Chapter 122
The One Who Walks Ahead
Translator : PolterGlast
With Julian successfully defeating the Parasite
Matango, the insect-type monsters completely lost their chain of command.
Already being pushed back and now disorganized, the monsters were annihilated
by the adventurers in the blink of an eye.
"Graham-san, good work. Julian-san was
amazing!"
"Ginia, were you watching too?"
"Yes! Only the very end, but I saw everything when Julian-san
was fighting the Parasite Matango!"
"It's definitely weird that you could see! I looked too,
but it was the size of a grain of rice, and I couldn't tell what was happening
from here at all!"
"Eh? I could see it normally though..."
"I could see it too."
"Your eyes are too good!"
Aoi was shouting as she apparently hadn't seen a thing, and Cecil, the healer of the White Phoenix,
didn't seem to have seen it either. Even I, who pride myself on good eyes,
could barely see it due to the distance, so it's probably normal for someone
with standard vision not to know what happened.
"I saw it quite clearly, though. How he outwitted the Parasite
Matango, and the feint using the fire birds as a decoy—it was really
amazing!"
"Ginia, you saw it that clearly? You're
not just saying random things as a guess?"
"I didn't see it that clearly myself."
"I don't think it's a guess. Julian possesses a
skill to create fire birds."
If that's the case, did she really see everything? Ginia's
eyesight is truly outstanding. I knew it before, but this phenomenal vision
should be a weapon more powerful than I even imagined.
"I still have plenty I’d like to discuss,, but let's
leave the impressions here for now. The seventh wave will likely come soon, and
it’s our turn to step up again. ... Have
both of you managed to recover your stamina?"
"Yes! Thanks to Cecil-san and the Guild
Master, I'm in perfect shape!"
"I'm fully recovered too! Leave the monsters in the
rear to me!"
The two seemed to have completely recovered, so let's fight
with enough spirit to make up for the adventurers who worked hard on the front
lines. Slapping my cheeks lightly to psyche myself up, we headed back to the
front lines, switching places with Salis and the others.
We succeeded in annihilating the seventh and eighth waves
without difficulty, and the remaining monsters have become few. Facing over a thousand
monsters seemed like a daunting task, but seeing the end in sight gave me a
renewed surge of energy.
"Judging by the presence of the monsters, I think the
ninth and tenth waves will be the end."
"I feel like I've defeated a lifetime's worth of monsters,
but I'll put in effort one last time!"
"Being able to take a break in the middle was really
huge! I can still fight!"
Ginia and Aoi
seem to have stamina left, and I've been able to preserve my magic power as
well. I used some magic when providing support, but I still have plenty of
reserve strength.
From here on, I might not need to think about conserving
magic and can fight with full power. The moment I thought that—I noticed a
change in the movement of the monsters visible in the distance.
It seems they have combined the ninth and tenth waves into
one, approaching as a larger mass than before. A mass of nearly two hundred
monsters is indeed an imposing sight.
"Isn't the number... huge!?"
"If they kept the same format, they'd just be defeated,
so they grouped the remaining monsters. What we do doesn't change; in fact, it
might be easier to fight them grouped together."
"Fighting a hundred at a time is definitely easier...
but it feels like a final battle, so I feel weird with a mix of fear and excitement!"
Beside the high-tension Aoi, Ginia's
expression took a turn and became quite cloudy. I don't think she's the type to
get cold feet just because the numbers increased, so did she notice something?
"Ginia, did you notice something?"
"...Yes. I thought it might be my imagination, but
isn't the one at the front of the Demon King's Army—a human?"
Hearing Ginia mutter that, I hurriedly looked at the
figure walking at the front of the Demon King's Army. It was still far
and blurry... but it certainly looked like a human shape.
However, I can't imagine a human being in the Demon
King's Army; it should be a doll-type monster.
Or perhaps a Majin... As I was thinking that far, Ginia, who must have
realized something, raised her voice.
"G-Graham-san! The person walking in front...
it's Guild Master Guanza!"
"............Hah? Guanza, as in that Guanza?"
"There is no mistake! It is definitely Guanza-san!"
She wouldn't tell such a boring lie, and while I thought it
might be a mistake... it's almost impossible for Ginia, with her good
eyes, to mistake someone. Besides, Guanza not only failed to respond to
this summons but also hadn't been seen recently. Considering his bad
personality, it wouldn't be strange if he sided with the Demon King's Army.
...But, is it really possible for a Guild Master of
the Adventurer's Guild to be conspiring with the Demon King's Army?
Being at the front of the army means it wasn't a short acquaintanceship, but
rather a long-term involvement...
My thoughts wouldn't coalesce, but the figure approached
close enough for my naked eye to confirm. Indeed, that figure was unmistakably Guanza,
and without understanding what was happening, I could do nothing but watch the
approaching Demon King's Army in silence.
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