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Chapter 63 : A Named
🕑 Added 2022-07-31 05:45:37 +0000 UTCTL:SummerPeanut
Heal consumes 10 MP to heal 15 HP btw. Thank you for the peanuts~ Plumleem, Nepheos, Joseph Turirsi, Bsreads. Hmm, I don’t think I tried peanuts with plum taste before.
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When I appraised the queen ant that came up to the ground, they were older and had higher status than the queen ant I had encountered in the labyrinth.
"Lord Barnes, that’s the queen ant. Be careful, the queen ant's acid can dissolve things!”
"Hmph. As if I'm going to lose to a bunch of ants!”
Barnes replied so as he defeated the guard ants around him, and finally, the queen ant came right in front of Barnes.
After dodging the queen ant's scythe-like hand attack, Barnes launched a counterattack.
However, the queen ant's cronies, the guard ants, attacked Barnes with acid attacks and the damage is gradually accumulating on Barnes.
I'd like nothing more than to take out the ants around Barnes but I don't have that many leeways.
It is a race to see if Barnes will defeat the queen ant first or if the ants will defeat Barnes first.
Barnes's HP has already dropped below 100 and he is in a very dangerous situation.
However, queen ant also has less than 30 HP so Barnes has the upper hand.
If Barnes dies here, we will all be wiped out.
"Father! May I!?”
If others heard this, they would not know what I was saying.
But Zeke would understand.
Zeke was able to hear me because he had moved behind me when the queen ant appeared.
"......Okay, I'll prepare for the worst! Permission granted!"
"Thank you!"
After that, I headed towards Barnes and spoke in a low voice so that no one around me could hear me, "High Heal" and touched Barnes.
High Heal, which I only recently learned, consumes 20 MP and restores 50 HP.
It is a little more fuel-efficient than Heal.
Barnes looked at me with a terrific face.
The expressions on his face revealed a range of emotions, such as joy, anger, astonishment, and relief.
“I would appreciate it if you could keep quiet about this. I'll try to compromise as much as possible about Ellie's situation.”
With that, I quickly returned to my post and took down the ants around me.
Barnes finally put an end to the queen ant and took out the guard ants around me.
When the queen ant is defeated, the adventurers and wizards who had fallen backward all scream in unison!
"Yes! If we keep this up, we can win!"
Barnes's success boosted the morale of the adventurers.
Ralph's also returned to the front with the knights and the slave beastmen assigned to the knights.
And now that the ants coming out of the labyrinth were all killer ants, I had more leeway.
I headed toward Barnes while defeating the ants and casted High Heal four times on him.
With four High Heals, Barnes's HP was fully recovered.
"Hey kid... no, it's Mars huh. I thank you. And I have a favor to ask of you. I need you to cure Ellie."
"Yes, sir. I will do everything I can when this battle is over.”
We're having a conversation while we're overrun with ants.
"I'm just wondering, can you really use Holy magic? No, it’s a fact that you healed me. ...and with High Heal at that. But I had heard that those who use Holy magic could not use other magic... Wind magic, Fire magic... and Holy magic. On top of those, swordsmanship... could it be that you can also use Earth magic and Water magic?"
"Yes. Not much to speak of though… currently Wind magic is my top specialty. Following that is Holy magic and the others can be used a little bit. I answered honestly up to this point. Can you please not tell anyone that I can use Holy magic?”
"Of course. If I told anyone, the country and the A-rank parties will take you away from me before you can cure Ellie.”
Many of the other adventurers are also badly wounded, but not fatally.
Not many people would have trouble getting out of this battle now.
Barnes, Ike, Clarice, Zeke, Ralph, Azure Fang, Red Wings, and Black Tri-Stars.
While only the killer ants were emerging and with Barnes taking over my post for a little while, I went around to heal the people who needed to be healed.
I stealthily deployed Sylphid to Ralph so that he wouldn’t notice that he got healed.*1
Now everyone's HP is full. Well, I’m not sure if Ike and Clarice's HP had not decreased or if Clarice was secretly applying Heals, but they were full without me needing to apply Heals.
The ants were about to start their final attack right when I was fully prepared for battle.
Obviously, this was different than before. The only ants coming out of the labyrinth were mother ants and guard ants.
Without hesitation, I casted Tornado in front of the labyrinth.
In order to come out of the labyrinth, the ants had to pass through the tornado so I could inflict some damage on the ants first.
