Epilogue 后记

Inside the forest.

森林里。

I stood before the earth colored Land Dragon as it brushed and trampled trees aside, coming for me.

我站在土黄色的陆地龙面前，它刷刷地把树踩到一边，向我冲来。

Huge forelimbs.

巨大的前肢。

A large head.

硕大的头颅。

In contrast, its lower body looked small in comparison to its top.

相比之下，它的下半身与上半身相比显得很小。

The land dragon of the First9;s memories had been of ashen skin, but the ones here were the color of the dirt, and looked a size or two smaller.

它的下半身与上半身相比显得很小。第一人记忆中的陆地龙是灰白色的皮肤，而这里的陆地龙则是泥土的颜色，看起来还小了一两圈。

We had the adventurers that9;d guided us return, and we took on the multiple Land Dragons… four in total.

指导我们的冒险者回来了，我们对付了多头陆地龙......一共四头。

I held up my sabre in my right hand, and confirmed the surrounding situation.

我举起右手的军刀，确认了周围的情况。

“Aria and Miranda don9;t have a problem. May, Eva and Clara as well. Novem and Monica… it looks like I didn9;t even have to worry about them from the start.”

"阿瑞雅和米兰达没有问题。梅、伊娃和克拉拉也一样。诺维姆和莫妮卡......看来我从一开始就根本不用担心她们。"

The party split in four, and each team took on one of the Dragons. With those four bodies, they had likely worked up their coordination to take on the adventurers and knights that came for them.

一行人分成四队，每队对付一条龙。有了这四具尸体，他们很可能已经锻炼好了自己的协调能力，可以对付前来找他们的冒险者和骑士。

『Look at the big picture. If precise direction is impossible, broad orders are fine. Take in the surrounding situation, and convey it with your Skill.』

『看，美子的队伍遇到麻烦了。克拉拉正在静静地等待命令。

“Miranda, you need not push yourself, attack after restraining it. When my hands are free, I9;ll come over to support.”

I turned my left hand to the Land Dragon, discharging electricity right at its head. My output had risen from before, and after a large sway, it took a step back.

阿瑞雅向它砍去，刨去了厚厚的一大块肉。

"克拉拉，周围聚集了一些小薯条。伊娃和梅的支援就交给你了，别让那些小喽啰靠近。"

而且它们的行动确实有合作的迹象，让它们成为相当麻烦的敌人。

我本来不想带她来的，但米兰达让我带她来。她似乎认为，如果我们不断地给这个女孩灌输各种生活经验，她就会发生某种变化。

“Clara, there are small fries gathering around. I leave Eva and May9;s support to you; don9;t let those peons get closer.”

Aria cut at it, shaving away a thick chunk of flesh.

Looking through Miranda9;s field of vision, I saw the Land Dragon was unable to move a muscle from her new Skill.

“I could9;ve just stood on standby in Porter! Why did you have to take me along!?”

She did have Demon Eyes, but Shannon wasn9;t a fighter. She was the intellect type that was supposed to manipulate people from the back stage.

我不认为陆地龙是一个完美的对手，但可以肯定的是，以我们的实力，我们可以对付四只陆地龙。

『莱尔，战斗时别忘了向周围发号施令。

『是』。

"米兰达，你不必勉强自己，克制住之后再进攻。等我腾出手来，就过来支援。"

（吉祥物......在莫妮卡和香农之间，一定是香农吗？）

『You9;ve got to train yourself up as a commander as well. And this is a perfect opponent for that. Go do your best, Lyle.』

That9;s the fighting force we possessed, however, giving out orders as I fought the enemy before me was difficult. What9;s more, my comrades were fighting quite a ways away.

Having been pulled from her comfortable back seat, she was more of the party9;s mascot than anything else.

龙族的领地因此，进入森林后，找到他们就很容易了。但我们没听说有四个人。

"我本可以在波特待命的！为什么非要带上我！"

In the dark forest of crowded trees, only the places the Dragons rampaged about were becoming wide open space.

『Look, May-chan9;s party is troubled. Clara-chan is remaining stationary, awaiting order.』

『耶~啊，看来在那之前就会结束了。

当然，如果我做到了，我就赢了。但现在，我......

在树木密集的黑暗森林里，只有陆行龙横冲直撞的地方变得空旷开阔。

And their movements did show signs of cooperation, making them quite troublesome foes.

正当我这样想的时候，眼前的陆地龙仰起头，正要发出一声怒吼。也许，它是想和它的同伴们重聚吧。

『Yes.』

0;Mascot… between Monica and Shannon, would it have to be Shannon?1;

… Was bawling.

这就是我们所拥有的战斗力，然而，我一边与眼前的敌人战斗，一边发号施令，是很困难的。更何况，我的战友们还在很远的地方战斗。

『Ye~ah, it looked like it9;ll be over before that.』

"继续打进去！你只要这样就能赢！"

透过米兰达的视野，我看到陆地龙被她的新技能弄得一动也不能动。

While I thought that, the Land Dragon before my eyes, turned its head up, and was about to let out a roar. Perhaps it was an attempt to regroup with its comrades.

It was as if its movements were sealed by countless spider webs, and the Land Dragon frantically writhed to free itself from those sticky threads.

她确实有恶魔之眼，但香农并不是个战士。她是智力型的，应该在后台操纵别人。

我用左手摸了摸耳朵，确认了其他战友的情况。

它的行动就像被无数蜘蛛网封住了一样，陆地龙疯狂地挣扎着，试图挣脱那些黏糊糊的丝线。

Thus, after entering the forest, finding them was easy. But we hadn9;t heard anything about there being four.

I don9;t think a Land Dragon is a perfect opponent, but certainly, as we were, we could take on four of them.

