Chapter 21
Chapter 21
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Posted on September 14, 2019 by PhantasmalMira
「Fuo―, Fuo―」
Hearing that sound, Michelle and Helena exchanged gazes . That unique sound akin to a low tune that of a flute . Michelle and Helena have understood that was the Whips in an instant .
「Get back, you all . Michelle-san, any magic gems? 」
「I guess I do have some . But I didn’t bring that much . Three is all . 」
「Sorry but, I will need your help . 」
「Of course . If I get stingy now and died, then there’s no meaning at all . 」
Helena and Michelle stood in front as if to cover for the others .
From the curving corner that led to the outside of the cave, something hard slithering as it moved was heard .
「Here it comes . 」
As if responding to Michelle’s voice, where the lantern light illuminated, a demonic being with a brown body appeared . With the lower body having scales like a snake, the upper body like a short-mane horse, and the head shaped like an owl and having a human-like features .
Its height was about two meters . The grotesque figure, with two front legs and its snake lower body, it gradually approached .
One hit from its short beak was even more powerful than the Despairs that was known as 『Despair of the Grasslands』 . In front of this demonic being, even a Ractor is only its prey .
「Fuo―, Fuo―」
The face that was covered with white feathers, let out a strange noise .
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The sound of the dry footstep from its front legs, became the countdown of Michelle and the others’ lives every time it sounded . There wasn’t a slightest hint of intelligence in its pupils, only the instinct of hunting a prey shone along with a reddish glint . It is the appearance of the strongest monster in Corsas forest, the nightmare called 『Whips』 .
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「Don’t ever come out front! 」
As soon as Michelle’s warning came out, the Whips opened its mouth wide, and a loud screech resounded .
「Fuo―OofuoOfuoo―, FuoOofuo――Ofoo―FuoO―oo―fuoO―! 」
The screeching that have a mix of different tunes is a Whips’s special ability to stealing one’s consciousness . Incapacitating them, with the meaning of bringing silent to the scene, it was called the 『Silent Song』among the mercenaries .
「Hansrick-san! Everyone! 」
Behind Michelle, Solte’s panic yell was heard .
「Michelle-san! Everyone collapsed suddenly……! 」
「Just leave them be! They just passed out! 」
Among the students, only Solte could endure the Silent Song . On the other hand, Michelle barely holding on to her own spirit while Helena easily withstood it .
「Ha―! 」
This time, it’s time for their counterattack, as Helena started swinging her sword . The Whips tried to move its upper body to dodge but, Helena’s attack was faster .
The sharp blade reached the Whips’s shoulders . However, the skin was much tougher than it looked, what were inflicted were just a few shallow cuts .
As if trying to crush Helena, it put all its upper body weight onto its feet and brought it down . The blonde swordswoman dodged with the slightest movement after predicting the area that it will land on .
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「Now! 」
Along with the yell, Michelle hurled a pebble-sized mineral towards the demonic being . It hit the torso of the Whips, letting a dry crackle before getting deflected . A beat later, the part that was hit started to be coated in a layer of ice .
What Michelle had hurled was, generally called magic gems . For people that are unable to use magic, they are a miraculous item that can bring the same effect as rudimentary attack magics .
Said to be a relic created in the ancient times or even mythological age, the technology to fabricate them are already lost . Since it is able to be used by anyone, and the rarity of it . Even the magic gems containing the most basic spells would cost a high price of five gold .
Of course, there are peddlers who normally brings it for self-defense, but it doesn’t mean they can use it freely .
「Doesn’t look like it’s effective at all . Well, I guess it’s better than nothing . 」
Having said so, the magic gem that costed Michelle quite a lot, didn’t look like it inflicted any serious damage to the Whips . Not batting an eye to Michelle who hurled the magic gem, it didn’t shift its hostility from the blonde swordswoman in front of it .
Helena’s sword danced in the narrow cave .
As she threw feints with small steps, she circled back to its back and dealt blows . But even though the damage is definitely piling up, the Whips didn’t show any sign of fatigue .
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The sword is just too small of a scale .
Against the skin that’s tougher than its looks, Helena’s sword is failing to deliver a critical hit . On the contrary, a single blow from the Whips is heavy . The sharp beak, the front foot that carried its weight, and the huge tail covered with scales, it wouldn’t be pretty if any of that landed .
Even so when Helena’s stamina is depleting by the minute as she moved continuously .
Inside the narrow cave that had little space to evade, six people to protect, it’s a situation that she can’t afford to be hit . And all of that have been cutting away at Helena’s stamina .
It could be that a moment like this is inevitable . The tail that swiped horizontally ripped apart the air and hit flatly on Helena’s flank .
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「Guah―! 」
Helena collapsed with a cry of agony .
「Helena! 」
「Helensan! 」
The Whips cried while looking at Helena that collapsed with a cold gaze .
「Fuo, FuoOO――! 」
That was as if announcing its own victory .
「Helensan! Healing……! 」
Towards Helena who is on her knees, Solte started running .
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「Idiot! Don’t go in front! 」
Michelle’s warning was late, as the Whips set Solte as its next target, it started approaching her .
「Ah, aaah……」
With the grotesque demonic being within few meters, Solte’s face was dyed in fear . Her eyes were wide as she looked at the Whips, but her body was unmoving as if bound by chains .
A ruthless pair of eyes along with a red glint reflected in her light red pupils .
The moment when Solte’s life is about to disappear, when the Whips aimed its beak at its prey’s head, it stopped moving suddenly . The demonic being ignored defenseless Solte who was its prey, and started looking around cautiously .
Without waiting for Michelle who couldn’t catch up to the change in situation, the second surprising change came .
「BuaaAa――! 」
Suddenly, a surreal scream came from the Whips . It started coiling around sporadically as its lower body splashed out blood .
「Sword……? 」
The first who noticed was Michelle . The long lower body of the Whips that is covered with scales . A part of it is dyed red in blood .
Where the blood spurted out in large volume, a short sword stuck on it . But where that short sword had appeared from, no one there could’ve answered .
Along with the agony cry of the Whips, something flew in from the entrance along with the sound of tearing apart the winds . By the time Michelle perceived that sound, the second short sword had lodged itself on the Whips’s head .
Even if a demonic being have tremendous stamina, there’s no way it can be alright after getting its head punctured . Leaving behind a loud cry of pain, it collapsed onto the ground after a short moment .
As Michelle and the others were standing on the ground in a daze, from the entrance, footsteps of multiple people were heard .
「Michelle-san! Helena! You alright!? 」
The purple-haired man who hurried here first, was Clente who went to Thoria to find help .
And following him, the other escorts that was with Michelle before came . And behind them, the figures of mercenaries that Michelle have never seen before appeared . It seems that Clente have fulfilled his job properly .
「Just in time……」
At the sight of the long-waited rescue party, Michelle breathed a sigh of relief .