129-Episode 128




' Hmph, you wormy little bastard, you're giving me a hard time.

A huge corpse of a rockworm lay before Glenn, who had a large sword in his hand.

It had been dismembered from the head to the middle of the body, spreading a stain of bodily fluids on the ground of the tunnel.
It had been torn apart from the inside by Guren with the blade of his greatsword.

After disposing of the rockworm and escaping from its predatory state, Cecilia called out to Guren in concern.

'Master Guren, are you injured?

'Yeah, it's nothing. I'm just a little beat up.

Guren replied, tossing the large sword in its scabbard to Cecilia in a careless manner.
Cecilia hurriedly received it as if she was holding it.

The vicious fangs of the rockworm and the acid spewed from its body were protected by Glenn's aura and the protective power of his jet-black plate armor, and did not cause much damage to his body.

Aside from a few fangs digging into the muscles of his abdomen and some minor burns from the acid, Guren was in perfect health.

'I'm sorry, ......, I was a little worried.

'Well, actually, they're a lot nastier than I thought they'd be. Another round or two and you'll get the hang of it, but... Hey Cecilia, don't just stand there, let's get going.

'Ah, yes.

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Oh, yes.


I'm going to continue explaining to my friends as we go down the tunnel.
What I'm going to explain is the difference in strength between Glenn and the others and Rockworm.

If we assume that Guren and Cecilia are both equivalent to B-rank and Rockworm is equivalent to D-rank, then there is an eightfold difference in strength by simple calculation.

'Oh, Mee, I know that. It's called doubling the strength of the difference in ranks, right?

'Yeah, that's it.'

I nodded in agreement with Mee.

It's a general rule, but it's said that for every rank increase in adventurer rank or monster rank, the difference in strength is doubled.

Therefore, Glenn and Cecilia, who are two ranks higher than the D-ranked Rockworm, are as strong as four Rockworms by themselves, and together they are eight times as strong as a single Rockworm.

'And with such a difference in strength, it is unlikely that they will be defeated by the Rockworms, even taking into account the disadvantages of the terrain. How little damage they can inflict will depend on their fundamental strength, but it is possible that they will be able to continue to kill the Rockworm without significant loss.

'Hmm. ...... So, if that's the case, what happens now?'

Satsuki, walking in front of me, tilted her head.
Cyril, who's walking next to me, answers that.

'In that case, in the end, both they and we will be able to kill as many Rockworms as we encounter. ...... In other words, the game will be decided by who encounters more Rockworms.

'Nah, it's a game of chance then. It's like rolling dice and the higher the number, the winner.

Mee nodded in response to Cyril's comment.
I nodded in agreement and continued.

'Yeah, if you don't have the ability to actively search for rockworms, it's going to be a game of chance as Mee said.

'What? Can't you do something about that? There's a spell that Will always uses. You know, what's that... oh, yeah, the wizard eye. Isn't that good enough?

Satsuki's thoughts are always sketchy.
She sometimes gets to the point with her intuition, but she doesn't think things through logically.

'No, the movement speed of the wizard eye is almost the same as that of walking, and it doesn't mean that it can go through walls. In other words, using the wizard's eye is no more efficient than exploring on foot. It is useful if you want to split your search into two at a fork in the road, but at the very least, I would have to stop there to concentrate. I'm not sure if it's cost-effective for the amount of mana it consumes.

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In the first place, if the spell is of a level that Cecilia can use, it cannot be a one-sided advantage for us.

And from the adventurer rank of B, we should assume that Cecilia is a wizard.
That is to say, spells of the level that ordinary wizards can use will not give her an advantage.

'So you're saying that Mee and the others will have to win the game of luck by throwing the dice?

Mee asked with some concern.
Well, since it's a game we can't afford to lose, it's natural that we don't want to leave it to chance, and I agree with that.

And that's why I said 'probably not a problem', because I have the means to do so.

'No, there are odds on that point as well. For that reason, I hope you don't kill the next rockworm you come across.

'...... Not killing the rockworm? Does that mean you're going to take them alive?'

I shake my head as Cyril hugs me and asks in fear.

'No, I'm not going to take you alive. It's more like... 'free range'.

'''Free range?

The three girls nodded their heads in agreement.