Blood Of Platinum
Chapters 13. The World of Day and Night bag. 10
Sound of footsteps heard in the silence of the city at ‘world malam’. The footsteps came from the group of goblins left from the previous herd.
At that moment, they were scattered to several places to look for other creatures besides them. Of course what was meant was the humans they had met before.
The instincts of the beast thirsting for battle and killing made them run through the deserted city in search of its prey.
Almost every road is traced, including to a bridge that connects two roads.
After crossing the bridge, they began to walk carefully.
Moments before this they had simply ignored every building in the city and walked near their leader, the giant orc. But after their leader dies, they have only one goal: to find their prey and kill it.
One by one they entered every building that was there. No building was missed by them to enter.
They searched from every corner, hallway, staircase to every floor in every building. Who knows it turns out goblins are quite careful and careful creatures. Perhaps this is another advantage of ‘world malam’.
Not finding anything on the building they entered didn't mean they stopped looking. And it turned out to be fruitful for them. They saw a third-floor building with a closed door in front of them.
As foolish as those goblins were, there was no way they would not notice the stark difference from the building in front of them. They smashed the door with their swords and made a loud noise.
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On the second floor, inside that room room space Kino and Ryou became panicked and immediately prepared with the weapons they had. They heard a loud noise from below.
BRAAAAK
KHAAAAAK…. IIIIIIK…
The sound of the shattered door sounded along with the sounds of the goblins entering. Now they're right downstairs and it's only a matter of time until they get into the room.
“What should we do now?” Ryou who was ready with his sword and dagger was standing right in front of the entrance of the room
“We need a plan. But, I have not been able to think of a plan like what should be done”
Kino tries to come up with a plan against the goblins below, but he panics so much that it's too hard to think.
“You need to calm down, Kino!! If indeed you can not think of any plan, we just breakthrough directly!”
“It was too rash!! Although Ryou had already fought against them once, but it was also not an easy matter for you. In addition, Kaito-san said if facing them while in groups, beginners like us only have a slim chance of winning will even be easily defeated by them if they make a little mistake”
“If this continues, it is only a matter of time until they find us”
Downstairs, the goblins smashed tables and objects on the floor. After they smashed all the belongings, they saw the stairs leading to the top floor and walked over to him.
Kino really has to think fast. While looking at Kaito who was unconscious, Kino's eyes became convinced that he had to do his best.
‘Kaito-san has fought this far for both of us. I also have to do everything I can to get out of this bad situation’
Kino looked at the cloth bag tied to his belt and because of that, he began to think of a possibility to fight the goblins with less risk.
“Ryou, long-range attacks can be done with this dagger just by throwing it, right? But don't you think it's a pity, if you have to throw these knives to kill those goblins?”
“What are you talking about now, huh?! This is not the time for that, is it?”
Ryou looked at Kino with his panicked face. She did not understand what her brother was saying at a time like this.
“This is not the time to talk obscure nonsense Kino!!”
Kino took something in his other pocket. It was a mirror fragment that they took this afternoon before leaving the room.
“Ryou, do you still keep a broken mirror stored in your pocket? If there is, give it all to me. I have a plan”
“There. I took one. I'll give you”
Ryou took the mirror and gave it to his brother.
“I did save this because Kaito said this for an emergency but what do you want to do with that thing?”
Kino took three small bottles of red poison liquid from the cloth bag he had. The number of mirror fragments in his hand were now three pieces.
After which, he smeared the edge of the broken mirror with poison. He also did not forget to smear all the dagger blades he had brought.
Kino gives Ryou another bottle of poison and asks him to do the same as he did.
“Ryou, also smear your sword and knife with this poison. Make sure you smear the poison very much on the outer end of your sword and knife. This will make our winning chances even bigger”
Ryou received the small bottle and followed his directions.
“You want to use this poisonous weapon to kill them, but why did that mirror fragment come with you to smear the poison?”
“These mirror fragments are for redirects only. Kaito-san said this is a very powerful poison to kill game animals. So, I feel that with the wound made by the incision from the shards smeared with this poison will be able to succeed”
“But it's too pushy to be called a plan. Moreover, it is impossible for this mirror fragment to penetrate their skin”
Unlike Kaito, their fighting abilities were still not honed. There was no way they could make a sharp throw accurately by utilizing a small object like a mirror fragment to injure the opponent. Of course Ryou knows that. Therefore he said Kino's plan is too forced and risky.
