I Said Make My Abilities Average!

"... that's why it's so bad"

To the explanation from the village chief, the faces of "Mithril's Roar" and "Red Vow" snort Hmm.

This is a small village at the foot of the mountain, a little over two hours from the king's capital.

Though at the foot of the mountain, the plains are also sprawling, not rocky, but relatively fertile land. Though there are some mountains spreading behind the village and some bald mountains, many of them are wooded mountains.

With all the Bald Mountains, we won't be able to secure enough ground dragon food, so it may well be the residence of the ground dragon...

This noise will be caused by the ground dragons who lived in the depths of those mountains, who sensed and frightened the presence of the ancient dragons and moved away from their dwellings.

From the explanations I heard when ordering at the guild, from the "Red Vows" on the move, and now from the village chief, everyone in "The Roar of Mithrills" had judged so. And of course, the face of The Red Vow.

The crusade request seems to have been sent out by a lord who received a petition from this village, and was astonishingly quick, even if the ancient dragon had a full day of latency. Either you care about the inhabitants for the rest of your life, or because if you leave the dragon species dangers in the immediate vicinity of the king's capital, you will soon be in the king's ear and in great trouble, anyway, you will do your duty as a proper ruler, like a good lord.

You didn't let me out a soldier in the lead, I had no choice.

In soldiers who train their opponents as their main virtual enemies over their demonic opponents, dragon breed opponents can do a lot of damage. It is much cheaper for a lord to leave it to the hunter for an amount that is only a penny: twenty gold coins, rather than losing an important soldier trained with a large sum of money. He would be a good lord, emphasizing the lives of soldiers even when taking into account the proceeds of the sale of that material.

And even for hunters, the request is delicious. In other words, a good judgment by a lord who knows things well, that makes everyone happy.

"Okay, I know the whole thing. Okay, let's go!

It's already past noon because it was quite late when I went to the guild. Even if we're going camping tonight, if we can meet our enemies in the light, we might be able to put up a fight by the end of the day. Now we can start the search right away, and if we can't find it by dark, we can talk about tomorrow's search plan during the night.

Now, as Glenn put it, it was time to move quickly.

(... I'm following you...)

This time, because the opponent is a giant, I don't have to worry about overlooking it or getting ambushed when the opponent finds me first. But Miles was using enemy magic because he was his first opponent, and because he was joint with other parties and didn't want to risk it. And hooked on it were four detection goals, following from the rear, keeping a certain distance.

(This reaction is human, and, besides, probably a child. What to do......)

Perhaps he would have liked to see advanced hunter land dragons fight. As for the children of the small village, once in a lifetime or not, it's a super oversized event, and I can't help it...

If this were to strike an orc or an orga settlement, Miles would have immediately informed everyone and driven the children back. Because if the number of opponents is high, you don't know what will happen.

But only one enemy this time, no matter how big the figure is. And I'm not the kind of person that wisdom works like taking hostages or shielding kids. If "Mithril's Roar" and "Red Vow" stop by and collect (or tap) it is the opponent to clean up, and if you are far enough away, there is no great danger.

And if Miles puts up a lattice force barrier before the battle, it changes from 'no great danger' to 'no danger at all'.

(So, is there a problem...)

Miles who had no friends in their previous lives and were bored were tolerant of children's play or adventure. Because I've always wanted to have an 'exciting adventure' like that, myself.

So unlike the other three who do hunter operations with a clear purpose, it is a mile that seems to hunter inert with no purpose, but in fact, the best of the four, they enjoyed and lived every day......

(I don't see any sign of going home...)

Miles I keep monitoring the four detection reactions that follow to protect me from danger.

If I have already come this far, I am more worried about returning the children alone. Therefore, if the light point indicating the children seemed to try to turn back, it was intended to join the children by pretending to have noticed at that time. And other than that, if you suddenly stop, increase your speed, or scatter on all sides, you're going to rush by pretending that you've come across a demon or something in some kind of danger.

(But that's the village-grown kids, they follow me a lot...)

