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Chapter 143

Grn runs through the darkness .

Although the hidden passage isnt that broad, theres no illumination . At the same time, Renya is unable to brighten up the whole passage with just the occasionally tossed sorcery lights clinging to the ceiling . Moreover, since the Fang Kings speed, who had gone ahead, easily escapes the range thats illuminated by those lights, they bear almost no meaning .

Under the condition of being inside darkness, human eyes cant see anything .

For Renya to be able to barely chase after the Fang King is owed to his perception and because hes running while somehow sensing the surroundings by the footsteps caused by the Fang King, himself and Lepard .

If this was a perfect darkness, even the Fang King and Lepard should be unable to see anything just like Renya, but according to Lepard, light at a level that he can barely see seems to be flowing into his beastman eyes .

If you compare the average values of combat abilities, the beastmen doubtlessly surpass the humans by far, but it was apparently the same in regards to the performance of their eyes .

In that case, it cant be helped (Renya)

Ahead of the running Renya, there are small sparks and metallic sounds .

At first Renya couldnt collate those, but it appears that Grn, who is ahead of him, has started to attack the Fang King while looking for opportunities .

The Fang King blocking and repelling those attacks is the true identity of those sparks and sounds .

In the beginning Grn used some spells or tools that flared up and exploded, but because the stray shots caused serious damage to parts of the passage and since the soldiers and maids, who seemed to accidentally be on the other side of the wall, screamed, he changed his tactics to close combat .

Grn, is going at it quite spiritedly~ (Renya)

I have heard that elves can see well in the darkness, but they have indeed quite the astounding night vision . (Lepard)

Lepard, whos running next to Renya, says in admiration .

Him being able to keep up with is simply because Renya is keeping a slow pace .

Lepard, who puts emphasis on strength in battles, possesses the ears and tail of a leopard, but he wasnt that much of a fast runner, seemingly due to the heavy muscles covering his whole body .

But then again its because hes running while taking the damage to the building itself into account . It looks like he could have run faster if it was fine to break the floor in the process, but if he did that, he would get scolded by a strict Lobelia as it would increase the repair costs .

If he learned to adjust his strength, he might be able to run a lot faster while keeping the damage to the building low, Renya believes, but the fact that Lepard is unable to consider that option is very much like him .

Compared to that, the agility of Grn could be summed up with the wordmagnificent .

Not only does he keep running through a darkness, where he shouldnt be able to see much if anything at all, at an outrageous speed, but he doesnt make any noise with his footsteps at all, although he should be wearing normal boots while running on top of a stone floor .

While sticking close to the Fang King running in front, he delivers pointed attacks no sooner than slipping into the Fang Kings blind spots, weakening the Fang Kings legs .

It was no exaggeration to say that Renya and Lepard have managed to avoid losing the Fang King thanks to that .

Your father is quite swift-footed (Renya)

He weighs less than me . His strength might have declined a bit, but he has been training everyday after allin running away . (Lepard)

Lepards last words were muttered very quietly and feebly .

It seems the remark mentioned by the Fang King that its an everyday occurrence is not a lie, but just the plain truth .

However, I wonder what the fact that he has trained his speed as the first priority for the sake of running away from his queen says about him as a king, Renya wonders .

Once again a single, high-pitched sound was audible as sparks scattered .

The blow just now seemed to be somehow different from the ones before . Sensing that something was flying their way, even though he couldnt see it, Renya tried to take evasive actions .

It seems as though Lepards perception caught that presence as well, but instead of trying to evade like Renya, he spreads both arms in order to catch the approaching object from the front .

Lepard? (Renya)

Its Grn . (Lepard)

The second Lepard says that, Renya can hear the impact of flesh colliding with flesh .

Although stifled, Grns cries of pain were mixed into it as well .

What happened!? (Renya)

As expected of the beastmen kinghes formidable . (Grn)

Once Grn said that alongside a small tongue clicking, Lepard laughed .

Looks like your attacks got countered, eh? (Lepard)

Due to Lepards words, Renya is able to mostly guess what had happened .

Apparently having become used to Grns attacks, the Fang King counterattacked him . It seems that Grn was blown away after receiving that blow .

Since Renya didnt expect for the object approaching him to be Grn, he took evasive actions, but Lepard, who realized that it was Grn, caught him .

Its fine . I can run myself . (Grn)

Even though he can hear their voices, Renya practically cant see either of them .

But he perceives Grns presence becoming more distant right away .

Lepard, can the Fang King use the elven language? (Renya)

Hah? We cant use anything but the human language . As theres too many races around us, we wouldnt understand each other, if we started to use native languages . (Lepard)

Ignoring Lepard, who continues with In the first place, whos going to come up and create something like a native beastman language?, for the moment, Renya yelled towards the distant presence while focusing on the elven language,

Grn! Listen up, once I give you the signal, stop that idiots legs completely for just a moment! (Renya)

Got it . (Grn)

There was a reply from way ahead, albeit being faint .

