Chapter 88
Ch 88 -- Fer and Sui, Obliterating Wyverns
Wyverns had come to the western grasslands, attacking Adventurers and turning the area into a super-danger zone . I really didn't want to come here with Fer . No, let me emphasise, I really REALLY didn't want to be here .
"Would you look at those assholes? Flying around like they owned the place . " Fer muttered .
1, 2, 3, 4 . . . . . . I counted 12 Wyverns in all . They looked big and ugly . Very big and double-ugly . The flying creatures looked more like Pteranodons in dinosaur movies rather than Wyverns in games . Fer, is it really okay?
"Gyaah, gyaah, gyaaaah . . . " Even the cries they made sounded evil .
Uh oh, are the Wyverns headed straight for me?
"Ah, you noticed?" Fer said casually .
"Th- they're coming straight for us! W- what are you doing to stop them!?"
"Don't panic . You're safe," Fer shook his head . "I've put up a Barrier like I always do . "
"No, no, but that's . . . "
Sui interrupted . "Are we gonna fight those things?" she said as she jumped out of her bag .
"Hey Sui, don't get out of your bag, it's dangerous!" I ordered but she wasn't listening to me .
"That's right, Sui . " Fer said .
"Those big flying things, yeah-?" Sui trembled with eagerness .
"I'll show you how to hunt flying prey . C'mon . " Fer continued .
"Yeah . " Sui said .
"Where are you going? D- don't just go off and teach Sui weird things . " Sui-chan . . .
"Your Aruji is going to stay here, Sui . " Fer shot me a look filled with disgust . "Let's go, Sui . "
"Yes-"
"W- wait just a-" Without listening to what I said, Sui followed Fer and headed towards the Wyverns who were now gliding at a low altitude straight for us, attacking us head-on .
"Why won't you listen-" I complained as Fer and Sui stopped about 300 meters away, directly under the Wyverns .
"Right then, Sui . " Fer lectured . "When going after flying prey you should aim at their head or their wings . If you hit their head it's an instant kill . " Sui listened to Fer's advice eagerly, trembling in excitement . "Sometimes though the head is too small a target to hit reliably . In that case aim for their wings . Damage the wings and most flying prey will fall to the ground and then you can hunt them there . " I could hear Fer's voice resonating in my head as he taught my darling Sui-chan how to hunt dangerous flying creatures . Fer, how could you-?"OK, head or wing . Sui'll try it-" W- what's Sui going to do? Huh? Is that a tentacle? Sui extended her body like a long stick towards a Wyvern .
"Gyah, gyaaaah!" One of the flying Wyverns crashed into the grass .
"Ah-, I missed . I was aiming for its head . " S- Sui, did you shoot an Acid Bullet from that tentacle? Are you some kind of sniper?!
"Remember what I said earlier . Since a Wyvern's head is kinda small you might miss it . However it seems that it was quite a good hit anyway, right at the base of the Wyvern's wing so it can't fly anymore . " Fer explained .
"Wow, I was praised~ . I will hit the next one harder and better, for sure- . " Sui started to steadily shoot down the Wyverns with her Acid Bullets .
"OK Sui, you've got enough enemies, it's my turn now . " As Fer said that, he fired several volleyball-sized stones and hit three Wyverns simultaneously . These two guys . . . OK, I knew that both Fer and Sui are strong, but when I saw them shooting down these flying monsters so easily I didn't know what to think .
"Okay, that's all of them shot down now . " Fer concluded .
"Yeah-" Sui sounded disappointed, somehow .
"Next thing, we have to finish off the survivors but remember Wyvern meat is delicious so we don't want to mess them up . The best thing is to cut their head off at the neck like this . " Professor Fer continued his how-to-deal-with-terrifying-monsters lecture as Sui listened avidly .
Splat, roll . . . I guessed that Fer used wind magic . He sliced the Wyvern's neck and the head rolled clean off . F-, Fer, how can you do that so nonchalantly?
"I understand . " said Sui . "Sui will try to do it like Fer-ojichan . ""Monsters like these have some resistance to magical attacks so if you're going to cut their heads off with magic, you should put a bit more mana into your spell . "
"OK-" Saying that, Sui approached a fallen Wyvern and cut off his head . Was that a Water Cutter?
"Yay! I did it . " Sui bounced happily .
"Yes, that was well done Sui . " Fer said approvingly . "You've got the knack . I'll help you deal with the rest of them . "
"Yeah-"
The two of them went ahead and cut off the heads of the fallen Wyverns one after another, chop chop chop . Wow, they didn't even hesitate . It was just like Sui-chan was turning into another Fer and that kinda worried me . OK, she was powerful, legendary even (for a Slime) but I'd rather have the cute Sui-chan, the one that trembles and bounces .
"Gyaaaa . . . Shhhhh . . . " A blast of wind accompanied the loud cry . Oh shit, another Wyvern was hovering directly in front of me . It looked like we'd missed one, there were 13 of them not 12 . Was I going to die?
"Gyaa, gyaa, gyaaaaah!" The Wyvern was seriously pissed off after seeing all his friends killed in front of him .
"Ooooooooooooooooooo, Fer, do something, save meー ー ー ー ー ー !!!"
Chunk, chunk, chunk, chunk! The Wyvern stabbed at me over and over again, attacking me with the poison stinger in its tail . However thanks to Fer's Barrier spell the strikes bounced off and I was safe somehow .
Chunk, chunk, chunk, chunk! "Hiiii---" The Wyvern screamed in frustration but didn't stop trying to stab me with its tail . "Oh, there's one left . " came Fer's voice . "Die, asshole . " Slash . Suddenly the Wyvern's head fell off and black blood spouted from its neck . Thump! I collapsed sideways as the Wyvern's huge body slumped to the ground in front of me .
"Wow! Fer-ojichan is sooo strong!" A high-sprited Sui jumped around, poing poing .
"I, I'm saved . . . . . . . . . . . . "
"Of course you're safe so stop yelling . My Barrier wouldn't even get scratched by a mere Wyvern attacking it . " Fer pointed out .
"Yabbut, a Wyvern . . . " I tried to explain . "It scared me, it's such a big monster and it tried to stab me with its poison stinger and . . . " I gave up under Fer's withering gaze . Monsters such as Wyverns were nothing to him .
"I was hoping for a bigger flock of Wyverns, not this mere handful . " Fer said dismissively . "It was good practice for Sui though . "
Fer thought that 12- no, 13 Wyverns is an insignificant number . . . I didn't really understand just how strong Fer really is .
"Ok, will we go back to town after I collect up the Wyverns?" I asked .
"No, not yet . We'll go back after we've eaten . " Fer announced .
"Sui is hungry, I want to eat dinner too-" Sui-chan chimed in .
. . . so that's how it's going to be, huh ~ . Well, it was the only reason these two battle maniacs brought me along, to cook for them . I figured it was time to get to work and started making dinner .