For me, Ike, and Barnes, doing these initial damage doesn't change much compared to before but for Ralph, Azure Fang, Red Wings, and Black Tri-Stars, it's a game-changer.
If it takes a couple of sword attacks less to defeat the ants, perhaps the battle line could be maintained.
Above all, perhaps Zeke thought this would be the last hurrah, so he had the adventurers' magicians join in with their magic as well.
"All right, this is going to work! It should be almost over! Just hold on for a bit longer!"
OOOOOOooooohhhhhh
Everyone responds to Zeke's proclamation.
Then the last queen ant appears along with a large number of mother ants and guard ants.
It is a queen ant even after appraisal but there are many things that make it different from other queen ants.
First, its status is outstanding. Then its body color is a little golden. She can also use magic.
The results of this queen ant’s appraisal is that…
Name: Arline
Title: -
Race: Queen Ant
Threat: A-
Condition: Good
Age: 3 years old
Level: 20
HP: 378/380
MP: 40/40
Strength: 118
Agility: 72
Magic: 20
Dexterity: 88
Endurance: 142
Luck: 1
Special Ability: Accelerated HP recovery (Lv3/E)
Special Ability: Earth Magic (Lv6/C)
This is my first time seeing a named magic beast.
Even though the power is controlled, it was in my Tornado and has only 2 less HP.
And the lost HP will be restored sooner or later by that Accelerated HP recovery.
“Everyone! Threat level A-! I don't think anyone other than Lord Barnes will be able to stand against it, so please restrain the mother ants and guard ants as much as possible!"
Everyone is desperately trying to hold off the guard ants and mother ants but Ralph and the others on the right side of the line have completely collapsed.
If I leave my post, Barnes will be completely isolated.
If Ike and Clarice leave their positions, the ants will go to town along the wall.
I'm not sure what to do when Barnes..
“Oi! Mars, you go to Ralph!"
"But will you be okay?"
"Put your High Heals on me before you go! I don't care about this town or the adventurers but if that place gets breached, Ellie is there! Get her to safety and then come back!"
With that, Barnes stood in front of the Arline queen ant.
There are still many guard ants and mother ants around the Arline queen ant.
As expected, even Barnes would get hit if I didn't come back.
I used High Heals on Barnes and then headed toward Ralph on the right.
I quickly ran to him in my Sylphid but both the adventurers and the knights of Almeria had already been slaughtered.
None of them had more than double-digit HP. The situation was terrible. There were many dead too.
Although Azure Fang, Red Wings, and Black Tri-Stars had been disabled in this battle, they were not dead.
However, I did not use Heal on anyone, just beating the rest of the ants.
I had only about 1,000 MP left.
It's too little to take on Arline, the named queen ant. I can't waste MP here.
When I finished defeating the ants around Ralph and was about to return to Barnes, I looked backward.
Margrave Carmel who was holding on Ellie’s chain was being chased by guard ants.
Margrave Carmel was already wounded. Ellie is running away as if she is pulling him by the chain.
I rushed toward the Margrave Carmel and defeated the guard ants.
I was about to immediately return to Barnes but Ellie was burned; probably from the acid on her face.
“Thank god. Mars!"
Margrave Carmel said to me.
I nodded and looked at Ellie's face.
She probably put her body on the line to protect Margrave Carmel.
I looked closely and saw that she had many burns and cuts all over her body.
Should I just return to the battlefield or… but I should definitely heal her after defeating the ants.
Because there’s also what Barnes said.
I turned to Ellie and chanted High Heal as I hugged her to wrap around her face.
I was trying not to show the light of my High Heal to the people around me. The only people around me were mostly fainting or kissing the ground, and the only person looking at me was Margrave Carmel.
After chanting "High Heal", I went to Barnes's place without looking at Ellie or the Margrave.
I hurried to Arline where Barnes was supposed to be but he was not there.
What was there was a hairy, stupidly big human, a staggering Ike, and a collapsed Clarice.
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Author’s Note:
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TL’s note:
- No, seriously. I don’t remember the author explaining Sylphid (Wind Cloak) having an effect that can be used to hide Heal. Maybe physical strengthening from Sylphid strengthen the body’s automatic HP recovery too? Maybe Mars was trying to mislead him to think of it as his natural recovery instead of healing magic.
Comments
it'll still be suspicious if a gaping wound on your arm suddenly healed. Unless Ralph only got some light scratches or injuries since he was probably protected by the other guild members.
my guess is that the visual effects of heal can be covered up using sylphid.
