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How does this look for the layout of the Foundation Festival stall?

It might be better if it had a wider space to lay out the merchandise.

All right. Erase this part please.

Got it. Please.

Oh! Looks good!

We should decorate it, too, since it's a festival and all.

--Preparations for the Foundation Festival are going smoothly. --We'll take care of that later. First we lock in the basic shape.

--Preparations for the Foundation Festival are going smoothly. --Have we decided what exactly to sell?

--Yes. I'm glad all the employees are so positive about it. --Have we decided what exactly to sell?

--Yes. I'm glad all the employees are so positive about it. --Let's talk to Miss Selma about it tomorrow.

--Yes. I'm glad all the employees are so positive about it. --We should decide soon.

--I think I can count on them. --We should decide soon.

--I think I can count on them. --Can't wait!

The Semroid Troupe are beginning rehearsals, too.

Are they using magic to make their swords shine? That's a cool visual effect.

Hey, Ryoma.

Heading home?

Good evening, Mr. Worgan.

You got a moment?

Yes.

Thanks for taking up that tunnel ant job.

I thought for a while that you were planning on being a full-time merchant.

I also heard you were trying to raise your adventurer rank.

Yes, I'm going to have to take my time with it, but I'd like to.

Well, now that you're an employer, you have work and duties.

You can't be a full-time adventurer. I get it.

Anyway, on to the main topic. Can you make yourself available over the next few days?

Yes, I can.

Good. There's a certain job I'd like your help with.

The specific task is gathering materials,

but we need a space magic user because the amount of materials is huge.

Also, you'll be able to hunt a monster you wanted to take on.

Really?!

Yeah. The job calls for gathering treant material.

Treants! It'll be good practice for my trip to the Great Forest of Schluss!

Yes, please!

"Episode 10" "Ryoma and the Flying Slime"

Those are the details of the job.

Good, every member of the party Mr. Worgan assembled is reliable.

Hmm. I understand that treant wood is needed,

but 300 treants minimum?

That's a lot.

What are you going to do with all of that?

In a nutshell, it's a town renewal project.

Town renewal?

As you know, this town, Gimul, is a mining town.

But what if we run out of ore to mine?

We'd run out of work, and people would move out.

To prevent that from happening, we want to build a new tourist attraction.

Specifically, we want to build a new town for tourists outside the south gate,

and place a fighting arena at its center.

A fighting arena! Sounds fun!

Inns for the competitors and the audience, food and drink, and gambling, too, right?

Sounds like a lot of potential profit.

But why treant wood? Why not just normal wood?

Apparently, we hired a famous architect to design the arena.

But the architect is a famous weirdo, and wants treant wood all over the arena.

Yes, that is strange indeed.

Treant wood isn't bad as a building material,

but it's normally used to make wands for magicians.

Yeah, so this is a weird one, but the pay is solid.

Asagi, you take the lead. I'm counting on you.

Very well.

Also, I brought in Ryoma as a space magic user,

but he wants experience fighting treants.

Thank you.

Everyone will more than eagerly help Ryoma in any way!

Yes! Of course!

Good. Get ready by tomorrow morning and head out to the location.

The last time I fought in a party

was at the abandoned mines, when we fought those goblins.

It's been a while. This is exciting.

We'll reach the target forest by nightfall.

We'll set up camp there for the night, and start the hunt tomorrow morning.

I'll update you on the things you should watch out for when fighting treants.

Yes.

Treants move their branches around to attack,

so you should pay attention to attacks coming from above especially.

Their weakness is the human face-like lump on the trunk.

Damage the lump itself, or cut off the area below the lump to finish it off.

The face-like lump, is that the way to differentiate regular trees from treants?

If so, what if the lump was on the other side?

Treants are monsters, too, so they possess magic power.

Detect that to easily identify them.

I see, then there's no issue.

I have to keep my magic detection up at all times.

Yes! I did it!

Ryoma, what's that?

This is...

A chair.

Wow!

Here's a table, too.

Wh-What?!

This table and these chairs are truly impressive.

It's a great way to save space.

When I used to live alone, I wanted to make traveling as comfortable as possible.

Impressive as always, Ryoma! Ryoma is a genius!

I just replicated the camping goods that I wanted back in the other world,

but I'm glad they like it...

Once we get in the forest, I will work with Miya and the other to fight the treants.

Leipin and Ryoma will carry the fallen treants.

Leipin will additionally search for and take caution against surrounding treants.

Ryoma will guard Leipin. Understood?

Once the situation stabilizes, Ryoma will join us in the fight.

Yes, please.

Ryoma, there's no need to be so tense.

Huh?

On the way here, in the carriage, you seemed very focused.

We're here for you. Relax and gain experience at your own pace.

Thank you.

No need to overthink it. I'm sure you'll get good quickly, Ryoma!

Ryoma should be able to learn the characteristics of treant magic power soon.

Worst case, we'll protect you.

We've got your back.

I'll take care of healing.

Everyone... Thank you!

It's good to have older adventurers around to teach me.

It's a different kind of fun compared to working with the employees to run a good business.

Are you ready?

Let's go.

Hmm, I see one already.

Miya, do you see the slightly thick tree ahead, about 10 meters away?

That one?

Yes.

Yes, I do feel magic power from that tree.

But visually, it looks like any other tree.

There!

We got it.

Guys, you're up!

Dimension Home!

One hit kill, just dodge the branches.

Three up ahead!

Understood. I'll take the center one, you all handle the sides!

Windcutter!

I see another one over there. No more nearby.

Ryoma, do you want to try?

Yes!

Yes, I can handle one treant no problem.

Ryoma, you're good!

