Chapter 52: Chapter 52

Chapter 52 Fifty-Second Episode~ Wyvern Battle Editor’s note: I just want to say that I am sorry for this chapter not being posted correctly . I was out for my regular D&D/Pathfinder game night and didn’t find out it was all messed up until after it was posted . The unedited version was posted . I am really sorry… (Writing from phone) Ok friends . I know that this chapter is not the best and I missed some things do to being slightly rushed today (I was busy) and my proofreader Gillium is feeling under the weather so they also missed some stuff . If we miss something, we will fix it tomorrow . Thank you and stay beautiful . The morning sun rises, “It’s morning~ . Everyone . The preparations are ready . ” Eris’s high-pitched voice rings out . The sleepy adventurers quickly gather without complaining . “Well then-everyone . We are going to kill the last of the dragons and ants . The strategy is as we discussed yesterday . As for decisions in the middle of battle, I leave the directions to each clan leader . As for the rear, individual instructions aren’t needed, correct?” “Nada . ” “Ou . ” “Roger . ” “Let’s do this thang . ” (TL: I did this on purpose . ) [ED:… . I almost changed it… I was super tempted . ] The leaders of the adventurers raise spirited voices . “Yes, then, let’s go . ” The magic users and bow users of the rear guard follow to the place behind the obstacle . I can see Sarah and Butch at the head of the vanguard . They slip through the obstacle with quick movements and run . Their target is not the imperial ants; it seems to be the Wyverns on this side . A little later, I can make out the figures of Lushell and Belize . As discussed, Crimson Tiger’s Tempest are the ones acting as the advance guard . The moment that Sarah and Butch head to attack the wyvern . -Lushell releases paralysis magic, invoking it below the wyvern . Bands of light come from the magic formation and seize the legs and body of the wyvern . The remaining wyverns seem to understand their companion was attacked by adventurers and all stop moving simultaneously . However, the fierce battle between the wyverns and imperial ants does not stop . The wyvern that has its movements sealed by the attack of the adventurers ignores the imperial ants . The imperial ants continue their furious assault on the wyverns . Us adventurers are cooperating with the imperial ants . Profiting from the fight, we succeed in separating only one of the wyverns . There, Belize fires an arrow from her bow at the sealed wyvern . They skillfully stick into the strong scales . Are those specially made? When I am interested in the bow and arrows Belize is using, the vanguards belonging to the adventurer clans all attack the wyvern together . Without being seen, I blend in with them . I make eye contact with Rollo and nod . Rollo and I begin attacking alongside the assault . Swords, hammers, axes, spears, arrows and magic . Multiple attacks fly about in a jumble . The hard dark green scales of the wyvern are easily destroyed by the intense attack of the adventurers, green pieces of flesh are flying about . I aim for a place where the scales have been damaged and green blood flows out, then fire consecutive while conscious of the twist . The black spear pierces deep into the green flesh, when the tip of the black blade reaches beyond the muscle and reaches the bones of the feet, I can feel the collision . Rollo also attacks the wyvern, gouging out green flesh with her claws and tearing it away with her fangs . Eating the meat, she takes some distance and extends her feeler bone sword into the leg and abdomen creating a conspicuous wound . Then, the panther form of Rollo takes a bold action . Instead of the feeler going straight ahead as always, instead, it draws an arc and the feeler bone sword stabs directly into the dragon’s wing film . Rollo retracts her feelers and pulls her panther form onto the dragon’s wing . Oooh, isn’t that amazing? She succeeds in boarding the large dragon’s wing . Rollodinu moves towards to wyvern’s back in her panther form, biting the membrane and setting her hooked claws into it, That membrane seems to be soft . Rollo stabs her bone sword into a gap in the scales of the wyvern’s back and stabilizes herself . She runs across the dragon’s back inflicting cuts across its wings . The wyvern’s movements are sealed by the magic and can do nothing . As usual, she really is a divine beast . However, the lower part of its body can move . At the back of the wyvern, the dwarf with the conspicuous tattooed face attacks the tail with his ax and a dull sound rings out . The scales are scattered and the meat sliced . -The long tail is removed steadily . Oh, that last movement seems to have been some kind of skill . The Dwarf’s body spins lengthwise and the large ax blade descends . A single great blow of the ax cuts through the bone of the tail, severing it, and green blood gushes out soaking the Dwarf’s face . There is so much blood that the dwarf is knocked over . The pointed bone tip of the lizard-like severed tail twitches irregularly . Something indistinguishable from poison foams up from it like green blood . At that time, Sarah’s limbs and her grasped cutlasses become gigantic . Long red hair grows in the streams from her limbs and her muscles swell . Using her enlarged limbs and swords, with an abnormal movement she follows through with the big swords and two thick sword flashes are created . A silver line seems to cut through space . The two large