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nChapter 50

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nFiftieth Episode~ Pleasure of Cooperation

n“Again! Everyone, get ready!”

n“”Roger!””

nAll of crimson tiger responds to Sarah’s commanding voice .

nEveryone attacks the drake together .

nTheir movements are unified as well as their words .

nAs expected of the B rank clan, 【Tempest of Crimson Tiger】

nRollo and I watch their cooperative movements and act carefully .

nWe contribute attacks that do not interfere .

nAfter defeating the drakes for several hours, the sun has already set .

nAs you would expect, all the members of crimson tiger are beginning to show signs of fatigue .

nHowever, there is another magic essence reaction there .

nMoreover, there are multiple .

n“Again?”

nSarah’s forehead creases and she has a loathing expression .

n“It looks like it . ”

nIn the direction Lushell points, a swarm of long-armed ants appear .

nMoreover, small two headed dragons appear soon after .

n“Ants and dragons? It can’t be helped . Everyone, go all out . ”

n“Butch, you’re tired so take a pill . ”

n“I’m fine . As for the captain, if you’re tired why don’t you drink a stamina restoration potion?”

n“Haha, you’re saying that? I’m all right . ”

nShe who has been fighting for a long time does not disrupt her confident behavior .

nIt seems they will be okay for a while longer .

nWhile I admire them, I turn my attention to the main monster .

nI look at an ant with long arms .

nThis is my first time seeing the small dragon .

nThe two heads of the dragon are extending from slim necks . Its scales are pale .

nWhen I observe it, the small dragon and the swarm of ants begin to fight .

nThey are like cats and dogs, the fight between the monsters is strange .

nFor a long time…I follow the fight between the dragons and ants .

nThe ants and dragons that wander away from the war target us .

nThere are five ants and two small dragons .

n“Here they come . There are five long armed ants, and two small sonic bang dragons . ”

nSarah points her long curved swords in the direction of the monsters .

nThe name of the two-headed dragon seems to be sonic bang .

n“Well then, I will-”

nBelize raises her bow, nocks an arrow, and fires .

nThe arrow whistles through the air, piercing the ant’s eyes one after another, and striking the thin necks of the dragons .

nAmazing…she is more than a pair of tits .

nI can tell that the Elf Belize’s archery is at a considerable level .

nHowever, melon-san’s big breasts seem obstructive when using a bow and arrow . ED: Holy… Author you need to get laid or something… .

nThe breasts behind the red leather armor…

n“Still, we have a long way to go . It’s our turn now . ”

nLushell talks casually .

nAs an example of her composure, Belize winks while she fires her bow and arrow .

nLushell being a magic user holds out a long staff in front of her chest .

nShe raises the big staff in one hand and closes one eye .

nHer other hand moves to grasp the large staff as support .

nI confirm with magic observing eye .

nLushell is manipulating mana .

nI can see mana is being transmitted into the staff from both of her arms .

nShe does not seem to be using an aria .

nWhen the blue jewel at the end of the staff starts to shine, the wooden claw like branches shrink back so the blue jewel may be grasped . Countless blue particles come from the jewel and expand, the particles gather right above and form a big pointed icicle .

n“Be smashed by ice . ”

nThe pointed icicles are produced continuously and they fly at the ants .

nOne by one, the glistening icicles, wider than five centimeters, pierce through the abdomens of the ants .

nThe ants pierced by the sharp icicles stop moving .

nThe ants, which continue receiving the ice magic, become frozen white ice statues in no time .

nThe icicles also hit the other two ants, dulling their movements .

nThe heads of the slowed ants are pierced through by arrows and they stop moving .

nThe long armed ants are wiped out by Lushell’s magic and Belize’s bow .

nHowever, the small dragons are still there .

n“The dragons seem to be resistant . ”

nLike Lushell said, the icicles hit the small two headed dragons but are being deflected by their pale scales .

nThe ice system does not seem to work on those blue scales .

nOn the other hand, a lot of arrows are stuck in them .

n“Let’s kill each dragon . ”

nSarah declares her instruction with those few words .

nShe is already running towards the sonic bangs with a bent forward posture and her two swords . (TL: So, like that one kid on the playground who watched too much Naruto and thought running like that would be cool . )

n“Roger!”

nThe members of Tempest of Crimson Tiger all obey Sarah’s command .

nButch follows up on Sarah’s attack and delivers a blow to the body of the sonic bang . Belize fires arrows from her bow as well .

nLushell also releases sharp icicles from her large staff .

