Chapter 73 part2


Giant Magic Steel Dragonfly Part 2


In the morning, Rollo and I are woken by the sound and fresh wind blowing over the Haym river .


It’s still dusky .


When the morning sun rises, everyone starts to get up and prepare breakfast .


“It’s simple soup . ”


“Roger . ”


I eat breakfast and make small talk with Gomez .


Once breakfast is finished, everyone gets their things together and prepares to depart .


Again, we are advancing west .


We are heading down from the kill we camped on last night .


The scenery changes .


Until now the stone statues have been to our right, but now it ultimately becomes a swamp .


The earth is wet like the bank of a salt lake .


As we continue through the marshland, big mushrooms begin appearing .


The giant mushrooms grow in patches .


They seem to be an endemic species that inhabits the part of the swamp .


Large pink and purples mushrooms are mixed in with the rest .


The mushroom umbrellas have purples spots .


…I wonder if they’re okay to eat . (TL: Ah, Shuya . I love this simple side of you . )


Then, the fog clears and sunlight covers the area .


Just as I look at the bright sky, In front of me, a flock an enormous jellyfish is swimming through the air .


The big jellyfish have tiny ones following them like parent and child . (TL: I’ve been playing Skyrim, and this reminds me of the netches from the Dragonborn DLC . )


They gather together and move in a spiral .


There are also giant dragonflies in the sky, some having stopped on top of the large mushrooms .


“That’s a giant dragonfly . ”


Foggy marsh, giant mushrooms, jellyfish and dragonflies in the sky .


The whimsical scene is happening in front of me .


I wish I had a portable camera to record this .


A pleasant smell is coming from the mushrooms .


After entering the boggy marsh, the speed of the caravan has decreased, but I prefer it this way .


I move popob.u.mu to the side of the road, closer to the mushrooms, and enjoy myself .


I also reach out to touch the mushroom .


It feels interesting .


A bit similar to a s.h.i.+take? Its tenderness is right, and it smells like a s.h.i.+take as well .


Then,


“This smell is so goood . ”


“Ooh . ”


“It really is . ”


“Oooh!”


Many shouts are raised-


At that moment, I hear it from a new person riding on a white robot…


With a shout, several dozen people have started running at a giant dragonfly .


The ground is muddy, but they move fast .


Several people fires arrows at the giant dragonfly . There seem to be magic users at the back too .


The magic user starts chanting and aria .


A chain is visible on the back of the arrows . It appears to be a mechanism .


The group of adventurers cooperates smoothly .


“Oh, they’ve started . Those giant dragonflies are the specialty of this area . ”


Gomez says .


Of the arrows loosed by the adventurers at the dragonfly, only some have stuck . The giant alloy dragonfly flies away and appears the counter-attack .


It uses its giant flapping wing to hover in the air and fires small thorns at the adventurers from its mouth and tail .


However, they’re experienced, so warriors with large s.h.i.+eld stand side-by-side and deflect the needle attack .


“Now, spread out!”


The leader shouts a command from behind the line of s.h.i.+elds and several arrows are released dragging a considerable iron net behind it .


The giant dragonfly’s body and wing are entangled in the net sending it cras.h.i.+ng into the marsh, but even though it is caught in the net is continue to struggle and shoot needles out of its mouth . It will probably break the net .


-The magic chant now ends, and an icicle missile strikes the entangled giant dragonfly .


“It’s not over yet!! Force, Riot! Vanguard attack! Aim for the head!”


The leader issues instructions .


Two ma.s.sive warriors with a longsword and an ax step forward and run at the immobilized giant dragonfly and land a single blow at the base of the head .


The giant dragonfly tries to struggle, but the warrior’s skill with the sword and ax is fast .


The giant dragonfly is decapitated by the combined attack of the ax and sword .


The headless body convulses at first but gradually stops twitching .


“Yahoo, we killed it! This is our second successful subjugation today! Collect it quickly!”


