Chapter 106 – #27 Escape!(5)
Following Dan-ae’s instructions, there were seven pursuers in total.
They are all monsters with heads similar to dogs. They are not exactly dogs, but some creatures from 〈 Mekrak 〉, but they are not much different from dogs in terms of appearance and performance.
Anyway, they were able to catch the magical girls who were still far away with their excellent sense of smell, but they were stuck in a small passage compared to their large bodies, so they couldn’t close the distance as much as they thought.
“Yes…?”
In the meantime, the monster in the lead made a strange expression.
‘Has the smell of the magical girls who escaped… Faded…?’
As if blocked by something, the smell that reached the tip of my nose weakened.
Something is strange.
The monster continued to move forward with vague anxiety.
Then the road cut off.
“Uh?”
No matter how I looked at it, there was no other way. The passage in front of me is blocked by a wall.
“Leader! The magical girls must have passed this way!”
“I know…But where did you go!”
“Uh… Well… I wonder if there’s a secret door or something.”
“Find!”
“But it’s hard to move here… Oh, I see!”
Bang the head of the subordinate monster who makes a foolish voice! Hitting him, the dog-headed monster huffed and looked at the wall in front of him. I thought it was a simple wall, but there are strange patterns in it. It looked like a luxurious fabric, but when I touched it, it was hard. Even if you push it with the monster’s power, it won’t budge.
What the hell is it? Where did the magical girls disappear to?
The monsters, who were puzzled, soon realize that the entrance to the secret passage through which they came in has also been closed, and everyone falls into a mental breakdown.
* * *
“Oh, oh oh oh…!”
“How can you use 〈 Flying Carpet 〉 like this! It’s amazing, Danbi Unni!”
“I am a bit smart.”
“…”
We leisurely ran through the secret passage.
The narrow entrance that I had to pass through to get out of this wide passage was blocked by erecting 〈 flying carpets 〉 stolen from the treasure chest.
The carpet instilled some magic power, so it floated in the air on its own and clung to the entrance, and Danbi used 〈 Hardening 〉 magic to make it as hard as a wall.
Even monsters would have a hard time getting out of that wall.
“Ah, but X is long. How much further do we have to go?!”
“…It almost feels like going round and round outside a castle…”
I’m slowly getting out of breath now.
“Ah! I think we’re almost there! Before!”
With Clara’s cry, I saw something like a doorknob hanging on the wall in the distance. Now it’s finally here…
Arriving at the doorknob, Clara looked around again. It seems that the wall opens on its own when you turn the ring.
“Okay then, this is the last one. Now, if you open the door here, you can run right away. Don’t worry about traps or prying eyes. I won’t even use the invisibility cloak.”
Gulp.
In a spleen mood, I involuntarily swallowed my saliva.
“Kei and Danbi, please run ahead first. The gatekeepers blocking the main gate can throw the flash grenades you took from the treasure chest earlier. There is only one, so be careful. And Er can open the front door with 〈 Unlock 〉 magic. Because only you can do this.”
“Yes!”
“…Finally.”
Clara said with sunken eyes.
“–Sorry.”
Huh? Sorry?
Before I knew its meaning, Clara raised her hand and twisted the doorknob.
The walls started to open with a gurgling sound.
* * *
“Okay then, it’s time to arrive soon.”
Dan-ae was standing in front of a certain statue.
There was no obstruction from this statue on the second floor to the main entrance on the first floor. No traps, no patrols at this time. All that remains is the gatekeepers at the front gate.
But now, Dan-ae, who knows that there is a secret passage exit here, has her statue tightly surrounded by her summoned monsters.
Now, if Kayne jumps out, just attack them all at once.
“Whoops… I’m looking forward to it.”
Dan-ae muttered that while laughing with her hand on her cheek.
It was then.
I heard a coo-gu-goo-goo.
‘It’s open now.’
In anticipation, Dan-ae looked at her statue.
1 second, 5 seconds, 10 seconds.
“…?”
I could hear something moving, but the statue didn’t move.
But somewhere, uuuuu-!!!!! A voice rang out.
“Hey, Dan-ae… Didn’t the sound just come from the 1st floor?”
Hearing the words of her subordinate, Dan-ae was dazed for a moment.
――’This is our… Escape plan…’
――’The exit is… In front of the statue… On the second floor. It’s Dan Annie…”
“…Under.”
Indeed.
Like that.
“Clara, this gibae…!”
How dare you deceive me…!
* * *
“Run!”
“Yaaaaa!!”
As soon as the door opened, we immediately ran out through the wide open exit.
The secret passageway’s exit is in front of the front door.
『Uh, huh?!』
“Magic Girl?! Why are you here?!”
I could see the two monsters who stood guarding the door panicked.
“Everyone close your eyes!!”
I threw the flashbang in my hand at the monsters with all my might, and quickly covered my eyes with my arm. Soon woo woo woo woo woo-!! A deafening sound rang out.
『Wowaaaaa!
We are a little far away, but the eyes and ears of the monsters who were struck by surprise at close range will not be safe.
–‘Sorry.’
――’Anyway, that woman must have already guessed about our plan.’
