Chapter 439 Gaia, In the mountains

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(POV Rei)

"...damn it, those guys are very persistent!!"

"Well, it seems that Alex-san was quite right when he told us that people could be more dangerous than monsters... his words are quite true indeed"

"Haa~ Without a doubt people's greed is a big problem."

After hunting harpies for a while with the goal of collecting their damn pubic feathers, things got a bit complicated! First of all, I knew it was not a good idea to do that!!

…We didn't look like some kinky girls for targeting that, right?

Well maybe I'm just overthinking it… we had come across various groups from other sects that apparently had the same goal as us. Or they were probably here for the reasons Cleirsa-san and Turla-san told us earlier about capturing the harpies alive.

Either way, as Saeko-san says, our problem arose when we ran into one of those groups. Until a few days ago, we were quietly hunting harpies in these mountains, but… then we had across with this troublesome group of people. 

At first, just like other times, we just exchanged a few greetings and each group went their own way. There were no complications like some guy looking possessed with one of the girls in our group. Most people like that were deterred by the emblem of the sect we were in or seeing that several of us had a level 2 soul.

…Although Alexander seemed a bit disappointed in Cleirsa-san's sect, it seems that this one still had enough reputation to avoid annoying troubles like that. Or maybe it was just that not many would risk the life for something like indulging their wishes a little.

Also, I have noticed that the proportion of attractive women and men in this world is quite high... it may have to do with the fact that people train in this world and because there is much more energy than compared to where we came from too.

Well… maybe all the girls in our group stand out a bit more since everyone is very outstanding and that only increases by all being gathered in a place.  From what I've seen, there are only one or two very beautiful girls in other groups that are even bigger than ours. So maybe it can't be helped that Alexander is a little overprotective.

Anyway, the problem this time didn't have much to do with it... it was because when we were fighting against a group of harpies, the group I mentioned earlier saw us, and then they also saw Vrana who had transformed her arms into wings to fight. So they realized that she was also a harpy.

"...well, it can't be helped, they are from a Monster tamer sect after all..."

"Yes ... those fools from the" 1 Man 100 Beasts "sect surely saw that Vrana-chan was quite special and couldn't resist the temptation to have her for themselves... or perhaps sell her to someone important in their sect."

“Fufufu… and it seems they also noticed that Scythe was also a monster from the fights we have had against them. Now they seem more determined to hunt down our group.

It seems we have become prey this time~ "

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At first, they just tried to convince us to sell Vrana to them or exchange her for other things, but when it didn't work we were attacked by them. They were probably blinded by their greed as Cleirsa said before and they didn't think things through very well, or maybe they just underestimated us… despite their sudden attack, we managed to repel their group several times until now.

The improvement of the three girls with a level 2 soul in our group from the previous several hunting days showed at that time. Also, it was good that there were also only 3 people with the same strength in his group. Furthermore, they were also surprised by the firearms that I, Cleirsa-san, and Turla used.

Although they weren't very useful against people who were also on the level of the strongest girls among us, they were very effective against everyone else in their group. Also, people with a level 2 soul could not completely ignore our weapons and had to be careful of these as well.

The problem was when that group seemed to ask their sect for help or joined other groups in this place… at that time I thought we were really in trouble! It was quite a tough fight… I even thought it best to ask for help from the sect or the girls in Delna's kingdom too.

Well, not all of them here seemed to be so worried… Mary and the other two Monster girls were highly motivated to fight and test their strength with smarter opponents. Even Saeko-san wasn't much different from those three...

By the way, when I heard the name of the sect that attacked us, [The invincible king of beasts], I couldn't help but be surprised and comment on the fact that there was someone with a worse sense for naming things than Alexander! Thanks to that, I got a sharp look from Mary-san… she and Leona-san really can't stand someone speaking even a little bad about him! And that includes people from our group!!

…Also, even though it wasn't as scary as Mary-san, Saeko-san seemed a bit annoyed by my comment and even tried to defend Alexander by saying that he wasn't that bad at it.

Even though I was going to retort about that, I could only force myself to keep my mouth shut so as not to make things worse... seriously, I think I was quite understanding by not saying what I really thought and saying that Alexander was worse on it than the person who named that sect!

Leaving aside how he named the camp in our world... he named a harpy with the characteristics of a raven simply using that as a base! Same with Scythe!!

...well, the latter I don't quite remember if he named her first and gave her her weapon later, or if it was the other way around. Either way, that doesn't change that he named a girl by using an object word!

