EP15. Starry Sky Forge (6)
As Shaun moved, he spoke to Levy.
“Levy.”
“Huh?”
“You didn’t understand what the fox was saying, did you?”
“Shaun. I told you earlier, but have you already forgotten? You can’t talk to animals?”
“Yes. It definitely was.”
Sean nodded and looked straight ahead.
He led the party in the forefront, no one else but a fluffy little fox.
Sean gestured to Kün.
“Then why are we following him?”
“Stupid. You heard that! Does Kyun know where the meteor fell? Forgot that already, Sean is an idiot. hehehe.”
Sean seriously contemplated whether to give Levi’s forehead a honey balm.
But that’s only necessary if it’s moderately mean, and it was absurd enough to leak steam, so I just let out a sigh and finished it.
“Elsa, say something.”
“I don’t have a set destination anyway, so it doesn’t matter. I don’t know if you really know.”
“Yes. I really hope so.”
Elsa’s words weren’t particularly wrong. In a situation where you can’t even figure out where to look in Calderon anyway, the probability of finding a meteorite will be the same no matter where you’re headed.
“I can’t help but wish you well.”
“Still, if you see that you are leading the way, you might have roughly understood what Levy said.”
“Is that so?”
At first, Levy didn’t seem to care about that.
I was really worried about whether this choice would be okay, but Shaun decided to follow the fox in silence.
***
Calderon was still locked in the bitter cold.
Now I’m getting used to the overwhelming snow storms that limit my senses.
“Kyungie doesn’t seem to get cold.”
“That must be because he lives here.”
“The fur must be warm, right?”
“Okay. Didn’t you know that you hugged me?”
“Hug Sean too! So soft and warm!”
“I don’t think he will allow it.”
We continued moving while chatting nonchalantly. It wasn’t that the weather wasn’t affected at all, but thanks to Levy’s magic, the three calmly followed the fox without shivering from the cold.
“Queup! Kün!”
And at some point, the fox suddenly started crying.
“Kyu-ah. What’s the matter?”
“Queup! Kün!”
Even at Levi’s question, the fox didn’t look away and continued to cry forward. As if being wary of something in front.
“There is something ahead.”
“Are you a Cyclops?”
“I’ll have to check it out.”
Shaun habitually put his hand on his waist. Only then did he realize belatedly.
He said that he didn’t bring his sword.
“I’ll lend you my sword.”
“Even Elsa must have a weapon.”
Shawn pondered for a while, then first took out his spare dagger and held it.
It was usually used to dismember animals after hunting, but there is no law against using it in battle.
The identity of the presence was slowly revealed.
Compared to Cyclops and Trolls, it was noticeably smaller.
However, it was a monster that boasted a bigger size than a normal human.
“That guy is a Yeti.”
Yeti. A monster commonly distributed in snowy mountain terrain.
Perhaps it was surprising that I only met him now, so it was a common existence in Calderon.
“How strong is the Yeti?”
“It will definitely be weaker than Cyclops. Just in case there’s a problem…”
The Yeti slowly emerges from the narrowed field of view due to the snowstorm. The only problem was that he wasn’t the only one. The shadows that looked identical to Yeti continued to grow.
“…That means they usually go in groups.”
“Wouldn’t that be easy?”
“It’s easy.”
Elsa did not utter an answer. Levi, who was next to him, said that and walked forward.
“Sean is resting. I will fight alone.”
“Are you okay?”
“Who do you think this body is? It’s nothing like that.”
Levy gave a confident smile and continued on his way.
Then she stopped crying and carefully hugged Kün, who was looking at her.
“Now, Sean needs to take good care of you.”
Shaun took the fox Levy handed him to him and caressed it awkwardly.
“Kyureung.”
“Because I didn’t want to hug you either?”
Sean looked at the fox with an absurd expression at the sight of his snoring fox.
It was to the point where I had doubts about whether I could understand the real words.
“It’s always fun to watch Levi fight.”
“How about being a little more serious?”
“Aren’t you convinced of that too? That Levi will win.”
At Elsa’s question, Sean looked at Levy and said sullenly.
“Well, there’s no way Levi can lose to a monster like that.”
No matter how many yeti there are, they are still yeti.
Even if it wasn’t for Levy, the difference in numbers in front of a wizard wouldn’t have much meaning.
Because the greatest strength and characteristic of wizards in battle is wide-area attacks.
***
Even on a snowy field where the whole world turned white, Levy’s emerald eyes shone brightly.
She glared at the yetis standing in front of her, then stretched out her arm.
Even though Levi was still in that state, her magic circle began to be engraved in the air.
She was drawing a magic circle through the radish chanting magic.
At the same time as the magic circle was completed, Levi opened her mouth and recited her spell.
“Πολυάριθμες βολίδες”
It was a fairly short and concise chant.
However, the magic realized in reality with that simple spell was never laughable.
One by one, spheres of fire were born from above Levi.
