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Chapter 46 : Reunion in Rimurgarde
🕑 Added 2022-06-05 02:00:48 +0000 UTCTL:SummerPeanut
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Our journey has been smooth sailing since we left Ganar.
Thanks to the ability to use Heal, we have progressed much further than what Count Beetle had planned.
We are close to the border with the Kingdom of Balkus.
“We're finally in the Kingdom of Balkus.”
“It took us longer than expected because of the incident in Ganar but we managed to get here ahead of schedule, didn't we?”
“That's right. Now we just have to see if we can make it across here safely.”
There are less than 10 kilometers left to the border.
The war between the Kingdoms of Balkus and Zarkham is currently in a lull.
We will stay in the frontline city, East Rimurgarde, and leave early tomorrow morning for West Rimurgarde, the easternmost city of the Balkus Kingdom.*1
Apparently the central continent was originally one country.
And its capital is Rimurgarde.
Nowadays, the situation in Rimurgarde is rough. This is because it has been the stage of the war for many years.
We arrived at an inn in East Rimurgarde and wandered around the town because we had some time before the evening.
“I'm glad the war wasn't as intense as I thought it would be.”
“Yeah. I thought it would be more severe. It’s a happy miscalculation.”
After we left the city of Ganar, whenever we went to a new town, there were more and more places to stop by besides the Adventurer's Guild.
We visited a variety of stores. We are looking for grimoires now that we have more money to spend.
The grimoires are generally found in bookstores but sometimes they can also be found in weapon shops and tool shops.
Basically, adventurers are free to sell the grimoires they obtained wherever they want.
I'm pretty sure they don't sell grimoires for my Lightning magic or Clarice's Barrier magic, which only we can use.
After all, we are the only ones who can use them so there is no way for others to write such grimoires.
But maybe they sell Holy magic’s grimoire. Even if the price is too high for us to buy it, just knowing what kind of magic is available could be useful in the future.
By the way, I taught Clarice Cure from Holy magic.
“Hmmm. I expected it but there really are no good grimoires anywhere...”
“Ah, they sell the beginner's level but...well, let's be patient and keep looking.”
While enjoying the shopping trip, there was a reaction from a certain thing.
The crystal that was given to me by Azure Fang's Van!
I used the crystal to find out the location of the other owner.
It seemed to be coming this way from the Balkus Kingdom’s direction.
“Clarice, someone I know is on his way here from the Kingdom of Balkus.”
“What? How do you know?”
I told Clarice about the crystal.
“I think they are from a C-rank party called Azure Fang.
Since I don't think my father and mother could leave Irgusia.”
“If we make a bad move, we might pass each other so let's wait in a conspicuous place.”
“Yeah, you’re right. Let's do that.”
The reactions came closer and closer.
The speed was unbelievable.
Apparently, there was no hesitation whatsoever in crossing the border. Do the people of Azure Fang understand that they are at war?
Two shadows came running from the corner.
It was Zeke and Ike who appeared in front of me.
“Mars!”
“Father! Brother Ike!”
I, Zeke, and Mars ran up to each other, bursting with joy at being reunited.
“We were worried about you! Are you hurt?”
Zeke said so and then Ike
“Glad we made it in time! Anyway, let's get going to West Rimurgarde soon!”
“Yeah. I have someone I want to introduce to father and brother Ike.”
Then Zeke said.
“I know you are Clarice, right? I know most of the details from Lord Beetle's letter.
We’ll go through the details later. Right now, our first priority is to get away from here. I'll tell you why on the way to West Rimurgarde.”
Clarice and I hurried back to the inn, packed our bags, and prepared to leave immediately.
We left East Rimurgarde half an hour after Zeke and the others arrived.
“Just what is going on? To be in such a hurry...”
“Actually, I wanted to take Mars to see Maria as soon as possible but just recently the old Rimurgarde castle, located halfway between East and West Rimulgard, turned into a labyrinth.
That labyrinth is said to be at least advanced level.”
“In such a state, we can't be fighting a war, can we?”
“Yeah, that's right. On-site combat is more of a scheduled event. Some adventurers from both countries are already fighting together to conquer the labyrinth.”
“Does that mean the war is over?”
“No. The royalty and some of the nobility are eager to go to war. Although adventurers may not have to follow them, the knights and magicians can't do so.”
