--3 months later.


　Since then, I've been basically going back and forth between the territory and the quests, but one day I was stopping in Skahama on my way to the 'Adventurer's Guild Far East Liaison Agency'.

　I need to keep consulting with them about the quests I'm going to work on, and it's important for me to get regular information about the world.


　Zazu, Zawa: ......


　The guild office in Scarama was bustling with adventure parties.

　I sat alone in the waiting room, lit a cigarette and opened a newspaper, rustling away.

　Then I saw

≪'Miracle Five, second in the world! ≫(a)

　Suddenly, my eyes were caught by such a headline.

≪'Brave Cross replied, "Our fight is just beginning." ......

　I closed the newspaper and opened the latest issue of Adventure King magazine to see if the interview with Cross was "okay".

　When I looked at the ranking, it was true that the "Miracle Five" came in second place, beating out the big names such as the Female Heroes Party and the Wise Men Party.

　Incidentally, the first place went to the wizard Glico Fontanier.

　As expected of Gliko, she's strong.

''Oh!

　And, to my surprise, "Aiga's Domain" was ranked 56th.

　I don't want to get too caught up in the rankings, but as a first adventurer, it was a heart-warming thing to be ranked as the King of Adventures.


　Pella, Pella: ......


　I flip through the King of Adventure further.

　The magazine has a variety of hard and soft articles, from sincere critiques of adventure to a comedy section like "Glico's Room".

　As I continued to look at the pages of the magazine, it seemed that in the circles of Zahalbert's adventure critics, there was an opinion that the second place of the "Miracle Five" was overrated.

　But isn't that a bad word for the guy who wants to put a 'stake' in the ground?

　I think their second place is a fair assessment, even without any favouritism.


　In the first place, last year's Female Hero Party and Sage Party were stagnant in their activities themselves, while Cross and the others were steadily and vigorously engaged in their activities, not only in defeating the Demon King class, but also in defeating a few quasi-Demon King classes.

　And after the triumphant parade to defeat the 6th Demon King Animus, they had also won the annual 'award' from Zahalbert's guild in succession.

　First, the party was the S-class Newcomer of the Year Award.

　Cross had won the individual S-class Newcomer of the Year Award.

　Then, Tiana and Emma won the 'Golden Rearguard Award'.

　Morier received the 'Special Judge's Award' from the Zahalbert Adventure Critic.

　Derry recorded the '3rd place in damage given' for the season. (Incidentally, Grieco came in first place in terms of damage given, second place in terms of female heroes, Cross came in sixth, and Morier came in 11th.)

　The article on Aqua said.

≪''In general, the year was marked by the decisive power of the heroic Cross Andrew's super-special technique Giga Strike, but each member also shone. In particular, Tiana van Lerer, who is known for her versatile support magic, has received great praise from the Prophecy Agency Elle and is being recommended as the next Guild Master. Morrie Laxtröm was idolized and her first concert was a hot topic, with tickets selling out immediately. We can't take our eyes off these five miracle performers.

　Hmmm... ......?

What is that Morier guy doing?

　The adventurers in the waiting room all looked at me suspiciously as I shouted to myself on the spot.

　Hissing, hissing ......

"Ugh, ...... kehon.

　I clear my throat to disguise my embarrassment.

　Oh well.

　I'm sure last year was a breakthrough year for them, and they're sure they're getting a lot of attention in the Zahalbert.

　You can't even get a good vacation with this, or .......



"Eiga-sama-sama, Eiga Janies-sama...

　As I was sighing like that, an employee of the guild outreach agency called my name.

　I put out my cigarette and stood up and headed to the reception desk.

'We have two new requests to take out the A-class boss.

　And the staff.

'Whoa, all at once?'

"Aiga's Domain" is a hot topic. Now we have a total of six requests to take out A-class bosses.

　The staff member said and handed the paper to me.


＜＜＜＜＜＜＜＜＜＜＜
1 Mountain Giant
2 river dragon giant crocodile
3 Giant Trolls.
4 Killer Bee's Nest
5 Sea Dragon Sea Serpent
6 Pterosaur Lardon
＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞＞


　The new cases were Nos. 5 and 6.