――’So I let the false information go… But if I don’t hurry, I’ll be sure to get caught.’
Fortunately, as far as I could see, there was no cliff in sight. Clara’s false information must have worked.
“Sisters! I opened it!”
“Going, going, going, going, going, going, going, going!!!”
At the same time Erga unlocked the mechanical lock with magic, we immediately kicked in the door and ran out.
…It’s out!!!
“It’s so good~~~~~ everything!! Try chasing it for the rest of your life!!!”
“Goodbye everyone! Kyahahahahaha!!”
“They’re both crazy…”
“Ah, even in this situation, the cool Danbi is so cool…♥”
We immediately cross the lot in front of the main gate.
There is a dark and deep cave at the end of the site, and after passing this cave, a hole opens downward.
By manipulating the system in the control room, you can descend the stairs leading down into this hole, but those of us who have 〈 Gravity Adjuster 〉 just need to jump straight down the hole.
“The pursuer! Cliffs are flying!”
Danbi shouted as if screaming.
From far away, through the main gate, I saw monsters pursuing them. Dan-ae in the lead was flapping her wings and flying like a shotgun.
Can’t get caught!
We squeezed all the strength we had been sucking on and quickly passed the entrance to the cave.
The hole was immediately visible.
Nice Now all you have to do is jump…!
“Uh…?”
“Ha ha, ha… Unnie Kay, why?”
It was I who was at the forefront who gave a puzzled voice. Just now, when I tried to activate 〈 Gravity Adjuster 〉, I saw something strange.
Beneath the hole, in the place where originally it should have been open and clear, the stairs had come down.
We’ve never heard of the control room. It wouldn’t have been that they had descended the stairs for us, the fugitives.
But why are the stairs coming down?
The answer was readily apparent.
“――Wow, it’s amazing. It’s a very long staircase, but you can reach it in just a few steps, right? Is this the skill of 〈 mekrak 〉? You don’t need an elevator?”
“I don’t like high places… Hmm? Hey. I guess that’s the target.”
Two men in suits stride up the stairs.
One has tattoos everywhere, and one has impressive reggae hair.
It didn’t look like a monster.
‘Earthling…?’
Whatever it is, we must flee immediately.
I don’t know why it’s here, but the moment I pushed it off and tried to go down the stairs.
“Wow, you guys look really hot.”
“Ouch?!”
“Unnie Kay…! Kyaaak?!”
I was suddenly pushed out and crashed into the cave wall. I almost threw up at the shock coming from my back.
Er and Danbi were also captured and subdued with one hand by the reggae-haired man who followed them.
“Play with me too, unnies~♪”
Kwajik!
The 〈 Gravity Control Device 〉 of the sphere that had been lost in my hand was trampled by the man with the tattoo and shattered at once.
* * *
‘Oh My God…!’
Clara stared at the horror in front of him, completely frozen.
Kei was blown away by a man with a tattoo and fell limp, while Er and Danbi were pinned down on the floor by the hands of the reggae-haired man, unable to move.
It happened in a single moment, impossible to track with the naked eye.
Who the hell are these people?!
Why suddenly, at a time like this…!
“Ha… Really, I didn’t expect to eat like this~.”
“Quit!”
Hearing the voice from behind, Clara reflexively threw out the dagger she had hidden.
However, his hand holding the dagger was blocked in an absurd way, and his hand that had suddenly approached grabbed his neck.
“Ah… Ah…!”
“My love~ Clara~ You loved me so much, I didn’t know that you would trick me like this. She was a simple magical girl, I was caught off guard~ I can’t believe she could resist my 〈 fascination 〉~.”
Dan-ae lifted her up with one hand, just as she was holding Clara by the neck. It was unbelievable strength in those slender arms.
“Ughhhhh…!”
Clara groaned and struggled, as if trying to escape, but her danae’s arm wouldn’t budge.
Her struggle knocked her glasses off her face.
“Yes? Is this the end? Did you call us at this hour just to catch this?”
“Um~ You both came along~. I just wanted to If you miss it, it will be a big deal for the kids. You were supposed to come to this castle by tomorrow anyway, right? The day after tomorrow is invasion day.”
“…We are being eaten too cheaply.”
“Don’t do that~ It’s okay to play with these kids as you please until the plan is carried out~. Or would you like me to serve you? Whoops.”
“That’s a bit coveted—”
Shuat-!
A bright red heat ray passed by the tattooed man’s cheek.
It was the magic cannon that Kei, who collapsed against the wall, squeezed out his magic power and fired it.
“…Damn…!”
“I haven’t passed out yet.”
“Ouch!”
He casually kicked Kei with the tattoo on his stomach and carried her limp body on her shoulders like a bag of rice.
“Let this… Let go…!”
“Oh, Clara, are you still resisting?”
Dan-ae pulled Clara by her body, hugged her tightly, and kissed her.
When 〈 Charm 〉 were cast at the same time, Clara flinched and trembled, and she could no longer resist.
The rest of Er and Danbi were also taken away by the monsters who came in.
The magical girls’ escape plan was frustrated this time as well.
