LV999 Villager - Volume 3 - Chapter 11.15

Chapter 11, Part 15

An Endless Journey

The entire group was able to understand Balmung’s personality to some degree after witnessing his talk with Mary. Then, Yuki, acting as if she was in her own house, said, 「A~h, what are we going to do with this troublesome Commander」, while collecting the garbage that was scattered throughout the store.

「But seriously, there are quite a few people. The maximum number of people who had come at the same time so far has been 4, right? However, this time it was 7. Uhm, yeah… they look quite capable」

「Just wait to hear the reason why they came to Earth(Land) . It seems that all of them expected to meet the Disappointing Hero•Eiyû•」

「The Disappointing Hero•Eiyû•?… Aah, that boy. I see, so they came after that Villager」

After hearing Mary’s words, Balmung mumbled that with a troubled expression and covered his mouth with his hand as he thought about what to do. Then, a few seconds later, for some reason he clenched his fist, and hit Mary in the head.

「Uwa~!? What do you think you’re doing idiot!? That hurts!」

「Didn’t I tell you a long time ago thet you shouldn’t call him Disappointing Hero•Eiyû•? You must speak with more respect when you refer to… the warriors who fought for the sake of recovering Earth, even if their results were not the most promising 」

「… Gunu. As if I was going to remember something so unimportant! Ugg, it hurts………!」

While ignoring Mary, who was whimpering while stroking her sore head, Balmung said, 「I didn’t expect to get to know that Villager’s acquaintances」, while laughing heartily.

「So… is Kagami-san really dead?」

「So you’re already aware of what happened… No idea, I honestly don’t know if he’s alive or dead. We never really found his body after all. However, the last time I saw him was more than half a year ago… and I doubt he managed to survive all that time. I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you something more promising」

Balmung said with a heartbroken look as he apologized to the group. After Balmung offered those words to Alice, who looked deeply concerned for Kagami, they all started introducing each other again.

「Fighter… Mage… Sage… Hero•Yûsha•… Cleric, so those are the ones that came this time. I guess it was-… ah. You guys just came here to Earth to look for that Villager, Kagami, right?」

「Certainly, our main objective was to reunite with Kagami-chan, but… that wasn’t the only reason why we came. We have to save this world at all costs」

Mary, Yuki and Balmung looked up in surprise after hearing Takako’s unexpected words.

「You look somewhat surprised, did you not expect us to want to work as part of Resistance?」

「No… It’s not that, it’s just that it’s rare for someone to come here expecting to fight alongside us from the very beginning. Of course, the people from Earth Clear have no choice but to cooperate with Resistance whether they want to or not. But, well, you’re saving us time and effort」

「We have our reasons, but in the end, it’s all for the sake of protecting Earth Clear」

After saying that, Takako looked at the others, who had a determined expression on their faces.

「By the way, what do you mean we have no choice but to cooperate with Resistance?」

「That is quite simple. The only facilities conditioned to ensure the survival of human beings, s whether these are people from Earth or Earth Clear, belong to us, to Resistance. It is almost impossible to survive outside these facilities… That is why I said that that Villager-, that Kagami, must be dead after not having returned in half a year, despite the fact that we haven’t found his corpse to confirm it if that is indeed the case」

Everyone’s gaze hardened after hearing those words. They had heard that the Monsters that could be seen wandering from time to time through Earth Clear were quite frequent here in Earth, so it was easy to understand how dangerous it was to stay abroad. Because of that, it is not possible that someone could survive in Earth unless they were in these facilities, although this may not be entirely correct.

However, it was hard to believe that Resistance, who also had Yuki, who came from Earth Clear would not have discovered something that contradicted that, causing Takako to drop a drop of cold sweat after seeing the seriousness in Balmung’s gaze.

「Monsters… That’s what you call them, right? They sound much more dangerous than Monsters that we know… but there is something else, isn’t there? What is it about?」

Balmung and Mary were silent at Takako’s question.

「What else… is out there? What the hell is dominating this world? What must we do… to save this world?」

Menou, very cautiously, asked Balmung about what was outside, in the surface of Earth, which made even Yuki, an inhabitant of Earth Clear, feel uneasy just thinking about it. Then――,

「Ojiki•Uncle• ! We detected a remarkable movement of the Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku•* mobilizing from the Old Chiyoda District to the Old Shibuya District! They had been hiding for some time, but we received a report that they were attacked by the Eaters•Kuijin-zoku•*, so they were forced to run away!… They are fully exposed, so we could attack them without taking a great risk!… But we must attack now!」

Before Balmung could answer their questions, an exhausted member of Resistance cane in and inform him of that.

Balmung, Mary, and Yuki’s eyes sharpened the moment they received that report, and immediately afterward they ran out of the store screaming, 「We’re leaving! Everyone get ready immediately! We are heading towards Shibuya in 3 minutes… Hurry!」, Indicating to the others that a battle was about to begin.

The group, who could not keep up with what was happening, could only look puzzled as the members of Resistance runing from side to side as they prepared.

「Beast’s Fangs•Kemono Kiba-zoku•? Eaters•Kuijin-zoku••? What are those?」

Alice, who did not understand what was happening, repeated, puzzled, the mysterious words spoken by the member of Resistance.

「Hey! You guys get ready too! The weapons shop is over there, go and grab whatever weapon you’re familiar with!」

While all members of Resistance running from one side to another to get ready, Mary, who was still nearby, shouted that while pointing towards one of the tents.

「Please give us an explanation! What’s going on? What are you all preparing for?」

「… I’ll do it as soon as I can! Now you must prepare! This is… a very rare opportunity for us!」

Immediately after saying that, Mary ran off without stopping to answer his questions. After Mary left, the rest decided to do as she told them to and head towards what appeared to be an armory.