The Ruler of Alman Forest (2)
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Rattle!
Loen was on the move in a swinging carriage.
When I took the cloth that covered the back of the wagon, I saw the wagons at the top running in a row.
A sizable matrix.
Of course, there was nothing to send only the coachman and porters in this harsh world of monsters.
The appropriate number of adventurers accompanied by escort.
Most of these escorts were credible green adventurers.
However, as Loen was in this position, there were also a few people with yellow plaques because of the urgent need to save people.
It was simply to fill in insufficient personnel, and to receive less compensation.
There were eight members in two teams, including Loen and the party who brought him in.
None of them were dissatisfied.
In addition to the low payoff itself, I was satisfied with just stepping into a D-rank quest that I couldn't even put on.
It was a great opportunity to add a career without risking too much, and there was a reason not to miss the party who approached Loen.
“Who… … .”
Loen, who had turned the cross-legged, slowly exhaled and opened his eyes.
“How can you do it?”
“I think I caught the persimmon.”
Loen nodded at Feria's question.
They were getting stuck between the cargo in the luggage compartment of the third wagon.
In the continuing travel time, Loen continued his practice while meditating for the rest of the time.
One of the two problems he had was to increase the amount of mana.
As I have already been moving for two days and devoted myself to training, there has been considerable progress.
The mana amount increased, I felt myself.
Of course, it was true that training through meditation must continue to accumulate in order to be meaningful in earnest.
However, the original mana tank was a bit small, so even a small change was already felt and felt.
'Although it's still terrible... He has a talent.'
Feria, who was watching Loen, admitted a little about him.
Loen, who has a ridiculous affinity, was able to accept the magic of nature more easily thanks to his special magical power.
Thanks to that, he had a much faster mana amount than others.
“Feria.”
"Huh? Why?"
When Loen touched her arm, Peria asked, who had escaped her thoughts.
“Give me some water.”
"What… … ?”
“Because I’m thirsty.”
“Go over there and find a stream! What the hell see me as... … .”
Feria stared at Loen.
Do it. Now it's handling a bucket.
It wasn't just before I died from dehydration, it was the first time I ever heard a rude request from a contractor.
“I've been focusing on it since before.”
“What does it have to do with that? Didn't you think you brought a canteen?”
“I drank it a while ago.”
Loen shook the empty canteen.
It was in a hurry to be in a hurry at the top, and he minimized the hurrying as much as possible and stopping on the way.
“I’m using my mana anyway, why? Using magic doesn't mean anything wears out, just make a little water.
“No, absolutely no!”
“I'll ask for ice as well.
“What the hell have you heard! No!”
Feria, with her eyes closed, desperately refused.
It was up to him whether he, an intermediate spirit and a member of the noble element, would fall into a portable ice purifier.
In fact, it was the last pride left for her.
Rattle!
Then the carriage they were riding on stopped.
The same was true of other wagons.
At the sound of the people they heard, they stepped outside.
“It looks like it hasn't arrived. It's already too early to arrive.”
In Loen's view, it was the entrance to the wide open forest.
Considering that their final destination was a fortress, not a forest, we were able to gauge the situation.
The upper procession, arriving at the planned halfway point, had a brief maintenance time.
“Loen-nim!”
Miriam, who was in another carriage, approached.
She was a female adventurer who first approached Loen from the central quest.
Although they were riding in a different wagon, they were tied to the same team under the contract for this quest.
“What will happen now?”
“As I've heard before, it goes through this forest as it is. When you enter the forest, you have to slow down and walk together.”
The place blocking their front was Alman Forest.
It was a vast forest lurking in ferocious beasts, and especially from a few months ago, a group of red-maned wolves increased noticeably and was known to be a very dangerous state.
That is why they hired more personnel than usual at the top.
“But the atmosphere is not so bad.”
Loen, who felt a strange feeling, looked around.
A man at the top of the stop was talking with a serious expression.
The story continued even after the adventurers attached to the escort finished all the preparations, and finally, an instruction to unpack and wait was dropped.
The manager took a bodyguard and went into the forest to check something.
It was quite different from the movement of the top that tried to move as quickly as possible.
“What happened suddenly?”
"that… There seems to be something wrong in the forest. I'll tell you more about it later, but for now I'll have to wait.”
Miriam said, who had been looking into the situation.
It doesn't look like the client's simple whim, and there was no right way for now.
