I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Here, Javelin spotted a familiar figure. Not far in front of her, Javelin looked at the short figure wielding a greatsword resembling a lance and a broad shield, and couldn't help but call out:

"Maya-chan?! What are you doing here?!"

"Mom?"

Yuhaka, who was standing to the side, looked completely bewildered when he heard Javelin's words.

Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1450 [The Controlled Maye and the Black-Haired Cat Girl]

Upon hearing Javelin's words, Yuhaka looked at Javelin with a "OO?" expression, as if he didn't understand why Javelin was calling him "Mom?"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, Javelin quickly explained to her:

"Yu-Yu-chan! Maya-chan is our comrade in the port area!"

After hearing Javelin's explanation, Yuhaka also turned her gaze to the little girl who was not far away from her, holding a large weapon and shield that seemed completely disproportionate to her size.

The other person was wearing a black suit of armor and a dress, with heavy armor binding their slender legs. Yuhaka also noticed a pair of mechanical ears on the other person's long blue hair. Most importantly, Yuhaka was puzzled by the other person's long white bangs that blocked one eye. Wasn't the other person afraid of not being able to see the other side?

"The other person is also a teammate?"

Upon hearing Yhaka's question, Javelin nodded and said:

"Yes, that's right. Although Maya-chan and I aren't ship girls from the same faction, we're still comrades from the same academy. But right now... it seems like the other person is being controlled by them, so Yu-Yu-chan, don't go too far!"

Upon hearing Javelin's words, Yuhaka gave Javelin a thumbs-up to indicate that there was no problem. However, when Yuhaka saw that there was a cat-eared girl next to Maya, and seeing the white tuft on the girl's black hair, Yuhaka thought that the girl was a skunk.

"Javelin, that cat-man, is he someone we know?"

Hearing Yuhaka's question, Javelin looked at the cat-eared girl with long black hair dressed as a mage not far away and said with a puzzled expression:

"I don't know that girl either, but she must be from this world. Although I don't know why she's being controlled, let's help her break free of the control, shall we?"

Yuhaka nodded to indicate that he understood.

After Yhaka drew the Baradion sword, Maye and the black-haired catgirl on the other side launched their attack. Maye was the first to rush over, and her target was Yhaka, who had revealed his weapon. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Javelin rushed out from behind Yhaka and used her mobility to head straight for the black-haired catgirl. Javelin knew that once a mage got close, it would be difficult for them to use magic.

However, it wasn't that simple. As the other party held their staff horizontally in front of them, and then opened the grimoire on the staff, a geometric shape of a magic circle appeared as the pages were activated.

"Grimm explodes!"

As a geometric pattern of a magic circle appeared beneath his feet, Javelin quickly jumped away. The instant he jumped, the power of the magic explosion erupted from where he had been. Javelin could sense how strong the impact of the magic explosion was; he dared not imagine what the consequences would be if he had been hit by it.

Determined not to give the opponent another chance to use magic, Javelin charged straight at her, swinging the handle of her spear at the opponent's staff. The black-haired catgirl, as if knowing Javelin's intentions, avoided close combat and also refrained from using her staff to block Javelin's attack.

While Javelin and the black-haired catgirl were locked in combat, Yhwach swung his Baradion to deflect the greatsword that the opponent was swinging at him. After deflecting Yhwach's greatsword, Maye also used his shield to deliver a shield thrust towards Yhwach.

Faced with the shield swung at him, Yuhaka transformed the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword into a greatsword and planted it straight into the ground, turning it into his own shield. The opponent's shield collided with the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword and was deflected.

This created an opening in Maya's stance, and seeing this opportunity, Yuhaka unleashed a powerful Iron Mountain Strike, slamming his opponent into the ground.

Maya, who was bumped by Yuhaka, also fell to the ground with a thud. Because he was wearing heavy armor, Maya was unable to get up.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yhaka swung the Baradion sword at his opponent. When Maya saw Yhaka swinging his weapon at him, he used his shield to defend against Yhaka's attack. However, just as Maya was using his shield, Yhaka transformed the Baradion sword into a hammer and smashed it down on Maya's shield.

With a shattering sound, Maya's shield was smashed by Yhaka. Seeing his shield destroyed by Yhaka didn't shock or alarm the controlled Maya. The instant the shield shattered, Maya rolled to the side, dodging Yhaka's blow that could crush a thick shield. Being hit by Yhaka's attack wouldn't have caused any serious injury; the only problem would have been the loss of his equipment.

