Chapter 220 – Information Collection (2)
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Even though there was no information they expected, Kalt was not disappointed. First, he asked the guild leader to prepare any data related to Mine, and then asked the guild leader to deliver any additional reports as soon as they went to another region.
Of course, the guild leader very happily accepted Kalt’s request.
I would have welcomed the fact that the warrior party was actively involved in subjugating the demons, and there was no reason to refuse.
First, we decided to do a temporary request and also conduct an investigation into the mine.
After making a priority plan, Kalt decided to bring one thing forward.
‘Let’s train Nellis more intensively.’
Although Scarlet and Aria have low power or slow deployment speed, they had no major problems dealing with difficulty A monsters.
Nellis also took advantage of her own protection and attacked Cyclops several times, drawing the attention of Cyclops.
‘As expected, the attack power was insufficient.’
Nellis did the best she could under the current conditions.
Therefore, Kalt planned to make Nellis grow even more so that he can be more active against monsters of difficulty level A next time.
In the end, the biggest condition is that Nellis can make a mana blade.
However, that was the most difficult condition.
‘Because in the end, you have to gain experience.’
When she further refines her skills and becomes familiar with the sword to the point where she considers it a part of her body, she can finally enter the stage where she can utilize the Mana Blade.
And in order to go through that process, I had no choice but to gain a lot of experience.
That’s why.
“You want me to spar with him?”
“You want me to spar with this person?”
“Okay.”
The day after returning to the village.
Kalt called Maybelle during training time and had her spar with Nellis.
“Maybelle, as you know, Nellis can’t use the Mana Blade yet. So, I think it would be good to give them as many different experiences as possible, so cooperate.”
“Yeah, that’s it. It doesn’t matter. What good does it help if I spar with him? “Isn’t it better to spar with Kalt anyway?”
“You said it was a new experience. Even if you keep sparring with me, it will only feel familiar. It is better to learn the Mana Blade by dealing with more diverse opponents and feeling the difference each time you swing it. “You know that, right?”
“… “I was able to use it because I just swung it.”
Maybelle was the type of person who learned the Mana Blade by feel rather than learning it directly through her theory, so even when Kalt explained it, she couldn’t really sympathize.
‘Okay, what do I expect from him?’
“Anyway. Now.”
Kalt took out a sword with a blunt blade that he had borrowed from the guild yesterday and handed it to Maybelle and Nellis.
“Let’s spar with that first. Maybelle, don’t use protection.”
“What? Just me?”
“You can’t beat Nellis without using protection?”
“No! “I’m afraid I won’t be able to beat a kid like that just because I can’t use protection!”
‘A kid like that?’
An attitude of belittling oneself as if it were very natural.
Of course, even if Maybelle does not have divine protection, she is skilled enough to manifest the Mana Blade.
But even if she acknowledged it, she couldn’t understand and accept Maybelle’s attitude as is.
‘No matter how much I helped him before the fight with Cyclops…’
Nellis still had no intention of completely accepting Maybelle.
That’s why Nellis decided to show Maybelle her surprising skills.
“Then… “Start.”
As soon as Kalt announced the start of her sparring, Nellis attacked.
“Haaaaa!”
Kaaaaang!
A bladeless sword clashes with a sword.
“Uggigigig!”
Nellis attempted to gain the upper hand on Maybelle by force the moment her swords met.
However.
“What? Are you suddenly having a power struggle?”
Maybelle was leisurely accepting her Nellis power.
Even though she struggled, Mabel’s physical abilities, as well as her divine protection, were superior to those of veteran adventurers due to the long-term training that Kalt forced her to do.
“I’m not as strong as Kalgum, but I’m strong too!”
Kaang!
With Maybelle facing her sword, she counterattacked, striking away Nellis’s sword.
“… !”
Nellis quickly regained her stance and took Maybelle’s knife.
Kaaaaang!
‘Woah, it’s heavy!’
She was the fastest dragon, so I thought she was good at speed and wasn’t very confident in her strength, but that was a miscalculation.
“I also trained a lot to adapt to the protection speed!”
“I did it because I told him to.”
“Well, there’s that too!”
“Oh, I won’t lose! I also received training from Mr. Kalt! Haaaaa!”
