Shin Sang Legend
Camped
As he sensed the high amount of magic flowing within him, and he considered his own [Magecraft] skill, Shin thought that he should find an opportunity to learn magic.
Otherwise, it was a waste of his ability.
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Then, for the sake of destroying the vampire vines all the way to its roots, Vivian led Shin and the others to an area that had been blackened by fire magic to pluck out all the roots of the vampire vines from within the ground.
The roots of the Vampire plant will not move like the rest of their body. Instead, they are no different from other plants. They will not ensnare others, they just consume the blood absorbed by dirt and mud and then spread their seeds to breed. Plus, they did not bury themselves too deeply, so Shin and the others could use their own weapons as tools and quickly dig out all the roots.
After that, under Vivian's direction, they gathered all the roots in one place and asked Melika once again to release the great fire magic. When the roots burned out, their work was finally considered to be fully successful.
“Guild will send people here to confirm later, so for now, we will head to the next search location – Mangir Mountains.”
This time, there was no barrier on the road, nor was there any event.
After cooperating a while ago, Melika's tense expression seemed to have softened, and she started talking more. Even Diere and Lumia could no longer maintain their silence, so they chatted a little more, which made the atmosphere a little calmer.
Of course, excluding Shin at all.
Shin simply ignored the actions of the three girls and watched the scenery pass outside through the window alone. In his mind, all he thought about was the matter of magic.
Under such circumstances, the train reached the Mangir mountains in the afternoon.
“Alright, we stop here.”
Vivian stops the carriage at the foot of the mountain and, while calling Shin and the others to come out, feeds and drinks for the horse.
As Shin got off the carriage, he looked into the distance where the mountains were.
It is the Mangir Mountains.
“Because the sun will set, it is obviously not suitable to go to the mountains now. Therefore, we will camp here, at the foot of the mountain.” That was Vivian's plan.
“Kamp?” Shin reacted like that.
“True.” Vivian looked towards Shin and patiently explained, “Night is when most of the more dangerous demon beasts are active. In addition, the temperature of the mountains at night is very low, so it is best not to go on any adventures at that time. This way we can avoid the possibility of something unexpected happening. ”
Shin immediately fell silent.
It was because he was reminded of how he ended up spending the night for ten days in the demon beast forest.
“True. Camp is good. Camp is the best. I love camping!”
By the time he returned to himself, he said those words without the slightest hesitation.
“???”
Seeing how Shin seemed to have completely changed his attitude, Vivian was now the one who was confused.
At this moment, Diere and the others also finally got off the train.
“Are we camping sister Vivian?”
Lumia weakly asked that question while looking at Shin with a timid expression once again appeared on her face.
“There should be lodging near the foot of the mountain, so cannot we stay there?”
Melika also gave her opinion and, like Lumia, glanced at Shin along with a nervous expression that returned.
As for Diere, he did not say a word. He only raised his head slightly and seemed to also glance at Shin from behind his hood.
“???”
This time it was Shin's turn to be confused.
Of course, the situation itself showed that it was not Shin's side that was troubled but the girl's side.
Why did they all glance here when they heard the word camp?
Shin would open his mouth to reply with those words.
However, Vivian seemed to have also detected something was amiss, and hurriedly stopped everyone.
“The nearest inn from this place will take us until midnight by riding the train, and when we wake up tomorrow, we should return to this place. So, it will just waste a lot of time.”
After she finished speaking, Vivian took their luggage from the carriage and handed some sheets of black cloth to Diere and the others.
“You set up a tent while I feed the horses, okay?”
Vivian did not give Diere and the others the change to refuse at all.
“Vivian.”
Diere spoke in a voice that carried a rare denouncing tone, as if he was dissatisfied with Vivian's decision.
However, Vivian just stared at Diere calmly.
“You think you should understand right?” Vivian confronts Diere with an amazing serious expression, “She did nothing wrong.”
Diere was instantly silent.
Not only Diere, but even Lumia and Melika could no longer say anything.
The three of them once again looked towards Shin, but they were no longer as rude as before. Lumia even showed a hint of apology in her gaze.
After which, the three picked up the sheets and walked to the side in silence to set up the tent.
Moreover, the sheet was actually a magical item. Just by injecting magic power into it, they would bubble up and open themselves into a tent.
Therefore, there was no problem with setting up the tent even without the help of a person like Shin.
As for Shin, after he saw Diere and the other two leave, he looked at Vivian again.
“Sorry, we have shown you something unpleasant.” Vivian directly said in an apologetic tone, “In the past, we had some male adventurers arranged by the guild to join our party, and among them, we had some male adventurers arranged by the guild to join our party, there are people who take advantage of our time camping to..”.
The moment he heard that, Shin basically understood what was going on.
“No wonder they were so careful of me.” Shin muttered loudly.
“I'm really sorry.” Vivian apologized once again and, with a sigh, spoke in a depressed tone, “Although that was not our intention, but, from various points of view, we have received a lot of attention from male adventurers. Plus, since we ourselves are adventurers, some unavoidable problems are completely unavoidable.”
“That's why I ended up collecting this party and gathering all the female adventurers who ended up having problems like this in hopes of at least keeping a few of those people honest.”
Vivian was basically very honest here, even saying such things out loud.
“Not that I can't understand it.” Shin shrugged, “But, to make me join this party. Be it you or the guild, aren't you being too careless? ”
Vivian does not deny it but instead smiles, “However, we naturally consider all the pros and cons. In the end, the fact that we are still making this decision proves that you have that much value.”
“What's that value?” Shin only then fully focused on Vivian, and then, as if he was just joking, “What value can I have? Do you think I'm a hero or something? ”
“Hero?” Vivian was stunned for a moment before half laughing, “If you are a Hero, then we will have a severe headache.”
With those words, Shin was dumbfounded as well.
“Why?” Shien asked in surprise, “Do you not want to see a Hero appear and defeat a Demon King?”
Those words once again shocked Vivian.
Then…
“Don't the Demon King have been defeated long ago?”
When those words sounded, the air became silent.
Shin's expression completely froze on his face and his pupils widened, unable to hide his surprised expression.