After dodging Yhaka's attack, Maya swiftly stood up and thrust his greatsword-like lance at Yhaka. Yhaka merely shifted his body slightly to avoid the powerful thrust. He then pressed close to Yhaka, his lance close behind. Seeing Yhaka charging towards him, Maya swung his lance horizontally at Yhaka.

Yuhaka transformed the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword into a dagger, blocking the blade of Maye's horizontal lance. For an ordinary person, it would be impossible to withstand the ship girl's monstrous strength in this way, but the problem is that Yuhaka's strength is much greater than the ship girl's monstrous strength, so she was able to withstand the opponent's attack.

The instant Yhwaka blocked Maya's attack, Yhwaka transformed his Baradion sword into a massive lance. As if retaliating against the opponent's lance thrust, Yhwaka hurled his lance at Maya. Faced with Yhwaka's close-range throwing attack, Maya seemed completely caught off guard as the Baradion lance pierced through Maya's body like a beam of light.

Although Maya's body was not pierced, his equipment exploded, including the control collar.

Maye, who was attacked by Baradion, immediately fainted. His clothes were also torn and tattered. Although nothing that shouldn't have been exposed was no longer visible, it still looked rather ominous.

Seeing Maye's eyes darting around, Yuhaka breathed a sigh of relief. Then, the sound of a javelin coming from not far away caught Yuhaka's attention.

"Yuyu-chan! Come quick, I've caught her!"

Upon hearing the sound of the javelin, Yuhaka looked in the direction of the sound and saw the javelin holding the black-haired catgirl down with an armbar. The black-haired catgirl was trying to break free from the javelin's restraint, but how could a weak catgirl mage be a match for a ship girl?

Seeing Javelin grab her opponent, Yuhaka ran towards her and slashed at the black-haired catgirl. With a "rip," the black-haired catgirl's clothes followed in Maya's footsteps. Looking at the unconscious black-haired catgirl, Yuhaka and Javelin, seeing the two lying there, Javelin seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said:

"Phew, that's great, we finally got it sorted out. But that collar-like thing we just saw, was it something used to control Maya-chan and the others?"

Regarding the javelin issue, Yhaka nodded and said:

"Hmm, probably... OwO"

Upon hearing Yhaka's question, Javelin's lips twitched. If that were the case, shouldn't Yhaka have destroyed the collar on the other party just now?

However, Javelin didn't dwell on these issues. After all, she had done what she needed to do, and there was no going back. In any case, Javelin stayed behind to take care of Maya and the black-haired catgirl, while the task of dealing with the necromancer was left to Yuhaka.

P.S.: You don't need to guess who this black-haired catgirl is.

Volume 1 [Lazy Chapters]: Chapter 1451 [Youyou Takes a Cat Hostage]

Upon reaching the 10th floor, the floor where the necromancer resides, Yhaka arrived without encountering any traps.

Upon arriving, Yhwach saw the necromancer seated on the stone throne. The necromancer, seeing Yhwach, rose from his throne and looked at him, saying:

"Welcome—what are you doing?"

The necromancer was puzzled by what Yuhaka seemed to be searching for, and he didn't even utter the welcome he had prepared.

In response to the necromancer's question, Yuhaka placed a large vase down before replying:

"Youyou is looking for her cat OwO~"

Upon hearing Yhaka's words, the necromancer looked completely bewildered, clearly not understanding what Yhaka had just said. After regaining his composure, the necromancer looked at Yhaka with a surprised expression and asked:

"Wait?! Didn't you come here because you accepted a commission to kill the necromancer?!"

Upon hearing the necromancer's words, Yhwach looked at him with a puzzled expression, as if to say, "What are you talking about?" Seeing Yhwach's confused look, the necromancer also seemed at a loss for words. He looked at Yhwach with a similarly puzzled expression and asked:

"If you weren't commissioned to hunt down a necromancer, how did you get here?"

When asked about the necromancer, Yuhaka answered very honestly:

"Youyou came here because she was on a mission to find a cat~"

After hearing Yhaka's explanation, the necromancer looked at Yhaka with a blank expression. He hadn't expected that Yhaka and Javelin had come here just to find the cat.

The thought of these necromancers gave him a headache, after all, he didn't think anyone would come to this godforsaken place just to look for a cat.

Most importantly, Yuhaka and Javelin had fought against their own undead army and even defeated it. Who would go to such lengths for a beginner quest to find a cat?

Uh... okay, there's one right in front of him.

The question, however, was why the other party, looking for a cat, had come to their location. This puzzled the necromancer, since there weren't any stray...cats around.

