Ethereal sounds echoed in the lush forest. I sang a strange tune that I had learned at some point, and walked deeper into the forest with a girl named Valkyrie.
Originally, I planned to find a team of adventurers to do some tasks, but this guy insisted that the two of us were more than enough, and bringing those weaklings would be a burden. I thought about it and decided to trust this guy for once.
Although she originally planned to show off her skills in front of the new couple, since she asked so, two people are not bad.
As for the task we are going to do, yes, it is to pick up ivory. The guy seems to be very obsessed with picking up ivory and must complete the goal.
"Amy, what is this song you sing? It's in a language I've never heard of~"
"I don't know, I just remembered this song out of nowhere. By the way, what's the pseudonym you use for others?"
"Call Ellie!"
"...Although it sounds pretty good, I still feel like there's something weird about it...Did you have blond hair with twin tails before?"
"Ah? I've always had purple hair? And I've never had twin tails! Why are you asking?"
"...Nothing, just asking..."
"Oh~"
"By the way, is it okay to tell me your real name? Aren't you afraid that I will arrest you and send you to the town hall?"
"No problem! Although I don't trust others very much, my intuition tells me that you can trust me. I trust my intuition!" The girl showed her white teeth and gave me a confident smile.
This guy is actually quite cute.
"How many people have you tricked so far?" Although the atmosphere was very good, I still asked this question.
"Actually... there are only four or five... I have never killed anyone... Those guys who died were all because of bad luck or poor strength. As you can see, although I ran very fast
Fast, but I didn't completely abandon those rookies and run away... I always led them the way..." The girl lowered her head, seeming a little embarrassed.
Am I so charming? How can I make such a shameless girl feel embarrassed?
"Let me make it clear to you first. This young lady is the messenger of love and justice. Since you are with me... and we have formed a team, you are not allowed to do bad things anymore. Do you understand?"
"I know, Amy! With you, I don't have to do bad things anymore! Because you are also a genius, and we will be very happy together!"
"Don't call me Amy, call me Miss Elumia!"
"I know Amy!"
"...Forget it, you can call me whatever you like."
"By the way, Amy, why are your equipment so poor? You can't be short of money, right? Could it be that...you ran away from home secretly without any money?" The girl tilted her head and opened her eyes wide.
He looked very curious.
"It's true that I ran out secretly, but I'm not short of money! This suit... is actually a magical outfit, you will know later. As for the weapons, I can use the lowest weapons to cast the highest level spells
, because this lady is a genius hahahaha~~~" I put my hands on my waist and smiled very exaggeratedly.
"Amy... why did you run away from home?" The girl looked at me with a little expectation on her expression.
"Oh, I had a quarrel with my family! This lady will not be angry like this! I want to prove that I can live a good life on my own!"
"That's right... Amy is so happy..." The girl lowered her head slightly and turned her eyes elsewhere. She seemed a little... disappointed?
"Why, you tried to compete with me and failed miserably. Do you feel uncomfortable and want to cry?"
"No...Oh, yes..."
"I speak more directly and don't like beating around the bush. If you can't accept it... there's nothing you can do..."
"It doesn't matter, you just get used to it!"
"By the way, are we almost at the territory of the megalodon?" Looking at the broken trees that appeared from time to time, I knew that I had returned to the way I escaped last time.
"Yeah! We're almost there! Today is the same as last time, go straight to pick up the ivory, and then watch me chop up that idiot elephant!" The girl pressed her knuckles, looking eager to try.
"By the way, your armor doesn't look very high-end, because it's short of money?"
"The lack of money is one thing, but on the other hand...it's easy to deceive people! If you dress too well, it will give the novices a sense of distance from the beginning."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, how shameless."
"Oh, I will change it, so don't blame me!"
After walking for a while, under the leadership of the girl, I came to a clearing in the forest. Although I don’t know how far it is from the place where I climbed the tree last time, I feel that it should be nearby. It seems that I
I missed a treasure last time.
"Okay Amy, this is the Megalodon Cemetery!" The girl jumped in front of me and pointed at the open space and said excitedly.
"Well, there aren't many bones here..." Looking at the one or two bone sticks that occasionally came out of the ground, I really couldn't connect this place with some elephant cemetery.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, my eldest lady, didn't you notice that there are no perennial plants here? This means that the soil here is often turned over! Megalodon has the habit of burying the corpses of its kind, didn't you know? Hahaha
~~~You still have a lot to learn from me!" The girl pointed at me and laughed sarcastically.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, where is the ivory?" I waved my hand impatiently, signaling her to get down to business.
"Well, watch out. I'll dig it out for you now. But you have to be prepared. The noise I make will be huge, and the megalodon will definitely appear! Although I deceived them last time.
Damn it, let them go pick up magic crystals near the megalodon's lair... Well, Amy, just watch my performance!"
After the girl finished speaking, she pulled out her two simple-looking long swords from her back, then closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"Ha!" The girl quickly waved the sword in her hand in a diagonal cross shape, and two orange sword energy shot out, instantly digging two deep ravines in the land.
"Hey!" The girl waved her sword horizontally again, and the dirt in the center of the two ravines instantly flew up to the sky, revealing the dense white bones below.
"How's it going? Is my digging skills okay?"
"Not bad, not bad. You can dig up the soil without damaging the bones underneath. It seems that you are quite skilled in controlling your strength!" I commented like an expert, which elicited an excited smile from the girl.
Well, actually I have no practical experience at all, I can only cast spells on targets.
"Roar~~~~" A terrifying roar came from a distance, and the megalodon already knew that something was wrong here.
"Amy, should we pick up the ivory first or fight first? It will take some time before that guy comes over..."
"Roar~~~~" Another roar came from not far away, and the ground began to shake slightly.
"Ellie! Why is there another one? Are you trying to trick me?" Realizing that there was more than one megalodon here, I asked the girl angrily.
"No, no! I'm really not trying to trick you! I don't know why there was an extra one suddenly. Maybe... it ran around and found a partner yesterday?"
"There is no such thing! Anyway, you solved this problem for me!"