Lead the other world.

- Sac, Sac, Sac, Sac...

Only three footsteps stomping leaves in the woods were echoing.

The three of them went into the woods for about thirty minutes. Takumi and the others went out to an open place in the woods where there was a fountain that the Giant Boatrol had heard beforehand from the village chief without encountering anything.

But the three of them were getting more anxious as there seemed to be no Giant Boatrol.

"I knew it was crazy...... No sign of a creature...... What's going on in these woods? Don't both miss the perimeter."

"Ah."

While listening to Walnut's words, which focused on walking ahead and not missing out on minor changes, Takumi responded briefly and pulled a long sword out of her waist to look over the fountain.

The fountain, which reflected the sun's light and sparkled with water, saw small fish swimming, and the water in the fountain was clear and beautiful.

(Heh ~ Beautiful fountain... is that it?)

Feeling uncomfortable, Takumi crouched and looked around at the ground around the spring.

(I knew...)

Iris called out to Takumi when she saw Takumi wandering around the fountain by herself looking strange.

"What's wrong, Takumi?

"Hey, is this really Giant Boatrol coming for water? The water's too clean for him to drink, and I don't see any footprints."

This was who Takumi felt uncomfortable with the spring. It's too beautiful. The water from the spring.

Walnuts and Iris, who had rushed over to hear Takumi's words, also looked at the water in the spring and tilted their necks.

If Giant Boatrol is usually here for a drink of water, the small monster that Giant Boatrol eats, the plant floats in the water, should be obviously dirty.

But there was no such trace in this fountain. There was no sign of the monster approaching for at least a few days.

Iris was silent because of his anxiety or pale complexion, but Takumi asked Walnut unexpectedly as he became even more anxious, although he did not give it to his expression either.

"Hey, are there really giant boretrolls in this forest?

"It's a request through the guild. He should be somewhere...... Go a little deeper and look for it before you think about it."

Walnut sharpened his eyes, and even though he was troubled, he suggested so and the three of them decided to go back.

- Whoa, whoa.

Then back when the three of them had gone behind the fountain long enough.

There were Takumi and Iris standing up in the woods with pale faces, walnuts with their eyes open and surprised.

"hey... this..."

Finally the three of them found the Giant Boat Troll.

Parts of Giant Boatrol's body.

The trees around the body were swept down, and the bodies and blood stains were scattered over there.

Iris looked blue and disgusted at the look of it. Takumi also turned a blind eye for the first time to see the tragic situation so far.

Takumi checked sideways to see if the walnut was okay, and he saw such intense agitation and impatience on his walnut face that he had never seen it before.

- I did it, I stepped in too much, I said I mislooked at it when I was leaving...

(What is this!? We need the three of us to turn back soon!)

"Takumi, Iris! It sucks......, turn back to the village ASAP...... Huh!! Avoid!?

The moment Walnut tried to instruct him, Walnut jumped off the spot as soon as he realized he was murderous.

Takumi, who had heightened his vigilance to the maximum, noticed a mighty slaughter impending from behind before hearing the words of the walnut, and flew sideways holding Iris in his arms, who had not been able to react.

"Huh!?

"Khaaaa!?

Then, with the roar, the place where we were until just now turned up the smoke and swung aloud with the loud noise.

Takumi and Iris were shockwaved and finally stopped as Takumi's back hit a tree as he rolled.

In the meantime, the walnuts were pulling out their weapons immediately and chanting their magic without getting haired after avoiding them.

"" Shadow by Rahl "!"

Takumi stood up supported by Iris while he was restrained wrapped around his body in the smoke where a whipped shadow rose.

And then the sand smoke cleared and the monster that attacked the three people restrained by the magic of the walnut gradually became visible, and Takumi opened her eyes to its size and intimidation and her palpitations intensified.

"What... is this guy...?

Will he have a length of four or five meters? It's covered in thin, dirty, blue-like scales, and I can see it sticking together. And what is characteristic is the sharp nails and long fangs on the two long arms that I have never seen. And the back of the creepy glowing red eye looks like something is twitching.

Walnuts shouted at Iris and Takumi, who were completely stiffened by the mysterious monster's killing and intimidation that suddenly appeared.

"Run to the location of the fountain, both of you! He's a bander snatch for S-rank monsters!

And the two of them, who had not yet grasped the situation, returned to me and began to run as far as the fountain as they could with walnuts.