While believing,Probably neither the Fang King nor Lepard, whos running next to me, were able to understand my instruction just now, he next focuses on the human language again and then addresses Lepard,

Lepard, for the most part I dont grasp the situation around us . (Renya)

Im surprised that you keep running without crashing into a wall like that . (Lepard)

That doesnt matter now . Tell me if we enter a straight, narrow passage . If possible please make sure that the Fang King is straight ahead of me . (Renya)

Understood . (Lepard)

How very soldier-like of him to not start asking what Im planning, Renya thinks .

Lepard understood from Renyas tone that hes likely intending to stop the Fang King, using some kind of method .

Make sure not to die if possiblebah, that stupid old man! (Lepard)

Whats wrong? (Renya)

Surprised at Lepard was cursing all of a sudden, Renya felt like he stepped on something soft in the next instant .

It was similar to a bundle of cloth, but as it wasnt that big either, it immediately disappeared behind them .

The Fang Kingtook off his jacket while running . (Lepard)

Hah? (Renya)

Before being stopped by us, that person intends to launch a suicide attack on the bathtub as soon as he arrives on-site . (Lepard)

While feeling his brain freezing as he tries to understand Lepards words, Renya thought,Oh, what I stepped on moments ago was the Fang Kings jacket?as if its almost completely someone elses problem .

In other words, Renya didnt know at all when he would be arriving at his destination, the bathroom, at this pace, but the Fang King was apparently planning to take off all clothes on the way .

Renya is filled with the urge of wanting to retort,Thats not what you call peeping, but in the Fang Kings eyes seeing that he already had pursuers on his heels he will definitely get caught even if he tries to give those pursuers the slip as Lepard knows the way anyway .

Thus he apparently jumped to the hasty conclusion,In that case I would rather storm into the bathroom .

The idea that looking at what is visible before being caught is a nicely resolute, truly manly action is limited to the performer, but when seen from the side that is forced to keep the tea company, its intolerable .

Is that something a king would do? (Renya)

Thats definitely not the way a king, or rather even an ordinary person, should act, Renya believes .

For better or worse its a bathroom with foreign and moreover noble women inside,he thinks, but even if there was a protest from the Trident Principality with that as a reason, they have very likely no other option but to use the transfer gate for communications, seeing as the beastman country is too far away .

Also, if the beastmen deliberately continue pretending to not be aware of it, just the protest and the verification of the event will cost too much money .

Renya, I take back what I said before . Beat him to death . (Lepard)

Renya wonders whats that about, but he changes his mind towardI suppose theres no need to hold back since I got authorization from his own son .

Once we turn around the next corner, it should be a long, straight passagealright! I see his back! Hes right in front, Renya . (Lepard)

Grn! Stop him! (Renya)

According to Renyas shouted an instruction in elvish, Grn steps in front of the Fang King for just an instant .

If hes hit directly from the front, Grns body wont be able to hinder the Fang Kings charge .

The Fang King swoops down on Grn, obviously planning to tackle him as hes well aware of that fact .

But, Grn didnt have any intention to foolishly challenge the Fang King to a contest of strength . He takes something out of his pocket, throws it on the ground, lowers his body in the same motion and does a forward somersault . Passing between the feet of the charging Fang King, he landed behind him .

In front of the Fang King, whos still rushing while having lost his target, the object that was thrown by Grn starts to unfold furiously .

It was fine threads that had been entwined over and over again .

Just like a spiderweb, they blocked the passage clinging all around, not just to the ceiling or a wall .

The single threads werent that strong, but once the Fang Kings body plunged into that spiderweb, which was formed by all those thin threads gathering together, his body was snared on the spot even while a part of the spiderweb was torn off .

Nuu!? (Sigurd)

Renya! I stopped him! (Grn)

Dont think you were able to stop me with only this much! (Sigurd)

Even though his charge has been stopped, its not as though the Fang Kings power has diminished . He gathers his strength and tears up the spiderweb with ripping sounds .

But, for Renya the time he had been stopped was more than enough .

Grn! Get out of the way! (Renya)

If the target is right in front in a straight passage, he will hit his target as long as he only runs straight ahead, even if he cant see the vicinity .

There was also the concern that Grn would be dragged into it if things went badly, but while expecting that he will likely be able to skillfully dodge it, Renya kicked the ground with all his power .

He reaches an acceleration that cannot be compared to the running speed he had until now .

Not knowing the distance to the Fang King, Renya crossed both his arms in front of his face and rushed forward in that state .

Guu (Renya)

Gaha!? (Sigurd)

Due to the impact assailing his arms, Renya leaks a faint groan . The Fang King, who directly received that assault with his back, screamed in pain .

The spiderweb that suffered the impact of Renyas charge and had to bear the weight of two people, is easily torn to pieces and the Fang Kings body is released, but Renyas arms have been already wedged into his back and their bodies slither along the passage with almost no deceleration .

L-Let go! Hey! Stop! (Sigurd)

You think Im an idiot that will do that!? (Renya)

Theres a wall in front of us! (Sigurd)

The Fang King, who has memorized the map, knew that they would crash into a wall if they continued like this, going by their current location and the direction of movement .

So what about it!? The one crashing into the wall will be just you, Fang King! (Renya)

Even if theres a wall ahead, Renya, whos pressing down on the back, wont directly crash into the wall since the Fang Kings body will act as a buffer .

