Hakai No Miko Chapter 154 (1/2)

Souma, who had Shyemul and Shahata chase after him, first headed to the feudal lord's residence

At any rate, a means of transportation is indispensable

Soue that's been used by o area and only a coach those kind of carriages aren't niryu, but the fast-paced kiryu

While cli hi as I do it just like Mister Hopkins taughtthe travel froht hie after he asked about it

At that time it was just playful curiosity, but he certainly never expected for a time to come where it would actually be useful This ti a kiryu and not a niryu, but the basics should be the same

Souma picks up a thin stick that had been placed on the coachman's seat Just like a rider's whip, it's an ite its backside At the end of the stick, there's awith several spikes attached to it The stick was made this way because neither the niryu nor the kiryu will feel pain froh

If he didn't hit the niryu strongly enough, it wouldn't work, but Souhtly with the stick to begin with Upon being hit, the kiryu started torealized that it was struck However, its speed is only slightly higher than that of a hu pace It's far off from the speed desired by Souer than before

However, even then the pace of the kiryu doesn't change

He tries to hit it several ti, the kiryu eventually ca annoyed

The voice of a girl reverberates in the ears of Souet the kiryu, who doesn't ht be, you won't be able to injure theht be, you won't be able to destroy it』

Thinking Could it be…, Souh with the rod

Certainly there was a sensation that he was hit However, even though he hit himself with the metal part that has spikes, he can't feel any pain at all There was no way for the kiryu to run like this

“shi+t! At such a time…!”

By noof that ill-mannered Goddess at a time like this

Sou? Please move to the side”

Shyemul said that as she pushes Souma to the side

“Shye to everyone will be…”

“I left that to Shahata Rather than that, let's go!”

She hits the buttocks of the kiryu once with the rod she snatched out of Soule objection Thereupon the kiryu began to run while pulling the carriage Shye over the drawbridge, asks Souma,

“So, where are we headed?”

It's a fact that he can't e decently by himself He is anxious whether Shahata, who isn't a divine child, will be able to persuade all the stubbornly egoistic ned hiate and gallop along the mountains to the north of the road”

Shyeate On the way Souht back」 as he leaves the city acco left through the gate, Shye its buttocks with all her es in this epoch finally started to use solid, wooden spokes through round, wooden discs Of course, these aren't wheels with a elasticity like gum tires In addition, since s don't exist either, it was quite difficult to round with unprepared soil even if it's an open field

The carriage bumps up and down due to any small pebble or undulationThe iers froe if they lose focus for even an instant If he doesn't cling to the coachman's seat without any sharound in the blink of an eye and will likely suffer major injuries

In contrast to that, as expected of Shye her knees as she holds the reins in a half-risen posture Not only that, she e by quickly shi+fting her weight if it looks like they were about to topple sideways

“Now that I'e travel by myself like this, I must say that it's a nice invention!”

Shyeh her fur from the front

However, Souma, who heard that, nearly screamed No matter how one hears it, the way she phrased that just now e

Souma felt as if he were about to die

“Soht!?”

Shye her voice in order to not be drowned out by the sound of the carriage rattling Souue clean off if he opened hissaid that, he could easily ie in the instant he ree in order to point at the location Thinking of a way around this dileet direction

“M ht?”

As she says that, Shyemul whipped the kiryu once

Soue accelerating even further Being shaken around by the far too intense vibrations, he has long ago lost any feeling in his own body He would probably believe it even if he was told that the carriage had turned over or was plu off a cliff

That torturous period cae stopped, Soue

Because he desperately clung to the carriage in order to avoid being thrown off, Souue

Nevertheless, after he e, he opened his eyes wide and carefully surveyed the surroundings in order to not miss even the smallest detail

It's a place that has turned into a boundary between the mountains and an open field

There's a steep mountain slope very nearby on the northern side In contrast to that, the southern side has little undulations and there's a plain at the foot of the gently sloping mountains Ahead of theline that was pulled through the plains They can't be seen right now, but this is likely to be the road the punitive force will approach by

And, on the eastern side a forest is thickly growing as if it protruded out of the mountains, whereas the western side had rocks and such sticking out their heads here and there, becohtly less undulations than the southern side

While looking up the the northern mountain slope first, Souma asked Shyemul,

“Shyemul, can you run up this mountain?”

“I think that's impossible The inclination is too steep That doesn'twould be i up with Sou up the mountain

Souma, as satisfied with that answer, tried to stand up in order to go to see the forest next However his body doesn't do as told and his knees are about to give way

“Grabonto Shyemul's shoulder, Souma walks towards the forest with a shaky stride

The forest spreading in front of Souely different from what a japanese person would associate with the word forest

If it's close to a city, there will be traces of people due to gathering firewood and letting their pigs graze, but once you move away from a place where people live, the forests of this era will be priions that have lasted since ancient tirasses, of which Sou there, and even though it's winter, it rapped up by a dense atmosphere

In reality he wanted to also check further inside the forest, but being hindered by protruding foliage and thick roots that grew on the ground, Souives up on that idea

However, for Souma those were ideal circumstances

“The northern side has a steep mountain The east has a deep forest that would obstruct one's view The south has a gentle slope!”

If he were to be honest, he wanted a forest or mountain on the western side, but for now he has no choice but to be satisfied with things as they are