Simulation: Starting from Under One Person

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When Kazuma Sato and Aqua arrived at the Adventurers' Guild, they were greeted by a group of people enthusiastically discussing a story.

"What are they talking about?" Filled with curiosity, after receiving the money from selling the giant frog, he went over to eavesdrop for a while and learned a little...

At first, he thought the story was a bit far-fetched.

After listening for a while, he wondered, "Aren't you worried that Fang Rui will beat you up for making such a fuss about him?"

Without listening any further, Kazuma Sato prepared to go to the bathhouse. Every time he fought the giant frog, even if he wasn't swallowed by it, he would still be covered in slime, and it would be very uncomfortable if he didn't take a bath.

"I never expected that Fang Rui would also be an adventurer."

Thinking this way, Sato Kazuma didn't quite understand Fang Rui's thoughts. Why become an adventurer when there were better options available?

Could it be that adventurers possess hidden powers?

...No way! You're overthinking it~

Chapter 465 Explosion Between the Mountains

After accepting the mission, Fang Rui did not linger but went straight to the mission location.

Near Axel lies a lush forest area inhabited by numerous monsters. The Strike Bear (One-Hit Bear) and the White Wolf Pack are among the more well-known monsters, as the quests have been hanging on the Adventurers' Guild's quest log without being completed.

At the same time, the two types of monsters are hostile to each other, and each battle has some impact, some minor but not serious, such as destroying roads...

Therefore, no adventurers accepted the quest.

Or perhaps an adventurer once accepted the quest but failed to complete it successfully, resulting in too many failures and no other adventurer being willing to accept the quest.

Fang Rui arrived in the forest, in the area where the white wolves lived. Judging from the wolves' reactions, they must have encountered adventurers quite often, and their methods of dealing with them were very skillful.

After encountering the adventurers and confirming their hostility, some of the white wolves quickly retreated, while others stayed to guard Fang Rui...

"Clear division of labor!" Fang Rui muttered to himself before vanishing from his spot. Several afterimages rushed toward different white wolves, and with a few muffled blows, the white wolves were knocked unconscious.

Even without using his other skills, Fang Rui is still very strong based on his basic attributes combined with the skills of a thief.

The ring on the index finger of his left hand was inlaid with a light blue gemstone, its surface shimmering slightly. All the unconscious white wolves were put into the storage ring. The storage ring, which could store living creatures, was very useful.

"Keep moving forward." With that, Fang Rui used his thief skills to probe the surroundings and pinpoint the direction from which the hostility was coming.

Even if the hostile creature isn't a white wolf, it doesn't matter; other monsters can also be sold for money. The Adventurers' Guild is always collecting all sorts of monsters...

Later, Fang Rui encountered a pack of white wolves. Just as he was about to show off his skills, he was interrupted by the Crimson Dragon God Emperor. With a simple dragon might, all the white wolves went weak in the knees and lay on the ground trembling.

"What are you doing?" Fang Rui looked at the red dragon, not quite understanding why it had suddenly come.

"What I really want to ask you is, what exactly are you doing? Why do this on purpose when you could easily deal with the monster?" Hong asked in a questioning tone.

"I'm playing a game~" Fang Rui put all the white wolves into his storage ring, turned around and left, heading to other areas of the forest to find the Strike Bear.

"Stop interfering with my game, or I'll get angry."

"Nothing fun happened," Hong muttered softly, not quite understanding why Fang Rui treated knocking out monsters as a game.

Orpheus remained silent, as always, seemingly observing his surroundings...

"Could we find some monsters that aren't too strong yet?" Having watched Fang Rui fight, Dreig's interest was piqued, and he wanted to do something about it.

"A stronger monster, perhaps? I have a quest in my quest log about a hydra; I'll give it to you then! It'll be a good opportunity to experiment with creating a temporary body..."

Drag had no objection to Fang Rui's arrangement. Upon hearing that the opponent was a Hydra, he immediately thought of a famous monster, a powerful monster that had appeared in mythology—the Hydra.

