Let's Manage The Tower

(3) Forest survey

A day and a half after entering the forest.

Gil and his party members stopped at once.

This is the limit.

If we go any further, we will definitely be found by monsters living nearby.

Over the past few months, it was the limit that I knew because I had experienced it many times.

To be precise, monsters that appear around here can be defeated.

However, the crusade is essentially limited by the condition that you use consumables without thinking about it.

Conversely, monsters around here can bounce back no matter how attacked.

A good adventurer has to be good at identifying this limitation.

For it leads directly to life and death.

However, the faces of the "Wolf of Fire", who knew enough about it, turned to Gil with surprising expressions.

Gil, who immediately understood the meaning of the reaction, continued shrugging his shoulders.

"You think it's too soon?

"Oh, no, I don't know what you guys are capable of. It's the other way around."

"I see. As long as we've been walking through the woods together, the limit is too fast."

Khali nodded as if he was in line with Lik's words.

In fact, they thought they could go deep into the woods for at least two days.

The fact that it reached its limit more than half a day earlier means that the situation in the forest is worse than expected.

Gil looked terrible in support of his imagination.

"Of course you think so. In fact, we were still ahead of ourselves before the forest went crazy. That's it now, here it is."

"... I see. Angel, please."

"Yes, sir."

When Lik asked Angel to work briefly, the rest of the group began to place their loads one after the other.

Hey?

Gil and his allies naturally looked suspicious at the sudden behavior of The Wolf of Fire.

Lik added further explanations to the girlfriends.

"I'm building a base here today. We'll start by securing a safe zone before we go further into the back."

"... I see."

Gil nodded convincingly to Rik's explanation.

"Besides, Angel is in charge of the search. He'll be able to get a closer look at the situation around here. I'm waiting for the results."

As adventurers, while waiting for the results of their trusted allies, Gil and the others started acting without saying anything more about the basic behavior of creating a base where they could return with peace of mind.

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The location chosen by the Liks as a temporary base will be about 30 minutes on foot from the water.

If it's too close to the water field, it could be attacked by monsters who use it.

Also, when it's time to go, you can use magic to drain water.

I try not to waste magic as much as possible considering the possibility of being attacked by monsters, but if I can't get water, it's not what I'm saying.

It is the adventurer's activity to pump one piece of water with danger.

Angel quickly returned from reconnaissance as the Likuds were steadily building their base.

Angel, you're early.

First of all, I thought it was a report. But it's going to be worse than I expected. "

Lik turned a serious expression to Angel, who felt a little anxiety on his face.

"That much?

"Oh, I found about three Goblin nests in just this little time. And each of them is medium-sized."

That's... that's not good.

Goblin nesting is not uncommon in itself, but rather common.

However, the story is different when it comes to building medium-sized nests in a narrow area.

Goblins make nests to claim territory, but they don't basically make nests near other nests.

Because if there is a rash of hunting, it naturally develops into a struggle.

In the case of goblins, it is not uncommon for clans to fight each other.

However, if the goblin is building a medium-sized nest at close range, there will always be a leader who puts them together.

Sometimes there is such a presence in each of them, but it is bad on the contrary.

Whether that bad thing (...) is happening or not is important in this case.

"... Was King there?

I found the other people's eyes gathered to ask the question of Lik.

This is because there are not three medium-sized nests if there is a goblin king.

Anhel shook his neck to the right and left in response to the request.

"That's right, I couldn't confirm it with this much time. I'll look into it if I have to.

"No, let's not. Tomorrow, Angel will do his best. We also need to find out where the hub is going to be."

"It's awful."

Angel shrugged his shoulders to Lik, who smiled.

It is also important to investigate the Goblin nest, but the original purpose of the Liks is to investigate this forest anomaly.

To be clear, it is true that only the Goblins can be involved.

In addition, if it's a medium-sized goblin nest without the King, we can clear it up in half a day with the Liks.

Beyond that, we need to think ahead.

Given that, it was obvious that Angel would be busy going forward.

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One more day to get ahead of Gil and the others.

Gil, who was walking through the woods without the monster noticing, murmured.

"... is this the strength of the A-Rank Party?"

Because it is beyond our limits, I know the strength of the upper ranks well.

We should be more elaborate and bold in our actions.

Sometimes you act carefully to avoid being found by monsters, and sometimes you bury the monster that attacked you in an instant.

Don't take too long to process it, because other monsters won't find it.

Whatever action you take, you'll see that each member is doing a top-notch job.

Not to mention the fact that the Liks are holding Gil's legs.

If only we were here, we could go faster.

The first A rank party I saw up close was a lot of excitement for Jill and the others.

I knew that, so Lik dared to let Jill and the others like it without giving any instructions.

In fact, for the Riks, it's enough to have someone familiar with the forest.

For Gil and the others, Rick, who now had no idea where to build a base, was waiting for Angel to return to scout the surrounding area.

And finally, Angel brought back the report that Lick and the others had been expecting and didn't want to come in any other sense.

"Looks like you got it right."

Upon receiving the report, Lik sighed greatly.

I see. So, how big is it going to be?

Well then. To conclude, we'll have to break in from somewhere else. "

Lik, who received the words accurately, sighed once again with great relief, realizing that things were falling in the direction he did not want them to hit.