"Phew, that's a lot today."

"As always, picking up material after a hunt is going to be amazing."

More than a dozen days after I started hunting in the Alde Forest.

I'm still on my way home from hunting today.

The level has gone to 67 since then.

The rise is a lot dull because it's getting higher...... well can't help it.

Nearly 200 Demon Stones have already been recovered and more than 300 combined with the original handheld.

Naturally, hunting that much, the amount of dropped items dropped by demons is also amazing... I had collected nearly 1000 colorful mushrooms by today.

"Hehe, these mushrooms are so delicious, they make me want to eat one a day!

"I don't know if mushrooms should..."

"I'm sure it's delicious, but it's colorful."

"I would love to eat your brother's mushrooms. Hey, brother."

"No, I don't care what you ask me..."

Knoll loosens his mouth with a silver mushroom in his hand and looks happy.

Sisha and Luna react to it with a complex look, but this mushroom is yummy though it looks bad.

The night I finished my first hunt for the Alde Forest.

I started cooking mushrooms in a no-luck mood and made grilled mushrooms, pasta, etc.

Usually it was made with me and Sisha, so I was surprised by the fact that they were cooking themselves, but they were all donning to a knoll eating one mushroom after another that was more silver or bright blue than that.

But it looks so delicious, I was caught and tried it too... this is amazing delicious.

The silver mushrooms were not like mushrooms because of their superficial texture, but they had an indescribable flavour.

Then Estelle and I started eating, and now there's a little mushroom boom going on between us.

"Ha... this is another great number of mushrooms"

"No, because I've been in the Alde Forest lately"

I sent Estelle and the others home first, and just me and Knoll came to the Adventurers Association in Quelles.

I have Matango's proof of crusade checked at intervals of a few days because he is suspected of going every day.

I only brought about 50 at a time because taking them all at once was going to make a scene again.

That's a hard part because they still say there's a lot of them.

"Okura-san, we're talking a little bit about this town."

"What the hell kind of topic is that?

"Some magicians are intrigued that there are adventurers out there who bring a ton of quality Matango and Madango mushrooms to the store."

The mushrooms I brought were sold in the store as is, but is that enough to be a rumor in that number?

Besides, I don't really know how to say quality.

I'm lucky I sold it for 30,000 G a bottle and earned it like a Stinger crust, only to the extent I thought.

"Well, that changes the story, but Osakura and the others asked for a nomination."

"Could it be Mr. Ardell Bell?

The receptionist suddenly asked us for a nomination.

I haven't gotten a request in this town yet, and I hardly know anyone.

And when you do, you told me to tell the association when you leave, Mr. Ardelbell?

It's been quite a while, and it's no wonder it's time to go back to King's Capital.

"No, you don't. Chris - oh, gossip."

"What?"

Apparently not.

A receptionist with a disturbing name looked back at us and raised her voice.

There's a woman with glasses in white coming towards us shaking the brown hair tied behind her neck.

Isn't that Kristia?

"You came to Quelles again soon after you returned to the King's Capital."

"Ha... I have a few errands to run again"

"So what the hell are you doing coming all the way to us?

"Yes, that's right..."

Proof of crusade is over. I received my reward of 400,000 G, and then Mr. Chris wants to talk, so I'm going to take the Adventurers Association desk to talk to him.

Knoll asks what the hell you're doing.

Then this time he wants to ask for a request as an institute, not a personal story.

I wondered why he bothered to ask us, but when he asked, he said it was because he got information that we were hunting Matango a lot.

The request is for the recovery of the Demonic Light Stone that occurs in the Alde Forest.

The reward is pretty high at 300,000 G a piece.

Originally that place seems to have a lot of magic vegetables, and they produce good quality demonic stones.

But not many people get into the back of the woods, and it seems like they often get something rarely discovered on the outside.

More recently, he said, he has come out to Trent, making it increasingly impossible to explore the woods.

He wants to ask us to hunt a lot of Matango there.

