20. The Triangle of Death
The talisman with the word ‘獅’ glowed red and a long blue spear came out from it. [TN: The word read as, ‘shishi’, which means Lion]
I equipped the spear in my right hand and pulled it to the back.
“――hm! GROWWW!!!!”
I put Red and Green Mana into the spear to strengthen and extend it.
The handle of the <Lion Spear> would grow by putting Green Mana into it, and the shape would be maintained by putting in Red Mana.
The tip of a strongly extended spear pierced the hand holding the bone’s sword, the right hand of the living body from the side.
Red blood came out and a bone sword fell to the ground.
“Hm? There is an insolent person here…”
The {Corpse Emperor} glanced at me without changing his expression.
SHHH!!... cold air ran on my spine.
As expected, he was a ‘monster’ that couldn’t be compared with the other monsters around.
I stepped forward from the shade, while keeping an eye on him.
“Ohoho, General, I knew it, in the end, it will be like this, huh?!”
“Seal!”
Two idiots were looking at me with happy faces.
Do you really understand the situation we’re in right now?… Seriously, These guys…
――But what is it… somehow, after I stopped hesitating, I feel lighter.
“I’ll throw that girl here. When you caught the girl, wait at the southern shore!”
“After helping the girl, what about you?”
“I’ll run away after attracting their attention.”
I slid down from the high ground.
“D-do you have some sort of plan?!”
Ignacio said with a worried voice.
But, I laughed at it bitterly.
“No plan! I’ll do some improvise!”
With Red Mana, I strengthened my legs, and started running at full speed toward the girl who sit down on the ground.
A bunch of small fries blocked me. I knocked down the monsters with the <Lion Spear> and held the girl in my right arm.
“A… ah…!”
“Don’t talk! Bite your tongue!”
With the momentum, I half-rotated and threw the girl to the place of Carrs on the hill.
Seeing Carrs successfully catch the girl, I changed my concentration to my survival.
―― There are three monsters that I should be careful of.
A horse monster, about to be a <JINMA>. Let’s name it {Orobas} for now. [TN: Orobas, in demonology, said to be a powerful Great Prince of Hell, its shape is a horse]
A giant with green hair that if it stands, its face may be seen from outside the forest, {Troll}.
Then, probably the leader of this island, the {Corpse Emperor}.
The one, I need to be most vigilant about is definitely the bone guy. But how can he just sit down in front of me, on that throne, so carefree like that?
“Good. I will keep my hands off. Keep struggling, living being.”
“Well, thanks…”
The murderous intent and pressure disappeared.
He’s really not going to do anything?
Thanks then, now I only need to focus on the two.
{Orobas} hasn’t aimed at me yet. And {Troll} is…
“Oops…!”
A huge round shadow was reflected on the ground.
Looking up, {Troll} raised its leg and was about to trample me.
“Hey, that’s not funny!”
Its leg stepped down.
Just right when I wanted to run to dodge it, at the same time {Orobas} was accumulating green particles.
I was trapped.
“This is bad. No, wait a minute…”
A good idea came to my mind.
I remembered the terrain of this village and took the direction of ‘that place’.
Suddenly, it felt so windy.
The green particles created by {Orobas} turned into gusts. The scale was much larger and bigger than when I saw it before.
I bounced to the right at the right time. And a gust of wind passed through.
The gust became a blade of the wind and crashed into the hut behind me. Yes … It was the hut where the small demon was carrying our luggage.
With the power of that wind, all the objects in the hut were torn apart. In other words, the talisman where Ash was being sealed inside should have been destroyed… If my luggage was really in that hut.
“Ashhh!!!! A big pinch!! Surrounded by monsters!! Please! Help me!!!!!”
I arranged the words that came to my mind, ignoring the context.
The {Troll} Raised its arm. My shout attracted its attention.
―― WHOOSH!… There was a sound of the wind.
{Orobas} was creating the next Wind Magic earlier than expected.
“Damn―― “
I reflexively solidified my whole body with Red Mana.
The wind tore my skin and clothes. The damage was light, so I tried to recover as soon as possible, but then, I noticed that my leg was being held by bone arms.
I turned to the {Corpse Emperor}. He put his right hand forward, creating a yellow aura.
“I said, I will keep ‘my hands’ off….”
“B*stard …!”
Calmly got rid of the bone with the spear in my hand.
“Hmm. It looks like this is it.”
FWOOSH! WHOOSH!… I heard the sound of the air going crazy.
When I noticed, a huge green fist was approaching in front of me.
―― I screwed up.
It was too late to try to defend it now.
I was too reckless.
too rash.
…Does my life note end here?
” ―― “
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Three seconds had passed since I gave up. I still had my breath.
“Hoho?”
I heard a voice that sounded as if the bone guy was impressed.
