With the help of the Golem and Caesar, we brought in logs from the northwestern forest to make a resting place.
There were a fair number of logs, so Sophie and Nina worked together to make a sturdy iron rope to hold them together.
This would make it easier for Valerie to carry them.
“Then, I’m going to transform. Step away.”
She said, then Valerie transformed into a red dragon…
“Wow! It’s a dragon! So cool!”
Viviana’s face brightens up.
Well, we’ve seen it before, and the other members have ridden on Shelly before …… Oh, a little further away, Neve seems to want to ride her, too.
This time, though, she seems to have given it up to Viviana.
“I’ll be taking off then.”
“Master! You’ll come back, won’t you?”
“It depends on Valerie, but I’ll be back by nightfall.”
“If that’s the case, I’m relieved. I understand.”
Leaving aside what Monica was relieved about, Lydia, Nina, Nora, and Viviana climbed up Valerie’s back.
Incidentally, I secretly checked with Yudit and was told that it wasn’t Lydia and Nina as well, so we left without further ado.
I’ve also decided to have Yuri, Yudit’s doll, come with us this time as a way of communication, and hugged her and to make sure she doesn’t get blown away …… Yeah. I also hugged Nina, who was looking anxious, and signaled to Valerie that we were ready to go.
“Master is surrounded by little girls …… Miss Fiine. When can you finish the little girlification spell?”
No, what are you asking Fiine to do, Monica?
But before I could tell her off, Valerie flapped her wings and …… floated away!
As I clung firmly to Valerie’s back to keep from falling, I hugged Lydia, who looked like she was about to cry.
Nora is good at climbing trees and Viviana is confident in her arm strength, so they should be fine.
Then Valerie grabbed the bundle of logs…
“…… Heavy! B-But, I’ll do my best for Alex!”
We start flying south.
“Oh, now we can finally get to the city.”
“Yes. At first, it was just Mr. Alex and me in a small house, but now there are a lot of people …… Too many people put their hands on Mr. Alex, though.”
“Hm? Lydia. I’m sorry, I didn’t catch what you said at the end.”
“No, it was nothing?”
Lydia was just starting to reminisce…
“Fuuuh. I can’t hold on anymore. I’m tired.”
Suddenly Valerie began to descend.
What? We flew, but I really think we only made a little progress.
Of course, we can’t see any city to the south, and it’s a distance we could walk back home if we tried hard enough.
As we descend to the ground, Valerie, who has run out of strength, turns back into a girl and falls to the ground, and we are thrown to the ground.
“B-Big brother! There are so many of those black dogs!”
“Lydia! Make Stone walls! [Devotion]!”
I respond to Nora’s trembling voice and immediately use the paladin’s defense skill on everyone, while creating a stone wall on the north side.
Lydia made a stone wall on the west side, but …… the shadow wolves are so fast!
For now, I used the paladin’s attack skill to take out the shadow wolves on the east side, where most of them are gathered, but a few of them are coming from the south side as well!
If someone is attacked, I can protect them from physical damage, but not from fear and mental damage!
I was thinking that if I don’t protect them somehow…
“Papa! Leave this side to Yuri!”
“Yuri!? No!”
“It’s all right! Watch me!”
The young Yuri soared into the sky.
Since she’s an angel, she may be able to use the paladin’s holy attribute attack, just like me, but still, a Shadow Wolf is many times larger than Yuri’s body.
I know that the angel race’s fighting style is hit-and-away, but I still don’t want the young Yuri to do anything dangerous!
With this in mind, I cleared out the east side and ran toward the south side…
“Holy Water Attack!”
With Yuri’s cute voice, clear liquid rained down from above, and the shadow wolves on the south side ran away at once.
Yup. It’s true that she got rid of them and no one was harmed.
However, I was also splashed with the slightly warm holy water …… and suffered light mental damage.