276 – Finding Hope (3)
Right after Anubis shot down the wild boar, the Chester family thought that all they had to do was bring Hope safely and collect it.
On the other hand, Senna was shocked.
Senna had seen Chester set fire to Anubis, burn everything, or spread a veil to block attacks, but he had never seen Anubis shoot beams of light to attack anything on mine.
Chester aimed at Anubis as a wild boar from a long distance, and when Monia’s reaction was unusual, he judged that ‘there must be a way to attack from a distance’, but he didn’t know how to shoot the light.
Not to mention, it’s not just about shooting light.
The light was so intense and so hot that as it passed over the wetland, a terrifying amount of water vapor exploded and filled the surroundings like a mist, and a terrible scream as loud as the size of a giant wild boar resounded through the air. It made it sound like it was shaking.
“Wow, wow, really. What is this?”
“Right, is this your first time seeing Sena?”
“Hope is all about strengthening the body! Even so, I am controlling my mind!”
Sena seems to be saying something unfair. She looked at Chester’s Anubis and Monia’s Star Wishes with envious eyes.
‘Personally, I think it’s because Senna’s stuff was made a long time ago.’
Perhaps Chester’s Anubis also went through hundreds of years, or even more, but it wouldn’t be strange to say that Sena’s Hope really was thousands of years old.
Even after thousands of years, it still has a brilliant appearance, and even compared to today’s swords, the center of gravity, balance, and the proper grip of the handle do not lag behind in detail, the Hope is really very good. Did.
It was literally a famous sword, and even if there was no particular parasite that made a person strong like a monster, it was something that a knight’s family would flock to as an heirloom for generations.
“Ehh. It’s my seller.”
Knowing Senna’s life of suffering from side effects, Chester and Monia didn’t say anything and waited hesitantly for the vapor fog created by Anubis to disappear.
However, there was no time to wait for the steam fog to dissipate.
– Kururrureuk!
It was because they suddenly heard an unpleasant sound like boiling sticky phlegm in front of them.
– Kuruk! Purruk! Whoa! Coo!
“… ….”
“… ….”
“… ….”
The moment they heard that strange and loud sound, a certain anxiety passed through the heads of the Chester family.
‘No way.’
‘No, no way? Nonsense.’
Monia and Senna were thinking to themselves, afraid that if they said it, it might turn out to be true, but Chester said in surprise.
“If you become a heroic beast, can you live even if you are hit by Anubis?”
And Chester started running as soon as he said that.
When Chester ran, Monia reflexively followed, and Senna, who was embarrassed, soon followed them.
Right after that, a huge wild boar jumped out of the fog into the place where the Chester family had been.
The fog hits the boar’s body and spreads to pieces, and the wild boar chases after the Chester family, who run wildly twisting their bodies and drives away with the fog wrapped around them.
Its stride length was as long as its gigantic size, so the distance was shortened in an instant by just moving one step at a time.
And the moment the fog wrapped around the boar disappeared, a shocking figure was revealed.
About 70% of its face is blown away, burned, and melted, and it looks shockingly mixed, and it rushes at it while scattering melted flesh and blood in a form that is incomprehensible how it is alive.
– Kurururrr
The strange sound I had been hearing from a while ago was the sound of a mixture of blood and flesh boiling because the damaged face couldn’t make a normal sound.
“That one will die soon.”
After checking the condition of the wild boar while running, Chester turned and ran again, followed by Monia and Senna.
The moment the three jumped sideways to get out of the boar’s path, the boar rushes through the space they were in just a moment ago.
The wild boar tried to quickly change its direction, but the damaged brain couldn’t properly control the body, and the boar’s huge body rolled around.
“Hope?!”
Seeing that, Senna screamed in surprise and looked at Hope on top of the wild boar.
“Kyaaa!”
Hope was broken in half.
“Oops.”
“What can I do?”
Chester and Monia, who were embarrassed, also secretly looked at Senna.