nHowever, the ice magic does not work on the blue scales .

nLushell stops attacking with her large staff .

nI participate as well, undaunted . I aim for the small legs .

nTiming my attack in cooperation with Sarah and Butch, I extend the black spear and drill into the spot already injured by the sword and ax .

nOnce one leg is cut off, and the sonic bang loses its balance . At that moment, Rollo sticks her bone sword into it’s small neck .

nPiercing through the head, one of the necks hangs loose, unmoving .

nHowever, the sonic bang dragon has a second head which raises a sound similar to a scream .

nIt can make an awfully high-pitched sound despite it being small .

nThe roaring reverberates as Rollo retracts her feeler and sneaks around the back of the sonic bang, preparing for the next attack .

nHowever, despite having its leg destroyed and losing its balance, the small dragon seems fine . Turning its remaining head around, it turns its body around quickly .

nThe sonic bang opens its mouth towards Rollo and roars, a shock wave is thrown out .

nRollo receives the shock wave and rolls back once .

nShe collapses with her stomach exposed .

n“Rollo!”

nI shout her name, but she is okay .

nRollo extended her feels as she fell to absorb the shock .

nThe sonic bang opens its mouth again .

n“Show me your back will you, good-bye-”

nThe moment Sarah says good-bye, mana circulates in her arms . Her long swords warp and red hair grows out from her arms . The muscles of each arm swell and they become gigantic .

nHer hair is bushy too .

nUsing both arms the “Attack skill” called “Quadruped Strike” is delivered, blowing away the small dragon’s skull . ED: @TL Changed text and raw removed .

nIt is amazing no matter how many times I see it .

nSeeing it up-close, her arms and long-swords become larger .

nIs the sword special too? Everything has already returned to it’s original size .

nHer gigantic arms were covered in red hair and her agility seemed to increase as well .

nSo much so that her arms became blurred .

nThe four-sword slash of the curved long swords .

nThe wound is terrible because it is caused by four simultaneous sword slashes .

nThe slashing attack that blew away the drake’s head seems to be a technique from a similar skill system .

nOn the other hand, Butch attacks the remaining sonic bang on his own .

nThe simultaneous attacks of the two heads are deflected by the large ax . He used the broadax like a shield to defend against the shockwaves from the sonic bang’s mouths .

nAs though responding there, Belize hits the eyes of the small dragon with arrows .

nThere are two heads, so a total of four arrows find their marks .

nHer bow skills are amazing . The dragon can no longer pick a target so it releases shock waves and roars in random directions .

nThen, a magic that looks like thunder magic smashes into the small dragon .

nTwo thin yellow flashes of light, three, they all land direct hits on the sonic bang-

nThe sonic bang seems to have become weakened, trembling, but still alive .

nHowever, its movements are noticeably slowed .

nButch makes use of his strength and delivers an attack with his broadax, easily cutting through the pale scales into the flesh beneath .

nHis movements are like a baseball player striking a home run .

nSeeing the attack with the broadax, I am reminded of Raguren .

nStill, I never heard an aria but Lushell made lightning fall from the sky .

nEven if I think such a thing, it started with Sarah’s three-stranded slashing attack .

nButch’s attacks continue to happen .

nButch jumps- swinging his broadax from the sky .

nA helm splitting type skill .

nThe thin wings are completely shattered and twisted by the fierce blow of the ax skill and seem to be torn off .

nFollowing up on Butch’s broadax skill, Lushell continues dropping down lightning magic . The scales are blown off and its flesh roasted, causing a smell to rise .

nThe small dragon’s entire body is trembling, seeming to be caused by the numbness .

nI see . That lightning magic was a scroll .

nThere is a sheet of paper attached to a belt over Lushell’s head .

nThe paper is thick . It looks like a bound book and there is a lot of paper .

nA piece of paper is ripped from the magic book . After being thrown, the paper becomes a thunderbolt .

nThen Belize fires am arrow from a tightly-strung bow which pierces through the scales into two sections of burning dragon flesh .

nThe sonic bang has survived until now…

nIt looks pitiful under everyone’s concentrated attacks .

nThe blind sonic bang is full of openings .

nLate to the party, Rollo also attacks the small dragon and extends a feeler bone sword .

nThe bone sword splits an arrow in half driving even deeper past the eye into the head of the dragon .

nI attack as well . My foot firmly on the ground, power flows through my twisting waist, and I throw out my arm in a .

nThe twisting black spear drills into the small dragon, penetrating deep .

