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Chapter 311 – Changes in the Night

“Elira, can I leave you in charge here for a minute?”

“Sure, but don’t go too far and come back soon.”

“Okay.”

“And Carina, take care of her.”

“Okay.”

I said this to Elira and Carina, who were standing guard with me, and I walked alone into the deep forest at night.

“I don’t see a single one…”

The reason I went into the forest was because none of the undead had come. I thought there might be some in the forest, but there were none.

“Shhh!”

“Lightning shrink!”

A two-meter-long snake monster spat venom from a tree behind me. I had a bird’s eye view of it, so I dodged the venom with a little time to spare. Then, using lightning shrink, I jumped up to the snake monster and cut off its head with my sword.

”…is this why it’s ranked so high, even though it’s not that big.”

The ground where the poison had hit it was melting and pitted with smoke with a sizzling sound. It was considerably smaller than the snake I had defeated before, but the strength of this venom must be the reason for its high rank.

“Pssst!”

I moved to the side as my crisis high-speed sensing reacted. Then, something like a shock wave passed by where I was, cleaving the trees.

“Lightning strike!”

“Kiiii!”

It was a bat about 3 meters in height that released the shockwave at me. I hit the flying bat with the spirit magic with Zeal. Then, I aimed at the part where it fell numb and cut its torso in half.

“Shaaa!”

“Kya!”

“Shoo!”

“Ho!”

“Lightning triple enchantment.”

Various cries are approaching us, as if they heard the sound of trees being cleaved by the bat’s shockwave earlier. In the deep forest, instead of the absence of undead, there are more monsters that I have never seen around here before. I decide that I’ve gathered enough information and return to Elira and the others using stealthy steps so that the monsters don’t notice me.

“So…”

“…”

I went back and told Elira and Carina that there were more monsters that I hadn’t seen before.

“Is it because the undead gathered by the emperor lich are gone, so the monsters who are active at night have gathered here to make it their own territory?”

“Maybe something like that.”

It’s just a guess, but I think Elira is right. The mystery is where do the monsters that were here during the day go at night? Conversely, where are all these monsters that are so present at night, where are they during the day?

“So what are we going to do?”

Elira’s words could mean a lot of things. Right now, the monsters don’t know we’re here because we’ve put up a colorless and transparent barrier. But once they find out and make a loud noise, a larger number of monsters will gather here than they have in the past with the undead. That’s quite a nice way to level up. However, unlike the undead, it will be difficult for those with low skill levels in night vision to deal with the monsters that attack in various ways.

“If the monsters gather, we wake up Sophie and Shana to discuss whether we should change the location of the encampment or continue the encampment here. I’m sorry for Sophie and Shana, but even if the monsters don’t gather, we will wake them up an hour earlier than planned to discuss it.”

“I agree with you, Leader-san.”

“Understood.”

Both of them agreed to this proposal.

“There were no particularly strong monsters, right?”

“Not from what I saw.”

I answered Elira’s question. I had only been to a shallower area than I go during the day, but there were no particularly strong monsters in that area.

“Hey, you’re not suggesting we go into the deep woods, are you?”

“Huh? Is that so?”

When I said that to Elira, Carina was surprised and confirmed my true intention with Elira. Elira, like me and Sophie, hasn’t been able to level up much during the day with the support of Shana and Carina. So this night, when there are so many monsters, is the perfect time to level up.

“I thought about going. But if I’m in any kind of danger, it’s you or Sophia who can come to my rescue. If that happens, we’ll have a lot fewer people here. Besides, I’m not as good at stealth as you are, so when I come back, I’ll probably bring the monsters with me without realizing it, so I won’t go.”

“Well, that’s good…”

I was in no position to stop Elira if she wanted to go too, since I had entered the deep forest alone, albeit for reconnaissance. So I was in a hurry inside, wondering what I would do if she wanted to go.

“Oh, You’re worried about me?”

“Of course I am.”

Elira said this to me in a teasing way, but I would normally be worried. Even though it was pitch black and visibility was poor, a large number of monsters that I had never seen before would appear. Even if it is just the two of us, Sophie and I, who are going into the deep forest, it’s dangerous to be careless.

“Fufu… Thank you.”

On the watch from then on, there were a good number of times when the monsters would come close to us. At those times, Carina wouldn’t level up, but me and Elira would take care of the monsters before they knew we were there.

“Carina, go wake up Sophie and Shana.”

“I’m on it.”

Then, an hour before I was supposed to wake them up, I asked Carina to wake up Sophie and Shana.

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