Adopting the Male Protagonist Changed the Genre - Chapter 91

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Chapter 91

 

Before departing on our journey, Chaser handed me a crude key and said:

 

“If you ever need me, just insert that key into any door.”

 

[Item] Returner’s Key

 

All doors opened with this key will connect to a designated location.

 

However, only registered users can use the door.

 

*This is a consumable item. (0/3)

 

The designated location was an item that connected to Chaser’s room located in the Magic Tower, and it was an item I had never seen while playing 【Hirome】.

 

Moreover, it was a consumable item. I attached a string to the key and carried it with me at all times so I could use it when truly necessary.

 

I spread my hand to block Chaser’s path as he was about to step over the threshold.

 

“Chaser, I’m going to give you a request. So… wait, I’m not finished talking yet. It would be better to hear the details of the request before crossing that threshold, lest you regret it later, don’t you think?”

 

“Whatever it is, it’s fine.”

 

Chaser lightly grasped my outstretched hand as if receiving an escort and concluded:

 

“As long as my master needs me.”

 

I could feel Chaser’s pure magical power flowing through my hand and coursing through my entire body.

 

Unlike my body, which felt lighter as if blessed by gentle rain, my heart grew heavy.

 

Sigh, both Vivian and Chaser are like this. Do mages have some kind of voluntary slave mentality?

 

“I thought you were quite clever, but to think you’d be this foolish. When we return, I’ll have the butler drill his etiquette lessons into that head of yours.”

 

“Master, I…”

 

No, that won’t do. Even if you realize now that this is an unreasonable request, it’s already too late. You can’t go back.

 

Separate from my frustrated feelings, as soon as I confirmed he had crossed the threshold, I quickly closed the door to block his escape route.

 

Then I pointed toward the mountain peak with my chin and said:

 

“Our destination is over there.”

 

The mountain summit, which had been drawing gentle ridgelines just moments before, was now deeply cratered as if struck by a meteorite.

 

I don’t know what might crawl out from within.

 

All I know is:

 

“It’s time to hunt.”

 

We must stop the monster before it completely emerges.

 

* * *

 

It didn’t take long for the small mountain, once full of diverse vegetation, to become a fiery hell.

 

Giuseppe faced alone a massive monster that seemed to have crawled out from opening the lid of hell itself.

 

Cerberus.

 

The gatekeeper of hell that never lets go of prey once it has bitten down.

 

Above all, it was notorious for its tenacious vitality, making it a poor match for Giuseppe.

 

‘There’s nothing good about dragging this out.’

 

To verify whether Belinda’s words about a landslide were true, he had used his divine sight ability more excessively than usual.

 

Because of this, even the three-headed monster appeared to his eyes as nothing more than a blurry, distorted mass. He had to deal with it before completely losing his sight.

 

Giuseppe summoned as many meteor spears as he could manage.

 

Five spears of light made purely of divine power bloomed like flowers beside him, floating around him as both spears and shields.

 

Then the three pairs of eyes, which had been enjoying their long-awaited freedom while looking in different directions, all focused directly on Giuseppe.

 

Grrrrr.

 

It must have instinctively realized.

 

That the same aura as the one who had sealed it in this mountain flowed from the insignificant creature before its eyes.

 

“Let’s finish this quickly.”

 

With those words, the spears of light rushed toward the monster.

 

Clang!

 

Three spears aimed for the monster’s openings, but it wasn’t easy to escape the field of vision of a monster with three heads.

 

Nevertheless, the spears pierced through the monster’s body and split the darkness.

 

The monster’s blood thoroughly soaked the blackened, burnt earth, and each time Cerberus went into a frenzy, but Giuseppe flashed his golden eyes and narrowly dodged the monster’s claws with minimal movements.

 

The battle seemed to favor Giuseppe, but in reality, the longer this fight dragged on, the more the advantage would tilt toward the monster.

 

The reason Giuseppe, with his poor eyesight, could perfectly avoid the monster’s attacks was because he used his divine sight ability for brief moments to read one second into the future and prepare for the monster’s attacks in advance.

 

However, the divine sight ability was a double-edged sword.

 

To avoid the monster’s attacks, he had no choice but to use the ability, and each time he used it, his eye condition only worsened.

 

‘I must end it with this attack.’

 

Instinctively feeling that he didn’t have much time left, Giuseppe converted even the spear of light he had kept nearby for defense into an offensive weapon.

 

Five beautiful spears aimed at the monster like crossbows and…

 

Whoosh!