......嚎啕大哭。

I didn9;t want to bring her along, but Miranda told me to. It seems she thought some sort of change would come about if we kept piling the girl with all sorts of life experience.

“Just keep on hitting them in! That9;s all you got to do to win!”

我把左手转向陆行龙，对着它的头部放电。我的输出比之前有所提升，它摇晃了一大圈后，后退了一步。

Behind me, Shannon…

从舒适的后座上被拉下来后，她更像是派对的吉祥物。

“My ears are going to start hurting, so could you pipe down? Lightning!”

香农从后面......

『你也要把自己训练成一名指挥官。这是一个完美的对手。好好干吧，莱尔。』

After taking her handgun from the holster at her waist, she held it towards the direction of the approaching monsters. The gun she got from Vera was smaller than the one given to me, but it was an easy-to-use model.

Naturally, if I did that, I would win. But at present, I was…

在我身后，香农......

From behind, Shannon…

Making a gesture of touching my left hand to my ear, I verified the state of my other comrades.

I verified it, and gave orders.

"我的耳朵要开始疼了，你能小声点吗？闪电！"

『Lyle, don9;t forget to send orders around as you fight.』

从腰间的枪套里取出手枪后，她拿着枪对着怪物靠近的方向。她从维拉那里拿到的枪比给我的那把要小一些，但却是很容易使用的型号。

『从大局出发。如果无法确定准确的方向，那就下达宽泛的命令。了解周围的情况，并用你的技能传达出来。

我核实后，下达了命令。

“… I see. Then onto the last one. Monica… Novem… fight properly, won9;t you?”

"......我明白了。那么最后一个。莫妮卡......诺维姆......好好打，好吗？"

After finding there were no problems on Miranda9;s side, I looked to Novem. The Land Dragon in front of me warily took some distance.

发现米兰达那边没有问题后，我看向了诺维姆。眼前的陆行龙战战兢兢地与我拉开了一段距离。

I stuck my sabre into the ground, and pulled a gun from the holster on my back hip. When I turned the black revolver towards the Land Dragon and fired, the bullet missed the massive target, and sunk into one of the trees behind it.

我把军刀插在地上，从后腰的枪套里拔出一把枪。当我把黑色左轮手枪转向陆行龙射击时，子弹没有击中巨大的目标，而是射进了它身后的一棵树里。

Behind me, Shannon covered her mouth.

在我身后，香农捂住了嘴。

“… Pff!”

"......噗！"

And from my comrades connected to me…

而与我相连的战友们......

『Lyle, did you even practice? Quite trying to look cool, and get yourself together!』

『莱尔，你到底练过没有？别再装酷了，振作起来！』

Hearing Aria9;s irritated voice, I sent my mind back to Novem9;s station to give orders.

听到阿瑞雅恼怒的声音，我把思绪送回诺维姆的驻地，下达命令。

“Monica, you should at least try to coordinate attacks.”

"莫妮卡，你至少应该试着协调攻击。"

『Even if you tell me that so late in the game… and I am discontent with my deployment. What are you trying to do by putting me alongside that vixen? If I, Monica, am not beside my Chicken Dickwad, I cannot muster up any power.』

『即使你这么晚才告诉我......我也对我的部署感到不满。你把我和那个狐狸精放在一起是想做什么？如果我莫妮卡不在我的 "山鸡 "身边，我就没有任何力量。』

The Fifth observed the gun9;s output.

『在剥夺了它的视野之后，还使用了强大的魔法打击......不错，但正如我所想的那样，面对硬皮的对手，你的攻击手段还不够多。』

"如果打不到，我只需要靠近一点！"

The Third evaluated the battle.

Finally closing in, I destroyed the Land Dragon9;s eye, jumped back, and put the gun back in its holster.

另一方面，诺维姆......

三世对战斗进行了评估。

在他们继续找茬的时候，我下达完命令，左手仍握着左轮手枪，用左手从地上拔出军刀。

Lightning fell from the sky. Shannon9;s body trembled as she hid behind a tree.

Holding up both hands…

She was taking it easy.

『莱尔，注意编队。诺维姆那边有多余的战争潜力。你应该让莫妮卡一个人驻扎在那里，让诺维姆绕过去支援其他人或者你。』

『That9;s because it9;s a Magic Tool, and we9;re not using it as one! If you used the Skills engraved on it, its firepower will rise!』

但是，闪电击中了指定的目标，陆地龙缓缓地倒在地上，散发出一股焦糊的气味。

"霹雳！"

『它的前提不是很好吗？我倒觉得它是个方便随身携带的工具，但这样下去，就有点......我可没想过要组装一批。』

As they continued finding fault, I finished giving orders, and with the revolver still in my hand, I used my left to pull my sabre out of the ground.

当子弹击中它坚硬的皮肤时，其输出功率肯定足以击穿它。但这对陆行龙庞大的身躯并没有多大影响。

『那是因为它是魔法工具，而我们并没有把它当作魔法工具来使用！如果你使用了刻在上面的技能，它的火力就会提升！』。

四爷同意了。

When the bullet hit its tough skin, its output was surely enough to pierce it. But it didn9;t have much an effect on the Land Dragon9;s large build.

她很轻松。

闪电从天而降。香农的身体颤抖着躲在一棵树后。

为了得到一些练习，我在没有使用技能的情况下进行了射击。多亏了这一招，我什么也没打中。

But the lightning hit its designated mark, and slowly falling to the ground, the Land Dragon let off a burnt scent.

0;If I used it with the Second9;s Skill, perhaps I could hit, but…1;

I kicked the ground to approach the Land Dragon, getting into point blank, before pulling the trigger again.

