A Chronicle of Life in a Different World
Episode 71: Dangerous Zone Part 1
The day after we arrived in the abandoned city of Madalo.
Renting a room in a restaurant as a place to sleep, Reurus awoke with relief that there were no monsters to alarm but the Bear.
Even though it was a short period of four days, I felt a little tired because I couldn't sleep on the trip. Nevertheless, he couldn't sleep twice, and Reurus was absent once before he got up from the bed.
As soon as the alarm sounds, it needs to pop out, so the gear set remains on. That's probably why it's hard to get out of fatigue. Still, the body that has lived as a serf for many years is sturdy, and even if you feel tired, you can't move.
"Nh... I can cum..."
Eliza, who slept on the same bunk as Reurus, was also a wizard, had less equipment, and seemed to be quite asleep. I'm calling Reurus by his bedtime words, but it's about time he woke up.
Reurus tries to get off the bed quietly so that Eliza doesn't wake up, but wearing equipment makes a noise. The sound opened Eliza's eyes and she woke up with a lack of strength.
"Phew... oh, hello..."
Eliza greets her with her hands around her mouth, without hiding her shortcomings. Reurus smiled bitterly at Eliza's appearance, pouring water from the small pot placed in the corner of the room and spraying it gently on her hand.
"Good morning. Here, wipe your face."
"Mmm... I want you to wipe it."
Looks like he wants to be sweet today. Reurus wipes Eliza's face with a deep smile, and then wipes his face.
The room you're renting isn't so big, it's just a wooden bunk and a small desk. On the floor is a backpack packed with travel tools, and on the wall is Dominic's great sword.
You will be sleeping in this room for the time being, but it was too murderous. Even so, Reus murmured inside and carried the great sword that stood on the wall.
I don't know when or when the monsters will strike. You need to be equipped at all times, even with the great sword of a weapon.
As expected, I will keep my backpack in my room, but no one will steal it in the abandoned city of Madalo, where the name "Monster eater" is rapidly spreading.
Eliza wakes up and leaves the room when she's ready. The room rented was on the second floor of the restaurant, and the structure of the building was the same as that of Dominic's restaurant.
"Good morning... hmm?
When I stepped into the canteen on the ground floor, there was a shadow that it was early in the morning. Looking at the person's face, Reurus jumped one eyebrow.
"Er... Mr. Dario?
There was Dario who was agonized last night as to when he was there. Dario sat on the chair and looked at Reurus's face and looked bad.
"Hey... I don't need you. Dario is fine."
"Really? So, Dario, what happened in the morning? You didn't ring the bell, did you?
I turned my attention to the signs outside, but it wasn't particularly noisy. Dario is also equipped with a set of leather armor and a dagger with a sword of about one metre, but he doesn't seem to have been willing to kill.
In response to Reurus's question, Dario scratches his bald head in a distracted way. I was wandering around for a while, but eventually I sighed and lowered my head.
"I came to apologize yesterday... and I'm sorry I got involved all of a sudden. There were a lot of people in my family and I was in a bad place for worms. I heard there was a rescue coming from the abandoned city of Laval, but I also heard that it was a kid who wasn't even intermediate..."
"Ahh....."
The situation in which the abandoned city of Madalo is located is extremely bad. If reinforcements came under such circumstances, they were younger than themselves and lower in rank as adventurers. Reurus understood his anger.
"I know how you feel when you think about the opposite, and Mr. Werner apologized. I'll flush it in the water."
"... sorry"
When I calm down and talk to him, he seems to be a gentle man. Reurus waved his hand without saying he didn't care, and looked at the old man at the store owner.
"Did you eat breakfast? Let's eat together if you want."
Oops, then let me buy you an apology.
Didn't you feel angry because of Reurus' attitude? Dario's expression was also relieved. When Reus didn't want to accept Dario's offer, he took Eliza, who was hiding behind him, and sat opposite Dario.
"Ah... I was worried about you yesterday, but is your girl strong too? I heard you're a junior subordinate, but the junior subordinate Reurus is so strong. Even if it's such a nuisance, I'll do something terrible...."
Dario asked, looking at Eliza and the flickering. Apparently, he suspects it is “similar” to Reurus.
"No, Eliza has just recently been recognized as an adventurer and won't be so helpful in battle."
"I see....."
"Except when a junior monster sees Eliza, he runs away and doesn't come near."
"What is that, huh!?
So far, it has been difficult to Ate as a force, but Eliza had the extra attributes to compensate for it. So briefly explaining it, Dario opens his eyes and shouts with surprise.
There are other Reuses who have a "contract" to increase their self-healing abilities and send magic to strengthen their physical abilities, but the information around them was a Reus lying down because Eliza is a bloodsucking species.
"There are such things as' protection '. I still don't know if it's going to work for the intermediate monsters, but Eliza can get rid of the junior monsters."
"Hee... I don't know what this little girl is. As far as the gear goes, you're a wizard, right? Can you use magic?
Eliza's chest stretched as she looked at Dario with an impressive gaze. I'm glad to be praised.
"I can use lightning magic for now, but the magic amount... I'll keep it. I would never use it if I could."
"A trump card... nice, I can see the light"
However, if you do not "chant", you will not be able to use it, and suicide bomb and injure yourself. Moreover, the amount of power consumed will not be commensurate with the magic amount. It was a mystery as to whether or not to call it a trump card.
Still, it would be difficult to treat Eliza as the face of the abandoned city of Madalo without revealing why she is here and what she means.
Usually Reurus stood in the front and Eliza withdrew as a last resort. I didn't lie, but it was a realuse that obscured and conveyed the fact that it was difficult to say.
