Chapter 127

I peered out of the carriage and looked out at the scenery on the road to Fage territory .

The quality of the wood might be pretty good around here,

I can feel a good amount of magic from the tree .

Its true that the quality of the wood is far less than the quality of the trees growing in the Marren tribes villages, but it seems that these trees are suitable for making Ortem .

I guess Ill have to go to the countryside if I want to carve an Ortem .

I havent carved a lot of Ortems since I left the village, so I cant help but feel itchy .

The forest near the city of Lomarn was no good in that regard .

The magic field itself must be weak .

Abel, Abel .

Mare taps me on the shoulder .

Then she hides her voice and continues to speak .

That thing in the back cant you do something about it? I think the horses are a bit scared . Elia-san also looks back suspiciously from time to time

Its quite a distance to Fage territory, after all . The Teleportation magic is not really suitable for long distances .

That thing was the large six-armed Ortem, the former Evil Bound, Asura 5000, chasing after it from behind .

Donk, donk, donk, donk, donk, donk, the strange sounds that were struck would attract the horses attention and inhibit the carriages movement .

The magic power required for the Teleportation magic jumped in power proportion to the distance .

Originally, it wasnt sorcery for carrying a long distance .

Even I was limited to transferring the Asura 5000 buried around the city of Lomarn to the city of Asshim .

It also secretly drained my magic power .

It was too big and too heavy to be loaded on a carriage, and the only way to transport it to the Fage territory was to have it follow them like this .

The-, Then we have no choice

If I had Fifnigs organs, I could make a bag that I could carry around at will .

A Fifnig is a dragon that is known only in lore as a rabid dragon .

They have a second stomach, which is said to be capable of storing an unlimited amount of food .

It is rumored that an adventurer of a bygone era, who was feared as a collector, had a bag of tools made from the organs of a rabid dragon that could hold any number of things .

Im also thirsty to get one myself .

After that, as I continued to observe the quality of the wood, I could see about five blue baby demons gathered in the distance .

Are those . . Quelgoblins?

Whereas normal goblins were green, the Quelgoblins had blue bodies .

They are said to be stronger and more belligerent than normal species .

According to The Goblin Primer (written by Edna Elbert), they must have been rather rare .

Its an old book, so it might not be reliable in that sense, but I dont remember hearing the name much, at least in the Adventurers Support Center .

My heart fluttered a bit at the rare goblin I saw so quickly .

My new life would begin here .

I cant stop mourning .

With Shames help, the Doom tribe should have been able to scatter it well .

As for the Marrens I wont have to worry about it so much .

Ive heard of a Marren who left the village a long time ago and came back after three days of being homesick .

I dont care if its me with a past life correction, but the average Marren would not be able to live in the rough and tumble of the city .

Sorry Gizel, your brother cant get caught yet .

Someone, youll have to mend your son-in-law . It may be selfish of me, but I want you to postpone the ceremony until I get home .

I absolutely dont approve of Noswell, but Gizel cant choose either .

Also I somehow dont like Shibi, too . Hes not a bad guy, but the thought of an acquaintance and Gizel getting close to each other makes me cringe .

I feel like its a good idea to go with someone I dont know at all, but I dont feel comfortable leaving Gizel in charge of someone I dont know at all .

I know Im not in a position to interfere at all, but I cant help but think about this and that .

Its my choice, so I should be a little more relaxed .

Nevertheless, Im sure theres a magical beast that is worth playing with .

I muttered to myself as I looked at the swarm of Quelgoblins .

The Fage territory is a rural frontier area, unlike Lomarn .

If the lord wasnt too much of a magic hater, the ordinances should be that much looser .

Perhaps bio-magic could be used as much as possible .

The crowd of Quelgoblins shuddered as if they felt a chill, but they ran away, pointing this way .

Hm? Theyre surprisingly timid .

According to The Goblin Primer, Quelgoblins are supposed to be quite belligerent .

I withdrew my outstretched hand to my pocket wand, a little disappointed .

Abel, was there something there?

Mea calls out to me on my back .

No, there was a goblin in there, but he ran off as soon as our eyes met .

Theyre a goblin with good instincts, arent they?

Really?

I pulled my head back as I answered .

Were there any strange magical beasts? As they say, if theres a three-headed dragon, Id like to make sure to drive it out immediately

Elia, the pilot of the carriage, called out to him .

He had the same flat, cool tone as usual .

Elia was quite reluctant to go to the Fage territory at first, but since we didnt have anyone else to ask for, I had to take a big bite out of it .

I put my money in his hand, I put my head down, but he just wouldnt shake it .

But when I said, I and Meas parents came to bring us back, she misunderstood what I said and said, okay . Then Ill help you, she smoothly agreed .

Although I felt bad, I cant refrain from doing so as my livelihood is at stake here as well in many ways .

However, it was on the condition that if there was a dangerous magic beast as rumored, we would immediately back down .

Id like to say there werent any but the hills around here are pretty big .

Nalgarn .

Elia responds to my reply with a short, proper noun .

Yeah?

If there really is a three-headed dragon, they say its probably Nalgarn . It is said that there is a legendary swamp around here that sealed Nalgarn in the past, so the seal is probably broken .

I know the name Nalgarn too .

I remember overhearing it a few times while gathering information about the Fage territory .

Its a ridiculously tough and strong magical beast, and its presumed designated danger level is at the top of A-class .

Its not impossible to say that they couldnt defeat it, so they sunk it into the swamp and sealed it .

