Legend

Ray and Seto were landing in a position with Bobbs as the sunlight gradually lit up their surroundings.

"What happened?

"No problem. The guy who was leading the orc took him down, too."

"Right."

Nodding small at Ray's words, he takes a small whistle out of his nostrils and blows it out of his mind.

At the same time, the high noise rang to the surrounding area.

What Bobbs blew was called a magic whistle, a kind of magic item. However, it is quite cheap to say that the subtle name can be purchased with a few gold coins on the back. The effect is simple. That's all there is to using the magic of the user to make a wide range of tall sounds. But it helps when you need some kind of signal, like this one, because of its simple and lucid effect.

Bobbs blew the Magic Flute now because he had decided in advance to inform members of the Crusaders when he defeated the existence that was leading the Orcs. I took part in the night raid more than I could hear this whistle signal. Faces will be back here as soon as I finish hunting for the rest of the oak.

"This is good.... Well, let's start with what"

Turning the Magic Flute back into nostalgia, Bobbs turns his gaze to Ray.

"Right. First and foremost, as expected, the Dark Star attacked me during the night raid, so I returned."

"... so, what about the stars of the night?

They're all dead.

"Really... you didn't think to let him live and capture you?

"Don't kill the person you're attacking with the intention of killing me?

"Well, I certainly can't say I can't... but if I had caught him alive, Ray would have benefited too"

"Benefits? Besides gathering information?

Listen to Bobbs and ask in wonder.

In the first place, the Dark Star was moving on a party-by-party basis, and it didn't seem like someone was behind it, so I couldn't find any point in getting the information out. But I urge Bobbs to continue talking about whether he got some interest from being heard that it would otherwise be beneficial.

"Oh. If the Dark Star had been caught alive this night, he would have been treated as a criminal slave. And half of that sales will go into you."

"Slave."

"Hmm? Oh, yeah. You lived with a magic master until you came to the city of Gilm. Then you've never even seen a slave."

"Well, that's how it is. I'm not really interested in being a slave, but let's remember that story."

"Oh, do that. I'd appreciate it if you could keep me alive in an informative sense, too, as a guild. If you capture a bandit or something alive, you're basically sold as a slave, and half of that sale is supposed to go into the adventurer's pocket."

So the night ends about the Dark Star. Bobbs doesn't have time for a party that has always followed a fate he deserves.

"So, let's change the story... that you're here to announce the end of the crusade, which means you defeated the individual who was leading the orcs"

"Oh. Discover the orcs trying to escape the settlement in the dark of the night. It was intercepted with the scorching wind and destroyed."

While telling Bobbs about the situation, he displays a list of mysteries in the back of his brain to remove Oak King's body.

The corpse of a monster nearly 3 m in size that appeared in front of him. It is connected only by the skin with half two torso severed, with the head of the oak king rolling next to it. Bobbs suddenly turned his gaze to the body.

"Whoa, could this guy..."

Bobbs looks at the body of that monster and turns to Ray in momentum. He was just a skilled adventurer, and I guess he knew what a monster was lying on the ground in front of him.

"Oh. I heard it from Sulnin, the wizard of the scorching wind. Oak King, right?

"... you're right. Rank B Monster Oak King. I've fought a few times when I was an adventurer too... but you guys were the only ones I could beat. No, there's Seto, a Rank A monster, and the scorching wind is a Rank C party, so is it possible?"

Bobbs whining and snorting. Ray, who was watching how it went, wondered if I could let him mislead me like this for a moment, but he decides to tell me honestly how he defeated Oak King by deciding that it would be easier to rank the Alliance as well if he knew he had defeated it.

(Plus, probably a scorching breeze... or around Mileyne would spread the word that I knocked him out)

The magic I used on Mileine and the others, what I forbid with the seed of the commandment, is to tell others about Seto's firebraces and water polo, and the corrosion that Ray used, and I don't forbid Ray defeated Oak King, so I decide that the information about who defeated him will spread sooner or later.