Novem, on the other hand…

『No wonder they9;re not catching on. Even if it may be a Dragon Subspecies, if it would be this ineffective, I would never think to pay a fortune for one. And while its usage is easier than a bow, just how inaccurate could it possibly be… as I thought, guns are out of the question.』

五爷观察着枪的输出。

『还有，把你的队伍分成四份。如果你们分成三组或两组，让每组人一起行动，一次干掉一个，效果会更好。』

The Third told me there was a problem with my personnel assignment.

They interfered with the Jewel9;s Skill, so my affinity with Magic Tools wasn9;t the best. There wasn9;t a problem in using it as a revolver, but if I was going to use it as a Magic Tool, I would have to cut off my Jewel9;s Skills.

落地后，为了避开它的视野，我绕到左边，举起枪，瞄准了它剩下的右眼。

老四也开口了。

终于逼近了，我摧毁了陆地龙的眼睛，向后一跳，把枪放回枪套。

“If I can9;t hit, I need only get closer!”

（如果我用第二技能，也许能打中，但是......）

The Fourth agreed.

『Lyle, be careful with formation. Novem9;s side has excess war potential. You should have stationed Monica there alone, and have Novem-chan circle around to support the others or you.』

『Using a powerful magic strike after robbing it of its vision… not bad, but as I thought, against hard-skinned opponents, you don9;t have enough means of attack.』

我踢着地面靠近陆行龙，进入点射状态，然后再次扣动扳机。

七爷驳斥了这一观点。

The Fourth spoke up as well.

三世告诉我，我的人事分配出了问题。

The bullets that missed hit the Land Dragon9;s ferocious lower jaw, but they didn9;t pierce through.

After landing, to stay out of its field of vision, I circled around to the left, held up my gun, and aimed for its remaining right eye.

『Monica-san, I9;m going to use some magic, so could you keep it in one place?』

『And there9;s that splitting your party in four business. Would9;ve worked better if you split into three or two, and had each group work together to pick them off one at a time. 』

It swiped at me with its large forelimbs, so I jumped over, and tossed my sabre, piercing through its left eye.

一枪。两枪。

The Seventh refuted that opinion.

举起双手......

没打中的子弹击中了陆行龙凶猛的下颚，但没有穿透。

『莫妮卡小姐，我要使用一些魔法，你能把它放在一个地方吗？』

One shot. Two shots.

它们会干扰宝石的技能，所以我对魔法工具的亲和力并不是最好的。把它当作左轮手枪使用没有问题，但如果要把它当作魔法工具使用，我就必须切断宝珠的技能。

If I used the Jewel, and took out the giant sword, the battle would be over in seconds. But it was bad that I didn9;t have any other choices.

它用硕大的前肢向我扫来，我跳过去，扔出军刀，刺穿了它的左眼。

To get some practice, I was firing without using the Skill. Thanks to that, I couldn9;t hit a thing.

“Thunder Clap!”

『难怪不流行。就算是龙的亚种，如果效果这么差，我也不会花大价钱去买。而且，虽然它的使用方法比弓简单，但它的精确度能有多高......正如我所想的那样，枪是不可能的。』

『Isn9;t its very premise off? I do think it9;s a convenient tool to carry around, but at this rate, it9;s a bit… I would never think of assembling a number of them.』

如果我使用宝珠，再拿出巨剑，战斗就会在几秒钟内结束。但糟糕的是，我没有其他选择。

The Sword, Bow, and Halberd had large Mana expenditures.

剑、弓和戟的法力消耗都很大。

If I met a powerful foe while I was low on Mana, my present state was one where I could only run away. Of course, I had my comrades with me, so the probability of that happening was low.

剑如果在我法力不足的时候遇到强大的敌人，我现在的状态只能是逃跑。当然，我有战友在身边，发生这种情况的概率很低。

The Fifth put a simple strategy to mouth.

五爷把一个简单的策略说了出来。

『… It9;s weapons. In Lyle9;s case, he has a bad affinity with Magic Tools. In that case, he should get a few Skill-less sturdy weapons to carry around. There are some weapons out there that can cut iron in their base state. It looks like the time has come for him to carry such a thing around.』

『......是武器。莱尔的情况是，他对魔法工具的亲和力很差。在这种情况下，他应该弄几把无技能的坚固武器随身携带。有一些武器在基本状态下就能削铁如泥。看来，他随身携带这种东西的时候到了。』

After the Fifth said that much, the Fourth agreed. It seems he had been thinking my mass-produced sabre expenditure was a problem for quite some time now.

五爷这么一说，四爷也同意了。看来，他早就觉得我的量产军刀开支是个问题了。

『You run through a few disposable sabres every time. Thinking of the future, it9;s right around time you looked into some finely crafted pieces, and analyzed cost/performance.』

『你每次都要用掉几把一次性军刀。考虑到未来，你也该考虑一下精雕细琢，分析一下性价比了。』

On both an ability and financial level, the time had come for me to look for such a weapons.

无论从能力还是经济层面来看，我都到了寻找这种武器的时候了。

Turning around, I called over to Shannon.

转过身，我叫住了香农。

“Shannon, the others should finish their battles soon. Until then, we9;ll stay on standby here.”

"香农，其他人应该很快就会结束战斗。在那之前，我们在这里待命。"

I hesitated over whether or go to their aid, but the battles were already nearing their ends.

Miranda remained wary of her surroundings.

… A small-built girl used her slender legs to kick away the Land Dragon9;s massive forelimbs.

『Our Skills can9;t pick them up? No, do they have a Skill that prevents it from being picked up? Lyle, on your guard.』

With the information they could perceive from Lyle9;s Skill, they were able to proceed through the forest without getting lost…

Aria jumped down from the head, stood on the ground, and turned to looked at the strung-up Land Dragon9;s body.

Shannon came over to me, and…

凭借从莱尔的技能中感知到的信息，他们得以在森林中继续前进而不会迷路......

The Fifth sounded a little nervous.

“Why thank you. Your Skill is manly and cool, Aria.”

