The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#111 - Giving the five elements to a pig can save the world

A normal party consists of 4-6 people, typically a warrior, rogue, priest, mage, archer, and knight.

Although the party currently has a surplus of mages and lacks a warrior, archer, and rogue, Yunyun, who knows a bit of swordsmanship and has good physical abilities, can勉强 fill in as a warrior. And Kazuma Satou, an adventurer who can learn any skill, can also fill in as a rogue and archer.

Originally, Kazuma kept clamoring to leave the party, but after Yunyun bought him new equipment, the way he looked at Yunyun changed. He even bent over and became obsequious.

After some shopping, Kazuma Satou finally looked like a proper adventurer.

No longer in simple cloth clothes and trousers, he now has leather chest armor, metal bracers, and greaves, a one-handed sword at his waist, and a wooden bow on his back.

As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and a saddle makes the horse. It must be said that Kazuma Satou looked quite presentable.

Except—

"Mr. Kazuma, I still prefer your arrogant and unruly self from before. Please go back to that."

"Yes, ma'am, Yunyun-sama."

The flattering smile on his face disappeared, and he pretended to be a capable adventurer.

Admittedly, he had earned a lot of bounty through the cabbage quest, but spending his own money and spending someone else's money are completely different feelings. At least, Kazuma Satou felt very good about being taken care of by someone else.

Being taken care of for a while feels good, being taken care of all the time feels great.

"…Wait a minute, Yunyun, you're not going to say something about borrowing or owing, are you? I absolutely won't pay you back, you know."

"You really are a scumbag. But it's not borrowing or owing. It should be called compensation. Didn't I ruin your tracksuit?"

"Ah, that…"

Kazuma Satou understood.

During their duel at the adventurer's guild, his green tracksuit was scorched by Yunyun's lightning magic, so this was compensation for that.

"That tracksuit has already been repaired by Aqua."

"That's right, I repaired it."

"…Ah?"

Yunyun stared blankly at the two of them.

That tracksuit had been burned black, but it could still be repaired. Is that what you'd expect from a goddess? Aqua has incredible talents outside of her actual job.

Then they went to find Lynn again.

To be precise, they went to see her party members, Keith and Taylor, to ask them to teach Kazuma Satou how to use a one-handed sword and the Snipe skill.

The Snipe skill, where the higher the luck, the higher the accuracy, and the skill to skillfully use a one-handed sword with only 1 skill point, could almost be said to be the perfect skills for him.

After buying armor in the east market, a longbow in the west market, a short sword in the south market, and learning skills in the north market, Kazuma Satou could finally join the army on behalf of his father.

…No, that's not right, he's going to leave the village to defeat the Demon King.

"No, no, no, how could that be possible? Going out to defeat the Demon King with just beginner equipment? This isn't a Souls-like game."

Kazuma Satou couldn't help but retort.

In his opinion, this was like a nonsensical game where you're told, 'These are the up, down, left, and right controls, this is attack and jump, okay, go defeat the Demon King!'

"But Kazuma, you need to understand that this world is so cruel. There are also games where you encounter a Tree Sentinel right from the start."

Yunyun patted him on the shoulder.

Thinking about it that way, encountering a Demon King's general in the starting village wasn't that different? Hmm? Doesn't that seem like that Cautious Hero?

"What are you talking about?"

"No, it's nothing."

The game from his previous-previous life came out later than the one from his previous life, so Kazuma probably doesn't understand what Yunyun is talking about. How nice that he hasn't been poisoned by trash games.

"But Kazuma, have you heard this saying?"

"What? Tell me."

"Even a pig with the five elements could save the world."

"Are you picking a fight with me?!"

Kazuma Satou finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

He did learn five-element magic, but those were just beginner spells, like lighting a fire, creating water, throwing sand…etc. These skills were basically useless, and in other people's eyes, they were almost useless skills.

Even the flexible Kazuma Satou currently only uses beginner magic as life skills.

Aqua shook her head helplessly and said, "I really don't know what to do with you. Then let's go to the guild and look for a suitable quest."

"That's what we should have done! …And don't make it sound like you're accommodating me."

Kazuma Satou rolled his eyes.