I have to wait until the problem is figured out.
“Loen, come over here for a minute.”
At that time, Feria, who was always looking in the direction of the forest, called him.
"What is it?"
“I've been worried about it from before, but now I'm sure. I have to go into the forest.”
"What… … ? What is that all of a sudden?”
“I can feel the spirit of the spirit in there.”
Her stretched fingers pointed at Alman Forest.
“I, spirit? In this forest?”
“I don't know why the energy is exuding all the way to the outside of the forest, but as far as I can feel it from here, it's not like that. I have to find out exactly what kind of guy it is.”
* * *
“This is… … .”
The footprints of huge beasts clearly left in the forest.
Bern, the top manager facing him, was completely stunned.
Although it looked like a wolf's footprint, if it was this size, it would be at least three or four times larger than a normal wolf.
“Is this right what I said outside?”
"Yes. This is the guy.”
The man nodded.
A monster from Alman's Forest discovered weeks ago.
It belonged to a giant wolf named'Lugare' with an gray mane.
The appearance of a new monster in the world these days was not a big deal. However, he had strong powers that could not even be compared with normal beasts.
As they indiscriminately attacked and expelled the humans who had stepped in, the hired adventurers tried to hunt it, but all failed.
“How many adventurers did you hire?”
“It is said that there were ten. They were all purple adventurers.”
“Well, what… … ?”
Bern's eyes widened, startled.
If it were a purple plaque, it was one level higher than the green plaques they usually employed.
It was the stage of a certificate that a veteran with great skills or a lot of experience can have.
Not even one or two, but ten adventurers.
If even such veteran adventurers were unable to cope and retreated, there was no way for them now.
You have to go back around the forest.
Rather, it was just going further away while trying to take a shortcut.
“Damn, how to do this… … .”
Bern wrapped his head in anxiety.
Alman Forest, where there are many beasts from the beginning, was certainly not a suitable place for the path of movement at the top.
However, due to the schedule behind schedule, there was no choice.
As the target of this transaction targets the Kingdom Army, it could not be postponed or canceled.
Among the items going up to the southern fortress where the Kingdom Army is stationed, important munitions were also mixed.
If I freely postpone the items of the army I had decided to supply, I would not stop at the penalty line.
'I have never made such a mistake, but why are there such an accident in a deal on the kingdom side?'
Bern burst into anger.
In the first place, all of this was due to an error in my contact network at the top, and the news was delivered long afterward.
Even if it wasn't, there was a problem in the delivery process, so I started urgently, and even these bad news bursts one after another.
As the head of the transport, Bern was in deep trouble.
As the top of the kingdom is the most important target you can deal with, you had to find a breakthrough somehow.
Bump! Bump!
But at that moment, the sound of a ferocious beast resonated in the forest.
Wolves that smelled humans quickly swarmed around them.
“How did this happen?”
“Don’t make it! I haven't even come into the forest.”
“Both of you come behind me!”
The bodyguards from the top team pulled the embarrassed two men and shouted.
However, a cold sweat ran down his forehead.
The wolves appearing one by one among the lush trees.
There were too many people crowded around.
I did not know if I was moving and accompanied one of the top bodyguards, but it was unimaginable to encounter such a group.
Bump!
Six wolves ran towards them at the same time.
“Kuhh… … .”
The bodyguard with his shield upright swung his sword desperately, but he couldn't hold up for long and fell, with a wound on his whole body.
There was no way to do anything because they had to fight while protecting them from the situation where they were already outnumbered.
The wolf's mouth opened up.
He rushed to the neck of the defenseless Berne.
Keying!
The wolf, floating in the air, was cut by a sword and fell for a long time.
An adventurer who had been chasing after hearing the sound of a fight saved him.
“I’m glad it’s not too late.”
“Now, you… … ?”
It was Loen who saved Bern, who was about to die.
Loen and Feria, who had briefly entered the forest in search of the traces of the spirits, heard the sound of the wolves and immediately followed them.
One followed by Feria's eyes was full of disappointment. “I asked if there was anything, but it was just a wolf and three humans. How about passing by without wasting mana?”
“Don't be silly. The first thing to do here is to organize it.”
You can't let your client die.
Loen glanced at her, pulling Bern from the fall back.
Then Feria raised his hand, and a cold air surged.
Blah blah!
A cold storm that spread in an instant hit the surrounding wolves.
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