With whatās pretty much perfect timing there is an off-campus exercise, and I allow vampire girl to participate. The location is inhabited by low level monsters, in other words a beginner orientated level training ground. The monsters of this world are categorised by different danger level ranks, and there should only be monsters of around danger level E at the forest which serves as the training ground. For a danger level E, thatās equivalent to the frog from the Elro Great Labyrinth. No matter what, theyāre not going to give the current vampire girl a hard fight.
For these danger levels, it appears that humans were the first to establish it, the criterion being that if 6 adventurers are equivalent to a single monster then that decides the level, apparently. So that means that, in the case of a danger level B monster, then if 6 rank B adventurers fight it then it would be a good match, basically. In short, itās not the case that a rank B adventurer equals a danger level B monster. In practice thereās a six fold difference in strength.
However, it seems that the lowest rank for adventurers is D rank, a rank that anybody can casually achieve. Thus, if an ordinary person decides to register then from that day on they can call themselves a rank D adventurer with just that. For that reason, for the strength of monsters of rank D and lower, the ranking is generally just for show. After all, thereās a large gap in actual strength between a freshly minted D rank adventurer and a properly trained D rank adventurer. Amongst the rank D adventurers, because thereās many fake adventurers who make a living by collecting medicinal plants without fighting monsters, theyāre not really considered to be that reliable. Well, though I began by saying that, for adventurers raised to a particular rank, thereās also a difference in strength compared to those who are on the verge of rising to the next rank, so this is all just an approximation okay.
In practice, to be able to solo fight a monster, the appropriate rank would normally one or two levels below. So a B rank adventurer would take on a C rank monster, for example.
Incidentally, for my original species of Small Lesser Taratekt, the danger level is F. Danger level F. Danger level F! Thatās just how weak it is. Thatās pretty much saying that even an ordinary person can beat it you know.
Letās return to the main subject. In the forest, vampire girl continues to hunt. Her face is clearly showing that she is dissatisfied. Sure enough, she seems unhappy that the monsters are just so weak that thereās no resistance. I have heard what Mera said, but for what a vampire desires from battle, itās not to trample over them, but the desire to have a good fight with an equal or stronger opponent, or so it seems. Considering that, these danger level E class monsters are not fit to be the current vampire girlās opponents.
Well, be at ease. Since I have already prepared a perfectly suitable opponent.
Ogre-kun, whose path Iāve been indirectly guiding, has arrived at the forest. I canāt use appraisal, so I donāt know how far ogre-kunās status has now grown to. Or rather, it might be wrong to call him āogre-kunā now.
Heās evolved. Maybe itās because heās been slaughtering repeatedly, but I guess his level rose enough for him to evolve. His well built body has become smaller, and now heās become the same size as a human. However, even though his body has become smaller, the amount strength packed within it has increased. In my opinion, itās about the same as vampire girl. With those horns growing on his forehead, he should be called an oni.
What surprises me, is oni-kunās face. When I wonder where Iāve seen it before, I realise itās Sasajima-kun.
From Wakaba Hiiroās memory, Sasajima-kun should be on good terms with Yamada-kun and Ooshima-kun who are currently in the human academy. I have many memories of those three talking together. Though I had known that oni-kun was a reincarnator, I hadnāt known who he was though. Both Yamada-kun and Ooshima-kun were concerned about Sasajima-kunās whereabouts, and have asked sensei about him several times. I had gotten the feeling that sensei actually knew about Sasajima-kun, did she figure it out while he was rampaging through the human territory I wonder? If I combine the reincarnators in the elf village with the reincarnators in the human academy, I could have figured out who it probably was by calculating back. Ah, I guess so. Thinking that way, it was possible to figure out who oni-kun was by a process of elimination ya know. Though rather than it being that I didnāt know, itās more like I wasnāt interested in knowing, I guess.
Well, I donāt really care who oni-kun really is. What I care about, is why has heās gotten the same face as in his previous life. When I became an arachne I had Wakaba Hiiroās face though, so maybe itās that when a monster evolves into a more humanoid form, their face becomes how they imagine it to be? That being the case, I could then accept that my own face gained the form that I was most familiar with in my previous life.
I wonder how vampire girl will react when she sees Sasajima-kunās face?
And then she doesnāt react! The battle starts the instant that they meet. Even though this is supposed to be a deeply moving reunion between two reincarnators
Oh? Vampire girl hasnāt realised? Or perhaps, sheās realised but is ignoring it? Hmm. One vote for she hasnāt realised. Though I canāt abandon the pattern where it goes āI had noticed but because he seems strong that doesnāt matter!ā
Well, whatever. Theyāve clashed all according to plan anyway. Iām sorry oni-kun, but please become an opponent for vampire girl to let out her stress on. Afterwards, whether you win or lose, Iāll have you go to your eternal rest, okay.
At the start, vampire girl takes the initiative. Yee-hah! I couldnāt help it! With that charge I felt that I heard such a yell. Vampire girl, youāve grown up to be such a fine muscle-brainā¦
Her large sword strikes at oni-kun. Oni-kun tries to stop that with the katana in one hand, but canāt defend and uses the katana in his other hand both together, and is finally able to stop the blow. Probably, he intended to stop the blow with one hand, and then use the katana in his other hand to aim for a counter instead. However, vampire girlās strike was heavier than he expected, so her hurriedly put all his strength into defence I reckon.
ćFwah, fwahahah. You stopped it. You actually stopped my attack. Fwahahah!ć
O, o-o-kay. Vampire girl brings out a dangerous smile.
ćThis is, a fight! For the first time in my life! A proper fight!ć
Just how frustrated has she actually been? She has well and truly lost it. If there was a Battle Junkie title then sheād certainly acquire it. Thereās no such title though.
Vampire girl activates her magic and skills. Oni-kun prepares to receive that. I observe with popcorn in one hand.