I pick up the bullet and stare at it intently.

'Yes?'
Let's find out. I'm pretty sure it's a special bullet.
Then I'll go for the rock.

　Emily raised her hand and pointed in the direction of the day after tomorrow.
　There was a rock about the size of a shed there.

"Yeah, I'll try. Emily, I'll take a step back, just in case.
Yes, sir.

　Next to Emily's moving, I only loaded my newly acquired bullets.
　I turn to face the large rock and pull the trigger.

　Click.

"Huh?
What's going on?
Nothing is going to happen, okay?

　Click, click.

　He pulls the trigger a few more times, but there's no sign of a bullet going off.

'Was it a miss?　Or is your gun broken?
Let's try it.

　New bullets stay in place, load a regular round in there and pull the trigger.
　Pan!　A corner of the rock was blown away with the sound of a gunshot, "I'm sorry, sir.

'It's not broken,'
......
Mr. Yoda?
Is it a little strong?
What?
Didn't those regular bullets have more power than normal?
Really?　...... Oh, maybe.
Yeah.

　I nod.
　I'm probably thinking what Emily thinks and I am thinking what Emily thinks.

　I pull out a fresh round, only reload this time, and shoot a large rock.

"It's a little weaker, sir.
...... Emily, let's go buy some experience.
Yes, sir!

　　　　　★

　I hurried back to the city of Cyclo and bought nine boxes of poisonous mushrooms from the threadbare merchant from earlier.
　I brought them outdoors, turned them into Hagremonts, and had Emily take them down after I applied Resurrection every time.

　Emily's level went up by two, to 28.
　And nine more new bullets, bringing the total to ten.

'Let's go with two loads this time.
Yes, sir.

　I load two new bullets and pull the trigger first. I still can't shoot.
　So you load the regular bullets--shoot!
　A large rock was gouged out by a regular bullet.

Great, I know what I'm talking about.
Yeah, they're getting more powerful. Now give me three.

　I put three new bullets in and then shot a normal bullet, the power increased even more, and the large rock was shattered by the repeated damage.

'There's no doubt about it now,'
'Yes, sir, it doesn't shoot, but it makes the other bullets in the gun as strong as they are in it.
It makes the others stronger, so they're the stronger bullets.
One regular bullet and everything else is going to be a lot of firepower.
'You have to reload every single shot, but, well, it's a good one that could have some use.

　I thought about all the different ways I could use my newly acquired enhanced bullets.
　Suddenly, I noticed Emily was staring at me smiling.

"What's up, Emily?
I'm glad.
Happy?
I'm so happy that Yoda is strong again.

　Emily was as happy as she was.

　　　　　☆

　After checking the performance of the enhanced bullets, Emily and I returned to Cyclo.
　For now, we've settled the experience value, the plated mouse, and the reinforced bullets, so we pulled ourselves together and resumed our tour of the harvest festival.

　The town is even more crowded than it was in the morning, perhaps because it's past noon.
　It was so crowded that people bumped into each other as they walked, and the whole town was getting more and more excited.

'There's something going on over there,'
That's the way it should be.
All you do is crawl into dungeons when you've got some energy left in you.

　Amidst the festival's typical enthusiasm and sense of the extraordinary, I and Emily went around to various places.

　By the way, Emily was excited by everything she saw and did.
　Remembering the words "participating in a harvest festival" for the first time, I spent the money on Emily for some reason or another.

　Emily is now parked in front of a stall selling trinkets.
　The accessories, with strings and thin chains, are all cute and in the right size.
　It's the kind of thing that would fit on a strap for a phone or something.

　Emily looks at it with a twinkle in her eye.
　I followed her gaze and found her staring at the bell-like accessory.

'Is that what you want?'
'What?　No, I just thought it was a bit nice.
Okay. Give me that.
Three thousand piro.

　He takes out the money and gives it to the shopkeeper, who takes the bell jewelry.
　I give it to Emily.

'See?'
Thanks to .......

　Emily took it and, with a shy smile, cradled it carefully in her hands.
　Then you can put it on the base of the hammer.

You're going to put it there?
Yes, sir.

　After tying it securely, Emily raised the hammer a bit.
　There was a beautiful chirping sound.

'This is always the same.'
'Right. Maybe one of these days the monsters will run away when they hear the bell. 'The Grim Reaper!　The Reaper's bell is here!　And maybe you'll start to sit up and take a back seat.
I'm a monster!

　We went around the festival further, joking around with each other about the right things.
　The occasional chirping and chirping sounds that came to symbolize Emily's presence gradually came to symbolize her presence, and the sound of Emily's bell, which made her warm home, gave me a sense of security.

　But it was unceremoniously broken.
　A sudden explosion and screams came from a distance, and a little later, people fled from that direction.

'Mr. Yoda!'
Yeah.

