Chapter 354: Chapter 198，Part2: 2 - Living Calamity

Chapter 198 Living Calamity

Part 2

Fortunately, the supplies had been divided and placed in each room. I was not accustomed to things like this, but Kruz prepared the potions in a brisk motion and made the collapsed guards drink them.

Apparently, those who were instant-killed weren’t dead yet.

After swallowing Sytry’s special Potion, they soon regained their color and started to breathe normally again. Kruz let out a sigh of relief.

“Thankfully it wasn’t a purely destructive Magic, desu.” (Kruz)

“Haaa, haaa…… But I couldn’t move at all. I couldn’t gather any strength at all……” (Franz)

Franz, the only one who was still conscious, wiped his sweat and said that.

Term is a Water Magic Magi. And Water Magic is known to be less destructive than any other form of Magic.

More than likely, it was all about saving his Magic power and not because he was bad at using destructive Water Magic as he shot those water spears at me, but Term’s Magic was very silent, didn’t have any preliminary motion, and seemed to be very efficient oriented.

It was the exact opposite of 《Abyssal Fire of Destruction (Shin En Kametsu)》, which was way too flashy and burned everything. Maybe he was trying to counteract 《Abyssal Fire of Destruction (Shin En Kametsu)》 by doing the opposite.

“He tempered a little bit with the water inside their bodies…… It’s an incredible feat, desu. Even Lapis can’t do that, desu.” (Kruz)

Kruz’s voice sounded very serious.

I know this because it is the basic of the basics of Magic spell, but it is very difficult to make a spell act inside another person’s body.

It is because the human body is more or less resistant to Magic. To break through this resistance and stop the living activity inside your body, requires an enormous amount of Magic power, which is why Magi do not do such things. It is much easier to cast lightning or create fire.

In that sense, Term was undoubtedly a top-class Magi as he was able to manipulate and neutralize the bodies of so many people in an instant.

The Barrier Ring auto mode can prevent this, but there is no way to prevent it by yourself if it is applied to you unexpectedly.

Franz-san *yoroyoro* staggered to his feet. The other knights still don’t seem to be able to afford it just yet.

Although our lives were no longer in danger, our battle strength was too weak against Term and Kechakchakka.

Even at a time like this, the Emperor did not show any signs of agitation. He sat back in his chair and asked me.

“So, what do we do now? Do we have a chance to win?” (Radrick)

“Of course, we have a chance, desu. Am I right, Yowaningen? Desu.” (Kruz)

His sharp eyes looked at me and Kruz asked me to agree with her, but I was too comfortable to feel nervous.

If I have to say if we have a chance or not, my answer would be not. I was also worried about the other crew members who may have collapsed on the ship, but I don’t have time to go check on them.

At any rate, the carpet was safe. Of all of us, maybe it was the most healthy one. So, at worst, we could escape. That’s all we can do.

“Kruz, can you…… Fly in the sky or something?” (Cry)

“I can fly――But! With this staff! I can’t! Desu!” (Kruz)

“…… That’s a translator, not a staff you know.” (Cry)

“!? Haaaah!?” (Kruz)

Kruz was *bashibashi* hitting the 『Round World』. I gently averted my gaze. I didn’t expect this to happen.

What should I do? I have no idea. I don’t even really know what happened. I’m screwed.

I don’t know what to do, so I take a chunk of smoked meat out of the supplies and place it near Kilknight who has (Probably) collapsed and was convulsing from hunger.

Calm down me. When making a scene doesn’t help, you have to calm down.

I cross my arms and close my eyes. I feel so comfortable.

…… I know! Maybe if I bide my time, my beloved Sheet Ghosts will come to my rescue? Luke and the others are always saving me.

As I was completely escaping from reality, Kruz suddenly shouted sharply.

“Argh!? Yowaningen! Behind you!” (Kruz)

I quickly opened my eyes and looked at my feet. Before I knew it, a small shadow was crouched beside the fallen Kilknight.

