I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

"How much money do I have to pay for this?!"

Chapter 36: The world is not worth it

"Hahahaha!"

Huihui, standing on the bare tree, looked at the vast expanse of scorched earth in front of her and laughed with great pride.

"Look! This is the explosion magic that I have spent my entire life studying!

The ultimate mystery in the way of magic!

Mortals! Tremble before me! "

Megumin, who was laughing like this, suddenly stopped laughing, like a puppet whose clockwork had run out.

“Ah…!”

Then, her body swayed, and she seemed to have lost all her strength. She fell from the tree and fell to the ground.

And, it was face down.

"Hmm... My magic power..."

The great magician named Huihui twitched, and as if using all her strength, she tilted her little face to the side from the mud, and then lay there motionless.

He is just like a salted fish that has lost its ideal in life and can't jump up at all.

It seems that in order to release the explosion magic just now, this girl has used up all the magic power in her body.

Now I can't muster any strength at all.

“Hui Hui!”

Youyou, who had just been feeling pressured by Huihui, saw her good friend in such a miserable state, and hurried over to help her up, then sat her down against a tree.

"How is it? Are you okay, Huihui?!" Youyou asked with concern.

"No... You are worthy of being my good friend..." Huihui curled her lips, "Next, I'll trouble you to take me back."

She spoke in a weak voice, as if taking one more step would cost her her life.

"Well! Huihui, just have a good rest!"

Youyou nodded quickly, looking at Huihui, whose face was a little pale, and felt very anxious.

She looked at Asuna for help.

"Although this process was somewhat beyond our expectations..." Asuna pursed her lips and slightly tilted her head to look at the ranch that had turned to scorched earth, "But we have finally defeated the white wolf pack..."

Asuna glanced at Kazuma, whose face was as pale as dirt, patted his shoulder and said, "Let's go back."

"Hmm..." Chris nodded with a wry smile.

This is not just a conquest of the white wolf pack, it is a conquest of the ranch as well!

However, their team only made some efforts and killed a few white wolves. The rest were caused by Huihui's magic.

By then, we shouldn't have to pay too much money, right?

However, given Aqua-senpai's personality, she will definitely make a big fuss at that time, which is really a headache.

"Huh? Is this the end? I, Lady Aqua, haven't even done anything yet!" Aqua didn't seem to realize what they were about to face, and was still yelling, "Hey! White Wolf, there must be some left, right?! Come out quickly!"

Darkness brushed the dust off her shield and inserted it back into the slot on her back armor, securing it in place.

"It's surprisingly simple. As expected of the Crimson Demons, they actually mastered the legendary explosion magic. The power is truly astonishing."

"Of course... of course!" Huihui nodded proudly while being carried on Youyou's back.

On the side, Kazuma's mouth twitched suddenly, and then he covered his chest with his hands and let out a muffled groan.

Asuna glanced at the smug Huihui.

Then he glanced at Aqua, who looked so proud that it seemed that the person who defeated the white wolves was him.

Then he looked at Sato Kazuma, who had a sad face, and shook his head gently.

This young man is really... both lucky and unlucky.

……

……

Early the next morning.

"Why?!"

In front of the counter of the Adventurer's Guild, Aqua slammed the counter hard and protested loudly.

"Why can't we get paid?!"

Not only Aqua, but Huihui also protested.

Only Kazuma was standing aside, looking extremely gloomy, giving off a dark aura that said, "Please don't disturb me. I want to die."

"Isn't that a difficult mission worth one million eris? We have made great efforts! Most of the white wolves were defeated by us. If we distribute according to work, we should be able to get at least 700,000 or 800,000, right!?"

Aqua argued and recounted Huihui's bravery last night.

Click!

It seemed as if something broke came from Kazuma’s direction.

Chris looked at Kazuma with amusement and found that his back was becoming more hunched.

"That's right! We haven't made any money in a long time. Why shouldn't we get paid?!"

Huihui also started slamming the table.

Last night, after Youyou insisted on carrying her back, she brought Huihui to the guild for a big meal, which allowed her to be full of energy and make noise here.

“That boy must have had a hard time.” Darkness came over and whispered to Asuna.

The warm breath made Asuna's earlobe flush pink, and she quickly raised her hand to rub it, complaining, "Don't pay so much attention, Darkness!"

"Ah, sorry sorry."

Seeing Asuna’s reaction, a strange color flashed in Darkness’ eyes, and then she apologized quickly.

Among the four people, only Youyou looked at Huihui with a worried look on her face.

She looked hesitant, not knowing what to do.

Her good friend blew up someone else's ranch, and with Huihui's financial resources, she definitely couldn't pay it back.

And I don't have that much money to help her...

