Beast Tamer Who Got Kicked Out From the Hero’s Party Chapter 81
CHAPTER 81: THE PHANTOM TAME
「GET THE HELL OUT!」
The ghost’s hostile voice rang out across the entire house.
With how things are now, we can’t possibly disregard this situation any longer.
But as long as Kanade was out cold, there was also no way for us to actually be able to escape from here.
Then, this only means that we have to intercept the ghost until Kanade finally wakes up!
「Sora, Luna! Think you two can purify this thing!?」
「Please leave it to us!!」
「A single stroke of my Destructive magic should just do the trick here!」
「Where did that Destructive Magic come from just now!? Weren’t you supposed to purify it!?」
「Yah, yeah, we know! It was just a lip of the tongue! Nothing more!」
「Let’s do this, Luna!」
A bright light of magical power concentrated on the palms of Sora and Luna’s hands.
「「“Holy Circle”!!!」」
A magic circle appeared around the Ghost’s feet.
The magic circle started to spin around at high velocity and……
The white light started rising!
EVentually, the light enveloped the Ghost……
And there was nothing left after the Ghost when the light was finally gone.
「…… Did you do it?」
「No, I don’t think we did. There was no response from the spell, after all. Most probably, the Ghost managed to shift into the Astral Plane before the spell took its effect.」
「Astral Plane? What’s that?」
「A ghost is the kind of a being that simultaneously exists between the material world and the spiritual world. They can come and go in both worlds as they please, and if they can escape to the spirit world, they cannot be caught in the usual way in the material world.」
「But can’t you reach out to it with your magic? Maybe by working together?」
「We can technically use some magic that affects the Astral Plane to some extent, but……」
「At the very least, it’s a high level magic, so it’s very destructive. We might just blow this entire house from the face of the earth, you know? If that’s what you want, we can do it no problem, but……」
So, does that mean that we just have to wait and see?
I wouldn’t want to tear this house down if I could help it……
It could be a good base for our operations in the region and……
But most importantly, we haven’t signed a contract yet, so we can’t be that selfish with our actions.
Of course, if everyone is going to find themselves in the harm’s way, I won’t hesitate to act……
For now, it seems like it would be best to just wait and see what happens……
「……………」
We all had our backs to each other and were alerted to our surroundings to the absolute maximum.
At the same time, we asked Nina to take care of the still unconscious Kanade.
Now then, come on! If you are going to jump at us, then do it already!
We are all ready for you on our side!
「……………」
So we just stood there, ever so vigilant…… for about five minutes.
「GET THE HELL OUT!
Same as before, the Ghost’s sharp voice echoed across the house, but……
Other than that, nothing much happened.
「…… Hey, Rein?」
「Yes…… what is it?」
「I just wondered if that Ghost actually has any way of attacking us, you know? Like, could it be that all it really can do is to just scare us with loud screaming? Something like that.」
「……………」
Then, there was a delicate change in the atmosphere..
「…… G-Get the hell out……」
Maybe that reasoning was correct, or maybe not.
Whatever was the case here, the Ghost’s voice trembled in a way that could clearly felt.
「Haah…… I never would have thought that some pushover like that would make me feel so nervous like that.」
「I, for some reason feel really tired all of a sudden…… Oh yeah, that’s right. Kanade? Are you alright?」
「…… Y-Yeah. I just…… I just happened to bump my head a little bit too hard. I should be up soon enough.」
「O-Oh, yeah? Well, that’s good. Okay, let’s just get this over with, shall we?」
Saying that, Tanya released part of her transformation and revealed her dragon wings.
In other words, it was the kind of signal that she was ready to go all out here.
「Umm, Tanya…… -san?」
「Yeah, yeah, I know, I know…… It’s a pain in the ass for me to be dealing with an opponent like that to begin with…… So if I’m going to try and blow the Ghost away from this house!」
Tanya inhaled a deep breath into her lungs.
And then she assumed the stance to use her Dragon Breath!
「H-Hey!?」
「Here I go, I’m going to blow you away from here at once! Just so you know, my Dragon Breath affects both the Material Plane and the Astral Plane. So it doesn’t matter where you run, you won’t be able to hide!」
「W-WAAAHHH!!!!!! W-Wait! Wait, wait, WAIT!!! WAIT JUST A MOMENT! PLEASE!!!」
The Ghost jumped out of the wall.
It seemed to be very upset and the way in which it was speaking was completely different now.
「When someone is implying you to get out of somewhere, the common sense response would be to do just that and just go away, don’t you think!? So why would you try to blow the entire house away instead!?」
「Fufufuf, that surely got you riled up enough to show yourself, huh?」
「Huh?」
「There’s no way I would ever release my Dragon Breath in a closed space like this. At least not when Rein told me to refrain from doing that. See, that was just a bluff to get you to show yourself!」
「Ohhh!」
Nina looked genuinely impressed by Tanya’s explanation and clapped her hand enthusiastically.
