Chapter 190 - Ground Crawler Sacred Beast

Chapter 190 – Ground Crawler Sacred Beast

The move towards the imperial capital, which was supposed to be a pain, ended up being smooth sailing due to Eris’s ultra-wide sniping.

[Fai, how far is it until the imperial capital?]

[If I remember correctly, we’re probably halfway there]

[Is that so…]

Roxy then glanced at Eris.

[I think we are attracting more monsters as we go]

[Yes, I can feel it too through magic perception.]

[Even so… these ancient monsters were really persistent.

[It’s strange that they kept coming. Normal monsters would’ve stopped some time ago.]

[Myne, what do you think?]

[Just kill any who come at us. That’s all.]

[Incoming.]

[What?]

I searched the surroundings with magic perception once more. Still nothing.

[Fight!]

[Again? And under our feet?]

Thanks to Snow’s warning, I was able to avoid the subsequent attacks.

[This guy… what!?]

[There!]

[I swung the black sword at it, but the blade simply passed through it.

[Kuh.]

[What?]

[Fai, come.]

[Thank you.]

[It is fine to experiment with your opponent, but please be more careful.]

[I will from now on.]

[Alright. But we are in trouble. That thing… according to Snow-chan’s memory, it is a sacred beast.]

[Physical and magical attacks didn’t work on it. What a troublesome fellow.]

[Just a moment, please.]

The transparent enemy suddenly contracted. The entire thing suddenly pulsed like a beating heart.

[Everyone, please move away from it!!]

Roxy warned us.

[Fai, additional information from Snow-chan. That creature is apparently one half of the sacred beast Gemini. There should be a pair of them.]

[How to defeat it?]

[….unfortunately, there is no info about that]

Why, of course. Nobody would willingly tell their weakness to another person. The same applied to the sacred beast.

[Let’s quickly find the other one.]

[Better be quick.]

[That is the direction of Imperial Capital. The other half of Gemini is in the imperial capital.]

[Are you sure?]

[If the gluttony skill’s sense of smell can be trusted, I believe it may have been sent here by Dad.]

[Roxy!]

It was a desperate moment…. But somehow, the tentacle stopped right before it reached us.

[That’s close.]

[It was close indeed. But why did it stop?]

[Perhaps we’re out of its range.]

[Are you saying that it’s trying to prevent us from reaching the capital?]

[What should we do, Fai?]

[To get to the Imperial Capital…]

There’s only one way that crosses my mind.

[Split into two groups. One group attracts this Gemini, and the other goes to the Imperial City to defeat the other Gemini.]

[That’s the only way. It’s best to avoid it for now.]

[Then let’s decide on the group member. Myne, Roxy, I’ll have to ask you two to distract this gemini]

[Alright. I am just slightly salty that we cannot go to the imperial capital together.]

[Don’t overdo things… if you think that it’s impossible, don’t overdo it and just try to escape.]

And lastly, for the strike team… I’ll be teaming up with Eris.

[Can you go with me?]

[As you wish. You can even ditch me if you no longer need me.]

Her emotionless voice was lighter in inverse proportion to her words.

[Then, can I give you just one order?]

[Yes, certainly. Libra-sama has commanded me to obey your orders.]

[Then don’t die. Don’t die at all costs. Eris is not some object that can be ditched anytime.]

[I will do my best.]

[Are you guys ready?]

I knew it… There’s no easy way. I have to devour it in order to win.

[Roxy and Myne will lure Gemini to the southeast. Eris, you’re banned from shooting the black bayonet until we arrive at the imperial capital. It’s so that we don’t attract unnecessary attention.]