Legend

In the dark woods… Anterm was walking through such a place.

There are many trees growing in the Trento forest, and their density is quite high.

As a result, the soft light falling from the moon is mostly blocked by the branches of the trees.

In addition to the moon, there are also quite a few clouds in the night sky, sometimes covering the moon and hiding it.

That's why, in the present situation, the lights don't reach all the way into Trent's woods.

But among other things, Anterm does nothing to bitter the darkness, and proceeds.

"I didn't know I had to go into the woods in the middle of the night.... Ray."

From the way you throw up, you are more frustrated with the cause that drove you into this situation than in the dark.

In fact, this darkness is not troublesome for Anterm at night.

For Anterm, who acted solo and was promoted to Rank A, this is not the first time he has worked in this degree of darkness.

… although there was frustration as to why I needed to go out and work at night to draw noble blood.

Why is Anterm deliberately in such a place in such a situation?

There are several reasons for this, but the biggest reason would still be the presence of a wolf who seemed to be close to Ray during the day.

All I have in Anterm today is that he will avenge Ray for driving himself into this kind of predicament rather than for the purpose of already doing this with Griffon ceto.

It was actually a story that started with Ray's unsolicited act of trying to take away the Ceto he was taking, and it was nothing but deserved to be in this situation... nevertheless, the perception that the reason I am currently in this situation for Anterm was due to Ray.

There is a wolf that such a ray was adorable, which is why Anterm is currently in the Trent Forest.

There are also cases of birth towers, lakes, and underground spaces and fairies connected to different worlds, and it is forbidden to enter the Trent Forest without the permission of guilds and duskers.

To prevent that, even if the knights and soldiers are on lookout... given the size of Trent's forest, of course, its security is not strict.

Still, if it's an amateur trying to break into the Trent woods, knights and soldiers will also be able to find it.

In fact, more than a hundred people have been caught trying to break into the Trent Forest without permission.

But...... ANTERM, regardless of his personality, is no better than being a rank A adventurer than an amateur.

In addition, a considerable number of people have been returned to the Guild in search of the Anthelm, which is still desperately active, making it easy for the Anthelm to break into the Trento Forest.

"Nevertheless, I didn't expect such a forest to be able to do so in the short term. You know, the border."

The frustration with Ray was still there, but still now you should focus on exploring this forest, forgetting the frustration with Ray for a moment and whining as you look in the woods.

It is quite dangerous to go outside at night in the guilds of the border, but there is no reason why a knight or soldier can't do what Anterm can.

If you're going through the woods at night like this, the monsters will show up for such an anterm, naturally...

"Stay out of the way"

Along with that short word, monsters similar to the attacking owl are lightly cut with a blade of a long sword.

The blow unleashed was sharp and it was very easy to take the lives of the enemy.

The battle, which cannot even be called such a battle, has been repeated several times, and still Anterm proceeds without any injury...

"Again. Don't bother me... hmm?

I wonder if the enemy has appeared again and Anterm tries to wave his long sword, but accidentally stops the movement.

Because it was something translucent round that showed up.

At first I also thought it was a ghost or something, but decided that Anterm's quest as an adventurer wasn't a monster for it.

There's not enough hostility or harmfulness to me.

No, it's not where it's missing, it's right that it doesn't even exist.

"What is this... enemy? No, but..."

Neither has Anterm, who has ever made various requests, seen such a presence.

If you were going to attack yourself with this, you would have also imitated things like fighting back.

But as you can see from the lack of hostility, the object in front of you is not the enemy.

I'm not an enemy... but still, I had no idea what it was like.

"Hey, what the hell are you? Is that my enemy? Disappear if you're not the enemy. I can't afford to be like you right now."

I tell you so, the object that floats in front of Anterm drifts through the air without looking concerned at all.

It was at first that I had no hostility to myself...... I thought that was the periphery but some special phenomenon of the late, but it even seemed to me that the object moving in front of me was making fun of some anterm.

And the frustrating moment as to why one must be made fun of by such a being… Anterm's long sword instantly severs the object.

"Who do you think I am!

It was a flash of frustration, but the skill of the anterm would still be a sure testament.

The mutilated substance disappears into the darkness of night as if it were an illusion or something.

But that wasn't an illusion or anything, which is what the amputee herself best understands.

"Huh, I don't know what it is... you were unfortunate to come out before me.... than that, where's the wolf? The wolves in these woods have nothing to do with it....... hmm?

It was an anterm that was going through the woods in frustration, but eventually I notice an anomaly around me.

It seemed like the same tree that I saw earlier.

"No way."

Whimpering, he gently slashes and marks the trunk of the tree with a long sword.

And then we go through the woods...... eventually, before long enough, we get out in front of the trunk of the tree where the familiar wound is carved.

"Shit, whose fault is it?

Immediately realizing that he was caught in a bond or something, Anterm throws up in a frustrating mix.

Such a bond cannot naturally exist.

I mean, someone intentionally got themselves into this juncture.

That would mean that I had a hostile presence.

"Who... come out! Come out in front of me!

It was a shouting anterm, but such a connected being could not have bothered to show up.

