A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

"A herd of Griffons... is that it?

"Yeah."

Reurus, who returned to town, went to Collard at his feet to explain the situation. Collard held his head, and Calvin, who was nearby, distorted his expression.

"Griffon... there's a nasty guy here. And there were nearly twenty, huh?

"That's right. Meer told me you knew Griffon, didn't she? What's so special about it?

I intend to make other workers aware and warn them later, but we must compile the information first. Calvin roared with arms in response to Reurus asking.

"Characteristics... characteristics. I see... living in a herd and not coming out of the territory... and using wind magic?

"Wind magic....."

Calvin talked about Griffon's habits and the magic he can use. When he heard that, Reurus leaned his neck small.

(Intermediate to upper, using wind magic, probably more than three meters from the distance... wind magic version of Kimira? No, wait, Kimira doesn't fly...)

Is it weaker, stronger, or the same as Kimira? Even assuming that it is weaker than Kimira, it is not fashionable to use even wind magic to fly through the sky and still act in a flock of intermediate monsters.

"The predecessor who tried to build the town here failed, and Mr. Collard probably knew?

"No... there is information that a flock of Griffons live in the territory and that this is what caused the town to fail. I think that the lack of it meant that I lived“ afterwards ”....."

As Reurus turned to the water, Collard answered with his head in his arms.

"Could my predecessor have originally lived there just because he didn't notice?

"Hmm... I can't help it right now... I heard that there will be intermediate monsters, but a herd of that size is unexpected."

It must have been my first time as a collard. As Collard's right hand moves around his stomach, Reurus hides his voice and asks.

"... this is my chance to ask, but the failure of my predecessor is caused by monsters other than Griffons, right? Are there any other powerful monsters?

"I heard the story of seeing a bear (Orzo) at a discount. And then there's a rare chimaira...."

"You must be strong....."

Unexpectedly, when Reurus entered the comic book, Collard somehow looked at the Reurus with his eyebrows raised.

"Someone won the Kimira while defending the carriage or took down the neck hunt... honestly, if one or two of them were just the right food... I thought it was an“ error ”to be an affordable opponent."

"Why did you just say bait? Hey, why?

"Besides, what if there were a few dwarfs out there, whether Kimira or not?

"Look me in the eye and tell me."

Recently, Collard sighed deeply, thinking that Reurus felt like he was being treated badly.

"Judging by your gesture, there is something“ back there ”that my predecessor failed to develop, and I and the captain are hiding it... you think so?

"... well, that's how it feels without decorating words."

Now that we've talked about it, there's no need to hide it. With that in mind, Reurus affirmed, there were serious signs in Collard's eyes.

- There's no such thing.

And to be honest, I assure you, there is no further misunderstanding.

"The Griffon herd was unexpected, but the predecessor failed simply because he lacked the strength to fight. It's easy to compare the predecessor's situation to ours."

Look, Collard keeps talking with his fingers up.

"Captain... take the magical arms and political power from Baron Amendura and cut his connections in half... to about a quarter. On top of that, I, Reurus and Dwarves... pulled out these three, and there were about fifty adventurers with a small number of intermediate rather than advanced escorts."

Collard talks indifferently about his predecessor, whether he's lying or true. Reurus doesn't know for sure, but he doesn't have a reason to cheat.

"Some of those adventurers will be joined by soldiers borrowed from neighboring lords... do you think we can protect the workers for the development? I didn't hear that the Tempers attacked at the time, but otherwise the quality and quantity of the monsters attacked didn't change.

"... is that impossible?

"I can't. Without such a large town, a smaller... village of hundreds of people might have managed... but even if we dropped the conditions there, we wouldn't have been able to complete it."

Seriously, Collard, it seems that his predecessor's development was thwarted by a truly simple lack of combat power.

"Still, I built the sewer, and in this simple way I even made it into the shape of a town... and the hardship and enthusiasm would have been extraordinary."

"I see... you simply didn't have enough combat power..."

The townships of Reurus and his predecessors were doing well, but not so. Reurus is convinced of the reason - he immediately wonders.

"What? You're trying to build a town without enough power? Didn't you know there were so many monsters at the time?

If we didn't have enough fighting power, we should have become a town and built a village in a safer place. Even if the territory you took was Montrat, there would have been no danger if it had been built closer to the rest of the territory.

"I've heard rumours that a royal spear has entered the court, even though it's problematic to open a place close to another territory."

"... I see, is that a rumor?"

"Hmm, it's a rumor. I tried to get the southern aristocracy to throw up money in the name of helping them develop new territories... such rumors."

"I'm really scared to hear such rumors... I don't want to go there again."

Apparently, there were dark circumstances behind it, and Reus closed the conversation with his face.

