Reincarnated as a Dragon's Egg

313 – The Cave of Hostages

I place the spider on my head and charge into the forest. Every now and again, it taps my head with its leg to tell me the direction.

I search around with [Presence Perception] as I run, but don’t find any human presences. I guess i’m not mistaken in assuming that those cavalry have done a full retreat. They might have realised fighting me would be reckless, so gave up on interfering with the village.

But they probably haven’t given up on that 『glittering beast』. If I were to leave them alone, then, from what the Lithovars said, they might provoke the forest children and cause a disaster.

If I hurry, I might be able to find both their headquarters, and Lithovar children they took hostage. I could be able to rescue the children while also putting a stop to their plan.

I’ll find the survivors and force them all out of the forest… No, for the sake of the future, it might be important to turn some of them into prisoners of war. The way this is going, there’s a chance some other group will attack the village in order to hunt the glittering beast or myself. I need to do something to stop that.

“!”

As I run, I suddenly notice human presences. There’s three of them. They’re on horses, it seems, but they don’t appear to be doing anything, just loitering in the forest. They should have no choice but to flee to outside the forest or meet up with other units, so… What are they doing here?

I suppose there’s no use thinking about it. After bending low to warn the spider, I run straight towards them. Perhaps frightened by my footsteps, they move further away.