Chapter 380 – 380. The First Great Requisition of the Sage (4)
– One –
“Estrus.”
“Ah~♡”
“How many days did you think it would take for the mobile fortress to arrive?”
“Huh~♡ Since our Monohorn is looking for things first~ I’m trying to be a bit sad~?”
Estrus flirts with Monohorn to the fullest.
She was twirling her hair with her fingers, covered in her dust.
Monohorn made no expression,
Squeak.
Tup.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t even think of it because I didn’t have time.”
“Hah~♡”
Hugs Estrus.
Although she is somewhat dissatisfied, she concludes that this is enough.
“You’ve worked hard. I’ll let you rest after watching it.”
Evil, evil.
Pat, pat, pat.
Monohorn rubs her back and pats her.
She shuddered at her fullness as her face blushed.
“Huh~♡ Steamy~ It’s better to have sex~ but I need to wash up first~♬”
“Yes. So let’s finish the job quickly.”
“Yeah~♡”
Yup!
Estrus kisses her on the cheek and withdraws.
Monohorn put on a puzzled expression,
Jerk, jerk.
Dump.
Sits in her own chair.
“But Monohon~♡”
“Yes, Estrus.”
“I’m not good at numbers~♬ That’s why I’m not good at calculations~♬ hehe~☆”
“Then can you point them out on the map first?”
Took.
Estrus immediately points his finger at a point on the map.
Even though she is weak in numbers, her spatial awareness cannot be ignored, so no one in the meeting doubts it.
“Did you return right after the sighting?”
“Yeah~♡”
“How long have they been detected?”
“Half a day~? Uh~ So about 3 hours~?”
“Where did you last detect them?”
Took.
The second spot she pointed to was a little more due north from where she first sighted her.
“Converting speed per hour on a scale basis, it doesn’t seem like it’s moving at the top speed Margarita talked about before. Then it won’t need time to recharge the power source, so I think we might arrive earlier than expected.”
“Hmm… Assuming they move at the same speed without resting, it will take about a week.”
The Octopodas immediately finish their mental arithmetic.
Mono Horn nods her head.
Mono Horn had no doubts that her calculations would be more accurate than her own.
“Why aren’t they sprinting this time, is there anything to be expected, brother or sister?”
“Probably because there’s no need to scout, Monohorn.”
“Ah. They used to scout the surroundings while charging the power source, and spent the rest of the time sprinting? There’s no need to scout now, so we’re just going north unconditionally.”
“It is most likely.”
“Hmm…”
Monohorn nodded.
His eyes shine and he refines his existing plans.
Consider whether there is a better way to inflict maximum damage on Regal in a week.
After thinking,
“Great.”
Match.
Monohorn claps his hands and draws attention.
But it was unnecessary.
It was because everyone was silent, staring only at his face.
Monohorn laughs bitterly.
“I’ll go out tomorrow morning.”
“Do you all move together?”
“Yes. Oh, except for Slammer and Fraffin.”
Everyone nods.
“Are there any changes to the plan?”
“The big picture will be the same as before, but the detailed plan will be a little different. The plan hasn’t changed much, so it will be enough to explain the changed parts tomorrow, so it’s better to take a good rest today.”
Mono Horn turns her head and makes eye contact with her comrades one by one.
Everyone was soaked in fatigue, and everyone showed signs of exhaustion.
It was because everyone was overreacting to prepare the things he asked for.
“It’s about 10 o’clock now, so I’ll leave at 4 am. Have a good rest, everyone.”
“Yes, monohorn.”
“Oh, and Ada.”
“Yes?”
“I’m asking everyone for just one basic healing technique. I don’t think it’s fatigue that can be relieved with a little sleep.”
“Whoops. Yes.”
Monohorn asked for once,
Woo woo woo.
Woo woo woo.
Woo woo woo.
Ada used the basic healing spell over and over again.
It was because from now on, there was nothing she could do other than that.
– 2 –
‘I’m going to unpack Ada’s masterpiece first.’
‘As expected, are you really going to write ‘that’ this time?’
‘Yes.’