I opened my eyelids slightly. Then I saw the back of a naked girl.
“Ash… is that you?”
When I asked, I got a reply in a frustrated voice.
“I’m not Ash ―― I’m Shura!!!”
I opened my eyes clearly and looked straight ahead.
A petite girl held the huge fist with both hands. While shaking her long brown hair…
“After the seal was broken, did you switch places immediately…?”
“You…! I’ll definitely beat the hell out of you later! I’ve many complaints! But first of all, this guy! ――URRAAAA!!! “
Shura changed the direction of the green fist to the ground.
And immediately, Shura ran on that green right arm and accumulate Mana in her fist. The Red Mana that distorted the scenery converged.
Shura had a right fist shining in scarlet color. With that fist, she punched and shook the {Troll} face.
“Don’t look down on me, you blockhead!!!!”
BOOM!!… A sound similar to the sound of ground rumbling echoed.
Shura hit its face. The {Troll} couldn’t stand the shock and its back fell into the forest.
Well, as expected of Shura.
If I were a woman, I would have fallen in love with her.
Shura landed right in front of me.
“All of you, advance.”
A group of monsters came to attack all at once at the command of the corpse.
I and Shura took a distance after we killed the front row of the army of demons.
“Let’s run away! It’s too many!”
“Alright. Then, hug me now! Shura!”
I spread my arms.
“Roger! ――Huh! ?? What are you talking about?!!”
Shura’s cheeks became red while staring at me.
“Come! I’ve got a plan!”
“B, But! M, my appearance right now… I’m naked…”
“We don’t have time! Hurry up!”
Shura dived into my chest, saying, “Aaah, whatever!!”
I embraced Shura, and pointed the <Lion Spear>’s tip (the bottom part) diagonally toward the ground.
“Shura! Put Red Mana into this spear! As much as you can!”
“Huff… I understand!!”
Shura grabbed my shoulder with her right hand and grabs my spear with her left hand.
While holding Shura, I held the handle at the part higher than where Shura’s hand was, it was closer to the spearhead.
“Now!”
I frantically put Green Mana into the spear. I resolved to use up the Green Mana I had.
At the same time, Shura put Red Mana into the spear.
The position to extend was near the ridge, and we who were holding the spear should be pushed up.
Unlike the time when I just got the <Lion Spear>, I was able to put in my Green Mana efficiently because I could concentrate only on Green Mana and Blue Mana. The spear pressed against the ground stretched, and the impact was transmitted throughout the body.
“Uuoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!”
―― The island looked small.
I flew to the sky above the sea on the east side of the island at once. The place where we were before could be seen in the distance.
I know it’s not the time to think about this but, what a beautiful view. The blue of nature surrounding the green ground is beautiful. The wind feels good too.
The spear grew more than I imagined.
I wouldn’t have been able to do such a trick on my own because of the difficulty of manipulating a lot of different Mana at the same time.
“Seal! The monster is climbing the spear!”
“No problem!”
Small demons were climbing up the spear.
I took out an empty talisman.
” ―― ‘CLOSE’ “
With the spear being sealed again inside the talisman. The small demons ―― I and Shura were falling.
“Uuooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! After all, will I die here??!!”
The blue sea was just in front of me.
I strengthened my body with Red Mana and prepared to dive into the sea, but Shura didn’t seem to like that idea, so she grabbed my neck and adjusted the landing position in the air.
We landed on the sandy beach along the east shore of the island.
Shura landed on both legs, and I, whose collar was being pulled, landed on my back.
“It hurts?!”
Sand smokes filled the field of vision.
I flinched with the pain of being hit on the sandy shore.
“Why not on the sea but here?!”
“Are you stupid?! There are monsters in the sea. And what if your talisman gets wet and can’t be used?”
“Oh, that’s true.”
Shura gently touched my back.
“Are you okay? Does it still hurt?”
“No, it’s not that much because the sand has become a cushion when I landed. I also protected my body with Mana.”
“I see, that’s good ―― Then I’ll hit you once.”
“Urrgh?!”
For a moment, I thought I had a hole in my belly.
A knuckle of such power hit my abdomen directly.
The back pain I got, couldn’t be compared to it. I couldn’t even flutter this time.
“When I noticed, I was naked and surrounded by hordes of monsters. Do you understand the feelings of a girl when she is put in that situation??? Heyy, do you understand my feelings?!!”
“I, I’m sorry …”
After bowing, I lent my cloak to Shura.
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That must have been traumatic lmao
Poor Shura… but I don’t think she really minds lol
Thanks for the chapter!
I felt so bad for Shura and Ash this whole time. He better make it up to them somehow.
Shura, you ass…he has to deal with enough crap as is without you throwing a childish tantrum. You’re gonna get it later.