Chapter 34 – That’s Not a Legend
Perhaps because of the Horde’s intrusion that day, the hero became uncomfortable with Yuria and couldn’t concentrate on magic training.
And the vacant time due to not being able to practice magic was filled with practice time with the Azul Revival Adventure Team.
Of course, at least if it weren’t for Grindella’s level, he wouldn’t even be a practice partner for the hero. If there were several of them, the story would be different.
While fighting huge beasts or dangerous bounties, adventurers became more accustomed to group tactics, and their cooperative power was more than that of a hero party.
He was a warrior with a lot of experience in 1:1 due to his usual practice with Mirian, but today was the first time he had the experience of dealing with a large number of people alone.
“It’s really a cooperative effort. It’s a little bit, but the hero is struggling.”
“Yes!! My uncle worked hard to train me to that point!”
Seeing Grindella talking about what her uncle had done as if she had done it herself, Mirian grinned.
During the swordsmanship training with the Azul Revival Adventure Team, Mirian, the same warrior, was also with them.
Mirian and Grindella became quite close, probably because they used the same weapons in the same age group.
Both of them seemed happy to have a new friend, probably because they didn’t have many opportunities to hang out with friends in the same age range.
“It was pretty good, but that’s it.”
“Yes!”
It was a hero who was quite good against the hero, but each time one fell down, the formation began to collapse.
As the encirclement was lifted as they fell off one by one, the adventurers threw away their swords and raised their hands.
“… It is our defeat. Yo ball. Would it be okay if I ask you one more time?”
“Yes. It’s okay!”
The adventurers grabbed their swords again and attacked the hero, but they couldn’t do the same as before, and after a while, they fell to the ground again.
“Maybe it’s because the tactics were grasped… It doesn’t work the same way. How the hell do I go about defeating Yoa…”
“If you want to defeat it, you have no choice but to take it down in an instant with the first skill you show.”
“Hmm… So next time, I’ll change the tactics a bit…”
Hearing the words of the two people next to him contemplating how to defeat him, the hero put on a bewildered expression.
“Then… Shall we start small talk soon?”
“Yes! Great!”
Grindella’s skills had also improved considerably over the past few days, perhaps because she sparred with people of similar skill level, but yesterday, although she managed to do so, she was able to cut off Miri Ahn once.
Time passed like that, and it was exactly the fifth day after Hero and the others boarded the airship.
After breaking through the clouds and flying high into the sky again, the airship finally landed back on the ground after five days.
[The next settlement is Elysium, the city of wizards. This is Elysium.]
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Grindella and the others got off the airship first because there was something to load and unload from the airship.
There were more cargo than people at the landing, and it was because of the nature of the city with many wizards, magic tools and materials from various places were sent for experiments.
“It is also a city of wizards. Even luggage is being moved using magic.”
The carts driven by the workers had no wheels and floated in the air without touching the ground.
There was a considerable amount of luggage on the cart, so it would take a lot of trouble to move it, but thanks to that cart, the workers didn’t look tired at all.
“… That’s probably not a magic wagon, but a float stone cart.”
“A floating stone?”
When the hero showed interest in the cart, Yuria, who hadn’t said anything on the airship for a while, said so.
“It is literally a stone floating in the sky. I heard that Elysium uses it a lot for experiments and development.”
“Okay?”
“Huh. Originally, I was going to use it for airships, but… The amount of stones needed to launch an airship was too large, so the plan was scrapped.”
“I see…”
Floating stones can be gathered mainly from the sky, and it is common to collect them from airships, but among wizards, it is said that there are many people who use floating magic or magic to attract stones to collect them.
While having such a good conversation, the Azul Revival Adventure Team came down from the airship with a lot of luggage in the floating cart.
“Then, Lord Yoa, are you going to the Great Library like this?”
“Yes. Is Miss Grindella leaving after delivering the burden to her client?”
“No. Actually, we are not here either, but we have business nearby, so we plan to stay for a while.”
“Near here… ? I don’t remember anything special, but…”
There was a considerable distance to the nearby village, but there was not a strong magic beast in the wilderness that Grindella and the others could target.
“No, there is something special around here. The one with a lot of money on it.”
“Yes? What is that… ?”
“You must have heard the name Prince Yoa. The legendary Beast King Behemoth. I got information that he was seen around here.”
Beast King Behemoth
The main character of a song sung by a bard in Mardis.
I tried to ask Lina, but a lot of things happened, so I couldn’t ask the name of the monster.
“A Behemoth was seen around here? And… If I hadn’t gone by airship, I would have been really fucked up.”
As Lina said that, she stroked her own arms as if she was getting goosebumps.
“Reena. What is Behemoth?”