It was a child. A human child. Liz is petite, but the child was even smaller. The child was wearing a loose, pure white vestments-like outfit. The child’s thin, outstretched arm picks up the smoked meat I have placed in front of Kilknight, brings it to its small mouth, and *muchamucha* munched on it.

There were no children on this airship. It was a bizarre sight, but it didn’t send chills down my spine. It was because I was comfortable.

However, it didn’t mean that I wasn’t surprised.

The child didn’t utter a word. But Kruz and the others were pale. Even the Emperor froze and widened his eyes. Even the carpet was quiet as if it was frightened.

The child’s white hair was long, but I couldn’t tell its gender. This is because the top half of its head was covered by a strange white mask.

Its hair has a smooth white texture and two 『Ears』 that extend upward. The mask had a simpler design than the symbol I designed for 《Strange Grief (Nageki no Borei)》, but for some reason, I get a 『Transcendent』 impression from it.

The child’s face looks up at me. There were no eye holes in that mask. However, I was being watched.

There was no chance of winning. That was the kind of creature it was.

I should have felt a chill run through me. I should have been afraid of it, just as people are afraid of death.

But I was still as comfortable as ever. From now on…… Maybe I shouldn’t wear this shirt during an escort mission.

I suddenly remembered. I once encountered it, on a mysterious stormy day too.

I didn’t notice it at all because I had encountered a lot of storms before, but I see, it seems that it was something that comes with a storm.

I did think that there had been no sightings of it since then, but who would have thought that it was flying in the sky, no wonder no one had seen it.

I was told that I would never encounter it again in my lifetime, but to think I would encounter it again…… I am really unlucky, heh.

I raised my face while recognizing that my sense of danger had been completely numbed.

Outside the windows, you couldn’t see the storm on the horizon anymore. No, the world itself couldn’t be seen on the horizon anymore, neither its shape nor any kind of resemblance.

What lay outside was a perfectly white world. A Treasure Shrine is a different world recreated by Mana Material. If it is a Treasure Shrine with a thin layer of Mana Material it would look like an alternate world similar to the real world, but a high-level Treasure Shrine is different. It is an extraterrestrial world governed by 『Rules』 that are far removed from the real world. That is probably why Magic doesn’t work here.

I am too smart for my own good.

When I smiled unconsciously because I recognized the fact that there was nothing that could be done anymore, the strange child who was wearing a 『Fox』 mask――The 『Phantom’s』 mouth smiled as if it copied what I did.

Before I knew it, the scene on the other side of the door that Term and Kechakchakka ran out of was replaced by something different.

It had hit me. It had swallowed me. Finally, I understood the reality of it.

The Fox child said. The voice that came out of its mouth was faint and the intonation felt strange, but it was definitely our language.

『Wilcome. Donnt be afaid.』 (Fox Child)

The inside of his slightly open mouth was as red as fire.

This is the end result of a Treasure Shrine that had become too strong. An extraterrestrial place that travels around the world. A living nightmare.

Due to the difficulty to discover it and the mighty “Phantom” that lurks at the very end, no one has yet been able to break through it. Its estimated Certification Level is 10.

They learn, go around, and playfully play around.

【Lost Inn】. That was what this peculiar Treasure Shrine was called.

『We wilcome u.』 (Fox Child)

“Liar.” (Cry)

They are gods. They are one of the great gods that reign in this world.? I was able to survive once, but it is unlikely that I will be able to survive a second time.

Fighting back is impossible. The only thing possible for a puny human being to do is to――Negotiate. That was what the existence called gods is like.

The Fox Familiar smiled deeply at what I said spontaneously.

『Imma not lying.』 (Fox Child)

TL notes:

Thanks for reading! Here’s the extra chapter thanks to Victor!

Yes! Shit’s going down! A Level 10 Treasure Shrine is here!

The Fox that we had been teased from the beginning of the arc is here!

How will Cry survive against those Phantom!?

Tchao à plus!

Footnotes

All the sentences said by the Fox child are in hiragana which mean that the Fox child is talking like a small child.