A Chronicle of Life in a Different World

The next morning, after breakfast, Reurus was wearing his usual gear before visiting Collard.

This is because I used 'Caloric Release' in the fight against Kimira, and when I talked to Neddy last night, I was able to ask for help.

"Good morning, Mr. Collard. I'm sorry for all of a sudden, but I need to ask you something...."

"I can only have a bad feeling about what you're asking me to do... but let me tell you something."

Just like Reurus, he finished breakfast and was about to move out to take command of the town, but he stopped moving after seeing Reurus's expression. Because the expression was serious.

"I know I'm busy with town building. I don't feel comfortable putting any more burden on Mr. Collard... but if possible, I'd like you to train me again."

Hmm.

As for the feeling of fighting Kimira yesterday, there were more parts that had been shaken by "caloric liberation" than ever before. Even with improved physical abilities, it was difficult to bring technology there.

For that reason, Reurus thought he wanted to teach Collard again and hone his technology a little bit.

Collard taught me all sorts of things about “fighting” as well as swords. But it's only been about a month, and I can only say that Reurus learned the minimum.

Moreover, when Collard taught me the technology, I hardly used "calorie release". There is also a magical relationship, and I used it only when Collard taught me how to do it with one hand.

However, in the current situation, I am not worried about magic. Rather, it can be used to a certain extent to deepen understanding of "caloric release", which can also lead to improved combat power.

"Now I really want to learn how to fight magically... please!

"... hmm"

"I think you can do as much as you did when you fought Kimira yesterday, but Mr. Collard will be fine, right?

"All right, wait a minute."

Collard raises his hands and holds the revulsion until he says, "Wait a minute." Reurus leaned his neck at the reaction, and Collard narrowed his eyes.

"I don't understand why you look so strange... just to be sure, is there any resentment against you or me?

"Huh? I don't have any grudges. I respect you, Mr. Collard, and I think you're an amazing person.

Reurus has been through various battles before, but he was able to fight against advanced monsters because of his "contract" with Eliza and Sarah, and his hidden balls called "Caloric Liberation."

With the exception of "strengthening" and "releasing calories" of physical abilities through "contracts", the power of Reurus will drop at once. Now you can use Enhancements on your own, but I don't like to use them in battle.

No matter how high you estimate your strength, you won't beat yesterday's Kimira. I knew I could beat the Bear, but I wasn't sure I could beat any more monsters.

In that regard, Collard's strength is a technology that has been polished from scratch. I have learned how to handle a variety of weapons, not just swords, and trained them in practice. The experience and efforts accumulated in the process deserve to be respected by Reurus.

Reurus answered honestly from the bottom of his heart, and Collard's right hand somehow moved to the stomach.

"That's why your reputation is so high... the minimum fundamentals have been knocked down, and you are clearly a strong man in action. As long as you beg me to teach you, you will hunt as many monsters as you can. You will be good for this town, and I will be good for you."

"... is that so? I see. As usual, you're on guard around town....."

Apparently Collard won't fight. Reurus walks out of nowhere when he realizes it's impossible to cover up.

Is it the right way to improve the treatment of "caloric liberation" while actually hunting monsters? But it doesn't make sense to use "calorie release" on weak monsters.

It was a Reurus that walked out with that in mind, but Collard looked at his back and coughed up and opened his mouth once.

"Technologies are important, but in your case it is ants who fight with all their might. With my magic amount, I can't push my feet, but in your case, it's not."

That's how Reurus stops his feet. And looking back, Collard continued his words as he turned his back.

"With technology, you have more choices, but in your case, you have choices that I can't take. It is a kind of talent and a“ strength ”that cannot be gained even if it is attempted. Not only do you learn from others, but you can also grasp them yourself."

That's how Collard waves his hand and walks out.

That must have been Collard's advice. Reurus nodded loudly.

"I see... then I'll hunt the monster with my heart!

"so much so that..."

There should still be room to train as much as possible. "Calorific Release" is also true, but the strength of “elephant” must also be further developed.

As Collard said, the more monsters you kill, the safer the town will be. In addition, the more secure the Baron of Amendura, the better, given that the township will be somewhat advanced and the inhabitants of the abandoned city of Laval will move.

