What were you doing before the end of the world? Are you going to be an assassin?

There was little noise and their bodies were not too big, so they were not monsters that had gathered here because of the scent of meat. Rather, they looked more like other adventurers attracted by the aroma.

The castle is not Connor's own home, nor is the forest, so it is normal for brave adventurers to come and explore.

Connor quietly entered the [Breath Blocking] state. He did not hide the fire and food, but hid himself in the corner.

After a while, the figure came into the light illuminated by the fire.

It was a girl in a black robe, holding a silver staff in her hand and a dagger at her waist.

In general, her style is similar to Huihui, but she is a little taller than Huihui, with a slim and well-proportioned figure. Her most distinctive feature is her pair of red eyes.

She is a super beautiful girl with both good figure and appearance.

"Roasted pig's trotters actually fell from the sky! Am I really that lucky?"

99. Miss Red Demon wants to make friends

"My friend who is still lingering in the forest for unknown reasons, if I were you, I wouldn't just pick it up with my hands."

Since he was a member of the Red Demon Clan, Connor also recognized the identity of this magician—Youyou, the only normal person in the Red Demon Clan.

Although I don’t know whether Youyou has learned advanced magic now, Youyou, who uses intermediate magic as a transition, is already a very strong magician.

The night is hazy, the sky is full of stars, but there is no moon.

The body of the little girl from the Crimson Demon tribe froze in place. She stared at the source of the sound until a dark shadow walked out from among the debris.

The shadow straightened up and slowly walked towards her.

The Crimson Demons were obviously frightened by Connor's sudden appearance: "S-Sorry... I didn't know this place was... No, no, I..."

The fire was still burning. Anyone with a little common sense would know that this place must have been occupied by someone. Youyou was just intoxicated by the aroma for a moment.

Who knows if a dangerous character will appear in the ancient castle deep in the mountains and forests?

"I'm so sorry! I'll leave now!"

Youyou blushed, bowed to Connor, and turned to leave.

"I mean you'll get burned if you hold it with your hands," Connor explained, untying his cloak that served as a disguise and cover, exposing himself to the firelight.

"If you don't mind, there's a fire in the 'hall' and food prepared for hungry friends." In order to make himself look less weird, Connor mentioned Huihui to increase his goodwill. "I met a friend from the Crimson Demon tribe before."

As Connor spoke, he threw out a tree stump that could be used as a stool. It was found inside the castle and had traces of being chopped by the Headless Knight's sword.

Apparently, during the days of being bombarded by explosive magic, the Headless Knight used this tree stump to vent his anger.

When hearing the word "friend", Youyou seemed to be possessed, and her legs, which originally wanted to leave immediately, could not move.

While struggling with himself, Youyou gradually sat on the tree stump.

"Well, um...if it's a friend, then it's okay..."

With the fire crackling in the background, Youyou lowered her head and spoke softly.

"what?"

"No, it's nothing!" Youyou denied immediately, not knowing where to look.

"Let me introduce myself. I'm Connor, a top-level assassin." Connor cut two pieces of pig's trotters with a knife and passed them to Youyou. It seemed that if he hadn't taken the initiative, this red demon with communication barriers would have to sit here all night.

"Um... Thank you. My name is Youyou..."

Feeling extremely ashamed of her own name, Youyou reluctantly gave her name but still gave it out of politeness.

"Youyou, you are from the same series as Huihui," Connor said, and filled a cup of hot water with the cup dug out from the tree heart, and placed it next to Youyou, "Here, Youyou. Although it will be comfortable to drink now, it will be better when it cools down."

To show that the water was not poisoned, Connor poured himself a cup. The warm holy water slid down his esophagus, massaging his stomach like hundreds or thousands of small hands.

"Eh?! Aren't you curious about my name?" Youyou took the water cup and stared at Connor who didn't care at all. Normally speaking, everyone would want to complain when they heard the name of the Red Demon Clan, right?

When she first recruited teammates in the novice town of Axel, she put "People who don't make fun of weird names" on the notice.

"Strange? To be honest, I think your names are very unique." Connor poked a pig's trotter with a finger bone, blew on it a few times, and then started to chew it, speaking vaguely.

Youyou and Huihui are considered very normal names among the Crimson Demons. Connor vaguely remembers some more bizarre names such as “Trapped”, “Very Skillful”, “Soft”, and “Winter Mushroom”.

He can even tolerate the "Invincible Tyrannosaurus God of War", let alone Youyou who looks like just a repetition of words.

Youyou was hit by the sudden surprise. It’s great that no one made fun of her own name!

Immersed in joy, Youyou forgot to speak and sipped the warm water. The water tasted better than usual.

"Oh, you can eat the pig's trotter now, it will be burnt later."

