Chapter 109: Lake Veles (7)

Chapter 109: Lake Veles (7) When the battle began, the beautiful white sand beach was instantly stained with blood.

Fortunately, most of it was not the red blood of humans, but the blue blood of fishmen.

"Flora! "Just like we always do!"

"Huh! Soira!"

I send Flora to my back and step forward to block the approaching fishman.

The only weapon the fishman holds is at most a spear that looks like a harpoon. Moreover, the window was not that long, so there was no difficulty due to reach differences.

"Oops."

It tilts its head to lightly dodge the stabbing tip of the spear, and then as a counterattack, lands a stab in the stomach.

Fishmen are monsters that look like fish with human limbs. I haven't cleaned the fish much, and I don't know where the vital spot is, so I just poked it in the center and gave it a spin.

– Eek!

The fishman runs in screaming strangely and falls down.

Behind them, several animals are running one after another, screaming, not sure if they are mourning the death of a colleague or not...

"『Fire Bomb』!"

-Quaang!

I was hit directly by a fireball that flew over my shoulder from behind me and instantly turned into a golden brown grilled fish.

The smell makes my mouth water, but I don't really want to eat it.

Just as we were overwhelmingly dealing with the fishmen, the fishmen around us were being swept away like leaves in an autumn storm.

Yesterday, in the hole that Sophie had dug to collect buffen, the body of a fishman lay bleeding with green blood, and the body of a fishman was also buried under the parasol where her man and woman were looking for her partner.

In addition, the body of a fishman was floating in a lake not far away, and if you look just a little, you could easily see the fishman being severely cut down by an unknown adventurer.

...

Okay. It is easy to see.

It's easy to see... ?

"Wait a minute, isn't something strange?"

"Soira. "What's wrong?"

Flora, who was using magic while protecting me by sticking close to my side like she usually does when making requests, noticed something wrong with me and immediately asked.

For your information, Asil shouted, 'Undine is happy!' And then turned blue and ran on the water. Really, they are fighting while walking on water.

But that's not what's important now.

I relayed the strange things I felt to Flora.

"It's too easy."

"Easy? "Isn't it good if it's easy?"

"It's good. It's good. But anyway, this is too easy, right?"

I look around again.

A fishman is seen being pierced by an adventurer who uses a spear as his main weapon.

A fishman is seen having his arm cut off by a wind blade fired by a wizard, and his throat being cut while he is unable to control his body from the pain.

A fishman ignored the adventurers and ran towards the city, but was killed by Kiven who was guarding the road.

In many other places, fishmen died, died, died, died.

Not a single adventurer died.

At best, it's all slander. Even that is an injury that will heal significantly once you return to the city and receive healing, and other than that, you can't see any corpses even if you wash your eyes and look for them.

It's definitely a good thing that people don't die, but...

There is such a difference in power?

The army that protects the city did not participate, and we simply gathered together the adventurers in the city and sent them in?

There is a smell of something suspicious.

The fishmen are treated as monsters, and there are two main ways monsters appear in this world.

First, mating.

Monsters can be born through mating, whether they reproduce among themselves or catch women of other races and impregnate them.

Second, natural occurrence.

Monsters rise out of thin air like fruit flies on a summer day. To put it meta-wise, it is 'regenerated'.

These monsters are created in two main ways, but that does not mean they are not intelligent.

They cannot be understood by the standards of other races, and they also feel joys and sorrows by their own standards.

And most living creatures, including monsters, have a common fear of death.

With that in mind, let's look at this overwhelming power car now.

Isn't something strange?

This is not the first time, and it is said that this attack occurs periodically.

But the offense, not the defense, is this poor?

They are unable to kill a single adventurer defending the city. This wasn't an attack, it was just a group of would-be suicides.

According to my experience crossing the battlefield with the Demon King's army countless times in the previous episode, there were two cases where monsters showed such suicidal behavior.

One is when the commander is fantastically incompetent.

In this case, even if you feel a little uncomfortable, it is not a big problem, so just stop worrying and enjoy earning pocket money.

