Since the day after Estelle played with Annelie and the others, we've been hunting again.

I currently save up to 802 Demon Stones and my level is 78.

And I'm still finishing my hunt today and taking a breather home before I go to the Adventurers Association.

"Hehe, I've been saving a lot of demon stones too"

"The level has risen considerably, too! Besides, this collection of Demon Stones was quite fun!

"In Knoll's case, I wasn't just collecting mushrooms..."

I saved up in the tunnel over the day and finally saved up to this point.

Dius and Mr. Glynn are also knocking down rare species, and it's still big to have a little demonic stone in them.

You were right to ask me in and have a group... I need to thank you for something next time I see you.

"Ugh, now you can turn it around fully when the next event chatter comes"

"Sisha and Heihachi are floating when they get chattered. Is that so fun?"

"You bet! Because turning the chatter is what I deserve!

"I think we should look for something else to live for…"

"It's your brother. I can't help it."

I'm happy. Look at me and Sissha, Luna's leaning her neck.

'Cause the last step-up chatter ended in unfortunate results...... I want chatter coming next so I can teach you the joy of chatter.

After a short break, I left Luna and Sisha at home as they were and headed to prove their crusade to the Adventurers Association of Queres with me, Knoll and Estelle.

He moved to Quelles on the beacon to enter the association and spoke to the usual receptionist.

"Um."

"Ah, Mr. Ogura. Come at the right time."

"Just in time......?

"Yes, I have a favor to ask."

Even if you ask me again...... I knew when I became a B-rank adventurer, this is how more people would ask me to do it.

In the meantime, just listening, he wants to request an investigation because a dozen Trents were confirmed in the bamboo grove west of Quelles.

He further asked me to collect a shining bamboo called Magic Bamboo (Makochiku) that was there.

They said the investigation could be completed when they discovered Demon Light Bamboo.

Glowing bamboo... sounds like something I used to tell you.

"I know Okura and the others who can hunt Grandis for a solo party will be fine, but if you're worried, you can have multiple parties. What can I do for you?

"… will be undertaken at a solo party"

Maybe Grandis has broken out again.

Normally, I'd prefer to go with other parties, but in our case, it's easier to do a solo party because there's so much to hide.

I told the receptionist that I would take it at a solo party, and I took a request with details, and we left the association behind.

"Another Trent anomaly... what happened? Cancer"

"That's right...... maybe there's a labyrinth somewhere?

"If there is, it might be in the same condition as it was in Angoli ruins."

Now there's a massive outbreak in the bamboo groves to the west... Trent's overflowing over there, isn't there?

Like Knoll and Estelle said, this is similar to the time of Angori ruins.

"Um, then I'd be happy to go destroy. We don't know where Trent is because of the wide range."

"Right. Given the potential... I wonder if it's suspicious where Grandis was."

"When you're done with this request, we'll go back and check it out."

The Angoli ruins only had demonic anomalies in that area because there was a labyrinth inside the ruins, but Quelles is fairly widely scattered and anomalous.

Considering where the anomalies have been so far...... is it also a super giant labyrinth in the basement around Quelles?

... No, that's just impossible. What the hell is going on?

The next day, I just came to the requested bamboo grove.

It's been like medieval Europe before, but I didn't know you were going to see bamboo......

Looking at the bamboo groves that remind me of such an original world, I discovered a few thick trees that were mixed in the bamboo and growing unnaturally.

"... that's Trent, isn't it?

"Because I'm in the bamboo grove, I haven't been able to simulate anything at all."

"Is that tree Trent? Let's just skewer it. Go!"

Even Trent that's right, if he's in the bamboo, he's not at all fictional. It's more unnatural than growing on a plain.

Maybe it's just a tree, but it's suspicious, so Luna threw a spear to check it out.

The spear she threw runs brilliantly through the middle of one tree.

Then the pierced tree began to shake its branches bitterly.

"Oh, it's working."

"You hit it brilliantly! That's Mr. Luna!

"It's nice not to be struck by surprise."

The tree that turns out to be Trent is just processed and we head ahead as Luna spears through the tree that enters our sight.

