Kujonin

Kujonin
Author: Hanakuroko
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There are traces like that of giant monsters being dragged by on top of the leaves.
I a.s.sume if we follow them we"ll discover the masmascarl"s nest.
The Search Skill indicates that there are numerous monsters in the surroundings.
I can"t see them, but it seems like they aren"t the giant monsters.

"Keep quiet."
Ayl said as she gripped the sword at her waist.
I don"t know what Velsa is thinking about, but she"s staring at the leaves on the ground.
I handed out the instant-death evasion misangas.
"These leaves are real"
When I handed Velsa her misanga, she whispered such in my ear.
Well, yeah, they"re fallen leaves after all; obviously they"re real.
While I was thinking that, I realized what Velsa was trying to say.
I thought that the masmascarl swarm carried the giant monsters into the dungeon in order to make the dungeon-born monsters into monsters with substance.
But it"s a different story if there are plants that exist with substance.
"Is it fine to say they"re raising beans?"
If you want protein, it"s good to raise legumes.
Now that I think about, when I was still in my former world, I get the feeling I ate a lot of beans.
The nattou, tofu, soy sauce, miso, and soy milk that j.a.panese people are familiar with are all beans.
If you want calcium, plants like j.a.panese mustard spinach and the leaves of radishes would be fine.
"Even so, why do they come out and hunt for giant monsters if there"s no need?"
"Because they don"t have an knowledge on how to raise plants?"
While Velsa and I discussed the problem, Ayl moved forward with caution.
"If we go in, we"ll find out."
It"s as Ayl says.
Don"t get distracted from going further; if we go further, we"ll find out.

"Nevertheless…"
"They"re watching us, na."
"Un."
The surrounding monsters are peering over here, following us.
Somehow, even if you say there"s no problem because we already found out, they"re coming and following us without making a sound.
It"s just I can"t see their forms at all.
Is it a type of monster that hides in the shadows?

Suddenly, Ayl, who was walking in the front, stopped.
In the path where the giant monsters were dragged along, there is the figure of an elven young man with a bow notched on his shoulder.
"Someone living in the dungeon?"
Next to me, Velsa was startled.
I furrow my brows together, watching the situation.

"What business do you have in our forest!?"
"Ah, no, we just wanted to go a little further forward, though."
Ayl responded to the elf youth.
Ayl has already prepared for battle.
Before the elf youth had knocked an arrow to his bow, the battle had already started.
The elf youth took Ayl"s attack with his bow, taking some distance with a back flip.
The youth"s bow split completely in two.
As for Ayl, she spun her sword around.

"Heeh, Taijutsu Skill. Do you also use a sword?"

The youth drew a thin, shining, silver sword like a saber from his back.

From the s.p.a.ces between the trees in the surroundings, I can see aimed arrows.
For now I"ll erect a defensive barrier and prepare for extermination.

"W,what are you doing?"
Velsa asked.
"What, you ask; I"m exterminating the monsters blocking our way. It"s dangerous, so don"t leave the magic circle."
"Monsters - that"s an elf, you know."
"Aa, just watch."

I took out the leftover, high grade recovery medicine from my item bag and put it in the pump.
Thinning it with a little water, after adjusting the nozzle to spray, my weapon to repulse the fake elf was finished.

"O-i! Ayl! Stop playing around and pull him over here-!"

While laughing, I call out to Ayl, who"s taking and dodging the fake elf"s attacks.

"Roger, ok! I"m sending him over-!"

Just when I heard a bang-, Ayle had hit the fake elf and blasted him off this way.
I sprayed the diluted recovery medicine from the nozzle.

"GyaaaaAAAAA!!!"

Together with a scream, light overflowed from the fake elf"s mouth and eyes, and then he dispersed like smoke.
After that, what was left was a dribble of dark liquid and a magic stone.

From the surroundings, arrows were released all at once.
With Ayl"s sword technique waving around and Velsa and I being within the magic circle, we didn"t have a single injury.
And I noticed a red point running away without a sound with the Search Skill.

"It"s oil, ne. I think this is a high ranking ghost terror."
Velsa, who had scooped up the black liquid and smelled it, said.
I had exterminated the people-imitating ghost terrors before at the Adventurers Guild.

"But to imitate an elf. It can only imitate, so is there also a real one here?"
"To be living in a dungeon. I wonder, did they even make a hidden village to live here?"
"Fufufu, it was a monster with some skill. I"m feeling this-!"
As Velsa and I discussed the problem, Ayl continued into the forest.

"Ma, we"ll find out after we chase after it, huh?"