Hiiro’s party set 【Beast Capital Pasion】 as their destination and began their journey. They were not walking.
“To think there was such a convenient vehicle in this world.”
Hiiro’s party sat on a vehicle… an animal. It had an appearance like that of an Ostrich, but it was several times larger, and it had a small chair strapped to its back.
“That’s right! I really owe Max something now.”
As they were leaving 【Doggam】, Max appeared with it. Apparently, this bird was an essential item for crossing the vast, rugged terrain of the Beast Continent.
The animal was called a Raidpic, and it was a beast that was able to run while carrying its owner on its back. (TL: Literally written Ride Peak. I’m really questioning this author’s naming sense, but that’s not something new at this point in time)
Arnold’s Raidpic had two seats placed on it, so Muir was riding next to him.
“At this speed, we’ll be able to arrive at our destination several times faster than planned, right?”
“Yeah! But this’ll take a bit of time to get used to.”
Just as Muir said, in a world without suspension, the seats put an uncomfortable amount of pressure on a certain part of the body when the birds’ body bobbed up and down.
“Right, right. I thought my ass would split in half! Right, Muir?”
“D-don’t bring me into this!”
Yes, her butt did hurt, but Arnold needed to learn some delicacy. By the way, Hiiro had no such problems in that area.
This was because he had written the character 『Soft』 on it, giving it a texture similar to a sofa. Of course, he did not reveal this fact to the others and monopolized it for himself. Otherwise, Arnold would get mad.
At that moment, the Raidpic began decelerating. When the group looked around for the reason, they found that they were surrounded by several frog-shaped monsters.
“Great! It’s been a while since I’ve been able to fight!”
Arnold appeared to be ready to jump out of his seat. However, Hiiro felt that getting up, defeating the monsters, and getting back on would be a pain, so he began concentrating magic on his finger.
Bang!
“W-what was that!?”
The cause of Arnold’s surprise was a sudden explosion in front of his mount. No one in the group could use fire magic, and he couldn’t sense anyone else around them.
But it was clear that some magic was used.
“Let’s go.”
Hiiro was the only one who stayed calm.
“You did something, didn’t you?”
“Who knows?”
Though Arnold was sure that Hiiro had done something, Hiiro simply ignored him. Though the Raidpic was surprised, it quickly confirmed that the enemies around it were gone, and cautiously proceeded forwards.
(Yeah, 《Word Magic》 is needlessly useful)
The word he used was 『Burst』, and its effect was just as it sounds. Its firepower was considerable, and a single shot was enough to take the lives of several monsters. But as it also effected the caster, it was best to cast from afar.