A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

The research request Natalia has contracted is proceeding smoothly without major problems.

Originally, there were fewer monsters around Laval Waste City, so Reurus took a few days to walk around relying on the map they were given, repeating the cycle of returning to Laval Waste City as the "luggage” increased.

The purpose of this request is to find monsters, so we don't use streets, but we move around the forest avoiding people. Departure from the abandoned city of Laval and walk with an arc, then turn back after a few days or so.

From above, proceed to draw a circle so that you can see as much area as possible in a single journey. This was possible because Sarah was accompanying him, who was able to detect the heat source, and he was able to explore the monster and the shady heat source in a few hundred meters in all directions, even if he went straight ahead.

If Sarah senses a wide range of heat sources and the monster gets close enough, Reurus will feel the magic. In addition to that, Eliza, a bloodsucking species, was able to distinguish between intermediate and higher monsters if approached “as-is", and lower-level monsters if not approached from a certain distance.

Reuses who have traveled several times before, but unlike previous trips, there is no need to be aware of the location of the water source. Neddy's joining us makes it easier to get water.

Fire is fired by Sarah, water is produced by Neddy, and the demolition of the strangled monsters is carried out by Meer - each with professional abilities, so there was no anxiety about working outdoors.

"Perhaps this is all I can eat..."

Reurus murmured as he took on the horny rabbit (Epel) that he had just killed. Horned rabbits, whose neck bones had been broken with a "Dragon Slash" sheath, had died instantly so as not to bleed, making their whole body loose.

The objective is to investigate the monster, but it is not said to be punished. As a result, as soon as he discovered the monster, Reurus ran away, using a magic called "Thought Call" to find out Sarah's position and hit him in a straight line.

The lower monsters who escaped noticing Eliza's signs were pursued by Reurus alone, and the intermediate monsters were all prepared to intercept. By doing so, we can be sure to take care of it without taking any time.

If the lower-level monster is the opponent, Reurus will be able to hunt safely without using the magic named "Caloric Release". But the danger increases when you become an intermediate monster, so take safety and take care of Reurus all at once.

However, the only intermediate monster I have ever encountered is a four-armed bear called Orzo. It would be a bit excessive to take out all five because it is a monster that can beat Reurus by itself if you fight from the front.

(I can do what you asked me to do, and I can eat as much of the monster meat as I like, and accumulate magic, and the ingredients will become money because Meea will strip it clean... especially if I can eat as much meat as I like.)

Some monsters don't taste good when they're baked, but the horn rabbits that you just took out are monsters that are treated as meat in Laval Waste City.

Even if it is not suitable for eating, I will eat the reuse, but it is never more delicious. Since the meat will be baked with a smile, there is nothing to say as a revulsion.

Reurus returned to Eliza thinking that it might be better to call him a hunter rather than an adventurer. Then, seeing the horny rabbit that Reurus had taken down, Meer quickly began to dismantle it.

Meer demonstrates the dexterity of a dwarf-like hand, dismantling the horn rabbit like a magic trick with a dagger. The beauty of the task and the beauty of stripping away the material was far better than the Reurus, who had been an adventurer for a year.

"I don't need water because I have Neddy, and it's easy to dismantle."

It's easy to bleed out, and Meer smiles with her dagger in one hand. Behind it is a small trolley that can be towed even in the woods, and the carrier is loaded with materials such as monster leather, horns, teeth, and nails that have been harvested so far.

When hunting monsters around the abandoned city of Laval, meat is also brought back as a material, but no matter how early spring it is, it will be damaged in a few days. Neddy was there, so he could produce ice and cool it, but he tried to eat everything he could in order to reduce the amount loaded on the carrier.

Hunt down the monsters while investigating - they are investigating while hunting down the monsters as early as possible, but they still meet Natalia's wishes.

"Hmm... that's the fourth junior monster. Regardless of the surroundings of Laval Waste City, if you stretch your legs a little, you'll find them... but they're less than in other directions..."

While Meer and Neddy were working on the demolition, a little further away, Eliza was writing on the map that Natalia gave her. Insert the feather pen into a small pot with ink and write on the map as you get used to it.

We have already left the abandoned city of Laval and returned three times in a few days. For the fourth time this time, even though the compact trolley was filled with monster materials every time, the distribution of the monsters through Eliza's murmuring seemed to be skewed.

We're going clockwise to the north, east, south of the abandoned city of Laval, this time stretching our legs west. Every time I discovered a monster, I wrote down a rough place, but it seemed like it was donut-shaped to avoid the surroundings of Laval Waste City.

(Should we be glad that Laval Waste City is so safe, or lament that we need to go far to find the monster...)

Reurus has a peculiar constitution of accumulating magic by eating monsters, so the situation that there are few monsters is not something that can be welcomed with all hands up.

However, the low number of monsters meant that the friends in Laval Waste City were safe, which was complicated in some cases.

