Around the time when Konrad Perdalos and his friends found the Orc Lord and started a battle.

His group, led by Prince Antonio, was also hunting in their own way.

‘Kwajik.’

Prince Antonio’s sword pierced the mutant werewolf’s heart.

Amongst the group of four werewolves and Prince Antonio’s party, it was a sound announcing that the prince’s party had won.

“Aww… .”

The silver warwolf, who had collapsed with blood gushing out from the vital points, breathed his last breath with a final groan.

Mutant Warwolves are not only monsters that are close enough to Named, especially since the silver Warwolf’s leather used to be sold at a fairly high price.

If it was the standard of a normal student, it would have been a fairly satisfying harvest.

“Hmm… .”

Prince Antonio, who had actually defeated the prey, showed a puzzled expression as if he was not satisfied with something.

“Ariel, how about hunting so far?”

“Five orcs. One mutant orc, three werewolves. One mutant werewolf. Three wild hogs. One 2-star goblin mage. And dozens of goblins.”

“yes. Good job watching.”

A large-capacity monster collection bag worth 50 gold coins apiece swallowed the body of the fallen Silver Warwolf whole.

With the corpses of the silver werewolves just collected, Prince Antonio’s party achieved a passing grade in the final evaluation of the first semester.

Less than an hour had passed since the hunting festival had started, so by the standard of an ordinary student, it would have been a fairly satisfactory ending.

Even if I was satisfied with my achievements so far and went out of the forest, there was no problem in getting a passing grade in the final evaluation.

Probably, if it wasn’t for the students who sincerely risked their lives to win the award, they would have been satisfied with this level of achievement and turned their steps back.

“I’m a little sorry.”

However, Prince Antonio was far from an ordinary student, and he was also very interested in the prize of the hunting festival.

That’s why, in Prince Antonio’s heart, there was a halfway feeling that was not worthwhile.

If it were this member, it would have been possible to defeat a stronger monster by joining forces rather than such a halfway monster.

Feeling sorry for Prince Antonio at the thought of not being able to utilize talent in the right place.

“I think I’ve secured a score that meets the passing grade.”

“yes… . If it’s a passing grade, I can accept it.”

Unlike ordinary students who get a passing grade in the hunting festival and are happy, for Prince Antonio, the passing grade was only a sign that he was not idle.

If you participated by gathering the strongest power you could gather, you had to make the best performance to match it.

If not, it would have been much faster and more efficient to participate alone.

Above all, since he had already promised one of the blood relatives of his party members that he would win, an embarrassing situation would arise if he went to the evaluation with a half-hearted mindset.

Especially since the other person was the one he had once offended.

“I wish I could catch a little stronger monster, but are there any strong signs nearby?”

“It seems to be out of observation range with my magic power detection. I’m sorry, Prince Antonio.”

“no it’s okay. I can’t help it.”

It was true that magician detection was helpful in detecting monsters, but it was also obvious that its range and accuracy were inferior to those of professional detectives.

Even monsters and people without magical powers could not detect it, so the wizard’s magic detection was, in many senses, an improvised means for professional spotters.

Why does Conrad Perdalos always take a technical student who is unsuitable for combat into his group every hunting festival?

And how to climb to the podium with great achievements each time to the extent of winning the championship in two hunting festivals.

Prince Antonio felt as if he had vaguely found out the reason.

“Any monster is fine, so it would be nice if we could only know the location of strong monsters.”

No matter how strong the monsters were, they had to face them in order to actually kill them.

The hunting festival was to evaluate the ability to defeat monsters, and naturally, the method of finding monsters was also the evaluation standard.

In general, detecting the magical power of the affiliated magician would have been a sufficient search method, but that was limited to students who did not intend to win.

In a situation where it can be said that it is satisfactory only if it is at least within the ranks, the search ability of Prince Antonio’s manpower was a little disappointing.

If the hunting festival ended without finding a strong and rare monster like this, I would have to finish the first semester without even using this full power.

That was the way Prince Antonio wanted the most to end.

“Let’s dive a little deeper. Even if I stay still, the monster won’t appear first… .”

In the end, the moment he was about to move from the resting place with an undesirable conclusion, a scene flashed in Prince Antonio’s mind.

Who was the last person Conrad Perdalos, who had already won the Hunt Festival twice, had a conversation with before starting the Hunt Festival?

“Lady Delphina, is it okay if I ask you just one question?”

With a feeling of grasping at straws, Prince Antonio came up with the idea that he might be able to get some information from Delphina, his blood relative.

“What question do you have, Prince Antonio?”

“Did you hear any information about today’s hunting festival from your brother? For example, places where strong monsters are expected to appear.”

“Anywhere where strong monsters appear… .”

Delphina looked away for a moment and recalled the last conversation she had with her brother.

‘If possible, don’t enter the northwest, because it could be dangerous.’

“My older brother told me not to enter the northwest part of the Demon Forest because it could be dangerous.”

A faint smile appeared on Prince Antonio’s face.

He was also a man who cared for his own blood and flesh.

Even though it is a competitor, if you look at how they blatantly gave information like this.

“Your destination has been decided.”

Unlike Delfina, who was a bit hesitant, Prince Antonio already had a determined expression on his face.

“All are moving northwest. Does anyone have any disagreements?”

“””There is not!”””

Prince Antonio’s next order was given, and the group members immediately responded in agreement with that opinion.

