Chapter 18 – Temple in the Sky
Rattling… Rattling.
After yesterday’s long camping trip, we boarded the carriage and continued heading to the Temple of Heaven, the location of the mission given to us by the guild leader. Everyone seemed to be in good condition as if they had slept well last night, but among them, Shio’s skin was very firm and shiny.
“Dude Emile!! “I think we’re almost there!”
“Okay? Uh? Is that it?”
Looking in the direction Emil was looking, he saw a building that looked like a huge temple. That is the Temple in the Sky. Unlike the temples I had seen so far, I felt a sacred energy and the huge building felt majestic.
As the carriage gets closer and closer to the temple, a problem is discovered.
As the name suggests, the Temple of the Sky was a temple floating in the air. Emil must have seen it besides me, so he closed his mouth and started to panic.
“That Emil? How do we get up there?”
“Okay. Let’s go right below the temple.”
“I understand.”
I quickly picked up the speed of the carriage and came down to the very bottom of the temple, which was much higher than it appeared from afar. Fortunately, the sky was clear, and it was clearly visible even if it was far away, but it seemed even further away.
Aside from me, the other kids seemed to sense something was wrong and didn’t say anything, just looking at each other. But how do I get up there?
“Um… How are we going to get this up?”
“I guess so.”
“Oh! “I thought of a way!”
“Ouch! Did you think of something?”
“I’ll blow it away with the wind, so why not just have one person go up first and lower the rope!”
“Then who will do that one?”
Suddenly everyone stopped saying anything again and started watching again. Aya cannot climb because her role is to shoot wind, and Shio and Erina are not physical types.
Then, of course, the person who would go up there was decided to be either me or Emil.
Emile looked down at me as if she was thinking the same thing and started to loosen her hands, and I also got ready by interlacing her fingers.
It’s a desperate fight between a woman who can’t back down and a male kid pretending to be a woman…
“”Annae-myeon loses!””
“Scissors”
“Rock”
“”Bo!!!””
At exactly the same time, the two people held out their hands and made a hand gesture, and the winner was decided. I was a fair rock with none of her fingers sticking out, and Emil’s fingers were like scissors with only two sticking out.
“YES!!!! “If it’s not just me!!!”
“Ah…”
Emotions were conflicting, and the loser had to prepare to just fly upward. Emil, I hope you return safely. As she smiled inwardly and looked at Emil, Emil blushed and began to prepare without her protesting.
“Emil! She could die if she flies poorly, so you better prepare her heart!”
“Okay… Okay.”
Tsk… K.Goodbye, Emil. If you die, I will take good care of Uni. Tsk. Kk. Emil is probably quite scared. Of course, they say they shoot people with the wind like human cannons and send them up there, but isn’t it strange that it’s not scary?
Emil’s body was shaking slightly. When I look at it, I feel like my heart is pounding. Ah… Is this happiness? Finally, the hero who attempted to rape the girl is punished.
[Line If Emil dies, you can use me… Isn’t it better to sleep this way? Die. Emil!!]
‘Aren’t you being too rude to say you can’t hear Emil?’
Soon, as Aya concentrated, the wind swirled beneath Emil’s feet like a whirlwind, and she was covering Emil’s entire body. The rope hanging from her waist was shaking in the wind and hitting Emil’s body, but Emil stayed still as if she was nervous.
“Emil!! Are you ready?”
“Yes.!”
Suddenly, a huge gust of wind blew through my hair. Perhaps because the wind was concentrated in one place for a long time, I saw an explosion sound and a black object flying in the distance.
Fortunately, the angle of the human cannon was right, so it went straight up the temple without crashing into it. Did you manage to survive? The rope connected to Emil’s waist was suddenly pulled taut, connected to the temple in a straight line, and a voice was heard.
“You can come up now!!! “I’ll go in first, so follow me!”
“Come with us!! “Just a moment!!”
Emil must have been annoyed by us, so she said she would go in first and went in alone. She had to be careful because she didn’t know how dangerous it would be inside, but now we just have to get up there quickly.
We decided to go up first with Aya and I, and then pull Erina and Shio up when they were hanging on the rope. As I slowly climbed up following Aya, I kept seeing buttocks and an obscene straight ax mark when I looked up, so it was difficult to look up.
“Rine! It’s very windy so be careful!”
“I understand.”
As we continued to climb, the temperature dropped, and it started to get cold quickly, perhaps because it was very windy.
My hands and feet began to tremble little by little, and white breath came out every time I exhaled.
Aya, who had gone up first, seemed to be cold. Her ears, which were usually lively and stiff, were now drooped to preserve temperature, and her fingers were seen shaking.
“Ouch!! Let’s go up first and make a fire!”
“Of course!”
Letting out white steam and climbing as fast as possible, we finally reached the top of the temple. In contrast to the temple, which looked like an artificial building, grass grew on the ground and birds occasionally flew in to rest on trees or in the grass.
