Read Novel Full Vol 17 Chapter 14
Vol 17 Chapter 14
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Chapter 14 – The Mythical Royal Capital, Discovered
After meeting with Alessia-san and the others, I had to deal with the countless monster remains. I was so exhausted that I had to postpone the barbecue I had prepared for the next day, but I was able to take the whole next day off and enjoy it as much as I wanted, so I’ll call the result a blessing in disguise. I don’t want to do it again, though…
Yesterday was a lot of fun.
We had a barbecue with lots of meat, vegetables and seafood.
With the sun shining down on us, beer and chuhai (a refreshing drink) were chilled to the brim, and beautiful women in bathing suits were all around me.
I was so happy that I was even allowed to take a Jacuzzi bath with them, which is commonly referred to as happily ever after.
I also enjoyed playing with Rimu and the others. Dorothea-san, Marina-san, and I cooked for Rimu and the others, and they were so happy.
Carla-san was also happy and enjoyed the barbecue with a bright smile on her face, and Ilma-san, perhaps intoxicated by alcohol, showed more sex appeal than usual and offered a little more service.
I cooked with Claretta-san and accidentally touched her in a bikini.
And then there was Alessia-san. She seemed to have heard about Carla-san’s predicament from everyone and was so grateful to me that when she hugged me in gratitude, I felt like I was going to fall off the roof.
Because I was being hugged by Alessia-san in a swimsuit. It was no wonder that I was about to ascend.
“Hey, Master! We are slowing down; we are going to be caught, you know! Why are you half-smiling with a faraway look in your eyes? Please come to your senses!”
Ines’ words from the passenger seat shattered the illusion of yesterday’s fun.
Right now, we were running away from a horde of monsters, weren’t we? This was no time to run from reality.
I stepped on the accelerator of the Pal and caught up with Pal No. 2, which was speeding ahead of us.
Huh, how did we get into this mess?
Well, of course, it’s because we’re blasting through the danger zone with the sound of our engine.
Since they make strange noises in a normally quiet desert danger zone, it is only natural that they attract the interest of monsters.
Although I was supposed to be adventuring in a fantasy world, I felt like I was playing a racing game (rally).
The obstacles are monsters, and even if you avoid them, they will come after you. Fufu, the difficulty is weird.
The day after our fun-filled barbecue, we continued our adventure early in the morning, before the sun had risen. Our destination was the mythical royal capital, deep in the danger zone.
I summoned Pal and Pal No. 2, and we set out.
As we went deeper into the zone, more and more monsters came after us, attracted by the sound of our vehicle.
The great worm that swallowed us whole along with the Pal. I thought it was a lord or a boss class monster, but I was wrong, and as we went deeper into the area, we were chased by more giant worms of similar size.
Rulers are said to be the kings of the sky.
Even though they are supposed to be kings, they fly in packs.
There are also different colored and gigantic versions of the armored scorpion and the desert lizard, which are clearly a higher species.
There are also many unknown monsters.
What the hell? No wonder it’s a dangerous zone.
…Oh, so that’s how it is. I guess the fact that the rulers, the kings of the sky, are not known to swarm around means that the information deep in the danger zone is not known, right?
So, is the mythical royal capital a lie? No. If you encounter a swarm of rulers, you will usually die.
It is possible that some reckless adventurers in the past were lucky enough to confirm the existence of the royal capital or that there was some verbal tradition or record before the area around the mythical royal capital became a danger zone.
Or rather, it must be.
If all this hard work is for nothing, even my slight sense of adventure will be extinguished.
“Master, please concentrate. It’s a pack of rulers!”
“Ro-roger that.”
To be honest, even though we’re facing a swarm of rulers, we’re not in much danger.
There is no power to break the barriers of the Pal, and since I have learned from the lesson of Carla-san being thrown out, I am wearing a seat belt, and the members who are fighting are tied to the Pal with strong cords, we will not be thrown out of the barriers even if the Pal overturns.
Still, we run away desperately because we don’t want to clean up after the fight.
Once we stop and fight, we not only have to deal with the rulers but also with the monsters chasing us in the back.
It’s not that hard to win, and the remains left behind are not a problem if we just ignore them and throw them away. In fact, that’s what I insisted on before we left.
I was willing to lose some of the likeability, and since we had money to spend, I said that we should ignore the remains of all the monsters we had defeated.
I guess my opinion reminded everyone of that.
The scorching sun, the stench of blood and guts, the repetitive, endless, simple work, the work that seemed to embody the hell of this world.
I think they all wanted to emotionally agree with my opinion. But Alessia-san and the others shook their heads sadly and said
I understand your feelings very well, but as expected, it’s impossible… as an adventurer, you can’t throw away a large sum of money that will allow you to play and live many times in your life, so… let’s run away. Let’s run away as fast as we can so we don’t have to do the recovery work, she said.
