Chapter 70: Forest Wave Second ④: Awakening
Liv woke up abruptly.
“Mmm…”
“Oh, you’re awake, desu.”
“Mmm… Sky pattern… Subaru… Myabu.”
“Wait, wait! I’m not an enemy, desu!”
“…You talked…”
Liv lowers her blade.
She judged that Liv was not an enemy. The fact that she spoke piqued her interest.
“I may look like this, but I’m not a monster, desu.”
“Mmm… You look like a spider woman.”
“That’s because I’ve changed my form. I’m the First-Class Explorer ‘Thousand Faces,’ desu.”
“…Liv… su.”
“I’ve heard rumors of ‘Torquetum,’ desu.”
“Mmm… ‘Thousand Faces’ same here too… but… being able to transform… even into monsters… is wonderful.”
“This is quite a secret of mine, so I’d appreciate it if you kept it confidential, desu.”
“Of course… you saved me…”
Liv yawned and lay back down.
“Mmm… I’ll sleep… a bit more.”
“You’ve slept quite a bit already, desu.”
“Normally… don’t use… this power… so…”
“I see, desu.”
“…By the way… desu… Desuo…”
“‘Thousand Faces,’ please, desu.”
“…Thousand Faces… what did you… come here for…?”
“…I came here chasing a man in a red mask, desu.”
“Mmm… Man in a red mask…”
Liv smiles while lying down.
“Do you know him, desu?”
“Mmm… Of course… I don’t know.”
“I see, desu. Do you know of the Forbidden Land? I heard it’s deep in the Heizen Great Forest, where the man in the red mask visited, desu.”
“That is… of course… I know…”
“As I thought, desu. You know?”
“Mmm… I know… the giant spider… the dungeon anomaly…”
“What on earth are you talking about, desu?”
“… I’ll tell you… so help… Liv…”
“…That depends on what you want to do, desu.”
“Mmm… Revenge…”
Liv smiles fearlessly and sleeps. She really sleeps.
“…No, please tell me, desu!?”
She shouts, but it’s already too late.
She woke up again two hours later.
As promised, she tells ‘Thousand Faces.’
“Mmm… So and so and such and such… that’s how it is…”
“That’s quite a situation, desu. No wonder the air felt unpleasant where I found Liv-san. The giant spider of the dungeon anomaly fused with the ‘Wounded One’… the Queen, desu? And she can seal Relic use. At this rate, she might be jewel-class, desu. Wait a moment, desu. What do you mean by revenge?”
“…Rematch…”
“You want me to help with that, desu?”
“Mmm… First-Class… expecting a lot…”
“I’m not good at combat, desu. Sigh, it can’t be helped, desu. I’ll help as much as I can, desu.”
“…You can… just defeat her… as you are…”
“Impossible, desu! My combat power is so low that it’s faster to count from the bottom among First-Class explorers, desu.”
“Mmm… Even so… I expect you.”
“I’ll help where I can, desu. But what will you do, desu? We don’t know where the opponent is, desu.”
“Mmm… Not worried about that… Just enter… the territory. After that… search for high energy reactions… with sensors… okay…”
“Sensors…?”
“Now then… hungry… mushrooms… look delicious.”
“Ah, those just finished roasting!”
Liv puts the mushroom in her mouth regardless.
“Mmm… The taste of the ingredients.”
“If you’re going to complain, you don’t have to eat it, desu.”
Liv takes something out from her pouch.
A small bottle. It contained salt, pepper, and shichimi.
“…Seasonings are essential… basics of an explorer… you know.”
“I don’t take many dungeon requests, desu.”
“Mmm… Even though you’re an explorer…”
“There are those kinds too, desu.”
Liv sprinkles salt and pepper on the mushroom. After roasting, she adds shichimi.
“Mmm… Delicious…”
‘Thousand Faces’ also sprinkles salt and pepper on the mushroom.
After roasting, she eats without adding shichimi.
“…Delicious, desu.”
“…After eating… we’ll head out…”
“Understood, desu, but do you intend to fight with just the two of us, desu?”
“Mmm… No need to worry about that… Liv has… comrades… Pakira and Lupinas are… moving…”
“Comrades, desu… That has nothing to do with me, desu…”
“… don’t you have… friends…”
“I don’t need them, desu.”
“Mmm… Being alone is lonely… Liv will… become your friend… Friends are… good…”
“…I’ll accept the sentiment, desu.”
‘Thousand Faces’ stood up after finishing the mushroom.
Liv also finishes eating the mushroom.
“…Well then… shall we go…”
“You say it so casually, desu.”
‘Thousand Faces’ sighed.
Liv exits the cave in high spirits.
Immediately after that.
Light fell in various places in the Heizen Great Forest and explosions occurred.
“What, desu. What on earth is happening, desu!?”
“…[Light of the Mausoleum]… hurry…”
“Ah, wait, Liv-san!”
‘Thousand Faces’ hurriedly chases after the running Liv.
She headed straight for the Queen.