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

Chapter 70: What is at the bottom of the mountain?
The sun was already hovering over the hills.

After an hour of rapid march, the gradually dimming sunlight shone on the faces of everyone in the hunting team, and their solemn expressions almost overflowed from their expressions.

Allen, Paul and his group were standing on a tall tree. Monsters kept jumping up from under the tree, but before they could reach them, they were cut into pieces by the sword light that swept through the air.

The red snow beneath the trees was dark and filthy.

On the side of the trees, the mountains cascade down along the ridges on both sides, and what comes into view is a deep valley.

The valley was surrounded by rugged peaks, and the only passage to the outside world was a "pocket" with a small opening. The crowd was on the hillside of this only opening.

Looking down the mountainside into the valley, there was overflowing silver water, which constantly created waves and dazzled everyone's eyes.

As Alan stared with narrowed eyes, the scene in the valley became clear.

The surging waves beat against the bottom of the valley and rushed towards where the few people were.

That was not a stream of water, but a dense mass of monsters. The monsters came one after another, and the snow beneath them flew into the air.

Alan looked at the small, calm puddle in the middle of the valley that blended into the sea of ​​monsters. That was the geothermal lake that Paul mentioned.

Rudy and Sylphy's faces were already pale.

"It seems we have been discovered. Monsters are flocking here."

“That’s obvious.”

As Alan spoke, he swung the blade in his hand, turning the monster that was climbing up the tree trunk into bloody foam.

They had encountered several groups of monsters ten minutes ago, and when they arrived at the valley of the geothermal lake, the monsters continued to attack them.

Obviously, they had been discovered long ago.

Alan looked at Paul, who had a serious expression on his face.

"There are more monsters than we thought, but it's a good thing we were discovered."

Rudy looked at Allen in horror and was about to refute when he heard Paul's voice in his ear.

“In a sense, it is.”

There was a stunned look on his face.

"What do you mean by feeling like being discovered is a good thing?"

Alan pointed his finger at the dense tide of monsters pouring into the valley, then turned to look at Rudy.

"What's at the bottom of the mountain?"

Rudy's eyes widened. He subconsciously felt that this line sounded familiar, but at this point he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

"The bottom of the mountain? The monster's lair?"

"The bottom of the mountain is our goal. Now, even without us reaching their lair, the monsters are constantly attacking the hillside. In this case..."

His words were still ringing in Rudy's ears, but his steps were already beyond the tree trunk.

Alan suddenly fell off the tree trunk, and Rudy was so scared that he hurriedly looked down following Alan's figure.

But he was seen stepping into the gap among the monsters on the ground under the tree, and casually swinging the blade beside his body.

The knife speed is very slow.

But powerful enough!
Instantly! Layers of air waves swept out from his feet! They undulated in a wave-like manner and swept around. The monster was blown into pieces by the wind and flew aside. The second half of his sentence fell into Rudy's ears and exploded in his heart.

"We don't even have to get close to the target. We just need to hold this hillside and kill all the monsters that come rushing in to complete the plan. Isn't that a good thing, Rudy?"

Paul squinted at Allen's figure, and the fatigue on his face seemed to have dissipated a lot. He jumped off the tree trunk with a smile, turned his head and spoke to Rudy above his head.

"Rudy, change the plan! Change the attack formation to a defensive formation. Alan and I will strangle the attacking monsters, and you will release magic on the tree to suppress the monsters with firepower. The duration is one hour! By then, we can decide whether to leave or continue to strangle the monsters based on your physical strength, magic power, and the number of monsters killed! Don't be afraid. Although there are many monsters, they are all of low level. In one hour, Alan and I will have enough physical support to lead you out."

Rudy was stunned for a moment before he realized that they were not in the woods outside the village just now - Paul and Allen needed to take into account the protective net, the villagers, and the village outside the forest. They had to defend their position to the death and were therefore restricted in their actions. This made it seem a bit "difficult" to clear out the monsters.

But the situation now is - several people are in a valley far away from the village. Without the village's protective network and villagers as "hostages", for Alan and Paul, dealing with a group of D-level monsters is just like two human lawn mowers walking in the park to mow the grass. If it weren't for the issue of lawn mower fuel consumption, they could even completely flatten the so-called monster tide in the valley with just the two of them.

One was a senior swordsman from a third-rate school, a former S-class adventurer who was in charge of attacking the enemy. What kind of maze had he not seen? And in the maze, there were many scenes of monster tides.

One was a newly minted Water Saint Swordsman. Rudy still remembered that after Paul and Allen competed a few months ago, he didn't even touch the corner of the other's clothes. Afterwards, when Paul made a solemn guess and Allen nodded in agreement, he was deeply shocked by the native genius of the sword and magic world.

What is there to worry about?
Monster tide?
Just a little bit of wind and frost.

At most, in an hour, Allen and Paul could still take a few people and run away, right? Could these D-level monsters still stop these two people?
Rudy's expression improved when he thought of this. He turned his head to look at Sylphy and found that she was also slowly recovering from her shock and was now looking at him.

Rudy grinned.

"Then let's proceed according to the plan that Paul arranged on the way. I have to say, this is the experience of adventurers. When dealing with monsters, magic can be used so flexibly. Not only for attack, but also for building fortresses."

"Earth spikes! Ice field!"

Huge circles of sharp earth ridges protruded from the ground, surrounding the ground under the tree where everyone was, which had been cleared by Alan and Paul, forming an open-air "war fortress". Paul and Alan immediately jumped onto the earth ridges and slaughtered the monsters that kept pouring in from under the fortress like cutting wheat.

Inside the fortress, the blood mixed with the monster corpses on the ground instantly froze into thick ice. This was to defend against monsters that might be dug up from the ground.

Rudy looked up and spread his palms in front of him, and the advanced water magic that Loki had taught him came to his mind.

"Ice Spear Blowing Snow!"

Straight ice spears condensed in the air around him from all directions, and exploded from his sides the moment they formed, piercing through the air and silently rushing out into the monsters in the distance.

The monsters were pierced by the ice spears like a string of candied haws, and often more than a dozen monsters would die with one swipe of the ice spear.

It is worth mentioning that the powerful fire magic had been banned before everyone arrived, because the explosion could easily cause an avalanche, so Rudy had been using water magic that would not produce too much sound.

Thanks to Rudy's massive magic power and careful combat arrangements, the one responsible for protecting Sylphy didn't even have many opportunities to cast magic.

ten minutes.

twenty minutes.

half an hour.

One hour.

As evening approaches, the hillside from the valley to the cliff has changed color.

It's hard to tell it's blood.

Or a glimpse of the sunset.

　Don't worry, it won't be a group of bored people defeating monsters to pass the level.

　　After 2-3 days, the climax of the infancy period is pulled up.

　　It's absolutely beautiful! (patting his chest)
　　I must come and read it tomorrow!!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)