A few days later, the military camp where the soldiers of Regal are gathered.
Except for the vigilantes, the entire army was peacefully asleep.
It was not yet the time of war, and it was because there had never been any attacks by rebels or monsters.
However, there were as many as three people who wandered in and out of the place.
Shashak, shashashashak.
One was Estrus.
– My baby~♡
– Yes!
– Can you tell Monohorn that things are going smoothly?
– Yes!
He raised his voice in the realm of supersonic waves and ventured into mid-range communication without any magic tools.
Outside the military camp several kilometers away, Benison was waiting with Monohorn.
Margarita was away to search for a base for retreat with Jose, so the Honey Wets were in charge of communication between her comrades.
At the same time, Estrus was using her super senses to detect the traps set by the wizards and shamans under Regal.
‘Uh~ D~ Bo~ Now~♬’
She sharpens her senses.
Utilizing the sixth sense beyond the five senses and the super sense beyond even that, it senses the flow of mana itself.
Those who are not blessed with mana can never see it, but Estrus perceives it only as a sense of difference that is accommodated by his sense organs.
In vulgar terms, he was hitting the flow of mana with his senses.
But is it because she was a participant in Eros Paradise, a being close to a half-god?
The accuracy with which she detected it was astonishing.
Parching!
‘Heehee~♬ I found it again~☆’
As soon as she finds the new trap,
Shrrrr
Squeak, squeak.
Shasha shak!
Enter the tent of mimicry created by Octopoda and Demosh,
Tup, Tup!
“Peek-a-boo~☆”
“100 million…!”
“Kah, I’m surprised! Estrus was surprised!”
“Hee hee~♬ I came to tell you that there is something strange ahead of you~♬ So, with here,”
Warn them about it.
Although accompanied by some mischief, she was faithfully carrying out her duties.
She said, “I thought it was strange that the boundaries were so loose on the outside, but I never imagined that she would set traps this tightly…”
“That’s right~ If you came in without knowing~ you would have been discovered in an instant~♬”
“I suffered as much in the 1st and 2nd Expeditions, but Monohorn said that there was no way he was still unconscious.
The three shrug their shoulders.
I was proud of him, but also relieved at the same time.
“I’ll go again~♬”
“Be careful, Estrus.”
“Hihi~♡ Oppa and unnie too~ Be careful not to accidentally touch that thing with your tentacles~♡”
Shasha shak.
Without even hearing an answer, she hurried out of there.
“Let’s go, my mother-in-law. It’s not long before we’ve stocked up on supplies.”
“Yes, brother Poda.”
The path for soldiers to do errands in their sleep or for vigilantes to patrol was properly opened between traps.
As long as he could detect and detect the presence of traps, it was not difficult to pass through the area where traps made of magic and magic were installed.
Soon,
Shrew, shruck.
Shruck, shruck.
“I have arrived.”
The Octopodas were able to keep their destination in front of them.
With their eyes poking out through the slits of their tentacles, they were staring at the huge tent where provisions were stored.
The couple can’t hide their nervous look.
Gulp.
“Now, all you have to do is sprinkle this evenly on me and go.”
At that time,
Shasha shak.
Tup, Tup.
Estrus invades again.
“Wait.”
She dissuades them with a hard face.
Their expressions harden as well.
“Is there something wrong, Estrus?”
“Huh.”
Estrus does not give them specific answers.
She opens her mouth and starts talking to Benison.
– Self.
– Yes, Estrus. You’ve been hovering around the target since earlier. What happened?
– These, I put traps all over the tent.
– To?
– Ask Monohorn what to do.
– Yes!
The level of vigilance was much higher than expected, so the playfulness was completely lost in their conversation.
Only then does Estrus begin to explain everything to the Octopoda couple.
The three of them had to wait endlessly for Monohorn’s answer to come back.
– 3 –
“…They said! What should I do, Monohorn?”
“Um…”
Hearing Benison’s question, Monohorn is troubled.
However, there is no sign of frustration or tension.
Thanks to that, no one by her side felt anxious.
