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“I’ll go, you guys cover!”
“Copy that. ……!”
“Okay, Anri chan!”
While I was caught by surprise, the three of them were moving quickly. Anri activates her physical reinforcement and rushes in, followed closely behind by Ur. Rietta has a magic circle on standby and is ready to support her at any time.
This is not the time for me to stand idly by. I’m curious as to why that monster is here, but right now my priority is human life.
I immediately activated my physical reinforcement and called out to Anri and Ur while chasing after them.
“Be careful, both of you! That Silver Wolf – it’s probably stronger than normal!”
“Stronger than normal? Well, if Tale says so… ……!
The pressure that Anri releases rises. Believing in me, Anri must have increased the strength of the physical reinforcement. Furthermore, the surface of the great axe in both hands is battered with purple electricity.
The maximum power of body reinforcement and the addition of lightning attribute magic power–this is Anri’s all-out power.
“Haaah!”
With a shout, the axe, which was clothed in electric current, swung down at the Silver Wolf, which was approaching.
The Silver Wolf had noticed us a little while ago and had already let go of the boy who had attached to it. Recognizing the threat, however, it roared to intercept us with a ferocious fighting spirit.
A moment later, Anri’s axe collides with Silver Wolf’s fangs.
“Whoa!”
the boys nearby screamed. The sound of axes and fangs clashing rang out, and a bolt of lightning shot through the air.
After a few moments of antagonism, Anri blew away the Silver Wolf with her stiff force.
“Gu, ruru…….”
The Silver Wolf, however, snarled in pain as it got up. The silver wolf’s body, which is stronger than normal, is not so easily broken, but against lightning, it is a different story.
The silver hairs around the mouth of the attacker’s mouth are scorched black in places, and smoke can be seen billowing from the mouth. His body is also numb, and he may not be able to move as freely as before.
Ignorance of defense and inhibition of action are the strong points of lightning magic. Anri is not good at fine manipulation of magic, and although she has the aptitude for lightning magic, she can only wear magic power, but she has tremendous physical strength, so the lightning’s imparting effect alone is enough to show its power.
Anri looked at the Silver Wolf, which was moving with its body staggering, and took up his stance once again.
“This thing caught my blow. The lightning seems to be working, but he’s certainly stronger than most.”
“But I can easily do it now that he’s slowing down…”
As soon as Ur mutters next to Anri, her body disappears as if she is blurring. Uru lowered her stance and started running, rushing straight towards Silver Wolf, who was injured but did not dampen his fighting spirit.
Then, at the moment of engagement, Ur evades a bite aimed at her and slashes at its neck with both daggers.
“Gyaoo!”
“…… shallow.”
Ur once more swings her dagger at Silver Wolf, who still does not fall over while spewing blood. This time, the dagger thrusts not at the neck, but at the eye, which is not well protected.
“Gyaoo!!”
A tremendous scream goes up.
Ur twists the dagger in her grip and destroys the Silver Wolf’s head from the inside. At that moment, Silver Wolf collapsed and never got up again.
After confirming that the enemy has been eliminated, Rietta, myself, and Ur, who has clean off the blood from Dagger, walk towards Anri.
“That demon was out of the ordinary, both in the hardness of its fur and the hardness of its muscles. I was going to slit its neck halfway through, but the dagger’s blade wouldn’t go in.”
“I knew it…Well, I think it’s probably the same as the monster at the bottom of the valley where I was, stronger than normal. …Did it come out of the valley, or does it exist in other places as well?”
I look at the two young adventurers huddled together on the ground.
The two people looked badly fatigued and their bodies were covered in wounds. However, as far as I could see, they had not lost any significant blood, and I knew they were safe and sound.
“That was a disaster, you guys. That was too much for a rookie to handle. Do you want to stand up ……? Need a hand?”
“No. It’s okay……”
The boy who answered stood up with a frown on his face, and the girl also got up on her feet. The two looked around at us and looked a little surprised, then immediately lowered their heads in shock.
“—U-um… thank you very much for helping me in a dangerous place…! ”
“We would have been hit if we had stayed that way……. You really saved us ……!”
