Chapter 4 : Reconfirming the reality of this world .
ăâŚâŚâŚâŚLooks like several stuff happenedă
Canine creatures whose fur is between white and grey move around walking in four legs; that stare which focuses on us with their bloodshot eyes doesnât show any signs of a warm welcome.
ăăSnow Wolfă is a wolf shaped magic beast frequently found in cold regions. They tend to band in groups and normally they habitate more hinterland locations⌠it looks like a group of them ended up climbing down the mountaină
Real calmly pulled out her sword from the sheath and prepared herself as I was provided with an explanation. She keeps great composure in front of the surrounding murderous airâ unlike me whose legs are about to give out.
ăKannaă
ăI will absolutely not leave your side, so no worriesďźă
I shout at full lung that miserable statement; pitable isnât it? Well, it beats some lame attempt at acting tough and ending up as the dinner of a pack of wolves!
ăI see. ThenâŚâŚâŚâŚ they are already closeă
Real has a bitter smile as she proceeds to leash out sharp slices; with a strong voice she matched the charge of the group of wolves.
ăSeiăă
Momentarily, a surge of intense spirit could be felt as the great sword drew a long angle; the ashen wolf that who lunged forward and had his ready to bite jaw wholy open got blown away with itâs head bisected vertically.
ăNextăă
Wolves that approach from the side with the intention of using their nails or wolves that approached in grouped straight on with their fangs; all of them where crushed by Realâs giant sword.
ăDaryaaaăŁăŁăŁă
As each sword swing turned a wolf in a slump of flesh; the constant splashes of blood turned the pure white of the snowy ground crimson.
I held down the sound of my nausea as the blood and pieces of flesh where splattered everywhere.
Even if your opponent is a monster that attacks people; there is no mistake that those are still living organisms. Without minding that Real surfaced no hesitation nor didnât gave signs of any strong feelings as the bloodbath kept increasing⌠her eyes completely focused on the opponent and her hands accurately commanded the sword movementâŚ
It doesnât matter how much fiction this world seems to me; for the people residing here ăthis isă reality⌠For every living creature that has possess the gift of life there is -without any exception- another creature that has no choice but to kill others for the sake of keep on living. There is not any sin in this⌠and if I donât want to end up dying; I need to act just like Real has just done.
And for that reason; make the choice of burying the enemies in front of you.
Right now Iâm but a baggage carrier that has absolutely no strength on his own⌠for the sake of triumphing over this type of dangerous situations; she has deemed necesary power. Thatâs why; it doesnât matter how much you clown with your words or how easily your legs give away; I need to imprint this scene in my eyes.
âŚ. I have still not answered the question she once gave meâŚ
â What will you do from now on, Kanna? â, was it?
The answer is the tragic event in front of me.
Itâs obviously not a clear answer; but there is at least one reality that was reconfirmed now.
I have to make absolutely sure that I can survive in this another world.
The extermination of these magic beast took roughly 10 minutes; the immediate area has been filled with stashes of corpses from these grey wolves that now smear the snow surface red. At the center of this mess stands Real; cooly using her blue eyes to check her great sword. In contrast I am here; even though no enemies remain, my heart still racesâŚ
A minute was spent as she was making sure that no surrounding enemies were approaching and only after that; Real allowed herself to breathe in relief. Even I who was on his toes, strongly lushed out the air accumulated in my lungs after the battle was over.
ăBy all means; we are done with thată
Returning the sword to her back, I noticed that Realâs breaths were not disturbed in the least⌠I was shown that type of intense huge battle and are you telling me that you didnât experience physical agitation in the least? Just what type and just how much of an intense training was drilled into you as to reach that level? I who was merely watching the performance from the side, am showing signs of fatige in my shouldersâŚ
Rather than being submerged in aweâs embrace; I need to regain my composure.
Our goal for coming to this mountain is not subjugation of beasts nor the collection of medicinal herbsâŚ
At least I have to check the corpses.
ăOioi oyeoye; wasnât this the place the village girl was supposed have passed?ă
Itâs not truly certain that these wolves encountered that daughter at thee time she was picking up herbs⌠however, the possibility is undoubtedly there.
It might even be thatâŚâŚâŚâŚă
ăâŚâŚâŚâŚWe should also consider even the worst case scenearioă
To the me who couldnât but be drawn back a little by this much blood; Real responded to with a calm behaviour. Her voice was slightly stiff; meaning the idea we had was the sameâŚ
A bad image of a young girl sinking in a sea of blood came to my mind; I couldnât help but to be still in my own place⌠Bitting my own teeths; I forcibly move those clinged legs with strong steps.
ăScrew it! Oi Real! In any event letâs just keep lookingďźă
ăI agreeă
We split and circled around inside the area were the pile of corpses laid; continuing the search⌠One after another I kept bumping into sight of death wolves⌠Maybe the the next body I find; would be a human one? Without being able to push away the dismay in my chest; I desperately continued to search.
ăJust please be safeă
She is someone who I donât know the looks nor the name; yet I am wholeheartedly praying for her well being. Truth be told; Iâm not the type that prays much to gods⌠However; if itâs for the sake of someone else being savedâ whether itâs a god or a devil; Iâll gladly pray as much as I canâŚ
Suddenly, as I was concentrating on looking for the young girl; I was assailed by a huge gust of windâ The great wind took advantage of me being focused in something brought negligence towards my feet; I was sweeped at until my balance was lostâŚ
As a bonus; bad luck dictated that the place where my feet had to fail; was the place where a descending slope was formingâ
ăNowaaaaăŁăŁăŁă
ăăŁăKANNA!ăŁă
Real made swift response to my shriek; but even faster than her, I proceeded to roll down the slope. As my field of vision continued rotating I could only feel panic and curl my body to reduce the shock.
After a few seconds of rotation; my body was struck by a floating sensationâŚ. It couldnât be; was I seriously flung off from the cliff? âDespair proceeded to rule my heart; but the next moment I felt a strong impact in coming from below as everything became white.
At this time my train of thought returned completely to normal; it looks like something stopped my body⌠I touch myself thinking of the after effects of the crash; I ended up stopping in a face up position.
Keeping my position I look at the slope I fell off from; it looks like due to the fortune of the snow cushion being here is that I didnât proceed further downâŚ
ăAre you ok, Kanna!?ăă
There are two declining edges on the cliff that I fell from; Real slides here in a hurry through the other pathway. Without standing up, I made hand gestures to show that Iâm safe. While breathing a huge relief, Real grabs my hand and helps me stand up.
ăSeriously; try not to surprise me like that anymore. I though my heart would stopă
ăIâm really sorry; I was too distractedă
As I was slapping off the snow out of my clothes; I directed my eyes to the place I thumbled down from⌠It canât be possibly seen from the area where the herbs grow due to a blindspot; but a cave happens to be there.
Real who was lured by my sight, also became aware of the caveâs existence.
Additionally; there is in that place a bag that without a doubt belongs to a person.
⌠Quickly opening the bag disclosed that the contents were a bunch of medical herbs which grow on the upper part from here⌠This can only be -without a doubt- property of the village girl we are looking for.
ăProbably, while running away from the wolves; she fell hereă
ăSo, that meansâă
ăIt might be wishful thinking; but at least the prospects are thereă
After strongly nodding at each other; we took steps into the cave.