Alright, alright. I managed to settle the business and safely add the Percy Workshop to our ranks. A sigh of relief.
After that, without any further complications, I intended to use the Transfer Pendulum to return and relax a bit when Judas ca to see .
"Got a minute? ...Why are you on guard?""Ah, well, when you talk to at this timing, I thought there might be so trouble..."
The negotiation took ti, but otherwise, things had been going smoothly.Conversely, precisely because things were going smoothly, I thought maybe sothing had gone wrong and Judas ca to report, so I ended up striking a strange martial arts pose, much to Judas's exasperation.
"If you call it trouble, it is trouble, but it's a bit odd.""Trouble, by definition, ans sothing strange happens, right? What's weird about it?"The fact that he's reporting to ans it's sothing Judas and the others can't handle.However, Judas's expression doesn't show any tension like panic.He seems more like he's troubled, wondering what to do.
"Well, we at this frontier village... Hey, isn't calling it a 'village' a bit too much now?""What can we do? We haven't decided on a na yet.""But it's larger than a diocre town, isn't it? The walls are more splendid than the royal capital's. Calling this a village is unreasonable."He was about to say what was troubling him, but it's typical of Judas to interject with a complaint first.If it were a matter of urgent importance, the conversation wouldn't go off track.
So, the matter he wants to consult about probably isn't that urgent.
"Well, for , who's on the verge of having the capital nad 'Liberta,' it's sothing I'd like to approach with caution, you know?""That's not unusual, is it? Towns being nad after the person who founded them. If anything, it's an honor, isn't it?""I hate that! Being talked about like, 'That's the capital, Liberta!' Doesn't it sound narcissistic!?""It's fine because it's , but don't say that in other capitals. There are towns nad directly after heroes' nas, you know.""I won't say it. Well, I'll keep loudly advocating for a different na, though."The reason the na of this frontier village hasn't been decided is because the vast majority—mainly my party mbers and Genjirou's group—are in favor of naming it after , while the person in question () is strongly opposed.
From Nell and the others' perspective, since I'm the one leading, it's a natural course of action. But on a personal level, I'm still not fully accustod to this otherworldly custom.
In FBO, there were players who nad towns after their character nas, and so even boldly used their real nas.I still have a sense of sha about that, which is why I'm opposed.
"Well, fine. But decide on it soon. Sharia and the others also say it's weird to keep calling this a frontier village.""'Soon,' huh...""If you say that and still don't decide, we'll start calling it whatever we want.""Stop!?"
If I don't decide on the frontier village's na soon, it might end up being nad 'Libertatown.'I need to get serious about deciding.
"We got off track.""You're the one who derailed it, Judas. So, what's the consultation?""Recently, we've started seeing unusual monsters near the village. We thought they might be wandering, so we asked Genjirou and sent out the Gardener Retainers to exterminate them, but...""From your tone, it seems you couldn't exterminate them? Any damage?"From such a trivial worry, the conversation suddenly turned serious.Unseen monsters appearing near the frontier village—as Judas said, they are likely wanderers.I've given Judas and Genjirou a certain degree of discretionary authority, so it seems they proceeded with the extermination directly.
I've been busy lately and haven't always been in the village, so he probably ca to report it as an after-action report.
"I reported to Lady Esralda as well, but there was zero damage. If I had to say, we just got tired.""If the Gardener Retainers and the Entertainers got tired, that ans there was quite a battle, right? Are you sure it's not an urgent matter?""Yeah, well, because that guy just kept running away. But even after we drive it off, it doesn't just run away; it cos back a little while later.""Running away?"Hearing the report's content and the characteristic of "running away," a hypothesis flashed through my mind.
"By any chance, is its body streamlined or sothing?""Streamlined? What's that?""Ah—wait a sec, I'll draw a picture."No way, it can't be.Trying to suppress my racing heart, thinking there's no way *that guy* could be here, I quickly sketched the monster I had in mind on so leftover paper from when I was drawing blueprints.
It was a monster with a form that seed to excessively pursue functional beauty for a living creature.Its streamlined body succeeded in reducing air resistance by creating airflow.Its limbs, capable of both bipedal and quadrupedal movent, might look unbalanced at first glance, but they were surprisingly well-balanced.Its neck was short, almost non-existent.It wasn't completely absent, but compared to ordinary creatures, it was negligible.I drew the monster, whose trademark was its pointed head, and showed it to Judas.
"Ah, that's the guy.""Seriously!?"It was an unexpectedly perfect match.It was a rough, stylized drawing, but I must have captured the features well. But seriously, why is *this guy* here?
"So, what's the deal? This guy?"Handing the drawing to Judas, who was impressed by my drawing skills, I covered my eyes with my hand.I scread, then imdiately sighed and sat in my chair, giving Judas a deadpan stare as he seed to think it was just a very rare monster.
