Arc 22: If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

Chapter 185: Proposal and Dungeon

O Flame come forth, Explosive flame barrage, Flare Burst

As Lindsey recites this spell, a series of large explosions occur in 5 separate locations. Everything that was there got blown off.

This new spell is an enhanced version ofExplosion. Or rather, it seems its one of the original ancient magics. What an outrageous power it has.. It definitely was the correct decision to come to the plains instead of the training grounds.

Youve done it! I wonder if fire attribute suits Lindsey better after all?

I wouldnt have been able to make it this far by myself. Rin-san helped me

Just so you know, my worst attribute is fire. Its not restricted to me alone, its the same for everyone from the fairy clan. Only a small number of members from the fairy clan can use fire magic, to begin with. Im guessing that its being avoided subconsciously as the race originally used to live in the forest

If Im not mistaken, didnt Rin say she possesses six attributes? And that she only doesnt have dark attribute. She did say something like I cant use summoning magic, so I made Pola instead.

The stuffed bear, which was standing at Rins feet, took a triumphant pose after seeing the explosions. It seems unlikely it would be able to substitute a summoned beast though.

Has Rin memorized any ancient magic?

Yeah. Mine is water attribute though

Rin stands in front of Lindsey, extends both her hands in front of her and gathers water attribute magic power.

O Water come forth, the great whirlpool of raging stream, Maelstrom

A huge water tornado appears in front of us. It came forth shaving off and engulfing the ground. Its hard to understand because there is no target, but its a wide range annihilation magic. Its powerful too.

Its weakness is that it has a high consumption rate of magic. Though I think its effect corresponds to that

I guess that its natural for the consumption rate of magic to go up if the magics power increases. Its best if you use different types of magic depending on the situation so that it wouldnt be wasteful. You should also consider the quantity of magic power you possess.

It wasnt only Rin and Lindsey that got powered up by the discovery of [Library]. Rosetta and Monica hoped to read the books related to [Magic Engineering]. It seems they are trying out various things.

Recently Suu is being taught magic by Rin. Although Suu only has light attribute magic, her magic capacity apparently is quite high. She seems to be particularly focused on learning recovery magic. I heard that she makes appearances in the knights training grounds to try out that magic.

At the same time, it seems she still practices with Lapis-san and the rest. Where on earth is she heading towards.?

Fam has come to the ground and secluded herself in the castles library. That is a serious illness, isnt it? She is the mere shadow of print addicts. It has also aggravated for more than 5000 years, so there shouldnt be a cure anymore. Its an incurable disease.

In the afternoon, I make an appearance in the adventurers guild. I make sure to come at least once a week. Though its mainly to gather information from various places through the guild master Rerisha-san, I also accept quests sometimes to distract myself.

I enter the guild covered with a hood. Its as crowded as ever, but honestly speaking, I think there are those who are aware of my identity. However, there is no need to stand out on my own.

You! Wanna fight, you bastard!

Huh!? Bring it on! Lets go outside!

While two men are grasping each others collars, they go outside with agile side stepping. Again? I feel like the quarrels occur each time I come here. Oh well, I guess this is also part of the routine.

This happens because adventurers want to prove their own worth. As long as they dont cause problems for the residents, they can mutually knock each other out.

Good afternoon

Ah! MajAh no-no, Touya-san, good afternoon. Thanks for your hard work

Im talking with the receptionist, the catwoman onee-san. If Im not mistaken, her name is Misha-san. Her cat ears are twitching going Piko Piko.

How does the guild feel recently?

Let me see. As usual, there are many miscellaneous type quests. Merchants escort quests come in from time to time. However, its not possible to make a big profit here. This causes some annoyance, right? Thanks to that everyone immediately go their ways. No one stays so there are no familiar faces. Hence, it feels like every day there are a lot of new visitors

As she says that, her eyes focus on the two people fighting each other outside. I see. For some reason, many of those who call themselves adventurers tend to appeal with [I am definitely the greatest] during their first time meeting. I wonder if they do this from the start to make sure they are not underestimated? As a result, there are many conflicts.

Its fine if the ones saying those lines are beginners, but there are a lot of people among them who hit a wall without being able to advance to advanced levels.

They can be saved of that if there is a veteran adventurer capable of keeping an eye on them, but. it would be unreasonable for them to stay as they cant earn money in this country.

After that, Misha-san leads me to the second floor and I enter Rerisha-sans room. The elf guild master was tidying up some papers. Rerisha-san looked up and indicated me to sit on a sofa.

Excellent. You have arrived here just as I was considering the possibility of contacting you

Did something happen?

Having put the documents on the desk in order, Rerisha-san grabbed something that looked like a paper and sat down on the sofa across from me.

There are two news and one proposal. First, the dragons have appeared

The dragons you say?

One of them has been sighted south of the Great Forest Sea, in the Sandora Kingdom. Ive been told that it suddenly flew towards a desert village, started to rampage there, and then flew away in an unknown direction. So far it sounds ordinary, but the dragons have also appeared in Yuuron, as well as in Nokia. It seems villages and towns have suffered a lot of damage. Moreover, they say it was three different dragons

Its certainly very strange.. The dragons live in mountain areas where there arent many people. Ive also heard that they rarely attack human dwellings. Even among dragons, there are junior and senior classes. It appears that those who attack people and do things like that are the junior class which are closer to animals.

When I went to Misumido for the first time, the black dragon that attacked the village we visited was also a junior class. The red dragon I met afterwards was a senior class who appeared to be reasonable.

I guess it might just be a coincidence. There are many things we dont know about dragons. So it may be nesting season or something along those lines. We will be proceeding with an investigation on that, so we will find out eventually. There is other news along with a proposal but

Rerisha-san spreads a map on the table in between us. Eh? Is this the ocean? However, there are several islands on the map..

This is the recently discovered archipelago. Its located south of the Sandora Kingdom. As a result of a survey, several ancient ruins have been found on those islands but its a faraway place, and its not possible to excavate them easily and investigate the ruins themselves

Have you crossed large amounts of people by ships?

Yes, but those islands are not suitable for long stays. Temperature alternations are intense. There are also a lot of magic beasts. I was wondering why there were ancient ruins on these islands, but maybe it was once a big island during the times when the ancient civilization was flourishing

Do you mean that an island sank sometime in between then and now? Its not impossible. That may be the reason why the people of the island abandoned it. After that, magic beasts spread and it became the uninhabited islands.

The additional problem is that these ancient ruins ar