However, in battle, it is truly incompetent to entrust judgment to the possibility that the opponent is incompetent.

Another possibility is that this is really just a scapegoat and the real operation is taking place somewhere else.

However, the city is completely surrounded by a hemispherical barrier. Even if you carry out a diversionary operation, there are no loopholes that can be exploited.

What are you aiming for? ?

"Soira! "What do you think?"

"Uh. Huh?"

I was about to fall into deep thought when someone put a hand on my shoulder and spoke to me.

Asil, who had already returned to her silver hair, looked at me with concern.

"Why are you so dazed all of a sudden? "You're not hurt anywhere, are you?"

"I was right next to you. I've never been attacked... "

Flora was equally worried about me.

"No, I just have something to think about. "I'm not hurt anywhere."

"Then I'm glad. If you're not hurt, let's go back. It's all over."

"It's already over?"

"Okay. "It was all over while you were blanking out."

Most of the adventurers who had gathered had probably gone back, so there were only a few people left besides us.

At least that was to wash away the dirt on each person's equipment in the lake water.

"Soira. "What on earth were you thinking?"

"Huh... I'm not even organized yet. "I'll let you know when I get back."

After hugging Flora, whose worried eyes still hadn't completely disappeared, we returned to the dorm.

Since the number of defeats was automatically recorded on the adventurer card anyway, there was no need to stop by the guild and settle the settlement.

There may be more attacks like this while staying at Lake Veles. When you return, stop by and settle the bill.

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"Hey! "You should go back alone!"

"Huh? Ah. That's right!"

When I returned to the dorm and was checking the equipment, Kiven came in grinning.

Come to think of it, we went together.

She had completely forgotten.

"We fought separately, right? So I thought of course we would go back separately."

"Really? "For those who thought so, didn't you think you had just completely forgotten about it?"

"It's my mood."

But it really had no presence.

This is a bad Kiven that fights plainly.

"Ego. Kiven, everyone has returned safely, so please don't fight. "Are you hurt?"

"Ah. Sophie. Okay. "I'm not hurt either."

"Okay... ?"

"No, why are you reacting with regret?"

"It's a shame, of course I was relieved to hear that my childhood friend was safe. It's just a shame that I don't have anyone to test the potion I made."

"You said you were disappointed now."

There was a bit of a commotion, but everyone returned safely.

I gathered my party members, Flora and Asil, and told them about the strange thing I felt.

"So, you're saying that there must be another goal for the fishman named Soi?"

"Okay. "There must be someone with a plot they want to cover up by putting on a highly visible show of attacking the city."

"After hearing it, it was clearly too small and weak to be considered an attack. Also... "

"It wasn't even a surprise attack."

"Okay. Flora. That's what I wanted to say. Anyway, let's say Soira is right. So what do you want to do?"

"Let's destroy it."

"To destroy it? "You don't even know what it is?"

"I don't know what it is, but the Fishmen are also part of the Demon King's army. It's definitely not a good thing to leave it alone."

"No, I understand that. "You don't even know where that trick is."

That was a problem.

"Let's wait until the next attack, then sneak out and look for a suspicious place." Seaʀᴄh the Nôvel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"Well, if Soira wants to do it, I'll do it... What if there is no next attack by the time we get back? Or what if I tried to look for it but couldn't find it?"

"Then there is nothing we can do. I'm not a hero, but I have no intention of searching for days and days and fighting the devil's army. "Isn't Flora okay with that?"

I just want to play, eat, and eat in moderation, but to Flora, the Demon Lord is the enemy of the family.

Even if I'm the party leader, I have to talk about it first.

"Huh... Okay. I want to fight, but... "It's still unclear whether something really exists."

Flora also agreed with my opinion for now.

"Good. So what we have to do is... "

"What to do?"

"Enjoy your rest until the next attack! More! "Who wants to go to the bathroom with me?"

Flora raised her hand.

Asil was a little reluctant, but he persisted and said, 'Okay! I shouted 'I got it!' And decided to go together.

He seems like a tsundere guy.