So we ran away. To avoid repeating hell.
“Master, to the right! Carla, fight them off with your shield! Felicia and Marina, focus on the wings!”
Following Ines’ instructions, I turned the wheel to the right. Carla-san fends off the rulers flying there with her shield, and Marina-san and Felicia follow.
A long-range attack flies from Pal No. 2 as well, and it accelerates rapidly, not missing the moment when the crowd of rulers leaves the area.
Perhaps wary of the damage we’ve inflicted, the rulers have not closed the distance and seem to be hovering over the herd of monsters behind us.
Still, they do not seem to stop chasing us, as if they have no intention of giving up. The size of the monster swarm grew again.
No matter how you look at it, there are only nine of us humans, so even if each monster divided us among all of them, it would only be a piece of meat, so why are they chasing us in a large herd?
If they are hungry, they should be satisfied with cannibalism.
How long will this chase last?
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“Wataru, over there!”
We continued the chase until the desert turned red with the setting sun, and just as I was getting tired of it, Marina-san suddenly leaned out of the back seat and pointed to the left in the direction we were going.
I followed her finger and saw a huge building in the distance.
There were several tower-like structures in a row, with rounded dome-like tops and slightly pointed tops.
What can I say? The building looks like something out of the Arabian Nights… Is that a castle? Is that the royal capital?
I was prepared for the journey to take days because it is a mythical royal capital, but unexpectedly, I could see it earlier than I expected. No, since we were being chased by the monsters and driving the Pal non-stop, we must have covered a good distance.
Had we been on foot, the journey would have taken days. Anyway, I am thankful that the mythical royal capital was not a lie or an illusion.
“Wataru, run alongside Pal No. 2.”
“I understand.”
I followed Marina-san’s instructions and ran alongside Pal No. 2.
“What are we going to do? Head for the castle?”
Alessia-san and the others must have noticed the presence of the royal capital because they asked us which way we were going.
Normally, we would have gone straight to the castle, but with a horde of monsters behind us, it was hard to make a decision.
We ran from early morning until late afternoon, but the horde of monsters was still chasing us. No, probably a lot of the monsters that were chasing us have left.
However, the number of monsters in the depths of the danger zone is so dense that new monsters are added to the herd as they drop out, so it may only appear that the number of monsters has not changed.
This assumption is probably not wrong, as the monsters chasing us seem to be getting stronger.
“Master?”
Ines calls to me as if to say what we should do, but I don’t know what to do either.
Entering the royal capital with a horde of monsters in tow… that would be a bad idea indeed because the royal capital would become a mess.
Destroy the horde behind us. The heat is much better now that the sun has set, but it is still a tedious task. The density of the monsters is also increasing, so I have a feeling that the danger level during the retrieval will also increase.
So we have to somehow shake off the monsters behind us. We are being chased endlessly, but soon, it will be completely dark and pitch black.
In the dark, we might be able to lure the horde of monsters away from us. If we can sneak away and get close to the royal capital, it will be easier to explore.
“We’ll run around until it gets dark. If that doesn’t work, we’ll wipe them out.”
“Understood!”
In response to Alessia-san’s answer, we increased the speed of the Pal. After all this driving around, I’m getting used to driving.
Well, if it weren’t for my improved physical abilities from the level-up, I would have had an accident a long time ago.
I think it’s pretty amazing that I can control the tires sliding on the sand with exquisite steering.
An hour passed before we decided to make our escape in the dark.
Before it was completely dark, the ruler that had been flying in the sky stopped. Probably because it was bird-eyed, it returned to its nest before nightfall.
Then, when the sun went down completely, the lizard species, scorpion species, and other monsters stopped chasing.
Being lizards and scorpions, they seem to have good night vision, and the temperature change was probably the cause. Since they can hunt for a long time in the scorching desert, they must be very resistant to heat.
So perhaps the cold of the desert at night is their weakness. Scorching heat and extreme cold, both of which it can afford, is a cheat, isn’t it?
Then, there are the great worms that are still after us.
They move in the sand, so they don’t care about the darkness, and the temperature changes slowly underground, so they probably aren’t affected by the rapid temperature changes in the desert. They are damn cheats.
Despite my irrational thoughts, I ran alongside Pal No. 2 and called out to Alessia-san.
“Alessia, it’s going to be hard to shake off the great worms. Let’s go near the royal capital and summon the Hideaway there to defeat it.”
Well, it’s not me who’s going to defeat it, but Alessia-san and the others.
I might want to attack them to level up as well, but I haven’t been able to control the power I gained from the last level-up, so I’ll have to pass on that this time.
“All right. Then Wataru, please go ahead of us.”
“Understood.”
Well, we finally defeated the monsters, but it’s only the great worm, so the recovery work will be a bit easier.
We’ll defeat them quickly, and tomorrow, we’ll start exploring the mythical royal capital. I’m getting a little excited.