Volume 11, Chapter 31 - Three Men in the Mountain
Although I didn't know what was happening, I understood one thing, we needed to get to that cave before someone else does.
After all, when you don't know what to do, wherever there is movement, there is an opportunity. Of course, at such a time, you must unceremoniously get ahead of others.
After rushing towards the direction of the explosion for a while we finally arrived at the cave entrance, and as far as I could see, there was still smoke there.
But...
Obviously, it seemed that some of the more awesome guys have already arrived. Judging by their rank, these guys were pretty remarkable.
With one of them, we're kind of old acquaintances.
Gongxi Jinsheng.
Retreat LV78
Neutral - Daoist - Jindan Stage - Tianxin Swordsman - Demon Hunter - Master of Gongxi Family - Second Master of Tianxinmen
Sinead Turner.
Double Swordsman - Monster Hunter LV82
Neutral - Skilled - Demon Slayer - Beast Catcher - Item Maker - One Hit Kill - Blasphemer - Earth Dragon Slayer
Yangping Island
Fencing Master LV86
Neutral - Fierce - Swordsman - Murderer - Destroyer - One Hit Kill - Blasphemer - Wanted - Demon Hunter
One of the remaining men was a great acquaintance of ours, Uncle George.
"Yo."
I waved to Uncle George and the other guy looked a little embarrassed. He looked at me and then at Sally next to me.
"I think… you guys were pretty fast"
"No, no, no, you're faster, I'm not faster at all. Of course, it means two things."
"Uh-oh! Teacher, you're getting started too!"
Alexia, who was next to me, looked at me with an appreciative face and said.
"Don't look at me like that, I'm a decent person." I said seriously.
"Tch~" Alexia skirted off to the side.
Uncle George, who was also old enough to know what we were talking about, laughed bitterly and said:
"I didn't think you'd actually be able to get Sally to come out, but I guess you kind of knew?"
"Well? What do I know? Sally? What?"
I looked at Sally with a puzzled look, and Sally smiled innocently as well.
"I don't know~"
"..."
Uncle George broke out in cold sweat and coughed, saying.
"Oh, it looks like nothing is wrong, everything is just fine."
But apparently, the other two people's eyes were not right. After all, they had just each other when they came here and now that they saw so many of us, and that we were involved with Uncle George, it made them feel stressed all of a sudden.
Really, we're just kids~ Don't look at us like that~.
And one of them seems to be… I've never met him but it seems to be related, right?
"This over here is Mr. Island, I believe?" I said to the uncle dressed as a ronin.
The man was clearly surprised and looked at me quizzically.
"Have we… met?"
"Not really, but I've met Island Senbon and Island Celebrity, on an exchange to the Academy earlier."
"You're..."
The other sized me up and asked me a question.
"You're...Lin Fir?"
"Ah, it seems that they did mention me."
"That's not the case. Because they almost transferred you to the Western Continent to learn magic, saying that your magic is amazing. Really, isn't it just relying on natural elements? Learning swordsmanship is the real deal."
"What about forgetting to bring your sword?"
"..."
The other thought about it and said.
"Forgetting to bring his sword was his personal fault. It has nothing to do with strength."
Well said, I've never seen such a brazen person before.
However, after I said that, the one remaining person became embarrassed, and when I looked at him, the other party seemed to be wearing an expectant look.
Fuck, do you want that?! At least you're a demon hunter, can’t you learn from a certain silver ponytailed man?
You may be a short-haired blond, but you're at least a scarred, aged man, can't you look a little more serious?
Hey, nevermind, it's nice to have another hard worker anyway, so I walked towards him and said:
"Mr. Turner?"
"Yes yes yes! That’s me!"
What are you so excited about, I just saw it from your title, I don't really know you.
But tempted by the prospect of getting a nice little peon, I continued.
"I remember… you once killed an Earth dragon, right? You're here to challenge the flying dragon this time, right?"
"That's right." The other nodded incessantly.
I turned to the crowd.
"Well, I have a proposal here, how about we go in together and find out what's going on? After all, I'm a band student, and you guys, although you all have your own strengths, don't have absolute confidence in facing a dragon that hasn't appeared on Earth for a long time, do you? I suppose some people might just come to explore, but you know, a dragon is not something that distinguishes what you're here to do, so it's more secure if we go together, isn't it?"
The three of them looked at each other, and Uncle George nodded first.
"I'm fine with that. After all, protecting Sally is one of our daily tasks."
Hey? I just saw a smirk on Sally's lips, and on closer inspection she looks like she's smiling again.
However I don't think it's an illusion.
"I… it doesn't matter. After all I'm just here to see how the dragons in the west are different from the dragons in the east." Mr. Island said the same.
Oh, a three-year-old wouldn't believe it.
"Well, me too, to be honest. I've been here for over a week now, and I haven't found anything, only today there was movement. So well, it's good to have help."
Mr. Turner said the same, but that surprised me a bit... a week? The dragon isn't really asleep, is it?
Well no matter what, let's go in first and see.
Having said that, with the three masters as the vanguard, we entered the cave where the explosion went off.