With such frustration, Anterm takes a dagger out of his nostalgia.

"Damn, I'm gonna kill you for imitating you to use this"

Shake sharply through magic on your dagger as you scream in frustration.

Moment after moment, the object was slashed in space.

... No, it would be more right that the junction where the anterm was taken in was severed, etc.

When the dagger serves, it breaks in the middle of its body.

It's a magic item to destroy a bond, but it's disposable.

Naturally it is very expensive only for magic items, and the fact that it was used in a place like this oil Anterm's wrath.

Sometimes the anterm originally came out of the aristocracy, and my parents had several magic items at home.

When I became an Adventurer, I brought it up… As a result, I went up to Rank A Adventurer by using multiple Magic Items.

So consuming magic items is very painful for Anterm.

I have already used several consumable magic items in this case alone.

(Ray... give me something I wish I'd handed you a griffon too hard)

Griffon in Rank A Monster.

It is easy to imagine how many magic items that material will be.

That is why I am very uncomfortable with my current situation.

With such frustration, Anterm throws a dagger at those who feel signs that he has lost himself.

Though the dagger is missing the blade, the pattern remains.

The pattern is also made of metal, so if you throw it with the power of a Rank A Adventurer, it will naturally have a strong killing ability.

Anterm decided that the bearer of those signs was the one who trapped him in the junction, and threw a dagger at him with the thought that it wouldn't matter if he died...

"Ahhh!

"Become!?

Not a voice heard from the bush...... but a voice of surprise at what I saw for a moment from that bush.

Naturally. Because that slight appearance was a fairy.

Anthelm at night, so there was nothing to miss

Such, phantom beings.

The presence must have made me realize that I was seen from what happened to Anterm.

In a hurry, he moves off the spot.

All that remained was a circle of light floating in the air...... a circle of fairies.

"It was definitely a fairy."

Anterm squeaks to be so sure that the sight he sees wasn't a lie.

And confirm that the word was true.

"You think it's a fairy? You were here by chance?... No, you're not."

I immediately deny my opinion.

Trent Forest, which could have done without any context. They are guarded against people entering, and only some are allowed to enter, like Ray.

Given the circumstances, it was easy to predict that there would be a fairy habitat here.

... Actually, it just happened as a result of coincidences.

If you try to anterm it, it just seems like there was a fairy here from the start and the faces of the guilds were hiding it.

Ray...... I can't help but think of Dusker as it was no stranger to me than to keep things a secret about Trent Forest to be exact.

"A fairy... a fairy"

For Anterm, a fairy means a lot more than normal people have seen.

Basically, for an anterm who fights with a lot of magic items, the presence of a fairy who can make powerful magic items is above all a greedy one.

That's enough to make me think I can give up on Seto if I can get a fairy magic item.

"I guess the problem is where fairies live. If we try them, we'll never hide in a place where people will find us."

For example, somewhere in the Trento Forest after all… it will also be as deep as it has not yet been logged.

"Well, it was the worst... but still, it didn't seem like a bad story to me."

While I try to tell myself half the time...... the next moment I show frustration with the sweat flowing from my forehead.

It's definitely cooler than day, but still the heat you deserve to call it a tropical night on a summer night.

Like Ray's dragon robe, it doesn't have the function of a simple air conditioner, and the anterm is irritated by this heat.

"Come out, fairy! I need to talk to you guys!

The fairy figure was nowhere, an anterm screaming out of frustration with it, but all I could hear was the sound of a bug.

Plus the extra irritating Anterm voice echoes around.

"If you don't come out... I'll burn you"

The words out of Anterm's mouth are so serious that they don't seem very threatening.

If I didn't say anything, I wonder if you're really thinking of burning Trent's forest to the point where you think you are.

Of course, Anterm is not really going to burn in the current situation either.

No, but if the fairies still didn't come out, they were also going to do imitations like smoke and kick the fairies out of their dwellings.

Such an imitation would naturally be resented by Dusker, Lord of the Guild.

... In fact, it turns not only that, but also several other opponents against the enemy, but Anterm doesn't understand that much.

In the meantime... I definitely feel signs of upset due to what I said when I burned it.

Normally it's hard to imitate something like feeling that upset, but Anterm is a rank A adventurer.

Imitations such as feeling slightly upset were also possible if they were anterms.

"What do we do? If you surrender so much, I won't imitate you lighting a fire."

Anterm, who tells him so, inadvertently waves a long sword.

Moment after moment, I slashed and tore the wind arrows flying from nowhere.

Nor can this be done if it is normal again, but what Anterm has is a demon sword.

It's not a cheap demon sword either, it's reasonably expensive...... in other words, a highly effective demon sword.

It was easy to do things like slash and tear the magic that would fly towards me.

… of course, that's only because of Anthelm's skill.

"Okay. I mean, this is your response, right?

"Grrrrrrrrrrrr"

A flock of wolves appears from behind the darkness of the woods, as they react to that word.

Obviously against someone hostile to me...... and most importantly, with the individual I was with Ray in my eyes, Anterm's mouth had a grin to call a mad laugh.