Riot Grasper

"Um... a map should be around here"

He rode on the back of Luke, a flying horseman, and crushed it so that he could look down on the earth from the sky.

"All right, get me down there."

When I gently stroke Luke's neck, the altitude slowly drops.

It landed a little off the streets north of the Imperial City.

Apparently, the other day, there was an incident in which a caravan who was passing through the street was attacked by demons.

The demons attacked were serpent demons enough to swallow humans lightly and whole - the one called "Emperor Serpent," where the caravan was half-destructed and the bulk of the luggage they were carrying was swallowed... with the caravan escorts.

The Emperor Serpent is originally a serpent that is many meters old, but it seems that with every peel, the body grows bigger and bigger and rarer, the one that becomes huge by the time it becomes insane.

Huge individuals are so fierce and horrible that they can't get their hands on them, and their nest holes are like caves big enough for people to live in, he said.

It was also the giant Emperor Serpent that attacked the caravan this time, and the cave where its giant would be nested, is likely to exist near this where the raid took place.

When it comes to why I am looking for such a demonic nest hole, I can say that the request to exterminate the serpent was sent to the Adventurer Guild in the Imperial Capital, because this request was a Rank A difficulty and I was a Rank A adventurer.

"If you find a big nest hole, are you going in?

"I... the dark place is a little scary"

"Yeah, you could be pulling in the back... I mean, Lime, you're a slime, so you're not relying on vision in the first place. Why are you afraid of the dark?"

'Ah... Speaking of which, yes'

Well, maybe it is when it comes to mood problems.

Okay, well, I'm not the only one here.

What was on Luke was Lim besides me, and Lime sitting a little bit on his shoulder.

"I have a good night's eye, so if you want to go inside, I'll take the lead."

What a reliable word, isn't it?

Indeed, Lim, the cat beast, has a much better night's eye than I do. If you're going into a dark cave, it might be easier to leave the lead to you.

Nodding, we started exploring the surroundings.

"- But why did you decide to take the request at the Adventurer's Guild in Imperial Capital?

Pay by hand the branches at the height of your gaze as you walk, and the rim speaks those words.

I listened to her while I was on guard.

It is natural for adventurers to take requests in guilds.

You should, however, explain why you decided to take the request at the Adventurer's Guild in Imperial Capital.

From the first day after starting Tiamo's escort, a happening occurred that the emperor would come down from the sky.

Then I wonder if something even more amazing will happen on the second day, but there was nothing happy or unhappy.

There was no disturbance of someone during the engagement ritual, no dramatic development that the person who was supposed to be engaged would reject the other person, and the engagement ritual was connected.

I was thinking that delivering that letter might cause something to happen, but in the end, nothing.

What the hell was that?

Even for me, there was a lack of specificity in wanting to do something a little more if the emperor was in trouble, but that couldn't have produced any immediate tangible results, so in the end, I just finished working safely with Tiamo's escort.

At the end of the engagement ritual, Tiamo returned to Amorphas, where he ruled, and the request for an escort ended.

And very unfortunately, Ray also left when he said he was going back to base.

Well, you should think that she was lucky to just hang out with me so far, even reluctant to come to Empire City.

When I said I should stay in the Empire City a little longer, they said goodbye in a comma second.

I'm also concerned that Ren may be back from Erindal, and that he's going home first.

Rim and Lime told me they were going out with me, so only Ray was going home.

Well, that's where we got a little problem.

Minister Gilbaran and Emperor Mihasa do not get along well, and I know that the Emperor is in some trouble, but the details of that are unknown.

I can't do anything, I can't move.

That doesn't mean I know an informer like Ray.

In other words, lack of information.

Overwhelming lack of information.

I feel refreshed and forgot that it was the Empire City, and it came to my mind that I should return to base.

But I'm still an adventurer.

If you are an Adventurer's Guild in the Imperial Capital, you thought the rumors of the Imperial Palace might be rolling.

Nevertheless, it is not good for newcomers who have never even received a request in the Imperial Guild to ask around about this.

"- And well, that's why, if you clean up some of the highly-ranked requests, the other adventurers will know, right? Perhaps you could give me some useful information."

"Oh well. The Imperial Alliance is huge, and the exchange of information between adventurers seems to be more active than others."

Rim nodded as he was convinced and did his gaze at the surrounding terrain to avoid missing the nest hole.

... Well, assuming you didn't get any information, I don't think that's what you can do.

Let me go home to my parents awesome then.

"-Ah. Sage, that"

"Master, there's a big hole in that direction."

When Lim and Lime's voice brought me back to consciousness, I immediately turned my neck in the direction indicated by them.

There's a big oval hole about a few meters wide.

It's a big hole where big creatures seem to come and go. I'm a little scared.

"Want to just come in?

"Ah, oh. Right... Luke needs to wait here."

Hmm... I'm here to exorcise, so I don't have time to say dark scares, etc., me.

Lime magically luminescent his own body, illuminating the interior of the cave, but the nest hole seems to be dug quite deep, with no light reaching the back.

However, wouldn't the rim, who had his chest stretched that even in the dark there was no problem, proceed through the cave without being frightened?

