Chiyu Mahou no Machigatta Tsukaikata ~Senjou wo Kakeru Kaifuku Youin~ Chapter 18

Novels

It seed the n were lying in wait behind the surrounding trees .

What made them stand out was the fact that they wielded western-like swords and knives in their tightly gripped hands .

The bandits numbered around 19 and their group stopped approaching ours when they were about 10 ters apart .

The guards pointed their swords at the n in front of us . Inukami-senpai had her hand on the hilt of her blade due to the tension . Then, we could hear soone frivolously laughing within the group of bandits . After a few monts, the bandits all joined in and laughed along with him . The laughter actually helped us settle down a little .

Heeeh, being able to find prey all the way here, I really am lucky!! Aint that right, brothers!?!?

Yes, head!

The person with the shaved head, which I assud to be the leader, said so along with his henchn .

I wonder why, normally I should have felt terrified, and yet I didnt feel afraid in the slightest .

Fueeeh . You bunch, if you dont want to get hurt then leave all your money here .

Who would give it!?

Is that alright? You think you can win against these numbers? If you cant, then youll have to .

Following that statent, the bandits raised vulgar laughs .

Inukami-senpai, who was next to , slowly pulled on the cuff of my clothes .

I see, Senpai was a girl too . Youd normally be frightened if so guys suddenly raised vulgar laughs .

Usato-kun, Usato-kun, those are real bandits!

Senpai, you never fail to impress .

She wasnt afraid at all . As expected, Inukami-senpai was Inukami-senpai .

The bandits were staring at the guards but suddenly raised a distorted grin as their line of sight moved towards and Inukami-senpai .

Kukukuku The ones in the back are good, we can definitely take them back . Before we had the problem of not having enough loot but it seems like its solved with this now eh!

You bastards! You heretics!

Heretics? Hahaha, as far as were concerned, thats a complint!! . Nn? Looks like theres a monster here .

One of the bandits standing relatively closer to looked in my direction and had a blue face when Bluerin entered his sight . What was it? Was it really so strange for a human to be taking a monster along with him?

B-Blue Grizzly! Aint that a Blue Grizzly? What a thing youre bringing along!!

? Bluerin, are you in fact sothing really amazing?

Hmph .

Of course was what Bluerin tried to say .

Well, this attitude was an improvent from his usual unproductiveness .

Shifting my attention from Bluerin to the henchn, one of them seed to be talking to their leader .

Head, its still a cub! We could still raise it ourselves!

Is that so!!

You guys . Thats right . Weve long past the level of commoners, theres nothing to be afraid of . Lets goooo!!!

I wonder if he was trying to console his henchn due to his dignity as a head . Or rather, these bandits used to be commoners? Was that why there clothes and equipnt were all worn-out?

However, they were the ones coming to attack us . There was no need to hold back . As they charged with their knives and swords, our two guards were ready to intercept them . To be honest, I wasnt really all that capable of fighting . If we could, we should take a hostage and run .

As I coated my foot with healing magic and put strength into it

Eyy~ .

Along with a soft voice, a flash of light went past the guards and aid directly towards the henchn . The person who was unfortunate enough to take on the lightning twitched and quivered before inevitably collapsing onto the ground .

Next to was Inukami-senpai, her hand was similar to a guns as her finger was stretched outwards . It was her lightning magic huh . Following that, one of the guards turned around to look at Inukami-senpai with a dignified smile and said,

As expected of Suzune-sama! Eeh, it looks like we wont even need to lend a hand!

Certainly, it looked like the guards turns wouldnt co with an attack that strong . Although I had to wonder if the person who got hit was alright .

S-Senpai . You didnt kill him right?

O-Of course Probably .

Whyd you stutter there? Youre scaring .

Due to Senpais attack, the bandits from before were now intimidated seeing as even their legs couldnt move . Although the bandits still timidly checked on the person who had received the lightning attack .

H-Hes alive .

I could hear Senpai sigh in relief .

However, this was good . Senpai could just keep shooting out lightning and take care of these guys . The best part was that it would cover up how weak I really was when it ca to fighting . Understanding that, I called out to Senpai,

Go Inukami-senpai! Mow them down!

Could you stop saying it like that?

After she said so, she fired consecutive shots of lightning from her fingertips . The henchn fell one after another . There was really no need for us to step in . We would probably get hit by Senpais lightning if we just recklessly charged in . Inukami-senpai at the mont was a

A human stun gun no a human electric eel .

If you say that one more ti, even I will get angry you know!?

The bandits numbers gradually reduced until there were only 9 left . Then, Inukami-senpai struck their leader down on the ground, and he gave a shout that matched his large body size in volu .

