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Never touch Eldmia Egga - Episode 55

About an hour and a half had passed since night fell and nothing could be seen. Those doing shift work carried torches..

"Lookout shifts will most likely be every two hours.."

"Judging by the fact that the people going inside are not looking for a way to light up, it looks like the inside is brighter than it looks.."

At first glance, the entrance appears pitch-black, but the reality seems to be completely different. Anyway, I decided to call off the start of full-scale reconnaissance, and Gaendal fell asleep once again. Perhaps because I am of a constitution that allows me to fall asleep as long as I lie down, I began to breathe evenly within 10 minutes..

4 hours of doing nothing can be quite painful, but in a world where you can do a lot just by being able to manipulate magical power, there wasn't much of a problem..

Using horsepower is ultimately just practice. Even if you don't have the traces of a pioneer like Mana and Auror, you eventually get better little by little with every effort you make. And in this world, the results of effort stand out relatively sooner than in the past life..

Although I like the rapid achievement that sometimes feels contrived, it is not always pleasant..

Unless I am the only one achieving such achievements, it means that the world is in chaos and there are many strong people. Whenever I have a moment, I feel like the obsession comes back again..

Anyway, if you think about such things and worry deeply about manpower management, even four hours will pass by in an instant. So I took turns spending the night with Gaendal..

As the night deepened and dawn dawned, they only stood guard without any activity. The two-hour shift interval was correct, but other than that, there was no other benefit. The morning finally dawned in a situation where the only thing I could hear was casual chatter occasionally..

"I'm so tired now that I can't even sleep.."

We watched the last night shift shift while Gaendal stretched out quietly with a hollow smile, chewing the beef jerky he handed us. They may have lost their guard a little, but the voices they spoke quietly became a little louder..

"The night watch is finally over. Ha, when do I go to the bar?."

"I can't believe you said that after being there last week. I want to go too."

"It's definitely good for a change of mood, but the problem is that sometimes when I come to my senses, I become an idiot who just waits for the day to go to the bar.."

"ha ha ha. That's right."

They joke around with each other and it doesn't seem like a bad relationship. From what I've seen so far, that's their average relationship. Even though they are not soldiers and have their own purpose, I can't help but feel that it is both annoying and unexpected that these guys, who were separate but eventually came together, are building bonds and connecting to such an extent in this situation..

It was a time when I listened to the story, hoping that they would be less obligated..

"Come to think of it, did you hear it? The Baron is dead.."

"The Baron is a lowly human, butcher and mercenary.."

An unexpected story came out of their mouths.!

Except for one guy who frowned as if he was about to spit at any moment, the other three began to talk intently about the topic..

"You're dead anyway, nobleman. Still, he was a business colleague, so I told him not to be like that too much.."

"Anyway, wasn't it going pretty well? I remember there were quite a few soldiers, but suddenly like this,?"

"They say they were completely slaughtered. I heard that not only the private soldiers under the Baron but also the hired mercenaries were half destroyed and scattered.."

Unless there were more than one bastard like Favaera in the vicinity of the capital, this is definitely a story about him..

So fast anyway? I think it's a serious problem that they've already been involved in an incident that's only been going on for 4 days today..

"Really? Barons are barons, but the skills of the butcher Ragiel and the snow hunter Jezelle are no mean feat, right? Has the tail been caught??"

"I intentionally spread the rumor. Yes, the skills of the Baera mercenaries were real, but how did they do that?..."

There were some guys who were crazy enough to get nicknames? weird. I remember that the Baron was an asshole, and the only one who was useful was the one who put on a sword show with me. Well, there were a couple more guys who were a bit more dressed up, so they might have been them..

Or rather, those bastards’ skills are real? I'm not kidding, if I had just brought three apprentice knights from the Ogatorv family, I would have killed half of the people in the forest, right? Is the gap this big??

"Apparently, there was an Auror user involved. Even two of them."

"fuck."