The immediate cause of his predecessors' failure to pioneer remains a lack of combat power - but it seems likely that the court nobles in King's Landing were supposed to fail in the first place.

(You're okay... "That's why” I fought Mr. Bernard in King's Landing... and now I have the strength to appeal to you.)

Last time it was a failure, but this time it was different. Natalia must have moved because she had all those conditions in place.

"... I'm sorry to distract you. What about the Griffon?

Reurus, who decided it would be better not to touch it any more, went back and asked about handling Griffon. Then Collard opened his mouth worried for about ten seconds.

"In the meantime, I'll see how it goes. If they don't come out of the territory, they won't come to us unless they stimulate us? Prioritize town building."

"You don't have to clean it?

There's a distance from the rocky mountain where Griffon was, and if you believe Calvin's story, he won't come out of the territory, so it's unlikely to come any closer.

But I can't be alarmed if I'm dealing with a flying monster. It may fly faster than the Reurus move on the ground, and not long enough.

"Honestly, I don't know what to do if the captain comes over here. Griffon seems to use wind magic, but he won't be the captain's opponent."

Collard's voice, which answers like that, contained unwavering trust. Natalia seems to believe that ten or twenty of the glyphs can easily be kicked.

"Just to be clear, Reurus... I wonder if you guys could beat the Griffon herd?

"You don't know that unless you actually try to fight. If we don't act in a herd, maybe we should just“ fish it out ”one by one."

If that had been possible, there would have been no hurry. All you have to do is kill them one by one and extinguish the herd.

"Assuming it's as strong as Kimira, if you think that multiple will attack at the same time... maybe we can hit an equal number of five at the same time. I think it's possible to destroy the herd without choosing a means....."

"By the way, what's the solution?

"I'll let Sarah shoot magic from a distance. I think that way we can burn out the whole herd of griffins. Even if there is a broken individual, I can take care of it."

As expected, it won't be as powerful as when most of the slime is wiped out, but if Sarah uses all her flame magic, she will be able to do more than a certain amount of it.

"... what's the problem?

"Offset by the opponent's wind magic... even if it works, the rocky mountain may blow up in the aftermath of magic and burn out the surrounding forest."

"Rejected... but do we have a way to intercept?

Reurus nodded back to Collard, who repeatedly asked. As I said, if we don't choose the means, there are several.

If the opponent is flying, getting Eliza to shoot lightning magic is one hand. You may fall and die of electric shock. With Neddy's help, there will be few losers.

"Well... then, I'll see how it goes. The captain can be tough on the captain, and not necessarily the“ last ”on the griffon. It's possible that if I destroyed the group of Griffons, even more powerful monsters would have emerged and the depleted captain would have been out of control..."

Collard explains his judgment.

"There was a monster that didn't have any information about Tempers or Griffons. Reurus and the others will be troublesome, but the first priority is to gather information."

Investigate the monster in Baron Amondola's territory and ask Natalia to “step in” if necessary. Had Griffon been a territorially mobile person, he would not have been able to make such a decision.

"But what did you do with the weapon… I wonder if you can finish it with a bow, but it's better than nothing… Calvin, what does the dwarf look like when it comes to bow handling?

"I can make it, but I don't have a bow... hey, I'm short and tall like this. However, if he's flying against us, there's a weapon we can use better than a bow. Reurus used to bring me souvenirs...."

Reurus strangely leaned his neck to Calvin. Calvin must be talking about the crossbow Reurus brought in earlier.

"But your grandmother also said that it's flawed, right? Going to Griffon?

It can produce a certain amount of power, but it is difficult to do more. In other words, “flying gear” doesn't work for people who don't.

"If you can't get through, you can just get through. It's going to be bigger, it's going to change the materials, it's going to be a griffon, but it's going to be good enough to shoot it down."

"... where does that material come from?

Unexpectedly Jito sees Collard, but Calvin doesn't seem to care about it.

"Whatever, I'd love to have iron and wood. You can buy as much as you want with the monster material that Reurus hunted, right? I don't think it's an expensive shopping to protect the town and the workers."

"Then, as always, we are hunting the monsters around and investigating the territory. I'll stay close and report any monsters other than Griffons as soon as I can."

If Calvin and the others are going to use town-made materials to make a crossbow, they'll have to hunt monsters to make up for it. There are various materials needed to build a town, but there are monster materials available to make a deal on all of them.

Taking down monsters will increase security around the town, as well as the cost of materials. Furthermore, Reurus ate meat and three birds a stone.

"For the time being, we need to make sure workers work carefully in the sky, not just in the forest."

At the end of Collard's words, Reurus and the others dissolved and resumed their work.