"Well, shall we just go to the C-rank promotion request?"
"I know it's because you told me, but you suddenly got motivated."
The rest of the day was over and I just received a request from the next day to be promoted to the C-rank.
Now he's headed to the place where the requested crusader is, traveling on a magical carpet.
"I have to hunt demon stones again. I thought I'd put it up early because they'd tell me then."
"You're motivated again..."
I am certain that I will continue to hunt heavily to collect demon stones. If I'd brought in crusade rewards all the time without even increasing my rank at that time, they'd tell me to rank you again.
Many high ranked adventurers would be better from the association side, and I wonder if it would be difficult to remain low ranked.
We could go to another city in the future. Being a high-ranking adventurer at that time is not inconvenient.
"So, what do you mean, a C-rank promotion request?
"Uh, they're going to crusade 10 minotaurs"
"Then it's easy."
This request is a crusade for Minotaur. Instead of taking one down like last time, what a 10 down.
Minotaur would be the guy we ran into on the way to King's Capital before. The destination location is also on the way to Brunne.
And finally raising the Adventurer rank, is it getting more difficult? I feel it's suddenly up compared to the last one. I guess I'm also trying to struggle to get a step up from here on out.
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"Heh, did the guy you ran into when you came to the capital come from here?"
"Maybe it's a little hard to fight."
"It can be a pain in the ass if you get pinched."
The arrival site looks like a ruin with several round stone columns standing.
A short distance from the street leading from Brunne to Shting. Has this previous one come out of this place?
Unlike other hunting grounds, they are divided by stone walls. A few minotaurs are within sight.
I have multiple bodies walking with my nose rough and nose, even one said I was scared... I want to go home.
Like Knoll said, it looks like you should stop poking around and knocking him down at his usual rate.
Those guys have skills in breaking and entering, and fighting inside seems spicy because of the walls.
"For now, guide one at a time and defeat them individually"
"Then I'll magically lure you."
So this time I'm going to destroy one at a time with a ranged attack.
Eyes on Minotaur, who is away from other individuals, and asks Estelle to magically attack him just now.
The bombarded Minotaur came this way and ran with a roar.
Now if I'd done it right, the other guys would be running, and I'm sorry.
Unlike the last time I encountered it, Minotaur's body is wrapped in a trace amount of red aura.
Is that a skill progression?
A brilliantly caught minotaur is first taken by Knoll with a shield. Where the movement stops, I stick it in the bar and decide my body.
Thanks to the enhanced equipment, you can pierce the bar at a speed not comparable to before.
Minotaur fell as soon as Knoll, who was under attack, started to fight back to Minotaur, who could scream in my attack.
"Okay, that sounds good"
"This must have been harder on Frogman last time."
"That was a shame..."
Minotaur should be strong, too, but we're easier this way than Frogman.
Easy for your body to attack as a big minute. It may be a little dangerous when attacked for that matter, so let's not be alarmed.
"Oh, brother. Something's coming up."
"Hmm? What the..."
When I knocked down a few like that, some guy from the inside kind of sucked walked over here.
Smaller than normal minotaur but tighter body. It's not a stone axe in my hand, an axe that I think is probably made of iron.
Sometimes something glowing like lightning leaks out of my body.
... It seems so strong. Let's just take a look at the status.
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● Asterios: Minotaur
Level: 60
HP: 105,000
MP: 0
Attack: 3000
Defense: 1500
Agility: 160
Magic Resistance: 30
Inherent Capabilities Thunderlight
Skill advancement
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... what? What is this? It's weird that a guy like this is in a hunting ground for a C-rank promotion request!?
You've never had more than 3,000 Attack.
"I've never heard of a guy like this..."
"What's wrong, brother?
The Estelles, who haven't seen the status, are looking at my reaction and wondering.
I don't want to deal with a guy with just 3,000 Attack... he could get more Attack with his skills.
All right, let's run.
"Fine! Let's just get out of here!
"Ogura Hall! It's too late to run!
That's what Knoll says. Put up a shield and a sword.
When I looked at who Asterios was coming, he was running because he was walking until just now and he showed us a bare gesture of escape.
He wraps around a darker red aura than Minotaur and runs wildly as he chooses the ground.
I can't get away with this anymore... that's super fast.
"I'll hold back, Estelle, get away from me! Don't get your hands on me too much this time!
"Okay. I'll call for backup."
I let Estelle run backwards and decided to stand up to me and Knoll.
If she eats the attack, it's fatal. There's some magic resistance, and we shouldn't let them fight here.
Ask us to apply enhanced magic before she escapes.
I'm going to have Knoll take that push as a shield, but maybe this will work out.
Asterios' head, which was slowly approaching, finally hits against Knoll's shield.
Make a blunt noise with Zudon and compete as they sink the ground that stomps against each other.