Arriving at the adventurer's guild, it was still bustling with people, incredibly lively.

Because the Demon King's general had fled here recently, many people had the idea of becoming adventurers, so many new adventurers had come recently.

Of course, that had nothing to do with them.

Arriving at the quest board, Yunyun and the others were looking for a suitable quest.

"This one, how about this one?!"

Megumin pointed to a quest posted on the board, marked with an extremely dangerous symbol, and ten skull heads to warn those who overestimate their abilities.

"Let me see. A Manticore and a Griffin are fighting over territory. Please subjugate both of them together. The reward is 500,000 Eris."

"500,000 Eris, that's a good reward."

"Manticores and Griffins seem pretty strong."

"It doesn't matter. With my Explosion magic, I'll blow them all away!"

Everyone seemed to like this quest.

Although it might be difficult for others, it was just right for them. After a little discussion, they decided on this one.

"—Wait a minute!"

Kazuma Satou pressed down on the quest, preventing Yunyun from taking it down.

"What's wrong, Kazuma?"

"You guys decided on it so casually, but what about my opinion! Think about it carefully, I'm a new adventurer, I can't keep up with you guys all of a sudden!"

"…You really are troublesome, Kazuma."

Yunyun sighed slightly, then looked at the quest board again and said, "Then let's go subjugate the Bloodthirsty White Wolf pack and the One-Hit Bear."

"Don't use a fallback tone to choose monsters with such dangerous names!"

He stomped his feet in anger.

Aqua looked at Kazuma Satou, who was acting like a child, and said, "This is no good, that's no good, Kazuma, you're really hard to please. In that case, you might as well—"

"Just leave the party."

X4

"…I, I was thinking the same thing."

Including Yuuyu, all five of them looked at him and said that.

"Ugh~~~"

This dealt a huge blow to Kazuma Satou.

If he had been told that before forming a party, he would have been so angry that he would have left without looking back. But now that he was being kicked out, the situation was completely different.

"I don't care! In any case, as a member of the party, I demand that we change the quest!"

"Okay, okay, then Kazuma, you can choose a suitable quest."

They gave the choice to Kazuma.

Kazuma Satou lived up to his reputation as a scumbag, and he chose a subjugation quest called—Plant-Type Monster, Mandrake Stew.

"Let me see. The Mandrake Stew, which originally lived deep in the forest, has somehow appeared on the outskirts of the forest, attacking many adventurers. We hope someone can go and subjugate it. The reward is 300,000 Eris."

"How about this quest?"

"Kazuma, are you serious?"

"Huh? What? Is there a problem?"

"No, since you chose it..."

Yunyun's meaningful smile made Satou Kazuma feel a strong sense of unease, and this unease was quickly confirmed.

The group arrived at the edge of the forest and soon saw the quest objective.

Or rather, it was too conspicuous.

A giant Rafflesia-like plant, its long rhizomes made it almost 5 meters tall, and several menacing vine tentacles seemed to have some kind of mucus on them. The strong light reflecting in the sunlight made it feel slippery.

And in the center of the flower was a huge mouth, the inside of which was spitting out a foul-smelling mucus, which looked a little scary.

"Th-This is the Mandragora Stew?"

"That's right."

"—I've been tricked! The name sounded like wonton noodles, but I didn't expect it to be this kind of monster."

Satou Kazuma shouted, clutching his head.

And the moment Darkness saw the monster, she shouted with a flushed face: "Okay, leave this to me! Don't worry about me, I'll be right back!"

"Don't do anything stupid, Darkness! Are you planning to charge in so recklessly?"

"What are you talking about! I'll cut off its rhizomes and sever its tentacles! Don't underestimate the strength of a Crusader! I won't hold back! Haaah—!"

"Hey—!"

Then, ignoring the shouts of the others, she rushed forward quickly with her knight's sword.

Although I understand that because it's the first adventure together, she wants to show the reliability and handsomeness of a Crusader, but...

"Darkness is so cool!"

"No, Megumin, look closely... Darkness's attacks are all missing!"

Even though the sword is swung so hard, not even a single hit landed.

In addition to Darkness's inherently low hit rate, the monster also has strong evasion abilities, and she was trapped by her recklessness.

