239 # 226 Dwarven Village Issues and Negotiations.txt (1/2)

We're going to disarm first. I brought them back. I've done a bad job of inviting you here. We'll brush them off later, including Nowa and the others who did their best.

After that, the armed dwarves gather around. They stared at each other for a while, and then an old dwarf with a staff comes over.

A human,” said the old dwarf with his staff. What do you want in my village?

Well, I came to this village by chance.

'Woo hoo. A girl with no breasts. Don't lie to me. I know what you're thinking.

Mel froze with a smile on her face and the air was cold.

''...Sis. Dodo.

...Yeah. It's okay. I won't take this level of provocation.

I don't find that very convincing when told by someone who tried to manipulate the status screen.

'What do you mean by speculation?'

'Don't fall in love with me!　Most of them are afraid of the zombies, and that's why they're here, to steal our strongest weapons!

Heh, I know about the zombies. Come to think of it, I thought Freetia had contacted you.

''No, not at all!　Where we are trying to get by on our own!

I don't want to hear it!　Go home!　This place is guarded by clay figures of our own making!　They'll take down zombies and stuff!

Hmm? You mean the one you just knocked over?

Mel looks at me. I don't want him to see me.

'Well...I broke that clay figurine, and then I came here...'

What a stupid thing to do...

The grandfather dwarf sees the cave we've entered and panics.

'Why is the entrance open without permission!　Well, you don't think... did you really break it?

Um... sorry?

”Sorry is not the problem!　You are a plague!　It's a big deal... a big deal!

The grandfather ran away. It looks like he's in trouble. That's where the info is played.

''An emergency quest 'Defense of the Dwarven Village' has occurred.''

Emergency Quest: Defense of the Dwarven Village: Difficulty D

Defend the dwarven village from Sand Ant.

The reward will vary depending on the damage.

I saw the info, and when I looked at the entrance we came in, there were a lot of giant ants there.

Sand Ant Lv 18.

Normal Monster Target Active

He walks on the walls and moves around here and there. Naturally, they come to us.

”Get your gear on!

Full Moon instructs me to put on the equipment. Disarming the equipment has completely backfired on me! I have to buy myself some time.

Come on!　Love Fire, Grey, Toratetsu, Byakuya, Darley!

What's going on?　Takuto Onion.

I'll explain later!　You'll have to deal with the ants!

Yes!

They come into the straw dwarf village. We have to stop the entrance!

First, the entrance!　Gray!　Midnight!　Blow them away with a roar!

When I give the order, a line of coordination occurs between Gray and Byakuya. Don't tell me... it occurs between summoned beasts as well! There's no point in worrying about it. Until you use it if it occurs!

Coordination!

Gray and Byakuya nodded.

''Gaaaah!''

When the two animals shouted, a shockwave with a whirlwind was generated. The shockwave is enough to envelop the entrance, blowing away the sand ants and chopping them into pieces.

That's a lot of power. You have to be prepared, don't play around with it. I take my spear out of my inventory and get on the Darley. When I look ahead, I see straw coming out of the square where the clay figure was.

That's just fine. We're going to burn every last one of them. I'll tell the others.

”We'll hold the entrance.

All right. Leave the ants walking on the wall to us.

Yeah. It's an arrowhead.

For Tristan and Yoichi, walking on the wall is not much different than flying in the sky.

'We'll protect Yoichi and the others.

So, me and Kago are going to have a close call.

Oh, oh!　We'll take care of it!

I'm worried about you.

I know you're worried about Mirai, but bear with me for now.

'We're going in!　Love fire, ride!

Yes!

The love fire is put behind him and Darley is on fire. Then another line of coordination occurs. This time it's me and Darley. If it occurs, we'll have to use it.

''Coordination!''

”Heen.

Darley's fire is on my spear. And Darley stores his power. I follow the instructions on the display and thrust my spear out. Then Darley shoots out with great force, and we become a giant spear of fire.

With the touch of the spear, the sand ants swarming around us turn into charcoal and disappear one by one. We ran through to the square and found the whole square full of sand ants. This is not good...I'm going to put out the magic.

When I turned back to the entrance, Gray and the others were taking care of it. I'm sorry for getting so excited and jumping out of the way. Well, let's rearrange our tactics.

I put my spear away and take out my staff.

'Love fire, Tridhell!　I'll grill you and Darley thoroughly!

'Yes!　Trid Hell!

'Grey, Toratetsu, Byakuya approaching, please take care of the Sand Ant.

””Gawd!”

So I shot a fire shower into the square while being protected by Gray and Toratetsu.

The Sand Ant flies a stone from its mouth, but Byakuya flies it back with his spiritual power, Toratetsu knocks down the Sand Ant stone by stone with his tiger gun, and Gray protects me well from the stone by putting his body on it.

A moment later, I annihilate the Sand Ant in the square. Is that it? Is it because we don't have any info yet, or is it because we haven't been able to beat the village yet?

There might still be enemies coming, so we recover everyone and then dismantle them... When we dismantled them, all we got was 10 stone pieces.

Ten stones in one piece... and a lot of dead ants around. I see...you want me to dismantle them all!

They were dismantling it, but it was too late, so I went back to look and found Mirai being chased by Sand Ant.

What the hell are you doing in this situation!

I threw my spear and hit the Sand Ant while riding the Darley. As it was, I blasted him with the Darley.

”...Brother.

You okay?　What the hell is going on...

The only survivors were Yoichi, Tristan, and Mirai... they are being chased by Sand Ant... eh.

If you annihilate them all, you'll get an info.

''We've completed the emergency quest 'Defense of the Dwarven Village'.

Thank God...

When I asked the three of them why, the first thing I heard was that Full Moon and the others used a provocation to prevent the dwarves from doing damage.

It seems that they were defending themselves as usual with their shields, but they couldn't handle the swarming ants and were bitten and abducted one by one.

Once the wall was lost, the rest was miserable. Kego, who is very quick on his feet, served as a decoy, but the ants would gather around him.

He defeated the ants with Arrow Rain, but he couldn't defeat them all and was chased by the remaining ants as he fought them.

'Should we have come back sooner...'

It's our fault for misjudging these ants' abilities.

At any rate, the dwarves who were evacuated because they completed the quest are gathered again. The dwarves with wands come to represent us again.

This one's representative is now me.

''Oh, you guys defeated those ants?''

Yes. Were you okay?

It doesn't do any damage to us, but...　Originally, it was because your people knocked over the clay figurines!

I know. What can I do to make you sorry?　Like, for example, annihilating the Sand Ant I mentioned earlier.

They have a lot of rocks. Then it's worth a shot.

Hmph. If I could do that, I would have done it by now!　They need to get to their lair and kill their queen if they are to be annihilated.

I'm supposed to take him down?

You're not serious, are you?

Yes. And in return, I'm going to ask you to stop talking about breaking the clay figure.

I'll go negotiate with him...　If you can do it, do it!

Then the info comes.

'A defeat quest, 'Conquer Sand Ant's Lair,' has occurred.

Conquer the Sand Ant's Nest Quest: Difficulty Level B-.