Chapter 318 – Chapter 318. Centaur

“Lee Ho-yeon. I want to ask you something.”
“Yes. As much as you like.”

Scarlett was standing behind me, while Sebastian and Elise were still chatting with the guild members.
Seeing that even Irene was standing over there, I wonder if they were deciding how the guild members should be treated.
Isaac spoke to me, not minding that Scarlett was standing there.

“A red-haired woman. Do you know?”
“The red-haired woman…?”

There should be one or two red-haired women.
How do you know when you say this

‘Uh?’

At that moment, a woman with a familiar face passed through my mind.
Apparently Ms. Rebecca said she was helping me, but she hasn’t shown me her face yet.

Besides, there are only a few women Isaac could ask with such a serious expression on his face.
Of course, there is only one of my acquaintances.

“Does he use barriers?”
“Yes. He’s waiting around here. What is he doing?”

That’s right.
Looks like Rebecca got caught by Isaac.
I didn’t worry because I knew the strength of the rune’s barrier, but I didn’t expect it to happen.

“Ummm. They’re just acquaintances.”
“… I won’t ask for details. But there are certain things I need to do for the sake of my relationship with you.”
“Yes.”

I managed my expression calmly.

‘This is a bit big.’

I think the people around me were trying to support me, but I ended up getting caught by Isaac.
Besides, judging by his current attitude, it’s certain that he was even found out that he’s a super strong man… Is this okay?
It might be annoying if you get involved in a strange way.

First of all, she belongs to Pandemic, and honestly, I didn’t expect Rebecca to be that strong.
From Isaac’s point of view, it must feel strange that such a hidden powerhouse is an acquaintance of mine.

It would be disappointing if the Iris Guild had any information about Rebecca.

“She’s that woman…”

Gulp.

I swallowed and waited quietly for Isaac’s next words.

“Do you have a boyfriend?”
“… Yes?”
“No, she’s really pretty. I wish I could give her her contact information. Didn’t we build a relationship like that? Lee Ho-yeon?”
“…”

What the hell is this man doing?
Even Scarlett, who was standing behind Isaac, looked at Isaac with disgust.

“Dad. Are you really crazy?”

Besides, as if the decision on the treatment of the guild members was over, Alice and Sebastian were also nearby.
Alice came this way, biting her lip when she saw her father’s strange behavior.

“Ellis. Wait a minute. Dad didn’t ask for his contact number out of a strange idea. Even if we could meet and talk constructively… Ahh…”
“… Ha.”

I let out a sigh of relief, and Isaac ran away with Alice’s fist.

– Rebecca is here! He might be a good person too!
“Because he’s a good person.”

I gave a short answer to Liliana’s words.
As Sebastian went to stop Alice, Scarlett approached.

“It’s fortunate. Hoyeon-sama.”
“I know.”
“Still, don’t be careless.”
“What carelessness?”
“Because the guild leader is not so stupid as to turn a blind eye to beauty. Maybe he passed on knowingly.”

Scarlett said with her meaningful expression on her face, and I shook her head as I watched Isaac run away from Elise’s sword wielding a blushing face.

“… I don’t think so.”
“Seeing that, Hoyeon-nim might be right this time.”

*

After a while, all the members of the tracking team gathered.
Seeing that I can’t see the face of the guy who attacked me earlier, did I really get expelled?
A little pitiful
I was pretty good

“Now that we’re all gathered, go straight to the Centaur. The guy’s location is the residential area of ​​the factory area. The civilians have been evacuated, but he doesn’t know when he’ll move to another place, so we have to get him out quickly.”

Isaac studied all the faces of the chase team, then nodded.

“Cadet Alice and Lee Ho-yeon also participated in this anti-terrorism support operation… I decided to take them with me when tracking down the centaur. I’m running out of time, so I’ll give you the details as I go. Let’s go!”

Fang-

Isaac used his mana to run quickly, and the tracking team followed without a word.
Even if I go with them, it seems that the aces have no complaints.
Maybe he became quiet when he saw that one of them had been expelled earlier?

Elise and I followed at the end of the line.
Isaac moved from the center at a fairly rapid pace, and the entire tracking team followed suit.
Seeing the breathing of Elise, who was running beside her, it seemed to be a bit fast for her as well.
When she thought of Alice that she was a ridiculous munchkin heroine, she could tell that the standards of the people here were pretty high.

“Isn’t it hard?”
“… It’s worth it.”
“Okay. I won’t tell you.”

I made you talk for nothing, and then you will only curse.
Ellis seemed to be draining her stamina just by running.
I still have a congenital magical disorder, so I need to understand.

“… Are you alright? Now I’m going to meet a real centaur.”

But Ellis must have felt that my consideration hurt her pride, so she rather spoke to her first.

“Yeah. I have a perfect plan. We have to conserve our stamina, so let’s stop talking. I’m having a hard time.”
“… Then it is.”

Alice, whether aware of my concern or not, focused on running quietly.

Gying-

In fact, running wasn’t the hardest thing for me.

Gying-

The woman looking at me from the side.
Irene.

‘… It’s a burden.’