“Don't worry, Ryou. Don't we have guns in our hands? We're still gonna kill them with our main weapon. It was just that in a fight, both sides had different levels of luck and misfortune. Therefore, this little thing will be very useful for our luck later. I'll prove to you that my overly forced plan will come in handy”
“……”
Ryou still could not read the lines of thought of his brother who was happy to bet with risk. But, she trusted Kino very much and ended up nodding her head a sign she understood.
“And another one, Ryou..please open that door bit now”.
“What!!! You are crazy!!”
“Please do as I say. No time!!”
And one crazy request from the brother he obeyed even though he was very forced.
‘This is the same as intentionally luring them here, right?’
**
The goblins reached the second floor. The number of goblins that arrived and walked on the floor was four while the rest were still below.
The four goblins scattered to each side and the room on the floor until a goblin saw a room with an open door.
The goblin stopped in front of him and just as it was about to touch the door, it opened and instantly a shield pushed it against the wall.
-BAAAAAM
Kino pushed the goblin with a shield and stuck three mirror fragments in his hand at once to the goblin's right foot.
Ryou then goes straight out after Kino manages to push the goblin against the wall but the goal is not to help Kino. He turned right towards the direction of the other three goblins who were running towards him while unsheathing his weapon.
-KAAAAAAKH
The goblin shouted withstanding the pain and pushed Kino firmly. Kino nearly fell, but he managed to keep his feet up.
The goblin pulled out the mirror and threw it away. He looked very angry and prepared to attack him. But, the goblin's movements suddenly came to a halt.
The goblin could not move and started to spit out foam in its mouth. The creature also looked so painful that it made its weapons and shield fall.
It seemed like the poison's effects were very quickly spreading.
Seeing the goblin begin to fall and in pain, Kino instantly pulled out the dagger stored behind the shield in his left hand and pierced the creature's chest. Two pokes in the chest he did it quickly.
-KAAA…. KAAAHKK
The goblin was screaming and not moving. She die. Kino's breath gasped and walked towards the open door of the room.
Before closing the door again, he saw Kaito who was still asleep even in such a loud voice right in front of the entrance. A slight faint smile adorned his lips and closed the door of the room.
Not wasting any time, Kino then ran to help Ryou who was fighting with the goblins.
Before proceeding to the fight of the two of them, let's retreat a few minutes before the goblins get to the top.
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Kino asks Ryou to open the door of his room a little and the crazy request is made by him very forcedly. Ryou even thought in his heart that the plan of the older brother was quite crazy.
‘This is the same as deliberately fishing them yesterday right?’
Kino opened her mouth while holding three mirror fragments in her hand.
“I'll hide my dagger behind this shield and this mirror shard I'll use for the opening attack. Ryou should also directly attack with both weapons in your hands without needing to think of anything. Don't hesitate when attacking them”
“I already know that. Then, how do you fill the plan?”
“Listen to me carefully, the reason I asked you to open that door a little bit is to lure them to open the door”
“Fishing them?”
“They likely got in here by smashing the closed door below. Therefore, there is a 50% chance they will not directly destroy this door when they see the door open and choose to try to open it to see the contents of the room”
Ryou is shocked by the opening plan that Kino explained. There's no way Kino didn't notice. But, there is a 50:50 chance of succeeding and he bets with that ratio.
“It's too risky!! Moreover, we will endanger Kaito who is unconscious there!!”
“It won't happen. I will push the goblin that came with the shield and back then, Ryou will have to support me by directly coming out not long after I managed to push it against the wall”
Ryou's face was looking more and more in shock to the point that he would probably shout very loudly.
It turned out that the only big brother he protected so much had a pent-up talent for creating a risky plan.
If the Kino was happy to play the game, he imagined that only one game would be played by him, namely gambling. With the life that he would bet from the very beginning of the game.
“You are crazy!! I don't agree!! I told you I gave you this shield so you wouldn't act riskily, instead of putting your life on the edge!! Besides we don't know how many goblins will come after seeing this door open!!”