Connor gnawed two finger bones clean, looked at Youyou who was just drinking water and reminded him that the guy who rushed over just now didn't look like he was not hungry at all.

"Oh, oh! Thank you very much!"

After being reminded, Youyou also followed Connor's example, pulled out the knife from her waist, and poked the pig's trotters that were given to her.

"That's great... someone who doesn't mind if someone forgets to talk in the middle of a conversation... and someone who doesn't get angry if someone doesn't look you in the eye when they're talking..."

"Hmm! Pig's trotters are delicious too!"

Yunyun thanked Connor once again, and sighed in her heart: "...Hey, if I had left a few days later, maybe I could have run into him in the city and show off to Huihui..."

At this moment, Youyou completely forgot what she had said to Huihui - I will not be hooked by something edible.

"Speaking of which, Youyou, what are you doing in the forest by yourself? Where are your teammates?"

Connor took a sip of water and asked casually, "The Crimson Demons are all excellent magicians, they are very popular in the team. With a great magician who can use advanced magic, the team only needs a few vanguards and scouts."

Youyou's face turned even redder under the flames. The pig skin and grease seemed to stick to her mouth, making her too embarrassed to speak. However, her obsession with finding a teammate made her speak the truth:

"I'm sorry... I haven't learned advanced magic yet..."

Youyou's situation is a little special. It's not that she lacks talent, but when she graduated from the Scarlet Devil Village School, in order to deal with the evil god, she had to learn intermediate magic first, and then she didn't have enough skill points to learn advanced magic.

Yunyun's oily hands had already grabbed the cloak. If the person in front of her who didn't make fun of her name and was willing to chat said something like "Ah, the rumors about the Crimson Demons are all bragging", she would...

"I guess there must be some unavoidable situation that disrupted the plan? I heard that the Crimson Demons can use advanced magic as soon as they graduate."

Youyou's eyes suddenly filled with tears: "Long live understanding!"

This girl from the Crimson Demon Clan is a pure-hearted girl. Bad men can easily deceive her by saying they are willing to be her friends when they approach her. People who have no social adaptability (Hui Hui's words) seem to be easily deceived, but she can also distinguish bad guys.

It was almost the time it took to eat a meal, and Youyou gave Connor a portion of gold water.

Connor wiped his hands and realized that he was still in the solo training period!

Then the opportunity has come. Kazuma's team is unwilling to go to high-level areas to gain experience, but Youyou is different!

"So you're also trying to gain experience points? Do you want to form a team?"

Connor extended an olive branch to this Red Demon magician who could make intermediate magic as powerful as advanced magic.

"Really? Can I do this?! That's great!"

100. Genius Idea

"Um... isn't it okay to have a higher-level job?"

Youyou asked carefully. She was a great mage of the Red Demon Clan, and what she needed most was actually a vanguard who could attract hatred and bear damage. But she had never been able to find a satisfactory teammate, and gradually she no longer had any hope for the job.

After learning that Connor defeated the Demon King's Army cadre, the Dullahan Beldia, in the novice town of Axel, Youyou fell into a state of insecurity.

How can a magician like me who doesn't know advanced magic team up with such an excellent advanced class [Assassin]? I'm afraid [Assassin] also needs a vanguard, right?

Connor said a lot before, but this time he didn't answer Youyou.

His eagle eyes saw through the darkness.

Is there something over there? Youyou turned around following Connor's line of sight, but although the eyes of the Red Demons were a little strange, their vision was not superhuman. Apart from the high-quality raw meat bait hanging, Youyou saw nothing in that direction.

The castle ruins were very quiet under the night, and occasionally the sound of firewood crackling in the stove could be heard.

Soon, Youyou heard a dense and chaotic sound of flapping wings.

"Ahhhhh! It's giant bats! There's a whole flock of giant bats!"

A huge bat, big enough to be mistaken for an eagle, flew over in the firelight, seemingly mistaking the high-quality raw meat bait Connor had prepared for the griffin for a delicacy that had fallen from the sky.

"Close your eyes, Yoyo!"

Unlike Youyou who was in a panic under the night sky, Connor crossed the fire and pressed down Youyou's head, raised his left hand and spread out his palm——

【disappear】!

After a moment of panic, Youyou used his staff to carry the corpse of the giant bat to the place lit by the fire.

"It was really thrilling... Connor's meat was almost taken away..."

Youyou looked shaky and finally sat back on the tree stump.

The two of them shot down a total of seven giant bats, five of which were hit by Connor's [Disappearance] because their echo magic was disrupted, causing their magic circuits to become disordered and they fell down, and were killed by Connor.

The remaining two were very smart, flying at the end and heading straight for the bait at the door. However, Yoyo showed the performance of a high-quality turret, firing five fireballs in a row, blocking the giant bat's retreat and also killing two of them.

