2-002-Encounter with water spirit Elena

Saving the world with Sifu is not good for compliance in many ways. It would be unfortunate if the matter of the forbidden grimoire got out.

After saying those words, the brave man left the tavern with his friends.

It's true that the sifu profession is specialized in lock-picking, stopping and other skills to interfere, and the image of being a thief or a robber is too strong, so to be honest the impression is not very good....

But that doesn't mean I'd kick him out at this point in time!

By the way, the incident with the forbidden grimoire is that Sharon broke through the treasury to get the forbidden scrolls that were sealed in the magic school when she acquired the "God Flare", but it's troubling to bring up such a previous story now.

In the first place, I have no idea what it means to be banned for such a thing, and since it was said out of the blue when I was drunk, I couldn't even say a word of complaint.

But as expected, I was so surprised that I sobered up in one shot!

What am I going to do with this...

The city of Saihate, where we live, is located in the center of the dark world surrounded by rocky mountains known as the Land of Everlasting Darkness.

Stepping out of the city is an ultra-dangerous area where vicious monsters roam, and in order to get out of this area, you must break through the Cave of Death, a labyrinthine dungeon at the southern end of the city.

Of course, all the people who come to a town like this are all aiming for the Demon King's head, so I said carefree, "I want to go back to the Holy City, so I'll need your help to guard me until I get through the Cave of Death! There's no way they would listen to my request by saying something like that.

Or rather, they don't have the money to hire mercenaries in the first place.

Even if I gave up on returning and stayed in the city of Saihate until the heroes defeated the Demon King, I couldn't even get my daily meals without earning road silver.

''Starting tomorrow, let's find a monster that I can defeat on my own!

It was a good idea, but as expected of a city on the front lines, the cost of lodging is ridiculously high, and I couldn't even spend one night there with my own funds.

I couldn't even spend one night in the corner of the city.

interchangeable

129 years in the King's career, 2 days in the black moon, day 1 of his solo career.

I tried to get as far away from the Demon King's Castle as possible by heading to the southern plains, but I was attacked by a swarm of killer bees (killer hornet) and nearly died.

There was no way that the support staff of Sifu could defeat the vicious monsters that appeared in the land of everlasting darkness solo.

I managed to escape back to town, but since I couldn't defeat a single monster, I spent today camping out in a corner of town without being able to eat, let alone drink.

[Saint King's career 129 years, Black Moon, 3rd day of solo activity, 2nd day]

Today, as I left the city and headed west, I found a beautiful, shining spring.

Apparently it's a sacred place called the "Holy Spring" and evil beings such as monsters are not allowed to even enter the spring.

I was moved to tears by such a wonderful environment, and when I dropped a fishing line into the spring for my first meal in two days...

'Hey!　No fishing here!

'Woooooooooooooooo!'

He was yelled at by a woman who suddenly appeared from the fountain, and in his surprise, he slipped and fell into the fountain.

[Warning.

We have confirmation of a human species invasion.

Guardians, please respond immediately.

'Whoa, whoa!　Are you all right?

The woman hurriedly took my hand and pushed me straight up to shore.

'Oh, thank you...'

As I thanked her, I was again surprised by the woman's appearance.

Although her appearance looks a little younger than my twenty-two this year, her beautifully clear blue eyes and long light blue hair tell me that she is a 'non-human thing'.

''Well, are you a........spirit?''

'Yes. My name is Elena, the water spirit, the guardian of the sacred spring.

After being lectured endlessly about the importance of this spring, I was sitting in a gymnasium in the safety zone at the edge of the spring at my wits' end, despondent.

I thought I could get some food, but now I was being lectured to, and I ended up being hungry.

Just as I was feeling sad, Elena came over and poked me on the shoulder with a troubled look on her face.

''Um........I'm sorry for being a little too harsh earlier. But this spring is too clean for any living creature to live, so there is not a single fish in it.'

I see...

Seeing me nodding off powerlessly, Elena shook her head.

You can pick up some of the fruit from the surrounding trees as they are not poisonous. You can also take a small amount of water from the spring to quench your thirst.　

Oh, thank you!　Really, I'm sorry I'm kind of bothering you.

But I will refrain from the mushrooms growing by the fountain.

[St. King's career 129 years, Black Moon, 4th of July, 3rd day of solo work]

Today, I decided to head east, the exact opposite of the sacred spring where Elena was.

However, the miasma in the swamp was the exact opposite of the holy spring.

The color of the water was so black and muddy that I didn't think I could eat any fish, even if I could.

It's a good idea to check it out.

I held my right hand over the swamp as I prayed to God and activated the skill.

'Appraisal!'

[Appraisal Results]

Water quality: highly poisonous

Toxicity: Skin rash on contact, drinking may cause death. May cause loss of consciousness if vaporized poison is inhaled in high temperature environment. Handle with caution.

Damage: Immediate death.

'Wow, I've never seen damage and instant death before........ But, well, I'll just collect it, I guess.

If you touch it directly, you'll be out of luck, so I dipped the tip of the branch lying around in the swamp and transferred it to a small bottle, which somehow succeeded in collecting it with no damage.

By the way, when I returned to the city and took it to a tool shop, I heard that it was assessed at "zero", so I ended up camping out in a corner of the city again today feeling like I had lost something.

[The 129th year of the Holy King's career, Black Moon, 5th, 4th day of solo activity]

'Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

I thought it was the worst thing I could do, that I couldn't sell it to the store and the bottle would get dirty, but then I realized that this was the ultimate super item that would change my life forever!

First of all, I take this thing and go to the Sacred Spring where Elena is.

A very strong ward is set up around the Sacred Spring, which means that monsters can't break into it.......in other words, it's a safe zone.

And the damage from the bottle containing the 'poisonous swamp water' earlier is 'instant death'.......in other words!

TODO!!!!

Thud!

The small bottle I threw at the top of the Greater Demon's head was an excellent hit.

Normally, this isn't an opponent that can be defeated just by hitting a small bottle, but I don't need to tell you the consequences if the contents of the bottle are blown out by the impact of the hit.

Butteroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

After the sound of the giant body falling to the earth, I kept my eyes open for the Greater Demon to collect the horn before it turned to light and disappeared, and got the proof of defeat safely!

Then, while carefully and quickly retrieving the vial so that you don't touch it with your bare hands, you dash as fast as you can into the safety zone of the sacred spring.

Zuzaah!

'Gather water from the poisonous swamp in the east and slam it down on the monster from the safety of the Sacred Spring!　This round trip allows for zero cost solo hunting!　I'm amazing!　I'm totally awesome!

Seeing me praising myself, Elena let out a sigh while drawing a smile.

''I've been here for quite a long time, but this is the first time I've seen someone fight like that....... Ah!　Don't ever wash that dirty bottle in the fountain (here)!　It's absolutely, positively Zettai!''

Pretend?

No, sir!