Episode 288
We returned to the villages of Izushi, but negotiations with the Cat people, who had taken care of each village, were difficult.
"Asson-sama's treasure is the very significance of the existence of cats."
A black cat with a serious expression, but with a serious expression, nods a calico cat.
"Yes. It's our mission to protect that treasure. Even though Asson was a human, I can't hand it over to people today."
That's right.
And there is another more compelling reason.
Izushi called it straightforwardly.
"If Asson-sama's treasure is gone, we'll have trouble with our lives. Will the people of Wa take care of our lives?"
"What about ..."
I don't think it's true, but I am muddy with a vague response.
I have no choice but to tone down the request.
"That treasure can explode at any time. Now that we're recruiting the best magicians from Miraludia, can you just let us investigate?"
"Well, that's about it ..."
Cats look away.
After placing the treasure here, Ason must have traveled to find a magician specializing in magic tools. But he did not return.
So cats know that this treasure needs to be investigated.
I know, but they seem to have a strong sense of resistance.
"I've been living well with people until now."
The cats of the tea tiger, in unskilled tone, all nodded.
"I didn't think I could continue my current life."
"I hope that's good."
I don't have to work.
If I were in the same position, I would feel the same.
Izushi glances at my face.
"I haven't had any danger for about a thousand years, so what about the rest of the millennium? What can I do if I can't do it? I can do it for 100 years.
Thank you for your honest opinion. What can be said obediently is rather worthy of respect.
But of course, it's impossible to say, "I've been safe for a thousand years, so I have another thousand years."
I understand that kind of psychology, but that is probably a decade.
"I'm not trying to rob cats of treasure or life. I'm just a magician saying that it's in danger."
Cats have no magicians. In the past it seemed fine, but everyone stopped learning magic because it was no longer needed.
So, now, no cat can understand this sense of crisis.
As expected, everyone has a cool face.
“Hmm ...
"Yes, I don't want to work."
Izushi is too obedient to say, and everyone is nodding at it.
I really understand how I feel, but I don't want these honest people to die.
A muddy cat man rushed to the meetinghouse when he was wondering how to persuade him.
"It's hard to beat! @Ohji, our settlement is important!"
"Oh, isn't that Chicna?
When the black cat turns around in a hurry, the muddy cat shouts.
"A monster is attacking the village!"
what?
According to a cat man who rushed from a neighboring village, an eerie monster stormed the village's food storage.
"It looks like a tiger, but it has wings, and its tail is a snake ..."
"Nue?"
Cats have steep faces.
Apparently, even here, the chimera monster is transmitted as "Nue".
Fortunately, there seems to be no casualties among the cats. Nue said that she ate some food and left.
I immediately remembered my mission.
"It seems to be related to the livestock theft case. Jerik Corps is preparing for battle!"
"Oh, General! Even if you say, there's only me and Geor?"
"It was"
The other two returned to the city as courier.
I will come back soon, but now I and my two friends have to do something.
Immediately after we transformed, we ran through the wilderness and arrived at the next village.
He picks up the scent of Nue in the deserted food storage of the neighboring village and works hard to learn.
In fact, I'm not as sensitive as any other wolf about non-human odors. Perhaps because the OS installed in the brain is human.
"It's a tiger, but I don't know. Jerik, Geor, I asked."
"Let's leave it, General"
"I remember this, captain."
I rely on you.
When we, or rather, the Jeriks followed the traces, we saw a forest with hidden treasures.
"You escaped to a troublesome place."
Geor looks sober. Forests are a great hunting ground for tiger-based demons.
This is also a place where forests are good, but it is disadvantageous because you do not understand the land.
But I laughed and hit Geor's shoulder.
"There is only one Nue witnessed. There are three of them. I won't lose."
"And one of them was the strongest hero of the werewolf.
Jerik winks, but if you expect too much, your heart pounds and I want him to stop.
I'm happy to be trusted, but it's a heavy burden.
Anyway, we're transformed, we step into the woods and proceed with caution.
At that time, information was being transmitted among the cats, and armed cats were gathering from all over the villages.
"Mounting!"
"No, it's a forest, isn't it?"
"Forest hunting!"
"I don't get any power."
Cats who are carrying meows with big scythes and hatches, but apparently are not likely to be ate in terms of force.
Even if it is inevitable to be small, a hand with a scythe is not that of those who enjoy martial arts.
His ability to fight seemed to have diminished because he lived in a place where no other races were.
Originally, it is doubtful that a hundred cats could defeat a werewolf alone. We'll do something here.
"Jerik and Geor should act as a team. Drive him away. I will kill you."
"Is it the most dangerous role again?"
"That's right, no one is going to die, right?"
Fight in the most dangerous places because you are the strongest. That is the common sense of strong demons.
I separate from Jerikh and go into the forest alone.
I'm using magic to enhance my perception, so now I can clearly see the smell of Nue. In the darkness of the forest, the beasty smell of a man continues like a band.
The smell is getting thicker. Partly due to the approach, Nue seems to have stopped moving. If you stay in the same place for a long time, the smell will remain clearer.
I looked for a rocky area that could be used as an ambush downwind and decided to hide there.
Jerikh and his colleagues approach Nue from the windward, wielding the smell on purpose. Since the wolf smells like a beast, Nue will be wary.
I'm downwind, so both smells flow like logs.
Alright, Nue has flipped. Come here.
I have prepared a combat enhancement magic. Since the effect time is short, I want to use it as soon as possible.
Almost at the same time as I was ready, a huge body appeared from the darkness.
huge.
Not the size of a tiger.
Certainly it looks like a tiger, but this is already the size of an elephant.
And jet-black wings deeper than darkness. You can hear the sound of a surreal snake.
At the next moment, it came wildly at me.
It seems he has noticed an ambush. After all I am a second-class wolf hunter.
"Come on!"
I shout to inspire me.
In terms of the total amount of magic, it is incomparable to the brave, and its size is smaller than the island octopus. You can beat it.
"Woooooooo!"
Releases the demon's roar "Soul Shaker" and draws all the dense magic that fills the surrounding area to this side.
As expected, Nue seemed quite surprised by the Soul Shaker. The huge body that looked up became rigid for a moment.
But, as expected, it didn't seem to be fainting.
Then just smash them directly.
"If you don't come, let's go from here!"
I rushed while barking.