ca-book #326 - That day, humans finally remembered the fear of being dominated by giants.
#326 - That day, humans finally remembered the fear of being dominated by giants.
“Do you two want to take a stroll around Sealed City?”
“Sealed City?” X2
Hearing the beautiful elf girl say this, Zunzun and Shima Kiyosuke asked in unison with some bewilderment, as neither of them had heard of the name of this town.
She sighed helplessly as if seeing country bumpkins.
“Sealed City Rubadland, it's a very famous city. Aren't we going to the second shrine? It just so happens that the city is not far from the shrine, so let's take a stroll together. Don't, don't misunderstand, it's not because it's also a famous tourist town, but because it's a specialty product trading city.”
It seems like they have rare non-sale items.
Now they have to go.
Led by the beautiful elf girl, Zunzun and Shima Kiyosuke slightly changed their route and arrived at Sealed City.
From a topographical point of view, Sealed City is the connection point linking a ring-shaped continent, like a checkpoint blocking the interior from the exterior.
Walking inside the city.
Shima Kiyosuke looked up at the huge sky curtain and muttered to himself curiously, “What a huge barrier… What exactly is it sealing?”
“It's a mythical-class monster.”
The beautiful elf girl, with an air of superiority, condescendingly explained, “The west of this city is the boundless Beast Plunge Land. It was created to seal the mythical-class monsters living on this continent, an unprecedentedly large-scale barrier…”
“Oh, oh, a barrier of this scale can't be set up casually.”
“I heard that it relies on magical techniques lost 800 years ago. Thanks to the protection of this barrier, this city has been able to prosper and grow, becoming a safe trading hub where specialty products from all cities converge!”
Just as she was still explaining, Shima Kiyosuke had already taken out one light and one dark lightsaber, and then slammed them together, creating a powerful shockwave that instantly destroyed the barrier.
“Uh — — — —!?”
“Kiyosuke!?”
“No… That, that… I wanted to test whether a collision with the barrier would generate a powerful impact, so, so… that, if it could successfully distort space, then the collision between the Demon Flame Dragon and the barrier could break open a spatial passage!”
Shima Kiyosuke's ideas are out of the ordinary.
Honestly, Zunzun thought that Shima Kiyosuke wouldn't destroy the barrier again after he explicitly told him that the Demon Flame Dragon would be used as bait.
But how should I say it…
The unique itch of a game player, always wanting to experiment with anything feasible, regardless of whether it's good or bad.
There's no time to blame him.
The destruction of the barrier caused great chaos on the streets. The residents of the city all changed color and fled in panic.
“Wahhhhhh — — — —”
“The barrier has been destroyed!”
“Run away!”
“The, the cyclops is attacking! Ahhhhh!”
Whether it's a tribute or that's just how cyclops are, raising their heads, they saw a large hand pressing on the city wall of Sealed City, and then a huge head slowly rose, the single eye glaring at everyone in the city with malice.
Humans finally remembered the fear of being dominated by giants.
Not only that, but many monsters were also rushing over here like crazy, and each one was more powerful than the last.
Titans, Storm Dragons, and densely packed mythical-class monsters.
Roughly calculated, there were at least 1000!
Not good.
Even Zunzun felt a headache with so many mythical-class monsters.
The beautiful elf girl was even entering a state of combat readiness. She took out her Thunder Longsword from her storage space, her whole body bursting with violent magic power, wanting to rush out and compete with the mythical-class monsters.
“Wait a moment, Tsui.”
Just as the beautiful elf girl was about to take off, Zunzun grabbed her arm.
“Eh, wait…”
She seemed very surprised that Zunzun could touch her without fear of the violent thunder. In fact, it was because Zunzun was also extremely skilled in lightning magic, so he could do it so easily.
“Let go of me, Zunzun.”
The beautiful elf girl stared sharply at the monsters constantly approaching the barrier and said, “I can't ignore the monsters harming humans. If we delay any longer, there might be many victims, so… Zunzun, you should run away quickly.”
She mistakenly thought that Zunzun wanted her to run away together.
Speaking of which, why does an elf care so much about the life and death of humans, which is different from the stereotypical impression of elves from another world hating humans and not caring about their life and death!
“No, if it really comes to that, I will fight with you. But…”
Zunzun looked at Shima Kiyosuke, who was constantly nodding and bowing beside him, and shouted, “Hey, Kiyosuke, aren't you done yet? Clean up your own mess, quickly and neatly.”
“Yes, yes… Sorry, sorry… Thank you for your trouble, yes, yes… I will offer a bull's head to you later, yes, yes…”
After Shima Kiyosuke finished promising, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and then gave Zunzun and the beautiful elf girl a thumbs up.
“It's already okay.”
“…What?”
“The barrier has been repaired.”
“What nonsense are you talking about!?”
