After a day of training, there were already a ton of corpses all around me. Well, that expression is incorrect since nobody is dead around me. Just in a state close to it.
The Water Hero and his companions attacked me the fiercest in the beginning. As a result, all of their equipment is broken. Of course, most of it is fixable, but it would be better to sell them to get something better. At that time, I'll give them a small discount as a reward for their perseverance.
In the wake of the Water Hero, Rock Hero and his company hit pretty hard, and their equipment broke as well. I'll help him, too, to make allowances for the new equipment, we had the benefit of a good spar.
As expected from the strongest of the heroes in terms of physical attack. I was pretty surprised that, by using a time interval between his comrades' coordinated attack, I was dealt a powerful blow by his [Steel Hammer Isunbaru]. That was even a little painful.
As for the Dark Hero and her team, who were trying to attack my blind spots, their equipment has suffered considerably less. In some sense, it is quite natural, given that they were almost never in a frontal attack, waiting for the moments when all my attacks were concentrated on the others. But it was quite troublesome when they sprinkled me with annoyingly accurate attacks.
I am by far more powerful than them, but the constant attacks from the darkness by the Dark Hero was quite dangerous. However, the most problematic opponent was neither the Water Hero nor the Rock Hero, but the Wood Hero. When I initially observed Wood Hero and her team, all of their stats were at a fairly high level, but most of all, their defense attribute stands out.
Thanks to her protection, support for the comrades at the right time, skills, and vast experience, she was able to fend off my attacks so I didn't get a chance to deal with the other [Characters].
Of course, it was only training, so I did not hit seriously, but the protection of several layers of wood had sufficient strength to hold off my attacks for a couple of seconds.
A couple of seconds is not much, but for the heroes, this time, was sufficient to escape. Without the experience of battling in large groups, there were holes in their defense. But the Wood Hero covers this disadvantage.
She is not only experienced in battle, but is also an excellent commander. Apparently, the title of the strongest among [The Four Heroes] is not just a title. Well, even with their efforts, they still could not beat me. As expected, I still took a lot of attacks, but I did not receive any fatal wounds. Most of them were at a level such that I healed them in the duration of the fight.
If I was serious, the result would be quite different, but because this is training, I held back. That's just how fierce they were. This was probably the first time after becoming a Fierce God that I had moved so much in a while so for me, it was also a very productive day.
Editor note: The author forgot the battle in the Funeral Volcano with Minokichi...
Whatever happened, after a series of battles and exercises, the job was completed. During the battle, the naturally appearing crowd of monsters perished quickly from the shock waves that came from the battlefield. The unexpected increase in experience, of course, was part of my calculations, but the amount that I got was more than expected.
So, the training is over and the best way to celebrate is, well, food. The best time to eat is after a workout. I have personal experience with this, so it is an undeniable truth.
Since I still have a mountain of food, including the Dragon Empress' body, it was decided to use ingredients extracted in the dungeons. Quality is of course quality, and we were lucky, as the Wood Hero has the profession [Royal Chef] - the highest level of the profession [Chef]. The peculiarity of this profession is bonuses in cooking from rare ingredients, and her appearance during the cooking process was kind of majestic. Because of that, I placed some hope on her cooking.
While the food is being prepared, I decided to start with the booze. Of course, the drink I obtained for the completion of [History] was not served, but apart from that, I still have a lot of other brands. I took barrels of liquor out of the item box steadily and decided to have them drink it freely. It seems that Rock Hero in particular is enjoying the liquor. Because I would be enjoying dragon meat dishes, I rolled the Gambling Dice. Unfortunately, the roll was an unlucky one.
Because there is no effect this time, I decided to enjoy the food even more. To summarize the banquet, the dragon meat was yummy! Coming from the hands of the [Royal Chef], eating the meat of the dragon is even tastier than before.
Light is released unintentionally by a mouth and eyes; even if I reacted like that, it would not be mysterious at all. After my consciousness returned to my body after having a flavorful trip in my brain, I tried scouting the cook but I was disappointingly declined. Well, there's no helping it then.
Leaving attempts to describe its taste aside, I tried to eat as much as possible. It is good to know that the other members of the company were also eating without any constraint. After all, a moment of carelessness would lead to clean plates.
I still had a mountain of ingredients, but they were so delicious, the more you eat, the more you want. Even if there is a lot of food, we cannot relax. While we enjoyed the food and drink I caught sight of the Water Hero, sitting in a corner and muttering something under his breath. During the banquet, he became even gloomier than Dark Hero, so the Rock Hero poured him a drink.
Apparently the Water Hero is quite weak to alcohol, and with a flushed face after drinking one cup, he pulled back the booze. After a brief struggle, and a pair of bottles, it turned out that he was getting drunk. Not that I was very interested in that matter, as no matter how drunk the Water Hero was, he was left in the care of his friends.
After that, we, together with Redhead and company, enjoyed a delicious meal. The Dark Hero topped up my drink, and, with the Wood Hero, we talked about the Great Forest (apparently they have some relationship with Father Elf... its a small world). I also instructed Auro and Argento who were enjoying hunting down monsters that sprang up from time to time.
In the evening, the banquet was over. Just like how we came, we left the dungeon individually, and then assembled together, and returned to the Royal Capital in the Skeleton Centipede.
I was tired, but today was a very productive day. Tomorrow, I plan to visit several[Age of the Gods Dungeons], and from there, we'll come back to the base in the Kuuderun Great Forest, where I plan to hold a general training session to strengthen the troops there.