Manowa 332

 Chapter 332 - Let's Examine the State of Affairs


When Kazane woke up and looked at her body, she reflexively shouted「What the hell is this?」

The armor she was wearing had an organic design that seemed sturdy. She looked like the member of the evil army that fought certain heroes. Since there wasn't any particular face covering, she was visibly like a female executive. There was a childlike shorty inside, though.


「Hm. It seems you've woken up.」

「Mmm. And I'm wearing something different.」

After Jinrai's words, Kazane stood up with a wry smile.

『Mother, are you okay?』

「Yeah. No problem. Somehow, my body feels light.」

「The Ogres dwelling in the armor are probably lending you power.」

「Nyanyanya」

Yuuko-nee cried to Kazane.

「Nn, thank you too, Yuuko-nee. I'm okay now.」

Yuuko-nee replied「Unya」after Kazane spoke.

「So, in the end, what was that a while ago?」

Kazane replied to Lyle's words while groaning.

「It seems like the Berserk Ogre invited his companions to move into the armor?」

Lyle exclaimed「Seriously?」It seemed she was serious. She could sense countless, or more accurately, 24 individual presences inside her armor.

(This is... it feels like they gave the Berserk Ogre the ability to summon them?)

It seemed the Ogres from some time ago could be summoned like the Berserk Ogre, but it also seemed they wouldn't be usable all the time. Kazane felt they could be summoned at the will of the Berserk Ogre. He probably wouldn't summon his henchmen unless he himself was rampaging. She keenly felt such a premonition.


「So then, how long was I out?」

「It hasn't been too long. Around 5 minutes?」

「Is that so? Mmm.」

When Kazane opened the Chat Window, there was a message from Yumika.

「Not good. They messaged me. I have to reply.」

According to what Yumika wrote in chat, they found the gathering site of the Mad Spiders. Then Kazane hurriedly wrote in chat.


Kazane:「I fell asleep.」

Yumika:「What?」

Kazane:「No, anyway, you said the Mad Spiders are gathered together, but what is the situation?」

Yumika:「It looks like a meeting. We're staying out of sight while Naoki watches the situation with Remote Viewing. I marked our position on the Map, so follow the route and come here.」

Yumika:「Simply hiding x   On alert ○」

Kazane:「Roger.」


Kazane wrote a reply to Yumika and closed the Window.

「Were you looking at chat?」

When Kazane finished the chat, Jinrai called out from the side.

「Yeah. It seems that Mad Spiders are gathered together.」

Jinrai and Lyle's eyes narrowed after Kazane's words. Tatsuo also made a Kuwaa cry that was loaded with spirit.

「It seems Naoki and the others are monitoring now, so let's join them once.」

Kazane opened the Map and instructed them.

Since Yumika and Naoki were registered as party members, their Map Windows were linked. Kazane guided her companions as she advanced to the place where Yumika had written「Here!」



◎ Black Stone Forest, Near Dark Forest


「You wrote in chat that you fell asleep, but what...... that figure... is dreadful, isn't it?」

When Kazane's group came to the designated place, Yumika's standing by group stared at Kazane's appearance with wide eyes.

「Ah, are you aiming to genuinely be a Devil King?」

After Emily spoke, Kazane said「No, I'm not aiming for that,」but Kazane's『Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor』had a shape that was truly wicked and made her look like a short Devil King-sama. It felt like all obstacles in her path to becoming one were gradually being removed.

「For the time being, it seems best to hide it with your Indestructible Cloak when we're in the city.」

Kazane had no choice but to nod after Tiara's words. It was certainly easy to move in, and it likely also had high defense. It had incorporated a breastplate made of dragon scales and gauntlets made of dragon bones, so it was unmistakably extremely powerful equipment. But its appearance was too brutal.

「Jeez, enough about that. More importantly, information. Report, Naoki.」

「Okay.」

Naoki obeyed his sister's words and conveyed the situation he was seeing with Remote Viewing.