Well, in that case, there's a chance he'll have trouble asking how he knocked him down... but Ray prays in his heart that the seed of admonition doesn't at least activate.

I'm not so worried because it feels like I've tried to fight together and I've intuitively understood that I seem to be a trustworthy member unlike the Dark Star at night.

"For once, Oak King was led by five oaks, one oak archer, one oak mage and one oak general each. Five oaks were knocked down by the scorching wind, and Seto was oak mage and oak archer. I'm Oak General and Oak King."

The moment Ray puts it in his mouth, Bobbs' movement stops perfectly. And the gaze that was directed toward Oak King in such a way as to fear is directed toward Ray.

"What did you just say? I'm sorry, but as you can see, your ears are half missing. Apparently, he misheard me."

That's what I said, Bobbs pointing to his right ear, which is half a thousand cuts. But I can't help it. The Rank G Adventurer says he defeated the Rank B Monster, Oak King, by himself. It doesn't matter how much I know about Ray's anomaly additions and subtractions to Bobbs, it's not something I can properly believe.

Or you could have been convinced if Seto had been told he had defeated Oak King. It's a Griffon of Rank A monsters anyway, so it shouldn't be too hard to defeat the Underground Oak King.

But...

"I defeated Oak King.... No, well, I don't know what it feels like to be incredible. But I don't. Ask the face of the scorching wind later and you'll be clear."

That being said, several groups of parties coming from the Potspots and Oak Settlement to this place go into sight and store Oak King's body in Mystering just because they're sorry to make any more noise pointlessly.

"Hey, Bobbs, Ray, and Seto!

It is Elk, the Axe Leader of Thunder God, who is waving heavily at us as he lends his shoulders to Ming, who looks like his feet are tumbling at the head of the party coming back here. He said he'd been fighting orcs all night, but he barely showed a tired color on his face. Min carried on its back is tired and pale enough to see if there is too much magic and little magic left. Next to it, Rhodos, his two sons, said his parents... or stared worryingly at his mother.

From behind, I can also see the faces of the parties that were in the crusade. As far as Ray can tell, there still seems to be some reduction in the number of people compared to before the start of the operation. Exactly. It seems the bugs were too good to attack an oak settlement led by Oak King and everyone would survive.

Still, the number of victims was only to this extent because it was a night raid, and everyone who took part in this crusade understood that there would have been more victims had they been front-cutting and challenging the fight during the day.

"Whoa, Ray. I thought you guys knocked out those orcs bosses?

Reaching under Bobbs, Elk asks Ray loudly in the ass about the other adventurers who sit on the spot with tired or scratched hands or heading to pick up the luggage they keep in the carriage.

Next to it, Rhodos stared at Ray.

"Dad, there's no way this guy's ever been the boss of the orcs. I do know that Ray is not a G-rank. But..."

"Grrrrrrrr"

Seto roars like he blames Rodos for almost saying something.

"... Anyway! I'm not gonna admit this guy beat the Orcs' boss! Look, Mother. I need a little rest now."

Rhodos takes Min to those with carriages when he tells Seto's roar to do so as if it were a throwaway dialogue. Min is also held by Rodos with another bitter smile.

Dropping off the hindsight with a bitter smile, just like his wife, Elk bows his head small toward Ray.

"I'm sorry. Look, there were some orcs trying to get around behind us, right? Since I saw Ray take them down, I've come to admit I have strength, but I can't honestly admit it when I get out in front of Ray."

"Gru......"

To the grumpy Seto, Ray also strokes his back and forgives his partner, grinning as bitterly as Elk did.

"Look, calm down. I've been softening my attitude a lot since we first met, so don't get too upset."

"Grrrrrrrrrr"

I can't help it, I just wave my tail and put it to sleep a little further away.

"Well, Seto's attitude is the best. If I can properly admit that a strong guy is strong, I can peel him off too..."

To the sighed elk, Bobbs approaches and gives him a glass of water.

