*NOTE*
Sorry for my absence, I didn't feel so good for the past few days and I quite bussy with my works.
At first I don't want to put any romance in this series, but it's quite odd to be honest, should I put it but not like collecting harem, just a casual romance or shouldn't I?
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4 hours has been passed since the powerhouse team departing, I asked Noelle to cut some trees for the barricades, I put them near the entrance of the forest, near the outside village of Springvale, near the Temple of Falcon where the team goes that way, and lastly right on the three-way junction in front of Mondstadt bridge.
Noelle's strength is really awesome, she said she is a Geo Vision bearer that have a strength and defense buff, really reminds me of Darkness. And you know what? She swing that claymore like stick and picked up the woods like a clay, by the way we aren't doing this alone, there is some guys with green clothes helped us set up the barricades near the bridge, and there is someone odd in that group, he said.
"I won't helping you untill my food is here, if the food is delivered, I will complain the food is already cold and too late, I'll still eat them tho." what a dead weight, even his fellow adventures are disgusted by his behavior.
I kick his ass and tie him up on the stake.
"Umm, bro, what are you doing?" someone asked me that.
"Meat shie- I mean a bait for the monsters."
When I saw the one who asked me that question, he have a scared expression, the boy with gray ashes colour with sleeveless leather jacket with knee length pants and body with quite a few of scars mark, wait, maybe our age is quite similar.
"Ah, sorry, my name is Bennet, the Adventurer of Mondstadt, mostly I did the solo quest." he introduced himself.
My danger sense is triggered just by standing near him. I stepped a few meters from him.
"Eh? Nothing happened yet and you already keep your distance from me bro." he said with a melancholy smile.
"I'm not your brother but I can feel something going to happen if I keep standing ther-" *thunk!
"- ouch! Where is that rock coming from?"
Jackpot.
"Oh, hello there- "General Kenobi" -???... Bennett-san. Umm Kazuma-sama, who is General Kenobi?"
"Hello Noelle, Kazuma-sama? Are you Noelle's master?"
"For now, no- I just playing with you Noelle-chan, you must respond like that if someone saying 'hello there' in my hometown." of course that was a BS of me.
"Is that so Kazuma-sama? By the way Bennett-san is an excelent adventurer in the Mondstadt."
"Ehehe~, My name is Bennett, the leader of Benny Adventurer Party!"
"Hee~, I'm Kazuma, a traveler. Where is the rest of your party member?"
"It's only me!" really? Then I heard something disturbing from the adventurers not quite far from me.
"Ah, that cursed child is here."
"Uwah, you are right, that child of misfortune is here, should we go?"
"We should, I don't want anything bad happenned just by standing near him."
"How about the commission from the guild?"
"We can ditch it to them, no one gonna notice us anyway."
"Maybe you are right, let's go."
Really? I can remember who they are, it's for their own city but they did that?
"Are you fine with that Benny?" I asked this young boy.
"Ahaha, I'm used to that kind of things." he replied with a sad smile.
"No shit, I'm already used to a party full of misfortune. I don't mind working with you." I'm so kind.
"Is that suppposed to cheer me up? Why I feel like you trash talking me more than them?"
"Its just your imagination, is all of the adventurers like that? Wait, you are one of them too."
"No, I had some friends who sometimes helped me in some quest, unfortunately they are doing a quest far from mondstadt or stand by in the curch."
"Ah, are talking about Prinzessin der Verurteilung, Miss Astrologist and Miss Deaconess?" Noelle answer Benny.
"Yeah them"
"Prinzen- what? Astrologist? and the Deaconess you mean Barbara?" what kind of name is that.
"Ah, Fischl always call herself like that, the astrologist Mona is at the Thousand Wind Temple, and for the Deaconess, yes, it is Barbara. Sometimes they accompanied me in some of commission appointed to me."
"She called herself that? I see, she is that kind of people huh."
""Huh??""
"No, nothing, I has a companion like her that call herself The Crimson Demon Clan."
"Sounds like Prinzessin."
"Yeah, Fischl like sounding name."
We keep chatting while working on barricade and traps, these two didn't know that trap can be installed using magic, well, if I had some time I would make pitfall with stakes. The sun has set it self and night is coming, most of adventurers are went to their own home, are they that carefree? The guard is, nothing different than yesterday.
