The day after the dinner party, the lord told me about this crusade.

The place where there were more monsters was in the territory, somewhere around the mine.

It is a different area from one with a hot spring.

The mine is a few days away from the territorial capital and is expected to take several days to move.

Near the mine, there are settlements for miners and guarded soldiers to sleep in.

This settlement is far smaller than the territorial capital.

According to what I've heard, there's only a building where miners sleep, a building where people who manage miners live, and a cafeteria for those in the settlement.

It seems inconvenient to live forever, but it's enough just to sleep.

The miners live in settlements like this for a reason.

The mines are in the mountains, there are many monsters around, and it is a little difficult for anyone but the miners who can deal with the monsters to settle.

As a result, the miners' families are all living in villages a little further away.

Simply put, the miners are all single.

Since the village is on a flat land, it is rarely threatened by monsters.

There are also shops that sell goods necessary for life, as well as pleasure districts.

So when the miners go on holiday, they go back to the village where they have a family.

A few days of relaxing shook by a carriage from the capital.

We have arrived at our destination.

The settlement was surrounded by walls made of trees and stones.

As I heard in advance, there are only minimal buildings for miners to spend.

However, apart from the guards, there is a small square for soldiers who come to crush monsters.

We set up camping tents in this square to sleep in.

While the knights were raising their tents, me, the commander, and then the division commander greeted the manager of the settlement.

Listen to the surroundings from an important person you don't normally see, a manager who is mainly afraid of me.

After all, there are a lot of monsters coming out here.

And recently, a different kind of monster has appeared.

"A different kind of monster....."

"Yes, it was all alive until now...."

Is it alive?

I was caught in the way the manager said.

It seems I wasn't the only one who felt that way.

When asked what the commander meant, the manager opened his mouth fearfully.

"That's, uh, not alive."

He's not alive.

"Yes...."

"... does that mean the body is moving?"

"Eh... yes"

When I heard the body was moving, I unexpectedly raised my eyebrows.

Is that it? Is that it?

I'm sure it's a monster that comes to mind.

The manager seemed unfamiliar, and he was half-hearted to hear from the people who actually encountered the monster.

There was that, and it seemed scary to report it to us.

Conversely, the commander and division commander, who had been to various places to crusade, knew that there were such monsters.

Looking flat, I talked about the type of monster.

"Undead."

I see.

When I talked about holy water before, I heard a little from the division chief, so I knew that the undead monsters existed in this world.

However, if you want to actively meet a monster, that is not the case.

First of all, the appearance is problematic.

Some of the undead that came out of Japanese games were beautiful and others were not.

According to what I heard from the division chief, there are two types of undead in this world.

However, it is more likely than not that the administrator is alive (...).

This means that the monsters around the settlement are not in a clean state.

Then the next problem is the smell.

I can only imagine the smell of a corpse because I've never smelled it, but I'm sure it's not a good smell.

In fact, both the commander and division commander, who spoke of being undead, looked delicate.

No, I don't like the smell, so I don't have that kind of face.

"Is it only in the mine that the monster comes out?Or are they outside? "

"It seems that there were more encounters in the mines, but there are also stories of encounters outside."

"Really...."

The division chief checked with the supervisor to see if there was any bias in the place where the undead appeared.

After hearing the reply, the division chief thought with his hand on his chin.

"What's wrong?"

"No, I was thinking about which magic to use to defeat him."

When I asked what I was thinking, the division chief said he was worried about the magic to be used.

Why do you care about the kind of magic?

From what I've heard before, I think there was no magic that specializes in undead monsters.

When I heard more about it, I wondered if I could use fire attribute magic.

I see.

It seems that the division leader can use magic of all attributes, but he is also good at fire attribute magic.

It seems that was not a mistake to think so.

The division commander said to add at the end.

"Defeating with fire attributes is more efficient..."

In a word added with a small voice, he remembered that he was good at fire attribute magic, and at the same time he was called a fighter madman.

After hearing from the manager, he moved to the Knights' tent.

The future policy of the Knights is as usual.

Split into several teams, first investigate the surroundings and use the results to decide what to do next.

That's all.

However, I think that me and the division chief will do something else by marking it as an investigation.

As usual, the division commander went to sweep the surrounding monsters to raise the level.

I don't change what I do.

Of course, we will investigate the monsters, but we will also investigate the medicinal herbs that grow around us.

As a precaution, when I checked with the commander, he laughed at me as usual.

I'm sorry...

I looked around the area from the next day.

There was a word that the product would change if the place changed, and there was a glimpse of medicinal herbs that were not native around King's City.

Some herbs were only seen in the atlas, and when I found them, my chest rang high.

I gather them carefully, excited.

Is that medicinal herb too?

No, you don't understand.

Don't you see?

"Yes, because it's grass I've never seen before.I thought it might be medicinal herb, so I thought I'd collect it just in case. "

While gazing at the picked grass, the captain who was coming with me called out.

As I told the commander, I don't remember what I had in my hand.

Maybe it has a drug effect.

I decided to put it as a specimen and, when I got back to King's Landing, I'd go out with the atlas and check it out.

I wish I could use appraisal magic at this time.

If it can be used, it can be selected by appraisal on the spot.

Unfortunately, we can't use appraisal magic, so we just have to work on the tunnel.

Ah, but should I check with the division chief later?

It's with the corner, so let's just ask.

"Say"

"Yes"

As the grass was collected in the bag that was hanging from his shoulder, the commander called out his name in a small voice.

Suddenly, the air of the knights we were with tightened.

Little by little, I glanced at the person the commander pointed at, and saw a pig-shaped monster in the distance.

At the signal of the knight who stood at the head, he attacked the monsters at once.

The first one ended quickly, but it seems that there were friends in the invisible position, and the fight is not over yet.

Nevertheless, these are all warriors.

Everyone, tighten their minds and deal with them in turn. The battle was over without anyone getting hurt.

I knew there were too many of them

"Yes, because there's sai and this is it."

"What do you mean?"

I expected it, but there were many monsters coming out.

That said, the knight on the side also nodded.

But there are a lot of words.

Unexpectedly staring half-eyed, the knight killed his voice and laughed, apologizing.

Absolutely.

The commander was laughing together, but after laughing a lot, he changed his expression to a serious one.

"If there's so much, it's still going to happen."

"That's right...."

In the words of the commander, the knights also tightened their expressions.

Everyone thinks the same, even if they don't say so.

As expected, there is a black swamp somewhere.