棱镜：击杀低级魔物5头，获得经验+100。等级：6级；经验：（2719/4000）

"Youyou is such an expert. How can one use intermediate magic to such great power?"

Connor squinted at the corpses of the giant bats and finally decided not to put them into his soup pot. He just threw them outside and let the bloody smell attract more monsters.

After washing his hands, Connor gave Yoyo a thumbs up.

Five intermediate magic shots to kill two low-level monsters is not a waste of firepower in this world. In the Adventurer's Guild's Monster Atlas, giant bats have very advanced echo magic, which can evade many long-range attacks, including the magicians' long-range magic missiles.

Moreover, the flying speed of this monster is very fast. The fact that a ground anti-aircraft turret can hit two out of five is enough to prove Youyou's excellence.

Even though the giant bat was killed instantly, that was based on the fact that Connor was a high-level professional with all his skills having miraculous effects, and Youyou was also a magician who could turn intermediate magic into high-level magic. If it were an ordinary adventurer team, they wouldn't even be able to sense the appearance of the bat, and there would be only one outcome after being approached by a large group of monsters, and that would be to have all the blood in their body sucked dry.

"That's right! Intermediate magic can still be used, right?" Youyou still had sufficient magic power. Firing five shots in a row was easy for her now. It was not the performance of a rookie at all.

After she finished speaking, Youyou realized that she was too excited. Perhaps because she was not used to being praised, the beautiful girl lowered her head with a red face after adjusting her skirt. However, perhaps because she was recognized and gained confidence, her voice was no different from usual.

Since they had decided to form a team, Connor assigned the task of guarding the first half of the night to Youyou. It must be said that having a magician in the team was indeed very convenient.

With the help of Connor's [Eagle Vision: Reveal], Youyou activated the castle's protective magic. Although it had been shattered by Megumin's explosive magic, it could still serve as a warning.

So Connor made a small nest with the things he found while collecting ingredients, covered himself with his cloak, and lay down on the edge of the remaining warmth of the fire.

The next morning, when Youyou woke up after changing shifts in the middle of the night, she felt refreshed. She was lying on a large wild boar skin. The hairless pig skin was not prickly, and at least it was much more comfortable than the bumpy stones. There was also a clump of green ferns where her head was resting.

He touched his waist and found the silver knife was still there. Youyou felt relieved and lay awake for a while, rolled up the wild boar skin and tied it with fern, packed Connor's things, and then jumped up and walked to the relatively wide "hall" where the fire was placed.

Connor had been awake since the second half of the night. He washed his face with a pot of holy water before dawn and was still energetic. He was observing the weather from the remaining tower of the castle, where the flag was planted.

"I slept so comfortably! This was the most comfortable night's sleep I've had since I left town!" Youyou raised her head to thank Connor above. Facing the rising sun, she could even smell the fresh breeze coming from the forest.

"Always make yourself comfortable while adventuring and gaining experience, otherwise it's no different from torture." Connor jumped down from the tower. A beautiful girl is good, a beautiful girl magician is good, and a beautiful girl who can pack up is even better.

"Unfortunately, the bait didn't lure out anything."

In the second half of the night, Connor heard a lot of noises from monsters, but none of them approached the castle.

"After all, this place is occupied by the cadres of the Demon King's army. It is normal that the monsters dare not show their heads. High-level monsters are also very sensitive to the breath. The magic pigs failed to conceal the breath of the cadres of the Demon King's army. Only extremely hungry bats will eat anything they can." Youyou showed the professionalism of a magician and was also good at knowledge.

The high-quality raw meat only has one day left to live. If Connor cannot find the griffin within that day, he will have to defeat another elite monster.

"Let's wash up first, then go find something for breakfast. After dinner, shall we carry the bait and go for a walk in the woods?" Connor asked Youyou for his opinion.

There was a turret team, and Connor thought of a great tactic, which was to ask Youyou's opinion beforehand.

"Ok!"

101. The beautiful magician comes with meat

In the dense and lush forest, the makeshift team, with Youyou as the vanguard and high-quality raw meat as the rear guard, continued to advance deeper into the forest.

"This... this is what you said... let's go for a walk in the woods together carrying bait?"

On the long staff, high-quality raw meat hung by a string of straw ropes kept dangling in the air, emitting an enticing smell.

Youyou: I thought the Crimson Demons were so mentally challenged that they were invincible, but whose generals are these? When I think the world has problems, is there something wrong with me?

"As an [Assassin], of course I have to lie low."

Connor whispered as he entered [Breath Blocking] and the [Apple of Eden] was transformed into a jungle camouflage.

"Hey! When did you get there?"