The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 207
However, the chief of Grau village did not know these circumstances, and worriedly observed the red-haired mage who was deep in thought.
“… Have there been sightings of Valley Ants even before the village guards drove them away?”
With one hand on her chin, Muriel tried to confirm her suspicions.
From a sensible point of view, the villagers should have first encountered these giant ants around the grasslands or Easteria Forest rather than the local village guards suddenly encountering them near the village. They were probably in the process of verifying these sightings when the village guards came across the Valley Ants.
“Yes, there have been complaints of giant ants appearing around the pastures.”
“That might be bad… When did this happen?”
“Around 3 days ago, the local guards were on the lookout for them yesterday…”
(Ugh, that’s even more dangerous)
If the first batch the villagers suddenly encountered were reconnaissance-type Valley Ants, then there’s a high probability that yesterday’s scouting unit was sent out to survey the area.
Moreover, “fighting off” doesn’t exactly mean that the monsters were completely defeated, and some may have even survived and brought information back to their colony. Muriel sighed as she pieced together the current situation and faced Ares.
“I think we should return to Warren as soon as possible and report this to the administrative office.”
“You’re right, there’s only so much we can do right now.”
After we wrapped up our conversation, I looked out the window and saw that the sun had already set. It seems it was already time for us to go.
“Village chief Rechte, thank you so much for your time.”
“Don’t mention it. Rather, I should be the one thanking you for reporting this issue to Ferias Territory’s administrative office.”
After a brief farewell, they headed back to their lodgings in Grau village. Since this was a village around the outskirts of the capital city, the inns were reasonably good, and Muriel and the others have stayed in them several times.
After she met up once more with the other adventurers at the Temple of Abundance inn and had dinner in the dining hall ahead of the others, Muriel retired to the double room they rented and dove into the bed.
“Ugh~, I’m so tired.”
When Mirea sat beside the red-haired mage lying on the bed, Muriel wriggled around and took off her mage’s cloak, followed by her equipment, and stripped off her clothes until she was only in her underwear before getting inside the covers and pulling the blanket over herself.
“I’ll just keep on thinking about it the more I stay awake, so I’m going to sleep already.”
“Sure, good night. I hope everything goes well tomorrow.”
Mirea thought positively as she patted Muriel’s head as she fell asleep, but… things did not go smoothly as expected.
Early next morning, while Eina, a petite mage, who woke up before everyone, went on a walk, she suddenly remembered what the red-headed mage from the previous day said. Curious, she walked to the edge of the village in the east and used her vision magic-imbued eyes to look far into the depths of the forest.
“There’s nothing here… Just what was I hoping to see anyway?”
While thinking how foolish she was, she decided to make the most of the spell and turned around to face the northern edge of the village and looked into the grasslands and…
“N-no way!”
She saw that countless black spots were approaching from the northern plains. As she concentrated and poured more magic into her eyes, she was able to confirm that the black spots were the giant ants. Panicked, she immediately turned around and rushed back to the inn where the other adventurers were gathered.
※Character Introduction
Name: Ares (♂)
Race: Human
Rank: Sword Fighter
Skill: Full Swing, Parry, Arm Strengthening (Medium / Effect is instantaneous)
Title: “Black Iron” Warrior
Weapon: Long Sword (Main), Mail Breaker(Auxiliary)
Armament: Banded Armor
Name: Riberto (♂)
Race: Human
Rank: Fencer
Skill: Triple Slash, Evade, Arm Strengthening (Medium / Effect is instantaneous)
Title: “Black Iron” Swordsman
Weapon: Saber (Main), Parrying Dagger(Auxiliary)
Armament: Hard Leather Armor
Name: Mirea (♀)
Race: Human
Rank: Jäger
Skill: Short Range Archery, Trap Disarming, Trap Setting, Increased Dexterity (Medium / Effect is instantaneous)
Title: “Black Iron” Hunter
Weapon: Short Bow (Main), Hunting Knife (Auxiliary)
Armament: Hard Leather Armor
