To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts 2

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Text: A Fantasy about LOVE, VIOLENCE and SORROW.
Title: The World of to the abandoned Sacred Beasts

擬神兵: Pseudo-god soldier
元部下: Former subordinates
殺害: murdered
スプリガン: Spriggan
獣化: Beast form
ハンク: Hank
ダニー: Danny
元部下: Former subordinate
殺害: murdered
本名・ウィル: Real name: Will
親子: Father & Child
同行: travel partners
チャール: Char

Hank: We...// couldn't end it.
Danny: I will use this power... to live! (I'd do anything // for my family.)

Vertical text: Outline of chapter 1 // [Just read chapter 1 if you want to know!]

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Char: I have no intention to become friends with my father's murderer!

vertical text: New series, chapter 2! // Find the outline on the previous page!

Title: to the abandoned Sacred Beasts // Chapter 2 The Minotaur's fortress

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Hank: I see...... (I only offered to carry some of your luggage...)

Box: "Beast Hunter" // Someone who kills pseudo-god soldiers, // the former heroes who were degraded to beasts.

Box: I am traveling // with such a guy.

Char: ...ah! This is bad! // Look at the time!!
Hank: ......?

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Char: It's important to be flexible in anything you do. // ...yes, that's what my father taught me.

Hank: ............

Hank: ...you didn't poison it, did you?
Char: Huh!? // Why on earth would I do that!?

Char: When I kill you, I'll do it with this Elephant gun, the keepsake from my father! // I'll shoot you right through your guts!!
Hank: I... I see...

Hank: ...well, even then // I don't think it'll kill me...

Char: ......?

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Man: Hey, you two! // What are you doing in such a place?

Hank: I don't know......... // I have no clue what's going on.

Man: Ha ha, // you are one curious man, sir!

Man: Since you're in this place, // you're on your way to either Rockhill or Burnwood, right??

Char: We came from Burnwood.

Man: Then hop on. // There's plenty of free space in my car.

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Man: Did you know? // There lives a "beast" in Rockhill.

Char: Is that so!?

Man: He build a fortress close to the town. // A really, really huge fortress // ...at that, // even now he's still expanding it.

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Man: Also, he'll stand on the top of the fortress and start yelling. // Prepare for war! The enemy is upon us! // ...and such.

Man: Scared by him, all the bandits fled from this area. // We peddlers are really grateful for that.

Man: But... // It's unbearable for the people who thought they could finally have a breather now that the war is over. // ...that town is swallowed by an heavy air, makes it feel like the war hasn't ended yet.

Man: Those beasts brought us many things. // Good things and bad thing.

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Man: ...look, // there it is!

Man: That is Rockhill, the town of everlasting war. // Welcome to the "Minotaur's fortress"!

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Hank: Char,... you. // Why did you bring all that...?

Char: Because tea time is important... // I can't live without my cup of tea.

Char: Here, have some too.
Hank: Ah...? Thanks...

Hank: You... I thought you didn't want to be friends with me?

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Char: That's pretty... intimidating.

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Char: ......what shall we do?
Hank: First we find the hotel.

Hank: Then...

Hank: !!

Woman: Ah.........

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Hank: RUN!!
Char: Eeh!?
Woman: !? // Hey......!

Char: Hank-san......!? // Why are we running away!?

Char: Who was she...!?

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Woman: You thought you'd get away from me!? // Hank!

Hank: Haa...

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Woman: ...then there's // Arachne, // Dryad, // Hraesvelgr,

TN: Arachne is a figure in Greek and Roman mythology. She was an exceptionally skilled weaver; A dryad is a tree nymph in Greek mythology; Hraesvelgr is a giant of Norse mythology who takes the form of an eagle. He causes the wind to blow when he beats his wings in flight.

Woman: and Spriggan... // who's already dead, right?

Woman: And last, this town's Minotaur.

T/N: A minotaur a creature of Greek mythology with the head of a bull and the body of a man. 

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Woman: He's a castle construction-specialist, blessed with superhuman strength in both of his skilled hands. // It seems that during the war he built a complete fortress in just three days... // Since he even built one over here, he probably really likes to be at war.