The giant dragonfly corpse is dismantled by several people .


A big pipe comes from the alloy dragonfly’s torso? Things like that are removed .


The head, wings, and everything is collected . A significant amount of materials are removed from a single one, and it fills a whole cart .


“Collection is almost finished . ”


An elf woman who appears to be the leader of the collection party shouts .


“Fuhaha, haha, is that so! Aside from the collection party, shall we move on to the next?”


“Got it . ”


“You guys, get more excited! At the end of today, we’ll bag five of them! -Move out . ”


The warrior leader is short .


People who appear to be from the same clan are chatting, they get on small non-thoroughbred horses and walk off while laughing .


“Follow leader . ”


“We’re making money!”


The group is excited .


It all happened in a moment…


That was the giant dragonfly Gomez said is hunted .


A little shocked by the hunt, the caravan continues west at a comfortable pace .


I was enjoying touching the mushroom along the way, so I wasn’t bothered, but it seems everyone is upset by this mud .


The muddy road follows the Haym river through a marsh, but the caravan patiently endures .


Popob.u.mu splashes mud as he walks, but his steps feel somehow heavy .


Do you also have the mud? I pat his neck rea.s.suringly .


The mud eventually decreases, and we enter a gra.s.sy plain .


The road becomes solid earth, and we advance easily .


-Oh? I see something .


The city walls of Holkerbam are coming into view .


The walls are low . When I see the city walls in the distance, Fran speaks from the back of her magic beast .


“Is this Shuya’s first time seeing the 【Magic Steel City Holkerbam】?”


“Yeah . ”


“In that case, would you like me to give a brief introduction?”


Fran says with a radiant smile .


Her transparent hawk is flying low near her .


“Ah, please do . ”


“Understood . Holkerbam is situated south of the Haym river, the marsh and forests we pa.s.sed through are the east-north-east of the city . There is an enormous quarry to the north and to the town of Pernette is to the west, there are farms and graveyards on the road to Rad Pa.s.s .


“Quarry?”


I remember Marquess Chardonnay saying something along those lines .


“That’s right . There are requests for adventurers at the quarry and where trees are harvested . Harpies come out of the quarry, goblins in the forests, orcs, Nogu, and other monsters like the Shapus.h.i.+ . ”


“Heh, it must be hard to not find a job . ”


“Haha, that’s true . ”


On the Haym river to my left, I can see a boat advancing .


Groups of armed adventurers and other caravan pa.s.s on the other side of the road .


Magic beasts pull wagons filled with farm products .


Flies and insects are swarming around the horses and magic beasts pulling cargo to the point that I feel sorry for them .


Various people are using the road .


There are snails with large gray sh.e.l.ls loitering around in the plains and marsh on the right side of the road . There are also adventurers fighting those enormous snails .


Battle cries are audible .


Rollo is also looking at the giant snails, her crimson eyes are dilated, and she is crouching, preparing the go hunting .


It looks like Rollo wants to play .


However, we’re still on guard duty .


“Rollo, hunting selfishly isn’t good? The people fighting aren’t having a hard time . ”


“Nya~ . ”


Rollo responds with her ears folded back .


Those ammonite or snail type monsters .


Still, the nearby people transporting goods don’t seem concerned .


With that many adventurers partic.i.p.ating, still…


I can see Holkerbam’s eastern gate .


As we approach the east gate the number of peculiar building increases .


They’re tent-like building .


They resemble Mongolian Yurts .


Domesticated animals are visible as well . It’s a cow . Lungas . Two heads .


It has a lot of b.r.e.a.s.t.s .


It seems to be a favorite domestic animal .


In the tents with domestic animals on the gra.s.s plains east of Holkerbam, there are also tiger-faced beastkin . (TL: I’m changing beastman to beastkin)


There are merchants wearing fur mantles set up in front of the tents and announcing their wares .


All over, there are tiger beastkin trying to sell their wares to the caravans and travelers entering the city .


