The A-list party "Frontline" is in pursuit of a young man.
　Suddenly, their feet begin to shake.

What was that, an earthquake?
They're going to get stronger and stronger...!

　But suddenly, the vibrations stopped abruptly.
　I wondered what it was all about.

Oh, hey, look at that.
That's... a death mole...

　The one that was dead on the ground with only part of its huge head sticking out was a mole monster that moved through the soil and attacked from underneath its feet.
　Its total length is over three meters at the smallest, and it can swallow a human being whole.

''Its head is cracked........''
"Fool, the head of a death mole is supposed to be protected by hard hair and a thick skull...?

　That's why it's a powerful enemy that can't easily deal effective damage even if you pounce on it the moment it comes out of the ground.

''Did he do it...?''
'But when did you...?　It looked like he stopped for a moment, but there's no way that's enough to finish off the death mole...?
Oh, no!　He's approaching the Double Head Snake unprotected!

　One of the members of the group shouted with a hint of blood and they huffed and raised their gaze.
　While they were distracted by the corpse of the death mole, the young man had moved on for over two hundred meters.

　And lying in front of him was a long, giant green creature.
　The double-headed snake was a monster that even they, the A-ranked party, struggled with.
　It is a huge snake with no tail and a head on either side of its body, and yet it has a powerful venom.
　When he first encountered it a few years ago, it was a bittersweet memory of running for his life.

　It seems that the two-headed snake had woken up when it noticed the young man approaching.
　It held up its sickle-neck and attacked him from both sides.

　Dodo-O-O-O-On!

"....?

　But the next moment, the snake's head exploded in a grand explosion.

　They couldn't help but meditate as the blast rushed up to them.
　When they opened their eyelids, the double-headed snake had lost its head and only the snake's body had fallen.

''I, was that........Explosions.......?''
'Highest level of red magic, you mean...?

　They stand there, unable to follow their understanding.

　Before they knew it, the mysterious young man was far beyond the plains.
　They had already stepped into the middle layer of the plains, where even they had barely been able to challenge it yet.



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'Hmm. Looks like you're not following me anymore.

　The signs were completely away from me.
　The adventurers who had approached me, the front desk something, had been following me all along.

　I didn't feel any particular signs of killing or danger, so I let it go, but what the hell was the purpose?

Oh, well. Let's move on.

　We were not even halfway to the giant rock in the center.
　We're barely a third of the way there.





　Just as we had heard, the closer we got to the giant rock, the more powerful demons began to appear.

''Garuaaah!
Shhhh!
Meh-eh!

　Standing in front of me now is a demon chimera with a lion, a goat and a snake head.

　The lion will try to bite me with its sharp fangs.
　The goat seems to be able to use white magic to strengthen and heal its allies.
　And the snake spits out a poisonous mist.

　Despite their appearance of fearlessness, they seem to be surprisingly intelligent as they work together while fulfilling the roles of the three parties.

''Meh-eh-eh?''

　I took down the nasty goat first.

''Ggag?''
Gah!

　He then killed the snake and finally put away the lion.

　Further on, this time a burning firebird appeared.

''Kuehneh!''

　He releases a breath of flame from the sky.

'Blazebird. --Permafrost.
Kuh?

　I freeze it with blue magic and it falls to the ground.
　I finish it off by slashing its neck.

''Uh-ho-ho-ho!
You're a big gorilla.

　This time, a giant monkey nearly ten meters tall attacked me.
　Moreover, it had four arms and was swinging them around to strike at me.

"'Double-blade slash, modified!'
"Bucho?

　With one swing, he unleashes four slashes, cutting off four arms at once.
　The giant monkey's head, stunned by the loss of its prized arm, was met with a brain slash with the warped sword.
　The giant body fell down with a ground shaking.





''So this is finally two-thirds of the way down?''

　The giant rocks were getting closer.
　The demons they encountered along with it were becoming even stronger.

''Ha!''

　Wielding two mantis-like scythes and attacking at breakneck speed was a giant bee that was over a meter tall.

　Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
　Shubba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!

　The wingbeats and sickle sounds are extremely loud.

　Zazangs!

''~~~~?

　First, I cut off the sickle.
　Then he quickly pointed the poisonous needle at me with his tail.

　Zan!

What?

　I'm going to cut that guy off too.

　Buuuuuuungh!

　Then he ran off in a hurry.

'Hm?'

　After a while, countless objects come flying in from the sky.

''........I see, you've invited your friends over.

　All of them were the same kind of bees that I had just let loose.
　There must have been more than a hundred of them in all.


　Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
　Shubba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
　Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
　Shubba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
　Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
　Shubba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!
　Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
　Shubba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!


　...it's f*cking annoying.
　I'm going deaf.

"Flying Blade.

　Zubaba-baba-ba!

　Before they could get close enough to me, I let my blade fly and cut them down.
　Since it's a large swarm, I was able to kill a number of them together with just one strike.

　Even so, I can't take them down due to their original numbers and allow them to get closer.
　They surrounded me from all directions and pounced on me all at once.

"That one's an afterimage.

　But I wasn't already there.
　I sent a blast of fire at the swarm of bees, which had almost turned into a single mass.

Explosions.

　Doggone it, doggone it, doggone it!