CH 312

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“I’m sorry I woke you both up earlier than planned. There’s something I wanted to talk to you about.”

“What is it?”

“…?”

I explained the night’s situation in the deep forest to the two of them.

“I would like to say one thing first: you need to wake us up as soon as you determine that the condition of the deep forest is not normal. What if Nii-sama goes into the deep forest alone and something happens to him!”

“Oh, sorry.”

Indeed, Sophie was right, I should have woken them up earlier. It is just midnight now, which is probably the time when the nocturnal monsters in the deep forest are moving. Even if I wake them up at that time of night.

“That’s enough complaining about you, Nii-sama, let’s talk about what we’re going to do.”

Sophie was angry with me to some extent, and after thinking a little about what we were going to do, she began to make suggestions.

“First of all, the safest thing to do is to camp outside the deep forest only at night. But we would have to walk about an hour in the morning each time, which would reduce our hunting time.”

If someone spots us while we are encamped near the wall that surrounds the deep forest, they will be suspicious. We don’t want people to see us too close to the forest because we are here without a permit. Therefore, we have to camp far enough away from the forest so as not to arouse suspicion. It’s unlikely that anyone would pass by such a dangerous area at night, but we have to be careful.

“The next choice is to camp as we have been doing. Fortunately, it seems that if we can defeat the monsters as soon as we find them, they won’t come near us. However, it’s unknown how many monsters will come close when we are found. Therefore, we need to wake up the sleeping people as soon as they are found.”

I think this idea is the safest.

Even if there are more monsters than expected, there will be no problem if we escape by using my teleportation. Monsters that can fly in the sky may chase us, but they will be few in number. Then, from the next time on, we can camp outside the deep forest.

If there are not many monsters coming, then you can camp out as you are.

“And the most dangerous but most efficient way to raise our levels is to change our hunting time from day to night.”

That’s what I was thinking, too. The number of monsters increases many times more at night than during the day. Even by simple arithmetic, the efficiency of leveling up would increase many times over.

“These are the three most realistic ideas I came up with. Which of these ideas do you think is better, Nii-sama our leader?”

At this point, Sophie emphasized the fact that I was the leader and asked me to speak. I guess Sophie is trying to say that I have to decide.

“…… What’s everyone’s night vision skill level?”

“I’m 5.”

“Four.”

“Three.”

“Two.”

Sophie, Shana, Elira, and Carina seem to have the highest night vision skill level, in that order. Even Sophie is still 5. ……

“…How much range would Sophie be able to permanently brighten for 12 hours?”

“How bright would it need to be?”

I asked Sophie a question and she responded with a question. Surely you can’t tell how strong the light is unless I tell you.

“What if it’s as dark as it gets when we pull out of a day hunt?”

“…… then a 50 meter radius is possible.”

“Thanks.”

Fifty meter radius…. Within that radius, combat would be possible. However, considering the unknown number of monsters, I would like to have a little extra range. My light magic skill level is low, so it would be hard for it to last for 12 hours. Furthermore, I can’t light up a wide area like Sophie.

“How far can Sophie do other things while maintaining that brightness?”

“I’d say I can do about 70% of what I normally do in a fight.”

“Thank you.”

If it is 70% of Sophie’s abilities, there will be no problem if it is just to deal with the monsters. But it will be a bit hard to fight while taking care of others.

“Shana and Carina will have quite a hard time, is that okay?”

“No problem at all.”

“That’s fine!”

By the time they heard this, they all knew which plan I was going to adopt. But as a leader, I’m going to be very clear about what I’m going to do.

“We’re going to hunt monsters tomorrow night. I will decide what to do after we see what happens tomorrow. So tomorrow’s daytime monster hunting will end after noon, and we will take a rest. As for the specific method of night hunting, I will ask Sophie to keep the light as bright as possible at all times. The main combatants will be Shana and Carina, with Sophie supporting Shana from 19:00 to 22:00 and from 4:00 to 7:00, and Elira supporting Carina. This is just to thin out the situation so that they don’t get surrounded. If Sophie has a hard time supporting them, I’ll take over. Then, from 10pm to 4am, I will support both Shana and Carina during the late night hours. Elira will be Sophie’s support during that time. However, if it is too hard for me to support both of them by myself, and if it seems that Sophie’s protection is necessary, I will ask Elira to help me. If there are more monsters than expected, or if stronger monsters than expected appear, we will use teleportation to get us out of the deep forest and escape immediately. How about this?”

“I don’t have any objections.”

“I’m motivated.”

“I don’t have a problem with it either.”

“I’ll do my best.”

There were no objections from the four of them, so we agreed that we would do a night hunt tomorrow. After spending a few hours explaining the situation to Sophie and Shana, and thinking of a plan, me, Elira, and Carina, who had been on watch earlier, headed for the tent.

We agreed that we would decide on the details of the night’s hunt tomorrow morning. Even so, there would not be much to talk about.