ALSAR ( Part 01)

chapter 80 : Road to Laserna ・ Day 1 (Midday)

chapter 80 : Road to Laserna ・ Day 1 (Midday)

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"Okay! We will have our lunch right here!"

As the sun was getting higher up in the sky, I heard Mel-san's voice, shouting from the vanguard. The carriages stopped one by one in an open field near the highway.

The maids took a tarp from the magic inventory and proceeded to set up a canopy in the open field. Their movements were efficient and quick, it was clear to see those maids were highly experienced.

The people in the guards team also began to prepare a tarp for themselves. After all, it'd be hard to stand underneath this heat without a shade.

"Umm... I also brought a tarp with me but unfortunately, mine is in the shape of a tent for you to sleep into..."

"Hm~ It's alright~ I have a tarp so we can use mine~ Ren-chan, do you still have the table set in your magic bag? Can you please bring it out for us?~"

The tent that Malik-san had prepared for me also had a canopy part for shade but the tarp everyone else prepared was a simple one like the one people used to use during school events back in Japan. The tarp was only used as a roof to protect them from the sun. No one took out an actual tent where you could sleep in like mine.

While I was wondering what I should do, I asked Chris-san and he said I only needed to take out a table set from my magic bag. We had been using my tent ever since I started travelling with Chris-san so I didn't know he also had a tarp in the shape of a canopy.

Hm~ Little by little, I need to get to know more about them...

"I'm going to put a [Barrier] around this whole area so we won't have to worry about getting attacked while we're having lunch. I will draw a line so everyone can visibly see the barrier's border."

We tended to be quite defenseless during meal time so I thought it'd be better if we had a defensive step beforehand. Picking a random tree branch near my foot, I drew a line on the ground.

I drew a circle surrounding everyone, including around the horses that were stationed a little further from us. After connecting the first and the last circle together, I stood in the center. I closed my eyes and imagined a protective barrier on the line I had just drawn.

"【Barrier】... Okay, I'm done. Everyone, I've put up a [Barrier] all along the line. You will all be safe as long as you stay inside the barrier so please make sure to not stray away from it, alright?"

"A-All the way there...?! Ren-dono, you're really amazing..."

Huh? During the Calhea quest, Janson-san made a barrier that stretched all over the entire Calhea so I tried to implement the same idea here. Though somehow the people in the guard team looked surprised.

"I don't think I'm that amazing... After all, Janson-san is also able to make a pretty big [Barrier] as well..."

"No. Ren-dono, you might not know this but usually a barrier can only go as big as a room in an inn or one single tent. That guy sounds amazing but he's a special case, isn't he? That guy is specializing in [Barrier] magic only so his other support magic can't be relied on at all."

"Huh?! Is that so?!"

I see...

It made sense though. He wouldn't be able to create a barrier of that size unless he specialized in [Barrier] magic and nothing else. To be precise, he was able to make a barrier over 100kms wide.

"I know, right? It's amazing how Ren can easily do something that surprises us like that. Hey, Ren! Can you bring out the food now? What are we having today?"