Volume 5, Chapter 30 – Hidden Cave

After that, I continued with the simple task of purifying the beasts the General had slain from the safety of the barrier.

After a while, the Undying Beasts at the bottom of the valley were completely wiped out.

I don’t remember exactly how many I purified, but it was a vast number of Undying Beasts.

Thanks to that, my EXP rose to 209,331, but unfortunately, my Level did not increase.

It was right then that a rope was lowered from the cliff, and Chris-san and the others descended along it.

“Fiene-sama! Are you safe!?”

“Yes. As you can see, I am fine.”

“That is a relief. General, I understand that you are strong, but Fiene-sama is different from you. Furthermore, we cannot react when you take such reckless actions. I must ask that you refrain from acting on your own.”

Chris-san protested to the General, but the General gave her a sharp glare and spat out another insult.

“Hmph. It makes no difference whether you small fry are here or not. In the first place, it is your own fault for being such incompetent weaklings. Why can’t you even descend a cliff of this level? You put yourselves on the battlefield, yet why are you so pathetic? Even those beasts only struggled this long because you lot are blind.”

“Wh… what did you say?”

I could tell Chris-san was clearly enraged.

I could tell, but she was desperately suppressing it.

Whether it was because the General had utterly crushed her in defeat, or because Chris-san had her own personal reasons, there was a world of difference in her patience was worlds apart from when we first met.

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Next, Shizuku-san descended the rope.

“Fiene-dono! I saw you from above, but I am glad to see you are safe and sound. Hm? What happened?”

Shizuku-san looked between the two—Chris-san, who was barely holding back her fury, and the General, who remained completely indifferent.

“Actually, it’s a bit of a long story—”

I explained the situation.

“I see, so that is how it was. Now that you mention it, the General is indeed correct. I am sorry for making Fiene-dono feel ashamed because of my own ignorance of magic.”

“Please… I’m the one who…”

Seeing Shizuku-san’s ears droop apologetically made me feel guilty as well.

“Onee-sama!”

Following them, Lu-chan descended and threw herself into my arms.

“Onee-sama! Are you okay!?”

“Yes, I’m fine, Lu-chan. Thank you for the support from above.”

I hugged Lu-chan back and thanked her.

“I’m so glad you’re safe! More importantly, did that guy do anything weird to you!?”

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“Eh? Well, yes, technically…”

As I peeled Lu-chan off me, the General, who had been watching, asked me a question.

“Saint. Are you and that green-eared girl sisters?”

“G-green-eared… Sigh . It’s no use telling him. We aren’t related by blood, but she is like a sister to me.”

I almost complained at the sheer rudeness, but I stopped myself.

It’s probably impossible to correct this General’s way of speaking.

“I see. Then, Saint, let’s go. This way.”

Huh? Is that all after asking? Well, I guess expecting anything more from him was my mistake.

“It makes no difference whether the small fry come along or stay behind. Come if you wish. But protect yourselves. I will not save you, nor will the Saint.”

No, we will save you. Why is he just saying whatever he wants?

“Chris-san.”

I called out to Chris-san, whose face was bright red, and shook my head.

“It’s just a waste of breath to talk to him. Let’s go.”

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“…Yes.”

And so, we began to follow the General deeper into the valley floor.

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“Hmph!”

The General delivered a powerful kick to a massive boulder that looked like the remnant of a rockslide.

With a tremendous roar, the boulder shattered into pieces.

Behind the rock, the entrance to a cave that stretched deep underground revealed itself.

“Hey! Give me some light! Saint!”

“Eh?”

“Hm? Since you can perform Purification, you can use Holy Magic, can’t you? You’re glowing that much, so creating a light should be easy, shouldn’t it?”

I see…? The Holy Magic Compendium I read in the Royal Capital’s library didn’t say anything about that. Well, I’ll give it a try.

——Um, Holy Attribute light magic, create a light at my fingertip.

However, nothing happened.

——Then, let me house Holy attribute Purification magic at my fingertip and maintain it.

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Then, a small light of Purification appeared at my fingertip.

“Hmm, I feel like this is a bit of a waste of Mana, but is this what you meant?”

“That will do. Let’s move.”

Thus, we stepped into the cave and walked for about twenty meters along a strangely winding path.

Eventually, we came across a metal door that had clearly been made by human hands.

“A door in a place like this?”

“Hmph. I’ll kick it down.”

The General kicked the door with all his might. With a thunderous crash, the thick metal door buckled and was blown clean off its hinges, flying deep into the room beyond.

Beyond the door was a room clearly constructed by people.

It was a large chamber, perhaps several dozen meters across, with walls and floors reinforced with stone bricks.

Broken shelves lay abandoned inside the room.

“””Grrrrrrr”””

And there, we were greeted by a massive horde of Undying Beasts.