“No matter how many goblins there are on the doorstep, as long as I can push one of them against the wall and thrust this shard, the goblin's movements will weaken due to the rapidly spreading poison. Then the others, I will entrust them to you. I will also catch up with you after killing that weakened goblin”
“Kino...!!” Ryou looked at his brother with an angry look
Although it looks and sounds very disapproving, there are no other plans. Inevitably he followed what Kino said.
“...I'm mad at you.” Ryou is annoyed at the older brother. However, Kino only smiled with a sad look as she replied, “when this works, Ryou can scold me as much as you”. And finally the plan that was too forced and risky was executed well by them.
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Returning to Ryou's fight not long after running towards the three attacking goblins.
The goblins attacked simultaneously. Ryou's quick movements managed to dodge and fend off his attacks but their attacks were heavy enough that Ryou had trouble beating them back and counterattacking.
“Khh…!!! No kidding!! I don't want to be the weakest No.2 creature in the game!!”
Ryou yells and kicks their bodies to beat them back. After succeeding, he instantly slashed at them.
The result of his slash was not so deep, but his sword eye had been covered with so much poison that not long after, the creature's body fell down and he seemed to endure pain.
“Ryou!!! Get out of there!!” from behind, Kino shouted
Ryou reflexively steps aside and right from the back of an object drifts towards the two goblins besieging Ryou.
It was a shield with Kino's purple gems. He deliberately threw the object to make the other two goblins unable to attack Ryou simultaneously.
Ryou immediately used this opportunity to attack. Kino who was already beside her sister attacked one of the two remaining goblins by using the dagger in her hand.
-CRAAAT…
Blood came out from the incision made by Kino. This time, he was able to make quite a wide incision, but did not make the goblin instantly die.
The creature endured the pain while drawing blood and foam from its mouth. While Ryou did not want to show pity by directly slashing him to death.
The uproar above made the rest of the other goblins come from below towards the 2nd floor. A very warm welcome was immediately made by Ryou throwing a dagger in his hand and hitting the foot of a goblin in front.
While one was busy removing the knife from his leg, the remaining three immediately ran to attack and quickly there were three other knives that hit the legs and abdomen of the creature.
“Kena? I managed to hit them all?” Kino who threw the three daggers out of her belt
Kino does not have martial skills, although at school he was taught martial arts.
His physical abilities fall into the category of average so when trapped in ‘world night’ the first time, he himself was not so sure if he could fight against such a monster.
But reality says something else. It seems like the saying that humans can awaken extraordinary potential when desperate conditions are true.
Who would have thought Kino's knife-throw could hit the creature. Indeed the throw did not hit the fatal part, but it was enough to make the poison on his weapon enter through the wound.
OHHHHAH….GAAAAH
Shouts of pain as if suffocating made the goblins fall and both of them directly stabbed them all until the goblins died.
“Haaaa..haaaaa...haaa” both try to catch their breaths panting.
After a while, Kino and Ryou take back their weapons and clear the purple liquid that was the goblin's blood from their weapons. Ryou who was still unsure that they were dead used his sword to chop off the goblins' heads.
“Isn't that too much? Your clothes get dirty, Ryou” Kino looks worried about Ryou
“It's okay. Just in case. It could be that they have a unique skill: poison resistance like in the game. Besides, those who attacked me all three earlier were pissing me off!” I'm glad we can beat them. I hate their ugly faces!! The more you see the uglier the”
“……”
Kino did not want to comment on all of Ryou's scathing words. He chose to shut up and headed back into the room.
In front of the entrance, there was still the corpse of a goblin sprawled out. The corpse also did not escape Ryou's sword. Of course his head was immediately separated from his neck even though they knew the creature was dead.
“... Ryou... That's the first one I killed, right? Why beheaded too? It's obviously dead”
“Only for personal impingement. Don't think of”
“……”
They opened the door and entered. Finally they fell to the floor and let out a long sigh.
“Haaa..
Of course sweat was pouring down from their bodies. Kino's plan succeeded without any problems even if it was wrong a little bit they would immediately move.
“Quite successful, right?” Kino smiled towards Ryou who had a sullen face
“I'm still mad at you. Remember that!”
