Volume 8 - CH 3.4

Part 4

One week since they entered the Demon King territory and headed north.

They arrived at the foot of the mountains called 《Heavenly Mountain (Tenzan)》.

It had this kind of name, but it had no relation to the aircraft with cute legs.

The town at the foot of it, as if it were in the territory of the Races, had a peaceful atmosphere.

The figures of Adventurers and soldiers stood out more than they did in Faltra City, but the sadness and gloom that recluses seemed like they would gather couldn’t be felt.

In the town that was surrounded by a wall, stallholders were lined up on both sides of the main road.

An oyaji selling spit-roasted meat called out to them.

「Welcome! Welcome! It’s Giant Toad meat! It’s nice and tender!」

「……It looks delicious, doesn’t it, Diablo.」

「That is a frog monster, you know?」

「Diablo, they’re also selling fruits I’ve never seen before!」

「Are you sure they aren’t poisonous?」

Rem and Shera were festive in the town they’ve never been to before.

Although they had various reasons for it, these girls that chose the Adventurers’ way of life, they basically liked journeys.

The root of Diablo was a hikikomori. Being wary would take precedence for him.

──It was a village that was nothing but a recovery point with no peculiarities in the game though?

「It is quite lively, isn’t it.」

「……Intelligence gathering, Diablo. Let’s buy some skewers, and hear some talk from the stallholder.」

「If we’re buying, then fruits would be good too!」

「Do as you like.」

Since Diablo was bad at conversing with other people, he had Rem and Shera gather information.

After a while──

*Hagu hagu* Rem was munching on a skewer of what looked like chicken meat.

「……This town, 《Sodmas》[1], since it is said that the Master Swordsman is here, it seems that people with confidence in their own abilities gather here. There are also many people that have opened dojos.」

「So it is a town of Warriors.」

「……In the end, even famous blacksmiths and doctors came, and now, despite being in the Demon King territory, the fighting power has been well-regulated to the point that monsters won’t even get close to it.」

「So that is why it is this prosperous.」

The carriage shop──