“… We surely didn9;t need any here, but I9;ll bet the others were fine too. Even so, you Skill sure is a nasty one, Miranda.”

"......一姐屠龙......我以前想都不敢想。我想知道她是怎么做到的。"

Saying that, I waited for everyone to gather. It was at that moment.

“Well thanks for that. More importantly, any contact from Lyle…”

两人相互冷嘲热讽了几句，然后检查了一下装备，回到莱尔身边。

米兰达没有让她的笑容消失，而是开口说道。

"看来没人需要他的帮助。"

我的技能里什么都没有。什么都没有，真的太少了。

Shannon spoke.

"那谢谢你了。更重要的是，莱尔的任何联系......"

I felt something suspicious, and turned. Shannon looked at me, turned her eyes in that direction, and narrowed them.

香农和我继续盯着看，似乎我们让他们产生了警惕，因为他们拉开了一些距离。

As she hung her head, I…

"谢谢你。你的技能很男人，也很酷，阿瑞雅。"

鲜血顺着它的脖子流了下来，在地上形成了一个红色的池塘。

They shared some cynicism, before checking over their equipment, and returning to Lyle.

Even if it was only a subspecies of dragon, one mustn9;t make light of a Land Dragon9;s power. Yet such a beast was entangled in her threads, with Aria sitting on top of its head. She was short of breath.

"我们的技能无法拾取它们？不，难道他们的技能无法拾取？莱尔，提高警惕。

我犹豫着是否要去帮助他们，但战斗已经接近尾声了。

“Well that was needlessly violent. You9;re like a hero from some storybook, Aria.”

米兰达对周围的环境保持警惕。

There was nothing coming from my Skills. Too little of anything, really.

当她垂下头的时候，我......

At that moment, perhaps the two of them heard Lyle9;s voice, as they let out sighs.

She tilted her head, as her eyes followed the fleeing group.

米兰达确认了自己的位置。

阿瑞雅从头上跳下来，站在地上，转过身看着被绞碎的陆地龙的尸体。

五世听起来有点紧张。

即使只是龙的亚种，也不能轻视陆地龙的力量。然而，这样一头巨兽却被她的丝线缠住了，阿瑞雅坐在它的头顶上。她气喘吁吁。

说完，我等着大家集合。就在那一刻

"那个是你的错，你知道的。"

➐

As Shannon and I continued to stare, it seems we made them wary, as they took some distance.

米兰达笑着说，阿瑞雅用手擦去溅在身上的血迹，遗憾地开口。

Miranda verified her location.

“That one9;s your fault, you know.”

… Miranda looked at her Skill 【Wire Net】 stretching across the trees.

"他们不知怎么的，与周围的环境有些漂浮，但他们认为这真的能躲避什么吗？"

香农向我走来......

我感到有些可疑，于是转过身来。香农看了我一眼，把眼睛转向那个方向，然后眯了起来。

香农说话了。

➐

As Miranda said that with a smile, Aria used her hand to wipe off the blood splattered on her, and spoke regretfully.

"......我们这里肯定不需要，但我想其他人肯定也没事。即便如此，你的技能确实很讨厌，米兰达。"

......米兰达看着她的技能【线网】在树上延伸。

“… Onee-sama slaying dragons… I would never have even imagined it before. How did she get to be like that, I wonder. ”

她歪着头，目光追随着逃亡的队伍。

这时，也许两人听到了莱尔的声音，因为他们发出了叹息。

... 一个身材娇小的女孩用她修长的双腿踢开了陆地龙巨大的前肢。

“They9;re somehow floating a bit from their surroundings, but do they think that9;s actually hiding them from anything?”

Blood flowed down its neck, and it was forming a red pond on the ground.

Without letting her smile die out, Miranda spoke.

米兰达"好吧，那是不必要的暴力。你就像故事书里的英雄一样，阿瑞雅。"

“Looks like no one needed his help.”

After letting her body spin in the air, May kicked up the approaching Land Dragon head as well.

让身体在空中旋转后，梅也踢起了逼近的陆地龙头。

The difference in their body sizes was much too great, yet it looked as if she was playing with the monster.

两人的体型相差太大，但她看起来却像是在和怪物玩耍。

“Hah, it would be easier to do in quilin form, but Lyle won9;t permit it.”

"哈，如果是奎林形态就好办了，但莱尔不允许。"

The Land Dragon tried to attack, so she swung her horn, and its large arm flew off.

陆地龙试图攻击，于是她挥动号角，陆地龙的大臂飞了出去。

Watching over her, Eva held up her bow.

看着她，伊娃举起了弓。

“Hey, hurry up and end it! We have to deal with other monsters too over here!”

"嘿，快点结束它！我们这边还要对付其他怪物呢！"

She shot through an approaching Frog-like monster.

她射穿了一只逼近的青蛙怪。

Clara also took some on, to test out the gun she had just received.

克拉拉也上了几枪，试试她刚收到的枪。

Looking at them, May…

她还拿起了一把枪。看着他们，梅......

“Aren9;t you pulling them so they don9;t wander off to the others? And we have the most people at this station, so please bear with it.”

"你们拉着他们，不就是为了不让他们乱跑到别人那里去吗？而且我们这个站人最多，请大家多多包涵。"

May stood up front as if to protect the other two.

“If that how it9;ll be, I9;ll increase their calorie intake little by little every day, and bring anguish to their scales.”

梅很好奇，但如果他们就这样走了，她觉得暂时也没什么，梅急忙跑到克拉拉身边。

莱尔和莫妮卡之间已经有了界限，正因为如此，使用他的技能......连接......并不需要亲吻。

"哈，有了这个，我们就可以轻松地完成我们的目标了。即便如此，我还是不能接受和那个狐狸精配对。我这个存在，正是因为为我的鸡屌娃服务，才会熠熠生辉。作为配角，我的角色就是站在山鸡的斜后方！"

确认莱尔已经结束战斗，梅右手一挥，砍掉了陆地龙的脑袋。

Disappointed over that fact, Monica looked over the other members with envy.

