Chapter 55

Chapter 55 Strongest Sage, Discovers a.s.sailants

"Now then . Let"s decide on our shares this time . "

I declared that while we were walking outside the guild .

By the way, I"ve put up a small-scale soundproofing magic to prevent people from listening to our money talk .

"Un, the sooner we decide on it the better! So how much should we pa.s.s you on?"

"Umm, since we"ve received 11 gold coins and 3 silver coins . . . . Around 6 gold coins?"

"Don"t you think that"s too little? I mean we beat the monsters and all but it was Mathi-kun who helped us through dangerous stuff like Monster House . . . . "

Huh . Why"d this become about me getting the money .

"Normally, I think I should be giving you two 250 gold coins each here . "

Since we got 750 gold coins this time, each of us should get 250 .

Though well since it"s heavy to carry all those gold coins, I"ve asked the guild to keep them for us .

"Equal split!? Don"t you think that"s just too much!"

"Distributing rewards in accordance to contribution is the basic of party isn"t it!"

" . . . Really?"

In my past life, if you divide rewards not by equal split, the ratio and sum would be determined by law .

Since it wasn"t unusual for a party to dissolve because of trouble involving rewards .

. . . . Though I mostly stopped acting in a party when I reached 120 year old back then, so I don"t really know the rule after that .

"That"s right! The reward this time was mostly earned by Mathi-kun! I"ve never heard of someone getting 750 gold coins!"

"But you know, it"s not like we agreed on it beforehand--mu . "

I stopped my words .

【Pa.s.sive Detection】 caught some suspicious reaction .

" . . . Got it . Then I won"t be handing the reward this time . Is that fine with you?"

This doesn"t seem to be the time to discuss about our reward . We should end it for now .

I can just hand over the money if Ruli or Alma needs it later anyway .

"Well, in that case . . . "

"Then let"s hurry on to the academy! Use your full power without using too much mana!"

I invoked an acceleration-type movement magic .

"Okay! . . . But do we need to be in such a hurry--eh?"

Ruli was going to object while invoking the magic . . . then she suddenly looked up at the sky .

At the same direction my 【Pa.s.ssive Detection】 showed .

"Looks like you"ve gotten quite familiar with 【Pa.s.sive Detection】 . "

"Is that a demon . . . ?"

Alma asked me .

"Correct . Looks like two demons are coming to attack us . "

Judging from their movement, they"re most likely trying to destroy the Second Academy .

It"s currently the sole base for teaching chantless magic after all .

The First Academy is also going to teach chantless magic to their students, but they"re only about to begin right now .

I have expected one of such early attacks from the demons .

Demons are not good at moving in a group, but there are cases of them working together if it"s just two who are colleagues . The three month limit is ultimately about an attack of ma.s.sive scale .

Well, I guess we"re fortunate that this happens when I"m above ground .

"I can only sense one though . . . . "

"That"s cause one of them is quite weak . While the other one is quite a bit stronger than Devilis . "

When there are two reactions of different scales, it"s not unusual for the weaker one to get overlooked .

Considering their practice period, being able to detect one at this distance is most satisfactory already .

"S-stronger than that Devilis . . . . Why are we heading there!? We"ve gotta escape--"

"Our prey are coming to us on their own volition you know? It"s only courteous for us to hunt them down . "

"What are you even being courteous to!"

" . . . . The world?"

"The scale is too huge! . . . I guess it does comply with G.o.d"s teachings . . . . "

G.o.d"s teachings . . . . ?

I"m a bit curious about that but now"s not the time . Let"s prioritize explaining the strategy to them .

"Demons are fundamentally fast . Until we"ve grown enough to be faster than them, our biggest chance currently is when they"re attacking . . . . So, I"m counting on you to take care of the weak one . "

"Yes, leave it to us . . . Eeeh!?"

"I"ll let you have some magic stones that are just right for this, and some arrows . Use this magic circle to augment these arrows . Alma, use the arrows with 【Wire-guided Enchant】 to hit the demon . "

And then I gave them a bag of magic stones and a paper with a magic circle drawn on it .

The magic circle is packed with jamming power instead of killing power .

"Fighting a demon with a new technique, it"s all too sudden--"

"It"s alright . It"s not too different from what you"ve gone through so far . . . . Well you probably can"t defeat it, I"ll do the rest once I"m done with the strong one, please buy some time until that . "

I"d have liked those demons coming when I still had some mana remaining .

Currently my mana is around 10% of the maximum .

Fighting two demons at the same time in this condition, while not impossible, isn"t something I"d like to do if possible .

"I got it! If Mathi-kun says so, I"m doing it!"

" . . . . To be honest, I don"t think I can really fight a demon . . . But if Mathi-kun says that it"s okay, I"ll do it!"

"Good, then let"s go!"