We'd better get ready to set up camp soon.

　As the sun begins to sink into the mountains, I advise my companions to prepare for the encampment.

'What?　Your village is coming up, isn't it?　Then let's just go for it!

　The idiot says something reckless, but I ignore him.

'Jairo and Megri, go get the wood. Norbu, you get the wards and I'll prepare the food.

Okay, okay.

I understand.

And I'm not being ignored!

Just go ahead and rush off. It's going to be dark and the demons will come to you. Besides, it's a mountain path, so there's a good chance the beasts will come through the bushes.

Come on, we're going to gyro.

All right.

　The idiot finally went, rushed by Megri.

　◆

We put up a ward.

Thanks. I'm ready to eat, too.

Hey, I got some wood.

I picked some wildflowers.

　Jairo and Megri have returned.

'Goodnight. We'll be ready for dinner soon.

　I pour the water I've prepared with magic into the pot and set it on fire.
　I'm not traveling far for work this time, and I have Norbu's wards, so it's nice to be able to use magic to set it on fire right away.

　Then, before the water boils, I prep the wild vegetables Megri picked, and once the pot comes to a boil, I put the ingredients into the pot.

'I've had enough of the dried meat soup!

If you don't like it, go ahead and take a bite of the grass.

　It's always a good idea for idiots to be selfish.
　As soon as you start eating anyway, you're going to go crazy with your food.

'Quick, it's ready.'

　I serve soup on everyone's dishes and pass it around.

'Then let us pray to God that you have had a safe day.

　The monk, Norbu, is praying to God, but everyone had already started eating.
　Of course, so have I.
　It's common sense to eat as soon as you can, as an adventurer, to eat when you can.

　◆

It looks like we'll be in Mr. Lex's hometown tomorrow.

　We had finished our meal and were moping around when Norbu muttered something like that.

'Yes,'

'Kah!　I can't wait to go to that village where my brother was born!

Yeah, I'm intrigued.

　Yes, we were heading to the village where our synchronized adventurer, Lex, was born.
　Even though he was synchronized, his abilities were heavenly different, though.
　His abilities were literally extraordinary.

　He should have become an adventurer on the same day as us, but he had risen in rank in the blink of an eye and had risen to a B rank in less than a month.
　I'm sure that he would soon become an A-rank, umm, S-rank.

　By having a chance relationship with him, we had become like his disciples.
　Well, in that sense, we might as well thank this idiot for it.

　After all, it was thanks to him that we, as F-ranked people, were able to use body-enhancement magic and non-casting magic.

　And most importantly, I'm really grateful that Lex is now able to put a stop to this idiot.

　With this guy, he's going to come up with weird ideas and get everyone around him in a hurry.
　Really, if it wasn't for Lex, we wouldn't be alive.
　On the contrary, it could have caused tremendous damage to the town of Togai and even made it impossible for us to stay in town.
　It would have been a pretty good story if we'd only been exiled, though.

　But we were very disappointed that the man to whom we owe a great debt of gratitude had to go to another town because he had been upgraded to B-rank, and we couldn't learn from him anymore. Especially that idiot there.
　Then Lex advised us to go to our own village.

　He told us that he had some textbooks in his house that he had made to teach magic to the children in his village.
　When we heard that, we decided to make a move right away.
　We thought that if the textbook was made by that Lex, it must be a great book.
　We finally came to the village where he lives.

　We were close to the village where he lives, which he says is just over the mountains to the west.

You've finally made it this far.

　To be honest, it was really hard to get here.
　Even though we were on the road, wolves and bears kept coming out of the woods, and even demons attacked us without regard to the fact that we were on the road.
　We were attacked by so many demons that we didn't even think it was a real human street.

　If I hadn't been trained by Lex, I might be dead by now.
　It was a real close call.

''Well, I'm going to bed early tomorrow. Norbu and Megri are first in line today.

Yeah, I'll take care of it.

　I'll leave my friends to keep watch and Jairo and I will go to sleep.
　We have to go to bed quickly, since the night watch is based on taking turns.

'Then let's go to bed.'

Good night.

Good night.

　I lay down with the blanket over my head and instantly exhaustion set in.
　And without counting to ten, I fell asleep.

　◆

Whoa!

Run!

　We were running as fast as we could.

　After finishing breakfast and cleaning up from the camp, we set out early in the morning for Lex's hometown.
　And shortly afterwards, we encountered a group of demons.

''Grrrrrrrr.''

"Forest Wolf!

