Chapter 91 - Ais, I have a task for you
If Ais hadn't been an adventurer accustomed to the sound of explosions in the Dungeon, she probably wouldn't have been able to distinguish the noise. It was safe to say the damage wasn't significant, but one could sense a commotion starting at the edge of the square.
"Riveria?"
Not only Ais, but the other members of the group around her subconsciously cast glances at Riveria. Under the watchful eyes of many, Riveria calmly surveyed the square before making her final judgment.
"This isn't the main attack; it is meant to stir up trouble, perhaps to lure us over there. We can leave the other side to the Astrea Familia."
She looked down the street in the opposite direction. "Let's head this way and keep watch!"
As the group ran toward their destination, Riveria looked at Ais and pursed her lips thoughtfully.
"Ais, I have a task for you. There might be someone lurking among the people later, waiting for an opportunity to act. We are all too occupied, so we need your help."
Riveria knew that even if she told Ais to leave, the girl would probably have a hard time staying obedient. In that case, it was better to give her a task and assign her to protect the civilians.
With three basic abilities that broke the conventional limits, an ordinary level 2 adventurer would probably be no stronger than a goblin to Ais.
Not to mention that magic...
"Okay! Leave it to me!"
Sure enough, Ais's eyes, which had been unfocused and bewildered in the wind, immediately lit up. Before leading her team away, Riveria thought for a moment and then looked back at Ais.
"Ais, if you encounter a strong enemy, shout my name.."
"Okay..."
Watching Riveria and the others walk away, Ais slowly murmured the lyric, which gave her a strange feeling. Unable to reach a conclusion, Ais gave up thinking and turned to walk into the crowd.
Even before the stalls were set up, the Guild had erected many towers in the square, which were now occupied by the adventurers arranged by Finn.
Although they could not directly protect everyone, the mere sight of powerful adventurers from the famous familia above them provided the people with a sense of security and slowed the spreading panic.
The most difficult part of protecting residents is not resisting attacks from evilus, but getting the people to obey orders. Compared to attacks by the enemy, the casualties caused by stampedes during a panic are often greater.
However, amidst the increasingly frequent bombings from all directions, unease spread like wildfire, threatening to breach the riverbank.
Carrying a sword as tall as herself, Ais moved nimbly through the crowd, yet seemed somewhat lost, unable to find her target.
Where are the bad guys? Which one is the bad guy?
Sensing the fear and unease emanating from the crowd, and hearing the children's cries, Ais felt a rising irritation.
The endless wailing and howling from the depths of her memory seemed to echo in her ears, causing dark flames to surge within her.
Why?
Why kill each other?
Why do people still turn against their own kind when there are already so many monsters in this world causing pain and sorrow?
I hate you all!
I hate anything that causes me pain!
Therefore, when an evilus figure in white robes appeared in her field of vision, Ais suddenly drew her sword!
"Hahaha! I, Olivas, am back!"
In front of a certain stall, a group of people who looked like vendors and customers suddenly donned white robes.
"Finn, you've been arranging for city members to guard the plaza since early this morning, but what if we sneaked in and hid under the cabinets in the middle of the night?"
"...But that doesn't seem like something to be proud of, does it?"
Olivas's smile faltered at the thought of having slept on the cold floor all night.
"Never mind! Kill them all!"
Although their surface actions were to provide cover for Valetta in the Dungeon, upon closer examination, it was actually the other officers drawing fire for Olivas!
In a sense, he was the main attacker!
"Hmph, I will definitely have to give them a good beating and boost my reputation!"
Just as Olivas was thinking this, a golden light suddenly appeared in his field of vision.
Huh?
As he recalled the names of enemies he had fought many times, a flash of light streaked across his face, piercing everyone's eyes.
After her beautiful blonde hair fluttered past, the warrior, unable to offer any resistance, fell onto the rubble. Only then did Olivas see the true form of that figure.
Blonde hair and golden eyes, with delicate features that were doll like.
In that instant, Ais swung her sword, which was completely disproportionate to her petite frame, and stabed open the body of an Amazon. Turning to a Beastman swinging a giant axe at her from another direction, Ais cleaved the Beastman's body and weapon in two with a single blow.
When Ais defeated the fifth evilus leader, even the crowd, who should have been surging with fear, stopped in their tracks to watch the scene unfold.
"That's... a little girl?"
"From the Loki Familia?"
The sword transformed into an impenetrable attack, enveloping a white robed figure completely before adorning him with a rain of blood.
"So, are they all this powerless?"
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