章 22: Quest?

"Kanike, let's hurry and find a quest! One with lots of weak monsters! I want to test the power of my new staff!"

Meguma said suddenly. Yeah.

"You are right, when we were hunting the zombie maker, I didn't have time to test out my new skills. Let's find a safe and simple quest."

"No, let's find a quest that can earn lots of money! I cleared my tabs, so I don't even have money for food today!"

"No, let's find one with strong enemies! One with monsters that have strong attacks and are tough as nails…!"

Hey, there should be a limit on how disunited a party could be.

"Anyway, let's decide after looking at the bulletin board."

Everyone followed my suggestion and moved to the bulletin board. And…

"… Weird? Why are there so few requests?"

That's right, the board was usually full of request. But there were only a few today. Also…

"Kanike! Pick this one, this one! A giant bear showed up in the mountains, its name is black fang…"

"Rejected! Hey, what is this? Why are there only high difficulty quests left!?"

That's right, all the quests left on the board were beyond our capabilities. As we were filled with doubt, a staff member came to us.

"I am sorry… A boss of the demon army seemed to have moved into a small castle near town… It might had been the influence of the demon army, but the weak monsters in the region had all laid low, resulting in a drastic drop in quests. A band of knights dispatched from the capital would be here next month to take out the boss. But before that, there are only high difficulty quests left…"

When she heard the staff member say that, the penniless Terly screamed.

"Why—?"

…Even I was feeling sympathetic towards Terly.

"Really… Why did he picked this moment to move here! I don't know what this boss is, but it better watch out if it is an undead!"

Terly complained in tears as she browsed through the employment magazine. The other adventurers were feeling the same and seemed really down. There were more people getting drunk in broad daylight. I don't know why the boss chose to move here. Frankly speaking, the adventurers in this town were about our level. There were many parties stronger than us, but their powers were still limited.

This is the first town novice Adventurers visits, a place for the beginners to learn the basics. In game terms, a demon king boss should be characters that appears towards the end. We had a hard time fighting toads, there was no way we could take on the boss no matter how many of us there were.