nAgain, everyone continues to attack .

nThe small dragon is unable to run away, and it cannot even scream .

nIn an instant, it becomes scraps of flesh .

nComplete overkill .

nThe dragons and ants fighting seem to have stopped and there are no signs of dragons or ants in the immediate area .

nFirst team game . This is considerably easy .

nThe surroundings are open as well . Cooperation is fun .

nRollo’s cooperation is interesting too, still a different kind of fun .

n“Yosh . I don’t see any more enemies in the area . Were all the ants and dragons springing up around here cleared up… Strip them of their materials but leave them here, we can collect them later . ”

n“That’s right . Like the captain said, there are no more “signs” coming from the left side . There seem to still be wyverns in the sky though…”

nLushell seems to have a presence detection skill, or can use search magic .

n“As one would expect, if it’s that distance, I don’t know if even my bow could reach…”

n“Anywhere is fine as long as I can swing my ax around, I trust the captain’s judgement . ”

n“Yeah…”

nThen, waiting for my opinion, Sarah turns her eyes to me .

nMaking eye contact, I nod lightly .

nIt is true, I can only feel magic essence signs from the sky .

nSame for pheromone touch .

nEveryone’s faces are weary with fatigue .

nSo, should we take a break?

nI try to suggest it .

n“…seeing everyone’s faces, how about you take a break?”

n“Yeah . Let’s take a break for a little . Lushell, takes mana restoration potion with a high concentration . Everyone including me, let’s take stamina restoration pills and potions . ”

nEveryone nods to Sarah’s words, and medicine is removed from each person’s waist belt, brought to their mouths and drank .

nI do not take a potion, but I eat jerky since I feel hungry .

nI give Rollo some too .

n“Now, there are no monsters in this area, so we can take a quick break here before returning to the metastasis formation . The day has also become dark . I am worried about the battle between the wyverns and imperial guard ants . They are both ‘powerful enemies . '”

n“”Roger . ””

nI reply as well .

n“Understood . ”

n“Nya . ”

n“Fufu, Rollo-chan is too cute . Are you answering me?”

n“N, Nyaa . ”

nAfter calling out to say 『Let’s gyo back fast, nya』 Rollo jumps to my shoulder and claps my shoulder with a *pap*

n“Maa, surprising . You come to a ‘serious decision’ despite being so cute . This child has a good head . ”

n“Surely that’s…my familiar is well-informed, but this is my first time seeing a superior and cute ‘familiar’ like Rollo . ”

n“Rollo-chan wants to hurry too . Let’s go . ”

nLike this, we return to the metastasis formation together .

nI can see the bright metastasis formation .

nThere are magic lights floating in many places and the ground is lit up by the magic formation carved into it .

nIt is slightly dazzling .

nIt shows the state of the adventurers fighting the long-armed ants in such dazzling light .

nOh, the fight seems to be over .

nHowever, the center of the protective wall is gone .

nIt seems to have been caught up in the war between the wyverns and imperial ants, crushed and broken without leaving a trace .

nThe center is almost completely empty without a place to hide .

nThen, the adventurers that have finished fighting the longed armed ants return .

n“Tempest of Crimson Tiger . You’re returning?”

n“As one would expect, they seem to have finished dealing with the drakes . ”

nThe adventurers have expressions of admirations as they whisper to one another .

nThen, the commander woman with the large staff on her back approaches .

n“You killed those drakes? As expected, you all should be the next called A rank . Tempest of Crimson Tiger-san…n? With are you together with that D rank…”

nWhile the commander woman is in the middle of talking, she notices I am with the Tempest of Crimson Tiger and acts doubtful .

n“N? It was precisely because of Shuya’s help that we were able to wipe out the drakes, sonic bangs, and ants so quickly?”

nSarah speaks out in my defense .

n“Really? Why are you asking with that face? Shuya is an expert . ”

nBelize-san’s eyes sharpen and she becomes angry .

n“Surely . His physical ability was greater than most beastmen . What was most surprising, without communicating with us, he was able to join our cooperation flawlessly . Without ranking or confirming tactics . Something like that isn’t so easy to do . ”

nButch-san raises his voice and praises me .

nIt is nice to be recognized as an adventurer .

n“Eeh, that’s right . Eris has a bad habit of judging people by their ranks . 【Crimson Tiger’s Tempest】 establishes claim on Shuya-san first, no, we give our approval that he is an extremelytalented individual . The black cat is cute too . ”

n“Lushell…is that so . I was impolite . ”

nIn response to the unexpected support from each member of crimson tiger, Eris has a surprised look, and lowers her head meekly .

