Chapter 29 - Monster Hunting Event 3

After resolving their problems, Cecil leads Lucia and Scarlet Blaze into the forest.

"So... yeah, sorry about earlier again... I've already been through this part and cleared most of the monsters nearby so let's use the path and go deeper into the forest and start our hunting."

Hearing him say that, Lucia's anger started boiling up again, but remembering that they should begin hunting now, Lucia calmed herself down.

"So, Cel... did you get the proofs of subjugation from the monsters you defeated earlier?" Lucia asks.

"Eh? Uh... no... I didn't think the hunting event would be situated here..."

"Even without the event, shouldn't you still get the proofs? We could earn money from the guild remember! Stupid Cel?!"

"Geh... sorry..."

Cecil lowered his head in dejection. He really wasn't thinking about that. He was elated at the results of his training that he only crushed all the monsters in his way and didn't harvest any materials or even take the proofs of subjugation.

Seeing the two, one black and one white 3 tailed foxkins, arguing like that, the party Scarlet Blaze felt that the duo were somehow fitting even when the scene in front of them was nowhere near harmonious.

"Uh... you two... I think it's alright. Cecil didn't know, so how about we move ahead following Cecil's path out. The corpses will still be there so we can just get the proofs and materials while we're at it." Miles suggested.

"YEAH! Let's do that!!!

"Keep it down, Tyr. Are you trying to attract all the monsters to us?!"

"S-sorry."

It was a good suggestion. Lucia started ordering Cecil to lead them into the forest. In the forest, Milly was a bit concerned that Cecil and Silver were the ones at the front.

"Uhm, shouldn't we have my brother in the front and Cecil and Tyr guarding us?"

Milly asks Lucia.

"No worries. Let them stay ahead. Later when a fight starts, observe how we fight first, so we don't accidently get in each other's ways." Lucia responds.

"Makes sense. Later you should observe how we fight too."

"Of course, Cecil and I will adjust ourselves with the party."

"Okay!"

At the front, Cecil raised his voice in alarm.

"Forest ram! A dozen or so at our 10 o'clock!"

Hearing the warning from Cecil, Lucia and the rest get ready for battle and said to Milly and the rest.

"Remember, observe us first. If you think we need help, then you can back us up!"

"Okay! You hear that everyone?! We'll observe how they fight first! If they need help, only then we'll help!"

""Yes!"" "Y-yes..."

Scarlet Blaze distances themselves a bit and begin observing Lucia and Cecil's fight. They don't move themselves to far, just enough so that they could rush back to the fight just in case Lucia and co. needed their help.

Lucia rushes up to Cecil standing a small distance behind him.

"Silver! Don't interfere in this one! It's gonna be just me and Lucia fighting!"

"Raaah!"

Silver gives an affirmative bark and jumps back.

"Okay, Lulu. Let's do this!"

"Yes!"

Although the two had only been having arguments since yesterday until today, when a battle starts the atmosphere between the two looked like they could guess what the other was thinking even without words.

Milly and the rest see this and give a nod of approval.

Tyr, with his usual loud voice, immediately started shouting at his party.

"SEE! SEE! I told you! They're strong! They totally got this!!"

The fight hasn't even started, but Tyr was already shouting out their victory.

"Settle down!" Milly scolds. "You might just attract more monsters with that loud voice of yours!"

"'K-kay..."

While they were talking, the Forest rams had finally arrived in front of Cecil and Lucia. The rams pause for a bit, but seeing that only 2 small children were blocking their way, the rams resume their stampede with a cry.

The pack of 12 or so rams started charging at Cecil and Lucia.

Without a word to Lucia, Cecil immediately rushes forward. Milly and the rest were surprised to see Cecil rushing forwards without even unsheathing his sword.

As Cecil and the rams got closer, 6 fireballs flew past Cecil, heading towards the pack.

"Explode!"

Just before making contact with pack, the fireballs immediately exploded at Lucia's command.

The front most rams were caught in the explosion, while the ones behind were startled and tried to stop.

Without stopping, Cecil rushed into the smoke caused by the explosion. His hands started glowing a bit and he jumped right into the middle of the pack.

As he lands, Cecil strikes at the ground with his mana empowered fist. As his fist made contact with the ground, Cecil channeled the mana in his fist into the ground.

"Ground Breaker!"

BOOOOM

With Cecil at the center, the surrounding earth collapsed and burst into shrapnel that sent the rams around him flying up into the air.

Lucia was surprised seeing Cecil use an earth system spell, but she quickly regained her bearings and started chanting. Finishing her spell, she fired the spell at the helpless rams.

"Fox Flame Lance!"

The flame lances cut through the air impaling the rams into the ground or trees in the area.

After taking out most of the rams with her earlier attack, Lucia quickly scans the battlefield and sends spells towards the rams who weren't killed yet.

Cecil also unsheathed a small knife on his leg and started dealing with the rams who weren't caught in Lucia's spell.

There was nothing flashy about their battle, it started quickly and ended just the same. It was a quick and clean battle.

Activating his mana sight for a bit, Cecil scanned the area and saw that there were no monsters in the vicinity and all the rams were defeated. He turned around and gave Lucia a thumbs up.

"Nice one Lulu!"

Hearing the compliment, Lucia relaxed knowing that the battle was over and started smiling back at Cecil.

Seeing as the battle was already over, Milly and the rest who were standing a bit away from the pair were surprised at how efficient and quick the battle went.

They thought that with the amount of rams in the pack, Cecil and Lucia would need their help at some point. They didn't expect to pair to end the fight so quickly and cleanly.

The party head towards the two and Milly exclaims,

"WOW! That was so cool! The spells you used were simple, but you finished it all in 3 moves!"

Milly's party nods at her words. Miles continues,

"I was surprised at first, seeing as Cecil rushed towards the pack without taking out his sword, but who would have thought that you would use a spell like that, that spell was ground breaker, yes?"

Cecil replies, "Yes, it was suited for the situation. I create opportunities for Lucia and rely on her for offense. I help her set up an opportunity while she attacks and she cleans them up in one go."

"That's AMAZING! So that's your usual style?!" Tyr asks.

"N-not all the time... it depends on the situation... sometimes Cecil fights all the monsters himself if there's only 4-5 of them." Lucia responds.

"I-isn't that d-dangerous?" Cathy asks worriedly.

"We're used to it. Besides, we always have Silver backing us up in case things go south." Cecil responds offhandedly.

"O-oh.."

Hearing Cecil respond like that made Cathy even more worried. She immediately asks Lucia.

"A-are you okay with t-that... Lucia?"

"I trust in Cel. Besides, he's really strong you know!" Lucia replies with a happy smile.

"Okay, next fight is our party's turn!" Milly exclaims.

"OUR TURN! OUR TURN!!" shouted Tyr.

"Okay, we'll stay at the back and back you guys up when needed!" said Cecil.

"Alright! Let's go!" With a spirited bounce, Milly starts leading everyone deeper into the forest.

"Stop!" Miles exclaimed.

"W-what is it Miles?"

"A-aren't we f-forgetting something?" said Cathy.

"Rawr!"

Even Silver was staying back with Miles and Cathy.

Lucia immediately remembers what they forgot.

"Shouldn't we collect the subjugation proofs first?" said Lucia

"""Oh yeah!"""