Then Mr. Mair turned red and moved away.

''I'm sorry. I got too excited....''

　When he looks shy, we're aware of it too.
　I shake my head with the intention of driving the soft touch away from my head.

　

''If this is the case, is there any more problem with the battle?''
''Ah, ah but even so, the armor you've made is really amazing. It's light, it's easy to move around.......and most importantly, it fits my body perfectly.......

　
　That's pretty handy.

...Did you make that weapon too, by the way?
Yes, sir.
'........stronger than a divine artifact, don't you think?
That's not true, sir.

　It must have been a great shock to Mea-san.
　My strength is only in ordinary weapons.
　If I went up against a divine weapon, I wouldn't stand a chance at winning at first.

　Depending on the future, I might be able to imitate their skills alone, but their durability is completely different.

''For now, let's go hunting for the Red Wolf.
''I suppose so. ........Before that, do you want me to at least dismantle this goblin?

　The goblin from earlier went with a hammer while Mea wasn't looking.

''You don't have to dismantle it separately, do you?
'Oh, really?'

　Is that the common sense of an adventurer?

'Yeah. Basically, it's going to take some time.

　How long will it take?　It's something that can be done with just a little whack with a divine weapon, isn't it?
　I remember as a child, I think my parents did it too....

''Apart from that, as long as it's done with divine instruments, it's not a problem, right?
...What?
What?

　We look at each other.
　Mea's cheeks twitch.

'Well, you don't think you can...?'
Yes, I can, but...
Yeah, you wanna give it a try?

　Mea-san looked at me as if she were thinking.
　.........Could it be that they can't do this normally?
　I had never heard of such a thing before, so I don't know for sure.

　I took out my create hammer and hit the corpse with it.
　It all breaks down into materials and disappears into my body.

"Where did it go?
Well I'll take it out.
And take it out?　You can do it!
Yes, yes....

　It's like an item box.
　However, I'm sure quite a few adventurers have this too.
　When I took out the materials, Mea-san was looking at me with an open mind.

　What I retrieved was a fang recovered from the corpse of the goblin I mentioned earlier.
　There are also other things left behind, such as skins.
　What is new to me is that damaged items cannot be recovered as material.

　To a certain extent, they can be used as material without problem.
　However, if they are torn to shreds, it's no good.

　That's why almost all the materials can be recovered if you defeat them with a poison attack.

'Ah, an item box................something like that?
'Yes. It looks like he was working for the blacksmith.
No, that's not possible!

　Huh?

'Huh, they don't usually have that kind of thing attached to their profession!　That's a very lucky thing for you!

　...Is that right?
　I don't think they're all on it for sure, but I still thought about half of them had it.

'But you do have an item box, don't you?

　It's a commercially available magic tool and has an item box.
　It seems to be a relic of the past and can be picked up rarely in the maze.
　I thought that adventurers who didn't have an item box would buy these things.

''Oh, there are some but those are pretty expensive.

　........I see.
　So that means I was luckier than the average adventurer just to start.
　But if you don't have the strength to fight after all, then it's a waste of treasure.

''Well, this is just like a byproduct.
I'm so jealous.
But he's a blacksmith.


　What do you think?　Is it possible that my blacksmiths are exceptionally good........?
　It's also possible that the same profession has different performance.

　It could even be that they are compatible with the divine weapons they have.
　........Well, my combination is a very common blacksmith's set.

'But Mea-san's divine artifacts are cool and I envy you.
Oh, yeah?
'Yes. Mair's waving it around was so beautiful, I couldn't help but admire it.
...Oh, don't give me too many compliments, I'm so embarrassed.

　Mea turned away, scratching her vermillion cheeks.
　We both knew how to fight.
　I looked in the direction where I thought the Red Wolf was.

''Well let's head over now.
Yeah.

　Mr. Mair nodded widely and we headed off to hunt Red Wolf.


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　The three stray red wolves are the three currently known to exist.
　Right now we are in a dense area of trees, though not so much a forest.

　If the red wolves settled here, there was a possibility that the current ecosystem would collapse.
　For example, if the damage would end up being just the loss of one species, then there would be no other problem to consider.
　However, that's the nature of nature.

　If one species disappears, the lives of other species that feed on it will change.
　In some cases, they might even attack humans.
　The demons might evolve unexpectedly in order to counter the Red Wolf.

　In this way, when one collapses, it collapses like a chain of events.
　That's why the guild was primarily responsible for managing the demons.
　Basically, they would use ordinary adventurers, and if that wasn't enough, knights would be dispatched.

　That's the guild's job.
　We were walking through the woods right now looking for Red Wolf.......but he wasn't there.
　Could it be that they had already moved to another place?

　I was walking with that thought in mind.
　Mea-san was looking at her feet.

''Those footprints ... maybe it's a Red Wolf.

　As I stared at the footprints, I saw the words "can be created".
　........eh?　What's this?
　At any rate, it showed up as Red Wolf's footprints, so it looks like there's no mistake.

"Mea-san. It's from a red wolf.
What?　Do you understand?
'Yes. Thanks to the blacksmith.
'Blacksmith you can do everything........'

　Mea looks at me in surprise.
　I thought this was handy too, but it seems to be something only blacksmiths can do.
　I didn't get it, since I've never compared it to other people's professions or anything.

'These footprints are pretty new, aren't they?'
Well I guess if we follow this we might find it.
'Yes. Let's go for it.

Mea and I headed towards where I thought the Red Wolf was.
We had been walking for a while when the number of red wolf tracks increased.
The number of red wolf footprints increased.
The size of their feet is very different..... From what I saw of all of them, it looked like there were about six of them.

''Maybe they're already breeding........''
That's a bit tricky, though, isn't it?
...Yeah. And Wolf's kids are lovely.

　No, it's not there.
　... well, I don't know.