(I almost used it when I fought the slime... I've got a lot of magic in store for you this time, but I think I'll be able to fight some advanced monsters like the slime again)

It goes back two months. At the request of Laval Waste City, Reurus was aiming for the town of Valdi, north of Mataroy, but it became a feather to fight the slime, nicknamed "The Country Eaters."

At that time, I used "Calorific Release" until the magic reached the bottom, but the magic I consumed at that time has not yet been recovered.

(There was no taste, but there was a lot of magic...)

It was a revulsion that was eaten by peeling off the slime to defeat it, but it seemed to be an advanced monster with a lot of magic. Ever since I returned to the abandoned city of Laval, I have encountered some of the lower-level bears, and in some cases I have not even encountered some of the lower-level monsters.

Most of the magic has been restored by Natalia's request this time, but when I think about fighting an out-of-standard monster named Slime, I think it's still missing.

(Perhaps you were also concerned about my lack of magic...?

Reurus is convinced that she is a smart woman. I also needed to investigate the monsters, but I wondered if it was in anticipation of the status quo that I turned them over to the Reurus.

In the first place, encountering advanced monsters is very rare in itself, and even intermediate monsters are rare, so it is only worrying to prepare for these threats.

(Don't run into each other often... there's been a case of Gregorianism, and you've never moved on to prepare for it.)

I think we should always be prepared for a revulsion because of our own situation.

--I am not happy with the fact that I can eat as many monsters as I like in the name of accumulating magic.

"... okay, is this okay for now?

As Reurus thought it over, Mea, who had dismantled the horny rabbit, shouted. When she heard the voice, Sarah made a noise with great joy.

"Ah! Then I'll bake it! Let's make sure it's perfectly baked and salted!... by the way, Reurus? Why is there rock salt in the luggage? Also, there's a little rock salt in the accessories Reurus is wearing, right? Why?"

"Whatever... you should always have condiments, right? I hate meals that don't taste like slime."

"... I see!

I don't know, but Sarah nodded with a smile. And I decided not to listen to Reurus and went into cooking.

Neddy wanted to say something to Sarah as she bought the meat grill first, but Sarah raised her face before she actually said anything.

"... hmm? Hey, Reurus, there's some fever over there."

Sarah leaned her neck strangely, and when she saw it, Reus switched consciousness and reached out to the "Dragon Slasher" pattern.

"How many? Do you know the exact number?

"Hmm... I don't know the exact number because it's solidified, but maybe five to ten... more? You have two big fevers, and you just want to surround them? Is this way of moving... human?

There are monsters that make herds, but Sarah's tone denied it.

Reurus glanced in the direction Sarah pointed, looking at the position of the sun and Eliza's map.

"To the north... from my current location, it's the direction of the street. Was there a monster, or was there a bandit attacking the traveler?

"If you were a bandit, you'd be too close..."

When Reurus went on a journey to find the dwarf in search of a weapon that could shake with all his might, a group of more than twenty bandits once attacked the west side of the abandoned city of Laval, where Reurus and the others are currently investigating.

Did you remember that time when Eliza was pulling her cheek?

"But if it's a monster, this is also the scope of the investigation... right?

Meea questioned her in trouble. When he heard that, Reurus nodded slightly lost consciousness as he raised his eyebrows and thought.

"I need to make sure... that Eliza and I are ahead of each other, so can Meer and the others get their stuff? Sarah tells me where she is in the Call to Thought... don't argue with Neddy.

I need confirmation, but I can't leave my luggage. Therefore, Reurus gave instructions and decided to move quickly.

"Yes, it's okay! Maybe!"

I'm fine.

"... eh? Are you okay? Sounds like it contains something!?

I heard a bit of a sword-barking voice from behind, but I'm sure there won't be any real fights in this situation. Reurus believed so and ran through the woods with Eliza.

And while listening to Sarah's "ideological call" - a little moody - Reurus narrows the distance to the “goal.”

"Ugh... it's a huge magic. You got it, man."

A little closer, Reurus felt the magic of stabbing his skin. As a result, the speed is slowed down and the vigilance is increased.

The magnitude of magic is not tied to the strength of the monster, but it is certainly not a junior monster. Does anyone in the middle class use powerful monsters or magic that is so powerful that even if they are far away?

Reurus and Eliza approach each other in hiding in the trees. And as we approached the distance of about fifty meters while the outlook was poor, we began to hear hard sounds of metal hitting each other.

"Hello, are humans fighting each other?

"Maybe... no, wait... that's..."

The trees were in the way and I couldn't see well, but I saw the people wearing the armor in the distance. It is not leather armor worn by Reurus adventurers, but metal armor.

Some soldier or a well-equipped bandit. I couldn't tell, but it looks like I'm fighting around something.

And there was a stalled carriage just a short distance from them.

Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Even the surrounding trees were shaking, and the monster roared that Reurus had heard.