"That forest is a dangerous place, so I won't say I can't. But if we're going to continue to hunt Matango, I was wondering if you could..."

"I will continue to go to the Alde Forest for a while, so I don't mind..."

"Is it true! Thanks!

We're hunting lightly, but in addition to Matango, we're in the woods to Trento.

If you're just hunting, it could still be pretty tough trying to find even Demon Light Stone in the woods.

I wonder if this is how you've made a direct request to us because there was no one to ask for it.

I've always been there anyway, and I'll be good enough to explore it at last.

"And yet... what's in that bag, all mushrooms?

"Yes, I am."

"It's also a huge harvest this time!

Cristia looks at a bag with a ton of mushrooms, placed behind the chair I'm sitting in, intrigued.

And Knoll proudly opened the bag to show the massive number of vibrant mushrooms inside.

"I can't believe there are so many Matango mushrooms... It can also be used for research and is delicious to eat..."

"Does Mr. Cristia like this mushroom?

"I love it! But these days, even if I line up at the store, they sell out soon... Especially since Osakura and the others have been flushing it lately. It's of high quality, and it's very popular right now. I rushed the other day when I heard it had arrived, but all I had left was a gray mushroom..."

Do researchers eat this mushroom too... well if it tastes so good, I know you'll want to eat it.

And you're talking about quality again? I've been paying attention to a lot of people, but it's high quality enough to be rumored.

Or is my mushroom oversold! I regret it for some reason!

"What's the difference in quality?

"It's huge! Matango has different mushrooms to drop, depending on the magic of the person who defeated him!

"Uh, is that what you mean"

Does it depend on the magic of the defeated...... you mean my magic, gray?

I hate it when your heart looks kind of dirty. No, but Sisha was pure white and it doesn't matter.

The mushrooms that Estelle knocked down are stained with the magic colors that she let go, but if I let her hit him directly and knock him down, he's going to be the same rainbow mushroom as my necklace.

Maybe I'll have it done next time.

"Especially its silver. It's unusual! I've never even seen it before!

"Hmm, it's illuminating when you say something like that. Would you like one?

"Yes, okay!?

"Go ahead, it is."

"Thank you!

Seeing the silver mushrooms in the bag, Mr. Cristia is a little excited.

Is this what happens when you discover unknown objects as researchers?

Nor offered her like that, taking his own mushroom out of the bag.

They say my mushrooms are rare and apparently illuminated.

I would love to praise a weapon or something, and is Nole happy to be praised for something of his own?

All right, I'll give you a compliment next time.

The day after I received my request from Mr. Cristia.

"So, you're also exploring the woods today?

"Oh, then, but I'm going to look for the Demonic Light Stone in the requested Alde Forest"

As usual, the five of us are heading to the Alde Forest, and today we are going to the back as we hunt Matango.

I had already found a springing place in Matango, so until yesterday I had moved and hunted multiple springing places, so I hadn't moved from there to the back.

It's a good hunt over there because I never even ran into Trent.

Compared to that now......

"Mmm, Ogura Hall. I think the number of Trents is growing."

"It's not my fault, it's definitely increasing. We've encountered nearly 20 more."

"The more you go in the back, the more you'll get."

He comes back by slashing down the tree that Knoll moved out.

As we advanced into the back of the woods, we suddenly encountered Trent more frequently.

I have met nearly 20 moving trees today that had no shadow to see until yesterday.

I can't believe Trent is so solidified in the back.

Compared to the forest entrance, Matango is becoming scarce around here.

Why is Trent suddenly starting to grow?

Is there anything strange going on?

"Hmm? Could this be the Demon Light Stone in the Alde Forest?

It's a mushroom.

"You look weird."

Going further back as he defeated Trent, he found a yellow-luminescent object that grew by the tree.

Its shape is like a mushroom and its surface is about 30 cm in size with a goth like a stone.

This is the Demon Light Stone... Depending on the location, the shapes and colors are different.

