Chapter 4 Part 2 - As I lead the Hunt (Patreon)

Sophie looks out towards the forest from the grassland and looks for affordable prey. Then she found a huge bear about a kilometer ahead. A Misley Bear and it was probably an elder individual, boasting a magnificent massive body exceeding 2 meters in height.

From downwind, she approached carefully, and she ran all at once while trying to get the hang of the effects!! And by that time, she realized the dramatic effect of Mari’s Magic!

「What is this! This speed is!?」

It was no wonder why she was so surprised. After all she was running a speed that exceeds 100km/h.

It was already too late when the Misley Bear noticed the approaching hunter, and the sprinting Sophie preparing her sword slashed the monster’s torso and literally slicing the monster into two.

「Mari did say that I will be surprised, but this is really amazing!」

The magic that was cast on Sophie didn’t only improve her speed but all of her abilities. Her Muscle strength was also greatly improved to the point that she couldn’t even feel the weight of the sword.

「If I don’t properly control my swings, this sword will definitely break」

While she was thinking about that and looking at Misley Bear's corpse, she did not realize that her face was showing a ferocious grin.

Mari was sitting and was monitoring Sophie's hunt from a distance.

「Her monstrous Strength increase and other features were definitely similar to the effects given in the game」

The party manager tells her that Sophie is about level 50. Considering that, the monsters around the area could be easily subjugated.

This world definitely has a lot of similarities as the game world……Mari is convinced by this by observing Sophie’s hunt. After all, the monsters around the area they are hunting would only be around level 40 which they could easily clear out.

This will be an easy time is what Mari concluded as she started to yawn.。

Sophie was obsessed with hunting. She is running through the woods even into the depths of the forest. And, gradually, she began to realize that Mari's magic wasn't just about speed or strength.

For example, if she focuses her mind on something far away, it will appear to be just around the corner. She can grasp movement as if it is slow motion. All senses were sharpened to the limit, and even the slightest hint of a monster could not be missed.

Sophie, who has been on a good hunting state like that, still made some mistakes.…… a Misley Wolf slipped off her attension.

Even if you think that it’s only a wolf, there would definitely be herd of wolves nearby, and the Wolf who noticed the crisis of their comrades surrounded Sophie in a group. Thirty animals surrounded her. Even if she has a sword, she can’t defend all of the attacks. Then she realized that it was really bad situation.

Sophie tries to inform Mari about her situation, but she was too busy hunting that she lost sight of where she was.

「That’s right, Party Manager!」

Just as explained earlier, she tried shouting 『Mari! 』 in her mind. However, there was no response. Moreover, the status display of Mari floating in her head is in a strange state, it was ren and flashing.

Is this a warning? ……Sophie’s heart rate immediately intensifies!

Something might have happened to Mari!

There was no time for Sophie to hesitate and brute forced her way out of the wolf assault!!

From that point, it became a fierce battle. It was a very disadvantageous situation for her, where she could only protect her upper body but cannot cover the rest. Then one of them jumped aiming at her left foot.

She grimaced…… but the pain didn’t last long. When she look closely at her feet, she could see the wolf biting her but was not strong enough to penetrate her skin. Realizing the situation, she changed the way she fought. She decided to abandon defense and use all her focus only for attacking.

Eventually after some time, Sophie defeated all the wolves, and returned in a bloody looking state. Blood was dripping from her arms, her sword while breathing violently. Her appearance was the very depiction of an Ashura to which one wouldn’t know who the real monster was.

「That’s right, Mari!」

After shouting that, Sophie immediately started running back. There was no time for her t waste or clean off the blood from her body. And finally, when she returned, Mari was――――

There was the figure of her lying down on the sheets as if she was lying on a bed.

「Haaaa―――h, you idiot, your status will change if you sleep while on the hunt!」

Losing all the strength from her body after, Sophie collapsed near Mari. Staring at Mari’s gentle sleeping face, she sits down while staring at the girl sleeping and enjoying the warm sunshine. She couldn’t help but be amazed at her guts of being able to sleep on the hunting ground, but she is thinking that it’s even cuter this way.

「Hh～～～～nn」

Mari woke up and looked around with her sleepy eyes. As soon as she sees Sophie covered of blood, she immediately took distance and stare at her with shocked eyes.

「Sophie、you stink!」

「What’s with that reaction!! Return my struggle for worrying about you earlier――――!」

Sophie attacks Mari, with a hug while smiling and hugged not caring about her current situation.

「ure, ure! This miserable idiot～～～」

「Stop it, Sophie!! The blood, the blood will stick to my clothes!」

「It’s only a bit of blood so that should be forgiven, right――――!」

「Eee～～h, but I’ve just bought these clothes a while ago――――!!」

Two people were cuddling for a while, but they soon got tired over time, laid down in a sprawl and laughed while breathing heavily.

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After a while, they washed off the blood on a nearby creek and went hunting again.

Mari looks over the surrounding landscape while wiping her body.

The autumn wind was blowing, and the trees that began to change color were shaking giving off a rustling noise.

And the sky is blue that was spreading out everywhere.

「Misley is really beautiful after all」

In the game, it was a beautiful place, but when it was shown as a reality, the impression couldn’t even be compared to virtual reality.

「Sophie, is downstream of this creek Narca Village」

Narca Village was the village that commissioned this hunting request from the adventurer’s guild.

「Have you been there?」

「You could say maybe…… or maybe not……」

「That again?」

Mari has visited Narca many times in the game, but has not yet visited in this world. However, when she closed my eyes, she was able to draw a clear view of the village.

After all, the title『Saint of Aldescia』 was acquired on a quest in Narca Village. Her popular name 『Saint』in game also started at Narca village so she had a special connection to the village.

「We don’t really need to go to Narca Village because it’s a request from the guild but…… do you want to go?」

Mari nodded vigorously to Sophie’s suggestion.