The party ‘Thunder’s Fangs’ consisted of eight people.
There there was Vil and Gates who used shields. With his stature, Vil used a huge shield and held a maul. Gates used a one-handed sword and an ordinary shield, the same style as Carlos.
As for the three people in the rear, the first was Zoro, using a bow. It looked like he could also use a sword. He was also in charge of creating the map.
The last person, Celfelminto, nicknamed Cell, was an elf spirit mage. Three hundred years old. Still young for an elf.
All of them other than Shizuna were men. She was flower of the group.
The afternoon meeting came to an end and the group went shopping once again.
In this area too, it could be said they couldn’t compete.
Incidentally, Ria looked for a caravan heading to Anise, entrusting it with a letter to the royal palace.
She put the letter into a package and sealed it with wax. She securely made it so they hadn’t seen the contents.
Worried about taking too long and earnest to deal with Cordova, she wanted to send someone to the country.
With Ria’s sense of values, even taking Casalia’s national interests into consideration, she felt the Cordova problem would be bad if it wasn’t dealt with immediately. Of course, Ria’s intuition was very likely spot on.
Then, at noon the following day, the group left Jaeburg. Reaching the labyrinth’s entrance half a day later, it looked like the plan was going to be heading in and defeating it after one they stopped for a night.
“The area around here has strong flying type demons. I’ll help when push comes to shove.”
According the Vargas’ explanation, they would be attacked by a lot of demons.
There weren’t any Goblin settlements nearby. The reason for that was entirely due to the becoming food for the demons.
When a Wyvern attacked, Thunder’s Fangs fought it as an example. The two shield bearers prevented its attacks while Vargas and Shizuna gradually cut it down. The mages provided minimal aid, preserving their magical power.
Though it was simple, it really wasn’t that dangerous of a fight.
“Show me your skill on that next one there.”
Vargas’ reason was probably to see the group’s roles and cooperation.
“Longinus.”
“It’s not easy to eat Wyvern meat since it’s so tough~”
Serge muttered in a carefree manner. He was riding on Rudolph’s back, and though he was the most comfortable among them, it couldn’t be helped since he was a child.
“W-what was that magic just now…”
Despite the murmurs of astonishment, Ria took the magic stones out of the crashed Wyvern with a hatchet. It was pretty big, one step short of a magic crystal’s purity.
Day after day, although he used his magical power to the limit, he kept doing it. His Natural Talent in Magic Gift was probably playing a big role.
The group resumed walking. They still had to pass the halfway point.
At sunset, they finally neared the summit of the mountain they aimed for.
“F-finally, we’re here…”
A donkey’s back is for these kinds of things, but that was impossible. There was no place to safely keep a donkey.
They entered the gaping and gloomy entrance. There they came to a vast room where a group was already camping.
Though they had occasionally camped in the labyrinth, Ria asked curiously since she knew demons would appear. Vargas’ answer was simple.
Right. So it was a matter of which was more dangerous.
When Ria said that, the members of Thunder’s Fangs had looks on their faces as if to say, “What’s this person saying?”
Next to the cave’s entrance, Ria built a bath. Earth magic, water magic, fire magic. With her technique it wasn’t an exaggeration to call it bath magic at this point. Though that wasn’t an actual magic, it was an advanced magic.
“You know, if you have magical power to make something like this, you should properly preserve it…”
“If you rest after cleaning yourself in a bath, you’ll recover your endurance and magical power faster. Don’t you know that endurance isn’t completely recovered from just camping?”
Then again, Ria was anything but common.
“I’m fine. We could be attacked while bathing.”
“At a time like that wouldn’t it be fine to just fight in the nude?”
Though it was unreasonable, it wasn’t impossible.
“What about you? Vargas.”
Vargas slowly shook his head at his daughter’s desperate gaze.
“Alright! It’s decided, let’s go in together!”
After examining the surrounding eyes, Lulu slowly entered as well. She judged that there was very little danger of being toyed with by today’s Ria. She calculated that.
“Stop! I said stop! Where are you touching!”
“Gya—! Stoo—! Daaad!”
“Understood and agreed.”
“Kay.”
The sound of the hot water splashing could be heard.
Giving up everything before long, Shizuna’s voice could be heard.
However, Ria didn’t spare her.
“Don’t hold back. I’ll wash you.”
She probably didn’t understand what she was saying at all by this point.
“Eh? Your abs.”
Just Serge was about to die from the moe.
“Nn~? You might get sullied here.”
As one would expect, Vargas became worried at that.
Shizuna, who appeared from the other side of the wall, crumbled down on the spot while crestfallen.
To the last, Ria’s hands were gentle. She had no intention of damaging a girl’s body.
“Ah~, the hot water was so good.”
Ria’s expression was refreshed, as though she somehow accomplished something.
Vargas and the others looked at each other. Then, looking towards Carlos and Gig, they confirmed something.
“”No!””
“Please pardon me from homos.”
Serge said that unpleasantly.