If you were a normal adventurer, you'd be pretty tough to travel with like this.

After discovering one, it went deeper and deeper, retrieving four more.

Then I tried to go back to find some more...

"What the hell, you're so big"

"This is another big tree."

Suddenly the trees disappeared and a place opened came out.

There are giant trees there that are likely to exceed 20 m, growing so that Trent-sized trees surround it all the way.

"Right. If this were a demon, it would be tough."

"Ha, that's not true - ah?

I don't feel like I can deal with a tree this big if it's Trent.

It's bigger than any demon you've ever fought.

Estelle looked up at the giant tree with her hands on her cheeks and groaned, plus the moment I answered, the ground rocked.

Dude, no way......

"... sounds like a demon"

"If we don't take this down here, we will."

"The trees around us are moving in unison..."

The ground around the giant trees thrives greatly, with massive amounts of soil dancing in the sky.

The trees around me also start to shake heavily to go with it, one after the other the roots fall off the ground and become like feet.

Ugh... that's all Trent? There are over 20 of them...

And the guy in the middle sucks. You're too big to win.

But if you don't knock him down, you will. This guy... Let's see his status.

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● Grandis Race: Trent

Level: 70

HP: 80,000

MP: 2000

Attack: 1800

Defense: 1600

Agility: 10

Magic Resistance: 120

intrinsic capability simulation

Skill Demon Absorption Ground Movement

――――――

You don't seem as strong as you seem, but you're not a good demon to stay here...

Finally, there's a guy with 100 demon resistance or up to 120.

Ordinary Trent would still have made it through Estelle's magic attacks, but I can't do this without using my skills.

This giant trent, like other trents, stretches out branches around him like tentacles.

With nearly 20 more Trents in addition to this guy... I'm not going to be able to join the fight.

Because they even caught me when I was dealing with only one...

"This is a little... I can't do this"

"You leave it to me! Please protect Estelle and the others!

"Sitha wait here, too. Leave that to me and Knoll."

"What, so, but..."

"Okay?

"... Yes"

That's why Nole and Luna are going to deal with those Trents this time.

I'm with Estelle and Sissha for when other demons come from around me.

Sisha clenched her fist and fought. I was doing so, but Luna told me to wait and I grew up.

I appreciate it when this happens because Luna listens to me honestly.

The Knolls, who had the support magic of Estelle and Sisha hang, rush to the herd of Trento at the same time.

And somewhat closer, Luna jumped up and threw the spear.

Spear-eating Trent smashes part of his body as soon as the spear pierces him and falls behind him.

The guys behind it got caught up in it, and about three fell as-is.

... Luna, hey.

Multiplying that confusion, Knoll also plunges into the Trent herd, cutting the trees one after the other.

I'm trying to reach out and capture my tentacles, but there's no sign I'm going to get caught at all by gently dodging it.

Dodging even the tentacles coming from behind or even the eyes on it...... I don't feel like I can imitate you.

The battle was overwhelmed by two Knolls and soon the number of Trents dropped to less than half.

Grandis is also just big and all he ends up attacking by tentacles, so these two opponents don't even plunder.

Giant trees are also more and more slashed with swords, pierced with spears and worn out.

Looks like an old tree after losing its first power.

You'll be fine if you keep this up, what a thought...

Grandis, who had been knocked over unilaterally, finally showed movement.

Put the tentacles that were stretched to tap the knolls together and insert them towards the ground.

Then the perimeter swayed heavily, and the ground grew more and more, and it began to move towards all directions to hit the waves.

"Aah!"

"Whoa, E, Estelle, grab it!

"Wow, what is this!

A wave of dirt is looming high enough to swallow us easily.

I hurriedly held Estelle, who was about to fall from a shake, and jumped over the wave.

Oh, it was dangerous... if my physical abilities hadn't improved, they would have swallowed it...

"So, were you okay?