Right behind her, Sora and Luna gave her a subtle look.
I was certain that at least SOME people in our party thought that Tanya was actually going to blow this building away. …… But oh well, this can wait. Now we have better things to do.
「Sora, Luna!」
At any rate, we can’t let this opportunity pass us by.
So I gave Sora and Luna a green light.
The two of them instantly sensed my intentions and unleashed their magic accordingly.
「「”Sacred Seal”!!」」
Bright light flooded from the palms of the Spirit Tribe twins’ hands.
Curtains of light covered the floor, walls and the ceiling.
「We have wrapped this entire room in a holy barrier. It is now impossible for the Ghost to escape to the Astral Plane!」
「Let’s see you try phasing through the wall now! Buahahahaha!!!! Witness my power! Isn’t it amazing!?」
「Nice work, you two.」
I patted their heads as a reward and then turned towards the Ghost.
「Now then…… Well met, how about we start with that?」
「GUNUNUNUNUH……!!!」
「Look, can’t we just talk about this? Especially that…… You try to pose as a bad person, but I get a feeling that you are not a bad ghost at all. I don’t think you would do anything to harm innocent people for no reason. So, I’d like to talk to you if possible……」
「I-If things are going to turn out this way, then I need to simply do this……!!!」
The Ghost then launched itself forward, in a similar fashion to performing a suidice attack.
Most probably, its intentions were to try and possess my body.
「Rein!?」
I could hear someone screaming my name.
But there was no need to worry.
There was no way that a suicide attack like that would be more than enough to take me down.
「Stop right there!」
「What!?」
The Ghost came to a sudden halt in midair in response to my powerful words.
「…… Huh? Huh? How did it happen……!? What the hell is this!? My body is slowing down!? N-No, that’s not it! It’s not moving at all!!」
The Ghost then glared at me angrily, as if demanding an answer to what I did to it.
It’s your fault for letting your guard down like that…… I did not say that, but I smiled wryly instead.
「I’m a Beast Tamer, you see.」
「Yeah, and what about it!?」
「So I actually have some skills with the Insect Taming and I learned about the Phantom Taming a long time ago back home, just for the heck of it.」.
Phantom Tamer.
It’s one of the few professions where you can literally use a ghost and other apparitions as your familiars.
I have traveled all over the continent with the Hero’s Party, but aside from my hometown and the old man next door, I have never even witnessed anyone else being able to use such an ability.
「H-Huh……!? You are able to tame Ghosts and apparitions…… Wait, what!? Are you serious!?」
「Yes, I’m serious. Well, I just happened to learn that ability. I am nowhere near mastering it, but still……」
「Guhnunununu…… N-No way! I really can’t move!」
「You seem to be different from most ghosts in that you have a distinct personality. If anything, you’re more like a human being. That’s why my words worked on you the way they did.」
「Uwah…… And there it is again. Another one of Rein’s bullshit abilities.」
「I’m not even surprised at this point that he can tame ghosts……」
「Yes, I guess that’s Rein for you alright. He is indeed our Master, someone best suited to command the Ultimate Species. He’s our pride and joy!」
「…… Y-Yeah!」
Guys, I don’t want you to look at me like that. I’m starting to feel like some kind of cryptid that just outed its existence to humanity.
「Guh…… W-While it is true that I am still relatively young as a Ghost, with only about thirty years of experience or so under my belt, I’m not going to let you guys just……!」
「Alright, stop right there.」
「FUGYAH!?」
I gave the Ghost an order for the second time, and the Ghost came to a halt instantly.
But it still seemed to have some energy left in it.
It was still struggling to get away from my influence.
「I said, don’t move!」
「Ugh……!?」
So I ordered it for the third time.
This time it seemed to work and the Ghost stopped moving completely.
「Put your hands behind your back. You are forbidden to move from now on. And I absolutely forbid you from trying to harm us.」
「Ugh, ugh……!!」
Just like that, the Ghost was unable to move and do a single thing to oppose us.
「U-Ugh…… Alright, I admit it. It’s my loss.」
It eventually nodded its head and admitted defeat.
「Alright, I give up…… Boil me, bake me, exorcize me…… Do whatever the hell you want with me. I don’t care.」
「We aren’t going to be doing anything like that.」
「…… Huh?」
「I said so just now, didn’t I? That I want to talk to you.」
「…… Is…… is that right……?」
「I told you so. And I would never lie about my intentions.」
「…… You’re a really strange guy, you know? Hahaha.」
Having given up on possessing me, the Ghost smiled in a beautiful and radiant way, the likes of which you would never expect from a creature like that.」
「…… Do whatever you want with me. I am the loser here, after all. So I shall do whatever you guys say.」
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