「As Aneki expected, the Mad Spiders have a Boss, and they're encamped in front of it. I don't know its name, though.」

「Nnー I see. That's an Arachne Wired.」

While listening to Naoki's explanation, Kazane also used Remote Viewing to check the Mad Spider meeting. Arachne Wired. After he heard that name, Naoki also remembered.

「Ah, that? If I remember correctly, don't those guys have considerably sharp spider thread?」

「That's right. If you imprudently approach, your head might get chopped off.」

Lyle, a vanguard member, made an unpleasant expression after Kazane's words.

「Nnー I'll take care of that.」

「Can you do it?」

Kazane nodded after Jinrai's words.

「Well, it's about time to test out THAT's true value.」

Kazane's line of sight focused on Rokuten-kun.

「Setting aside that thing's defeat, another problem is the surrounding Mad Spiders and superior Madness Spiders.」

It looked like there were around 500 giant spiders surrounding the Arachne Wired. They had probably urgently gathered here; Kazane and the others could infer that from the fact that they hadn't run into any spiders until now. The full force of the forest's spiders was likely present.

「The last problem is the captured people?」

「That's right. It looks like they're being kept as food for the Arachne Wired.」

For monsters, humans with high ability like adventurers were a feast. Therefore, if a swarm had a Boss, humans might be captured and offered to the Boss as they were. That seemed to be the case this time.

「There are twelve living people. Everyone else... is dead.」

Naoki's voice was low as he said that, and Kazane could sense the anger in his voice.

「... Are the dead people acquaintances?」

「Yeah. I acted with their parties several times.」

Naoki answered with his face turned away from Kazane. He was probably making a face he didn't want her to see. Kazane tousled Naoki's head.

「Well... we'll save the rest. We'll do what we can do.」

「Ah, that's so. I know, Aneki.」

Naoki said with his face still turned away from Kazane. Kazane patted Naoki's shoulder and turned toward her companions.

「Alright, Naoki's group will be responsible for rescuing the adventurers. We'll be a diversion and destroy any monsters that come to intercept.」

「Is dividing up really fine against that number?」

Lyle said. Kazane smiled and replied.

「It looks like there are 3～500 monsters, right? If we had two Yumikas, there would be change left over.」

「The ones I fought were weaker monsters, though.」

Although Yumika said that, her calm facial expression didn't break. She didn't feel like she would lose. It was such a face. Emily and Lyle had anxious faces, but their facial expressions were as motivated as Yumika's. Everyone else's situation went without saying.

「This time, we won't hide our power or hold back. We'll quickly defeat the Boss, immediately save the adventurers, and destroy the spiders in one go.」

Kazane said with a raised fist. Her companions nodded, and the White Party's actions began.



Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Summoning Fighter

Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Two Handed Sword『Black Fang』, Draghorn Tonfa x2, Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor, Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, Magic Accumulator, White Magic Accumulator, Rainbow Necklace, Rainbow Dragon Ring, Angel Bracelet

Level : 37

Health: 149+20

Magic Power: 321+440

Strength: 70+40

Agility: 77+34

Endurance: 41+20

Wisdom : 73-5

Dexterity : 50

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』『Golden Dusk「Dragon Exclusive」』『Mirror Shield』

Skill : 『Kick Devil』『Warrior's Memory: Lv2』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell: Lv2』『Golem Maker: Lv4』『Aegis Shield』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition: Lv2』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield: Lv2』『Information Link: Lv2』『Optical Camouflage』『High Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Hand Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『Sturdier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Devil King's Intimidation』『Stone Minotaur: Lv2』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『Space Expansion』『Pseudo-Silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』『Arms Creation: Black Flame』『Ingredient Connoisseur: Lv2』『Dragon Pheromone「Dragon」』『Boost』『Monkey's Strong Arm』『Two-sword Style』『Boobies Plus』『Living Armor』『Alarm』『Six-sword Style』『Mental Attack Complete Protection』『Spider Web』



Kazane:「Well then, let's do it.」

Yumika:「It feels like it's been quite a while since we last fought at full strength.」