However, you dont have to worry about that since Abel is here .

Mea interrupted her .

Its hard to think too much, though . If it was that important, they would have tried to call for support somehow long ago . If there really is Nalgarn, then someone is destroying the opportunity to inform the outside world, or the Fage territory has been destroyed long ago, or the lord is terribly incompetent

Come to think of it, that lord Lark is quite useless .

No, even so, there arent any human soldiers surrounding the area, its just a bunch of large magic beasts sitting around capriciously, so they should be able to exploit any number of gaps .

Such a high-level monster like A-class beast shouldnt just pop up in that area

Gishaaaaaaaaaaa!

A loud roar echoed throughout the area .

Starting with that cry, dun, dun, dun, and the sound of footsteps shaking the ground approached .

Hiiiiiiiiiiiii!

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiinnn!

The horses pulling the carriage shouted .

Each one of them is trying to escape, or their movements are disrupted, and the carriage shakes wildly .

The horses, which had originally been worn out by the Asura 5000, seemed to have reached the end of their mental capacity when they heard the mysterious cry .

Ah! N-, no! Listen to me, please! No, no!

Se-, seriously

I hold the back of the carriage, resisting the rocking motion, while grabbing the edge of the fabric and rolling it up and sticking my head out .

Gishaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

A huge three-headed dragon was just running towards our carriage .

It has three long blue, yellow and red heads, just as they say .

I guess she was right about Nalgarn .

I had heard about it, but when I saw it in person, the color scheme reminded me of a traffic light .

What do I do! The horses, they wont listen! Whoa, calm down! Choco! Parfait! Youre good boys, so!

Elia-san was in a steady state of distraction .

Those horses, they had such pretty names .

I took out my staff while clinging to the swinging carriage and pointed it at Nalgarn .

Ugh damn, Im not stable

This is a large monster beast, the top of the A-type .

Its the biggest monster Ive ever faced .

However, even if the worst-case scenario is that the magic doesnt work, if its true to the lore, they should be able to buy more time by building a larger swamp and casting a seal on it, so I wasnt too worried about it .

Gishaaaaaaaaa!

The yellow head turned its head towards us and took a deep breath .

Something, I think its going to try something .

wind, form, blade .

Reorganize your magic circle and raise their power .

Narrowing the range and aligning it to a one-point breakthrough type .

Since it was difficult to aim due to the swinging carriage, I also thought that a wider range might be better .

However, since it was an A-class high-level magic beast, I wanted to check Nalgarns defensive performance first .

If this would allow some damage to pass through, then I could fight it normally, and if it not, I could create a swamp and sink it .

A magic circle floats up and the wind blade flies in a straight line towards Nalgarn .

Damn, I missed a bit!

A blade of wind passed by the side of Nargarns protruding yellow head .

It missed the moment I thought that, the Nalgarns yellow neck was ripped open and flesh and blood flew off .

Gyaaaaaah! Giaaaaah!

The yellow head suffers from the pain, shaking its head self-consciously .

Nalgarn stopped in its tracks .

Ah, looks like I can do this somehow

The pressure of the wind blade pushing out of the wind seemed to have gouged out Nargarns neck .

Ive heard it was tough, but it didnt look like I needed to be prepared for another long battle .

The carriage stopped rocking .

The horses were looking up at Nalgarn, stunned .

Its owner, Elia, was looking at Nalgarn as well, and her mouth was fluttering .

Gishaaaaaaaaa!

The blue neck purred, and the blood in the yellow neck subsided .

The yellow neck stared at me in pain and was breathing heavily, but the bitterness from earlier seemed to have eased considerably .

It stared at us with eyes that were laced with anger and hostility .

Elia looks back at me, as if she had just noticed .

Na-, Nalgarn cant be taken down as long as the blue head is there! Itd be recovering from the magic soon enough, and well be fighting a war of attrition

wind, form, blade

The carriage stopped so I was able to get a good enough shot at it .

The blade of the wind easily repelled the yellow head that was staring at us .

Nalgarns blood splattered heavily and his head fell to the ground .

The long neck, which has lost its master, hangs slackly to the ground .

Elia-san, you were about to say something earlier, but

Ah yeah, sorry, its nothing .

Gishaaaaaaaaaa!

Nalgarns remaining blue and red heads squealed madly .

The heads that had been with them for so long had been blown off, so theyd have a lot to think about .

Yes, two more to go .

Lets just get this over with .

As I was thinking about this, the cut on Nalgarns yellow neck suddenly began to glow with an ominous light .

is that

The light condensed and eventually, it turned into a magic circle technique .

The light that had been drawing the magic circle changed, representing the head that should have been lost .

Ah, ah, ah Thats Impossible .

Elia covers her mouth with her hand .

Gishaaaaaaaa!

The reborn yellow head, the one that has taken over the will of the previous generation, stares at me and roars angrily .

No-, no way The neck returned to the way it was I-, Is that possible, Abel!? Mea never heard of anything like that!

This is

I trailed off and gulped, gasping .

Arent we able to collect heads of Nalgarn all we want?

What?

Mea and Elias voices hummed .

From the shape of the magic circle, it seemed to consume a large amount of Nalgarns magic, so the more you hunt it, the less its value will decrease, but even so, there is a way to use it .

It is bio-magic that has invaded a very dangerous area, so even though it is forbidden in every region, Im not the one who started it, so there wont be any complaints about it no matter how much I use it .

I readied my wand again and aligned the tip of my wand with Nalgarns yellow head, which revealed its anger .