Rather, the Fang King will be sandwiched between him and the wall . Renya had the intention of bringing the Fang King down by delivering a reliable amount of damage .

T-The likes of a wall wont even make my steel body quiver! (Sigurd)

Then resign yourself as I will keep beating you, even if you smash into the wall, until you give up! (Renya)

Are you sure? On the other side of the wall is (Sigurd)

The Fang Kings words were interrupted half way .

At the same time a shock travels through Renyas entire body .

Before he even comprehended that they had hit against the wall, Renya steps powerfully forward and drives both his elbows into the back of the Fang King using the weight of his entire body .

It was unclear whether it was the Fang Kings body or the wall that caused the creaking sounds .

Rather than pondering about something like that, he focuses his mind on the possibility of him being unable to catch the Fang King again if he lets him escape here . Thus he doesnt cease pushing the Fang Kings body into the wall until all power definitely escapes his body .

S-Stooopon the other side of this wall (Sigurd)

How tenacious! (Renya)

Renya fears that he might be lacking power, but theres no way that he will be able to correct his hold after separating once .

The Fang King, whos still conscious, might run away if he uses the moment when Renya lets go .

But, its also a fact that he cant dish out any effective attacks while they are glued to each other .

In that case Renya has no option but to keep pushing here . Renya braces his legs, puts his strength into them and continues pressing against the Fang Kings back .

Before he realized, the grating and creaking sound changed into a sound as if something hard was gradually breaking apart .

Wondering whether that might be the start of some of the Fang Kings bones breaking or becoming dislocated due to the pressure, Renya puts his strength into both his arms as if going for a finishing blow .

Just as he was about to do that, the pressure he felt on both arms vanished as if slipping away .

Eh? (Renya)

Renya unintentionally ends up letting out a silly sound out .

As if in slow motion, Renya watches how the Fang Kings body falls towards the other side while breaking through the wall and how light floods the passage that had been pitch dark until then .

That was the moment when the wall collapsed, unable to bear Renyas power .

The body of the Fang King, who had lost consciousness at this point, is thrust into something, which was on the other side, with a glugging alongside the broken wall .

And Renyas body, which lost the resistance from pushing against the Fang Kings body, pitches forward with the force he had loaded into it so far .

He makes 2-3 steps as if stumbling forward .

Treading across the body of the Fang King who had collapsed first, Renya looks directly into the eyes of the person who was ahead of him .

Ah?

Renya!?

Due to the surprised voice, Renya considers evading, but with the momentum that was already driving his body, he plunges into that person .

Spreading both arms, Renya looked as if he was going to embrace them . That person likewise spread their arms and apparently tried to catch him, but going by the difference in body weight and power of the person they were going to catch in their arms, it seemed to be a reckless challenge . Both of them clashed into the bathtub in the shape of Renya pushing down the other person while raising a spray of hot water .

Sorry! Are you alright!? (Renya)

Renya thrust his face into something that had an exceedingly soft springiness, but he lifts his head out of the tub in a hurry without even the spare time to enjoy that softness and lifts up the person, whom he had pushed down, in his arms .

Its not unlikely for me to make her suffocate if Im careless, he thought .

It was Shion in a state where her long black hair was showily spreading within the bathtub .

Briefly looking at Shion, who incessantly blinks her eyes not understanding just what has happened, Renya confirms that he hasnt injured her and then breathes out in relief .

Since he bumped into her with a reasonable force, he worried whether he had hurt her .

And at the same time he realizes that the Fang King had tried to tell him something .

His current location was the bathroom, the final spot the Fang King was aiming for .

The sensation of the hot water soaking into my clothes doesnt really feel all that nice, Renya frowns .

Shion repeatedly nudged Renyas chest .

Mmh? (Renya)

Renyaumm, you knowId be lying if I said that Im not happy, butafter all, umm, its embarrassing . (Shion)

As he was about to look at Shion, whos in his arms, once again after being told so, he turned his face away in a hurry .

Although its only natural as they are inside the bathtub, Shion wasnt wearing anything, so-to-speak, she was in her birthday suit .

Given that she didnt even cover herself with a towel, her figure burned itself deeply into Renyas brain, but as he would likely make Shion feel even more embarrassed if he blushed here or instead stared at her openly, Renya makes an effort to pretend to be calm and separates his body from Shion .

Ah, no, umm, sorryI will leave right away . (Renya)

Mmhsince it looks like it was an accident, its okay . (Shion)

Not knowing what would be the best reply to return to Shion who smiles pleasantly while hiding her breasts with both arms, Renya grabbed the body of the unconscious Fang King, who was releasing foam from his mouth while submerged in the bath, and quickly ran away into the hidden passage through the hole he had opened up himself .

By the way, time-wise Rona and Mayria, who had entered the bath before Shion, were just in the middle of washing their bodies at the washing place . They did notice Renya breaking through the wall and plunging into the bathtub, but on the other hand Renya didnt perceive the two at all because he ended up catching a glimpse of Shions naked body . But thats just a postscript here .