As he eats water and a little hard black bread for breakfast, as well as a soup of boiled bear meat and vegetables that he finished last night, he asks if Reurus is a good opportunity.
"Last night, I was disturbed to hear, what comes out of the middle-ranking monsters? Don't tell me you're having fun watching.
"Ah... you didn't explain the area."
Werner didn't tell me if he thought Reurus was going to escape. So when I asked Dario, he chewed a thousand pieces of black bread in a mess with his face shrugged.
"Winged dragon... have you ever fought?
"I've never even heard your name. But Wing Dragon? Aren't dragon breeds advanced?
Class Dragons certainly are advanced, but the dragon species should have been of higher rank overall.
"Winged dragons are subdragons. If you live for hundreds of years, you might be able to count it as a senior dragon, but this time it looks like a young individual. I'm sure it's not a mistake at the middle level."
"Hmmm...."
The dragon is a dragon with wings. Reurus placed his hand on his forehead unexpectedly.
"... are you flying?
If the opponent is flying in the sky, the Reurus has almost no means of attacking.
Enjoy the temper - wielding the great sword with magic can slay a somewhat distant opponent, but it will not reach the opponent who is flying in the sky. We don't measure the range, but Reurus sees it as a few meters.
I didn't think I could throw down as many intermediate-ranking monsters as I wanted, so if the Winged Dragon was going to fly in the sky, I needed to take some measures.
"No... I think I can glide, but I didn't hear about seeing myself flying. It's four to five melts in size, with wings, but it's not as big as your body. And I'm going to use flame magic."
However, Dario, who was questioned by Reurus, denied it after a little trouble.
Had the Winged Dragon been flying in the sky, it would have been necessary to show Eliza's “trump card” at once. I don't know if I can drop a flying bird, but it's a powerful slash.
"If you're moving with your feet on the ground... well, can you handle it? How about a middle-aged monster? I don't even seem to know his name...."
Winged dragons are also worried, but monsters who don't even know their names are worried. With that in mind, Reurus asked, Dario's facial expression increased in severity.
"It looks... right, it's a bright red bird."
"Birds? Then...."
"No, I can't fly. As far as I can tell, about three melts? It's like I've got my feet and neck stuck to a huge torso... and it's a mess instead of flying. And then I'm going to use my flame magic."
If it's a bird monster, it's time to fly. That's what I thought, Reurus, but it won't fly again.
"... are there many monsters who use flame magic?
However, even if I put aside not to fly, I feel like I've only heard of using flame magic from earlier. The Bear Engaged Yesterday also used Flame Magic, but I am seriously worried that there are monsters using Flame Magic in this area.
"Land pattern... hey? Do you know what happens when you head southeast from this town?
"Volcano Veos, right?
Dalio nodded with his face as he chewed the flesh of a bear that was sinking in the soup.
"I just heard from Werner's older brother, but it seems that monsters using flame magic can easily gather near the volcano. Conversely, in cold places, many monsters use ice magic."
"Heh... that's the first time I've heard that."
I was sorry to meet you, but Dario seems to be an intermediate adventurer and quite knowledgeable about monsters.
While listening to the story, Reurus thought it would help - the bell sounded from outside the restaurant. It's not a time alert, it's an emergency alert.
"When people are eating mess....."
Stonn, Reurus' mood dropped sharply. Still, you can't just relax and eat in an emergency, and you throw everything you have left in your mouth.
"Gosso-san... Dario?
"The way to ring this bell... it's coming out right away. It's an intermediate monster."
Following last night's Bear, it appears that an unidentified monster has appeared this time.
(... hmm? What was that? What was that...)
When Eliza jumped out of the restaurant and arrived on the outer wall of the abandoned city of Madalo, Reus felt caught in the appearance of a distant monster.
Someone who was climbing up the hill and watching must have discovered it. A monster appeared in the woods in the south-eastern direction from the abandoned city of Madalo.
As you have just heard from Dario, "the monster” has a body nearly three meters from afar. The abundance of bird-like feathers was dyed in bright red, and if I didn't care about the color, it looked like an ostrich.
(Ouch, that's strange... it looks like a butterfly, but did you have any butterflies?
The bird monster looked like a bright red ostrich, but from a distance there was a giant spider in the corner. It looks like a chicken tosaca implanted in the head of an ostrich, and inside Reurus' brain, the memory of the previous life sounds a tingle and a warning.
Other characteristics include muscle development or legs that are quite thick. Still, the nails for kicking the ground seem to be as hard as metal, and if they are hit by a flying kick, they are likely to penetrate the metal plate.
"Vo, vo... vooooooooooooooooooo!
Are you trying to intimidate me? The bird opens its mouth and raises a roar that shakes the air. The roar was even shocking, and some of the junior adventurers who jumped out in alarm at the distance were so far away.
Whatever it is, if it comes, we have to fight. Unfortunately, when I brought Eliza back, she didn't seem to be running away - although she occasionally turned a blind eye.
"Dario, is that an intermediate monster?
"Ah... be careful. His flame magic is pretty dangerous."
Speaking of which, he said he would use flame magic. Reus lowered Eliza to the ground and reached out to the great sword she was carrying.
"Ha, you want me to spit out my own fire and become a yakitori? I love a guy who's ready."
Rather than fight for the first time, it is the first monster I have seen. He tapped lightly to hide the tension, pulled out his great sword, and held it on his shoulder.
(Hmm? Flame magic... bird monster... fire... bird... sunflower?
I feel like a bird with that name was in my previous life. However, if the world were different, the name would be different. In the first place, I don't remember what kind of bird the sunflower was.
"Vo... vooooooooooooooo!
With the roar again, a bright red bird pops out of the forest. Along with that, Reurus jumped out of Madalo Waste City.