"This trip wasn't in vain." Kaede sighed, then swallowed the potato snack in her hand in one bite, a happy expression appearing on her face again.
Although she was no longer as she was when she first entered the game, she was still very happy to be able to eat.
As for money, well, the Magic Stones meant for sale had all been eaten by Kaede, but there were still some materials that could be sold. After those Dungeon monsters died, there was a very small chance they would drop a part of their body. Things are valuable because they are rare, so the prices of these materials were generally very high.
However, the probability was simply too low, so ordinary Adventurers still focused on Magic Stones. Only a freak like Kaede would focus on selling rare materials.
Just at this moment, a commotion up ahead made Kaede frown. What had happened?
"Roar!!"
A monster's roar? How could it be here? Kaede frowned. Monster Festival? Monsters!
"Did the monsters escape?" Kaede muttered, then proceeded to eliminate the snack in her hand at a speed that left people dumbfounded.
"OK!" She clapped her hands, the corners of Kaede's mouth curling up. Looking at the monsters rushing out over there, a flash of anger crossed her eyes.
She couldn't be bothered to care about their reasons; Kaede only knew that they had interrupted her mealtime, and that reason was enough.
She took off her cloak; after all, having the cloak on still hindered her movements a bit.
"Roar!!"
"What kind of monster's roar is this?" A roar spread out from the crowd, making everyone's faces turn a bit pale.
Eina pondered, why did this kind of roar sound a bit like a dragon's roar, but it was completely different from the roars of dragon species discovered today.
Then, she saw an incredible thing: those monsters actually stopped, and then looked in one direction—the very place from which the dragon roar had come.
And the surrounding civilians, who were not Adventurers, had naturally long since scattered, revealing a single figure.
"That figure is... the Sword Princess?"
"Oh! Lady Sword Princess!"
"We are saved!"
Immediately, the appearance of the'Sword Princess' calmed everyone down, as if they had taken a sedative, roaring and becoming excited.
Even though they were just in danger, they were now completely hyped up. This was the Sword Princess; this was the reputation of the Sword Princess in Orario!
However, the person there was not the Sword Princess, but Kaede. At this moment, Kaede was frowning, looking at a Silver Guard over there; that guy was not looking this way.
Things seemed a bit off. Kaede frowned. Everywhere, dragon species were supreme existences, let alone that Kaede was a pure-blooded Dragonoid.
Although due to her strength, Kaede couldn't make them obey orders, she could still make them fight her.
However, that guy seemed to be looking for something and ignored her challenge.
Taking a glance at the Silver Guard, Kaede turned her head to look at the other five monsters she had never seen before; it must be because she hadn't gone down to a sufficient floor yet.
But what did that matter? A Tachi appeared in her hand, and then she rushed straight up.
"That... is that Kaede?" Eina, however, recognized that it wasn't the Sword Princess, but Kaede, and a worried look appeared in her eyes.
Although she heard from the Sword Princess that Kaede's strength was at LV3, Eina still didn't want to believe it. After all, Kaede's level was only LV1; how could her strength reach LV3?
And the floors where these monsters were currently located were floors that at least required LV2 to have the ability to reach. How could Eina not be worried?
However, what happened next made her widen her eyes.
Kaede's movements were completely unlike a novice, and her speed was even faster than those monsters, maneuvering with ease amidst the attacks of the five monsters.
Rather than maneuvering, it was more like Kaede was playing with the five monsters in the palm of her hand.
Kaede only swung her blade occasionally, but every strike could directly hit the monsters. The monsters would dodge, but they simply couldn't get away.
"Can LV3 do this?" Shock appeared in Eina's eyes. Only at this moment did she realize that Aiz Wallenstein hadn't been wrong at all; perhaps she had even understated it quite a bit.
"Hm, it seems you are nothing more than this." Kaede hadn't been in a hurry to eliminate them at first, wanting to see their strength, but now, the testing was about enough.
"Wind Spirit Dash!"
"Wind Spirit Dash" wraps oneself in wind, increasing attack, defense, speed, and short-distance flight ability.
One could see Kaede's body seemingly surrounded by a layer of cyan light.
"Refinement!"
As Kaede's voice fell, her Tachi began to flicker.
Refinement: Briefly increases the weapon's power, permanently increases a portion of quality, the degree of increase is linked to magic level.
The flickering blade had been sheathed, and even the scabbard seemed to start emitting light.
"Slash!!"
In an instant, Kaede drew her blade. After many days, she used the Iaijutsu (Draw-Slash) again.
Now her body already exceeded her previous peak, plus the enhancement of Wind Spirit Dash.
This slash was terrifying. At the very least, none of the five monsters in front of her could react, and even if they could react, none could escape the sharpness of this slash.
One could only see a flash of blade light, and the blade in Kaede's hand was sheathed once more. Then, Kaede looked at the five monsters, her body quietly rushing out of the center area.
Waist-level, horizontal slash!
When Kaede walked away, one could see that all five monsters had been cut in two from the waist.
"Whoa! Whoa!!"
After a moment of silence, the surrounding cheers and excited roars swept in like a tide once again.
However, Kaede didn't pay attention to those people's cheers. She now wanted to know what was going on with that Silver Guard, that it hadn't paid any attention to her.
Then Kaede rushed towards the direction the Silver Guard had run.
"Oh, Kaede is really strong." Loki said, narrowing her eyes.
"Yeah, Kaede is strong." Aiz Wallenstein nodded, a glint appearing in her golden eyes. In this way, she was almost being caught up; she had been stuck at LV5 for some time now.
"I must continue to get stronger!" Aiz Wallenstein said.
"Yeah, you really need to get stronger." Don't know when, but Loki had inched close to Aiz Wallenstein, her eyes lecherously staring at a certain part of Aiz Wallenstein.
"Bang!" Then Aiz Wallenstein, as Loki's 'child', unhesitatingly smashed her fist onto Loki's head. "Please don't do strange things."
"Ugh, this kind of Aiz Wallenstein is also so cute!" However, a certain deity had no intention of repenting, still saying shocking words there.
"Kaede, let's go." Aiz Wallenstein saw Kaede running in one direction, and without thinking, she pushed Loki, who was about to hug her again, to the side, then followed behind Kaede.
"Ugh, Ais-tan~~" Leaving behind Loki, a 'normal' deity, looking at Aiz Wallenstein's back and making a regretful sound.
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