Chapter 13 – Quest
That’s what I said, but I didn’t have much to step forward than I thought.
Most of them were only weak monsters, and on the other hand, the adventurers traveling together in the wagon for escort were all veterans, so nothing could happen. When monsters appeared, I killed them all one by one with skillful movements, so I, as a wizard, didn’t have to step out.
It seems that the gaze toward me is increasing little by little, but is it because of my mood?
I wondered if it would be dissatisfying to say that I was a wizard and not do anything. If it’s really because of that part, I myself have a lot to say. What kind of simbo is it that they step out and kill everyone before I even step out and are dissatisfied with me not stepping out?
Fortunately, no one came forward and said anything directly to me, but it was true that I felt uncomfortable. In the yard where I had to spend the whole day in a carriage with nothing to do, I couldn’t help but feel upset when I had to look at the corpses of monsters as well as being stared at.
Break time,
In fact, it would be more accurate to call it lunch time with break time.
I would like to take a break in a forest like this, but what if it becomes dangerous, but now that I am in my condition, this break time was very nice. While everyone was eating, I sneaked out to the back of the forest, sat down and sighed, leaning against a tree.
I thought I would do Tora, but it didn’t come out.
I just didn’t want to eat that much right now.
How can I eat when my stomach is like this?
But what should I eat?
I let out a sigh without letting go of the magic, in case someone would follow me.
Of course, since I had a spell on my mouth, all that came out was breathing, but no sighs mixed with my own voice. Even if I wrote it, it was absurd, but somehow it seemed to recognize even the sigh as talking.
Still, I felt much better than before when I escaped from the gaze directed at me. It was clear that the gaze directed at me made me feel bad. If I go back to that place, I will feel bad.
I hated going back…
Feeling my stomach feel better again, I looked down at the soup in my hand.
Still, the fortunate thing is that the food you eat is preserved food because you are moving for 3 days. If it was a trip that required dozens of days, I would have had to eat preserved food instead of this kind of food.
Of course, it’s a relief that it’s not a preserved food, but it’s true that the food I’m eating right now doesn’t taste that great compared to the food I eat at restaurants, so I had to put it in for modern people’s taste.
Chewy bread with vegetable and meat soup.
In fact, it’s not like anywhere else, they give you such a benevolent reward, and even provide all meals during the three-day escort. In fact, it was such a luxurious mission that I wondered if he was trying to do something illegal by attracting adventurers.
It’s just that we’re lucky.
Thinking so, I lifted the soup in my hand with a spoon and carefully put it into my mouth.
Um… It didn’t taste like the soup I knew.
What should I say… A little saltier?
In the first place, where I lived, there were various seasonings, and I used to add a lot of seasonings when I ate this kind of food, so even if it was the same food, it was a luxury to hope that it would taste the same as the food eaten in modern times.
I want to use that extravagance because I feel like it, but I can’t afford that extravagance in the current situation.
Still, it’s not like I can’t eat it.
I thought so as I poured the soup into my mouth.
Knock, knock.
“..?”
What is it? Why is it raining?
In the first place, because the forest itself is densely covered with countless trees, it is said that it is always night when you are in the forest. Of course, even if it rained, it couldn’t rain because it was blocked by trees.
That said, this isn’t rain.
Grr..
“..!”
The predator was looking down at me, flashing red eyes.
I froze on the spot.
There was no time to think about anything.
Just,
“Keep down!”
Hearing the familiar voice, he only reflexively ducked.
When the hero jumped out in front of me and swung his sword horizontally, the monster stopped trying to attack me and ran away. While I shuddered at the sword passing over my head, he grabbed my arm and lifted it up, hiding me behind my back, leading the way.
“Are you okay? Are you not hurt anywhere?!”
I nodded with a bewildered expression at the hero’s cry.
How the hell did this happen?
While he looked around with a confused expression, the adventurers who followed him moved in perfect order and surrounded the monster.
“Mareditors Anaconda..?! Coming out of a place like this?!”
“Isn’t this the beginning yet? Why is he coming out of here?!”
A look of bewilderment is evident.
Could it be that it’s not a monster that should appear here?
I raised my head and properly faced the monster.
Since it was a dark forest, I couldn’t see it well, so I used light magic to illuminate the opponent. When I shined a strong light on it, the monster crouched back as if dazzled. Since they are called veteran adventurers, they did not miss the moment.
The warriors rushed forward to cut the skin, and the archers in the back also shot their bows, but it was not enough to pierce them as hard as iron. Rather, the arrows did not stick properly, and only bounced off.
A giant earthworm monster with a hard body…?”
Mareditus Anaconda..?
Ah..
No, it can’t be.
Of course, it’s a monster that lives in the forest of the dark night, but originally, it’s a guy who only sleeps in the depths, so it’s not a guy that comes out very much at the beginning like this. However, in the game, it was a monster that appeared if you tried to deviate greatly from the designated place during an escort mission, that is, if you tried to run away.
It’s a tutorial after all, so I wonder if it wasn’t the will of the original creators to just accept this.
In conclusion, it is said that this guy would not come out if he went on a normal track.
Is it because of me?
No it can’t be
It wasn’t too far away, and I was sitting and eating soup slightly away from where I was resting. What kind of lightning is this?
“Damn it, my weapon is stuck!”
“This is a bit dangerous…”
Kyaaaaa!
The anaconda roared and flew towards us as if it were being shot.
Due to the nature of the forest in the dark night, the thick body, hard leather, and dark scales are a weakness that is not easily visible, so originally it should not be able to respond properly, but thanks to the light magic I used earlier, I was barely able to counter it.
“Hey Wizard! Do something!”
The man holding the shield and blocking the anaconda attack shouted at me.
“What are you doing just standing behind a man!”
A female adventurer sympathized with him and shouted at me with an evil voice.
“…”
Ah..
Am I really the only one..?
I looked around.
Everyone was screaming at me in anger to do something.
The reason was simple.
Even with the settings in the game, anacondas had very weak magic resistance.
In the first place, in this game, if physical resistance is strong, magic resistance is weak, and if magic resistance is strong, physical resistance is weak. If both become strong, a strong enemy with no answer will be born, so it can be seen as one of the rules for adjusting the balance given by the developer.
In other words, it was difficult to drive out the anaconda unless I was a wizard.
“…”
I bit my lip.
Have no choice but to.
What was Anaconda’s weakness?
Anaconda’s weakness… And if you think about where you are now, the magic you’ll use was decided right away.
I thought to myself.
Freeze, say
That was the moment.
Pasasasak..!
“?!”
“What..?!”
“The forest… Is it frozen?!”
Everything around began to freeze.
Noticing her own body slowly starting to freeze, the anaconda let out a scream as if it wanted to live.
However, it was no different from the point where I was careless until my body started to freeze.
Freeze and die
I raised her magic power and gripped the anaconda even harder to resist.
Softly
As I looked at the anaconda, which had become completely frostbitten, I grabbed her hand, which I was trying to grasp.
Crisp!
“And..”
“Is this a wizard..?”
Anaconda died on the spot.
Thank god.
I sat down thinking so.
