Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

The next morning - no, early morning.

The town of Aruba has...

"Pfft. Pfft. It's hunting time ~?

Somehow, there was still a Cortex figure.

"You go back to your country..."

"No, Mid-Eden doesn't have to go home right away because Atlas and Enders are doing something about it ~?

"Enders... are you leaving Mid-Eden to the king of your neighbor?

"Well, isn't Mid-Eden and Endercia something similar ~"

"I'm not flying a airship, I'm not diverting parts and making balm couches, and I don't think so at all, do I? I mean, what about your macrophage?

"Is it Macrophage No. 1 ~? I think you're warming up on the fireplace in your inn by now ~? You never freeze to stay out like that, but when it was cold, your body seemed stiff and it seemed hard to move ~. That and this is because your sister, for Macrophage No. 1, didn't procure clothes for you ~?

"No, I'm not selling clothes for slime or anything... I mean, if you say so, you bring it from Mid-Eden..."

"Ohhhh ~? Looks like the hunting meeting is about to start ~?

"You're deluded..."

Waltz turns to Zito's eyes against Cortex, who made the story aye.

Such were they, as Cortex put it, outside of town to go hunting.

In addition to the hunters, there appeared to be former (...) refugees and adventurers, as well as soldiers serving in the town of Aruba, who, nevertheless, presented a picture of the great catches.

By the way, why were they all trying to hunt?

The reason is simple.

Because it is food distress.

"I mean, the frozen food in the energy, why don't you split it it up a little?

"You don't understand ~? Sister ~. It's like I don't know..."

"What? What are you trying to say... (I mean, not food for that?

I don't know what the hell Cortex wanted to say, when Waltz has a strange look on his face...

Cortex said such a response to his sister in a voice of such magnitude that those who were there could not tell.

"Okay ~? Sister ~. This is training. Demons living on this vast earth and people living in the city. Which do you think is more ~?

"Sora... which one?

"It's a demon ~? Demons. To say that demons have suddenly decreased from this land, instead of being zero, there are still enough demons in this land for people to eat. Teach me how to hunt that and I'll figure it out...... don't you think so ~?

"Something is going to turn into a wilderness where people and demons don't live in the future, I'm afraid..."

"Not at all ~, is it negative syncing again ~? Sure, there's no denying the possibility that if we keep up the indiscriminate capture forever, like the original world, we'll end up in a world without wildlife - but we just need to develop dairy and livestock production before it does, so we don't have anywhere to worry about it, etc. -?... or what is it ~? Does your sister think that a creature called a human being is an animal that does not progress?

"No, I won't say that..."

That's what I said, waltz pointing my mouth.

It should be noted that in this world dairy farming is carried out only in part of Mid-Eden, where the territory is vast, and there may be less developed techniques for livestock production.

There was a reason for that.

In conclusion, because the animals kept as livestock were very likely to mutate and become demons.

The only difference between demons and animals is the difference between having or not having magic powers.

There are people who can use magic, and there are people who can't use magic, it was the same thing.

In short, 'demons' and 'animals', for convenience's sake, were only divided and were the exact same creatures.

I want you to imagine this sight.

Hundreds and tens of millions of domesticated chickens, pigs and other livestock suddenly become demons one day, spreading wind magic and earthly magic on the loose...

In this regard, there was a great magical separation between the modern world and the other worlds in livestock production.

Well, the waltzes didn't seem to know anything about it.

"Speaking of which, Why is there no livestock in this world? (I've never seen a beef steak or anything...)"

"Come on? Isn't nobody just coming up with it ~?

"Next time, Cortex, why don't you try it?

"Is it good ~? I'll do it ~? You won't know if you regret it later ~?

"That's what I'm saying, but you, you'll never regret it, will you?

"Yes" chuckle

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You realize there's nothing more you can do about it, or more, waltz how you don't have any more words to say.

And that's when.

Apparently the hunting meeting, which was aimed at former refugee townspeople, was over at some point.

A hunter acting as a guide came to the waltzes.

"It's just you guys, isn't it? We were having a conversation the whole time during the meeting."

"" Uh... excuse me... "

"Well, that's fine"

After saying that, hunters who re- (...) bi (...) explain today's hunting menu to the waltzes.

And I just finished explaining......

The hunt for the waltzes began.

Well, anyway, Cortex seems to have decided to turn to everyone's supporting role because when the waltz comes out, it won't be a mess where it gets messed up.

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The hunt was attended by all the members who were coming to the city.

Because now, once the delivery of the medicinal herbs in the midst of tallying in the guild was complete, it could have been expected that the rank of all adventurers would rise from F to E......

From now on, we've all decided to hunt demons targeting E-rank Adventurers to prepare for the next Rank Up.

In other words, when it is confirmed that the drug herb tally will rise to the E-rank, by simultaneously collecting demonic material for the E-rank Adventurer, we will become the D-Rank at once.

...... Note.

It is unclear whether the original purpose of secretly sneaking into Vixen as an adventurer remains in their heads obsessed with increasing their ranks.

Well, aside from that.

Around the town of Aruba, although there were small forests everywhere, most of them were covered by snowfields.

It was inefficient for everyone to solidify and look for demons in that...

People seem to have decided to hunt in a place of epilepsy so that the areas in charge are not worn by each other.

For example, those who go to the river and take fish.

During this period, the river was covered in ice, but underneath it was water flowing even in winter, and few fish were swimming.

Or those who go to the woods and look for demons hiding in tree uros and such.

Before the sun rose, there was likely a daytime demon lurking there.

And...

"Sa, du co... si la?

Those who go to the snowfields where there is nothing.

That said, in that white earth, there was not entirely nothing, and under the thick snow, there was little chance that a hibernating demon was lurking.

It just didn't seem easy to discover it from the outside, it seemed like a very difficult hunt.

Waltz and Cortex are responsible for this.

"Sister ~? Please don't interfere with my debut ~?

"Huh? Cortex? Are you hunting too?

"What are you talking about? Aren't you here because you hunt ~?

and Cortex swells her cheeks next to the waltz as she progresses over the snow in an unusual outfit, even though she says she's in an extremely cold land.

Then she takes the ring out of nowhere and puts it on her own finger......

"Well, we'll go, won't we?

After declaring so, he exercised wide-area magic.

"... Phase Transition!

Cortex's clear voice echoes the wide snowfields.

That didn't sound through her mouth as a sound source, but it seemed to be heard from all over the snowfield.

By analogy, like a large concert hall with tons of speakers installed.

At that moment,

Zabaaaaaa!!

And, at once, the snow that was around Cortex dissolves and turns into water.

But the next moment, that water,

Gah......!

And it made a noise and turned into hard ice.

"... what the hell did you do?

"Phase transition, it's phase transfer ~? Heating an ice-like solid will one day be liquid, won't it ~? I magically tried to reproduce that without heating it ~. The melted snow seemed to have returned to the ice again because it was in a 'supercooled' state where the temperature wouldn't change even if it melted ~. Look, look. So the rabbit demon who grew tentacles from his back is icy with gutter ~? Glad you didn't see it disgusting ~"

"Really, anything..."

"No ~. Everything is magic with science applied.... No, rather, the science of applying magic, should I say ~?

After saying so, cut out the icy rabbit demon with laser-like magic from the spot...

And into the hemp bag without difficulty, Cortex looks like he succeeded in securing it.

Thus they repeatedly hunted what they did not think was a hunt, capturing the demons that were around the town of Aruba.