Chapter 21
Chapter 21 The Silver Wolf in the Cage
We went inside the tenth-level hole, it was a slightly dim downhill passage .
“It looks like Chrono and Sofia have found a new route . ”
“Is that so? At last, I could see the light . ”
“Ah, really!”
After a few minutes on foot, we came out to a large, bright room .
It’s a big room with the highest ceiling than any room I’ve ever seen .
Some of the trees that made the room had the property of emitting light, and the light shone enough to look good from one corner of the room to the other .
Because of such a good view, something stands out, it was placed in the center of the room .
“Is that a box?”
A box made of dark trees and shaped into a rectangular parallelepiped sat in the center of the room . Somehow it had a cage-like shape . And if you looked closely at what was inside,
“Oh, there’s someone inside . ”
“Eh!? …… Oh, it’s true!
Liza, who watched it closely, raised her voice . There was a girl with silver hair .
“–Yeah, it’s Salamado! She was here!”
It was Salamado who enter the dungeon earlier .
Perhaps she heard Liza’s voice, the girl called Salamado stood up and turned with a weak movement .
“… Demon King? Why are you here?”
“Oh, good . You are conscious . ”
The girl in the cage had wolf-like ears on her head and a wolf-like tail . Certainly, according to the information, she is a lycanthrope .
… But it’s a girl…
It was unexpected because there was no information . When I was thinking about it, Liza was trying to get close to The Cage where Salamado was .
“I’ll go over there now to help . Wait a moment…”
“–No, don’t come . ”
But the moment Liza took a few steps, the silver-haired girl shook her head .
“Huh? Why?”
“This is a trap”
“Well, is that so? Is it a monster? But that’s fine . Hey, Chrono . ”
“Oh, well, monsters are fine . ”
I walked to Liza while taking out the contract seal stone .
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“Monsters don’t go against it anymore . Because this freshman Chrono found the contracted stone like this . ”
Perhaps hearing Liza’s words, and being surprised at the sign of my contract seal stone, Salamado opened her eyes slightly . And the ears attached to her head were twitching .
“Be relieved . ”
Liza goes closer, saying that . However,
“It’s amazing to find the contract seal stone … . but still you can’t . No matter how much you try to avoid the monsters with the contract stone, the trap here is a Demon King’s legacy . I’m not sure if it’s going to work . So no, run away…!”
As soon as we approached the cage, the trees around the cage suddenly rose . They made a wind-like noise and started moving .
“Oh, Krono! Pull back!”
“Oh, yes, I understand . ”
But the trees hit faster than we could move . They bent like a whip and aimed at my face . However,
“Ah, this is slower than the first Demon King’s spear . ”
Thankfully, this was avoided .
It could only move in a straight line from the tree’s growing line, so I managed to deflect it and escape with Liza .
“Well, it was dangerous . ”
As she spoke to Liza, wiping away the sweat on her cheeks, she burst into laughter .
“Ah, yeah . I think I saw it that day, but … is there a difference in speed between the spear and the whip?”
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“Yeah, Lizsan, did you see that? The whip of that tree . ”
“Yes . I could see it better than the spear sticking out, but I guess I am not certain to say that this was slower . Hey, Sofichan”
“Yes, I could see it, but … how can we avoid it?”
They don’t seem to agree with my opinion . Well, it’s a matter of getting used to it, so I guess It can’t be helped . And the important thing now is not how to avoid or how fast it is .
“In any case, that whip is still dangerous, so let’s move the floor for now . ”
The first thing to do is to eliminate the whip of that tree . That’s why I put the “chain of control” on the floor . And I slid the floor as hard as I could . Then…
“Wow…”
First, the cage, which seemed to be connected to the floor, was cut off by the slide and rolled . And
-Butchi .
With the heavy sound, all the whips of the trees that had grown around the cage were torn off from the growing line . Then they collapsed as they had lost their energy .
“Hmm, the movement of the whips has stopped, this can help Salamado . ”
“Yes, it’s okay . Thank you, Chrono . But Chrono’s power is a plague to all the installed traps . ”
“That’s right . I’m surprised at the installation system, and it’s helpful to have good compatibility . ”
While saying that, I approach the damaged cage .
“Eh …”
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In the half-broken cage, Salamado looked like he had no idea what was going on .
Because I moved it suddenly, did she lose even the legs? Or did she weaken in the cage?
In any case, it’s dangerous to leave it as it is, I put my hand in the cage to rescue her .
“Can you grab it?”
“Yup……”
The thin arms of Salamado grabbed weakly my hand . I think it’s better to pull her up seeing how weak she was .
When I thought that, I slowly pulled her up from the cage and lifted her with both hands . Her body was smaller than expected, so I was able to lift her .
I tried to put him down on the floor, but Salamado swung her beautiful silver eyes and stared at me grabbing the hem of my clothes .
“Um, what’s going on?”
“You are … what are you?”
Then she tilted her head and asked a question .
It’s hard to answer when asked “what”, but should I tell her objective facts anyway?
“–I’m a normal demon, and I am going to be your junior . So, thank you, Salamado sempai . ”
“A normal demon… I’m not sure, but . Nice to meet you . ”
It wasn’t a treasure anyway, but I seemed to succeed in getting a senior . It was a senior with a much smaller body than me .