Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 274 (Part 2):

The white rabbit was sprinting through the Forest of Roots at high speed. After running for hours, Sarah tugged on the white rabbit’s ears and shouted:

“Stop! I’m tired. Let’s rest for a bit!”

The white rabbit obediently stopped.

‘We’ve come quite a distance. Even Elaga would have a hard time catching up now.’

Sarah, who had dismounted onto the ground, exclaimed in admiration as she brushed off the white fur stuck to her body:

“Wow, amazing. You’re really good at running.”

[I, good at, running. Fast rabbit.]

And something Sarah didn’t know was that it was quite strong too.

It could have been targeted by other demonic beasts since it was suppressing its demonic energy unlike typical demonic beasts, but the white rabbit had fast legs. Extremely fast.

The white rabbit could run at a speed just slightly slower than Elaga’s.

‘I can’t let others snatch away my prey.’

Getting her out of Elaga’s territory was one thing, but it would be troublesome if some other beast benefited.

[Rest, little. If Elaga, follows, it’s over. Humans, might be, dying. Still, long way, to go.]

“Right, we need to hurry.”

Sarah plopped down on the ground, already looking a bit tired.

It’s fortunate that she was trained as a swordswoman, because rabbits are not very comfortable to ride.

They’re fast, but directly taking the impact of the rabbit’s leaps made her feel nauseous.

“But when we meet those people, how do we check if they’re good people worth saving?”

[If good, can tell. Like me.]

The white rabbit shamelessly lied.

But Sarah nodded with a bright smile.

“Right, that’s true! We’ll be able to tell when we see them. I have good judgment!”

‘Yeah right, I’m not so sure about that.’

The white rabbit didn’t bother to point that out.

Sarah was lost in other thoughts.

“Then how do we safely bring them back? You can’t carry them all. Should we make a cart?”

‘This human plans to use me to the fullest, huh?’

Not only riding on its back, but treating it like a draft animal. It was humiliating in many ways.

[Rabbit, not cart-pulling animal. Can’t pull, cart.]

“Then we’ll have to walk back, but do you know how to fight? Lord Elaga has teeth and claws, but you’re a rabbit. Your teeth looked blunt, how do you fight? Body slam?”

Watching Sarah laugh heartily, the white rabbit felt offended.

It’s true that carnivores have an advantage over herbivores even among demonic beasts, but of all things, a rabbit.

Thanks to that, it was able to deceive Sarah, but it was also being disrespected.

[Don’t, underestimate me. I can, fight.]

Especially the young girl in front of it – it would take a bit of a scuffle, but it could knock her out with a body slam and eat her.

But the white rabbit decided to be cautious.

‘Not yet. Not yet. To eat her and run away, we need to get further from Elaga’s territory. If Elaga finds out that the girl it cherished is dead, it’ll surely come after me.’

“Okay, I’m all rested. Let’s hurry. We can’t be late.”

Sarah got up, dusting off her bottom with a smiling face.

It could attack here without going through troublesome processes, but…

The white rabbit docilely let Sarah climb onto its back.

It wasn’t time yet.

*

“Ugh, I feel like I’ve turned into a bird.”

Sian muttered with a pale blue face. Asuka and Charlotte, whose souls seemed to have left their bodies, were silent.

For a day and a half, they had been flying non-stop behind Igrelle’s tail.

Just flying across the sky looking down at the dizzying ground below was enough to drain one’s mental strength.

They tried asking Alea to rest for a bit, but it was no use.

“We need to go as far as we can before Igrelle changes its mind. I’ll cast recovery magic on you. Just hang in there a little longer.”

The golem’s speed was extraordinary.

It seemed to easily draw magic power from the atmosphere of the Forest of Roots, as it had only been supplied with magic through the magic stone once. It was an incredibly efficient golem.

Asuka muttered with a pale face:

“It really is fast.”

They all just hoped to arrive at the Central Region quickly.

And Igrelle.

‘What is that thing? Did they say it’s a golem? How is it keeping up like this?!’

Igrelle’s eyes narrowed. It had never felt so humiliated before.

Igrelle was flying at full speed. Igrelle is a bird. And the fastest flying creature in this forest.

No other flying creature in the Forest of Roots could match Igrelle’s speed.

But that golem was different.

Even with magical support, the golem was keeping up right behind Igrelle without falling behind at all. Despite carrying four humans on its back!

Is a golem’s structure actually better than a real bird’s?

‘No, this is… because of the spirit. The wind spirit is eliminating air resistance.’

Igrelle tried to rationalize.

But using demonic energy to fly desperately would hurt its pride.

Igrelle’s useless pride demanded that it outpace its opponent through pure wing speed alone.

Igrelle thought it would become a long-distance race, but even after a day, the golem showed no signs of fatigue and kept up with it.

‘It’s too fast. At this rate, we’ll arrive at the Central Region in no time.’

But for some reason, Igrelle couldn’t stop.

It seemed like it had already given up on preening its feathers.

‘Huh? But.’

At that moment, something entered Igrelle’s field of vision.

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