Manowa Chapter 70

Attack at dawn. That was the intention, but they decided to change the plan. The leader of these members of the a.s.sa.s.sin guild, Clavel Deion, listened to the beastman Orda. It appeared that their presence was known.

「They've been sleeping in turns since yesterday, but just now everyone seems to have awakened.」

That information seemed to come from his nose. As usual it was convenient, but when he asked how it worked「I don't know」was returned. He heard from another beastman that the smell was different depending on if someone was asleep or awake, but in either case it wasn't well understood.

「The queen's intuition certainly seems sharp. However, there's only one knight and the rest are adventurers. The spear user has a well known name, but the rest are rookies. They will not be dangerous for us. Kill them.」

Orda couldn't be blamed, since the only information he had about the adventurer's guild's status came from his employer. Even if they're talented, it is normal for adventurers who have been active for just under two months to be treated with contempt. To say nothing of the fact that Orda had heard nothing about the battle with the Ogres and the matter in Tsuvara (this was a mistake by the client). Above all it seemed that there was no data on Louise at this time.

「In the name of the Great Alliance.」

「「「In the name of the Great Alliance.」」」

The client went out of his way to make a request to the a.s.sa.s.sination guild in the West Numa Republic. They were entrusted with killing the Queen, and they traveled a great distance to achieve their goal. They were specially selected for this mission, so the guild leader commanded them to put everything they had into it, and his orders were absolute.

「The plan has changed. We'll attack when they're eating a meal. Everyone got it?」

Orda's plan seemed fine, so everyone nodded.

At that time.

One of his companions was pummeled and another was blown away.

「Eh?」

Clavel let out a stupid voice at the sight.

There was a gigantic bear drenched in blood and a blonde woman wearing colorful flower armor.

「Ah, uh」

While everyone was dumbfounded, the bear tossed a whole salmon in his mouth, then lifted his claws and three people were sent flying.

「Come on, withdraw.」

Orda regained his sanity and cried out, and everyone retreated from the bear at once.

(What are these guys)

Clavel doubted his own sanity.

First of all was the bear in front of him. It was 2 meters long and b.l.o.o.d.y. Clavel did not know but its name was Gurint Grizzly, a level 70 bear-san and the greatest of the Giant Bear type. Its mouth was fully open and it was breathing heavily. He did not know the meaning.

But the woman next to it was an existence even more out of sanity.

First of all her physical appearance was perfectly arranged like a doll. Her hair was blond. She was tall, but not excessively so, and had splendid b.r.e.a.s.t.s. But the rest of her appearance was such that n.o.body would call out to her even if she was walking in town.

Her armor was decorated with psychedelic flower patterns and there were feather wings like an angel on her back. There was a s.h.i.+ning halo above her head. In her right hand was a blood-covered blunt weapon that looked like a yellow sunflower and on her left arm was a s.h.i.+eld with the image of an old woman that seemed to have been driven insane by the world's greatest despair. The shape of a fist protruded from the tip of the s.h.i.+eld, apparently so the s.h.i.+eld could be used to attack.

(She's completely mad)

Clavel swallowed his spit.

Even though the equipment was incredibly bizarre, the more frightening thing was that by her posture she was quite used to it; the appearance of a skilled warrior. It was unbelievable to Clavel that such armor was ever in fas.h.i.+on.

(Do you live every day looking like that...that【Censored】?!)

Strangest of all was that the woman had a smile on her face that was like she had never killed anyone before. While being bathed in blood.

「Orda, THAT is bad.」

Orda came over to consult with Clavel, the leader. Clavel's intuition told him the same thing. THAT was something very bad. Orda completely understood.

「I know. Those are the eyes of a madwoman who feels nothing about killing. A lunatic like the Borgiana Clowns. It's just a job for us, but she's different.」

The woman in front of their eyes reacted to that remark.

「That's awful. I will not do such a thing. It's a non-killing weapon, you know. Even if I hit you for a while you won't die.」

She shook the sunflower weapon a bit and blood splattered around her.

How absurd... Orda thought, but the man who had been hit was certainly still breathing.

(No way! But if that's the case...)

Orda remembered. The bludgeoning weapon in the shape of a sunflower. It was considered only a legend in the organization ......

「『Flower of Blood and Flesh.』Why is a legendary torture instrument here?」

That voice was nearly screaming.

「That's not...」

Starting with Clavel everyone's faces paled. Legendary torture instrument『Flower of Blood and Flesh』was the most heinous torture tool. Although it was not clear how it worked, no matter how long someone is beaten they will never die. And no matter how tough a person is mentally, being continuously a.s.saulted for a week will open anyone's mouth.