'I wonder how the Hydra that Fang Rui mentioned compares in strength to the Hydra I remember?'

Fang Rui had no idea what Draig was thinking; he had already found the Strike Bear and was on a mission...

Critical Bear, also known as One-Hit Bear, is famous for its powerful attacks. Although its attack power was only average for Fang Rui, he had no intention of being beaten up. With agile steps, he dodged all of One-Hit Bear's attacks and then struck One-Hit Bear on the back of the neck with a powerful hand chop, knocking it unconscious in one blow...

"Another mission completed." Muttering to himself, Fang Rui put the One-Strike Bear into his storage ring and turned to leave without delay, heading to the next mission location.

The multi-headed serpent inhabits a lake. Due to its extremely high magical abilities and regenerative capacity, it will flee to the bottom of the lake to hide when severely injured, making it very difficult to defeat.

To successfully defeat the Hydra, one must either possess extremely strong underwater combat capabilities or have the firepower to instantly kill the Hydra.

Draig possesses both of the aforementioned methods.

"It's up to you now~" Fang Rui said, patting Dreig on the shoulder.

Drag did not respond to Fang Rui, but instead stretched his arms and legs, his expression somewhat strange.

"Hmm! I've never used a human body before, so I'm not quite used to it!"

With Fang Rui's help, Draig temporarily entered a temporary body, where he could use artifacts and even briefly transform into a dragon.

Of course, the dragon form that he transformed into was very different from Draig's original size, and it was also subject to time limitations.

Even so, Draig was still very satisfied. After all, having a body that he could control at will was something he hadn't had in a long time, so he couldn't ask for too much...

"Take a moment to adjust! Let me check the task list and think about what to do later..."

As he spoke, Fang Rui took out a task list. Some of the tasks were already marked with an X, indicating that they had been completed. Counting them up, more than half of the tasks had already been completed. As for the remaining tasks…

Half of the tasks are slightly more difficult, while the other half are regular tasks with a lower difficulty level...

"The griffins and manticores can be driven away or defeated, but they must be far from the vicinity of Axel and cannot be entrenched near trade routes or villages..."

"The requirements are quite simple, but the target of the mission is somewhat powerful, after all, it is a legendary monster."

As he said this, Fang Rui did not show any sign of worry. For him, dealing with a griffin and a manticore was a simple matter.

Meanwhile, Draig had adapted to his new body, summoned the armor to possess him, and then leaped into the water, heading straight for the bottom.

At the bottom of the lake, the monster, whose injuries had almost completely healed, slowly opened its eyes. Its golden vertical pupils moved slightly before looking upwards, locking onto the rapidly approaching red light.

It could detect a clear threat from the ball of light.

Having confirmed the attacker's strength, the multi-headed serpent monster named "Hydra" immediately launched an attack, displaying its formidable magical abilities...

The water in the lake trembled instantly, and the water near Hydra spun rapidly, sweeping across half the lake like a steel whip and striking the rapidly approaching Draig.

"Good timing! Let me test your strength!"

Draig had no intention of backing down. He immediately threw a punch, the terrifying force of which shattered the water whip. An irregularly shaped circular hole appeared at the point of impact, and the surging power squeezed and spread violently in all directions...

boom----

Suddenly, a burst of water erupted from the surface of the lake, a thunderous roar erupting as waves surged in all directions. The quiet mountain area was startled; birds took flight in panic, and wild beasts fled in disarray…

"Oh! The fight has started!"

Fang Rui glanced at the lake surface, where water droplets gradually fell, and ripples spread across the water.

Orpheus's eyes flickered slightly, and he released a little energy from the space. The fish that had been lifted into the air was moved to Fang Rui's side. The fishy smell wafted into Fang Rui's nostrils, causing him to look up at Orpheus in astonishment. He expressed his confusion very clearly without saying anything.

'What are you doing? Why did you throw the fish next to me?'