　This demon that forms a pack is a dangerous demon that uses wolves that are not demons.
　They've been known to use the wolves to chase their prey, and after they've exhausted them, they'll go ahead and kill them.
　They are fearsome demons that use wolves as if they were disposable slaves.

　The forest wolf is a powerful enemy that we C- and F-ranked players can't deal with.
　More than anything else, the fact that it uses numbers as a weapon makes it a terrifying opponent for a small group of adventurers.

''Heh!　It's just a big ol' wolf!　All you have to do is take it down quickly!

Certainly, since we're surrounded, we need to cut through the siege.

　Jairo-san and Mina are ready to fight, but as expected, there are too many of them.

'The siege on the right side is too thin.

When Megri-san pointed out the hole in the wolves' siege, Gyro-san and the others immediately moved.

'Oraa!'

　I activate the body enhancement magic that Lex-san taught me and cut down the siege of the wolves on the right side.
　The previous Jairo-san wouldn't have been able to make such a move, so the body enhancement magic is really an amazing magic.

''Thunder Lance!''

　Mina also attacks the wolves with the lightning magic that Lex taught her.

''Gyaun!''

　It seems that lightning magic has the ability to paralyze opponents, and it's an amazing spell that works just by hitting them without a direct hit.
　It's really helpful when there are a lot of enemies.

''The siege has weakened!　Let's go!

　Meghri-san gives us the signal and we charge into the hole in the siege, activating our body strengthening magic.

"We're going to escape like this!

"Hey, hey, aren't you going to fight?

　Jairo complains about Mina's orders to retreat, but that doesn't stop him from moving.
　I guess he's learned to judge the situation from his experience working with Lex-san.

''Oh yuck!''

　Mr. Gyro, who's behind us, keeps the Forest Wolves in check.

"Thunderlance!

　Mina-san, who was concentrating on the gap between the two, intercepted the wolves that attacked her with her uncensored magic.
　The ability to use magic while escaping is also thanks to the fact that Lex-san taught me how to use unconventional magic.

　However, there are many wolves, and the forest wolves are waiting for you further back.

''Aren't we being driven away by demons all the time?

　Oh, I felt somewhat the same thing.

If that's the case, won't my brother come to rescue us?

There's no way!

　Jairo, that's indeed wishful thinking.

'Anyway!　We're outnumbered, and we're outgunned!　You'll lose in a fight!　We're going to run away to the middle of nowhere!

Won't it bother the people in the village if we head for the village?

Basically, beasts don't go near a man's village unless they have a reason to!　So if you're close to human settlement, you're more likely to give up!

　Well, it's true that it's not very often that a beast comes near a town or village with fences and walls.
　We found hope, but the dealers didn't let us down.

　As we escaped from the siege, an enemy appeared in front of us.
　And they were not wolves, but forest wolves.

"Ah, we've been set up!

　It looks like we've fallen into the trap of the forest wolves.

"Gwah!

　We stopped moving, and the forest wolves jumped at us.
　We're dead, we prepared to die.
　But.

"Seri-aaaah!

　Suddenly, the forest wolves' heads were blown off by a shadow that crossed in front of us.

"Well, it's really my brother?

　Thinking that this is ridiculous, we looked at the direction the black shadow flew from.

"That was a close call!

　The man there was one muscular man who didn't look anything like Lex-san.

''Huh?　Who?

　We couldn't help but mutter to ourselves, despite the fact that we had been rescued.

'Hold on!'　I'll get you out of there in no time!

　As soon as he said that, the man jumped into the forest wolf pack with his bare hands.

''Wait, are you trying to die?

　No wonder Mina shouted, jumping into a pack of dozens of wolves and forest wolves with his bare hands is insane.
　We were convinced that the person would soon be attacked by a pack of wolves and lose his or her life.
　But.....

'Hahaha!　Sweet, sweet, sweet!　You're too sweet, you guys!

　The man had beaten the wolves with his bare hands.
　He grabbed the forest wolf's large body with one hand and buzzed it around, blowing the wolves away with his back fist without looking behind him as the forest wolf attacked from behind.

''Cawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncawncaw!''

　They treat the wolves like puppies.

'He's using body-enhancing magic.

　And Megri-san, who was looking at the scene, said.
　We hurriedly turned to the man, and sure enough, we noticed that Megri-san was right, he was using body enhancement magic.

''Using body enhancement magic means........''

You can't be that old man!

''Lex-san's people!

　And then the man who had been fighting with the Forest Wolves the man who had been overrun turned to me.

''What are you guys, you know Lex?''

　Apparently, we had reached our destination right under our noses.