Chapter 24:

Chapter 21 - Environment Change

Irregular Hero: Spirit Tamer Doesn't Want to Lose (異常勇者シリーズ: 精霊テイマーは失いたくない)


“RAAAWWRRRR!” A yeti monster struck a fist to my way.

I dodged it and kicked its leg, taking him off balance and giving a stab to its leg so it can’t move properly. I might have leveled up so much compared to before, but that’s not enough to finish a level 5 White Yeti I guess.

“You two, go!” I said while hopping back from the two’s trajectory.

“Kyaun!”

“Tornado!”

After Kon blasted a fire laser, Yumemi’s air magic envelops it and bursts out an amazing firepower–a fire tornado, killing the level 5 White Yeti.

Yeah, I envy those two who can use such amazing magic. I might not have the talent, but I’ll definitely learn magic someday!

Because the wolf kept digging through paths, monsters started to move to other paths, killing each other and started gaining levels. No matter what path it is, they are all connected now.

“We did it, Yuu-kun!”

“Kyaun!”

“Yeah. Good job, you two.”

Ever since I leveled up, I took the role as a support for Yumemi and Kon. The EXP I gain is so low that I only managed to finally fill my EXP gauge up to x3, while Kon is now level 10 and Yumemi got her EXP gauge up to x8.

I didn’t really say anything regarding the memories I regained, since I think that will only make things awkward.

Though now that I think of it, she suddenly changed how she addressed me as ‘Yuu-kun’ after she got to level 6, she’s probably realized who I am already at that time. Still, that doesn’t mean she remembered we reunited at 14.

Even if I dye my hair white, my name is still the same after all… though I still forgot her full name up until that time, because I’ve always called her Mika, picking from her family name.

She knew I already remembered her because I let my curiosity get ahead of me, and called her Mika at that time. I thought she was still half-asleep, but it seems like she remembered I did that.

Though, she told me to call her Yumemi as I do now. It seems like she likes it more that way.

I had to admit, it is getting pretty hard to look at her now though… knowing she has loved me ever since kindergarten even after we reunited…

“Yuu-kun!” She looked up to me with a hopeful smile.

Every time she looks excited after defeating monsters with magic, she’s always looking forward to some head pats… I guess it is also to cope with the guilt of killing monsters, but she’s just too cute…

“Kyaun!”

Kon, who is now tall enough as my hips feels like being left off, snuggled his head into my jacket for some petting.

“Hahaha, okay-okay. I got two hands on me after all.”

“Fufufu~” “Kya~un~”

We’re kinda having an easy time since I am now high leveled. Still, the menace is still there.

I thought we were racing against time, but strangely, we never saw the wolf ever since.

Just where did it go?

Yumemi looked at the Yeti’s corpse, and touched it.

“Yuu-kun, I think we can make the Yeti’s skin as armor.”

“Good idea, leave the body to me.”

And so, I removed the skin from the body, and then Yumemi got to work with the help of the [Handicraft] passive skill.

While she’s doing that, I made some new knives as spares, since it’s better to be prepared rather than lacking. In the midst of doing so, I got the passive [Knife Artisan] that will speed up the time I make knives. I finished 2 thanks to that, with a slightly better durability than the ones I made before.

Yumemi made out a coat that raises the user’s defense magic resistance for one person and for Kon. Since I got my jacket(it does not improve my status or anything) and I’m already pretty high leveled, I forced Yumemi to use it.

Maybe one of the reasons she got a fever back then might be because she's wearing summer clothes in this cave environment… maybe I should’ve lent her my jacket instead.

Still, that wolf sure turns the cave into a mess. There are giant holes everywhere now, even bigger than the size of the path.

“Let’s move to another path,” I said, and got their nods as reply.

When we’re walking again to search for another monster… we’ve stumbled on something we wish we never saw…

Skeletons…

[Irregular’s Skull] [Durability: Infinity]
[Irregular’s Armbone] [Durability: Infinity]
[Irregular’s Armbone] [Durability: Infinity]
[Irregular’s Legbone] [Durability: Infinity]
[Irregular’s Skull] [Durability: Infinity]
[Irregular’s Legbone] [Durability: Infinity]


And many more… I found around 4 skulls.

“This is… just too cruel…” Yumemi lost her power to stand up.

She looked terrified by the scenery in front of her eyes. I would probably be freaking out too, if I stumbled upon these alone.

The reassurement of having trustable companions sure made the difference.

It’s weird for us to be the only human here after all. I already had a hunch since we never heard any reply back when we were shouting to gather more companions, but I don’t want to believe so.

Wait… the blood around them doesn't look that old…

There are also some of their clothes… 2 men, a woman, and a kid…

Judging by how they look, the big claw marks and teeth mark on them…

“There is no doubt… These people were killed by that wolf.”

Judging by how big the scar is, that wolf must’ve gotten bigger and stronger than before.

I think these people definitely came after we encountered that wolf for the first time. I would like to think that the bastard didn’t start to target humans because of its hatred to us.

I carried Yumemi who’s unable to stand due to the shock.

“Y- Yuu-kun…?”

“Let’s get back to the safe zone and make sure if there are other [Irregulars] left.”

A.Yoruto
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