A week before the funeral, after I converted Serena

Grandma, I'm going into training.

What? What are you going to do now that you're strong again?

So what do you think my weakness is?

'Well? Your strength lately has been a mystery to me.
　No, it's not!

Don't say that. I think it's about adaptability in the real world.
　I think we need to be able to adapt to unforeseen circumstances like the last time we had to fight a Mad Demon: ....

'Then you did it in the dungeon: ....

That was just for fun . At that time, somewhere in the back of my mind, I had the conceit that I'd gotten this strong and that I'd be fine, and I was light-hearted enough to know that if anything happened, I'd have my grandfather there.
　In fact, I don't think I had any trouble beating the boss before that time or was caught off guard by my overwhelming status .

'If your intentions are that strong ..... By the way, where are you going?

I'm going to the Devil's Wood.

What?
　Well, that's how you'd react: ....

'I think you can definitely be nervous in there, because you're always facing death.

'Okay. .... I won't stop you, but you'll definitely be back in a week.

Why is it only a week away?
　What did I miss?

Your grandfather's funeral is coming up.

Oh, that's right.
　Oh, come on, don't forget about it: ....

That's why you're coming back, okay?

Okay. Okay, I'm off!
　So I used transference.


　The place they used the transference to move to is my parents' house.
　Mom and the others have already left for the Imperial Capital, so they aren't home.

　I have, from the top, Anna's goggles, the Invisibility Cloak+, Magic Hand (gloves), Elena, and Sky Shoes+.
　Serena can be summoned, so I don't have her.

Well then, shall we go to the Devil's Forest? Anna, can you take us to the Devil's Forest?

Yes, I can.

That's good to know. Now, I'm glad I came, but I don't know where the Demon Forest is.
　I've only ever been out of the house as far as the materials store: ....
　Well, I was into creation magic and didn't want to leave.

(Get a grip! (Because there's no way you could have taken him out of the blue and not been able to go!
　Scary, scary, Elena's mad.

I'm sorry. Then you'll show me the way. "Anna.

(Then go straight in that direction as it indicates the direction of your destination.)

　When Anna said that, an arrow appeared on her goggles.
　Oh, really Anna is handy: .....

'What about the obstacles?'

I can do whatever I want with your equipment.

Indeed.
　Pour your magic into the Cloak of Invisibility to disperse the atmosphere.
　Then I'll run through the air in the Sky Shoes+.

That shouldn't be a problem.
　Now you don't have to worry about obstructions and people watching you.

(Yes, I'm fine.)

　Then they kept going in the direction of the arrows at breakneck speed.

　And an hour later, there's a big wall.

(Anna, what is that?)

It's a protective barrier to protect the country from the demons of the Devil's Forest.

(A protective wall - so sturdy in the streets. ....)
　I'm going over the top of the wall with that in mind.

Okay, I'm here.
　We could go into the woods.

　And as soon as we did.
(Be careful, there's a demon up ahead.)
　Anna told me.

　Oh, so soon. ..... As expected of the demon forest, it's going to be a good training ground.
　With that in mind, there were 10 black ogres ahead of me.

It's amazing that even though they're the boss in the dungeon, we have to live in packs to survive here.

Well, say hello to Elena and Serena.
　Having said that, I summoned Serena and pulled Elena out.

(This is the first time Leo-sama has used me in battle. I don't mind if you use me roughly. If you'd rather... (Yes, yes, I'll use you carefully.)

I'll be fine, Leo.

(Yes, yes, yes.)

　First, aim at the guy at the end of the line and send a slash to avoid being surrounded.
　But .... He was easily caught by the metal club.

　Dude.
Are you kidding me? How many levels are these guys on? .....



(That's around 130.)
　Huh? Does Anna know what level they're on?

　As soon as you enter, they're 130.
'Great, that's why everyone is afraid of the Devil's Forest.

　Now I'm going to get in the enemy's pocket.
　Because a direct attack does more damage than a flying slash.

　.... But as I got closer, it swung its golden rod at me at an extraordinary speed.

　I ducked it just in time.

　Zeddon!

