As soon as the people who kidnapped me went out of the barrier, I saw that some Hollows started swaying towards us from the group .
“Tsk, the Hollows reactions are faster than I thought they would be . ”
“Go to where the grove is! Hurry!”
I widened my eyes in surprised . I know these voices .
“It took us two weeks just to wait for a chance to snatch her . Why did they protect her this much when she’s not even important to this town?”
It’s the fake messenger .
“We can shake off the Hollows as long as we can get onto the Rug Dragons . Hurry up!”
The Hollows weren’t near us yet and there were two unrestrained Rug Dragons hidden under the shadows of the trees .
“What about her?!”
“The mayor’s daughter!? I took her along because I thought she would make a lot of noise, but she’s a burden . Just leave her here . ”
Idiots! If you leave her here then the Hollows would get her before help arrives .
This is bad . I started struggling with all I had . Amy was also struggling . As a result, “Argh,” the man threw Amy near the grove . I was dumbfounded . The person who kidnapped me was still holding onto me as he tried to get onto the Rug Dragon, but as soon as he let go off my mouth, “Eimyy . Yeww woudwy . ”
“Lei!” This isn’t the time to be calling out to me .
“Yeww . ”
“Brat, ah, ouch! She bit me!”
I bit the hand that was trying to shut me up and yelled, “KYAA!” Amy also yelled .
“Tsk . The people at the mansion noticed us! Go!”
“KYAA! YAA! Rug Drawgon! Hewp! Drawgon!”
The Rug Dragons were close to us . The other person was already on the other dragon, but the dragon reacted violently after it heard my voice so it took all the man’s strength to stay on .
“Drawgon! Hewp!”
“Kyee!”
The dragon, who had no one on it, kept trying to touch me because he was anxious, so the man, who was holding me, couldn’t really get on .
“Hurry! The Hollows are nearly here! Fark! I’m leaving first!”
“Wait!”
One person left and the other man turned around, “WAAH,” he shouted as he threw me .
“Tsk,” he clicked his tongue as he forcibly pulled the Rug Dragon, got on and ran away from the Hollows .
“Kyee!” The only thing that was heard was the Rug Dragon’s worried cry .
“Uoah . ”
“Lei!”
I somehow managed to get up and hugged Amy . It seemed like she was fine .
“Amy! Lei!” I heard a voice from the mansion . The distance between the edge of the barrier and here was about 50 meters .
“Let me go! I’m going to save Amy!”
“You can’t Ray! We can’t do anything if there’s no hunters around! Hurry! Hurry and get the hunters!”
“Let go! You have a Rhodolite sword right there! The Hollows are nearly on them!”
“We can’t do anything with our strength against that many Hollows!”
I raised my head at Ray’s voice and the Hollows were already approaching the grove .
“Eiimy, chu go . ”
Will we make it if we run? Amy hugged me as her body shook .
“Imposhshibwe . Can’th run . Ith’ww cathch up . ”
What if I run too?
“Lei wnowsh . Buth reawwy thoththering . ”
It doesn’t matter if I run or walk .
I looked up at the sky from Amy’s shoulders as she hugged me . It’s already night and the hunters have already gone out on their hunts .
Help won’t come .
“Fiwe . ”
I have no choice but to do what I can .
“Eimyy, thouch properwy . ”
“Lei?”
“Properwy . Yup . ”
Amy didn’t see the Hollows . She was sitting down properly and wasn’t kneeling down .
“Thhen- . ”
I also sat down as if Amy was holding me .
“Lei?”
“Don’th move . ”
I closed my eyes . Spread my magic out, so that it would cover Amy and I . Then, I changed the quality of the magic to be the same as a barrier .
*WHIRR*
“KYAA!”
“Don’th move . ”
The barrier shifted .
I felt the Hollows near us . We would touch them if we reach our hands out . My magic will run out if I stretch the barrier too far . Bart and Alistair will come and get us . I have to keep the barrier up until they come .
“It’s scary . ”
“Don’th move eben if chu’re shcared . Lei magwic . ”
“Lei,” Amy hugged me tightly . That’s fine too .
It was a barrier created from my magic . Whenever the Hollows hit the barrier the *WHIRR* vibrations directly resounded . There are animals from the forest in front of us . Is that a rabbit? There’s also something that looks like a wild boar . And of course there are humans too . They are all Hollows .
“Evans-san…”
“Eimyy?”
“I know, I know this person . Help, help us Evans-san!”
“Don’th move,” I yelled to stop Amy who was trying to stand up .
“But Lei- . ”
“Who’sh Evansh . ”
“Noah’s dad . Noah’s- . ”
“Oh yeh, Noah doeshn’th hab a dad . ”
“He was, attacked by Hollows, and passed away…”
He was attacked by this Hollow . They copied the image of the beings they attacked . That’s what Hollows are .
“Dad! Dad!” I heard Noah’s voice .
“It’s not! That’s a Hollow!”
*WHIRR* the barrier shook . It was hard to maintain the barrier while talking . I feel like this Hollow is strong .
“Eimyy . Quieth . ”
Amy nodded weakly .
*WHIRR WHIRR* the barrier shook and we were surrounded by Hollows . If I let my guard down then the magic will change and it’ll just become normal magic .
“Huwwy, quicwwy, Barth, Awishthair . ”
“Lei! Amy!”
Am I hearing things? I feel like I heard Alistair calling us from far away .
“Huwwy, quicwwy . ”
The Hollows presence is getting thinner?
“Barth, Awishthair . ”
The person named Evans shifted diagonally from his shoulders and disappeared . Behind him I saw, “Barth, Awishthair…”
I wasn’t imagining things .
“Lei! You did well!”
“Now, come here!”
“Eimmy?”
“She’s fine . ”
Amy disappeared from behind me without me noticing and was being hugged by the mayor . I’m glad . Even so- .
“Thoo hard for a babwy . ”
I fell on my back .
“Lei!”
Someone caught me . I’m sure it’s Alistair . But, I’m tired .
“Lei…”
Let me rest a little, k?