The fireballs, which continued to increase in number without knowing the end, stopped multiplying only when they reached 13.
The amount exactly matched the number of Yetis.
That wasn’t the end. The fireballs now increased in size instead of increasing in number.
As the size of the flames grew to the size of the Yeti, even Sean, who was watching her from afar, felt the warmth.
“You are much stronger than before.”
Levy had used similar magic before.
She was when she was brainwashed by Wiz in Eli Orden.
At that time, Levi had chanted her spell much longer, and even then her flames were smaller and smaller in volume than they are now.
“Everyone grows up. The same goes for you.”
As Elsa said, Shawn has also grown a notch since then.
But I don’t think she’s grown as markedly as Levi. That’s because Levy has an overwhelming talent that can’t even be compared to himself.
“Εκτόξευση”
With Levi’s words, the flames flew towards the Yeti.
It was truly an overwhelming sight. It must have been a one-sided battle to the point where the Yeti couldn’t even have the will to resist.
Of course, the Yeti, whose weakness is fire, could not withstand Levy’s attacks.
All 13 Yetis were killed in a single blow.
It was a scene that was hard to believe even after watching it, and it was a moment that reminded me once again of how strong a wizard is.
“Shall we continue now?”
Levy just said it calmly as if nothing had happened.
“···································.
“Can you stop freaking out and guide me quickly?”
“Kyureung.”
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The fox heard Sean, glared at him, and swung down from his bosom.
Then kicked him with his back foot and sprayed Sean with snow.
Of course, since the fox was small, the snow that had been sown did not fly over Sean’s waist, but for some reason, Sean found such an act repulsive.
“Kyuu! Let’s hurry!”
“Queup!”
Soon the fox answered Levi’s call and ran to her.
When only the two of them were left, Elsa patted Sean on the shoulder and offered her formal comfort.
“It must have been a charming act for you.”
“Really?”
“Isn’t it comfortable to think like that?”
“·······.”
Anyway, leaving the trivial incident behind, the three set off again to find the meteorite.
***
Since I met the yeti group, nothing like this has happened and only time has passed.
By the time I repeated rest and movement quite a few times, the sun slowly set and night came before I knew it.
Of course, I expected that it would be difficult to find a meteorite in one day.
However, simply repeating movement and rest without any commitment was enough to make the mind tired.
When it was completely night, Elsa said.
“It would be better to spend the night here and leave.”
“Still, I’m glad I brought my camping gear.”
“······ Ah.”
At Levy’s exclamation, Shawn asked a question.
“Why is that?”
“····Food. I forgot to bring it.”
It was a mistake to leave everything out because all the cooking was done in the forge.
I had packed my bag and forgot the ingredients I had brought out.
“Well, I can’t help it. Because of that, there is no going back.”
“Isn’t it dangerous if it continues to grow?”
“Nothing to worry about. I always prepare travel provisions.”
Elsa said, showing the preserves from her bag.
“It’s just bittersweet that I can’t taste Sean’s cooking.”
“····What are you going to do when we break up later?”
“Come to think of it, I see. Then we have no choice but to live together for the rest of our lives.”
“Yes!?”
The reaction of astonishment came from Levy, and not from Sean.
Seeing the furious reaction beyond her expectations, Elsa chuckled.
“It’s a joke.”
“····Issang!”
“By the way, where did he go?”
“He? Oh, what about Kyun?”
Only then did Levi realize that Kyungi was gone and looked around her.
“Kyu-ah? Kün!”
“Queup!”
Then the sound of Kyun’s cry came from afar.
Levy got up and walked towards her, she shouted.
“Come here! I will stop for today and rest here!”
“Queup! Kün!”
“Huh? Are you going to rest today?”
“Queup!”
Levy returned with a puzzled look on his face and told Sean and Elsa.
“Kyung says you have to keep going?”
“····Are you sure about that? Aren’t you making it up?”
“Isseng. I also wanted to rest.”
Sean looked back and forth between the two women, then sighed and asked Elsa for her opinion.
“What should I do?”
“Well, wouldn’t it be okay to have a little bit? After all, if you have Levi’s magic, darkness won’t be a problem.”
“……Okay. Then let’s go for a bit.”
In the end, Sean’s party stopped preparing for camping and started moving again.
I wonder if I moved a little further following the stubborn fox.
“Huh? The sun rises.”
“What are you talking about? It’s still a long way before dawn.”
“Look over there. You’re welcome.”
“····Wow. Why are you cheering?”
A bright light was coming through the ridge of the mountain. It really looked like the sun was rising.
But there was a little difference.
“The light isn’t that bright.”
“It doesn’t even look like the sun to me.”
“Then what is that light?”
Sean pondered over Levy’s question for a while before opening his mouth.
“You will know when you go.”
Perhaps it was a coincidence, the place the fox was heading was beyond the ridge where the light leaked out.
The three crossed the low hill and finally confirmed what the light beyond the ridge was.
It is.