"I want to eat it." Orpheus stated his purpose succinctly, his eyes sparkling with anticipation.

Yes, it really is flashing.

'Speaking of which, when did Orpheus become a glutton?'

If I think back carefully, it must have been when Orpheus was enjoying licking the ice cream... right?

After all, Orpheus's initial goal was to regain peace and return home to sleep quietly. He spent most of his time in the world looking for suitable henchmen and resting, and had no interest in finding delicious food.

Rather, before meeting Fang Rui, Orpheus had hardly ever eaten; food was not a necessity for him.

But ever since Fang Rui started feeding her, Orpheus has become a glutton, enjoying all sorts of delicious food.

"I want to eat too~" Hong added. Like Orpheus, the True Crimson Dragon God Emperor, who traveled through dimensional gaps, almost never ate anything. However, after coming into contact with food some time ago, he also became a foodie.

"Alright!" Fang Rui figured that since the Hydra in the lake posed no threat to Draeg, it wouldn't hurt to eat something while waiting.

With a burst of telekinesis, the fish were quickly processed. Flames spontaneously ignited, and the processed fish wiggled slightly near the flames to ensure even heating.

The spice bottles were taken out of the storage ring and floated into the air one by one, sprinkling the seasonings onto the grilled fish.

Red and Orpheus were completely focused on the grilled fish, paying no attention to the occasional explosions in the lake nearby.

Meanwhile, underwater...

Hydra was being brutally beaten. Faced with Draig's thunderous and continuous attacks, Hydra had no chance to fight back and was seriously injured in an instant.

As is customary, Hydra would try to escape after being severely injured, but now that it's at the bottom of the lake, it doesn't know where to go even if it wanted to...

"Final blow!"

Having grown tired of the game, Draig lost interest in continuing. He clasped his hands together in a flower shape, and crimson magic bullets erupted from between his palms, instantly riddling Hydra with holes...

Hydra, victory achieved!

Grabbing one of Hydra's fangs, Drag moved toward the surface of the water. Drager dragged Hydra along without affecting his speed, so in just a few seconds, Fang Rui had already reached the surface.

Draig tossed Hydra onto the lakeshore, not removing his armor, and walked with slightly heavy steps to the group, complaining, "You guys are really leisurely! Grilling fish..."

“We have great faith in your abilities. Hydra is no match for you.”

"Is there any for me?" Drag didn't dwell on the matter. Having been a divine artifact for who knows how long, he had almost forgotten the taste of food.

Now that I've regained my body, it would be a shame not to enjoy some delicious food.

"Look here, there are at least a hundred fish, how could there not be one for you!"

Fang Rui pointed to a pile of fish on the side. Although Orpheus and Red were both dragons with an immeasurable appetite, they couldn't possibly eat fish all the time. At most, they would eat a few fish to taste them.

"That's good!" Snatching food from a glutton's mouth is a difficult thing, or even a terrifying thing, especially when the glutton's strength is terrifying.

The group sat around the fire, smelling the aroma of roasted fish and chatting about trivial matters.

boom----

The sudden explosion immediately drew everyone's attention, causing them to stop talking and turn to look beyond the mountains. The expanding flames were dissipating, and mushroom-shaped plumes of smoke were rising in billows...

“Emmm…” Fang Rui immediately pictured a scene: a petite girl raising her wand high, shouting excitedly, a crimson magic circle unfolding in the air, and scorching flames descending from the sky, destroying rocks, forests, and land, turning them into a high-temperature inferno…

"Its power is comparable to the breath of a dragon," Drag commented. Of course, the dragon he was referring to wasn't a dragon king, but rather an elite dragon that was slightly stronger.

"Is someone fighting?" Red asked.

Orpheus didn't say anything, but after watching the billowing smoke and dust, he suddenly spoke up, "I want to eat mushrooms~"

“Roasted mushrooms are quite delicious too.” Hong agreed, her thoughts instantly diverted by Orpheus.