sword flashes easily sever the thick foot of the injured wyvern . What amazing power… This power is at a different level than the other day, is it Sarah’s finisher? I saw the red hair change and become enlarged, but this, is this the reason the clan is called crimson tiger? The wyvern only has one leg . However, Lushell’s magic seems to end and the wyvern begins to move- Even if the wyvern only has one leg it opens its one undamaged wing to keep its balance, and creates a light shock wave around it . The adventurers on its left are blown back by the wind . At the same time the wyvern quickly wriggles its neck and bites in the direction of a faltering adventurer . A soldier with his shield at the front is bitten by the wyvern and his upper body is gone in an instant . -The sound of flesh being torn . -A scream from one of his female comrades . However, the wyvern with its wing spread loses its balance and falls to the ground . The wyvern’s sudden counterattack ends there . As expected, it seems hopeless with its one leg and damaged wing . -A chance . I aim for the head of such a wyvern . I envelope my whole body in Fighting Moji, kick the ground strongly and perform a twisting jump . The wyvern’s head comes into view . One of its three eyes catches sight of me too late . My body revolves . Then, using the physical ability of the Rusivault Vampire lineage and all the strength of my fighting moji enhancement, I bring down the black spear . The moment the black spear collides with its skull, a light shock waves explodes . The wyvern’s skull collapses . The feeling of the black spear penetrating its brain is transmitted through the rod to my hand . The eyes and scales on the wyvern’s head go flying and a scale cuts my cheek causing two stream of blood to flow down my cheek, but I ignore it . The wound heals immediately . The fatal blow seems to have sparked a united attack against the dragon and all the adventurers hit the wyvern directly . The wyvern is already dead though… Stabbing, slashing, damaging, smashing, burning, burning, it becomes a state of perfect overkill . The wyvern becomes little more than dragon meat . However, the four-remaining wyverns all immediately react once it dies . Ignoring the imperial ants, they all turn their gigantic heads to the adventurers together and open their maws, exposing their crooked teeth . “Guooooooo!” A howling roar . The wyverns seem to be angry . Eh, from the dragons’ mouths, bubbling green water!? -Breath attack . Its hue is the shade of dish detergent . It feels dangerous . The adventurers, including myself, are taken by surprise because the attack has no preparation other than the roar . I urgently eject behind me . I drive the chain into the ground near the obstacle at the back . -Jump . I make the chain retract into my left hand and pull my body towards the obstacle, a movement that exceeds a long player jump . I move through the air as if flying . I fall to hide behind the obstacle . Rollo also stabs her bone sword into the ground far away and retracts it like the power cord of a vacuum cleaner . (TL: Yes, the author actually wrote this . ) The feeler pulls the panther body through air in a spin . She kind of looks like a flying squirrel, it is a little cute, but the situation is not appropriate for that . “Everyone- retreat to the obstacle!” “Withdraw-back to the obstacle!” “Obstacle-“ Eris screams, the leaders of each clan yell, every clan member that reacts too late will take the poisonous breath head on . The power of the poisonous breath is terrible . Those bathed in it, their faces melt, their bones are exposed, their arms dissolve and their chests turn into gaping holes . -A scene of shrieking agony is created . However, there are a lot of dexterous adventurers that did not retreat . Not to mention the members of crimson tiger, multiple adventurers escape from range of the breath attack at the last-second . Immediately, an aurora of recovery magic falls over the heads of those suffering from poison burns . The adventurers can somehow still fight, though it could be said they are in a state of confusion . However, there is no pursuit from the wyverns . What’s wrong? When I am wondering, the wyverns are attacked by the imperial ants . The intense attack of the imperial ants against the wyverns runs into them all at once . The imperial guard ants, as expected, they really are A+ rank . The huge imperial ants use their six big legs skillfully, and one by one blow the wyverns away in a different direction . The wyverns are scattered and retreat while scattering venom . One wyvern remains without being blown off, the number of imperial ants is three . The remaining wyvern receives the concentrated attack of the three imperial ants . Its wings are held, the base of its neck bitten, and its legs chewed on . The eighteen hooked claws of the imperial ants cut through the wyvern’s scales, tearing its flesh . The blown off wyverns return to help their companion, but…the balanced has collapsed and will not be restored . The imperial ants have the upper hand . The giant ants are crushing the wyvern while the pink hair around their necks scatters . The final wyvern is going to fly away, but something like a pink thread is released from their mouths to prevent the dragon from escaping . One of the imperial ants is entwining the wyvern with pink threads . The thick ant legs scratch the entwined wyvern . The wyvern tries to put up a final resistance, but it is entwined even further by the pink thread and can