Shit, man.

... and well, aside from that joke, I immediately followed her.

Kind of smells raw, weird smells drifting around.

It's a place I don't want to stay long, but this odor insists that something is nestled in the cave.

As I walked, there was a cavity slightly wider inside than the aisle.

"Snake... you're not here"

"Yeah, but it looks like it's still in the back"

When the rim looks around the inside of the cavity and makes sure there's no serpent...

Suddenly, a giant creature popped out of the darkness of the passage leading to the back.

The first prey captured by the yellow, cloudy eyeballs seemed to be a small, adorable beastly girl, wrapping her torso as thick as a giant tree trunk in multiple pieces.

"Rim!"

The snake's body is muscular all over its body, and the prey wrapped around its thick torso is broken and made soft and easy to eat all over its bones and swallowed whole.

But if it's so huge, you won't even have to crush the bones of prey.

Immediate swallowing.

Swallow a whole rim?... can you make me snake like that!

"I'm going to help you now!

I was just about to pull out my sword, and the lime on my shoulder stopped emitting light.

The area gets dark because of it.

"Hey, Lime!? Why are you turning off the lights?"

"Oh, you know, I didn't stop the magic, but all of a sudden the mana around me -"

- Buzz!!

The noise of the rubber roller of the polar thickness, which is likely to be in the factory, being forced to screw off, echoes into the cavity.

Then there's the shock of something falling to the ground.

Beyond the dark, what the hell happened?

"Sage? I'm fine, I'm sorry. The lights... they're gone."

Apparently Rim is safe.

Ah... I see. That's the thing.

Waiting in the dark often. Lime's body finally started luminous.

Weakly lit up is the carcass of an emperor serpent that will be tens of meters long.

Instead of humans, giant enough snakes to likely swallow whole houses or so.

Such demons are desperate to have their bodies torn apart.

Yeah, well... you know, you had a bad wrapped up opponent.

That's about all I can say.

Rim's major crime skills are manifested in her because of "bulimia" - "Devil's Eat Armed Fighting Clothes (Firful Rondo)". It is simply capable of eating up all the mana around it and turning it into its own power.

The light magic for the lighting that the lime was activating was forced to stop, probably because the surrounding mana was temporarily depleted.

The power gained from eating mana is mighty, and as you can see, this demon is extremely dangerous.

If they told me to fight without a sword, I'd be confident I'd die, too.

"Hehe, I'm sorry Sage's always protecting you."

Rim laughing happily out of her tongue.

The trick is so cute, but I can't deny it makes me feel somewhat stuffy.

Don't you need me to protect the rim anymore?

No, if you stay like this, sooner or later your position will be reversed and I'll have Rim protect you?

... Hmm, isn't that bad too?

No, I'm sorry.

Very bad.

I'm not competing, but I'm a man, too. I want to be dependable.

Taking care of my boring pride is what I need to keep my tiny self.

Goddamn it, I have a skill orb, and I think I really need to get going on collecting and strengthening my skills.

"What's going on? Sage."

Because I was silent, a worried rim peeks into my face.

"Yes, no, nothing."

We crusaded the Emperor Serpent. We cut the proven area from the carcass and left the cave.

- Ride Luke and raise altitude over the sky, often stopping in the same position.

"What's wrong? If you're going back to Imperial City, that's it."

"Oh, I think they'll be here soon..."

- Quack, gaggle.

... are you here?

Actually, before we went into the cave, I sent for Kroko.

The reason is clear.

This time, the heavenly green stone obtained without the hardship was sent to Shania.

There was such a case, and I'm going to be vigilant enough to be cautious about acting like I'm calling Kroko all over the city.

I know it's worrying, but I can easily confirm that there's no one around me if it's above.

I tied a celestial green stone pendant to the toe of a black crocodile.

'Your husband, is this a gift for me? Oh, you finally feel like you're working my hard work flying around the place. Actually, I like these glowing things.'

Mm-hmm. Probably a crocodile who's making a mistake, but he's in a good mood sometime.

You're like a raven to like glowing things.

Well...... the exterior is indeed a big raven-like demon.

"No, that's not a gift for Kroko, I want it delivered to Shania."

'... Huh?

A tone of voice echoed in my head, clearly lowered.

'Oh... is that right? I knew it. You knew, didn't you? About the fact that your husband is not the kind of person to give that kind of attention. You only think of me as a convenient courier anyway. East Hewestward, let it fly north and south...... what a pervert to push the beast man's girlfriend there from the sky to watch her! Anyway, I 'm-- quack, gay, quack, quack!

"Wow, I'm sorry. So first you need to calm down."

"Quaaah!"

Well, I got so many words that my head wanted to reject some of the translations... that next time I gave Kuroko some sort of glowing thing, a settlement was reached.

Drop off Croc until it's a dot in the dark and disappears, and I'll ask Luke to move.

Large wings wind, slowly increasing velocity.

"Hmm? What's going on?

During the flight, Luke turned his neck around this way.

'Um, I wonder if I'd like a reward other than raw meat once in a while too...'

... whatsoever.