Disciple of Immortal

Act 2: Chapter 22: 《Anxious Face》

「Impossible… this is… unbelievable. I, 《Rosemonde of Extermination》, a genuine A-rank adventurer is…」

Rosmonde tried her best to prop herself up as she looked at me.

「Why couldn’t my 《Ground Bomb》 hurt you… it’s 7th rank magic….」

Stop looking at me like that… or rather, it’s just 7th rank magic after all…

Lunaire’s handmade robe could protect me from magic of 10th rank and below.

… Well, magic of 7th and 8th rank might be the limit for A-rank adventurers.

I could more or less understand the general standard of this world.

It seems the same goes for Notes who was feared as a 《JinMaRyu》. Even someone of his level couldn’t use 10th rank magic,  《Death》, without prior preparation.

Maybe, the lowest requirement for S-rank adventurers or 《JinMaRyu》 was whether they could use 10th rank magic in battle.

「… You’ve almost run out of mana, right? Can we leave this place now?」

「Run out of mana? Hah, don’t look down on me!」

After Rosemonde managed to stand properly, her body suddenly swayed.

Y-Yup, she is already out of fuel after all.

「As one of the role models of mages in Manarak, how can I let you go after you’ve made a fool of me! Since you won’t die anyway, let me to show you my trump card!」

Rosemonde went back to pick the giant cross-like cane which she threw back when she rushed toward me and then turned toward me in a hurry.

She was relieved, it seems she was glad that I didn’t attack her when she picked up her cross. Seriously, just get over this already, Rosemonde-san.

「You’re careless, youngster! Such carelessness will be paid with your life in battle!」

… Maybe I should just knock her out and be done with this useless conflict.

「K-Kanata-san! They’re going to come soon! The explosion from before must have caught their attention!」

Pomera warned me.

「… Eh?」

I turned to look at Pomera.

Just when I was pondering what she was talking about, I recalled the fact that Ragno was a subterranean creature.

Those Ragno might come at once due to Rosemonde’s 《Ground Bomb》 from before.

「Don’t look away from your opponent during the duel! How dare you look down on me like that!」

The moment Rosemonde shouted, one-eyed black spiders broke through the ground at once.

It was our subjugation target, Ragno.

There were around thirty of them.

Let’s assume that twice this number will come later.

The number surpassed my expectations.

「I-Impossible, I did hear that they appeared all over the place, but how can they have multiplied so fast!?」

Rosemonde readied her cross.

「And just when I’m almost running out of mana, they suddenly appeared in su—!」

… Yup, she really ran out of mana after all.

Did that mean she ended up using almost all of her mana for a useless quarrel with us when she was supposed to use that to subjugate the Ragnos?

I ran towards the Ragnos closest to me and pulverized them with a kick and a swift back-hand blow.

This was rather time-consuming, but it was far better than accidentally erasing the subjugation proof of Ragnos if I failed to adjust my power when I used magic or 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》.

「I guess I have no choice but to work together with you since there’s so many of them. Earth Magic, 5th Rank; 《Clod Bomb》!」

Rosemonde used the remaining of her mana to bring down five Ragnos in one go.

But, right after she fired 《Clod Bomb》, something came up from beneath the Ragnos’ feet, coiling up their feet.

Though the Ragnos were trying to brush away that something, it ended up coiling around their body instead.

「Dammit, I missed!」

I killed the Ragno who was about to jump at Rosemonde.

Even though she attacked me a while ago, it was solely due to misunderstanding and that wasn’t enough reason to abandon her in this kind of place.

But then, what should I do to help her? She looks like a prideful person who won’t receive any help, like a certain prince of a vegetable planet… and at that moment, a giant pure-white-arm sprung from the earth.

There was a huge mouth at the back of that hand.

It seems this hand was created by Philia with her 《Dream Sand》.

The same hands that she conjured to protect Pomera from the explosion a while ago.

I got this feeling that this hand design was created to cause anxiety but, I guess it was safe if Philia was the one who conjured it.

「CHEIII!」

Philia shouted as she pushed her arms forward.

The bizarre white arm then moved closer toward Rosemonde as if responding to Philia’s movement.

Rosemonde’s body got blown away and struck against the nearby tree.

「Why me!」

Rosemonde screamed when she didn’t even give us a chance to explain before.

Though I just saved her from the Ragno’s attack just a while ago, the person herself had already fallen on the ground, twitching non-stop due to the impact of the crash from my own comrade’s attack.

「Philia-chan!?」

I turned around toward Philia.

「I-It’s okay! Philia, just… poked really lightly! Kanata must believe in Philia!」

Philia explained in a hurry while swinging her arms in panic.

Because of that, the white arm from before ended up following her arms movement, and rampaging on the ground, jumping toward the Ragnos around us and squashing them till they became minced meat.

The light poke of Lv:2000 was unreliable.

「Calm down Philia-chan, stop moving for now!」

When I shouted toward Philia, the fallen Rosemonde had already gotten back on her feet and staggered.

Thank god, Philia didn’t accidentally kill an A-rank adventurer with light poke.

Rosemonde picked up the huge metal cross that fell from her hand and pointed its tip toward the rampaging white arm, trembling non-stop as she did so.

But, upon seeing the large cavities created from the white arm’s rampage, she quickly retreated behind and escaped from this place.

「M-M-MONSTEEEEER!」

… Haah, now we ended up scaring her…

W-well, it doesn’t matter, maybe we should leave this place too.

Even if she agreed to help us hunt them, in the first place, we didn’t need her help to hunt the likes of ragno.

「… Philia-chan, someone had already seen THAT, are you really okay with this?」

I really didn’t want to show off Philia and my out of standard level.

If our level was revealed, that would increase the risk of being marked by dangerous people such as the top class 《JinMaRyu》 or other transferees.

Though I think it wouldn’t be a problem if we explain the flattening of the ground as Philia’s magical power running out of control, I really did think that it’s better to not show 《Dream Sand》 in the public as much as possible.

Well, just creating that bizzare white arm won’t be enough to guess its origin, but still…

「D-did Philia make a mistake again? Should I seal her mouth?」

When Philia raised her arms, a huge white sphere appeared above her head.

That huge sphere had ears, nose, eyes, and mouth arranged at random.

I had no idea about what it was, but I felt something ominous from it.

Then I saw Philia was about to swing her arms down toward where Rosemonde escaped a while ago.

Before I realized it, Pomera had already appeared behind Philia, stopping the latter from doing whatever she was trying to do.

「W-WAIT, PHILIA-CHAN! YOU REALLY SHOULDN’T DO THAT! THAT PERSON IS GOING TO DIE FOR SURE IF YOU USE THIS ON HER!」

Pheew…

I was one step too late to stop Philia since I had no idea what she was trying to do but, it seems Rosemonde just barely avoided a tragic death.

「Then a little threat should be okay, right!?」

「HELP ME KANATA-SAN! THIS GIRL IS REALLY STRONG!!」

Pomera was screaming, asking for my help with a bright red face.

All the muscles in Pomera’s arms were doing their best to stop Philia, and yet, Philia’s arms didn’t even budge at all.