"That's Runner Runner. In terms of class, it's a Class 9 monster, on par with the Azhdaha we fought before.""Eh?"While I was genuinely relieved to be alive, Judas's expression changed completely, and he fumbled and dropped the drawing.
"Eh!? *This guy*? The one that just runs away from our attacks!?"It was impressive that he could catch it mid-air, but pointing at the drawing, he emphasized its silly face. Sadly, if they had even accidentally landed a single hit, this frontier village would have beco a battlefield.
"This guy is a sowhat special World Monster. A monster whose skills are specialized for running. Until you land a single attack on it, it just keeps running away.""Eh, but it's a Class 9 monster, right? So it runs away? Is it not that strong?""It's ridiculously strong. Under certain conditions, it's even more troubleso than Azhdaha. You'd understand if you fought it, but didn't it have abnormal evasion abilities?""Indeed. It created clones, suddenly accelerated, teleported...""And it uses all that. A small monster, just 1 ter in total length, rushes in at high speed, using its Class 9 physical stats to attack physically. It slips through our attacks."The silver lining is that this Runner Runner is not an active monster.All World Monsters are composed of eccentric monsters, but this one could be called the eccentric among the eccentric.
When I explained Runner Runner's combat style, Judas's face turned pale.This monster's greatest characteristic, and its biggest nuisance, is its small size and high evasion capability.Its attack thod is simple—a high-speed mass attack. But combined with high-speed movent and disruptive skills, it suddenly becos a huge pain.
"Were we in danger?""The fact that you couldn't land a hit on it was a blessing in disguise."I wryly smiled at Judas, who had turned pale, and told him he was lucky. But its appearance here is, in itself, simply unfortunate.
"No, no, no!? How can you be so calm!? It's a seriously dangerous monster, right? I should contact Genjirou and the others imdiately to deal with it!"Normally, Judas's panicked reaction to a World Monster appearing would be the normal one.
"Well, leaving it alone isn't harmful.""Eh?""That guy, if you really don't attack it, it just repeats the pattern of approaching and then running away."But, specifically regarding Runner Runner, leaving it alone isn't a problem.
"Does it co into town?""Nope.""Does it attack rchants?""Nope.""...Then what was the point of us trying to exterminate it?""You just perford a dangerous act.""No point!?"That guy is a monster that just runs.It properly avoids obstacles and doesn't attack anything.On top of that, all hate managent skills are ineffective against it, and even Amina's songs can't hold its attention.
"Just keep it under surveillance and be vigilant, and there won't be any problems.""Sohow, I'm not fully convinced..."It's not that there's no way to defeat it in its current state, but executing that thod would require an enormous amount of effort.
"However, I'm surprised. I thought you'd say, 'We have to defeat it no matter what and get the materials!!'""I'm glad you understand so well. Well, if you ask if I want Runner Runner's materials, I do, but they are difficult materials to use, that thing..."Whether it's worth putting in that much effort to defeat it... I don't find *that* monster attractive enough.In common terms, it's a monster that's not worth the trouble.
"Are its skills strong?""The skills it has don't necessarily drop as items.""Are the materials strong?""Defensive capabilities are low, actually. It might even lose to a Class 5. Its speed enhancent abilities are excellent, though.""Does it drop any rare materials?""Nope. Only stuff you could get from other bosses.""What the heck is that thing!?"So, my enthusiasm isn't that high either.We're not in an environnt where we can level up much yet; recruiting is the more important task right now.
"A flashy, golden-colored nuisance, huh?""Did you just say 'golden'?"I was about to settle on informing everyone and just setting up a watch, but when Judas ntioned the coloration, my body froze.
"Eh? Ah, yeah, golden. Head to toe.""n, assemble!! To battle!!!""Liberta!?"And the mont the information was confird, my eyes opened wide, shining, one could say. A 'Gwah!' sound effect might as well have played, and I tensed up.
"If that guy is not a normal specin but a unique-colored one, that's a different story!! We'll mobilize all our forces and defeat it no matter what!!"Runner Runner isn't that attractive a monster as a normal specin.But if it's a rare specin in ga terms, the story changes.
"Judas!""Y-yeah?""Gather all the Entertainers! Fix the distance from the target at 100 and monitor it from all directions!""G-got it!""Good! Under no circumstances, absolutely do not attack it! Until we're fully prepared, just maintain distance and focus on surveillance!"Within the golden Runner Runner lies a treasure.World Monsters are monsters that travel the world; they are monsters of which only one appears in the entire world.
Each ti one is defeated, it respawns randomly sowhere, making it a pain to find.Large individuals like the Rainy Devil are easy to spot, but small ones like Runner Runner are hard to find.
Moreover, the appearance rate of rare specins is an astounding 1.5%.If I miss this chance, who knows when the next one will be.
"We're taking it down! We are absolutely taking it down!!"That's why my fighting spirit is skyrocketing.
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