Chapter 57

We ate until the last stew and filled our stomachs, and after a brief maintenance, we started to move as planned.

We, who had moved a little earlier, identified the surveillance location of the abandoned dungeon together, followed the forest path I had walked when chasing the guys heading to the village, and only split up after figuring out where to prepare for the raid.

It was an insurance policy so that, in the unlikely event of a setback to the plan, others besides Gaendal and I could be contact points. Thanks to this, it took up a lot of time, but as a skilled adventurer, the party properly mastered the difficult forest path.

“You ran this way and got to the surveillance location in 30 minutes?”

“I just used an aura to keep my physical strength moderately, but it’s not particularly difficult.”

Seeing Ekatrina scratching the back of her head and shaking her head, it seemed like a wise decision to leave room for her return plan.

“Besides, there’s something I learned. Isn’t that a skill I learned from the Elves?”

“I haven’t lived long, but I’ve never heard of being able to learn such a skill from an elf. How on earth did you bake and boil it?”

“You could just say they saved each other’s lives.”

“No, then you’re just messing around, right? It’s not an answer, but that’s it.”

However, it could not be said that he stabbed six thieves to death and saved an elf when he was young and then signed a contract with him. If there was a 15-year-old kid who talked like that in front of my eyes without even knowing anything about it, wouldn’t I have hit him in the back for reading a novel?

No matter how much I had as an adventurer and the skills I showed myself, it was hard to believe that I could give unconditional trust to a story that only a stranger could say was absurd.

It was a topic that could only go round and round no matter how long we talked about it, so let’s talk about it moderately.

After that, it’s a time of waiting that is not boring.

Knowing that there would be nothing wrong with a little chatter, we remained silent after reconfirming the raid plan after the weapon was overhauled. It was enough for me to spend time training to use magic, but Ekaterina’s calmness and patience surprised me again.

As if a wild beast looking for prey sees an opportunity, he freezes and stares at the road with an expressionless face, which scares me.

It is all the more unfamiliar because her bright smile for a short period of time accounts for most of the impression. Eventually, after taking some time off, I got curious enough to see how long she stayed in the same position.

“come.”

And the spectacle ended with amazement when Ekaterina, who had not seen any movement other than blinking for nearly two hours, opened her mouth.

“Right?”

-Pur!

Not a quagmire, not a thump, but a literal popping sound, and the battle was over. I heard the sound of something soggy hitting nearby trees and the floor, but I didn’t see it on purpose. It was because I could already see the surroundings without a degree of hell just by driving my sword into the neck of the guy who was staggering to get up while holding on to the snowball that had been hit by me.

The remains of a human being burst into pieces of meat. Ekaterina, who directed a sea of blood that seemed impossible to clean up, let go of her expression like a beast in one breath and smiled while looking at me.

“As you said, I couldn’t even react properly. Thanks to you, I learned something good, Eldmia.”

Even though it was a quite terrifying sight, all I could feel was the admiration for her skills and the reassurance of being a colleague.

“Tell me honestly. Do you know how to use Aura?”

“Hahaha! Okay! Praise me more! Compliments are always good!”

Even by the standards of another world, without adding a single exaggeration, it is a supernatural power that transcends common sense. You wield that piece of iron that weighs more than 20kg just like your head, like a two-handed sword? That’s enough to understand why they didn’t use weapons like axes and two-handed swords.

Why use those dangerous blades when you can wield that war hammer with all that speed and accuracy anyway?

“Isn’t Jimen in the last name or first name you’re hiding?”

“Huh? What does that mean? The nuance is like a compliment.”

“There is, there is. A great warrior who uses a hammer that can be called a battering ram.”

“That’s great! A legendary figure! I love it, but unfortunately it has nothing to do with my name!”

She was the owner of a different world sensibility, laughing heartily and cheerfully in the midst of a sea of blood and corpses that wanted to escape at any moment.

“Whoa! This wasn’t the time. Let’s go back quickly and take care of the rest.”

“It’s over in no time, so I have some time to spare, so let’s go find some money bags for them in this mess.”

“oh?”

“Because I don’t think I would have given these guys a small amount of money to play and drink.”

I don’t know if Cheryl would have sent a cold gaze, but Ekatrina and I had a thoroughly adventurous sensibility.

We quickly found the money bag in a short time and headed to the abandoned dungeon.