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Walking was not a problem, so after only a week’s rest, I took a horse-drawn carriage to Serpentis, the nearest town to the mine where the ‘Thornmetal’ appears.

I decided to just get accommodation for the time being and leave the extra luggage before leaving.

It was when I was about to leave the town that I heard the following words.

“Hey! It’s Castor!”

“Ouch!:

“Identify yourself!”

Someone called my name and slapped me on my back, which had not healed yet.

I screamed out in pain, but Estelle, who was watching me, became enraged. She pulled out the rapier from her waist and thrust it at the man’s neck.

“Hey, hey, hey! It’s me! Kraz!”

“Who are you, ……?”

Kraz. I’ve never really heard of him.

If you look closely at this guy, he’s got short hair, muscular, yet he looks like a roughneck. He’s not exactly an adventurer’s opponent……

“Castor sama says he doesn’t know! Back off, lowlife!”

“Aaaaa!?”

Then Estelle really slashed Kraz with her rapier.

Blood sprayed from Kraz’s right arm and he writhed in agony from the pain.

“Hmph—Atria.”

“—- Arlicare.”

Estelle gave the order, and Atria exercised intermediate-level recovery magic on Kraz.

The wounds on Kraz’s arms are quickly healed.

“W-What the hell are you doing!”

“You?”

“No………… miss?”

“my name is not importante! Call him Castor sama! You rotten bastard!”

“Castor sama!”

I don’t know what’s going on anymore.

For some reason, a kind of master-servant relationship has suddenly been established, and my favourite character Estelle is changing in increasingly strange directions.

But still, this Kraz. I wonder if we had a conversation when I used to visit the guilds in this city. I don’t remember any of them, because at that time I was desperate to raise my level by defeating the Thorn Metal and didn’t have time to spare.

“Castor-sama, why don’t you drop by the guild? We’re all looking for you…”

“Mm?”

“Everyone is waiting for you, Castor-sama!”

“Good.”

Like a hound that’s been trained.

I thought about it for a while. I’ll only be here for a month. If I were to stop by the guild, it would only be for a short time. Then I’d be happy to go out with them. ……

But this time I came to this city for Estelle and the others. So I need to ask them too.

“If you want to go, Castor-sama.”

“Thank you, Estelle.”

Before I could say anything, Estelle answered.

And so I stopped by the guild of Serpentis.

◇ ◇ ◇

“Hey, guys! Castor sama is here!”

As soon as I entered the guild, this Kraz man shouted my name as if he was happy to see me back.

As expected, the adventurers who had gathered around turned towards me and approached me.

“Whoa! It’s really Castor!
He just disappeared. We were wondering where you’d gone.”

“Hahaha.
I’m glad to see you’re doing well. We were inspired by your fierce spirit.”

“When we heard that you had killed the Green Dragon in the forest solo, we were stunned.”

“What surprised me more was the red monster.
I would have run away at the first sight of such a monster.”

A bearded man and a large man. A thin man and a wizard-looking man.

Men men men men ….. disgusting.

Incidentally, forest green dragons are large dragons that appear in forests. They are a type of dragon that does not blow fire, but they are ridiculously large and have a high defence in addition to their attacking power.

And red monster demons are troublesome opponents that look like fairy demons with small wings and use intermediate-level magic in rapid succession. They are difficult to approach as their magic power does not bottom out easily.

Both of these monsters must be level 30 or above to defeat them solo.

“Hey, Castor. Is what you just said true?”

Then, perhaps curious, Maybella, who had turned her green eyes towards me, asked me.

“Yeah, I had to earn money while I was leveling up. “

“You cut off that Tejato’s arm, so I guess this much is normal.”

“As expected of you, Castor-sama! A national treasure!”

You praise me too much …… I’m not a treasure, Estelle.

The treasure is the legendary armoury for the hero.

That one can be obtained in a place that has nothing to do with the storyline, so there’s a chance the heroes won’t be able to find it. If that’s the case, I’ll retrieve it and give it to her as soon as possible.

While I was thinking about this, a man came forward.

“Are you going to come back to this city and take down another bad demon?”

He is a bearded man.

“Yeah, kind of. I’m going to be staying here for a month, so take care of that.’”

I don’t remember any of them, but they seemed to have helped me before ……, so I’ll try to remember as much as I can in this one month.

“Oh, a month. Then let’s go for a drink sometime!”

“If there’s time.”

“Okay! I’ve always wanted to hear your stories!”

These guys seem like they’re having fun talking. Do you want to drink with me that much?

If Estelle and the others allow it, I think it would be okay to hang out with him for a little while.

◇ ◇ ◇

After a quick visit to the guild, we headed straight for the mine.

On the way to the place where the ‘Thorn Metal’ appears, they seemed to be interested in what was said at the guild, and the three of them asked me a lot of questions.

“What other demons did you defeat?”

Atria asked.

“Hmmm, the anti-demon turtle, the thunder tiger, the red peacock and the soul-eating hunter?”

“W-Well, as expected of Castor san …….”

