The Hero Turned Into A Potato And The World Fell To Ruin-Chapter 102: Was This Road Made to Provide Monsters With Food Delivery?

Chapter 102: Was This Road Made to Provide Monsters With Food Delivery?

Outside the city, Bumigake shot through the forest, carrying the blonde girl in his arms.

The girl's description of the location was vague, but with years of experience hunting on these lands, Bumigake could deduce the general area without much trouble.

Just that…

Based on what the girl had said, Bumigake's own assessment wasn't far off from the other hunters. With the time it had taken her to reach Mir, her father's caravan was likely long obliterated.

Bumigake had taken her along firstly because he couldn't bear to see her desperate pleas go unheard. Secondly, he didn't want the young girl's cries falling on the wrong ears, where those lurking in the city's shadows might try to exploit her.

Bumigake intended to take her to the site, let her see it herself, and perhaps find closure.

What she chose to do afterward—whether she'd come to terms with it or be consumed by grief—was her decision.

Aside from that, there was more on Bumigake's mind. The young girl's account mentioned several dangerous wyverns that should only be encountered in the depths of the canyon, yet these beasts had come close to the city's outskirts.

This was unusual; during the last beast tide, it was mostly Gnarled Lizards that acted erratically. Other beasts displayed minor anomalies in their behavior, but nothing as excessive as wyverns attacking a caravan.

This inconsistency gnawed at him. The beast tide itself was already fearsome, and this iteration carried unusual signs…

He didn't know what these anomalies meant, and he needed to find out.

Pushing through dense woods, leaping across steep ravines, and sprinting along crumbling paths, Bumigake advanced swiftly.

Then, the blonde girl let out an excited cry, pointing ahead. "There! I remember this place! It's a little further! That way!"

"Good," Bumigake acknowledged, though his expression grew more cautious.

He had no way of knowing if the wyverns were still there, and being with a civilian meant he had no intention of fighting them if he could avoid it.

Bumigake hadn't expected there to be any real danger left. But…

He quickly realized things weren't what he had perceived.

As Bumigake followed the girl's directions, he found that they were heading deeper into the canyon.

They had already pushed into the wyverns' hunting territory.

That meant that perhaps the encounter between this girl's father's caravan and the wyverns might not have anything to do with the beast tide.

But then… how could a caravan get lost deep in this canyon?

The steep cliffs and jagged paths here made it almost impossible for a caravan to venture through, especially with wagons in tow. Now one in their right mind would take this route.

Wait. Something wasn't right.

Bumigake noticed something strange. Wasn't the path he was standing on, some sort of makeshift road of broken stones, resembling a trade route?

What on earth? Why would there be a route here?

When was it built? Who built it? And why?

Could it be to feed monsters?

A questionable decision?

A barrage of questions filled his mind, but one thing was clear—this path could very well lead people astray, sending them straight into the canyon's depths.

Someone would have to put up a warning sign or block off this path later, Bumigake thought.

Just then, he spotted wyverns flying in the distance, their massive forms silhouetted against the sky.

One of the wyverns, with jet-black horns, let out an enraged roar before diving down toward the ground below.

"There! Those wyverns!" the girl shouted and pointed agitatedly.

The heck, they're still fighting? Bumigake was taken aback by the situation.

Could there be skilled fighters in this caravan? Regardless, since the girl's father might still be alive, Bumigake couldn't just stand by idly.

With a burst of speed, Bumigake surged forward. In no time, he arrived at the chaotic battlefield filled with the ferocious roars of wyverns.

In the distance, he saw a group of gray-clad guards battling huge wyverns. Among them, a hulking black-robed man, wielding an enormous iron sword, was going toe-to-toe with the wyvern with black horns.

However, their numbers and strength weren't enough. With more wyverns and other beasts pressing in, the guards' defenses wavered, their line on the brink of breaking.

"A caravan with this level of strength?" Bumigake raised an eyebrow. This wasn't what he imagined.

While Mir had some large merchant caravans with skilled guards, this was the first time Bumigake had seen such a strong one.

Even the top hunting parties of Mir would struggle to hold out this long against such a horde of massive creatures.

"Miss, which one is your father?" Bumigake asked.

"That one! The one in black!" the young girl shouted. "Please help them! My father has an old injury. He's…"

"Don't worry; I'll take you to him," Bumigake said softly. "I'm here now, so they'll be fine."

With that, he leaped forward, kicking aside a careless lizard that got too close, and landed beside the man in black.

Once they landed, the young girl jumped off Bumigake, calling "Father!" as she tried to run toward him.

"Wait, not yet. Go hide in the carriage back there." Bumigake pulled her back. "It's still too dangerous."

At that moment, the man in black turned around and smiled at his daughter.

The girl froze, took a trembling breath, wiped away her tears, and retreated into the overturned carriage nearby.

Bumigake closed the carriage's curtain and was about to turn back to the battle when he felt her grip on his hand.

The young girl looked up at him, asking in a shaky voice filled with desperation, "Y-you can save us, can't you?"

It was a question, but it sounded more like a plea.

"Of course. Don't worry; I'm the Hunt King." Bumigake gave her a reassuring smile, patting her trembling hand.

Then, he turned to face the wyverns.

Well…

Ever since he became versed in the ways of the wilderness, Bumigake hadn't found himself in a scenario having to face off with multiple wyverns…

While this was because he had become much more mature as a hunter, on the contrary, it also meant that it had been a long time since he had experienced a battle of this high level of intensity.

But, so what?

Hunting was his domain after all.

Without even drawing his sword, Bumigake grabbed the tail of a nearby earth wyvern, swinging the massive creature in a wide arc and smashing it into other advancing beasts. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Then, turning on his heel, he swung the earth wyvern again, sending it flying into a bunch of smaller creatures and causing them to scatter in terror.

"You fellows are being too rowdy," he growled, his voice low and feral. "'Bout time you all calm down!"