barely move . The wyvern that is entwined by the pink thread is dragged like that . -A few words of the highlights . As expected of skilled adventurers, I as well, although we are only watching the fight between the dragons and giant ants . There a woman’s voice, Eris’ voice sounds- “Everyone, prepare to fight the giant imperial ants! However, for now, we will retreat to the metastasis formation-“ “Roger . ” “Yes . ” “Un . ” “Ou . ” Everyone answers and goes into action . “Eris, we will stay until the end . We will guard the rear . ” “Yes, we will rely on you, crimson tiger-“ I will stay as well . “Nnn . ” Rollo’s purring comes from my shoulder . Tilting her head to the side as if to say; Are you not returning with the adventurers? “Hora, Crimson tiger is staying, isn’t it better for us to stay as well . ” “Nyao . ” She extends a feeler to my cheeks . When the paw pads on her feelers touch my cheek, Rollo conveys her feelings . 『Waiting』 『Hunting』 『Fun』 『Playing』 “Haha, it’s fun?” You compare hunting to play, do you? I cannot think of a clan with so many elegant women, I gather myself and go to announce myself to the members of crimson tiger . On the contrary, the three giant imperial ants seem uninterested in the actions of the adventurers including me, and are dragging one of the wyverns into the hole . Aw, this is disappointing . The giant imperial ants seem to have finished their business after exterminating the wyvern flock . “We prepared a little, but they retreated . There’s no signs of dragons either…” Sarah says while surveying the left and right . “Yes . The wyverns that flew into the sky have disappeared . ” Lushell is attaching her large staff to her back while looking up in the sky to confirm it . “Captain, is the request complete with this?” Butch’s cat ears that do not suit his muscular body both twitch, and he straps his broadax to his back . “It seems so . ” “Good . It seems we don’t have to fight the giant imperial ants . In fact, I have very few adamantine arrows left, so this is good . ” Belize also returns her long bow to her back, and places the arrows with an orange arrow head into her quiver . I look too, and put away the black spear . “Now then, I guess we’ll return . ” “Un . Let’s go to where Eris is . ” Sarah starts running in the direction that the adventurers withdrew . All of Crimson Tiger follows, running slightly behind . I put Rollo on my shoulder and follow too . “Eris-san, the imperial ants retreated . The wyverns were defeated and the dragons seem to have disappeared . ” “Oh really? Well then, shall we return to the guild and bring a cart? We can quickly collect the corpses of the ants and dragons that way . There are this many corpses . It is before the evil dragon king subjugation too, so we can expect the price of the materials . We can expect extra . ” Eris talks while make a gesture with her index finger and thumb indicating money . That symbol seems to be universal . “OOooh . ” “Fighting was worth it . ” “…” “Hurray! It ended surprisingly early . ” “Ou, we’ll have a party tonight!” The shouts of the adventurers shows their joy for the request being completed . Some of them are lamenting the death of a companion, that group does not express their joy… In this way, the urgent request is completed safely . The materials of all the corpses are bought and extra gold is given as a reward . In the reward bag handed by receptionist-san there are ten extra gold coins, totaling Forty-five, so there are four white gold coins and five gold coins inside . “Well then . ” I greet receptionist-san briefly and leave, tossing the bag of gold coins into the item box . I head to the exit to leave the guild . “-Shuya . ” “N?” “Aren’t you being cold? Leaving by yourself so quickly . ” The source of the voice is Sarah . The other members of Crimson Tiger’s Tempest approach as well . “So the captain says . ” “That’s right . ” “Shuya, it can’t be stopped if it comes to this…” “Butch-san…” Butch-shi looks embarrassed . “Shuya, quit the ‘san’ already . Butch is fine . ” “Got it, Butch . I planned to head back…” Sarah cuts in, “-Maa, maa, Shuya . Don’t hurry . Aren’t we comrades in arms? After this, we intend to go drink at a bar, how about it?” Honestly, I would like to drink with beautiful women . However, the invitation seems noisy so I will pass . “…I’m thankful for the invitation, but unfortunately I have to decline . Sorry . ” “Che, then, I wanted to invite you to the clan again…” “Doesn’t it seem to be captain? But, isn’t Shuya-san unlikely to waver?” “It can’t be helped . Captain, we have a different way of life . You should give up . ” Saying so, Belize removes part of the armor on her chest . She exposes her upper chest more and approaches me with her jiggling melons . Ku, this is dangerous, more dangerous than the wyvern . Still, if I am to be eaten by a huge breast monster…[ED:Stfu already . ] “It’s been a long time since I saw captain’s ears fall down…” Butch seems to be worried about Sarah and is not paying attention to Belize . “Belize…it’s no good?” Sarah’s tone is quiet, but she talks to Belize in a way that suggest she is holding back her anger . Hou, relief or regret, my feelings are complicated… I ignore it since a small fight has risen between Sarah and Belize . I wanted a taste of the sensation of the voluptuous melons, but I will leave it . I lift one hand and wave it . “…Then well, everyone . If we meet again on a different request, please be kind to me . See ya-“ I bid farewell and leave the guild quickly .