I was at the guild and gathering requests to hunt Lesser Fire Dragons.
If I was going to hunt them anyway, I might as well do it as quests so I could rank up and be rewarded.
I didnât know what the requirements were for ranking up, but doing a lot of quests would surely help.
And so I took the requests to the guild counter.
âIâd like to accept these.â
âUhâŠYouâre going to hunt this many?â
The receptionist saw the number of requests and looked surprised.
âŠThat being said, all of the ones I had taken had pretty long completion times.
I would have several days to do them, little by little.
As Lesser Fire Dragons were Rank D, I could always just burn them all with Hellfire of Death if I had to.
I could have also just accepted one quest at a time, but it seemed like a hassle to have to return to the guild every time.
And so I might as well do it all together.
âYeah. I mean, itâs not like these guys are immune to magic, right?â
âUmm⊠You didnât know that Lesser Fire Dragons are immune to magic?â
Oh.
That was an unexpected blunder.
âImmune to magicâŠfor real?â
âYes. The gemstones give them the protection of very strong magic resistance. Incredibly strong magic might work⊠But no one has ever used magic to kill them, as far as I have heard.â
That kind of explained why they made good materials for monster armor.
The magic resistance was probably used to strengthen it somehow.
So thatâs why monster armor required the gemstones. They were strong against magic.
âŠHowever, that would make killing these dragons much harderâŠ
âSo you can only kill Lesser Fire Dragons through physical attacks?â
âMost people use water. Physical attacks are quite difficult.â
ââŠWater?â
How could you kill a monster with water?
Drown them?
âLesser Fire Dragons are very weak to water. Dozens of liters would be enough to kill them⊠But it is not easy to carry so much waterâŠâ
You can kill them by dumping water on them? That sounded easy.
âBut that sounds like a walk in the park?â
ââŠOh, yes. Every person who is new to hunting them says that. But you do realize that dumping so much water on a dragon is no easy task? You have to fight them at the same time!â
âJust use water magic.â
âIt would take a tremendous amount of energy to make that much water. âŠBut yes, if one used all the energy they had, they might be able to kill one dragonâŠâ
The receptionist said with an exasperated expression.
I hadnât known that water magic took up so much energyâŠ
Well, I now knew that using âHellfire of Deathâ was out of the question.
Still, just creating some water did not seem very hard.
I happened to have a spell called âWater Discharge.â
It sounded like the perfect thing to use to kill Lesser Fire Dragons.
âGot it. Iâll accept these quests.â
âHave you been listening to me at all!?â
Her eyes widened in surprise.
However, I had no intention of changing my mind.
I had already wasted an entire day dealing with the assassins.
And so I had to work properly today.
âYes. I was listening. âŠAnd I still want to accept them.â
ââŠWell, donât come crying to me if you fail and have to pay the penalty. It would be impressive if you could hunt 2 Lesser Fire Dragons in one day, you know?â
âWell, letâs just say that Iâm pretty good with water magic.â
I said as I had the receptionist complete the procedures.
Doing a lot of quests at once might draw some attentionâŠbut if that happened, I could just move on to a different town.
I didnât like to stick out for no reason, but this time, I had to prioritize the armor that would affect the lives of myself and my monsters.
ââŠVery well.â
She clearly realized that I would not be persuaded.
I watched and thought excitedly about the new armor I would get for the Proud Wolf and slimes.
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