"Look, first of all, still drink this and take a breath. Damn, you're too desirable for your son. At that age in the first place, Rank C Adventurers are top class as adventurers of the age responsible for the next generation of the city of Gilm.... Well, there are exceptions to everything"

Chirali, and Bobbs to gaze at Ray for inclusion. Elk also understands that his intuition was right to see how it went.

"I knew it. I thought so."

"Yeah, well, without Ray, we couldn't have beaten Oak King first."

It was Mileine, the leader of the scorching wind who fought Oak King with Ray, who had abruptly interrupted the story.

At the moment when the word Oak King came out, the adventurers around me were not listening but listening to Bobbs, Elk and Ray.

"Hey, did you hear that, now?"

"If I hadn't heard it wrong, I'd have heard Oak King."

"That sounded like it to me, too."

"But look, that kid has Seto. Then we'll figure it out..."

"But I'm pretty sure Mileyne herself was losing to Oak King without that Ray guy, huh?

"Well, maybe that doesn't mean the scorching wind and that Ray guy cooperated and defeated Oak King?

"With Seto, I can do anything!

While I hear voices around me like that, just as Elk confirms me with a surprised face.

"Hey, are you serious about Oak King?

"That's right. Exactly when I first saw Oak King, I didn't think I could do it anymore. In addition to Oak King, we have one Oak General, one Oak Mage, one Oak Archer, and five other regular oaks..."

"I don't know, that's just a little tight"

"Right? Well, I ended up working it out thanks to Seto and Ray"

"Hey, Ray. It's about you, and you have the body of the orc you knocked down inside that mystering anyway, right? Let me see the oak king. Happy or unhappy, I've never seen Oak King in person."

"I'd like to take a break for now. I'm just tired of fighting all night long."

He groans so as he exhales, but Bobbs gently slaps Ray on the shoulder.

"Give it up, Elk won't listen when you say it out. Besides, I'm a member of the Oak Crusade without risking it. Then it wouldn't be weird to want a glimpse of the oak kings that led the orcs we defeated, would it?

"Yes, they do. I'm tired enough to keep fighting for about a night, and the adventurers aren't doing it, are they?

Following Bobbs, that's what Elk tells me. Nor do those who rest around them put anything out of their mouths, but from their eyes they clearly emitted a light of anticipation. And those who took a break in the carriage or from their luggage for spare potions, drinks, food, etc., also heard the noise and came out on the table, sending a gaze of anticipation.

"There you go. If this happens, there's no way I'm not gonna show it to you anymore, is there? Ray knocked him down, so he said there was nothing to be humbled about."

"... you've made a lot of noise so far... well, fine. I'm sure there's nothing I can do until I show it to you."

Exhale the sigh of giving up on Mileyne's voice and remove Oak King's body from Mystering again.

Some of them would have seen the effects of mystering up close for the first time. I hear surprises for a few people.

And that surprise voice was also caused by the appearance of Oak King's body, which caused everyone around him to leak a similar voice.

"Big."

"Oh. It's obvious compared to a regular oak. And look at that decapitation. That must have been a sharp blow."

"And there's hardly two trunks anymore. Did that Ray kid really do this?

The torso is almost cut into two pieces and connected only by the skin. And right next to its torso, the head of the oak king is rolling.

The adventurers around them, who saw it, carved in their bodies and minds how strong Ray was supposed to be in the G-rank.

"See? It's good to show you, isn't it?

It's as if the prank succeeded, but with the grin of the evil kid himself, Elk slaps Ray on the back.

"At least the people who joined this crusade will never see you again as a G-rank."

"... is that what you're after? Well, I'll just say thank you for that."

"Oh, thank you more and more. It's not a bad idea to make a loan to a guy who's got arms like you."

After the Oak King viewing party was thus completed, Elk and Bobbs, who still had plenty of energy to spare, were entrusted with watching over the rest of the Oak party and other monster raids, while most adventurers slept well and healed their tiredness, which kept them fighting all night.