Youyou didn't want to trouble Asuna and the others. After all, she had just joined the team not long ago. How could she use their hard-earned rewards to help her friends?

So she was troubled by this for a long time.

On the other side, Luna, who was responsible for explaining, had a wry smile on her face, because Aqua and Huihui didn't listen to her at all and clamored for the guild to pay them the compensation they deserved.

But... you guys blew up someone's ranch, where are you going to get paid? !

She gave a dry laugh and glanced at Asuna, only to find that she was watching the show, and then a troubled expression appeared on her face.

Then, she smiled bitterly and said, "The reason why you can't get your reward is because the client's ranch was blown up by you, and the damage caused was greater than the attack by the white wolf pack...

Therefore, the Guild has already returned your remuneration to the client as compensation."

Luna paused and continued, “Moreover, the reward you deserve is totally insufficient as compensation.

Therefore, the three of you must pay back 10 million Eris for the damage..."

"It was originally 10.79 million, but the other party removed the leader for the sake of the guild..."

After hearing this, Aqua and Huihui stood there with stiff expressions, like plastic mannequins in a shopping mall display cabinet.

Especially after hearing that the other party gave them a small portion of the money for the sake of the guild, Huihui's expression was even more ridiculous.

She turned around slowly, and it seemed like she wanted to escape.

Pfft!

Not far away, Kazuma, who was covered in gray, had already fallen to his knees on the ground in frustration.

"One...ten million..."

He tremblingly drew the dagger from his waist.

"Forget it, I'll just commit suicide. Maybe this way my soul can be liberated and there will be a glimmer of hope for me to become a Buddha...

The world...is not worth it..."

Chapter 37: Aqua is Drained

"Hey, don't commit suicide so easily, brother."

Chris swung the dagger violently, knocking the dagger out of Kazuma's hand.

And Youyou stood up silently and grabbed Huihui who wanted to run away under everyone's eyes.

"You... Youyou, what are you doing..."

Huihui forced a smile on her stiff face.

"Hey, Huihui, it's wrong for you to run away like this." Youyou gently grabbed a corner of Huihui's magic robe and warned her softly.

"I was just trying to... make a joke, haha..." After saying that, Huihui became the same as Kazuma, her whole body looking extremely gloomy, and her red eyes had completely lost their luster.

On the side, Aqua looked at Kazuma and Huihui who had turned completely gray, and rarely said anything, but just started to cry.

Saying things like "I'm suffering in the lower world" and "I suffered this misfortune because I couldn't keep my mouth shut" are extremely weird.

"is that OK?"

Suddenly, Asuna said something very confusing to Chris and Darkness.

"After all, I learned Explosion Magic. Didn't Youyou say that last night? That's a magic that even the Crimson Demons don't have any records of.

However, we can’t just help them pay off their debts because of this, or they won’t learn their lesson.”

Darkness said.

Last night, after Huihui performed the explosion magic, an additional skill that could be learned appeared on Asuna's adventurer card.

Although learning explosion magic requires high intelligence and magic power, it is actually not an obstacle for Asuna.

The previous problem of magic power loss has been alleviated to a certain extent with the repair of the Sea of ​​Spirit, but it has not been completely solved.

But even so, Asuna's remaining magic power is enough for her to learn explosion magic.

The only problem is that Asuna doesn't have enough points.

As a point hoarder, Asuna hasn't used points to upgrade her abilities or learn any other skills for a long time.

But even so, there is still a small gap between learning Huihui's explosion magic. I guess I have to level up one or two levels to get enough points.

Although there are no powerful monsters near Axel, you can still level up by eating high-quality ingredients and high-experience-value dishes.

For Asuna, making high-end dishes is extremely easy.

In addition, the strength of Chris and the others needed further improvement, so Asuna gave up the idea of ​​going to other cities to steal monsters and let Chris and the others develop steadily in Axel.

Moreover, in these days, his system seems to be about to be completely repaired. Instead of changing the place now, it is better to wait.

Hopefully, the repaired system won't be so unreliable.

"Asuna, your injury doesn't seem to be completely healed yet? Although Aqua's words are a little strange, she seems to be quite reliable in terms of treatment. Let her help you with the treatment when the time comes."

Chris suggested.

“Eh?! Asuna, are you hurt?!” Darkness said in shock.

How can he still display such fighting power despite being injured? Why is there such a big difference in people's conduct?

“It’s almost done… It’s almost done…” Asuna’s mouth twitched, obviously seeing through Darkness’s hidden meaning.

"However, my injury is a mental one. Can Aqua heal it?" Asuna rubbed her brows and said uncertainly.

"How do we know if we don't try?" Chris held Asuna's hand. "Besides, it's just an attempt. It won't do any harm to us if we fail."

"Okay then." Asuna nodded reluctantly.