"Didn't you deliberately only deal with green and blue-level people to avoid those people? Even if you're unlucky, you shouldn't have any luck...."

The reaction of those who lamented convinced me. As expected, there is a big difference between having an auror and not having one. However, their statement that they dismissed even the Cheong-level as having no Auror users was enough to make me wonder..

"huh? Aren't there a few Auror users at the rank??"

"...Your common sense is strangely distorted. They say we are unique. Usually, you have to reach level level to start seeing it.."

ah. So when introducing Gaendal, did you talk about his skills by talking about self-sufficiency, which is one level higher, rather than talking about Jeok-level, which is just above him? I thought it was normal since Cheryl also uses it..

The scale of strength in this world doesn't really make sense to me, so I'm always confused. Our party was a bigger party than I thought. My heart feels so magnificent.

"Mr. Rudna's plan has suffered a setback. I feel sad."

"How are the demons reacting? Do you know?"

"The one who told me this was a demon. He didn't really care.."

"Can't you get caught by the tail? Did you do some trick??"

"They said he just killed the Baron before he could do anything. He seems to think that since he only made contact with the Baron, there is no need for him to be caught.."

Real life is truly a spectacle. It was surprising that something I didn't care about whether it died or not was involved in something bigger than I thought. It was surprising that I almost passed by without knowing it, but the Adventurer's Guild had already caught another sign and was tracking it. It was even more surprising that it was somehow connected to the part I had missed..

"Who is tricking me on purpose?...?"

"hmm? what did you say?"

"no. I'm just talking to myself."

When I think about it, it's related to the demon race, so if it's good for me, it's good, but there's nothing bad about it. If it's a roll like this, I can tolerate it as much as I want..

"That's a good thing. My bed was almost a mess."

"Anyway, it's like that, so just be aware of it.."

"Let's do it. Thank you for your hard work."

That was the end of their shift, which gave them a big harvest after a long wait. After confirming that the guys who had switched shifts were having a trivial conversation again, I explained the value of the story I had just heard to Gaendal, who looked very disappointed. It was natural that Gaendal's attitude changed drastically..

"I am suspicious of the fact that information was received in such a short period of time. Were you watching a human named Favaera??"

"Rather, it's 4 days... If you look at what they said, it's actually 3 days since I heard about it about yesterday. Anyway, I think it's subtle that it took so long to find out. The tone of voice was like a story I heard yesterday.."

It was literally as if he was talking about a story he heard while on duty. The attitude of others who listened to his words was also ordinary, so it could not be said that he had an exaggerated speaking habit..

"Rather, I clearly said they were demons. As you said, it looks like there was a separate person for management.."

"That's right. As expected, this request is lucky.."

It is natural that it is easier to deal with less strong people in a spread than to deal with one strong person alone. Gaendal and I both laughed at that part..

"But it is also true that one worrying thing has increased. Even if you can't do it, they may have a magic tool that can quickly receive information.."

"At least...?"

"Easily moves through space. In the worst case scenario... they probably built a gate.."

The worst is really the worst. Of course, if you can destroy that gate, it will be a huge benefit, but if troops pour out from inside it, it will be a really big deal..

"I think it can be said that just finding out this far has been a huge achievement. Would you like to go back??"

"no. Let's stay a little longer. Since I've been so lucky, it wouldn't be a bad idea to hope for a little more.."

It's still a little over 6 o'clock. It was worth waiting until lunch at least to see what was going on..

"Right. If it's as you expected, people going to the bar will come out around lunchtime. That might be today."

Gaendal quickly understood and nodded. He seems to have fully understood it..

"Because there is nothing wrong with us. Let's wait a little longer. To be honest, I'm looking forward to it turning out so well.."

It's working out so smoothly that there's no need for even the slightest doubt..

Even looking at their reaction to the word Auror user earlier, it was clear that their skills were not much better than the Baera mercenaries..

Slowly, the difficulty of the request begins to be measured in detail in my eyes. And that too in a very, very optimistic direction..