Chapter 1-56 : The Girl And The Dark Elf Are Having An Unexpected Encounter (part 1)
「Unbelievable…」(Ingrid)
Witnessing Elle defeat the powerful enemy with her magic stones, Ingrid was amazed. She looked at the frozen ogre trapped inside the giant chunk of ice with her eyes wide open.
「Ingrid!」(Elle)
Elle was still shaking, but she was worried about Ingrid. She hurriedly approached her, who was lying on the ground, and checked on her.
「Are you okay? Is your leg hurt?」(Elle)
Ingrid slowly got up and replied to Elle.
「Ugh! It stings a bit, but I don’t think it’s broken. I can still walk. How about you? Are you hurt?」(Ingrid)
「Just a few scratches. No biggie.」(Elle)
Ingrid dropped Elle while running away from the ogre, but she felt relieved that she didn’t get seriously injured.
「Thank god. You did it, Elle. You beat that ogre!」(Ingrid)
「Did I really… Is it dead?」(Elle)
「Fire-attributed monsters won’t survive if they’re trapped in ice like that.」(Ingrid)
Ringー Ringー
After confirming that they were still in one piece, suddenly an out-of-place sound was heard.
「Hm? What’s that sound?」(Elle)
「I think it’s your guild card. You just killed the ogre.」(Ingrid)
「Ah!」(Elle)
Elle took out her freshly made guild card from her bag and held it in her hand. A small magic circle then appeared on the wooden card, and letters made of light started appearing on it.
「”Congratulations. You have been promoted to the rank of Quatre.” …Eh?」(Elle)
Elle had just joined the Adventurer Guild and had the lowest rank, which was Six. She was surprised that she suddenly went up two ranks to Quatre.
「That’s amazing! You’re a Quatre now!」(Ingrid)
「Does the guild promote people so often like this?」(Elle)
「Of course not. I’ve never heard of a beginner going up by two ranks on their first day of joining the guild. You’ve been promoted, obviously, because you defeated that ogre.」(Ingrid)
「I see.」(Elle)
「A powerful monster of this level should have a huge bounty on its head. Do you see something else written on your card?」(Ingrid)
「Hold on.」(Elle)
Elle scrolled down her guild card and read the continuation of the message.
「…What? Eh…?」(Elle)
She was then lost for words seeing the huge sum of money written on it.
「What does it say?」(Ingrid)
「I got… 150 gold coins for killing the ogre…」(Elle)
「That’s a lot! We only got 50 for killing the black wyvern, and this ogre had 150 gold coins bounty on its head!?」(Ingrid)
「Un. According to this message, apparently, this ogre killed the Crimson Hero 150 years ago.」(Elle)
「What!?」(Ingrid)
Ingrid was shocked. She bent forward and looked at Elle’s guild card.
「”The dangerous ogre that devoured the Crimson Hero and gained his power”… I see now. The Crimson Hero held the power of fire; that’s why this ogre had a fire attribute. Let’s see… Hmm…」(Ingrid)
Ingrid and Elle continued reading the information written on the guild card.
Apparently, the Crimson Hero was born into a rich noble family. After he was killed by the ogre, his family submitted a request to the Adventurer Guild to kill the ogre as revenge for his death. However, no one had been able to find it for a long time.
「He came from a rich family, huh? That’s why the ogre had an extremely huge bounty on its head. Elle, you just killed an extraordinary enemy, you know?」(Ingrid)
「…..」(Elle)
Still unable to fully comprehend what she had just done, Elle shifted her gaze to the lifeless body of the ogre in the ice.
「It’s great that I defeated it, but I blocked our path.」(Elle)
The ice Elle created to trap the ogre was so massive that it completely blocked the passage.
「Don’t worry. I got this.」(Ingrid)
Ingrid drew a magic arrow infused with an explosion spell and shot it at the ice.
「Watch your head.」(Ingrid)
The entire cave was shaking for a second as it exploded. Ingrid put her hand on Elle’s head, but fortunately, nothing fell.
The explosion shattered the ice along with the body of the ogre.
Elle’s ice was so cold that it completely froze the ogre’s meat and bones. The body shattered into pieces.
「Now we can proceed.」(Ingrid)
「Nice. Thank you, Ingrid.」(Elle)
「No. Thank YOU, Elle. We’re still alive thanks to you.」(Ingrid)
Elle replied to Ingrid with a smile and then followed her deeper into the cave.
『Hey, you two, wait!』(??)
Suddenly, they heard a young man’s voice as they walked past the shattered ice.
「Hm? Did you hear that?」(Ingrid)
「Yeah.」(Elle)
『Hey, you girls! I’m here!』(??)
Following the voice, they noticed it came from under the shattered ogre’s body.
「What!? It’s still alive!?」(Elle)
「Dammit!」(Ingrid)
Thinking it was the ogre’s voice, Ingrid quickly held her bow and drew an arrow.
『Whoa, whoa! Calm down, will ya! I’m not the ogre! I’m the club!』(ogre’s club?)
「The club…?」(Elle)
「What?」(Ingrid)
Still holding her bow, Ingrid moved the pieces of the shattered body aside with her foot, revealing the ogre’s club under. It was no longer burning like a while ago and looked just like an ordinary wooden club.
Staring curiously at it, Ingrid asked.
「Is it you talking to us?」(Ingrid)
『Yup!』(ogre’s club?)
「A talking club… Interesting.」(Ingrid)
「Wow! Umm… Hello, Mr. Club.」(Elle)
『Stop it! I’m not a club! This bastard turned me into this disgraceful form!』(ogre’s club?)
「Huh? Then what are you?」(Ingird)
『Give me a sec. Hnnghh….! HAAAAAA!!』(ogre’s club)
After letting out a weird cry, the ogre’s club began to shine. Several magic circles of different sizes appeared around it, and then it transformed into a sword, with the shape of the blade resembling a burning flame.
『Phew… I had been in this bastard’s stinky hand for a freaking long time, but thanks to you, I’m finally free. You have my gratitude.』(sword)
「Whoa, so you were a sword.」(Ingrid)
「Wait, you are… I think I’ve seen you in one of my master’s books. The legendary weapon bestowed upon the hero… Flamberge.」(Elle)
『Oh? Looks like the small one has done her study well.』(Flamberge)
Being complimented by the sword, Elle smiled wryly.
「So you are the Crimson Hero’s weapon? I see, so this ogre had been using the hero’s weapon. It turned you into a club.」(Ingrid)
『That’s right. But, technically speaking, I wasn’t exactly a sword. Flamberge was my weapon.』(Flamberge)
「Wait, Flamberge was your weapon? But you are Flamberge. I don’t get it…」(Ingrid)
『You’re the older one, but you’re not as smart as the small one, I see.』(Flamberge)
「Huh!?」(Ingrid)
Being mocked by a sword, Ingrid felt annoyed, but Flamberge ignored her and continued.
『What I’m trying to say is that I wasn’t actually this sword. I was its wielder.』(Flamberge)
「Its wielder? Hold on, so you areー」(Ingrid)
『Yup. I’m the Crimson Hero himself.』(Flamberge)
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