"不行！那你不在这里帮忙吗！"

看到她的举动，莫妮卡醋意大发。

看着莫妮卡恼羞成怒的样子，诺维姆露出了一丝苦笑。

There wasn9;t any info coming from Lyle9;s Skill, but her five senses told her something was there.

梅对伊娃说。

➐

There was already a line between Lyle and Monica, and because of that, using his Skill… Connection… didn9;t require a kiss.

Seeing her gesture, Monica spoke in jealousy.

“Hah, with this, we will easily be able to clear the sum we were aiming for. Even so, I cannot accept being paired with that vixen. I am an existence that glimmers precisely because I am serving my Chicken Dickwad. As a supporting cast, my role is to stand diagonally behind that Chicken!”

“Can9;t! So won9;t you help out over here!?”

"等一下......莱利先生说要警惕周围的环境。他说，尽量呆在一起，不要走散。外面有他无法用技能探测到的东西。"

… Monica placed her large hammer on the ground, and looked at the Land Dragon she9;d crushed.

"嘿，你能试着向那边射一箭吗？"

“Wait a moment… Lyly-san said to be wary of our surroundings. Stay together as much as possible, and don9;t stray, he say. There9;s something he cannot detect with Skills out there.”

莱尔的技能没有传来任何信息，但她的五感告诉她有东西在那里。

“God dammit… he even kissed me atop the ship, but when he returns to normal, he says I don9;t need one, and chickens out… Hah, just when will his next Fever Time come, I wonder.”

即使什么都没有，箭也被射到了一边，瞬间让三人提高了警惕。

"该死的......他甚至在飞船顶上吻了我，可当他恢复正常时，却说我不需要，然后就退缩了......哈，不知道他的下一次发烧时间会在什么时候到来。"

And hearing a sound, Eva shot the arrow towards it.

There, Clara spoke.

Confirming Lyle had finished his battle, May swiped her right hand, and lopped off the Land Dragon9;s head.

“It9;s not a monster? Maybe a human.”

梅站在前面，好像在保护另外两个人。

那边，伊娃正忙着对付其他怪物，所以没射中。

When she sent a glance that direction, the other party stopped, and slowly began to retreat.

... 莫妮卡把她的大锤子放在地上，看着被她击碎的陆地龙。

她还不习惯这些动作，所以动作效率很低。

Its lower half was in a horrible state, but even so, it could be dealt for a high price, so Monica pat her chest in relief over her household9;s finances.

Looking at Monica riling herself up, Novem gave a bitter smile.

May was curious, but if they were just going to go away like that, she thought it would be fine for now, May rushed over to Clara.

听到声音，伊娃把箭射了过去。

“Hey, could you try shooting an arrow over there?”

May addressed Eva.

对这一事实感到失望的莫妮卡羡慕地打量着其他成员。

在那里，克拉拉说话了。

他们背对着彼此，因为那个存在在继续拉开距离......

诺维姆的魔法阻止了它的行动，而她却绕到了后面，放下了她的巨型武器。

当她朝那个方向看了一眼时，对方停了下来，慢慢地开始后退。

“Wait, even Lyle can9;t detect them? Looks like it9;s no good if we rely on his Skills too much”

She wasn9;t accustomed to the motions, so she was moving quite inefficiently.

Without being hit by a drop of the blood spatter, she got onto the collapsing dragon9;s back, and feeling the response of something round her, she twitched, and turned in that direction.

There, Eva was busy dealing with the other monsters, so it wasn9;t happening.

She spoke as she opened her revolver9;s cylinder, and swapped out its cartridges.

伊娃转头看了看周围的环境，然后侧耳倾听，取出一支箭，并在箭上刻了个缺口。

They left their backs to one another, as the presence continued distancing itself…

But hearing Lyle9;s voice, she inclined her ear to it.

"等等，连莱尔都发现不了他们？看来太依赖他的技能也不是什么好事啊。"

她没有被一滴飞溅的鲜血击中，她趴到了倒下的龙背上，感觉到周围有什么东西在回应她，她抽搐了一下，转身朝那个方向走去。

Eva turned to the environment, before inclining her ears, taking out an arrow, and notching it.

While Novem9;s magic had stopped its movements, she had circled to the back, and lowered her giant weapon.

"如果这样的话，我会每天一点一点地增加他们的卡路里摄入量，给他们的体重带来痛苦。"

她边说边打开左轮手枪的弹膛，换上了子弹。

Even when there was nothing there, the arrow was hit aside, instantly putting the three of them on guard.

但听到莱尔的声音，她还是侧耳倾听。

"不是怪物？也许是人类。"

它的下半身惨不忍睹，但即便如此，它也能以高价成交，所以莫妮卡拍拍胸脯，为她家的经济状况松了一口气。

After grinning over that flight of mischief, Monica opened her red eye wide, and picked up her hammer.

莫妮卡咧着嘴笑完这一飞冲天的恶作剧后，睁大了她的红眼睛，拿起了她的锤子。

She took her left hand off its shaft, took a small knife out of her sleeve, and threw it at the spot that was bothering her.

她把左手从刀柄上拿下来，从袖子里拿出一把小刀，扔向困扰她的地方。

Her eyes could clearly take in the existence Lyle9;s Skills couldn9;t capture.

她的眼睛可以清晰地捕捉到莱尔的技能无法捕捉到的存在。

Novem held up her staff, and aiming at the place Monica had thrown her knife…

诺维姆举起法杖，瞄准莫妮卡扔刀的地方......

“Earth Hand!”