Miles impresses me, but that's because everyone in "The Roar of Mithrills" is tailoring me to the least able-bodied of this time members, that is, Pauline and Lena.

The usual speed of movement of the 'Red Pledge' was only 'faster than the other hunters who carried the luggage' because they could put their luggage in storage for miles and walk with their bare hands when they should carry large luggage, and Pauline and Lana, who were small and narrow strides on top of lack of strength, were overwhelmingly disadvantaged if under the same conditions as this one.

This means that the two are less physically fit than the children in the village and travel slower in the woods. Unfortunately......

"... it's going to start getting dark soon. It's time to find a place to camp..."

"Ah."

To Glenn's whining, Miles accidentally leaked his voice.

Speaking of which, they camped and continued their search until they found the ground dragon. There is no way I would do something inefficient like go back to the village to sleep.

So, what about the kids you're following?

... out! It is out.

I don't think the kids followed me with their parents' permission. Because there can't be a parent who would allow that.

That means I left the village without permission. And if those kids hadn't come back at night...

OOOOOOOOOOO!!

"Here, there's a small life response in the rear...... Maybe it's a human child…"

(((ahhh...)))

From the disappointing mileage, Lena and the others guessed, 'Oh, you've noticed that a long time ago...' but never bothered to say it.

"What! Are those the kids from the village? Damn, you followed me. That's bad......"

Looks like you're in deep trouble, Glenn.

We can't abandon the children, but even if we head to the village now, it will soon be dark.

It is difficult and dangerous to travel with children through the woods where there are no roads. No matter how many A-rank parties we have, there is no guarantee that we will protect our children from suddenly being attacked by demons from trees or rocky shades in the dark. … and the return trip to and from the village will be a significant loss of time, nor will the amount of compensation for it be compensated.

Glenn, who looks like he chewed up a bitter bug, but only the item 'Ignore the children, behave' in his choices, never existed.

"Damn it, anyway, we'll rendezvous. The story starts with that!

And there was none that differed from it, and all groaned and turned back in the opposite direction.

And as soon as I found out what the kids looked like and tried to speak up.

All of a sudden, the ground on the children's side rose and a huge figure appeared.

"Huh! Duh, earthdragon!!

Yes, it's not a ground dragon, but a dragon species digging into the ground, a soil dragon (Doryu. not 'Mogura').

Sensing the vibrations by animals walking on the ground, they suddenly emerge from the ground and crush and devour their prey with their large and powerful arms developed to dig into the ground. The earthdragon's arm swung wide.

I can't make it.

The sorcerers, even if they start chanting now, will not make it.

Miles, frozen, completely unresponsive.

And the avant-garde of "Mithril's Roar," they were all, by no means, bad men, but not so fond of giving their lives for strange children.

If we are alive, a valuable A-rank, we can help a lot of people from now on. If you die here and now for the children of someone else in the red, no one can help you. And there was a very good chance that even if I probably couldn't get into it, it would just be a waste of time for both the child and myself to die.... No, no doubt, it will.

So no one tried to move.

… correct. It was that, as a hunter, it was indeed the right decision, and there was no one to complain to.

But here, more than as a hunter, as a knight. There were also those who prioritized their way of life as' ideal knights, in their own (all) hearts, 'rather than real knights.

Whether or not we can make it. What happens to my life. I don't even need to think about that.

Just reflexively, walk with all your might. To fulfill one's duty.

I didn't have time to pull out my sword, I just let that body interrupt between the giant arms and the children to be swung down.

Reflectively raised left arm.

And the earthdragon's arm shook down.

How much the left arm is a sturdy crop, that is, only 'the left arm is'.

Support that left arm, shoulder.

The torso.

The hips.

The legs.

... the left arm of an intact, residual crop in a messy crushed meat mass.

Perhaps Mavis, overconfident of his left arm abilities, doesn't know such a physical thing. But I could easily imagine that for miles.

"No, no, no, no!"

And the scream of miles sounded.