As I sat down while keep my [enemy detection], Benny is polishing his sword and checking his sling shot, quite unique choice of ranged weapon, Noelle preparing some pancake and tea for us, she can cook this using that bonfire and iron pot? Awesome.
Thanks to the Tea that Noelle served, my body feel quite warm in this chilly night, well, the wind is still going crazy sometimes, luckily our barricade and my traps are fine. By the way, Benny's fried sunny side eggs are quite tasty, most people prefered their eggs not fried with oil and keep the yolk 'medium rare', I'm fine with whatever as long the food is tasty tho.
My [enemy detection] rang off like someone spamming the bell. With a haste I jump to the top of the tallest tree around here.
"YAA! KUNDALA! IKA!!!!
A cry of something can be heard from where I sat.
"Its the Hilichurls!"
"They are coming-!!!!! There are army of Hilichirls! The number are- around 100 Hilichurls with variant!" The guards at the top of fort shout out to the defense teams below.
I observe the army of Hilichurl, "I can see some of them using shield and club, the big guys with shields and some with giant axe, a blue and green individuals with staff, brown, blue and red individuals with crossbows, some are unarmed but their colors are brown and red." I reported to anyone near me.
"Damn it, I don't know we are lucky or not that there aren't any Lawachurls, so its some Hilichurls, Samachurls, and Mitachurls. 100 of them is sounds like they prepared to going on war toward Mondstadt."
"Dear Barbatos, why did this happenned whenn the acting grand master and captain not here."
These guards really grind my gears.
"Shut it old pops! Are you the proud Knight of Favonius? Don't falter just from this! You all haven't drowning in the pond full of poison or kicked around and stepped by hundreds of runnning lizard haven't you? Just shut up and protect the gate!"
I won't hold back here, I don't care if they cussed me.
"Benny! You go as vanguard!, Noelle! Support him but don't go too far from him! I'll be a ranger from here and provide support to both of you!"
"Understood!"
"Hehe, It's Adventure time!"
[Create Arrow]!
[Snipe] [Snipe] x 5
fwoosh fwooosh stab! slab! slab! slab!
"Whoaaah, what a great marksmanship, all of them right on the heads!" praise me more!
"I won't lose to you! Passion Overload! Chaaaaarge!" calm down young man!
"Bennett-san, I wil cover you! Breastplate activated!" there are shield surrounding Noelle's whole body, dang, that looks so cool!
BHOOOOM!!!
"Whoooooaaaaah!" what the hell!!!! his skill have a recoil or something? It's good that he create a small explosion but, he blast himself too.
After Benny blast himself, Noelle charged at the small one that using small shield and clubs, they staggered back from Noelle's attack, but the big one with great shield isn't affected at all.
"Fantastic Voyage! Burn their shield first! or strike them from behind!" nice cover Benny!
Did I mention the enemy came from the forest side? No? I just said that but.
"Enemy incoming from the east! 20 Hilichurls!!!" I let the guards and other adventurers take care of that side, there are only the small one over there, no biggie.
"[Elemental Arrow] hmmm, how to use it, how about [Embed : Lightning] ah I did it."
[Snipe]
BHOOOOOOM!!!
"What was that? Elemental reaction?"
"The hell was that Kazuma!? Are you a Electro Vision user like Fischl?"
"No, I'm not Vision user, nevermind that, watch your 9!"
"Geh, Axe Mitachurl, can you shoot that again? The Overload reaction is good for the crowded enemies like this."
"I can shoot 9 more arrows, just do your thing, I'll try to cover both of you."
"Understood! Sweeping Time!" Wow, glowing claymore, she is a full tanker huh.
Noelle can take care of 10-20 enemies on her own, Benny with 10-15 enemies, and me with 3 enemy per second, fortunately the road is not large, so we are not surrounded with enemies all at one but wait for them after sweeped one with another wave.
100 vs 3 and 20 vs 15 I really want to say we are in the disadvantage first but looking at this situation.
"That was pretty easy huh, I hope this is the last one."
"Nooooo! Don't say that cursed words, Benny!!!!" goddamn it!
"Huh??? what's the problem?"
"3 Ruin Guards Incoming from south!!!" the watchguard informed us.
"What? 3 at the same time?" I don't know what he mean by that, but I can guess they are a tough opponents, and, see? like I said before, the flag is real.