77 CHAPTER XXIX -- EMERGENCY




 It's been a year since the promotion to A-Level.

 Within a year, Kurt has been promoted to B-rank, while Fia and Agito have been promoted to A-rank.
 I didn't expect Fia to surpass Kurt's rank. ...... but Kurt's strength is greater.
 Kurt is not at all interested in the job of adventurer.

''I won't be an adventurer until I'm at the Heroic Academy. I'd rather spend my time exploring magic than making a career out of it.

 He's a man who is only interested in magic," says Kurt.
 But his enthusiasm is fierce, and he's been working his way through ancient magic bit by bit lately.
 How do you understand just from my explanation?
 There's no doubt he's a wise man.
 Kurt is undoubtedly one of the best in his generation.

 That's why Kurt's adventurer rank had been surpassed by Fear and Agito.

 And Kyu had grown up a bit and grown up.

''Kyu?''

 Kyu still rides my head.
 But Kyu's size is bigger than my head, and it would be easier not to ride it, wouldn't it? It's so heavy.
 It's quite heavy, so you can train your neck muscles just by putting Kyu on your head.
 Frankly, I'm grateful.

 As for me, I feel like I've done some good work over the past year.

 For example, I killed an A-ranked monster fire dragon that attacked a village in the volcanic region a short distance from Freypera.
 In fact, he was able to defeat the fire spirit Efreet, who was manipulating the fire dragon to do evil things, and
 You've taken down the giant sea serpent Leviathan, which was feared by the fishermen in the harbor, and
 ...... and well, various quests were passed around, so I accomplished them one by one.

 However, I still haven't been promoted to S-rank.

 Lewis said that the condition for being promoted to S-rank is to achieve a great achievement that involves many people.
 In other words, I hoped to be recognized by many people, but that seems to be difficult.
 There are currently only 12 S-ranked adventurers in the world.
 One of them is Cid, who is a member of the Red Wolf.
 He's been promoted to S-rank after achieving the feat of creating a map to the 100th level of Freypara's dungeon.

 There's less than two years left until the entrance exam of the Heroic Academy.
 It's time to move up to S rank and obtain information that can't be obtained through Wisdom.

 Just as I was thinking that, I received a call from Louis.
 I went to the Adventurer's Guild Federation and met Lewis.

It's good to see you, Revell.

Yes, I haven't seen you since the defeat of Leviathan.

 I think it was about a month ago that we took down Leviathan.
 Louis has been a big help to me, and we often talk whenever I complete a major quest.

Well, I called you here today to give you some information.

Some information?

One of the outlying cities in the kingdom of Theolya was recently devastated by a horde of demons. This is information that has not yet been made public on the Freyparra.

'A frontier city has been destroyed ......? It's horrible, you mean a demonic horde so large that it could destroy a single city: ......

"Ah. And what's even more frightening is that the demon horde is continuing its march towards King's Landing.

...... Isn't there something odd about that?

 I heard Louis say something strange.

"Huh. Say it.

''I don't think it's an action for a demon to take, a demon advancing towards the royal city. If it only ended up destroying one city, it would still be .......

That's true. I have a part of me that feels the same way, and I've asked him to do some research. But to solve this problem, we have to do something about the horde. So, starting this evening, I'm calling upon all Adventurers' Guilds to make an emergency quest of unlimited numbers to deal with the horde.

...... I see, is that why I was called out?

Yeah. So now we finally have an opportunity to move you up to S-rank.

 If the horde of demons is advancing towards King's Landing, many cities and villages will be affected.
 It's only a matter of time before the horde is dealt with.

''Maybe I won't be able to play that well?

You? Don't make me laugh. Why wouldn't he play a part? After all, the horde's strike force will be made up of knights and adventurers. Your favorite girl will be among them.

What, Anna?

 Louis and I are a lot closer than I thought, and he knows why I want to be strong.
 That's why Louis often told me about Anna.

"Why wouldn't I work hard in front of the girl you love? Well, there should be quite a few knights and adventurers on the strike force. Whether you'll meet them or not depends on your luck, doesn't it?

...... Could it be that Mr. Lewis called you today to let you know about Anna?

Yeah. Don't you feel motivated?

'Yes, thank you!'

'Cluck, you're really naive when it comes to that kid.

...... Yeah, is it that simple?

It's interesting to watch. But I can also tell that's the source of your strength.



 Well, there's no denying it.

"I have high hopes for you anyway. This is your chance to show the world what you've got.


 Then, after my meeting with Luis, I decided to return to Tempest and wait for word of the emergency quest .

 ...... But Anna's going to participate?
 According to Louis, he's doing quite well at the school, I wonder how he's doing.
 I haven't seen her in over a year, but there's still a chance I'll be able to see her.

 Oh no, this is not good.
 If you keep thinking like that, you may not be happy with your results.

 I'll concentrate on my quest, but I'm just a little bit excited to go on with my quest.