With the completion of the Tree-made Multi-functional Beast Carriage, it can be said that our preparations to storm Solemne are complete.
Once Amister and Torencia are ready, we will transfer to Libertà via Alka, and from there, march towards Solemne.
This time, we Crafters will also be responsible for rear support.
It’s not good to always rely on Yamato and the others.
Furthermore, I’ve somehow ended up engaged to Fiana, Fee’s younger sister.
Fiana apparently wants to become a blacksmith, and I ended up teaching her various things, and somehow it happened.
Marina and Fee are also welcoming, so we’ll get married once Fiana comes of age.
Incidentally, Fee and Fifana’s younger sister, Reyna, is completely devoted to Raus.
Reyna accidentally friendly-fired a Wind Lance at Raus in the Instant Labyrinth, but Raus easily deflected it and used it to defeat a Shell Siren.
Then, recently, during the subjugation of the Canal Rhinoceros that appeared in Lichtenfels, Grand Duchess Seras of Lichtenfels fell for Raus, which made Rebecca and Carol bow their heads for her too, saying they wanted to be with him as well.
Because of this, Reyna ended up being Raus’s fiancée.
On Mount Willnes in Valentia, the Holy Mother Dragon Gaia told me that besides Marina and Fee, I would have three more wives, and Raus would have three or four more besides Rebecca and Carol. I never expected it to turn out like this.
For now, I have two more slots, and Raus has two or three, so I’m scared there might be another upheaval.
Well, in Raus’s case, based on what Gaia foresaw in her prophetic dreams, the third wife won’t be known for about three more years.
“I’m home!”
“Oh, welcome back.”
As we were relaxing in the living room on the second floor of the main hall of the Hinomoto Mansion in Alka, Raus and the others returned.
I recall Raus, Rebecca, and Carol were going hunting, but Reyna also said she wanted to register as a Hunter, so she tagged along.
The fact that Reyna returned so enthusiastically means she was able to register successfully.
“Reyna, were you able to register?”
“Yeah! Look!”
Reyna shows her Guild License to her older sister, Fee.
Reyna
12 years old
Lv. 26
Yokai Race – Harpy
Union: Wing Crest
Crafter’s Guild: Amister Kingdom, Feel
Crafter Rank: Copper (C)
Hunter’s Guild: Amister Kingdom, Feel
Hunter Rank: Iron (C-I)
She’s registered successfully.
And the fact that she’s already been promoted to I rank means she completed some request on the way back, huh?
“Raus, what did you hunt?”
“Green Wolves. They seem to be increasing again recently.”
Seriously?
Well, it’s true that Glass Wolves are common around Feel.
They are ranked as the highest-tier monsters at I rank, so they are too much for newly registered Hunters, and their materials are only useful for practice, making them not very profitable despite their strength.
Green Wolves are an advanced species of Glass Wolves, classified as C-U Rank Monsters. Their materials have more uses than those of Glass Wolves, but they are not particularly large, making them difficult to use as materials individually.
Moreover, despite being C-U rank, there are quite a few of them, so rookie Hunters with only a little experience cannot handle them.
And the Green Wolf was the monster for Reyna’s first request?
“No, we were actually aiming for Glass Boars. However, the Glass Boars we were about to hunt were unfortunately preyed upon by a pack of Green Wolves.”
“Ah, so it turned into a fight with the Green Wolves then.”
“Yes.”
In times like this, Carol explains things thoroughly, which is helpful.
Raus also explains, but he sometimes only conveys the key points, and Rebecca simply reports the results vaguely, as if she’s not suited for it.
Hunters are required to report their subjugation details, so I think she should be more thorough.
“How many were in that pack?”
“There were 13. They were all Green Wolves, so we couldn’t just leave them.”
That’s a lot.
And a pack consisting solely of Green Wolves, that’s too dangerous.
Well, Raus, Rebecca, and Carol are High Class, so any number of Green Wolves are no match for them.
“There were quite a few, huh?”
“And a pack of only high-tier monsters, doesn’t that mean there are rare species somewhere else too?”
“I asked at the Hunter’s Guild, and apparently there were.”
“Before being dispatched to Esperanza, Snow Blossom apparently subjugated a Green Fang. I also heard that they subjugated about three Wind Wolves at that time.”
