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The next day, when the morning sun was getting higher, brighter, and more dazzling, little Annie and the team she was following, who planned to go deep into the mountains and forests to collect medicine, were about to arrive at one of their places. The final destination.
This, even if she was rocking and dozing in the wooden bed of the carriage, she could tell from the increasingly relaxed pace and breathing of the so-called temporary 'teammates' who were following the carriage around her!
Of course, except for the undead skeleton whose original name was 'Ainz Ooal Gown' and is now called the warrior 'Momo', and his companion Nabe! Because, the other party is not breathing at all times, and his pace is always the same.
"..."
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To be honest, Annie still hasn't been able to figure out the purpose of that big-boned guy joining the team that was going to collect herbs in the woods...
If they were short of money, she knew that there were many gold coins in the underground tomb of the other party. The gold in the other party's family might be just a few cents less than what Queen Anne carried with her. ? And since you are not short of money and want to improve your adventurer level, why not learn from her and make yourself a beautiful brand with bright diamonds?
Even if the other party does not have diamonds, it is impossible for him to make a sign with countless reflective surfaces and emit beautiful light like his. But it can be a little simpler. It is still very simple to make a stainless steel sign and hang it. Given the opponent's strength, why should we look at the face of that shabby Adventurer's Guild? !
Therefore, Anne couldn't figure out what the other party wanted...
So, since she couldn't figure it out, she had no choice but to continue to follow the other party, continue to mix in the team, and prepare to observe and study it carefully.
'Hello! '
'Everyone, we will be arriving at Karn Village soon. There will definitely be no monsters here. We don't need to continue to move forward nervously in the warning formation, right? '
'No……'
'Luclot, please don't let down your guard and continue to clear the way ahead! '
'But Peter, it's really safe here...'
'call! Luclot, it's better to be careful, because there might be a dragon here suddenly attacking us at any time...'
'oh! Please! '
'Nia, is this unnatural thing possible? How many years have we not heard of a dragon appearing here in E-Rantel City? '
'Why is it impossible? What if it really comes out? '
'impossible! Absolutely impossible! '
'Luclot, you also know that in ancient times, there were powerful dragons near the city of E-Rantel! Moreover, you have also seen that there are a large number of frost dragons living in the north of the Angelicia Mountains over there. No one can guarantee whether they will suddenly fly to the dense forest here to prey. ! '
'this……'
'Stop making excuses, Luclotte, you should just go ahead and explore the road and be vigilant! '
'Tsk! But, Peter, if there really is a frost dragon coming here to prey, is there any use in being so vigilant? '
'Why not? '
'Where is it? Peter, do you think our team can defeat a frost dragon? That thing requires at least a steel-level adventurer to be able to fight against it, right? '
'At least, we can escape in advance, maybe we can also wait for it to eat this old horse, and then let us go? '
'Well……'
That Luclotte was so choked by their captain Peter's hypothesis that he couldn't say much to refute. He opened his mouth, and after struggling for a while, he still didn't say anything more. He just turned his head and continued. Leading the way and advancing vigilantly.
"!!"
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"Who said there was a dragon just now? Where is it? Where is it?!"
! (ﾟДﾟ≡ﾟдﾟ)!?
Little Annie, who was taking a nap on the carriage, suddenly woke up, stood up from the carriage, and began to energetically search the sky and the ground around her, wanting to see if the dragons they just talked about were there again. What's going on.
Because she is now dissatisfied that this broken carriage is too slow and bumpy, and if there is really a dragon, then she may be able to pretend to have a battle with the opponent, and then narrowly win, and finally capture it as a dragon. Your own royal mount?
'...'
'Ah……'
'Alas~! '
Captain Peter, Nia and Dyne were speechless for a moment. They just looked at each other and smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say to each other. The other party has not stood up from the carriage since they started their journey before dawn in the morning. Look at the sun in the sky. How long has she been asleep?
"okay!"
