building a lair―a smaller one―had come to inhabit the lair
“Perhaps the ser one
The fire spirits gathering at the ser one asked the fire spirits to watch over the smaller one”
“They could also be there to keep watch, but the firedrake could si it
If the bigger one is a user of [Spirit Magic], then it could know the location of the child dragon by listening to the voices of the fire spirits”
I solved the e
The passing of ti
This was because we had beenour breaths
We were able to see the back of Eleone ahead, at the end of the cavern
No doubt, it was just ahead
I produced hand signs telling the three behind me to stop and had them wait there
While doing that, Elens
They were―― Leader Only Come Here
I use [Espionage Techniques] to approach Elemia
(Look)
Ele her lips
I only sent half my face around the corner and looked at the other side
There it is
Furthermore――
“It’s enraged……”
Just like Melby said, the (se
The firedrake was in front of the hole we had hidden and let it go past in
The firedrake thrust its head into the hole, dragged out the sand-coloured cloaks and wyvern-catching nets and such that we had discarded, and used its fangs and claws to tear them into pieces and trample on them
It see deceived
“……It ht not pass a second time if we use the same method”
Even if we retraced our steps and dug out a hole ain
Filling in the dug hole would be, of course, done from the interior so it wasn’t possible to confirm the completion of the exterior
And, the firedrake’s speed of detecting was probably faster than our rate of hole digging
Ita breath at the hole was enough to fear
In that case, we can preparing ourselves, exposing ourselves once, and slip past by the firedrake’s flank while heading towards the cave entrance ――wait, the entrance was buried by the bigger one’s lair-building breath, wasn’t it
Without losing someone as sacrifice to the firedrake?
I thought these guys amble
I don’t want to hear about so-and-so dying or anything
Isn’t there any good moves to make?
Then,
――Alright, I can only do that
I retracted my head from around the corner and asked Elemia to keep a lookout while I crouched and suns
Taking care not to let ic], I explain the strategy
“Yet another absurd tactic
But I suppose that’s all you can do”
Melby commented
The four children also approved of the strategy, albeit surprised
“――Alright, everyone must survive and return”
At ave tiny nods
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