Chapter 192 – Finding Hastur
About sixty rcenaries are walking outside the city spreading around in a circle.
The peddlers and adventurers, who don’t know the reason, are looking at them strangely as they walk along the highway.
「Orcs! Orcs ca out!」
「Whew!」
「Now!」
「Ah, one survived! Black beast!」
The rcenaries who are searching on places away from the highway occasionally encounters monsters. However, these monsters are killed almost instantaneously because there are also other rcenary groups in the area.
「There are a group of goblins!」
「Uhhhh! Got it!」
「I’ll shoot arrows! Get out of there!」
「Gyaa!」
As expected of rcenaries who are earning money from war. They are steadily searching while hunting monsters.
Maa, they occasionally screw up too.
「Oi! That doesn’t look like it!?」
「That’s not it! I was mislead by the peddler!」
「Orc subspecies are flocking over there!」
「Are we seriously going to hunt that!? Let’s ask for help!」
Such conversations can be heard from the rcenaries nearby.
「I’ll go.」
They suddenly beca noisy when I volunteered myself.
When we arrived in that nearby place, many rcenaries are there. The sight of 20 orc subspecies was unfolded.
「Retreat! Magic will be casted!」
When I shout so, the rcenaries in front split to the left and right in an orderly manner.
「Flabane」
When I casted the fire magic, a ribbon of fla slides down to the orcs from the sky.
All of the orcs who were contacted by the ribbon burnt to death in an instant.
Various reactions ca out from the rcenaries. There were those who are shocked, those who scread because of fear and those who cheered.
「Th-thank you very much!」
「ah」
I replied to the young man who looks like about 20 years old then I moved away from there.
We are divided into three search parties.
In this party, there are , Rihanna, and Keira.
Dan and Sherry are in a party with Marina and Anri.
Last party is the silver wind without Marina.
These three parties are defending and moving with the rcenaries.
The movent of the rcenaries is also better than I thought. Although we haven’t found one yet, the search is definitely advancing.
When the sky started to darken, the rcenaries started preparing to camp.
We gathered in a place away from the city.
Now that the east is a part of the empire, we chose this place.
Everyone here knows each other so if anything happens, we will surely be alard.
「What’s the movent of the saint army?」
When I asked her while thrusting a stick in the bonfire, Rihanna groaned and replied.
「…Because a considerably large army from the empire joined them, their marching speed should have slowed down. However, if the saint army advances alone…they might already be deep in the territory.」
Rihanna says so while having a clouded expression.
Sohow, I also beco silent while watching the fire.
I felt pressure because of the fact that my guild mbers can’t move. The fact that Rihanna is fighting the evil god with also adds pressure.
「…Maa, don’t worry. We’ll sohow manage.」
When I say so, Rihanna kept being silent then nodded and smiled.
Though the sun is already rising, most of the sky is still dark blue. A man riding a horse ca into our camp.
「Ren-sama! Is Ren-sama here!?」
The one shouting from the brown horse is a man in iron armor.
I’m not sure if I have t him already but he’s probably one of those rcenaries.
Shortly after he arrived, the man dismounted his horse while looking around. Keira approached the man.
「Ren-sama is here. What business do you have with him?」
When Keira asked, the man looked at Keira then opened his mouth.
「W-we found two who seems to be the evil god! Multiple rcenaries are monitoring them from a distance including our rcenary group!」
「…Is that so? Let’s head there right away.」
After hearing the man’s report in a heavy atmosphere, I replied.
「Two bodies…!」
「At the sa ti, no way …」
While Brunhilde and ldia muttered those, Oguma looked at .
「…Are you going to face them alone as planned?」
「No, if there are two Hastur, ever I can’t defeat them. Therefore, I need you to attract the attention of the other one so it will not co to too.」
「We’re just going to devote ourselves to defence, right?」
「Ah, you can attack it but you don’t have to put power to it. Be careful not to get too close because it can attack with no chant magic. Hastur can shoot thunderbolt from its palm. You can avoid it magic if you constantly move on its back.」
「Ah, then my mithril shield…」
「You can receive it with that since it can cut down its power but it will take too much toll on your physical strength. Use the shield as the last resort.」
I brief everyone on how to fight against the evil god and headed towards the site.
It is in the northern side of the eastern territory.
It is a adow near a foot of a mountain.
Inside the deep green waist deep grassland is Hastur.
It looks like a silver-haired man wearing an old beaten armor.
It has its eyes directed downwards and is walking as if uncertain of the step it will take.
And there are a lot of octopus-like tentacles coming in and out of its mouth.
「… That…」
Soone muttered so.
I looked at the man on the horse and nodded silently.
「What about the other one?」
「It’s about a minute or two from here!」
The man briefly answered my question.
「That’s close. Then, can I depend on everyone to accompany it? Please lure it away from here.」
「Yes!」
When I gave the instruction, everyone replies and began moving to the place where the other Hastur is.
「May the fortune of war…」
「Please take care.」
Rihanna and Keira said so and left.
「…I also do my best! Don’t lose, Ren-sama!」
「Please be relieved. We’ll make sure to lure it and earn ti.」
「…I will do my best.」
Sherry, Dan, and Anri said so and left.
「Let’s do it.」
「I’ll have to show the power of adventurers.」
「Leave it to .」
「Please be careful not to get injured.」
「…We’ll go.」
And the silver wind said so and left to face Hastur.
In a distance, several rcenaries surrounds us as spectators.
I looked at Hastur and take out my sword.
「…Now, are you different from the one in the ga? Or are you the sa as the one in the ga?」
When I murmured so and turned the tip of my sword to Hastur, Hastur slowly turned towards .
I put up three barriers with no chant. Hastur widened its eyes and recognized as an enemy.
Imdiately after, countless of tentacles ca out from Hastur’s mouth and its eyes turned yellow.
「In the ga, it recognizes soone who attacks it as enemy…good. Did it assu that I will?」
After I said that, it dashed out at once.
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