Chapter 96 : Roar! Thunder Sword!

TL:SummerPeanut

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26 July 2030.

“Alright! We're going to restore peace to the beach now!"

With Clarice's call, we of Reimei were about to head for the beach but the Marquis San Marina told us to go to the Adventurer's Guild to receive our nominated quest so we did just that.

I thought that since it was called a nominated quest, we wouldn't have to go through the guild but it seems like that was not the case.

We first dropped in at the Adventurer's Guild in San Marina where there were more guild officials than the adventurers.

This is indeed a bad situation...

We received the Marquis of San Marina's nomination quest but it was apparently written with the expectation that we would fail the quest.

The quest form said that even if we failed, he would not ask for any compensation or reparation and that the Adventurer's Guild would not penalize us... Either we are not trusted, or successive S classes are not trusted...

“I can see from this form that we're not expected to do anything...”

When Clarice remarked so, Karen said in response.

“Perhaps they think we're in S class because we come from a higher background and are a bit stronger. We still couldn't win their trust with just the Freshman Combat Tournament.”

“I suppose the fact that I exclaimed wanting to go to the beach to play immediately yesterday also played a part to this. They must be thinking that we are totally here to play, aren’t they…?”

That is true for all of us here I guess.

“Then we'll have to make up for it."

When I said that, everyone nodded.

By the way, we didn't get anything from yesterday's information gathering.

The reason is that people are too scared to go to the beach.

The people with money quickly left this San Marina and the town is now on the verge of ruins...

When I asked Karen why didn't the Marquis ask other nobles to help, she said that if he asked other nobles to help, he would be in debt to them and could be swallowed up by them.

And most nobles cannot afford to send their knights to other territories. The few that can afford that are probably those like Duke Fresvald.

Every territory has so many magic beasts that they had their hands full just to maintain security in their own territory.

You’ll hear the same thing everywhere else...

When we got to the beach at San Marina, the beach was still in its previous miserable state.

It had been ravaged by large numbers of worms and left untouched.

It was easy to imagine that a terrible tragedy had unfolded.

“Well, Clarice and everyone, do you have any ideas on how to defeat the worms?”

When I asked the girls.

“We could go into the hole and look for the worms, or we could place a bait near the hole and wait for them to come out.”

Clarice nodded her head and Karen said.

“Maybe if we put Fire magic in the hole, they’ll find it uncomfortable and come out?”

She had the same idea as me. In my case, it isn’t Fire magic though...

“What if Eririn scouts them out by the smell or something and then we all beat them up?”

Misha said but Ellie...

“...stinky...don’t want...”

She immediately rejected the idea.

“Let's try Karen's idea for now, shall we? Karen and I will use Fire magic at the hole.”

Then, Karen and I shot Fire magic at the hole as we saw fit.

Then something got caught in Ellie's detection.

“It’s here! Right under...!"

As it was quite dangerous, I hugged Karen and left the spot.

Clarice, Ellie, and Misha also left where they were.

Then a worm jumped out from where Karen was.

Just in the nick of time. If I had been any slower, I would have been eaten.

I looked at the worm and appraised it.

Name: -

Title: -

Race: Marine Worm

Threat: C+

Condition: Good

Age: 3 years old

Level: 4

HP: 75/75

MP: 3/3

Strength: 30

Agility: 30

Magic: 1

Dexterity: 25

Durability: 50

Luck: 1

It's called a marine worm... a worm-like magic beast boasting 5m in thickness and 20m in length.

Its mouth is lined with sharp fangs...really disgusting.

Its abilities are completely the inferior version of the Hellsnake.

The only problem is that this one escapes into the sand.

We have to completely defeat it when it came out from the sand or else.

And the marine worm that missed us drooled all over us.

If this is the same as the Hellsnake, it might be a kind of dissolving fluid.

“Everyone, definitely make sure you dodge its drool!”

Before I could say so, Clarice and Ellie were dodging it but Misha was trying to wipe it off with her hand.

I tried to use Wind to carry her but it was too late, and the drool on Misha's hand made a 'sizzling' sound.

“hot!"

Misha pulled back her hand like that, and it seemed to have gotten on her face a little bit too.

Misha's face seems to have been burned too!

“Kyaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!”

Misha winced while holding her face due to the drool.

“Clarice! Take care of Karen!"

I handed Karen to Clarice and immediately ran to Misha.

Then Misha screamed in a voice that sounds like a scream.

“Don't look at me! Don't come near me!"

I didn't care, I held Misha in my arms and chanted High Heal to her burned face.

“What... no way? ...it doesn't hurt..."

I immediately Heal’ed the hand as well.

The reason why I used High Heal on a face that was not seriously injured and Heal on a hand that was in a worse state is for extra precaution, after all, this is about a female's face.

Heal might have been enough though.

Because her hand is fully restored from Heal only.

“What? My hands are also ...the burns ...got healed!”

Misha said this and stared at me.

I held Misha in my arms and went back to where everyone else is.

Karen ran to Misha.

“Are you okay?! We'll heal you right away! Misha, you’re an elf, I'm sure you won't have any scars on your face!”

She said something to cheer Misha up but when she saw Misha's face…

“Oh... you were burned earlier but… there’s nothing...?"

Karen looked into Misha's face and was surprised.

“Just now...it doesn’t hurt... I heard High Heal and Heal?”

Misha was mumbling to herself.

