"The number of carriages is growing again."

It's getting pretty dangerous around here, Ellie said.

There will be extremely few people on top of the demonic realm getting closer. In short, it is a periphery. The streets pass through the depths of the woods and the outlook is poor.

The trip is on the seventh day.

The number of merchant carriages departing from town has almost doubled. I joined the other merchants.

I don't think it's going to be more burdensome because there's more of those minutes and more escorts, but our carriage is in the lead today.

Does that mean you can fight first if even demons come out?

"We talked about not having to work except in an emergency, and I feel like I'm being flabbergasted"

"If anything happens, we'll do it anyway. Then it would be quicker to do it from the start."

What Ellie says is good too.

Even the frequently occurring oak is not always a normal party, but it is not always intact. Not to mention the danger zone around here. There's so much talk about the whole merchant squad disappearing without leaving a trace. If you have a strong party, you'll want to leave the avant-garde to me. If I can count on someone else, I'll take care of it.

"Experience required"

"That's right. You're almost there!

Tirica and Ellie are motivated.

Tirica still needs some leveling up, but Ellie remains in a state where Spatial Magic Level 5 can be mastered at the next level, and only bandits have left on the itinerary so far. Though the night at Nojuku felt a hint of a demonic appearance, it never struck me.

I want experience, too. I want to make money too. But the journey is another week. I feel tired from some of the bandit opponents of the last few days.

But it is a prospect for Anne that I would like to take some time off.

"[Heels]. Come on, let's do it again today!

That's right. I was so full of energy last night, but I'm tired, but I didn't think I'd pass. No, I shouldn't have strained a little too much at night. I've earned extra money, and I've been staying in a better inn than usual and taking my time with everyone. A lot.

As a result of the pre-departure consultations, it was decided to stop reconnaissance as before. It's what I started with the right idea, and it's still not a good idea to break up the power of war in a danger zone. Plus, if you're scouting, me and Sati can do it from the carriage at our leisure. In addition, having Tirica sneak out a hourglass to greatly expand her scouting range allowed her to find prey quite often.

All demons on the path are killers. Even if it is off course, go out and kill them all.

Fortunately, the bandits never came out again. There are many demons around here. I guess bandits are too dangerous to work in places like this either.

Initially there was an atmosphere where the new rendezvous party was licking me a little. Though B-ranked, it looks like a whole rushing party.

B-rank? One dragon crusade? Just one shot of magic at a joint party of 20? He seems to be a little suspicious of our strength.

If you're strong enough to crusade the dragon, I'll hear your reputation somewhere, but you're completely anonymous. Freshly ranked. I'm the only leader who looks like a high school student, and then there's four girls. It is a matter of anxiety as to whether it will truly be used as a force of war.

I didn't care. If you want to prove it, show me something or fight. I'd rather you think you're weak and don't count on me for too much.

There is such a thing as rank fraud. Rarely are adventurers of the highest rank not commensurate with merit. Sometimes if you have stronger allies than you fight at a party, you get pulled and ranked higher.

Of course, the Alliance will do the individual screening exactly to prevent it, but it is hard to say that it can be completely prevented. Only a major Adventurer's Guild, like the town of Siorii, also has a permanent presence of authentic officers.

Externally, the rank is supposed to have the strength to match that rank, but the adventurers in the body are well aware of those circumstances. Though rank fraud is rare, if there are demons, we will fight together. It's life-threatening if the guy who came with the touch of being able to defeat the dragon is useless. If it is possible to check the strength, it should be done.

That's what Mr. Fabio must have been like the day before he left to plug the fight, and he asked Ellie to explain it to him regarding the rank fraud.

It was the afternoon of the day I left town, when I found a settlement of oak, and came back wiped out and left alone. The leaders of the other escort parties have become a little obnoxious when they meet at the break point to explain to Mr. Norman how many Oak Settlement positions they have.

"Is that true"

I can't even leave the merchants for too long, so the hunt was done quickly. It's a new method of warfare to hold the three of you on my fly and chant and unleash magic as you enter the scene. Soon after I realized it, the oak was devastated.

It is the first desolate industry where advanced reconnaissance and air combat capabilities, combined with high firepower, will be possible.

The merchants didn't stop because they decided there was a distance from the streets and no danger, and they came right back just to say that they were going to knock them down because they had a little demon. I can't believe you said you've finished about eighty orcs. Well, you can't help it.

"True"

Tirica says a little mucky. I know exactly who's in the merchant corps since day one that Tirica is a true and false official, but I usually hide it. It is a profession that is often feared or misunderstood by ordinary people.

"It's close to the city. Glad I found you and knocked you down," Angela said.

"But I don't know if there's an oak settlement in this position..."

Apparently this guy is based on the town he's been leaving. When a group of oaks were building a settlement near the town, I guess there's no way to be calm.

"Ahhh. Masaru, show me up."

"Uh, yeah."

I guess I should have declared it to be ten or something. But Tirica gets angry when she lies.

Move to a slightly wider area and release a few 50 oaks at once.

Many bodies have been badly damaged because they were exterminated by powerful range magic, and a good number have been buried in the soil on the spot, so they are slightly less than the number they defeated. But there are still about fifty bodies left, and the torn oak is a mountain. Pretty gross sight.

"Do you also see the card records?

"It's not necessary. No, I don't need it. It's okay."

Doesn't seem necessary. Recover the oak mountain just now, but it's already in the spotlight. People in the merchant squad are coming to see it. I don't really want to stand out...

"But is this some kind of surprise? A wizard who can use level three or four can do this."