“I mean… If that’s the case…”
Even at first glance, his muttering to himself is overflowing with composure.
Could it be that the gap in time made him more mature?
He began to show the qualities of a perfected leader before he knew it.
Swoop.
Mono Horn looks at his feet.
After discovering something, his eyes brighten.
“Brother Benison.”
“Huh!”
“When I send the signal, tell Estrus to go inside immediately.”
“Okay! Can I just do that? Is there anything else I can help with?”
“Yes. Maman can do it with me.”
Mono Hon turns his head and looks at Ur Mama.
“Will you help me, maman?”
“Yes!”
“What about me, monohorn?”
Ada demands her part as well.
Monohorn smiles and looks at her.
“I’m fine now. Just in case, save your stamina.”
“Yes, got it.”
To end it,
Woo woo woo.
Monohorn and Urmama begin to radiate this ability.
Urmama gives Monohorn this ability.
The Mono Horn guides it, and he processes it into the form he desires.
Let’s start pouring it where we want by specifying its direction and distance.
Square, square, square, square.
Square, square, square, square.
Square angle.
The field on an autumn night begins to shake.
– 4 –
Inside the barracks where the Regal soldiers live.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Whoop, whoop, whoop.
Everyone was sleeping peacefully.
The soldiers’ chests rise and fall regularly.
From them emanates the sound of completely unprotected breathing, the kind you would hear in a completely relaxed state.
At that time,
Smal, smal.
A small shadow leaks into the barracks.
No, it wasn’t one.
Smooth simmer.
Smooth simmer.
They seemed well over a few hundred units.
Square, square.
Shirrrr, shrrrr.
They start walking confidently through the barracks.
Sometimes,
Boo woo woo!
Flap your wings and fly,
Jump!
Tup.
Start jumping high.
They were hundreds of praying mantises, humpbacks, crickets, cicadas, locusts, and other insects.
Sting, sting!
Miam, Miam, Miyam!
Sometimes bugs make sounds,
Wow, come on!
Kiyi!
They eat each other and make a mess.
However, hearing the sounds of insects and feeling the sensation of crawling on the bare skin, including the face, the soldiers treat it as a nightmare and do not wake up.
It was because they thought there was no reason for bugs to rampage in late autumn in their sleep.
They just frown as they do.
One of the most sensitive soldiers could not stand the bugs’ nuisance and was about to get up.
“Huh…”
Wood Deuk.
Long yawn and stretch.
Into his mouth,
Jump!
Whoa.
A squirrel jumps in.
As with all predatory creatures,
“Aww. Jeop, Jeop, Jeop.”
Soldiers also instinctively start to chew on what comes into their mouths while sleeping.
“Ooh…”
The soldier’s face was crumpled as if it had a disgusting taste.
Ehhh!
Iron puck.
After the soldier spat it out randomly,
Swoop.
Raise the upper body.
In the middle of a daze,
Buck, buck, buck, buck.
Instinctively scratching the nape of the neck,
Square.
“Hmm…?”
I feel a strange sensation in my fingertips.
Swoop.
Open your eyes carefully.
“Uh, uh…?”
Square, square, square, square.
In the darkness where everything is blurry, I witness the silhouettes of insects.
As if I still thought it was a dream,
Parrrr!
Turn your head left and right vigorously.
That moment,
Meow, meow, meow, meowie!
Prick, prick!
The insects that held their breath at the human presence burst into tears all at once,
Boo woo woo!
Jump up, jump up!
“Hee-i-ik…!”
Soars in all directions
“Aaaaagh!”
Papa papapat!
As the soldier shook his limbs and screamed,
“What, what?!”
“What’s up, Oops!”
“Wake up, knight aaaaa!
People in the same barracks wake up in amazement.
Quadang!
Dump!
Cheeky!
“Evil!”
“Ooh, whoaaaaagh!”
Rolling on the floor, falling on top of it, and making a fuss.
Frightened
Aaaaa!
Aaaaagh!
Screams can be heard from everywhere outside the barracks, as if this isn’t the only thing happening there.