(Yesterday, I was surprised that the feeling of "caloric release" was too different, but you should get used to it... okay, let's fight a lot and eat a lot)

It's simple, but Reurus thinks it's a shortcut that makes it stronger.

With that determination, Reurus went with Eliza to exterminate the monsters around the town.

"... that's weird."

And after going out to exterminate the monster, Reurus feels uncomfortable.

I was walking through the woods on guard so I could fight monsters all the time, but they never showed up.

Compared to before, the forest is quiet, and not only monsters but also ordinary animals don't ring. If you hear anything, it's like the wind shaking the plants.

"Sarah?"

"Yes, yes. Nhh... hmm? Is that it?"

I asked Sarah to search for the enemy because there was no sign of a monster nearby, but Sarah shouted strangely.

"Er... there? I don't know, I can't find a source of heat for the monster at all...."

"Not at all? Not one?

"Hmm... oh, my gosh. I've been a little caught up in the neighborhood."

Sarah roared as she raised her eyebrows. We can't find a heat source that looks like that even if we search the surroundings again.

No matter how few monsters were around town, none of them disappeared. But as far as Sarah could feel, there was no source of heat for the monster.

"Yesterday the Reurus broke out... and ran away in a hurry?

"I think I agree with Elizabeth..."

As Eliza said strangely, Meer said with her hand around her mouth. Meer's voice felt confident, and Reurus frowned.

"Not Eliza's“ monster dodging ”, but the monsters around town fled because I fought Kimira... on what grounds?

"It's not enough to justify... no matter how many monsters you save your life, right? I've been defeating monsters since I came to this land, and yesterday it was“ that sort of thing ”... and I thought it was dangerous around town."

The surroundings of Laval Waste City were similar, but the monsters around them never escaped in just one day. Still, Meer talks about her thoughts as a dwarf classified as an intermediate monster.

"If you decide that you can't win no matter how you scratch your feet, you usually run away, right? Even though some monsters know they can't win... there aren't many monsters who commit suicide like that."

"I see... but you usually come in from the monster side, right? What's that?"

When Sarah was by her side and first noticed the other person's presence, she almost pushed herself in, but Reurus put it on the shelf.

"I think you're attacking people with smells and sounds. We Dwarves don't attack and eat humans, but not the other monsters. I think it's strange to run away from what I felt yesterday."

"I see....."

As for the sense of the monster (dwarf), it was dangerous enough to escape immediately. The fact of the matter bothered Reurus a little, but it was helpless to regret what had happened.

"... no? Then where did the monsters around town go... no, where did they“ go "?

"How far..."

Reurus, who tried to answer Eliza's question, accidentally pulled her cheek.

If there were no monsters around the town, the town would be safe to build - but the monsters that escaped did not disappear from the world.

"... report it to Mr. Collard and we'll get started on the investigation."

As long as we've escaped a little further from town, we won't have to worry about that. But Baron Amondola's territory is also bordered by other territories.

(If a monster escapes this land and raids another territory, will it be a problem? I don't know if I ran away from this place from the other person, but that's exactly what they're doing for me...)

Reurus feared that it would be a form of revenge.

So I ran back to town and explained the situation to Collard. First, we need to find out how far the monster has escaped and, if possible, take him down.

Reurus then borrowed a map of the territory from Collard and took Eliza and the others into the woods. Be careful not to get lost, but just push until the monster catches Sarah's heat signature.

The first thing that came to mind at this time was the group of Griffons that I discovered the other day. If the monsters around town had fled to Griffon territory, there was a danger of some “change”.

First of all, of course, the aim is to investigate. If Griffon finds the monster before he approaches the rocky mountain that he was on his territory, he also needs to do something about it.

Reurus thought so.

"Ah, there it is! Reurus, there was a monstrous heat source!

"How many?

"One, two, three... okay, a lot? Maybe more than twenty...? The closer we get, the harder it is to count... there are some heat sources moving at an incredible speed..."

Sarah's reported Reurus runs up the trunk picking the tallest tree in the area. And as he looked away, there was something there to back up Sarah's report.

"... Griffon?"

It was a griffon flying over the woods, unlike before.