The Goddess Granted Me the [Hatching] Skill and Somehow I Became the Strongest Tamer, Commanding Mythical and Divine Beasts - Chapter 125: Crystal Bridge

Chapter 125: Crystal Bridge

The three focused and looked at the cliff. Gradually, their magic power rose, and it seemed like something was about to happen, so I spoke.

“No way, a composite skill!?”

“Lord Klaus, what is a composite skill?”

“It’s something I call that for convenience, but it’s a skill that fuses the properties of skills released by two kinds of monsters. My familiars can combine their skills to use new ones.”

“Such a thing… is that possible!?”

Normally, it wouldn’t be possible, but I’d seen it with my own eyes.

The rainbow-colored flames that defeated the strong enemy Elder Lich, or the rainbow threads that restrained the Crystal Cockatrice… Composite skills from multiple monsters have the power to contend with higher beings even if they are weak alone.

Here, the three seemed to be trying to do that.

“Kyuu kyuu!”

“Kokuu!”

Squarl extended plant vines to the other side. But it would be impossible to cross by climbing these.

“…………!!!”

The next moment, Riko bit into the vine.

Crack crack crack crack

The vine made cracking sounds as it transformed. From green to a bluish transparent…

“No way, are you planning to make a bridge with this!?”

I could sense from Riko that she was straining.

Up to now, she had crystallized living things like frogs, but this time, incorporating our intent, she was applying crystallization to the plant.

“This is! Crystallization!”

Charlotte, seeing it for the first time, let out a surprised voice. She knew about Koku and Riko’s existence, but she couldn’t hold back her surprise seeing it right in front of her.

Riko’s crystallization increases in hardness the longer she bites. Since there was distance to the cliff edge, to make it strong enough for people on the thin vine, it would take time. She continued with a strained face.

Eventually, the entire vine crystallized, completing a simple bridge.

“Koku kokuu!”

“Kyuu kyuu!”

The three returned and settled into mine and Charlotte’s arms. They had satisfied expressions from completing the job.

We petted each other’s familiars and looked at the bridge in front of us.

“Are they saying to cross it?”

Charlotte swallowed hard and looked at the thin bridge without railings.

“I’ll cross first.”

I didn’t doubt the three, but it was better for the heaviest me to cross and check durability. I left Koku and Riko with Charlotte.

“Be careful.”

She hugged the three tightly to her chest and spoke with a worried expression.

After all, falling from the bridge would mean headfirst down the cliff. I could see a river flowing, but it was shallow, so there was a high chance of serious injury.

I carefully placed my right foot and checked the footing.

“It’s sturdier than I thought.”

I thought since she crystallized a wide area quickly, the hardness might not be enough, but it seemed to have strength okay for people.

Since time had passed since then, Riko’s crystallization ability might have become more powerful.

“It seems okay. I’ll head to the other side.”

I told Charlotte that and started crossing the cliff.

I was careful not to trip on leaves, kept balance, and it took a few minutes.

“Phew, made it.”

I felt relieved having crossed safely somehow.

“Ah!”

“Koku koku!”

“Kyuu kyuu!”

The three left Charlotte’s hands, crossed, and climbed up to me. Their expressions seemed to say, “We told you it was fine.”

“I’ll go ahead, but…”

It felt too harsh to make her cross this. As I pondered what to do, she made a resolved expression,

“I’ll… go too!”

She voiced her determination.

“You shouldn’t push yourself.”

“No, being left behind here would be hard too. More than that… we need to check that telepathy Lord Klaus sensed.”

If she said that much, I wouldn’t stop her.

“Got it. For now, if you feel like losing balance, lower your center of gravity.”

Worst case, grab the vine and you won’t fall. A bit of injury to hands or arms is better than falling.

Charlotte nodded silently, lowered her hips, and started crossing the bridge.

“Eek!”

Charlotte teared up even from a slight crosswind.

The impression of her as a calm girl up to now was completely rewritten, and I felt like I was watching Celia.

I wanted to lend a hand but couldn’t, and calling out might break her concentration, so I and the three watched her challenge continue.

“Good job.”

After a few minutes, when she arrived on the other side, I took her hand, and she hugged me silently.

Her body was shaking, so like I did with Celia, I put my hand around her back and stroked it.

“Uuu… Lord Klaus…”

When she looked up, her eyes were teary. It must have been really scary.

“There there, you did great.”

As I petted her head, the three approached Charlotte too.

“Kyuu”

“Kokuu”

Koku and Riko and Squarl licked her cheeks and comforted Charlotte all together.

“…I’m okay now.”

After a while, she pushed me back shyly and said that.