Chiyu Mahou no Machigatta Tsukaikata ~Senjou wo Kakeru Kaifuku Youin~

Novels

It seemed the men were lying in wait behind the surrounding trees .

What made them stand out was the fact that they wielded western-like swords and knives in their tightly gripped hands .

The bandits numbered around 19 and their group stopped approaching ours when they were about 10 meters apart .

The guards pointed their swords at the men in front of us . Inukami-senpai had her hand on the hilt of her blade due to the tension . Then, we could hear someone frivolously laughing within the group of bandits . After a few moments, the bandits all joined in and laughed along with him . The laughter actually helped us settle down a little .

Heeeh, being able to find prey all the way here, I really am lucky!! Aint that right, brothers!?!?

Yes, head!

The person with the shaved head, which I assumed to be the leader, said so along with his henchmen .

I wonder why, normally I should have felt terrified, and yet I didnt feel afraid in the slightest .

Fueeeh . You bunch, if you dont want to get hurt then leave all your money here .

Who would give it!?

Is that alright? You think you can win against these numbers? If you cant, then youll have to .

Following that statement, the bandits raised vulgar laughs .

Inukami-senpai, who was next to me, slowly pulled on the cuff of my clothes .

I see, Senpai was a girl too . Youd normally be frightened if some guys suddenly raised vulgar laughs .

Usato-kun, Usato-kun, those are real bandits!

Senpai, you never fail to impress me .

She wasnt afraid at all . As expected, Inukami-senpai was Inukami-senpai .

The bandits were staring at the guards but suddenly raised a distorted grin as their line of sight moved towards me and Inukami-senpai .

Kukukuku The ones in the back are good, we can definitely take them back . Before we had the problem of not having enough loot but it seems like its solved with this now eh!@@novelbin@@

You bastards! You heretics!

Heretics? Hahaha, as far as were concerned, thats a compliment!! . Nn? Looks like theres a monster here .

One of the bandits standing relatively closer to me looked in my direction and had a blue face when Bluerin entered his sight . What was it? Was it really so strange for a human to be taking a monster along with him?

B-Blue Grizzly! Aint that a Blue Grizzly? What a thing youre bringing along!!

? Bluerin, are you in fact something really amazing?

Hmph .

Of course was what Bluerin tried to say .

Well, this attitude was an improvement from his usual unproductiveness .

Shifting my attention from Bluerin to the henchmen, one of them seemed to be talking to their leader .

Head, its still a cub! We could still raise it ourselves!

Is that so!!

You guys . Thats right . Weve long past the level of commoners, theres nothing to be afraid of . Lets goooo!!!

I wonder if he was trying to console his henchmen due to his dignity as a head . Or rather, these bandits used to be commoners? Was that why there clothes and equipment were all worn-out?

However, they were the ones coming to attack us . There was no need to hold back . As they charged with their knives and swords, our two guards were ready to intercept them . To be honest, I wasnt really all that capable of fighting . If we could, we should take a hostage and run .

As I coated my foot with healing magic and put strength into it

Eyy~ .

Along with a soft voice, a flash of light went past the guards and aimed directly towards the henchmen . The person who was unfortunate enough to take on the lightning twitched and quivered before inevitably collapsing onto the ground .

Next to me was Inukami-senpai, her hand was similar to a guns as her finger was stretched outwards . It was her lightning magic huh . Following that, one of the guards turned around to look at Inukami-senpai with a dignified smile and said,

As expected of Suzune-sama! Eeh, it looks like we wont even need to lend a hand!

Certainly, it looked like the guards turns wouldnt come with an attack that strong . Although I had to wonder if the person who got hit was alright .

S-Senpai . You didnt kill him right?

O-Of course Probably .

Whyd you stutter there? Youre scaring me .

Due to Senpais attack, the bandits from before were now intimidated seeing as even their legs couldnt move . Although the bandits still timidly checked on the person who had received the lightning attack .

H-Hes alive .

I could hear Senpai sigh in relief .

However, this was good . Senpai could just keep shooting out lightning and take care of these guys . The best part was that it would cover up how weak I really was when it came to fighting . Understanding that, I called out to Senpai,

Go Inukami-senpai! Mow them down!

Could you stop saying it like that?

After she said so, she fired consecutive shots of lightning from her fingertips . The henchmen fell one after another . There was really no need for us to step in . We would probably get hit by Senpais lightning if we just recklessly charged in . Inukami-senpai at the moment was a

A human stun gun no a human electric eel .

If you say that one more time, even I will get angry you know!?

The bandits numbers gradually reduced until there were only 9 left . Then, Inukami-senpai struck their leader down on the ground, and he gave a shout that matched his large body size in volume .