"大地之手！"

Arms emerged from the soil with the intent to bind, heading for the invisible enemy. Monica9;s knife was floating in the air, and it looked as if it had stabbed into something. From its floating tip, red blood was flowing.

双臂带着束缚之意从土壤中钻出，冲向看不见的敌人。莫妮卡的刀漂浮在空中，看上去好像刺进了什么东西。从漂浮的刀尖上，流出了鲜红的血液。

And slowly, both the knife and the blood disappeared.

慢慢地，刀和血都消失了。

The Earth Hands made of magic were suddenly torn apart in the air.

由魔法构成的大地之手突然在空中被撕裂了。

Seeing that, Novem surveyed the area.

看到这一幕，诺维姆打量着四周。

“… There.”

"......那里。"

I immediately began assigning roles for night watch.

And the movements they displayed were onlt those to search us out.

Irritating as it may be, we didn9;t have the leisure to chase them down.

虽然令人恼火，但我们没有闲情逸致去追赶它们。

Magic tools to prevent detection by Skills, and by eye sight.

当我的战友们都聚集在一起时，我切断了 "连接"，并使用第六技能...... "真实规格"......来观察周围的情况。

"狐狸精，退后！"

他的一位女同志向他道歉。

观察熟练的冒险者。

She changed her staff9;s shape, formed a scythe, and blocked the attack of the invisible enemy. Perhaps that surprised the enemy, as they immediately retreated.

（是西莱斯干的吗？是她还是她身边的人终于派来了刺客？但我们在卡塔夫。如果他们要动手，在贝姆等待会更有效率）。

诺维姆望着树林，似乎在注视着逃跑的敌人的背影......

“What are you going to do? I don9;t think we9;ll lose, but we used quite a bit of time coming to this forest. We don9;t have much time to waste on playing cat and mouse.”

由于不习惯，其他人无法处理来自真实规格的所有信息。这让人头疼，也是一种负担，所以我一直没有利用它。

防止被技能和肉眼发现的魔法工具。

“No, they9;re just making me want them more. Don9;t need the guy, but the rest are a treasure trove. Though I really didn9;t know what to think about one of them. If she9;s strong, I don9;t mind keeping her at my side.”

如果中途换成它，就会妨碍其他人的战斗，所以我不能那样做，只能等待战友们的到来。

“Consarn it! Because of all the information coming in, keeping it on Search backfired.”

『You don9;t have time, so any more is impossible. But make sure you9;re prepared to deal with them if they attack. Nights will be troublesome.』

『你们没有时间了，所以不可能再多了。但是，如果他们发动攻击，你一定要做好应对准备。夜晚会很麻烦。

她改变了法杖的形状，形成一把镰刀，挡住了看不见的敌人的攻击。也许这让敌人大吃一惊，他们立刻撤退了。

"森林里的怪物开始行动了。收集完材料，我们就回公会吧。我们不能再把时间浪费在赚不到钱的事情上了。"

"那个女人......连我的技能都无效吗？天哪，如果我要攻击，就应该选择不同的队伍。也许应该先把那个家伙引开。"

They were all wearing expensive robes, and each robe had a Skill engraved onto it.

他们都穿着昂贵的袍子，每件袍子上都刻着一个技能。

Unaccustomed to it, the others weren9;t able to process all the info from Real Spec. It caused headaches, and it was a burden, so I hadn9;t made use of it.

“Vixen, step back!”

They were hard to see, but surely enough, there were multiple red signals around.

Miranda looked at me as she asked my plans.

When my comrades had all gathered, I severed Connection, and used the Sixth9;s Skill… Real Spec… to take in the surrounding situation.

Monica was about to give chase, but Lyle gave an order not to follow, so she stopped in her tracks.

我立即开始分配守夜的任务。

“I deeply apologize. For them to have one by their side able to see through our Skill…”

… In a place separated from the forest, Larc pulled out the knife stabbed into his arm.

Observing skilled adventurers.

虽然看不清楚，但可以肯定的是，周围有多个红色信号。

我的思绪无法集中，但我环顾四周。

➐

Novem looked into the woods, as if to watch the fleeing foe9;s back…

他们最初的目的只是想知道他们的战争潜力，但在有了想要尝试获得他们的冲动后，拉克最终举起了手。他的做法引起了注意，结果遭到了反击。

Switching to it part-way through would get in the way of the others9; battle, so unable to do that, I could only wait for my comrades to come.

对于我的看法，宝石三世表示赞同。

"我深表歉意。他们身边有一个能看穿我们技能的人......"

莫妮卡正要追赶，莱尔却下达了不准追击的命令，于是她停下了脚步。

0;Is it Celes9; doing? Did she or someone around her finally send assassins? But we9;re in Cartaffs. If they were going to do it, it would be more efficient to wait in Beim.1;

"你打算怎么办？我觉得我们不会输，但我们来到这片森林用了不少时间。我们没有太多时间浪费在玩猫捉老鼠的游戏上。"

Monica called out, but Novem didn9;t dodge.

"真该死！因为所有的情报都来了，继续搜索反而会适得其反。"

"不，他们只是让我更想要他们。我不需要那个人，但其他的都是宝藏。虽然我真的不知道该怎么看待其中一个。如果她很强，我不介意把她留在我身边。"

我想到了敌人可能攻击我们的理由。

On my opinion, the Third in the Jewel agreed.

Their original goal was just to know their war potential, but having felt an urge to try obtaining them, Larc had ended up raising his hand. His approach noticed, he ended up meeting a counterattack.

My thoughts wouldn9;t come together, but I looked around.

莫妮卡叫了一声，但是诺维姆没有躲开。

I thought of what reason the enemy may have to attack us.

