An Incompetent Explorer Who Failed to Make His High School Debut but Mastered Being a Human Being

Episode 292: Erasure

 Eye-burning light shoots out from my fist, forming a huge straight line and attacking the Sacred Tree Eater.

"Pigyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

 The Sacred Tree Eater tries to escape by flying away from the light, but it is not possible due to the size of its range.

-Juu!

-Parin!

 The Sacred Tree Eater is engulfed in light and makes a sound like mosquitoes getting too close to a fire and being scorched. Immediately after that, a sound like breaking glass spread in the space, and the light emitted from me stretches towards the sky and eventually disappears.

"Haa ... Haa ..."

 Fatigue attacks me because I gathered all my energy into my fist without thinking about it.

 I strain my eyes to see what happened to the Sacred Tree Eater that had been swallowed by the light.

 However, no matter how long I wait, the Sacred Tree Eater doesn't seem to come back to life.

 I fall to my knees in relief.

 What exactly happened to me?

 I feel like I lost myself in anger and gathered a tremendous amount of energy and punched it.

 Even that super-famous manga featuring vegetable people evolved with anger. Something similar may have happened to me.(TN:DBZ in case you somehow didn't get this one.)

 A Super Explorer, so to speak? Explorer person?

 It doesn't feel right.

"~~ !? Nanami!? Shia!?"

 I suddenly remember that this is not the time to say such things, and rush over to Nanami and the others.

-Suu suu

 Everyone seems to have fainted, but they seem to be alive and breathing.

"Nanami, wake up."

"Onii-chaaaaan ... Munya munya ... Chu ~ ... Fugya!?"

 When I lift Nanami up, she tries to kiss me while muttering in her sleep, so I express a Chop of Love on her head.

"Wake up without doing strange things?"

"Huh? Here is? We ... what happened?"

 Nanami raises her body that was entrusted to me, and after looking around restlessly, she turns her face towards me and tilts her face.

"I'm sorry. I was going to be a shield when the breath attacked suddenly, but I couldn't kill the power with just my Jersey."

"Eh, no, is Onii-chan safe? No injuries?"

 When I apologize for not being able to protect her, she worries about me and touches various parts of my body to check for any injuries.

"A, ah, I'm fine. Is there anything strange with Nanami's body?"

"Yeah, I don't think so ..."

 I pull Nanami over and ask her, and Nanami checks her body while touching it here and there.

"Sacred Tree Eaters are different from dungeon monsters. Just drink this."

"E, Elixir!?"

 Nanami is surprised when she sees the bottle I give her.

 She might be confused about using such an expensive medicine when it certainly seems there's nothing wrong.

 But, even though it looks like nothing happened, it's an unknown monster separate from the dungeon. It's also possible that it had a virus that could infect or parasitize something. It's better to keep such things in mind.

"Oh, it's best to be careful. If you don't drink it yourself, I'll force you to drink it."

"A, alright. I'll drink it properly."

 Seeing me frightened, Nanami hurriedly takes the bottle of Elixir from me and starts drinking.

"Puhaa!! I'm alive again!!"

 Nanami 'gokyu gokyu' gulps the Elixir down her throat in one gulp, exhaling and shouting like an old man drinking beer after taking a bath.

"No, it's Elixir, so you're not wrong with that line, but are you an old man?"

"It's the fault of the Elixir being so delicious!!"

 As I stare at her with a blank look, Nanami pushes the blame onto the Elixir.

"Haa ... Well, I hope you're doing well. Well then, let's split up and wake up everyone else. Nanami, Rei, please."

"Roger!!"

 After I give up with a sigh, I split up with Nanami and wake up Shia, Amane, and Rei, and make them drink an Elixir without question.

 It seems that nothing happened to anyone.

 If it was just a baseless worry, that's fine.

 There are still more Elixirs in stock.

"He ~ y!! Are you okaaaaaaaaay!?"

 As we sit down and talk with weak smiles, I hear a familiar voice behind me. It's Sarion-san.

"O, oh ... !! You're safe!! So, where did the Sacred Tree Eater go? The barrier was broken, but did it fly off somewhere?"

 Sarion-san looked around in search of the Sacred Tree Eater, but he missed it because it wasn't in the vicinity, and he misunderstood that it had flown off somewhere.

"No, I killed it?"

"Ha?"

 When I speak to correct his misunderstanding, Sarion-san exposes a stupid face and freezes while leaking out a hysterical voice.

"To be precise, it's correct to say that it was completely erased."

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?"

 When I try to explain it again, Sarion-san is even more surprised and roars at the sky.

 Contrary to his androgynous appearance, that roar puts Luck to shame.

 Wonn!?

 Somewhere, a black wolf-type monster is perplexed.