This is strange, though. Treants usually prefer dark areas deep inside the forest.

They shouldn't be out here in such high numbers.

We're off to a good start. Let's go back to the camp and take a lunch break.

Like Mr. Leipin said, this forest does feel somewhat strange.

Ryoma! Where are you?!

Did you see that?

Ryoma, that was a great attack earlier.

From the afternoon, please take on the treants we miss.

Understood.

But don't push yourself too hard. Keeping Leipin and yourself safe should come first.

Yes.

Ryoma, you can do it!

Mr. Ryoma, that weapon-- that's a slime, right?

Yes, the scabbard is a metal slime, and the blade is an iron slime, transformed.

I see, that's how you solved the issue of the katana being hard to acquire.

Ryoma continues to expand the boundaries of what a slime can do.

Hmm? What's that?

It's a slime.

That's a slime?!

It's called a fluff slime. It has the ability to fly.

Fluff slime... I wasn't aware of that. Mr. Leipin, can you capture it?

Too easy.

Pick Up!

What was that?

It's a form of Space Magic that transports the target close to the user.

It only works on targets within visual range, and the aim is very difficult,

so not many people use it, but it has the unique benefit of capturing without harm.

I see.

Ryoma, go ahead and tame it. You are the specialist when it comes to slimes.

Thank you so much!

Contract complete.

Identify monster!

Skills are flight, lighten weight, and... Multiplication level 8?!

Lighten weight...

What? It's almost weightless.

Its weight isn't completely zero, but it comes close.

That's also the flight skill, as well.

After we finish this job, I'll think about what I can do with this slime.

Ryoma looks like he's earnestly enjoying talking about slimes.

He appears appropriately childish for his age, but only during that moment.

W-We should get back to hunting now!

Hmm? Is that...?

Did you notice, too, Ryoma?

Yes.

That area just had normal trees when we came in the morning,

but now, more than half are treants.

Does that happen a lot?

It's much too fast.

According to my experience, there could be a dangerous evolved species nearby.

But we can't turn back now.

We'll keep our guard up and continue hunting.

Even if the cause is something we can't handle, I'd like to investigate it.

The individual treants aren't that big of a threat.

As long as we stay sharp, we won't get hurt too seriously.

Right, let's get to work!

Windcutter!

We're not in any danger, but...

This is endless!

Heal!

Thank you!

Thank you, Ryoma! We are short-staffed, please stay on the front lines!

Leipin, provide support!

Understood!

This area is clear of treants.

But the area in front of us is almost all treants.

Let's go as far as we can!

Everyone, don't push too hard! There is no shame in retreat!

I know!

Safety first indeed.

At this rate, everyone will tire out at some point.

Hmm? Ryoma, what are you doing?

I'm stepping things up!

Unshrink! Separate!

I thought about this method a while back.

Thrown weapons are finished when you run out,

but this way, I'll never run out of ammunition,

and I don't have to run around to collect it!

Ryoma, awesome!

Let's let him handle the front! We'll cover his back!

I knew it.

No, it's more powerful than I expected.

What a huge amount of magic power...

Elder treant. I've seen a few of them before,

but none that are so huge with such a massive amount of magic power.

If we leave it alone, it might turn the whole forest into treants.

Even if we can't defeat it, we need to at least get some information about it.

Leipin, Ryoma, how are your magic power reserves?

I'm fine.

Me, too. I hardly used any magic up to this point.

Right. I didn't expect you to turn slimes into axes and throw them.

Then, let's go hunt that elder treant!

The metal slimes are scared?

Good call. You should not force a scared monster to fight.

Yes, but what was it afraid of?

Don't panic! Treants can walk, but their movement is slow!

Meow?!

It's the elder treant's roots!

Pavement!

This should buy some time!

Ryoma and Leipin, stay there and provide cover!

Cilia, protect them!

The rest of us will finish off the elder treant!

Windcutter!

What's this?!

Trouble!

That's darkness magic!

The ability to corrode metals. What an astounding ability...

If it destroys our weapons, how can we attack it?!

That's why the metal slime was scared earlier!

Wait, in that case...

Unshrink! Separate!

I knew it! It can't rust away pure iron!

Sorry, everyone, please buy me five seconds of time!

Thanks!

Everyone, provide cover for Ryoma!

Good, it's in range!

Ryoma, you do the finishing blow.

Mr. Ryoma and the slimes did the most work today.

Go ahead and deliver a cool finish.

Yes!

Yes!

Not only did you get to hunt treants, but an elder treant, as well.

Yes, thanks to all of you, I was able to experience a rare battle.

And you even allowed me to deliver the final blow.

Well, allowed is one way to put it, but to be more accurate,

I trusted that you could do it, so I decided to provide cover.

Trust? Me?

I think everyone here has the same feeling.

I truly am surrounded by great people.

To be trusted by people that I trust, it's so...

Thanks for waiting, this is mountain vegetable tempura.

I didn't know you could cook mountain vegetables so deliciously!

We took down so many treants, so our job should be complete.

Who would've known that a black-market dealer of magic crystals

was buried under that elder treant.

Ew, don't remind me, I'm trying to eat.

Sorry. But those magic crystals were feeding excess magic energy to the elder treant.

This is an important discovery.

I never even imagined I'd get to enjoy miso soup...

This is undoubtedly the taste of home!

I was able to buy soy sauce and miso in Lenaf.

Lenaf, right. Thank you for the great tip.

I've never seen someone eat while crying.

Who can resist such an emotional moment?

I am such a lucky fellow!

I met Mr. Pioro and got some miso, which made Mr. Asagi so happy.

This feels like a wonderful connection.

I hope I can make more good connections like these at the Founding Festival.