Sairin Yuusha no Fukushuu Hanashi

Episode 5

There are countless trees that look up and form a forest.

Through the gap and into the back, the air clearly changed from before.

The forest is too quiet.

It's not just that there are no signs of living things, but I don't feel anything like living things from the trees.

It is strange to say in the post-mortem world - it was the feeling I had towards this forest that it was dead.

"Haa, haa. Ah shit, those bastards made me run for nothing."

Breaking the silence, Ryusus exhales a rough breath.

"That's why I've been telling you so many times since I was in the royal castle, it's better to keep up the strength."

Stop your feet and line up beside them, looking at Lucifena in a dazed eye.

Lucifena, who fixes her disturbed hair with her hands, is not sweaty and has a flat expression.

"Don't ask the magician for health. It's better to train than the people around you."

"I can't say I've been trained to run 10 or 20 kilometers and I can't breathe out. I've already... told His Majesty that I don't need Mr. Ryusus even though I tried to train jointly with a knight and a sorcerer to coordinate in battle."

"A magician is a magician because he uses magic."

"If you say so, Iori-san can use magic and has physical strength. Look, Iori-san is also flat."

After turning his eyes towards us, Ryusus openly slapped his face and tongue.

"A muscular woman. I don't want to be with people like you who have muscle in their brains."

"Muscles... Fufu, Mr. Luisas, what are you doing now?

…………

Lucifena smiles with a smile, and Ryusus strays from her face.

Thirty years ago, my chest hurts like a reproduction of that day.

"How long have you been playing? Let's move on."

When you shout away your senseless sentiments,

"I don't know, but I know. The disturbed breath subsided. From now on, it's the territory of the Deva Kings. I'm going to erase the signs so I can't find you."

Together with his tongue, Ryusus wrapped us all in sign-blocking magic.

Lucifena started walking with her face tightened and her cheeks swollen in disgust.

"... I kind of hate the woods."

Walking on the dry ground, Lucifena felt the same way as me.

I agree without saying anything.

Dead Forest - Apart from that, I have another image.

Imagine a conflict with the feeling that you don't feel raw.

I got lost in the empty monster's mouth.

--Such a disgusting thing happened in this forest.

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- Deva King.

A person named after a demon clan that still belonged to the Demon King army.

If I hit my fist, my bones would break, if I slashed it with a sword, my blade would break, and if I hit it with magic, I wouldn't get a single wound.

A blow from a tough body breaks all defenses and destroys the battlefield.

A technique called "demonization” was the source of the strength of the Deva King.

A secret trick of the Oni clan that rapidly amplifies physical abilities and magic amounts.

Can't Iori-san's Spell Diva demonization be undone?

"I can't. When I fought Dionis a while ago, he was using demonization. I used magic robbery at that time, but it didn't work."

"That demonization isn't magic, is it? Either way, it's a race-specific ability. If you use magic tricks on the winged demon tribe, the wings won't disappear, right? It's the same."

If the opponent is attacking with pure power, you just have to confront it from the front.

But I don't know what happens when I have to think about the preservation of magic.

Like those skeletons, it is possible that they are coming to the underworld to increase their strength.

I would use "hero reproduction” if I had to, but if I could, I wouldn't have to fight.

It took about two hours to have such a conversation whispering.

Of course, I have never seen any other creatures.

But there was a change of scenery.

It's the color of the ground.

On several occasions in the distance, I saw that only some of the ground was red.

As you progress, you see more red soil.

Eventually, most of the direction of travel was red stained.

"What... what is it?

Face to face and slowly approach the red soil.

"This is...."

To take a closer look, the red was not soil.

Thin, stretched meat is on the soil.

The rotten smell runs through my nose.

"Don't smell so much... Underworld soil or something?

"Nah. But I've never seen anything like this before."

If you're in the underworld, I don't think it's strange that there's something like this in the world.

"It's strange.... let's poke it with a sword."

Please don't do this.

Stop it, you idiot.

Too poisonous to touch carelessly.

After observing it for a while, it was found that the meat was occasionally small and trembling.

Is he alive...?

Magic.

"What are you talking about?

"It's his power source. This lump of meat contains a lot of magic. It's a monkey made of some kind of magic."

If you look closely, you can see that magic is circulating inside the meat.

I thought I learned a lot about magic, but I didn't know what a lump of meat was.

He shook his head sideways as he gazed at Ryusus.

"I don't even know what kind of magic it is. What I don't know is kind of lost magic or meteorological magic. Do you think this kind of thing can be created in the underworld on your own, or..."

"--Someone made it."

"... I see. Then, it seems better not to inadvertently touch it. Iori-san, Luisa-san, please be careful."

I nodded to the conclusion as I exhaled alongside Ryusus.

It's the same as fighting monsters.

