Volume 3 Chapter 14.4 (1/2)

Volume 3 Chapter 14.4

Translator: Reflet

Editor: Weasalopes

「Two problems. How we get there, and what to do if it’s a dud.」

Everyone went silent when Mio pointed that out. They had never gone to the Sweltering Tower, so they couldn’t use a transportation stone or magic. They didn’t know the shortest route for cars and would end up making a lot of detours. Even if they somehow got to the tower as quickly as possible, if it were all a ruse then they probably wouldn’t even have enough time to locate the right place.

Even worse was that they lacked adventurer experience. Even with special permission, the Norton sisters still had to be escorted, and they could not enter by themselves right now. They needed someone who could be used as a special permit.

「Unless we got a real good lead, it ain’t gonna be easy……」

「And this was just an analysis based on conjecture……」

No demands from the culprit, nor was there any means of contacting them. 30 minutes had already gone by. They felt tense, but could not do anything. But then a carefree voice broke the deadlock.

「Message～、message～」

「Ｑ２～、Ｑ２～」

「To short dial～」

「Almost unlawful～」

「Large sum of money requested～」

「Shut up！」

As per usual, the octogals appeared out of nowhere and played a strange word game while gathering around everyone.

「Telegram～、telegram～」

「Milk in critical condition、go back now～」

「Sakura abduction～」

「We don’t need your memes right now, just inform us on the matter.」

Mio cut them off. She did find pleasure in memes and gags, but now was really not the time.

「Informative matter～、informative matter～」

「Elle-chan and Chem-chan are being held captive at Sweltering Tower～」

「Enemies are swarming all over the place, so be quick in rescuing them～」

「And that was all of our message～」

After being cut off by Mio, the octogals just said what needed to be said. Now the group knew their deduction was correct. There was only one thing left to do.

「Our destination is secure, so gather your equipment and move out！」

「What about the permit？」

「As long as we git to the tower we can figure somethin’ out.」

「No, there will be no need for that.」

The queen had returned amidst all their preparations.

「I shall be your permit.」

「Ya sure bout that？」

「I am a queen after all. I should have that much authority.」

「Then we just got one problem」

Hiroshi now had pliers out in addition to his pole axe and giant mace for some odd reason. He asked the octogals his last question.

「Hey. Couldja transport us all to the Sweltering Tower？」

「We can～」

「But we get hungry～」

「Then first I’ll feed y’all some earthworm burgers, and then I’ll serve ya takoyaki after it’s all over.」

「Roger～」

「Transaction complete～」

The octogals swarmed happily over the mountain of earthworm burgers he took out from his bag. As they did that, he checked to make sure everyone was ready before checking back.

「Kay, everyone’s ready so I’d like ya to start carryin’ us.」

「Oki～doki」

「Ah, forgot to tell you～」

「They’re kidnapped on the top floor～」

「Someone likes high places～」

「As I thought.」

Hiroshi said, cutting off the additional information. It would be a real drag if the girls were being kept on the fourth or eighth floor instead of the fifteenth floor.

「Time to teleport～」

「Please do! It’s time for a raid！！」

Hiroshi was oddly pumped up to beat up, or rather, kill something, and the sentiment spread through everyone else. The big Darl incident had reached its climax as soon as it had begun.

Meanwhile, atop the Sweltering Tower.