They thanked us, especially Anri and Ur, who had helped them directly.
“If a newcomer is in trouble, senior adventurers are the ones who lend a hand. Well, you don’t have to worry about it.”
“Yeah. I’m surprised you could hold your own against that thing.”
“Thank you….! I was wondering what kind of strong senior adventurers you all were because you are so strong, but you are only a little older than us. …… I respect you!”
The boy clenched his fists as if he was impressed and turned his sparkling gaze on us.
“My name is Belle! I became an adventurer this year with Rin there, and we’re doing activities together!”
“Ah, I’m Lynn!”
“I’m Anri, leader of a party called Sword of Wheat.”
“I’m Ur.”
“I’m Rietta!”
“My name is Tale. Nice to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you!”
The two energetics are a comfort to me. They are pleasant newcomers.
And then, Lynn, the adventurer girl, tilted her head in the direction of something. She seems to be thinking about something, but then immediately mutters something with a huffy expression on her face.
“I’m pretty sure …… that the “Sword of Wheat” is ……. …… could it be the …… of that ‘dragonslayer’ party?”
“Eh! Well, now that I think about it, I think there was a party with that name…….. No way?”
“—Yeah. The one that defeated him was Tale alone. Fufufu, my ‘Sword of Wheat’ has also become famous.”
“……. I-I knew it! I mean, Tale san was the only one who defeated him…that’s amazing!”
“Wow, that’s amazing! A real ‘dragon slayer’! This is the first time I’ve ever seen a ‘dragon slayer’ party!”
Anri’s answer causes both Belle and Lynn to shout loudly. They shake their bodies excitedly and look at everyone and me with longing in their eyes.
Most of the reactions I’ve received in the guild so far have been suspicious, so it’s refreshing to hear their honest words.
Then, they ask me what size the earth dragon was, how much the materials were worth, and if they could take a look at their swords for once. I chuckled unintentionally at the way they treated me as if they had just met the man of their dreams. They both had small scars all over their bodies, but that didn’t seem to bother them.
But we can’t just talk like this all the time. Their wounds might worst if they don’t receive treatment, so I wanted to investigate the Silver Wolf I defeated a little more.
I was about to tell Anri, Ur, and Rietta, who were listening to me in a surprisingly caring manner, but it was then.
Ur, who had sensed Bell and Lynn’s crisis earlier, twitched her ears again, completely changing the atmosphere.
We looked at Ur to see if something was wrong again. Ur, who was looking deep into the forest where we could not see anything, eventually returned her gaze and said with a bit of urgency
“–a lot of demons are heading this way ……! Probably the same as the Silver Wolf from earlier,…… or are there one that’s bigger than the others around? Anyway, it’s a swarm of more than ten of them!”
“……!”
The tension rises at Ur’s words.
More than ten silver wolves. As before, there is a possibility that it is a stronger individual than normal. Furthermore, the large individual that is said to be one is probably the boss individual of the Silver Wolves…
Did it come after hearing the cry of the individual it had defeated earlier? If your opponent is a wolf, you cannot escape once you are captured.
Also, unlike when we were in the valley whre the four of us will be fighting alone, we have Bell and Lynn to protect. It would be a battle in which we could not let our guard down.
Anri looked at Belle and Lynn, who were wary of the situation, as she entered her battle stance.
“If those things are coming in packs, we may not have much time to spare. You two stay in the back and keep quiet. Don’t get too far away from us, or we won’t be able to follow you.”
“…..y-yes!
“I’m sorry to keep asking you …… please be careful!”
The two of them, having said that, moved away in the opposite direction from where Ur had sensed the demons approaching. They looked gritted to the teeth because they lacked the strength to do so.
I know exactly how you feel. I can’t tell you how many times I have felt the same way about other people.
But I am different now. I can be useful to the Sword of Wheat, and I can protect at least two of my junior adventurers.
“Gutai.”
The metal extracted from the soil is used to create a long sword. Then, with all the strength I could muster, I put on phosphoric energy.
The other three also readied their weapons and prepared for the magic circle.
Ur, who was staring at the bushes with a stern look in her eyes, opened her mouth suddenly.
“It’s coming.”
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