Volume 5 - CH 25

Act 5-25: Thing That Finally Understood

We had shaved most of the thieves’ manpower in the previous battle. Power in numbers. That was almost an undeniable fact. Properly speaking, this should be the end game. And yet, Shar had yet to return. If that was the case, it meant that the other party still had their main force ready. Namely the elite force. The movement of the last thief with treasure type gift, the one who died by my spear throw, was clearly the movement of an adept. Any more people like that was enough to spell doom for us.

That’s why I used traps. Naturally, I also considered the possibility of them not falling for them. The trap was made just to let them lower their guard. Then kill them in one fell swoop once they lowered their guard. Naturally, no matter how much they lowered their guard, I was still limited to three people at once. Either way, my plan would fail if four or more thieves stronger than the owner of the treasure type gift. This was akin to a gamble but, the possibility of a thief group having that kind of force was so low. It wasn’t shouldn’t be a risky gamble.

「Are you really going to participate?」

Recently, I asked the same question again to the red haired woman with the bob cut, Tama, who glared at the weapon by my side.

「Yeah, I won’t let you on your own device! I’ll make sure to kill you when you commit suspicious acts!」

「I’ve already told you that I’ve no leeway to do such thing right?」

Though I felt grateful to Chato who sat behind me for changing his opinion about me,

「Stop trying to convince her. Once Tama made up her mind, no one can change it.」

Chato stood up while muttering so.

「Why are you willing to act under his command, Chato!? He’s a human you know!」

「Indeed. But he really wants to save Shar. That’s the only thing that I believe from him.」

「Hah? A human, wants to save Shar? Have you been brainwashed by him!?」

Chato grimaced seeing Tama starting menacingly at him,

「The same can be said of you, what are――」

Before he finished his sentence, the bushes beside us made a rustling sound.

All of us raised our weapons at once but the one who came out from the bushes was a rabbit, who jumped back into the bushes again once it saw us.

「T-That fu*cking rabbit… I thought it’s an enemy.」

Chato wiped his forehead with the hand that held on to the spear,

「Well then, I’ll inquire of the current situation from Chigi.」

He was about to head to the place where Chigi was waiting. That moment―― A line ran on Chato’s head. That line spread on his whole body, turning him into chunks of meat which fell on the ground in just a moment.

「Eh?」

Tama raised a bewildered voice upon seeing Chato turned into chunks of meat in just a moment.

「R-RUUUUUN!」

I told her to escape without even turning around.

「I won’t let you to do tha~t♡」

――SWISH!

I felt a chilling sensation all over. It felt like a giant carnivore beast pressed on me from behind. It was an extremely terrifying killing intent. When I turned around slowly, I saw Tama had already became a corpse and,

「Oh my, I’ve kille~d her. I’ve been ordered to capture the females alive. She’s surprisingly fragile.」

I saw a tall and slender blue haired man with asymmetrical hairdo grab Tama’s head.

The tips of his lips rose to his ears, as if in the peak of ecstasy.

「Aah…」

A Desperate voice leaked out from my mouth. I finally understand, the trap only works on those who live with the same providence as humans. Those traps wouldn’t work against this very person who went out of those providence.

「AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!」

My scream was――

「Ye~s, one scream get!」

My consciousness descended into darkness as the man finished his sentence.