I proceeded to the back looking for luminous bamboo and found about 10 normal trees along the way. And all of that is Trent.

How much are you in this bamboo forest... you should think that all the trees you find are Trent.

Something popped up as the ground thrived as it proceeded in such a frightened fashion by the number of Trents.

I did it about the same size as Matango... it's a taco.

"Now you're a walking taco..."

Taekenoko has two hands and two legs, and he possesses a spear with a pointed object like a Taekenoko on the tip of his hand.

He looks bigger than Matango and looks a little blunt-footed, but seems a little stronger for holding a weapon.

"Lord Okura, is that going to drop the food?

"What... yeah. I think I'll drop the taco because it's an ingredient..."

Yeah... that's the first thing you hear when you see a demon? I'm starting to get a little worried about Knoll being okay...

Will I drop a taco like Matango if I knock this guy out too?

So did the mushrooms, but knowing how they are, you have resistance when eating something... I guess this guy tastes good too by way of example.

Do you want to check your status for now?

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● Race: Bambus

Level: 55

HP: 15,000

MP: 300

Attack: 800

Defense: 1300

Agility: 10

Magic Resistance: 30

Inherent Ability Rapid Growth

Skill Spike

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That's a lot of strength. Not enough to be a threat, though.

"Hmm, just knock it down and get the ingredients! These days demons are all about food and it makes them tickle!

"Quelles has the ingredients over there, right? That fruit was delicious, too."

"Hmm, I'm very worried about that interpretation as far as I'm concerned..."

"Don't worry about details."

Knoll, who found out he might drop some food, joyfully rushed to Bambus.

Taekenoko tries to put up a spear and intercept it, but her sword slashes off the tip of the spear before sticking that spear out.

Keep going with the slaughter, and instantly Bambus is chopped into knolls and torn to pieces and turned into particles of light.

And when the light went out, there was a fine taco rolling over there.

"We've just harvested it!

"Taken mushrooms were not normally..."

"There are subtly different colors. This looks like a mushroom."

If you look at the tachenocho that Knoll brought, the green grassy part, if normal on the tip, is turning silver.

The bumps further down are usually red but silver.

Who knocked this down will change the flavor too...... looks like Knoll will be happy again.

Since hunting is not the goal this time, Bambus' rare species are not searched for, so he resumes searching for Devil's Light Bamboo and Trent again.

Knoll was complaining about Booboo looking very dissatisfied, but he told me he was coming to hunt carefully next time and asked me to give up for today.

Then I find Trent one after the other, and I knock him down, and the occasional Bamboos that come out also knock him down, and move on.

Then he finally discovered the dazzling light from behind the bamboo grove.

"Whoa, the bamboo's really glowing."

"That's the demon bamboo for this delivery. There's a lot of magic in that bamboo."

Bamboo emitting from the roots to the heavenly side, a short category for bamboo with or without 3 meters, but emitting an overwhelming presence in this bamboo forest.

Is this Demon Light Bamboo...... unlike Demon Light Stone in Alde Forest, is it pretty rare because I couldn't find it?

I cut it off from the roots for now and decided to take it back in six equal portions.

Now you've got one of your goals.

"Well, I found Devil's Light Bamboo, so I can go home now..."

When I discovered Demon Light Bamboo, the investigation was also completed... can I go home like this?

I defeated nearly 30 Trents by the time I got here. Obviously an abnormality has occurred.

If this looks like it, there could be a Grandis somewhere in this bamboo grove.

Looks like you should just look for him for once.

"Well... let's just take down Trent and see if there's any Grandis"

"Maybe that one's here again... I don't like it a little bit 'cause I was tied up last time"

Do you remember that time, Luna looks cheap?

Sissha, who saw it, mentioned something that would make my head ache as I roughened my nose.

"Rest assured! Now I will protect you! I'll try to storm you first!

"Though you would be in the least position to storm!

Don't be ridiculous! What's going on with a priest trying to jump into a demon first, even though he's a healer!

With his head in the same Sisha, he began his exploration of the bamboo groves with a renewed mind.