　As you would expect from an A-class boss, there's a frightening array of them.

　The two new ones are also amazing monsters.

　I guess you could say they're the same level of monsters we were using as enemies right up until just before we dismissed the Brave Party.

　If they are judged to be capable of defeating these guys, they should finally be called out by Zahalbert.

''Personally, I don't think there's any need for Aiga's Domain-sama to respond to a request to defeat an A-class boss just yet.

　That's what the staff says.

　But I'm not.

I'll take care of case number five.

　I replied.

''Number five is the ...... defeat of the Sea Dragon Sea Serpent?　He's the most difficult enemy of them all?

　Yes. It's true that the Sea Serpent is such a strong enemy that it's the only one of the six with a combat power of over 200,000.

　But to begin with, for us, the point of choosing an enemy wasn't already about combat power.

　Whether we can or cannot defeat it is whether or not our strategy stands.

In other words, it's much more important what attributes the enemy has, what strengths and weaknesses it has, and where it appears.

Yeah.

　The staff member nodded his head.

　I received the information file on the Sea Dragon Sea Serpent from him and left the destination agency and immediately flew out of Skahama.



　◇



　I flew in the Black King's circle from Sukahama and headed straight to the quest site of the One-Winged Tower.

　At the tower, right now, there should be a territorial unit of over 140 people hunting golems.

　In the past, that's the full strength of 150 people, but after the 'Building a Ship' began in the territory, about 10 of the attacking wizards have turned back to the territory.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this as well.


　Heeheen! ......


　By the way, prior to the attack on the tower, I had asked Gonkichi Yamamoto, a carpenter by trade, to build simple [quarters] in the surrounding wilderness.

　With his construction skills, he could build the quarters anywhere, so it would be possible for a unit of 100 men to sleep and wake up near the site without having to turn back to town every time.

　Of course, they'll rotate and have two or three rest days a week, so I hear they'll all go to Ramu's town to play at such times.

'Oops.'

　It was morning when I arrived above the quarters, so the troops were just leaving the quarters.

　One hundred and forty members of the unit were lumbering toward the tower, pulling carts and horses.

'Let's wait for a moment.

　Today's attack has begun, and if I speak poorly, I'd rather be in the way.

　With that in mind, I'm going to watch the situation in the sky for a while.


　Sluggishly: ......


　The lords split up into groups in an orderly fashion, chatting and laughing and arranging their horses and carts.

　They were used to it.

　Once they were ready, they began to invade the tower in order under Nao's direction.


　All of the territorial troops, one by one, jumped up one by one with the horse's flying magic 《Wallertus》.


　Heeheen, Heeheen...... Heeheen!


　This role used to be fulfilled only by the Black King Maru, but now a total of four horses can fly.

　More than 100 troops would fly from the outside to the 60th floor to enter the tower from the terrace, hunt the golems, get the fusion stone, and then descend again from the terrace to bring it back to the ground.

　It's an efficient attack that serves only its purpose.

Team B and Team E will turn back, please send out the horses.

　A support unit that uses communication magic transceivers to communicate with each other.

　Nao, who heard about the situation of each team through Saionji Hanako's in-floor reconnaissance ability, worked together to give instructions to each of them.

　The tower's golem hunting was already in a state where the tower's golem hunt was going to go around even without me.


　Well, if I'm not there, they won't be able to double their experience, and they can't send that experience to the territory, so I'm basically trying to stay in the field.


''Yo, good job.''

　So after a while I descended from the sky and called out to Gitaro Bando, who was commanding the horses under the tower.

'Eiga-dono!　You're back now, that you are.

Yeah. You're looking good today.

'Ha. The fusion stone has accumulated, that it has. We'll have to have another transport ship come to us.

　I see. Just in time.

"So sorry to break up the good work, but we'll finish today's quest at noon. And when you're done with lunch, get the whole unit together for a chat.

Is something wrong, that I'm afraid?

Yeah. So much for experience.

What?

　I handed the reins of the Black King's circle to the samurai who looked at me dubiously.

"We're going to take down a powerful enemy, the Boss!