➐

......在一个与森林隔开的地方，拉克拔出了插在手臂上的刀。

米兰达看着我，一边问我的计划。

“The forests9; monsters are beginning to act up. After collecting up the materials, let9;s return to the Guild. We can9;t waste any more time on anything that won9;t make us any money.”

A female comrade of his apologized.

而他们所表现出的动作，只是为了把我们找出来。

“That woman… even my Skill was ineffective? Good grief, if I was going to attack, I should9;ve chosen a different group. Maybe get the guy out of the way first.”

“Larc-sama, let me heal your wounds.”

"拉克大人，让我为你疗伤吧。"

Larc presented his injury to a woman specialized in healing magic, and glared at the one who9;d produced the Magic Tools.

拉克把自己的伤交给了一位专门治疗魔法的妇女，并瞪了一眼制作魔法工具的人。

“Oy, the magic tools you made actually worked, right?”

"哎哟，你做的法器还真管用啊？"

The woman nodded a number of times, fearful of his rage.

女人连连点头，生怕他发怒。

“I-I9;m sorry. B-but… you were able to get close, so they surely had an effect. T-they9;re my originals, so they s-shouldn9;t be known to the general public.”

"我，我很抱歉。但是......你能靠近，所以它们肯定有效果。它们是我的原作，所以不应该被大众知道。"

He turned his eyes from the cowering woman to the forest, and looked at his fully-healed arm. The wound had closed, and it hadn9;t left a scar.

他把目光从畏缩的女人身上转向森林，看着自己完全愈合的手臂。伤口已经愈合，没有留下疤痕。

“… I thought my Skill would charm one or two of them, but it was no good. In that case, it would9;ve been better to go after the Trēs House9;s princess. Dagnabbit! I9;ve needlessly wasted some time.”

"......我本以为我的技能能迷倒一两个，但没有用。既然如此，还不如去找特里斯家族的公主。该死！我无谓地浪费了一些时间"。

An annoyed Larc had been able to see the power of Lyle9;s forces up close. And once he deduced he would never stand a chance upfront, he immediately went into trying to draw away one or two of their ranks.

恼羞成怒的拉克已经近距离见识了莱尔军队的实力。而一旦他推断出自己在正面绝不会有机会，他就会立即投入到试图引开他们一两个人的队伍中去。

A Skill to infatuate the other sex, 【Charm】.

迷惑异性的技能，【魅惑】。

Possessing such a skill put Larc at quite an advantageous position when dealing with women.

魅力。拥有这样的技能，让拉克在与女人打交道时处于相当有利的地位。

『他是奉西莱斯的命令行动，还是她身边的人？如果他是自己行动的，那就简单多了。』

Milleia Walt… or perhaps Milleia Circry was not an owner of the Walt House9;s Jewel.

拉克向拴马的地方走去，他的女人跟在后面......

见五爷擦了把汗，其余三人都站了起来，加强了戒备。正在这时，那个有着紫色波浪长发的女人用她金色的眼睛向房间里看了一眼。

所有人都环顾四周。此时此刻，所有成员都已聚集在一起。没有想到，会有人打开了通往他们记忆的大门。

但这种魅力也有它的局限性。

Clothed in white, she raised the hem of her skirt to give a polite greeting.

"嗯，我相信总有一天会有机会的。在那之前，我会一直等待......直到我成为这个国家国王的那一天。只要我能让柳德米拉爱上我，剩下的都是我的了。"

不是西莱斯。她比莱尔的姐姐更成熟，看上去只有二十多岁。最先反应过来的是五世。他从座位上站起来，看着那个女人，睁大了眼睛。

他们的四双眼睛转向了莱尔的记忆之房。

However, that Temptation had a weakness in that after using it once, he wouldn9;t be able to use it for a while.

周围的女人听得入迷。

与其说是麻烦，不如说是危险的技能。更重要的是，无论他们怎么看，拥有它的人也是个危险人物。

Seeing the Fifth wipe off his sweat, the remaining three stood, and strengthened their guard. As that was happening, the woman with long, wavy, violet hair sent a look from her golden eyes around the room.

It wasn9;t Celes. She woman more mature than Lyle9;s sister looked to be in her twenties. The first to react was the Fifth. He stood from his seat, looked at the woman, and opened his eyes wide.

Everyone looked around. At that very moment, all the members were already gathered. It wasn9;t thinkable that anyone would be opening the door to their memories.

“Well, I9;m sure the chance will come someday. I9;ll just wait it out until then… until the day I become king of this country. As long as I can get Ludmila to fall for me, the rest is all mine.”

With the appearance of attackers, there were four gathered to think over their goal.

As they wanted to gain Cartaffs9; cooperation, they were thinking to get rid of any that would get in the way.

遮在身上的长袍失去了作用，当拉克把它扔到一边时，几个人争先恐后地抢夺起来。

......在宝石里面。

不过，那个【诱惑】有一个弱点，那就是用过一次之后，他就暂时不能再用了。

『… Milleia, why are you here?』

『Did he move by Celes9; orders, or someone around her? If he9;s doing it on his own, that makes it nice and simple.』

『......米莱雅，你怎么会在这里？』

『我猜也是。他有某种迷惑对手的技能。不，我觉得这只限于异性。』

➐

But that Charm had its limitations.

七世听起来很恼火。

The Seventh sounded annoyed.

拉克背着一把黑色的大剑......

“… They9;re not opponents where the same trick will work twice. We9;ll concede defeat for now. I thought that if we could snatch up some Land Dragon materials, it would give us a chance at an audience with Ludmila, you know.”

因为他们想获得卡塔夫斯的合作，所以他们想除掉任何会妨碍他们的人。

『Personally, from the information Lyle received, it9;s probably that young adventurer, isn9;t it?』

After the Third had said that much, within the Jewel… the conference room, came the sound of an opening door.

And their four sets of eyes turned to Lyle9;s room of memories.