“… … .”

Among them, Delphina was alone, brooding over her older brother’s advice and trying to suppress the feeling that something ominous was about to happen.

* * *

“Ughooh… .”

The Orc Lord with an arrow stuck in his forehead let out a shrill groan and leaned forward.

As the 4-meter-long body trembled the floor, the movements of the other orcs rushing to protect the Orc Road seemed to slow down.

There are roughly fifteen of them left.

As soon as the situation was over, the sound of cutting and stabbing could be heard here and there, and the group of orcs who lost their central point died in an instant by their own hands.

“Once one is over.”

When the battle was over, he casually looked around the scene, and it was clear that a noisy battle had taken place.

It was almost like a mountain of corpses, because there were dozens of dead monsters nearby.

There would be not enough space in the monster collecting bag to pack everything.

It’s a waste of orc meat to be thrown away, but it can’t be helped.

The monster collection bag was a fairly expensive magic tool. At least to the extent that I couldn’t easily purchase it with my income so far.

It was an object that reduced the volume and weight of the material to make it easier to transport, but of course such a convenient object could not end at a penny or two.

Still, thinking about the future, I thought I would buy at least as many pockets as the number of people, since it was something I would need someday.

In the first place, there was no place to sell this item apart from everything else.

The material itself for the tool itself was quite scarce, and the craftsmen who could make it were also limited.

I just received the collection pouch I am holding now as a prize for winning the hunting festival last semester. It’s something that I wouldn’t have been able to find in the original way.

Even that capacity wasn’t just generous, so I had to carefully select the materials that could be put in.

Even with one Orc Lord, nearly half of the capacity would be consumed.

It’s a pity, but I have no choice but to leave the rest of the corpses and leave.

With that thought in mind, I opened the mouth of the monster collection bag and pushed the entire body of the Orc Lord into it.

“Let’s just take the name and go west. Stella is being treated for injuries suffered by Saint Clare.”

“Yes, Senior Conrad!”

“Stella, could you show me your right arm that was injured earlier?”

“Here it is!”

While watching Stella being treated for a bruise on her right arm by Saint Claire, Xian and I put the rest of the Oak Lord’s body in our pockets.

Even though the weight was reduced, it seemed to have become quite heavy, and I felt a little heavy in the monster collecting bag.

“To catch something like this twice a day. Our party has become really strong.”

“Thanks to everyone’s hard work.”

“Right now, this guy is only this big, but how strong is the guy in the northwest?

Seeing that he insisted on inviting Prince Antonio’s party to cooperate, it must have been a bit cumbersome for us to deal with alone, right?”

I was waiting for Stella’s injury to recover while taking a light rest.

Lulu suddenly muttered something strange that she couldn’t understand.

“What do you mean all of a sudden? Collaboration with Prince Antonio’s party?”

“yes? Conrad, you told Delphina before the hunting festival started. Dangerous monsters appear in the northwest of the Demon Forest.”

“It did. Why?”

“Telling the location of the strong monster to Delphina, her rival, doesn’t mean inviting the party of Prince Antonio, of course, to which Delphina belongs?

Prince Antonio must be aiming for the championship too. If it’s a habitat for strong monsters, they’ll definitely come out looking for it.”

“I was thinking that too, junior Konrad.”

“… … .”

“… Could it be that you meant it as a real warning?”

“… … yes.”

From a young age, she was a younger sister who would listen to me easily.

I thought there should be no lies between brother and sister, and it probably was the same with Delphina.

Suddenly, this time, ignoring my advice and entering the northwest of the Demon Forest with Prince Antonio instead?

… no, hopefully

Up until now, she had never once had a rebellious period or had adolescence, and she had been a great little sister.

The second monster was a matter of fast speed, but what was more difficult than anything else was the absurd skin defense.

Whether it’s an Orihalcon spear or an adamantium sword, you probably won’t be able to inflict a scratch on him.

There was no way to defeat him unless I attacked him from the inside with my magic or Xian-senpai’s arrows.

Or sharpen and polish swordsmanship or spearmanship to a level higher than a master.

Although Prince Antonio and Delfina are said to be quite strong for a student, they were only strong enough at the academy student level.

No matter how good it was, I was just stepping on the threshold of an expert, and it would be a while before I reached the level of a master.

First of all, I looked at each side of Prince Antonio’s party.

The swordsman, Prince Antonio Alexandros, and the Marquis of Hilla Warburg.

In addition, Delphina, a spearman, and Dalbert, a monk of the Holy Kingdom.

Finally, to Ariel Eilthlon, the 3rd Circle mage.

At the academy student level, if you were in the 3rd circle, you were in the top 5% in your own way.

The problem was that it was not a monster that could be dealt with with that level of magic.

In particular, if you hit the attack magic outside the body without knowing how to deal with it, you would not be able to do any damage like other attacks.

All the rest are physical attacks, so you won’t be able to hurt them either.

If Prince Antonio’s party ever encounters that monster, of course the consequences that would happen were obvious.

There’s a possibility that all of this was just my reasoning and that Prince Antonio’s party didn’t head to the northwest of the Demon’s Forest.

The ominous predictions that popped into my head often did not end there.

“I don’t feel good. Let’s move quickly.”

As soon as I confirmed that Stella’s treatment was over, the uneasy feelings in my head hurriedly got me up.

I hope this worry that has popped into my head right now can end with a simple reasoning.