Chapter 192 - Episode Eighteen - Live Fogg (8)

Go! Lapides Sword!

The sword flew in a straight line and killed another one of Live Fogg.

Neatly, the Live Foggs head rolled off into the distance.

This was the fifth one.

Yes! Kamla-san, please collect the Live Fogg again!

A-Abel Hey, lets go home. I think Its good now with all of this. Its not like its going to take that many bodies

Eh but we need to collect a few more to make Pargas Village fully healed

But, but

Kamla said this exhaustedly and began to rummage through his hair and didnt particularly interrupt me further.

He looks very tired.

Augen-san, could you collect the Live Fogg instead?

Oh, yeah yes, I guess so

Strange.

Augen, who should have certainly been happy until the second body, has a completely hardened expression.

Maybe hes worried that collecting them halfway through will only provoke a fight over the Live Fogg in the village.

Dont worry! The Ortem is responding! There has to be a hangout for the Live Fogg nearby!

Live Foggs hangout!?

Even Augen seemed to be pleased with this information, and his eyes were peeled back and his mouth was open.

A, Abel-san! Weve come to a place we havent ventured much further into! To be clear Its hard to know what kind of demon youre going to get! Also, there may be some unearned demons out there and !

Sophia tried to persuade me.

You see, if Abel-san were to lose his life, it would be a loss to the people of Pargas village! For now, lets take these four things home with us, shall we? Theres no room for stubbornness here, is there?

Dont worry. Even though I look like this, Im pretty timid, so Ill run away the moment I feel uncomfortable.

The World Trees Ortem is now spinning happily around.

It should be safe to assume that there are ten of these reactions.

If I catch a lot of them, maybe theyll flush some of them out to me.

Thinking about that makes my heart skip a beat.

After all, they are the raw material for the legendary elixir, the Fogg.

There are many uses for it, and its worth analyzing.

I took the three somewhat reluctant men and moved on in pursuit of the World Trees Ortem.

It looks like well be able to secure twenty of them by the end of the day for sure!

Yeah, I suppose.

Augen nodded emphatically.

At that moment, Mea suddenly opened her eyes and held her bow.

Abel, ahead!

If I looked ahead, I could see a yellow fruit flying towards us.

It was the fruit that Augen had told me on the first day that it was poisonous enough to cause a skin rash.

The World Trees Ortem leaps up quickly and spins in the air, knocking the fruit off.

Kiki, kiki,

With a cry, a human-like shadow suddenly floats from the surroundings.

Its Shadow Swimmy! Were surrounded!

Augen exclaims.

A swimmy is a monkey-like magic beast.

They are smart and specialize in nimble movements. They are considered to be quite troublesome if you are spotted.

In addition to their conventional cunningness, Shadow-Swimmy is particularly adept at using illusions to weaken their targets.

The shadows move, wavering.

These guys have a nasty nature, preferring to target sorcerers who want to retreat to the rear of the guard, rather than the vanguard.

We only have one chance.

Augen muttered, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

He tightened his grip on the wooden mallet of his weapon.

Augen-san, do you have a plan?

No, what

Augen turned to me as he said, and freaked out and tensed up.

Brother, behind you!

I reached out my fingers and raised my arm, bringing it down with great force forward.

The Lapides Sword slashed the ground following the movement of my arm after extending its blade length to three times its original length.

The shockwave that gushed from the tip of the blade cracked the ground and cut both sides of the large tree that was beyond it.

Kiki! Ki, Kiki!

Shadow Swimmy runs away with a squeal.

Swimmy is a clever magic beast. After threatening them this much, they wont come any closer.

Augen froze in his posture with his mallet raised.

Um, is there something wrong?

No, sorry, I think I was hallucinating about them.

Augen quietly lowered the mallet.

It wasnt really that kind of magical power, but well, maybe he was in a panic and mistook it for something else.

Even if there was an attack by a magic beast, I could just wield my Lapides Sword and they would quickly run away.

It was convenient. Im glad that I had procured a weapon, after all.

I must thank Rinoa again for making it for me.

After advancing for a while, the World Trees Ortem stopped moving.

It starts spinning around on the spot.

Huh Looks like it was a malfunction.

When Kamla said that, Sophia sat there as if she had lost her strength.

As I thought, she was quite tired from walking.

It was probably a combination of disappointment and exhaustion at the prospect of finding Live Fogg.

Sophia-san! Dont worry, the Live Fogg is definitely nearby!

Eh N-no, but there is nowhere

I put my hand on the World Trees Ortem.

This contains Marias demon that Ive locked away, Hamelin.

It seems that Live Fogg is hiding If I use the full extent of Hamelins magic beast attraction ability, they should be excited and jump right out.

Live Fogg seems to have a high level of intelligence, though, so it would be meaningless if I didnt output it quite strongly.

I pour my magic power all at once into Hamelin, who is inside the World Trees Ortem.

Rattling, the World Trees Ortem began to tremble.

Kyahahahahahahaha

Hamelins laughter escaped from World Trees Ortems mouth.

At the same time, the air around changed completely.

Jus-, just now, what

A hole opened up from the ground and a massive amount of Live Fogg revealed itself.

It wasnt ten or twenty. The area was filled with holes, and one by one, Live Fogg crawled out.

There must be close to a hundred of them.

After making a potion, they could make enough change to give out to all the villagers as sashimi.

The clear, lapis lazuli color of Live Foggs body made it seem as if an ocean had sprung up out of the ground, an illusion-like sight.

Its body surface was dazzling because of the way it reflected the sunlight.

Indeed, it was beginning to seem like it was a gift from the sea gods.

Perhaps the followers who had first said that Live Fogg was Levis gift had also seen this sight.

Wow! Its so beautiful!

Mea was frustrated by this sight.

Come to think of it, Mea may have never seen the real ocean.

Even I havent seen one in this life.

ve?

Veoh! Veoh!

Live Fogg comes to himself and tries to escape in a great hurry by teleportation.

The Lapides Sword moves just as I reminded it to, sending Live Foggs head flying.

In just three swings, I was able to kill nearly a dozen Live Foggs.

However, within just a few seconds, the Live Foggs figure disappeared as if the tide was receding.

mares arrow didnt hit.

Mea shakily drops her hand down holding the bow.

If its just after teleportation, he shouldnt be able to use it. If there are this many of them, it might be easy to kill a few of them. Lets go after the Live Fogg quickly, everyone! They must still be out there! Lets catch every last one of them!

When I turned around, I saw the three Levi followers standing there with stunned expressions on their faces.

As I thought, was it a bad idea?

No, but they shouldnt have been able to stop it that hard