Isnt using magic unfair!?!?

If you say sothing like that, I would be troubled .

As for the reason, I now knew why I could keep my composure when I first saw these bandits . These guys, their faces werent frightening at all . If Rose was a 10 and Tong was a 6 then these guys were a 2 . It was no wonder they werent scary .

Thinking so, I ca to an agreent with myself . All that was left was to bring down the remaining henchn and their head . aning that I could just leave the rest to Inukami-senpai

Sothing else is coming .

What!?

It seed the dark robed person sensed sothing again . I couldnt see anything but I could certainly hear a large number of footsteps . Although these footsteps appeared to be a bit different, they sounded as if they were hopping . Dark Robe-san could tell when an enemy was approaching, however, they couldnt tell which direction they would co from . We had to be prepared for anything .

Theyre coming .

In front, the bandits head had a bewildered expression as sothing akin to a wild red boar appeared from his right and blew him away .

Usato-dono, Suzune-dono, theyre Fall Boars, please keep your distance!

Why are these guys here!? We should have already passed their habitat!

Was what the red-haired guard exclaid due to the unexpected developnt . Wait, these boars were Fall Boars!? There was a whole herd of them! The two guards would be able to avoid them but Inukami-senpai and I were in a tight spot . I imdiately called out to Bluerin,

Bluerin!

Guooooooooooooooooo!

Bluerin gave an intimidating roar towards the Fall Boars behind us but they didnt stop their charge . However, the Fall Boars were coming towards and Inukami-senpai rather than Bluerin .

I would be fine, I was already aware of how sturdy I was . But Inukami-senpai I had to protect her . Thinking so, I was about to stand in front and cover for her but I noticed she was taking a stance to shoot . After a short while, an intense amount of lightning fired from her fingertips .

Inukami-senpai!?

Usato-kun, thats dangerous!

The fired lightning hit one Fall Boar while another one dodged it . Shortly after, Inukami-senpai fired another burst of lightning . But seeing the large pack of Fall Boars still rapidly approaching us, I knew this wouldnt end well at this rate .

This is bad .

One of the traits that Fall Boars where known for was their jumping power since they were born with very strong hind legs . Adding their natural ability along with a full power charge from them, there was no doubt wed end up high in the skies if we got hit . Inukami-senpais lightning wouldnt be enough . Furthermore, the boars were only looking towards Inukami-senpai . I wondered if it was their instinct . They probably felt that she was more of a threat to them than .

I could avoid them but Inukami-senpai couldnt .

Of course she couldnt .

Before she ca to this world, she was just a normal girl in high school . Even I probably wouldnt be able to do it if it werent for the fact that I studied their ecology before and learned their movents .

Kuh .

On the spur of the mont, I seized Inukami-senpais shoulders and placed myself as a shield in front of her with my back facing the Fall Boars . If Inukami-senpai couldnt avoid them then there was no choice but for to receive them! If it was , I wouldnt be injured to a great extent and could heal myself afterwards . After a few seconds passed, I felt an intense impact on my back Inukami-senpai and I were tossed up .

Gaha . ha .

Ah .

Luckily, my rucksack prevented from taking a direct hit . Even so, I felt a numbing sense of pain on my back . I imdiately used healing magic on myself to keep conscious . Inukami-senpai She fainted!?

Did she get hit . . !?

I embraced Inukami-senpai in my arms to protect her as we were descending to the ground . Below us was so foliage, we could use it to cushion our fall . But as we landed, I realized that we fell on a steep slope . Dammit, our landing spot was bad .

We kept rolling down on the slope; we already gained so much montum that we couldnt stop . My rucksack tore open and the things inside flew out as my body struck the ground over and over .

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

I couldnt see anything as my vision was being obscured by clutter . As we kept advancing, suddenly, I felt that I was floating on a strong current it seed like we fell into a river . The current was so powerful that I couldnt bring Inukami-senpai ashore while carrying her . I pondered on what to do as I surrendered myself to the rivers flow . Given this chance to think, I suddenly realized that this place was a bit familiar .

Huh? Did I co here before? Ah, I rember now, it was right after Rose tossed in this forest and I was escaping from the Grand Grizzly . To escape last ti, I jumped into this river Which ant that beyond this point was

Wasnt there a waterfall?

But after passing the waterfall, the current should settle down . It was one thing if it was just but now there was also an unconscious Inukami-senpai I should be prepared for the worst .

When I saw that we were close to the waterfall, I firmly held Inukami-senpai in my arms . Trying my best to prevent her from being crushed by the water pressure, we dropped down from the waterfall .

Kurokata: Back to the forest .

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