This adventurer is overly righteous.

"Wait, the sun has disappeared again! The sun has disappeared again!"

The ogres had no concrete concept of the sun; they only knew that it was a luminous sphere that rose during the day and set at night. As for the scene of the sun rising and then disappearing, it was simply inexplicable to the ogres' knowledge.

This meant that the words of the fingerless ogre were heard as utterly absurd lies by the other ogres in the cave.

"You won't fool us into opening the cave; we won't be deceived!"

The ogres have a legend passed down among themselves that they turn to stone when exposed to sunlight. No ogres know the specific details, or perhaps the ones who do know have already turned to stone. So the ogres in the cave would rather let their companions outside be turned to stone by the sunlight than let them in.

"But it hasn't turned into stone yet."

A troll hiding in the cave began to have some doubts. Perhaps it was okay to let its companions outside the cave in; the damage from the sunlight might not be as terrible as it seemed.

"But it's deceiving us; the sun rises and only sets and disappears at night!"

The ogre with the severed finger was seen as a lie, which strengthened the ogre's resolve not to let it in, because it meant that the light had caused it great pain, making it deceive even its own companions.

"Feed Carter, hurry up and do it!"

Kroya slid down from the tree and ran all the way to Carter's line of sight, yelling at him.

Even without Kroya's suggestion, Carter was already planning to do the same. He was furious after being ravaged by three ogres.

The magic originating from the armor was gradually taking effect, and Carter's condition was gradually recovering to its best, even better than usual. His opponent was just a headless, wretched troll.

The screams of the finger-severed ogres echoed outside the cave, further convincing the two ogres inside that sunlight was indeed a terrifying thing, and that not opening the cave was the right thing to do.

Listen to the sounds outside. That thing is still deceiving them. It's shouting that humans want to kill it. How could that be? Daytime has arrived. They can just wait far away for the troll to turn to stone. Why would anyone choose to rush up and fight the troll at this time?

Ogres are not intelligent; they are selfish and self-righteous.

......

After severing the last head of the finger-severing ogre, Carter kicked the ugly head aside and then looked at Kroya, who was watching silently from the side.

If it weren't for him, Carter himself might be the one dead now.

Kroya was different from himself, Carter confirmed this again, or rather, Kroya was different from adventurers. In the situation Carter had seen, the only thing adventurers he had cooperated with would do was run away.

For adventurers, this is perfectly normal; people like Kroya are the exceptions.

"Well, how should I put it? I'm just giving it a try." Kroya spread his hands, and Carter looked at him with a complicated expression, so he confessed, "I'll give it a try. If it succeeds, great, but if it doesn't, I'll abandon you and run away without hesitation."

"I'm not that great a person."

Your honesty deserves praise.

[Charm slightly increased]

You're quite modest...

Carter took Kroya's honest words as a form of modesty, but since that was the case, he wouldn't say anything more.

"Your sword is broken."

Carter then noticed that Croya's sword was broken in two, with the blade split in the middle and the other half missing.

  

However, Kroya's sword was just an ordinary one worth six silver coins. Although it was made of solid materials, it was still inevitably broken by the ogre's fierce attack.

Kroya raised the short sword, shook it, and then said somewhat optimistically.

"Take it back and repair it; it can be kept as a souvenir."

With his current income, it wouldn't be a problem for him to buy a better quality one.

"You're quite the optimist, kid."

Carter then took a short sword he had collected from Scatter from his waist and tossed it to Croya, which he had originally intended as a backup weapon; it was of excellent quality.

"It's a bit short." Kroya tried it out; this short sword was considerably shorter than the one he had used before, making it somewhat awkward to handle. He could only manage to use it for now. "Thanks anyway, I'll return it to you when I get back."

"No need, you can keep it." For an elite adventurer like Carter, this short sword wasn't anything particularly valuable, but for newcomers to adventure, it would probably require meticulous daily care. "So, what's next..."

At this moment, the sun truly rose. A blazing fireball, carrying a warm red light, rose from the horizon, turning the vast clouds floating in the sky golden—a sight the ogres had never seen before in their lives.

The faint sunlight shone on the still-warm corpse of the troll, and in just a few breaths, the troll turned into a black boulder, as if it had been rooted there for a very long time.

"What should we do with these guys?"

Carter's mission was to eliminate an ogre. He only needed to return to the Adventurers' Guild in White Rock Town and hand in three of the ogre's left fangs to complete the mission. He took the fangs after killing the ogre.

"Cut the weeds and eliminate the roots."

Kroya said without hesitation.

Although Kroya doesn't consider himself a saint, anyone with a normal conscience would want to completely eliminate a man-eating monster.

At the same time, a few lines of small text also popped up in the lower left corner.

Your courageous challenge against a monster stronger than yourself is commendable.

[Slight increase in muscle strength]

You used your wisdom to save your partner; such an act deserves praise.

[Gain the skill "Basic Rune"]

......

Kroya could clearly feel that his body was becoming stronger, and this improvement became obvious after accumulating little by little.

Your decision to help the nearby villagers completely eradicate transvestites is commendable.

[Gain skill "Charged Slash"]

Indeed, the more difficult a good deed is to perform, the richer the reward will be upon completion.

However, we should avoid doing things like today...

"If it were two trolls, we could try to deal with them, what do you think?"

Carter asked Kroya, believing that with the latter's assistance, they might be able to try and take down the two trolls directly, but the latter would need to maintain the same level of combat power as last night.

It depends on Croa's condition.

"Go and call those villagers over," Kroya said after thinking for a moment. "With their help, dealing with the two ogres shouldn't be too difficult."

"It's too much of a waste of time to go back and forth." Carter shook his head slightly. It would take quite a bit of time to gather the villagers and lead them here. By then it might already be dark, and the ogres would have already run away.

Although trolls are foolish, they know that the location of their cave must never be revealed. As soon as it gets dark, they will come out immediately to find a new hiding place.

Could it be that Kroya could single-handedly subdue two trolls, making them hide in their cave in fear and afraid to come out?

"Perhaps."

A flash of light danced in Croya's hand, and Croya continued.

"I can use Flash to make them think it's daytime outside."

Kroya thought this method was worth a try.

"Even if I fail, I'll just have to find their cave again. I can escape with magic, don't worry."

Kroya was right; Carter had to admit that this method was indeed feasible to some extent.

"Put this on."

Carter took off the light armor he always wore; he was similar in build to Croya, and Croya could also wear the same armor.

"This armor has the ability to restore and amplify magic; it can be activated immediately when in danger."

For adventurers, armor is as important as life itself, but Carter knew that it was Kroya who saved his life.

"Be careful and don't take risks."

Carter said in a deep voice, then stepped away into the morning light.