"Little guy, sit tight in your car. There are no dragons here! You'd better pray that that kind of scary creature never comes out. Silver-level adventurers like us really can't deal with that kind of scary thing!"
Seeing that a certain little girl suddenly became energetic, Peter, the captain of the Dark Sword who was following the carriage, gave a somewhat dumbfounding advice.
Until now, Peter, the captain of the Black Sword, has not figured out where the little guy in front of him comes from, nor does he know how the other party's elders can trust him to go out alone... that is, when he meets someone like them. I believe in the 'Black Sword' team that has pursuits. If I meet other teams, I'm afraid they will be sold out for money and they will still be confused and don't know what happened, right?
"People are not afraid of dragons!"
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"Just relax, I'm a super adventurer at the 'Brilliant Diamond' level now, I can definitely protect the safety of you guys!"
(๑‾ꇴ‾๑) Hehe!
Annie patted her little chest and assured the other party.
Because she, Queen Anne, is really powerful and can even guarantee that if the attacking dragon is too ugly, she will burn it to death! And if it's too beautiful, she might eat him? As for those that are neither ugly nor beautiful, such as those that are ferocious and big, she might directly enslave them and then use them as domineering vehicles to show off to the indigenous residents?
"Ha ha!"
"Forget it, don't think that we don't know how your 'Brilliant Diamond' adventurer level came from, that is, you. The Adventurer Association and we will not recognize it!"
'well! '
"But don't tell me, Peter. Annie's diamond brand is quite beautiful. Does it really look like that?"
"Isn't that right? Fortunately, she also found a crystal plate with such a suitable shape. That kind of craftsmanship may not be possible even if we spend money to hire someone to make it, right?"
"hehe……"
"..."
As they were talking, Peter, the captain of the Dark Sword, and the forest priest Dyne started joking. They didn't mind at all that an angry little guy standing in the wooden compartment of the carriage was looking at him with angry eyes. Stare at them.
"You guys!!"
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hateful! !
Just wait, Annie said that if there is a chance, she will definitely show off her skills a little to let them, the silver-level adventurers, know that she, a super-adventurer of the 'Brilliant Diamond' level, is not in vain, even if she is The same goes for self-proclaimed ones!
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"ah!!"
"Everyone!"
"We should be approaching Kahn Village after climbing over the hillside. Let's work harder... Huh? It's strange. When did a guardrail be built there?"
Nfirea, who was sitting in front of the carriage and driving the vehicle, suddenly exclaimed, because he looked over from a distance from a high position and discovered that the village of Kahn had used logs at some point. Outside the village, a complete circle of wooden fences was built along the farmland and houses in the village?
"!!"
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"Damn it! Why are you back here again..."
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Unlike Nfirea's unfounded excitement, Annie's little baby face immediately collapsed after seeing the slightly familiar village.
"??"
"Annie, what's wrong with you?"
That Nfirea heard the exclamations and complaints of a little girl behind him, so he couldn't help but asked sideways in a strange way.
"It's nothing, I just don't like the people in that village very much!"
(￢д￢.)
Annie promised that anyone who had ever been hostile to those guys, deliberately refused to sell her anything, or even been thrown mud at them would definitely be too happy to stand up.
"ah?"
"Why is that? I think the people in Kahn Village have always been very nice..."
This is not the first time Nfirea has come to Kahn Village. He has always felt that the people here are very nice, and of course, the girls here are also better!
When he thought of the figure that haunted him, his originally steady heart could not help but accelerate and beat "thump" and "thump".
"Because I had a quarrel with some bad guys in that village here before, and I bullied them severely before leaving!"
๑乛◡乛๑
"Oh! It's not a big deal anyway, so you better not ask!!"
o(´^｀)oHmph!
Annie looked at a certain warrior 'Momo' behind who was still silent, and then remembered a certain warrior who dared to throw mud at her, and was finally thrown back by herself, almost turning into a mud monster slime. The unlucky little guy and the other party's young lady, she couldn't help but secretly become happy.