Woman: That's all we know about their whereabouts. // The intelligence agency is also still looking into the matter, but we're all a little short on staff.

Woman: ...then, this! // Even though I prepared all these things that you needed. // You're so coldhearted, running away from me.
Hank: ......I'm pretty sure that's the bag I entrusted to the hotel.
Woman: ...is that so!?

Woman: ...anyway! // If there's anything else you need, just tell me. // It's my job to take care of...

Woman: you.

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Woman: Hank! What happened to you!? // There is a hole in your coat!

Woman: This is bad...! I'll fix it for you!!
Hank: It's fine... just leave me alone.

Woman: ......come on! // At least tell me what happened!
Hank: ...she did it.

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Woman: Come to think of it... // Who are you? // I don't know your face.

Hank: This is Char... // She's the daughter of a pseudo-god soldier.

Woman: Hmmm......

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Woman: My name is Liza. // I'm from the postwar processing unit of the Army's Intelligence agency... // Well, I'm providing special support to Special Sergeant Hank. // We've known each other for a re~~~ally long time...
Hank: Hold on, it hasn't even been two years yet.

Liza: Hank is taking care of you, because he is a really nice person, right? // But I'm sure you also know what he's up to, right?

Liza: You're a nuisance

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Char: ...that won't happen. // While my father was gone, I protected our house on my own. // ......I will shoot at humans.

Liza: ............tch.

XXX: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Char: What is that!? That voice...!

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XXX: It's time to fight! // Prepare yourselves! Prepare for war!!

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XXX: Did you all forget? // The fires of war burning our homes! // The corpses of our fallen friends! // The eyes of our enemy flaming with murderous intent! // Being at the point of a bayonet! // Build a wall! // Close the gate! // Store up food, clean your guns!

XXX: Prepare! Prepare for war!! // Only those who haven't forgetten the dead will be allowed to live!

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Men: Prepare for what exactly...? // The war is over! // There are no enemies anymore!

Men: Really... I've had enough! // We need to drive him out of the mountain... // Give up!

Man: Did you forget...? // Time after time... everyone who raided his fortress // was killed!

Man: Damn... // Is there nothing we can do to stop that fortress from swallowing our town...?

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Hank: ...............

Liza: The townspeople told me, // he started building that fortress, // because a small child pointed a toy gun at him.

Liza: I really wonder who he intends to fight.

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Char: ...really, that guy. // I wonder what he's up to...

Hank: Then, I'll be sleeping until nightfall.
Char: Eeh!? How can you sleep while the sun is up!? (I can't believe it!!)

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Char: But, // somehow... // it's been a while since I took a proper shower...

Dad: If I volunteer to become a pseudo-god soldier, // the government will provide support to all the orphans here. // But don't worry, I'll return alive.

Char: Dad...

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Char: (So untidily...)

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Char: I'm sure they have a reason to fight. // A reason why they still have to fight, even though the war is over...

Char: That pseudo-god soldier has...

Char: And surely, so has // this man----

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Woman: All Pseudo-god soldiers will lose their heart in time. // That's why... I need to take all their lives before that happens.

Woman: That is... my duty.

Woman: I really...... // loved you, .........Hank.

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Hank: Elaine!
Char: ......nk-san!

Char: Hank-san!

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Char: It's night already!
Hank: Aah...
Char: ...are you alright? It sounded like...... your were groaning.

Hank: No,... it was nothing. // Just dreaming about the past.

Hank: The hole in my coat... // Did you fix it?
Char: Ah... yes! // I only patched it with a piece of cloth though......

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Char: I grew up at the orphanage that my father found... // I would often mend the torn clothes of the little children, //so I got really good at it.

Hank: .........

Hank: Thanks.
Char: !!

Char: ...err...Hank-san...
Hank: Hm?

Char: About earlier... somehow, you... in your sleep... you mentioned "Elaine"...

Hank: ...aah, // she was a former friend of mine.
Char: ......!

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Hank: ...that reminds me,

Hank: she had beautiful blue eyes, just like you.
Char: Eh.........?

Char: !

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Hank: Well then, // let's go.

Char: ...as I thought, // you're going to kill him // ...too.

Hank: Yeah...

Hank: He craves // for a fight.

Text: Next time, VS Minotaur.