owlsbooks Chapter 928 The Last Routine 107
Chapter 928 The Last Routine 107
Chapter 928 The Last Routine 107
One day, after returning from the desert, Kobayashi and his companions were on a mission outside the city. They had come out to obtain a rather special item, but the situation was different—
"It's quite rare that Wiz would want to go on a mission with us."
Huihui looked at the lich girl beside her with some surprise. After all, the other party was a powerful lich. Logically speaking, she should have been able to obtain any materials she wanted on her own. However, she took the initiative to choose to go on a mission with them.
Wiz smiled gently and said, "Because I have always been very kind to you all, I hope I can be of help to you..."
She really made me cry to death.
Compared to the idle, foolish goddess beside him, the lich girl in front of him seemed more like a goddess.
“Wiz was originally a highly skilled adventurer, and your willingness to assist us is truly a great help,” Darkness said gratefully. They knew their mission was quite dangerous, and although they had the powerful adventurer Kobayashi to keep things in check, Darkness, Aqua, and Megumin were all hopeless problem children who might put the team in peril.
"Speaking of which, where exactly is One-Punch Rabbit?!"
Huihui said this with some dissatisfaction and impatience. She looked around but did not find any suspicious monsters, or even a shadow of animals. She couldn't help but complain, "We have been waiting for quite a while and have not seen a single one."
"Ah, in that case..."
As if he had just thought of something, Wiz clapped his hands lightly and said with a smile, "I brought a magical item that's perfect for this situation. Let's give it a try!"
Magical items...?
Kobayashi, standing to the side, twitched the corner of his mouth. The magical item that Wiz mentioned was suitable gave him a very ominous feeling... Although he wanted to stop her, Wiz meant well after all, and he really couldn't say anything, so he could only watch silently.
But Aqua was a little annoyed. The goddess, who already disliked lich girls, pouted and said disdainfully, "Eh—are we really going to use it?... Wiz's magical artifacts always cause us so much trouble?"
"Hey, stop talking, you're planting a flag—!"
Kobayashi's expression immediately turned ugly, and compared to the suffering caused by Wiz, the suffering caused by that idiot Aqua was clearly much more serious.
“Bang~!”
Just then, Kobayashi suddenly noticed that Wiz uttered a cute word, and at the same time, she was wearing an adorable bunny ear headband, leaving Kobayashi speechless.
"...Wiz, what's wrong?" he asked curiously. "Why are you wearing rabbit ears?"
Isn't this cute?
Wiz wore a proud smile, as if he were showing off the goods he had bought, which only confused Kobayashi more.
"Uh, it's quite cute, but what's that?"
"Ha ha……"
In response to Kobayashi's question, Wiz smiled gently and explained, "These bunny ears aren't just cute! As long as I wear these bunny ears, the rabbits will treat me like one of their own and come closer to me!"
So that's how it is. Is it a magical tool that alters perception, like emitting the scent of its own kind or making itself see its own kind through the eyes of a rabbit...?
"Bunny~!"
Just as Kobayashi and the others were about to ask about the drawbacks of this magical artifact, they discovered countless One-Hit Rabbits appearing from all around. They weren't absent; they had all hidden themselves. They only appeared after Wiz put on the Rabbit Ears magical artifact!
"Look everyone, One-Hit Rabbit has appeared!" Darkness looked at the many rabbits and asked curiously, "Is this the effect of a magical item?"
"Rabbit rabbit rabbit...!"
"The quantity has increased!"
Seeing more and more rabbits emerging from the burrow, Huihui was somewhat surprised and said, "It seems like it really is attracting rabbits!"
"Indeed. This magical item might be quite effective in this subjugation mission..."
Even Kobayashi had to admit that the magical items Wiz had brought out were indeed very useful. However, the key issue wasn't the items' effects. That's right, Kobayashi had never questioned the effectiveness of the magical items Wiz had brought out; the crucial point was what the additional effects the magical items brought were!
“That’s right!” Seeing that a large number of One-Hit Rabbits had been drawn out, Wiz said excitedly, “I thought it might come in handy, so I secretly brought it along—”
"Bunny... Bunny!"
