BXBX NOVEL Chapter 180，Part1: 1 - Escort
Chapter180，Part1: 1 - Escort
Chapter 180 Escort?
Part 1
However, even to Liz Smart who was accustomed to seeing Monsters, the contrast between the town and the hordes of Chill Dragons filling the sky reminded her of the end of the world.
An unknown number of flocks of Chill Dragons was completely ignoring the houses and the fleeing inhabitants and were headed towards the inn where the Emperor and the rest were staying at, it was as if they were being sucked in.
There was clearly something unusual.
At an inn about a kilometer away from the one, the Emperor and the rest were staying at. Liz, who was checking the situation from the window of the room on the second floor, yelled at the back.
“Hey, Syt~! There’re just too many of them~! You’re planning to kill the Emperor or what~! Is this the first time you’re doing this~!” (Liz)
“Don’t blame this on me! I only planted eleven of them, and they were the first ones which went in…… Onee-chan you saw it too, right? In the first place, I didn’t have drugs that are able to gather that many Chilldra……” (Sytry)
That’s right. Liz and the others had found a Chilldra den in a nearby mountain and had kidnapped the Dragons inside. And had drugged them.
Everything was for the sake of their Leader. If he said that Dragons will appear, then as his best friend, we have to help him.
And then, it was only half successful.
I looked away from my “Imouto (Sister)”, who was making excuses and looked at Luke, who was swinging around in the room in annoyance.
“So it’s Luke-chan’s fault?” (Liz)
“Oooooh! How many do I have to kill?” (Luke)
“I was wrong, heh…… So where do they come from…… Maybe, we didn’t need to catch some after all?” (Liz)
Liz turned around, put her elbows on the windowsill, and looked at the tumultuous city.
We had spent a lot of effort into finding and capturing the Dragons, but at this rate, it was probably unnecessary.
Lucia, who was growling and was looking up at the sky next to Liz, said in an unhappy voice.
“Maybe they came here to retaliate for catching a part of their herd……” (Lucia)
“We completely destroyed the den where we caught them and I am pretty sure the Chilldra didn’t have a habit like that…… So I have no idea.” (Sytry)
Though she was still confused, Sytry answered, but the fact was that herds of Chilldra were here, and in addition, it was heading in a straight line toward where Cry was.
Until now, Monsters have always attacked Liz and her friends in these situations, so it was quite a rare sight to see them pass right in front of them.
“I wonder if Cry-chan is okay…… Should I reduce their number a little?” (Liz)
However, repelling them when we are under attack would be one thing, but thinning out a swarm of Chilldra flying at a high speed in the sky would take a lot of time.
At least, it would be hard for Liz to do it by herself.
“I think he will be fine, he has 《Still Water (Shisui)》 and Kilknight with him, however…… If something like this happens, they might cancel the escort mission.” (Sytry)
It was finally a prestigious mission. There was a possibility that it might lead to leveling up his Certification Level.
Most of the swarm didn’t come from Liz and the others, but what they did could have been the trigger. Luke shouted cheerfully as usual without seeming to think too much about it, when Liz showed hesitation in her expression for the first time in a long time.
“I dunno! We’ll just wait for Cry’s decision.” (Luke)
“We’ve no choice but to do that, huh…… Well, Chilldra didn’t amount much in the first place.” (Liz)
“………… Umu.” (Anthem)
For a species of Dragons, Chill Dragon is weak. They are Monsters that attack in numbers.
In this case as well, if 《Strange Grief (Nageki no Borei)》 were to encounter that in their travels, they would only be happy because they saw something unusual.
Liz checked the Chilldra that filled the sky once more and sighed without motivation.
§
What the hell is going on?
Everything that happened was unexpected. The man clad in black was alone in the room with a cloudy expression.
The swarm of Chill Dragons that had been summoned by the curse was eradicated by the power of 《Still Water (Shisui)》. This was something I expected.
No matter the type of Dragon, it would be an easy opponent for a Level 7 Hunter. Moreover, I couldn’t pick the Dragons, so it couldn’t be helped if it was the Chill Dragons, which had weak individual abilities, that had been attracted.
That’s why, so far, so good.
I was surprised that rare species such as Chill Dragon were attracted, and I was also surprised that there were more of them than I had expected, but it was unavoidable because I can’t choose what to attract with this curse. The fact that there were no deaths among the knights was unexpected, but that could only mean that the abilities of the Imperial Guards were better than expected.
But what happened from that point onward was unexpected.
Shockingly, 《Infinite Variety (Senpen Banka)》 advised them to continue the journey. Moreover, they agreed.
It didn’t make any sense at all. The person we are escorting right now was the Emperor of a big country. Normally, if an accident like this happened, it would be natural to cancel the journey. The decision of the head of the Knight Order and 《Still Water (Shisui)》 was natural, and of course the man also naturally thought that the journey would end here.
There was no way a man who is certified as a Level 8 wouldn’t understand that.
However, there wasn’t even an ounce of hesitation in 《Infinite Variety’s (Senpen Banka)》 suggestion. Even though he was attacked by Dragons, his attitude was the same as before the attack.
He didn’t seem to have fought at all during the Dragon attack this time, but I wonder if that was because he was too confident in his own strength, or――.
There is no change in the plan. It can even be said that continuing escort is rather convenient for the man.
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Thanks for reading!
So Liz and co did play a part and plant some Chilldra so they can attack the city!
So, truth is…. There were 2 masterminds behind the Chilldra attack! Sytry and the mysterious man XD
Now like usual Strange Grief can push all their crime to the real bad guy like that time in the White Sword Gathering!
Tchao à plus!