　The ground was gouged out when the gold bar was swung down: ....
'This is great - but it's not impossible to beat it.
　As he said this, he cut off his arm that was holding the metal club.

'Let's keep going.'
　I'm going to run into the ogre pack.

　Then the black ogres will attack again, just as they did.
　First I kick it in the air to avoid them.

　Then I'll go to ....
"Your weakness is that you can't move after you've attacked!
　I'm going to cut down those ogres that can't defend themselves.

Huh. That was quite a fight, wasn't it?

(Haha~ It's been a long time since I've been stained with blood~ I'm so happy~)
　Huh? Serena's out of her mind: ....

(Have you lost your mind? (It was weird to begin with.)

(No, it's been a long time since they've used me.)

(Yeah, right: .....)

(Leo, Serena just has a very strong desire for a sword, so she's not crazy: .... (Funny.)

Yeah. Yeah.
　Wipe the blood off your sword.

(Oh! My blood! Shut up! (Now you shut up.)
　Elena snapped over Serena's words.

'Let's move on then.'
　I said, but when I looked around I saw that the body of the ogre was still lying there.

''Oh, well, this isn't a dungeon, so the bodies don't disappear.
　It's probably a good thing that it doesn't disappear, because it's more material available.

But I don't know how to handle it.

I'll tell you.

Oh, thank you.

　Then Anna helped me, but it took me an hour to dismantle the two bodies.
　And I took down the Cerberus, which had gathered at the smell of the corpses, so I had more things to dismantle: ....

'I can't do this!'
　I poured my magic into the magical stones from the ogre I had just dismantled and cut down the nearby trees.

　Then he used his creation magic to create a large box-shaped item

　What we built.
＜Demolition Box
　Once the body is in here, it's cleaned and dismantled.
　Put the corpse in, keep the lid closed for five minutes, and then they'll cut it down to valuables only.
　Any size can be put in, even a dragon!
　You can even set up the owner's space storage to hold the items that were made.
　Creator: Leons Forster

　This will save you a lot of wasted time!

　I'll start packing up the bodies.

　And when you close the lid.
'Do you want to put the result in your backpack pocket? Yes/No
　And the words were projected on the screen.

I'd like to see it anyway.

　Then the words disappeared and 'in operation' appeared.

　And after five minutes of looking at it.
　The lid just popped open.

It's ready.
　I'm going to take a quick look inside.
　Inside were neatly arranged what appeared to be ogre skins and Cerberus pelts.

　Oh, this is very convenient.
Wow, it doesn't smell like blood or anything.
　I'm going to take the ingredients out of the box and hold them.

　Oh, they're all perfectly formed.
They can be used for something later.
　Put it all in a backpack.

So let's move on, then... show me the way, Anna.

Okay. I will give you the shortest possible direction to the Death Mountain.


　He gave me another arrow.

Thank you. As far as I can go in a week.
　And then he'll run.

　Three days later.
'I really can't go on! The forest is so thick with trees that it's hard to go straight ahead, and if you go just a little further, demons come out.

　It's been three days and we haven't gotten close to the mountain range at all: ....

　The demons that came out were the Kuro Ogre and Cerberus on the first day, the strongest of all.
　The others were all orc kings and goblin kings. (Strong enough for the average person.)

　However, they came out so often that they were very stranded .

''Huh, I wonder if there are any strong demons out there~''

(It's almost time for the Demon King's grave, where the heroes defeated him.)

Wow, this is shallower than I thought it would be.

That's not true. It's just that Leo is moving too fast.

Really?

(Yes . Usually you lose your sense of direction in the woods and it takes you longer to defeat more demons)

Oh, yeah.
　Apparently, it was more advanced than I thought it would be.

(Watch out! There's a very strong demon in the Demon King's tomb just ahead.

How long is that?

(If it was just status alone, I think he's stronger than Master Leo!)
　Huh? Higher status than me?

That's pretty bad, right?
　I tried to stop in a hurry, but I didn't stop and got out. ....

　There were no trees there, and a single house stood there.
What's home?
　What do you mean?
　There's supposed to be a demon king's tomb here: .....

'Oh, it's been a while since we've had a visitor.

"Huh?
　I heard a voice from behind me: .....