Isnt using magic unfair!?!?

If you say something like that, I would be troubled .

As for the reason, I now knew why I could keep my composure when I first saw these bandits . These guys, their faces werent frightening at all . If Rose was a 10 and Tong was a 6 then these guys were a 2 . It was no wonder they werent scary .

Thinking so, I came to an agreement with myself . All that was left was to bring down the remaining henchmen and their head . Meaning that I could just leave the rest to Inukami-senpai

Something else is coming .

What!?

It seemed the dark robed person sensed something again . I couldnt see anything but I could certainly hear a large number of footsteps . Although these footsteps appeared to be a bit different, they sounded as if they were hopping . Dark Robe-san could tell when an enemy was approaching, however, they couldnt tell which direction they would come from . We had to be prepared for anything .

Theyre coming .

In front, the bandits head had a bewildered expression as something akin to a wild red boar appeared from his right and blew him away .

Usato-dono, Suzune-dono, theyre Fall Boars, please keep your distance!

Why are these guys here!? We should have already passed their habitat!

Was what the red-haired guard exclaimed due to the unexpected development . Wait, these boars were Fall Boars!? There was a whole herd of them! The two guards would be able to avoid them but Inukami-senpai and I were in a tight spot . I immediately called out to Bluerin,

Bluerin!

Guooooooooooooooooo!

Bluerin gave an intimidating roar towards the Fall Boars behind us but they didnt stop their charge . However, the Fall Boars were coming towards me and Inukami-senpai rather than Bluerin .

I would be fine, I was already aware of how sturdy I was . But Inukami-senpai I had to protect her . Thinking so, I was about to stand in front and cover for her but I noticed she was taking a stance to shoot . After a short while, an intense amount of lightning fired from her fingertips .

Inukami-senpai!?

Usato-kun, thats dangerous!

The fired lightning hit one Fall Boar while another one dodged it . Shortly after, Inukami-senpai fired another burst of lightning . But seeing the large pack of Fall Boars still rapidly approaching us, I knew this wouldnt end well at this rate .

This is bad .

One of the traits that Fall Boars where known for was their jumping power since they were born with very strong hind legs . Adding their natural ability along with a full power charge from them, there was no doubt wed end up high in the skies if we got hit . Inukami-senpais lightning wouldnt be enough . Furthermore, the boars were only looking towards Inukami-senpai . I wondered if it was their instinct . They probably felt that she was more of a threat to them than me .

I could avoid them but Inukami-senpai couldnt .

Of course she couldnt .

Before she came to this world, she was just a normal girl in high school . Even I probably wouldnt be able to do it if it werent for the fact that I studied their ecology before and learned their movements .

Kuh .

On the spur of the moment, I seized Inukami-senpais shoulders and placed myself as a shield in front of her with my back facing the Fall Boars . If Inukami-senpai couldnt avoid them then there was no choice but for me to receive them! If it was me, I wouldnt be injured to a great extent and could heal myself afterwards . After a few seconds passed, I felt an intense impact on my back Inukami-senpai and I were tossed up .

Gaha . ha .

Ah .

Luckily, my rucksack prevented me from taking a direct hit . Even so, I felt a numbing sense of pain on my back . I immediately used healing magic on myself to keep conscious . Inukami-senpai She fainted!?

Did she get hit . . !?

I embraced Inukami-senpai in my arms to protect her as we were descending to the ground . Below us was some foliage, we could use it to cushion our fall . But as we landed, I realized that we fell on a steep slope . Dammit, our landing spot was bad .

We kept rolling down on the slope; we already gained so much momentum that we couldnt stop . My rucksack tore open and the things inside flew out as my body struck the ground over and over .

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

I couldnt see anything as my vision was being obscured by clutter . As we kept advancing, suddenly, I felt that I was floating on a strong current it seemed like we fell into a river . The current was so powerful that I couldnt bring Inukami-senpai ashore while carrying her . I pondered on what to do as I surrendered myself to the rivers flow . Given this chance to think, I suddenly realized that this place was a bit familiar .

Huh? Did I come here before? Ah, I remember now, it was right after Rose tossed me in this forest and I was escaping from the Grand Grizzly . To escape last time, I jumped into this river Which meant that beyond this point was

Wasnt there a waterfall?

But after passing the waterfall, the current should settle down . It was one thing if it was just me but now there was also an unconscious Inukami-senpai I should be prepared for the worst .

When I saw that we were close to the waterfall, I firmly held Inukami-senpai in my arms . Trying my best to prevent her from being crushed by the water pressure, we dropped down from the waterfall .

Kurokata: Back to the forest .

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