Ask Ellie as she looks at the quietly pulled back adventurer.

"It's going to take four of us. And level four is easy to say, but when you get to that level, you're not in there?

"You know what?"

And you believed it very well. If I were you, I'd be a little suspicious. I'm not sure you've been hunting now.

"You said Masaru was scared of adventurers."

"Yeah."

I'm not scared enough anymore, but that doesn't change that I'm not good at it.

"I'm afraid of wizards over there, too. We have the power to destroy the settlement in an instant. Massal should be more aware of the area."

Certainly suspicious of someone who could build a pile of corpses in a short time! Or something too scary to say. Convinced.

Anyway, that's how the merchants became very cooperative in hunting on the road. In exchange for being a little scared.

Even if you hunt during the day, you have work at night. It is camp making. It is also called homemaking.

The homemaking of the degree of the camp is also done every time, and is for all. The cold in the middle of the winter night is quite harsh. It can't just be for us and Mr. Norman's merchant squad.

When it comes to doing things, they just make some buildings of the same shape. Once you learn how to make it, it takes little effort. Normally, magic is a problem, but there's a lot of it.

So many fine houses are built in the camp, all of which are free of charge.

But when it comes to making everyone's share, it becomes a hassle. Shouldn't this take money?

"You're just gonna stay the night, and you're not gonna get that much money, are you?

Yes, Anne told me.

The stone house was built disappointingly enough to normally live, but all I need so far is one night. They make beds once, but they don't even have bedding.

Is it 2,000 yen or 5,000 yen even if I disappear? I don't even earn as much as a penny where I took it from everyone. No, if I get it alone, it's gonna be about a penny?

"Stop imitating the seco, no more..."

Ellie stunned me, so I just accepted my gratitude and ended it. Well, monster hunting on the road is going to be an income there, and don't you need to get bumpy?

I wonder what other dirt wizards are doing. I wouldn't have to take extra care of myself if I made this much every time I traveled.

"A normal dirt wizard will run out of magic just to make a small one. It's weirder to be able to make a bunch of these."

With that said, he was a candidate for Tirica's fiancée, some nobleman said he was also quite a soil magic user, but you were out of magic with just about three golems.

Even if it can be made, it's a dangerous journey. I guess that means that it's common Maggie who can't drain her magic or anything with homemaking.

This accommodation that Masaru has built around the camp will be greatly utilized in the future and will be appreciated by the travellers, but so far they do not know much about it.

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While hunting smoothly, he passed the border zone without any problems and, via several villages, again the size of the merchant corps was a little larger than it had initially been. The rest of the itinerary is about two days away.

When I tried to pass a certain village, armed villagers stopped me. A large number of demons have come forward. Many fully armed villagers are out on the streets.

"It's inago!

I feel nasty when I hear it's inago. Not that I'm particularly bad at worms, but I'm a monster of worm systems in this world...

If you listen to me, it's obvious. They say that some individuals get up to about 3m, and while that travels in large quantities, they eat and scatter everything in the path. I don't like or dislike it. Animals, but plants, but humans, but eat everything.

According to the villagers we found, there were terrible numbers. But I don't know the exact scale.

The grown inago is said to be more powerful than the oak, even on its own. In ordinary villagers, it's suicide just to go for reconnaissance.

In the village it is rough with evacuation preparations. If Inago comes this way, we'll have to escape. Fortunately, inago stops there if there's anything to eat on the path, so it's not as fast as it travels. Besides, Inago is whimsical. No one knows which way to go. You may come to the village, or you may go to the other side.

But on the other side, there's a village with Mr. Nania.

"I've spent years expanding my farm."

"Hurry! Hurry! Run before Inago gets here!

"Wow, wow"

"If Inago comes this way, the village..."

"Why are you doing this..."

Crying children, despondent villagers rushing to pack.

There are also sturdy walls in this village, but they are no obstacle to giant inago with wings.

There is a Garland fort if you go through the canopy, and of course the army is stationed there, but it is impossible to inform beyond the canopy. It takes about two days to get to the fort. The town on the other side on the side where we have come is further afield.

The gaze naturally gathers on us. Needless to say, can't you crusade? That is.

But it was not spoken of. The opponent is a bunch of demons the size of the army has to deal with. No matter how many B-ranked parties you party, you're loaded no matter what you think alone.

"I don't know what to do"

"How can you do that?"

I don't think we have to do anything. What about asking the army in the fort to report it? We can fly over.

"I don't know the size of the inago, but if you fight it, it will do terrible damage to the military, too. Whether they can still be destroyed."

There will be about a mage in the army as well, but it is a fortress on the border. I don't even know how much power I can expect. It'll take two days each way to get here, even if you're going to deploy to it. It will definitely take three or four days if you think about informing the other side and preparing for battle as well.

In the end, we're quick and certain.

"I'll just go check it out"

"No matter how many B-ranks you say..."

The villager was skeptical. How can a large group of inago be like this with about five people? She irritated me badly and told me that if she even drew me here, I would be in trouble. He asked me if I could escort the evacuation of the villagers more than that.

"It's okay. Leave it to us!

Mr. Ellie is always confident. But look at that. The villagers look unnecessarily anxious.

"Uh, well, I'm fine. All four of them have Maggie, so the fire power is high."

A little too many inagos would be fine.

"We're going to be a S-ranked party sooner or later. I'll wipe you out with as easy a win as an inago!

According to Ellie's standpoint, we don't take pulls to any S-rank party if it's just fire power.

But we just look like a rank fraud. The villagers are pulling extra because they say S-rank or something, aren't they, Ellie...