Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

Chapter 69: Seeking the source and hunting.

Winter is very cold.

Before long, the 'Blood Lake' was frozen.

By the lake, Alan and Paul squatted as if they were taking a shit, looking at the holes cut through the snow in front of them where the monsters had left.

"windy."

Alan placed his hand on the hole for a while, then looked at Paul with a serious expression.

The latter scratched his head.

"Ah? Is there any?"

"Yes, very faint, but my 'current sense' tells me there is wind."

Paul's mouth twitched when he heard this.

"I still find it hard to believe that your self-created secret technique actually combines one of the five secret techniques of the Water God Style. You even mastered it completely two months ago. If you continue like this, you can't be called a Water Sage if you have two more secret techniques. If you know three, you will be qualified as a Water God, right? You can return to the Water God Style headquarters and be crowned as a Water God directly?"

Alan glanced at Paul, whose eyelids were half drooping, and realized that the other party needed to say some nonsense to distract himself from his sleepy mental state.

"I came to the Mizugami-ryu Dojo when I was four years old. From the moment I saw Leta release the 'sensation flow', I have been thinking about learning it all the time. I don't know how many times I have watched it over the years, but it is only now that I have fully mastered it. How can it be as simple as my uncle said?"

"According to what you said, I also suddenly realized the silent sword, how come I don't know the light sword now?"

Paul rubbed the dark circles under his eyes and felt that what Alan said was unreasonable.

"Huh? I don't even know how to do this. Where can you learn from me?"

Alan's eyes lit up, and he bent down and reached his hand into a dark hole at his feet. Under Paul's surprised gaze, he took out a saw-spurred rabbit.

It's dead.

His body was covered with wedge-shaped tooth marks and bloody holes the size of fingernails sunk deep into his flesh.

Sylphyroltz and Rudy who were standing nearby came over.

It is worth mentioning that after the three of them reunited with Allen, although their eyes each contained some "stories", they did not ask about Roxy again, which made Allen breathe a sigh of relief.

Alan pointed at the Sawtooth Rabbit's almost completely eaten lower body and the densely packed bloody holes near its head.

"The giant rat ate the lower body, and the forest snake ate the brain of the upper body. The two monsters had been fighting for it for a while, but I scared them away and left the bodies behind. No one took them away."

"The marks on the lower body are consistent with the characteristics of giant rats. Their teeth are very hard and they like to gnaw off bones together. But..."

Alan squeezed the Saw-Torn Rabbit's neck with his fingers, and blood mixed with ice was squeezed out of the bloody hole on the side of its face.

Rudy's eyes widened when he heard this.

"This is."

When Sylphy heard the noise, she finally moved her gaze from Alan's face to look at the rabbit corpse.

"The teeth of a forest snake are hollow and it likes blood, but this corpse still has blood. This does not conform to the hunting habits of a forest snake."

Alan stretched out his hand and stroked the fur on the rabbit's neck. Tiny pieces of ice turned into ice chips and fell around him.

"It's the mucus of a forest snake. It's competing with me for food. Normally, the forest snake should suck the blood first, but it seems to prefer flesh and blood."

Rudy tilted his head.

"Pork?"

Alan ignored him and squeezed the rabbit corpse again. Looking at the blood which was not very sticky, he made a judgment after exchanging a glance with Paul.

"There is no lack of water in the body. There are gathering places of monsters near running water."

Rudy blinked.

"Isn't that right? Of course there's no shortage of water when it snows, right?"

Hearing this, Alan reached out and stirred the blood on the ground and said to Rudy.

"Replenishing water by eating snow requires eating small amounts multiple times. Eating a lot at once will cause severe hypothermia and sudden death. Monsters are smart and not stupid. But this rabbit's blood is not thick at all, proving that it replenished a large amount of living water at once a few hours ago, and not by eating snow."

Alan turned to look at Paul, who was looking towards the forest with a serious expression.

"Well, uncle, do you have any clues?"

Under the slightly solemn gaze of Lorz, Paul pointed to the deep forest in the northeast, his voice a little hoarse. "Twenty kilometers away, there is a valley with a geothermal lake."

He turned to look at Allen, and after hesitating for a while, he asked.

"Do you really want to go?"

Alan smiled with his eyes narrowed.

"This is the quickest way to solve the problem once and for all. Staying here for a whole winter is not a good idea. If I get worn out like you, uncle, and the monster tide hasn't receded by then, it will be troublesome."

As soon as these words fell, Rudy, who was still a little confused, reacted and his face turned pale.

Why are there so many monsters coming? That's because they multiplied too much last year. So was Alan's repulsion effective?
no effect.

The number of kills was far from enough, the monster simply misjudged Allen's attack as some kind of natural disaster.

They will come back.

Then Alan's meaning was clear: instead of passively staying in this bad weather and waiting for the monsters to come again, it would be better to take advantage of this time when he has the most energy -

If we kill the monsters at the most concentrated gathering point and use the 'avalanche crash' a few more times, we may kill more monsters than if we wait here for more than ten days or even a month. But the killing range of Alan's move is not that large, not as good as a large-scale magic. Wait, wouldn't we kill more monsters if we use magic?
Thinking of this, Rudy finally realized why Allen had to pretend to explain for so long. He stiffened his neck and slowly turned his head to look at Allen.

Alan looked at Rudy with sparkling eyes.

Allen has spread out the map of Yan State for too long.
Rudy instantly understood the meaning of Allen's expression, and he opened his mouth with difficulty trying to struggle again.

"I've never killed a monster before. I'm still a few months away from turning seven."

Alan smiled brightly back at him.

"What a coincidence, it's my first time too."

Rudy was stunned.

Afterwards, Paul and Roltz discussed for a long time and decided that this time they had to do this to clear out the monsters. If they dragged their feet again this year, or retreated further to ensure they had the energy to engage in a defensive tug-of-war, then there would be another wave of monsters next year, and the number of monsters would definitely be more than this year.

The two initially agreed to Allen's suggestion.

But they were still worried about letting a few "children" accomplish this task alone, so they decided to have Paul accompany the group.

But this decision brings up a new problem: who will be in charge of the protective net at the edge of the forest?

Under such circumstances, Paul and Senis, as the former S-level adventurer team's main C and main healer, would definitely be more suitable for one person to hold the line on each side.

But Senis needed to look after the children.

Therefore, the final plan is as follows:

Wait for the monster to come next time, and after repelling it, immediately remove the protective net, retreat to the outskirts of the forest, and set up the net in a position where the villagers can barely cope.

then
Taking advantage of the monster's breathing time.

Take to the opponent's lair and strangle them.

Staffing:

Senior swordsman, Paul——leads the way.

Water Saint, Allen - flank cover, protection function.

Hunter, Roltz - scout, logistical support, road recorder.

Senior magician, Sylphy, Water Saint magician, Rudy——Middle abdomen, firepower output.

Finally, three hours later, the monster attacked again.

This time, with the help of Rudy's magic, the monsters retreated even faster.

Dismantle the net, retreat, and re-tie the net.

Everything goes according to plan.

In the afternoon, the wind and snow died down, and the sun dyed the white snow in the forest golden.