Nothing happened during the night.
The next day arrived.
Shirou and his group went to the Adventurer's Guild again to take on new tasks.
The guild lady at the counter specially stopped them and gave them the reward and bonus for the previous report, which was about the same as ten Grade E adventurer tasks.
It was a considerable bonus.
This undoubtedly caused envy and attention from the surrounding adventurers, and the hostility of a group of demon adventurers towards Shirou could be clearly seen on their faces.
But Shirou didn't care, he just quietly put away the reward and went to the quest board again.
As soon as he arrived, the horse-faced man, Nokubara, appeared again and came over.
"Oh, you guys actually dare to come again."
"Why wouldn't we dare?"
"..."
Shirou's overly calm words made Nokubara choke for a moment. He couldn't say what he wanted to say, and could only say, "Humph, are you going to take on a new task today?"
"What else would we do?"
"Heh heh, I'm just warning you, don't take on any tasks you shouldn't. If you cause similar trouble again, we won't allow you to act as you please, and you'll have to bear the consequences."
"I don't understand what you mean."
Shirou quietly waved his hand, "Besides, I don't think there are any tasks we shouldn't take. If someone is having trouble and wants help, I should go and help."
"Do you want to be a hero?"
Nokubara looked at Shirou with an incomprehensible gaze, completely unable to understand why this young man wanted to get involved in so much trouble.
Shirou didn't respond.
Only he could understand his own sense of justice, and he only needed to know it himself, no need to tell outsiders.
Seeing that Shirou didn't react, Nokubara didn't bother trying to be friendly.
He just gave Shirou an arrogant and threatening look, as if warning him not to do anything too rash again, and then left directly.
Shirou then picked tasks on his own. Because their team's level was limited, they couldn't take on tasks above Grade E.
Grade E and F tasks were mostly simple tasks like finding cats and dogs, collecting materials, and the like.
Shirou didn't think there was anything wrong with these tasks, but he also had to consider his teammates' opinions.
Ruijerd went without saying that he would listen to Shirou in everything.
Eris hoped to participate in more exciting activities, but if there was no other choice, she would accept reality.
Shirou then took these Grade E and F tasks and enthusiastically carried them out.
In the following days, Shirou and his group behaved very calmly.
Every day, they would search for cats and dogs in the city, deliver things for people, look for rare materials, and even clean clogged ditches.
Because Shirou and Ruijerd's abilities were both excellent, both of them were very good at doing even odd jobs.
Shirou's Eagle Eye, Projection, and Mind's Eye skills could be used in various situations, and the gem on Ruijerd's forehead was also very suitable for finding missing people and objects.
After a while, Shirou and his group's "Black Wolf Second" team was famous throughout the city. The ordinary people of Rikarisu Town were very grateful and respected them.
The demon adventurers, who were originally full of hostility, gradually stopped paying attention to Shirou and his group after seeing them so calm.
After all, to the adventurers, a group of guys who spent all day dealing with chores had no threatening value at all.
The two sides lived their lives without bothering each other for several days.
And because Shirou and his group completed tasks so quickly and efficiently.
In just a few days.
Their team smoothly rose from Grade F to Grade E, and then from Grade E to Grade D.
This meant that Shirou and his group could now take on tasks up to Grade C, and naturally, this level of tasks would involve combat.
In fact, that was the case.
Shirou soon found a monster extermination task - investigate the mysterious monster in the Petrified Forest south of the town.
The task was Grade C, and the content was to investigate the forest south of Rikarisu Town, find the stirring shadows discovered in the depths of the forest, and require adventurers to find out the true nature of the shadows. If there was danger, eliminate it.
Faced with this task, Shirou hesitated, because the content of the task was too vague. Ignoring whether the monster existed in the forest, even if it did exist and they eliminated it, the client might refuse to pay.
Because there was no evidence to prove that Shirou and his group had indeed completed the task.
However, Shirou ended up taking the task anyway.
After all, their team had high combat power, and they could easily deal with any trouble they encountered.
If the client refused to pay, they would just treat it as a waste of time, it wouldn't be a big loss.
Shirou then chose to accept the task, and learned more about the situation from the guild lady, knowing that the task had been going on for a long time, and almost every time, passing merchants would propose the task, but in the end, it often ended inconclusively.
Shirou was undoubtedly very curious about such a strange task, and he became even more determined to carry out the task.
