When he noticed me, Norden showed slight surprise on his face as he walked toward Roxy.
[Roxy-sama, a large scale stampede from Gallia is approaching the border.]
Hearing the report from Norden, Roxy replied with a calm attitude as if the sword fight just now never happened,
[Is it a death march?…. How big?]
[About 15,000 or so. A rather small number for a death march.]
[…..understood. What is the estimated time until they reach the border?]
[With their current speed, approximately 4 hours.]
[Before that happens, we’ll intercept them in Gallia. How is the preparation going….]
[Cheh, that bastard…]
Roxy, Norden, and the soldiers had left, leaving me standing there alone. The crowd that was watching had also dispersed, thanks to the siren.
Meanwhile. Greed told me through 《Mind Reading》skill.
『Fate, what are you going to do?』
[Isn’t already decided? Besides, I’m hungry.]
『So you are going……』
I’m in a hurry, but……
[What’s wrong….don’t give me that kind of face.]
[You’d better not go.]
[Since Eris said that, then I need to go even more so……..thank you, for worrying about me.]
[………….because it’s bad to be always unreasonable.]
She went back into the bar without looking back. Eris did say that she’d remain neutral. So even if she told me that it’s going to be dangerous, I really had no idea what kind of danger it would be.
Well, let’s just go. While walking, I asked Greed.
[Can I ask you something?]
『At a time like this? What is it?』
[Greed is one of the Mortal Sins, so you can sense if there is another Mortal Sin weapon nearby, right?]
『Yes, but there is none in Babylon other than me. Why do you ask all of a sudden? Something like this never bothered you before』
With Roxy’s death, the hate within regular folks will well up and trigger the creation of the new kind of human being much like how the crown type monsters are made. If I were to believe Eris’ words, there was someone else who believed it as well. It could be a mortal sin skill user, or something else.
『In this Babylon, there is only you and Eris. I sensed nothing else.』
[Ee, really!?]
『That’s right.. However, there is the possibility that they deliberately concealing themselves. As long as they aren’t as half baked as you are, it’d be possible. It’s the same case with Eris. I wouldn’t even notice her if she didn’t make herself known to us.』
『Well, at least I can be a little bit at ease』
[What’s with that, so sudden]
『Fate, you’ve realized that letting that woman get out of sight might prove to be dangerous. I guess you’ve grown up a little.』
[Don’t treat me like a child forever. Even I know that there are things that I have to be careful about other than Tenryu.]
Perhaps, she’s even more annoying than Tenryu could be. Greed laughed at that thought of mine.
『Ahahahahahah, in my eyes, you are still no different that a newborn baby.』
Yeah, yeah, you are a 4000-year-old geezer. It must’ve been such a very long time, that his mind got twisted a little. Poor Greed….
『Oi, Fate』
[What is it?]
『Don’t be reckless』
[You say that just now?.]
From back then, when I was working in the Heart mansion…..from the moment I knew about the price I had to pay for having the Gluttony skill, I guess I haven’t changed that much, have I? At least the Gluttony skill is stable at the moment.
[It should be okay this time. I know what to do.]
『Well, you are right.』
『What’s wrong, Fate? The exit is in the opposite direction』
[I’m okay. Let’s go]
[I’ll take a super shortcut]
『I see』
Taking advantage of my strength, I made a huge leap and landed on the rooftops. It appeared that Greed could read my intention.
『So you’re planning to go to the south via the rooftops, then go beyond the adamantine wall, towards Gallia』
[Exactly!]
[Looks awesome.]
『This will be your first time facing a death march. So, keep this in mind. Don’t try to kill a large amount of monsters at once. The sudden surge of stat growth may possibly awaken Gluttony or make you crazy.』
[Yeah, I’ll be careful. Sorry about that time.]
I was struggling so hard to maintain my conscience, even to the point of hitting my head on a rock….it was truly a bad memory.
Greed said to warn me.
『It will begin soon』
[Let’s go now so we can join in at any given time.]
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