EP12. From the beginning again (7)
“Haa····. After all, you’re doing a free adventure, right?”
The guide sighed and looked at the two in front. The boy and girl, who had a coy smile on her face, didn’t seem to have any intention of reversing their decision.
After all, she was in no position to stop her choice, so she just wanted them to be safe.
“So what are you curious about?”
“I didn’t know where the monsters were when I was going on a free adventure. It seems like it will take too long to start off aimlessly…”
“You don’t have to start off on a free adventure. It’s okay to catch them after finding out the haunted area of the monster that was assigned as a mission.”
Sean was surprised by the guide’s words and asked back.
“Yes? Isn’t that just like accepting a mission?”
“So to speak, it is an after-the-fact report. After all, an adventurer’s duty is to defeat monsters, so you shouldn’t overlook monsters that can be eliminated just because you didn’t receive the mission.”
Certainly plausible, Sean nodded his head.
“Aha. Then, can you tell me about the area where the monsters appear?”
“I’m sorry, but the association doesn’t let you know where monsters are higher than the adventurer level.”
“・・・・Yes? You just said you were fine.”
The receptionist corrected the boy with a wry smile.
“I can’t tell you the principle apart from the good things. Please understand that this is a policy for the safety of adventurers.”
“…So you’re saying we can’t get information after all?”
“The association has not officially announced it, but there is another way.”
“Oh. How?”
The guide gestured in the direction and said.
“You can get a guide.”
“Ah… A guide.”
“Have you heard? Shall we omit the detailed explanation then?”
“Hmm. I would like you to keep it simple though.”
By the way, while Sean was having a hard conversation with the guide, Levy, covering his face, was standing next to Sean and looking up at the boy.
“The guide is classified as a sub-party member in the adventure. In short, it is a role that helps in adventures outside of combat. Besides the guide, there must be a porter as a sub-party member. Conversely, the main party members are those who are directly involved in monster hunting.”
“So the guide is a sub-party member who tells you where the monster is?”
“Exactly.”
Levy’s gaze was exactly on Sean’s lips. For some reason, since I woke up this morning, I’ve been paying attention to it, so my eyes keep going there.
“Are you saying that the person you just pointed to is your guide?”
“No. If you go out through the door you see in the back over there, adventurers will be recruiting party members in the backyard. You can also find sub-party members like guides and porters there.”
“Aha. Thank you Then let’s go to the backyard. Levi.”
“·······.”
I still remember it vividly. The look of the boy who smiled at himself who kept his eyes closed while waiting for a kiss at Eli Oden.
Also, the moment when he suddenly approached and kissed himself while saying thank you.
“Levy?”
“… Huh?”
“What are you thinking?”
“No. No. I just stayed still…”
Sean looked at Levy with a puzzled look and smiled at the foolish girl.
“Levy. Let’s go over there.”
“That way?”
“You weren’t even listening?”
“I guess you heard it?”
“Yes. Let’s hear it and go. I’ll explain as I go.”
“Yes.”
Sean eagerly explained to Levy and headed to the backyard. Of course, Levi didn’t seem to pay much attention to the explanation.
As the two walked away, the guide only smiled happily.
***
I couldn’t find a guide.
It wasn’t that nobody was there. Apparently, there were quite a few guides in the backyard.
However, no guide was willing to join Sean and Levy after listening to them.
When you think about it, it was natural.
There is absolutely no reason to trust an adventurer of the same rank who has just arrived in Henerd and has virtually no record of hunting properly.
In their eyes, the two might have looked like moths flying in search of a way to die due to their recklessness.
In fact, the guides all diligently warned of the dangers of free adventure.
“Should we just go alone?”
“Hmm. Or can’t we just ask for the location?”
“Huh? Location only?”
“Anyway, there is a wayfinding magic, and I don’t bother to accompany you, just show the location on the map.”
Levi’s opinion was very attractive. Shaun nodded her head and agreed with her opinion.
“Are you okay? Let’s do that.”
With that decision, Sean once again approached the guide he had been rejected from earlier.
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Recognizing the boy’s face, the guide frowned and waved his hand.
“What? Is that him? Go away. I don’t want to follow you and become Monster Bob.”
“Because I don’t want to see you become Monster Bob, either? Hey. Accompanying is fine, so why don’t you mark it on the map?”
At the absurd request, he forgot to show his irritation and looked at Sean with a bewildered expression.
“What? Do you want me to mark it on the map?”
“Yes. I’ll give you the money. Of course, it will be less than when we accompany you.”
“Really me. Do you think you can get there on your own without a guide? Would I accept that in the first place? If you didn’t go together, you wouldn’t be able to accumulate public value.”
In spite of the guide’s refusal, Sean did not lose his composure and refuted one by one.
“You can say that you went together to the Public Politics Association. And we’re going. It’s something we’ll take care of, isn’t there any reason for you to be concerned?”
“····If an adventurer of the same level as you goes, it will only be dog death, so get out of here.”
“Then would you like to bet with me? Whether or not we can catch the monster you told us about.”
When the direction of the conversation went erratically, he couldn’t hold back a blank laugh and became sarcastic.
“A bet? This is a complete madman. Why should I make such a ridiculous bet with you?”
“You have nothing to lose. If you’re really sure we won’t catch it.”
In the end, Shaun was blown away by Shaun’s skill, which had been trained by angering Paulo since he was a child.
