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This is a forest of magical fog.

The forest is covered in a fog that contains a lot of magic that rarely clears because the concentration of magic power in the atmosphere is too high.

Visibility is poor, and powerful demons that have evolved due to the high concentration of magic power are wandering around, so there are few people who enter this forest willingly.

Since it is located in the center of each country, the only people who deal in illegal items, black marketers who can't walk on the main road and adventurers who aim to get rich by using rare demon materials are the ones.

Fortunately, the demons do not try to go out of the forest of demon mist.

They may be accustomed to an environment with a high concentration of magical power and do not want to go outside where the magical power is thin, is the tentative answer given by the scholars from various countries.

Now, such a highly dangerous forest of demonic fog was being explored by a party of adventurers.

''Kama. We've reached the place where we ended our search last time. We don't have much information from here, how do we proceed?

The one who spoke up was Tumor, the party's scout.

The dagger he carries at his waist and the short bow and quiver on his back are equipment that focuses on blocking the target's movement rather than dealing damage to the opponent.

He wears it so that he can move easily and can respond quickly in an emergency.

I think.... Seinu, Taysis, how is the remaining magic power and stock of food and medicine?

It was Kama, the party leader and shield, who was spoken to by Tumor.

She has a well-worn but well-maintained one-handed sword and a shield large enough to cover her entire body if she bends down a bit.

In addition, it is equipped with armor that is heavy, yet has few restrictions on movement, and you can tell it is of good quality just by looking at it.

In order to decide on a course of action for the future, I'm going to check the remaining amount of magic power and supplies with the mage Seine and the healer Taysis.

The magic power is about 60%. Recovery potions (potions) and magic potions (aether), we didn't use much this time, there are enough of them.

It's the hat and robe of a mage and the staff that is made from the branches of the magical tree, which has a high rate of magic conduction, to which Seinu replies.

I'm 70% magic power. The food supply is about two weeks, and if you cut back on it, you'll be fine for about three weeks.

Teisys wears white robes and a crystal-like circlet on her head.

She is equipped with a wand made from the branches of the demon tree and an easy to handle buckler, just like Seine's staff.

It seems that Seine and Taysis both use storage magic belonging to spatial magic to store supplies in general that get in the way during exploration and battle.

Judging from their equipment and behavior, you can tell that these four are an experienced level adventurer party.

''Alright, let's continue our search. We didn't get much more material than last time. However, all of you must raise the alert level. There is very little information available beyond this place, so it's best to proceed with caution. The smallest detail is enough to alert us. Let me know right away.

They all nodded at Kama's suggestion.

In fact, there was a lot of information about the Demon Fog Forest up to where they were currently located, but extremely few things beyond that, that is, to the center of the forest.

Tens or hundreds of adventuring parties went to explore, but only a very few were able to bring back information and materials.

Because of the scarcity, those very few had gained great wealth and high prestige.

It was precisely because Carma and his party had seen them that they too had decided to explore this forest.

It was not a reckless challenge, but rather a solid search where the first priority was to survive, making quick and qualified decisions that were willing to retreat as soon as they felt it was a little too tight.

This time, the decision to continue the search was also made after seeing the battle with the monsters along the way and how tired the members were.

If this is the case, even if something happens, we can deal with it adequately.

In the worst case, if an unruly demon appears, we can just retreat immediately, and we're ready for it.

Even if you can't catch the materials, if you have information about unknown monsters, you'll get special rewards.

It can be information on natural materials such as terrain or plants.

Getting rich is already at hand.

We can do this ourselves.

Such thoughts haze me just a little.

The fact that most of the tens or hundreds of parties did not make it back.

You can hear the sound of fierce fighting.

It's a battle between Kama's party and the Jewel Tree, which bears fruit that shines like a jewel.

The fruit of the Jewel Tree is packed with a high density of magical power, and it is said that if you eat the fruit, you will increase the absolute amount of magical power.

Moreover, the taste of the fruit is exquisite, but because it is extremely difficult to obtain, not only magicians, but also royalty and aristocrats of various countries try to obtain it, even if they have to spend huge amounts of money.

The jewel tree itself is rare, and the jewel tree itself does not try to protect the fruit, and any fruit that falls naturally is absorbed by the jewel tree as nutrition.

For this reason, the only way to get the fruit is to kill the jewel tree, and the number of rare jewel trees is getting smaller and smaller, making it more and more difficult to get them, and the value of the jewel tree is skyrocketing.

In addition, the latest auction history shows that the fruit that was sold at the auction two years ago was sold on the same day for an amount equivalent to 20% of a country's national budget.

Okay, he's getting pretty weak! Tumor, no sign of any other demons around?

Kama caught the branches that were sharply shuffling and attacking her from the Jewel Tree with a large shield and responded by slashing at them with her one-handed sword.

'I'm fine for now, but I keep making this much noise. The other demons could come at any moment. We'd better hurry up and take them down!

While Tumor is wary of his surroundings, he is using his bow and arrow to keep Jewel Tree in check so that he can't move around.

It's a good thing that you can use fire magic on the weakest point, because if you can use fire magic on the weakest point, it'll only take a second... Oh God! This is so depressing! Windcutter!

The windcutter released by Seine slashed the branches of the Jewel Tree and made a crack in the trunk.

''Kyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!''

Jeweltree screams and suffers.

'Ce, Ceinu! Please shoot so you don't damage the fruit! It's not even a joke when the fruit is ruined! Also, please don't ever use flame-based magic!

Taysis advises Seine, who is frustrated that she can't defeat them all at once while casting recovery and support magic on her party members.

'Kama! I'm gonna smash it through that crack! Seine and I will match it. Go!

Tumor guarded the arrow on his short bow and aimed at the crack in the jewel tree.