The next day.

　Since the boss had occurred, Le Monde's Forest attracted the attention of the beginning and intermediate adventurers around here.

　The road from Hafen Felt to the forest is also more crowded than usual.


　Gaya Gaya Gaya: ......


Hey. Isn't that Aega Janis?

Oh, the former Miracle Five?

'Yes, yes. I heard you're a lord and you're adventuring with the villagers in tow: ......


　As I'm heading down the road with 150 of the lords, I hear such a voice from around.


''But ...... are those guys those lords?''

You've got that same old "adventurer" look on your face. ......

This is hardly a village.


　My ears perk up when I hear rumors like that.

　That's right.

　I always watch them, so my impression of the lords and ladies doesn't change much, but from the outside, they already look like that.


''Wow! That's a hell of a bow.

Look at that girl in a loincloth.

Combat value of 5,670? You're stronger than we are.


　But still.

　It's strange that the lords and ladies are so happy that they are being singled out in this way, as if it were their own.


　Zsa Zsa: ......


　Now, when I arrived at the entrance of the forest, I began to arm myself for the first time in a while.

　I was wearing chainmail under my jacket.

　I've got a basket hand, shin guards and a copper sword.


　Kacha...... Kacha Kacha


　Then he straddled the Kuro-Ohmaru and said to Gitaro Bando, "Then, Bando-kun.

He said to Gitaro Bando, "Well then Bando-kun. Then, Bando-kun, take charge of the residents for now.

I'll be ready for you, that I am.

　Gitaro Bando's experience as a samurai general made him very good at passing instructions to a large number of people.

"Each group is to carry the magic ore and arrowheads for the preparation of the boss battles, but make sure they are not to be used against normal monsters. But make sure they don't use them against the normal monsters here.


　Heen!

　As soon as I told him that, I drove the Black King Maru into the forest entrance first.


　Pow! Pow! Pow!


　I run through the forest to find the boss.

　As I saw earlier, more adventurers than usual are gathering today for the purpose of "defeating the boss".

　Basically, the first to defeat the boss is the one who is first to go, so I decided that I had better start the search.

　While I was running, the usual swarms of monsters such as [Green Orcs], [Sleeping Mushrooms] and [Haunted Big Trees] were attacking me, but ......

　Heen! ...... blah, blah, blah!

　Those things would be trampled down by the Black King Maru without me having to take a hand off.

　That's right.

　Kuro-o-maru already has a combat strength of 4690.

　Horses with this level of combat power are hard to find.

　At least among the adventurers we saw today, there is no one else who can ride a horse through the evil forest.

　It would make a huge difference to find a single boss in this vast forest with or without the speed of a horse.

　Furthermore, the six groups from A to F were all supposed to search for the boss, and if someone found it, they were supposed to raise the 'Wolf Smoke'.

　Apart from that, Saionji Kanako is also searching alone.

　When you put that kind of cooperation together, we should be laden with a lot of advantageous conditions.

　I thought of .......

''I can't find it.

　Saionji Kanako said as she suddenly descended from above in the forest.

　Even with that female ninja's search power, you can't find her?

''Wasn't the boss called [Dark Krampus]?

Yeah, .......



[Dirk Krampus]

　It is a demon with a sheep's horn and a claw [claw], and it attacks while looking for the 'bad boy'.

　However, what normal Krampus wields is violence to try to lead people to good, whereas that of [Dark Krampus] is just malice.

　In other words, in this guy's case, he was just a demon who enjoyed using violence as an excuse for correcting a bad child's 《cooling》.



　Zazu, Zazuwa: ......

　Now, as I do so, this evil forest starts to buzz.

"Shit, shit. The sun's about to set.

Hey.

'Because the forest at night is really bad. Tell everyone to come home.

I'm so sorry.

　Shun: ......

　and the disappearing female ninja.


　I also returned the Black King Maru and returned that day.




　The next day, and the day after that, I couldn't find [Dark Krampus].

　I thought that since we have 150 people searching for him, we'd find him soon, but it's an unexpected struggle.

　When I was in the brave party, I was able to find even the boss class easily with Tiana's search magic, but ......

　Well, we'll just have to do things our way.


　Besides, as long as the 'Boss Outbreak' notice hasn't disappeared in Hafenfeld's guild, it means that the other adventurers haven't been able to defeat it either.



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Anybody got a bad boy?

　Now, it was the fourth day since the search for the boss.

　In the dark forest, in the muddy mud, there it was.

　It was Dirk Krampus.

......

"There's no such thing as a bad boy! No bad boys!

　Hey, scary: ......

　This guy's looks are even more frightening than his fighting prowess.


　The hairless head, the odd sheep-shaped horn.

　Bluish skin.

　The bloodshot and unfocused eyes, rusted chains and shields.


　Hee......heen! (Sweat.)

Hey, Black King Maru!

　The horse gets scared and tries to run away.

　Dark Krampus attacks it with an opening.

　Gakkien!

　The devil's claws [claws] and the copper sword [clang] crossed.

''Isn't there a bad boy!

...... Shut up.

　Irritated, I jumped down like a feather on my horse and cleaved the enemy's body with my sword.


　...... keen!


　But at the same time.

　His claws stabbed me in the left shoulder with .......