The two of them, Satsuki and Glenn, flattened the remaining twenty or so rockworm larvae one after another as if they were competing with each other.

'What the hell. You just showed up and snatched our prey? What a shame.

'Don't be petty, woman. If you're that good, you should be proud of yourself. By the way... you never told me your name. Tell me.

It's Satsuki. Don't talk to me like that, you bastard.

Both Satsuki and Glenn, while exchanging a few words, slaughtered one giant larva after another.
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Guren's fighting style seems to be simple, wielding a greatsword as tall as he is.
Although he is not lacking in skill, his fighting style is largely dependent on his physical strength, with strength being his main weapon and skill being his secondary weapon.

On the other hand, it seems to be the right answer.
In the case of that man, it seems to make much more sense for him to use his overwhelming violence to subdue his enemies than to rely on poor technique.

As proof of this, Guren uses his greatsword to slash through the rocky skin of the rockworms, slaughtering the giant larvae one after another.
Of course, his huge frame didn't make him slow, and combined with Cecilia's Haste effect, he was knocking down his enemies with the force of a storm or a gale.

And then there was Satsuki.
Her maneuvers were even better than Guren's.

She ducked through the insects with a graceful, dancing gesture, and swung her sword as if it were a natural reaction.
If Guren's symbol was power, Satsuki's symbol was skill.
With her skill, while Glenn knocked down two of them, Satsuki cut down three of them.

The difference is probably the result of magical enhancement.
It was only natural that there would be a difference in attack power between Glenn, who had been strengthened only by Haste, and Satsuki, who had received the higher-ranked spell Physical Burst and had also received the effects of the Heat Weapon.

In the end, both of them defeated the last one at the same time and finished the game.
All of the Rockworm larvae fell to the ground and stopped moving, leaving only Satsuki and Glenn standing there.

If we look at this as a confrontation between the rockworm and humanity, humanity has won overwhelmingly.

Normally, this would be the end of the quest.
Return to the city, report back, receive your reward, and call it a day...

But this time, there's one more big problem.
In order to take care of the remaining problem, I called out to Glenn, who was at the bottom of the underground space with Satsuki.

'Well, what do you think, Glenn? Who do you think will win this game?'

At the bottom and top of the mortar-shaped space.
Glenn looked up at me, took a quick look around, and then..,

'Wait a moment.

Then he went into the tunnel where the Mother Rockworm that Satsuki had killed was.
Mee, who was watching the scene beside me, tilted her head curiously.

'William, who do you think won? What does that mean? It's a game based on the number of rock worms you've killed, so there's no room for subjectivity, is there?

'No, not really. Do the larvae count as 'one', or does the mother rockworm only count as 'one'? There are a lot of ambiguities in the rules of the game. If Glenn has killed several rockworms by the time he gets here, the judges may not be so clear.

'Oh, ......! But, if that's the case, wouldn't the game be untenable? No game after all this hard work?'

'No, I don't think so. You'll have to wait and see.

Even as she listened to my words, she had a number of question marks above her head.

Well, basically, she's right.
Glenn and I have agreed to compete in a 'contest' to kill the Rockworm, and we're taking on this quest.
The rules of the game are that the winner is the one who kills the most Rockworms.

But I didn't think that rule really meant much.
That's not the point of this game.
The essence of this game depends on whether or not Glenn is convinced, that's what I thought.

And after a while, Glenn came back from the big tunnel and showed himself.
He looked up at me and raised his voice.

'What's the matter with you? Don't you dare underestimate me. You're bound to win this one, you bastard!

Guren said irritably, and walked up the mortar-shaped ground towards the tunnel where Cecilia was.
My eyes fluttered as I watched him.

'Well, ...... now, does that mean you've admitted defeat? Did Glenn count the number of Rockworms he killed?

'No, he probably decided on a hunch. That's the kind of creature it is.''

'......? 'Intuition'?

'Yeah. He intuitively judged which was better, his own results or ours, and recognized that his results were lower. He's a man who can't lie to himself in that respect. I don't approve of his way of thinking or his principles, but I believe in him.

While I was talking about this with Mee, Glenn walked over to Cecilia and seemed to demand something from her.
Cecilia took a scroll out of her luggage and handed it to Glenn, and he walked over to me lazily.

'Take it, sorcerer.

He tosses the scroll to me.

I catch it, untie the string, and inspect it briefly.
It seemed to be a document written in an ancient script - perhaps a spellbook.

I retied the scroll and turned my attention back to Glenn.

'Is this an excavation from the ...... ancient ruins?'

'Yeah. I found it in a ruin I dove into on a whim once. I was going to take something important from you. It's not good to lose and come away with nothing. If you don't want my precious Cecilia, you'll have to replace her with something of lesser social value.

'It's true that it's not something worthy of a person, but ......'.

This is a tremendous treasure.
I can't say for sure without reading the contents, but it's highly likely that you could make a fortune selling it off.
This is not the kind of thing you can just hand over in the mood. .......

But while I was surprised, Glenn added this.

'And you, sorcerer, what's your name?

'...... William.'

'I see. William, you're coming with me to the tavern later. I'm interested in you. I'd like to have a drink with you.'

Without waiting for my reply, Glenn walked over to Cecilia and disappeared into the tunnel with her.

Eventually, Satsuki came back, smiled at me, and said.

'Will is really irresistible, isn't he?



'...... I'm not happy to be popular with that guy.

I replied, and Satsuki giggled.
On the other hand, Mee tugged at my robe.

'So William, are you happy to be popular with Mee and the others?

'............ Well, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happy about that.

'Yay!

'Yay!

Satsuki and Mee clapped their hands together and seemed to be enjoying themselves.
...... I don't know how to react to this situation.

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'Oh, yeah. You didn't really do anything this time, did you ......?

'Hiccup,......! I'm sorry. ...... I'm sorry. ...... I'll do anything to make up for this. ...... You can punish me, don't abandon me. Don't abandon me. ...... I'd rather be punished. ......'

'Oh, I see. You seem to be very emotionally unstable right now, so we can talk about this another time if you need to.'

Cyril, who had become completely childlike, combined with his appearance, seemed to be in some way very dangerous.