“Annoying.”Yu said that and started

“Annoying.”

Yu said that and started running zigzag in the forest. Despite it being full of trees and obstacle, his speed was increasing even further as if he was running on flat ground.

“Do you have a stomach ache?”

Joseph quickly cought up to him and asked while grinning. He noticed that maybe Yu was running away from Moran but he really didn’t need to quicken up his pace so suddenly. Nina and Lalit noticed that and chased after Yu and Joseph with Moran. Marifa followed behind with Suke and Coro.

“…Kuro-chan, you’re not going to go after them?”

Since Lena’s physical ability was lower than them, she gave up on chasing them and walked normally.
“Yu-sama instructed me to stick with Lena-san.”

Memetto and Ann were surprised that Kuro could speak.

After Yu ran for about 10 minutes he saw three shadows, around 200 meters ahead, running towards them.

“What? A child and her mother?”

Two of the shadows belonged to them while the other one was the form of a monster.

“They are being chased by a 「Steel Spider」!”

“Darn it!”

Joseph and Lalit could grasp the gravity of the situation. No matter what they did, even with their speed, the most they could cover was only a third of the distance. The running child tripped forward and the contents of the basket that she carried fell out.

“The herbs!”

While she tried to collect the herbs on the ground, the [Steel Spider] approached from behind. It was 2m long monster, as if it came from a horror movie. The mother immediately came and protected her daughter.

“Darn it! There’s not enough time.”

Lalit and Joseph were heading towards the 「Steel Spider」but it was already moving its front leg toward the mother and daughter pair. They could only imagine the next scene in their mind.

Suddenly, *swish* a flying object moving at high speed flew past Joseph and Lalit. It hit the 「Steel Spider」and drilled a hole right in the middle of its head. The hole pierced trough the head of the 「Steel Spider」and continued to its stomach. After a few moments being frozen in place its body convulsed a few times. Joseph looked back and asked.

“Yu, was that you?”

“As I thought, 《Stone Bullet》 is a convenient spell.”

The object that flew past Lalit and Joseph was the 《Stone Bullet》that Yu cast.

“That was pretty impressive. Not only can you use that spell so accurately from this distance, you can also find them in your 【Awareness】range.” (Joseph)

“Whoa! As expected from someone who defeated me. 「Steel Spider」is a rank 4 monster but you can defeat it with only 《Stone Bullet》.” Moran had caught up with them and started complimenting excitedly.

Yu headed towards the mother and daughter pair and started to treat their wounds.

“Thank you! Thank you!” the mother bowed down and gace her thanks many times. She hugged her child tightly in her arms.

“Brother, thank you.”

“Yo, finally someone called you brother.” Joseph couldn’t read the air and said that teasingly.

“Even so, this is the first time I met「Steel Spider」wandering around the 「Forest of Marma」.” (Joseph)

“Yes, usually we come to this place to gather herbs but we’ve never met that monster before. Even goblins rarely come to this place.”(Mother)

“If that is the case, it is better to escort you out of the forest.”(Yu)

“Wait, how many hours would that take.? Do you think that we can wait for you to come back?” (Joseph)

“Then I’ll just abandon the quest. About the promotion, I will take it later. You can just move ahead without me.” (Yu)

Yu then applied 【Enchant Magic】on the mother and daughter to increase their physical ability.

“You know, I think it would better if we finished this quest together.” (Eckart)

“I’m of the same opinion as Eckart.” (Lalit)

“I don’t want to side with you but I agee.” (Moran)

“Tch, you are all idiots. So what should we do about it? Should we just wait here like idiots?”(Joseph)

“I hate waiting.” Siam said that but he continued: “But as a noble it is my duty to protect the citizen. Isn’t that right?”

To his question, his lackeys could only nod and stay silent. After all, the group had decided to wait for Yu .

“Memetto, is there a way to increase the range of 【Awareness】or any other skill to search this far?”

“I never heard of that. Also, that boy can use 【Black magic】, 【White magic】, and 【Enchant magic】 as well.”

“Maybe it’s his job? A 『Wizard』is able to do that right?”