"Ugh... wow!?
"Knoll!?
She was raising her painfully enduring voice, blown away by Asterios bouncing her head.
Asterios, proudly breathing out of his nose, stands before me. And he stared at me with red eyes.
I was appalled at the exact event where Knoll was blown away, but Asterios shook up his axe and I went back to sanity.
And I managed to avoid the axe that was swung down and stuck a bar in my body as a counterattack.
"Ababa Bubba!?
"Ogura Hall! Away, there is!
The moment I pierce the bar, my whole body cramps and I can't move. I don't move as much as my body thinks, even if I try to get my hands off you.
What, what's this?
And the moment Asterios shook up the axe again, the body cramps disappeared.
But even if I try to move, I can't move right away without listening to my body.
Where I thought this was bad, Knoll ran and slapped him in the face with a shield and blew it up.
"Yay, thanks...... thanks. Could it be because of your inherent abilities?
"Sounds like the moment you attack doesn't have that electric shock either. It was helpful to have just one."
Apparently, his body is protected from electric shock by his ability, except when attacking.
It seems to disappear when attacking, so we'll have to add a counterattack to it and defeat it.
As Knoll said, this guy was coming to us alone now.
Now I feel frightened wishing I had another Minotaur.
"All right, we'll take him down like this."
"Yes, sir!
Now that we've figured out how to attack that electric shock, we're gonna launch a counterattack on Asterios.
While I draw attention to Windbracelet Wind Attribute Attacks, I invite them to attack.
And if you shake up the axe to make an attack, you run as far as you can, and a knoll slashes you from behind in that gap.
Now he starts targeting Knoll, but the moment he tries to attack in the same way, I poke Barr from behind.
Repeat this alternately to tunnel but sharpen your strength.
After a while I started to let it go, so I took out one piece of paper I had in my pocket and pasted it into this guy's head from behind.
"Knoll! Get away from me!
It was the blast ticket that I pasted.
Instruct Knoll to leave and think to blow up.
Then the back of Asterios' head exploded. Let it explode again and now it rolls to the ground.
We detonated it again. Now we detonated every ground. Besides exploding twice. The place where Asterios was falling is wrapped in black smoke.
He was weak and this should have knocked him out. You're gonna have a hell of a blast inside. This.
"Phew... apparently you could take him down"
"Ogura Hall! Don't be alarmed!
"To?"
I reacted to Knoll's screaming voice, and when I looked at the smoke, I saw Asterios shaking his axe and trying to throw it at me.
I put a lid on the pan and prevented the axe from being thrown, but I couldn't stand it and my body floated.
"Van, du, vee!?
Looks like a direct hit was avoided, but he was blown up and rolled down the ground a couple of times.
My whole body hurts. It hurts so bad. I'm going to cry.
"Okura-kun! Are you ok!?
"Oh Knoll... my head flutters"
"Ha, I'm glad it seems safe. This is what you drink."
Soon Knoll rushed over and lifted my head, which was falling on my back, to give me a drink of the potion I put out of her bag.
He handed out potions to his own bag beforehand.
Thanks...... is that it? What happened to Asterios that Knoll was here?
"Ngu, Phew...... thanks. Say, hey! What's wrong with him!?
"Oh, you can't move anymore! Estelle's handling that."
"Dude, Estelle sucks at processing!? Hurry up and help...... that?
I tried to get up, but Knoll held me down.
I was in a hurry when I heard Estelle was handling it, but when I looked, Asterios was tied to the ground and unable to move.
"Whatever's going on..."
"I am angry that the Osakura has been attacked...... Knoll, get out of the way. He told me I couldn't kill him, so I stepped back..."
If you look at Estelle, there's a purple aura gushing out of her whole body.
I don't know. Did you use your skills?
As she waved her wand, a magic formation appeared around her side.
And when the magic formation began to shine even more than usual, the flames gathered and compressed into a sphere and were shot out towards Asterios.
Asterios is swallowed by the flames that go on as he chooses the ground, and Minotaur, who was still in the rear, also flies into the distance.
There was a slightly awesome explosion and smoke in the sky shaped like mushrooms.
It's supposed to be further away than the landing site, but the wind's coming to us in the aftermath of the explosion.
"Ugh...... of, Knoll...... let's not piss Estelle off"
"Well, I agree..."
Totally overkill.
The magic of sewing onto the ground was also likely to be broken if it was in normal condition.
But she seems to have used her skills to force her to tie it up.
Smoke rising in the distance...... what the hell is going on at the point of landing?
"Brother."
"Yes! What is it!
"Don't do anything to make me worry too much, okay?
I walked over here. Estelle's face is true. He doesn't have the usual teasing look. He seems seriously angry.
Seeing that look on her face, I decided to avoid pissing her off in the future.