Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 20

Chapter 14: The ‘Reality’ seems to be worse than I thought

“Huh? an abomination…?”

“That’s right, they were in a state, that I can’t help but say that…!”

Its appearance was the body of a lion, a head of a goat and the tail of a snake.
In other words… it’s a chimera.

“Umm… isn’t just that kind of monster that started attacking?”

The chimera also existed as a mid-boss in the game era. That’s why I thought it might been it that have appeared, so i thought, but…

“If was so, how good it would be!”

Regulus hits the desk with his fist with a loud noise. I was again startled by a loud sound and flinched my body, but this time Uru didn’t teased me.
It was because of how much Regulus and Lieze’s appearance was ghastly.

“I’ve checked it over and over again! That mane, the scar on his forehead, it was definitely the same as my father’s!”

“…The goat head was also from a familiar person…”

“Not only that, it was more like, messy and there’s a lot of strange things attached to it… It’s supposed to be my father’s body, but I… I…”

??I thought it was disgusting……!

It was a cry of repentance.

“… I’m sorry, I became distraught.”

“No, you don’t have to worry about it.”

After a while, Regulus apologized with red swollen eyes.
I couldn’t find the right words to say, so I had no choice but to reply in half-baked way.
……Because there is no way that I had the experience of a blood relative becoming a abomination. I can’t just say lightly “It must have been hard” and console him.
Lieze also had a similar appearance, but she wasn’t as agitated as Regulus was, is she the more mature one or is Regulus just more deeply regretting himself?
Lieze took over the talk from Regulus, who started to have a lingering nose.

“The uncle who have been turned into an abomination… came back bringing monsters with it and started to attack us the villagers.
……Since it was night, many people probably didn’t realize that it was the uncle. Is that perhaps the only luckily part in that calamity?”

……The continuation was also a terrible story.
To that be luckily, there is no way like that is…

“Even so, while the remaining adults were dealing with it, those who couldn’t fight children, including us, were let go. To tell the truth, we were planning to get together and call another village for help, but we were attacked by another monster on the way and became scattered… and the two of us ended up here.”

I’m feel the stare of Lieze’s eyes, which were filled with large tears, that gaze was directed at me with a so strong appeal that felt like i might be stabbed.

“Being here, being able to meet Miko-sama was truly a miracle given by the Creator God, please, please lend us your strength…! ”

I couldn’t take the option of saying no.

However, it is not possible to just say “Then, let’s leave immediately!”. So I decided to take a day to prepare myself.
The two of them seemed to want to go immediately, but whether they were convinced or not, they swallowed it and accepted my decision.

Asking Uru to take care of the animals and the fields??As expected, it was already tested that she wouldn’t break anything during this??I decided to create an anti-chimera item.
What I want the most is a weapon, but if I don’t have the materials… So for the time being, I made several spears made from fangs for Uru’s throwing.
I asked the two of them if they needed anything, and prepared leather gloves with reinforced fists for Regulus and a spear for Lieze.
Also, I gave both of them a leather breastplate and a small wooden round shield that is tied around the arm, It will serve just as consolation against the strong monsters but is better than nothing.
Will they even become opponents to the chimera that the adults could not even compete with? I still have such feeling, but if I don’t act together with them, they might jump out on their own and get killed.
After that, they keep asking me “Do you have a job for us?” so I asked them to go hunting with Uru.
……Because with Uru alone is less a hunt and more like a massacre scene…….

“The necessary items are… Poison and roar countermeasures.”

The breath emitted from the snake’s tail is mixed with poison. Poison prevention item… can’t be made yet, so I’ll make a large amount of detoxification potions and LP potions.
The roar effect depends on the willforce of the person who receive it (it can only be described as that), but if you receive it fully, you will be given the bad status of “Fear” and your actions will be slowed down.

It’s still impossible to make preventative items, so I made a sedative potion with herbs. It would be a pinch if everyone was given the debuff, but I could see a future where I would be flabbergasted with Uru who is unaffected, so I decided to let her have an additional stock of it.

“After that, i have to make food, make tents for the two and make holy water to use in the way…”

The food items still don’t have buffs added to them… I feel like my skill level is about to go up with just a little bit of time…
But as expected, I don’t have the courage to say to the two of them “Would you wait until my skill level rises?”.

“If was the me from before, i would never have taken the challenged until I was fully prepared.”

It’s all because I witnessed Uru defeating a giant shark with a harpoon in that sea.
The chimera is a mid-boss, but if you has the aforementioned poison and roar countermeasures and if you can attack from a distance, it’s just strong enough that you will not have a that hard fight, so I don’t think Uru will lose easily.
You will leave the fight to someone else! I feel like I’ll be retorted like that, but we can’t wait for me to get stronger, so I can’t help it.…… I feel that if i tried training with Uru I would die, so i wonder how to became more strong.
Well, that’s an issue for the future and since it’s unclear what will actually happen in this world of Asteria, I’ll prepare as much as I can.
By the way, as an anti-theft measure, I filled the underground warehouse with precious materials (at the moment) and covered the entrance with stone blocks. When i ended the work, it was getting close to nightfall.

“Ah, there’s nowhere for the two to sleep tonight.”

As expected, I can’t bear to let them sleep outside, so I added a room for guests and added two beds. They said that were raised like brother and sister, but should I leave a divisory screen for them?
… Come to think of it, Uru’s bedroom isn’t being used, is it? Well, let’s leave it as her private space…

And we set off at sunrise of the next morning.
The two walk fast, so I’m had to raise my pace, my SP will decrease faster, but i can cover that by eating a little bit on the way.
During the day on the road, I asked  them about the current situation of this area as far as the two knew. they doesn’t seem to know about a wide range, but this side of the river seems to be relatively peaceful.
However, the ores were taken from the wilderness and mountains on the other side of the great river, so  they don’t remember seeing much about it on this side. Gununu.
They were deeply admired at the effect of holy water that does not permit the attack monsters at night and the sleeping bag was well received because it was more comfortable than they expected. Well, compared to sleeping directly on the ground, right?
Uru still seems to get tired at night and sleeps with me, but I think I’ve gotten used to this situation, or on the contrary, I started to feel restless without her around.

Thanks to our haste, we reached our destination in three days and a quarter, a little earlier than planned.
I could already hear the Chimera’s roar from here, so my hands trembled with tension as I was informed that it was just right there. It’s better than if it had moved and was hiding somewhere else.

“Over that hill is our village.”

“I guess it’s a perfect cover for reconnaissance. Well then, let’s check the current situation first. We will Just take a peek ok? You two can’t jump out, right? ”

After giving a strong reminder to the two of them, I climbed the hill all the way to the top.
And as i layed down on the ground and looked at the direction of the village.

— Guoooooooooooooooooooo! !

There was certainly an ‘abomination’ there.