"..."
"???"
They looked at each other with Peter, the captain of the Black Sword. They had no idea what the little guy was talking about or what the weird expression was about, so they shrugged and did not intend to continue with that irrelevant conversation. Keep entangled with the other party on small and important matters.
'! ! '
'There's a situation! ! '
However, when the village of Kahn in the distance was already in sight, everyone had not been able to go very far. They had just crossed a hillside in front and bypassed a small forest. Luke was investigating and leading the way. Lott immediately exclaimed.
'What's the matter, Luclotte? '
'I don't know how to describe it, you better come over and have a look! '
'! ? '
'What happened? '
'You'll find out when you come over and take a look! '
'? ? '
'Look, there is a large area here, what are the traces left by it? ! '
'! ! '
'This is……'
As everyone quickened their pace, they soon saw the horrifying scene displayed in the area blocked by the hillside and the dense forest:
At this time, what was displayed in front of everyone was a large area of land that had become desertified for unknown reasons, as well as charred tree trunks on it, melted and solidified magma pools, and some even burned The pitted ground has been transformed into glass, and at this time they are emitting bursts of strangely beautiful colorful light under the reflection of the sun...
And this weird scene, compared with the green grass and dense forests around and in the distance, seems very abrupt and weird! !
'this……'
'What's going on here, what's going on? ! '
'I have no idea! '
'N-Nia, what do you think? '
'I don't know either……'
'But I think this looks like the traces left by some extremely terrifying spell and flame, but I don't know what level of spell it is. Anyway, it is definitely not something that a magic caster of my level can do. Contacted...'
'! ! '
'Hello! Look here and there, even the earth has been burned into sand, causing the desert to turn into joy. Look at the sand, there is no soil at all. This is really terrible...'
'indeed! '
'But look over there, there are those pieces of cooled magma pools that were burned out, and those glass-like floors! '
'Tsk! '
'...'
Everyone just stood on the edge of this road and this strange desert area and watched carefully. After a while, Luclotte, Nia, captain Peter and a certain bad little girl, plus two people who basically walked the entire journey The guy who said nothing said anything. After confirming that there was no danger, he walked to the field and observed it carefully.
'It's incredible...'
'Look, there are huge footprints of some kind of creature here! Dyne, you are the forest priest, come and take a look! '
'! ! '
'see it? 'Aiwei
'See...'
'Dyne, do you know what kind of monster left this? '
"Well……"
'From the shape, it seems like... a giant bear? '
'Giant, giant bear? '
'Yes! Look at the footprints here and there, as well as the area with footprints outside the desert area, and the burnt black vegetation around the footprints... It's not difficult to guess, it's probably a huge and terrifying... Giant bear! '
'How big is this footprint? '
'It's big anyway! '
'...'
'Look, I also noticed that wherever there are footprints outside, there are burnt black vegetation... Maybe, that is a giant bear with its own flames? ! '
'! ! '
'Dyne, you mean... that is a terrifying monster? ! '
'Yes, it's possible! '
'...'
'Hello! Nia, what do you think? '
'I don't know, I just know... our mission this time may become very dangerous! '
'ah……'
'Momojun, what do you think? '
The members of the Dark Sword discussed for a while, and then, with their faces getting more and more ugly, they all turned towards the two warriors who were not sure what they were thinking, but stood not far away without saying a word. Momo and Nabe looked over.
As for a little girl who was digging out pieces of glass-like glass from the pits on the ground that were burned into glass and shining them against the sun to reflect a beautiful 'rainbow', they were ignored by them. Lost.
'Well……'
'I just observed it for a while and came up with a few guesses...'
'It is very likely that two or more people have fought here...and at least several more spells have been cast here, and in the end there was a terrible spell that caused the desertification of the land here and Another fire spell caused the earth to glaze...'