“But, wasn't I also previously angry at Ryou for slapping Kaito-san earlier? Ryou didn't forget either, did he?”
“Aa...”.
They looked at each other for a few seconds and laughed. Their brotherly relationship is really very close and each other understands each other's nature. But, they did not breathe out immediately.
Ryou stood up first and looked out of the window, ascertaining if any other group had come towards here.
“How, Ryou?”
“Faith. No one else seems to have crossed the bridge. I think we can be safe now”
“Thank God then. Besides, I'm grateful that Kaito-san is still sleeping. We have to keep it back”
They sat back on the bed to see Kaito. Kino took a pocket watch in his pocket and saw the time already showing at 01:25.
“Good enough for the first record. 25 minutes took them out huh? Kaito would be surprised if tau” Ryou looks so happy
“I don't think it's necessary. Their bodies are still outside this room. Surely Kaito will realize it”
“You're right”
The two brothers noticed Kaito's sleeping face. Ryou also held his hand for a while.
“The palms of his hands are not cold. I think he's better”
“Kaito-san is really good at hiding her condition. I understand how strong his physique is. But it seemed like his mental current really needed a break. I hope now he doesn't have nightmares like he said”
“His face does not look like he is having a nightmare so there is nothing to worry about”
After being silent for a long time, Kino began to discuss something more about Kaito.
“Ryou, I'm sure Ryou also noticed. When you slapped Kaito-san”
“How could I not be aware. The one who could stop the surprise attack and barely get our hands off his hinges couldn't possibly avoid my slap. He intentionally accepted it. I know it”
“As it were, Kaito-san did want to accept it. He even smiled and laughed after being slapped by you”
“That's because something's wrong with him”
“……”
Things became quiet again. Kino remembers all the words Kaito said without him noticing.
[I who don't even know who I really am is like an empty shell. So meaningless and fragile]
[I feel like I'm not human. This meaningless empty shell.. get a name ‘Kaito’ as a sign].
[Who I am, I don't know. Where I come from, I don't know. Where I am now, I don't know. What I'm doing now, I don't know]
Suddenly Kino seemed to want to cry even though she managed to hold back her tears. Ryou looked at Kino's sad face unable to ignore it.
Despite being asked if anyone was sick or why she was sad, Kino just shook her head and smiled.
‘Is all that Kaito-san has been thinking about all this time?’
Kino could only ask about all those words in his mind but could not do much. They have their own problems. And he also realizes that Kaito never wanted to get them involved.
“Nee... Ryou..”.
“Hmm... what?”
“If Kaito-san finds a piece of his memory it means he will leave ‘both worlds’ this. I was thinking what will happen to us later?”
“Something will get stuck here or go straight back to Japan. That is if it is true that way. Worst possibility maybe we won't be anywhere
It's unsurprising. The conversation included a topic that ‘weight’ remembers they are still stuck in ‘world night’ and have not found any clues to return, but their response was quieter than expected.
“So. But, Ryou..I feel like we'll be fine during together”
“I know. I'll protect you. Don't worry, Kino”
As if nothing had ever happened, the two people casually continued to chat. No more heavy topics were discussed. This is the best way to calm themselves down even though they are already as good as keeping their worries deep.
“.....Mmm..
“……!!!”
Kaito began to wake up from his sleep. He slowly opened his eyes and sat down. He looked at the two people next to him and felt very awkward.
“Did I fall asleep?” Kaito asked expressionlessly to the two teenagers
“Heh!! Very amusing. You don't remember you falling asleep while watching us? Though you yourself said you would wake us”
Again Ryou's spicy mouth started provoking. This time, Kino did not use words to rebuke him. He immediately stomped on Ryou's feet hard.
“Akh!!!! It hurts!! What are you doing, huh!!!”
“That's the punishment for Ryou” Kino calmly showing his flat expression on Ryou
Kaito just smiled looking at that and looked at them with a regretful face.
“I'm sorry. I don't remember when I fell asleep. It's just, I remember after a few hours passed suddenly I felt everything was dark and I don't remember anything after”
The two people put on a serious face hearing Kaito's words. It was like Kaito did not remember everything he said and could only put on a calm face. They chose to remain silent without comment.
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