CH 52

[Unity of Rider and Horse]

“Kueee!”

While I tried to return to Noelia’s side after healing the wound of the Horn Horse, I heard Dimol’s cry.

Looking there, this time, the adventurers who should have escaped earlier came back with a group of winged snakes and big-mouthed giant snakes.

Those guys, what have they done this time!?

Drawing groups of monsters to near the highway repeatedly, are they bad guys!?

The ones who were chasing after the adventurers are winged snake-like monsters called Wyrm(ワイアーム), and a giant snake-like monster called Roar Dragon(ローアドラゴン).

Wyrms and Roar Dragon often attack in group.

Wyrm is a monster that flies around in the sky with a quick movement, and if you are bitten by its fangs, you’ll becomes numb and sluggish.

Having an organ that can condense mana in its mouth as well as shooting it in the shape of beam, Roar Dragon will snipe you in that gap.

“They sure brought troubles again…”

Dimol threatens the adventurers who seems to be heading towards the wagon, but if they were left as is, a beam of a Roar Dragon may fly toward the carriage with Suzana in it.

“Noelia, the sword! I’ll hurry back!”

“Eh? Ah, yes! Here.”

I received the magic sword from Noelia, and using my enhanced leg strength, I ran toward the wagon.

During that time, someone lifted my back as I was running at full speed toward the carriage.

Looking back, the leader Chaos Horse was holding me and putting me on its back.

“Can I ride you?”

“Buhihiin.”

With a cry, the leader Chaos Horse ran through the grasslands faster than me with my enhanced legs.

Faaast! This speed, perhaps can match Dimol’s flying in the sky.

It’s like cutting through the wind.

Riding on the back of the leader Chaos Horse galloping at an unusual speed, I slipped through the adventurers in an instant and rushed into the group of Wyrms and Roar Dragon.

“Kishaaaaa!”

The Wyrms and Roar Dragon showed the usual reaction of monsters and attacked me who rushed in.

“I made you wait. It’s your turn!”

[Y-yes!! It’s time for me to work, right!? This time, I’ll definitely get blood―]

When I pulled out the magic sword, I first brandish it at the head of a flying Wyrm and cut it off.

Its separated head and body moved for a while even after they fell to the ground.

[Yaay, factor~! Delish~]

“We don’t have time to talk y’know. Next.”

I was pleased that the magic sword was absorbing factor, but now is not the time for that.

We have to cut down the attacking Wyrms and beat the Roar Dragon who was aiming for the wagon.

“Buhihiin.”

The leader Chaos Horse also bit or kicked the Wyrm flying to defeat them.

Unbelievably, it is positioning itself as if to make sure that I can easily attack while it was attacking too.

As I thought, this guy has fairly high intelligence…

Besides, is it really a Chaos Horse?

Normally, if I was this close, it wouldn’t be strange if I was confused by the smell of its mane.

I felt even more out of place at the Chaos Horse who was fighting with me on top of it.

“You, aren’t just a Chaos Horse after all, right?”

“Buhihiin.”

At my words, it neighed as if saying ‘Don’t look away in the middle of battle’.

I concentrated again with that neigh, and slashed a Wyrm into two.

“I know that even if you didn’t tell me.”

[Master, have you been talking to horses since a while ago? Are you cheating on Dimol-chan?]

“N-no. That’s not the case! We’re just chatting! Since there are so many of them, let’s use magic!”

[Ahh, more factors will—]

“Burn brighlty, become a wide expanse of arrows and hunt down my enemies. 《Fire Arrow Barrage》.”

When my chanting was over, a large number of fire arrows were shot out from the magic stone of the magic sword, hitting the Wyrms one after another.

The swarming Wyrms were immediately exterminated thanks to the fire arrows.

“Huu, with this—”

When I was relieved, the leader Chaos Horse suddenly ran.

Due to the sudden movement, I almost lose my balance, but a beam of the Roar Dragon shot through the place where I was before.

“Buhihiin.”

“Thanks, you saved me.”

The leader of the Chaos Horse gallops toward the Roar Dragon as is.

The Roar Dragon emitted a beam from its big mouth several times, but it avoided them all.

Then, when it arrived near the Roar Dragon, it kicked the big mouth flying with its hoof.

“Kishaaaaa!!”

Being left with a large hoof mark on its face, the Roar Dragon started to collect mana in its mouth again.

“I won’t let you!”

I jumped off the leader Chaos Horse, and thrust the magic sword into the face of the Roar Dragon.

The magic sword pierced deep into the Roar Dragon and absorbed its monster’s factor.

[Gehuu~. I’m satisfied. With this, I will advance on my study again!]

The magic sword shines its magic stone and made a satisfied voice.

“You are satisfied, huh. Then I don’t have to maintain you, right?”

[!? That’s a different matter!! Because maintenance from Master and factor absorption are different!!]

The magic sword panicked when I asked if I don’t have to maintain it anymore.

Either way, I would feel bad if I neglected to maintain it, so I planned to properly maintain it later.

“It’s a joke. I’ll properly clean off the monsters’ blood on you later.”

[Hurray~! Maintenance~!!]

Thus, while I was talking to the magic sword, the leader Chaos Horse stood in front of me.

“Buhihiin.”

“You too, thank you for your help. Rather, you’re definitely not a Chaos Horse. Thought I was fooled by the size and the color of your body that resembles a Chaos Horse, you’re actually a war horse that haven’t turned into monster, right?”

The leader Chaos Horse turned away at my question.

It seems that it doesn’t want to answer it.

“I see, if you don’t want to answer, then I can’t help it. But at least let me say my gratitude. Thank you.”

“Buhihiin.”

The leader Chaos Horse ran back to its herd and disappeared into the grasslands just like that.