'Also, look at the solidified footprints in the magma pool. You can at least tell that there are two or three people fighting. Those footprints are all from three different people... As for the flaming giant bear you just mentioned, I guess... …That could be a monster summoned by some fire caster? '
'Of course, that's just my guess...'
Warrior Momo said this in a hoarse voice, and then looked at each other solemnly with his companion Nabe, and then looked at a little girl in the distance who was squatting and playing in the glass pit. .
Apart from him and Nabe, who knew exactly what was going on here, obviously, the heartless little girl not far away who was still in the mood to play must also know better than them! Of course, many people in the distant village of Karn probably witnessed the battle between Ainz Ooal Gown and the little girl that took place at that time.
'! ! '
'yes! You see, it seems that there are really three kinds... No! Four different footprints, and many traces of damage from different magics? '
'What? '
'Look here again! '
'? ? '
'This footprint is slightly smaller, it should be that of a female warrior, and she is wearing steel plate armor. She stepped on this magma pool and left patterns on the bottom of her metal boots! '
'It really is! '
'Konia, what's with the smaller footprints? '
'I don't know, maybe a dwarf?' I have seen information, and it seems that there is indeed a dwarf country in the Angelicia Mountains. There should be dwarves in it? '
'Well! Makes sense...'
Captain Peter and Luclotte squatted next to a smaller footprint, and stretched out their hands to make gestures and guesses, trying to guess the approximate identities of the powerful figures who fought here at that time.
However, at this time, a little guy suddenly jumped up to them and stepped on the small footprint they were studying.
"He's not a dwarf!"
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"Look, the footprints are just right with someone else's. Maybe this is the mark left by someone else at that time!!"
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Anne proudly stepped on the two shoe prints formed by the solidification of magma that seemed to fit perfectly with her soles with her pair of little leather boots. Then she continued to smile proudly, waiting for the other party to say goodbye. own praise and exclamation.
'Ah! '
'Little Annie! Come and play aside, don't disturb us from doing our business! '
'that is! '
'But, Peter, look at it, Anne's shoes and footprints almost match up. Doesn't that mean that person might also be a little man? '
'Well……'
'It's possible! '
'...'
After impatiently waving away a certain little girl, Peter and Luclotte continued to seriously discuss some of their newly discovered possibilities.
"hateful!!"
↜(ψ｀╭╮′)o
'...'
'...'
Soldiers Momo and Nabe looked at each other speechlessly, but in the end they remained silent.
Because they knew that the two humans were actually very, very close to the truth of the matter just now. The little girl also gave the other party enough hints. However, those two stupid humans chose to ignore it? Don't they think about why the little girl's shoes fit so well with the footprints? Besides, wouldn't they take a look at the soles of that little guy's shoes?
With the pattern and size matching perfectly, isn't the answer ready to come out? !
It's a pity that the soldier Momo, who was also one of the participants in the matter, definitely didn't dare to remind the other party like that. He could only continue to stand silently on this battlefield with his companion Nabe, remembering Or imagine how terrible and painful the battle was...
'alright! '
'Anyway, that's how things should be! '
'But Mo Mojun is really amazing. He only made a few observations and spoke with reasonable evidence. It was as if he had witnessed the battle with his own eyes. He pointed out all the key points that we had not noticed before. ...'
'But, Momo-jun, which side do you think won? '
After watching for a while, the people who couldn't figure out what was going on and couldn't come to a better conclusion quickly gathered together again and asked the question just now to a soldier who had his whole body hidden under the armor. Momo asked.
"..."
"You must have noticed that the other two footprints suddenly disappeared, and the smaller footprints and the giant bear's footprints were heading towards the village. It must have been the flame caster who won. ?”
Although he really wanted to say that he was making a 'strategic retreat', given that a certain little girl who was the instigator was beside him, Momo, the soldier who did not dare to overly stimulate the other party, could only answer in an aggrieved manner based on his own 'observation' and admitted it. own failure.
