Magic Warrior Chapter 45 (Patreon)

The Wolf and the Rabbit and the

--The next day.

"It's done!"

Rilfana, who had been re-tailoring her maid's uniform for combat use, came to the room wearing her newly made maid's uniform.

Yes, it's a beautiful combat uniform...is it?

I had no idea at a glance what had changed, whether it was Rilfana's high level of skill or not.

"I made it so that it doesn't impede your movement, but I think its defensive capabilities are quite high."

It was hard to tell by looking at it, but when I touched it, it seemed to have fabricated metal plates and leather in the neck, heart, and other vital areas.

With such dexterity, a little cloth armor could probably be made by Rilfana.

"Big Sister, I don't have any plans today, so I'd like to do something too."

"Hmm, maybe we could try to kill some wolves in the southern forest? I often go there by myself to practice swordsmanship, and I think it's okay if it's close to the village."

Since returning from the town, Claire has also been practicing stick fighting. She seems to have a good aptitude for it, and in just a few days she has become quite good at it.

I'd like to see Rilfana's self-defense skills, and if I can beat him, it would be a good way to improve my level.

"Yeah, I want to go!"

"Well, I'm off to get ready."

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"Be careful, all three of you."

I left the house after telling my mother that I was going to train in the southern forest.

Because the southern forest is full of monsters, the village is surrounded by a fence. Two vigilantes stood at the place that serves as the entrance.

They told us to keep watch, but they didn't ask us anything more than that, so we didn't feel we were stopped in any particular way.

We were told to return while the sun was still high in the sky.

The neighborhood watch also knew that we had registered as adventurers.

In a village where entertainment is scarce, anything a little out of the ordinary spreads quickly.

...No, it was simply that the neighborhood watch had been informed that there was no problem with us carrying weapons.

We entered the forest and walked until we could no longer see the village when we turned around. If it was Wolf, he would be in a shallow place like this.

"Mina-sama, there are some of them over there."

"Rilfana, do you know where the wolves are?"

"I'm kind of getting the idea that there is something out there... but I'm getting a hint."

Did the Trickster have that ability?

Was it a function of the highest rank he'd inherited? But how can Rilfana, who is not an adventurer and has just roamed the town, be the highest rank? Well, if you put it that way, being a trickster itself is questionable.

Since it seems we are going to wander around the forest looking for wolves anyway, let's follow Rilfana's opinion.

A little further on, Rilfana was right: there were two wolves. There was a gap where a wolf could enter a place where several crumbled stones were combined, as if it was a den. There seemed to be little depth, and we could see from the outside that there were no wolves inside.

Both wolves in front of the den seem to be sleeping. I can see their ears moving, so they don't seem to be sound asleep, though.

"Rilfana take the right side and Claire take the left side, and if you don't think you can take them down by yourself, just back off."

I instructed in a quiet voice and the two nodded.

Claire gripped her staff tightly and Rilfana drew her dagger.

I drew my sword as well, ready to alert the others and help them.

Rilfana moved first, creeping up without a footstep or even a rustle of leaves, and sent the wolf's head flying from his right hand, where it lay prone.

--Fast!

To be honest, I could hardly see it.

Following that, Claire strikes Wolf straight in the head on the left hand side. Wolfe ducked and dodged it as if he were doing a backflip. He continued to snarl menacingly and run to the left in a circle.

Claire calmly adjusts the direction of her body to catch Wolfe squarely in front of her.

The two gradually closed the distance between them, but halfway through, the numb Wolf jumped at her throat.

Claire held the tip of her cane short and made a thrust toward Wolf. The tip of the cane dips into Wolf's throat.

She spun the cane around and with a centrifugal force, knocked him away. Wolf, who was trying to stand up, was knocked off his torso with all his might, and he blew up with a cry of "Gyan! He was knocked off his feet with a cry of "Gyan!

"Phew!"

Claire exhaled and carefully spun around to pick up her cane.

"I beat it, Big Sister!"

"Good job, Claire-sama."

Rilfana stood beside me as if nothing had happened. She had already put her dagger back in her hand.

"It looks like both of you can handle wolves."

"We should dismantle them, right?"

"Yes, the town seems to be short of leather, and there is a river nearby, so let's carry it there and dismantle it."

I brought a magic bag, but the corpse was too big to put in it. If we dismantle it into smaller pieces, it will all fit.

I think this is the first time for both Claire and Rilfana to dismantle a monster.

I had only learned a little from my father when I defeated a wolf in swordsmanship practice, but I knew how to do it.

I carried the Wolf to the river and taught him how to dismantle it while washing it.

The river that runs through the southern forest is downstream from the village, so there should be no need to worry about dirt.

"Well, it's difficult, Big Sister."

"I'm not used to it myself, so maybe I'm not very good at teaching."

Neither Claire nor Rilfana seemed to feel any sort of rejection about the dismantling itself.

I hated it so much at first that I wanted to throw up. Maybe the children of the Virtuari are strong in this world.

"It's done!"

I don't know if it's because of her status, but I think Rilfana is too dexterous. She dismantled it beautifully after listening to my poor explanation.

And she teaches Claire better than I do. I will rely on Rilfana from now on....

I thought the smell of blood might attract other wolves, but nothing came.