Amongst them, I pa.s.s in front of a tiger beastman vendor speaking energetically .


“Come! Gaumok Store’s goods, good from far past Hector and 【Fornium Volcano】, from the far eastern country 【Fujiku Commonwealth】and 【Lerwick】 . Come and look at Gaumok Store’s goods!”


The Yurt behind this tiger beastkin is noticeably bigger than the others .


It seems like a gathering of merchants and traders .


Instead of entering the city, business can be done here?


We ignore the merchant and continue toward the city gates .


There are blue flags on either side of the gate flapping in the wind .


The flags have a horse, eagle, and dragon drawn on a s.h.i.+eld, each one wearing a crown .


There are two guards in blue armor below .


Pa.s.sing through . The guard sees us, but we don’t make eye contact .


We pa.s.s through with the other travelers .


At last, we arrive in Holkerbam .


“We’re here . ”


“Everyone, it was a difficult request . ”


The merchant Taijiki apologizes .


“Oh, wait for a little while we remove the baggage . ”


Gomez’s clan members remove their luggage from Taijiki’s wagon .


“Thank you . Now, someone from my trading firm is coming . ”


“Understood . Still, we can just take it down . ”


As Gomez works, those from Taijiki’s trading firm gather .


She is wearing a turban around her head .


There are plenty of people, so the cart a quickly unloaded .


Taijiki hands the wooden request board to the person from the trading company who came to a.s.sist .


The lady who came to help receive it and lower her head before disappearing into the city .


“Everyone, I am having someone from the firm submit the completion tally to the guild when you return to the guild you can receive your payment . In that case, I am going to deliver the good to the trading firm . Everyone, thank you for your work . Another chance . And then, Shuya-sama, I’ll wait for you to visit Luxor . Then . ”


Taijiki connects the covered wagon and cart and leaves .


“That merchant really likes Shuya?”


“Seems like it . ”


I don’t intend to go, but I nod .


Then, a member of 【Fist of the War G.o.d】 behind Gomez opens his mouth .


“Captain Gomez . It’s only natural . Even we are grateful to Shuya-san, I was waiting at night…”


I splendidly ignore that .


I don’t make eye contact…they didn’t approach, only looking at my crotch making me feel a little scared .


His name is Gio… an existence scarier than any of the monster that has appeared .


“Isn’t Gio pa.s.sionate? However, Shuya-san wasn’t there…shuddering . ”


“Ah, don’t you think? And if a thief is caught at the same time, you’ll probably be killed- Shuya, thank you . ”


Gomez and his clan members thank me .


His rough fatherly character comes out, and I can see he is an excellent clan Leader .


Them looking at me is embarra.s.sing .


“Iya, that was just luck . ”


Embarra.s.sed, I try to brush it off .


“Hahaha, you’re being modest about that spear handling? You’re a truly a strong person, a man among men…then, we’ll all receive our reward from the guild, everyone okay with that?”


Gomez laughs heartily and looks at his member with a heroic character .


“Agreed . ”


“I’ll come . ”


“Captain Gomez, I’ll look for an inn . ”


“Oh, let’s rendezvous . -Fran and Shuya . We’re going to the guild, let’s meet again . ”


“Understood . ”


“Alright . ”


Gomez and the members of 【Fist of the War G.o.d】 leave .


“Is Shuya going to the guild too?”


Fran asks .


“Ah, I want to look around to city a little, so I’ll go later . ”


“Is that so…I can show you around?”


While holding her red hair that sways in the breeze, Fran suddenly says such a thing .


Her red hair sways and she gives off a lot of s.e.x appeal .


However . I’m planning on releasing Misty, she would be inconvenient…


“I’m just taking a look . It’s not necessary . ”


“…Understood . Well then, I’ll go to the girl first as well . ”


“Ah, see you later . ”


Fran makes a thoughtful face before turning around .


Well then, I’ll release Misty somewhere .



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