“Come. A cheeky kid like you deserves to be called an adventurer. Let me tell you If you go instead, you may not be able to come back.”
“Not bad. I thought it would be good to deal with at that level.”
On the adventurer’s map that Sean handed over with a smile, the guide marked the location of the most dangerous monsters he knew.
“If you don’t show up by this time tomorrow, I’ll assume you’re dead and tell the association.”
“Thank you very much. Here’s the money.”
“… That’s it. It would only make me feel bad if I received money for a snuffer like you!”
Sean didn’t dare to hand it over to someone who had already declined. Taking his guidance, Sean bowed his head and went back to Levy.
“Are you successful?”
“You already know that I heard it through magic, right?”
“····Wow! You will notice that.”
“Don’t use that carelessly in the future. It’s an invasion of privacy.”
“What can I do? hehehe.”
Looking at the boy’s back, the guide sighed. It wasn’t until after he committed the incident that his worries crept up.
I’m beginning to feel guilty for driving a cheeky but innocent boy or girl to death.
I’d rather not find my way.
If you find the right path and meet the monster, you two will never be able to come out alive.
***
“Shaun.”
“Huh?”
“Couldn’t this be the monster the old man was talking about?”
At Levy’s question, Shawn looked down. There, the monster was already in such a terrible state that it was hard to find its original form.
It was quite brutal. Because his whole body was burned and completely reduced to ashes.
When I first saw this guy, I thought he looked pretty strong, but it’s a pity.
“Maybe not?”
“What did he say his name was? That····.”
“It’s a troll.”
“Oh, that’s right. It did.”
I know that trolls have a reputation as extremely dangerous monsters in the world.
As far as Sean knows, he has to be at least a platinum-rated adventurer to deal with trolls alone, so it’s hard to see him as weak.
In that case, it wasn’t strange that the monster that the guide said would surely die if he encountered it was a troll.
The only problem is that Levy was stronger than I thought.
Levi’s fire was too hot and powerful for the troll to withstand. Levi’s magic was too deceitful for the troll to endure.
“Are you sure the magic class worked?”
“Huh? A magic class?”
“Your magic seems to be much stronger than before. Especially compared to Laes.”
Levi nodded and lit a fire in the air.
“It’s okay to be strong. But I wonder if it has become more efficient.”
“How does it feel?”
“If you use spells, your mana consumption will be much less. Besides, since I understand the concept of spells and magic circles, should I say that I found a better way than I used to?”
Unsurprisingly, Sean didn’t quite understand what Levy meant.
“Um… Did it get any better?”
“Sean has a bit of an idiot, too.”
“Hey! You wouldn’t understand a thing if I told you about swordsmanship!”
“Isn’t it? I know everything about swordsmanship, right?”
“Really? Then when you swing your sword…”
Just as the two of them were about to start arguing, Sean and Levy both stopped and turned their heads at the same time.
“Did you just hear that?”
“Yes. What a scream…”
“Let’s go.”
Screams were heard through the woods, and Sean and Levy immediately ran towards them.
The sound got louder and I could tell it was right around the corner.
Finally, Shawn arrived at the source of the screams first and witnessed the scene there.
There were three trolls and a girl who looked just like the monsters they caught earlier.
Seeing that the troll was about to attack the girl, Sean threw himself to block her path.
“Ah…”
“I’m in the back.”
“····Yes!”
With sword in hand, Sean calmly confronted the enemy.
Three little trolls. If the guide had known all this information, I could understand why he said it was definitely dangerous.
Sean quickly glanced at the troll, identifying its weakness.
The easiest way to catch them is to burn them with fire, just like Levy did.
But Levi hasn’t arrived yet.
There was no time to think further. The trolls rushed right in.
First of all, Shaun didn’t dodge and blocked the troll’s arm with his sword. Rotating his body once, he retrieved the sword as it was and slashed it right through the abdomen.
The troll also hesitated back at the wound that went deep. However, the wound was visibly recovering in an instant.
A troll’s greatest weapon is its excellent regenerative power. In particular, the stab wounds caused by the sword were clean, so it was easy to regenerate. This was the reason why trolls were called the swordsmen’s most feared enemies.
In that case, there is only one way.
Shaun held the sword in both hands and concentrated his power. Trusting in his own regenerative powers, Shawn swung his sword, keeping his eyes on the troll that charged at him.
As it is.
The troll’s arm below the shoulder was completely amputated.
If the outstanding regenerative power is a problem, you just need to make an attack so large that it cannot be regenerated.
Of course, trolls have the ability to regenerate even their severed arms, but that took a lot of time. So, before that, you just have to keep cutting and accumulating more damage.
I felt the enemies panic at the sudden change in the war situation. Sean didn’t take his time and immediately continued his next attack.
One was immediately decapitated and died without being able to regenerate.
The other was completely dismembered and crawled on his floor.
The last troll was frightened by the deaths of his people and tried to run away in a hurry.
Sean didn’t sit idly by. The sword that stabbed the back of the troll that turned around immediately pierced the heart.
The sword that pierced the heart surged upward and pierced the top of the troll’s head.
The fatal blow killed the troll on the spot.
A single swordsman catches three trolls.
At that overwhelming sight, the girl who was sitting down was clapping her hands involuntarily.
Applause didn’t just come from the girl.
Levy, who was watching the fight from the sidelines, was also clapping his hands and showing a satisfied expression.