 

They shot out simultaneously, about to completely shatter one of the monster’s heads.

 

“…!”

 

His vision suddenly turned pitch black, as if someone had blown out the only candle illuminating a closed room.

 

Had the meteor spears pierced the monster?

 

Were the monster’s claws aimed at him?

 

At that moment when he couldn’t even tell whether he should dodge or hold his position:

 

“I’ll provide assistance.”

 

Along with a low voice, he felt a bone-chilling coldness.

 

Giuseppe lightly brushed his eyelids with his hand.

 

A tiny bit of light returned to his vision, and he could see the world faintly as if through thick fog.

 

Feeling the heat that had been making the ground bubble and boil subside considerably, he spoke like a sigh:

 

“You must be Lady Blanche’s escort knight.”

 

Giuseppe identified the other party by their voice.

 

Even if he turned around, he wouldn’t be able to see their face anyway.

 

“Then who might that person be?”

 

Giuseppe asked, turning toward where he sensed another presence.

 

Cesar answered in a voice that had somehow become stiffer than before:

 

“I’m not quite sure either.”

 

At Cesar’s response, Giuseppe looked toward the unidentified figure with his blurred vision.

 

He could vaguely see someone wearing a priest’s robe inside out. However, seeing them standing on air, they were definitely a mage.

 

Though their identity was suspicious, the immediate battle was more important.

 

And from that point on, the nature of the fight changed.

 

Cesar took the lead with fierce attacks, Chaser provided support, and occasionally Giuseppe’s spears targeted the monster’s openings.

 

The three’s coordination fell into perfect harmony.

 

Finally, when Cerberus collapsed, limping on its front paws, Belinda, who had been hiding behind rocks all along, stealthily revealed herself.

 

Even with three layers of Chaser’s protective magic and shouting ‘Give me more!’, Belinda was currently sturdy enough that she’d be fine even if Cerberus bit her and chewed her up.

 

There was a reason why she, who didn’t even have the capacity to protect herself, had come this far.

 

Her ability begins with binding monsters.

 

So she had planned to hide like a sniper and, if necessary, join in to bind the monster’s feet and reduce its mobility even slightly.

 

But now it seemed that Belinda’s help hadn’t been necessary from the start.

 

So.

 

‘Let me just land the finishing blow.’

 

The Blanche Family’s ability was to bind, brainwash, and finally assimilate the target.

 

Binding required physical force, brainwashing required magical power, and assimilation required familiarity.

 

The physical force needed for binding was no problem since Penandel had thoroughly tenderized the monster.

 

‘I’ll just try one shot, and if it doesn’t work, I won’t show off and will hide again.’

 

While Belinda was timing her move, Chaser flew over quickly and whispered to her.

 

“Master, you don’t need to block the priest’s vision. That priest doesn’t seem to see properly.”

 

“What?”

 

How does he fight monsters if he can’t see properly?

 

As if reading her thoughts, Chaser shrugged his shoulders.

 

“By instinct? Knights are good at that sort of thing.”

 

Chaser seemed to think of knights as some kind of acrobats.

 

For reasons unknown, this was good news for Belinda. She immediately took out ten platinum coins.

 

Each platinum coin was worth 100 gold, so she was holding a whopping 1000 gold in one hand.

 

‘It’s not a waste, this is practically the price of my future life.’

 

Actually, her hand was trembling because it felt so wasteful.

 

She thought about using just five platinum coins, but there was nothing more wasteful than being stingy and failing because she was just that much short.

 

So she convinced herself that what she held in her hand were gold coins, not platinum coins, then released them from her hand and whispered.

 

“Suga, settle 1000 gold.”

 

【Yum yum yum~ Order received!】

 

Soon the fairy’s blessing poured down over her head like fragments of stars.

 

Belinda reached for her holster and gripped the pistol with practiced ease.

 

She spread her feet shoulder-width apart, extended her arms straight, and firmly planted her legs to withstand the recoil.

 

She exhaled lightly and held her breath for a moment as the muzzle aimed at Cerberus.

 

No matter how injured it was, there were no blind spots for the swift-bodied, three-headed Cerberus.

 

But that was only true when the attack path could be somewhat predicted.

 

Chaser snapped his fingers and summoned countless mirrors around Cerberus.

 

Belinda’s muzzle turned toward the mirrors.

 

‘Let’s see if you can dodge this too.’

 

Pulling the trigger heavily with her index finger, Belinda whispered.

 

“My bullets never miss.”

 

Bang.

 

A sharp bullet of light shot straight out.

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