I gave the warm milk to Ranya-san.
「So, why are you in this sort of place?」
「Well, we are on a trip from Mireera to Crimonia.」
「If I remember correctly, Mireera is the city that is just under the mountain range, right?」
It was the city by the sea.
The city I was going to.
「Yes, that’s right. We were going to buy some food at Crimonia, on the other side of the mountain range, but we lost all of our strength.」
「Food? Why would you go past the mountain range to fetch it?」
「It seems that the news didn’t reach Crimonia, huh?」
Ranya-san said, looking sad.
「…?」
「One month ago, a monster appeared in the sea.」
「A monster?」
「An adventurer said that it was a Kraken. It appeared near the harbour and started attacking the boats, and now no boats can leave or enter the harbour.」
In the game, the Kraken was the boss of the sea event.
It was a squid monster.
It was weak to fire and lightning, but the power of fire magic was cut in half on the sea, and even though lightning magic did a lot of damage, because of the sea zone, if you made a mistake in using it, it could become a really troublesome magic for you and your companions.
It was an event where warriors were useless and magicians played a really big role.
I participated in it too, but I remembered that it was really a troublesome enemy.
「Thanks to that, the city can’t catch fish anymore. Fishing is the foundation of our city, so not being able to catch fish has dealt great damage to us. Goods don’t reach us from the outside. The only places where we can catch fish during these troubling times are monopolised by a few people.」
「Monopolizing… Do people really accept it so readily?」
「The Commerce Guild is the center of everything in the city, so no one can oppose them. If you do oppose them, you won’t be able to buy any goods from other people.」
「Isn’t there an Adventurer’s Guild in the city? Couldn’t they assemble their forces and kill the Kraken or something like that?」
Ranya-san shook her head.
「There is an Adventurer’s Guild. However, there are no adventurers who can defeat the Kraken.」
In regards to the event, the Kraken was a boss class monster after all, huh.
In this world, how high did your rank need to be to kill it?
While I was thinking about that, Damon, who was sleeping on the sofa, woke up.
「Damon, are you okay?」
Ranya-san approached him, looking worried.
「Ranya? We are…」
「The adventurer Yuna-san saved us.」
Damon sat up looked at me.
「Bear?」
They all had the same reaction…
「Damon, that’s not polite!」
「Ah, sorry. Thank you for saving us. So, where are we?」
「In my house.」
「We have been saved, huh…」
I went back to the kitchen and warmed up some more milk to give to Damon.
「Thanks, that’s a lifesaver.」
He received it and drank it in one gulp.
The two of them started to calm down, so we continued to talk.
「But, why would you be in the mountain range? It may be a detour, but I heard that it is possible to travel on the coastland.」
「Some time after the Kraken appearance, robbers appeared on the coastland road.」
「Even if the Kraken is impossible, can’t the adventurers kill those robbers?」
The two of them shook their heads.
「The thing is, all the high ranking adventurers have been hired by the fleeing people and left the city.」
「The only adventurers remaining in town are low ranked ones…」
The Kraken couldn’t be killed. They couldn’t kill the thieves.