The beautiful elf girl rebuked Shima Kiyosuke, but before she could quarrel, she was stopped again by Zunzun, who signaled her to look at the city's barrier.
They saw a cyclops knocking on the repaired barrier.
“…Eh?”
Like the beautiful elf girl, she had a blank expression.
The two stared at each other.
There was a sense of comedy for some reason.
Obviously, neither she nor the cyclops understood why the barrier was suddenly repaired. Then, after confirming that the barrier was unbreakable, the cyclops left with a disappointed mood, along with many monsters.
This near-city collapse ended in this unexpected ending.
“You're kidding me… How on earth…”
The beautiful elf girl stared dumbfounded at the barrier that had been restored to its original state. Even now, she didn't understand how Shima Kiyosuke did it.
“I just very normally asked the fairy of the barrier for help.”
“Eh — — — —”
“It's very normal, isn't there nothing worth being surprised about?”
“No, no, no, it's already surprising enough.”
Zunzun was already feeling unbelievable that something that had been destroyed could be repaired again, even by just asking with words.
【Omnipotent Persuader】
This is the real cheat.
When the incident ended inexplicably, everyone began to look for the cause of the barrier's destruction, and when they saw Shima Kiyosuke with the beastman face, they unanimously blamed him.
…No, they didn't really blame him.
Although the accusation was made without evidence, from the results, it was not wrong.
Under Zunzun and the beautiful elf girl's strenuous explanations, Shima Kiyosuke was not taken away as a beastman. Should he be said to have been lucky to get away with it because someone helped him speak up.
“It's really great that you weren't held accountable.”
“You should thank us, beastman face.”
“Thank you.”
It was discovered that Shima Kiyosuke's personality was also very twisted. He didn't seem to care much about the life and death of people from another world, recklessly breaking the city's barrier. But he was very tolerant of Alicia and the others, and would agree to their requests for help even if they were offended.
…Huh?
Come to think of it, the people from another world that he didn't care about the life and death of basically treated him with harsh words as soon as they met, and even treated him as a beastman and drove him away;
While Alicia and the others were the same at first, they later bowed their heads and apologized properly, and even became friends with Shima Kiyosuke.
So, that's why he said that it would be troubling if Alicia and the others were to treat him maliciously again?
Zunzun discovered the key point.
Then Shima Kiyosuke suddenly said, “Sorry, I'm going to find the bull's head to offer to the fairy of this city's barrier, I'll take my leave.”
“Oh, oh…”
Before they could call him, he scurried away. Only Zunzun and the beautiful elf girl were left, walking side by side on the bustling street.
Originally, it was thought that the destruction of the barrier would have a significant impact, not to mention the residents living in the city, but others should be afraid to go out. But should it be said that they are worthy of being the people of Sealed City? After a brief panic, they actually went out as usual.
The beautiful elf girl was a little awkward.
“Th, this… Could it be, a da, da, da — —”
“A date.”
Zunzun, unable to watch any longer, took the initiative to speak, and then explained, “It's not, Tsui. This is not a date, it's just shopping together.”
“Y, yes, ha, ha, ha — —”
She seemed very disappointed.
Her expression was a bit distorted.
That's right, no one can remain indifferent to a man's denial like that, unless they have the strong psychological endurance of Shima Kiyosuke.
“This is not a date, because it's very rushed. However, next time I will arrange everything as much as possible, and then formally invite you on a date.”
“…Mm!”
What responded to him was the beautiful elf girl's exquisite smile, as if conveying her own joy, and Zunzun also smiled along with her.
Speaking of which, considering the lifespan of the elf race, she should be very old, maybe even older than the sum of Zunzun's three lifetimes. But she still looks almost like a little girl, although there is the reason for her tsundere personality, but more of it should be the different angle from which she views things, right?
Long-lived species and short-lived species.
The theory of lifespan that can never be crossed.
But since Zunzun has the body of a god, his lifespan shouldn't be the same as a normal person, right?
After four months of getting along, Zunzun had unknowingly begun to think about the beautiful elf girl's affairs. Of course, the turning point that caused the change was still the events that happened during the Winter Crossing Festival before.
“Speaking of which, I need to buy a piece of clothing.”
“Buy clothes, why?”
“A return gift.”
Zunzun looked at her and said, “After all, I received a piece of clothing from you, so I have to give a return gift.”
“Forget it. That piece of clothing has special significance to the elf race, and ordinary clothes can't compare. And that night you actually forcibly took off my clothes… Um, never mind.”
The beautiful elf girl knew she had misspoke, her cheeks flushed red, and she turned her head and left.
Zunzun was dumbfounded.
Was it actually me who took the initiative?
Could it be that my consciousness as a man has finally awakened… or something!?
“What exactly happened that night, as a party involved, I have the right to know! Tell me quickly, Tsui!”