n“What do you say, Shuya-san? I am Eris Fafunade . B ranked Mage . Leader of the adventurer clan 【Eight Maidens】 . I work as staff in the adventurer’s guild with my father’s connections . I apologize for earlier . I am sorry . ”

nThe strong-willed pony-tail woman is named Eris .

nShe is an acquaintance of Lushell . Our eyes meet .

nI am not particularly angry, so I will be polite .

n“…Yes . Eris-san . Everything is fine . I am Shuya Kagari . Either Shuya of Kagari, however you want to call me is fine . ”

n“…Good . All of 【Crimson Tiger’s Tempest】 recognizes you, Shuya-san must be a remarkable spearman . ”

nEris looks at the black spear in my hand and says so . (TL: I’m not sure if author meant to write Lushell here . ) ED: Makes more sense as Eris, Changed .

n“No, I’m just confident in my spear ability . ”

n“If that’s the case, thank you for fighting in the future . The remainder of the middle-!?”

nThe shuffling footsteps of ants comes from inside .

nThere are multiple magic essence reactions too-

nEris looks back to the right, surprised by this sound .

nEveryone notices belatedly .

n“Ants again . ”

nThere is a swarm of soldier ants and armored commander ants coming from the right side .

n“Soldiers and commanders, everyone, prepare to intercept-”

n“Oou!”

n“Let’s do this **!”

n“Here it goes!”

nEris shouts out instructions to the adventurers .

n-As expected her commands are fast .

nThe adventurers who receive instructions are to vanguard, middle guard, rear guard, each respective clan groups together and confronts the swarm of soldier ants and armored commander ants .

nTheir movements let you feel their agility .

nThe adventurers seem to be clans with experience as well .

n“Eris-san, the crimson tigers will act as a mobile unit . ”

n“Yeah, there is no protective wall, crush them as you please . ”

nLushell runs to Eris’s side .

n“Eris, work hard . ”

n“Lushell too . ”

nLushell and Eris remove the large staves from their backs, slap them together in encouragement before walking away .

nThe members of crimson tiger confront the ants with Sarah in the lead .

nImmediately, they aim for the soldier ants in the area and attack .

nNow then, this situation-

nEven if I work together with crimson tiger, it can’t be helped .

nThe place with the lowest rate of extermination…

nWhat is the weakest point?

nWhile thinking so, I look around the battlefield-

nOver there it seems there needs to be some reinforcements . There are two armored commander ants going on a rampage .

nThe commander ants are utilizing their large shells and rushing the adventurers bulldozers, throwing them around .

nI signal Rollo with my eyes .

nWhen we make eye contact and nod, we start running .

nRollo’s limbs expand and she takes on her panther form .

nThe adventurers are split in half because of the armored commander ants, so I aim for the one breaking through on the left .

nThe armored commander ant starts to turn .

nRecalling the other day, I aim for its weak points .

nI thrust the black spear into the bundle of muscle in its joins, cutting a hole through the muscle . Several long legs fly into the air .

nThe armored commander ant is knocked to the ground, unable to withstand the sudden impact, and exposes the lower part of its neck . Maintaining my momentum to the exposed neck .

nWaiting for this moment, Rollo repeatedly stabs her bone sword into the neck joint of the armored commander ant .

nThe neck is stabbed through so many times that it nearly breaks off .

nAnd, when dark red liquid spurts out of the necks with a tearing sound, the head of the armored commander ant explodes off like a cannon directly into the shell of the other commander ant .

nThe armored commander ant notices the impact and quickly turns this way with it’s red haired legs moving fast .

nGlaring at us, it raises a shout in our direction .

nRollo extends her feelers into the distance and quickly retracts them, pulling her entire body . She avoids the charge of the armored commander ant .

nI activate .

n-With my increased speed, I move to the side of the charging commander ant .

nAiming for the legs at this point, I aim for the same soft spots as before and send several severed legs flying .

nI harvest the armored commander ant’s legs until timer runs out .

nThe armored commander ant cannot support itself with all the legs on one side of its body gone . It crashes to the ground, rolling over soldier ants before coming to a stop on its back .

nIt receives a concentrated attack from the surrounding adventurers .

nThe overturned armored ant looks like a turtle .

nIt is a little cute, but I will leave finishing it off to those people .

nOnce more, I turn my eyes to look over the battlefield .

