Chapter 27

CHAPTER 27 – RESCUE

「Captain! That!」

The second day of the expedition advanced smoothly. We are a little ahead of schedule today as all three teams are going to gather at one camping point.

At that time, an accident has happened.

One of the knights all of sudden loudly shouts and points towards a direction.

N? A red light is visible.

「It’s a flare! We are rushing to join up!」

Wald-sama says quickly changes the direction. Others follow him.

Only I follow without knowing what’s going on.

By flare they mean the red light, right? Does it have any meaning?

「What is that?」

「It’s light from an emergency magic tool. We use it when encountering an unmanageable monster, when in need of a.s.sistance. One of the teams must be in trouble」

There seem to be various colors with different meanings, the red means that help is requested, and on the other hand, blue is used when there’s no need for help.

There also seem to be smoke flare types, but light flare types are used in places like Gaya Forest where the view is obstructed.

Risner-sama quickly explained while speedily advancing towards the flare.

The reason we do not run at full speed is that it’s highly possible that we will have to fight before getting to the destination. We wouldn’t be of any help if we got exhausted before joining up.

Everyone moves at a quick pace while suppressing the feelings of impatience.

「It would be better to hurry up?」

「Yes, that’s right」

「Then, we will go ahead. Allen and Elena―――」

「「Going~」」

It’s an emergency with human lives on the line. I shouldn’t be stingy.

Because I can use Wind Magic to accelerate, I will use that and go ahead.

Therefore, I have thought to let Allen and Elena stay with Wald-sama and others―――but they spoke faster than me.

It seems impossible to persuade them now, so I decided to take them along. We shouldn’t be wasting any more time.

「Wind, gather around me and form a gale. 《Accel》」

I chant with Allen and Elena in my arms. It looked like Wald-sama was saying something, but I ignored it, enveloped my body in wind’s power, and started running.

Several minutes later, we arrived at the place of destination.

「Is that it!」

People opposing monsters with their swords appeared in my sight.

I jumped up with the momentum and landed on a branch where I overlooked the situation from.

The monster is Red Wolf’s higher variety, B-Rank b.l.o.o.d.y Wolf. Moreover, it’s a whole pack.

b.l.o.o.d.y Wolf is a wolf with a fur red as blood. Confirming visually…… there are 7 in total?

The path of retreat has been cut off. Furthermore, there several people on their knees.

Wounded? They don’t seem to be severely wounded, but it will get dangerous if it continues.

「Allen, Elena. I will reduce the numbers first by bit, will you help me with clean up?」

「「Un!」」

「Thank you」

「「Ye~s」」

The situation is worse than I thought. It feels like they are “Barely holding their ground” and won’t be able to hold any longer.

I wanted to help alone, but it doesn’t look I will be able to rescue them all on my own, so I asked Allen and Elena for a.s.sistance.

「《Air Shot》」

First, I aim at the b.l.o.o.d.y Wolves from the top of the branch and shoot seven air bullets.

―――Doon.

「Gyaun!」

「Wha! What!?」

The air bullets. .h.i.t. A cloud of dust rises together with the cries of b.l.o.o.d.y Wolves and surprised voices.

I immediately blow off the cloud of dust with wind to clear the visibility.

Apparently, the《Air Shot》hit only four targets. Moreover, the air bullets only damaged them, I wasn’t able to kill them off.

I held back on my magical power so I wouldn’t involve the people nearby, but it seems that the magical power wasn’t enough to kill the wolves.

I retrieve a『Water Katana』from the《Infinite Storage》. This is something I received from Water G.o.d’s retainers.

I pull the blade from its blue scabbard while jumping off the branch and kill one of the injured b.l.o.o.d.y Wolves. The Blood Wolf cries it’s last「Gyaun!」and falls down.

I immediately pull the sword from the dead b.l.o.o.d.y Wolf and instantly behead another one. With this, two b.l.o.o.d.y Wolves have died.

―――Dokon!

Following me, Allen and Elena jump down and land on two b.l.o.o.d.y Wolves, killing them right away.

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The squashed b.l.o.o.d.y Wolves sunk into the ground, but that’s a trifling matter, right?

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