Chapter 56 – Quest

You’re back.

I gulped and looked around.

The swamps were still full of poison.

The only difference was that even after arriving at the place where the monster appeared, it was nowhere to be seen.

“Let’s start looking for it from here.”

Everyone nodded their heads at the warrior’s words to start looking around here.

Judging from what appeared in this place, it seems that it was a monster that originally lived here, so it probably didn’t go very far.

At most, the hero explained that it would be to heal the wounds inflicted by hiding, so we could look around here.

And,

“Rumia. Use the stealth magic.”

To be precise, the magic that kills the presence.

Originally, it is impossible for a wizard to create and use that kind of non-attribute magic every time unless he has reached a certain level, but I can.

I killed everyone’s presence using magic.

Not only does the body blur, but the sound is blocked unless you make a very loud sound.

It’s a good spell to infiltrate.

“Good work Rumia!”

After confirming that my magic worked, the hero gave me a thumbs up.

No shame…

Still, being praised wasn’t such a bad feeling. Since it was my first time using magic, I honestly felt uneasy.

I brushed the back of my hair.

As it is, if you figure out the location of the monsters and the location of the demon army, subdue the demon army and subdue the monsters, that’s it.

It will be a long battle over many times, but we must do it today.

The last time they came, they thought of us as ordinary adventurers and didn’t move to the base.

That would be the worst possible situation.

Even if the hero and I love each other and have a child, the fact that we have to meet the demon king in the end remains the same.

In other words, it is necessary to weaken the demon army as much as possible because it is not possible for someone to die before reaching the demon king.

The first thing you need to find is the location of the monster you saw yesterday.

Originally, we would have used magic to find the traces, but now we are using stealth magic, so if we use other magic, there is a risk that the monster will find out.

Maybe that’s why

“Luril, can you find the location of the monster?”

The hero asked Ruril to find the location of the monster through the traces, not to me.

Her job is an archer and a hunter, so of course you can find out where the monster is located through the traces.

Eww..

I want to be part of the story too.

I looked towards the warrior.

It’s hard to even express my opinion because I can’t speak unless I’m telepathic.

I want to talk to the dragon in person someday.

I thought I was going to die of hardship after overusing telepathy to talk at dawn.

It seems that I should try to have a little more magic power to have a normal conversation telepathically.

“Leave it to me.”

Ruril nodded her head confidently.

It’s a little like that because I feel like I’ve been deprived of what I should be doing, but…

I can’t help it.

Then, what’s left is to find out where the Demon King’s army is…

“Don’t worry if it’s the position of the Demon King. Because I know where I am.”

Wow..

Revealing that you’re a regressor makes it so comfortable.

Originally, even if you knew it, it would have been inconvenient to not be able to disclose the information because you did not know where it came from, but now that you are doing well, it will of course be comfortable.

While Ruril was checking the location of the monster alone, we moved to check if the Demon King’s army was at the location the hero knew.

The meeting place was obvious, but it was here.

“Okay.. I checked the location.. Then I’ll come back. You guys be careful too.”

Ruril said so and even used her skills as an elf to completely hide her appearance.

I heard that an elven archer can make her body invisible or hide her presence, but she was amazed when she saw it in person.

He doesn’t even use magic like I do, so how is that possible?

Well… That’s why he could have been an archer.

For an archer, revealing his location would be no different from giving up his life, so he had to hide his location no matter what.

Looking in the direction where Ruril disappeared, I turned my head at the hero’s call and moved on.

“By the way, a warrior.”

“Huh?”

“What if the demon king isn’t at the place you said?”

“Don’t worry.”

The hero answered Cecilia’s question with a smile.

“They have a reason for being there.”

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The reason the warrior said he had no choice but to be here.

Actually, it’s not that big of a reason.

It’s simple if you think about why the Demon King’s army is here.

There are many reasons why they made a base in such a remote area, even hiding it deep, but isn’t it because they are doing something that shouldn’t be discovered?

If we subdue the demon lord’s army here for no reason, the demon lord’s army will not weaken as a whole.

It’s just that.. It’s a place where something hard to explain with words is happening.

The purpose of the Demon King’s army stationed here is to turn humans into demons.

Uh… So it’s correct to say the fall…

If you see it in a doujinshi, isn’t there something like being captured by demons and being forcibly turned into a succubus or incubus and corrupted?

That’s right…

If you can’t block this research in the beginning, the Demon King’s army will become stronger with the addition of demonized humans.

Of course, the number of succubus or incubus appearing among the enemies will increase.

Of course, the reason humans disappear is because those caught are forced to undergo such procedures and sexual torture.

The other one was eaten by that monster.

“There were two ways to approach it.. The first is sure, but it’s too dangerous, so I’ll go with the second.”

“Second?”

“Because Lumia cast the stealth magic earlier, I will walk directly to the place where the Demon King’s army is presumed to be with it.”

Originally, I would have guided them from there, but it was too dangerous, so I decided to move directly to the location the hero knew.

“I’ll just check the location and join Ruril again.”

He nodded his head at the warrior’s question if he had left traces well.

The warrior nodded and moved on.

It was the beginning of the search operation.

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“Huh?”

On the other hand, Ruril, who was moving along the tree following the visible traces, was shining as if he had found something.

After coming down from the tree, Ruril approached the venom zone.

“This..”

Tentacles showing signs of returning from being frozen…

Of course, it was cut off, necrotic and withered.

If you see that there was intelligence, of course these traces will be erased on their own.

However, the existence of these traces meant two things.

First of all, the first hypothesis is that it is a probability that the person passed by without seeing this trace because it was so seriously injured that he could not see it.

In this case, fortunately

Considering the wounds suffered at that time, it was appropriate to think of it as the former.

And the second hypothesis.

What if this is a trap?

I’m recuperating from the wounds I’ve suffered around here, and if I come back, I can apply it, so what if I dug a trap to ask you to come somewhere?

Cold sweat ran down Rurill’s cheeks.

If it was the latter, I had to get out of here right now.

I don’t think that’s going to happen, but I knew that I had to assume the worst case and move because the years I had spent as an adventurer were years.

In the first place, she thought that it would make no sense for her to recognize her position from the side of the monsters.

With her magic and her own skill that Rumia cast, she was confident that no opponent would take her. Although she looks big, she is nothing more than a monster living in the swamp. Even if she dug a trap, she would just have to remain undetected for being in it.

In the first place, if her skills were enough to find hidden adventurers, she couldn’t call them ordinary monsters anymore.

That’s… Unless it’s a boss that only appears once every few decades…

Besides, it was hard to imagine that even a boss would have dug a trap with such a wound.

Not only did she get hit by Lumia’s powerful magic, but she had the mental strength to set a trap even after all of her limbs were cut off by the hero.

For a monster that is said to have no intellect in the first place, this is nonsense.

That’s what she thought.

But she was overlooking one thing.

That monsters have lived for a longer time than you thought, and that’s why you can’t find out what kind of powers monsters possess unless you see and experience them yourself.

Also, Hero was also overlooked.

The fact that she didn’t properly tell me about the monster’s identity.