The Strongest Fairy

Chapter 15 The Worst Enemy is Drowsiness

At first the merchants were all seemingly dissatisfied. Well that's to be expected because the escort who applied for the request is only a rank E and not to mention, a little girl.

Even if there weren't any adventurers available they could rely on, to waste the large sum of 60 gold coins for a beginner rank is just out of question. If that was the case, it would have been much better for them to try their luck running their horses to the limit, until they crash.

So everyone's first expression of the girl was a plain 「Suspicious...」. She covered herself with a robe leaving her mouth the only visible part of her face. They can't even confirm if she was a human or guess what was she thinking. It might even be a probability that it was one of their acquaintances.

「If she won't be useful, we would just do it ourselves even if we would be forcing it.」

Is what Guild Master Hilte said, but Drew-san still kept trying to convince him, who was thinking that this was just not worth the price. But then the girl in white clothing stopped them to prove herself by doing something way beyond their expectations. All the merchants stared at the girl, waiting for what she would be showing off.

However, what she displayed was not something plain or easy to understand, but something outrageous. It was something that made even their common sense break down despite being merchants that could considered to be wise.

An easy to order flexible water doll that could turn into a sword capable of slicing an earth wall as if it was made of paper. They stared at the sliced wall which was about a meter in thickness, then to the 160 water dolls that destroyed it.

It is something that even a great wizard couldn't do. More like, it would impossible for them to even attempt it. And because of that, the merchants immediately accepted. They were forced to believe that with this girl their safety would be secured.

And for them, that belief will become a reality soon.

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And now we return to the current situation, where everyone is resting near a lake. At that moment the ground suddenly started shaking. At first they thought it was just a small quake, but it was getting stronger, and soon the cause of it came into the view of everyone.

「A horde of demons!!!」

「...Look at the size of it!」

The total number of wagons is 30, forming a very long line. The distance between each wagon is around 150m. There are a lot of monsters, coming from every direction. By checking the number of monsters attacking using detection, I realize there were more merchants than the total number of monsters.

50 goblins

30 bearwolves

15 orcs

3 rock lizards

But this is a horde that can't be taken lightly since it can wipe out a village. To stop it, at least 100 adventurers would be needed, probably.

Currently everyone is taking a break at the lake side. Everyone is either refilling drinking water or resting while letting their horses drink. Even if they were organized, they wouldn't be able to depart quickly. At this rate everyone will definitely get attacked.

And so, I raised my voice to call on everyone.

「Everyone, release the water!!」

The merchants that were almost in a state of panic hurriedly opened their water bottles. The water dolls took their figure and surrounded the merchants.