　I nodded to each other and ran off with Emily.
　I called with the sound of a bell, and when I reached it, there was a monster.

　With pointed ears and green skin, bent at the waist and leaning forward, it looked like a monster called a "goblin" - but it was huge.
　It was less than three meters tall with its hips bent, and would be even taller if it stood upright.

　It looks like a goblin, but its size is a giant.
　Such a monster.
　The people of the city are running away from that thing like spider spiders.

What is this thing?
I don't know, sir.
'If Celeste is here, you can go to ...... and we'll do it anyway.'
Yes, sir!
Wait.

　I was about to jump out of the room when a man's urgent voice stopped me.
　I turned around to see a young man with his head bleeding.
　"That's the Incredible Goblin," he said, holding his head.

That's an Incredese goblin," he said, holding his head. It's a tricky one, as it will gradually grow stronger and stronger as it is attacked unless it is defeated in one fell swoop.
'That's the kind of monster you are: ...... It's going to be a pain in the ass to get around in a dungeon.

　We'd have to take it down in one blow.

'I used to keep them in a cage for the harvest festival, but a kid threw a rock at them as a prank, and they grew up strong. Ordinary adventurers are no match for him now. You must hurry up and run away.
But,
It's okay, call for backup-- they're here!

　A man looked behind me and looked like he had found the God of salvation.
　I turned around and saw three familiar faces.

"Neptune, and those two...
This is Mr. Lan and Lil'

　The alleged homos*xual and the two women who always followed him appeared together and stood in front of the Inquirer Goblin.

'Lil, Ran. Can you handle it?
Who do you think I am?
I'll do my best for Nay-kun!

　The three of them nodded at each other, and first Neptune stepped forward.

　As if to sandwich it, Ran and Lil stood on either side of it and deployed a magic circle.
　It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on a new one.

　The two chanted as if they were singing and cast a spell on Neptune.

''God Press!''
"Devilkers!

　Two spells, black and white, took hold of Neptune.
　Two lights enveloped him, creating wings on his back.
　White and black.
　A pair of wings of different colors.

　Creep.

　Feeling the pressure, feeling Neptune, which is just as strong as he is, became even stronger on his skin.

　Squeezing my sleeve. It's Emily.
　She grabbed my sleeve anxiously.

"Let's go, ha!

　Neptune jumps out, an unremarkable, unremarkable dive with no great speed.
　Then it unleashes an attack. Just ahead of him, he flapped his wings and jumped up, and thrust his palms down - as if he were crushing them - towards the Incredible Goblin.

　You can see the goggle ...... goblin's body crumple up.
　The hand isn't directly hit, but you can see that it's about to be crushed by some huge invisible force.

　Swoosh!

　After a sound, the goblin fell backwards, its spine bending in an impossible direction.

　Landing Neptune, he puts away his wings.

'Phew.'

　Immediately after he took a breath, people cheered.
　They praised Neptune for taking care of the powerful monsters that rampaged through the city, mouths full of praise.
　A girl jumped out of the crowd and ran to Neptune's side to look up at him with admiring eyes.
　The tense atmosphere of the battle relaxed into a smiling spectacle.

　It wasn't my turn, but it didn't make a big deal out of it.
　I turned to leave.

Oh, Satou-kun, he's over there. Sorry, I'm sorry, I've got a friend over there waiting for me.

　Shit, a faggot found me.
　I was going to get away before he found me.
　All right, we'll just have to wing it.

Watch out!

　His voice came out before he could even think about it.
　How the goblin that Neptune was supposed to have defeated rose up and attacked him.

　Neptune reacted quickly.
　He guarded the attack from the goblin's thick arm and was blown away.

''Neptune!
Hey, nay.

　Ran and Lil rushed to him in a hurry - but things were worse.
　Neptune was blown away, and only the girl was left on the spot.
　This is the girl who ran up to Neptune.

　The girl couldn't even get down, she was standing and shaking.

　Neptune attacked her, and the Inklesse goblins, which couldn't be defeated by a single blow and grew even bigger, attacked the girl--.

　Papan!

　My body moved before I could even think about it.
　I pulled out two guns and shot them simultaneously.

　I shot two normal bullets - loaded with a total of ten enhanced bullets.

　The piercing bullets fused on the way penetrate the goblin.
　No, penetration is not something easy.

　The four-meter giant's chest was gouged out without a trace!
　The bullet flew further and gouged the roof of the building in front of them.

'Yo, Yoda, ......'
'Oh ...... such a powerful thing to do!'

　I was horrified by what I had done in the blink of an eye.

　Ordinary bullets fired from five reinforced bullets in one direction, and a combined penetrating bullet.
　It was far more powerful than I had expected.

　And then.

「「「「 woohoo! 」」」」

　There were cheers from all around me.
　When I looked around to see what was going on, I realized that the people of the city were cheering for me in a big way.