The necromancer was stunned at this thought. He was obviously thinking of his fat cat, which had disappeared a dozen days ago. If his familiar hadn't found his cat in a nearby city, the necromancer wouldn't have known that his cat had run away from the ancient tower to a city so far away.

It took the necromancer some time to finally find his pet cat not long ago.

Seeing that Yuhaka and the others had come all the way to her hometown, it was obvious that they were after her cat. It was likely that her cat had been adopted by someone in the city, and after she brought the cat back, that person had posted a request to find the cat.

But why was it so amazing that the other side was able to find their way here?!

How did they find us?

Before the necromancer could ask anything, a meow suddenly rang out, and Yuhaka's big red eyes lit up at the sound.

Following Yhaka's gaze, the necromancer saw his fat cat trotting towards him. The necromancer looked on in disbelief at the sight, while Yhaka watched as the fat cat trotted to his feet, rubbing against his legs and meowing for food.

Hearing what the fat cat said, Yuhaka took out a small dried fish and handed it to the fat cat to eat.

Seeing Yhaka's actions, the necromancer immediately became very angry, raised his staff, and shouted at Yhaka:

"Hey—! What are you feeding other people's cats?!"

To the necromancer's question, Yuhaka looked at him with an expression that seemed to say, "Has this guy never seen a fish before? OwO?" and replied:

"Dried fish, oh my~"

Upon hearing Yhaka's answer, the necromancer looked momentarily speechless. He quickly shook his head, regained his composure, and looked at Yhaka, saying:

"I didn't ask you what I feed my cat, I'm asking you why you're feeding other people's cats like that?!"

Upon hearing the necromancer's words, Yuhaka tilted his head and looked at him, saying:

"The cat said it was for her to eat, OwO."

The necromancer looked at Yohaka with a puzzled expression after hearing his words, as if he had heard something unbelievable. However, after seeing Yohaka's appearance, the necromancer realized that the cat ears and dragon horns on Yohaka's head were not just decorations.

"Can you hear what my cat is saying?"

When asked about the necromancer's question, Yuhaka nodded naturally to indicate that he understood. The necromancer had no doubt about this, since beings like druids could talk to animals, and there were also some individuals with special abilities who possessed the ability to "converse with animals" and could talk to animals.

Before Yuhaka could say anything, the cat at Yuhaka's feet tugged at Yuhaka's boots and said to him:

"Meow meow meow!"

Hearing the cat's words at his feet, Yuhaka translated them for the cat, saying:

"The cat said that it always feeds me things that don't taste good, and bad people always smell bad."

Upon hearing the cat's words, Yuhaka immediately looked at the necromancer with an "OO..." expression. Yuhaka clearly believed what the cat said without a doubt. After all, Yuhaka could smell the stench of corpses emanating from the other person from a great distance, and Yuhaka suspected that the other person had not taken a bath.

The necromancer was stunned by Yuhaka's words. It was normal for him to have a bad smell, since as a necromancer he would often come into contact with all kinds of corpses, and over time he would get used to it.

But it's completely untrue to say you'd feed your cat bad food, right?!

You know your cat eats food that you've carefully cultivated yourself, how could it possibly taste bad?!

"Enough! I've had enough of your ridiculous lies! Now! Get away from my cat, and then—wait! What are you doing?!"

Before the necromancer could finish speaking, Yhaka grabbed the cat beside him and used it as a shield to block his way. Seeing that Yhaka had caught the "cat hostage," the necromancer naturally dared not make any rash moves.

The fat cat caught by Yuhaka also had a look of utter despair. As for why it didn't resist, could you resist a monster that could eat you at any time?

In order to get rid of its former owner, the fat cat had no choice but to swallow its anger.

"How despicable! How can you be considered an upright adventurer?!"

Seeing how Yhaka was holding his cat hostage, the necromancer was furious. He hadn't expected Yhaka to use his cat as a shield without hesitation.

"Youyou is a hero OwO~ Youyou doesn't talk about these things with bad guys!"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's reply, the necromancer felt like complaining. Who ever thought of a cat as a shield-bearing hero?!

Well, omitting a few minutes of the disgraceful battle and the necromancer's irrelevant last words, Yuhaka also came downstairs carrying the cat by the scruff of its neck.

When Javelin saw Yhaka return, he breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was confident in Yhaka's strength, the sounds of battle and the necromancer's roar from above made him a little worried. What could have made the necromancer so angry?

This left Javelin with no idea what was going on, but she relaxed when she saw that Yuhaka had returned safely and with the cat that had given her the quest.