It’s the middle of spring.
The season when the snow has completely melted.
Around this time, bright-eyed rookie adventurers aspiring to be like Age-kun come from various villages.
“They’re full of vigor and possess combat skills. If they don’t mess up, they tend to rise up quickly.”
“Piyo?”
While talking to Chick-kun, I walk through the “Forest of Demons” to the south of the city.
“――Who, who can help me――!?”
I hear the pitiful scream of a girl.
“Well, this is what happens when you mess up.”
Now, I the Evil Dragon has sharp hearing.
Instantly catching the coordinates of the voice’s source, I left the place.
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“Hiieeiiiiiiii…!?”
When I arrived, I found myself in a somewhat interesting situation.
The first thing I notice is a girl crouching under a large tree.
She has long bangs that cover her eyes, giving her a timid appearance.
“She’s the opposite of vigorous. I thought she wasn’t an adventurer, but…”
She’s equipped with a thick robe, and there’s a knife lying a short distance away.
Around her neck, there’s a name tag that reads “Tr№3810.KOMORI: V.”
That means “Adventurer registration number 3810 in Tristein, Komori: Grade V.”
“And then”
“Whooshhhhh!”
Two giant one-horned deer-like monsters, “Longhorn Aiks,” had deeply embedded their horns into the trunk of the tree just above the girl’s head.
Their cries are strange.
“Ah, I see.”
First, a girl in the forest is attacked by horned deer.
She throws away her knife and runs, but the monsters, who love to annihilate humans, won’t let her escape.
Then, when caught up, both monsters charge at her simultaneously, and…
“In a moment of panic, she crouches down, and their horns get stuck in the tree behind her.”
She’s lucky.
Luck is also an important element for an adventurer.
“Please, someone over there, help me――…!”
At that point, the girl named Komori asks me for help.
Is it necessary?
“Why don’t you go get your knife and kill these guys?”
“I can’t move because my legs gave out!”
Really?
She’s truly a far cry from an adventurer.
“Whooshhhhh!?”
At Komori’s call, the horned deer notice me.
As they try to turn their heads towards me, the tree where their horns were stuck creaks, and as a result, their horns come loose.
“Oh, good for you, deer. Distracting you from Komori-chan worked out well.”
“It didn’t work out at all! What are you so relaxed about――!?”
The two deer charge at me.
They make strange cries, but a thrust from their giant horns is a threat.
Literally, many adventurers are caught off guard and killed in one strike.
“This is the time to stay calm.”
I lie down flat just in time.
“Whoosh!?”
I feel the horns swing over my head.
While sensing that, I instantly open the “Storage Space Item Box.”
From the void, I grab the bladed giant boomerang “Pomera-kun,”
“Here goes!”
I spin around on the spot like a piece.
As a result, the deer are sliced at their limbs and fall to the ground with a thud.
It all happened in just a few moments.
“Alright, that’s settled.”
“Gishaaa, gishaaa!?”
“And you, stop thrashing around.”
Pomera-kun is unnecessarily sentient and annoying with its eyes.
I use it to chop off the heads of the “Whooshhhhh!?” writhing deer and quickly put them back into the void.
What’s with that cry?