It made sense that Emil went to investigate first. All we could see was a temple, so we thought this was all a temple, but we were wrong.
This was just a huge island.
“Ouch! First, we have to bring Shio and Erina up first!”
“Okay!”
When I looked down, I saw Shio and Erina hanging on the rope, and Aya and I slowly pulled them up with all our strength in our arms. My fingers were already weak due to the cold, but if I let them go here, the two of them might get seriously hurt, so I gritted my teeth and gave them strength. As soon as I slowly pulled it up, two blue-headed people gradually came up and lay down on the floor.
“Ha… Ha… It’s so cold.”
“I will light a fire for you. Everyone”
As all four of us were shaking, Erina created a fireball and surrounded us. It’s warm… Is this heaven?
Everyone slowly entered the temple, warming their bodies with hot ropes in the low temperature for a while. It was surprising that Emil was able to set off first despite the temperature. I’ll have to learn some magic from Erina later.
When she thought about learning magic, she thought of something cool. Wouldn’t it be really cool to just enchant a sword and light it? Linera, the magic swordsman… I have to learn it no matter what.
“Whoa… How far did Emil go?”
“Iknow, right. “I can’t see any monsters inside. Something is suspicious this time too.”
As I went deeper and deeper, looking for Emil, I felt an increasingly eerie feeling and I heard a pounding sound in front of me.
She looked closely to see if it was Emil, but she saw a strange furry creature with cat ears.
Furry? Ugh… You beastmen, there was a beast next to me too, right? What should I say about that? Acquisition?
“Ouch? “What is that over there?”
“He’s definitely a beastman, but he’s closer to a beast.”
The furry in front of her suddenly raised her weapon and became alert as if she had spotted us. Then a rumbling sound was heard, and more furries flocked in.
“I don’t think it will end peacefully.”
“I think so.”
“Nyanyan! “I can’t approach Pirin anymore!”
“Pirin? “Who is that?”
“I can’t tell you!”
Although she was cute when she was prancing around, she just looked furry, so she lunged at her first and cut off her head. When he cut off the head, the enemy’s formation collapsed for a moment, probably in confusion, and he dug into the gap and kicked the enemy, breaking the front line.
“Great! Take it!”
“I command… At my call…”
“Rine! I’ll give you a buff!!”
I disrupted the enemy’s formation and prevented them from approaching the rearguard, Aya held them in check with a bow, Erina chanted magic to sweep away in a wide area, and Shio strengthened the barrier and me.
As the front line gradually fell, the rear line also aimed an arrow at me as if they were about to fire their bows, and Aya immediately pierced their heads. But, perhaps there were more than one person, I was able to withstand the arrows that came at me by hitting them with my sword.
“Chain Lightning!!”
Before I could dodge, magic flew at me, and Shio put a shield on me to prevent me from being harmed by the magic. Then the furries in front of me became electric-baked furries and fell down.
When I defeated the furries, my colleagues behind me came up to me and asked if I was hurt.
“Are you okay, Rine?”
“Yes, there are no injuries. But where on earth is Emil?”
“I guess I’ll have to go deeper first. “I’m also curious about the person named Pirin they mentioned.”
Everyone seemed to agree with Erina’s words and walked into the dungeon. As it became increasingly dark with an ominous aura felt, I used Shio’s holy power to light up the surroundings as I walked and went deeper, annihilating all the furries I encountered.
As we entered, there was a large door welcoming us. There was definitely Emile in front of this door, but it seemed like there was someone called Pirin they were talking about.
“Are you all ready?”
“Yes.”
When Aya and I opened the door and went inside, there was a male kid called Meskaki sitting on a throne wearing a fairly thin outfit and wagging his heart-shaped tail as if to attract women. In front of him, Emil was waiting with his eyes unfocused and holding a sword. It existed.
The sword Emil was holding was buzzing and shining brightly, and seemed to be asking us for help.
[Line… Emile… Enchanted…]
Uni’s words were interrupted and hard to hear, and the little boy sitting on the throne stood up and greeted us.
“Hello~ I’m [Pirin Pianel], The idol of the Demon Lord’s army and the Incubus King★”
“Are you an official of the Demon King’s Army?”
“Oh, you could say that. But what do you think about me?”
“Me too, a kid like that… Ranell instead… Chu-eup.”
“Ah~ It’s not fun. But you guys will soon fall for my charm, so it’ll be okay. “You guys look strong, so I’ll make you elite soldiers.”
“Damn.”
As we got into a battle stance and started to raise our magic power, the little boy also gained momentum and slowly started giving orders.
“Hey Hero, subdue it.”
After hearing the command, Emil quickly approached us and swung his sword.
‘The bitch called the warrior has mesmerized you from the beginning…’
