episode_0097

Camping at Saji was a little scary.

My job was to wake up occasionally and look at my surroundings, fearing that something might attack me while I was sleeping.

Kailon said that there was no need for night watch since the monster moves actively when exposed to sunlight, but even so, I couldn’t sleep properly and had no choice but to spend the day in a sleep-deprived state.

So morning came, and as soon as I had breakfast, I took the fatigue medicine I received from Kailon and went forward again.

As I walked, struggling to catch my breath after being told that I could soon reach the halfway point of the mountain, where the monster was, today, Kailon, who was in front, glanced at me and then suggested that I slow down and walk.

Kylon and I rarely talked when other people were watching, but even so, I wanted to say something now.

If you’re slowing down because of me, just go faster again.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I wasn’t out of breath. Still, they wouldn’t be able to camp here for another day because of me, so I hoped they would deal with the enemy quickly rather than paying attention to me.

With that in mind, I walked slowly, and the feeling of getting closer and closer to the monster came over me.

A cool ominous feeling seemed to seep into my bones, making me feel subtly uncomfortable.

My walking becomes slower and slower, as if I can’t walk comfortably forever. The reason was simple. Something was crawling like a snake on the floor, which was overgrown with weeds and vines.

The tree roots were busy moving, moving like vines covering the ground and rippling like waves.

I know that life cannot stop moving, and I know that plants are no exception, but I had never seen a plant move so actively, so I was just shocked.

Seeing that, Kailon must have made an immediate decision and shouted at Flora, who was wandering down the road ahead.

“Flora, fire prevention magic ahead!”

“… But arson… !”

“Anyway, I can’t ride anywhere there are monsters like this. Quickly!”

“… … .”

Flora seemed hesitant, perhaps remembering how she had previously been unable to use fire in a forest of grass that could have burned her.

However, behind Kylon’s urging, Flora’s mouth was eventually closed and she was made to hold the wand again.

When Flora began chanting and hot heat began to swirl at the end of the jewel, Kailon began the outline of the strategy that had been explained in advance before reaching this point.

“… There is still no way to go forward. I know that pathless mountain paths are inherently dangerous, but there are monsters there, so it is impossible to move forward right now.”

After describing the current situation, Kailon quickly looked around and gave the next command to Linda and Agnes.

“First of all, Flora’s arson will block the monster’s movement, so Linda will hit the tree trunks coming in front with her fist, and Agnes will hit some of the trunks that can be cut with the rapier.”

After hearing Kailon’s words, Linda and Agnes were in a daze, nodded, and then immediately walked away.

In an instant, the positions of Flora at the front and Linda and Agnes were split to the left and right, and Kailon seemed intent on helping Linda and Agnes, seeing as they were being pushed back in the center.

Then what should I do?

As I was looking at him blankly, wondering if I could leave it to Kylon and just do as he said, he finally sighed and closed his mouth.

And at the end, he said something to me.

So quietly that no one else can hear.

“… I hope it doesn’t hurt, but there’s something you want to do, right?”

“Yes.”

“Then do you want to write this?”

What he held out was a glass bottle filled with water.

As I was looking at it with an expression wondering what this was, Kylon’s voice followed.

“It is said to be holy water, and I thought it would be good to use this if I could.”

“… Um, thank you.”

I looked shocked at the appearance of Seongsu, who I didn’t know where I got it from.

But still, I was so grateful that my nervous expression soon changed to gratitude.

It is in the prayer text. A desperate believer. Beyond that, it is said that the blood of a saint is holy water, so what about this, what about that, before I say anything, even if I don’t shed blood, I can use this amount of water.

I looked at it quietly, then nodded and smiled at Kylon. After seeing my expression, Kylon smiled bitterly and returned to his seat holding the holy sword.

Everyone knows their place and is doing their best in their position.

I was the only one at this party who didn’t know my place.

What should I do? How should I use it?

What should I do like this?

sing to god I hope and pray that this prayer reaches heaven.

I hope this song resonates throughout the world.

Pray to God and defeat evil.

That is the job of a saint who approaches God.

It is the job of a saint to light the way for lost sheep.

Sing it again and again.

“Burn up, bring good and evil to their knees before me.”

He opened the cap of the water bottle filled with holy water and spilled a drop.

I muttered as a test to see if I could ride well.

Water touched the seemingly living, breathing vine, and at the same time, a blazing fire covered it for a moment.

Will it burn like this? I thought so, but the plant didn’t burn up.

“… … ?”

There is no magic energy.

The magical energy that the monster would have was nowhere to be seen in the movement of this living, breathing vine.

As I was looking at that figure blankly, I felt like cold sweat was rolling down my face.

Wait a minute, so you’re saying this torch doesn’t work on everything except the monster itself?

If that were the case, I had mixed feelings because I thought that even if I got covered in blood and scattered the torch, I wouldn’t be able to burn the plants connected to the monster.

I was hoping that I had finally found my usefulness, but in reality, I couldn’t get to the main body, so I couldn’t do anything in this situation where I was blocked.

My teeth were ground apart.

May Kylon be there to help Agnes swat away the thick creeping vines, may Linda use her fists to strike the approaching tree branches, and may Flora breathe fire to clear the way.

Once again, I had no place to stand.

I looked down blankly.

Seonghwa did not react for the sole reason that the vine that was moving as if it was trying to steal my center of gravity did not contain any magical energy.

However, since they were not going to get hurt in this situation, even their healing ability was a problem right now.

In the end, I had no place to even use the holy water I had received, so I just held it in my left hand.

He pulled out the dagger that was hanging on his right thigh and held it in his hand.

Anyway, if sanctification and healing were useless, it meant that no one would get hurt, so all I had to do was follow them and cut down the vines.

I could hear Flora’s cry as I wondered how much she had accomplished.

“Aaaah! Kyloon! You damn hero! They said they would help!”

While they were cutting down the vines, they heard that angry voice and everyone looked away in surprise.

At first, I thought she needed help, but as I looked in front of Flora, I could see that everything was turning black and the road was gradually opening up.

As I burned it like crazy, not with a flame, but with a flame, I could see that the front was gradually opening up.

The road opens. To the corner where the main body is.

“… I’ll go!”

Kylon responded to Flora’s words by kicking off the ground.

I felt like my mind was going blank for a moment, wondering if I was going to fight alone without Linda and Agnes.

I thought I should follow along, so in the end I cut off the last vine that approached me and ran away.

Even after stumbling for a moment, I moved forward.

But at that moment, Flora blocked the path in front of Kylon and glanced at me.

“… Lady, you are too greedy.”

After saying that, Flora walked down the path alone.

Since she stopped burning the path in front of her with fire, the vines gathered again and closed the path.

Now it has become an impossible road to take.

What does it mean to be excessively greedy?

No, wait, is this really true?

It’s just that I was desperate enough to help, so you thought I’d take the other kids’ seats because of it?

If that was really the case, I felt like I had nothing to say.

I would have already come to the hero’s party to see the hero, but I would feel bad if I couldn’t appeal to the hero and ended up being buried by someone else.

But still… I thought of myself as a potion shuttle and couldn’t do anything until now, and I wanted people to look at me a little bit.

So, it’s a little unfair.

Still, I was just desperate to be helpful to this party.

I had no idea that it would destroy the balance and lead to this kind of result.

I picked up a dagger.

And I tried to tear down the vines to open the way ahead.

However, there was a significant difference in firepower from the flamethrower used by Flora, so in the end, I was unable to move forward.

I had always felt helpless, so I consoled myself several times that it was okay.