“Hmm, there doesn’t seem to be a large group of orcs in this path, so I think you should get out of the forest now.”
“Y-you can see that!?”
“Yes. I can do that with enemy search magic.”
“…Even if you say search magic, you can’t usually see such a wide area, right?”
I’ve already healed their injuries so I’m sure they’ll be able to get out of this forest on their own.
“Alright then. Take ca―re.”
Leaving the adventurer party of four behind, I flew up to the skies.
“““He can fly to the sky?”””
I flew towards the city while being seen off by the dumbfounded party of four. And then, in the blink of an eye, I left the forest and flew into the sky for a while.
Then, I discovered something ahead of me.
“That’s…”
『It looks like a wyvern.』
Soaring leisurely in the sky was a sub-dragon with a total length of about five meters. Sub-dragons can be said that to be the subspecies of dragons. Naturally, compared to dragons, they are weak monsters. However, they are still quite a threat to villages and towns with poor defenses. In terms of danger, it’s probably a little higher than a Goblin Lord or High Orcs.
“Let’s get rid of it just in case.”
『It noticed us.』
The wyvern sensed our movement. It changed the direction of its flight and rushed towards us.
Lindwurm grumbled,
『……It seems like it doesn’t have the intelligence to understand the difference in power between us. It is very unpleasant that sub-dragons are considered to be members of the dragon family. 』
“Gruaaaaahhhhhhhhh”
In the meantime, the wyvern was closing in on us. Its mouth is wide open, lined with sharp fangs, and it seems to be planning to swallow us whole.
“If that’s what it wants, we can do it.”
I decided to do what it wanted. I jump into the wyvern’s mouth myself. As soon as I landed on its tongue, I stabbed Lindwurm, that is in sword mode, into its tongue and impaled it down.
“~~~~~~~~~~!?”
It’s a trick that can be done because of the small body of a baby. The wyvern immediately shook its head and tried to spit me out, but as a dragon-like creature who couldn’t even use its breath, it couldn’t get me out of its mouth.
Then, I fired a magic bullet from inside its mouth, aiming for the brain. The wyvern, which is said to be a sub-dragon and has hard scales, would have required a considerable amount of magic power from the outside, but it can save a lot of effort from the inside. Even though my magical power has increased considerably, I’m still a baby, so I can’t use it like hot water like I did in my previous life.
The wyvern, which was pierced through the brain, died and fell headlong to the ground. Along the way, I retrieve its whole body and throws it in my subspace.
As expected, the capacity is almost full huh…
Seems like I need to increase my magic power a little more.
“Well then, shall we head home?”
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At the same time, in the Adventurer’s Guild.
“Something is wrong with the forest…?”
Ilia, the receptionist, had received a disturbing report.
“Yes. We’ve been hunting orcs at this time of year for the past few years but their number this year is clearly unusual. Even in the not-so-deep parts of the forest, we’ve seen groups of more than ten orcs on numerous occasions. What’s more, we encountered High Orcs twice in just one exploration.”
“T-That’s….”
Talking to her is the main party in the guild, made up of B-rank adventurers. They are trusted by the guild and of course, there’s no way they would lie about something like that.
“We retreated immediately. But even for us, entering that forest right now is really dangerous. If we don’t warn the others right away, many adventurers could die.”
“I-I understand!”
Ilia immediately ordered the clerk to withdraw the request. They also posted a message on the bulletin board warning people to stay away from the orc forest for a while. Fortunately, the breeding season had just begun, so there shouldn’t be many adventurers who had already been commissioned. Hopefully, they will notice the unusuality in the forest and retreat.
Ilia, in particular, was very anxious. That’s because, she had just introduced that request to a rookie adventurer.
“Reus-kun… I hope you’re okay…”
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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