...
Shirou and his group immediately set off for the Petrified Forest.
It was a full day's journey from Rikarisu Town. It was a forest located next to the road, with a large number of trees that looked like sharp bones, so it looked like the entire forest had been petrified.
The route through the forest was a shortcut to the neighboring town, so major merchant groups hoped to ensure the safety of the forest passage.
Every year, a large number of adventurers were sent to the forest to hunt monsters and ensure the safety of the forest passage.
However, even so, the monsters in the forest kept being killed without end, causing merchants to suffer heavy losses every time, and finally had to hire powerful adventurers to protect them in order to pass through.
Shirou, to be honest, had a strange feeling about this situation.
Because he grew up in Buena Village and discussed many stories about forest monsters with Laws, the forest keeper of Buena Forest, Shirou knew very well that the monsters in the forest were not impossible to completely eliminate.
After all, the birth of monsters often had a source.
As long as the first monster that served as the source of magic power was eliminated, the other monsters in the forest would hardly cause any waves and would quickly disperse.
For some reason, the monster in the Petrified Forest that served as the source of magic power had not been eliminated.
It was possible that the monster was too strong, or it could be for some other reason.
In any case, Shirou and his group arrived at the entrance of the forest and found that there were three adventurer teams gathered here, including themselves.
In addition to Shirou's Grade D "Black Wolf Second", there was also a Grade D team called "Dokurabu Village Gang", and a Grade B team called "SuperBlaze".
Because the tasks overlapped, the leaders of the teams had to talk to each other first.
"Hey... what are you guys doing?"
The person who spoke with an angry expression was Blaze, the leader of "SuperBlaze".
This was a pig-headed demon with five powerful demons under him.
Since he was Grade B, his strength was naturally the strongest in the field, so he spoke very rudely.
"We're here to do the task."
Kurt, the leader of "Dokurabu Village Gang", replied with a displeased expression.
This was a demon boy who looked young, but because he was a demon, his age couldn't be judged by his appearance, but he still looked very young.
"..."
Shirou didn't speak, but silently observed the two adventurer teams, and found that these two adventurer teams, including his own, had one thing in common, that was that they didn't seem to be adventurers from Rikarisu Town.
After Shirou asked his question, it was confirmed.
The three teams were not local teams from Rikarisu Town. "SuperBlaze" came from a large demon city and was a very strong adventurer. They were here on a business trip for some reason and were doing the task on the side.
"Dokurabu Village Gang" was an inexperienced team similar to their own. The three people in the team had just come to Rikarisu Town from the countryside to be adventurers.
Shirou secretly kept an eye on this common point.
At the same time, Blaze, the leader of "SuperBlaze", helplessly said: "I didn't expect the tasks to overlap. Different clients submitted the same task at the same time, resulting in this outcome."
"So, what should we do in this situation?"
The demon boy Kurt couldn't help but ask.
"There's nothing we can do, first come, first served."
"What!?"
"That's the rule of adventurers, don't expect us to be polite."
"..."
Kurt looked helpless. They were just a Grade D team and definitely couldn't win against a Grade B team. This was an impossible task.
He then looked at Shirou, thinking that his situation should be similar to his own, so he suggested: "You're also a Grade D adventurer team, right? How about we cooperate? If the monster is killed by these guys first, then our task will be...!"
"Cooperate... I think I'll pass."
Shirou didn't want to get involved in trouble.
He was an ally of justice, not a pushover. He naturally had no interest in being a babysitter for children.
"Heh heh, you brat! You're so weak, but you're so arrogant!"
Blaze glanced at Shirou mockingly, not thinking that such a young human would have any strength, so he directly led his people into the forest first.
Kurt wanted to cooperate with Shirou, but seeing that Shirou looked uninterested, he could only give up helplessly.
Shirou then returned to Ruijerd and Eris, told them the situation, and said that he wanted to solve the monster first.
After all, he had already noticed the problem with this task. If they were slow, there was a high possibility of unimaginable casualties.
Eris and Ruijerd naturally had no objections.
Especially Eris, she was already tired of the daily chores. Now that she could finally fight monsters, she couldn't wait to rush at the enemies.
But Shirou naturally had to ask Eris to restrain herself a little.
After all, if he guessed correctly, this time the opponent was probably not a monster, but something even worse than a monster.
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