An Endless Journey
Part 18
Pack (06/07)
NT: So… how have you been dealing with all this crap (COVID-19)… i’m fine… i’m… that… (what to say, what alse to say…)
Immediately after, the Eater who was sent to fly by Takako’s kick, which fell to the ground without putting up any resistance, stopped moving due to exhaustion.
「How strange, I shouldn’t have hit him so hard」
「The Eaters lack endurance. But… they have a very unpredictable behavior, and their movements are fast and difficult to read, so beating them with attacks is really difficult. Until now, we had been trying to abuse their weakness, luring them into our traps to deal with them, but…」
Beads of cold sweat began to fall from Balmung’s forehead as he said that. This is because the Eaters, who normally went after weaker races had launched a surprise attack on them.
The Eaters knew exactly where the camouflage barrier was. They even thought about how to use it to their advantage. They had planned a way to take advantage of the moment when a Human left it to enter on it and launch a surprise attack. Not only that, but they had even managed to deduce the better place from which they had to attack from the place from which the first human came out.
「… Tsk, it seems that they have Evolved again」
Balmung couldn’t help but smile bitterly the moment he came to that conclusion.
「Again? What do you mean with «again»?」
「At first, the Eaters weren’t a very intelligent race. I will not say that they lacked intelligence, but they were only able to communicate with their brothers, and we were able to deal with them without major problems… but now it is quite the opposite. Now we have become their prey」
「You say it like it was different before」
「Of course it was. Before they were nothing more than monsters that fed on human beings and other intelligent life forms, damn, back then they even emitted sound」
「… You mean that…?」
「Human beings are not the only ones capable of Evolving. Worse yet, we cannot evolve at will… You could even say that we are the worst in the whole Earth when it comes to evolution 」
In other words, not only the Eaters, but all other races had already evolved. That was enough to resolve Takako’s doubts as to why there were so few evolved humans from Earth Clear in Earth.
Takako was unable to believe that the evolved humans from Earth Clear would be easily killed knowing how to face the enemies that awaited them here. However, the situation would be completely different if they had to face some unexpected event like this. It was inevitable that even the most capable humans would begin to die at the hands of these enemies as they became more and more overwhelming due to their adaptive abilities.
That also allowed her to understand why everyone was acting so cautiously. They acted that way with the intention of increasing their chances of survival as much as possible every time they went out to explore this place, where all kinds of unexpected situations could develop.
「H-Hyy-… Uwa!」
At that time, another Eater moved silently towards one of the members of the vanguard of Resistance, which was directly in front of Takako.
In that situation, where it was vitally important to visually recognize the enemy’s position, the circular formation they all had taken was highly effective, but even so, even the inhabitants of Earth Clear would be unable to directly deal with the enemies in front of them unless they had senses as sharp as Takako’s, so it was not surprising for the member of the vanguard who was attacked by the Eater were unable to react in time to defend himself.
「No-… Huh? Eh?」
However, at the moment when the large and sharp fangs of the Eater touched the neck of the vanguard member, 《SHOCK!》, a forceful sound could be heard coming from the member of Resistance, who had become paralyzed with fear after seeing the mouth of the Eater wide open in front of his face.
「I-I’m alive !? Ho-How?… He-Help! Wait, what about the darkness?… He-Help me!」
The member of the vanguard, who panicked after what happened, began to ask his companions for help. As soon as they realized that he was still alive, the other vanguards that were near him tried to approach to help him, however, they were stopped by the voice of someone who shouted, 「Don’t break the formation!」.
Immediately afterward, a bright beam of heat shot out from the belly of the vanguard unit that was paralyzed with fear, and struck directly at the Eater, whose body disintegrated after receiving that attack.
Everyone, unable to understand what had just happened, could only stare in confusion at the vanguard member who was paralyzed by confusion. No one could believe he was still alive after what happened. All they could understand was that Palna, who was behind the vanguard member, touching his back, had done something.
「Did-Did you save me?」
「I’m the one who killed that Eater, but I’m not the one who saved you. I only used your body as a catalyst to cast my magic, although I also used some of your magic power without permission」
「Tha-That you use my body to cast its magic? That can not be! It might have some magic power, but I can barely use it 」
「It’s just how my Skill works. Oh, by the way, I mostly used my own magic power to launch that attack, so there’s nothing to worry about. Also, it seems that you use yours for body-to-body combat in times of emergency, and the way the situation looks, it doesn’t seem like you’re going to have to use it 」
Palna said as she winked at him with a mischievous smile on her face. Although it seemed like a lie, the little magical power he felt he had lost showed that she really was telling the truth.
Skill …… Witch’s Hand
Effect …… Anything physically touched by the user can be used as a catalyst to use their magic. It is necessary to use the magic power of the target to activate the magic.
After hearing about the effects of that Skill, everyone was shocked at their thoughts on the terrifying and dangerous power that it could demonstrate depending on the way it was used.
Meanwhile, Alice, who in the past had already been protected numerous times by that ability, and decided to interpret the power of that ability as a power capable of protecting the target in unexpected dangerous situations, such as the one that had just developed, looked at Palna with a confident smile.
NT: As always, if you find something weird, whatever, just tell me in the comments
Catora 
I’ve been okay, bit of a snag with my internship, but nothing too bad.
Thank you very much!
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Good.
You’re welcome.
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Hope the MC shows up again soon.
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