“If you level up properly from now on, you’ll be able to defeat them with ease. I was able to defeat them solo.”

“C-can I do it ……?”

 
The monster I just talked about is a dangerous monster that you won’t be able to defeat unless you’re level 30. Due to the game setting, monsters do not appear inside the city, but the outside is quite dangerous. It’s an opponent that you should form a party with multiple people to defeat.

“–Okay. This should be about here.”

Climbing up the mine to a spot, I stopped and sat down hidden in the shadows of the rocks. The other three followed me and sat down.

Then I took a pebble and drew a picture like chalk against the ground.

I drew the terrain. I then explained how I was going to attack the pebbles as ‘Thorn Metal’.

The Thorn Metal is a spiky steel demon that floats in mid-air. It is ineffective with any magic and sends its spikes flying in quick movements while floating in the air, but the height at which it floats in the air is constant.

It is said that they cannot fly above the level of a human face, so they take advantage of this.

They surround you, avoiding the spikes, and repeatedly fold the spikes to damage the main body.

“Is it okay?”

“Yes!”
“I’m okay!”
“Okay!’

Estelle and the others responded respectively.

They entered the place where the ‘Thorn Metal’ appeared.

However, they do not appear immediately. You have to walk around for a while or wait. Leveling up is not so easy.

“—Castor sama! That one!”

I looked in the direction where Estelle was pointing. Then, in the vast rocky space, there was a ‘Thorn Metal’ floating.

But I can’t use the method I used to use, which is to collapse part of a small hill and surround it with rocks. If that is the case, we need Atria to be active here.

“‘Go ahead when you’re ready. If worse comes to worst, I’ll help you.”

I also brought my sword, just in case. The back may be sore, but I can still move a little.

“I’m going!”

At Estelle’s call, Estelle and Maybella jumped out.

The ‘Thorn Metal’ noticed this and began to move to escape.

Atria chanted the intermediate earth magic ‘Argrev’, and earth spears appeared from the rocky ground. It blocked the escape route. The Thorn Metal then turned to flee in a different direction.

However, with Estelle and Maybella standing on either side, there was only one escape route. It was in the direction of Atria, who had unleashed magic in the rear.

The ‘Thorn Metal’, perhaps having made up its mind, moved through the air towards Atria at a blinding speed.

“He’s fast!”

I shouted from afar, meaning be careful.

“Ice Ring Blade!”

At that moment, Estelle cast the intermediate ice magic ‘Alcordo’ on the sword. The sword was then used to launch the magic sword technique ‘Ice Ring Blade’. The ice blocks released from the rapier advance on the ground and appear in front of the ‘Thorn Metal’.

The ‘Thorn Metal’ crashed into the ice wall and was impaled as it was.

“Maybella!”

“I’ll take care of it!”

Maybella was close to the Thorn Metal, which was stuck in the ice and unable to move.

When she came right in front of the Thorn Metal, she spun around as if she was going to turn her body right in front of it.

“Rengo Palm!”

While spinning, Maybella broke the spikes of the ‘Thorn Metal’ with a series of blows with both her fists and legs. However, the impact caused the ‘Thorn Metal’ to escape from the ice wall.

But it could not escape. Because the next attack was coming soon.

“Taaah!”

It was Estelle’s slash.

Her weapon is a rapier, so it is not very powerful. However, if she gets even a scratch, we win.

One after another, the spikes on the ‘Thorn Metal’ were broken off, and about half of them were gone. The spikes became bald, and finally reached the main body, which was deep inside the spikes.

“—Watch out!”

But that was when it happened. I sensed the Thorn Metal’s suspicious movement and shouted to warn it of the danger.

The next moment, the Thorn Metal spun at high speed on the spot and began to send spikes flying. Even a single blow would cause considerable damage. If you don’t avoid it, you will be in big trouble.

However -,

“Daaaaah!!!”

Estelle, who should have been right in front of it, struck down the spikes of the ‘Thorn Metal’ one after another. I was also taken aback by the too-fast sword flash.

“Maybella! Drop it!”

I shouted to Maybella, who was jumping into the sky in the meantime, to deliver the final blow.

“Nnghhhhhh! drop!”

I had seen Maybella’s technique before. It is a super-speed heel drop from the air.

It hit the core of the ‘Thorn Metal’. A crack appeared like a crack.

It spread out with a creak, and finally the crack spread throughout the whole thing and disappeared into the sky as if it had burst.

Estelle and her team were able to defeat the ‘Thorn Metal’.

“””Yes!!!”””

 he three of them got closer and then their bodies lit up with a level-up light.

The wizard Atria did not take part in the second half, but she had prepared a recovery magic to narrow down the escape route and in case Estelle and the others were damaged. She also had a role to play.

On this day, we were able to defeat up to two ‘Thorn Metals’.

Estelle: 23rd to 25th level

Atria: 24th to 26th level

Maybella: 22nd to 24th level

Each of them improved by one level each time they killed one.

At this pace, the day when they overtake me may be near.

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