However, the wild boar, which got up again and prepared to pounce, erased any kind of hesitation from them.
Pair!
Senna grabbed her heart by slapping her cheeks with both hands.
“Let’s run away!”
“Yes!”
“Yes.”
Approaching, Chester looked at Anubis.
Shooting beams of light is the most powerful of Anubis’ abilities, and once used, Anubis’ other functions are unable to perform at their full power for a while.
The light bomb is reduced to the level of a flicker of light, the golden flame that does not go out is weakened to the level of warmth, and the veil that normally surrounds and protects Anubis also ceases to function.
‘It would be better if I could open the curtain.’
As I practiced with Anubis for a long time, I knew how long it would take for her functions to recover.
I still needed time to use Anubis.
‘Fortunately, his life is on the verge, and on top of that, he’s not in a good state.’
That’s why I had time to see and dodge that terrifying monster charging at me.
‘Though it looks like he’ll keep chasing us until he dies.’
“Chester. Shall we run away to the forest?”
“No. If you miss the timing to escape because your view is blocked by a tree, that will be more difficult. Let’s just keep running in the meadow.”
“hehehehe!”
The three ran and ran hard.
Until the boar dies.
Chester, it didn’t matter because he decided that it would be okay to some extent if he worked hard to raise his senses, but Monia and Senna had to feel the fear of death coming right behind them.
* * *
“hehehe… ! hehehe… !”
“Lord, I will die… ….”
While Monia and Senna collapsed and gasped for breath, Chester, wiping the sweat from his eyes, approached the dead boar carcass.
There was only one close moment in the chase with the wild boar, but thanks to Anubis’ ability to recover, he was able to block it with a veil.
“As expected.”
While walking around the wild boar, Chester checked the wild boar and started to climb over the fallen boar carcass while holding on to its hair.
‘I’m sorry about the broken sword. Even if the blade is repaired…… It’ll be a bit shorter, but I’ll have to make it into a proper sword shape.’
Seeing Chester climb the boar, Senna must have remembered the hop that she couldn’t hold in her hand anymore, so she kept squeezing her hand holding her water bottle. Then, she closes her eyes tightly, tilts her bucket, and gulps in water.
“Whoa.”
“…… Sena, are you okay?”
Senna really suddenly lost her sword. She was also Monia, but once, when she was living on the floating island, she lost the first stone ax she had made with her own hands.
Losing something you are deeply attached to means more than simply losing something.
It is not a simple object. It is something that is held in the heart. Losing it opens a small hole in one side of your heart.
It may not be long before the hole disappears. You may forget that there is a hole.
However, it was clear that the moment I lost it, I suffered a sense of loss and pain so great that it pierced a hole in my heart.
“Whoa. No. Are you okay. …… Honestly, I thought it might be better if she let go. Or put it back where it was.”
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But Senna didn’t.
She said, “I liked the title of knight, I liked the eyes of people who respected me, and I enjoyed being able to wield superhuman strength…… Yes. There were several reasons.”
The reason why she can’t throw away her sword. It was because of her desire inside Senna.
A desire that she couldn’t give up even though there were people who suffered from the violence where the lines had disappeared.
“Maybe it’s a good thing it’s broken. Maybe Heaven abandoned it because I couldn’t throw it away with my own heart.”
As Senna said that, she looked at Monia and smiled.
“It’s okay. Think positively. Now that the pain has gone, won’t it get better in the future?”
“…… Yes. It will get better. Clearly.”
As the two talked, they saw Chester climbing the boar.
Chester, who was moving from place to place in the wild boar, finally found the broken blade and beckoned to Monia and Senna.
“I must have found the knife.”
“The pig has a wide back, so it takes time to find the knife.”
As Monia waved her hand at her, Chester grabbed the broken blade lodged in the boar’s back.
At that moment, a parasite came out of the broken blade and began digging into Chester’s arm.
“…… ! Aww!”
Chester rolled off the boar’s back with a scream.