At least the two of them are safe now.

“Clarice, Ellie, take care of them! There’s something I want to try, I'm going now!”

Clarice was already attacking the marine worms that had appeared on land with her magic bow and arrow.

Ellie was constantly on alert at the sandy beach.

As expected, these two are different from Karen and Misha.

“All right. Be careful! I'll cover you without getting in your way!”

I approached a marine worm that had come out onto the beach while releasing Wind Cutter and finished it off with the Thunder Sword.

Clarice had done the damage beforehand so I was able to defeat it easily.

At any rate, it's good to have the worms cut down. I said to Clarice.

“Clarice! I'm going to lure all the marine worms in one go! There might be quite a number of them. Cover me! Ellie! I'll leave the marine worms that come out the other way to you!”

I went to the beach again and thrust the Thunder Sword into the beach.

I then slowly poured magic power into the Thunder sword.

Of course, it is the magic power of the Lightning attribute.

The target is the marine worms that are underground.

While making sure to avoid electrocuting underground... but with enough force to make them think they are better off above ground than underground...

Then the ground immediately started shaking like an earthquake.

I didn't move from that spot at all and waited for the marine worms to come out.

I was absolutely sure that the marine worms would not come out from under me.

Because I think that no one would normally charge into the source of a Lightning.

That expectation was betrayed spectacularly.

I was a fool. The magic beasts were in such a hurry to get to the surface because they didn't know what was going on and there was no way they would stay calm.

More than ten marine worms came to the ground at once.

And from under my feet too.

The first thing I had to do was not let these guys back into the ground.

So I quickly moved and thrust the Thunder Sword into the ground again, this time putting as much magic power as I can put into it and making electricity run through the ground. The beach around me turned golden.

All the marine worms on the golden beach have been electrocuted and have lost their freedom.

Predictably, marine worms are weak to lightning.

I enchanted the Thunder Sword with the magic power of Lightning and raised the attack power of the Thunder Sword, and went to defeat the marine worms that were electrocuted.

Naturally, Clarice is also attacking more and more with her magic bow.

In the end, 16 marine worms were killed in 10 minutes.

This may not be all of them but I must have killed more than half of them.

I think I'll be able to defeat them all if I do it two or three more times at this rate.

But I've decided not to do that today because if I do it continuously, they'll become wary of me.

I'm worried about Misha's condition too.

I decided to ask Ellie and Karen to call the Marquis of San Marina and the guild officials.

The reason why I asked these two people is because I thought that their credibility and trustworthiness in the Lister Confederacy is the best within Reimei.

They willingly accepted my offer. They probably understood my intentions.

I used Wind magic to arrange the marine worm carcasses and went to Misha.

The 16 marine worm carcasses are so grotesque that I couldn't bear to look at them.

”Misha, are you alright? You might not like it but can I see your face? And if possible, I'd like you to show me the other parts of the body too. Okay?"

Misha nodded as I said this.

“Clarice, please come here! Clarice will take care of the delicate parts!”

Clarice was still on alert to the surroundings but she came as soon as I said so.

“Obviously, I can't check all of Misha's so make sure you check too, Clarice. And Misha, if you sense anything weird, tell me!”

I quickly broached the subject with the two of them, and they nodded.

Besides her face and arm, her legs also seemed to be affected by that dissolving fluid.

As soon as I spotted such, I chanted 'Heal' and Misha chimed in immediately.

“Thank you Mars... I will never betray you...thank you very much...I'm so glad you're here...and I'm so glad it’s Mars."

Misha cried and thanked me.

I hugged Misha as I said.

“I'm sorry Misha. I should have protected you better."

Clarice also hugged Misha and said below.

“Misha. Luckily I don't think you have any marks that will leave a scar. But just to be safe, let's go back to the room with me and take a shower. Let me properly check at your body then, okay?"

Misha answered in response to Clarice’s words.

“Thank you too, Clarice. Can I trouble you to examine my body properly? I don't want to be embarrassed when Mars sees me.”

Misha looked at me and winked.

Has she recovered already? Clarice also chuckled and said, 'All right' and went back to the inn.

As if replacing Clarice and Misha, Ellie and Karen brought the Marquis of San Marina and the guildmaster of the Adventurer's Guild.

The two saw a large number of dead marine worms.

“Did you guys from Reimei really do this? ...no, there's only Reimei here hence that’s a fact..."

When the Guildmaster said this, the Marquis of San Marina said.

“T-this is the wonder of our Lister Imperial School's S-class! It was just as we had hoped. Let us celebrate to the full today!”

“No, I don't think that's all of them yet. We will come back tomorrow and the day after to defeat the worms. It may be an optimistic estimation but I think we'll be able to defeat the worms that are around here after tomorrow and the day after.”

As I said this, the Marquis de San Marina shook my hand.

“By all means! I am truly indebted to you! I'll have a selection of beautiful women for you today! Mars! You can have high expectations of them!"

Hm? Has this man forgotten about yesterday? The Marquis of San Marina tapped me on the shoulder and tried to leave in a good mood.

The two magic beasts blocking his way were standing like a Niou in front of the Marquis of San Marina.

“Marquis? I knew it, you are challenging the Fresvald Household’s authority, aren’t you?”

When Karen said this, Ellie was applying serious killing intent to Marquis San Marina.

The poor old lamb was shivering and breaking out in a greasy sweat.

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