“… I haven’t seen it myself, but it’s a powerful magic beast that is literally called the king of demon beasts.”
As far as Lina knew, the Behemoth did not have the power to command the Witchbeasts.
However, even without such power, the reason why Behemoth is called the Beast King is because it is stronger than any other beasts.
Not to mention the mental acid predators I once saw in a cave, all the notorious monsters and unusual mutants were defeated by the Behemoth and turned into black ash.
Where are the magicians?
Behemoth, which had a history of destroying famous adventurers as well as even small countries, was a walking disaster.
Whenever its existence was witnessed, famous heroes or guilds shouted that they would definitely subjugate it, but for hundreds of years, the Behemoth never lost.
“You guys catch it? Wouldn’t it be easier to go to Azul right now and drive out the Demon King’s army that has settled there? You know he destroyed a country, right?”
“Ahaha!! It seems that Lina-dono is also frightened by such a legend! No need to worry! She has even prepared countermeasures against lightning with information from old texts!!”
“No, it’s not a legend, I went to the country that was destroyed at that time and in real time… Tsk! Okay, it will be faster to just go and see it.”
After seeing the traces of the Behemoth, Lina saw all the adventurers with confident faces, including Grindella, as just wanting to commit suicide.
“Lina, are you such a dangerous beast?”
“It’s not dangerous. Hey, do you know why the Behemoth has so many bounties?”
The bounty on the Behemoth was literally the national budget, and it was no exaggeration to say that it was not an amount that would be given to a single beast.
A little taken aback by Lina’s sudden question, Grindella spoke cautiously.
“Yes? Yeah… Because it’s such a dangerous beast…”
“That’s right. But the real reason is different. There’s no one to catch it anyway, so I just shouted and saw it.”
It was also a kind of propaganda that Guild Tanye was working hard to stop the Behemoth.
Of course, it wasn’t that he didn’t have a desire for a master who had retired somewhere to come out and catch the Behemoth, but he didn’t expect that much.
“Then… You mean you can’t get the bounty even if you catch the Behemoth?!”
“No, of course you can. I wouldn’t want to pretend to be with the guys who caught the Behemoth. It just means that he bet such a huge amount because he was confident that the Behemoth would never collapse. I wonder if something like Hero comes out and catches it again.”
While saying that, Lina glanced at the hero, but the hero avoided his gaze and pretended to look far away.
Meanwhile, Grindella, who was deeply depressed after hearing Lina’s words, hunched her shoulders.
However, his drooping shoulders and the will in his heart did not break.
“… Still, I have to. If you don’t do that, the country…”
“… Even if I try to convince you, it seems to be useless.”
As Lina said, she looked at Grindella’s sword at her waist.
“Is that an iron weapon?”
“Yes? Ah… Sharp iron said that lightning could be induced, so I changed it to a weapon made of a different material.”
“No, it’s better to bring at least one iron sword.”
“That… Why?”
“I heard this from the guy who survived the Behemoth. He says he roars loudly until he makes thunderbolts from the sky.”
It wasn’t even using magic, so I don’t know how the heck he roared to make the lightning strike, but the contents were also recorded in the literature Grindella had read.
“At that time, their party was almost wiped out by lightning. The warrior was so frightened that he threw his sword into the sky.”
The thunderbolts were all directed by swords thrown into the sky, and the party barely survived.
“Yeah, that’s right! As long as you know the timing of the thunderbolts, you can use them that way!”
“And I don’t know how far this is true because it’s also a card, but when the Behemoth’s horns glow blue…”
Afterwards, Rina relayed the information she had heard to Grindella.
Grindella kept all of her words in her head, and when her Lina finished, she looked at Lina with her eyes full of reverence and said,
“Lina ball! Thank you so much for helping me this far! On that day when the Azul Kingdom was rebuilt, Lina’s name will be remembered forever!”
“… You don’t have to, be careful anyway.”
“We will register our party name in the guild, so if something happens, please contact us through the guild right away.”
“No… After receiving this kind of grace, I can’t rely on it any more…”
“Isn’t being a shameless human being better than dying without being able to rebuild the country?”
“Reena! To put it that way…”
When the hero tried to reprimand Lina for speaking too harshly, Grindella waved her hand and said,
“No! It is as Lina Gong said. Lord Yoa, we intend to do our best to fight the Behemoth, but if something happens, we will be grateful for the favor.”
“Yes. Please do!”
While having such a conversation with Grindella, behind Grindella, all the luggage on the airship was piled up like a mountain.
“Princess.”
Behind her, Grindella’s uncle, Marius, called for Grindella. Grindella looked back slightly at her, then looked back at her group of heroes and said,
“Then, Yoa-gong! We will excuse ourselves for now. If we get along, we will definitely meet again!!”
