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"Huh?"
anwhile, Renzo floated over using telekinesis, arms crossed as he hovered in front of Kazuma, looking down at him with an amused expression. "Who the hell told you we ca here just for the quest?"
"Eh? We didn't?"
Kazuma looked genuinely confused.
"Of course not!" Renzo let out an exasperated sigh before... patiently explaining, "The main reason we're here is to train your combat skills, level you up a few tis, and help you earn skill points so you can learn abilities that synergize with Water Breathing—like Sacred Water Creation! And, of course, the Physical Growth skill, which improves your physical constitution through training!"
"Or do you not want to get stronger?"
To be honest, if it weren't for his own experints, Renzo wouldn't have bothered wasting his ti here at all.
Kazuma was imdiately touched by Renzo's selfless efforts on his behalf.
He was so fired up that he practically shouted, "I got it, Boss! I'll keep killing monsters! Today's target is ten—no! Twenty giant toads!"
"Oh?"
Renzo raised an eyebrow, nodding approvingly like a proud teacher. "Good! Go for it! I'll have Aqua buff and heal you along the way!"
"Alright, let's goooo!"
Kazuma tightened his grip on his sword, locked onto another target, and charged forward.
"Hey... are you sure tricking him like this is okay?"
Aqua, who had sohow appeared beside Renzo, struggled to hold back her laughter as she asked.
"Tricking?"
Renzo raised a brow. "I am telling the truth, aren't I?"
"Uh..."
Aqua opened her mouth to argue but found herself at a loss for words.
This guy could spout nonsense with a straight face like it was nothing!
"You follow Kazuma and keep him buffed. I'll go hunt so stronger monsters to level up," Renzo said before vanishing with a whoosh, teleporting deeper into the mountains to massacre high-level monsters for more experience.
He spent the entire day farming. By the ti the sun was setting, he finally wrapped things up and teleported back to Aqua and Kazuma.
"There you are! We've been waiting forever! Ti to head back, right? And don't forget—my Bubbly wine!"
As soon as Renzo arrived, Aqua got up from the ground and latched onto him like a koala.
And Kazuma?
He was sprawled out on the ground, gasping for air like a dying dog, completely drained.
Still, when he saw Renzo, he forced a grin, weakly raised a thumbs-up, and proudly announced, "Boss! I went above and beyond—I killed thirty giant toads today! I'm already Level 5!"
"Oh?"
Renzo arched an eyebrow. He had already sensed what happened here, but he still put on an act, glancing around at the nurous dead toad corpses before giving Kazuma a thumbs-up in return. "Not bad! Alright, let's head back!"
"But first, let's harvest the best parts of these toads."
These were premium ingredients—worth quite a bit of money!
Without further ado, Renzo soared into the air, flying over each toad corpse and swiftly cutting them apart with precise sword slashes.
Within minutes, he had expertly extracted the most valuable cuts of at and had them floating neatly behind him, following along in an orderly line.
In just over ten minutes, he had processed all the toad corpses.
"Man, flying is so convenient!"
Kazuma watched the whole process with envy.
He wanted to learn how to fly too, but Renzo had already told him that he wasn't ready for that skill yet.
For now, he could only dream...
"Alright! Ti to go!"
Soon, Renzo led Aqua and Kazuma back to Axel.
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"Whoa! The ingredients are floating?! What's going on?"
"Duh! That's obviously one of that dude's skills!"
"Wait, swordsn have skills like that?! I wanna switch to a swordmaster class!"
"...Are you an idiot? No swordsman—hell, not even a swordmaster—has skills like that!"
As soon as they entered the city, Renzo's little display imdiately drew a crowd.
After all, having fresh at floating behind him like a parade of fine cuisine was kinda flashy.
"You show-off," Aqua pouted in jealousy.
If she had an ability like that, she'd definitely gain a ton of new followers!
"And what about it?" Renzo smirked at her.
To be fair, Aqua was quite pretty, and her figure was definitely... well-endowed.
But her intelligence and frequent bouts of absolute lunacy were enough to crush any illusions one might have about her.
"Such a waste of potential," Renzo sighed dramatically.
Aqua: "???"
"What do you an?"
"I get what Boss is saying! That's exactly how I feel too!"
Aqua didn't understand, but Kazuma nodded in complete agreent.
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By the ti they reached the Adventurer's Guild, they had already attracted plenty of attention.
"Oh my! You're back!"
Luna greeted them with a bright smile, glancing at the large amount of premium toad at floating behind Renzo. "It looks like you've brought back quite the haul—far more than what the quest required! Co on, let's submit your quest report first!"
"By the way, would you like to sell that toad at to the guild? We can offer you a pretty good price!"
Internally, Luna was thrilled.
'As expected, Renzo and his team are no ordinary adventurers!'
'For a first mission, this is an insane amount of loot!'
'They can beco an Eris mach—uh, I an, an excellent—adventuring party in the future!'
"This quest required killing five toads, at 10,000 Eris each. That's 50,000 Eris for the quest. As for the 30 high-quality toad at cuts—each worth 20,000 Eris—that totals 600,000 Eris."
"Altogether, your reward cos to 650,000 Eris!" Luna smiled as she pushed a massive pile of coins toward them.
"Whoa! 650,000?! That's a fortune!"
Kazuma and Aqua's eyes instantly lit up.
They had been broke for so long!
For the past two weeks, they never had to worry about food or shelter thanks to Renzo, but they didn't have a single Eris to spend on personal purchases!
Now, they finally had their own cash! No way they wouldn't be excited!
"Um... Miss Luna, could you let go of the money now?"
As Renzo reached out for the reward, he noticed Luna's hands firmly pressed against the pile of coins—like a greedy dragon guarding her treasure.
He had almost forgotten—Luna was basically a money-hoarding gremlin.
"Ehehehe..."
Caught red-handed, Luna chuckled nervously. "Of course! Here you go, Renzo-san!"
"Then let go already!"
Renzo tried pulling the money toward him, but Luna still wouldn't budge. He rolled his eyes.
"Luna, let go!"
Finally, another guild employee couldn't take it anymore and helped pry Luna off the money.
Renzo wasted no ti scooping up the coins, completely ignoring Luna's heartbroken expression.
Then, like a heartless man dumping his girlfriend, he imdiately dragged Kazuma and Aqua over to a table to split the loot and order so food.
After all, everyone deserved a good al after a long, hard day of work!
…Well, maybe not everyone.
Kazuma was so exhausted that he couldn't even lift his arms anymore.
Aqua? She was just disgusted.
And Renzo? With his strength, killing a few monsters was nothing. So did he really deserve a reward after such an easy day?
Oh, by the way—he was already Level 20.
High-level monster farming was insanely efficient.
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