Volume 3 - CH 15

Chapter 15 – Awakening ~Last Part

After some time spent trying to sense the figure of Red-Eye, impatience began to attack Sorano. She thought there was no way Eto, Amou, and Kohaku could stop the horde of Goblins by themselves. Eto and the two were betting their lives by accepting that role. And everyone understood that.

That’s why Sorano thought that she had to defeat Red-Eye as soon as possible to help Eto, but the more she got impatient, the more her heart stirred, making her unable to detect the fluctuation of magic caused by Red-Eye. She couldn’t concentrate even if she wanted to. And she knew why. She never imagined that the existence of Eto, Kohaku, and Amou had become so big to her.

“Ugh!”

But because she couldn’t determine where the Red-Eye would appear, the knight who was guarding her was injured. As Eto was gone to intercept the hordes of Goblins, Red-Eye began to target Sorano, as she was the only one who seemed able to detect it. Of course, the adventurers are also moving around, trying to surround the Red-Eye. But in the end, they were always led around by the nose by the white goblin with its teleportation magic. Thinking that she has to detect the destination of Red-Eye as fast as possible, Sorano deepened the wrinkles between her eyebrows.

“Sorano-san. The calmness of one’s mind is the most important thing to detect magic power,” said Puke.

Of course, she wanted to say that she already knew that. However, her mind is incapable of staying calm while thinking about the safety of Eto and the others.

“Do you not believe in Eto-kun?”

As if to provoke her, Puke asked. Although Puke’s face was sickly pale because of blood lost from the wound, the way he asked that sounded like a joke.

“What are you saying? I trust Eto and the two more than anyone else. And it’s not like I need you to understand that”

Feeling annoyed from what Puke said, Sorano said, as if to brush it off.

“Then, why is your heart thrown into disorder? I wonder what Eto-kun would think if he saw the current Sorano-san. Maybe he would think you are a good-for-nothing elf who lost her composure and couldn’t even do what she had to do.1”

Puke laughed, with his pale lips.

“Shut up, worthless magician. I don’t want to hear a complaint from a man who was about to die after being attacked early in the battle.”2

Of course, Sorano understood that Puke tried to inspire her by saying unpleasant things to her. However, his words still made her angry.

“Look, you lost your composure again, fufufu.”

Puke repeated his words to make fun of her, as if there is no sense of urgency in front of a strong enemy.

“What do you want?!”

And Sorano finally shouted and angrily gazed at Puke.

“Silence! There are many people here who need you. There is no way for us to defeat the Red-Eye unless you sense the fluctuation of its magic. Really, Eto-kun is wasted for someone like you who has high abilities but can’t fulfill her own responsibility.”

With a strong tone that was unlike usual, Puke said. And his face sternly stared at Sorano.

While the two disputed, Red-Eye kept accumulating magic power at the entrance of the dungeon, and when the adventurers tried to close the distance, it disappeared. It keeps repeating this action while aiming at Sorano over and over. The blood that flowed from its right shoulder also has almost stopped. Everyone thought it would be bad to let the Red-eyes rest and recover its magic power, but they couldn’t find a solution to stop it.

“Eto-kun instructed Sorano-san to detect the teleport destination of Red-eye, right? Then, don’t you think meeting his expectation will be the highest repayment you could give to Eto-kun?”

Once again, Puke spoke to Sorano, whose face looked down and sank into silence.

“Every one of you, always saying anything you want!”

Until suddenly, Sorano who had been staring at the ground as if she had forgotten about Red-Eye, finally shouted to spit out the feeling she had locked up so far. She then took a deep breath and stared at Red-Eye that sits in front of the dungeon.

With a bow in her hand and several arrows in the other hand, Sorano fired two of the arrows in rapid succession. It goes without saying, Red-Eye activated its teleportation magic without hesitation, to escape from her arrows.

“There!”

However, one of the arrows shot by Sorano pierced the right thigh of the Red-Eye. And while the Red-eye falls to the ground, Sorano shoots two more arrows towards it. One hit its flank, and the other one hit its left shoulder, making the Red-Eye squirm as arrows struck its body.

Seeing that, the front-liner of two A-rank parties immediately attacked it. Although the Red-Eye was able to move its body and managed to avoid fatal wounds, blood was still bleeding from wounds all over its body. The formerly white body of its now was covered in sticky green blood. Naturally, there is no way it stopped its movement and allowed itself to get killed just like that. As it has absorbed a lot of magic power from the dungeon, the Red-Eye keeps teleporting to many places around the dungeon.

“It’s there!”

Unfortunately for the Goblin, Sorano once again detected the destination of its teleportation and thrust her Mithril dagger into the space in front of her. The dagger crushed the skull of Red-eye and shredded it vertically up to its nose, making the Red-Eye scream of agony. And shortly after that, the powerful blow from Sorano’s dagger successfully killed the Red-Eye. Confirming that her enemy was already dead, Sorano took a deep breath to relieve her tension and glanced at Puke.

“I will bet my life anytime for the ones I can trust. That’s my ambition. Do you understand now, black-belly magician?”

Sorano said, proudly.