Marina and Fee are discussing the possibility of Wind Wolves being present, but Raus and Carol readily admit it.
They were already here?
And the Green Fang has appeared again?
“The previous Green Fang and Black Fenrir were thought to have evolved through Demon Crystals.”
“Ah, I see. Demon Crystals force monsters to evolve, so the Green Fang that Snow Blossom defeated would be a naturally evolved individual.”
“That’s the prevailing theory.”
This is becoming troublesome.
“I’m home-”
“Hm? Oh, welcome back.”
“Welcome back.”
As we were discussing, Prim, Mana-sama, and Mako returned.
They were supposed to be going to Mylight today, but all three of them are Ancient Classes, so monsters in Mylight are no match for them.
Mana-sama worries me a little, but she apparently defeated an A-C Rank Monster, the Avalanche Howl, together with Faris of the Holy Grave in the Golud Great Glacier, so my worry might be unnecessary.
“How was Mylight?”
“It was peaceful today, but there was an Orc Prince, so we hunted it.”
Prim says, but it wasn’t peaceful at all.
An Orc Prince is a G-I Rank Monster, isn’t it?
Well, to Prim and Mako, it’s not a significant opponent.
“Were there Abnormal Species again? Aren’t there many recently?”
“There are. But since Demise Species were paired, I suppose it’s not more than expected for Orcs?”
Ah, that’s the problem.
It’s said that Abnormal Species are born from Demise Species, and their offspring are said to become adults in less than a day.
Moreover, the Demise Species in Mylight were a pair of Orc Emperor and Orc Empress, so it’s not strange that more Abnormal Species than usual were born.
“This is troublesome again.”
“Indeed.”
Wing Crest, Holy Grave, and Snow Blossom are all mobilized for the war with Solemne, so the investigation of Mylight is apparently not progressing well.
Currently, there are six G-rank Hunters and one P-rank Hunter in Feel, so it’s understandable.
The Order’s Guild also has five members – Rex, Rosemary, Muse, Lucas, and Lyra – dispatched to Torencia, making large-scale monster hunts difficult.
However, with the increase in High Class Hunters through combat training with Yamato, it’s not impossible.
“I have to go to Float tomorrow, so I wonder when I’ll be able to go to Mylight again?”
“The day after tomorrow… it’s uncertain. Preparations for the advance will likely be complete soon, so it might be difficult for a while.”
That’s certainly a difficult situation.
We are scheduled to head to Solemne’s Imperial Capital, Deseo, by land.
We are to transfer to Denebulate, a city on a bridge near Deseo, and first annihilate the Solemne Army there. From Denebulate to Deseo, it takes at least two weeks by Beast Carriage.
Given that there will likely be battles with the Solemne Army along the way, it might take nearly a month if things go poorly.
“Fortunately, the snow is deep around the base of Mylight, so it should be difficult for Orcs to descend.”
“Ah, so you hunted the Orc Prince near the summit?”
“A little above the mid-slope.”
Amister has many mountains, so heavy snow falls in winter.
Feel is no exception; it takes a whole day just to get to Prada Village, and the road to Mylight is blocked by snow, so monsters from Mylight rarely come down this time of year.
It seems that snow doesn’t accumulate above the mid-slope of Mylight, so the monsters overwinter near the summit.
Orcs are the same; only stragglers are occasionally hunted.
“But doesn’t that mean the number of Orcs will increase again in the spring?”
“That’s right. We don’t know how many Abnormal Species or Catastrophe Species remain, so Linus also asked us to cull them as much as possible, but we can’t neglect Solemne either, so it’s quite a dilemma.”
Indeed, that’s a very difficult situation.
It’s hard to climb from the base during this season, so exploring Mylight is difficult unless you have a flying familiar.
However, Prim has a contract with Fluorite, and Mana-sama has one with Sirius, so this problem is cleared.
Even before that, if we use Yamato or Mako’s Transfer Stone Tablets, we can fly directly to the Treasure Tree on the summit, so investigation itself is always possible.
However, when advancing on Solemne, such things are not possible.
Especially since these three and Yamato are Ancient Classes and will undoubtedly be the main force, even if they can transfer, they cannot simply leave on their own.
“Once the Solemne issue is resolved, we’ll have to investigate together.”