While conversing, we headed in the direction of the Kingdom of Balkus.
Zeke and Ike seemed to have reached here by changing carriages en route so we all rode together in the carriage given by Count Beetle and headed for West Rimurgarde.
There were many magic beasts around the border between the Kingdom of Balkus and the Kingdom of Zarkham.
“There are a large number of magic beasts, aren't there? Is it alright for father and brother Ike to come to a place like this?”
“No, it wasn't this bad. The number of magic beasts is increasing by the minute. Maybe they weren’t able to thin out the number in time.”
“Father, may I thin out the demon beasts with brother Ike and Clarice for a bit?”
“I suppose so. We can do that as we head to the Balkus Kingdom as well. You should do what you want.”
I nodded, and Ike, Clarice, and I headed toward the direction where the magic beasts were.
First of all, I will stay in the back as healing support while Ike and Clarice assess each other's abilities.
Ike used his Flame Lance while Clarice used her defender to take out the magic beasts.
The magic beasts were strong but their threat level is only around D. Ike was able to take them down easily but Clarice took a bit longer. But she still managed to kill the demon beasts.
“Amazing. I am really surprised that a six-year-old girl could be this strong…you are way above my expectations.”
Ike said, and Clarice replied in fashion.
“Sir brother is really strong too. I've never seen spearmanship at your level before.”*2
Ike and Clarice thinned out the magic beasts as they went along.
Ike's level had reached 17 and his skills level had also increased.
He must have been training since I got sent to Grantham.
But there were still too many magic beasts.
I had a feeling that the adventurers were defeating the magic beasts at a decent pace but more and more magic beasts were attacking us.
We are gradually moving northward between East Rimurgarde and West Rimurgarde. If we continue northward, we will reach the old Rimulgard castle town and beyond that is the labyrinth where the old Rimulgard castle is located.
Even before the labyrinth was built, Rimulgard Castle Town and Rimulgard Castle were in ruins due to the war.
As one moves north, the magic beasts become stronger and stronger.
And the number of adventurers also increases.
All the adventurers here were probably C-class adventurers or above.
There must be at least 30 adventurers here, not including us.
There should be a total of five B-class parties and C-class parties.
One of the parties had finished fighting and came over to talk to us.
“It's not safe here, you know? But I guess the fact that you've come this far means you've been fighting.”
Zeke replied in response to the words
“Yeah, We've come north from a point halfway between East and West Rimurgarde while thinning out the magic beasts. We were thinking that we could help you guys out a little bit.”
“I appreciate it but are you sure? We have our hands full ourselves sometimes, so we can't help you...”
“Don't worry, I'll be there if it gets dangerous.”
So Zeke said as he sent three of us to battle.
As expected when it’s come to threat level C or the same class as goblin king, it is difficult to defeat such demon beasts in one attack.
The reason I can kill the goblin king in the blink of an eye is because I have the title of Goblin Butcher.
Even so, if I join Ike and Clarice, we can exert considerable firepower.
Obviously, I didn't want to distract everyone by using Tornado or Firestorm so I used Wind Impulse, which Sasha had taught me, to defeat the magic beasts.
We defeated most of the magic beasts until we were near the castle town of Rimurgarde.
The party that had talked to us earlier talked to us again.
“You guys are surprisingly strong. Thank you for your help. Actually, we came here for the war.
Ironically we are hunting magic beasts here with adventurers hired by the Kingdom of Zarkham now.
The enemies here are strong so it's easy to level up.
But don't ever go to the castle town. There are magic beasts with a threat level of B there.”
“Understood. We are going to go home now. Thanks for the information.”
After Zeke said his pieces, we drove the carriage to West Rimurgarde.
We arrived in West Rimurgarde a little after noon and decided to continue on to the next town.
If the royalty found out that Zeke was in Rimurgarde, they might ask him to join the war.
Of course, it was unlikely that there would be royalty on the front lines but there might be someone with royalty's influence.
It was late in the evening when we arrived at the neighboring town of Bismarck.
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Author’s note:
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TL’s note:
- I think the author is trying to say that West Rimurgarde is the most eastern under the control of Balkus Kingdom. East Rimurgarde is either not owned by anyone or maybe it’s Zarkham Kingdom’s territory.
- Onii-sama.