Kaang! Kaang! Kaaaaang!
Several sword strikes took place without stopping.
Nellis struggled to get her hits on Maybelle, but Maybelle wouldn’t let her.
Rather, Maybelle touched Nellis’ body with her sword several times, but it was difficult for Maybelle to properly shock Nellis due to Nellis’s protection.
However, from Nellis’s point of view, without God’s protection, she would have been allowed to be attacked several times, which only made her feel resentful.
Kalt was watching the scene with satisfaction.
‘Good, Nellis’s motivation is increasing.
Nellis becomes more motivated as she feels resentment toward Maybelle.
When sparring with Kalt, along with her respect, there was always a subconscious feeling that Kalt could not win.
Therefore, for Nellis, Kalt is an opponent who can ignite her fighting spirit.
I arranged a sparring match with Maybelle.
Maybelle and Nellis’ sparring continued until breakfast.
Maybelle went to the inn where she was staying and had breakfast.
“Uuuuu… !”
Nellis was eating very upsetly.
“What? “What’s wrong?”
“What happened?”
“I couldn’t even hit you once… !”
“What?”
“What are you saying you couldn’t hit?”
Nellis grumbled and complained about her sparring with Maybelle.
“I tried to feed it somehow…”
“So you looked dead today?”
“Even though her personality is a bit different, Maybelle is definitely the hero who attracts the most attention. But if she’s Nellis, she’ll definitely be able to keep up.”
“Of course I will catch up! No, it will overtake you! Mr. Kalt! Please look forward to it!”
“I always have expectations from Nellis. Let’s do our best, Nellis.”
“… ! Yes!”
Thanks to Kalt’s encouragement, Nellis’ dead expression immediately cleared up, and she began to eat deliciously.
Scarlett laughed while looking at Nellis.
“I heard it’s really simple.”
After breakfast, Kalt stopped by the guild alone.
“Ah! Mr. Kalt! Welcome!”
“Have you done everything I asked you to do yesterday?”
“Yes! The guild leader told me to collect it, so I’ve gathered all the information I can right now! We’ve organized them separately in the data room on the second floor, so you can go in at any time! We’ve set aside a separate seat for you, so you’ll be able to recognize it right away!”
“Thank you.”
Kalt thanked the receptionist for guiding him and entered the data room on the second floor.
A data room that stores various materials of the guild.
In one corner of the data room, I noticed a desk that looked like it was new and had been hastily purchased yesterday because Kalt had requested it.
And on the desk were piles of documents containing information and rumors about Mine that had been reported over the years.
‘Let’s take a look then.’
Kalt sat down and started reading the materials.
Mine is a powerful and dangerous being.
She is the number one being that must be defeated to prevent the resurrection of the Demon King.
However, their frequency of appearance is very low.
There are some demons who actively try not to hide it from the beginning, but such entities are rare, and most of them are secretly acting in secret.
In fact, the number of cases where a demon appeared directly and fought was as frequent as once every five years.
Above all, unlike humans, demons live for a long time, so there are cases where the same entity remains unchanged even after 20 years.
Therefore, there was data from 50 years ago on Kalt’s desk.
Even though there was data from 50 years ago, there was only a small amount of piled up on the desk, showing how low the frequency of demons’ appearance was.
Kalt calmly and quickly organized the information that needed to be addressed first.
Because reports about Mine were so rare and precious, even things that ordinary residents said were suspicious were recorded.
‘This is just a rumor. This too is a strange rumor. This is… There are rumors about the demons we exterminated. This is… It’s information from Mine that she was driven out by the Holy Knights a long time ago. This is also excluded.’
After organizing it by excluding this and that, out of the pile of documents, the only ones that were worth reading were reduced to about 30 pages.
Among the 30 documents, there are 3 people pointing out.
Even though 30 years have passed since it first appeared, there has been no news about it so far.
She was active until 12 years ago, but she was seriously injured by adventurers who teamed up to take revenge and no longer heard from her.
And.
‘Hmm…’
A demon who appeared 7 years ago and caused an incident that robbed the men of a village to the point where they were almost on the verge of death, and then disappeared.
Based on the events that took place, she was judged to be a demon.