When I came with my father, once we found and killed the wolf, the smell of blood lured the wolves to come by themselves as long as we dismantled the rest of the wolves.

The dismantled materials were put away in a magic bag.

The three of us walked around in the shallow part of the southern forest, looking for the Wolf.

"They're not here at all, Big Sister."

"Yeah, there were more when we were here before. Let's call it a day and go home."

"Wait a minute. Something is approaching."

Rilfana's warning prompted him to ready his weapon.

The bushes shook and rustled. A rabbit, about one size smaller than the Wolf, emerges from the bushes. Its ears are unusually long compared to its body, and its long fangs protrude from its mouth. The red eyes were sharp, and the creature seemed to have a murderous intent.

"Rabbit?"

"Claire, get away!"

The rabbit slammed its hind legs together and slammed to the ground. This is called stamping, an action that indicates a warning.

The rabbit bends its back legs and turns to face Claire, who was closest to it.

--The rabbit jumps.

Normally, rabbits use their long hind legs to escape from their natural enemies, and then they leap. With its instantaneous force, it runs through in a single bound.

This one is different. It leaps to kill its enemy.

It is a monster called Killer Rabbit, and it is about level 25 in SeveChro. It is not an instant death attack like other rabbits, but it is too dangerous for Claire to deal with.

It is a leaping attack that is launched at the beginning of an encounter, from a medium distance, and at a low level it is a deadly attack.

Claire hears my warning and tries to move back behind me.

--I couldn't get to her in time!

"I won't let you!"

Rilfana pulled out a dagger from somewhere and threw it at the Killer Rabbit.

The Killer Rabbit released the energy it had built up to leap and avoided the dagger with a short bounce.

"Ice Needle!"

Aiming for that opening, I shot the four Ice Needles. The killer rabbit, Killer Rabbit, successfully avoided that too.

That much I had already calculated. I had intentionally created a safe zone in one spot to lure her in.

He ran in at a speed that carried an unscented acceleration atsere and slashed it from the face.

"Why is Killer Rabbit here..."

"Killer Rabbit...?"

Rilfana reacted to my question at the same time.

Rilfana seemed to know Killer Rabbit, not only by name and appearance, but also by movement. Obviously, the throwing of the dagger was to stop the first leaping attack.

I don't feel like I'm fighting him for the first time today, and I should have at least asked him about his level when I used the appraisal paper. It's hard to ask after all this time.

Rilfana moved quickly to retrieve the dagger that was stuck in the ground. I wondered where she was going to put it, but it seemed to be tucked around her waist. Without seeing it directly as he was taking it in and out, I had no idea where it was in.

"Big Sister, what is this monster?"

Claire didn't seem to feel particularly threatened because she had defeated it in an instant. She was pecking at a rabbit that had turned into a mangled body that didn't speak.

"It's a monster called Killer Rabbit, but I've never heard of it being in the southern forest."

"Hmm. . hmm? You mean you've never seen one?"

"Hmmm...hmm? Maybe we should bring it home and let people know about it."

Although large, it was still not too big to take home.

The cut from the face is a bit too much, so blood continued to trickle down from it...

"Just in case, I brought a bag that I don't mind getting dirty."

Claire pulled out a cloth bag. Nice.

We put the killer rabbit, Killer Rabbit, in the bag, and the three of us headed back to the village, even more vigilant.

On the way, I reminded Claire that if she saw a monster she didn't recognize, she should immediately fall back behind me or Rilfana. Since I can't use recovery magic, if something happens to Claire, she won't be able to recover.

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"Mina, huh? I told you to get back early, but you were faster than I thought you would be."

When I returned to the village, the two vigilantes who had been there earlier were standing guard over the forest in their spare time.

One was a young man who had only been an adult for a few years, and the other was a nice middle-aged man. It seems that the neighborhood watch teams in the village are basically made up of a veteran and a young man.

The name of the youngest member was Lelio, and the veteran was Casella.

Although we knew each other in the village, our names and faces sometimes did not match because I had only said hello to him since I came to this world of virtuari and had given priority to learning about my abilities and this world.

Lerio was close to my age and we used to play together when we were little.

"I thought I should report back to you because we found this one."

I placed the bag in front of Lelio with a thud.

"Got it? "Well, if it's coming back this fast, it's got to be a wolf or a forest bear, right?"

Lelio opens the sloppy bag. The smell of blood wafted out.

"Hmm? What the heck is this?"

"Don't you know? Lelio pulls out a Killer Rabbit."

"A big rabbit?"

"Hey, let me see!"

It seems that someone else, that is Cazella-san, knows about it. I should have presented it to her.

"A Killer Rabbit...? Isn't their habitat somewhere deep in the Northern Forest?"

"That's probably the case. I've never seen it before around our usual hunting spot, so I brought it with me."

"Rather, I'm amazed you managed to kill it. Are you hurt?"

"As you can see, all three of us are fine."

"I hope so. If you're not a vigilante, you don't have to fight it, it's a monster that's best left to knights or adventurers. Hey, go to the stuffing station and get some people."

What I was concerned was the latter part of Lerio's words.

What did he mean, leave it to the knights...although the first blow is strong, if you avoid it and surround it with a few people, it shouldn't be that strong an opponent, you know?