...No, she was actively trapped.

"Since I can't hit it, then as a Crusader, I'll be the tank! Come on, I won't run away or dodge, so bind me as much as you want!"

Darkness was tightly bound by the slippery tentacles.

Satou Kazuma shouted excitedly: "Hey, Darkness, are you okay? I'll go now..."

"Don't mind me."

"...Eh?"

While he was dumbfounded, the monster's plant tentacles contracted forcefully, causing the perverted female knight to let out a refreshing scream.

"Uwaaaah—! Look, look at how strong this binding force is, even my bones are creaking... Amazing!"

She seems to be enjoying it.

Aqua shouted at this time: "Darkness, I'll heal you!"

Darkness shouted: "Don't mind me!"

"Oh my, is that so?"

"She seems very calm," Megumin said uncertainly, while Yunyun shyly covered her cheeks with her hands, but still couldn't help but peek at the perverted female knight who was constantly screaming (enjoying).

At this time, Darkness also laughed.

"Hmph hmph hmph—don't make me laugh, is this all the power you have? Make me... feel more joy! Haa... haa... come on! Expose your inhuman nature to the public here!"

She was completely immersed in it.

Obviously, she was doing it on purpose just now. This guy is hopeless, how can she be so happy in this situation...

"Gah, gah...?"

The Rafflesia tilted its big mouth, looking puzzled. Instead, the monster was starting to get confused. Should I say, as expected of a Crusader?

"Hmm... hmm... you vile monster... you're thinking of slowly tightening my whole body like this, making me scream, right!? Eventually, you'll crush this armor, tear my clothes, and make me appear indecent in front of my companions... is that your intention!?

Ugh! Not bad... no, that's too great! Come on, to make my body's curves look more sensual, tighten it even more—"

"Hey, hey, hey—"

Satou Kazuma stared at her dumbfounded.

At this time, Yunyun patted him on the shoulder and said: "Isn't this what you wanted to see? As expected of Axel's famous sadist, Kazuma, this magnificent scene is as you wished."

"That's not it!"

Satou Kazuma denied loudly.

Although he had such thoughts, he would never do such a thing to his companions, and Darkness obviously likes it more than him!

Damn it!

"—Snipe!"

Satou Kazuma drew his bow and arrow, and with his super high luck, he hit the core of the plant monster with one arrow and pierced it. The binding force disappeared, and the vines also slipped to the ground.

"What are you doing, Kazuma!"

Darkness blamed Satou Kazuma after being released: "I wanted to enjoy it for another 10 minutes... no, I could have endured it for another 10 minutes! And isn't this what you expected? I was clearly cooperating with you!"

"You just said your true feelings. Also, don't take me for someone without common sense, you clearly like being like this more!"

"Umm—"

The scolded perverted female knight trembled.

Satou Kazuma stared at the giant Rafflesia and said: "Sorry, I don't have time to indulge your fetishes anymore, next we have to defeat it! Yunyun, Yuiyui, I'm counting on you!"

"Leave it to me!" "O-Okay."

"Wait, you two, let me take it back and keep it as a pet at home—"

"Light of Saber!" X2

The two back-to-back used powerful advanced magic with extraordinary tacit understanding, destroying this giant plant monster.

"Aaaaaah! Mandragora Stew—!"

Darkness's shouts were drowned out by the sound of the two's magic, and no one heard them clearly.

"Haa—"

Satou Kazuma saw that the monster was blasted into ashes, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "It's cleared up like this, right. Fortunately, I took action in time, otherwise, something big might have happened."

"Woo woo woo—"

On the other side, Darkness was shedding tears of grievance, and Aqua was comforting her.

"Okay, Darkness, don't cry."

"Woo woo, the rare bondage play, just like that, just like that it slipped away... I was clearly cooperating with Kazuma's preferences, and I did it on purpose..."

"No, no, no, the meaning is different!"

Satou Kazuma couldn't help but retort.

A Crusader who only charges straight ahead, a high priest who is useless except for resurrection and healing, a one-shot explosion mage, and him, the weakest adventurer. Although the team barely has two normal people, the magic content is obviously too high.

...Is this team really okay?