Larc walked off towards where his horse was tethered, and his women followed along…

The Fifth, even knowing that, didn9;t seem to have any interest in the young adventurer himself.

The robe covering his body lost its effect, and when Larc tossed it aside, a few competed to scramble for it.

The surrounding women listened to his words in fascination.

她身着白衣，撩起裙摆，礼貌地向大家问好。

… Inside the Jewel.

Rather than troublesome, it was a dangerous Skill. What9;s more, no matter how they looked at it, the one possessing it was a dangerous one as well.

『但这次我们没有任何证据。如果莱尔除掉了他，那就麻烦了。我们得找些证据，但是......』。

"......他们不是一招鲜吃遍天的对手。我们暂时认输吧。我想，如果我们能抢到一些陆地龙的材料，就有机会见到柳德米拉，你知道吗？"

听了三世的意见，周围的人都点了点头。四世摘下眼镜，开始擦拭镜片。

老三、老四、老五、老七。他们围着圆桌，对敌人进行预测。

All it really did was make it easier to get their attention, and if he really wanted to make them his own… he would have to use his Second Stage Skill, 【Temptation】.

With a large black sword over his back, Larc…

随着攻击者的出现，有四个人聚集在一起思考他们的目标。

On the Third9;s opinion, those around nodded. The Fourth removed his glasses, and began wiping off the lenses.

『如果我们有时间，早就把他打得满地找牙了。但我们在卡塔夫斯身上确实找到了一个麻烦。我认为我们最好趁现在把他拿下。』

From it, a single woman stepped out.

『I9;ll bet. He had some sort of Skill to charm his opponents. No, I do get the feeling it9;s limited to the opposite gender, thought.』

它所能做的只是让他更容易引起她们的注意，如果他真的想把她们变成自己的......他就必须使用他的第二阶段技能--【诱惑】。

『个人认为，从莱尔得到的情报来看，应该是那个年轻的冒险者吧？』

『But we don9;t have any proof this time around. If Lyle gets rid of him, it9;ll become a problem. We9;ll have to get some evidence, but…』

米莱娅-华特......或者说米莱娅-凯尔克里并不是华特家族宝珠的主人。

Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh. They surrounded the round table, giving their forecast on the enemy.

即使知道这一点，五世似乎对这位年轻的冒险者本人并不感兴趣。

一个女人从里面走了出来。

『If we only had the time, we would be in the middle of beating him to a pulp. But we9;ve sure found a troublesome one in Cartaffs. I do think it9;s best we take him down while we9;re here.』

三世说了这么多之后，在宝石......会议室内，传来了开门的声音。

It was strange of her to exist in this space.

她存在于这个空间里真是奇怪。

Milleia opened her mouth.

米莱雅张了张嘴。

『It is a pleasure to be of your acquaintance, Third Generation Head Sleigh-sama, Fourth Generation Head Max-sama, and Seventh Generation Head Brod-sama. It has been a while, father.』

『很高兴认识你们，第三代团长斯莱格大人，第四代团长麦克斯大人，第七代团长布罗德大人。好久不见，父亲。』

An appearance similar to Miranda.

长相与米兰达相似。

But an atmosphere more mature and calm than even her. The woman9;s golden eyes were the same Demon Eyes that Shannon possessed.

但气质比她都要成熟沉稳。女人金色的眼睛正是香农所拥有的恶魔之眼。

『I am Milleia. Milleia Walt. Since this room9;s owner, Lyle, has yet to even attempt to step inside, I am the one called forth to guide him. Among those of the Walt House, I was deemed most worthy, it seems.』

『我是米莉亚。米莱娅-华特。由于这个房间的主人莱尔还没有尝试踏入，所以我被召唤出来为他引路。在华特家族的人当中，我似乎被认为是最有资格的。』

The ancestors within the Jewel were beings of memory, without exception. They had wills, but it9;s not as if their souls were sealed inside.

宝珠中的祖先无一例外都是有记忆的生命。他们有意志，但灵魂并没有被封印在里面。

And Milleia standing before them was the same. The woman herself had died, and this was an entity made of memory…

站在他们面前的米莱亚也是一样那个女人自己已经死了，而这是由记忆构成的实体......

But that was strange. Milleia and the Jewel… it was a blue gem at the time, but the two had never once come into contact.

但这很奇怪。米莱娅和宝石......当时是一颗蓝色的宝石，但两者从未有过一次接触。

The Seventh opened his mouth.

七世开口了。

The Third muttered.

当她说到宝珠的旨意时，祖先们的困惑与日俱增。

『莱尔有必要知道一切。这是宝珠的旨意。如果他继续忽视这一点，就会很麻烦。』

Completely ignoring their confusion, Milleia spoke with a smile.

???|д゜1; *Stare* ："我来了"

『你说是向导？从记忆的房间里出来，这样的东西是......』。

完全无视他们的困惑，米莱娅微笑着开口了。

『There is a need for Lyle to know everything. That is the Jewel9;s will. It will be troublesome if he continued to neglect it.』

米莉娅（ノ´∀｀*）："我出来了"

Fourth Generation Head 0;；-@∀@1;: “W-what about my wife!? She9;s not coming out, right! Right!?”

Milleia 0;ノ´∀｀*1;: “I came out.”

『A guide, you say? Coming out of the room of memories, something like that is…』

第四代团长 0;；-@∀@1;："我老婆怎么办？她不会出来的，对吧？对不对？"

『The Jewel9;s will? What could that…』

???|д゜1; *Stare* : “I came.”

When she spoke of the Jewel9;s will, the ancestors9; confusion only grew.

三世喃喃自语。

第五代团长（゜Д゜）："我，我明白了？"

『宝珠的意志？那会是什么......』。

Fifth Generation Head 0;；゜Д゜1;: “I-I see?”