Ever since I was at the gathering place earlier, whenever I talked to Ellis, he watched me in stealth.
I’m pretty strong now, too, so I can easily see through if I’m hiding like that up close.

But I can’t pretend to know, so I’m going quietly… This was a real burden.

After about 10 minutes.

– Almost arrived. All ready for battle.

Quaang-!

I heard the communication and smashed the demon’s head in front of her eyes.
There were quite a few demons on the way, so time was delayed.

Gying-

‘Damn. I do not know.’

How long does that crazy woman intend to see me?
Her eyes were looking at me even as she held the mine with one hand.
At this rate, I can’t focus on the centaur.

Eventually, I turned her head and looked straight at Irene.

Irene, who was looking at me without any concern, opened her eyes wide as soon as I made exact eye contact with hers.
Then she hid behind a guild member next to her.

“…”

There are so many strange people in the world.
Even so, the face looks pretty cute.

– Arrival at the factory area. All come to me

Irene’s eyes disappeared, and we soon arrived at the factory area.

– Where’s the factory?
“… It looks like a bomb or something has fallen.”
“That’s why they even made a tracking team to chase it. Because the disaster fell in the middle of the city.”

All the buildings in the area were destroyed, and I could feel the magical power of many demons lying nearby.
And at the center of it, there was one mighty magic power.

“…”
“…”

With the absurd momentum felt even from a distance, the tracking team slowly closed the distance by arranging the mines.
Even though the centaur knew we were approaching, it was still waiting there.

“Don’t be too nervous. The centaur will run away the moment we get close.”
“… Yes. Sister.”

Irene was approaching Alice and relieving her tension.
Then he glanced at me, but when I looked at him, he turned his head away.

We slowly entered the pressure of strong magical power, and we were able to find it soon.

“Find target.”

A factory area that has become ruins as if a nuclear bomb had been dropped.
A gigantic, half-human, half-beast standing in the middle of the acrid smoke.
Centaur.

It was a strange combination of a human upper body and a horse lower body, but there was something overwhelming about the monster with a body larger than most trucks.

Four legs stepping on the ground and a tail swinging behind them.
The centaur was exuding an immense amount of infernal magic, and a mercenary plaque with an F written on it was attached to his neck.
That must be the F-rank mercenary.

– I found it. Found it! I found it!
“…”

Liliana shouted excitedly, and the centaur slowly turned his head to face the tracking team.
The guy who slowly rolled his eyes opened his mouth.

– [Whoa….]

A creepy voice as if talking directly to the ear.
The centaur was not enough just watching us, so he turned his body this way.
… But didn’t you say that if you run into a tracking team, you’ll run away right away?

“I won’t run away…?! Battle! Prepare for battle! Damn it!”

Before I could feel anything strange, Isaac screamed.
At the same time, Irene appeared in front of Ellis, who was next to me, and her magical energy flowing through her body was visible.

“Uh, sister?”
“Stay still, Alice. He’s… A real monster.”

While the tension of the other tracking teams felt on my skin, I made eye contact with him.
No. His eyes were on me.
And that’s right on the necklace hanging around my neck.

– [This is a familiar face.]
– What is he saying now! I think he’s watching us?!
“… I think so.”

The centaur’s voice made the tracking team even more confused.

“Eh, talking to you. This is the first time I’ve ever seen anything like this!”
“Don’t relax! Respond immediately as soon as you move.”

Isaac seemed to want to avoid battle.
He said that the centaur would run away only when he carried the power to defeat the centaur, so the odds of winning the fight should be sufficient.
The reason she avoids fighting is probably because of Elise.
Alice, who was still standing next to me, was biting her lip, overwhelmed by the centaur’s magic.

– [Is it a succubus? Now I understand why I was contracted by humans. There was something that drew me in.]

“Succubus…? What bullshit is that?”
“I don’t know. Maybe the pandemic’s new….”

While the others couldn’t understand what the centaur was saying, only me, Liliana, and Scarlett understood what the centaur was saying.

– You’re talking about me, right? What are you talking about!
“…”

I quietly waited for the centaur’s next words.
Maybe a battle would happen, so I had to not miss the tension.

“Apostle…! It’s time to retreat.”

At that time, a demon appeared next to the centaur.
The momentum that I can feel is that of an executive.
That guy is probably the one who came to support the centaur’s terror.

“This is Maestro’s order that combat is absolutely prohibited. Apostle.”

– [Hmm.]

The centaur stared at the necklace on my chest until the end, then turned around.
And it disappeared in an instant, as if it never existed in the first place.
The magic power that was pressuring the surroundings also disappeared, and sighs flowed from the guild members.

“…End of situation. Target has fled.”
“Ellis. Are you okay?”
“Uh, uh, sister.”

At the same time, the magic that was felt from the tracking team disappeared one by one.
Maybe he usually ran away like that.

“Liliana. Have you read magic?”

I quietly whispered to Liliana.

– Uh, uhm. Could you come closer? It seems that there are remnants of magic power left.
“OK.”

Percussion-

“Hey, hey!”

I heard a call to me at the sudden action, but I kicked off the ground and ran to where the centaur was.