Suddenly, everyone saw a giant rabbit emerge from the group of rabbits. It bared its teeth at Kobayashi and the others, its ferocious appearance terrifying. Its bloodshot eyes seemed to hold an indelible hatred and hostility towards them.
"W-Everyone? A super huge one has arrived?!" Megumin took a step back in fear and said, "And, something seems a little off...!"
"Bunny bunny bunny!!!"
Then you see the rabbits, all with red eyes, screaming as they rush towards Wiz, quickly surrounding the timid lich girl.
"Wait!" Aqua exclaimed in a panic, "Those One-Hit Bunnies have surrounded Wiz! Wiz! Wiz—?!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!"
Surrounded by a swarm of rabbits, Wiz screamed in terror, shouting in a panic, "W-why are you attacking me? I'm one of your companions!?"
Normally, in the eyes of the One-Punch Rabbit, Wiz with rabbit ears should be no different from its companions. However, the fact that Wiz was attacked indicates that this magical item has other effects.
"Ouch, stop!" Wiz cried out in pain as he was attacked, and ran away in resistance, shouting, "Please don't attack me with your horns...it hurts so much!"
"Wiz, are you alright?!"
Kobayashi was also a little surprised. Of course he knew that Wiz's magic item would have drawbacks, but he didn't expect it to attract One-Punch Rabbit to attack him. That was too bizarre.
Darkness rushed forward, shouting, "She's been overwhelmed by a horde of One-Hit Rabbits...!? She seems to be enjoying it. I... I'll go too!"
"This isn't the time to talk about this!" Kobayashi really wanted to slap her, then turned to Aqua and Megumin, who were also somewhat bewildered, and said, "Quick, let's go save her!"
"give it to me!"
Huihui was about to unleash an explosion spell when Kobayashi grabbed her wrist and yelled, "What are you trying to do, you idiot! Wiz isn't as tough as Darkness. What if you use this to purify her and send her to heaven?!"
"Oh, isn't this a good thing?" Aqua covered her mouth and said sarcastically, "Why don't we just let Megumin do it and give her a lesson she'll never forget?"
"Hey!"
"Yes, yes, I understand, I'll be careful. So, Xiaolin, what do you think we should do now?"
"Yes……"
Kobayashi thought for a moment and said, "Aqua, prepare the spell to attract the monster, and Megumin, continue chanting the incantation, ready to cast the spell at any time."
"What do you want to do?" Aqua asked somewhat reluctantly. "You're not going to say that since I won't be killed by the explosion magic anyway, you'll just let me get blown up or something, are you?"
"Although I want to do that, I won't do something so monstrous." Kobayashi rolled his eyes in annoyance and said, "Don't worry, I'll use teleportation magic to get you out of the encirclement."
"Okay, then I know."
"Are you ready?"
"Ready!" x2
"Okay, then—!"
Then, Kobayashi began to take action.
"Explosion!!!"
As Megumin unleashed a devastating burst spell from the sky, One-Punch Rabbit's mission was successfully completed, and both Wiz and Darkness escaped unharmed... However, Darkness, realizing he hadn't been hit by the burst spell, showed a clear expression of regret.
Xiaolin wiped the sweat from his forehead and sighed deeply.
"Phew, that was a close call, Wiz."
"Yes, it is……"
The timid lich girl who had escaped from the jaws of a tiger... no, a rabbit, also clearly showed a look of relief. She patted her ample chest and said with a sigh, "Thank you everyone for saving me..."
“I should be thanking you,” Darkness said with a somewhat manic, satisfied expression. “Being surrounded by that pack of One-Hit Rabbits and taking a fierce hit… it didn’t feel bad.”
"It shouldn't have been like this!"
Not surprised by Darkness's outburst, Wiz was preoccupied with something else. She said, somewhat angrily and strangely, "The instructions clearly state that wearing rabbit ears will attract other creatures and make you friendly with them..."
It seems that they are somewhat unable to accept the fact that they were attacked by One-Hit Rabbit.
