Magical Comprehensive Travel

"Phyllis, do these witch cultists carry anything like intelligence?"

"Everyone, they were very careful not to bring anything but weapons. Not even the Gospels, it was as if they had planned to never return. What a joke." Whether it was intelligence, There is zero sense of achievement or gain. Phyllis's tone was burning with anger and fighting intent, and it seemed that she was quite angry.

"Forget it, since that's the case, it's almost time to deal with other strongholds."

………………

"So--the fifth one!"

"indeed so."

Hearing Subaru's cheers, Wilhelm threw off the blood on the sword, sheathed the sword, and said.

What Mu Hantian and the others had just broken down was the 'Finger' stronghold in a basin in the west of the forest. The first raid caused most of the witch cultists casualties, and then the remaining enemy did not even have a chance to breathe, and fell under the sword skills of Wilhelm and powerful weapons. Mu Hantian originally wanted to take action, but depending on the situation, he didn't need it anymore.

"Phyllis, how are you?"

"...Sorry. Still not. Let them kill themselves."

Efforts to stop them from sealing up were still unsuccessful. Phyllis bowed her head because of her uselessness, and no one could find comfort in that.

"It's useless to be so depressed, look away. Okay, next one."

"Meow!?" Ricardo rubbed the head of the lost Phyllis roughly and made him stand up. Phyllis was taken aback for a moment by this random encouragement, but he quickly patted his cheek and started walking again.

Seeing Phyllis like this, Ricardo grinned contentedly. Seeing his behavior makes people realize that he really is the leader who leads the group.

"Uh-, it's too relaxing, I always feel like my body can't lift up-, how does Tibby feel-?"

"Easy work is a good thing. If I let my sister do dangerous things, my brother will be annoyed. It's great for me to be so easy."

"Mum! You're still a boy, you're too cowardly—!"

The unrestrained sister and the rational younger brother, the combat coordination of the orc sisters is inversely proportional to the degree of disparity in character.

Mimi, who has no flaws in offense and defense, and Tibby, who is unexpectedly aggressive, work together perfectly.

"How can I say it, after everything is settled, they will become enemies again, these people."

"It seems that I have time to worry about the future." Beside Subaru, who was indulging in emotion, Julius was wiping the blood on the knight's sword. The refreshingly handsome boy threw off his white cape with an elegant demeanor that didn't make one feel like he had just fought.

Although it is very popular, his accusation is correct. Subaru scratched his head and looked away.

"I'm sorry. Maybe it's because it couldn't be smoother, which made me a little slack."

"It's not that it's bad. In fact, our cooperation is so good that we can't imagine that it was pieced together. I can understand your feeling that you would be reluctant to have this relationship."

"What a surprise." Subaru thought he would definitely be targeted or ridiculed, so Julius's understanding made his eyes widen.

However, seeing Subaru's reaction, Julius shrugged unexpectedly.

"Since the election of the king, we have been in different camps. However, even in competing positions, as long as we have a common goal in mind, we can work together. Don't we feel lucky to be able to achieve this early in the early stage of the election? "

"That's right, I'm sorry. Totally stupid. I'm going to continue fishing, please everyone." Subaru slapped his cheek with his fist, and set off again with a faint pain in his cheek.

The 'fishing' operation uses Subaru as bait to catch the Witch Cult. The key is that when Subaru and the Witch Cult come in contact, no third party can intervene. So when he was walking in the forest looking for the 'finger', Subaru acted alone—at least there were no friendly forces within the visible range.

The subjugation team followed Subaru a little far behind. In order for the Witch Cultists to come to Subaru like a moth to the flame, his companions did not reveal their existence at all.

Then, this time was no exception.

"Oh--"

After exploring the west side of the forest, just when he judged that the terrain turned into a river bank, Subaru felt the temperature around him drop a little, and at the same time, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of Subaru's eyes.

A total of four witch cultists appeared, the largest number of people who had come into contact with them so far. Three strongholds had been destroyed since 'fishing', but now, this scene was different from the previous situation, which made Subaru's heart skip a beat.

They do have hand signals to use in the event of an accident. However, as long as the 'fishing' fails once, the remaining 'fingers' will be vigilant, and the situation of confrontation with the Witch Cult cannot be avoided. so……

"Yo, you guys, are you patrolling?" Subaru forcibly mustered up the courage to shrink back and forced a smile.

"A large group of people patrolling just in case is fine, but there's nothing unusual around here. Nothing unusual, so you can go back to where you're supposed to go, um. Go ahead."

"I'm in the rankings, right? I think being obedient when it's time to be obedient is a smooth way of life, okay?"

The silence after the order was given was really bad for the heart. In fact, his heart was fueled by tension and anxiety, soaring in speed and volume, making the back of Subaru's neck sweat.

However, the suffocation did not last as long as Subaru felt. After tens of seconds, or only a dozen seconds later, the witch cultists respectfully said their goodbyes and followed Subaru's instructions and left.

"—Huh." Freed from the suffocating tension, Subaru wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Then he gestured to signal 'success', and quickly followed behind the believers who started to move.

"They separated?" Subaru was dumbfounded when he saw the target's four people split up.

The group of four suddenly split into two groups, a group of three and a group of one, and parted ways without hesitation.

At this time, Wilhelm appeared beside him.

"Your Excellency Ang, these three people are handed over to me, please continue to follow them." After that, Wilhelm chased after the three people.

Seeing this, Subaru couldn't waste any more time. He quickly began to track down the Witch Cultists who were acting alone.

Fortunately, it quickly caught up. Slowly and cautiously following the shadow that kept going deep into the forest, Subaru leaned forward to wipe the sweat from his eyes.

Stare intently, concentrating on the movements of the believer in front of you. It is a mountain trail that cannot even be called a road, a staircase formed by huge tree roots. He crossed the horizontal ditch under his feet, and crossed the mushroom that glowed with a poisonous luster.

"Ang, be careful, this is where Petyrqius died." Mu Hantian came to Ang's side at some point.

"What did you say!" The alarm bell in his head rang to the limit, and Subaru clenched his teeth and walked straight. Using his will to stabilize his body that almost fell, he walked through the forest in one breath, until the clearing of the open space. Then--,

"What are you doing!?"

The green in the field of view disappeared, replaced by a gray landscape.

In the rocky clearing that had been a battlefield a few hours ago, caving cliffs and unmarked tombs are still intact. It's just that the witch cultists are busy digging the tomb, trying to dig out the madman's body buried in it.

Seeing this scene, Subaru couldn't help but let out a loud cry, which attracted the emotionless gazes of the witch cultists. There are nine witch cultists digging the grave, and the one who joined them just now is ten people—a team of complete ‘fingers’.