nThe crimson tiger group is fighting different armored commander ants .

nTheir movements are restricted with magic, and each ant is killed .

n-It is all right there .

nI turn my eyes to the adventurer group around Eris next .

nI can see Eris gathering the attention of the armored commander ants and running away .

nA member of Eris’s clan is easily wiping out dozens of soldier ants, she is using herself as a decoy .

nDoing it like that may be dangerous for Eris .

nShould I kill the armored commander ants chasing her?

nShe is a beautiful woman, I guess I will help her . (TL&ED: God damnit . )

nEris is throwing fireballs at the armored commander ants, but they do not seem to be enough .

nThe red hair on their legs is burnt . The armored commander ant that has its hair burned raises a battle cry and changes course .

nIts legs rustle and it turns its heavy looking body .

nA chance . I approach the armored commander ant while it is turning with fighting moji enhanced legs and cut off a leg with the black spear . The armored commander ant stumbles, defenseless .

nAs usual, I release at the armored commander ant’s neck .

nThe black spear penetrates deep into the neck .

nThat moment, the disconnected head is sent flying by the pressure of its blood like a ping-pong ball .

nThe flying head soars to the soldier ants fighting the adventurers crushing one’s chest .

nHou, it’s good the head did not hit an adventurer .

nWhen the armored commander ants that were giving them a hard time decrease, the situation tilts in favor of the adventurers .

nWith the advantage, the adventurers kill the remaining soldier ants .

nThe soldier ants are quickly wiped out .

nThe sudden swarm of ants has been immediately wiped out .

n“Oooh!”

n“OOOOooooh!”

n“Huzzah!”

nThe adventurers that wiped out the ants, they all raise their voices together .

n“We were able to defeat them really fast, we beat the ants . ”

n“-Yahoo!”

n“”-OOOooh!””

nThe adventurers raise their victory cries from various places .

nThe black cat seems surprised by the sudden shouting and quickly returns to my shoulder .

n“-Everyone, it is too early to celebrate! Collect the dead’s belongings, and then would the wounded each get a potion . A portion will report those who died to their respective leaders . Magic users with the water attribute and who can use healing magic, those with light attribute and priests please use healing magic on those who cannot take a potion . I can use light healing too, so recover . Afterwards we can all celebrate!”

nAs expected, Eris seems to be a commander .

nAn aura of recovery magic hangs over those who were injured earlier, healing them .

nEveryone, the adventurers here seem to have a lot of experience, there are only two dead . Most people only need to swallow a potion and healing magic is only needed for three severely injured .

nOnce treatment is finished, Eris talks .

n“Shuya-san . Thank you for earlier . You defeated the officer we were facing . ”

nHer pony tail has slipped because of the intense movements and becomes something strange, but it might be rude to point it out so I do not mention it .

n“No, no, it is because Eris-san attracted the attention of the armored commander ant that I was able to aim so easily . ”

n“Is that so? You’re a person who doesn’t bring attention to themselves . Fufu, a-”

nThen, Eris seems to notice that her red pony tail has slipped .

nShe uses both of her hands to fix it .

nEris’s bashful face is good, now, the smile she showed for a moment is good too . The expression created a gap with her usual unyielding and intellectual behavior .

n“Yo, Shuya seems to have killed several commanders as well . ”

nButch-san’s voice appears there .

nThe crimson tiger group is approaching .

n“Aah, their charging is difficult . ”

nWhen I say so, Belize reacts .

n“Shuya-kun, you appear young but you are unexpectedly collected . I thought you would fight the ants and commander ants with us…”

n“As Belize says . You were able to understand the movements in the chaotic fight, able to act in the weakest links . ”

nSarah says such a thing as well .

nFor some reason, I feel uneasy when I am praised .

n“…It was a coincidence . It was obvious things would become easy if the commanders were killed . ”

n“…Shuya-san is modest-san . ”

nWith big shining eyes, Lushell says such a thing too .

n“Haha, we’ll keep praising you to death . Besides, I might still kill you?”

nSaying so, I look to the middle .

n“It’s just like that . Defeating those wyvern and imperial guard ants won’t be such an easy task . It will be a fierce battle if it comes to that . So, we will hold a strategy meeting . I will gather the leaders of the clans here, so wait a minute . ”

n“Roger . ”

n“Understood . ”

nEris is going to gather everyone and is running out to the scattered adventurers .

nSarah mutters while watching Eris summon everyone .

n“Strategy, it’s already night, can’t it wait till morning?”

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