Chapter 93: 93

Ch . 93: Beginning Battle

The plan is simple . The corridor that connects to the place the chief is in . Corne and the fairies will break the blockade thats in the way . Then we will go through it and make contact with the chief, defeat him, and the jobs done .

You said it so easilyWell, thats pretty much it though, I guess .

Loren and Lapis had reached the entrance to the corridor that lead to where the chief was, led there by Corne .

Of course, they had left Feuille in the care of the other fairies, so he wasnt there .

Alright . Youd better not let Feuille in . If he manages to get in, well leave the chief and just run for it .

When Loren made sure to remind them, Corne put her fist on her chest and said with confidence .

Leave it to me . In the worst case, Ill use the spell to stop him .

You can be pretty violent if you want to, huh

The spell that Corne had mentioned wasnt something that would be used to stop someone .

It was a spell that could turn a living thing into stone, and if It wasnt dispelled, the victim would be a stone statue forever, and was an offensive spell .

If Corne, who was a more powerful magic user than elves, and in a high position among the fairies on top of that, used such a spell on Feuille, there was no way he would be okay .

Im sure you know, but dont kill him, alright?

Leave it to me!

Corne said lightly, but Loren wasnt sure how much he could trust a fairys words, so he was still worried .

Putting that aside, are you fully prepared Loren?

Loren looked down at himself .

There was nothing special he needed to prepare .

The clothes that he always wore, boots, and leather armor .

The black coat that he put on over all of it, and his black great sword in his hand .

This was all of Lorens current equipment .

He had some other stuff that he brought with him, but they were either still wet or didnt help him during battle, so he left them behind with Feuille .

Im good .

I see . Corne, if you could please .

I got it . Here it goes .

On her command, the powers of all the casters in the village amassed to her . Apparently .

Loren did feel some in the air, but there wasnt any flashing lights or explosions, so he couldnt feel how much had been gathered .

Thats pretty much what magic is Onii-san . Feeling pressure even though its not an offensive spell is already quite incredible though .

Shayna explained to him, but it still didnt ring a bell to Loren, so Shayna sighed and started syncing her sight with his .

When she did so, although he couldnt see anything until then, he started seeing a distortion around Corne, who was concentrating with all her might .

The distortion reached up to a height that even Loren had to look up at it, and judging from her size, he was able to see and understand that something powerful was gathering around her .

Thats the amassed mana .

I see now . This is convenient .

Its the eyes and sight of a no life king though, so I cant link it for long . It could things that could make you slowly lose your mind .

After saying so, Shayna cut the link and Lorens sight became normal again .

Okay then, here it goes!

Something erupted from Cornes body .

Loren didnt know what it was, but he understood that she had unleashed whatever had been distorting the space around her that he had just seen thanks to Shayna .

It flew into the corridor in front of them, and after a while, air with a foul stench started seeping out from the other side, causing Loren and Lapis to cover their noses with their arms .

The blockade is broken .

Corne, who had been fluttering around earlier but was now barely able to move, told them .

What the hell is this smell?

Its most likely coming from where the chief is, butI really dont want to go near where this is coming from .

W-wait! That will be troubling .

At Cornes worried words, Lapis laughed told her she was joking .

Okay Loren, after you .

YouIm the front line, so I guess I should go first

Since there was no telling what as waiting for them at the end of the corridor, so there wasnt the option of letting a priestess go ahead of him but being asked to go ahead didnt feel good either .

But Loren steeled himself, knowing that nothing would happen if he didnt act, and stepped into the corridor with Lapis following behind him .

There was glowing moss on the rocks and walls here as well, so they could see without a problem, but with each step they took, the stench got stronger and stronger .

As Loren started thinking about wanting to turn back because of the smell, the corridor ended, and they arrived in an open area .

Is this where the chief is at?

Loren grimaced at the stench that filled the place as he looked around .

He thought he would find out what the stench was from since he was nearing the origin, but although they should be very close, he couldnt figure out what it was .

Before, he and his fellow mercenaries had been ordered to go on consecutive battles and hadnt been able to wash themselves for a while, and what he smelled now was like what he smelled from everyone then .

The smell of sweat and dirt androtting food is all mixed together .

Lapis identified the smell while covering her mouth and nose with her hand, but it didnt seem like they would find out if Lapis was right or if it was something else completely unless they investigated .

But they didnt have the time to do so .

It was Lapis who first noticed it, as expected .

It was in the deepest part of the open area they entered, right by the back wall .

At first Lapis couldnt understand what it was .

But after a while, she realized it might be something that someone had become, she pulled on Lorens sleeve as he had a disgusted look on his face .

Loren, thatis that what I think it is?

When Loren looked towards where Lapis was pointing, he was at a loss for words at what he saw .

There was a skin colored mountain .

They were in a spacious area with a ceiling that was quite high, but what in the world was the giant thing that almost reached it .

Umm? This isntNo way

A skin colored blob that was wet with something that was most likely sweat .

The blob seemed to be separated into parts by something like wrinkles but seeing that the largest out of them was expanding and withering, they could see that it was a living thing .

But to the question of what kind of living thing it was, Loren didnt have an answer .

The thing that looked so abnormal was taking root alongside the wall .

It seems like thats the source of the smell .

Loren didnt feel like touching the thing that glistened in a slimy fashion and looked like someone had poured oil in it, so he walked near it with a disgusted face and poked it with his foot .

Lapis panicked and tried to stop him, but it was already too late, and the giant things attention turned to Loren .

Whoare you?

It spoke!?

Although he wasnt sure where it was speaking from, he heard it speak, and it spoke responding to Lorens action .

Loren slowly back off from the giant blob that talked, even though it was talking in broken phrases, and asked Lapis, who was backing off as well .

Lapis, what the hell is that

We came here to find the fairy chief, so you have an idea of what we just encountered, right?

It wasnt like he didnt have a vague idea of what it was .

But checking what hed been told against the blob in front of him that started to move, he didnt want to believe it .

Youre kidding meThis thing is the chief?

It was in fact natural to think that it was the chief, since they had encountered it at the place where they were told the chief was residing in .

But the fairies that they had met until then were palm sized boys and girls like Corne and was nothing like the chunk of meat in front of them .

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What the hell!? Why is this the chief!?

Dont ask me .

There was only about one thing Loren could think of .

He ate too much and got fat

Loren and Lapis had no idea how large the chief originally was, but since he was a fairy, it was hard to think that he was tall enough for the two of them to look up at him .

So, Loren concluded that he became the gigantic thing in front of him due to eating all the food he stole from the elves .

But this is a bit too much, dont you think?

Hes so big he cant even move in his own .

Maybe it wont be too hard to kill him, I guess .

Loren had thought the task would be quite difficult since he had heard that the chief was more powerful than all the fairies in the village combined, so he was relieved that it wouldnt be so hard since their opponent couldnt move, but he then immediately jumped away from where he was standing .

Almost at the same time, a few bolts of fire landed where he had just been standing, scattering flames in the around the spot .

It doesnt seem like hell give us an easy time just because he cant move .

The chief indeed couldnt move on his own .

But not being able to move and not being able to fight were two different things, and especially if you could use magic, you could fight if you had consciousness .

Looks like if we dont start trying, well be the ones who get killed .

As Loren muttered and gripped his great sword more tightly, the giant chunk of meat shuddered, whether it was from being nervous of fighting, or from joy that new prey was in its sight, as it started scattering its stench around again .