"...do you feel different from before, Saeko-san?"

"Hmn? Well… I certainly can't say that I feel the same as before, but... it's hard to explain how I feel now. What is certain is that I am stronger than before "

I didn't want to keep thinking about those things, so I better try to distract my mind by asking her about what had been on my mind and had me a bit intrigued for some time.

In the end, the reason we didn't decide to call for reinforcements was none other reason than because she and Cleirsa-san advanced to the next level of Soul! During the last previous fight, since there were more people with a level 2 soul with our enemies, there was no alternative but other of us to fight them too!

Then, while Saeko-chan was fighting a monster tamed by someone with a level 2 soul, her movements suddenly became faster than before! Also, the sword she was using started to glow a little, and immediately what looked like a blade of wind flew out of it to cut off her opponent's head!!

As for Cleirsa-san, after she seemed exhausted from using her bow to attack our enemies since she had even used the energy stored in the tiara that Alexander gave her, something in her seemed to change stabilizing her condition and she returned to having enough energy to keep shooting arrows! Also, these were certainly stronger than before!!

Thanks to the change of those two, the situation that looked bad for our group in that fight was completely reversed and our enemies had no alternative but to back down again!

After the fight ended, those two affirmed the suspicions that the rest of us had by telling us that they had achieved a breakthrough in their souls. I was very curious about it... it really didn't seem like there was a big physical change in them.

...well, the other three didn't have it either when they also advanced to a level 2 soul. Besides having a boost in her strength, the only thing that was clear is that Saeko could now use some of her sword abilities to create a wind blade as she did before, and Cleirsa-san had more energy to create more arrows with her bow.

I wanted to be stronger too, so before I had tried asking Mary and the other two for advice, but… they seem to have just done it on instinct. I had more hope of these two, sadly they couldn't explain things well either.

…May it's different for each person?

"H-Help!!"

"S-Someone, please help !!"

[Grrue!] [Grrue!] [Grrue!]

Suddenly as I was thinking about those things and walking through these mountains, we heard what sounded like a fight. We all exchange glances and move towards the sound direction.

We were no longer naive enough to simply respond to other people's screams… there was a good chance it was a trap! So we approach carefully.

"..."

When we got to where the screams were coming from, we found a group of people being attacked by a large number of harpies! It did not seem like a trap since several of the people in that group were on the ground bleeding without knowing if they were alive or dead.

"Are they not from the sect of monster tamers that have attacked us before?"

"Fufufu... it seems that those people really have bad luck~"

After observing the situation a bit, it was not difficult to see that it was them. Also, I supported Mary-san's words… because of the previous fight with us, they suffered a considerable loss. They even lost several of the strongest people who were with them.

I was a bit worried about that, but… after asking the two who had the most knowledge of this Area, they said that we shouldn't worry too much about it. In the worst case, we would only be punished a little by the sect for causing trouble with another sect.

As for having retaliation from that other sect, it was unlikely. It was inevitable that there would frequently be some friction between different sects, but this would not lead to an all-out war between both sides. If anything, it would only generate a little enmity against the group we fight and their acquaintances.

...that wasn't entirely reassuring, but at least it wasn't the worst situation I'd ever imagined either.

“… I think they are just as greedy as before.

It seems that while we were fighting them we went into the mountains quite a bit… that seems to be a nest of harpies, not just a small group that went out hunting! "

"... they probably wanted to get her eggs?"

"I would bet on that"

Looking more closely, it seems that what Cleirsa-san and Turla-san were discussing was most likely what happened here. I can imagine a situation where after being defeated the last time, they found this nest of harpies and, thinking that their luck had changed, the idiots decided to attack it despite having fewer numbers than before.

Or maybe they just didn't want to go back to their sect empty-handed and decided to take one last risk… either way, if Alexander were here, he would surely say that these people were screwed! As we continued to watch their fight against the harpies, the number of both groups kept decreasing!!

Of course, things were only getting worse for the group of humans with each less person unable to fight!!

"W-What do we do?"

We couldn't just keep watching, otherwise, all those people would surely be killed! Although everyone's hands from us were probably stained with blood now, it was different to do it out of self-defense!

“Hehehe… isn't it obvious? Let's just let them keep killing each other for longer~ Hopefully, the number of harpies will be much less and we can claim all the winnings~! "

"..."

Well, maybe I still wasn't used to the way things were in this world! I don't get the answer I wanted when I asked the other girls!! Although Mary-san was the one who mentioned that option, the others are beginning to seriously consider it!!