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　Three weeks have passed since the outbreak of the evil spirit of red water.

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　The day after that day, Tapa and Tali confided everything to Thor and the others.

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　There were a lot of unmannerly words and fist fights, but the Roloffs accepted the twins' apology and the relationship has returned to the same level as before.

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　As for the rishis, they are still in a state of uncertainty.

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　So far, they have not made any moves, but we all agreed that we should not let our guard down.

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　The position of an employee of the Adventurers' Bureau is too strong for us to make any moves.

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　It was concluded that the way to inflict the most damage on them would be for Roloff and his men to complete the bridge and hunt leisurely on the other side of the river.

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　The construction of the bridge was nearing its final stage.

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　Thor lent a hand when there was room for more , and the number of stone piles increased rapidly and considerably.

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　The river slimes that try to break down the stone piles are now also good prey for earning skill points.

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　The number of slimes in the river is about 50 at the most, which means that I can earn more than ten times more than hunting frogs and fish in the same amount of time.

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　We were prepared for the evil spirit of red water by having Yuril visit us only once a week, on a rainy day.

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　But so far, it was only that day that the evil spirit of the red water appeared.

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　The rain crystal stone left by the evil spirit was a very useful item.

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　When a person with magic power holds it in his/her hand and makes a wish, it shoots out a mass of water the size of a fist.

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　After five or six uses, it would crack, but this was easily repaired by .

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　This easily solves the water shortage.

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　The inconvenience was the travel time, but this has also changed greatly.

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　Tali, the wind user, now uses the to send and pick up passengers.

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　This magic technique, which generates a tailwind around the user, reduces the travel time by half.

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　This has made Ulil, who used to be easily exhausted, very happy.　

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　Thor and his team continue to hunt monsters while various improvements are being made.

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　In the midst of it all, Sora's new skill has been quite useful.

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　Although it is limited to monster attacks and only affects a part of the body, it is quite versatile, such as hanging a leaping frog in the air with only its toes fixed.

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　Especially, although the timing is very strict, it is also possible to make a series of water bullets of a blood-spouting fish explode by holding them in its mouth.

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　Sola himself seems to be devising various ways to use it.

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　Time passed by like this in no time, and the day of the release of the rampaging river horse, which had been postponed, arrived.

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　Unfortunately, the weather was drizzling, but the quarry field was filled with many adventurers in the late afternoon.

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　Thor and the others who had been staying at the riverbank downstream did not participate, but among the participants were Bettina and the others who had easily conquered the cave of the imps in a week.

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　The red-haired beauty looked up at the sky in dissatisfaction as she brushed a drop of water off her brand-new white leather gown with her fingertip.

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"I don't like this weather," she said.

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"It seems to me that there must be some kind of intention in going out of your way to hold this event on a rainy day."

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"Well, let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. What are they laughing at?　Gordan."

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"No, I'm sorry that your competitive spirit is holding back. ....... I was so moved that I almost cried and smiled.

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"Oh, my God, that's so unnecessary. I'm growing up too. I can't be a child forever."

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"......Yes, you're right, miss."

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　As the two continued their idle conversation, their ears were filled with the sound of a horn blowing loudly to announce the start of the event.

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　In response, the vanguard with remote attacks and magic users lined up along the riverbank.

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　A few minutes of waiting.

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　The group appears, bobbing on the surface of the river.

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　A group of huge red bodies, half protruding from the water, comes down the river, spraying water splashes in a spectacular manner.

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　Arrows and spears were immediately concentrated on the leading one, while flaming bullets and purple serpents flew about.

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　Screaming in fury, the monsters crawled up onto the riverbank one after another.

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　They were taller than adults and more than three times as long.

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　They are about twice the size of the armored boars, which are said to be the largest in the forest of imps.

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　Perhaps because it moves easily in the water, there are no extra projections on its body.

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　Its body shape gives the impression of being slumped over, but this feeling will disappear in an instant when its mouth, which looks as if it could be swallowed whole by a child, is opened.

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　The huge tusks protruding from their bodies showed the ferociousness hidden in these rampaging river horses.

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　The epidermis secreting red body fluid is so thick that it cannot even be scratched by ordinary attacks.

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　Their front teeth are strong enough to easily crush even iron armor.

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　In addition, its heavy weight and violent body blows make it a strong opponent for the D-rank promotion examination.

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　Immediately, there were shouts and screams all over the riverbank.

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　Basically, anyone can attack monsters at will.

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　However, in such a case, the training points of the monsters are dispersed among those who earned the hostility and those who supported them, which makes the efficiency of the training very low.

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　Therefore, the Adventurers' Bureau has a rule that the first person to attack a monster has the right to possess it.

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　However, it is quite difficult to determine the right of possession.

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　Therefore, the fight over the rampaging river horse can easily turn into a dispute.

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　Moreover, there were also those who deliberately attacked the adventurers, aiming only for their skill points, and the scene became even more confusing.

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　Adventurers wielded their weapons while arguing with the mercilessly rampaging monsters.

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　The young lady and her attendant, who had joined the party out of sheer curiosity, looked at each other and exhaled with a shrug of the shoulders at the sight of so much chaos.

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"This is even worse than I thought."

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"I agree, my lady."

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"I heard it was an excellent training and hunting ground, but what is it that they're training, here?"

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"Well, it's hard for me to say, isn't it?"

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　A girl in a robe is pushed by the next party and throws herself onto the stony riverbed.

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　Then suddenly, a rampaging river horse turns around and approaches, its huge body shaking.

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　A stifled scream goes up from the people around, foreseeing a tragedy.

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　The girl closes her eyes in anticipation of the end, but no matter how long she does so, the pain does not come.

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　Fearfully, she opens her eyes and sees someone who has stopped the monster's rush with a single shield.

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　The ground beneath the man's feet rises up and the body of the rampaging river horse is gradually pushed back down.

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　The surrounding people look on in stunned amazement.

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　Then something red ran like a flash.

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　At the same time as the monster's roaring scream, several red lines run across its head.

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　A breath later, red flames erupt from it in a flash.

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　The rampaging kappa, its face ablaze, falls to the ground and begins to convulse and thrash about violently.

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　However, fueled by the never-ending fire, his movements gradually weakened and eventually came to a halt.

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　Bettina, who was holding the girl who had collapsed before she knew what was happening, is a little startled by this.

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Oh, I just knocked her down.

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"That was an act of God, Miss.

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"Well, it can't be helped. But I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you.

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"...... No, no, thank you."　

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　The red-haired adventurer, who had lightly bailed the girl who had thanked him with a frightened look on her face, looked around the plaza with interest.

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　It seemed that there were more monsters than usual, since the release had been delayed for quite some time.

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　Clashes were beginning to occur here and there along the riverbank, which was supposed to be fairly large.

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　Then, a new wave of splashes was approaching.

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　Bettina and Godin looked in that direction and involuntarily rolled their eyes.

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　The adventurers around them all stopped moving and became speechless.

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　The new herd was an even larger group of rampaging river horses than the previous one.

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