The Villainess Is An SS+ Rank Adventurer, Book 5 by Kaye Ng

Author:Kaye Ng [Ng, Kaye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18: Holy Magic Immunity

As a princess famed for my cold logic and unparalleled reasoning as much as my modesty, I’d envisaged a thousand and one scenarios regarding what horrors to expect at a destination labelled a hole into the abyss.

No matter what hideous creatures gathered from the darkness below or felled from black clouds, my kingdom could rest in the knowledge that I had a contingency for each and every scenario.

Naturally, the nature of this means that I cannot divulge exactly what that response would be, as offering it would jeopardise its very effectiveness. And now that the darkness at the depths of my kingdom was revealed, my stratagems would have to remain locked in a puzzle box of secrecy.

Because, as it turned out–

What appeared at the bottom of the hole was the 1,002nd scenario.

Of all the disappointments I expected to see at the bottom of a hole, a bright yellow tent wasn’t one of them.

“Very well,” I said to my loyal handmaiden, as we duly stared down at the little yellow tent in its somewhat cute little enclosure. “I shall offer my congratulations to the evil of Stermondt. It has managed to utterly blindside me.”

“I like it~” replied Coppelia, leaning forwards as she looked to and fro. “If we ever get a tent of our own in the bottom of a hole, we should also make it yellow. It really stands out.”

I briefly turned Starlight Grace away, smothering the hole within a hole with total darkness once again.

Surprisingly, the tent remained lit for several moments.

I nodded.

Yellow it is, then.

“Coppelia … do you have any inkling on why a tent would be pitched in the bottom of a mine, lacking in soft grass, coursing water, natural lighting and any amenities whatsoever?”

“It has shelter. That’s important.”

“Yes, I suppose it truly is immune from the elements down here. The famed raging tornadoes of my kingdom will not damage this tent.”

“Does your kingdom have raging tornadoes?”

“No.”

“Aww. Well, I don’t know why it’s here, but I do know what’s here. Sort of. It’s evil.”

“True. Tents are representative of a wayfarer’s lifestyle which has no place in any civilised nation.”

“No, I mean what’s inside it. It’s an evil presence. And by that, I mean classic evil. The type you only get from something literally made of evil. And that means there’s probably something super strong in that yellow tent.”

I prepared my finest scowl in advance.

Acknowledgements were in order. Anything which preemptively earned my brows creasing more than 15 degrees was an irritant worthy of commendation.

Just before I removed it, of course.

“Clearly, it’s no beast dredged from below residing in a tent. A mage, perhaps?”

“Hmmmm. An evil mage with enthrallment spells. I can think of at least a dozen things with that kind of power. Most of them undead. Or trying to be undead.”

“Excellent. Then we may have no qualms about conducting a surprise attack utterly devoid of chivalry or fairness.”

“... Eh? Is attacking with chivalry or fairness an option, then?”

“No. But I enjoy the rare bonus of a justification.

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