"Ha! I guessed it right!"
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"Brother Momo, you are so awesome. You guessed this, as if you saw it on the spot?"
(„ಡωಡ„)
Isn’t that what you saw at the scene?
In fact, Anne also knew that the other party not only saw it with her own eyes, but also experienced it personally. She even experienced the feeling of being burned into a flaming skeleton and a 'Ghost Rider' by that terrible fire magic. Sour feeling?
'...'
snort!
However, in the face of repeated provocations from a certain little girl, the warrior Momo felt that he had no chance of winning in a fight, and felt that the pressure placed on him by the other party was too heavy. He had no choice but to turn his head gently and strike without seeing. To be pure.
'! ! '
'Listening to what Momojun said, it seems like that's really the case! Momo's observation skills are really meticulous! '
'But, Peter, who will be the victor? '
'I have no idea. '
'Why! I really want to see the true face of the guy who can cause such destructive power...'
'Forget it, Nia... It's better if we pray never to meet such a guy. That one is really not a good thing! '
'ah! Sorry, Captain, you said the same thing! '
'...'
'...'
Warrior Momo and his companion Nabe looked at each other again, then stood aside and stopped talking! It is only natural that his analysis is accurate, because he is not only a witness, but also a victim... Moreover, the desertification of this land here is partly due to him, and the incident did not occur for a few days. , how could he not remember it deeply and pay close attention to every detail? !
'! ! '
'etc! Nfirea, what happened to him? '
'? ? '
'Hello! Nfirea! Where are you going? ! '
Suddenly, the captains of the Black Sword, Peter and Luclot, discovered that the employer who had been silent before, the pharmacist Nfirea Barreare, suddenly jumped on the carriage, and then beat him hard. The old horse pulling the cart accelerated and ran towards the village of Kahn not far away?
'I'm a little worried about Enri...'
'Don't worry about me, I'll go to Kahn Village first to check on the situation! '
After saying that, without waiting for anyone to answer or agree, the carriage had already moved farther and farther away, and it also brought a billowing smoke behind...
'Oops! ! '
'quick! Let's follow up quickly, that scary little guy is probably in Kahn Village! '
'No way? '
'It's best if you don't! Stop talking, Nia, catch up! '
'Um! ! '
'? ? '
'Mr. Momo, Nabe and little Annie, aren't you coming? '
When the people from the Black Sword were about to follow, they turned around and spotted the three people standing motionless behind them, and then asked with some confusion.
'...'
Nabe didn't speak, just stood aside coldly, still acting like her iceberg beauty.
'No! '
'We will go to the woods ahead to check and wait for you. If anything happens, you can call us immediately! '
The warrior 'Momo' shook his head slightly, and then said dullly.
There is nothing interesting to see in Karn Village. Apart from the remaining villagers and a small group of goblins summoned by the human girl Enri, there are no scary little guys at all! Because, that 'scary little guy' is not someone, he is just staying beside them right now!
"They're not going either!"
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"I also want to go to the woods with these two guys to have a look. Maybe there will be something interesting in there?"
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How could Annie go to that Kahn village and throw herself into a trap?
You know, she is not like the big-boned Ainz Ooal Gown who can wear armor to hide it. Even her clothes are exactly the same as that day. If she enters the village, she will have to be beaten by the villagers, especially A certain little girl who had been severely bullied by her must be recognized!
(…)
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'Well! '
'We will follow him to Kahn Village. You can go to the forest ahead to investigate first and leave a mark. If there is nothing going on in the village, we will go back to you later! ! '
Captain Peter, who didn't have time to say much, told the three people who didn't want to follow him, and then hurriedly ran forward with his team members, chasing the messy employer in front, for fear that the other party would Something happened that caused their escort mission to fail.
If something like that really happened, they would have to be demoted by the Adventurer's Guild to the same bronze level as a certain bad little girl!
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