Chapter 64: The Banquet of Madness, the Lamia Tribe 1
Arisugawa receives an unexpected service from Pauline.
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Yesterday's accident almost made me look like a pervert to the rest of the group.
Somehow I managed to dispel the suspicions and decided to continue walking towards the port city.
"Ah, where are you going?"
Filiana answers Lauren's question by showing her a map.
"We are going to this port city and plan to rent a ship to go to the other continent."
"Okay, then we have to cross the forest."
As soon as we left the Arachne village, we found ourselves back in the eerie forest. Does this mean that the dinosaur-like animals we encountered on the way here are swarming around here, right?
"Hey, Sharin, if another dinosaur with those cleaver arms appears?"
"Hmm, are you talking about the Death Axe? I wonder. I don't think they will attack us, since we have so many people in our group."
In other words, it's similar to a bear.
"No, it's okay. They leave claw marks on their territory. Also, the One-Eyed Garuga moves in groups, so their screams can be heard."
I agreed with Lauren's words and looked at a nearby tree. There was a large crowd of people walking around there.
"Eh, that's..."
Everyone simply ignored me and continued.
"But how did you defeat those two?"
"I-I-I-I spread poisonous bait..."
Nina walked away from Lauren upon hearing these words.
We continued for a while after that. The forest, which was already dark during the day, became even more eerie and cold with the sharp drop in temperature. We decided to spend the night in a slightly more open area.
Sharin collected wood from the surroundings and lit a bonfire. The warm orange color made everyone look relieved.
"I'll stand guard. Sorry, but could someone take over in the middle of the shift?"
"Then I'll do it. Wake me up when it's time."
When Nina asked if they could take over the watch right after her, I offered, then everyone took the food they had bought that day. Everyone spent the night in silence, chatting.
At that moment, I got up from my seat to relieve myself. Well, there are no bathrooms, so we just use a nearby patch of grass.
I went to a position where I could see everyone around the fire and hid in the shadow of a tree. On the other side... they probably can't see.
When I grabbed my belt and tried to lower my pants, someone pulled me into the darkness.