If you don't know, stay away from defenseless and ask how you are.

... I think it was Lucifena who taught me how to fight monsters.

Let's take a detour.

"Ahhh.... hey, Lucifer! Watch your step. Watch your step! Where are you walking with your eyes open?

"Hmm!? No, it's not, Mr. Ryusus! Looks like it's moving a little bit!

"Either way, be careful!

Drop their eyes on the stupid lump of meat.

... I have a bad feeling about this.

I feel like this is the cause of the discomfort I've been feeling since I entered this forest.

Nothing happens, so just keep going...

Dozens of minutes after you start walking around.

I realized I had a bad feeling.

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"--That's not going anywhere."

It's red on one side.

A lump of meat wrapped in a loose mucus filled one side of the forest.

The rotting odor emitted by meat lumps is no longer concentrated enough to choke back on your body.

Thoroughly filled with red from one tree to the next, we have no choice but to stop.

"... if everything goes this way from here, there's nothing to detour."

All visible areas are red stained.

It's impossible to move on.

"What should I do? Back in the woods, heading north?

"Don't be ridiculous. If I'm spinning, my ass will disappear. Until the Proof of the Brave loses its power, he says,"

"... yes. I can't afford to go back, and I can't leave this forest."

Behind Lucifena's gaze is a huge purple crystal.

If we get close to that crystal, the “First Demon King”, who protects it, will attack us.

Originally, I chose this forest to minimize the fight, but if I leave the forest, I will end up falling.

"There's no turning back. I can't even detour. Then we'll have to cut through here."

"Yes. Shall we clear the way with my slashing?

"It's too dangerous in a situation where you don't know what's going to happen. Ten to eighty-nine, if you touch that meat, you'll be attacked. At the very least, we should take some measures."

"Well, what is it? You're flying in the sky?

Ignore the frustratingly tangled Ryusus and go through his thoughts.

I don't know what that chunk of meat is, but at least it doesn't look safe.

You probably don't have vision or hearing because you don't do anything when you get close or talk in the neighborhood.

"That meat probably triggers the 'touch' and moves."

"Ah? That's right. That's why you avoided coming through first. Whatever it is..."

Think of it as a plan to move forward safely - 'not being noticed by what you touch'.

If you lose the sensation of that meat mass or something, or...

"Ryusas"

"... oh,“ paralyzed "?"

Like I said, Ryusus is ahead of me.

If you take away your senses with a “paralysis," it is possible that that meat mass will not notice you walking on it.

"I see! Then you can walk up there!

"I wish it was that simple."

Lucifena was delighted when she hit her hand, but Ryusus' expression was steep.

"Is there something wrong?

"... I see. If that's a monster or something, I think I can handle it with a paralysis. It's just a magic thing, and the story changes. There's plenty of possibilities to react to magic and move."

The very act of shooting magic can conflict with 'touching'.

One idea, but it's dangerous to try...

"Really... I'm sorry, I don't know much about magic... Throughout the 30 years of being taken over, the number of magic tricks available increased, but I don't have any idea what magic could be useful right now. I'm sorry I can't help you."

"Never mind. I can't come up with any more ideas right now."

"I can't think of anything else.... well, there's no way it's going to work. We'll have to try, won't we?

We have to go further than we can detour or go backwards.

If there is no more plan, we will have to do it.

"Nevertheless, danger is dangerous. You guys stay back for when something happens. I'll do it."

"Are you okay? I'm the one who made the call. Even if I do..."

"Stupid. I guess I'll put them back for when it wasn't okay. As soon as anything happens, you bastards help me. Knights and heroes, I'm sure you're used to protecting them."

"... oh, okay."

"Yes, I will help you as soon as anything happens"

We stand back and watch Ryusus stand on his cane.

I can't get rid of my bad feelings.

Draw out your sword and stand ready to tremble immediately.

- "Paralysis"

Magic is thrown into the flesh mass.

The flash was sucked in without a sound, and the clump of stupid meat stopped moving.

One, two, three, four, five.

In silence, time passes slowly.

"Success...?

The tense air was a moment of relaxation.

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--We realized our failure by the roar that echoed.

A bunch of meat bubbles all around me, rushing toward us like a tsunami.

That amount was sufficient to see that everything ahead was covered with meat lumps.

There are signs of vibrations approaching us from afar.

This lump of meat must have been the magic that the sensors, the Deva Kings, had stretched to capture the intruder.

In other words, it wasn't as easy as paralysis.

"Damn it!!"

"--Luisa woosh!!"

The momentum won't fade when Ryusus hits the flames of the pounding meat mass.

Lucifena and I will slash each other, but for a moment, we will stop the wave of meat.

"Otherwise, I'll have to smash it from the front!!"

"... damn it, I have to do it"