Chapter 468

Day 106 – Daytime, Beastmen Country, Road

The Horsie certainly shrank down and reduced its number of legs to just four, so it could be said that it does look a lot plainer compared to the mighty eight-legged divine beast it used to be.

But really, all that’s happened is a myth-tier monster horse downgrade to a post-apocalyptic warlord’s giant steed, so in terms of normal, everyday standards, it still stands out quite a bit?. People on the road keep gawking, bolting away in panic, then sneaking a second glance before hurriedly looking away, but apparently this is supposed to be a disguise.

The Theocracy forbids entry to carriages from other countries. Only communal stagecoaches or those with explicit permits are allowed to enter or pass through. …And so Haruka-kun slapped『Church Carriage』 on the carriages saying that it’s all good now, which basically is his claim to covert operation here. Written equals stealth, apparently.

We had originally stopped Haruka-kun from infiltrating on his own, not only because it was dangerous, but because we were worried about whether he could even manage stealth or subterfuge in the first place. …But it looks like we didn’t need to worry at all. What were we even anxious about? What were we holding late-night meetings for? It’s apparently the Church Carriage after all?

Yup, we managed to pass the border fortress. Because it got pulverized. The infiltration didn’t get exposed, since there were no witnesses left to report anything. Even the patrol guards inside the Theocracy posed no problem, by the time they rushed over shouting 『Halt!』 they’d already be trampled. According to him, they only got as far as 『Ha』 so it was safe. No doubt, even if they’d managed to spit it out at high speed, he’d just apply a three-second rule. In other words, if you’ve got three seconds, you can run anyone over. It was self-proclaimed stealth, stealth by the way of being absolutely ready to mow people down.

「Yup, the fortress gate was enchanted with 『Physical Resistance』 and 『Magic Reflection』, plus it had something that looked like alarm systems. Super secure. But the fortress walls themselves are just some rocks stacked on top of each other? So using the mana-jet I『Secretly』strapped on the carriage we blew through it on basically rocket-powered battering ram with double cuteness collaboration of the Horsie and Slime-san. Stealthy, right?」