High Load Training with the Cursed Devil's Sword!? - The Masked Adventurer Who Should Not Be Known - [Web Version]
[Episode 16: Rank of Demons]
We were supposed to receive an emergency request (quest) after the meeting room and were briefed by Mr. Ridley at the reception on the ground floor.
"Tomorrow, the number of adventurers participating is about fifty. Most adventurers in this city, except apprentices and junior adventurers, are supposed to participate."
I had some anticipation, but it still seems to be a pretty big deal.
"By the way, are we the only junior adventurers to join in that way?
I was a little curious, so I asked if there were any junior adventurers besides us.
"No. I'd join a couple of veteran (...) junior adventurers. of veterans (...)."
In other words, it seems that no other adventurer of the same E rank has just become an adventurer like us.
"Right... sorry for breaking my hip about the story. Go on."
Although the content of this emergency request (quest) was generally as expected, I was still unable to hide my surprise at its scale.
There are about fifty adventurers on the crusade expedition.
Ten knights and thirty guards from the "Knights of Liano" owned by the Liano family (of which).
Fifteen "Blue Knights" are Kingsguard knights of Master Snore.
In total, more than 100 people were supposed to participate.
"Shh, that's a massive crusade expedition..."
"Right. If there were more people like Yuina who could use attack magic, I wouldn't need the number of people to this point..."
The number of people who can use magic is so small.
However, when it becomes someone who can use multiple attributes or the magic of the second floor, the number is reduced at once.
Especially since adventurers who can use second-floor magic can do it in every city, and there are a number of cities, such as labyrinth cities, that are easier to act as adventurers, there are many who move their bases of activity towards high ranks.
As a result, there were few adventurers in mediocre regional cities like ours who could use attack magic.
"Mr. Ridley. I don't know what I'm talking about, but Yuina's never had a big fight like this before. I want you to refrain from making too much pressure."
I feel Yuina breathing when I perceive I'm expected to, and I'll put a word nail on it.
I'm the reason you're with the request. [M]
I'm not going to let Yuina stretch her back and match her more dangerous eyes than she needs to.
"Oh, no. I can't make a big deal out of this... but I'll do my best to help."
"Well... well still, I've never seen a massive battle before. You shouldn't have to."
Yuina has apparently been summoned as a brave man and has undergone quite a number of different trainings, but she was banished before she got into action, so she hasn't been able to fight too many demons.
That's a good idea from my meeting with Yuina.
"I'm sorry if I felt under heavy pressure. People who can use second-floor magic are valuable, so... But I'm sure you don't have to feel that pressure because I don't think the Alliance Master will put Mr. Yuina on the front line in the first place."
"Yes. But I'll do my best to help as well as I can!
I'm in the mood in a good direction for now, so Yuina will be fine for today.
I think so, and I urge Mr. Ridley to continue his conversation.
"So, Mr. Ridley. Do you know the approximate location or number of goblin colonies? And what about the presence of superior or mutant species?
"That's... as you know, the reconnaissance before the crusade ended in failure, so there's not much you know. I wonder if there are more than a hundred confirmed species (goblins) in the D-rank, such as Archer and Soldier. It's just that there's more than one top species identified, so maybe there's a goblin leader."
Goblins are the weakest of demons that mimic people.
Its size is considerably smaller than that of children around the age of ten, and many individuals have only short and less lethal weapons.
So the rank that stands for strength as a demon is also considerably lower than E.
The rank of this demon is an indication that it can be defeated with the average strength of the adventurer in the same rank, and is considered strong enough for a demon of the same rank to win if it fights normally from the front.
In other words, if you're a regular goblin in rank E, you won't have a problem with me or Yuina, who's a junior adventurer.
However, a one-on-one condition is attached to say….
In the case of a large-scale battle like this one, it is also expected to be a brawl, so at least you need to deal with multiple goblins on your own and have unbeatable strength.
So regular junior adventurers refuse.
Moreover, the goblins of the upper species have been confirmed this time.
A superior species is an individual who has excelled in some kind of skill or emerged with a stubborn flesh among the same goblins.
The top species of "Goblin Leader," which appeared earlier, is regarded as the strength of the C-rank, and the adventurers and guards of our city will be rewarded if they do not respond in multiple ways.
Is it about the knights who are likely to win this crusade for sure?
That's what I was thinking, and I remembered the face of one adventurer.
"With that said, will Mr. Nevan be joining us?
Perhaps that guy feels like he could win, even if the goblin leader leads top species such as other soldiers.
"That's... I went to Wang Du to ask for an escort because of the bad timing and he hasn't come back yet."
"That's really not a good time..."
Well, some of the knights in "The Blue Knights" should have had about B-rank strength, so can you handle it?
By the way, the knights of our city are as strong as C-rank even the strongest regiment leader.
Some of them have been accompanied by my father in his introduction, but not as much as Mr. Nevan did during that mock fight.
"That's right. That guy usually doesn't get a request for an escort. No!
Mr. Ridley is angry at me for showing some vegetables, but well, it won't even be possible.
Because the strongest adventurer in this city isn't unlucky when one needs a strong adventurer.
"Well, but it's the adventurers who are free. I thought you were in the mood for an escort request.
"Maybe so...... oh, I'm sorry I'm acting like some kind of stupidity. So..."
We then heard stories about dates, troop formation, and rewards and special evaluations, and we left the Adventurer Alliance behind.
On that day, the two of us bought more of what we needed and then went back to the inn, and the conversation got to the floor there early.