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After destroying the wolves, we each put away our weapons and gather around.
Anri, looking surprised, speaks to me.
“Tale, you’ve really become very strong. I was confident in my own strength, but Tale, who uses phosphorus, may have overtaken me.”
“Your movements are leaner and sharper than before, ……!
“Also, the magic is amazing! The magic is so much smoother to activate, there’s no loss of power, and the amount of magic itself has increased!”
Ur and Rietta also praised me. Honestly, I’m embarrassed by the compliments.
“It’s no surprise that you’ve already beaten the dragon, but Tale, you’re already stronger than us. ……”
When Anri says this, a look comes over her face that is somewhat unusual for her. It is a relief, as if some burden has been lifted.
I was wondering what was wrong, when I heard a voice again from the side.
“Tale san, that was really amazing! It was …… scary to see you take on such a monster all by yourself, even from a distance….!”
“He was so high level that we couldn’t really understand him, he was like a high level adventurer! I’m still a long way off, but I’ve got a goal for the future. ……!”
“I hope I showed them something good.”
I smile at Belle and Lynn’s innocence.
They also mentioned Anri, Ur, and Rietta and praised all of us. They all seemed not to be too disappointed, and I accepted their praise.
Then, as I listened to the conversation shift to the intent of our movements in battle and the techniques we saw, I thought back to those wolves earlier.
I knew from the fight that all of those wolves were the same stronger-than-normal demons I had seen at the bottom of the valley.
I had never seen them outside of that valley, and I had never heard of such demons appearing there. In the first place, since wolf monsters are not supposed to appear in this forest, it is natural to assume that they came from the valley.
–But if that is the case, the question is why did they appear now?
I think about it. The timing was right after I left the valley, so I wondered if there was a connection. I defeated a land dragon that was sitting in the same place, so other demons were able to pass through there, and they came out of the valley?
However, I feel a little uncomfortable with this idea as well. I don’t have any evidence for this, but it seems to me that the demons there were completely complete beings within the valley. Stronger-than-normal strength, unusual fighting spirit – it’s as if they were in the process of becoming powerful demons in that place, and I don’t feel that they would want to go outside just because they were able to pass through.
However, this is completely my own idea, and in fact, the demons that were sealed up may have come out because the earth dragon was defeated. If so, other powerful and ferocious demons will appear around Bren from now on.
It may be necessary to share this information with the guild as soon as possible.
Thinking and sweating, I was about to tell everyone who was talking lively. It was at that moment.
Ur, who was teaching Lynn something, stopped talking and looked a little concerned.
“–Someone is coming this way.”
“Eh? Again?………… No, someone is not a demon, but a person? How many? Do you know what they look like?”
“The number is one. It doesn’t seem like in a battle or anything, just like that person running around in a hurry. It doesn’t seem like he’s noticed us, so maybe it’s just an adventurer returning from deep in the forest.”
Everyone’s reaction to Ur’s words was mixed.
Adventurers generally do not come into contact with other adventurers during their activities. This is to avoid the risk of having their prey intercepted or being attacked by bad people. Given this theory, no one reacted favorably to encountering a stranger adventurer.
However, it was not worth the trouble to run away from us.
Ur turned her gaze toward the far side of the forest and announced to us
“Coming.”
And just as she said that, a man emerges from the trees. He was wearing weapons and armor, and as Ur had guessed, he was an adventurer. And judging from his appearance, he must be an accomplished adventurer in his own right.
He looked rather frantic and seemed to be hurrying out of the forest. As soon as he caught us in his line of sight, he said with an impatient look on his face
“You guys, you’d better leave here as soon as possible!”
“Eh?”
“Countless demons are rushing toward us from the mountains! –It’s a stampede!”
The man’s words instantly filled the place with an air of tension.
On behalf of everyone, Anri opened her mouth.
“Is that a solid piece of information? Did you see it?”
“Yes, with my own eyes! It’s a demon so big it’s ridiculous to even count it! It’s still far away now, but it was heading toward the city, so it’ll be here soon! And…that terrifying monster…! ”
They’re still far away, but they’ve been making their way towards the city, so they’ll be here soon! And …… that dreadful demon, too ……!”
There was no sign of a lie in the look of impatience on the man’s face. To begin with, it seems like he was in this panic even before he noticed us, so there’s no need to suspect that he was lying.
Also, I’m curious about the existence of that monster he mentioned last. Maybe I should obey him quietly here.
Anri, who seemed to have reached the same conclusion as I did, looked at us, nodded to each other, and finally returned her gaze to the man.
“Then we should leave as soon as possible Thanks for the information. Let’s report this to the guild right away.”
“Yes, that’s the plan!”
Anri, who had quickly grasped the situation, shifted her gaze from the man to us.
“You heard the man, right?The situation seems urgent –We’re going back to the city as fast as we can. ……!”
–And with that, we set off with the man. Our destination is Bren, the branch of the Adventurers’ Guild.
If – a stampede of hordes of demons – has occurred, it is a very serious situation. We need to fortify the city immediately and be ready to intercept the demons.
Besides, according to the man’s words, the demons came from the direction of the mountains. That means that the demons in the valley must have come from the same direction as the wolves we had just defeated. If so, the danger level of this stampede would be even higher than usual.
We all hurried on our way to the town with a great sense of urgency.
—At that time, none of us had any way of knowing that there were even more unforeseen situations awaiting us ahead.
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