For some reason they were in this mad situation with no forgiveness, and an eternity of pain from this brutish weapon awaited them for stepping off the correct path in life. A woman in front of them was holding the worst non-killing weapon.

(That is to say that even death is not permitted?)

Orda's teeth were rattling. He finally realized how outrageous of an opponent he had antagonized. Opportunistically erasing the foolish Queen filled with wanderl.u.s.t? No, she was not such a simple opponent. They had come to this remote mountain specifically to tempt them and intended to let this torture specialist make them tell everything they knew. He finally understood why they had let themselves be trapped here. His professional intuition told him so. Of course, it was a misunderstanding.

「U, uwaaaaa」

One of his companions succ.u.mbed to his horror and threw a throwing knife. Towards the bear who seemed a physical fighter rather than the woman whose abilities were currently unknown.

「Idiot, that thing's a strong monster.」

Orda cried out, but

Thunk

It hit the bear's forehead, and the bear fell. He died easily.

「Eh?」

Orda and Clavel were incredibly astonished, but the person who threw it was the most surprised. It seemed that the b.l.o.o.d.y bear was seriously injured and the blood was its own.

「Ha, hahahaha, it was only a bluff.」

The bear's end was too quick, and the guy reflexively said that due to how anticlimactic it was.

「Guririn is aaaaaaa」

The sunflower weapon started mercilessly pummeling him, and blood spurted.

「Guririn! Guririn is!! Guririn is aaaa!!!」

The flower girl struck with the sunflower many times while suddenly shouting. She was crying. She was crying from the bottom of her heart. And she wielded the sunflower weapon with that pa.s.sion.

「This is Guririn's part, and this is Guririn's part, and this is also for Guririn aaaaaa!!!」

She screamed loudly as she struck. It was scary.

Orda and the others were already petrified with fear. Their companion had been struck in an instant, and they recognized from that movement the difference in ability. They watched the unbelievable amount of times their companion was. .h.i.t without dying and recognized that they were next. And they sat down and shed tears. They couldn't move. They thought if they did anything they would be next in line, and their spirits broke. They were so overwhelmed they didn't care when Kazane and the others arrived behind them.

And another girl with silver hair behind the flower woman was also stunned.

「Aa, I got it, Bangle of the Wolf G.o.d.」

「Yeah...you worked hard.」

Kazane's words were devoid of emotion, and she barely managed to muster her strength and return those words to Yumika, who had become a dog-like being with long silver hair.

「That...what?」

That was that thing. Yumika's disappointing summoned War Spirit Arch. However, the degree of disappointment was substantially off. It could be said that it was suddenly changing.

「I forgot, but before we came here I was taming a Gurint Grizzly. I re-equipped the Lunatic Strike s.h.i.+eld. I re-equipped it to beat up that guy and shaved down his health with the Sunflower Pokopon (official name) as far as I could and caught him immediately afterward. It must have autosaved.」

Arch also had the『Tamer』skill for controlling monsters. She was able to ride the huge Horned Rabbit Silky because of that skill. It saved as soon as she defeated the bear and made it a follower, so it appeared while being just short of death. In other words, won't that bear Guririn appear every time on the verge of death? Poor thing.

The beastman Orda didn't notice Yumika because of the effectiveness of the skill『Sneak』that became usable after the Wolf G.o.d Transformation. It also granted the same『Dog's Sense of Smell』skill as Kazane, so she discovered the a.s.sa.s.sin group immediately.

She would use her summoned War Spirit for a huge success! Hyaho!! That was the plan. When Kazane and the others came she would say something like「Oh, I tidied up by myself.」It was not supposed to be like this.

「THAT can't be helped.」

So Kazane comforted, but Yumika still hung her head. Zinray couldn't find the right words to add.

Yumika's power-up debut was a failure.

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Magic Swordswoman

t.i.tle: Ogre Killer

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Silver Breastplate, Silver Gauntlets, Silver Sheep Clothes, Carapace Bull Trousers, Berserk Ogre Greaves, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, War Spirit Summoning Ring

Level : 22

Health: 77

Magic Power: 132+300

Strength: 33

Agility: 27

Endurance: 17

Wisdom : 34

Dexterity : 20

Spell : 『Fly』 『Torch』 『Fire』 『Heal』『Firestorm』

Skill : 『Goblin Language』 『Night Vision』 『Crus.h.i.+ng Blow』 『Dog's Sense of Smell』 『Golem Maker: Lv2』 『Rush』 『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』 『Healing Principle: Second Chapter』 『Air Jump』 『Killing Leg』 『Fear Voice』 『Invisible』 『Tiger Eye』 『Wall Walking』 『Insight』 『Cheat Death』 『Nimble』

Yumika:「oooOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!」

Kazane:「Yumika......」

Yuuko-nee:「Leave her alone for now.」