"Yeah, thanks, brother"

When I lowered the ester I held and then looked around, all the green ground that had been covered in weeds and other things until just now had been choosy and stained with dirt.

Is that the ground movement of skills... that's a hell of a skill.

That's not what you care about!

Are the Knolls safe nearby!

"No, is it dangerous - oh, Mr. Luna!?

Sissha, who dodged it just like me, approached me and screamed.

Looking in the direction she's looking at, there's a loona with her hands and feet tied up and lifted with tentacles, unable to move.

Nor has managed to dodge it. He is a little far away and looks up at Luna.

At that height, Knoll won't be able to help.

"Now I..."

"Wait, leave it to me! Go, Sentimental Bra!

"I'm coming, too, yeah!

Soon Sissha tried to rush out, but then I rested it and I activated the centipede bra.

Then he deforms it into the shape of a blade and shoots it out at the fastest he can right now.

You should be fast there now that you can accelerate to as fast as you threw the ball by hand.

He kept concentrating on the muck, letting it land on the tentacles holding Luna's spear.

Estelle has wind magic on her tentacles with equally exquisite control.

But still, my tentacles didn't cut.

But thanks to a few scratches, Luna pulls the tentacles forcefully and chops off the remaining tentacles with a one-handed spear.

With all the tentacles slashed off, Luna is falling as-is and landing on the ground to distance herself with a backstep.

Looks like you're safe... or you're fine falling off that height.

"Ha, I'm glad Luna's okay."

"Not at all. Glad you practiced."

"Great...... If anything happened to Luna, she would have gone to destroy the tree without leaving a single dust in the world."

Thanks to the fact that I was flying a centipede bra when I found time.

Let's continue to give it proper special training.

I'm saying something very noisy about some cleric than that.

I know how you feel...

Then the Knoll and the others began their offense, and Grandis fell into a tree without hesitation.

He tried to use the skill of ground movement again, but was stopped by the rough business of Knoll diving down and pushing back with a shield before his tentacles reached the ground and piercing there with a Luna spear.

The original Trents were swallowed up by the first movement and buried beneath the soil.

I can't believe you killed every one of your people... that's a horrible demon.

"Heihachi, Estelle, I'm sorry. Thanks."

"No, I'm sorry I left it up to Nor and Luna."

"You can't help it. If I fought badly, I think it was tangled up."

Knoll and the others are back after defeating Trent and the others.

I don't feel like putting me in such a fight... you were right to wait very long.

I was just on my way, and they made me strip my tentacles and it was over.

"Oh!? Le, there's a scratch on Mr. Luna's delicate skin!?

"... n, it's true. That's about all right."

"That's not true! Recover immediately!

When Sisha rushed over to Luna, who was back, she made a noise that the wound was made.

You plundered it when you escaped from the tentacles, and you see that an elongated red suzi is formed on the back of your hand.

Sisha hurried to take Luna's hand and perform the restorative magic.

"How dare you! I can't allow you to scratch the honorable Mr. Luna! Mr. Estelle, let's burn all this forest! You don't leave a single Trent behind, you turn it into ashes!

"Yeah, I got it."

"Hey, stop it!

"... too much."

"Haha... Estelle, you can't ride badly"

After finishing the treatment, Sisha clenched her fist and said something outrageous.

And Estelle concedes, and sets up a red grimoire and a staff.

Luna reacts like she was stunned by it, and Nole is in a grinning mood.

"Even so, what was that? I can't believe there's such a thing in the back..."

"He seemed to lead the rest of Trent. He was like a boss."

I didn't think there was a guy like this in the back of the Alde forest.

Was the recent Trent disturbance also caused by him?

But knocking it down doesn't give any notice to the smartphone, so it doesn't seem like it's the boss or the labyrinth or the Great Crusade.

... Are you kidding me, Trent's rare species?

No, I'm sorry about those rare species.

Skills don't make the earth tsunami or anything more stylish.

Should I report this matter to the Adventurers Association for now?