At that moment, Kobayashi reached out his hand to her and said, "Hey, Wiz, let me see the instruction manual."
"Please, please look, it's here."
She took out a warm piece of paper from her bosom, and Kobayashi unfolded it and read it carefully.
"As long as you wear these rabbit ears, monsters of the same species will consider you a companion and approach you."
Indeed, what is written in the instruction manual is the same as what Wiz said, and there is no difference.
Suddenly, Xiaolin noticed a line of small print.
"...Hmm? There's another line of fine print below." Kobayashi brought the letter close to his face, able to smell Wiz's scent and make out the fine print at the same time, and said, "As the saying goes, love can turn into hate. While they want to become friends with the other person, they will also hate the other person even more because of it, so they may attack the wearer. Please be careful...?"
Then, Kobayashi crumpled it into a ball of paper and slammed it on the ground, cursing, "This is really a useless prop! Wearing something like this will only make you get attacked!"
"Huh?!"
Wiz exclaimed in surprise, saying incredulously, "I didn't notice that at all! The instructions had precautions written on them!"
"After all, it's Wiz's magical artifact. I knew from the beginning that it would turn out like this!" Aqua said smugly from the side. She had been expressing disbelief from the beginning, which was a bit annoying, but it turned out she was right.
"W-What should I do..."
Wiz panicked slightly, cold sweat pouring down her face. "I thought these were amazing magical items, so I ordered a huge batch..." she said, then pulled out countless animal headbands from her pocket, showing them to her companions. "Look at these! Not just rabbit ears, but also dog ears, cat ears, and bear ears...!!!"
"Hello... Wiz?"
"I bought a lot of the animal ear series, and now Mr. Barnier is going to scold me again!"
Wiz was so anxious she was about to cry. Of course, she wasn't worried about stocking up on so many useless items and causing the magic item shop to go into debt. She was worried that when she got back, Barnier would find out and she would be attacked severely with the Hyper Beam.
"Hmm... this is what they got for it."
Huihui also twitched the corners of her mouth, looked at the hopelessly weak lich girl, and uttered cold and ruthless words.
"A beast-ear series...?!"
Surprisingly, Darkness got really excited. Her eyes lit up as she looked at the magical item Wiz had taken out, and she said impulsively, "If I wear bear ears, will it attract One-Strike Bear?!"
“Hey, Darkness, you’re not allowed to say you want to buy these magical items.” Kobayashi rolled her eyes, stopping the crazed, perverted female knight, and then said, “And Wiz, these magical items look dangerous no matter how you look at them, we’ll have to return them.”
"But...!"
“I will also go with you to explain to Barnier.”
Kobayashi knew exactly what Wiz was worried about, and then shrugged and said, "Although it may not be of much use, it might be more convincing for the parties involved to explain."
At least, when Barnier is angry, he might be a little more lenient with Kobayashi out of consideration for him.
"Thank you, that puts my mind at ease." Wiz, tears welling in her eyes, said gratefully, "As long as Mr. Kobayashi is here, Mr. Barnier shouldn't use his killing ray—"
……
"Barnier-style killer ray!"
"Huh?!"
The devastating destructive beam struck Wiz hard, causing the already weak and timid lich girl to collapse completely. If it weren't for the faint groans emanating from her charred body, one would have thought she was already dead.
"It really is useless..."
Seeing this, Kobayashi helplessly covered his cheek and sighed deeply. Although he said that, Barnier might not necessarily give him face.
"You useless shop owner!" Barnier pointed angrily at the charred Viz on the ground and cursed, "Returning goods costs money too?! How much extra handling and shipping fees have I had to pay...!"
"Waaaaah... I'm sorry..."
Wiz offered a pitiful apology, and with Kobayashi's help, the entire large inventory was later returned. Wiz, who had turned to charcoal, took quite some time to recover.
I really hope she won't stock up on random, unreliable goods anymore and will follow Barnier's instructions properly, but I doubt that's going to happen.
After all, if she did that, she wouldn't be the Wiz that Kobayashi knew.
(End of this chapter)