“That’s the only way, I suppose.”
Mylight will indeed have to wait until after the war with Solemne.
“By the way, where is Yamato?”
“Yamato? He was in the Crafting Hall with Flam and Ludia.”
Ludia has also been promoted to S-rank Crafter, so perhaps the three of them are making Lapis Laz?
Like Fee, who evolved into a High Harpy, both Flam and Ludia can now produce over ten Lapis Laz per day.
Yamato, being an Ancient Human, showed no signs of his magic power running out even after making over thirty.
Although Marina and I are also aiming to evolve into High Class, we are not in such a hurry.
Well, since Fee evolved, I do want to evolve as soon as possible.
“I see. Then, when dinner is ready, we’ll have to forcibly drag him over.”
Mako’s words hit a nerve with me, Marina, and Fee.
We often spend our time engrossed in the Crafting Hall, but at dinner time, we were always forcibly dragged out.
Moreover, Yamato, Meena, and Athena would use Telekinetic Magic, making it impossible to escape.
Still, they waited until we reached a good stopping point.
“By the way, Reyna, what about your weapon?”
As the conversation reached a pause, Fee asked her sister about her weapon.
It’s not that I’d forgotten, but Reyna, having registered as a Hunter, needs a weapon.
Crest Defender Coats are finished for everyone, and Reyna, as well as Fiana, are wearing them, and so are we.
We had Flam fuse Craft Magic, Adjusting, and Fusion Magic together, and then applied it, so it should be usable even as she grows.
Of course, fine-tuning will be necessary, but that’s for when the time comes.
“Ah, Reyna said she was going to register as a Hunter too, didn’t she.”
“Yes, I just registered!”
Reyna recounts her first request while showing her Guild License.
She’s only 12 years old and has just registered, so she probably won’t be going on reckless hunts for a while.
Well, she’s been taken to the Instant Labyrinth and Seryado Volcano, so it’s not an absolute certainty.
“I see. Based on what you’ve told me, it seems like magical support, like Yuri and Mako, would be good for you?”
“That would be better.”
“Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too. So, for a weapon, I was hoping for something like Aria’s.”
“Like Aria’s” refers to that weapon or accessory, the Celestial Globe, right?
Aria’s weapon, the Starlight Orb, looks nothing like a weapon.
However, it has a Magic Stone of Moonlight Dragoon as its core, making it ridiculously powerful, and its defense is high.
It was difficult to make, but it was quite interesting.
“I don’t have any objections to that, but I’m out of Gast Dragoon magic stones.”
Since Reyna is a Harpy, she has a natural aptitude for wind magic.
So, I would have preferred to use a Gast Dragoon magic stone for her, but one was presented to the Royal Family, and another is being used by Flam in the Instant Labyrinth for odor control.
The remaining one has been processed into a Magic Stone for the Beast Carriage’s barrier, so there are none left.
Harpees don’t seem to have good compatibility with earth magic, so Sand Dragoon or Cave Dragoon magic stones can’t be used, and the Light attribute Dragoon, which is compatible with other attributes, has also been used up.
I do have magic stones from Dark Dragoon, Poison Dragoon, Thunder Dragoon, and Ice Dragoon.
There are also the magic stones from Icequake Tiger, which we received as a reward for defeating an Undead Slume Lord in the Instant Labyrinth.
“This is problematic. But wouldn’t the Poison Dragoon magic stone also increase poison resistance?”
“It can, but it’s not very compatible with Harpies. I feel Thunder Dragoon or Ice Dragoon would be better.”
“And besides, we have Gryphon magic stones, so aren’t those sufficient?”
” ” ” Ah! ” ”
I completely forgot.
Yamato defeated Gryphons in the Ideal Mountain Range and the Instant Labyrinth.
Prim and Mana-sama also seemed to have forgotten, but Gryphons are M-Rank Monsters.
Most of them were presented to Mr. Ivy, but those were for their hides and claws. All the magic stones are here.
Gryphon magic stones are wind attribute, so they are perfectly usable.
“We also have star-becoming magic stones, so we can create something with performance comparable to Aria’s Starlight Orb. The only thing left is the design.”
Right.
For this, we can’t decide on the design without Yamato, so I’ll ask him during dinner.
