Chapter 34
—Raust—
「Why……」
As the hydra approaching, I let out my hoarse voice .
「… What? Is this real?」
「Why there is a hydra here! Monsters shouldn’t be able to use the transfer formation, right!?」
「… No, that’s a mutated monster . That hydra comes here from the deep into the meadow by itself . 」
「Huh? You’re joking right?…… That hydra, if it’s by human legs standard, it would take a week of continuously moving at that speed from that distance!」
「This is hopeless……」
And then, a bit later than me, the adventurers also noticed the hydra and became agitated .
「What the, why a mutated hydra…」
……While others were agitated, I muttered so .
From its six heads, it was clearly hostile at me .
It showed that hydra was the one I cut two of its heads off .
And if it was indeed the same hydra, the time it took to mutate was too short .
Certainly, when injured, the rate of a monster absorbing magic power from surrounding would increase, which would shorten the time it would take for them to mutate .
Even so, it still would take somewhere around three to four months .
No, in the first place, for that hydra to still alive was stranger .
Mutated super-high difficulty monsters’ abilities were incomparably stronger than its pre-mutated state .
That was why, it was common for super-high difficulty monsters to be subjugated before it was mutated .
What happened, why the hydra came to this place, as I started to think that……
「Run away! Now!」
「… It’s useless . Look at that speed, even if we run now……」
「Shit! Why at this time!」
I was brought back to my senses from the other adventurers’ scream .
「Kh!」
Right, this is no time to ponder about that .
The important thing is that a mutated hydra is coming this way, not why the hydra is mutated .
… Also, it was obvious it wouldn’t take that long for the hydra to arrive here .
「Shit…」
Staring at the incoming calamity, I felt my knee about to buckle from the despair and fear .
…… This hydra, I was certain that even if everyone currently here fought this, we still couldn’t win .
During that time I made a certain decision . While the hydra is approaching, I must do what I can to protect the existence I want to protect the most .
「Narsena, run away by yourself . 」
「Kh!」
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When I looked back after saying that with a smile, I saw Narsena’s face distorted in fear .
It couldn’t be helped .
After all, even me was cowering in fear from the hydra .
「But, Onii-san will……」
However, even in that state, Narsena worried about me more .
Perhaps, Narsena really wants to run away from here .
but in a situation like this, she is worried about me .
… With that, I already satisfied .
「Please, go . 」
「No! It’s no use if it’s not together with Onii-san!」
Even when Narsena said so, I didn’t move away from this place .
Besides, while I felt joy, I also felt guilty .
「The speed of that Hydra is abnormal . I can’t escape from that hydra . But if it’s only you, you can escape . That’s why, I beg you, only you can protect the people in this city, Narsena . 」
「………!」
Teary-eyed, Narsena bit her lips when I brought the citizens into this .
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I felt guilty about this .
I understood the most that the way I word that was unfair .
Still, even if I was unfair and deceived the most important person to me, if I could save Narsena, I would accept anything even if it would disgrace me .
「That is… I will not accept that!」
… And yet, what came out from her mouth wasn’t the words of resentment I expected her to say .
After once again biting her lips, she turned to look at the nearby adventurer .
The adventurer was trembling as he was already despaired, even so, without minding his condition, Narsena grabbed his collar and shouted at him while shaking him violently .
「Get a grip! Hurry up and go let the adventurer guild know!」
「Gh! Shut up! It’s too late! We will die …」
「So you want to be killed now instead? Because I will do so if you don’t go now!」
「Hyiii~」
From Narsena’s scolding, the despaired adventurer remembered his fear of her .
Apparently, he was one of the adventurers that Narsena had knocked down . With Narsena threating him, his face became pale, and then he ran back to the adventurer guild with a speed that didn’t look like he was injured .
「I will fight too, Onii-san!」
After confirming the adventurer was running back, Narsena said so to me who was still dumbfounded by the series of event .
「……Why did you do that?」
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…… I unconsciously muttered that when seeing Narsena .
Because even now, she was still trembling from fear, I thought if I made a sound reason for her, she would leave this place .
Having declared her intention to fight together with me, maybe because she became emotional, but she shed her tears .
… However, even in her emotional state, her trembling didn’t stop .
Narsena feared the hydra that much .
Because of her ability, she could accurately understand the mutated hydra’s strength, which didn’t let her stop shaking in fear .
In that state, she still told me she wanted to fight together with me .
「I beg you, please—」
Only because I understood her fear that I thought her words were just a bravado .
That was why, I thought I would be able to convince her and looked into her eyes .
「———!」
It was then I noticed the light dwelled inside her eyes .
Narsena couldn’t withstand her fear of the hydra which made her body tremble .
So I believed I would be able to convince her, but that was a misunderstanding .
Even though she never thought she would be able to win against the hydra, Narsena hadn’t given up yet .
In that state, she still put her hope on something .
「If Onii-san is with me, there is no way we can lose!」
Seeing her state as she said so, I recalled a certain memory……