All those screams must have been out of astonishment and fear rather than pain.
The surest proof was that there was no sudden stop of screaming due to death.
“Get out, get out!”
Flutter, Flutter!
Tat tat tat!
Someone runs out of the barracks,
“Die! Die!”
Boom, Kwak Kwak Kwak!
In other words, Kwajak!
Someone stamps their feet and crushes the insects.
Confusion mounts.
The outside of the barracks was also occupied by bugs.
On the contrary, it was infested with far more bugs than inside the barracks.
The chitinous exoskeleton glistens in the moonlight.
It was disgusting.
“Aaaaa!”
A soldier who ran out in his daily clothes,
Tat tat tat!
It screams and runs through the barracks.
He seemed to be someone who was extremely afraid of bugs.
See him,
“Hey, stop! That’s-“
Because he ran towards the area where the trap was set, a person presumed to be an executive stopped him.
But he couldn’t hear it
Fault!
Jump into the area where the trap is set.
Tzarrrr!
Soon, a loud beeping sound begins.
Tup.
“Ah, ah… Damn…”
The officer holding back the soldier puts his forehead on his forehead and lets out a sigh.
Sighing,
Tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk.
Flutter, flutter.
He cuts off the bugs that constantly land on his collar.
Make a tight impression
“Sea Pearl… What the hell is this place…? A swarm of insects this late autumn…?”
Shaking my head.
He grumbles at a phenomenon he cannot understand at all.
Piririk.
The short-range communication magic tool he is holding lights up.
– Ha… Ordered by the command post. All service members in the vicinity of Area 42 are to check for intruders and report them. More.
Piririk.
Hearing the order, the officer activates the short-range communication magic tool.
“I’m reporting from Area 42. Soldiers went on a rampage and hit a trap. The only intruders are bugs. Over.”
– …
Piririk.
Instead of an answer, a communication end notification sound is returned.
Judging from the reaction of the communications officer at Command Headquarters, the same thing seemed to be happening all over the camp.
“Nimiral… I’m afraid I’ll burn it all out…”
Hard.
No matter how much he grumbled, the bugs showed no sign of disappearing.
Someone was holding them hard, but there were still a lot of them.
– 5 –
“Uh, uh…”
“Monohon… What, what is this, ha…”
The Octopoda couple look outside the tent with tired faces.
A suffocating scream is heard from not far away.
Near the source of the screams, dark, shiny clouds hung low.
“Heehee~☆ But it didn’t catch us sneaking in~♬ Isn’t that enough~?
“I admit that… But…”
“Joe, there might have been a more moderate method…”
The Octopodas seemed quite repulsive to insects.
They shudder and return to the inside of the tent.
“Hey~♬ But unnie and oppa are overflowing with composure~?”
“Yes…?”
“What do you mean, Estrus…?”
Catching the eyes of the couple, Estrus smiled.
Upon seeing her smile, anxiety began to creep into their hearts.
“If you finish all your work before the swarm of insects arrive and don’t run away~ Insects will cling to your sister and brother’s tentacles.”
“Hey, hey, hey…!”
“The fact that a suspicious tentacle monster is here~ will be noticed by all of Regal’s henchmen~?”
“Hee-i-ik…!”
The complexion of the two becomes pale.
Just imagining the sight she was describing seemed terrifying.
“Second to being exposed~ If you don’t want to be trapped in a swarm of insects~ you’d better finish it quickly and run away~♬”
“Yes yes!”
“Uh, let’s do it, hurry up!”
Whirik, Whirik!
Shrrrr!
Chwack, chwaaaaagh!
Shaaaaagh!
Octopoda and Demosi flick their two hands and eight tentacles.
Using ten hands, he spreads the flour he brought all over the grain sacks.
There, and in the next tent, they go into all the places where food and water are stored, and sprinkle some kind of powder on what goes into the soldiers’ mouths.
Following Estrus’ guidance, avoiding the eyes of the soldiers and finishing spraying the powder.
Just before the commotion reached the place, they quietly left the place.
Some repulsive and unnerving incidents occurred, but there was no danger in the process.
